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They may be idiots, but at the end of the day, they have certainly come a long, long way.
"I am not a thing! My name is Leonard Church. AND YOU WILL FEAR MY LASER FACE!"
Epsilon-Church
Crowning Moments of Awesome from the Web Series Red vs. Blue

Warning: Spoilers Off applies to these pages. Proceed at your own risk

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    Season 1 
  • Donut tosses a plasma grenade all the way across the entire canyon to blow up both Sheila and Tex, paying back the latter for sticking a plasma grenade to his head which led to him being outfitted in pink armor.
    "HEY BITCH! REMEMBER ME!? I SAVED SOMETHIN' FOR YA!"
    "HELL YEAH! THREE POINTS, YA DIRTY WHORE!"
  • Sarge ordering a missile strike to take down Sheila.
  • Tex managing to retrieve the flag all by herself. It's the first badass thing we ever see her do.
  • Red Team managing to capture Tex is pretty awesome in hindsight once Revelations shows how much of a badass she is.
    • Tex's Badass Boast to Sarge during this moment:
      Tex: Hey, buddy.
      Sarge: What?
      Tex: You really better hope the first one knocks me out.

    Season 2 
  • Church and Tex forcing O'Malley out of Caboose's mind.
  • Lopez blowing up the Warthog.
  • The final scene of the characters being spread over multiple new locations. Which really leaves the spine tingling for Season 3.

    Season 3 
  • "MY NAME IS MICHAEL J. CABOOSE! AND I HATE BABIES!"
    • "Your toast has been burnt and no amount of scraping will remove the black parts!"
  • Tucker quickly becoming proficient with his new-found sword by killing the Red Zealot.
  • "The Reds and Blues are working together now!"
  • The attack on O'Malley's fortress is pretty awesome.
  • The alien decimating Lopez's robot army.

    Season 4 
  • Wyoming killing the Alien with a missile launcher.
  • Tex taking out the Zealots.
  • Doc actually taking charge for once with O'Malley and getting him to help Tucker.

    Season 5 
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Oh, dear!
  • In episode 98, Tucker manages to get one of his very own. In spite of spending the entire series being almost completely incompetent, he manages to put a halt to Wyoming's nefarious scheme with spectacular ability. He tricks Wyoming by pretending to be affected by one of his time skips, then stabs him, and uses the time-travel ability to dodge bullets and kill clones. He also manages to grab a sniper rifle that he has been deprived of since the beginning, and gets headshots with every single shot.
    (time loop begins again)
    Church: Yeah? Well, great. Glad we could help. I'm sure if you give us enough time we'll just kill ourselves. Save you some ammo.
    Tucker: (fully cottoning on) Yeah, what do you want with my kid, anyway?
    Wyoming: You don't...remember?
    Tucker: Remember? You never told me anything.
    Gary: I think it worked that time.
    Wyoming: Apparently. Keep your eye on him next time.
    Church: The fuck are you guys talking about? Oh, you know what, nevermind. Keep talking. Waste time until Tex kills you.
    Wyoming: Oh, right. Dear Tex. You mean...her? (knocks out invisible Tex a few feet away) Oh, poor Tex. Never could understand when she was--
    Tucker: (appears behind Wyoming and stabs him) Beaten?!
    Wyoming: (Beat) Oh, dear! (falls over dead)
    Gary: Reggie!
    Tucker: That's right, bitch! I take of my kid!
  • In episode 99, when the Blue Team is under attack by the army of Wyoming clones, the Red Team comes out of nowhere riding on the Warthog and proceed to completely demolish every single Wyoming clone. All the time, Tejano music is blaring on the "Chupathingy's" radio.
    • This piece of dialogue the moment the Reds (unintentionally) come to the Blue's aid:
    Sarge: Yaaaaah! Now that's what I call ridin' shotgun! Blammo, haha!
    Simmons: Excellent shot, and follow-up one-liner, sir!
    Sarge: Thank you, Simmons. Now get to blastin'.
    Simmons: On it, Sir!
  • Church and Tex versus Omega again.
  • Caboose taking on a tank. Then the Warthog. He really is the vehicle destroyer.
  • Grif receives one against O'Malley, of all characters, in the season finale. To further explain: O'Malley goes on a body-surfing rampage in order to find and possess Tex (starting off by possessing Simmons, who then gets beaten up and forced out by Tex, then Caboose, who gets forced out alongside Tex by Church, then Donut and Sarge, prompting Tex to do the same to them as she did with Simmons), but the moment he possesses Grif? While Grif does immediately develop the urge to conquer the universe...he ends up choosing not to because of his lazy nature. As a result, he's the only character O'Malley abandons by choice (alongside Doc) instead of being beaten up and forced out by Tex. That’s right: Not even the AI personification of rage and hostility can make him get off his fat ass! (Doubles as a funny moment, considering that this is Grif and O'Malley we're talking about.)
    O'Malley!Grif: Whoa, that's weird. I have a sudden urge to conquer the universe. Which is odd for me because, well that would take actual work... I think I'll just fall asleep instead (Does so).

    Reconstruction 
  • Upon realizing how powerful the Meta might be, Church doesn't fuck around and nearly lands a headshot with a rocket launcher. The only reason he failed is because the Meta had to resort to using Wyoming's temporal distortion to avoid it, which is an energy consuming power it can't afford to use lightly.
  • One cannot forget Washington's epic killing of a Hornet in Valhalla. It involves a man cannon and explosive barrels.
    Wash: Just take that ship down!
    Grif: If it's so easy, why don't you do it?
    Wash: Fine.
    (does so)
    Wash: Okay. Now can we go?
  • The Meta arriving and killing all the Freelancer combat personnel who attack him.
    • Even better, he is shown fighting a Gauss Warthog, and if the scene plays right he melees it once and kills both the agents inside. Badass.
    • How about Wash's entire plan, to begin with? He's frequently shown to be a badass normal going against a super powered, insanely crazy, former friend who could tear through an entire military HQ by himself. Despite his heavy disadvantage, Wash manages to use amazing guile tactics to wipe out the Meta and Project Freelancer HQ at the same time.
  • The Reds' and Caboose's escape from the base. Especially Grif telling Caboose to go on without them!
  • Seven words from Caboose: "They can't see inside of a tank."
  • The Reveal in Chapter 16, tying together moments from not only this arc, but the entire series so far to change everything we thought we knew about Church. As Washington sums it up:
    "Church, there's no such thing as ghosts. You're one of them. You're an AI. You...are the Alpha."
  • Church pulls one off in Chapter 19. The episode attempts to trick you into believing Church is fleeing from the final fight, only worried about himself and his safety. Then, when Washington is cornered by the Meta within the base, Church suddenly appears in all his glorious miniaturized A.I. hologram form. Just before he goes to buy Washington more time, Wash tries to warn him that when the EMP goes off, it'll kill him too. Church, however, interrupts him in the most badass of fashions.
  • The entire conversation between the Oversight Committee Chairman and the Director of Project Freelancer counts, but the Director has the last word, and the end of his final monologue is by far the most awesome, especially for The Reveal of his identity:
    "...And while the law has many penalties for the atrocities we inflict on others, there are no punishments for the terrors that we inflict on ourselves. So you send your men. They won't find themselves a fight. They'll only find an old man. An old man tired, but satisfied he did his duty. An old man weary from a mind more filled with memory than it is with hope. Sincerely yours, the former Director of Project Freelancer, Dr. Leonard Church."

    Recreation 
  • Grif finally calling Sarge out on his Neidermeyer tendencies while on a ledge out of the range of Sarge's shotgun and separated by a minefield.
    Grif: Sarge, since we may not make it outta this, maybe there's a few things I should tell you. You know, since you can't reach me.
    Sarge: (threateningly) Grifff...
    Grif: Like the reason why I never listen to you. Or never follow your orders. And why I don't think anything you say is ever important.
    Sarge: (angrily) Griiiiiifffffff...
    Grif: But I want you to understand, Sarge. It's not because I'm lazy. It's because I don't like you. Or respect you. In any way. I have no positive feelings towards you.
    (Sarge loads his shotgun, pointed at Grif)
    Grif: Now I imagine it can be pretty hard to be an ineffective leader with no respect.
    (Sarge fires his shotgun and misses)
    Grif: (unfazed)...Who doesn't understand that his primary weapon has an effective range much shorter than most weapons. But I think since we're gonna die anyway, you deserve to know that.
  • Tucker's grand return has him taking on the entire evil dig team to rescue Caboose, Sarge and Grif and kicking their asses.
  • Tucker has come a long way since his days in Blood Gulch. He's been serving as a sort of ambassador with Junior, digging up and artifacts and keeping the peace between humans and aliens. He even takes it sort of seriously, insisting on preventing CT from taking the artifact instead of just running
  • Church shows off his leadership skills by having Sarge, Grif, Tucker, and Caboose on task and giving an inspirational speech.
  • "YOU WILL FEAR MY LASER FACE!"
    • Epsilon-Church's mere existence is a Fridge Moment of Awesome, because his personality was based solely off of Caboose telling an inanimate-looking containment unit stories about Church, meaning Caboose, in all essence, brought Church back from the dead BY HIMSELF. Sure, Caboose's flawed perception may have affected his knowledge of the characters at first, but he figured it out pretty quickly.
    • His Genius Ditz qualities are on full display. He managed to work alien technology to give Epsilon a hover body.
  • Washington's speech during the end of the final episode.
    Chairman: When you find these Blue soldiers that you’re talking about, what makes you think that they are just going to give you the Epsilon unit when you ask them for it?
    Agent Washington: Ha ha... for as long as I can remember, I’ve been lied to, taken advantage of, shot in the back, and left for dead... and now, I have a way out of all of this. What in the hell makes you think that I’m going to ask for it?
  • Lopez repelling the Meta with a missile pod. And actually giving out legitimately useful ideas for escaping him, which sadly never carried through because his language barrier and Donut being an unreliable translator.
  • Simmons's attitude for this season was awesome because he finally got annoyed with Sarge for once and wasn't such a kiss-ass.

    Revelation 
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"Do I hear a... CAR?!?!"
  • Episode 2: Sarge pulling an Awesomeness by Analysis moment by deducing that Washington and the Meta have killed Lopez and Donut and taken Simmons and Doc prisoner using Simmons' forced transmission. Despite this devolving into a Funny Moment as it sinks into Bat Deduction, the first few conclusions he makes are sound and based on his knowledge of his troops and attention to detail.
  • Episode 3: Sarge and Grif are able to incapacitate Agent Washington. We repeat: the insane, mostly incompetent leader of the Reds and the lazy, insubordinate Minor Junior Private Negative First Class, neither of whom can stand each other, outwit and incapacitate a One-Man Army, and it’s shockingly believable.
    • Grif manages to run over and then take down Washington by skidding the car so he goes flying, at which point Sarge takes his shotgun back with one hand while Wash is flying past him, gets in the warthog, and blows up some fusion coils to take him out of the fight.
    • In addition, this was the first revelation of a non-Machinima scene, doing it in a most awesome manner, and giving Rooster Teeth the opening to officially reveal Monty Oum being on the staff.
    • Simmons helps Doc overload his medical gun in order to incapacitate the Meta. It's not a weapon, but they did manage to overload the Meta's time distortion unit to make him move slower.
    • Once the Meta gets out of his time distortion, Simmons makes a break for it and manages to jump from the base and grab on to the turret of the warthog while it's driving away. He isn't able to contribute further because he ends up hanging on to the bumper, but even then, it's more than a little impressive that he manages to keep his grip on the warthog even when the Meta makes it fly and spin until it comes to a complete stop.
  • Episode 5: Caboose holds the Smart Ball for once by remembering that there's a mine field.
  • Episode 9: Tex breaks through a solid steel door, cracks her neck, and asks 'Who's first?' a badass return for Blood Gulch's resident badass.
  • Episode 10: This One Goes to Eleven. Short version is that after an extended absence from the series Tex returns and proceeds to kick copious quantities of ass. And does so in style, courtesy of Monty Oum.
    • The entire episode can pretty much be summed up in one line: "Agent Tex is a bit of a badass."
    • Tucker gets one when Tex throws a massive shipping crate at him, Sarge, Simmons and Grif.
      Grif: We gotta get outta here!
      Simmons: We'll be crushed!
      Tucker: (igniting his energy sword) Don't worry, guys! I got this!
      (Just when the crate is at the right angle...)
      Tucker: (swings) SWISH!
      (Cue one perfectly bisected giant crate.)
      • The Reds thought they'd be crushed; the most damage it did was spilling out its cargo, covering Sarge in med-kits.
    • Tex throwing a transporter in at a rocket fired by Simmons. Which then flies through a transporter under him, blows Simmons into the air, into another Transporter to where Tex is. Then she kicks Simmons at Tucker. Even in-universe, people thought it was cool.
      Tucker: That was aweso-*CRUNCH!*
    • Special mention has to go to Tex outrunning a heat-seeking rocket, exploiting a couple of portals, and blowing everyone else to high heaven, literally diving into another portal at the last second to dodge the blast.
    • Props to Tucker, too, for taking on Tex with nothing but an energy sword...and, despite the inevitable result, maintaining his snark by snapping off quips and entendres even as he's getting beaten up.
  • Sarge's epic Rousing Speech in Chapter 18. "You ever wonder why we're here?"
    Sarge: Simmons will probably tell you that statistically some of us will probably die.
    Simmons: All of us.
    Sarge: All of us will probably die. But that's not what's important. Let me ask you two a question... you ever wonder why we're here?
    Grif: (both look at each other) Umm... it does seem to be one of life's great mysteries...
    Sarge: No, I mean you! What are you doing here? You always act like you want to quit, but hell, you could have left whenever you wanted. No one would have stopped you. So why are ya here? And you, Simmons!
    Simmons: Me?
    Sarge: You say you want to be in charge. They would've given you your own squad a dozen times over! You know it and I know it. But you're still here. And you, Tucker. As much as I hate to say it, you're actually good at being a soldier!
    Tucker: I am?
    Sarge: I know you like to make yer' rude comments and pretend like it doesn't matter, but an entire alien race chose to make you their hero! So why are you here? And Caboose... er... it's good to see you.
    Caboose: Thanks. I'm really enjoying the speech so far.
    Sarge: Maybe you're all here because this is the only place you fit in. Maybe you're here because you don't have anywhere else to go. Maybe you're all here 'cause deep down, you want to be here. The reason doesn't matter. What matters is that you're here. For all we know, Tex and Church are dead. That means we're the only ones who know what's happened. The only ones who can prevent them from covering it up! The way I figure it, these Freelancer guys want to use us, take us away from our families and send us all over the daggone galaxy just to test if their agents are ready for the big fight? Well... guess I'm interested in showin' em just what exactly what a big fight is all about! Time to clean a slate! So I'm not orderin' ya to go. I ain't even askin'. You do what you gotta do, Private Grif.
  • Episode 19. The fight everyone had been waiting for for three seasons: Tex. Versus. The. Meta.
    • What was especially prevalent was the intense synergy Wash and Maine had when fighting together. Tex had every advantage, including a preemptive car-bombing, a functional super strength unit, and an entire battlefield she rigged herself, yet the dynamic duo still came out on top, thanks in no small part to the fact that they're the two most unkillable sons of bitches in the series. The way they support each other after being mortal enemies in Reconstruction really drives it home how they really were close friends in the project.
    • The Red's and Blue's Big Damn Gunship moment, whereupon they crash a Pelican into the middle of the battlefield and taking out the Meta, if only temporarily.
  • Episode 20. The whole fight between the remaining Reds and Tucker and the Meta is simply spectacular. Of special note is the moment when Sarge walks right up to the Meta, blasting him with his shotgun to little or no effect, and hooks him with the Warthog's tow cable, finishing him off for good.
    Sarge: "Hey Meta... settle a bet, would ya? Does that thing kinda look like a big cat to you?"
    • And he's got enough sense to rip off the Capture Unit before the Meta plunges off the cliff.
    • Don't forget the initial scuffle between Wash and Meta. Wash takes Tex's knife and uses it with a far greater proficiency, slashing Meta's neck twice and throwing it at him when he's cloaked.Then, he draws his battle rifle faster than Meta can raise his bruteshot. Unfortunately, explosives beat bullets in a firefight.
    • Grif deserves a spot here for wrestling the Brute Shot away from the Meta (who's strength Grif compares to a bear) and then using it to save himself from Meta's attempt at Taking You with Me.
    • Not to mention Tucker. He first rolls out of the way of the Meta's initial barrage. Then, dodges back when the Meta destroys Simmons' Rocket Launcher. He pulls out his energy sword and attacks, being quickly knocked down. However, after Grif disarms the Meta, he manages to stand up and stab the Meta. Turns out, the Meta only died after being drowned thanks to the four holes in his armor from the stab.

    Season 9 
  • The (non-canon) trailer. Highlights include Four Seven Niner's emergency landing and a shot of Tex, York, and North standing as Back-to-Back Badasses surrounding by soldiers.
  • The first CGI fight sequence in the season featuring North Dakota and South Dakota.
    • The coffee guy is the most awesome grunt in the episode. It takes guts to go for an alarm after a Freelancer tells you not to.
    • North using a machine gun to practically cut a guy in half.
    • The superb teamwork shown in taking out the snipers.
  • North blocking a whole lot of missiles from killing everyone on the plane while being shot full of bullets.
    • Made more awesome retroactively when it's mentioned that using his shield attachment without an AI like that could have easily killed him even without the chestful of bullets. And yet he's walking around absolutely fine just an episode after. In Season 10, this is made even more awesome, because, according to Delta, North had a 0.1% chance of activating the bubble shield without killing himself via asphyxiation like Utah, and did it anyway, for over three seconds without any undue incident.
  • Only a mere second of screentime, and the "new agent" (Tex) already has one. The conversation between Washington and the Soldier who bumps into him sums up the excitement.
    Washington: Soldier, where is everybody going?
    Soldier: New agent! Squaring off against Maine, Wyoming, and York on the training room floor. We're going to watch! Hey guys wait up!
    North Dakota: Three on one?
    Washington: I gotta see this!
    North Dakota: Yeah, right behind you.
    • Maine, Wyoming, and York vs Texas. To say it was a Curb-Stomp Battle is putting it nicely. Tex beat all 3 of them in stick combat, hand-to-hand, and the shooting round, even when two of them used real bullets against her.
      • In the hand-to-hand portion of the episode, she avoided a punch that came at her from behind. That's right, she wasn't even looking at it. And it nails Wyoming in the face.
  • Tucker finally lampshading the creepiness and tragedy that is Epsilon/Tex.
    • Even more so when you remember that this isn't Tucker, but instead a 'memory' of Tucker inside Epsilon's simulation. Epsilon telling himself this.
  • Alpha's brief appearance during a flashback. While we never actually see him, it's clear from his brief dialogue that, snark and arrogance aside, he Used to Be a Sweet Kid.
  • All of Episode 15, with the highlight being getting the sarcophagus into the escape Pelican in free fall.
    • The entire fight against "Shark Face", an extremely heavily-armored ODST with a flamethrower. Takes on two of the top Freelancers on his own and doesn't do half bad.
      Wash: What the fuck is with this guy?
    • Three words: "Firing main cannon."
    • Special praise goes to Four-Seven-Niner, for having the sheer gall to even ATTEMPT what she did in that Pelican. To say nothing about actually succeeding.
    • A small squad of soldiers tries to arrest Agent Maine...and almost immediately realize just how screwed they are.
    Wash: "I almost feel sorry for the guys down there."
    • Wash shoots down a Hornet with his battle rifle in free fall. There's a reason his specialty icon is a battle rifle.
  • Pretty much all of Episode 17 also, with the absolutely insane driving battle over the package.
  • Andy out-insulting Tucker in Episode 18.
  • The end of episode 19, where Tex and Church send Tucker and Caboose to attack the Reds in one final adventure and then sitting back and watching the fireworks as the Epsilon capture unit collapses.
  • For the real Blood Gulch Crew, the end of episode 20: even though they had help from Carolina, and Wash of course, they fought through an entire military base to rescue Church.

    Season 10 
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  • They got Elijah Wood to voice Sigma. Elijah. Fricking. Wood.
  • Episode 2:
    • The Freelancer's Frigate Mother of Invention's brief fight with the Insurrectionist's Longsword fighters.
    • Pilot Four-Seven-Niner dodging the enemy cannon fire in a freaking orbital scrapyard field and dispatching the freelancers.
    • The entire no-gravity fight involving Carolina when Wash accidentally turns off the Artificial Gravity of the ship they were invading. North and South Dakota weren't that bad either.
  • Episode 5:
    • The entire sequence of Theta and North demonstrating their expertise with the bubble shield against a circle of gatling guns. This includes concentrating the shield in only the areas of fire and moving them with the moving turrets and flashing the shield to allow for sniper bullets to go through. Bonus points for being what one could assume would be Theta's first combat assignment.
  • Episode 6:
    • Caboose's stupidity gets one, when Carolina quick-draws on Caboose and sets off several explosives behind him, telling him to "try and put that into words" as a threat to the Blues. Caboose's response? "Krpeuw explosion"
  • Episode 8:
    • North and Theta trapping the Insurrectionist snipers inside the Beehive Barrier.
    • Maine's return, all helped by a few simple lines courtesy of Sigma:
    Sigma: "Agent Maine, isn't that the soldier from the freeway? The one that shot you in the throat?" [Maine hisses] "I thought so. Sic 'Em."
  • Episode 9:
    • As Fridge Horror as it is, Maine taking out all three of the insurrectionists was definitely awesome, as was Carolina's prior fight with them, showing a very cool close combat fight between her and the female member.
    • The ODST Insurrectionist catching an explosive and firing it back at the target with a swing of his mechanical arm was also awesome. Apparently the Insurrection builds tough (though not quite as tough as a Freelancer head on).
    • The pill-insignia member impales the hiding Mysterious Blue Guy with a thrown axe from across the room.
    • Tex and Carolina separately running the minigun gauntlet - Carolina doing it while visible too - in their personal competition for top of the leader board.
  • Episode 10:
    • Yes! Mysterious Blue Guy is back up and fighting! Followed by the hilarious splatter-kill of the hyena gunners.
    • Tex and Carolina vs CT and the Insurrectionist leader with some awesome Jeff Williams music playing during it.
      • CT, specifically, who has the guts to attack Tex head-on and actually pins Tex's wrist to her back with a knife, even if it didn't slow her down.
      • Two highlights from that fight stand out: both are well-executed team attacks. The first:CT distracts Tex with a hologram, disarms her, stabs her in the back, and pushes her in the path of the Leader's axe - a one-two punch that would have easily killed Tex were she human. The second:Carolina hits the Leader with some close combat, which pushes him right into the path of a power punch courtesy of Tex.
    • More than that, you have Pillman and C.T Taking on the two best freelancers, and actually managing to hold their own. It's also a retroactive Moment of Awesome for Tucker. Think about it, Pillman was shown to be equal to the best of the freelancers, and yet he considered Tucker to be his Arch-Nemesis. When the freelancers attack the Insurrectionists, Pillman manages to stay calm and collected. But the mere idea of Tucker being in the area has the guy undergoing such a massive Oh, Crap! moment that it borders on a Villainous Breakdown. That's right, Tucker was a bigger threat to the leader of the Insurrection than the entirety of Project Freelancer.
  • In Episode 12, we have Church calling Carolina out on her acting like a jerkass.
    Carolina: I don't trust anyone anymore.
    Church: Awww, why not? Because having friends would ruin the whole "psychotic loner bitch" thing you got going? 'Cause that would be a real shame.
    • There's also Church's line at the end of the episode. It's just the way he says it, as well as the fact that it perfectly concludes an otherwise heartwarming and tear-jerking episode.
      Church: That's right, assholes! You're going home! And you're taking us with you.
  • In-Universe: In Episode 15, Church is impressed with the creative ways the Reds find to screw him over.
    Epsilon-Church: Man, those guys are really starting to find creative ways to ruin my life. ...mother fuckers.
  • Episode 17 of Season 10 gives a pretty great Wham Line.
    Epsilon: I know where to find the Director.
    Carolina: What? How?
    Epsilon: I just remembered... *blinks out and reappears full-sized in Alpha's white armor* ...everything.
    • In addition to that, Connie posthumously managing to get Tex the key information necessary to instigate the rebellion of the agents. Even in death, she somehow manages to get back at the Director (and due to the above Awesome Moment, manages it completely).
  • Episode 18 of Season 10: Wash drawing his gun on Carolina the moment she threatens Tucker. His reason? He's protecting his friends. Hell, that's essentially the moment where Wash has officially became the new Blue Team Leader. Doubles as a Heartwarming Moment.
    Wash: (Pointing his pistol at Carolina's head) Don't. Do that.
    Carolina: Wash, what are you doing?
    Wash: Protecting my friends. Now lower. The weapon.
    Carolina: (Lowering her rifle) You're siding with them?
    Epsilon: Wash, I don't understand. We found the director! We can make him pay! This is what we wanted!
    Wash: (Lowering his pistol) All I want is for you to leave. I've already been responsible for enough of their problems in the past, and I'll be damned before I let you cause any more.
    (Washington walks over to the Reds and Blues)
    • In the prequel portion, he's just been unconscious for a few days from the Epsilon breakdown. He claims to have no memory of what happened. Anyone who knows Wash, knows that's a lie. He just crossed into his guile heroics without anyone realizing it.
    • Heartbreaking as it may have been, Church going big when he chews out the Blood Gulch Crew was pretty impressive.
    • The Reds and Blues finally deciding they don't care about continuing their fight against Project Freelancer, and just want to go home, promptly doing so.
  • Episode 19 is, in reverse order: one minute of nightmare fuel, two minutes of tear jerker, and eight minutes of awesome. Special mention goes to:
    • York vs. Wyoming, complete with knock-knock jokes and ending with a thrown gym locker to the face for poor Wyoming. Also a Funny Moment.
    • Tex using several Spike Grenades and a shotgun to take out a room full of the Director's footsoldiers in epic fashion.
    • North saving Tex by using sniper rifles akimbo to shoot several in-flight missiles from South's missile pod out of the air, and taking South out of the main fight to discuss "family business".
    • Tex lifts and flips a tank after the ship's Artificial Gravity is turned off.
      • The entire Tex vs. Tank fight scene deserves mention, specifically the fact that, if it weren’t for York’s intervention, Tex would’ve lost. She may be the badass to end all badasses, but not even she can fully defeat a UNSC Scorpion one-on-one.
    • Carolina and Tex's showdown, with no Artificial Gravity with the Mother of Invention Coming in Hot.
    • York taking down the Mother of Invention with its own guns.
    • The crash of the Mother of Invention on Sidewinder/Avalanche was one for the animators.
    • The "We are the Meta" scene, while mostly Nightmare Fuel, was also awesome in a chilling way.
  • In Episode 20, the Rousing Speeches from Doc and Sarge, which sum up how Seasons 6-10 have allowed the Reds and Blues to grow (along with Washington). The result? The gang decides that, in spite of everything Church and Carolina said, they're going to go help them anyway, since, regardless of anything else, Church is still their friend, and, like it or not, they're having fun with the adventures for the most part.
    • Stealing the hornets was another for the Blood Gulch crew, faced with an equal number of trained soldiers (remembering that the Reds and Blues are supposed to be cannon fodder) each wielding a massive gunship, just one of which gave them all enormous trouble in Reconstruction. Their victory is such a Foregone Conclusion that it happens off screen. The two teams look at each other... and we cut to them flying away in the stolen Hornets. Really goes to show that the team has Taken A Level In Badass. Rule of Funny Idiot Ball on the part of the soldiers aside, it shows just how competent they've become.
  • Episode 21. All of it. Carolina, Wash, and the Blood Gulchers fight the army of Tex copies, managing to hold out pretty well for the most part, including such moments as Donut blowing up several robot with three plasma grenades thrown at once in expert precision, Caboose getting angry courtesy of Epsilon, Grif successfully fighting off several Texes with his "Grifshot", Tucker's Master Swordsman showing, and culminating in a Back-to-Back Badasses moment between everyone in the crew at once against the Texes, to the sound of a remix of "Blood Gulch Blues".
    • Speaking of Caboose...
    Caboose: MY NAME IS MICHAEL J. CABOOSE. AND I. HATE. TAXES!
    Grif: It's "Texas", you idiot!
    Caboose: THAT TOO.
    • Even before all of this, Carolina fared pretty well, despite being overwhelmed. From dual wielding Plasma Rifles, to combining her athletism with a shotgun, to grappling a grenade and swinging it like a flail, you can't deny that before Tex came along, she was Number One for a reason.
    • Church stopping all the Tex copies at once. While Wash compared it to how Alpha-Church stopped the Meta in season 6, it's clear that Epsilon-Church has far surpassed his previous incarnation. Doubles as a Tear Jerker.
    • Using the original Blood Gulch song as a Theme Music Power-Up. This scene cements that for all their awesomeness, the Freelancers never measure up. It's the Reds and the Blues who are the real stars of this show!
    • How the second half of the battle began. You see the Reds, Carolina, Wash, and the Blue all loading up, Tucker igniting his sword. Everyone is ready for the battle of their lives..... And then you hear it. "Roses are Red, and Violets are Blue"
  • Episode 22.
    • Epsilon-Church delivers quite a few in his "The Reason You Suck" Speech to the Director, complete with the return of the AI fragments inside Epsilon's memory:
    Epsilon-Church: Not all of us got off scott-free, Carolina. He was—
    Epsilon-Delta: —brilliant, and we—
    Epsilon-Theta: —trusted him. But he—
    Epsilon-Gamma: —lied to us... He twisted, and—
    Epsilon-Omega: —tortured us! And used us!
    Epsilon-Sigma: Manipulated us for his own purposes, and for what? For this? This... shadow?!
    Epsilon-Church: ...He needs to pay.
    • Epsilon-Church's final words to The Director.

    Season 11 
  • Episode 1.
    • Grif is shot by a tank driven by a member of his own team and promptly walks it off.
    • Wash's speech. Not only is it heartwarming, but it shows Wash's development as a character and the power of friendship the guys seem to have going for them.
  • Episode 4.
    • Caboose runs through Wash's obstacle course and completes it, in 2 seconds!
  • Episode 6: Caboose successfully fixes, automates, and even controls, a Mantis and prevents it from killing off the Red Team, Considering This is Caboose, it really speaks volumes about his competence now.
  • Episode 10.
  • Episode 12: Sarge finds a pretty new mech in the ship. He likens it to seeing a pretty girl on the first day of school.
  • Episode 15 The Blues get in a firefight with Locus' men. Not only does Tucker headshot one of them, but he also convinces Wash to fire at them. Wash, now Blue Leader again, sics Freckles on them.
    • Afterwards, Locus is lining up a headshot on Washington, but Felix shows up and throws up an energy shield just in time.
      • Subverted when it turns out that that was staged, and Felix turns out to be Evil All Along.
    • On a less violent note, Wash proves he's cured of his cynicism by revealing the thing he's been working on isn't a weapon to destroy Freckles. It's a new helmet for Caboose, just like his old one. He wasn't saying "Sorry I have to destroy your pet", he was saying "Sorry your best friend left you". His actions move Caboose so much, he reinstates Wash as Blue Team Leader.
  • Episode 16 shows that due to the actions of the Blood Gulch Crew and Washington in bringing down Project Freelancer in the previous seasons, they are considered some of the galaxy's greatest warriors. Doc and Grif are a little skeptical, but anyone who remembers how they held their own against a bunch of Insurrectionists led by C.T., took down the Meta, and even beat multiple copies of Tex will know that this Ragtag Bunch of Misfits know how to get the job done when they need to.
    • This is subtly shown at the end of the episode, when it becomes clear to the team that things are getting serious. They very subtly shift into their Let's Get Dangerous! mode.
  • Episode 17: After almost two seasons wearing Church's cobalt, Wash is back in his old grey and yellow. He's Back!.
  • Episode 18:
    • Despite not having Monty Oum's animating skills this season, a rather good job is done of depicting an intense firefight between the Blood Gulch crew and the Federal Army.
    • Donut takes out the rampaging Lopez 2.0 by using the "future cubes" to teleport him into the minefield they set up earlier. And just to add insult to injury, he reveals he can (kind of) speak Spanish!
    • Freckles needs an emergency recharge after fighting off Lopez 2.0, but something's eating all the electricity over at Red base. So Tucker enters badass mode, and fights his way through the enemy army to shut it off!
      • And then Lopez 1.0 takes out the soldier who gets the drop on Tucker, complete with a Badass Boast.
      Lopez: "Dos-point-0". Soy López el Pesado. Puta. [I'm Lopez the Heavy. Bitch.]
    • A villainous version by Locus—he takes out the tank that Simmons and Sarge were using to drive back the hostiles with one sticky grenade. He then proceeds to hit Donut (who was ducking behind cover) by detonating an explosive barrel near Donut's hiding spot. And then he uses a railgun rifle to take out Washington, Lopez, and Sarge one after the other!
    • Wash, too injured to escape, pulls a Heroic Sacrifice by getting Freckles to collapse a tunnel behind the rest of the BGC and rebels so they won't be followed.
  • Episode 19: Wash, Lopez, Sarge and Donut are captured and Doc is seemingly stranded in subspace. This leaves Grif, Simmons, Caboose, and Tucker all alone to lead the rebel army to get their friends back. How do the remaining soldiers react?
    Tucker: Hm... All right, let's run some drills.
    Grif: Aw, man!
    Caboose: And... break!
    • And before this was Vanessa's Rousing Speech to the group, pleading with them for help while giving a very clear depiction of how bleak the Rebels' situation is.
  • The Red vs. Blue Blockbuster Trailer

    Season 12 
  • From the trailer: The return of CG, on the Halo 4 engine!
  • In the first episode, while the whole point seems to be that Grif, Simmons, and Caboose are incompetent leaders...they actually aren't. They crack under pressure, but until then, Grif and Simmons have been able to cover for one another, acting as one another's anchor to reality. And Caboose is still Caboose, but considering he still has the loyalty of his squadron, he must be doing something right offscreen.
  • In episode 2, Felix showcases his fantastic combat skills, proving to be a top class scout. Special mention goes to killing a mook who had snuck up on him with a quick draw knife throw, then taking a victory pose that would make Tiger Woods proud.
    Felix: ...I am fucking... awesome!
  • While he admits he was insanely angry at first, Felix admits that Tucker's decision to break orders and get enemy data really paid off.
  • The story Grif tells the troops about the Blood Gulch guys' final fight against the Meta becomes this when you look back and realize that even though he sounds like he's embellishing, he's actually giving them an accurate blow-by-blow of the action. The only questionable part of his narrative is his assessment of the Meta having the strength of ten bears (Simmons thinks it's more like twenty).
  • The guys striking out on their own so they won't get any of the rebels killed, and they're confident that they can break out their friends.
  • The guys spying on the Feds and actually managing to avoid detection.
  • The break in. Not only does it work by them being stupid, it succeeds in helping the find their friends.
  • Wash telling Locus 'fuck you monster' when he's on the verge of unconsciousness, on the ground at Locus's feet and totally vulnerable.
  • From Episode 10, there's the revelation that Felix and Locus have been working together from the beginning. They played the Feds, the Rebels, and the Reds and Blues - and not one person suspected a single damn thing.
    • From the same episode, Carolina and Felix's fight. They come to a tie before it gets broken up.
    • A recursive one on second viewing when you realize that's Carolina fading in right next to Locus and posing as one of his people until she had heard enough.
    • Also from that episode: Up till now, the Reds and Blues haven't had many chances to prove their mettle. They've got guns pointed at them, with no way out. But the minute Carolina gives them an opening, they open fire on Locus' elite non-Federation forces and start taking them out!
    • The Reds and Blues' Last Stand from the previous season finale is made retroactively more impressive by the fact that LOCUS only managed to beat them as well as he did because Felix was feeding him intel on their defenses.
  • Episode 11 is a big one for Church. At the end of season 10, he couldn't keep up with Carolina's super speed. Now, he can process advanced data calculations so fast, in less than a second, it's like he's not even trying. In fact, he even managed to have a conversation with his memories of the other AI fragments at while helping Carolina in a fire fight. Yes, Delta, Theta, Sigma, every fragment of Alpha are back.
    • Which means that Carolina has become everything The Meta was trying to be, only she's managed to retain her sanity and ethics, totally subverting the With Great Power Comes Great Insanity trope.
    • Church is even getting help from Gamma, and while they don't help at the time, Omega and Sigma show up briefly (Omega even saying "I'm here if you need me"). Church is able to keep three of the show's biggest villains - the earliest Big Bad, The Dragon to Wyoming, and the overall Greater-Scope Villain of Project Freelancer's downfall and the cause of the Meta - under control and helping him.
      • One for both Sigma and Omega. Just the memories of them are powerful and frightening enough that Epsilon needs to actively suppress them. Even then, Omega was able to rematerialize, and Sigma seems to be creeping his way into Carolina's mind.
    • Said conversation and all the calculations the AI make in it is so long from our (and Church's) perspective(s), taking up nearly half the episode. In real-time the conversation takes place over the course of about a second, probably less.
  • Dr. Grey is not only completely unfazed by Locus, but when Carolina threatens to put a knife in her, Emily cheerfully brushes it off and mentions how she'd love to psychoanalyze her.
  • Episode 13:
    • Grif refuses to hand over his new laser weapon, even when Sarge orders him to. As per usual, Sarge turns to threatening Grif with his shotgun. This time, Grif has a rebuttal:
    • Church has regained his ability to jump into other peoples' head like his Alpha incarnation. It gives him a headache, but it's still impressive.
    • Grif managed to get his weapon back from Carolina! That bears repeating. Grif managed to get his weapon back from Carolina!
  • Episode 14
    • Carolina saves Caboose from a merc.
  • Episode 15
    • We now know why Locus backed down when Emily Grey told him to. She is probably more ruthless than Carolina, and she remains cheerful the entire time. To elaborate, when Carolina proves unsuccessful at interrogating a captured space pirate, Grey offers to have a word with him when she realizes he was one of the men who killed her squad. Her tools of choice: a laboratory, state-of-the-art surgical equipment, and an incinerator. He cracks, and lets out a loud scream of agony. She has to put him back together again. She's singing opera the entire time she goes to work. Smart and sophisticated.
    Dr. Grey: You'll find his belongings on the crate over there and that his tone is much more positive. (lowers voice) Isn't that right, Zachary...?
    Zachary: FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, GET THIS PSYCHOPATH AWAY FROM ME!!!
    Dr. Grey: He's all yours!
  • Episode 16:
    Caboose: Okay Tucker, I'm gonna tell you this only because you respect my opinions so much.
    Tucker: I actually don't listen to anything you say. Ever.
    Grif: Classic "lazy one"!
    Caboose: If you keep being mean to Church, Church will just keep being mean to you, and then everyone will be mean to everyone all the time and everything will be bad and no one will have fun.
    (Inspirational music begins to build up)
    Tucker: Is this... are you... trying to give a motivational speech right now?
    Donut: Shh! I want to see where he's going!
    Caboose: I mean, come on! Is this really what you want? You just... you just want to be angry and mean all the time? Because that is dumb! And you know what?! You are dumb for thinking that!
    Grif: Did Caboose just call someone dumb?
    Sarge: Well that's calling the kettle blue.
    Caboose: So Church left! And maybe some of us were sad! But you know what? That is okay! Because he was just trying to do something good! And he just made a mistake! And we all make mistakes sometimes.
    Tucker: Wow! Caboose, I...
    Caboose: So shut up and get over it!
    Beat
    Caboose: ...Well, my work is done here (walks off).
    • When the New Republic prepares for war, and after a Rousing Speech from Kimball intercut with the same from Doyle, Bitters, being Bitters, adds, "Yeah, we're totally dead." Smith immediately punches him to the ground.
  • Episode 18:
    • Wash and Carolina vs Felix and Locus. It's been a long, long time since Wash got a decent post-Epsilon fight scene and this one reminds everyone why he was the only freelancer who survived the whole of the project without going into hiding.
      • Carolina managing to do rather well in the fight despite having a wounded leg and without Church backing her up.
      • It becomes obvious why Felix said he and Locus are such an effective team as they separate, isolate and double team Wash and Carolina.
    • After the hand-to-hand is done, Wash and Locus engage in a battle of philosophy, while the former hunts the latter. Wash loses the physical part of the duel, but clearly wins the philosophical side—he meticulously deconstructs Locus' image as the Consummate Professional in one well-crafted "The Reason You Suck" Speech, enraging Locus to the point of abandoning all form or tactics and simply tackle Wash to the ground for a straightforward beat-down.
    Washington: I know I used to be a real piece of shit, but at least I am trying to do something about it.
    • Lopez, despite being decapitated, manages to take control his headless body and uses it to knock out one of the space pirates with a single punch.
    Lopez: (After putting his head back on) Pues... eso salio mejor de lo esperado. (Well... that worked out better than expected.)
    • The reveal that Emily Grey inserted Freckles into a new body: Caboose's battle rifle!
    Felix: Ya know, I just gotta ask. What did you think seven morons, a couple of Freelancers, and an AI would actually be able to do here?
    Washington: Well, not much...but you forgot to count the genius, and the dog.
    Locus: The dog...?
    Freckles: Heat signature detected.
    Space Pirate: Did that gun just fucking talk...?
    Freckles: Firing main cannon.
    (Freckles fires, killing one of the Pirates and alerting the other pirates)
    • Kimbal and Doyle actually came very, very close to figuring out they had been played by a third party before the shooting started.
    • When the fight between the Federal Army and the New Republic erupts, the four-person squad formerly commanded by Tucker—established as a Ragtag Band of Misfits who made the Blood Gulch Crew look competent—manage to survive through a combination of Deadly Dodging and lucky shots.
    • The biggest of the episode: Tucker gets Felix to gloat about how he and Locus had tricked the two factions into believing that the Reds and Blues are dead, as it would motivate both armies to wipe each other out. Unbeknownst to Felix, Tucker has Church in his armor, recording the entire speech. When this is done, the rest of the Blood Gulch Crew take out the jammer blocking contact with the capital, allowing Church to transmit a copy of the speech to both the Federal Army and the New Republic, bringing the entire Civil War to a halt and effectively ruining Control's long con right before it could pay off. Felix is so shocked and enraged at how he's been played that he can't even speak; and when he does manage to find his voice, all that comes out is...
    • The fact that the BGC went with option C, which Church described as "Goddamn Nightmare", and survived with only two people badly injured and one of which is getting medical treatment.
  • Episode 19
    • Tucker came up with the plan to outsmart and expose Locus and Felix.
    • The BGC's Badass Boast to Control aka the Chairman. It's just awesome.
      • One for the Chairman too for not losing his cool once during this season.
      • The nature of the Badass Boast is pretty cool as well, given that it's delivered in a manner that resembles the letters that were sent between the Director and the Chairman/Control a few seasons back. Likely based on what he found when he had FILLS transfer him in the facility where he found Epsi-Tex, before facing The Meta:
        Epsilon-Church: Dear Chairman; It has come to our attention that you have declared war on the planet Chorus. We regret to inform you that this is a really shitty idea. Not only have you managed to annoy the people that you failed to kill, time and time again, you've also found a way to piss off an entire planet. Now they may not have the best equipment and they might not be the best fighters, but as you're aware, they've been fighting for a very long time. And now that they're not fighting each other, they're more than happy to dedicate all of their time to fighting you. So dear Chairman, to you and your idiotic mercenaries, we would like to say: bring it on, motherfuckers. We're not going anywhere. From your friends, the incredibly badass and sexually attractive Red and Blue soldiers of Project Freelancer. P.S.: Suck our balls.
      • It gets even better when you remember that the Alpha, and by proxy Epsilon, was based on the Director himself. The badass boast doesn't resemble the Director's letters to the Chairman. It is a letter from the Director, to the Chairman. And despite remaining calm, the Death Glare the Chairman gives shows he realizes it, and is pissed that even after his death the Director is still able to be a pain in his ass.

    Season 13 
  • Episode 1
    • Locus and Felix successfully hijack a prison ship. Notably, Felix manages to trick the guards into letting their guard down, bluntly tells them that he will kill them and steal the ship and prisoners, and then takes the guards down on his own without breaking a sweat.
    • The Counselor gets one for being savvy enough to tie his bedsheets together before Felix opens the airlock. He then talks his way out of being shot in the face and by the end of the conversation is now successfully allied with Locus and Felix.
      Felix: Quick thinker and quick talker! We're gonna get along great.
  • Episode 2
    • Smith manages to run his laps just fine when all the other lieutenants are visibly exhausted.
    • Kimball not taking any crap from Doyle and trying to be a competent leader for the Federal Army.
    • Likewise, Doyle trying to make the alliance work, even while Kimball tries to start a fight any time they talk. All while keeping his manners.
    • Tucker's and Sarge's little victory celebration.
  • Episode 4
    • THE RETURN OF THE GREAT PROPHECY. AFTER 9 SEASONS.
    • Tucker manages to make long dormant alien technology work again.
    • The Federation and New Republic soldiers actually teaming up and working together for a common cause...which is to attack and force Grif to go to Wash's training.
  • Episode 5
    • It turns out that reactivating the towers in the previous episode had an unprecedented positive side effect for our heroes by essentially short circuiting ALL of the alien technology that both armies have gathered. Which means that since the space pirates acclimated most of their arsenal with the alien weaponry their best toys are now useless and their forced to switch back to regular UNSC weapons instead.
  • Episode 8
    • As much of a tear jerker as it is, Carolina's vision sees brief cameos of Tex and the Freelancers and gives us a shot of almost all of them at once.
    • After Tucker and Carolina fail the true warrior test, they send Caboose after Church makes an offhand "empty headed" comment. When Caboose does go in, not only does his stupidity pass the mental requirement, but when the program increases gravity tenfold, Caboose doesn't even notice. Son Goku had problems with 10 times gravity, but Caboose is just curious what a tenfold is! Also, Caboose passes the test, enabling the alien AI to talk to the Blues!
  • Episode 10
    • Felix manages to get to the Key temple and is about to claim it only to discover the key is gone, cut to a panicking Doyle running away...with the key!
    • Doc's back! After the gang lets him know how much they completely forgot him, Doc goes into a rage and tackles Tucker and starts beating him up! That's right—the self-proclaimed pacifist has started channeling the O'Malley personality without any help from a rogue A.I.!
      • Caboose even laughs like that while Doc is beating up Tucker.
    • Dr. Grey using Freckles to take care of the guns pointed their way. She later explains that it only had a 50/50 chance of working in the first place.
  • Episode 11
    • Washington throughout the episode is nothing short of awesome. He played Locus into firing at his helmet, which he attached to the end of his rifle, giving away his position and causing him to get shot. He then calmly affirms to Locus that Wash is the true soldier, calling out once again his entire viewpoint.
      • The fact that it's Bitters and Smith that manage to successfully shoot and hit Locus also deserves mention.
      Bitters: Eat a dick, you Predator knock-off!
    • Sarge, Simmons, and Grif take out a whole bunch of Space Pirates. In slow motion. On a Warthog.
    • Donut and Lopez saving Tucker, Doc, Caboose, and Grey from some Charon thugs.
    • Carolina vs. Sharkface. The entire fight is packed with awesome moments.
  • Episode 12:
  • Episode 13:
    • Dr. Grey being completely unfazed by Doc/O'Malley's vows to kill them all, cheerfully declaring that there's nothing wrong with him that electroshock therapy can't fix. Cue the show's original Big Bad running in full retreat, with Dr. Grey in hot pursuit!
    • On the bad guys' side, Shark-Face keeping his cool even as Felix threatens his life, blaming him for their little setback of not being able to use the sword-key they took from General Doyle. He even offers a way of fixing the problem, not just rising to Felix's challenge—though when he does, it's in the form of a quiet-yet-subtle Badass Boast:
    Felix: Oh, I see—you were in a hurry! Hey Locus, I was going to let our new friend here live, but since we're in a hurry, why don't we just kill him now and be done with it!?
    Shark-Face: I'd like to see you try.
    • Locus also gets one for stopping Felix and Shark-Face from straight-up attacking each other, reminding them that they've got bigger problems to deal with. He also gets the chance to pull an Ironic Echo on Felix, telling him to keep it together.
  • Episode 14
    • The Meta gets a bit of a retroactive one when they reveal just how he died. The fall didn't kill him. The only thing that got him killed was four puncture wounds in his suit that caused him to drown.
      • Likewise for Tucker back in the Season 8 finale: The four punctured wounds that caused the Meta to drown were the entrance and exit wounds from when Tucker stabbed him with his sword. If he had not managed to land that blow, the Meta might very well have survived his unexpected swim.
    • For all its ridiculousness, Doc's counseling actually kind of works.
    • As terrifying as it was the space pirates charging the capital by dropping in from space was epic.
  • Episode 15
    • Jensen, Palomo, Bitters, and Smith saving Dr. Gray from attacking space pirates.
    • Church coming up with a plan—albeit a costly one—to wipe out all of Charon's forces by setting the city's nuclear reactor to self-destruct.
    • Doc/O'Malley's glorious reunion with rocket launchers.
    • With the Blood Gultch Crew trapped in the armory with Charon soldiers closing in on them Doyle asks what they're supposed to do with no backup. Cue Sarge approaching with a machine gun ready instead of his signature shotgun.
    Sarge: We hold this place down until we can get the hell out of here.
    • Carolina staying behind to engage Sharkface so Kimball and Washington can keep going to reach Armonia's power generator. Then, as the fight begins in earnest, she finally rattles him. How? By apologizing for what the Freelancers did to Sharkface's old comrades.
  • Episode 16
    • The Reds and Blues managing to Hold the Line against the Space Pirates. Notable mention goes to Freckles auto-targeting Caboose's assault rifle, Doc/O'Malley providing cover fire with a rocket launcher, and Sarge eschewing his favorite Short-Range Shotgun in favor of using a mounted machine gun and laying down a hailstorm of bullets.
    • Doyle electing to stay behind and delay his own escape when the Reds and Blues have the Pelican ready, knowing that if he goes with them, Charon's forces will all leave Armonia to pursue him and Tucker, making the city's impending destruction all for nothing. He further vows that, with his understanding of the city's layout, he'll be able to reach the reactor faster than Kimball and Washington, and decides to set the reactor to blow himself, telling the others to pick him up after the timer's set. This is General Doyle we're talking about, here.
      • Bonus points for roaring out of the hangar on a Mongoose, shouting at the space pirates to lure them into pursuing him with no trace of the fear he previously displayed under pressure.
      Doyle: You'll never take me alive, you bastards!
    • Carolina vs Sharkface, Round 3. Besides using her speed boost enhancement to get onto a passing tram, Carolina holds her own against the vengeful pyromaniac with nothing but her own skill and creative use of the environment, and ends up coming out the victor. Compared to their previous fight, when she was relying on Church and her numerous armor enhancements, this is a considerable improvement.
    • Washington and Kimball finishing off Sharkface with a a barrage of gunfire.
    Church: Y'know, I don't think he's getting back up from that.
    • When Doyle reaches the reactor, he gets spotted by one of the space pirates, and actually manages to duck the guy's gunfire before dropping him with a well-placed pistol shot. Consider that he was a glorified secretary before having to take command of the Federal Army, and his attacker was a hardened criminal.
    • Upon finding out that the reactor's controls were destroyed in the above gunfight, and the only way to set off Armonia's explosion is by manually detonating the reactor with a grenade, Doyle—though obviously frightened—resolves to make a Heroic Sacrifice, even firmly telling Kimball why he's the one best suited to the task and insisting that she's better qualified to lead the unified people of Chorus than he ever was. From there, he goes to his death with a surprising degree of calm, atoning for his previous cowardice and wiping out most of Charon's forces in one fell swoop.
    • Also, think about it for a moment. General Donald Doyle has the biggest kill count ever. Of All Time.
    • At the very end of the episode, As Armonia goes up in a massive nuclear fireball, Carolina gets on top of the Blood Gulch Crew's escape ship and activates the bubble shield to protect them all from the blast. Let's keep in mind that the bubble shield is typically meant to protect a single person, and she's ready to use it to protect everyone.
      • This also counts as one for Church, who's able to push the bubble shield beyond its usual limits—never mind his own, considering that he's starting to break down—to protect everyone from being caught in the explosion.
  • Episode 17
    • Church survives overclocking the bubble-shield to help the team survive a nuclear fireball.
    • The absolute entirety of General Vanessa Kimball's Rousing Speech to the Federal Army and the New Republic of Chorus (to the tune of Tracedero's Half-Life, ala the Season 12 trailer). EVERY. MOMENT. OF IT.
    Kimball: Excuse me, if I could have your attention please. I know many of you probably don't care for what I have to say, but it's something that needs to be said.
    Wash: Think she can do this?
    Tucker: Hell yeah! Kimball's a great speaker.
    Kimball: I never believed this truce would last.
    Tucker: Ohhhohoh God, we're screwed!
    Kimball: I thought that if we managed to survive Charon, it would only be a matter of time before we were back at each other's throats. I believed this because in my eyes, the Federal Army of Chorus was still the enemy!
    When you spend every day fighting a war, you learn to demonize your attackers. To you, they're evil, they're subhuman. Because if they weren't, than what would that make you? What I'm trying to say is...I've been afraid to see you for what you really are. You're our brothers. Our sisters. And the things we've done to one another are unforgivable. But General Doyle was able to see past that. In the end, he understood that now isn't the time for pride, or anger, now is the time for unity.
    Every day, I ask myself, what do you fight for? And every day, I answer, for a better tomorrow. Well, if we can't set aside our past and start trusting one another, there won't be a tomorrow.
    So please, fight with me!
    Fight to see Malcolm Hargrove locked away for the rest of his life!
    Fight to see that stupid grin wiped off of Felix's face!
    FIGHT BECAUSE YOU DESERVE TO FUCKING WIN!
    Fed Gunman: ...well, shit! I'll fight for that!
    • How does the Blood Gulch Crew plan to even the odds against Charon's remaining hardcore soldiers? By accessing the alien arsenal at Charon's old excavation site...and Santa has no problem with handing it over to them!
  • Episode 18
    • The battle of Wash and Carolina vs. Felix and Locus has many awesome CGI stunts pulled off. It could be considered the best fight this season. Highlights include:
      • Washington taking advantage of Locus' advanced sniping skills to trick him into shooting a grenade out of the air, then taking advantage of his distraction to blow out the scope of Locus' sniper rifle, rendering it useless.
      • Locus and Felix showing why they're so effective despite their constant bickering — Felix charges Washington and Carolina with his light-shield activated, protecting him from their gunfire; then crouches so Locus can use him as a springboard to lunge high into the air, throwing a pair of grenades at the Freelancers!
      • And that was just a distraction — concluding that it would waste too much time to try and fight past Washington and Carolina, Locus used the time that the two Freelancers spent taking cover from the grenades to leap onto one of the floating platforms around the temple, trying to get around the duo and head for the back door.
      • Carolina uses her Grappling-Hook Pistol and pursues Locus, leading to a close-range gunfight between the two skilled combatants—special notes include Locus catching his shotgun just as Carolina knocks it out of his hands, then uses its stock to club her in the face. She recovers just in time to deflect his next attack, then retaliates by grappling with Locus and losing her pistol...only to grab his shotgun and yank it away! Before she can use it, an incoming platform forces them both to duck, and the shotgun's barrel gets broken off as the platform's edge shears it away. Then Locus takes advantage of the distraction to kick Carolina off the platform...but it's quickly revealed that Carolina used her grav-boots to cling to the bottom of the platform, and when Locus peers over the edge to look for her body, she flips back topside and punches him in the face!
      • Meanwhile, Washington stays behind and fights Felix — who, after using his light-shield to parry the Freelancer's lunging strike before trading blows with him, promptly slings a handful of shuriken-esque throwing knives at Washington, cementing his skill as a Blade Enthusiast.
      • And then Washington dodges them all, catches the last one, and then taunts Felix about being a skilled knife combatant as well. Cue Felix drawing the laser sword.
      • The fact that Washington's knife catch actually surprises Felix and he seems to be somewhat impressed by it.
      • When Felix drives Washington back and makes a break for the Purge Temple, Carolina uses her Grappling-Hook Pistol to grab the merc at the last minute, dragging him off the light-bridge—to which Felix responds by grabbing Washington just before he goes over the side, forcing Carolina to pull both of them back to safety lest she lose her friend.
      • Washington and Felix end up being pulled onto the underside of the floating platform where Carolina and Locus are fighting, thanks to their grav-boots. Cue one hell of an Interesting Situation Duel.
      • When Washington and Carolina use the Grappling-Hook Pistol to pursue them, Felix tracks their movement and uses a grenade to cut the grappling cord, dropping Wash and Carolina onto another platform—which Felix tries to cut in half with his key-sword.
      • Locus uses his cloaking unit to gain the advantage on Washington, beating him up while the Freelancer's unable to accurately retaliate. Until Wash uses one of the knives that he caught earlier to slash his own palm, hurling a handful of blood that splatters over Locus and reveals his location.
      Washington: Hi there. (hurls the knife and nails Locus right in the shoulder, followed by a combination strike)
      • When Locus tackles Washington and tries to kill him with a knife, Wash remains Defiant to the End by taunting Locus, even while struggling to keep the blade away from his throat.
      • Carolina taking a slash across the back from Felix' key-sword, but remaining fit enough to shout out a warning to Washington and then Wash pushes away Locus, rolls to the side quickly to avoid Felix's leaping stab and the Felix accidentally destroys their platform's anti-gravity mechanism.
    • All the while, there's the attack on the Communications Temple. Thanks to Tucker activating the Temple of Arms, the united Federal-Repuclic army has an arsenal of alien weaponry that heavily outmatches the military hardware used by the pirates.
      Sarge: Caboose... let 'er rip.
    • Aiden Price steals the gun of a Space Pirate and shoots him dead. And then he tries using the Tartarus to escape. And we thought he was a Non-Action Guy.
      • Hell, the very fact that Aiden Price easily figured out that Charon Industries' killers were going to lose, and there was nothing more to gain from this endeavor, cements him as a practitioner of Pragmatic Villainy. Pity he got Out-Gambitted by the Unspoken Plan Guarantee.
    • At the climax of the fight, Carolina and Washington reveal that while they haven't managed to gain any advantage over Locus and Felix, they've already won—after all, they weren't trying to beat the two mercenaries; they were keeping their attention diverted. And no, not from what was happening at the Temple of Communications, either...
      • More specifically, the lieutenants and Doctor Grey retake Crash Site Alpha, since there's no longer any Space Pirates guarding it. Activating the temple's tractor beam, they use it to seize the Tartarus and send it plummeting towards Chorus, smashing right into the Purge Temple and obliterating it!
      • Special mention goes (posthumously) to General Doyle—as Church points out, the reason the Lieutenants and Grey were able to seize Crash Site Alpha was because of Doyle's Heroic Sacrifice killing the bulk of Charon's space pirates, leaving the remainder stretched thin. In other words, the Federal-Republic army's victory was thanks, in no small part, to General Doyle! Not bad for a Lovable Coward!
    • Aiden Price gets another moment of awesome for facing his impending death with a surprising level of dignity—just before the Tartarus crashes, he doesn't scream or whimper; he simply lets out a resigned: "Oh... son of a bitch..."
    • Carolina and Washington (along with Church) get one for surviving the explosion of the Tartarus crashing into the Purge Temple, thanks to the bubble-shield. Additional points to Felix, for surviving the same massive blast with his own, less-encompassing light-shield!
    • The Reds and Blues vs Felix—AKA Catharsis Factor brought up a notch:
      • Even though it was brief, and the former was out of his league, Tucker and Felix having a proper sword-fight.
      • Even more awesome was Tucker's bold challenge to Felix before the fight began:
        Felix: You think you're smart, Tucker?! You think you're all better than me?! Well, you're not! You're all a bunch of pathetic, stupid losers!!
        Tucker: Then come get me.
      • Caboose preventing Felix from killing Tucker by opening fire on the mercenary from a balcony.
      • Donut using a Beam Rifle to shoot Felix's sticky grenade gun out of his hand.
        Donut: Double O'Donut always gets his man!
      • Simmons gets the first hit on Felix by shooting him in the shoulder with a Needler.
      • Grif getting in a good burn on Felix by claiming he "gives orange dudes a bad name."
      • O'Malley clotheslines Felix as he tries to run, reminds the audience that he was the original Big Bad, and shoots him in the face with a rocket launcher. This actually scares Felix.
        O'Malley: Oh, please. I'm the original bad boy. Muhahaha.
        Felix: [whimpers]
      • After Felix tries to use Freckles to kill Caboose, Freckles not only refuses to shoot at Caboose, but makes Felix smack himself in the face.
      • Church telling Felix that while the Blood Gulch Crew may be losers, they're the losers who are beating him.
    • For half the season the same question has echoed; What does Felix fear? The answer? Locus realizing that he doesn't need him, which Locus does in this episode, turning on him with an epic Shut Up, Hannibal! moment.
    • Back to the fight:
      • Even when Felix was having a Villainous Breakdown, he was still good enough to quickly defeat Tucker in their brief swordfight and nearly killed Caboose. The only things that stopped him were being—respectively—fired upon by the Blood Gulch Crew, and Freckles refusing to shoot Caboose.
      • The Blood Gulch Crew managing to avoid Felix's gunshots as he takes up the SAW Locus threw back at him and starts blasting away at everyone present—and yet, still having enough compsure to handily block their return fire with his light-shield.
      • Simmons shooting a sticky detonator grenade at Felix's light-shield to ensure he can't take it down. A tactic Sarge notes they wouldn't have learned were it not for the mercenaries themselves.
      • Finally, Tucker lands the final blow by tossing a grenade at Felix's feet while he's distracted, blasting him off the temple and sending him plunging to his death. The moment is beautifully topped off with a Call-Back to Season 12, Episode 5:
        Tucker: Hey Felix, catch.
    • Let's not overlook Carolina punching a MANTIS to death.
    • Locus proved himself a true warrior enough to activate the communication Temple when the AI previously scorned him. Why? Because he faced his fear of being a monster, and unlike Felix who had a Villainous Breakdown, resolved to become The Atoner instead.
      Tucker: Hey, just because you saved us doesn't mean you can leave, asshole! You killed innocent people!
      Locus: I know. I'm going to make things right. But not from inside a cell.
    • When the Blood Gulch Crew warns Locus that they'll find him if he tries to avoid facing justice for his crimes, the mercenary gets in a Badass Boast before engaging his cloaking device.
  • Episode 20:
    • F.I.L.S.S. turning on the Chairman and actively helping our heroes.
    • Matthews taking out a Mantis.
    • When the BGC is cornered in Hargrove's office, Sarge says "Today... is a good day to die.", and Grif responds "Permission to speak freely, sir? Fuck that." as he readies up the Grifshot.
      • And Sarge doesn't argue. He chuckles.
    • Tucker suits up. In the Meta's armor.
      • When the suit itself is revealed, everyone stares at it in awe, almost reverence; all Tucker can manage to say is a subdued "What... the hell?", and Doc is so shocked that he drops the plasma pistol he was holding. In that moment, any and all doubts that they would make it out alive were gone!
    • The final shot before Epsilon signs off. Charon's forces are about to burst through the door, but the Blood Gulch Crew is ready. Sarge has his trusty shotgun, Doc/O'Malley his rocket launcher, 00-Donut with a pair of pistols, Lopez Dual Wielding Storm Rifles, Simmons doing the same with needlers, Caboose has Freckles and Grif, as said above, is reunited with the Grifshot. And in the center, Tucker, in the Meta's armor with his energy sword in his hands. Despite the Bolivian Army Ending, it's pretty much a given that by the end of this, Hargrove will get everything that's coming to him. Not so bad for a Ragtag Bunch of Misfits.
      • During Epsilon's last message, we get a shot of the Epsilon fragments standing in front of the BGC members, possibly implying that the blood gulch members will each get a fragment. Too bad this did not come to pass in Season 15.
  • The very fact that Season 13 was able to be shown in movie theatres is an awesome achievement. All those fight scenes listed above? Imagine that on the big screen.

     Season 14 
  • The trailer confirms the writers for the Anthology season, and in addition to previous writers Miles Luna, Matt Hullum and Burnie Burns, the list includes:
    • From within Rooster Teeth:
      • The creator of RT Animated Adventures, Jordan Cwierz,
      • His contribution is Episodes 2-4/The Prequels, detailing how Agent Florida selected Grif, Simmons, Sarge and Tucker for assignment to Blood Gulch.
      • The voice of Agent Washington, Shannon McCormick.
      • The voice of Jensen and RT's Community Manager, 'Actual Canadian' Barbara Dunkelman.
      • Funhaus.
      • Funhaus' contribution was episodes 6-7, detailing the exploits of Red Team FH 57, a unit that came across an alien spaceship (named "Cherry") which crash-landed on their enemy Blue base.
      • Season 13 animator, Alex Leonard.
      • The writers of ScrewAttack's DEATH BATTLE!.
      • Nico Audy-Rowland of Trocadero.
      • An Immersion style arc.
    • And from outside RT:
      • PixelPerSecond filmmaker Joe Nicolosi.
      • His contribution was a one-shot story, Episode 5/The Brick Gulch Chronicles, set in an Alternate Universe where the BGC are Megabloks toys in a child's bedroom, tormented by a Sid-esque young boy named Malcolm Hargrove.
      • Writer of Ready Player One, Ernest Cline.
      • Freddie Wong of Rocket Jump.
      • Freddie Wong's contribution to the series was a Live Action PSA for the third installment in the "Sarge" movie series, acted out by members of the 405th Legion in Space Marine armor.
      • Co-Creator of iZombie Chris Robertson and Allison Baker.
      • And the Game Grumps!
  • Episode One (Room Zero):
    • They take the old animated pilot episode, and then tie it into canon with new footage, which reveals it was one of Epsilon's simulations during his time in the Memory Unit.
  • Episode Two (From Stumbled Beginnings):
    • We discover who selected Grif and Simmons for assignment to Blood Gulch: Agent Florida, a.k.a. Captain Flowers.
    "And please... call me 'Cappy'."
  • Episode Three (Fifty Shades of Red):
    • We learn how Sarge earned leadership of Blood Gulch's Red Team; by defeating six other officers (near-identical in personality to himself) in a series of 'tests' through stupidity, fighting ability, and finally psychological manipulation. Yes, seriously.
    • The officers' names deserve mention: Johnson MacGruff, Clint Buckshot, and Hank Daggerknife!
  • Episode Five (The Brick Gulch Chronicles)
    • The appearance of Freckles in his original Mantis body is worth mentioning.
    • Sarge and Tucker managing to get Malcolm grounded by using the firecracker.
    • Parodied with Grif's speech after spotting the giant slice of pizza:
      Grif: Holy mother of Satan. Dibs.
      Church: Not now, we need the cover!
      Grif: No! You listen to me! I've been dragged along on I don't know how many adventures and no one has ever asked Grif what Grif wants. Well, Grif wants pizza! And no one is getting in Grif's way! Not you! Not Simmons! Not Sarge!
      (cue Sarge and Caboose riding in on Freckles)
  • PSA 1: The No. 1 Movie in the Galaxy 3
  • Episode Nine: Club
    • Felix and Locus' face reveal.
    • This entire episode should be called: Felix and Locus KICK ASS.
    • The Moment of Awesome has to be when they take on a group of bodyguards: starting with tricking them into killing their own guy before settings off a smoke grenade and proceeding to kill them while the video cuts between their fight and the dance floor. They do all of this while wearing Cool Shades and accompanied by a Neo-jazz soundtrack.
  • Episode Ten: Call
    • Ruben Lazano's speech is terrifying as it is awesome.
    • Locus remaining calm as normal while both his partners are panicking.
  • Episode Eleven: Consequences
    • This takes Club a step further. Despite Foregone Conclusion being in full effect - this being a prequel and all - watching them and Siris taking on over two dozen mooks is downright awe inspiring. There's a reason they worked together for so long: it fucking works.
      • Siris deserves special mention. He puts his robotic leg to good use with a fighting style that would make any Freelancer proud.
      • Siris beats the odds (and fan expectations) by surviving the arc, despite most assuming his death was a Foregone Conclusion.
  • Three words: Carolina vs Meta! The awesome is preprogrammed.
    • Two more words: Carolina Wins!
    • "Oh! Son of a bitch!" Said by Church... since, you know, the Meta can't talk.
  • While Caboose's Guide to Making Friends is mostly weird and funny due to being through Caboose's eyes, a lot of it is actually pretty good advice for making friends. Just goes to show that Caboose is actually smarter than you'd think.
    • He not only says you can always make more friends no matter how many you lose, but also recommends, maybe symbolically, what makes good friend material. Metal is reliable, strong and like he says, a little cold at first but eventually warms up, while cotton can be someone who is soft, kind, but at the slightest pressure breaks, like someone who is good-natured just because he/she is weak physically or mentally. Cactus is someone who even with their best intentions ends up hurting you and snow could be someone who you built up to gain your approval, which ends up being a hopeless pursuit, they changed for you, not for themselves, so they go back to their old habits eventually.
      • ...Is that you, Smith?
  • In episode 17, Church accidentally mixes up the gender of Tex, making her into a buff, deep voiced dude instead of a buff, deep voiced woman. The awesome part? Before he moves on, he makes it clear it's not because of Tex's gender and probably the Red's genders, who he also mixed up. That's right, Church will always love Tex, no matter what she may be. Also the voice of Male!Tex? None other than iZombie's Rahul Kohli!
    • The Female!Reds managed to expand the base into a multi-level complex with dozens of amenities such as a state-of-the-art entertainment system and Jacuzzi. All of this they accomplished in a week, which is more than the original Reds were able to accomplish in three seasons.
  • In episode 18, the Reds' synchronized rocket launcher reloading and firing is pretty impressive.
  • Episode 20: Church absolutely destroys Sarge in a rap battle by describing how the Blue Team (or rather, he himself) has been the driving force of all the plots, while the Reds have become nothing more than background characters.
    • That said, Sarge mocking Church's status as leader, and pointing out that his team had enough respect to actually hold a funeral for him. (Even if it was a mock funeral, and Sarge hadn't even been dead.)
    • Actually, the rap battle emphasis what each team does to make the series great: The Blue Team drives the plot which is has made Red Vs. Blue so good. However, The Red team keeps the show grounded in what it was in the beginning and keeps it there, giving a sense of connection throughout the series despite the massive shifts in the series by always tracing it back to what it always has been: Two groups of assholes arguing with each other.
    • Everything about Locus and Felix's guest appearance.
    • The entire thing is a perfect combination of badass boasts and call backs from all sides.
  • Episode 24: Tucker is wearing futuristic space marine Power Armor. And yet, Barbara is still able to punch him out with her bare hands. Maybe she's been taking lessons from Yang.
    • On a different note, The body language of the Reds and Blues in the real world. Each one perfectly captures how each one would act in real life, even capturing Lopez's robotic mannerisms. Really shows they have awesome people on board with this show.

     Season 15 
  • The trailer shows that this season will revisit characters and locations from the series' past. We see Sister and Kimball, as well as Blood Gulch, Sidewinder, and the ruins of Mother of Invention.
  • The season's opening sequence is nightmarishly beautiful, with the Reds and Blues attacking a UNSC outpost with hardly any ambient sound, ending with what seems to be Church leaving his blood-spattered helmet behind and the title appearing on a close-up of it, basically a signal from the crew of "Yeah, this season is going to be dark."
  • The beautiful recreation of Blood Gulch in Episode 2. It's a testament to both the show's machinimators and Halo 5's Forge.
  • Sister, of all people, gets one for starting and running a huge convention operation. After being seen as just a useless bimbo in Season 5, she’s finally found something she’s good at.
  • After surviving the Reds and Blues surrounding her and shooting up the place, what's Dylan's next action? Go right up to them and start asking questions. And after just a few seconds, she's able to figure out they're not the real Reds and Blues from all the research she's done.
  • Dylan's plan to get to Chorus's higher-ups borders on Batman Gambit. First, she shoots Jax, expecting him to be taken to the hospital that Dr. Grey works at, who can give her the chance to meet Kimball. There's a problem, though: Kimball is trying to open up negotiations with the UNSC, so Grey refuses to burden her with another meeting. So what does Dylan do next? She instead asks Grey for the name of the diplomat in charge of Chorus, and with her connections, digs up his dirty secrets. She uses this to blackmail him into continuing peace talks with Chorus. Thus, Kimball has time cleared up in her schedule and owes Dylan a favor.
    • And on the other side, Dr. Grey immediately sees through the whole thing, and has no problem chewing Dylan out for all the harm reporters have done on Chorus. Dylan has to work to convince her this is going to be different.
  • Caboose standing in for Luke in a Shout-Out to the end of The Force Awakens, followed by the iconic hook of the show's original theme song.
  • It's mentioned offhand, almost as an afterthought, but the Reds and Blues captured Hargrove.
  • Caboose managed to train their new home's native population of dinosaurs. And later they started fighting Sarge's new robots, which Wash describes as the most amazing thing he's ever seen after a few seconds of Stunned Silence from everyone.
  • Jax tries to spook Tucker by running up behind him. Tucker turns around in one quick motion and knocks him to the ground.
  • When Tucker thinks Spencer has hurt his friend, he pulls out his sword, ready to kill him for hurting his friends.
  • When the Reds and Blues team up with the Blues and Reds to fight the UNSC fighter squadron that came to kill them, it's a total Curb-Stomp Battle. As in, the Sim Troopers curb stomp the fighters.
    • Highlights include Surge and Sarge taking down a few with rocket launchers, Temple managing to snipe one of the pilots (Despite clearly being as bad a shot as Church) and Tucker leaping onto the cockpit of one of the fighters, stabbing them, striking a pose, leaping off, and having the plane crash behind him.
    • During this scene and the scene of the Reds and Blues meeting their counterparts, the aspect ratio and color correction are changed to something a bit more cinematic as a result of Jax experimenting with his camera. It's a small change, but it heightens the suspense.
  • It turns out Loco is a Genius Ditz who's the team's engineer, to the point where even Simmons can't keep up with him.
    • invoked Fridge Brilliance sets in when you realize Loco's opposite, Caboose, is a similarly-gifted engineer, considering his many misadventures involving repairing or assembling fully-functional robots out of highly-advanced technology. The only difference seems to be that Loco's team recognized his gift, and encouraged and nurtured it while Caboose is still treated as a barely-functional moron.
  • Another Tex and Carolina fight! And a rather unorthodox one at that with the choreography being built around the changing soundtrack the Blues and Reds are playing at the time.
  • Carolina flipping onto a car that's charging at her! Then throwing Lorenzo out to grab the flag for her team.
  • In spite of witnessing Carolina brutally dispatch most of his teammates, Biff just says "Oh, man, fuck this!" and keeps shooting at her before she incapacitates him.
  • invoked A mix of this and Funny Moment, but when the Reds and Blues (minus Sarge and Doc) get cornered in Episode 14, they attach Lopez's head to a missile and launch it, hoping to send reinforcements to help. Whether that means that Grif and/or their friends on Chorus will help is anyone's guess, but it's a glimmer of hope all the same.
  • The results of the Blood Gulch Crew's gambit? Episode 15 shows somebody finding Lopez's head and bringing it to Grif, who's managed to learn Spanish in the meantime, and they team up to rescue the Blood Gulch Crew! The kicker? That somebody is Locus.
  • Temple's computer is suddenly being flooded with pop-up ads. What makes this awesome? A lot of the ads have Vic's face, meaning he's causing it. Despite being stuck in the computer, he's doing everything he can to fight back against the Blues and Reds, at least in his own weird way.
  • Episode 16 ends with Locus finding a still-alive Wash and Carolina, about to free them. Also, props must go to Grif for diverting the attention of the Blues and Reds so this could happen.
    • Especially awesome is that Grif knew he'd probably get caught. From the very beginning, he deliberately put himself in harm's way just to buy his more competent partner time to act undetected.
  • Episode 17 continues ramping up the awesome for Locus. He knew from the very beginning that the Reds and Blues weren't responsible for the string of terrorist attacks, and had been tracking the true culprits for some time. And just managed to save Lopez from drifting into a black hole.
  • Episode 18:
    • Everything starts off on a sour note, and then quickly turns awesome as Caboose proceeds to deal with the Zealots himself, with his bare hands.
    • Props must go to Sarge for getting the rampage started to begin with, and making it clear that he is just as pissed at them as Caboose is.
      Sarge: (angrily) Remember us, you maggots!?
    • Locus immediately jumping into action when Washington is shot, loading the latter onto his own gunship and flying off to get him medical attention.
    • For a guy who's been shown to make filming blunders before, Jax ended up gathering a lot of footage while surveying the Blues and Reds' base. It ends up including pictures of Temple's charts, which help the gang work out his endgame.
    • Sarge indirectly helping figure out how the Blues and Reds plan to attack the heavily-fortified UNSC headquarters.
    • Continuing to show his own major departure from his initial attitude, Grif's first words to Tucker when he goes to check on him?
      Grif: We know where they are. We're going after them.
    • Rounding out the episode? Tucker's Rousing Speech to the others:
      Tucker: Listen up, everyone! The Blues and Reds are trenched in. They've got numbers, and they've got guns on their side. They've been planning this operation for years. They have a head start, and they have a doomsday device. They also don't stand a fucking chance! I ain't much on speeches, so I'll make this short. We do this for Wash! We do this for Church! And we do this because... fuck those assholes! Buckle up guys; we're goin' home.
      Caboose: We're going to Blood Gulch?
      Tucker: No.
      Camera cuts to a space shot of Earth.
      Tucker: Earth, motherfuckers.
      Grif: Now that's a pep talk.
  • Episode 19 - AKA, "The Reds and Blues Strike Back!"
  • Episode 20 has a few major moments, as the Blood Gulch Crew finally takes the fight directly to their evil counterparts:
    • Sarge battles Surge one-on-one, with the two exchanging words as well as blows over their ideologies as Sarge spares no punches in telling Surge how foolish their previously mutual Honor Before Reason mindset is and that soldiers need to actually question the orders given to them by their superior officers. It caps off with Surge taking a shot at Sarge and missing, followed by Sarge returning fire... and not missing.
    • Carolina takes out the soldiers who were targeting Caboose, despite being malnourished due to not having fully recovered from starving while in armor lock.
    • Grif and Simmons vs Gene, with all three getting a moment:
      • Gene turns his blue visor back to gold, making it hard for Grif to tell him and Simmons apart.
      • Grif gets the idea to Spot the Imposter by asking the timeless question: "Why are we here?"
      • Simmons catches on right away, answering the question the same way that Grif did back in Blood Gulch, allowing Grif to tell him apart from Gene and gun the latter down.
      • Earlier, Simmons getting out a knife and nearly stabbing Gene, helping remind us that he's not just The Smart Guy of the Reds and Blues.
    • Tucker takes his sword back from Buckey after the latter tries to use it against him.
      Tucker: (as he slowly walks towards Buckey in a smug tone) What's the matter, Buckey... Can't get it up?
    • Temple demonstrates his chops when the gang corners him by simply locking down all of their armor. He doesn't screw around.
      • Except for Grif, who botches an attempt to swing in to tackle him... only to take advantage of Temple's hesitation to shoot him by punching him out, allowing Dylan to grab the remote to de-activate the armor lock.
    • Finally, a moment of awesome/heartwarming/tearjerker for Loco. In the final few moments of the episode (and Loco's life), he went and got Caboose batteries for Freckles and reveals that the time machine part of the drill is intentional. When Loco then talks about how best friends should be allowed to say goodbye, the time machine rips a hole in time and space... to reveal Church, back in Blood Gulch. This is all while Loco says his own goodbyes to Caboose.
  • Episode 21:
    • In a narrative Bittersweet Ending sense, instead of taking the easy way out with the time portal and bringing Church back from the dead, Caboose just says his goodbyes (even though it's clearly painful for him to not try and save his friend).
    • Granted, it was a parody of Epsilon's last scene in Season 13, but Vic decides to sacrifice himself to save the planet by stabilizing the drill.
    • The Reds and Blues managed to stop the Blues and Reds before they could destroy Earth. That means they've now saved two planets almost consecutively, which is highly impressive.
    • Carolina convincing Tucker not to kill Temple. Tucker insinuates that Temple has to die, calling him a killer for all of the deaths he's caused, but Carolina counters with "And so are we!", but the difference is that they only fight and take lives when there's no other option, and Tucker has the option be the better man instead of stooping to Temple's level. So, Tucker takes the better option and spares Temple.
      • In doing so, Tucker freaks the hell out of Temple by making him think he's going to get stabbed in the face, then turning the sword off and punching him, knocking him out.
    • Locus managed to save Washington by getting him into the hospital on Chorus without anyone seeing him.

    The Shisno Paradox 
  • invoked The intro is hands-down Visual Effects of Awesome and Awesome Music.
  • Kalirama the Undying's first appearance.
  • Rather surprisingly, the first big heroic moment of the season belongs to Donut, throwing up a shield that deflects Kalirama's blasts long enough for the others to get away. His silently opening a portal to the past to prove he's telling the truth is also pretty cool.
  • Doc interrupting Grif's suicide with quick efficiency is pretty impressive.
  • Atlus Arcadium Rex, the King of the Cosmic Powers, has a awesome introduction concluding with a Badass Boast.
    I am King Atlus Arcadium Rex, first among the Cosmic Powers, God to the Gods, Slayer of Titans! If I wish these Reds and Blues dead, they are dead ALREADY!
  • Tucker shows a lot of creativity in fighting the Cyclops, tricking it into picking up an identical armor filled with grenades, ramming a jeep into its face, going into a narrow canyon where it can't reach, and finally a Shoryuken Groin Attack.
  • Sister's "The Reason You Suck" Speech after Tucker calls her "frigid," making it abundantly clear that she just isn't interested in him because he only cares about himself.
  • Episode 13 has Simmons deduce that the Cosmic Powers are actually sufficiently advanced A.I.s through simple context clues.
  • Episode 13 shows Wash rouse the Reds and Blues for an upcoming mission against the Big Bad, giving perhaps one of the best speeches in his life.
    Wash: You messed up. We all have regrets. Lost friends we'd like to have around, things we'd take back. But these time guns can't fix us ... you used them to relieve guilt, right wrongs, to avoid responsibility. But the past is done. Do better now; be better now! Now is the only time that's ever mattered. Ask yourself: do I make bad decisions? How can I do better? Who do I want to be?
    Tucker: Wash, it's selfish not to time travel! Are you saying you wouldn't go back and stop yourself from hurting people?
    Wash: Mistakes are the dirt we grow from, Tucker! In the end, you can't argue with cause and effect. You made a mess - you need to clean it up.
    Grif: ...Yeah. That's the right thing to do.
  • Despite the ending, the finale shows perhaps the greatest Batman Gambit to occur in the series. Genkins lures Grif away from the remaining Reds and Blues, monologuing as any other villain in the series would. Grif then reveals that he was stalling for time for the Reds and Blues to complete their "save Wash at all costs" mission... only for Genkins to reveal that his true intent was to let them win. The end result? Despite an impressive feat of athleticism from Grif, he arrives a second too late. Carolina breaks the timeline by preventing Wash's injury... and the universe resets to the very beginning of the series.
  • The fight between Donut and O'Malley throughout "Paradox" is just exceptional, with the Hammer and Time Gun constantly switching hands as they duke it out across time and space, from the tops of World War II planes to Blood Gulch to the Moon to a wrestling ring. In the end, Donut wins by sending a grenade he threw earlier in the fight through a portal and straight to O'Malley.
    Donut: I've always had one heck of a throwing arm. I don't miss.
    • Even O'Malley seems impresed with this, giving Donut a "Well played" before the grenade explodes.

    Singularity 
  • Genkins stops Church's first death by shooting a bullet directly down Sheila's barrel.
  • Donut has quite the moment of Fridge Brilliance: when Chrovos talks about how everything before the paradox is getting all screwed up, Donut realizes that he should head after the paradox. More specifically,note  he should go and find Wash, since he's at the center of the paradox, and now is effectively outside of time. And even when Donut goes to Chorus to find him and realizes he wound up in a random canyon, he decides to power through and search the entire planet for him.
  • Although he's severely behind on the situation, after having a brief catch up on the particulars, it doesn't take Wash long to realize what the actual method to fixing the timeline is: going back and undoing the paradox in the first place.
    Wash: It's not that you wanted Donut to enter the Everwhen, it's that you didn't want him to go somewhere else. Where didn't you want Donut to go? Or is it a "When"?
    • You have to give Genkins some credit: right as Wash is piecing things together, he shows up and destroys Donut's time gun, as to preserve the advantage he and Chronos currently have.
  • Wasting no time at all, the start of "Breaching the Torus" sees Wash brushing off the loss of the time gun by rushing into the Everwhen, with Donut not far behind.
  • When Wash's ongoing distrust of Carolina starts becoming an issue, Donut manages to pull out an effective Rousing Speech about how she did the best she could, actually starting to sound like Sarge by the end.
  • When he tracks down Carolina during the events of "Recovery One," Wash slips back into the demeanor he had during the Recollection trilogy. The way he explains how he's been playing Project Freelancer for fools, and vows to help Carolina bring down the Director, can almost give chills.
    • Also worth noting is how Carolina managed to stay off Freelancer's radar for so long - she went and re-enlisted in the UNSC, knowing that the Freelancers wouldn't think to look for her there. This gave her a means of keeping her skills sharp, access to military equipment, and a way of keeping her ear to the ground for any news of what Freelancer might be up to.
  • With a little help from Wash, Donut finally gets the others to listen to him, freeing them from the Everwhen all at once.
  • Upset that he's possessing Church (especially in light of having lost him three times over), Caboose beats the absolute fuck out of Genkins.note 
    • What adds to this is Caboose showing Character Development and admitting his issues with processing grief, which he channels into his fury over Genkins doing this to his friend.
      Caboose: Grief. Grief is weird. But these days I like to feel better and you're making me sad SO PLEASE PUT HIS BODY DOWN!
      Genkins: Hmmmmmm, no.
      Caboose:' Put. It. Down.
      Genkins: Or what?
      Cue Caboose attacking in a violent rage
  • Huggins survived a black hole despite being terrified out of her mind.
  • Caboose somehow knows how to time travel without Donut or Wash needing to explain it to him and he is the first to head out to start repairing the timeline within moments of being fixed. The ease he does this with actually shocks the others.
    Wash: Is... is Caboose a genius?
    Sarge: If he is, I just prefer not to know.
  • After finally having had enough of being The Friend Nobody Likes, and being treated like a traitor, Donut unloads on everyone about how most of them (especially the Reds) think they're better than him simply because he wears pink armor (and yes, he did in fact say "pink", he's owning that now), and his habit of adding innuendos to his speech, and while they screwed around in the timeline, Donut, after having died once and being brought back to life by a god-like A.I., tried to take the task of saving the universe seriously, and even after he realized his error in taking the Hammer to Chrovos, no one appreciated his attempts to atone for it. He decides right then and there to not take any more of their nonsense, declaring that after he teaches them how to time travel and stop Genkins, he won't help them restore the timeline.
    Donut: ALRIGHT, YOU FUCKERS, LISTEN UP!
    Simmons: What...?
    Donut: I have had it with this "traitor" crap! You all think you're better than me cause I have PINK armor!
    Sarge: Whoa!
    Donut: Yeah, I said it! I'm OWNING it! Pink! You put me down, sideline me, leave me to rot, shoot me over and over!
    Washington: Sorry...
    Donut: And when I die horribly at the hands of some time god and come back with the explicit task of saving your lives! And when I'm the only person, the ONLY person, with ANY interest in preserving the universe while your dumb-asses wander off and break time itself!
    Carolina: Sorry.
    Donut: Shut up! All you can think to do after I fight O'Malley across time, space, World War 2, the moon and a labyrinth prison inside of a black hole is execute me!?
    Sarge: VOTE to execute you.
    Donut: You wanna know what my crime was? Huh? You wanna know what I did? How I slipped up when I trusted Chrovos? I believed, someone could like me.
    Sister: ...Oof.
    Donut: So when I teach you all how to time travel and thwart Genkins, I'm out!
    • Right after that, Wash, having been Donut's only friend in his efforts, politely, but firmly, tells everyone to go and apologize to him, and they all reluctantly agree.
  • When Genkins glitches out the computer to prevent Sarge from deleting the Blues near the end of Reconstruction, Simmons simply reboots the computer before Genkins can gloat. It's even better in that this was still the version of Simmons from Reconstruction and not the present-day Simmons helping Sarge.
    • Along the same lines, when Genkins attempts to stop Tex's ship from blowing up by possessing Andy, Grif responds by grabbing a rocket launcher and blowing it to hell, both preventing a paradox and getting revenge on Tex for her copious Groin Attacks.
    Grif: My testicles send their regards, Tex. You metal bitch.
  • With the revelation that Caboose's golf club was in fact a powerful Titan-killing weapon, the Reds and Blues manage to prevent Genkins from recreating the paradox of Church blowing up Shelia by distracting him long enough so that they could use a time portal to put the golf club into the barrel. The end result? Genkins gets fucking impaled.
    • Subsequently, this also becomes the first instance of the show ever using CGI for Halo: Combat Evolved.
  • Wash's part of the Labyrinth is a brutal warzone, Doc has just been advised by Chrovos to let O'Malley out. O'Malley himself gleefully taunts Doc for essentially being useless without him, to which Doc finally puts his foot down and graces us with this line.
    Doc: Shut up! I got something to say to you. If I suck, then you suck, and if you're strong, then I'm strong too. Difference is, I'm as strong as both of us! I own this body. Now let's fuckin' do this!
    Wash: (stunned) O'Malley?!
    Doc: (smugly) Oh, he wishes.
    • What's even better with Fridge Brilliance is that Doc was always seen as utterly useless by Wash back when they first met. Now, Wash gets to see Doc being as equally capable as himself.
  • Grif punching out the illusion of himself when he encounters Sister in the Labyrinth.
    • The moment he's broken out of his own illusion and told what's going on, his first impulse is to find Sister before the Labyrinth can kill her.
    • And earlier, when facing imminent death at the hands of the Labyrinth's reproduction of his psychopathic gym coach, Grif proves surprisingly Defiant to the End before Donut rescues him.
      Coach Prestwood: Nice score on the Labyrinth's leaderboard. What should I put as your initials?
      Grif: My last request... is that it be... A... S... S.
  • Donut figuring out that the first Tucker he encounters is actually a fake created by the Labyrinth, and tricking it into outing itself. Then, when he and the false Tucker are holding each other at gunpoint, Doc runs in and quickly kills the false Tucker, saving Donut.
  • Tucker gets one for figuring out that the versions of the Blood Gulch Crew who were haunting him weren't actually the real ones, and resisting their urges to throw himself into the black hole.
  • It isn't focused on as much compared to the others, but Caboose is implied to have basically No-Selled the Labyrinth's attempts to Mind Rape him - from his perspective, all it did was make him hungry.
    Washington: What happened in there buddy?
    Caboose: Yeah, I think it was trying to make me hungry, but I didn't let it make me hungry. So... yeah, I won.
    Grif: Caboose, it was trying to kill you.
    Caboose: Oh thank god, because I'm so hungry. Let's get some pancakes!
  • The fight between Carolina and the illusion of her past self is a sight to behold and easily one of the best-choreographed fights in the entire series since Monty Oum's passing. It first starts with an awesome synth music intro, and the fight quickly escalates to a huge CGI battle where the music keeps getting more and more epic with each passing moment. Oum would clearly be proud.
  • Props to the Labyrinth Guardian for not being blinded by its duty and recognizing that the Blood Gulch Crew's argument for their innocence is actually valid, then realizing that Genkins is the real villain. It's also the first enemy to ever reduce Genkins back to his Monitor form instead of just hurting his Hard Light body.
    Genkins: WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?! That Club is MINE, slave!
    Labyrinth AI: I was merely holding it. Why did you bring this item into the labyrinth, Lord Genkins? It can harm your kin.
    Genkins: Perhaps I'd like to harm my kin.
    Labyrinth AI: But... the only member of your family here is... Chrovos.
    (Silence passes for a moment between the two)
    Genkins: Oh fuck me...
    Labyrinth AI: None may release Chrovos! (lunges at Genkins and hits him several times with the club)
  • The Blood Gulch Crew then get an impressive moment against Genkins when they break free of his attempts to Mind Rape them, banding together and holding him at golf club point near the Labyrinth's black hole:
    Genkins: What?! St-ssssstay back!
    Donut: Oh, we're done with "back". We're thinkin' forwards from now on.
  • Another credit to Donut, and probably the biggest one. Apparently, he figured out that Chrovos was Genkins and vice-versa, and he came up with a plan with the Labyrinth to trick Genkins into jumping inside the black hole, where he'd eventually become Chrovos, thus sealing the evil A.I.'s fate.
  • Finally, there's Lopez. Not only did he survive a fall into a black hole, but he also managed to survive the countless eons floating through space until he ended up on Chorus in the present day. And considering how he seems to have kept his ordinary personality when he returns, that means he managed to keep his sanity and memories over the countless billions of years - something that Chrovos couldn't do.

    Zero 
  • The Final Battle between Shatter Squad and Zero. Zero, having gained the ultimate power, is effectively handing them their asses but they keep getting back up and pushing him back little by little. When Carolina and later Phase join in they push him back even more. Each time his grip on the power slips. In the end this once Ragtag Bunch of Misfits that could barely work together are able to team up and defeat him.

Alternative Title(s): Red Vs Blue The Blood Gulch Chronicles, Red Vs Blue The Recollection, Red Vs Blue The Project Freelancer Saga

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