History Awesome / SonicAdventure

-->'''Sonic:''' ''This'' time, I'll make you realise... that no matter how many times you try, NO WAY! You will always ''fail!''

'''Tails:''' [[TookALevelInBadass I'm not scared...I'm not scared! I can do this!]]

* A mini moment of Awesome, but in E-102 Gamma's story in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'', the bot gets to fight and ''win'' against Sonic, a mere second from blowing his brains out point blank. Yeah, it's an AntiClimaxBoss, but it's the first and so far only time one of Eggman's badniks has managed to defeat Sonic one on one, and gives you an idea of how dangerous Gamma may have been [[MinionWithAnFInEvil had it not been for his heart]].
* Gamma gets another one after leaving the Egg Carrier. While descending down to the Mystic Ruins, he starts having "flashbacks" to Beta being rebuilt, the other E-Series bots being sent away, Amy, and finally Robotnik. After the images flash through multiple times before settling on Robotnik, he decides to fully cement his HeelFaceTurn.

* Eggman gets a major one, [[FridgeBrilliance when one realizes]] he set up a BatmanGambit for his scheme through the entire game! Every time--
** He sets up a MacguffinDeliveryService by telling Sonic his plans. This results in every single chaos emerald being handed to him, because he's anticipated Sonic would get them first to try and stop him:
*** 1 was retrieved simply by playing possum when Sonic was off guard.
*** 2 was claimed by averting a DeathTrap scenario and gassing Sonic and Tails immediately when they didn't see it coming.
*** He plays off Knuckles' gullibility, which in the long run nets him emeralds 3 and 4.
*** 5 and 6 come to him by not taking chances and simply sending out his own troops to get the emeralds first, so he's not putting all the cards in Sonic's hands.
** He attempts to be CrazyPrepared with the Egg Carriers, the secret missile to destroy Station Square, and the success of the E-Series, then it shows he's stepped up his game.
* Big the Cat has a surprisingly badass final act for being, well, [[TheScrappy Big the Cat.]] Firstly, he confronts [[GodOfEvil Chaos 6]], a nearly perfect being, fishing out Froggy, who has one of the Chaos Emeralds powering up Chaos at the time ''and'' giving him a tail, giving Sonic and Knuckles the chance to finish the battle, ending with Big managing to use the Tornado II to escape the Egg Carrier despite never having driven a plane before. And all that just to get back his polliwog pal. [[ThePowerOfFriendship That's some friendship.]]
** As [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments hilariously anticlimactic]] as the fight itself is, Big's encounter with Chaos 6 deserves a bit more credit: he has ''no'' idea what's going on and was just trying to get his friend back, basically getting roped into this whole situation without any warning. For all intents and purposes, he's just an ordinary bystander from the Mystic Ruins jungle that far exceeded his comfort zone. But when Froggy's trapped inside that hulking liquid monstrosity, Big doesn't back down; he freaks out for a bit, but he's still determined to save him. Even after Sonic offers to get the frog out himself, [[LetsGetDangerous he stares Chaos 6 down and promises that they'll get him out of there]]. ''And he does.'' Not even a pissed off water god with six Chaos Emeralds can keep him from his best friend.
* After all that fails, Chaos, in his Zero form no less, manages to recollect all of them plus the seventh in ''mere minutes''.
* Sonic running down a massive skyscraper in Speed Highway.
* The original Egg Viper face-off was going to be far more heated , with an unused banter between Sonic and Eggman that makes clear they are well and truly ''done'' with each other's butting in and this was their final very personal showdown. This conversation was in fact edited into the ''Sonic X'' adaptation.
-->'''Eggman:''' How dare you, Sonic! You continue to always, always, ''always'' stand in my way! And this time you destroyed the Egg Carrier, you defeated Chaos, and now you're even leading my base into ruin! In that case, I'll show you the ace in my sleeve...''This time'' you're finished, Sonic!
-->'''Sonic:''' ''This time'' I'll make you realise...that no matter how many times you try, NO WAY! You will always ''fail''!

* Sonic and Tails have a shared ending, with them running around Mystic Ruins together right after being reunited as their respective [[ImageSong Image Songs]] play. It's both awesome and heartwarming.

* Sonic and Tails have a shared ending, with them running around Mystic Ruins together right after being reunited as their respective {{Leitmotif}} songs play. It's both awesome and heartwarming.

* Eggman has a fridge awesome moment : the ending is clearly an EsotericHappyEnding, and Station Square is destroyed, meaning that ''[[TheBadGuyWins Eggman technically won]]''.

-->'''Sonic:''' Aww, yeah! This is happenin'.

-->'''Amy:''' You idiot! How could you do this?! (''draws her Hammer'') [[PreAssKickingOneLiner NOW YOU'RE GONNA GET IT!]]

* Sonic becoming Super Sonic. The whole city cheering "SONIC! SONIC!" as Tails explains that it's not only negative forces that make the Chaos Emeralds work, and then we see Sonic going Super for the first time in true 3D. Spine-chilling, and doubly so with the ThemeMusicPowerUp.