History Awesome / TheAdventureZone

* ''Awesome/TheAdventureZoneAmnesty''

* ''Awesome/TheAdventureZoneBalance''

* ''Awesome/TheAdventureZoneBalance''
* ''Awesome/TheAdventureZoneKNights''

Awesome and Funny go hand-in-hand with our Adventurers:

[[AC: "Here Be Gerblins" Arc]]
* Say it with me now: "Abracafuckyou!"

[[AC: "Moonlighting" Interlude]]
* During the initiation test, Magnus decides to grapple with a killer robot...and promptly ''rips its arm clean off,'' kicking off a RunningGag where Magnus collects the arms of fallen robots.

[[AC: "Murder on the Rockport Limited" Arc]]
* [[ActionGirl Jess the Beheader]] deftly takes out a crab monster with an awesome move and a mystical weapon that makes Magnus jealous.
* At the end of the arc when [[spoiler:Magnus pulls some sick acrobatics to get into the caboose]] and [[spoiler: Taako opens the portal in the city gate just barely in time]].

[[AC: "Carnival Chaos" Interlude]]
* Thanks to the RandomNumberGod, our heroes manage to tank a magical event that knocks out everyone else at the Bureau moonbase.

[[AC: "Petals to the Metal" Arc]]
* The Raven completely obliterating our heroes in their first encounter, crushing them with several high-level spells without ever breaking a sweat.
* The battlewagon race is full of Film/TheFastAndTheFurious-inspired action and zaniness, with Taako taking out three opponents with a couple of well-placed spells, Magnus parkour-ing his way through boarding parties, [[spoiler:Klarrrg]] pulling a BigDamnHeroes moment, and the introduction of Garyl the spectral unicorn.
* When [[spoiler: Sloane started using the power of the Gaia Sash, Taako busted out his trusty fire spells and dealt some of most incredibly high damage rolls seen in the podcast so far]]. Not too shabby for a dude who got curbstomped that first encounter with the Raven.
* As sad as it was, [[spoiler: Hurley's]] HeroicSacrifice was an amazing thing to witness.

[[AC: "The Crystal Kingdom" Arc]]
* This arc is the first one to have a [[AwesomeMusic proper soundtrack]].
* Noelle's Combat Upgrade.
* Carey Fangbattle is Awesomeness on two legs, decimating a horde of robots while our heroes deal with the main problem. [[spoiler: So much so that Magnus asks her to train him.]]

[[AC: "The Eleventh Hour" Arc]]
* Griffin's story telling abilities ''really'' show in this arc. Also, AwesomeMusic.
** The end of the second episode, which sees Tres Horny Boys and all of Refuge being destroyed in a cataclysmic explosion and reveals the GroundhogDayLoop nature of the arc's plot, is so well-done that Clint, Travis, and Justin just start exclaiming about how awesome it was while laughing and applauding.
* "My name is Taako, and you work for me now."
* The diary of Sheriff Isaac is one of the most captivating sequences in the entire podcast.
* Our heroes [[spoiler: reject the Temporal Chalice's offer with nary a moment's hesitation. They manage to bum the Relic out by refusing to even take its offer seriously.]]
* Istus setting [[spoiler:Refuge]] back on track. [[spoiler: Magnus, Merle and Taako watch as seven years pass in about 10 minutes. They see Candlenights celebrations, weddings, funerals, seasons passing. A group of children build little statues made of clay of the boys, adjusting them to match their every move. And in the end, the bubble pops.]]

[[AC: "The Calm Before The Storm" Interlude]]
* [[InfinityPlusOneSword The Flaming Poisoning Raging Sword of Doom]] is a ridiculously overpowered weapon that an eight-year-old listener submitted mainly as a joke, and that DungeonMaster Griffin put on sale at the Fantasy Costco at an astronomical price, guaranteeing the Adventurers could never really buy it. Through deft and clever application of several Persuasion artifacts, [[GuileHero Taako]] takes possession of it. ''Taako.'' [[spoiler: And then he just wears it a decoration, not even planning to use it in battle.]]

[[AC: "The Suffering Game" Arc]]
* Chapter 3's description doesn't mention Merle being the MVP for nothing; [[spoiler: With a judicious use of Flame Strike, he manages to wipe out two of the Regenerating Poisonous Slimes and the Electric-bodied Flying Electrified Direbear, followed by a use of Wind Wall to bloody the Flesh-bodied Flying Electrified Direbear, destroy a ''second'' Electric-bodied one and splatted the final Regenerating Poisonous Slime against the ceiling.]] Clint was on his A-game for that episode.
-->'''Justin:''' I never thought I'd say this, but thank God for Merle!
* Magnus using some cleverness to get a fantastic ranged attack out against the [[spoiler: Flying Electrified Direbear; by using his daily bonus action to slake down his rope with water, tie his grappling hook to one end and the Chance Lance to another and hook the hook to one of the pipes jutting from the ground, he chucks the Lance at the flying bear and causes ''it's own electricity'' to ground itself, disintegrating its wings and tethering it to the pipe.]]
* Props also have to be given to Taako for starting the match off right, burning a 6th level slot to cast Disintegrate and very nearly one-shotting the giant Slime. And, because Griffin wouldn't let him use Flesh to Stone on it beforehand, Justin has Taako shoot all 67 damage out of his ''butt''.
* They all do so well, in fact, that DungeonMaster Griffin expresses disappointment that his elaborately-planned super-hard battle ended so quickly...
* During the BossRush, [[spoiler:Cam gets sick of getting knocked around and worried about the party's ability to survive. He asks Taako to throw him a spare wand, and upon receiving it, starts levitating, and says...]]
--> [[PreAssKickingOneLiner Heads up!]]
* Everything after [[spoiler: Magnus listens to the Animus Bell after they escape from their instance of Wonderland counts for Trés Horny Boys. Edward- a powerful lich- has used the Bell to separate Magnus's soul from his body and possess it, to lure more people into Wonderland through word of mouth. As this technically counts as death for the person whose soul is separated, Magnus is fighting tooth and nail to avoid being sucked into the Astral Plane. When Takko realizes that Edward is possessing Magnus's body, he casts Magic Jar to project his own soul into the Ethereal Plane and bring Magnus back to the physical world (and rolls a 20 on dragging Magnus back), and ''then'' Merle casts Planar Ally-his magic explicitly ''waning,'' no less- so he can forcibly drag the two of them back into the Material Plane. Taako then returns to his body while Magnus's soul possesses one of the mannequins in the room to fight ''his own body!'']]
--> '''Magnus:''' [[spoiler: [[PreAssKickingOneLiner I'll be having my body back, you undead fuck.]]]]
* In the final battle, Merle uses the Ring of the Grammarian to cast [[spoiler:"Divine Wood" instead of "Divine Word," imbuing Magnus's mannequin body with divine power. Magnus, in turn, channels that power through the Chance Lance-a holy weapon given to him by a goddess- and the concentrated magical energy sends Edward flying across the room ''before the physical spear can even touch him.'' And then Taako scores the finishing blow on Edward's true form, ''while unconscious,'' because the Umbra Staff consumes him due to its ability to absorb the magical essence of the enemies it defeats... and a lich is ''made'' of magical energy.]]
* Magnus' [[spoiler:blunt shutdown of the Animus Bell at the end of the Suffering Game,]] especially after seeing how [[spoiler:all the other Grand Relics required some struggling to ignore the thrall.]] Also a CrowningMomentOfFunny.
--> [[spoiler:'''The Animus Bell:''']] How would you like to live forever?
--> '''Magnus:''' I'd hate it. Shut the fuck up.

[[AC: "Reunion Tour" Interlude]]
* In order to make a vitally important deal with Garfield the Deals Warlock, Taako has to return the Flaming Poisoning Raging Sword of Doom, which he does... [[spoiler: but not before enchanting it with a spell that will allow him to summon it back at any time. That's right--he found a way to obtain a deliberately unobtainable item ''twice''.]]
** Which later leads to Magnus summoning the sword and [[spoiler: taking out an entire store of Hunger-born enemies ''that he can't see.'' '''Naked.''' It's equally funny as it's awesome.]]
* In the end, it's somewhat futile, but [[spoiler: Magnus and the Voidfish versus the Hunger. Magnus promises to get the Voidfish's kid back, breaks the glass tank containing it, and it's all capped off by Travis asking Griffin how many he takes down before he goes down himself. Even as a mannequin with less-than-superb gear, Magnus is a protector to be reckoned with.]]
* The fact that [[spoiler: fan speculation was ''right'', and Takko had a twin sister named Lup!]]
* Carey's mini-RoaringRampageOfRevenge when Killian has her arm slashed open by the Hunger's creatures. It's small, but it's a good reminder of [[LetsGetDangerous just how powerful most Regulators can be.]]

[[AC: "The Stolen Century" Arc]]
* The Announcer's introduction for this arc's first chapter eschews his normal style, and what he says is ''spine-tingling'' with awesomeness;
--> ''[[spoiler: Before the day the Hunger arrived, before this crisis. Before Wonderland. Before the time-sick town and the crystal lab. Before races, and trains, and moon bases and gauntlets. Before the beach, and the sizzling, and the roost. Before everything I have told you, there was a journey beyond imagination. Seven explorers lost their home to the same force that threatens us, now. Their impossible trajectory carried them between wild, desolate, beautiful and deadly worlds where they experienced immeasurable hardships and incredible joy. They lived, and died, and loved, and... in the end, forgot. It's time to remember. It's time to go back to where our story truly started. Because only then, can we prepare for how it ends. [[TriumphantReprise It's the Adventure Zone!]]]]''
* Magnus ''judo flips a grizzly bear.''
* Merle's final meeting with John has him respond to John's MotiveRant with a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech followed by not one, but ''two'' ShutUpHannibal moments--which he's delivering to [[spoiler: an EldritchAbomination who has destroyed multiple realities and has killed Merle dozens of times]]:
** When John rejects Merle's offer of friendship with a rant about the horror of existence:
--->I don't think I wanna hang out with you anymore, John. I think I'm gonna take off. And you can continue wallowing in your sadness and your oblivion and seeing nothing but the negative, and I'm gonna go on my way. And I'll tell you what--if we ever meet each other somewhere in infinity, you can apologize to me and tell me you were wrong.
** Merle's last words to "[[MouthOfSauron John]]":
--->'''John:''' You call us [[spoiler: the Hunger]]. That's not entirely inaccurate, because we are [[spoiler: hungry]], but it would be more accurate to simply call us [[spoiler: "Dissatisfaction"]]. But soon, you will call us ascendant.
--->'''Merle:''' Well, we'll see. John, thanks for the chess game, and... [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu kiss my ass, you sanctimonious bastard]].
* The {{Cliffhanger}} of Chapter Four that rather bluntly hints that [[spoiler: the Red Robes have made it to the world they find ''The Voidfish'' on.]]
* In the aformentioned [[spoiler:Voidfish homeworld]], each of the Starblaster's crew spends the year studying at the Legato Conservatory to create a work of art worthy of being broadcast to the entire plane by [[spoiler:the Voidfishes]]. All of them succeed, surpassing several students who have been trying so for much longer.
* After the Starblaster is shot down, [[spoiler:and the entire crew apart from Lucrecia is tried [[TotalPartyKill and executed]], the latter manages to spend the rest of the year teaching herself how to repair and fly the ship as well as evade both the authorities searching for her and the native marauders trying to steal the ship. It is an utterly hellish experience for her but her perserverance and successful continuation of the cycle manages to save not only the rest of the crew but also the rest of existence by ensuring that they can continue the fight against the Hunger.]]
-->'''Griffin''': She wouldn't go on to found the Bureau of Balance for decades still, but this, [[spoiler:this horrible, lonely year]]... this is when Lucrecia became Madame Director.

[[AC: "Story and Song" Finale Arc]]
* Taako finally putting two and two together with the help of his restored memories and [[spoiler: breaking the Umbra Staff. Say it with me everyone, ''Lup's back''.]]
* In part two, Taako opens up the bag Istus gave him. It allows him to make contact with another world... specifically, the world of [[spoiler:a terrified kid filling in at a fast food joint who teaches him how to make tacos, which he does in his ''perfectly restored wagon'' from his cooking show days. The process then imbues both with immense reserves of magical strength.]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Joaquin''': Everything's gonna be okay. I've got magic powers.]]
* After [[spoiler: Taako transmutes the Phandalin ruins into a portal to the Astral Plane]] Kravitz finally returns to the Prime Material Plane. And who should he bring with him to take on one of the Hunger's Judges? [[spoiler: ''Legion''.]]
* It's a minor moment at the beginning of the finale, but [[spoiler: we finally see Davenport back in the saddle of the Starblaster, piloting them straight down the Hunger's throat, and masterfully dodging every single attempt to take them down, all set to the fast-paced beat of [[https://soundcloud.com/griffinmcelroy/the-starblaster "The Starblaster".]]]]
--> '''Griffin''': ''[[spoiler: And through the thick glass of the helm the three of you hear Davenport, the greatest starship pilot who ever lived, just laughing.]]''
* The sheer amount of [[{{Callback}} Callbacks]] in this finale.
** Even as Taako is ''frightened'' by John's attack, he manages to stand up for himself and threaten him, even if he stutters quite a bit. What does he end his monologue on?
--> '''Taako:''' [[spoiler: "Drink it in, John!... D-d-drink it in! ... ''Abraca-fuck you.''"]]

[[AC: "The Boston Live Show"]]
* "Tuff Greg" pulls a few cool stunts.
** [[spoiler: The exquisite chest.]]
** The incredible [[spoiler: three points of view after Taako casts Mislead to make a double.]]
* The return of [[spoiler: Klaarg]], a fan favorite, [[spoiler: kicking off with him nearly demolishing Taako with a single suplex that makes the live crowd audibly shocked in how damaging it was]].
* The crowd loses their minds when [[spoiler: Angus not only successfully casts Mage Hand under pressure, but catches the orb out of the air.]]
** It's so awesome it manages to get Taako to [[spoiler: ''show pride in Angus''.]]
--->'''Taako''': [[spoiler: THAT'S MY BOY! THAT'S MY BOY!! ''MY BEAUTIFUL, MAGIC BOY!'']]

[[AC: "[=MaxFunCon=] East Live Show'']]
* The [[spoiler:body swap.]]
--> '''Griffin:''' ''...I'm gonna need you guys to [[spoiler:trade character sheets.]]''
* Our heroes working together in order to punch Art Goodfriend in the face.
---> '''Art Goodfriend:''' Teamwork!

[[AC: "Return of the Hogsbottom Three"]]
* Scales repeatedly announces during the episode that he's writing a song about their adventure, which pays off at the end when Elliott reveals that he ''actually has'' been writing a rap about the events of the plot ''while they were unfolding'' and performs it for everyone.

* After [[spoiler: Taako transmutes the Phandalin ruins into a portal to the Astral Plane]] Kravitz finally returns to the Prime Material plane. And who should he bring with him to take on one of the Hunger's Judges? [[spoiler: ''Legion''.]]

* The battlewagon race is full of Franchise/MadMax-inspired action and zaniness, with Taako taking out three opponents with a couple of well-placed spells, Magnus parkour-ing his way through boarding parties, [[spoiler:Klarrrg]] pulling a BigDamnHeroes moment, and the introduction of Garyl the spectral unicorn.

* The battlewagon race is full of Franchise/MadMax-inspired action and zaniness, with Taako taking out three opponents with a couple of well-placed spells, Magnus parkour-ing his way through boarding parties, and the introduction of Garyl the spectral unicorn.

* The battlewagon race is full of Franchise/MadMax-inspired action and zaniness, with Taako taking out three opponents with a couple of well-placed spells, Magnus parkour-ing his way through boarding parties, and the introduction of Garryl the spectral unicorn.

* The sheer amount of [[Callback Callbacks]] in this finale.

* In part two, Taako opens up the bag Istus gave him. It allows him to make contact with another world... specifically, [[spoiler:a terrified kid filling in at a fast food joint who teaches him how to make tacos, which he does in his ''perfectly restored wagon'' from his cooking show days. The process then imbues both with immense reserves of magical strength.]]

[[AC: "[=MaxFunCon=] East Live]]