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Really, lots of moments. Special mention goes to:

  • The infestor and the Hellion in original series episode 6.
  • The 2013 holiday Special, the Twelve Days of StarCrafts (using audio from the Twelve Days of StarCraft map).
    • Special mention to the Zealot knocking the queen out in one of the later "Five Newborn Queen" choruses... with a candy cane.
  • The tempest hitting the broodlords in episode 22 of season 2 from another galaxy!
  • The end of episode 22 of season 3, 'Overlord Overload', where an Overlord desperately tries to airlift an Ultralisk out of the way of an incoming Protoss deathball... but is unable to fit more than half of the Ultralisk inside it, leaving the rest hanging out as it drifts over the cliff and slowly down... Even funnier, the deathball then goes flying by overhead, firing off a brief ineffectual spray of badly-aimed lasers before plummeting to its doom.
  • The last detail of the factions overcoming the Derpfestor. Specifically, the Viper drinking the last building up and the entire army just tipping over.
  • Season 4 Episode 1: Brood Wars story in a nutshell. These series exemplified Carbot's tendency to make everything Starcraft adorable, including Infested Kerrigan and Overmind. Highlights also include Arcturus Mengsk's tendencies to do an Evil Overlord style Evil Laugh and the ending: Raynor getting pissed off and swearing that he'll kill Kerrigan... and then one Gilligan Cut later, he's all lovey-dopey with Kerrigan, causing DuGalle to shoot himself in the face. Do check out the continuation, WoL + HoTS story in a nutshell for more on that.
  • Season 4 Episode 2 is primarily about the infamous Brood War pathing AI. Cue a Dragoon and Goliath stumbling around like they're drunk and managing to wander all over the place. The standout moment has to be the Goliath repeatedly running into a cliff face, saying "Systems functional".
  • Season 4 Episode 7: One of the Ghosts use Lockdown on a Carrier, and then the pilot gives a "really?" look and takes a nap.
    • Then a Scout attacks the Ghost, doing...no damage, prompting the Ghost to laugh. The Scout attacks again, doing no damage, causing more Terrans and a Protoss pilot to laugh.
    • Finally, a Wraith attacks a Dark Archon, doing basically no damage, the Dark Archon laughs and use Feedback on the Wraith in the process while still laughing.
  • The parody of the Legacy of the Void cinematic is a goldmine of comedy, not least because it uses Artanis' very serious lines over the silly animation.
    • "The swarm brought ruin to our world." plays over a Zergling licking itself while others hop around like puppies.
    • The dramatic slow motion scene is cut off by a Corruptor trying to use its new ability on the Zealot, which just ends up annoying the Zealot for a few seconds (the ability in question only damages buildings).
    • A Hydralisk gets scared off by a Probe zapping it a few times.
    • The High Templar and Dark Templar do the fusion pose from Dragon Ball Z and proceed to just sit there merging while the Adept checks her watch and the Ultralisk they began merging to face jumps on them. The Archon finally forms, complete with "Power... OVERWHELMING!"... except it's in the Ultralisk's mouth and promptly gets shaken around like a chew toy. (Even better, you can see the Adept running away with Psionic Transfer in the background.)
    • As Bob is ready to make his last stand against the Zerg army, he extends his psi-blades in the same pose as the zealot from the original trailer, except his blades now have crossguards, not unlike a certain lightsaber.
    • Even the Big Damn Heroes mass warp-in isn't safe from parody. The Pylon finishes and Protoss forces begin warping in... except warp-in times were nerfed in Legacy of the Void, resulting in Artanis repeating his dramatic line three times before finally the Protoss forces are swamped by Zerg.
    Artanis: Today, we retake our homeworld! And with it... (Zealot looks at the units still warping in, waits a bit, then raises his arm to continue) We retake our homeworld... (Looks back at the units, which are still warping in) We retake our home... (looks again) We retake our- (A mob of Zerg units run him over)
    • The true heroes of the day are the Pylon via the new Photon Overcharge and the Probe who warped it in. Cue Probe with sunglass.
  • Season 5 Episode 12 has an Adept and Marauder tickling each other with their attacks... followed by the Marauder oneshotting a Stalker.
    • The episode keeps focusing on a Colossus in the middle of an attack on a Terran base, without revealing what it's attacking. Then it turns out that it spent the whole time attacking a single Supply Depot and it has to stomp on it to finish it off, giving a satisfied nod before noticing a swarm of Marines running for it.
    • Said Marines huddle up once they've killed the Colossus, and then an energy orb floats into the middle of them (using a recolored version of the Reaver's projectile from Season 4) and explodes, complete with scream as a callback to the Reaver.
    Disruptor: I live on.
  • Season 5 Episode 22 gloriously pokes fun at the Ghost's overblown death screams in the game when the Dark Templar runs him through... and just stands there in annoyance at the Ghost's ridiculously overblown death throes. Even better, in The Stinger, the Ghost's theatrics actually buy enough time for a Medivac to pick him up. Cue irritated Aside Glance from the Dark Templar.
  • Despite how sad the epilogue of GG No Re is, it's a bit funny how Crackhead's gravestone is cracked in the exact same manner as his helmet.
  • In "GG No Re", the Derpfestor is finally defeated when the Zergling tricks him and his double into hitting each other with their tendrils.

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