History Awesome / CerebusTheAardvark

[[folder: Cerebus (Volume 1)]]

* Following the above, Cerebus[[spoiler: having a LastStand against the forces invading Iest, leaving the safety of the mansion and the prospect of retirement in exchange for a few moments of glory with his sword drawn.]]
** [[spoiler:It's actually averted completely when the invading army turns out to be an army of Pigts come to ''worship'' Cerebus. So much for a BolivianArmyEnding...]]

* Cerebus [[spoiler:killing Thrunk.]]

* [[spoiler:The death of Weisshaupt]]

* At the end of the volume, Cerebus [[spoiler:snapping out of his HeroicBSOD and killing the two Cirinists]]; made all the more rewarding by the fact that [[spoiler:these were the ones who imprisoned Jaka and Rick in the previous phonebooks]].

* Cerebus [[spoiler:killing Cirin and all of her guards]] without even breaking a sweat.
** Yeah, it's just [[spoiler:a possible outcome that Po mentions to Cirin,]] but [[spoiler:Sim at least has the decency to show it and]] it's pretty cool (one of the FEW cool things about ''Reads'').
* [[spoiler:The giant aardvark stature functioning as a Humongous Mecha in an alternate future mentioned in ''Minds'']].
* Baskin [[spoiler:killing a Cirinist assassin and saving Lord Julius]] in ''Flight''.

* The fight between Cerebus and Cirin in ''Reads'', particularly the climax of the scene where [[spoiler: Cerebus, after being kicked and thrown around for nearly the whole fight, leaps on Cirin's shoulder and proceeds to smash his fist into her face several times.]] The scene is made even more awesome when we learn what Cerebus's thought process was before that moment during ''Minds''.
--> '''Cerebus''': [[spoiler: Cerebus hasn't got any strength left, Tarim..Cerebus has lost too much blood..hacked just about to pieces..Cerebus is going to...''jump''..grab..Cirin's sword arm..Help Cerebus, Tarim..Give..Cerebus..The ''Strength''..]]

->'''Cerebus:''' [[MicDrop Damn right.]]

* Astoria tricks Cerebus into giving her some water. Even when tied up, fatigued, and in pain, she can still [[ManipulativeBastard do what she does best.]]

->''[Cerebus storms out, slamming the door]

* Astoria tricks Cerebus into giving her some water in ''Church and State II''. Even when tied up, fatigued, and in pain, she can still [[ManipulativeBastard do what she does best.]]
* Cerebus [[spoiler:snapping out of his HeroicBSOD and killing the two Cirinists]] at the end of ''Melmoth''; made all the more rewarding by the fact that [[spoiler:these were the ones who imprisoned Jaka and Rick in the previous phonebooks]].

* Dave Sim completing Issue 300, as he promised back in the day. Even his ex-friend [[ComicBook/{{Bone}} Jeff Smith]] briefly put aside the animosity to congratulate him and Gerhard.
* Cerebus finally standing up to [[ManipulativeBastard Astoria]] in the conclusion of ''High Society'', sending the normally calm and collected woman into a VillainousBreakdown.
* Following the above, Cerebus[[spoiler: having a LastStand against the forces invading Iest, leaving the safety of the mansion and the prospect of retirement in exchange for a few moments of glory with his sword drawn.]]
** [[spoiler:It's actually averted completely when the invading army turns out to be an army of Pigts come to ''worship'' Cerebus. So much for a BolivianArmyEnding...]]

* Oscar gives Pud a verbal smackdown when he calls him a "Somdomite" in ''Jaka's Story''.
* The radio adaptation of Cerebus destroying the Pigt idol, which is notably more dramatic than the comic version (the fact that it is accompanied by ''Mars Bringer of War'' certainly helps).

* Cerebus' [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge Cirinist Rampage]] in the beginning of ''Flight''. He takes on several scores of Cirinists Warriors and easily cuts them down.

* Cerebus [[spoiler:killing Thrunk]].

->'''Cerebus:''' Damn right.

* Dave Sim completing Issue 300, as he promised back in the day. Even his ex-friend [[{{Bone}} Jeff Smith]] briefly put aside the animosity to congratulate him and Gerhard.

* The radio adaptation of Cerebus destroying the Pigt idol, which is notably more dramatic than the comic version (the fact that it is accompanied by ''Mars Bringer of War'' certainly helps).

* Cerebus [[spoiler:snapping out of his HeroicBSOD and killing the two Cirinists]] at the end of ''Melmoth''; made all-the-more-rewarding by the fact that [[spoiler:these were the ones who imprisoned Jaka and Rick in the previous phonebooks]].

* Cerebus finally standing up to [[ManipulativeBastard Astoria]] in the conclusion of ''High Society'', sending the normally calm and collected woman into a VillainousBreakdown

---> '''Cerebus''': [[spoiler: Cerebus hasn't got any strength left, Tarim..Cerebus has lost too much blood..hacked just about to pieces..Cerebus is going to...''jump''..grab..Cirin's sword arm..Help Cerebus, Tarim..Give..Cerebus..The ''Strength''..]]

* Oscar gives Pud a verbal smackdown when he calls him a "Somdomite" in ''Jaka's Story''.