History Awesome / Fantasia

* The Sprite's revival in "Firebird Suite". She has suffered a horrific DisneyDeath -- being swallowed whole by the Firebird -- and has just been revived by the Elk. Ashen, she understandably blames herself for (innocently) waking the Firebird, but he has faith in her ability to restore the decimated forest. (This is all apparent to the viewer without dialogue.) He carries her toward a little tree, the one she had tended to shortly after she was awakened, and she begins to cry - and the tears immediately start to regenerate the forest. Realizing what's happening, she shifts into the form of a wave...in mere minutes, the forest is revived and more beautiful than ever before, to the point that even the bare parts of the volcano that she hadn't been able to vivify the first time around are now lush and green. She finally dissolves into the wind as the Elk looks on. "Awe-inspiring" is too mild a term for it.
** The Firebird itself is pretty awesome, too, even while being one of the scariest things Disney ever put on film. Gives chills when the Firebird makes his entrance. Best use of a ScareChord ''ever.''
* "Pines of Rome", AKA the flying whales sequence. Especially the last three minutes. Sure it's bizarre and surreal but there's just something about that combination of the whales leaping up from the clouds and the majestic sweeping EPICALLY gorgeous music.
** That shot from the underside of the 'armada', if you will, slowly spinning around to look forward, into the sun...
* Disney's done some Al Hirschfeld homage before (the Genie in ''Aladdin'', for example; sequence director Eric Goldberg was the Genie's lead animator), but the "Rhapsody in Blue" sequence really brings home everything about Hirschfeld's career: the distinctive design of the characters, the love of music, the love of New York, and the love of the theater. The fact that it's all done with George Gerswhin makes it a banana split of style.
** Always for "Rhapsody in Blue", Duke gets one for deciding to chase the dream and earn his happy ending... and being indirectly responsible of the three others obtaining ''their'' happy endings!
** there is also Rachel's parents. When they see that their daughter is in danger, what do they do? They go down from the top of likely VERY tall New York Buildings, go to the streets just as their daughter gets their ball. THAT is very protective parents if you find them. Also CrowningMomentofHeartwarming just for how much they care for their daughter.
* "The Steadfast Tin Soldier": Said soldier comes back to save his love and throw the Jack-in-the-box in the fireplace.

** Followed by him being driven back by the heavenly bells.

* Disney's done some Al Hirschfeld homage before (the Genie in ''Aladdin'', for example), but the "Rhapsody in Blue" sequence really brings home everything about Hirschfeld's career: the distinctive design of the characters, the love of music, the love of New York, and the love of the theater. The fact that it's all done with George Gerswhin makes it a banana split of style.

* Most of the time, ''Music/ToccataAndFugueInDMinor'' is performed on an organ, but ''Fantasia'' opens with a full symphonic arrangement of the song that is sure to enrapture the audience immediately. What better way to begin ''Fantasia'' than this sheer CrowningMusicOfAwesome? There is also something about the vague, surreal imagery that accompanies ''Toccata and Fugue'' (in comparison to, say, the more story-driven imagery of ''Rite of Spring'') that somehow serves to highlight the beauty and intensity of the music greater than any other imagery could have done.

** Dance of the Hours. it just ''reeks'' of atmosphere. One would have to listen to DavidOgdenStiers' narration in the "Making of Fantasia" documentary on the original DVD release to get the full effect.

* The Wood Sprite's revival at the end of ''The Firebird'
* In "Firebird Suite", the Sprite has suffered a horrific DisneyDeath and has just been revived by the Elk. Ashen, she understandably blames herself for (innocently) waking the Firebird, but he has faith in her ability to restore the decimated forest. (All apparent to us without dialogue.) He carries her toward a little tree, and she begins to cry - and the tears immediately start to regenerate the forest. Realizing what's happening, she shifts into the form of a wave...in mere minutes, the forest is revived and more beautiful than ever before, and she finally dissolves into the wind as the Elk looks on. This troper feels "awe-inspiring" is too mild a term for it.

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* Most of the time, ''Music/ToccataAndFugueInDMinor'' is performed on an organ, but ''Fantasia'' opens with a full symphonic arrangement of the song that is sure to enrapture the audience immediately. What better way to begin ''Fantasia'' than this sheer CrowningMusingOfAwesome? There is also something about the vague, surreal imagery that accompanies ''Toccata and Fugue'' (in comparison to, say, the more story-driven imagery of ''Rite of Spring'') that somehow serves to highlight the beauty and intensity of the music greater than any other imagery could have done.

* Although it doubles as NightmareFuel, Chernabog raising his arms to the final stings of ''Night on Bald Mountain''.

* The "Night on Bald Mountain"/"Ave Maria" combo. After terrifying the utter hell out of audiences with one of the scariest characters Disney's ever devised, the coming dawn brings with it the best possible reassurance that there are still things to hope for. Gorgeous.

* In "Firebird Suite", the Sprite has suffered a horrific DisneyDeath and has just been revived by the Elk. Literally ashen, she understandably blames herself for (innocently) waking the Firebird, but he has faith in her ability to restore the decimated forest. (All apparent to us without dialogue.) He carries her toward a little tree, and she begins to cry - and the tears immediately start to regenerate the forest. Realizing what's happening, she shifts into the form of a wave...in mere minutes, the forest is revived and more beautiful than ever before, and she finally dissolves into the wind as the Elk looks on. This troper feels "awe-inspiring" is too mild a term for it.
** The Firebird itself is pretty awesome, too, even while being one of the scariest things Disney ever put on film. I can't be the only Troper who gets chills when the Firebird makes his entrance.
*** Trust me, you are not. Best use of a ScareChord ''ever.''

** This troper believes the proper term is SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic, especially since seeing that sequence for the first time just about knocked him on his ass. That shot from the underside of the 'armada', if you will, slowly spinning around to look forward, into the sun...
* Disney's done some Al Hirschfeld homage before (the Genie in ''Aladdin'', for example), but the "Rhapsody in Blue" sequence really brings home everything about Hirschfeld's career: the distinctive design of the characters, the love of music, the love of New York, and the love of the theater. The fact that it's all done with George Gerswhin makes it an entire banana split of style.

* Yensid clearing away the water from the great hall.

** This troper believes the proper term is CrowningMusicOfAwesome, especially since seeing that sequence for the first time just about knocked him on his ass. That shot from the underside of the 'armada', if you will, slowly spinning around to look forward, into the sun...

* Although it doubles as HighOctaneNightmareFuel, Chernabog raising his arms to the final stings of ''Night on Bald Mountain''.

** The Firebird itself is pretty awesome, too, even while being one of the [[NightmareFuelUnleaded scariest things Disney ever put on film]]. I can't be the only Troper who gets chills when the Firebird makes his entrance.

** This troper believes the proper term is CrowningMusicOfAwesome, especially since seeing that sequence for the first time just about knocked him on his ass. That shot from the underside of the 'armada', if you will, slowly spinning around to look forward, into the sun...perfect example of a visual CMOA.

** This troper believes the proper term is CrowningMusicofAwesome, especially since seeing that sequence for the first time just about knocked him on his ass. That shot from the underside of the 'armada', if you will, slowly spinning around to look forward, into the sun...perfect example of a visual CMOA.

** This troper believes the proper term is CrowningMusicofAwesome, especially since seeing that sequence for the first time just about knocked him on his ass. That shot of from the underside of the 'armada', if you will, slowly spinning around to look forward, into the sun...perfect example of a visual CMOA.

* When it was released in 1940, ''Fantasia'' was the most expensive film Disney had made, and it was a complete critical and financial flop. Its failure nearly bankrupted Disney, and was one of the biggest reasons (other than World War II) that the studio didn't put out another full-length animated feature until ''Cinderella''. Nowadays, it is often regarded as not only Disney's best feature, but as one of the greatest films ''of all time'', making ''Fantasia'' arguably the MostTriumphantExample of VindicatedByHistory. If that's not awesome, I don't know what is.

** This troper believes the proper term is CrowningMusicofAwesome, especially since seeing that sequence for the first time just about knocked him on his ass...

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome:
** Yensid clearing away the water from the great hall.
** The entire segment of ''The Rite of Spring'', especially watching the dinosaurs move gracefully through the misty forest.
** Although it doubles as HighOctaneNightmareFuel, Chernabog raising his arms to the final stings of ''Night on Bald Mountain''.
*** Followed by him being driven back by the heavenly bells.
** The Wood Sprite's revival at the end of ''The Firebird'
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Do we really gotta spell it out?