History Awesome / GaoGaiGar

*** Volfogg Also has a massive SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome in the last episode of FINAL. Polturn, who is seen as more Ninja than Volfogg himself at this point, manages to turn Volfogg's Gunmachines against him while they are all combined as Big Volfogg. Big Volfogg's right arm (Gundober) shoots Big Volfogg in the face, both Gunmachines detach, proceed to keep blasting Big Volfogg, and then promptly mirror coat themselves and kamikaze on Big Volfogg, leaving all three Mechs in pieces. While observing the broken Brave Robot, Polturn apparently notices something amiss, and throws one of his katanas into the shadows, breaking Kit Number 08 and causing all of Big Volfogg's broken pieces to fade away. Right then, Volfogg removes his Camouflage, appearing right behind Polturn, and impaling him on one of his boomerangs. That means: sometime between realizing the Gunmachines turned on him, getting relentlessly attacked by said Gunmachines, and getting ripped to pieces, ''he escaped, transformed back to Volfogg, set up Kit Number 8, put in a false holographic Volfogg, AND snuck up behind Polturn without any hiccup in the action.''

* Episode 29 from the anime: Right at the beginning we were treated to Mic's first use of [[ThePowerOfRock Disc X]] to destroy all the zonder metals. Then in the latter half of the episode, [[WorthyOpponent Guy and Pizza]] faced down each other one last time, the fight itself counting as an Awesome Moment for both combatants. But the biggest Awesome Moment was after Guy emerges from the flames, he is immediately caught by [[BigBad Pasder]], and was about to be skewered by [[CombatTentacles a drill]] when Pizza [[TakingTheBullet jumped in and got fatally wounded]]. He then declares that [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou he wasn't through with Guy yet]], and thanks Guy for inadvertently restoring part of his memories of his [[ProudWarriorRace past life]], right before [[RedemptionEqualsDeath launching himself at Pasder as]] [[HeroicSacrifice his first, and final act of defiance]].

*** Which he then one-up by emerging from the Thames River, his Disc player destroyed, and wipes out the Soul Lord by playing [=POWER of DESIRE=] ''on the cables of Tower Bridge''.

*** Volfogg Also has a massive SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome in the last episode of FINAL. Polturn, who is seen as more Ninja than Volfogg himself at this point, manages to turn Volfogg's Gunmachines against him while they are all combined as Big Volfogg. Big Volfogg's right arm (Gundober) shoots Big Volfogg in the face, both Gunmachines detach, proceed to keep blasting Big Volfogg, and then promptly mirror coat themselves and kamikaze on Big Volfogg, leaving all three Mechs in pieces. While observing the broken Brave Robot, Polturn apparently notices something amiss, and throws one of his katanas into the shadows, breaking Kit Number 08 and causing all of Big Volfogg's broken pieces to fade away. Right then, Volfogg removes his Camouflage, appearing right behind Polturn, and impaling him on one of his boomerangs. That means: sometime between realizing the Gunmachines turned on him, getting relentlessly attacked by said Gunmachines, and getting ripped to pieces, ''he escaped, transformed back to Volfogg, set up Kit Number 8, put in a false holographic Volfogg, AND snuck up behind Polturn without any hiccup in the action.'''

** And, of course, the Goldion Crusher theme is pure SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic. It just screams raw power and slow, unstoppable destruction, and wouldn't be out of place in some epic opera cycle.
* Difficult as it is to follow up the Goldion Crusher, the scene immediately ''preceding'' it is even more awesome. The one where Guy, backed up against a corner, facing down Palparepa at his highest AGodAmI moment, drags [=GaoGa up from the ruins and utters: "I'll show you... ''the power of true courage!''" Cue visuals of guy powering up gaogaigar like He's. Going full on super robot super Saiyan Strands of mecha hair golden power glow included then proceeds to beat the ever-loving out of Palparepa Prajna ''while'' charging up Hell and Heaven. Pure, concentrated gar. Seriously.

* Difficult as it is to follow up the Goldion Crusher, the scene immediately ''preceding'' it is even more awesome. The one where Guy, backed up against a corner, facing down Palparepa at his highest AGodAmI moment, drags [=GaoGaiGar=] up from the ruins and utters: "I'll show you... ''the power of true courage!''" Cue visuals of guy powering up gaogsugarlike He's. Going full on super robot super Saiyan Strands of mecha hair golden power glow included then proceeds to beat the ever-loving out of Palparepa Prajna ''while'' charging up Hell and Heaven. Pure, concentrated gar. Seriously.

* Difficult as it is to follow up the Goldion Crusher, the scene immediately ''preceding'' it is even more awesome. The one where Guy, backed up against a corner, facing down Palparepa at his highest AGodAmI moment, drags [=GaoGaiGar=] up from the ruins and utters: "I'll show you... ''the power of true courage!''" Cue visuals of guy powering up gaogaigar making it look like He's. Going full on super robot supe Saiyan Strands o mecha hair golden power glow included nthen proceeds to beat the ever-loving out of Palparepa Prajna ''while'' charging up Hell and Heaven. Pure, concentrated gar. Seriously.

* Difficult as it is to follow up the Goldion Crusher, the scene immediately ''preceding'' it is even more awesome. The one where Guy, backed up against a corner, facing down Palparepa at his highest AGodAmI moment, drags [=GaoGaiGar=] up from the ruins and utters: "I'll show you... ''the power of true courage!''" He then proceeds to beat the ever-loving out of Palparepa Prajna ''while'' charging up Hell and Heaven. Pure, concentrated gar. Seriously.

-->[[spoiler: En Ryu]]: We won't follow...
-->[[spoiler: Hyo Ryu]]: ... such a command!!!
-->[[spoiler: Volfogg]]: Even though we are just duplicates...!
-->[[spoiler: An Ryu]]: Even though our AI was modified...!
-->[[spoiler: Kou Ryu]]: We still have our memories!!
-->[[spoiler: Fuu Ryu]]: Even if we are Replicants...
-->[[spoiler: Rai Ryu]]: We are all...
-->All: YUUSHA!!!
-->[[spoiler: Mic]]: Right on!!!

** And, of course, the Goldion Crusher theme is pure CrowningMusicOfAwesome. It just screams raw power and slow, unstoppable destruction, and wouldn't be out of place in some epic opera cycle.

*** On top of that, Leo later confirms to their creators that it's that very feeling of selflessness that allows Symmetrical Dockers to synchronize in the first place. Or in other words, the Mobile Units are powered by {{The Power Of| Love}} [[TheFourLoves Agape]] (unconditional/selfless love). That's both [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Awesome]] and SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming|Moments}}.

** Volfogg, for his part, is a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot police car stealth ninja mecha]]. That should be enough, but he's also an exemplar of being cool, analytical, intelligent, ''and'' HotBlooded at the ''same time''. A local maximum of this occurs in his near-sacrificial battle with Penchinon, which doubles as a CrowningMomentOfAwesome for Entouji Kousuke, wherein he performs a HeroicSacrifice, gets a ReallyDeadMontage, and yet is so badass that he's ''still'' NotQuiteDead. Speaking of which, the infiltration of the Bay Tower Base in the EI-15 (GGG Spare Parts Robo) episode is also a crowning moment for that pair.
*** Volfogg Also has a massive CrowningMomentOfAwesome in the last episode of FINAL. Polturn, who is seen as more Ninja than Volfogg himself at this point, manages to turn Volfogg's Gunmachines against him while they are all combined as Big Volfogg. Big Volfogg's right arm (Gundober) shoots Big Volfogg in the face, both Gunmachines detach, proceed to keep blasting Big Volfogg, and then promptly mirror coat themselves and kamikaze on Big Volfogg, leaving all three Mechs in pieces. While observing the broken Brave Robot, Polturn apparently notices something amiss, and throws one of his katanas into the shadows, breaking Kit Number 08 and causing all of Big Volfogg's broken pieces to fade away. Right then, Volfogg removes his Camouflage, appearing right behind Polturn, and impaling him on one of his boomerangs. That means: sometime between realizing the Gunmachines turned on him, getting relentlessly attacked by said Gunmachines, and getting ripped to pieces, ''he escaped, transformed back to Volfogg, set up Kit Number 8, put in a false holographic Volfogg, AND snuck up behind Polturn without any hiccup in the action.'''

-->'''[[TagAlongKid Mamoru:]]''' [[ThrowingDownTheGauntlet Fight me]], [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Primevals!]]

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* The start of FINAL episode 5, when Gai, even after [=GaoFighGar=] had been demolished beyond ''any'' hope of repair or even the slightest chance of having ''anything work at all'', continues to fight Palparepa by using his Evoluder abilities to hold it together just long enough to launch a Drill Knee strike. That's right: He was powering an entire Super Robot ''by force of will alone.'' Sure, he lost, but just the fact that even having his mecha ''completely demolished'' wasn't enough to stop him is just too awesome ''not'' to be an AwesomeMoment.

*** On top of that, Leo later confirms to their creators that it's that very feeling of selflessness that allows Symmetrical Dockers to synchronize in the first place. Or in other words, the Mobile Units are powered by {{The Power Of| Love}} [[TheFourLoves Agape]] (unconditional/selfless love). That's both [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Awesome]] and [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Heartwarming]].

*** Hell, even before that: When the J-Ark rises back into the skies for the first time in ''FINAL''. That scene was equal parts SugarWiki/AwesomeMoment, SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}, HesBack, and TearJerker. Having ''[[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Utsukushiki Hikari no Tsubasa]]'' playing, regardless of the fact that not doing so would have just been blasphemous, simply made it all the more awesome and beautiful.

* Ah, but who can forget Mamoru's ''original'' SugarWiki/AwesomeMoment in episode 40, when he [[DynamicEntry bursts through the floor of the Main Order Room riding Galeon]] [[BigDamnHeroes and saves the GGG bridge crew from being mind-controlled by the Ear and Nail Primevals?]]

* The Premiere of the Dividing Driver. The Zonder gets the big idea to take the battle into the residential area of the city, to force [=GaoGaiGar=] into not being able to fight with his full power, for fear of hurting innocents. What's the GGG's response? A device that harmlessly ''splits space wide open'', creating an open area where ''nothing'' can be damaged. (Your reaction: (O_O))

*** Don't forget that she's voiced by [[MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Nanoha Takamachi]].

*** And that was totally reverse-engineered from Pasder's laser attack, too.

*** Lest we forget, the voice of Volfogg is none other than [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann Lord Kamina himself.]]

-->'''[[TagAlongKid Mamoru:]]''' [[ThrowingDownTheGauntlet Fight me]], [[CrowningMomentofAwesome Primevals!]]

*** Hell, J's introduction in the original series might also count. [[spoiler:the 3G base has been destroyed, Guy is on his own and getting [[CurbStompBattle curb stomped]] by three primevals when suddenly the J-Ark appears from nowhere and proceeds kicking all three of the primevals asses. Successfully]].

*** And then there's the fact the J-Ark's first shut utterly ''obliterates'' one of the Primevals in one shot. And, according to J, that was ''overkill''!

** And of course, though they may be only used for a Volfogg power up normally, Gunglue and Gundober finally get their due in FINAL. All of the Braves have been shut down at this point (except Goldimarg, who's been destroyed), and J and Reneis have been caught by the Sol Masters. All seems lost... before Mikoto [[BigDamnHeroes rides in on Gunglue and Gundober with Mamoru in tow]], saving the group for long enough for the return of [[CoolStarship King]] [[HumongousMecha J-Der]].

** [=TenRyuJin=] only shows up for one episode, but makes the most of it with the patently awesome Hikari to Yami no Mai, which traps the enemy in a giant field of mirrors, chaff, smoke, and reflecting [=MASERs=] from all directions. Then she... um, ''[[IncrediblyLamePun tops]]'' herself on the cool front - she uses her chestplate as a decoy for her enemy, appears behind that enemy, apologizes for "going topless", and then bisects her with the [[DualWielding Double Lim Ongle]].

*** Volfogg Also has a massive CrowningMomentOfAwesome in the last episode of FINAL. Polturn, who is seen as more Ninja than Volfogg himself at this point, manages to turn Volfogg's Gunmachines against him while they are all combined as Big Volfogg. Big Volfogg's right arm (Gundober) shoots Big Volfogg in the face, both Gunmachines detach, proceed to keep blasting Big Volfogg, and then promptly mirror coat themselves and kamikaze on Big Volfogg, leaving all three Mechs in pieces. While observing the broken brave robo, Polturn apparently notices something amiss, and throws one of his katanas into the shadows, breaking Kit Number 08 and causing all of Big Volfogg's broken pieces to fade away. Right then, Volfogg removes his Camouflage, appearing right behind Polturn, and impaling him on one of his boomerangs. That means: sometime between realizing the Gunmachines turned on him, getting relentlessly attacked by said Gunmachines, and getting ripped to pieces, ''he escaped, transformed back to Volfogg, set up Kit Number 8, put in a false holographic Volfogg, AND snuck up behind Polturn without any hiccup in the action.'''

* The Premiere of the Dividing Driver. The Zonder get the big idea to take a battle into the residential area of the city, to force [=GaoGaiGar=] not to be able to fight with his full power for fear of hurting innocents. What's the GGG's response? A device that harmlessly ''splits space wide open'', creating an open area where ''nothing'' can be damaged. (Your reaction: (O_O))

* The final battle versus [[{{GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere}} Zonuda]]. Bonus points for ThePowerOfLove and SugarWiki/HearwarmingMoments.

** She had an even cooler moment earlier in ''FINAL'', when she (and Mamoru) save Renais and J from [[TheBigBad Palus Abel]] with nothing more than [=GunGlue=] and [=GunDober=].

** Quite fitting that the tune titled "Dividing Driver" on the OST basically became the [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome prelude to a vast majority of CMoAs]] in the series. It's pretty much "Betcha weren't expectin' THIS" in music form.[[note]]Ironically, the tune isn't actually played during the Driver's first use - "Emergency Summons" played instead, which is a more upbeat, heroic "planning" theme.[[/note]]

* In the PlayStationOne video game Blockaded Numbers, Taiga and Hyuma have been transformed into Zonders, and merged together to form one nasty monster. Over the course of the battle, the Goldion Hammer's energy is completely drained. But, being Gai, he never gives up, and instead keeps fighting by [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7rXig8Tids Rocket-Punching the Zonder using Goldymarg]]. The day is finally saved when, [[MultipleEndings in one version,]] J shows up, uses the J-Jewel to restore Goldymarg's power (turning the Goldion Hammer silver), and uses the ''Silver''ion Hammer to destroy the Zonder, extracting the cores with his ''fingers''.

** [[CharsCounterattack Note how he glows with the green energy of the G-Stone as he does so.]]

* The Premiere of the Dividing Driver. The Zonder get the big idea to take a battle into the residential area of the city, to force GaoGaiGar not to be able to fight with his full power for fear of hurting innocents. What's the GGG's response? A device that harmlessly ''splits space wide open'', creating an open area where ''nothing'' can be damaged. (Your reaction: (O_O))

* In ''GaoGaiGar Final'', the protagonist Gai single-handedly tops all of his other exploits with one move. After receiving his final humongous mecha upgrade, he grabs [[DropTheHammer a gravity hammer]] that is literally made out of three battleships and absolutely massive in size. With this hammer, he warps into the middle of a -star- and destroys the device that allowed his enemies to keep infinitely regenerating- and not before taking out several hundred clones of the Big Bad with one swing.

** Take your pick with [=ChoRyuJin=]. He saves GaoGaiGar from a ground zero explosion with the Eraser Head. He uses Eraser Head after Eraser Head to try and stop the Grand Nova, resulting his tonfa shattering because he refuses to rest. He rescues GaoGaiGar, Mamoru, Hana, and the victim-of-the-week from the ocean even when the ships sonar couldn't locate them. He stops two megaton-level artillery shells by using the Eraser Head on one and the Mirror Shield and pure determination on the other. He single-handedly defeated Polonaise and Primada by connecting his tonfas to their tracks and railroading them to crash into each other. He sacrificed himself to save the world from an asteroid and ''[[HistoricalInJoke killed the dinosaurs]]''. Or you can take his BigDamnHeroes moment saving [=GaoFighGar=] from Repli-Mamoru's Shin Hell And Heaven in FINAL. Any work, really.

*** And also in FINAL, where, after the original is annihilated by Repli-Mamoru, Guy pulls out the Goldion Crusher. After ''three battleships'' merge together into the weapon, a panel slides away on the connector between Genesic GaoGaiGar and the Crusher, revealing that they rebuilt Goldymarg... who promptly chimes in to the action with a heartfelt "LET'S BREAK STUFF!"

** Another one: after defeating the first [[BigBad Palparepa]], Guy and GaoGaiGar are laying down on the ground, looking seemingly out of energy as the Soul Masters replenish Palparepa, and make more of him. They move into finish him off...and then Guy gets the okay to use the [[{{BFS}} Goldion Crusher]]. Opening his eyes, in a burst of courage and a ThemeMusicPowerUp, he defeats all the copies with a huge amount of pure awesomeness!