History Awesome / GargantiaOnTheVerdurousPlanet

* The first half of the first episode. Tens, if not hundreds of thousands of mecha fighting aliens in outer space? Check. Coordinated operations? Check. Opening Wormhole to directly attack Hideauze's nest? Check. No one is considered an one man army in that like Macross or Gundam and ability of every surviving pilot is marginally equal? Check. They failed the mission, but even so, it's an all-out war sequence.

** Without Striker, the Cult is honestly [[CurbstompBattle curbstomped]] and reduced to wreckage in short order with zero losses on the allied side. A lot of which is due to Lukkage going ham, grabbing several Yunburos and [[GreviousHarmWithABody spinning them at full speed against the others]].

* A minor but notable example: [[spoiler: When Ledo gains strong evidence that Hideauze are capable of sentience and not necessarily monsters, he immediately refuses to continue destroying them as he'd previously spent his whole life doing. Ledo throws off a lifetime of brainwashing and grudges through basic moral integrity; badass. A sign of his change is when he called them - or the babies at least - "Whalesquid" instead of "Hideauze".]]
* Most of episode 12, the glorious battle between [[spoiler:Ledo/Chamber, Pinion and Lukkage against Kugel/Striker and his cult. Props goes to Pinion using the "primitive" (by Galactic Alliance standards) rail gun as support fire, one time even hitting Striker and allowing Ledo/Chamber to get the drop on them.]]
** [[spoiler: Ledo defeats Striker by body-slamming her into a smokestack at full speed!]]
** [[spoiler: Without Striker, the Cult is honestly [[CurbstompBattle curbstomped]] and reduced to wreckage in short order with zero losses on the allied side. A lot of which is due to Lukkage going ham, grabbing several Yunburos and [[GreviousHarmWithABody spinning them at full speed against the others]].]]
** [[spoiler:Melty nearly kills herself trying to get warning to Gargantia. She said she wasn't sure if she could do it, but she tried it anyway.]]

** Amy acting as a spotter for [[spoiler:Gargantia's mass driver artillery strikes, flying her fragile little surf-flier well within visual range of a full-on Machine Caliber battle, with all the firepower this entails. That takes ''guts''.]]
** Chamber's [[spoiler:last words]], that also double as a PreAsskickingOneLiner:
--->'''Chamber:''' [[spoiler:(''to Striker'')]] Response to final warning: Go to hell, tin can!
* The ending of the second OVA. [[spoiler: It might have been part of the beginning of Kugel's anti-Hideauze cult, but one can't deny how cathartic it was to have him to see through Aleria's false attempts to be the new high priestess and give the monster '''[[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice exactly]]''' [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice what she deserved.]]]]
-->'''[[spoiler: Kugel]]''': (''impales [[spoiler: Aleria]] with his Alliance sword'') [[BondOneLiner Sacrifice your life, as a priestess.]]

** Chamber's [[spoiler:last words]], that also double as a [[PreAsskickingOneLiner]]

** Chamber's [[last words, that also double as a PreAsskickingOneLiner]]
--->'''Chamber:''' [[spoiler:(''to Striker'') Response to final warning: Go to hell, tin can!]]

* Most of episode 12, [[spoiler: the glorious battle involving Ledo/Chamber, Pinion and Lukkage against Kugel/Striker and his cult.]]
** [[spoiler: Ledo defeats Striker by body-slamming her into a smokestack at full thrust!]]
** [[spoiler: Without Striker, the Cult is honestly [[CurbstompBattle curbstomped]] and reduced to wreckage in short order with zero losses on the allied side.]]

* The first half of the first episode. Come on. Tens, if not hundreds, mecha fighting alien in outer space? Check. Coordinated operations? Check. Opening Wormhole to directly attack Hideauze's nest? Check. No one is considered one man army in that like Macross or Gundam and ability of every surviving pilot is marginally equal? Check. They failed the mission, but still it's battle in outer space with mecha.

* In the fifth episode, Ledo has to deal with his fair share of pervy creeps when venturing into a shadier part of town, but he manages to deal with them two more times in order to retrieve Pinion's mysterious box. By the end of it, his shirt is in tatters, he's covered in lipstick, and he's utterly confused by what happened, but he singlehandedly [[MundaneMadeAwesome saved what might have been a very bland barbeque]].
* Episode 7 has a great one. Laser weapons are ineffective under water? Use your bare robot hands.
* A minor but notable example: [[spoiler: When Ledo gains strong evidence that Hideauze are capable of sentience and not necessarily monsters, he immediately refuses to continue destroying them as he'd previously spent his whole life doing. That's right. Ledo throws off a lifetime of brainwashing and grudges through basic moral integrity. Badass. A sign of his change is when he called them, the babies at least, "Whalesquid" not "Hideauze".]]

** Amy acting as a spotter for [[spoiler:Gargantia's mass driver artillery strikes, flying her fragile little surf-flier well within visual range of a Machine Caliber battle. That takes ''guts''.]]

* Another one, humanity survived TheEndOFTheWorldAsWeKnowIt on two ways. 1. Staying in the Ice Age era for looong time as ice melted. 2. Select few of them and send them to outer space. Both Survived.
** The Earth inhabitants survived and become from ice age dweller to seafarer. Note: as ice age going by sea is dangerous, iceberg and such.
** Space maybe have Orwellian government, but they survived and having around cool-looking mecha is still awesome.

** Chamber's [[spoiler:FamousLastWords that also double as a PreAsskickingOneLiner]]

* The first half of first episode. Come on. Tens, if not hundreds, mecha fighting alien in outer space? Check. Coordinated operations? Check. Opening Wormhole to directly attack Hideauze's nest? Check. No one is considered one man army in that like Macross or Gundam and ability of every surviving pilot is marginally equal? Check. They failed the mission, but still it's battle in outer space with mecha.

* A minor but notable example: [[spoiler: When Ledo gains strong evidence that Hideauze are capable of sentience and not necessarily monsters, he immediately refuses to continue destroying them as he'd previously spent his whole life doing. That's right. Ledo throws off a lifetime of brainwashing and grudges through basic moral integrity. Badass. A sign of his change is when he called them, the babies at least, "Whalesquid" not "Hideauze."]]

* In the fifth episode, Ledo is sexually harassed and traumatized when venturing into the shady part of Gargantia for an errand. It's easy to imagine how frightening that must be to someone with no experience in earth life like Ledo, but he later braves them two more times in order to retrieve Pinion's mysterious box. By the end of it, his shirt is in tatters, and he's covered in lipstick, but he singlehandedly [[MundaneMadeAwesome saved what might have been a very bland barbeque]].