History Awesome / GoldenEye

* Bond replying to the [[BigBad villain's]], "For England, James?" with, "No. For me."

* Xenia Onatopp's [[DeathBySex preferred method of assassination]]. OutWithABang indeed! Onatopp's sauna fight with Bond also qualifies - the idea of Bond nearly being hoisted by his own petard is great, and it actually follows through in some ways in what Goldeneye is trying to do with it's female characters; It's the only time since Bond's fight with ''Bambi and Thumper'' of ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'' that Bond has been rendered vulnerable by a Bond Girl. To Bond's credit, the scene and his encounters with Onatopp are made more awesome by the fact that Bond is still able to get out of her death-grip twice. Even when the second time was assisted. To ''her'' credit, Bond only escapes both times arguably ''by cheating''. He's unable to stop her by himself physically and she essentially laughs off and finds pleasure in his attempts to do so, which is pretty impressive for a Bond Girl.

* Bond barely acknowledging that he's being fired upon while setting bombs in Janus' base, just giving a slight flinch when bullets hit his cover.

** To top it off, Natalya, not Bond, is the one who ultimately foils Janus' scheme by reprogramming the satellite to drop out of orbit. Made even sweeter by Boris taunting smugly that she can't stop [=GoldenEye=] from firing: "She works on the ''guidance system''." Yes, and a lot of good being able to fire the thing will do you when it's burning up over the Atlantic, won't it?
*** When Boris exclaims that Natalya changed the access codes, it's her "You're goddammn right I did" look that sells it.

* If only for the acting, General Ouromov's first meeting with Defense Minister Dimitri Mishkin. Ouromov's [[OhCrap expression]] when he learns that [[spoiler:Natalya survived his treachery at Severnaya]] is ''glorious''.

'''Bond''': You first.\\

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[OhCrap "FASTER!']]'']]

* After using a tank to stop Alec's train, Bond manages to get on bored and beats his old friend to the nearest gun.

-->'''Alec''': Can't you just be a good boy and die?\\

'''M''': If you think for one moment I don't have the balls to send a man out to die, your instincts are dead wrong. I have no compunction about sending you to your death. But, I won't do it on a whim. Even with your cavalier attitude towards life.

** Bond does labour on in his ReasonYouSuckSpeech speech enough for Alec to tell him out right to "Spare [him] the Freud", and counter with his own speech chiding Bond for looking forgiveness in women for all those he failed and died. Right as Natalya is brought into the room.

* Natalya, after a ForcefulKiss from the BigBad, responds with a thoroughly hard slap. The fact it made him stumble backward was awesome in its own right.

* Natalya, not Bond, is the one who ultimately foils Janus' scheme by reprogramming the satellite to drop out of orbit. Made even sweeter by Boris taunting smugly that she can't stop [=GoldenEye=] from firing: "She works on the ''guidance system''." Yes, and a lot of good being able to fire the thing will do you when it's burning up over the Atlantic, won't it?
** When Boris exclaims that Natalya changed the access codes, it's her "You're goddamm right I did" look that sells it.
* Natalya also gets a few other awesome moments, such as when - on the run after barely escaping Severnaya with her life - she walks into a computer store with nothing but sheer audacity and bluffs her way to net access by posing as a buyer from a university.
* Natalya beating the crap out of Boris when she meets him in Janus's control room. It took ''two mooks'' simply to restrain her. And judging from the cut to Janus's smirk, [[ActuallyPrettyFunny even he thought it was pretty awesome]].
* And her having the presence of mind while terrified by the office being shot up to ''fake'' an {{Air Vent Escape}}.

!!Film

!![[VideoGame/GoldenEye1997 Video game]]
* The wonderful applications of TankGoodness.
* The grenade launcher in ''Surface'' and the remote mines in ''Facility'' are very fun to play with, especially in multiplayer.
* At the end of the trainyard mission, Bond steps onto Alec's train, and two guards appear on either side of him. He guns down the one on the left, whips around to kill the one on the right, and then pauses, turns, and adjusts his tie right as the doors slide shut. ''Classic'' Bond.
* Activating the floating mine cheat on the bunker level with unlimited ammo can make for some of the best multiplayer fun ever.
* Activate invincibility cheat on silo level and set off an explosion by time-out. A huge fireball will appear behind Bond and follow him wherever he goes. This will kill every enemy he's passing by. The level is unwinnable now but so what?
* The game's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oL7VN78Zz8&list=PLAA1F6AE3357F26CB main title]] featuring a killer electric guitar rock version of the ''James Bond'' theme.

** In a meta sense, too. They weren't allowed to film much in the actual streets of St. Petersburg (for obvious reasons), so most of the chase was done on a studio lot, with them making it so realistic that, reportedly, Russian audiences were outraged that the filmmakers callously destroyed so much of the city (and the statue in particular).

* The multiplayer was implemented by ''one guy''.
** And the multiplayer was done not only at the last minute but it was done ''without telling anyone else on the development team''.
** Going even further, the multiplayer mode was considered near-revolutionary by both fans and critics, cementing the game's status as a {{killer app}} for the N64.
** The Complex, a level that didn't even appear in the game or movie, is still considered to be one of the best multiplayer stages ever.
** The fact that the development team was said to have been made up of about only '''10''' people and that many of them were supposedly "inexperienced college kids" who never made a game prior to ''[=GoldenEye=]''.
* For a slightly ''more'' obvious Moment of Awesome, see no further than the wonderful applications of TankGoodness.

* The game's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV7GI2LxWRw main title]] featuring a killer electric guitar rock version of the ''James Bond'' theme.

** The fact that the development team was made up of about only ''10'' people and that many of them were "inexperienced college kids" who never made a game prior to ''[=GoldenEye=]''.

!![[Film/GoldenEye Movie]]

** Basically, Bond does more damage to the city in five minutes than the entire German army did in World War II.

* Natalya, not Bond, is the one who ultimately foils Janus's scheme by reprogramming the satellite to drop out of orbit. Made even sweeter by Boris taunting smugly that she can't stop [=GoldenEye=] from firing: "She works on the ''guidance system''." Yes, and a lot of good being able to fire the thing will do you when it's burning up over the Atlantic, won't it?

* Activate invincibility cheat on silo level and set off an explosion by time-out. A huge fireball will appear behind Bond and follow him wherever he goes. This will kill every enemy he's passing by. The level is unwinnable now but so what?

* For this troper, the scene when Creator/PierceBrosnan ''became'' Bond was when he and Natalya were facing the Russian official who threatened to execute them:

* Natalya beating the crap out of Boris when she meets him in Janus's control room. It took ''two mooks'' simply to restrain her. And judging from the cut to Janus's smirk, even he thought it was pretty awesome.