History Awesome / KaitouSaintTail

* Meimi's magic tricks. According to WordOfGod, she's better than her own father... And not only she can both do his old tricks besides her own, but she proved ''capable of performing one of his newer tricks after seeing '''part''' of it once'' (it was a substitution trick she used to [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments make Rina believe that Saint Tail is a man in drag]]).
** And for some tricks better than usual... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Parade of the Saint Tails]].
*** This was awesome for Asuka Jr. too, for he managed to recognize the real Saint Tail in the middle of the copies.
** The group of tuxedo-wearing dancing kangaroos from the prequel chapter is one of her strangest tricks... And one of the most impossible.
** At the start of episode 21, she performed a DoppelgangerSpin with ''mirrors''. With the copy being far too distant for any realistic mirror trick studied to do that.
*** She does it again later in the episode. This time the awesomeness is for Asuka jr.: he ''deduced'' which one was the real Saint Tail (he couldn't tell the difference like he did with the Parade, but could guess it).
** In episode 22, she used stage magic to [[ItMakesSenseInContext escape with an UFO]].
** Another trick first used by Genichiro: in-door ''snowing''. Complete with cold. ''Then the snow becomes something else'' (confetti in Genichiro's version, the flower named [[MeaningfulName snow drop]] in Saint Tail's).
* In episode 7, Asuka jr. actually succeeded in surprising and grabbing Saint Tail. She escaped with an unwitting assist from Rina, after being pranked by Saint Tail while in the surveillance room, attacked with tear gas without knowing she was already in Asuka's grasp....
** In the same episode, the director of the museum targeted by Saint Tail was complaining to Asuka sr. about Saint Tail successfully stealing a valuable archaeological treasure, and asked him how the police was going to take responsability.
-->'''Asuka sr.:''' "Ah... It's a nice painting. Don't tell me this is an imitation, too?"
-->'''Director:''' "[[OhCrap What?!]]"
-->'''Asuka sr.:''' "I've already investigated. I hear your Dagger of Yato is a genuine replica."
* Rina discovering that Meimi is Saint Tail in episode 8, and not letting herself be fooled by Meimi's attempts at disproving her findings (at least until [[ItMakesSenseInContext Rina touched Saint Tail's moustache]] in episode 10).
* Episode 9 sees Saint Tail stealing a wedding dress ''while the model is wearing it''. She replaces the dress with a bulky dinosaur costume. Then she covers her escape by tossing dozens of bouquets, leading the girls of the audience to catch them and obstruct Asuka Jr.
* In chapter 10, Saint Tail finally convinces Rina she's not Meimi. It's mostly a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}} due it involving faking being a ''man'', but given how Rina had quickly saw through Seira faking being Meimi while Saint Tail appeared somewhere else in the previous chapter...
** The anime version makes this even better by showing where the switching magic used to pull it off (by replacing Saint Tail with the male moustached substitute) came from: a couple days earlier, her father had shown Meimi part of that trick... [[AwesomenessByAnalysis And she reconstructed it]].
*** That, and Genichiro's version: he switched himself with Eimi ''while holding Meimi's hand''. Meimi didn't notice until she opened her eyes and saw she was now holding her mother's hand...
** Rina actually catching Saint Tail. Sure, then she escaped, but Rina had actually grabbed Saint Tail and almost put her in a submission hold.
* Saint Tail's apparition in episode 13 to steal Princess Rosa's Mirror: [[DramaticHighPerching she appeared on a decorative chandelier]] while filling the room with the flowers named after the mirror's original owner, Princess Rosa.
* In the [[{{Filler}} anime-only]] episode 14, Saint Tail hacked in a video game console ''not connected to internet'' (that was also before internet use became widespread). She then stole a bicycle by making it ''fly'' in a ShoutOut to ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial''.
* Episode 15 has the playful and non-indicatively named dog Little facing three jewel thieves. As soon as Saint Tail eliminated the gun from the fight, Little ''pulverized'' them.
* In episode 18, the villain was a rich man who had stolen a lot of artworks, and [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections bragged about his friendship with the mayor to scare Asuka jr.]] Arrested and caught red-handed by both Asukas for the theft ''and'' attempted murder.
* In episode 20, a professor Hyuga swore he'd use his advanced technology to reveal Saint Tail's identity. Saint Tail defeated his technology with ''magnets''.

* In episode 25, the police brings in Kaede Kitamura, a super detective from Tokyo, to arrest Saint Tail, and, thanks to the use of cars and electronic trackers, she nearly catches Saint Tail multiple times (at least until Saint Tail notices the tracker and [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments dupes her into trying to arrest Rina]]). Asuka jr., temporarily off the case, comes much closer using only a bike and his brain, and only fails ''because Kitamura gets in the way'' to the point of having him forcibly locked up. For obvious reasons, Asuka jr. is back on the case by the end of the episode.
** When Kitamura tried to arrest Rina, the girl fought back-and matched the elite officer Judo throw for Judo throw for a few minutes, at least until her uncle the mayor got over the shock and stopped the brawl. And Kitamura had the surprise effect on her side.
* In episode 28, has the leading pair exchanging awesome points. Asuka Jr stages a trap that combines the local environment with what he knows of Saint Tail's showmanship. However, Saint Tail anticipates this and ties up the cops responsible for springing it. When sprung, it succeeds in trapping her but only because Rina was [[SpannerInTheWorks coincidentally in the right place to do so]]. Then Saint Tail's latest "client" shouts for Asuka Jr to release her, which he does, reflexively.
* In the episode 29-30 two-parters, Yabe, a thief hired by the mayor of the town of Sakuraoka, sends a fake Saint Tail warning note to announce he'll steal a crystal sculpture borrowed from Sakuraoka, prompting Saint Tail to try and steal it first to prevent Yabe from getting it. What does Asuka jr. do? First he actually captures Saint Tail after she had defeated all the guards, then, when Yabe steals the sculpture while he was busy, he leaves Saint Tail and chases him, even ''jumping on his car's roof'', and staying there until his hands were numb. He still managed to see where he was coming from.
** Later in the two-parter, some awesomeness for Yabe for catching Saint Tail completely by surprise and capturing her. Not that they could keep her captured...
** After that, Yabe and the mayor try and escape. It takes them a while to notice that Asuka jr. has sneaked on their car while they weren't looking... And they don't notice Saint Tail chasing them until she ''made the car fly''. And immediately after that, Asuka jr. giving Yabe all the kicks in the face he deserved.
* [[ItMakesSenseInContext The prayer while jumping and with the head upside down, followed by a transformation still mid-air]], from episode 31.

** The ninja-like Phantom Thief Mouse Kid. Not only is his ability to escape the police almost as good as Saint Tail's, but he managed to steal a sword from ''Saint Tail herself''.
** Later Saint Tail takes the sword back by ''attacking with an illusory train''. [[OhCrap Mouse Kid was so terrified]] [[BringMyBrownPants it looked like he crapped himself]], before Asuka jr. jumped on him and tied him up.
** Saint Tail versus a whole Kendo dojo. Saint Tail wins easily.
--->'''Saint Tail:''' "[[ItMakesSenseInContext It's Saint Tail's line dance. It's a little disappointing because we have all men]]."
* Episode 37: we meet Tomoko Nagata. We're told she's the most intelligent student of St. Paulia Middle School ''in history'', and a formidable police officer... [[SherlockScan Who identifies Meimi as a magician by holding her hand for a second]]. Later she holds Saint Tail's hand... And does the obvious deduction, [[SecretKeeper but doesn't tell]].
%%* Episode 38: At the start of the episode, Asuka jr. has ''boobytrapped Saint Tail's escape route''.
* Episode 39:
** Genichiro casually creating a beautiful night sky ''in his dining room'', and then changing it with a forest and the sea by ''snapping his fingers''.
** The sea was done on Meimi's request. ''[[PowerCopying She needed to know how to do it for her next caper]]''.
* Episode 41:
** Pandora casually confirming Saint Tail's identity with a bit of scent-based hypnosis.
** Immediately followed by Saint Tail completing her caper with a flame-based illusion so realistic that Pandora was crying in terror and didn't even notice it wasn't hot.
* Episode 42:
** We see Rosemary's hypnotist skills in action. The previous episode we saw her adopted daughter and she was ''good'', and in another episode we saw Saint Tail and Genichiro and they were comparable to Maju, but Rosemary is just in another league. Poor Asuka jr. was knocked out for ''hours'', and didn't recover until Rosemary made him.
** It turns out that Pandora is even better at hypnotism than Saint Tail and Genichiro. After all, they can't conjure an hallucinatory army of skeletons on a whim.
*** Saint Tail's retaliation: she summoned ''wind'' (with illusory feathers while wearing equally illusory angelic wings for good measure) to dispel the hypnosis and ''take all the powdered lavender essence out of Maju's trinket'', essentially disarming her.
* Episode 43:
** The confrontation between Rosemary and Saint Tail; a hypnotist so skilled with causing hallucinations she can ''kill'' against a MasterOfIllusion supported by StageMagic [[MagiciansAreWizards bordering on actual magic]]. It is awesome.
** Asuka jr. escaping (with an assist from Ruby) as soon as Maju lowered her guard. He still needed Saint Tail's help to reach the ground safely.
** Immediately followed by Maju catching Saint Tail by surprise and shooting her down.
** Rosemary and Pandora become the only villains in the history of the show to tangle with Saint Tail and escape police custody.

* In the [[{{Filler}} anime-only]] episode 14, Saint Tail hacked in a video game console ''not connected to internet'' (that was also before internet use became widespread). She then stole a bicycle by making it ''fly'' in a ShoutOut to ''Film/{{ET}}''.

* Saint Tail's apparition in episode 13 to steal Princess Rosa's Mirror: [[IHaveTheHighGround she appeared on a decorative chandelier]] while filling the room with the flowers named after the mirror's original owner, Princess Rosa.

** Also, Rina actually catching Saint Tail. Sure, then she escaped, but Rina had actually grabbed Saint Tail and almost put her in a submission hold.

*** Later Saint Tail takes the sword back by ''attacking with an illusory train''. [[OhCrap Mouse Kid was so terrified]] [[BringMyBrownPants it looked like he crapped himself]], before Asuka jr. jumped on him and tied him up.

-->'''Saint Tail:''' "[[ItMakesSenseInContext It's Saint Tail's line dance. It's a little disappointing because we have all men]]."
* Episode 37:
** In this episode we meed Tomoko Nagata. We're told she's the most intelligent student of St. Paulia Middle School ''in history'', and a formidable police officer... [[SherlockScan Who identifies Meimi as a magician by holding her hand for a second]]. Later she holds Saint Tail's hand... And does the obvious deduction, [[SecretKeeper but doesn't tell]].
* Episode 38:
** At the start of the episode, Asuka jr. has ''boobytrapped Saint Tail's escape route''.

*** The sea was done on Meimi's request. ''[[PowerCopying She needed to know how to do it for her next caper]]''.

*** Immediately followed by Saint Tail completing her caper with a flame-based illusion so realistic that Pandora was crying in terror and didn't even notice it wasn't hot.

** Rosemary and Pandora become the only villains in the history of the show to tangle with Saint Tail and escape police custody.

** Rosemary and Pandora become the only villains in the history of the show to [[spoiler: tangle with Saint Tail and escape police custody.]]

* Meimi's magic tricks. According to WordOfGod, she's better than her own father... And not only she can both do his old tricks besides her own, but she proved ''capable of performing one of his newer tricks after seeing '''part''' of it once'' (it was a substitution trick she used to [[CrowningMomentOfFunny make Rina believe that Saint Tail is a man in drag]]).

* In chapter 10, Saint Tail finally convinces Rina she's not Meimi. It's mostly a CrowningMomentOfFunny due it involving faking being a ''man'', but given how Rina had quickly saw through Seira faking being Meimi while Saint Tail appeared somewhere else in the previous chapter...

* In episode 25, the police brings in Kaede Kitamura, a super detective from Tokyo, to arrest Saint Tail, and, thanks to the use of cars and electronic trackers, she nearly catches Saint Tail multiple times (at least until Saint Tail notices the tracker and [[CrowningMomentOfFunny dupes her into trying to arrest Rina]]). Asuka jr., temporarily off the case, comes much closer using only a bike and his brain, and only fails ''because Kitamura gets in the way'' to the point of having him forcibly locked up. For obvious reasons, Asuka jr. is back on the case by the end of the episode.

** We see Rosemary's hypnotist skills in action. The previous episode we saw her adopted daughter and she was ''good'', and in another episode we saw Saint Tail and Genichiro and they were comparable to Maju, but Rosemary is just on another league. Poor Asuka jr. was knocked out for ''hours'', and didn't recover until Rosemary made him.
** Oh, and about Saint Tail and Genichiro being comparable to Maju... Turns out we were wrong. After all, they can't conjure an hallucinatory army of skeletons on a whim...

** The confrontation between Rosemary and Saint Tail. An hypnotist so skilled with causing hallucinations she can ''kill'' against a MasterOfIllusion supported by StageMagic [[MagiciansAreWizards bordering on actual magic]]. And it's awesome.
** Also, Asuka jr. ''escaping on his own'' as soon as Maju lowered her guard.
** Immediately followed by Maju catching Saint Tail by surprise and shooting her down.

** The ninja-like Phantom Thief Mouse Kid. Not only his ability to escape the police is almost as good as Saint Tail's, but he managed to steal a sword from ''Saint Tail herself''.

* In episode 28, Rina and Asuka jr. both ''get the drop on Saint Tail'': the former by dropping a rigged theatre curtain on her (Saint Tail had disabled the officers supposed to do it, and Rina stepped in), and Asuka jr. jumped and grabbed her while she was under it. She escapes, but that's only because the idol who Saint Tail had just helped cried out to let her go, causing Asuka jr. to reflexively let her go after Rina had removed the curtain.