History Awesome / LANoire

* Escaping from the falling chandelier in "The Quarter Moon Murders", with the Crowning Music of Awesome playing. On top of all this is tracking all the clues, and getting to the real Black Dahlia killer, Garrett Mason. When you find the bastard, [[WorthyOpponent even he can't help respecting your deduction skills]]. And when he tries to convince Phelps to use his talent [[WeCanRuleTogether for committing murders rather than solving them]], having Phelps chasing Mason through the catacombs before putting some well-deserved rounds through his hea] [[CatharsisFactor will be SO damn satisfying]]. [[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle While it does suck that the case must be forgotten to not expose Mason's politician half-brother]], taking the BD killer off the streets '''permanently''' ensures the whole thing wasn't a waste of time.

* Escaping from the falling chandelier in "The Quarter Moon Murders", with the Crowning Music of Awesome playing. On top of all this is tracking all the clues, and getting to the real Black Dahlia killer, Garrett Mason. When you find the bastard, [[WorthyOpponent even he can't help respecting your deduction skills]]. And when he tries to convince Phelps to use his talent [[WeCanRuleTogether for committing murders rather than solving them]], having Phelps chasing Mason through the catacombs before [[KickTheSonOfABitch putting some well-deserved rounds through his head]] [[CatharsisFactor will be SO damn satisfying]]. [[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle While it does suck that the case must be forgotten to not expose Mason's politician half-brother]], taking the BD killer off the streets '''permanently''' ensures the whole thing wasn't a waste of time.

* Phelps takes on a small army in Nicholson Eletroplating" of Hughes Security.

!! Cole Phelps

!! Jack Kelso

!! Elsa

--->'''Elsa''': And this is your idea of making inquiries, [[BilingualBonus Untersturmfuhrer]]?

-->'''Phelps:''' [[WithCatlikeTread That's one way of announcing we're here]].\\

* Cole's first introduction to [[SmugSnake Mickey Cohen]]. When Earle starts to introduce them, Phelps cuts him off by saying "I met his brother-in-law," and walks away. What makes it awesome is that Phelps had just gunned down Cohen's brother-in-law in the previous case. The point is not lost on Cohen.

* Even [[SmugSnake Roy Earle]] gets one near the end of "The Black Caesar", a janitor approaches the detectives as they attempt to enter the Polar Bear Ice Company building.

-->'''Janitor:''' The factory is closed. Has been for years. Not much call for ice anymore, with all those newfangled refrigerators.\\
-->'''Earle:''' Save it for someone who wants to hear it. How many janitors carry a gat?\\
-->''[Earle swiftly pulls out his gun as the janitor goes for his and shoots him dead]''\\
-->'''Phelps:''' [[WithCatlikeTread That's one way of announcing we're here]].

* Even [[SmugSnake Roy Earle]] gets one near the end of "The Black Caesar", a caretaker approaches the detectives as they attempt to enter the Polar Bear Ice Company building.
-->'''Caretaker''': Place has been closed for years. Not much demand for ice, what with the new freezers...
-->'''Earle''': Save it for someone who cares......do all janitors carry gats? (nonchalantly pulls out his gun as the caretaker goes for his and kills him before he can do anything.)
-->'''Phelps''': *To [[LeeroyJenkins Earle]]* [[NiceJobBreakingItHero That's one way]] [[WithCatlikeTread to announce that we're here!]]

* Phelps stopping a runaway streetcar in "Nicholson Electroplating"

* Jack also gets a great moment when he gets Courtney out from under Micky Cohen's thumb-he dictates the meeting place and lets Cohen know in no uncertain terms that Sheldon is done dealing morphine and it won't be happening again, Cohen is unfazed due to having several men with him, but then Kelso has his own men pop out from cover shoot at Cohen from above with him pointing out that he could've easily killed Cohen and his men if he wanted to and again demands that the distribution of morphine be stopped, Cohen acts bemused at Kelso and Sheldon then points out that Kelso was a badass during the war- his unit killed over 100,000 Japanese soldiers, with Kelso once personally taking out six of them with nothing but a K-Bar knife, Cohen still tries to act unimpressed by asking if the japs were "little guys" Kelso then remarks that the Japanese were around Cohen's size and leaves. The fact that Jack stood up to one of the most feared gangsters of all time and managed to get him to back down is truly amazing.

* Escaping from the falling chandelier in "The Quarter Moon Murders", with the Crowning Music of Awesome playing. On top of all this is tracking all the clues, and getting to the real Black Dahlia killer, Garrett Mason. When you find this bastard, [[WorthyOpponent even he can't help respecting your deduction skills]]. And when he tries to convince Phelps to use his talent [[WeCanRuleTogether for committing murders rather than solving them]], having Phelps chasing Mason through the catacombs before [[KickTheSonOfABitch putting some well-deserved rounds through his head]] [[CatharsisFactor will be SO damn satisfying]]. [[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle While it does suck that the case must be forgotten to not expose Mason's politician half-brother]], taking the BD killer off the streets '''permanently''' ensures the whole thing wasn't a waste of time.

-->'''Cole''': Courtney Sheldon was a ''corpsman'', Roy. He served his country. He went out with a medical kit and an Army .45 into places that made the Valley of Death look like a picnic. He was either naive enough or dumb enough to get involved in the Suburban Redevelopment Fund, along with the mayor, the DA, Monroe, and a certain crooked cop. He was involved in the morphine heist, but he has a puncture wound in his jugular, which makes this a murder case. He was a better man than you'll ever know. You say ''[[NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead one more word about him]] and i will blow your '''[[PrecisionFStrike FUCKING]] HEAD OFF!!!'''''

--->'''Elsa''': And this is your idea of making enquiries, [[BilingualBonus Untersturmfuhrer]]?

* Cole's initial meeting with Leland Monroe, especially if you call him out on building houses on the cheap and lying about the Catalina Island promotion.
** And getting ''even one'' of his questions right nets you an achievement in the Xbox 360 and Steam versions!

* Cole's first introduction to [[SmugSnake Mickey Cohen]]. When Earle starts to introduce them, Phelps cuts him off by saying "I met his brother-in-law," and walks away. What makes it awesome is that Phelps had just gunned down Cohen's brother-in-law in the previous case. The point is not lost on Cohen.
* Escaping from the falling chandelier in "The Quarter Moon Murders", with the Crowning Music of Awesome playing. On top of all this is tracking all the clues, and getting to the real Black Dahlia killer, Garrett Mason. When you find this bastard, [[WorthyOpponent even he can't help respecting your deduction skills]]. And when he tries to convince Phelps to use his talent [[WeCanRuleTogether for committing murders rather than solving them]], having Phelps chasing Mason through the catacombs before [[KickTheSonOfABitch putting some well-deserved rounds through his head]] [[CatharsisFactor will be SO damn satisfying]]. [[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle While it does suck that the case must be forgotten to not expose Mason's politician half-brother]], taking the BD killer off the streets '''permanently''' ensures the whole thing wasn't a waste of time.
* Another epic shoot happens in "A Slip of the Tongue." Phelps and Bekowsky are getting ready to storm a warehouse loaded with armed {{Mooks}} inside. While Bekowsky slips in the back, Phelps will take the front. But before Phelps goes in, he gets the attention of the goons with this immortal one-liner:
-->'''Phelps''': [[TheNameIsBondJamesBond Cole Phelps, LAPD.]] [[PreAsskickingOneLiner All of you are coming downtown with me.]]
* Phelps stopping a runaway streetcar in "Nicholson Electroplating"

* In "Fallen Idol", Cole and Bekowsky are approached by a bunch of goons who want them to help them find the guy both they and the police are looking for. Cole acts like a good cop and politely but firmly tells them to stay away. Then...
--->'''Goon''': At least he's polite. Dumb, but polite.
--->'''Bekowsky''': But I’m a lot less polite, you smug son-of-a-bitch. So let me put it in ruder terms that even a pair of blockheads like you might understand. The only reason that you don’t have bars on your windows already is because you’re small fry, and we don’t waste our time on small fry. You stay away from Bishop and you stay away from me. Is that clear enough for you, asshole? Now run along back to your boss so he can pat you on the head and tell you what good boys you are.

* Cole Phelps is a walking talking TheAce and TheParagon for much of the game, being seemingly the only HonestCop in all of Los Angeles. Given how seedy and corrupt the city is, its a miracle that he maintains his LawfulGood attitude throughout most of it. This includes being remarkably free of bias, determined to get things done the "right way", and interested in genuine justice. Even if we find out he's got feet of clay from his wartime misadventures as well as affair, he still stands above other Rockstar protagonists.

* Any time Cole continues to [[{{Determinator}} recite the usual "put down your weapons and surrender"]] quotes while in the middle of a roaring gunfight.

* The Fallen Idol's entire last section, where you chase Bishop through a collapsing movie set, then have an epic shootout to protect Bishop from [[TheMafia Guy McAfee's men]], who number in the dozens, and want you, your partner, and most of all Bishop dead. [[DiscOneFinalBoss This is a ''Traffic'' case.]]
** What's better is that ''[[SmugSnake Roy]] [[{{Jerkass}} Earle]]'' is so impressed with Phelps that [[PetTheDog he offers to take him and Bekowsky out for drinks]].
* A similar shootout happens in the DLC case A Slip of the Tongue. Phelps and Bekowsky are getting ready to storm a warehouse loaded with armed {{Mooks}} inside. While Bekowsky slips in the back, Phelps will take the front. But before Phelps goes in, he gets the attention of the goons with this immortal one-liner: