History Awesome / LesMiserables

* Mixed with Heartwarming and Tearjerker is the barricade boys refusing to surrender:

'''Enjolras:''' ''Let others rise, to take our place until the earth IS FREEEEEE!''

** Valjean [[spoiler:carrying the man who was going to deprive him of Cosette, who he had every reason to hate, on his back, in the sewers under Paris, through quicksand]].
** Valjean's crowning moment may have been far earlier... five words partway through: [[spoiler:"You have killed this woman." It is delivered as a WhatTheHellHero when Javert inadvertently frightens Fantine to death by revealing Valjean's identity.]]

** Valjean [[spoiler:escaping the Rue de Petit-Pictus]] in a coffin.

* Monsieur Mabeuf. When Enjolras hesitates to sacrifice himself [[spoiler:by putting the flag back into place on top of the barricade, this octogenarian takes the flag and stands at the top of the barricade, waving it and shouting "Vive la République!" This SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome is recognized by Enjolras, who says, "There now is our flag," referring to Mabeuf's bullet-riddled jacket.]]

* Combeferre's simple response to Marius' long-winded Napoleon fanboy speech: [[spoiler:"To be free."]]

* "Stars" and "Javert's [[spoiler:Suicide]]."

* Gavroche collecting supplies in the middle of a battle OUTSIDE the barricade. Just to elaborate, a prepubescent kid is going with a bag and collecting ammo in the midst of gunfire [[spoiler:until he's dead]]. Is he scared? Yes. Will he let that stop him? No!

* The 25th Anniversary Encore. After a performance by four notable Valjeans (Alfie Boe, Colm Wilkinson, John Owen Jones and Simon Bowman), the entire original cast (save for David Burt and Patti [=LuPone=]) return to reprise "One Day More", with the concert and tour cast serving as a chorus. Standouts include [[Creator/RogerAllam Roger Allam's]] BadassBeard, The Thénardiers clearly loving every second and Michael Ball singing "I fight...with you," straight to the audience.

--->'''Thenardier''': “A false address! What did you hope to accomplish by that?”
--->'''Valjean''': [[PreAsskickingOneLiner “To gain time!”]].

* Most of Marius’ badass book moments from the barricade are taken out in the musical, but he managed to get a small moment in at his wedding of all places.

** It’s reversed in the 2012 adaptation, where Javert dominates the fight and, right after Valjean sings that he is the stronger man by far, Javert lifts up Valjean’s two-handed grips on his hefty chunk of wood 'one-handed' with his sword, then practically spits out his famous backstory dump, which is the end of this version.

* The 25th Anniversary Encore. After a performance by four notable Valeans (Alfie Boe, Colm Wilkinson, John Owen Jones and Simon Bowman), the entire original cast (save for David Burt and Patti [=LuPone=]) return to reprise "One Day More", with the concert and tour cast serving as a chorus. Standouts include [[Creator/RogerAllam Roger Allam's]] BadassBeard, The Thénardiers clearly loving every second and Michael Ball singing "I fight...with you," straight to the audience.

** Likewise, Javert's riposte in ''Confrontation'': "You know nothing of Javert! I was born inside a jail! I was born with scum like you! I am from the gutter too..."

** It’s reversed in the 2012 adaptation, where Javert dominates the fight and and, right after Valjean sings that he is the stronger man by far, Javert lifts up Valjean’s two handed grip on his hefty chunk of wood 'one-handed' with his sword, then practically spits out his famous backstory dump, which is the end of this version.

* The 25th Anniversary Encore. After a performance by four notable Valeans (Alfie Boe, Colm Wilkinson, John Owen Jones and Simon Bowman), the entire original cast (save for David Burt and Patti LuPone) return to reprise "One Day More", with the concert and tour cast serving as a chorus. Standouts include [[Creator/RogerAllam Roger Allam's]] BadassBeard, The Thénardiers clearly loving every second and Michael Ball singing "I fight...with you," straight to the audience.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpUJYCTUIMg For a recent]] [[Theatre/{{Hamilton}} [=Ham4Ham=]]], none other than Creator/LinManuelMiranda made a vocal cameo in the recent Broadway revival as [[TheUnseen the Loud Hailer.]] Simultaneously a Crowning Moment of Awesome (Lin kills it and the cast members hanging around backstage are noticeably {{Squee}}ing), SugarWiki/{{Funny|Moments}} (Lin waves to the actress playing Eponine and they both [[MoodDissonance cheerfully note that she isn't going to make it through the act]]), and SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming|Moments}} (Lin ''looooves'' the show, so he's both honored and [[{{Adorkable}} visibly nervous]], plus he actually starts crying when Gavroche dies and has to pull himself together before his second line).

*** This deserves some explanation. He ''could'' have chosen to sit back, to let someone else take the fall-he even reminds the audience that he has people to look after in the town, and has a totally legitimate excuse to stay free. But instead, he remembers that his "soul belongs to God," and sacrifices himself so that an innocent man go free. [[MortonsFork "If I speak, they are condemned...If I stay silent, I am damned." ]] A beautiful example of WhatYouAreInTheDark.

* Valjean's ShutUpHannibal to Javert in Drink With Me: "You are wrong. And always have been wrong. I'm a man. No worse than any man. And you are free. And there are no conditions. No bargains, or petitions. There's nothing that I blame you for. You've done your duty - nothing more."

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpUJYCTUIMg For a recent]] [[Theatre/{{Hamilton}} [=Ham4Ham=]]], none other than Creator/LinManuelMiranda made a vocal cameo in the recent Broadway revival as [[TheUnseen the Loud Hailer.]] Simultaneously a Crowning Moment of Awesome (Lin kills it and the cast members hanging around backstage are noticeably [[{{Squee}} Squeeing]]), [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Funny]] (Lin waves to the actress playing Eponine and they both [[MoodDissonance cheerfully note that she isn't going to make it through the act]]), and [[HeartwarmingMoments Heartwarming]] (Lin ''looooves'' the show, so he's both honored and [[{{Adorkable}} visibly nervous]], plus he actually starts crying when Gavroche dies and has to pull himself together before his second line).

* "As for you, take this too!" *punches Thenardier*

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpUJYCTUIMg For a recent]] [[Theatre/{{Hamilton}} [=Ham4Ham=]]], none other than Creator/LinManuelMiranda made a vocal cameo in the recent Broadway revival as [[TheUnseen the Loud Hailer.]] Simultaneously a Crowning Moment of Awesome (Lin kills it and the cast members hanging around backstage are noticeably [[{{Squee}} Squeeing]]), [[FunnyMoments Funny]] (Lin waves to the actress playing Eponine and they both [[MoodDissonance cheerfully note that she isn't going to make it through the act]]), and [[HeartwarmingMoments Heartwarming]] (Lin ''looooves'' the show, so he's both honored and [[{{Adorkable}} visibly nervous]], plus he actually starts crying when Gavroche dies and has to pull himself together before his second line).

-->'''Enjolras:''' ''Let us die facing our foes, make them bleed while we can!\\

*** This deserves some explanation. He ''could'' have chosen to sit back, to let someone else take the fall-he even reminds the audience that he has people to look after in the town, and has a totally legitimate excuse to stay free. But instead, he remembers that his "soul belongs to God," and sacrifices himself so that an innocent man go free. [[MortonsFork "If I speak, they am condemned...If I stay silent, I am damned." ]] A beautiful example of WhatYouAreInTheDark.

* For specific performances, it's hard to beat [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPpkTgMbhRU 17 Valjeans singing "Do You Hear The People Sing?" in over a dozen languages]]. Oh, and the Japanese representative is [[IronChef Chairman Kaga]].

** Enjolras has been fighting in a battle that has killed most of the participants on his side, and he is ''[[{{Badass}} completely unscathed]]''. Not only that, but his defiance and readiness to die actually impresses the National Guard.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpUJYCTUIMg For a recent]] [[Theatre/{{Hamilton}} [=Ham4Ham=]]], none other than LinManuelMiranda made a vocal cameo in the recent Broadway revival as [[TheUnseen the Loud Hailer.]] Simultaneously a Crowning Moment of Awesome (Lin kills it and the cast members hanging around backstage are noticeably [[{{Squee}} Squeeing]]), [[FunnyMoments Funny]] (Lin waves to the actress playing Eponine and they both [[MoodDissonance cheerfully note that she isn't going to make it through the act]]), and [[HeartwarmingMoments Heartwarming]] (Lin ''looooves'' the show, so he's both honored and [[{{Adorkable}} visibly nervous]], plus he actually starts crying when Gavroche dies and has to pull himself together before his second line).

* The bishop gets one in the very beginning of the novel when his congregation is shocked to see their bishop on a donkey and he purposely misinterprets the reason for their surprise in order to teach a lesson in humility. And, you know, what he does for Valjean, which brought this reader to tears.