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* '''Ichiboned''': A Japanese couple who were too repressed to have sex finally do it, but because they've never done it before, [[OutWithABang their hearts gave out when they reached simultaneous orgasms]], since their abstinence meant that their bodies were never prepared for the effect of the hormones released after intercourse. It's more a BittersweetEnding (or even a TearJerker), but it does count as a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome just for the fact that '''they didn't die in some bloody, horrific way'''. Even the narrator acknowledges this as a tragedy for some and gives it the #1 spot.

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* '''Ichiboned''': A Japanese couple who were too repressed to have sex finally do it, but because they've never done it before, [[OutWithABang their hearts gave out when they reached simultaneous orgasms]], since their abstinence meant that their bodies were never prepared for the effect of the hormones released after intercourse. It's more a BittersweetEnding (or even a TearJerker), but it does count as a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome just for the fact that '''they didn't die in some bloody, horrific way'''.way''', going out peacefully together and on their own terms after doing something they had always wanted to do. Even the narrator acknowledges this as a tragedy for some and gives it the #1 spot.
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* '''Homie Invasion/Homie's Dead''': A thief named Vince sneaks into a couple's house and attacks the husband with a baseball bat when he investigates, killing him. The wife tries CPR, but it doesn't work. However, after she leaves in grief (and a [[FissionMailed fake title card]]), the man wakes up as her CPR apparently caused what's known as "[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_syndrome Lazarus Syndrome]]". As Vince is trying to climb down the balcony, the husband's revival scares the hell out of him, causing him to fall three stories onto ''solid pavement''.

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* '''Homie Invasion/Homie's Dead''': A thief named Vince sneaks into a couple's house and attacks the husband with a baseball bat when he investigates, killing him. The wife tries CPR, but it doesn't work. However, after she leaves in grief (and a [[FissionMailed fake title card]]), the man wakes up as her CPR apparently caused what's known as "[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_syndrome Lazarus Syndrome]]". As Vince is trying to climb down the balcony, the husband's revival scares the hell out of him, [[DisneyVillainDeath causing him to fall three stories onto ''solid pavement''.onto]] ''[[DisneyVillainDeath solid pavement]]''.
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* '''Bad Laps''': It is impressive that the swimmers managed to swim 20 laps in the 85-degree water with none of them quitting. Too bad for the instructor.

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* '''Bad Laps''': It is impressive that the swimmers managed to swim 20 laps in the 85-degree water with none of them quitting. Too bad for the instructor.instructor couldn't.
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* '''[=ReTired=]''': A combination of someone dying peacefully, worn out technology, and a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Arthur is an 85 year old widower who likes nothing more than to turn on the engine of his antique Chrysler and reminisce about his life. Shuggy is a lowlife thief who's just robbed a gas station. On one fateful morning, Arthur peacefully dies in his sleep at the wheel of his car, and the handbrake gives out not long after, sending the car straight down the street towards the intersection Shuggy is now trying to cross; Karma comes from beyond the grave when the car flattens him!

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* '''[=ReTired=]''': A combination of someone dying peacefully, worn out technology, and a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Arthur is an 85 year old 85-year-old widower who likes nothing more than to turn on the engine of his antique Chrysler and reminisce about his life. Shuggy is a lowlife thief who's just robbed a gas station. On one fateful morning, Arthur peacefully dies in his sleep at the wheel of his car, and the handbrake gives out not long after, sending the car straight down the street towards the intersection Shuggy is now trying to cross; Karma comes from beyond the grave when the car flattens him!



* '''Homie Invasion/Homie's Dead''': A thief named Vince sneaks into a couple's house and attacks the husband with a baseball bat when he investigates, killing him. The wife tries CPR, but it doesn't work. However, after she leaves in grief (and a [[FissionMailed fake title card]]), the man wakes up as apparently her CPR caused what's known as "[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_syndrome Lazarus Syndrome]]". As Vince is trying to climb down the balcony, the husband's revival scares the hell out of him, causing him to fall three stories onto ''solid pavement''.

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* '''Homie Invasion/Homie's Dead''': A thief named Vince sneaks into a couple's house and attacks the husband with a baseball bat when he investigates, killing him. The wife tries CPR, but it doesn't work. However, after she leaves in grief (and a [[FissionMailed fake title card]]), the man wakes up as her CPR apparently her CPR caused what's known as "[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_syndrome Lazarus Syndrome]]". As Vince is trying to climb down the balcony, the husband's revival scares the hell out of him, causing him to fall three stories onto ''solid pavement''.



* '''Lady & The Trampled''': After a biker rips the bra of a dancer in a bar, one of the other dancers floors him with a good hard kick in the chest, causing him to be trampled by the other bikers.
* '''Bad Laps''': It is impressive that the swimmers managed to swim 20 laps in the 85 degree water with none of them quitting. Too bad for the instructor.

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* '''Lady & The Trampled''': After a biker rips the bra of off a dancer in a bar, one of the other dancers floors him with a good hard kick in the chest, causing him to be trampled by the other bikers.
* '''Bad Laps''': It is impressive that the swimmers managed to swim 20 laps in the 85 degree 85-degree water with none of them quitting. Too bad for the instructor.
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The other women seemingly consent


* '''Back Stabbed''': A Viking leaves his brother in charge of his village while he goes marauding. The brother abuses this power to rape the women in the village, including his brother's wife. Eventually, the marauding brother returns and catches the rapist, and kills him by cutting his back open and ripping his lungs out (this is called the "Blood Eagle").

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* '''Back Stabbed''': A Viking leaves his brother in charge of his village while he goes marauding. The brother abuses this power to rape the women in the village, including his brother's wife. Eventually, the marauding brother returns and catches the rapist, and kills him by cutting his back open and ripping his lungs out (this is called the "Blood Eagle").
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* '''Bad Laps''': It is impressive that the swimmers managed to swim 20 laps in the 85 degree water with none of them quitting. Too bad for the instructor.
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* '''Lady & The Trampled''': After a biker rips the bra of a dancer in a bar, one of the other dancers floors him with a good hard kick in the chest, causing him to be trampled by the other bikers.
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* '''Deaf Jammed''': Mickey, a car thief/carjacker who preyed on women exclusively, attempts to carjack another woman by way of unlocking the back door through the open window, but he never got the chance; the woman rolled up her windows as he tried to get in and the automatic window crushes his windpipe, rendering him unable to call out for help. However, the woman is deaf, so his pleas would've been ineffective as is. He eventually suffocates to death after some time passes, granting the scumbag eternal rest.
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mind if someone sort the Fatally Gourd part if possible.

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* '''Fatally Gourd''': What's more surprising is that none of the rednecks got killed for haphazardly using their pumpkin launcher despite the hazards it poses to the user(s). They managed to [[ContrivedCoincidence land a lucky]] shot at a pumpkin thief who sells the pumpkins he stole to satisfy his greed. Needless to say, that thief got a taste of poetic justice courtesy of the rednecks.
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Correct trope.


* '''Ichiboned''': A Japanese couple who were too repressed to have sex finally do it, but because they've never done it before, [[DeathBySex their hearts gave out when they reached simultaneous orgasms]], since their abstinence meant that their bodies were never prepared for the effect of the hormones released after intercourse. It's more a BittersweetEnding (or even a TearJerker), but it does count as a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome just for the fact that '''they didn't die in some bloody, horrific way'''. Even the narrator acknowledges this as a tragedy for some and gives it the #1 spot.

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* '''Ichiboned''': A Japanese couple who were too repressed to have sex finally do it, but because they've never done it before, [[DeathBySex [[OutWithABang their hearts gave out when they reached simultaneous orgasms]], since their abstinence meant that their bodies were never prepared for the effect of the hormones released after intercourse. It's more a BittersweetEnding (or even a TearJerker), but it does count as a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome just for the fact that '''they didn't die in some bloody, horrific way'''. Even the narrator acknowledges this as a tragedy for some and gives it the #1 spot.
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* '''Lac-Toasted''': The big one. Two words: badass moms.
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* '''Radium Girls''': In this case, it's not the death that is a crowning moment, but the aftermath of said death. A woman from the 1920s named Wendy died by covering herself with glow-in-the-dark, [[ANuclearError radioactive paint]] (using it as body paint for her lover during sex), and contracted bone cancer. The company she worked for knew about the dangerous effects of radium, yet used it in their paint anyway, and in fact [[MoralEventHorizon encouraged]] the female workers to keep their paintbrushes sharp by licking them, and thus consuming dangerous radioactive material. After the woman's death, her co-workers filed one of the first successful workers' rights lawsuits, won, and according to the narration, "increased safety standards across America." Wiki/TheOtherWiki confirms this [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_Girls as the truth]]; ''it was the first successful lawsuit of its kind in the United States''.

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* '''Radium Girls''': In this case, it's not the death that is a crowning moment, but the aftermath of said death. A woman from the 1920s named Wendy died by covering herself with glow-in-the-dark, [[ANuclearError radioactive paint]] (using it as body paint for her lover during sex), and contracted bone cancer. The company she worked for knew about the dangerous effects of radium, yet used it in their paint anyway, and in fact [[MoralEventHorizon encouraged]] the female workers to keep their paintbrushes sharp by licking them, and thus consuming dangerous radioactive material. After the woman's death, her co-workers filed one of the first successful workers' rights lawsuits, won, and according to the narration, "increased safety standards across America." Wiki/TheOtherWiki Website/TheOtherWiki confirms this [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_Girls as the truth]]; ''it was the first successful lawsuit of its kind in the United States''.
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** Loses all awesomeness when they see it's their old friend and the girl bursts into tears...

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** Loses all awesomeness Goes from awesome to TearJerker when they see it's their old friend and the girl bursts into tears...tears, though...
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* '''Fiddle Sticked''': A spy takes out her target, a terrorist leader, using a laser rifle disguised as a violin case.
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* '''Fiddle Sticked''': A spy takes out her target, a terrorist leader, using a laser rifle disguised as a violin case.
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* '''ReTired''': A combination of someone dying peacefully, worn out technology, and a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Arthur is an 85 year old widower who likes nothing more than to turn on the engine of his antique Chrysler and reminisce about his life. Shuggy is a lowlife thief who's just robbed a gas station. On one fateful morning, Arthur peacefully dies in his sleep at the wheel of his car, and the handbrake gives out not long after, sending the car straight down the street towards the intersection Shuggy is now trying to cross; Karma comes from beyond the grave when the car flattens him!

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* '''ReTired''': '''[=ReTired=]''': A combination of someone dying peacefully, worn out technology, and a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Arthur is an 85 year old widower who likes nothing more than to turn on the engine of his antique Chrysler and reminisce about his life. Shuggy is a lowlife thief who's just robbed a gas station. On one fateful morning, Arthur peacefully dies in his sleep at the wheel of his car, and the handbrake gives out not long after, sending the car straight down the street towards the intersection Shuggy is now trying to cross; Karma comes from beyond the grave when the car flattens him!
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* '''ReTired''': A combination of someone dying peacefully, worn out technology, and a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Arthur is an 85 year old widower who likes nothing more than to turn on the engine of his antique Chrysler and reminisce about his life. Shuggy is a lowlife thief who's just robbed a gas station. On one fateful morning, Arthur peacefully dies in his sleep at the wheel of his car, and the handbrake gives out not long after, sending the car straight down the street towards the intersection Shuggy is now trying to cross; Karma comes from beyond the grave when the car flattens him!
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* '''Chemi-Killed''': A lecherous lab assistant lures her male co-worker into an affair, then in a jealous rage begins throwing chemicals around the lab when he leaves her to make amends with his wife. One of the vials contains Sodium Azide, the main chemical compound used to fire car airbags and a highly explosive substance. The vial breaks into a sink full of water, causing a massive explosion that wounds the lab assistant, then unleashes a cloud of toxic Hydrogen Azide gas which proceeds to fatally burn her lungs... [[UpToEleven and is also explosive.]]
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Frickin Laser Beams entry amended in accordance with this Trope Repair Shop Thread.


* '''Fiddle Licked''': A UsefulNotes/{{CIA}} agent posing as a violinist in a fancy restaurant uses an experimental [[FrickinLaserBeams laser]] [[DeathRay rifle]] disguised as a violin case to kill a terrorist posing as a man on a date.

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* '''Fiddle Licked''': A UsefulNotes/{{CIA}} agent posing as a violinist in a fancy restaurant uses an experimental [[FrickinLaserBeams [[EnergyWeapon laser]] [[DeathRay rifle]] disguised as a violin case to kill a terrorist posing as a man on a date.
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* '''Fiddle Licked''': A UsefulNotes/{{CIA}} agent posing as a violinist in a fancy restaurant uses an experimental [[FrickinLaserBeams laser]] [[DeathRay rifle]] to kill a terrorist posing as a man on a date.

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* '''Fiddle Licked''': A UsefulNotes/{{CIA}} agent posing as a violinist in a fancy restaurant uses an experimental [[FrickinLaserBeams laser]] [[DeathRay rifle]] disguised as a violin case to kill a terrorist posing as a man on a date.
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* '''Bring Bring''': An obnoxious Chinese sweatshop owner obsessed with gangster rap is killed when his abused workers get their revenge on him by [[TheDogBitesBack poisoning him with a gold grill lined with rosary peas]].

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* '''Bring Bring''': '''Grilled''': An obnoxious Chinese sweatshop owner obsessed with gangster rap is killed when his abused workers get their revenge on him by [[TheDogBitesBack poisoning him with a gold grill lined with rosary peas]].
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** And unlike the Ex'd Ex example, this could easily be classified as self-defense or justifiable homicide due to the man carrying a gun and already having a police record, meaning despite leading to the junkie's death, the nurse will likely recieve at most a warning or probation.

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** And unlike the Ex'd Ex example, this could easily be classified as self-defense or justifiable homicide due to the man carrying a gun and already having a police record, meaning despite leading to the junkie's death, the nurse will likely recieve receive at most a warning or probation.



-->'''Bobby Jones''': [[PreAssKickingOneLiner Guess what?! I ain't no lady!]] *[[MegatonPunch punch]]*
* '''Ex'D Ex''': A man takes his girlfriend on a hay ride and proposes. Her jealous ex-boyfriend, who had been stalking them, angrily puts on a ski mask and jumps on the ride carrying an axe. The man reflexively punches the ex out, knocking him into the road, where he gets run over.

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-->'''Bobby Jones''': [[PreAssKickingOneLiner Guess what?! I ain't no lady!]] *[[MegatonPunch punch]]*
''[[[MegatonPunch punch]]]''
* '''Ex'D Ex''': A man takes his girlfriend on a hay ride hayride and proposes. Her jealous ex-boyfriend, who had been stalking them, angrily puts on a ski mask and jumps on the ride carrying an axe. The man reflexively punches the ex out, knocking him into the road, where he gets run over.



* '''Homie Invasion/Homie's Dead''': A thief named Vince sneaks into a couple's house and attacks the husband with a baseball bat when he investigates, killing him. The wife tries CPR, but it doesn't work. However, after she leaves in grief (and a [[FissionMailed fake title card]]), the man wakes up, as apparently her CPR caused what's known as "[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_syndrome Lazarus Syndrome]]". As Vince is trying to climb down the balcony, the husband's revival scares the hell out of him, causing him to fall three stories onto ''solid pavement''.

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* '''Homie Invasion/Homie's Dead''': A thief named Vince sneaks into a couple's house and attacks the husband with a baseball bat when he investigates, killing him. The wife tries CPR, but it doesn't work. However, after she leaves in grief (and a [[FissionMailed fake title card]]), the man wakes up, up as apparently her CPR caused what's known as "[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_syndrome Lazarus Syndrome]]". As Vince is trying to climb down the balcony, the husband's revival scares the hell out of him, causing him to fall three stories onto ''solid pavement''.

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* '''Ichiboned''': A Japanese couple who were too repressed to have sex finally do it, but because they've never done it before, [[DeathBySex their hearts gave out when they reached simultaneous orgasms]]. It's more a BittersweetEnding (or even a TearJerker), but it does count as a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome just for the fact that '''they didn't die in some bloody, horrific way'''. Even the narrator acknowledges this as a tragedy for some and gives it the #1 spot.

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* '''Ichiboned''': A Japanese couple who were too repressed to have sex finally do it, but because they've never done it before, [[DeathBySex their hearts gave out when they reached simultaneous orgasms]].orgasms]], since their abstinence meant that their bodies were never prepared for the effect of the hormones released after intercourse. It's more a BittersweetEnding (or even a TearJerker), but it does count as a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome just for the fact that '''they didn't die in some bloody, horrific way'''. Even the narrator acknowledges this as a tragedy for some and gives it the #1 spot.


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* '''Chemi-Killed''': A lecherous lab assistant lures her male co-worker into an affair, then in a jealous rage begins throwing chemicals around the lab when he leaves her to make amends with his wife. One of the vials contains Sodium Azide, the main chemical compound used to fire car airbags and a highly explosive substance. The vial breaks into a sink full of water, causing a massive explosion that wounds the lab assistant, then unleashes a cloud of toxic Hydrogen Azide gas which proceeds to fatally burn her lungs... [[UpToEleven and is also explosive.]]
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* '''Fiddle Licked''': A {{CIA}} agent posing as a violinist in a fancy restaurant uses an experimental [[FrickinLaserBeams laser]] [[DeathRay rifle]] to kill a terrorist posing as a man on a date.

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* '''Fiddle Licked''': A {{CIA}} UsefulNotes/{{CIA}} agent posing as a violinist in a fancy restaurant uses an experimental [[FrickinLaserBeams laser]] [[DeathRay rifle]] to kill a terrorist posing as a man on a date.
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* '''Ichiboned''': A Japanese couple who were too repressed to have sex finally do it, but because they've never done it before, [[DeathBySex their hearts gave out when they reached simultaneous orgasms]]. It's more a BittersweetEnding (or even a TearJerker), but it does count as a CrowningMomentOfAwesome just for the fact that '''they didn't die in some bloody, horrific way'''. Even the narrator acknowledges this as a tragedy for some and gives it the #1 spot.

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* '''Ichiboned''': A Japanese couple who were too repressed to have sex finally do it, but because they've never done it before, [[DeathBySex their hearts gave out when they reached simultaneous orgasms]]. It's more a BittersweetEnding (or even a TearJerker), but it does count as a CrowningMomentOfAwesome SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome just for the fact that '''they didn't die in some bloody, horrific way'''. Even the narrator acknowledges this as a tragedy for some and gives it the #1 spot.

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