History Awesome / OverlySarcasticProductions

* In "Literature/Beowulf", Wiglaf banishes the 11 soldiers who [[DirtyCoward abandoned Beowulf to fight the dragon alone]]. And he has a reason to: despite not even being a soldier himself, [[WhatYouAreInTheDark Wiglaf fought alongside his king to face the dragon]]. Guess Beowulf chose well when he made him king upon his death.

* In part VII of Journey to the West, Tripitaka finally shows what he's good for in one of the contests with the Taoist immortals. By sitting still. For apparently days at a time.

* And then [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07ed76rbzOc Blue did a similar laconic summary]] of the UsefulNotes/WarsOfTheRoses, with equally impressive MotorMouth ability.

** Granted, the summary was was extremely condensed and laconic[[note]]Just as an example, the entirety of the ''[[{{Literature/Bhagavadgita}} Bhagavad Gita]]'' was passed off as "The [[WarriorPrince Pandava]] [[TheLancer Arjuna]] doesn't wanna fight his beloved family and teachers and stuff, and [[GodInHumanForm Krishna]] calls him a whiny little bitch for seven hundred stanzas."[[/note]], but the the achievement was nonetheless very impressive.

-->'''Circe:''' [[AintToProudToBeg Wait wait, I'm a mage!]] [[SquishyMage I have like two hit points]]!

-->'''Circe:''' Wait wait, I'm a mage! [[GlassCannon I have like two hit points]]!

* Similarly, the Io video has a rant both in the beginning and during the end credits pointing out how pointless it is to try and claim there's a "true" version of any given Greek Myth--let alone fight over what said true version even is--when the ''original authors'' couldn't agree on how any of it happened and, in the case of Ovid (who originated the controversial "Medusa gets assaulted and is promptly punished for being assaulted and that's why the Gods are bad" myth), may have written the myth with a bias in mind.[[note]] Bias against authority figures after Ovid was exiled by emperor UsefulNotes/{{Augustus}} for criticizing his marriage laws and, more serious, '''for sleeping with his daughter'''.[[/note]]

** Granted, the summary was was extremely condensed and laconic[[note]]Just as an example, the entirety of the ''[[{{Literature/Bhadavadgita}} Bhadavad Gita]]'' was passed off as "The [[WarriorPrince Pandava]] [[TheLancer Arjuna]] doesn't wanna fight his beloved family and teachers and stuff, and [[GodInHumanForm Krishna]] calls him a whiny little bitch for seven hundred stanzas."[[/note]], but the the achievement was nonetheless very impressive.

-->'''Ishtar:''' [-Duly noted.-]

--> ''Please stop bastardizing the word just to make your whining feel more justified. Orwell would not sympathize.''

* Similarly, the Io video has a rant both in the beginning and during the end credits pointing out how pointless it is to try and claim there's a "true" version of any given Greek Myth--let alone fight over what said true version even is--when the ''original authors'' couldn't agree on how any of it happened and, in the case of Ovid (who originated the controversial "Medusa gets assaulted and is promptly punished for being assaulted and that's why the Gods are bad" myth), may have written the myth with a bias in mind.[[note]] Bias against authority figures after Ovid was imprisoned during the reign of emperor UsefulNotes/{{Augustus}} for criticizing his policies and, more serious, '''for sleeping with his daughter'''.[[/note]]

* Similarly, the Io video has a rant both in the beginning and during the end credits pointing out how pointless it is to try and claim there's a "true" version of any given Greek Myth--let alone fight over what said true version even is--when the ''original authors'' couldn't agree on how any of it happened and, in the case of Ovid (who originated the controversial "Medusa gets assaulted and is promptly punished for being assaulted and that's why the Gods are bad" myth), may have written the myth with a bias in mind.

* Ishtar being told by Ereshkigal that the Underworld is her domain, becoming giant-sized and telling her "''You'' are not in charge here!"

* Ereshkigal being told by Ishtar that the Underworld is her domain, becoming giant-sized and telling her "''You'' are not in charge here!"

* Similarly, the Io video has a rant both in the beginning and during the end credits pointing out how pointless it is to try and claim there's a "true" version of any given Greek Myth--let alone fight over what said true version even is--when the ''original authors'' couldn't agree on how any of it happened and, in the case of Ovid (who originated the controversial "Medusa gets assaulted and is promptly punished for being assaulted and that's why the Gods are bad" myth), may have written the myth with a bias in mind.

--> ''Please stop bastardizing the word just to make your whining feel more justified. Orwell would not sympathize.''

--> ''A note to the edgelords: "thoughtcrime" does not mean "attitudes you hold that will make people think you're an asshole." We already have a word for that - it's called "being an asshole", and nobody is going to drag you off to a secret government facility and torture you until your brain breaks just for being an asshole.
--> However, they might call you an asshole or ask that you stop acting like an asshole. This is not the same thing as "thought-policing", which is a government-mandated system of suppression that does far more than simply make you feel like an asshole. People can and will judge you based on what you say or think, on account of being people with opinions: it is not "thought-policing" for them to voice their opinions on YOUR opinions.
--> Please stop bastardizing the word just to make your whining feel more justified. Orwell would not sympathize.

* On a similar note, the Aphrodite video. It goes into great detail about Aphrodite's roots as the Mesopotamian goddess Ashtarte/Ishtar, how she was brought to Greece, and the long and complex history of her characterization, all accompanied by excellent visuals and very appropriate choices of music.

-->'''Circe:''' Wait wait, I'm a mage! I have like two hit points!

* On a similar note, the Aphrodite video. It goes into great detail about Aphrodite's roots as the Mesopotamian goddess Inanna/Ishtar, how she was brought to Greece, and the long and complex history of her characterization, all accompanied by excellent visuals and very appropriate choices of music.

* The Dionysus video as a whole. Living up to the statements in the Quetzalcoatl video that historical religions were not static, it goes into the history of the god from his roots as a rebirth and madness deity to his modern presentation, accompanied by spectacular visuals and soundtrack.

* Atalanta gets an awesome line when the king of Calydon suggests that she hang out with his daughters in the garden.
-->'''[[RealWomenDontWearDresses Atalanta]]:''' Um, I'm sorry, I must've misheard you. I was told there was ''murdering'' to be done around here, ''not arts and crafts!''

* The fact that ''[[JerkassGods Zeus]]'' was the one to tell Aphrodite to back off when Eros and Psyche came to him to be properly married. Given the way Zeus [[DoubleStandardRapeDivineOnMortal behaves normally]] in these myths, this is quite a rarity!

* The fact that ''Zeus'' was the one to tell Aphrodite to back off when Eros and Psyche came to him to be properly married. Given the way [[JerkassGods Zeus]] [[DoubleStandardRapeDivineOnMortal behaves normally]] in these myths, this is quite a rarity!

* Cu Chulainn's death is treated with appropriate awesomeness. When he gets attacked in an ambush that kills his charioteer and horse, and severely wounds him, he ties himself to a pillar so that he cannot fall to the ground and is always facing his enemy. He held his sword up for several hours, [[TheDreaded with no one daring to approach him]], until they see a raven land on his shoulder without Cu Chulainn reacting. The leader of the ambush goes to cut off his head, at which point Cu Chulainn ''explodes with holy light'' and his arms drop, ''cutting off the man's hands''. Even in death he would ruin your day.
** '''''[[RunningGag Metal]]'''''
* Fionn Mac Cumhaill had to stay awake to defeat a fae named Aillen mac Midna. Unfortunately, Aillen had MagicMusic that could put people to sleep. So what does Fionn do? Take out a magical red-hot spear and couch it in his arms, so that when he started to nod off '''''the flaming spear STABBED HIM IN THE FACE'''''. Aillen reacts with appropriate shock, and loses the fight.

-->'''Odysseus:''' [[ImpliedDeathThreat Then I suggest you turn them back before I have to whittle that number down to zero.]]

-->'''Atalanta:''' Um, I'm sorry, I must've misheard you. I was told there was ''murdering'' to be done around here, not ''arts and crafts!''