History Awesome / PokemonAdventures

* How does Ultra Necrozma get defeated? Solgaleo, Lunala ''and'' Zygarde 100% using their respective signature moves on it '''SIMULTANIOUSLY'''!

* Meta: Kusaka doesn't just drop Platinum's name once the third version came out. He had it woven into a pivotal moment for her character where she apologizes with a written letter she reads to Dia and Pearl. All at once, it begins the integration of various elements from Pokémon Platinum and marks a milestone in the Sinnoh Trio's friendship as "Lady" had refrained from giving out her name to commoners.

* Pryce and Lance taking on their respective dragons. Pryce is immune to Dialga's time-based attacks due to having been trapped in the time void, while Lance has no problem with Palkia bending his Hyper Beams away because he can just bend them right back.

* Platinum's gym battle against Candice. With Rapidash close to fainting, Platinum only has Lopunny left, who quickly faints Abomasnow, but has a harder time against Candice's Froslass. Lopunny faints and Candice thinks she has won, only for Rapidash to come charging out of his pokéball and wiping the floor with Froslass. What happened? Knowing Froslass would faint her, Lopunny pulled a HeroicSacrifice and fainted herself through the use of Healing Wish, which completely healed Rapidash! A SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome for both Platinum and Lopunny, as this was their first battle together.
* Meta: Kusaka doesn't just drop Planitum's name once the third version came out. He had it woven into a piviot moment for her character where she apologizes with a written letter she reads to Dia and Pearl. All at once, it begins the intergration of various elements from Pokemon Platinum and marks a milestone in the Sinnoh Trio's friendship as "Lady" had refrained from giving out her name to commoners.

* Also, at the end of the arc, we learn that Crys has completed her Kanto[=/=]Johto Pokédex, having gathered the data on 250 Pokémon. That's right, Crys managed to [[GottaCatchThemAll catch all Kanto and Johto Pokémon]] (excluding Legendaries).

'''[=SUMO/USUM=] arc'''

* Soudo himself, where not to mention is PragmaticHero status, he's always shown taking Gym Leaders down without ever losing one of his Pokémon.

** Black goes on an absolute boss rush. First he fights Cheren, who did a FaceHeelTurn and joined Team Plasma, and he wins due to a BigDamnHeroes from a [[CameBackStrong now evolved Musha]]. Next he fights N, unsurprisingly, in what's basically a goddamn kaiju battle between Zekrom and Reshiram. Finally, he fights against Ghetsis, who made sure to, [[CrazyPrepared make a team that specifically counters Black's and has advantages in all types]]... except one SherlockScan later, and Black completely turns the tides and STEAMROLLS him. Now THIS is a true champion.

** And then there's Saph's battle with Ark and the simultaneous defense of Flannery. Ark used his Azumarill to flood the room and put an air bubble around his head - smart enough on its own, but he tried to make a bloody end for the both of them by calling out Sharpedo. She called out Rono to tank its Bite attack (and break its teeth), and then ''used his EvilGloating time to cut open the window of their carriage to drain the chamber '''with the same teeth she broke off in the first place'''!'' Once Ark finally realized how boned he was, she had Rono Take Down him ''into the next car down''! Yeah... that's what "owned" looks like.

* Red and Blaine's effort to capture Mewtwo. Bonus points to Aero for carrying the weight of Red's entire team at once. Note that this includes the half-ton ''Snorlax,'' not to mention Gyarados and Venusaur!
** Red's final tactic to actually catch Mewtwo? Purposefully cause him to switch back to the cyclone wave, fly straight to the eye of the storm, then smack him in the face with the Master Ball.

* Blake's first fight as a Pokédex holder, where he not only fights Corless' Genesect and actually wins, but finishes the fight by capturing it!

* During the final battle against Lysandre, by gathering his, Y's, Blue's, Diantha's, and Korrina's Key Stones, X Mega Evolves '''five of his Pokémon at the same time]]''' to fight Zygarde and thanks to Xerxer's HeroicSacrifice, he manages to win.

* The ''first'' moment of awesome in the series was Red saving himself and Professor Oak from a crazed Machoke by reasoning on the fly that Bulbasaur, as a plant-based Pokémon, is empowered by sunlight and unleashing Solarbeam.

* When Blue and Bozz visit the Power Plant, Agatha appears and snatches Blue up in a Dream Eater that traps him in his memories and slowly drains his life energy while he can't escape. Bozz is too scared to do anything, so Blue sends a telepathic message to his Golduck, who relays it to Bozz via his Pokédex ([[ChekhovsSkill a skill it had shown before]]) to basically tell Bozz to man up, all the while in ''extreme pain and barely able to stay awake''. Even better, he gains that advice from the [[HoistByHisOwnPetard memories that Agatha trapped him in]]. Bozz then gets his own SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome as he ''does'' man up and use his Haunter to fight off Agatha, and then Blue tops it all off by using his Scyther to slash through Agatha's Ghost Pokémon. Awesome.
* Yellow has a nice BewareTheNiceOnes moment in Chapter 57. Team Rocket blows up the engine room of the ship she's on endangering the passangers.. First she allows the passangers to escape by sending the opponent's Pokémon back with Doudo's Whirlwind, and ensuring they float using Caterpie's String Shot. Then when they decide to turn the ship nose up and have it sink to cover their getaway,her Omanyte stops them with an Ice Beam and lets them fall, when they switch tactics and attack her she uses her Gravler to catch her while Pika knocks their Pokémon out. Then her Raticate breaks the ship in half and has it fall to crush the Rocket goons only for Graveler to catch it as it barely touches their faces. Yellow then sweetly asks them to surrender or she'll have Graveler let go and have the ship drop on top of them. Needless to say... they obeyed

* Also, at the end of the arc, we learn that Crys has completed her Kanto[=/=]Johto Pokédex, having gathered the data on 250 Pokémon. That's right, Crys managed to [[GottaCatchThemAll catch all Kanto and Johto Pokémon]] (excluding legendaries).

* Ruby's escape from Courtney in the Rustburo Tunnel, which involves using his Pokéblock holder as an impromptu ''zip line''. He then [[GoodIsNotNice cuts the line, dropping Courtney into the flaming inferno below.]]

* Words enough cannot describe how awesome it is when Ruby, who wears his hat for freakingly all over the time, even when sleeping, ''finally removes it!!!'' Of course, the real awesome is when we flash back to how he got his scar that the hat is used to cover. As a child he took on a Salamence with only a Skitty, a Poochyena, and a Ralts.... And ''won''.

* Crystal [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu KICKS A POKÉ-BALL IN ARCEUS' FACE.]] Enough said!

* Gladion and Null/Silvally knocking out the Ultra Beast attacking Ula-Ula whitout too much effort, even Nanu got surprised he has nothing to do after everything got under control thanks to Gladion.

* The ''first'' moment of awesome in the series was Red saving himself and Professor Oak from a crazed Machoke by reasoning on the fly that Bulbasaur, as a plant-based Pokemon, is empowered by sunlight and unleashing Solarbeam.
* The Safari Zone chapters where in the end Red went from trying desperately to survive to capturing an army of Safari Pokemon.
* Hell, Green's battle against Sabrina. Looks like Sabrina's got her, but Green retorts by ''sticking out her chest'' and taunts her saying that at least she's ''prettier''. Of course, Sabrina's not going to take that from an 11 year old. so has Kadabra slash off Green's top...to reveal that Green's boobs were really ''Poke Balls'', and Green immediately releases her Pokemon for an unexpected attack.

** To explain, Giovanni had the battle almost entirely under his control, taking out Poliwrath and Snorlax easily. Red comes back when he secretly hides Aero's pokeball under his foot and then suddenly releases it behind him. He takes out Beedrill, but then he's taken out by Nidoqueen. Giovanni traps Red in a fissure, and breaks the Pokeballs of Saur and Gyara, which prevents Red from using either of the two, meaning Giovanni has four Pokemon, his BEST ones, to Red's measly one. His last Pokemon is Pika, and Giovanni smugly declares that in the time it takes to release Pika and unleash thunderbolt, Red's already gone. Red calls his bet and releases Pika anyway, but had Pika charge the bolt INSIDE the Pokeball by making good use of [[ChekhovsGun Surge's insulating gloves]]. Pika scores FOUR KOES AT ONCE and even slams Giovanni, giving Red the victory and an awesome one-liner.

--> '''Red''': You're wrong. Your downfall was the pain I sensed from the Pokemon you corrupted.

* For the grand finale of the RGB arc, it comes down to Red's Venusaur versus his rival's Charizard. Everyone thinks it'll be an easy win for Charizard, but Red had purposely chosen his previous two Pokemon (Poliwrath and Pikachu) to set up for this match. The immense steam formed from the battle between Poliwrath and Ninetales and the electric attacks of Pikachu created thunderclouds overhead, so all that was left was to use Venusaur's Vine Whip to turn the flying Charizard...into a kite.

* Yellow is fighting Lance, and just barely managing keep from falling into the lava that she's [[LavaIsBoilingKoolAid Surfing]] on, thanks to Lance's constant attacks. After a chapter's worth of dodging Lance's attacks, she decides to use what she learned from watching Mewtwo's fighting style and fight back... ''by Surfing in circles until she creates a lava tornado to suck Lance and his pokemon into the lava.''
** Immediately after, Lance and his pokemon ''survive'' a dip in the lava... using ''bubbles''. Bubbles that take a Twineedle from Giovanni's Beedrill to cut through, but still. ''Bubbles''.
** And then of course there's the moment of awesome where all of Yellow's pokemon (sans Pika) evolve ''at the exact same time, in battle''. Caterpie even evolves ''twice'', all the way up to Butterfree.
* Giovanni gets his own in his BigDamnHeroes moment when he shows up and proceeds to take down Lance, revealing that he too is a Viridian trainer, and the Beedrill mentioned above is a Viridian Pokemon.

* Falkner deserves a mention here. Up until now only one Gym Leader had even come close to catching Suicine, and Falkner had been shown as a fairly decent new Gym Leader at best. Then not only does he nearly catch ''both'' Entei and Raikou, using a Pokemon that's a bad match up to both, but then when Suicine interrupts he almost manages to capture it too. In other words, he nearly managed to take down ''three'' Legendaries, ''at the same time'', while at a disadvantage. BadassNormal indeed.

* Blue was trained by Chuck to hone his own abilities to be able to fight with his Pokemon. In his battle with Chuck he takes this to the Nth degree by focusing on Hitmontop's placement and using Mind Reader. That's right. Blue, through sheer force of will and concentration, uses a Pokemon move!

* Villains Will and Karen torment ClassyCatBurglar Green with her [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes phobia of birds]] by summoning Lugia and Ho-oh, the latter of whom caused Green's phobia in the first place. But then they had to show Silver bound up and hurt to her. Regaining her composure, Green reveals she spent the past few months getting over her fear by tracking down and capturing some very particular bird Pokemon...''Zapdos, Articuno, Moltres, I choose you!''
* Hell, literally ''everybody'' gets a Crowning Moment (also counts as heartwarming) during the finale of the the GSC arc. After being wounded by protecting Daisy from falling debris, Bill receives faxes from trainers all over region, them wishing that they could help in the battle at the Indigo Plateau, but can't send their Pokemon over since the Teleporter is still down. Bill gets a HeroicBSOD, crying out what good he is as a scientist since he can't fix the Teleporter, but as soon as Raikou's electricity powers up the machine, Bill wastes no time in sending out the message that it's working again. ''Every single minor character'' (and others obviously) introduced in the arc immediately rush over to send over their Pokemon, and a ''huge ass army'' of Pokemon, carrying their trainers' wills to stop the battle, manage to break Lugia and Ho-oh free from the Masked Man's control.
* The final battle of the GSC arc also counts. Gold flies into the time stream riding on [[OlympusMons Raikou]] to stop Pryce. Then he tells Silver and Crystal to go back without him and he dives down towards the spot where Pryce is. Pryce asks how anyone could comprehend the pain he did when he held La Glace's egg in his hands after La Pris and La Prus died. Gold says he can, because he's the hatcher, then proceeds to unleash SUPER RISING THUNDER! (an attack powered by the moves of everyone else's Pokemon and channeled into his billiard cue like a lightning rod) and destroys the GS Ball that Celebi is stuck in.

* The entire final battle of the RS chapter. Right up to Ruby summoning Celebi ''using a Hadouken pose.'' If you recall back to the beginning of the arc, you realize that Norman called out one of his Pokemon in the ''[[GenerationXerox exact same manner]]!''

* In terms of base level alone, Yellow's easily the weakest of all the Dex Holders (levels range from 20s to 40s). In the FRLG, when facing against Storc/Sird and Oca/Orm, the two of them pretty much laugh at her when checking up on her Pokemon's stats. However, she gets PISSED at the fact they're fighting at the Viridian Forest and her emotions make her Pokemon's levels RISE UP TO THE EIGTHIES. The two pretty much shit their pants and make a run for it, knowing that she'll OWN them if they try to fight back.

** Technically, Yellow didn't actually get 'pissed', so to speak. Instead, her spirit rose. Which could be considered even more awesome, because her will to drive Team Rocket out of Viridian Forest was so huge that she quadrupled her Pokemons' levels, and yet she remained completely level-headed.

** Emerald's impassioned declaration that it's not battling Pokemon that he loves, but the Pokemon themselves. Doubles as a heartwarming moment, and it's what allows him to reach Jirachi to wish the petrified dex holders back to normal.
** All the dex holders fighting Guile Hideout's army of berserked Pokemon, especially the two-page spread of all ten of them together in the midst of battle. It's ten of them against hundreds of raging Pokemon, five of them have just woken up from being turned to stone after a long battle... And the Dex Holders HoldTheLine WITHOUT LOSING A SINGLE POKEMON.
** Emerald uses all of this distraction time to calm down all the berserked Pokemon with a soil seal that covers THE ENTIRETY OF THE ISLAND.

* Pearl figuring out why Luxio is an outcast in its group, and then meeting up with same Luxio (now a Luxray) and adventuring through the booby-trapped Fuego Ironworks Factory together to save the foreman. Luxray isn't even officially Pearl's pokemon yet, but he was willing to get burned just to help out Pearl.

* The DP trio ''giving up their Pokedexes'' so they could free Uxie, Azelf, and Mesprit.

* When Sird makes an unexpected appearance on the Spear Pillar, she explains just what happened the last time we saw her: she had to flee ''all the way from Kanto to Sinnoh'' just to get Mewtwo off her trail. And this after she just revealed that she had a ''Darkrai'' of all Pokemon. Despite having the perfect counter to Mewtwo type-wise, she still fled from him. Mewtwo is just ''that'' badass.

* Dia once again demonstrates his ability to empathize with Pokemon by managing to befriend Rotom and even convincing it to fight alongside them against Team Galactic.

* Crystal [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu KICKS A POKE-BALL IN ARCEUS' FACE.]] Enough said!

* N basically beats the crap out of Black while giving him a HannibalLecture on why Black can't win because he can't understand his Pokemon. Black [[ShutUpHannibal tells him to shut up]] and then says that's ''exactly why they have the Pokedex'': Most people can't understand their Pokemon, so they need it to help them. He also says that even though he can't hear his Pokemon's voices, they still believe in his dream. While he still ultimately loses, Black's Pokemon show N on how much they believe in their trainer.

* A rare non-action example. Just watching White supervising the preparations for the first Pokemon Musical is a sight to behold. Who cares if she can't fight? Doesn't mean she doesn't have other strengths that are equally impressive.

* Blake's first fight as a Pokedex holder, where he not only fights Corless' Genesect and actually wins, but finishes the fight by capturing it!
* It's been two years since her most trusted friend disappeared into the Light Stone and was essentially given a FateWorseThanDeath. What has White been doing all this time? She helped create Poke Star Studios, aka POKEMON HOLLYWOOD.
* Blake is a walking moment of awesome, which is no surprise seeing that he's the [[{{Expy}} Pokemon equivalent]] of Film/JamesBond. First he faces off against Tornadus in his Therian Forme and defeats it with the help of Keldeo who he befriended off-screen, succeeding in arresting Giallo of the Seven Sages. Next, despite being hampered by Roxie, Whitley and Hugh, he managed to arrest Bronius and Ryoku without much effort. He isn't called Mr. Perfect for nothing.
** Blake's second encounter with Keldeo at Pledge Grove is noteworthy in that he dodges a point-blank Sacred Sword without flinching and managed to get the Pokemon to join his team by offering a mutual gain relationship, thus capturing Keldeo without having to battle him.

* In the end, who is the one to deliver the final blow to initiate Ghetsis' complete VillainousBreakdown? ''Whitley'', [[ShutUpHannibal who yells at him]] that even if he escapes and fools humans again, he will ''never'' fool all of the Pokemon he's hurt, for they will never forget him and never forgive him. Cue hundreds of Team Plasma's captive Pokemon gathering around Ghetsis and all shooting him a DeathGlare until he's reduced to a terrified, LaughingMad wreck.

* During the final battle against Lysandre, by gathering his, Y's, Blue's, Diantha's, and Korrina's Key Stones, X Mega Evolves '''five of his Pokemon at the same time]]''' to fight Zygarde and thanks to Xerxer's HeroicSacrifice, he manages to win.

* Heck, nearly every single battle in the series has some sort of Crowning Moment, given how many of them revolve around complex and ingenious multi-pokemon strategies running off of RuleOfCool and the fact that the trainers themselves do way more than just bark commands.
* You gotta give the manga-ka some credit for sticking with this series for as long as he has. Most Pokemon manga are just quick cash-ins or advertisements for the latest games, barely having enough content to discuss or speculate about. Hidenori Kusaka actually began when the franchise started and is still going strong with only ''Pocket Monsters'' being the other long-running Pokemon manga. Furthermore, due to the fact he doesn't work for Game Freak and plays the games to figure out how he wants to write his story, with all his [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Guns]] and ArcWelding, he is either the greatest master of planning things out or the greatest master of [[WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants writing things out of his ass as he goes along]]. Either way, he's awesome.
** Related to this, check out the [[HilariousInHindsight/PokemonAdventures page of predictions]] made in ''Pokemon Adventures''. Either Kusaka is a damn prophet, or the creators decided to take more than a little bit of inspiration from his ideas.

** In December of 2018, there was an official mini-site for ''Pokemon Adventures'' launched in [[https://www.pokemon.jp/special/pokespenjoy/ the Japanese Pokemon website]], calling it the "Definitive" Pokemon manga. Where, the official Pokemon company has finally acknowledged ''Pokemon Adventures''.

* [[http://mangafox.me/manga/pocket_monster_special/v04/c050/7.html Underwater Hyper Beam!]]

* [[http://jb2448.info/Pokemon_Adventures_34/Pokemon_Special_v34_c381/Pokemon_Special_v34_c381_133-neuquant Dia's mach-speed razor leaf.]] It goes faster than the time it takes to [[CallingYourAttacks call it!]]

* Dia sneaking on-board Team Galactic's airship by himself. And then we get [[http://jb2448.info/Pokemon_Adventures_36/Pokemon_Special_v36_c404/Pokemon_Special_v36_c404_200-neuquant this.]] And later on he successfully infiltrates albeit temporarily TG's headquarters by disguising as a grunt and tries to find Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf.

* Platinum's gym battle against Candice. With Rapidash close to fainting, Platinum only has Lopunny left, who quickly faints Abomasnow, but has a harder time against Candice's Froslass. Lopunny faints and Candice thinks she has won, [[http://jb2448.info/Pokemon_Adventures_35/Pokemon_Special_v35_c388/Pokemon_Special_v35_c388_075-neuquant only for Rapidash to come charging out of his pokéball]] and wiping the floor with Froslass. What happened? Knowing Froslass would faint her, Lopunny pulled a HeroicSacrifice and fainted herself through the use of Healing Wish, which completely healed Rapidash! A SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome for both Platinum and Lopunny, as this was their first battle together.

* During the final battle against Lysandre, by gathering his, Y's, Blue's, Diantha's, and Korrina's Key Stones, X Mega Evolves '''[[http://jb2448.info/_data/i/galleries/Pokemon_Special_XY/Pokemon_Special_XY_v06/Pokemon_Special_XY_v06_c37/Pokemon_Special_XY_c37_026-027b-me.png five of his Pokemon at the same time]]''' to fight Zygarde and thanks to Xerxer's HeroicSacrifice, he manages to win.

* Moon's skill with arrow leading up to [[https://s0.mangadex.org/data/0746fa5eb2ced189ecf8511b1314e55f/V12.png this.]]

* Koga and Blue are fighting Agatha and have to deal with her Arbok, who has special powers according to the pattern on it, which Agatha can change by touching it. Koga eventually counters this by having his Golbat use Leech Life [[spoiler:on ''Koga himself'', so Golbat can '''spit up the blood onto Arbok's hood''', preventing Agatha from changing it, and leaving them helpless against Blue's Golduck using a solid Confusion attack.]]

* Deoxys [[CurbStompBattle owning]] Red's team definitely showed how big a threat it really is. [[NoSell No selling]] everything, even Pikachu's thunder straight to its core.[[spoiler: Which turns out to be a moment of awesome for Red. Deoxys [[SubvertedTrope wasn't actually no selling the attacks]], they were hurting it and the thunder to the core seriously injured it. It was more or less in the same position it left Red's team. Red managed to tie a legendary without even knowing.]]

* Red truly proves his credentials as TheHero this time around. [[spoiler: He stays behind on the flying fortress to disable the explosions and prevent it from blowing up over Vermillion City, after [[TheCoatsAreOff taking his coat off,]] and ''beating Deoxys and making it his ally'' and then making it transport everyone to safety, while staying behind himself.]] Deoxys even wonders, after [[TraumaCongaLine everything that Red through in the arc]], how he can stand up and [[{{Determinator}} never give up]]. His response is a thing of awesome.

* Dia sneaking on-board Team Galactic's airship by himself. And then we get [[http://jb2448.info/Pokemon_Adventures_36/Pokemon_Special_v36_c404/Pokemon_Special_v36_c404_200-neuquant this.]] And later on he successfully infiltrates [[spoiler:albeit temporarily]] TG's headquarters by disguising as a grunt and tries to find Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf.

* When [[spoiler:Sird]] makes an unexpected appearance on the Spear Pillar, she explains just what happened the last time we saw her: [[spoiler:she had to flee ''all the way from Kanto to Sinnoh'' just to get Mewtwo off her trail. And this after she just revealed that she had a ''Darkrai'' of all Pokemon. Despite having the perfect counter to Mewtwo type-wise, she still fled from him. Mewtwo is just ''that'' badass.]]

* Know how the battles between a few [[OlympusMons legendaries]] are pretty awesome? How about one between [[spoiler:Shaymin, Giratina, Dialga, Palkia, Heatran, Regigigas, Darkrai, Cresselia, Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf]]?
* To top it all off, [[spoiler:when Charon tries to escape the Distortion World using Giratina, he is immediately greeted by Cynthia and her Garchomp calling forth ''a storm of Draco Meteors.'']]
* The bits after [[spoiler:Team Galactic disbands]] deserve particular mention, just for the cathartic feel of them. [[spoiler:Giratina]] gets back up, as if just to spite Platinum, who knows what trouble she's in. Cue a *double* count of BigDamnHeroes. Firstly, [[spoiler:Flint, Magmortar, Volkner and Electivire]] knock this particular DimensionLord flat on its eldritch ass and look good doing it. Second is a single panel, but only more awesome if anything, as it is [[spoiler:Dialga's and Palkia's]] shadowed figures towering over it, commanding it back into the [[spoiler:Distortion World]] by [[DeathGlare sheer force of presence]].

** Played a little differently in the official volume release. The dragons reform and the four Rocket executives were merely blasted back a small distance, but it's made even more awesome by seeing who comes in to the rescue:[[spoiler: Giovanni, Lance, and Pryce, the first three Big Bads of the series, all ready to kick ass]].
* [[spoiler:Pryce and Lance taking on their respective dragons. Pryce is immune to Dialga's time-based attacks due to having been trapped in the time void, while Lance has no problem with Palkia bending his Hyper Beams away because he can just bend them right back]].
* In relation to above, [[spoiler:Giovanni getting Giratina on the ropes with Silver's Ursaring. Unlike Lance and Pryce who were able to counter whatever Dialga and Palkia throw at them, Giovanni simply relies on his skills as a trainer. He's just that good.]]

* The FinalBattle of the arc is definitely a crowner with several amazing moments.
** Black finally has awakened Reshiram, but the Seven Sages are in the way. Unlike the games, however, [[spoiler:six of the Gym Leaders were already captured by Team Plasma, Drayden and Iris are stuck protecting the civilians, and the Striaton Trio are too wounded from their battle with the Shadow Triad to show up]]. Who shows up to the rescue instead? [[spoiler:Every named minor character Black has encountered during his journey, declaring that even if they aren't Gym Leaders or Elite 4 members, they still have dreams that they want to fight for and protect]].
** Black goes on an absolute boss rush. First he fights [[spoiler:Cheren, who did a FaceHeelTurn and joined Team Plasma, and he wins due to a BigDamnHeroes from a [[CameBackStrong now evolved Musha]]. Next he fights N, unsurprisingly, in what's basically a goddamn kaiju battle between Zekrom and Reshiram]]. Finally, he fights against Ghetsis, who made sure to, [[CrazyPrepared make a team that specifically counters Black's and has advantages in all types]]... except one SherlockScan later, and Black completely turns the tides and STEAMROLLS him. Now THIS is a true [[spoiler:champion]].

* Blake's first fight as a Pokedex holder, where he not only fights [[spoiler: Corless' Genesect]] and actually wins, but finishes the fight by [[spoiler: capturing it]]!
* It's been two years since [[spoiler: her most trusted friend disappeared into the Light Stone and was essentially given a FateWorseThanDeath.]] What has White been doing all this time? She helped create Poke Star Studios, aka POKEMON HOLLYWOOD.
* Blake is a walking moment of awesome, which is no surprise seeing that he's the [[{{Expy}} Pokemon equivalent]] of Film/JamesBond. First he faces off against Tornadus in his Therian Forme and defeats it with the help of [[spoiler:Keldeo]] who he befriended off-screen, succeeding in arresting Giallo of the Seven Sages. Next, despite being hampered by Roxie, Whitley and Hugh, he managed to arrest Bronius and Ryoku without much effort. He isn't called Mr. Perfect for nothing.
** Blake's second encounter with [[spoiler:Keldeo at Pledge Grove]] is noteworthy in that he dodges a point-blank [[spoiler:Sacred Sword]] without flinching and managed to get the Pokemon to join his team by offering a mutual gain relationship, thus capturing [[spoiler:Keldeo]] without having to battle him.
* [[spoiler: So now that Black is freed from the Light Stone, what does he do? Perform a coordinated double attack on Black Kyurem with White!]]
** [[spoiler: White in general in this climax, as she's the one largely calling the shots and leading the charge, showing just what a capable ActionGirl she's become.]]
* [[spoiler: The B2W2 arc (almost) ends by...having 9 Unova starters using the pledge move! It's nostalgic, and also gives Hugh, Cheren, and Bianca a moment to shine.]]
* In the end, who is the one to deliver the final blow to initiate Ghetsis' complete VillainousBreakdown? [[spoiler: ''Whitley'', [[ShutUpHannibal who yells at him]] that even if he escapes and fools humans again, he will ''never'' fool all of the Pokemon he's hurt, for they will never forget him and never forgive him. Cue hundreds of Team Plasma's captive Pokemon gathering around Ghetsis and all shooting him a DeathGlare until he's reduced to a terrified, LaughingMad wreck.]]

* Xerneas choosing [[spoiler:Y]] as its trainer.
* During the final battle against Lysandre, [[spoiler: by gathering his, Y's, Blue's, Diantha's, and Korrina's Key Stones, X Mega Evolves '''[[http://jb2448.info/_data/i/galleries/Pokemon_Special_XY/Pokemon_Special_XY_v06/Pokemon_Special_XY_v06_c37/Pokemon_Special_XY_c37_026-027b-me.png five of his Pokemon at the same time]]''' to fight Zygarde and thanks to Xerxer's HeroicSacrifice, he manages to win.]]

** Related to this, check out the HilariousInHindsight trope in the YMMV section for ''Pokemon Adventures''. Either Kusaka is a damn prophet, or the creators decided to take more than a little bit of inspiration from his ideas.

* [[http://www.otakuworks.com/view/95406/pokemon-adventures/vol-38-chp-418/read/11 Looker dodges]] a Gallade's attack from close-range. For a guy who's normally a comic relief, nonbattler... wow. No wonder he's in the international police.

* Early in the chapter, Gold participates in all Pokéathlon events and wins every single one on his first try and usually with little effort, even defeating the current undefeated Pokéathlon champion and the Indigo Elite Four. And the icing on the cake? He did it just to prove his skills to Lance. It worked -- even this one was impressed.

* Early in the chapter, Gold participates in all Pokéathlon events and wins every single one on his first try and usually with little effort, even beating the current undefeated Pokéathlon champ and the Elite Four. And the icing on the cake? He did it just to prove his skills to Lance. It worked, as even this one was impressed.

* Early in the chapter, Gold participates in all Pokéathlon events and wins every single one on his first try, even beating the current undefeated Pokéathlon champ and the Elite Four. And the kick? He did it all for no other reason than proving his skills to Lance. He succeeds, as even this one is impressed.

* When Archer tries to use Arceus' power to invoke the mythical dragon trio for his own usage, Silver provides distraction while Gold and Crystal team up to destroy the dragons before they're fully created. And then Arceus, free of Archer's control and understandably pissed, blasts the four Rocket executives into oblivion.

* Early in the chapter, Gold participates in all Pokéathlon events and wins every single one on his first try, even beating the current undefeated Pokéathlon champ and the Elite Four. Even Lance is impressed.

* Silver falling off a RopeBridge...only to magnificently rise up standing on his Gyarados, demanding that Petrel hand over the plates.

* When Archer tries to use Arceus' power to invoke the mythical dragon trio for his own usage, Silver provides distraction while Gold and Crystal team up to destroy the dragons before they're fully summoned. And then Arceus, free of Archer's control and understandably pissed, blasts the four Rocket executives into oblivion.

* In the end, who is the one to deliver the final blow to initiate Ghetsis' complete VillainousBreakdown? [[spoiler: ''Whitley'', who yells at him that even if he escapes and fools humans again, he will ''never'' fool all of the Pokemon he's hurt, for they will never forget him and never forgive him. Cue hundreds of Team Plasma's captive Pokemon gathering around Ghetsis and all shooting him a DeathGlare until he's reduced to a terrified, LaughingMad wreck.]]

* Also, at the end of the arc, we learn that Crys has captured all 250 Pokemon native to Kanto and Johto. That's right, Crys managed to [[GottaCatchThemAll catch them all]] in her home continent.

* The final battle of the GSC arc also counts. Gold flies into the time stream riding on [[OlympusMons Raikou]] to stop Pryce. Then he tells Silver and Crystal to go back without him and he dives down towards the spot where Pryce is. Pryce asks how anyone could comprehend the pain he did when he held La Glace's egg in his hands after La Pris and La Prus died. Gold says he can, because he's the hatcher, then proceeds to unleash SUPER RISING THUNDER! (an attack powered by the moves of everyone else's Pokemon and channeled into his billiard cue like a lightning rod) and destroys the GS Ball that Celebi is stuck in. Note that he did this with a Pichu that's barely been born. That kid is BADASS.