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** As part of that, Guan Yu threw his spear at Cao Cao in a spinning throw, ending with the butt of the spear catching in the ground and the blade stopping mere inches from Cao Cao's face. Cao Cao doesn't even flinch.
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* Gan Xing's [[spoiler:awesome sacrifice in order to blow up the enemy walls.]]

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* Gan Xing's [[spoiler:awesome awesome sacrifice in order to blow up the enemy walls.]]
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** Seeing as how the scene culminates in Zhang Fei ''body checking a horse,'' it ends with both hands elbow-deep in the CrazyAwesome.

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** Seeing as how the scene culminates in Zhang Fei ''body checking a horse,'' it ends with both hands elbow-deep in the CrazyAwesome.sheer awesomeness.
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* Zhou Yu grabbing a bow out of the air, grasping an arrow just before it is about to be fired, notching the arrow himself, striking the tip of it through a nearby flame to ignite the tip, and finally fireing it to detonate all of the explosive kegs that were rolled out before Cao Cao's troops. Bonus points for the fact that he did all of this while riding on horseback!

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* Zhou Yu Zhao Yun grabbing a bow out of the air, grasping an arrow just before it is about to be fired, notching the arrow himself, striking the tip of it through a nearby flame to ignite the tip, and finally fireing it to detonate all of the explosive kegs that were rolled out before Cao Cao's troops. Bonus points for the fact that he did all of this while riding on horseback!
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* Zhao Yu grabbing a bow out of the air, grasping an arrow just before it is about to be fired, notching the arrow himself, striking the tip of it through a nearby flame to ignite the tip, and finally fireing it to detonate all of the explosive kegs that were rolled out before Cao Cao's troops. Bonus points for the fact that he did all of this while riding on horseback!

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* Zhao Zhou Yu grabbing a bow out of the air, grasping an arrow just before it is about to be fired, notching the arrow himself, striking the tip of it through a nearby flame to ignite the tip, and finally fireing it to detonate all of the explosive kegs that were rolled out before Cao Cao's troops. Bonus points for the fact that he did all of this while riding on horseback!
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** In all fairness, any time Guan Yu enters in battle is a AwesomeMoment as like most media portrays, he is an unstoppable Badass.

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** In all fairness, any time Guan Yu enters in battle is a AwesomeMoment SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome as like most media portrays, he is an unstoppable Badass.



* Zhou Yu also gets an AwesomeMoment as he takes an arrow for Zhao Yun...And this doesn't stop him from getting up and dominate the battlefield with his fighting abilities.

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* Zhou Yu also gets an AwesomeMoment a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome as he takes an arrow for Zhao Yun...And this doesn't stop him from getting up and dominate the battlefield with his fighting abilities.
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** Bah, just cut out the middleman: every time Zhao Yun is on screen, amazing things will happen.
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** Bah, just cut out the middleman: [[{{Badass}} every time Zhao Yun is on screen, amazing things will happen]].

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** Bah, just cut out the middleman: [[{{Badass}} every time Zhao Yun is on screen, amazing things will happen]].happen.
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* Zhuge Liang capturing Cao Cao's arrows with the boats, calmly drinking tea with what is more or less a [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/trollface-coolface-problem#.TprJ3XI_fWg trollface]] the entire time.

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* Zhuge Liang capturing Cao Cao's arrows by provoking him with the straw boats, calmly drinking tea with what is more or less a [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/trollface-coolface-problem#.TprJ3XI_fWg trollface]] the entire time. At one point, his own ship takes so many arrows it starts listing to one side. So he turns his little fleet around and gets them to shoot again, catching enough arrows to balance back out.
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* Zhao Yu grasping an arrow just before it is about to be fired, notching the arrow himself, striking the tip of it through a nearby flame to ignite the tip, and finally fireing it to detonate all of the explosive kegs that were rolled out before Cao Cao's troops. Bonus points for the fact that he did all of this while riding on horseback!

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* Zhao Yu grabbing a bow out of the air, grasping an arrow just before it is about to be fired, notching the arrow himself, striking the tip of it through a nearby flame to ignite the tip, and finally fireing it to detonate all of the explosive kegs that were rolled out before Cao Cao's troops. Bonus points for the fact that he did all of this while riding on horseback!
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* Zhao Yun saving baby Liu Shan from the Battle of Chang Ban; John Woo first homaged the event in ''{{Hard Boiled}}'', and here he gets to do the real thing.

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* Zhao Yun saving baby Liu Shan from the Battle of Chang Ban; John Woo first homaged the event in ''{{Hard Boiled}}'', ''Film/HardBoiled'', and here he gets to do the real thing.
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** Bah, just cut out the middleman: [[{{Badass}} every time Zhao Yun is on screen, amazing things will happen]].

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* Zhang Fei goes into a FoeTossingCharge with only his bare hands and winning. The fact he did this without any weapon and yet still be a OneManArmy really makes this moment shine for Zhang Fei.

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* Zhang Fei goes into a FoeTossingCharge with only his bare hands and winning. The fact he did this without any weapon and yet still be a OneManArmy really makes this moment shine for Zhang Fei.Fei.
** Seeing as how the scene culminates in Zhang Fei ''body checking a horse,'' it ends with both hands elbow-deep in the CrazyAwesome.
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* The MexicanStandOff (with swords no less) between Cao Cao and Zhou Yu that continues to get even more crazy as it escalates as more men appear for each side, ready to strike. The tension between the two groups is just plain incredible.
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* Gan Xing, during the battle against Cao Cao's vanguard forces, quickly proves to be as dangerous as Zhao Yun, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei in combat. Even running on shields to take down a horseman and later taking down a horse with one hit.
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*** You got to love that moment in the final battle when he came in and leaped on top of the moving mass of shields, cutting down enemy horsemen from atop them, all the while!

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*** You got to love that moment in the final battle when he came in and leaped on top of the moving mass of shields, cutting down enemy horsemen from atop them, all the while!them!
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*** You got to love that moment in the final battle when he came in and leaped on top of the moving mass of shields, cutting down enemy horsemen from atop them, all the while!
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* In the final battle, when Zhao Yun yanks a rope from some debris, and actually uses it as a flail against the enemy soldiers. He even uses it to yank several spears out of several enemies' hands at once. Oh, and did I mention it was on fire the whole time?

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* In Zhao Yun, at a point in the final finale battle, when Zhao Yun yanks a rope out from some debris, and actually uses it as a flail against the enemy soldiers. He even uses it to yank several spears out of several enemies' hands at once. Oh, and did I mention it was on fire the whole time?
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* In the final battle, when Zhao Yun yanks a rope from some debris, and actually uses it as a flail against the enemy soldiers. He even uses it to yank several spears out of several enemies' hands at once. Oh, and did I mention it was on fire the whole time?
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** To be more specific, he pulled that arrow right out, and with it, stabbed the guy who shot it right in the neck, while the guy was mounted upon a horse. I think that earns this moment even more awesome-ness.

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** Bonus points as Cao Cao basically let Guan Yu go, showing that yes, even the BigBad of the film has much respect for such a warrior like Guan Yu and praises Liu Bei's ability to gather great men in his army.



** In all fairness, any time Guan Yu enters in battle is a AwesomeMoment as like most media portrays, he is an unstoppable Badass.



* Zhang Fei goes into a FoeTossingCharge with only his bare hands and winning.

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* Zhang Fei goes into a FoeTossingCharge with only his bare hands and winning. The fact he did this without any weapon and yet still be a OneManArmy really makes this moment shine for Zhang Fei.




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* Zhou Yu also gets an AwesomeMoment as he takes an arrow for Zhao Yun...And this doesn't stop him from getting up and dominate the battlefield with his fighting abilities.

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* Guan Yu breaking free from no less than half a dozen spears around his neck, after being "captured" at the end of the opening battle sequence



* Zhao Yun impaling one soldier with his sword, grasping that soldier's sword, and then goes on to battle more incoming soldiers, using both swords at once.




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* Zhao Yu grasping an arrow just before it is about to be fired, notching the arrow himself, striking the tip of it through a nearby flame to ignite the tip, and finally fireing it to detonate all of the explosive kegs that were rolled out before Cao Cao's troops. Bonus points for the fact that he did all of this while riding on horseback!
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* Gan Xing's [[spoiler: awesome sacrifice in order to blow up the enemy walls.]]
* Zhao Yun saving Liu Shan from the Battle of Chang Ban; John Woo first homaged the event in ''{{Hard Boiled}}'', and here he gets to do the real thing.

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* Gan Xing's [[spoiler: awesome [[spoiler:awesome sacrifice in order to blow up the enemy walls.]]
* Zhao Yun saving baby Liu Shan from the Battle of Chang Ban; John Woo first homaged the event in ''{{Hard Boiled}}'', and here he gets to do the real thing.thing.

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* Gan Xing's [[spoiler: awesome sacrifice in order to blow up the enemy walls.]]

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* Gan Xing's [[spoiler: awesome sacrifice in order to blow up the enemy walls.]]]]
* Zhao Yun saving Liu Shan from the Battle of Chang Ban; John Woo first homaged the event in ''{{Hard Boiled}}'', and here he gets to do the real thing.

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* Zhuge Liang capturing Cao Cao's arrows with the boats, calmly drinking tea with what is more or less a [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/trollface-coolface-problem#.TprJ3XI_fWg trollface]] the entire time.

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** On a similar vein both him and Zhang Fei bringing down horsemen by colliding with them.
* Zhuge Liang capturing Cao Cao's arrows with the boats, calmly drinking tea with what is more or less a [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/trollface-coolface-problem#.TprJ3XI_fWg trollface]] the entire time.time.
* Gan Xing's [[spoiler: awesome sacrifice in order to blow up the enemy walls.]]
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* Guan Yu killing a guy with a spear, then taking the guy's spear away to kill the next guy, then taking ''that'' guy's spear to kill the ''next'' guy...

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* Guan Yu killing a guy with a spear, then taking the guy's spear away to kill the next guy, then taking ''that'' guy's spear to kill the ''next'' guy...guy...
* Zhuge Liang capturing Cao Cao's arrows with the boats, calmly drinking tea with what is more or less a [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/trollface-coolface-problem#.TprJ3XI_fWg trollface]] the entire time.

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