History Awesome / Redwall

** The HoistByHisOwnPetard demise of Cheesethief. If anyone [[AssholeVictim deserved a giant arrow in the chest,]] he did.

* [[HeroicSociopath Cuthbert Blanedale Frunk's]] [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice]] in ''High Rhulain''.

** This troper's personal favorite songs are the seasons song and "Home Returning" from ''Outcast of Redwall'', "Dawn" from ''Loamhedge'', the otterclans' war song from ''High Rhulain'', and probably the best of all, "Kroova's Song" from the start of ''Triss''.
** Also how when Gulo's hordes are working themselves up into a frenzy in ''Rakkety Tam'', their chant gets an upgrade from ThePowerOfRock.

* Warbeak's BigDamnHeroes moment in ''Mattimeo''. Vastly outnumbered by Stonefleck's heavily armed horde, she throws herself and her fighters straight at them, knowing it's the only way to save Matthias and the rest. [[spoiler: Sadly, this is her DyingMomentOfAwesome]].

** When Veil Sixclaw finally meets up with his father Swartt, he goes into full-on DeadpanSnarker mode, and it is ''awesome''. He won't stop even when Swartt starts making death threats. And then he dishes out an ''epic'' TheReasonYouSuckSpeech about how Swartt is nothing more than a coward, and one he truly considers his enemy.
*** Followed up, of course, by his [[spoiler: RedemptionEqualsDeath]] moment.
** Skarlath is pretty much made up of awesome moments, particularly of the BigDamnHeroes variety. [[spoiler: He may have been hit by DeathByPragmatism, since with him alive at the end things might have been too easy for Sunflash]].

** The HoistByHisOwnPetard demise of Cheesethief. If anybeast deserved a giant arrow in the chest, he did.

* Constance the Badger using a giant oak dining table as a rat-flattener, then catching another rat in a fishing net and swinging him repeatedly against a stone wall.

** He also gets a more villianous example by killing [[spoiler: the two foxes]] who attacked him earlier. It's also the first time we see that he can be a physical threat. "When you get to Dark Forest, tell them Veil the Outcast sent you!"

* Felldoh (who is pretty much made of these moments) goes out in true style by defeating *Badrang* in single combat, then unleashing a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown by wielding his javelin like a rod.

** He is then killed by Badrang's soldiers- but only goes down after wiping the floor with most of them.

* The adder triplets in ''Triss''. Dude, they effectively got a HYDRA into a book with no real magic. Gotta feel for the snakes, though, especially the only female of the three - imagine spending your life literally joined at what passes for your hips to both your brothers ...

* Cregga Rose Eyes'--and the rest of the Long Patrol's-- BigDamnHeroes moment in ''The Long Patrol''.

* [[TheStarscream Zwilt the Shade's]] death. Talk about BewareTheNiceOnes...

* Okay, so killing Asmodeus was pretty badass, and then there's the BigDamnHeroes moment when he shows up to save the Abbey with Martin's sword and an army of shrews and sparrows, but Matthias' true Crowning Moment comes shortly after that, when he's up in the bell tower during his final battle with Cluny the Scourge. Cluny has a hostage, so Matthias promises on his honor as a warrior that he'll come down from the tower if the hostage is released first. Cluny agrees, and Matthias comes down... ''after'' he cuts the rope holding the bell, which falls and crushes Cluny to death. Proving once again that just because you're honorable doesn't mean you have to be an idiot about it.

* Minor character Brinty the mouse gets one in ''High Rhulain''. After a gannet is accidentally pushed out of the Abbey and onto the lawn, it tries to go after a pair of Dibbuns. Brinty charges the thing and tackles it, pummeling it while yelling for it to get out of Redwall until he successfully pushes it out beyond the gates and the gannet goes away. [[spoiler:Almost immediately turns into a TearJerker in a shocking case of MoodWhiplash when the water rat GoldfishPoopGang leader hops out of the ditch and kills him, though Skipper kills him with a javelin immediately after.]]

* In ''Mossflower'' when Skipper avenges [[spoiler: his brother's]] death in a duel by launching his opponent onto a row of sharpened javelins.

* [[TheStarscream Zwilt the Shade's]] death. This Troper thought it was one of the best villain deaths in the series.

* The death of [[spoiler: [[BadassGrandpa Brigadier Buckworthy Crumshaw]]. He charged across the Abbey grounds wielding only his cane, with three arrows in his chest and a sliced apart face before he grabbed Freeta's sword, twisted it around, and rammed it into her throat before dying.]] How much more awesome can a TakingYouWithMe get?

* MauveShirt Brinty the mouse gets one in ''High Rhulain''. After a gannet is accidentally pushed out of the Abbey and onto the lawn, it tries to go after a pair of Dibbuns. Brinty charges the thing and tackles it, pummeling it while yelling for it to get out of Redwall until he successfully pushes it out beyond the gates and the gannet goes away. [[spoiler:Almost immediately turns into a TearJerker in a shocking case of MoodWhiplash when the water rat GoldfishPoopGang leader hops out of the ditch and kills him, though Skipper kills him with a javelin immediately after.]]

* The death of [[spoiler: [[BadassGrandpa Brigadier Buckworthy Crumshaw]]. He charged across the Abbey grounds wielding only his cane, with three arrows in his chest and a sliced apart face before he grabbed Freeta's sword, twisted it around, and rammed it into her throat before dying.]] How much more awesome can a TakingYouWithMe get?

* In ''Mossflower'' when Skipper avenges [[spoiler: his brother's]] death in a duel by launching the killer onto a row of sharpened javelins.
* When [[ChildSoldiers Abbey Dibbuns]] Bagg, Runn, and Grubb singlehandedly stop a searat invasion at night by cutting the vermin grappling ropes with kitchen knives.

* The best line of ''Taggerung'': "For my father."

* The best line of Taggerung: "For my father."

* Urthstripe the Strong's [[spoiler:TakingYouWithMe with Ferahgo the Assassin]].

* When [[ChildSoldiers Abbey Dibbuns]] Bagg, Runn, and Grubb singlehandedly stop a searat invasion at night by cutting the vermin ropes with kitchen knives.

* [[TheStarscream Zwilt the Shade's]] death. This Troper thought it was one of the best villain deaths.