History Awesome / SamuraiSentaiShinkenger

** The first time we see Takeru fight, ''while the opening song plays'' is Act 1. Takes on a group of the mooks alone, and then has a nice drink brought to him. Right where they fought. {{Badass}}.

** The battle with Dayu, leading up to [[spoiler:Juzo]]'s {{Badass}} appearance by cutting the [=GoRinDan=] with his own sword. Appropriately for his debut.

** Their shift from LargeHam to {{Badass}} Mode with a LetsGetDangerous henshin.

** Over in the secondary plot, Ryunosuke continues to show that under the LargeHam is one {{Badass}} Samurai and a worthy second-in-command; from his SuperMode with blade strikes like breaking waves to his simple-yet-effective rallying of the troops against the dream-eater Ayakashi's second life. Challenging someone who trained all his life to be a top-notch Samurai is a bad idea.

* In Act 31, Takeru uses [[WhipSword Kyoryumaru]] from TheMovie again, swiftly whipping through hordes of the seeming endless Kusare Nanashi. Then when he faces the Ayakashi, just to show off how {{badass}} he is, he chooses not to turn around and face the Ayakashi, but let Kyoryumaru furiously whip him while his back is turned. The BigDamnHeroes Roll Call definitely deserves mention as well:

** And [[spoiler:{{Badass}} [=SamuraiHaOh=]'s debut with its grand {{Leitmotif}}]]. Can't forget that.

* Act 44: So the latest Ayakashi is blasting everyone left and right and [[spoiler:pulling a ManaDrain on Takeru]]. With no other options, Takeru goes into SuperMode and brings out the Mogyu Bazooka, but it's no use as the Ayakashi quickly teleports and blasts him from behind. However, Takeru was [[DeliberateInjuryGambit expecting that]] and as his Shinken Red suit comes off, he turns and fires Mogyu Bazooka's Gedou Fukumetsu, ending the Ayakashi's first life. He might not be the true head of the Shiba Clan, but that doesn't disqualify him from being {{badass}}.
** Speaking of the head of the Shiba Clan, Kaoru certainly shows that being a {{badass}} runs in the Shiba Clan bloodline. In her debut, she takes out the latest Ayakashi's second life ''with just Shishi Origami''. And this is after [=DaiKaiShinkenOh=] ''failed'' to defeat the Ayakashi.

** Mako as a {{Badass}} geisha

** In addition to ''Shinkenger'', Kobayashi also wrote four episodes of ''KamenRiderDecade'', which as airing at the same time, including both of the ''Shinkenger''/''Decade'' crossover episodes, meaning she wrote 46 episodes total.

** In a move similar to the finale of [[spoiler:GurrenLagann]], the Shinkengers have the auxiliary origami detach as [=SamuraiHaoh=] moves in towards Dokoku - (The cockpit getting noticably damaged in the process - leaving just [=ShinkenOh=]. As they close in, Dokoku stabs [=ShinkenOh=], but ''[[DeliberateInjuryGambit that's exactly what they were going for]]''. With Dokoku in place, they unleash all their Mojikara into one final Daishinken Samurai Giri, bringing an end to Dokoku forever.

* Act 20 is the biggest example of the Shinkengers' {{camaraderie}}. The Ayakashi of the week ''just'' happened to [[spoiler:steal Kotoha's soul and left her to die in 24 hours ''on her birthday which everyone has been secretly preparing for'']]. As if that hasn't pissed them off enough, he stalled further by not coming up from the River, [[SmugSnake and bragged about doing so as he retreated]]. When the Shinkengers[[note]]Each one willing to [[spoiler:[[HeroicSacrifice sacrifice their humanity to follow it to Sanzu.]][[/note]] finally got their hands on him thanks to Genta's [[XanatosSpeedChess quick thinking]], what ensued would most appropriately be described as a [[{{CurbStompBattle}} one-sided slaughterfest]] featuring every single weapon in their arsenal, each active Samurai getting a piece of the bastard, and [[spoiler: the newly finished Ebi Origami]]. ''Don't'' touch anyone on the team unless you're up for suicide...

* Act 20 is the biggest example of the Shinkengers' {{camaraderie}}. The Ayakashi of the week ''just'' happened to [[spoiler:steal Kotoha's soul and left her to die in 24 hours ''on her birthday which everyone has been secretly preparing for'']]. As if that hasn't pissed them off enough, he stalled further by not coming up from the River, [[SmugSnake and bragged about doing so as he retreated]]. When the Shinkengers[[note]]Each one willing to [[spoiler:[[HeroicSacrifice sacrifice their humanity to follow it to Sanzu.]][[/note]] finally got their hands on him thanks to Genta's [[XanatosSpeedChess quick thinking]], what ensued would most appropriately be described as a [[{{CurbStompBattle}} one-sided slaughterfest]] featuring every single weapon in their arsenal, each active Samurai getting a piece of the bastard, and [[spoiler:the newly finished Ebi Origami]]. ''Don't'' touch anyone on the team unless you're up for suicide...

** Ryuunosuke ''quintuple wielding'' swords [[note]]Two in each hand and one [[CutlassBetweenTheTeeth in his mouth]].[[/note]] like a cross between [[SengokuBasara Masamune Date]] and [[OnePiece Zoro]].

* Usually, in a Franchise/SuperSentai series, there's one main writer, and about 3 secondary writers, average. And while the main apparently handles the overall plotline, they take turns writing episodes. But not for Shinkenger, no. A look at the episode table for the series (where the writer and director of each episode are also displayed) on Wikipedia Japan reveals that Shinkenger had only 2 sub-writers, and both of them wrote only 7 episodes in total, all of them side-episodes. In other words, YasukoKobayashi wrote 42 Acts, and managed the plot, characters and all the twists of this whole damn thing. Give the head writer a well deserved Crown.[[note]]Put it beside the one for KamenRiderDenO, for which she wrote all but ''four'' of the 49 episodes.[[/note]]

* Usually, in a SuperSentai series, there's one main writer, and about 3 secondary writers, average. And while the main apparently handles the overall plotline, they take turns writing episodes. But not for Shinkenger, no. A look at the episode table for the series (where the writer and director of each episode are also displayed) on Wikipedia Japan reveals that Shinkenger had only 2 sub-writers, and both of them wrote only 7 episodes in total, all of them side-episodes. In other words, YasukoKobayashi wrote 42 Acts, and managed the plot, characters and all the twists of this whole damn thing. Give the head writer a well deserved Crown.[[note]]Put it beside the one for KamenRiderDenO, for which she wrote all but ''four'' of the 49 episodes.[[/note]]

* How can you instantly tell a SuperSentai series is off to a good start? When the first episode is well-loaded with [=CMoA=]s, of course!

** In that case, a toast to [=SamuraiHaOh=]; for ''[[ForegoneConclusion finally]]'' catching up to [[EngineSentaiGoOnger [=EngineO=] G12]] in terms of component number.

* Act 46: Part 1 of Takeru and Juzo's final DuelToTheDeath, which contains possibly the most ferocious swordplay in [[strike:the entire series]] SuperSentai history. The Crowning Moment comes at the end of the Act in which both Takeru and Juzo fight on horseback before transforming and clashing with each in the air as the Act ends.

** The [[TensouSentaiGoseiger Goseiger's]] guest appearance in which they easily prevent Akumaro, Juzo, and Dayu from interfering with the Shinkenger and Go-Onger's battle.

* Usually, in a SuperSentai series, there's one main writer, and about 3 secondary writers, average. And while the main apparently handles the overall plotline, they take turns writing episodes. But not for Shinkenger, no. A look at the episode table for the series (where the writer and director of each episode are also displayed) on Wikipedia Japan reveals that Shinkenger had only 2 sub-writers, and both of them wrote only 7 episodes in total, all of them side-episodes. In other words, YasukoKobayashi wrote 42 Acts, and managed the plot, characters and all the twists of this whole damn thing. Give the head writer a well deserved Crown.[[hottip:* :Put it beside the one for KamenRiderDenO, for which she wrote all but ''four'' of the 49 episodes.]]

** Also to note that, unlike other team-weilded {{BFG}}s, the vast majority of the time, the four vassals don't aid in holding it. Instead, they ''kneel down behind him.'' You know you're boned when you only need one person to hold a BFG, unless said person asks the others to do so. [[hottip:* :Specifically in Act 14, with Ryuunosuke holding it, the others kneel, but Takeru doesn't. Ryuuonske then asks Richard Brown, that episode's joke character, to hold it with him. Later, in Act 43, Genta uses it with everyone else holding it, sans Takeru using the other bazooka weapon.]]

** Don't forget: [[spoiler:By the time they reached a stalemate, Takeru, DualWielding at the moment, has one sword blocking the Ayakashi's and the other ''at Juzo's throat''. Juzo's sword is pointing at the Ayakashi. If one of them were to break the stalemate to attack, Takeru wins!]][[hottip:* :[[spoiler:The Ayakashi has to break his guard first; Juzo has to ignore the Ayakashi to attack him.]]]] He's not the Lord for nothing.

** In the battle which ensues afterwards, he perfects his [[BarehandedBladeBlock Shirahadori]]: he catches the Ayakashi's first blade with his hands, and the second one[[hottip:* :Reminded by [[ChekhovsGun the prank he played earlier on Ryunosuke while training Shirahadori]].]] ''between his feet'', then [[FinishingMove signs his work with his Katana]].

** Genta and Ryunosuke's CombinationAttack: ''Suiryu Hyakumai Oroshi''[[hottip:* :100-Waterfall Drop]].
* Act 20 is the biggest example of the Shinkengers' {{camaraderie}}. The Ayakashi of the week ''just'' happened to [[spoiler:steal Kotoha's soul and left her to die in 24 hours ''on her birthday which everyone has been secretly preparing for'']]. As if that hasn't pissed them off enough, he stalled further by not coming up from the River, [[SmugSnake and bragged about doing so as he retreated]]. When the Shinkengers[[hottip:* :Each one willing to [[spoiler:[[HeroicSacrifice sacrifice their humanity to follow it to Sanzu.]] finally got their hands on him thanks to Genta's [[XanatosSpeedChess quick thinking]], what ensued would most appropriately be described as a [[{{CurbStompBattle}} one-sided slaughterfest]] featuring every single weapon in their arsenal, each active Samurai getting a piece of the bastard, and [[spoiler:the newly finished Ebi Origami]]. ''Don't'' touch anyone on the team unless you're up for suicide...

** And to make it even more awesome, when the Nanashi get back up, Chiaki's father grabs a nearby Nanashi sword and takes the remaining Nanashi down. This after playing [[ObfuscatingStupidity the happy-go-lucky let's-have-fun dad]], who [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass doesn't look like a former Shinkenger]], most of the episode. The Act is called "''[[BadassFamily The Bear Father-and-Son]]''"[[hottip:* :The Japanese word, "''Oyago''", is a compound collective noun of "''Oyaji''"/"Father" and "''Ko''"/"Child".]] for a reason.

* Act 29. After a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming [[hottip:* :featuring a talking lantern, no less!]], we get the awesome back lit roll call leading to [=DaiGoyo=] and Shinken Gold finally shutting up the self aggrandizing Ayakashi long enough for Neesan to lay the Shin Tenkuu No Mai on him as Super Shinken Pink.
* Act 30. Kotoha's masterstroke of thinking ''under'' the box allows Super Shinken Blue to take out the puppeteer Ayakashi from below. Then, the team improvises admirably [[spoiler:when [=DaiGoyo=] takes Takeru's place by mistake in the Samurai Gattai, finishing him off with "''Jutte Icchokusen''"]][[hottip:* :[[spoiler:"Straight-Line Jutte (Throw)"; more accurate to the effect, "Jutte Javelin".]]]].

* They made even [[MundaneMadeAwesome Genta's career decision]] in Act 36 a [=CMoA=]: Snowballing from the one exception he took to make curry rice for Kotoha in his stall, his curry got famous overnight, pressuring him into curry business by customers and risking his sushi[[hottip:* :Which isn't exactly remarkable.]] to be overshadowed by his curry. He finally made up his mind after Kotoha talked to him, realizing that he's a ''sushi'' seller, and replied ''[[ChewingTheScenery strongly]]'' against an offer to make him a famous curry tycoon. It even has [[http://www.esnips.com/doc/e8acd05f-b01b-4186-a291-223ab1d02c8c/Bushido-Icchokusen-(Part-1) that little tune]][[hottip:* :Usually for whenever a character is at the ''zenith'' of seriousness, mind you.]] playing in the background!

** When the Shinkengers are pinned down by [[spoiler:Gedoushu's newly-formed Rifle Squads]], [[BigDamnHeroes the last-minute rescue]] comes from the Kuroko tossing bombs at the Nanashi, but the moment belongs to Jii as [[spoiler:he [[BadassBiker rides through the Ayakashi and Riflemen]], carrying the [[{{BFG}} Mogyu Bazooka]] on his back]]. After getting off the bike, he even [[BadassGrandpa beats down two Riflemen who dared attack him]][[hottip:* :Hellspawns, in case anyone forgot.]] with his ''[[BareFistedMonk bare hands]]''. Did we mention he has a bad hip; one Takeru has to nag him to take medications for?
** Takeru going for the ''big'' goddamn payback on the Ayakashi [[spoiler:[[DualWielding with Super Shinkenmaru in one hand and Mogyu Bazooka in other]]]], ending with "''[[FinishingMove Gedou Fukumetsu]]''"[[hottip:* :Heretic Ruination]].

** And then... When [=SamuraiHaOh=]'s Mojikara Dai Dan En proves not enough to take out Akumaro's second life [[hottip:(!):Reflected by Akumaro's CatchAndReturn.]], Genta realizes the team isn't really using ALL the origami. Kyoryu Origami's mecha sword mode, charged with the power of their combined mojikara, allows them to use a new attack--Twelve-Oragami Dai Samurai Giri-- letting the living sword split Akumaro in half and finally granting the pain of Hell he was so keen on.

** And once again: ''[+Jii+]''! While not as epic as what he would be doing in the Final Act[[hottip:* :Since the crossover takes place well before Act 40, wherein Dokoku gets a PhlebotinumBreakdown and [[PutOnABus a bus ticket]], after which Akumaro takes over command.]], the movie accentuates his BadassGrandpa status a lot; whenever he and the Nanashi share the same screen, he's beating them down. ''Barehanded''.

** Ryuunosuke ''quintuple wielding'' swords [[hottip:* :Two in each hand and one [[CutlassBetweenTheTeeth in his mouth]].]] like a cross between [[SengokuBasara Masamune Date]] and [[OnePiece Zoro]].

* Act 20 is the biggest example of the Shinkengers' {{camaraderie}}. The Ayakashi of the week ''just'' happened to [[spoiler:steal Kotoha's soul and left her to die in 24 hours ''on her birthday which everyone has been secretly preparing for'']]. As if that hasn't pissed them off enough, he stalled further by not coming up from the River, [[SmugSnake and bragged about doing so as he retreated]]. When the Shinkengers[[hottip:* :Each one willing to [[spoiler:[[HeroicSacrifice sacrifice their humanity]] to follow it to Sanzu.]] finally got their hands on him thanks to Genta's [[XanatosSpeedChess quick thinking]], what ensued would most appropriately be described as a [[{{CurbStompBattle}} one-sided slaughterfest]] featuring every single weapon in their arsenal, each active Samurai getting a piece of the bastard, and [[spoiler:the newly finished Ebi Origami]]. ''Don't'' touch anyone on the team unless you're up for suicide...

** Finally the real crowning moment: Witnessing her newfound spirit, Takeru stops trying to be an InefectualLoner he's been trying to become since two acts ago. Although... [[{{Tsundere}} he still won't openly admit it]].

** Finally the real crowning moment: Witnessing her newfound spirit, Takeru stops trying to be an InnefectualLoner he's been trying to become since two acts ago. Although... [[{{Tsundere}} he still won't openly admit it]].

* Act 20 is the biggest example of the Shinkengers' {{camaraderie}}. The Ayakashi of the week ''just'' happened to [[spoiler:steal Kotoha's soul and left her to die in 24 hours ''on her birthday which everyone has been secretly preparing for'']]. As if that hasn't pissed them off enough, he stalled further by not coming up from the River, [[SmugSnake and bragged about doing so as he retreated]]. When the Shinkengers[[hottip:* :Each one willing to [[spoiler:[[HeroicSacrifice sacrifice their humanity]] to follow it to Sanzu.]]]] finally got their hands on him thanks to Genta's [[XanatosSpeedChess quick thinking]], what ensued would most appropriately be described as a [[{{CurbStompBattle}} one-sided slaughterfest]] featuring every single weapon in their arsenal, each active Samurai getting a piece of the bastard, and [[spoiler:the newly finished Ebi Origami]]. ''Don't'' touch anyone on the team unless you're up for suicide...

* They made even [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome Genta's career decision]] in Act 36 a [=CMoA=]: Snowballing from the one exception he took to make curry rice for Kotoha in his stall, his curry got famous overnight, pressuring him into curry business by customers and risking his sushi[[hottip:* :Which isn't exactly remarkable.]] to be overshadowed by his curry. He finally made up his mind after Kotoha talked to him, realizing that he's a ''sushi'' seller, and replied ''[[ChewingTheScenery strongly]]'' against an offer to make him a famous curry tycoon. It even has [[http://www.esnips.com/doc/e8acd05f-b01b-4186-a291-223ab1d02c8c/Bushido-Icchokusen-(Part-1) that little tune]][[hottip:* :Usually for whenever a character is at the ''zenith'' of seriousness, mind you.]] playing in the background!

* Act 20 is the biggest example of the Shinkengers' [[{{Nakama}} camaraderie]]. The Ayakashi of the week ''just'' happened to [[spoiler:steal Kotoha's soul and left her to die in 24 hours ''on her birthday which everyone has been secretly preparing for'']]. As if that hasn't pissed them off enough, he stalled further by not coming up from the River, [[SmugSnake and bragged about doing so as he retreated]]. When the Shinkengers[[hottip:* :Each one willing to [[spoiler:[[HeroicSacrifice sacrifice their humanity]] to follow it to Sanzu.]]]] finally got their hands on him thanks to Genta's [[XanatosSpeedChess quick thinking]], what ensued would most appropriately be described as a [[{{CurbStompBattle}} one-sided slaughterfest]] featuring every single weapon in their arsenal, each active Samurai getting a piece of the bastard, and [[spoiler:the newly finished Ebi Origami]]. ''Don't'' touch anyone on the team unless you're up for suicide...

* Act 39: Mako reaffirming her promise to put her life in Takeru's hands as his vassal when Takeru began to feel that he had grown weak due to CharacterDevelopment and spending time with his {{Nakama}}. What follows is another badass DesignatedGirlFight between Mako and Dayu.

* [[BetterThanItSounds Ryunosuke catching a fish]] in Act 07, paired with a [=CMoH=] noted on the main page.
** And then he uses what he caught to [[BetterThanItSounds make it rain]] and save his teammates and other [=MotW=] victims. Really, a lot of Ryu-san's Crowning Moments are [[BetterThanItSounds better than they sound]].

* On the subject of suitless battles and roll calls as mentioned in the TV finale, the "Final Live Tour" stage show gives us a mid-battle suitless roll call that [[YourMileageMayVary rivals the aforementioned one in flair,]] if you take into account what's lost and gained from being in front of a live audience.

** Dokoku gets one, for a perfectly executed XanatosGambit courtesy of a ChekhovsGun. Remember about 25-30 episodes back, when [[spoiler: Juzo was able to break Dokoku's seal thanks to being part human]]? You might not, but he did - and through emotional manipulation of Dayu made her willing to allow him to absorb her, making him part human - and thus partially immune to the sealing character. There's a reason he's the BigBad.

* Although the Special Act as a whole was more CMoF than CrowningMomentOfAwesome, the JidaiGeki opening scene had several moments of win:

** Why has nobody mentioned Genta yet? He spends the majority of the episode [[TheDeterminator working himself to exhaustion]] ''repeatedly'' trying to get the Inromaru completed. Even Jii tells him to take a break, and he refuses. And then, when it's done, he goes right to where Takeru is located and whisks him away to save his vassals. LargeHam? Maybe. Useless to Take-chan? Go choke on curry.

* Act 02: After the entire team gets blasted by the Ayakashi [[RazorWind Ootsumuji]], Takeru tells them to stand if they can, forcefully reminds them they can't afford to give themselves an inch, and then faces Ootsumuji down to save a child stuck in the battlefield. Right through to the others standing and pulling their [=~Let's Get Dangerous~=] henshin and join him... that little tune is playing for the first time.

* In Act 12, there's a team [=CMoA=], as the Samurai [[spoiler:parry each stage of the attack that took down Ryunosuke and Kotoha in the first place, to reveal that Takeru has the Rekka Daizantou in Oozutsu Mode, Tora HiDen disk at the ready. '''Boom!''']] The Ayakashi seem ''really'' ticked off when his second life kicked in.

The 33rd Super Sentai currently holds the longest list of [=CMoA=]s among its fellow titles, but do note that the other series aren't lacking in that regard. It's just got a few factors in its favor that make Shinkenger moments all the more notable. It was the Sentai airing during a general renewed interest in the wiki in the series. Also possible is that the 2010 hiatus of ''PowerRangers'' attracted some PR viewers to the "next season" and it gained a TroperCriticalMass of interest. And Shinkenger has this ''[[{{Understatement}} little]]'' habit of adding a dramatic flair and glorifying even the subtle and unexpected of the moments. The fact that it's inspired by theatrical samurai dramas certainly [[strike:doesn't]] helps!

** And one goes to the production crew, too. Watch the initial battle again. [[spoiler:The moment that Genta plants Ebizou's character on the Ayakashi actually happens in the fight, such that when they reveal the plan, they simply add the planted character in.]] The series, as a whole, has been rather good with its [[{{ptitlexn9xzsjd5fif}} Chekhov's Guns]] and other [[TheReveal Reveals]].

** Why has nobody mentioned Genta yet? He spends the majority of the episode [[Determinator working himself to exhaustion]] ''repeatedly'' trying to get the Inromaru completed. Even Jii tells him to take a break, and he refuses. And then, when it's done, he goes right to where Takeru is located and whisks him away to save his vassals. LargeHam? Maybe. Useless to Take-chan? Go choke on curry.