History Awesome / StarTrekBeyond

* "[[PreMortemOneLiner Let's make some noise]]." Kirk and the crew defeat the seemingly-impossible-to-destroy alien swarm ships using ThePowerOfRock, represented as GaleForceSound in space. Seeing the USS ''Franklin'' literally ''surfing'' through the alien swarm as it gradually explodes into a wave of flames ([[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic to the tune of]] ''Music/TheBeastieBoys'', no less) is nothing short of epic.

* Jaylah's introduction, saving Scotty from some hostile scavengers with handy tricks and her own combat skill. And not only is she skilled in combat, she's one ''hell'' of an engineer: coming across a crashed alien ship - the ''U.S.S. Franklin'' - who's very systems and language are a mystery to her, she takes it upon herself to do what she can and repair it. And she '''succeeds''', patching the ship up overtime to the point that it could fly one last time (with some help from Kirk's crew at the end). It's no wonder Kirk offers her entrance to Starfleet Academy at the end; she's already a miracle worker, and proper experience/training will only make her more so.

* Jaylah's introduction, saving Scotty from some hostile scavengers with handy tricks and her own combat skill. And not only is she skilled in combat, she's one ''hell'' of an engineer: coming across a crashed alien ship - the ''U.S.S. Franklin'' - who's very systems and language are a mystery to her, she takes it upon herself to do what she can and repair it. And she '''succeeds''', patching the ship up overtime to the point that it could fly one last time (with some help from Kirk's crew at the end). It's no wonder Kirk offers her entrance to Starfleet Academy; she's one hell of a miracle worker as is, and proper experience/training will only make her more so.

* Jaylah, being an alien ActionGirl, has many of those, such as her introduction saving Scotty from some hostile scavengers.

!!Meta
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Music/{{Rihanna}}'s song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXhIT4MpRis "Sledgehammer"]] for the film's soundtrack.
* Kelvin Timeline-Sulu being confirmed as the first gay character in ''Star Trek'' history.
* The many references to the era of ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' were this for fans of the oft-ridiculed series.
* The fact that Creator/SimonPegg and Doug Jung wrote the '''entire movie''' [[WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants in just TWO WEEKS]].

* The ''Franklin'' is a 22nd-century starship that's been lying derelict for a really long time, which you wouldn't have guessed if you saw how much punishment it can take. At the climax, it ''crashes through Yorktown's docking bay'' at full speed, then proves itself maneuverable enough to fly around inside the starbase, scraping the sides all the way, and is still intact after it finally settles onto the ground. This, after scraping against mountains and straining against terminal velocity to achieve lift-off via an atmospheric "bounce" effect a short while ago.

** And then Kirk orders Uhura to give their "disruption frequency" to ''Starbase Yorktown'', which sets it's massive power output upon the alien swarm.

* "You take my house, and you make it ''fly''."

--->'''[[MetalScream WHYYYYYY]]''' ''[[StuffBlowingUp *Boom*]]''

* "[[PreMortemOneLiner Let's make some noise]]." Kirk and the crew defeat the seemingly-impossible-to-destroy alien swarm ships using ThePowerOfRock. Seeing the USS ''Franklin'' literally ''surfing'' through the alien swarm as it gradually explodes into a wave of flames ([[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic to the tune of]] ''Music/TheBeastieBoys'', no less) is nothing short of epic.
** And then ''Starbase Yorktown joins in, using the song as what's essentially GaleForceSound in space''. '''[[MetalScream WHYYYYYY]] [[StuffBlowingUp *boom*]]'''

* Kelvin Timeline Sulu being confirmed as the first gay character in ''Star Trek'' history.

* The fact that Creator/SimonPegg and Doug Jung wrote the ENTIRE MOVIE in just two weeks.

!!The Movie

* Scotty making an escape pod ''out of a torpedo'', and bailing out of it before the thing crashes into a precipice.

* After [[spoiler:Spock is beamed out of danger before him]], there is a short shot of Bones staying DefiantToTheEnd, ''putting up fisticuffs against several fighters''. [[spoiler:He gets beamed too just before he gets blasted, but props nonetheless.]]
* Even after the ''Enterprise'' is [[spoiler: destroyed and crash-landed]], Kirk and Chekov still managed to use it to crush a good number of enemy mooks by ''[[spoiler:flipping over the entire saucer section]]''. Especially poignant since [[spoiler:the remnants of the ''Enterprise'' effectively get to kill the person responsible for her "death" at the hands of Krall. If ever a starship could pull off a LastBreathBullet (of sorts), this would be how they do it.]]

* "[[PreMortemOneLiner Let's make some noise.]]" Kirk and the crew [[spoiler:defeat the seemingly impossible to destroy alien swarm ships using ThePowerOfRock. Seeing the USS ''Franklin'' literally ''surfing'' through the alien swarm as it gradually explodes into a wave of flames ([[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic to the tune of]] ''Music/TheBeastieBoys'', no less) is nothing short of epic.]]
** And then [[spoiler: ''Starbase Yorktown joins in, using the song as what's essentially GaleForceSound in space''. '''[[MetalScream WHYYYYYY]] [[StuffBlowingUp *boom*]]''']]
* The ''Franklin'' is a 22nd-century starship that's been lying derelict for a really long time, which you wouldn't have guessed if you saw how much punishment it can take. At the climax it ''crashes through Yorktown's docking bay'', at full speed, then proves itself maneuverable enough to fly around inside the starbase - scraping the sides all the way - and is still intact after it finally settles onto the ground. This after scraping against mountains, straining against terminal velocity to achieve lift-off via an atmospheric 'bounce' effect a short while ago.
** FridgeBrilliance: ''Enterprise''--[[Series/StarTrekEnterprise the series]], not the ship--established that back in the 22nd century, we didn't have shield technology yet. So instead of shielding, all that energy and all those resources went into ''hull plating.'' No wonder she could take so much punishment!
* While Scotty and Chekov are frantically beaming the whole crew back aboard, they're waiting on Kirk, who wants to make sure they also get Jaylah out. He then drives his motorcycle off a ramp and grabs her in midair before he fully beams away, taking her with him.
* Something about watching [[spoiler:the ''Enterprise''-A being built via time-lapse. It just works.]]

** Similarly, Kirk's showdown with Krall.
* To emphasize the above, [[spoiler: Kirk's final fight with Krall is significant for him since this is the ''first'' time Kirk manages to duel the central villain in the new film series and actually ''win.'' For that matter this is the first time he gets to win a number of his fights rather decisively. That this time he actually gets to do in the central villain is icing.]]
* The best moment has to be when Kirk delivers a magnificent [[ShutUpHannibal retort]] to Krall's declaration that his cause is hopeless:
-->'''Kirk:''' Better to die saving lives, than have to live with taking them. That's what I was born into.
** The two moments where he gets the advantage. [[spoiler: Kirk's main strength in fights has been his ability to take a punch, either when outnumbered or up against enhanced humans/aliens. In his fight with Krall, he manages to know ''where'' to hit him to actually do damage. And then at the end, Krall grabs a shard of glass to get an InTheBack attack on Kirk. The captain delivers a powerful kick that sends the villain [[HoistByHisOwnPetard flying right into his]] ArtifactOfDoom.]]
* Most of what [[LadyOfWar Uhura]] does in the movie is awesome:
** She takes down two of Krall's drone mooks singlehandedly.
** While Kirk is fighting with Krall, Uhura activates the saucer separation to make sure the others have a chance to escape.
** And no matter what Krall says to her or what she sees he can do, Uhura ''never'' loses her cool or shows any fear in front of him. This woman has got NervesOfSteel.
** Possibly her most badass moment in the movie is [[spoiler:recognizing Krall is actually Balthazar Edison by hearing him sputter a single sentence in an old video of the USS ''Franklin'' crew.]]

* Sulu and Chekov finally get to demonstrate ''exactly'' why they're at the helm [[spoiler:by dropping the ''Franklin'' off a cliff and using that to launch the ship into space. Notably, even as the other crewmembers start to look nervous, and Kirk shouts that they can go at any time, Sulu insists on waiting until exactly the right second]].
* It's also prime heartwarming material and is listed as such but, [[spoiler: the core crew members ''all'' getting a chance to say a portion of the oath (the iconic opening lines) as the newly rebuilt ''Enterprise'' warps into corners unknown is awesome.]]

* The fact that early on, despite just how quickly things grow worse for the ''Enterprise'' by the minute, the crew quickly forms a plan to get the ship the hell out of dodge which actually works. Too bad Krall quickly finds a way to ensure that the ship will go down no matter what...
** For that manner, the [[spoiler: swarm attack]] itself is every bit as incredible as it is terrifying. Few adversaries have ever had the ''Enterprise'' (or ''any'' ''Enterprise'' in either timeline) so dead-to-rights within seconds of engagement. [[spoiler:They cripple, board, and slaughter with contemptuous ease, applying surgical precision on top of their already daunting numbers.]] Seriously, how often do you see someone [[spoiler:''garrote a spaceship'']]?
** In a sense, the entire ''Enterprise'' crew (Redshirts and all) as a whole get points for facing such insane odds against them without losing their cool. As the ship gets punctured by numerous swarm ships ready to board them, Kirk orders the crew to ready a defense. An added bonus for the fact many of the defenders do not go down like chumps.
* A minor one but Kirk's immediate order for the ship to go to red alert once he realizes something is very wrong the moment the swarm, in the disguise of a large ship, just does nothing but head closer to the ''Enterprise.'' It heavily contrasts with Prime Kirk's encounter with the ''Reliant,'' failing to raise shields in time despite the red flags given to the crew that something is suspicious. Most of all, this moment shows how Kirk kept the harsh lessons from the last movie to heart.
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* The fact that Simon Pegg and Doug Jung wrote the ENTIRE MOVIE in just two weeks.

* Kirk and the crew [[spoiler:defeat the seemingly impossible to destroy alien swarm ships using ThePowerOfRock. Seeing the USS ''Franklin'' literally ''surfing'' through the alien swarm as it gradually explodes into a wave of flames ([[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic to the tune of]] ''Music/TheBeastieBoys'', no less) is nothing short of epic.]]

* The ''Franklin'' is a 22nd-century starship that's been lying derelict for a really long time, which you wouldn't have guessed if you saw how much punishment it can take. At the climax it ''crashes through Yorktown's docking door'', at full speed, then proves itself maneuverable enough to fly around inside the starbase - scraping the sides all the way - and is still intact after it finally settles onto the ground. This after scraping against mountains, straining against terminal velocity to achieve lift-off via an atmospheric 'bounce' effect a short while ago.

* Even after the ''Enterprise'' is [[spoiler: destroyed and crash-landed]], Kirk and Chekov still managed to use it to crush a good number of enemy mooks by [[spoiler:flipping over the entire saucer section]]. Especially poignant since [[spoiler:the remnants of the ''Enterprise'' effectively get to kill the person responsible for her "death" at the hands of Krall. If ever a starship could pull off a LastBreathBullet (of sorts), this would be how they do it.]]

* The ''Franklin'' is a 22nd-century starship that's been lying derelict for a really long time, which you wouldn't have guessed if you saw how much punishment it can take. At the climax it ''crashes through Yorktown's doorway'', at full speed, then proves itself maneuverable enough to fly around inside the starbase - scraping the sides all the way - and is still relatively intact after it finally settles onto the ground. This after scraping against mountains, straining against terminal velocity to achieve lift-off via an atmospheric 'bounce' effect a short while ago.

* Even after the ''Enterprise'' is [[spoiler: destroyed and crash-landed]], Kirk and Chekov still managed to use it to crush a good number of enemy mooks by [[spoiler:flipping over the entire saucer section]]. Especially poignant since [[spoiler:the remnants of the ''Enterprise'' effectively get to kill the person responsible for her "death" at the hands of Krall. Satisfying for anyone who loved that ship.]]