History Awesome / TheGoldbergs

* Meta: the fact that the creators of the show got Creator/RobertEnglund to cameo as [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Kruger]] for the first time since [[Film/FreddyVsJason 2003]][[note]]Well, sort of; he actually voiced the character in 2011's ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9''[[/note]] in "Mister Knifey-Hands".

* Meta: the fact that the creators of the show got Creator/RobertEnglund to cameo as [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Kruger]] for the first time since [[Film/FreddyVsJason 2003]] in "Mister Knifey-Hands".

* All of the Goldberg kids get an awesome moment at the end of "Kara-te". Erica for her rendition of "Hit Me with Your Best Shot", Barry for successfully breaking a wooden board, and Adam for replacing his board with breakable balsa wood.
** And this even impresses Murray Goldberg, the man who tried to stop Barry from doing the show in the first place.

--> Barry: Welcome to the mat!

---> Murray: Enough! All right, Bevy, no one loves a tragic parenting tale more than you. Did you ever hear the one about Beverly Goldberg's son? He got utterly dominated by her in front of the whole school and was made a laughingstock.
* "Livin' on a Prayer": Barry has 10 minutes of glory until his party ends, so how does he end it? By blasting "Livin' on a Prayer" ([[TitleDrop what else]]) on a boombox while leading all of the crowd into a sing-a-long.
** What cinches this scene though is when Lainey, Erica's friend, [[TheBigDamnKiss makes out with Barry]] in an attempt to make his previous crush, [[AlphaBitch Lexy Bloom]] , jealous. Barry's quote at the end pretty much says it all.
--> Barry: This is the greatest night of my life!

* "Barry Goldberg's Day Off" revolves around Barry wanting to have a day off like in ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff''. Unfortunately, none of his actions from the movie (Getting kicked out by restaurant waiter, going to a baseball game and museum, etc.) work out well until he gets on top of a homecoming parade float and sings "Twist and Shout" like in the movie. Unexpectedly, it turns out that everyone in the crowd saw and liked "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" that they eventually joined in with him. As it turns out, Barry makes a good Cameron as Ferris Bueller.
** Meta: the writers somehow got [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTB0yWm6fRI Charlie freaking Sheen]] to reprise his character from the movie.

* Adam, after several bad events in Season 3, finally gets his redemption by flipping [[LovableJock Barry]] during Freshmen Fear Week. "O Fortuna" playing makes this moment 10 times more awesome.
** However, Barry gets his mojo back (with a little help from Adam) by spraying the entire middle school class (Coach Mellor and Principal Ball too) during graduation with water sprinklers.

--> Murray: You guys think I nap because I'm lazy? No. I nap because I work my [BLEEP] fingers to the bone so you little [BLEEP] can have your dumb [BLEEP] tennis shoes and your expensive [BLEEP] cameras.

* Geoff gets his shining moment in "Dinner With the Goldbergs" when he finally breaks and calls out the whole family's irritating dinner habits. It takes a lot of guts for someone like Geoff to actually stand up to himself and call out his girlfriend's annoying family.
** Additionally, not only does he survive dinner with The Goldbergs, he finally earns some respect from Murray.

--> Barry: This is for all you out there with overbearing parents with no sense of shame or boundaries! Now, I don't know how this exactly ties into being a treasurer, but I do know if I can survive the berries and the pictures of me being like this (does awkward smile and thumbs up from his picture), then I'm definitely the dude to lead this school. Because all moms suck! Who's with me?!

* All of the Goldberg kids get an awesome moment at the end of "Kara-te". Erica for her rendition of "Hit Me with Your Best Shot", Barry for successfully breaking a wooden board, and Adam for [[spoiler: replacing his board with breakable balsa wood]].

** What cinches this scene though is when [[spoiler: Lainey, Erica's friend, [[TheBigDamnKiss makes out with Barry]] in an attempt to make his previous crush, [[AlphaBitch Lexy Bloom]] , jealous.]] Barry's quote at the end pretty much says it all.

** An awesome moment from the writers for getting [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTB0yWm6fRI Charlie freaking Sheen to reprise his character from the movie]].

* Adam, after several of his bad events in Season 3, finally gets his redemption by flipping [[LovableJock Barry]] during Freshmen Fear Week. "O Fortuna" makes this moment 10 times more awesome.
** However, Barry gets his mojo back (with a little help from Adam too) by spraying the entire middle school class (Coach Mellor and Principal Ball too) during graduation with water sprinklers.
* The long-awaited "fight" between Adam Goldberg and the other Adam Goldberg ([[RunningGag who was frequently mentioned throughout Season 4]]). As it turns out, none of them knew how to fight, so with their knowledge of ''Film/TheKarateKid'' and their experience in theater, they reenact the final scene of The Karate Kid perfectly, complete with "[[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic You're the Best Around]]". And the result? [[spoiler: They both win and get to keep their names.]]

** And soon after, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments he literally starts a fire]].
* Geoff gets his shining moment in "Dinner With the Goldbergs" when he finally breaks and calls out the whole family's annoying dinner habits at Beefsteak Charlie's. It takes a lot of guts for someone like Geoff to actually stand up to himself and call out his girlfriend's annoying family.
** Not only does he survive dinner with The Goldbergs, he finally earns some respect from Murray.
* Meta-wise, the fact that the creators of the show got Creator/RobertEnglund to cameo as [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Kruger]] for the first time since [[Film/FreddyVsJason 2003]] in "Mister Knifey-Hands".

** Also counts as a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}} when it's revealed that the mascot is an actual falcon instead of a falcon costume.

** What cinches this scene though is when [[spoiler: Lainey, Erica's friend, [[BigDamnKiss makes out with Barry]] in an attempt to make his previous crush, [[AlphaBitch Lexy Bloom]] , jealous.]] Barry's quote at the end pretty much says it all.

** And soon after, [[CrowningMomentOfFunny he literally starts a fire]].

** Also counts as a [[CrowningMomentOfFunny funny moment]] when it's revealed that the mascot is an actual falcon instead of a falcon costume.

* Barry's speech at the end of "The Other Smother". Not only does it earn him the position of treasurer, it's also a [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech]] geared towards "smothers" everywhere. To put in context: Beverly, his campaign manager, tried to promote his campaign by giving out [[IncrediblyLamePun berries]] and plastering an embarrassing picture of younger Barry all over the school, which leads to the speech below.

* Meta-wise, the fact that the creators of the show got Creator/RobertEnglund to cameo as [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Kruger]] for the first time since [[Film/FreddyVsJason 2003]] in "Mister Knifey-Hands".

* Meta-wise, the fact that the creators of the show got Creator/RobertEnglund to cameo as [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Kruger]] in "Mister Knifey-Hands".

** Not only does he survive dinner with The Goldbergs, he finally earns some respect from Murray.

* Really, any moment in the show that uses AwesomeMusic. Quite notably, "The Touch" and "Never Surrender", both by Stan Bush, which are both used frequently throughout the series.

* The long-awaited "fight" between Adam Goldberg and the other Adam Goldberg ([[RunningGag who was frequently mentioned throughout Season 4]]). As it turns out, none of them knew how to fight, so with their knowledge of ''Film/TheKarateKid'' and their experience in theater, they reenact the final scene of The Karate Kid perfectly, complete with "[[AwesomeMusic You're the Best Around]]". And the result? [[spoiler: They both win and get to keep their names.]]

** And soon after, [[CrowningMomentOfFunny he literally starts a fire]].

** However, Barry gets his mojo back (with a little help from Adam too) by spraying the entire middle school class (Coach Mellor and Principal Ball too) during graduation with water sprinklers.

* [[Nerd Adam]], after several of his bad events in Season 3, finally gets his redemption by flipping [[LovableJock Barry]] during Freshmen Fear Week. "O Fortuna" makes this moment 10 times more awesome.

* [[Nerd Adam]], after several of his bad events in Season 3, finally gets his redemption by flipping [[JerkJock Barry]] during Freshmen Fear Week. "O Fortuna" makes this moment 10 times more awesome.

** It's also set to Erica and the other girls' rendition of "Tom Sawyer", which too is an awesome moment in this episode.

* Barry's awesome Thanksgiving toast in "In Conclusion, Thanksgiving". Despite some of its inaccuracies, the theatrics and Stan Bush more than make up for it.

* Beverly in her ''Film/Predator'' costume manages to make it through a fraternity's haunted house without any fear, just to save Adam and Barry (and ground Erica too for hanging with a frat boy).

** An awesome moment from the writers for getting [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTB0yWm6fRI Charlie freaking Sheen to reprise his character from the movie]].

** In the same episode, we learn about Murray's past. He was a basketball superstar in high school. He was in the army. He waited tables with Lou Reed. He [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer survived a goddamn plane crash]]! Next time you just think of him as "that one guy who does nothing but sleep in his chair all day in his underpants", just watch this episode.

--> Murray: Enough! All right, Bevy, no one loves a tragic parenting tale more than you. Did you ever hear the one about Beverly Goldberg's son? He got utterly dominated by her in front of the whole school and was made a laughingstock.

** In the same episode, we learn about Murray's past. He was a basketball superstar in high school. He was in the army. He waited tables with Lou Reed. He [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer survived a goddamn plane crash]]! Next time you just think of him as "that one guy who does nothing but sleep in his chair all day in his underpants", this episode will easily prove you wrong.

** What cinches this scene though is when [[spoiler: Lainey, Erica's friend [[BigDamnKiss makes out with Barry]] in an attempt to make his previous crush, [[AlphaBitch Lexy Bloom]] , jealous.]] Barry's quote at the end pretty much says it all.

* All of the Goldberg kids get an awesome moment at the end of "Kara-te". Erica for her rendition of "Hit Me with Your Best Shot", Barry for successfully breaking a wooden board, and Adam for replacing his board with breakable balsa wood.
** And this even impresses Murray Goldberg, the man who tried to stop Barry from doing the show in the first place

--> Murray: Enough! All right, Bevy, no one loves a tragic parenting tale more than you.
Did you ever hear the one about Beverly Goldberg's son? He got utterly dominated by her in front of the whole school and was made a laughingstock.

** What cinches this scene though is when [[spoiler: Lainey, Erica's friend [[BigDamnKiss makes out with Barry]] in an attempt to make his previous crush,[[AlphaBitch Lexy Bloom]], jealous.]] I think Barry's quote at the end says it all.

** After Beverly embarrasses Barry in front of the whole school, Murray puts her in her place by doing something she does best: tell a tragic parenting story about her own son.

* Really, any moment in the show that uses Awesome Music. Quite notably, "The Touch" and "Never Surrender", both by Stan Bush, which are both used frequently throughout the series.