History Awesome / TheThreeMusketeers

* The Bastion de La Rochelle. The four heroes (and their servants) go to a decently seized bastion to have a quiet place to discuss Milady's schemes and end up fighting off two waves of Huguenots attacking them. Thanks to a number of available muskets (and their servants to reload), they manage to gun down multiple enemies. It's such a moment that it's spoken of reverently by the four and others even to the final book.

* Say what you will about Mordaunt, but he goes further with his RoaringRampageOfRevenge than most villains. He plays everyone to the hilt and [[spoiler:kills the executioner of Lille, his uncle, King Charles I, survives a duel with d'Artagnan, and then almost manages to blow up the Musketeers while on a ship. When that fails, he still attempts (and nearly succeeds) at a TakingYouWithMe moment with Athos.]] He's not even 25.

* D'Artagnan gets at least two more: [[spoiler:securing Charles II's position by kidnapping General Monk (right out of his camp) while disguised as a fisherman]] and [[spoiler:his death scene]].
* Aramis [[spoiler: springing the King's twin brother from the Bastille, putting Louis in his brother's cell and very nearly managing to put Philippe on the throne]]. Too bad Fouquet decided to put HonorBeforeReason.

* The Bastion de La Rochelle. The four heroes (and their servants) go to a recently seized bastion to have a quiet place to discuss Milady's schemes and end up fighting off two waves of Huguenots attacking them. Thanks to a number of available muskets (and their servants to reload), they manage to gun down multiple enemies. It's such a moment that it's spoken of reverently by the four and others even to the final book.

* The prison break of the Duke of Beaufort is one for both him and Grimaud. It runs on ThePlan and CrazyAwesome.

* Porthos gets his most awesome moment. ([[FamousLastWords "Too heavy."]])

* Awesome/TheThreeMusketeers1993

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* The Bastion de La Rochelle. The four heroes (and their servants) go to a recently seized bastion to have a quiet place to discuss Milady's schemes and end up fighting off two waves of Hugenots attacking them. Thanks to a number of available muskets (and their servants to reload), they manage to gun down multiple enemies. It's such a moment that its spoken of reverently by the four and others even to the final book.

* Say what you will about Mordaunt, but he goes further with his RoaringRampageOfRevenge than most villains. He plays everyone to a hilt and [[spoiler:kills the executioner of Lille, his uncle, King Charles I, survives a duel with d'Artagnan, and then almost manages to blow up the Musketeers while on a ship. When that fails, he still attempts (and nearly succeeds) at a TakingYouWithMe moment with Athos.]] He's not even 25.

-->"Sire; it is for you to choose. Do you wish to have friends or lackeys - soldiers or slaves - great men or mere puppets? Do you wish men to serve you, or to bend and crouch before you? Do you wish men to love you, or to be afraid of you? If you prefer baseness, intrigue, cowardice, say so at once, sire, and we will leave you, - we who are the only individuals who are left, - nay, I will say more, the only models of the valor of former times; we who have done our duty, and have exceeded, perhaps, in courage and in merit, the men already great for posterity. Choose, sire! and that, too, without delay. Whatever relics remain to you of the great nobility, guard them with a jealous eye; you will never be deficient in courtiers. Delay not - and send me to the Bastile with my friend; for, if you did not know how to listen to the Comte de La Fère, whose voice is the sweetest and noblest in all the world when honor is the theme; if you do not know how to listen to d'Artagnan, the frankest and most honest voice of sincerity, you are a bad king, and to-morrow will be a poor king. And learn from me, sire, that bad kings are hated by their people, and poor kings are driven ignominiously away. That is what I had to say to you, sire; you were wrong to drive me to say it."

* An understated one compared to the more action-heavy CMoA in the series, but when Richelieu confronts the four for their murder of Milady, they produce Milady's blank check from the Cardinal himself, which says that the bearer of the letter was acting under the full orders and authority of Richelieu. The man is so impressed by it he commissions d'Artagnan an officer in the Musketeers.
* Milady herself gets one: Trapped by her forewarned brother-in-law, she's guarded by a man specifically chosen for his rigid puritanism and fanatism to ensure she can't seduce him (her usual M.O.). Instead, she fakes religious zeal on his level and concocts a story about Buckingham being evil, and manages to turn him to her side and accomplish her original mission in less than a week.

** The entire defense of Belle Isle. With minimal help, Aramis and Porthos (in their mid-late 50s at this time) manage to fight off far more numerous soldiers, capture one who turns out to be the son of a minor enemy from the first book, befriend him, hold off even longer, and make an escape that prompts Porthos' above CMoA.

* Milady herself gets one: Trapped by her forewarned brother-in-law, she's guarded by a man specifically hosen for his rigid puritanism and fanatism to ensure she can't seduce him (her usual M.O.). Instead, she fakes religious zeal on his level and concocts a story about Buckingham being evil, and manages to turn him to her side and accomplish her original mission in less than a week.

* Milady herself gets one: Trapped by her forewarned brother-in-law, she's guarded by a man specifically hosen for his rigid puritanism and fanatism to ensure she can't seduce him (her usual M.O.). Instead, she fakes religious zeal on his level and concocts a story about Buckingham being a CompleteMonster, and manages to turn him to her side and accomplish her original mission in less than a week.

* The 1993 Disney movie adaptations D'Artagnan thinks very highly of his dueling skills. First he challenges three men to three duel's. All in the same day I might add. Later he tries to take Athos on in a drinking game. You gotta admit, the kids got moxy!
--> '''D'Artagnan''': Athos, why don't you come join us?
--> '''Athos''': You fight like a man. See if you can drink like one.
--> '''D'Artagnan''': I'll drink anything you put in front of me.
--> '''Athos''': Famous last words...
* Porthos is such a {{Badass}} that he takes the time to injoy the "finer things". Right as he and the other Musketeers and D'Artagnan are escaping from the Cardinal's men, [[spoiler:in his own coach]]!!
--> '''Porthos''': Champagne?
--> '''Athos''': We're in the middle of a chase, Porthos.
--> '''Porthos''': Hmm, you're right... something red.
** This next bit during a chase, in the coach is more like a CrowningMomentOfFunny, but it still shows that Porthos is awesome!
--> '''Porthos''': For a chase, the Cardinal recommends his excellent '24 Cabernet.
--> '''Porthos''': ''[to D'Artagnan as he goes to try some]'' You can't have any, you're too young.
* The 1993 Disney movie adaptations Porthos seems to be a walking example of total awesomeness. When he's not being the goofball for the group anyway.
--> '''Villian''': It's Porthos the Pirate! AAAAAHHH!!!
''[All of the bad guys then proceed in jumping overboard]''
--> '''D'Artagnan''': Pirate?
--> '''Porthos''': I told you I was famous.
* The 1993 movie Aramis, the BadassPreacher gets a really good moment near the end of the movie, When everyone thinks he's dead. [[spoiler:He's unconscious after being shot at by the Cardinal, and Porthos tries to revive him.]]
--> '''Athos''': Is he dead?
[[spoiler:Porthos moves the crucifix round Aramis' neck and Aramis regains consciousness.]]
--> [[spoiler:'''Aramis''']]: See? There is a God.