History Awesome / TheVampireDiaries

* Everytime Damon gets his ass handed to him, showing the DracoInLeatherPants how utterly and completely low is he in the power totem pole
** Lexi’s starting this trend by pining on the bed with ease, and making him completely loose his BadAss DeadpanSnarker attitude
*** Stefan’s utterly trashing Damon in retaliation for Lexi’s death, culminating him shoving a stake on his gut
*** Lexi’s fiancé, seeking revenge for her death at his hands, completely handing Damon’s ass to him, to the point that Elena had to actually beg the other to spare him
** Logan Fell making an utter fool of Damon and filling him full of bullet holes. And Logan was a mere Mook
** Anna, Logan’s maker, and Damon’s “choke battle”, which ends with Damon all but whimpering in his defeat
** Showing where Anna got all her BadAss from, Pearl completely NoSell reaction to Damon trying to rip her head and proceeding to rip his eyes out, all without loosing her class or her composure

** Showing where Anna got all her BadAss from, Pearl completely NoSell reaction to Damon trying to rip her head and proceeding to rip his eyes out, all without loosing her class or her or her composure

* Bonnie showing just what she can do with her new dark powers, and [[spoiler: sealing Klaus (temporarily) in the Gilbert living room to stop him from killing Jeremy and Elena when he finds out what they did to Kol.]]

* April telling Liz and the new mayor about how [[spoiler: Professor Shane convinced her father to blow up the council]] followed by "it's time people started telling the truth."

* In season four, [[spoiler: Tyler taking his place as alpha of the pack of newly-unsired hybrids.]]

** "This is family business." -Elijah

* In "Before Sunset", Tyler [[spoiler: coming to Elena's aid, finally [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calling Klaus out on his crap]] and [[ShutUpHannibal refusing to be "his little bitch" anymore]]]] -- followed very shortly by [[spoiler: Stefan, Tyler, Damon, Bonnie, and Jeremy all working together to ''finally'' defeat Klaus by desiccating him]].

** He manages to have one in "Daddy Issues" ''[[BeyondTheImpossible without even appearing on screen]]'' when he sends his warlock to save everyone from the werewolves. Lets face it, the guy is basically a walking, talking CMOA.

* In "Before Sunset", Tyler [[spoiler: coming to Elena's aid, finally [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calling Klaus out on his crap]] and [[ShutUpHannibal refusing to be "his little bitch" anymore]]]] -- followed very shortly by [[spoiler: Stefan, Tyler, Damon, Bonnie, and Jeremy all working together to ''finally'' defeat Klaus by dessicating him]].

* In "Before Sunset", Tyler [[spoiler: coming to Elena's aid, finally [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calling Klaus out on his crap]] and [[ShutUpHannibal refusing to be "his little bitch" anymore]]]] -- followed shortly by [[spoiler: Stefan, Tyler, Damon, Bonnie, and Jeremy all working together to ''finally'' defeat Klaus by dessicating him]].

* In "Before Sunset", Tyler [[spoiler: coming to Elena's aid, finally [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calling Klaus out on his crap]] and [[ShutUpHannibal refusing to be "his little bitch" anymore]]]] -- followed shortly by [[spoiler: Stefan, Tyler, Damon, and Bonnie all working together to ''finally'' defeat Klaus by dessicating him]].

* In "Before Sunset", Tyler [[spoiler: coming to Elena's aid, finally [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calling Klaus out on his crap]] and [[ShutUpHannibal refusing to be "his little bitch" anymore]] -- followed shortly by [[spoiler: Stefan, Tyler, Damon, and Bonnie all working together to ''finally'' defeat Klaus by dessicating him]].

* In "Do Not Go Gentle", Elena calling [[spoiler: Esther]] out on her vile actions and [[ShutUpHannibal shooting down her every attempt to justify them]]. For an instant, [[spoiler: Esther]] actually seems chastened and offers Elena an assurance that [[spoiler: Jenna is at peace instead of being trapped on the Other Side like any other vampire's spirit]].

* In "The House Guest", Damon fights off a psychic witch attack with a ''flamethrower''. And earlier in the episode, he makea Katherine genuinely afraid by pointing it at her.

** Her final scene in "Plan B," revealing [[spoiler :she's known all along that Elena and Stefan were faking their rift thanks to using Jenna as an unknowing informant, after which she makes Jenna stab herself over a long distance, and effortlessly moves on to make another werewolf after Mason's death]]. Basically, at this point, she's hurt if not outright destroyed every single major character without even breaking a sweat.

* Katherine officially becomes a {{Magnificent Bastard}} when she reveals [[spoiler:she's built up a tolerance to vervain over the last century and a half, and had only been pretending to be weakened for a whole day just to screw with Stefan]].
** Her final scene in "Plan B," revealing [[spoiler:she's known all along that Elena and Stefan were faking their rift thanks to using Jenna as an unknowing informant, after which she makes Jenna stab herself over a long distance, and effortlessly moves on to make another werewolf after Mason's death]]. Basically, at this point she's hurt if not outright destroyed every single major character without even breaking a sweat.

* In "The Dinner Party", Alaric kills Elijah, but because he and Damon removed the dagger, Elijah came back. He goes after Elena, telling her that their deal is off. Elena tells him that they're renegotiating, or she'll stab herself and, after Stefan has her drink his blood to heal her, kill herself, leaving Elijah with no doppelganger for the ritual. He calls her bluff, so she really DOES stab herself. And ''then'', once she has his word that her loved ones will be safe, she stabs him with the dagger, killing him.

** Her final scene in "Plan B," revealing [[spoiler:she's known all along that Elena and Stefan were faking their rift thanks to using Jenna as an unknowing informant, after which she makes Jenna stab herself over a long distance, and effortlessly moves on to make another werewolf after Mason's death.]] Basically, at this point she's hurt if not outright destroyed every single major character without even breaking a sweat.

** Lucy gets one in her very first appearance, [[spoiler being the one to defeat Katherine even while staying within the letter of her life debt to her.]].
** Caroline [[spoiler: manages to fool Katherine into walking into a trap set for her by the others and later breaks the fight between Tyler and Matt by pushing them away from each other.]]

* Damon killing God knows how many vampires on his own as payback for [[spoiler: torturing Stefan]] in "Let The Right One In".
* Stephan + Deadpan expression + flamethrower = awesome.

* Damon saving Elena when she [[spoiler: crashes her car into a vampire]]. This also overlaps with CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.
* Katherine officially becomes a {{Magnificent Bastard}} when she reveals [[spoiler:she's built up a tolerance to vervain over the last century and a half, and had only been pretending to be weakened for a whole day just to screw with Stefan.]]

* In ''Kill Or Be Killed'', Mason, a werewolf, has Elena by the throat. He tells [[spoiler: Caroline]] he can kill her before [[spoiler: Caroline]] can get to him.

-->'''[[spoiler: Caroline:]]''' Yeah. I do. ''*commence [[CurbStompBattle Curb Stomp]], leaving Mason on the ground.*'' Told ya.

* The episode 'Masquerade' is just one Crowning Moment of Awesome after another:
** Lucy gets one in her very first appearance, [[spoiler:being the one to defeat Katherine even while staying within the letter of her life debt to her.]]

** His VillainousRescue: killing four werewolves singlehanded, including punching one in the face so hard that his neck breaks.
** He manages to have one in 2x13 ''[[BeyondTheImpossible without even appearing on screen]]'' when he sends his warlock to save everyone from the werewolves. Lets face it, the guy is basically a walking, talking CMOA.

* Damon fights off a psychic witch attack with a ''flamethrower''. And earlier in the episode, he makea Katherine genuinely afraid by pointing it at her.

-->'''Caroline:''' Yeah, well I'm angrier than you.

* Elena through basically the whole of "Smells Like Teen Spirit", including her pretty convincing fake drunkenness, determination to train herself to fight vampires, and particularly in her exchange with Stefan at the end, in which she says that she still has hope for his humanity and that that makes her strong [[spoiler: and not, as he claims, pathetic. And then she stabs him in the stomach, leaving him winded, and walks off with her head held high. The expression on Stefan's face suggests that even he is impressed]].

* In "Do Not Go Gentle", Elena calling [[spoiler: Esther]] out on her vile actions and [[ShutUpHannibal shooting down her every attempt to justify them]]. For an instant, [[spoiler: Esther]] actually seems chastened and offers Elena an assurance that [[spoiler: Jenna is at peace instead of being trapped on the Other Side]].