History Awesome / Touhou

*** No longer awesome. Scarlet Devil Mansion under new renovation, and it's not at all accurate..

* A meta example: The fact that Creator/YenPress is giving Manga/TouhouSuzunaanForbiddenScrollery an official Western Release. The games and doujin games was already an impressive event, now a manga makes it to this side of the Pacific.

* Okina's final attack in ''Hidden Star in Four Seasons'', where she revokes the power of the seasons that the main character has been using for the entire game to use for herself, only for the protagonist to win anyways. Especially in Cirno's story, where she is repeatedly mocked by the later bosses for relying on that power and then defeats the final boss without it, proving them all wrong.

* Mamizou gets one in the final chapter of ''Forbidden Scrollery'' where [[spoiler:she manages to easily subdue the oni of the Night Parade Scroll. How does she do this? By ''transforming into the moon and then the sun'', exploiting the legend that since the Night Parade is a celebration of the moon god Tsukuyomi, causing the dawn to come makes the scroll rest]].

** Another example of this? Take the Extra Stage of ''Fairy Wars'' for example, where she manages to defeat [[spoiler: Marisa]]. That's right, one of the most recurring and weakest bosses in the series managed to defeat [[spoiler: a main character]]. Admittedly, [[spoiler: Marisa]] was going easy on Cirno, but even she admitted she didn't expect Cirno to be that powerful.

* The final battle of Hata no Kokoro's story mode in ''Hopeless Masquerade'', where Kokoro fights [[spoiler: Reimu, [[EnemyMine Byakuren and Miko]] all at once.]] The only thing more badass than that matchup is the fact that '''she wins'''.
** Meta-wise, because you could play as Kokoro before the proper patch for her came out, it meant that the player could play through the entire story (and fighting off [[spoiler: Reimu, Byakuren, and Miko]]) with ''no specials or spell cards.''

** Sanae's final battle in ''Hisoutensoku'' against [[spoiler: Suwako]] due to the incredibly creative uses of the latter's abilities, including causing the nuclear reactor they are in to erupt and battling using ''lava frogs''. This culminates in a freefall battle between the two.

* Mamizou gets one in the final chapter of ''Forbidden Scrollery'' where [[spoiler: she manages to easily subdue the oni of the Night Parade Scroll. How does she do this? By ''transforming into the moon and then the sun'', exploiting the legend that the Night Parade being a celebration of the moon god Tsukuyomi so causing the dawn to come makes the scroll rest]].

* Kanako's inauguration of the cable car to the Moriya Shrine. While everyone arrives bright and early, the service doesn't start for a while, so everyone lounges around the kappa stands. Later on, whispers of how the tengu are buffeting the cable car with wind, so in response, Kanako steps in with a show of her godly power and allows the service to start. It's, indeed, Kanako's finest PR moment - she bolsters the kappa revenue by stalling everyone at their stands, she invites fear of the tengu and thus their power and prestige, she increases her popularity and power by presenting herself as a strong deity capable of imposing her will, and most impressively, everyone wins with exactly zero shots fired, made all the more impressive given it's ''Gensokyo''.

** There is also this gem that shows just how GenreSavvy ZUN is about the fanbase:

** And animator MinusT has created another, arguably even more stunning one [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWeH_CcTq_8 here.]]

* Kanako's inauguration of the cable car to the Moriya Shrine. While everyone arrives bright and early, the service doesn't start for a while, so everyone lounges around the kappa stands. Later on, whispers of how the tengu are buffeting the cable car with wind, so in response, Kanako steps in with a show of her godly power and allows the service to start. It's, indeed, Kanako's finest PR moment - she bolsters the kappa revenue by stalling everyone at their stands, she invites fear of the tengu and thus their power and prestige, she increases her popularity and power by presenting herself as a strong deity capable of imposing her will. Literally everyone wins with exactly zero shots fired, made all the more impressive given it's ''Gensokyo''.

'''Hecatia''' : Well, I guess with the Lunarian's power, anything you write WOULD end up true anyway. I guess that would make newspaper reporters the best profession for anyone looking to take over Gensokyo. Or maybe they've already gotten their venomous fangs into you. Oh well, all I can do is hope that we aren't seeing the reflection of the moon in your articles.

'''Hecatia''' : Well, I guess with the Lunarian's power, anything you write WOULD end up true anyway. I guess that would make newspaper reporters the best profession for anyone looking to take over Gensokyo. Or maybe they've already gotten their venomous fangs into you. Oh well, all I can do is hope that we aren't seeing the reflection of the moon in your articles.\\

* Aya decides to interview Hecatia about immigration issues and other problems in ''Alternative Facts in Eastern Utopia''. Aya starts making some subtle jabs at the ideology of Hecatia and the people living in Hell. Hecatia decides to take a few jabs back at Aya's by suggesting that she might be an UnwittingPawn for the Lunarians.

* [[FinalBoss Junko]] in ''Legacy Of Lunatic Kingdom'' being able to force the godlike Lunarians off the Lunar Capital with the use of [[RedShirt fairies]] by exploiting the Lunarians' thanatophobia. The only thing that she didn't account for was that the Lunarians would try to relocate to Gensokyo, triggering the wrath of the main protagonists. If not for that, she would have gotten away with her plan.

* Clearing any of the shooting games on one credit. The higher the difficulty, the more awesome. Better yet, you can save a replay to show off your awesomeness.

*** No longer awesome. SDM under new renovation, and it's not at all accurate..

* The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85bE4NlzrLE#t=30s Touhou Danmaku All-Star Medley]]. The beginning appears to be a normal danmakufu script, but then the normal Touhou window layout explodes to the sides and Rumia comes throwing danmaku at you. It features ''all of the Windows-era characters up to this point'', even the ones who don't appear in games. The spellcards are very creative and the widescreen format allows for even more beautiful danmaku to be shown off. Sadly, a playable version will be never released due to copyright issues.

* A meta example: [[https://twitpic.com/bnduay ZUN meeting moot]], the founder of [[{{Imageboards}} 4chan]].

** Whats even more amazing about Sumireko is the fact she singlehandedly brought Gensokyo to its knees. While she was manipulated by the lunar capital, they never gave her any support except for mysteriously providing the orb of the lunar capital. It took the concentrated efforts of multiple final bosses and extra bosses to confront her and even then Sumireko managed to escape albeit temporarily. If it wasn't for Reimu's intervention Sumireko would have been able to destroy Gensokyo at the cost of her own life. Mind you this is a freaking 15/16-year-old girl who is in high school. Regardless of how steel-willed she is, she can take on gods and demons from myth and win!

** Whats even more amazing about Sumireko is the fact she singlehandedly brought Gensokyo to its knees. While she was manipulated by the lunar capital, they never gave her any support except for mysteriously providing the orb of the lunar capital. It took the concentrated efforts of multiple final bosses and extra bosses to confront her and even then Sumireko managed to escape albeit temporarily. If it wasn't for Reimu's intervention Sumireko would have been able to destroy Gensokyo at the cost of her own life. Mind you this is a freaking 14-year-old-girl who is in high school. Regardless of how steel-willed she is, she can take on gods and demons from myth and win!

** The medley also has various hilarious moments that easily constitute CrowningMomentOfFunny such Mokou sprinkling the player with deadly One Ups while making a killer "Full Bomb" item chase them, Nue's spellcard BreakingTheFourthWall '''again''' by immitating NicoNicoDouga, Kaguya... just helplessly floating asleep in midair, etc., etc.

*** No longer awesome. DON'T VISIT ON MONDAYS IF YOU VALUE YOUR SANITY.

** Whats even more amazing about Sumireko is the fact she singlehandedly brought Gensokyo to its knees. While she was manipulated by the lunar capital, they never gave her any support except for mysteriously providing the orb of the lunar capital. It took the concentrated efforts of multiple final bosses and extra bosses to confront her and even then Sumireko managed to escape albeit temporarily. If it wasn't for Reimu's intervention Sumireko would have been able to destroy Gensokyo at the cost of her own life. Mind you this is a freaking 14 year old girl whose in high school. Regardless of how steel willed she is, she can take on gods and demons from myth and win!

* [[FinalBoss Sumireko Usami]] is a human from the Outside World with psychic powers, strong enough to battle a shrine maiden who has fought powerful youkai and gods, two ancient saints, and among various youkai, a being that may or may not be an oni.

** It's so awesome that the NicoNicoDouga users have created a 3D movie of Reimu's fight against Utsuho, see it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyTxURGwu98 here]]

** Another example of this? Take the Extra Stage of ''Fairy Wars'' for example, where she manages to defeat [[spoiler: Marisa]]. That's right, one of the most recurring and weakest bosses in the series managed to defeat [[spoiler: a main character]]. Admittedly though [[spoiler: Marisa]] was going easy on Cirno but even she admitted she didn't expect Cirno to be that powerful.

** This particular one is a CMOA in another way as well. Those who made it really went out of their way to make sure it was [[ShownTheirWork accurate and contains not only what we're familiar with but also a lot of very obscure Touhou lore]].

** The medley also has various hilarious moments that easily constitute CrowningMomentOfFunny such Mokou sprinkling the player with deadly One Ups while making a killer "Full Bomb" item chase them, Nue's spellcard BreakingTheFourthWall '''again''' by immitating NicoNicoDouga, Kaguya... just helplessly floating in mind air etc etc.

** Meta-wise, because you could play as Kokoro before the proper patch for her came out, it mend that the player could play through the entire story (and fighting off [[spoiler: Reimu, Byakuren, and Miko]]) with ''no specials or spell cards.''

** Sanae's final battle in ''Hisoutensoku'' against [[spoiler: Suwako]] due to the incredibly creative uses of the later's abilities including causing he nuclear reactor they are in to erupt and battle using ''lava frogs''. This culminates in a freefall battle between the two.
* Seija Kijin is not the most powerful youkai ever. She's not even a stage 6 boss. She is however [[ManipulativeBastard clever]], and very creative as proven by her being the Stage 5 boss. She doesn't have that high a bullet count, but she makes every bullet count as she peppers you from the top, bottom, and the mind by reversing your controls. In Gensokyo where power seems to be the key to every solution Seija manages to prove that [[BoringButPractical boring is practical.]]

* [[FinalBoss Junko]] in ''Legacy Of Lunatic Kingdom'' being able to force the godlike Lunarians off the Lunar Capital with the use of [[RedShirt fairies]] by exploiting their thanatophobia. The only thing that she didn't account for was that the Lunarians would try to relocate to Gensokyo, triggering the wrath of the main protagonists. Other than that she would have gotten away with her plan.

* [[FinalBoss Junko]] in ''Legacy Of Lunatic Kingdom'' being able to force the god-like Lunarians off the Lunar Capital with the use of [[RedShirt fairies]] by exploiting their xenophobia. The only thing that she didn't account for was that the Lunarians would try to relocate to Gensokyo, triggering the wrath of the main protagonists. Other than that she would have gotten away with her plan.