History Awesome / WanderOverYonder

*** Which in turn makes it a awesome moment for the main 4, [[Oh Crap who realize her new powers,]] [[TheDeterminator but are now even MORE persistent in stopping her from taking over the galaxy.]] That is the basic definition of a true hero.

* Lord Hater in his entirety in "The End of the Galaxy". For most of the second season, he has been quite incompetent because he has lost his credibility as a villain from chasing Wander around, only showing true intellect through ThePowerOfHate. All of that is blown away in the finale, where he is not only as badass as he once was, but MORE BADASS THAN HE HAS EVER BEEN. Even Peepers is stunned by this development.

*** Commander Peepers showing up for a BigDamnHeroes moment and joining Sylvia in the fight against Dominator's bots. As per usual, seeing the two of them work together is GLORIOUS.

[[folder: Season 1]]

-->'''Sylvia''': This whole thing ''was a set-up!'' There's nothing IN the box, is there?
-->'''Lord of Illumination''': Yes, YES! You get it! Could you please help me explain to him?
-->''(Wander continues to guess what's in the box)''
-->'''Sylvia''': LISTEN, YOU COSMIC CREEP!!!!! MY FRIEND HERE DOESN'T ''WANT'' YOUR "Greatest consciousness" HULLABALOO!!!! ''WHAT HE'' '''''WANTS''''' ''IS TO SEE'' '''''SOMETHING''''' IN THE '''''BOX!!!!!!!!!''''' So, '''''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis PUT. SOMETHING. IN. THE. BOX.]]'''''

* "The Hero" had quite a few, with Wander and Sylvia easily getting through the hedgemaze set up for Brad Starlight, and Princess Demurra beating up Starlight when he tries to kidnap her. "Guys it's fine, I took care of it myself. Like I said, this isn't a fairy tale." This gets followed up with a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}} when Draykor says that’s why he loves her.

--> '''Hater''': '''''Forget''''' polite and proper. '''''Forget''''' witty and charming. I am ''NOT'' the ultimate gentleman! *Hater blasts Wander off his feet* I am LORD HATER! THE ULTIMATE EVIL! When I want something, I take it! And I want your power, '''NOW!!!'''

--> '''Sylvia''': ''And we're not going anywhere!'' (Decks Wander off of the pad and joins him.)

[[folder: Season 2]]

--> '''Sylvia''': (free of restraints, winding up for a punch) ''WELCOME TO THE GALAXY!''

--> "Get away from my special little guy..."

--> '''Hater:''' "Dominator may have destroyed every other planet in the galaxy, but as long as there is hate in my bones SHE WILL NEVER GET THIS ONE! This is where we make our stand! And let her know that she FAILS! Because this planet, NAY! THIS GALAXY! BELONGS TO THE DUKE OF DESTRUCTION, THE MONARCH OF MAYHEM, THE GREATEST IN THE GALAXY! LORD HATER!!!
** Before that he starts barking orders on the bridge of the Skullship, he switches gears when he sees Captain Tim attacking Watchdog and tells him to "Heel! Sit!." And Tim listens without any resistance.

--> '''Dominator:''' "How is he doing this?!? He's a terrible bad guy!"
--> '''Wander:''' "But he makes a pretty good good guy!"

* Wander playing the electric guitar. '''Full fucking stop.'''

*** Which in turn makes it a awesome moment for the main 4, [[OhCrap who realize her new powers,]] [[TheDeterminator but are now even MORE persistent in stopping her from taking over the galaxy.]] That is the basic definition of a true hero.

** Dominator then tries to break him through a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, which hurts his feelings and causes him to weaken... until Sylvia crushes the bot projecting Dominator's hologram. In what doubles as a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}, Sylvia starts chanting "Hate's great, best villain!" and the rebels join along! Hater's self confidence is restored, and he expands the forcefield with such raw power that he ''blasts the drill right through her ship AND DESTROYS IT, HER SUIT, AND HER ROBOT ARMY!'' '''HOLY FUCKING SHIT'''. He is hailed as a hero by the other characters and it seems like he might be turning to the good side... but he immediately goes back to trying to conquer the secret planet while chasing Wander around for his flag.

[[folder: Meta and [=#SaveWOY=]]]
* Meta-Example, [[http://savewoy.tumblr.com/ the #SaveWOY movement]] [[https://savewanderoveryonder.tumblr.com/ and all the dedication behind it.]] The fans heard the show wouldn't be getting a third season, but would they let the show go quietly into the night? '''NO!''' They work as hard as they can, sending e-mails and physical letters alike, signing petitions, making fanart, buying what little merch is available, all to make one thing clear. "Disney, we want a third season!" Even as months have passed since the Season 2 Finale, and even when Wander has disappeared from Reruns, they're still going as strong as ever.
** [[https://www.change.org/p/walt-disney-encourage-disney-to-make-wander-over-yonder-season-3 Their main petition]] has garnered over 45,000 signatures.
** The custodial staff of Disneyland [[http://savewoy.tumblr.com/post/152034759933/extraordinarycircus-thats-right-thanks-to can now make official Water Art of Wander.]] [[MundaneMadeAwesome Which is a big deal.]]
** There is support from within the studio, as noted on the Heartwarming page, with [[http://peepsqueak.tumblr.com/post/146615065812/owner-of-wendys-theres-no-way-we-could-ever the show staff giving the founder of #SaveWOY an autographed present.]]
** And apparently Disney Worldwide Services has found the linked-above Tumblr post about the present [[http://peepsqueak.tumblr.com/post/152156793017/i-finally-have-a-week-off-work-which-means-i-can through the aforementioned Heartwarming page.]]
** The [=#SaveWOY=] letters [[https://suspendersofdisbelief.tumblr.com/post/160627572416/is-the-disney-office-still-receiving-savewoy-and have actually sparked a conversation among Disney higher-ups]] about engaging fanbases who feel a sense of ownership over a show even after it's ended.
* Another Meta-Example, possibly related to [=#SaveWOY=], but after months and months of not appearing on TV, [[http://savewoy.tumblr.com/post/161205727438/peepsqueak-kureisan28 Wander Over Yonder reruns came back in the form of an eight-hour marathon on June 25-26th 2017.]] This would soon lead to more, longer marathons being aired on November 11-12, and another one a month later on December 16th, and yet another one two months later on February 25th 2018, and so on...
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* In "The Cool Guy," Emperor Awesome makes the tremendous mistake of [[HypocriticalHeartwarming pushing Commander Peepers around in front of Lord Hater]]. [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesomw We don't see the actual moment of him getting beaten up]], but we do see the lead-in, which elicits a "Whoa, cool" out of Awesome himself.

--> What you do best sir!

** The way the moment is played makes it land especially hard. The Black Cube, who we've grown to sympathize with throughout the episode, has just apparently sucked out Wander's soul, so at first we don't realize who she's yelling at--and the Black Cube's silent reaction makes it clear that he doesn't realize it either.

** The way the moment is played makes it land especially hard. The Black Cube, who we've grown to sympathize with throughout the episode, has just apparently sucked out Wander's soul, so at first we don't realize who she's yelling at--and the Black Cube's silent reaction makes it clear that he doesn't realize it either:

** The way the moment is played makes it land especially hard. The Black Cube, who we've grown to sympathize with throughout the episode, has just apparently sucked out Wander's soul, so at first we don't realize who she's yelling at:

** The way the moment is played makes it land especially hard. The Black Cube, who we've grown to sympathize with throughout the episode, has just apparently sucked out Wander's soul.
--->'''Sylvia:''' This is all your fault! He was only trying to help you! How could you do this to him?![[BaitAndSwitchComment You should all be ashamed of yourselves! This guy saved that kid's life!]]

--->'''Sylvia:''' This is all your fault! He was only trying to help you! How could you do this to him?! ''(facing the mob)'' [[BaitAndSwitchComment You should all be ashamed of yourselves! This guy saved that kid's life!]]

* Sylvia calling out the angry mob for the horrible way they've been treating the Black Cube in "The Black Cube". Doubles as a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}.

* In "The Hole.. Lotta Nothin'", Wander comes to the epiphany that although plugging up the black hole with his finger [[BeingGoodSucks has made him miserable]], he is essentially saving the Galaxy that would otherwise be doomed without him.

-->'''Sylvia:''' The answer to the scroll's riddle, "Only once you master me will you defeat your enemy." It's fear! There's more power in overcoming your fear than in any weapon! Even Dominator isn't as scary as the thought of losing you!

* In "The Fugitives," [[ChronicHeroSyndrome Wander]] reunites a mother with her baby, saves a balloon man's life by picking up a tack, and prevents a war by dividing food equally between two ant armies... ''all in one day''. And all that good karma gets paid in full when [[spoiler:all the people Wander helped throughout the episode ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg including the garbage barge captain whom Wander helped tie his shoes]]) help Wander and Sylvia escape the planet]].

* In "The Troll", after the eponymous creature easily [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomps]] the Baaaaa-halla warriors to get his food sack, he approaches Wander who's resting in the same room (and oddly not helping like he usually does). The troll then starts throwing insults about Wander's appearance. What does Wander do? [[spoiler: He simply ignores him, prompting Sylvia and the warriors to do the same, thus rendering the troll tiny and powerless]].
* From "The Box" we have Sylvia forcing [[spoiler:the Lords of Illumination to put something in said box, due to it driving Wander up a wall all episode.]]
-->'''Sylvia''': [[spoiler: This whole thing ''was a set-up!'' There's nothing IN the box, is there?]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Lord of Illumination''': Yes, YES! You get it! Could you please help me explain to him?]]

-->'''Sylvia''': LISTEN, [[spoiler:YOU COSMIC CREEP!!!!! MY FRIEND HERE DOESN'T ''WANT'' YOUR "Greatest consciousness" HULLABALOO!!!! ''WHAT HE'' '''''WANTS''''' ''IS TO SEE'' '''''SOMETHING''''' IN THE '''''BOX!!!!!!!!!''''' So, '''''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis PUT. SOMETHING. IN. THE. BOX.]]''''']]
** And her ScrewThisImOuttaHere attitude once [[spoiler:the Lords of Illumination make a "WE were the ones who needed learning speech" right after all the conflict is finally resolved.]]
* In "The Ball", they tried and failed to successfully preventing Buster, the Giant Space Dog to destroy/chew their planet, [[spoiler:But Wander has an incredible and crazy idea by thinking instead to flee is to be fleas by living on Buster.]]

* "The Hero" had quite a few, with Wander and Sylvia easily getting through the hedgemaze set up for Brad Starlight, and [[spoiler: Princess Demurra beating up Starlight when he tries to kidnap her. "Guys it's fine, I took care of it myself. Like I said, this isn't a fairy tale." This gets followed up with a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}} when Draykor says that’s why he loves her.]]
** In between, we have the climax where, [[spoiler: at a desperate King Draykor's request, Wander rallies everyone in order to go and save Princess Demurra. She may have saved herself in the end, but it's refreshing that without Brad Starlight to hold him back, Wander can be a wise and valiant leader when he puts his mind to it.]]

* In the episode "The Toddler", Wander [[spoiler: says "[[MundaneMadeAwesome No]]" to Huckleberry, stopping him from falling over the edge.]]

* "The Timebomb" has Sylvia [[spoiler: overcome her anger issues with competitiveness, with Wander's help. She even gets a different [[{{Leitmotif}} theme song]] than her "time bomb" theme. Instead, her new theme (and nickname) is "Take-it-easy Sylvia". This is an awesome accomplishment for ''anyone'' who's ever dealt with name-calling or temper tantrums during their childhood. She doesn't win (or so it seems), but she makes a point that winning isn't as important as finding inner peace.]]

* For as silly and pathetic the two are usually depicted, [[spoiler: Brad Starlight]] and Lord Hater manage to have a pretty cool swordfight in "The Enemies".

** Not to forget Lord Dominator herself! Without even looking, she delivers a CurbStompBattle to Wander and the others, shrugs off their hits without a scratch (including being crushed under her own giant robot), doesn't show much of a reaction to Peeper's destroying her factory, and then she leaves them all very terrified, flying off and [[spoiler: gushing about how much fun it was to torment them.]]

** Lord Hater actually manages to fight Lord Dominator to a standstill, even coming back from a DisneyDeath to keep fighting. He only loses because [[spoiler: he sees Dominator's [[DistractedByTheSexy real face and figure]] and [[LoveAtFirstSight becomes infatuated with her]].]]

* In "The Bad Hatter", it is revealed that [[spoiler: Wander stole his hat from a galaxy in the middle of a ''civil war'' because its owners got too greedy and abused it for its magic. This pretty much makes Wander a certified badass.]]
* In "The Hole.. Lotta Nothin'", [[spoiler: Wander comes to the epiphany that although plugging up the black hole with his finger [[BeingGoodSucks has made him miserable]], he is essentially saving the Galaxy that would otherwise be doomed without him.]]
** [[spoiler: Hater getting his comeuppance for mocking Wander, when he gets ''his'' finger stuck in the black hole.]]
** [[spoiler: Hater accidentally cheers Wander up when he points out what he always takes to heart: "[[ArcWords It never hurts to help.]]"]]

** Notably, the TriumphantReprise of "You're the Greatest", where [[spoiler:Wander, Sylvia, Hater and Peepers all declare that they're going to save the galaxy from Dominator's evil once and for all.]]
** Towards the end of the episode, Hater completely gives up when Lord Dominator [[spoiler:unveils her new ice powers]]. Until Peepers reminds him exactly who The Greatest in the Galaxy is, whereupon he snaps back to his old self and is now dead-set on saving the galaxy (so he can conquer it later). Which means this time, the gloves are off! No more love-obsessed Hater. From now on, he's going to spend all his time going after and taking down Dominator.
** Peepers and Sylvia succeeding in freezing Dominator's energy core with the Frostonium. It is deeply satisfying to see Dominator panic as everything around her slowly becomes encased in ice; including herself! [[spoiler:Sure, it only makes things worse and gives her ice powers, which is an awesome moment in an of itself for Dominator, but still.]]
*** [[spoiler:Which in turn makes it a awesome moment for the main 4, [[OhCrap who realize her new powers,]] [[TheDeterminator but are now even MORE persistent in stopping her from taking over the galaxy.]] That is the basic definition of a true hero.]]

* "The Waste of Time" reveals that [[spoiler:Wander wasn't just goofing off when he stopped Lord Hater in the episode "The Picnic". He knew EXACTLY what he was doing. In fact, he had done the exact same thing for Major Threat.]]
** From the same episode, [[spoiler:BountyHunter!Sylvia beating the ever loving crap out of KL-BOT 85.]]
* Sylvia [[spoiler:taking down an actual Dom-Bot in "The Hot Shot" by '''crashing a hover-speeder through it'''.]] In "The Greater Hater" she couldn't even handle the smaller bots on Dominator's ship, let alone the big ones.

** Captain Tim [[spoiler: defeating the other males and seducing the Arachnomorph Queen before tying her up and freeing his friends.]]

* Lord Hater in his entirety in "The End of the Galaxy". [[spoiler:For most of the second season, he has been quite incompetent because he has lost his credibility as a villain from chasing Wander around, only showing true intellect through ThePowerOfHate. All of that is blown away in the finale, where he is not only as badass as he once was, but MORE BADASS THAN HE HAS EVER BEEN. Even Peepers is stunned by this development. ]]
** [[spoiler:First, he reveals his incredible knowledge on thermodynamics and gravity wells and uses it to discover the secret planet. He then rallies the Watchdogs in an absolutely EPIC speech]]
--> '''Hater:''' [[spoiler:"Dominator may have destroyed every other planet in the galaxy, but as long as there is hate in my bones SHE WILL NEVER GET THIS ONE! This is where we make our stand! And let her know that she FAILS! Because this planet, NAY! THIS GALAXY! BELONGS TO THE DUKE OF DESTRUCTION, THE MONARCH OF MAYHEM, THE GREATEST IN THE GALAXY! LORD HATER!!!]]
** [[spoiler: Before that he starts barking orders on the bridge of the Skullship, he switches gears when he sees Captain Tim attacking Watchdog and tells him to "Heel! Sit!." And Tim listens without any resistance.]]
** [[spoiler:He turns the Skullship into THE SKULLCRUSHER. An epic battlestation with more weapons than you could count... which gets one-shotted by Dominator. Sorry Hatey, you got curbstomped, right? WRONG!]]
** [[spoiler:Dominator is just about to gore Sylvia with her ship's drill in front of Wander when... [[BigDamnHeroes WHO IS THE UNIVERSE'S AWESOMEST EVIL DOER?!? Hater shows up and casts an electric forcefield around ''the entire Secret Planet'', blocking the drill!]] He even damages Dominator's ship in the process! It is INCREDIBLY satisfying to see Dominator squirm. It also helps that this moment is accompanied by the most EPIC rendition of Hater's theme in the entire series!]]
--> '''Dominator:''' [[spoiler:"How is he doing this?!? He's a terrible bad guy!"]]
--> '''Wander:''' [[spoiler:"But he makes a pretty good good guy!"]]
** [[spoiler:Dominator then tries to break him through a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, which hurts his feelings and causes him to weaken... until Sylvia crushes the bot projecting Dominator's hologram. In what doubles as a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}, Sylvia starts chanting "Hate's great, best villain!" and the rebels join along! Hater's self confidence is restored, and he expands the forcefield with such raw power that he ''blasts the drill right through her ship AND DESTROYS IT, HER SUIT, AND HER ROBOT ARMY!'' '''HOLY FUCKING SHIT'''. He is hailed as a hero by the other characters and it seems like he might be turning to the good side... but he immediately goes back to trying to conquer the secret planet while chasing Wander around for his flag.]]

*** [[spoiler:Commander Peepers showing up for a BigDamnHeroes moment and joining Sylvia in the fight against Dominator's bots. As per usual, seeing the two of them work together is GLORIOUS.]]
*** [[spoiler:The other rebels also deserve credit for actually putting up a fight against the Dom-bots]]
*** [[spoiler:And last but not least, Wander gets one for actually managing to get under Dominator's skin by pointing out her loneliness, as well as saving Dominator from her exploding ship!]]
*** [[spoiler:Plus, even after she attempted to kill him and his best friend, Wander STILL wholeheartedly offers Dominator his friendship, without a hint of insincerity. Given all she's done, you'd expect him to resent her, but he holds no ill will against her. It just goes to show how strong Wander's hope is. And this only gets more awesome when you realize that by doing so, Wander has effectively [[NoSell no-selled]] ALL of Dominator's attempts to crush his spirit. Though he probably didn't know it, forgiving her was probably the biggest slap-in-the-face he could have possibly given her.]]
** And the season/show ends on one of the most epic credits animatics yet... [[spoiler:Dominator is fiddling with Wander's "friendship orange" somewhere in space. Then the camera pans down revealing a crashed and abandoned space pod with what appears to be an AMERICAN FLAG on the side. Green lightning crackles from within the pod and Hater's laughter can be heard accompanied by screeching monkey noises. Looks like that fan theory isn't so far fetched after all...]]

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* Lord Hater in his entirety in "The End of the Galaxy", [[spoiler:For most of the second season, he has been quite incompetent because he has lost is credibility as a villain from chasing Wander around, only showing true intellect through ThePowerOfHate. All of that is blown away in the finale, where he is not only as badass as he once was, but MORE BADASS THAN HE HAS EVER BEEN. Even Peepers is stunned by this development. ]]

* "The Picnic" has Lord Hater fling a dinosaur into outer space (whereupon it '''explodes'''). He then he punches Emperor Awesome ''[[GrievousHarmWithABody with one of his own minions]]'', hitting him so hard Awesome flies ''clean through the planet they were fighting on.''

** [[EnemyMine Peepers and Sylvia breaking from their fight]] to instantly become TheCavalry ([[HorsebackHeroism literally!]]) when both Hater and Wander need them. Complete with a particularly triumphant variation on Peepers' theme.