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** Speaking of Stryker, he took one look at Mystique!Wolverine, and instantly deduced that that wasn't "his own handiwork".

* Logan's penultimate confrontation with Colonel William Stryker. Creator/BrianCox and Creator/HughJackman's acting is fantastic and the performance riveting. Although Origins added a bit of meat onto his character's bones, (considering Stryker flips between the fatherly general of an experienced soldier to a man petting his run-away dog.) We can't be sure of his true intentions to Logan; except of course when he tells his old war buddy to abandon the X-Men. To which Jimmy Howlett replies with a frank ShutUpHannibal.

---> '''Logan:''' Oh, I thought I was just an animal... With claws... ''(Pops second set of adamantium blades slowly but surely inching them to Stryker's face, who tries to feebly arch out of the way without much success due to being pinned to the chinhook.'') If we die. You die. ''(Ties Stryker up with the mooring chains and runs back to save his friends.)''

-->'''Erik:''' ''(to a mind-controlled Charles utterly ignorant of his friend's presence)'' Hello again, Charles. Still fighting the good fight? From here, it doesn't look like they're playing by your rules. [[CombatPragmatist Maybe it's time to]] [[GoodIsNotNice play by theirs.]]

--> '''Stryker:''' ''(Screams horribly as Logan stabs him through the upper arm.)''
--> '''Logan:''' ''(With justified relish.)'' How does it feel, bub?
--> '''Stryker:''' ''(Voice ragged with agony.)'' Why - did you come back?
--> '''Logan:''' You cut me open! You took my life!
--> '''Stryker:''' You make it sound like I ''stole'' something from you. As I recall it was ''you'' who volunteered for the procedure.
--> '''Logan:''' ... Who am I?
--> '''Stryker:''' You - are just a failed - experiment. ''(Cries out again as Logan twists his wound.)'' If you ''really'' knew about your past... What kind of person you were... The work ''we'' did together - People don't ''change'', Wolverine. You were an animal ''then'', you're an animal ''now''. I just gave you claws. ''(Alarms from the base start to blare.)''
--> '''Logan:''' What the hell is that? What is it?!
--> '''Stryker:''' The dam's ruptured. It's gonna flood water into the spillway. It's trying to relieve the pressure. It's too late. In a few minutes, we'll all be underwater. Come with me and I'll tell you everything you want to know. You can't help your friends, they're as good as dead, Wolverine. You're ''a survivor.'' Always have been. ''(Lopsided smile.)''
--> '''Logan:''' Oh, I thought I was just an animal... With claws... ''(Pops second set of adamantium blades slowly but surely inching them to Stryker's face, who tries to feebly arch out of the way without much success due to being pinned to the chinhook.'') If we die. You die. ''(Ties Stryker up with the mooring chains and runs back to save his friends.)''
--> '''Stryker:''' Aah! There are no answers ''that way'', Wolverine!

* Possibly the CMOA for the entire film is Jean's sacrifice at the end of the movie. Fans of the comics could probably sense something along these lines was coming, given her dramatic increase in power between the first and second movie, but that doesn't make it any less epic. The mild-mannered [[TheChick heart]] of the team realises the dam breaking will kill her and all of her friends (except Wolverine) so she sneaks out of the X-Jet without anyone noticing until it's too late. Once Charles notices she's gone and the others try to follow, Jean closes up the X-Jet, somehow reactivates the jet's previously depowered engine and locks Storm out of the controls. All of this is a strong show of power for Jean, but it's barely the tip of the iceberg. She then remotely controls the jet to raise it into the air above the water, uses Charles Xavier (one of the world's most powerful telepaths) as a glorified megaphone, cancels out Nightcrawler's ability to teleport, and creates a telekinetic buffer against the rushing water from the broken dam that protects both herself and the rising jet - [BigDamnHero all at once]. So great is this feat of power that we see Jean's eyes start to glow as she's engulfed in a fiery aura, implying she's tapping into some cosmic-level power. Moments later, once her friends are safely out of harm's way, she lets go and allows herself to be consumed by the water.

* Possibly the CMOA for the entire film is Jean's sacrifice at the end of the movie. Fans of the comics could probably sense something along these lines was coming, given her dramatic increase in power between the first and second movie, but that doesn't make it any less epic. The mild-mannered [[TheChick heart]] of the team realises the dam breaking will kill her and all of her friends (except Wolverine) so she sneaks out of the X-Jet without anyone noticing until it's too late. Once Charles notices she's gone and the others try to follow, Jean closes up the X-Jet, somehow reactivates the jet's previously depowered engine and locks Storm out of the controls. All of this is a strong show of power for Jean, but it's barely the tip of the iceberg. She then remotely controls the jet to raise it into the air above the water, uses Charles Xavier (one of the world's most powerful telepaths) as a glorified megaphone, cancels out Nightcrawler's ability to teleport, and creates a telekinetic buffer against the rushing water from the broken dam that protects both herself and the rising jet - [BigDamnHero ALL AT ONCE]. So great is this feat of power that we see Jean's eyes start to glow as she's engulfed in a fiery aura, implying she's tapping into some cosmic-level power. Moments later, once her friends are safely out of harm's way, she lets go and allows herself to be consumed by the water.

* Then Logan saves the rest of the X-Men from the tidal stream rushing into the damn by [[TakeThat stabbing the spill-way mechanism]] [[CallBack with his claws]]. For which Magneto had earlier mocked their, and by extension Logan's usefulness before they went in.

* Colossus throws two soldiers through the wall after turning to metal and completely {{No Sell}}ing their shots.
* Marie, Bobby and John are trapped by a squad of Stryker's black-ops commandos. Enter: The Wolverine.

* Magneto making his escape from his plastic prison. The little smirk on his face when he senses metal in range of his abilities for the first time in months, backed up by Creator/IanMcKellen's masterful dialogue delivery. A very [[{{Squick}} squicky]] and highly memorable death, certainly one of the better {{Mook}} dispatches of all time.

* Kitty also deserves massive props for being one of the only students to evade Stryker's team. The second she's woken up, she fazes through her bed, runs through the wall and escapes into the night to safety.
* Siryn deserves credit for alerting the whole school to the invasion. She wakes up and her reaction is to scream as loud as possible to wake everyone else. Her scream is so powerful, she neutralises the team for quite a few minutes.

** A minor CMOA for the fighter pilot who despite having to fly through said twenty cyclones still manages to get a missile lock on the Blackbird.

* Magneto making his escape from his plastic prison. The little smirk on his face when he senses metal in range of his abilities for the first time in months, backed up by Ian [=McKellen=]'s masterful dialogue delivery. A very [[{{Squick}} squicky]] and highly memorable death, certainly one of the better {{Mook}} dispatches of all time.

* Logan's penultimate confrontation with Colonel William Stryker. Brian Cox and Hugh Jackman's acting is fantastic and the performance riveting. Although Origins added a bit of meat onto his character's bones, (considering Stryker flips between the fatherly general of an experienced soldier to a man petting his run-away dog.) We can't be sure of his true intentions to Logan; except of course when he tells his old war buddy to abandon the X-men. To which Jimmy Howlett replies with a frank ShutUpHannibal.

* Brainwashed Nightcrawler utterly [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomping]] the Secret Service to get to the President is seen by audiences as pure poetry in motion. Obviously it's not something he has control over, but it looks pretty cool. It's even backed up with Mozart's [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic ''Dies Irae''.]]
** The MindControl makes it almost Fridge awesomeness: This is what he's capable of when he doesn't care about hurting people. Imagine the temptation he puts up with being discriminated against.

* Marie, Bobby and John are trapped by a squad of Stryker's black-ops commandos. Enter. The. Wolverine.

-->'''Logan:''' You wanna' shoot me? ''[[MostWonderfulSound *Snikt!*]]'' SHOOT ME!

* Brainwashed Nightcrawler utterly [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomping]] the Secret Service to get to the President is seen by audiences as pure poetry in motion. Obviously it's not something he has control over, but it looks pretty cool. It's even backed up with Mozart's [[AwesomeMusic ''Dies Irae''.]]

** Also, earlier, when she stopped Pyro (who was still her friend at the time) from rampaging against the cops.

* Brainwashed Nightcrawler utterly [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomping]] the Secret Service to get to the President is seen as critics as pure poetry in motion. Obviously it's not something he has control over, but it looks pretty cool. It's even backed up with Mozart's [[AwesomeMusic ''Dies Irae''.]]

* Rogue piloting the jet during the finale. Also, earlier, when she stopped Pyro (who was still her friend at the time) from rampaging.

** Speaking of Stryker, he took one look at Mystique!Wolverine, and instantly deduced that that wasn't [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy "his own handiwork".]]

** A minor CMOA for the female fighterpilot who despite having to fly through said twenty cyclones still manages to get a missile lock on the Blackbird.

* For Mystique, when she infiltrates Stryker's base disguised as Logan, slips her cuffs, kicks ass, uses human shields, somersault's around gunfire and then flips them the bird while she slides under the closing blast-doors.

** Speaking of Stryker, he took one look at Mystique!Wolverine, and instantly deduced that that wasn't: [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy "his own handiwork".]]

** Speaking of Stryker, he took one look at Mystique!Wolverine, and instantly deduced that that wasn't: [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy "his own handy work".]]

* Erik making his escape from his plastic prison. The little smirk on his face when he senses metal in range of his abilities for the first time in months, backed up by Ian [=McKellen=]'s masterful dialogue delivery. A very [[{{Squick}} squicky]] and highly memorable death, certainly one of the better {{Mook}} dispatches of all time.

* The entirety of the: "They say you're the bad guy" interaction between John and Erik.