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** [[spoiler:Bradley]] revealing himself as Wrath to Greed while [[CurbStomBattle handing him his ass]].

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** Ling Yao [[spoiler:letting Greed take over him, becoming the new Greed.]]


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** [[spoiler:Bradley]] revealing himself as Pride to Martel [[spoiler:right before killing her.]]

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** Edward [[spoiler:returning to Germany]] in TheMovie

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** Edward [[spoiler:returning to Germany]] in TheMovie''Anime/FullmetalAlchemistTheConquerorOfShamballa''



* ''Manga/DragonBall''

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* ''Anime/DragonBallZ''

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* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry''
** Rika smashing her head into a knife.
** [[spoiler:Keiichi's delusions of]] Rena from Onikakushi are pretty iconic too, especially the "Usoda!" and [[EvilLaugh laughing]] scenes. In fact, it's such a memorable scene, people assumed everyone in that show was an AxeCrazy person when it's clearly not the case.
* ''Manga/DeathNote''

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* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry''
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** Rika [[spoiler:Rika]] smashing her head into a knife.
** [[spoiler:Keiichi's delusions of]] Rena from Onikakushi are pretty iconic too, ''Onikakushi'', especially the "Usoda!" and [[EvilLaugh laughing]] scenes. In fact, it's such a memorable scene, people assumed everyone in that show was an AxeCrazy person when it's clearly not the case.
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* In ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', one particular scene got so many parodies it has its own {{Danbooru}} tag: the one in episode 3 where [[spoiler:Mami dies a gory (though [[GoryDiscretionShot only partially seen]]) death by devouring]].
** Also the ending scene with Madoka and Homura [[spoiler: IN SPACE]].

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particular scene got so many parodies it has its own {{Danbooru}} tag: the one in episode 3 where [[spoiler:Mami dies a gory (though [[GoryDiscretionShot only partially seen]]) death by devouring]].
** Also the The ending scene with Madoka and Homura [[spoiler: IN SPACE]].



** In Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion, for the beginning of the movie it would be the surreal, nursery-rhyme-esque Cake Song. For the midway mark, the duel between Mami and Homura. For the ending, it's [[spoiler:Homura grabbing Madoka's hand as she comes to take Homura away, and stripping Madoka of her powers]].

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** In Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion, ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion'', for the beginning of the movie it would be the surreal, nursery-rhyme-esque Cake Song. For the midway mark, the duel between Mami and Homura. For the ending, it's [[spoiler:Homura grabbing Madoka's hand as she comes to take Homura away, and stripping Madoka of her powers]].



* ''Manga/ElfenLied''

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** Lucy, in a SuperpowerMeltdown, asking Kouta for a MercyKill in spite of the wishes of her EnemyWithin.
** Kouta seeing the reincarnations of Lucy and Nyu at the very end.

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** Lucy, in a SuperpowerMeltdown, asking Kouta for a MercyKill [[spoiler:MercyKill]] in spite of the wishes of her EnemyWithin.
** Kouta seeing the reincarnations of Lucy [[spoiler:Lucy and Nyu Nyu]] at the very end.



** Waku's death scene.

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** Waku's [[spoiler:Waku's]] death scene.



* ''Anime/WhenMarnieWasThere'':
** Marnie and Anna dancing
** The scene where Marnie and Anna go boat-rowing.
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* ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom''
** The beginning, when the students attempt to kill Korosensei during roll call.
** [[WhamEpisode Chapter]] [[WhamShot 128]].
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* ''LightNovel/{{Shimoneta}}'':
** The infamous cookie scene.
** Anna's [[spoiler:[[AttemptedRape rape attempt]] on Tanukichi]].
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** Izuku and Shoto's fight during the TournamentArc, particularly when he finally convinces [[spoiler: Shoto to unleash his fire powers]].
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* ''Anime/WhenMarnieWasThere'':
** Marnie and Anna dancing
** The scene where Marnie and Anna go boat-rowing.
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** Hakko [[spoiler:being caught [[ILoveTheDead having sex with Santana's body]] in episode 11.

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** The clones versus the originals in the first movie.



* [[HunterxHunter Hunter x Hunter]]:

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** [[spoiler:Stocking slicing up Panty into 666 pieces, revealing that she's a demon, and walking off with a revived Corset]]. [[GainaxEnding what an ending.]]
* The ''Manga/SchoolLive'' anime has TheReveal at the end of the first episode, where the camera pans out and shows the school in ruins.

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** [[spoiler:Stocking slicing up Panty into 666 pieces, revealing that she's a demon, and walking off with a revived Corset]]. [[GainaxEnding what What an ending.]]
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** [[spoiler:Rii]] having a mental breakdown in the manga [[spoiler:after the rescue helicopter [[HopeSpot crashes]].]]


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* ''Anime/PokemonOrigins'': Red's Charmander screaming bloody murder when Blue's Squirtle uses Bite on its neck.
* ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'': The Johto and Kanto Pokedex [[spoiler:turned [[TakenForGranite into stone]]]] at the end of the [=FRLG=] chapter.
* ''Anime/{{Canaan}}'':
** The taxi driver scene
** [[spoiler:Liang Qi's death]]
** Hakko [[spoiler:being caught [[ILoveTheDead having sex with Santana's body]] in episode 11.
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** Jiraya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru simultaneously summoning their strongest allies in battle.
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** The Father-Son Kamehameha at the climax of the Cell Games.
* ''Anime/DragonBallSuper''
** The Super Saiyan God ritual, which many preferred over the version in ''Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods.''


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* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia:''
** All-Might passing One For All down to Izuku.
** Any time we get a detailed close-up of Tomura Shigaraki's NightmareFace.
** Shoto revealing his backstory.
** The battle against Stain.
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* ''{{Narutaru}}'': The test tube scene. [[HarmfulToMinors That's all you need to know]].
* ''Manga/{{Bokurano}}'': Waku's death scene.

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* ''{{Narutaru}}'': ''Manga/{{Narutaru}}'': The test tube scene. [[HarmfulToMinors That's all you need to know]].
* ''Manga/{{Bokurano}}'': ''Manga/{{Bokurano}}'':
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* ''Anime/TokyoGhoul'': The scene of the protagonist Kaneki Ken waking up in his hospital bed after the accident [[spoiler: [[http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140703193829/tokyoghoul/images/e/ea/Kaneki_waking_up_in_the_hospital.png with his single transformed ghoul eye.]]]]
** Also, the scenes later in the series regarding [[spoiler: Kaneki's torture at the hands of Aogiri Tree, especially the centipede forced into his ear canal and the subsequent physical changes he undergoes, the [[LockedIntoStrangeness white hair]], black nails and post traumatic, [[WhiteHairBlackHeart increasingly ruthless personality.]]]]

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** Also, the The scenes later in the series regarding [[spoiler: Kaneki's torture at the hands of Aogiri Tree, especially the centipede forced into his ear canal and the subsequent physical changes he undergoes, the [[LockedIntoStrangeness white hair]], black nails and post traumatic, [[WhiteHairBlackHeart increasingly ruthless personality.]]]]
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* ''Literature/MyriadColorsPhantomWorld'': The limbo scene in the first episode.

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** [[spoiler:Hughes]] funeral
** [[spoiler:Edwards]] death

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* ''LightNovel/MariaSamaGaMiteru'': The scene where Sachiko fixes Yumi's tie at the start of the anime is still probably the most iconic scene and all of the YuriGenre.

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* The ''Manga/SchoolLive'' anime has TheReveal at the end of the first episode, where the camera pans out and shows the school in ruins.
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** The "Vermillion" ending has a number of parodies.

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** A possible one is Goku's HeroicSacrifice at the end of the Cell Games.

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** Krillin's death.


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** Goku climbing up Korin Tower.
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** The ''[[OneSceneWonder only]]'' time the Daemon Sister transform.

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* ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'':
** The first time the Anarchy Sisters transform.
** The ''[[OneSceneWonder only]]'' time the Daemon Sister transform.
** The Anarchy Sisters and Daemon Sisters fight each other, resulting in the school they used as a battleground to collapse.
** Panty stripping in front of an entire courtroom.
** [[spoiler:Stocking slicing up Panty into 666 pieces, revealing that she's a demon, and walking off with a revived Corset]]. [[GainaxEnding what an ending.]]
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* ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'':
** Alphonse and Edward failing at transmuting their mother.
** [[spoiler:Hughes]] funeral
** [[spoiler:Edwards]] death
** Edward [[spoiler:finding Nina's remains]]
** Edward [[spoiler:returning to Germany]] in TheMovie

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** Takatsuki and Nitori coming out to Yuki.

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* ''LightNovel/MariaSamaGaMiteru'': The scene where Sachiko fixes Yumi's tie at the start of the anime is still probably the most iconic scene and all of the YuriGenre.
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** Or when they realize his power level is over 9000.
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* ''Manga/{{Bokurano}}'': Waku's death scene.
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* ''Manga/GunslingerGirl'': Henrietta gunning down those men at the start of the series
* ''Manga/KoeNoKatachi'': The scene where Shouko introduces herself to her elementary class, in particular where she holds the notebook with the words "I'm Deaf".
* ''Manga/WanderingSon'':
** The anime-only scene where Nitori puts on her sisters dress and twirls around in it.
** Takatsuki and Nitori coming out to Yuki.
** Chi's introduction scene with her [[WholesomeCrossdresser wearing the male uniform]]
** Nitori [[spoiler:going to school in a SailorFuku]]
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* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi''

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*** "Last Shooting", where Amuro Ray uses the eponymous [[AMechByAnyOtherName mobile suit]] to fire one final shot at Char Aznable in the Zeong; both machines end up destroying one another. This one is famous enough that it gets {{Homage}}d throughout the ''Gundam'' saga. In particular, ''Mobile Suit Gundam F90'' recreates the exact scene, while ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWingEndlessWaltz'', though not an outwardly resemblance, has the Wing Zero Custom pull out its [[{{BFG}} Twin Buster Rifle]] aimed at the Brussels presidential bunker, with the scene still called "Last Shooting". Even ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' gets in on the homage with the ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ Second Super Robot Wars Z]]'', where the [[AttackDrone Fin Funnel]] attack of Amuro's [[CharsCounterattack Nu Gundam]] ends with the machine in the same stance in the Last Shooting.

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*** "Last Shooting", where Amuro Ray uses the eponymous [[AMechByAnyOtherName mobile suit]] to fire one final shot at Char Aznable in the Zeong; both machines end up destroying one another. This one is famous enough that it gets {{Homage}}d throughout the ''Gundam'' saga. In particular, ''Mobile Suit Gundam F90'' recreates the exact scene, while ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWingEndlessWaltz'', though not an outwardly resemblance, has the Wing Zero Custom pull out its [[{{BFG}} Twin Buster Rifle]] aimed at the Brussels presidential bunker, with the scene still called "Last Shooting". Even ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' gets in on the homage with the ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ Second Super Robot Wars Z]]'', where the [[AttackDrone Fin Funnel]] attack of Amuro's [[CharsCounterattack [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Nu Gundam]] ends with the machine in the same stance in the Last Shooting.
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* Anime/{{Gungrave}}:
** The elevator scene in episode 14, [[spoiler:in which Harry betrays Brandon and shoots him out of the glass elevator they are in]].
** Grave vs Bunji.
** [[spoiler:Brandon and Harry attempting a MutualKill to be free again in the finale, after reconciling.]]
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* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan''
** The Colossal Titan's head and hand creeping over Wall Maria. Perhaps just as iconic is its abrupt reappearance five years later, [[HopeSpot right after]] Eren's inner monologue about rebuilding and fighting back.
** Eren's mother being eaten alive.
** [[spoiler:Eren's return as a Titan and whaling on a Titan that was about to attack Mikasa.]]
* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''
** Ed sacrificing his limbs to save Al.
** [[spoiler:Hughes']] death.
** Ed's battle with Greed.
** The Elric brothers discovering the horrific truth about [[spoiler:Shou Tucker's Chimera.]]
** King Bradley [[spoiler:/ Wrath]] destroying a tank with a sword and hand grenade.
** Mustang [[spoiler: killing Lust DeaderThanDead by burning her repeatedly.]]
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''
** Naruto's Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu against Mizuki.
** When Naruto releases the Kyubbi Chakra for the first time after Sasuke gets wounded by Haku.
** Naruto at One-Tailed mode clashing his Rasengan with Sasuke at Curse-Mark level 2 form's Chidori.
* ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'':
** Osaka's little moment with the knife.
** In the anime, the scene where Osaka meets Chiyo's Dad, thanks to the voice talents of the inimitable Creator/NorioWakamoto. HERRO EVERY NYAN.
* ''Manga/HajimeNoIppo'': Ippo's completed Dempsey Roll against Sendou at the end of the Japanese Featherweight Championship has become one of the most iconic scenes. It's had {{Shout Out}}s in games like Super Street Fighter IV and Tekken for starters.
* ''Anime/{{Genocyber}}'':
** [[{{Gorn}} The infamous hospital massacre scene]] from the first OVA.
** [[InfantImmortality The children]] [[AvertedTrope getting blasted apart by miniguns]] in the second OVA.
* ''Anime/CowboyBebop''
** [[spoiler:Julia getting shot, then falling to the ground in excruciating slow-mo]] is one of the most iconic moments in all of anime, not to mention a major TearJerker.
** The final scene, where Spike looks to the camera, makes a gun with his fingers and says "Bang" [[spoiler:before he falls to the ground]].
** The scene in "Ballad of Fallen Angels" where [[spoiler:Spike throws a grenade through a shattered stained-glass window after Vicious tosses him through it.]]
* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' has a few of these:
** There's the original opening, where Pikachu runs past the final starter evolutions and underneath a girl's skirt.
** Pikachu electrocuting Ash for the first time, shortly after being released from its Pokeball.
** Pikachu's using a Thunder attack against a flock of angry Spearow.
** Ash and Pikachu seeing Ho-oh for the first time.
** Team Rocket's motto.
** Charizard refusing to obey Ash during the Indigo Conference, costing him the league.
** Ash being turned to stone in the [[Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie first movie]].
** Charizard's return to save Ash from Entei in the [[Anime/{{Pokemon 3}} third film]].
** The scene where Meloetta is placed on the tablet and forced to sing is hands-down the most remembered thing in Team Rocket's story arc, Operation Tempest.
** [[spoiler: Latios' spirit]] saying goodbye to Latias in ''Anime/PokemonHeroes''.
* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'': The Eclipse, especially the bit where Guts' [[spoiler: eye gets clawed out with the last image it sees being Casca's unconscious and violated body]]. Also, the scene where Guts get his Berserker armor and fights with it for the first time is also iconic.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''
** Rukia running Ichigo through the chest with her sword, transforming him into a {{Shinigami}}.
** Rukia, at the scene of her execution, accepting her fate as a giant, fiery phoenix lunges at her... only to wake up, [[BigDamnHeroes seeing Ichigo casually blocking the phoenix with his sword]]. And then she yells at him to let her die. He ignores her, destroys the building levitating her, holds her in his arm and [[CrowningMomentOfFunny throws her body like a rocket to Renji]].
** The first time Ichigo uses Bankai, where he dons a long cloak and a jet black sword, before {{Flash Step}}ping in front of Byakuya [[ShutUpHannibal with the tip of his blade on Byakuya's throat]].
** Ichigo being surrounded by hundreds of razor-sharp sakura petals, before deflecting ''every last one'' with his katana. Even Byakuya was shocked.
** [[spoiler:Sosuke Aizen]] revealing himself to be the ManBehindTheMan by [[spoiler:impaling his loving lieutenant through the chest]].
** Ichigo charges at [[spoiler:Aizen]], bankai at the ready and [[ThemeMusicPowerUp theme music triumphantly playing]]... [[spoiler:only to have Aizen stop him with ''one finger'', shutting off the music and severely wounding him]].
** Orihime's "Five Lifetimes" AnguishedDeclarationOfLove to the uonconscious Ichigo, then her AlmostKiss moment before she [[spoiler: has to go away to Las Noches in exchange for her friends's safety.]]
** The whole "Lust Arc" fight, including [[spoiler: Ichigo dying at the hands of Ulquiorra]], [[spoiler: Orihime almost crossing the DespairEventHorizon as Ulquiorra taunts her and Ishida]], [[spoiler: Ichigo being BackFromTheDead and into a MASSIVELY overpowered/out-of-control version of himself]], and [[spoiler: Ulquiorra's AlasPoorVillain send-off]]
** Hitsugaya impales [[spoiler:Aizen]], thinking it's over... only for it to have been one of [[spoiler:Aizen's]] illusions; Hitsugaya accidentally impaled [[spoiler:''Hinamori'']]. [[spoiler:Aizen]] proceeds to annihilate Kira, Iba, Hitsugaya, Sui-Feng, Hirako, and Kyoraku ''simultaneously''.
** Shigekuni Yamamoto unleashing his Bankai against his ArchEnemy, Emperor Yhwach... only to find out that he used it on a ''decoy''. The real Yhwach comes in, steals Yamamoto's Bankai, slices him in half. Yamamoto's upper half falls down, with his legs and lower half still standing. Yhwach severs Yamamoto's remaining arm, kicks his head to the ground and ''obliterates his corpse''. Holy '''shit'''.
** [[DarkActionGirl Bambietta Basterbine]], in an attempt to alleviate frustration over politics, calls a random RedShirt up for a quickie at her room. He accepts happily. You then see his eyes rolling at the back of his head as she slices his (shirtless) body in half, with her calmly staring on. We're immediately treated to a panel where she's missing her stockings and her jacket is unzipped; we get a nice shot of her bigger-than-assumed cleavage as her friends suddenly appear and chew her out for killing yet another guy out of frustration before they could have a chance at him. This was both freaky ''and'' awesome.
* ''Manga/DragonBall''
** Goku catching a giant fish.
** Bulma and Goku meeting for the first time.
** The infamous scene where Bulma (unknowingly) flashes Master Roshi in exchange for a Dragon Ball.
** Goku's transformation into a gigantic ape.
** Pretty much any time Shenron is summoned (this goes for both series)
** Master Roshi using a Kamehameha wave to blow away the fire on Frying Pan Mountain.
** Goku vs. Jackie Chun (aka Master Roshi in disguise).
** Goku flying straight through Demon King Piccolo's torso.
** Goku's battle with Piccolo Jr.
* ''Anime/DragonBallZ''
** Goku's first transformation into a Super Saiyan after Frieza pushes him too far in his cruelty. The {{Irony}} that befalls Frieza ([[NiceJobFixingItVillain because of Frieza, mind you)]] is but one of the reasons why people remember it so fondly.
** Or when they realize his power level is over 9000.
** Piccolo shooting his Special Beam Cannon at Raditz while Goku grabs him from behind.
** Goku facing off against Frieza while Namek is on the verge of destruction. It's so iconic that some of the fighting games will have Goku and Frieza in the exact condition they were in during that battle (i.e bloody and bruised) if you choose them and the crumbling Planet Namek as the arena.
** Goku's Kamehameha vs Vegeta's Gallick Gun
** Future Trunks totally owning Mech. Freeza and the latter's father King Cold in a CurbStompBattle.
** Gohan becoming a Super Saiyan 2
** Goku transforming into a Super Saiyan 3
** In one of {{The Movie}}s, the battle against Broly.
** A possible one is Goku's HeroicSacrifice at the end of the Cell Games.
** Vegito vs. Super Buu.
** Pretty much any time Shenron is summoned (this goes for both series).
* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}''
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam''
*** Ramba Ral's "This is no Zaku, boy! No Zaku!" quote
*** The death of Lalah Sune
*** "Last Shooting", where Amuro Ray uses the eponymous [[AMechByAnyOtherName mobile suit]] to fire one final shot at Char Aznable in the Zeong; both machines end up destroying one another. This one is famous enough that it gets {{Homage}}d throughout the ''Gundam'' saga. In particular, ''Mobile Suit Gundam F90'' recreates the exact scene, while ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWingEndlessWaltz'', though not an outwardly resemblance, has the Wing Zero Custom pull out its [[{{BFG}} Twin Buster Rifle]] aimed at the Brussels presidential bunker, with the scene still called "Last Shooting". Even ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' gets in on the homage with the ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ Second Super Robot Wars Z]]'', where the [[AttackDrone Fin Funnel]] attack of Amuro's [[CharsCounterattack Nu Gundam]] ends with the machine in the same stance in the Last Shooting.
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory''
*** Anavel Gato {{Gundamjack}}ing the Physalis Gundam.
*** Anavel Gato's "SOLOMON, I HAVE RETURNED!" bit.
** ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam''
*** Kai Shiden's "Quattro Bajeena, he is a Char." quote
*** The death of Four Murasame
*** Kamille Bidan ramming the titular Zeta Gundam into the BigBad
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack''
*** The EnemyMine involving the ColonyDrop, where TheFederation and TheRemnant work to push it away from the Earth
*** The death of Amuro and Char
** ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam''
*** The first use of [[FinishingMove the Shining Gundam's "Shining Finger" technique]]
*** Domon Kasshu (God) vs. Master Asia (Master)
*** The Devil Gundam's defeat with ThePowerOfLove
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing''
*** Heero Yuy's [[IneffectualDeathThreats "I'm gonna kill you!" threat]] to Relena Darian.
*** Otto's "[[DyingMomentOfAwesome Long Live King Zechs!]]" speech
*** Quatre Raberba Winner going LaughingMad using the Wing Zero
*** Heero Yuy (Wing Zero) vs. Milliardo Peacecraft (Epyon)
*** The Wing Zero destroying the last debris of Libra falling into Earth's atmosphere
*** Debut of the Wing Zero Custom in TheMovie
** ''Anime/AfterWarGundamX''
*** The first time the titular Gundam uses the [[{{BFG}} Satellite Cannon]]
*** Debut of the Double X
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED''
*** Kira Yamato and Athrun Zala's bittersweet reunion at Helipolis
*** The Strike being activated for the first time in Heliopolis
*** Athrun returning the [[RobotBuddy mechanical bird]] that he made Kira at Orb
*** The deaths of Nicol Amalfi and Tolle Koenig
*** The final fight between Kira (Strike) vs. Athrun (Aegis)
*** Kira returning to Earth with the Freedom and its subsequent debut
*** Mu La Flaga in the Strike TakingTheBullet for the ''Archangel'' battleship
*** Mu La Flaga (Aile/Perfect Strike) vs. Rau Le Creuset (Providence) and the former's subsequent defeat at the hand of the latter's more advanced machine.
*** Kira (Freedom) vs. Rau Le Creuset (Providence)
*** For the HD Remaster version, there's the debut of the Perfect Strike Gundam during the Battle of Orb.
*** The death of Fllay Alster
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny''
*** The DownerBeginning, where the rest of the Asuka family sans Shin are obliterated.
*** The debut of the Sword Impulse Gundam and its fight against the stolen Chaos, Gaia, and Abyss Gundams in Armory One.
*** The death of Stella Louissier
*** Shinn Asuka (Impulse) defeating Kira (Freedom)
*** Debut of the Strike Freedom
*** The CurbStompBattle between Athrun's Saviour and Kira's Freedom
*** Strike Freedom's BigDamnHeroes moment during the Second Battle of Orb, saving the Akatsuki from being destroyed in the process, and it's subsequent fight against the Destiny.
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00''
*** Setsuna F. Seiei (Exia) vs. Graham Aker (Flag)
*** Setsuna F. Seiei (Exia) curb-stomping Patrick Colasour's SuperPrototype Enact
*** TheReveal of Gundam Nadleeh
*** Setsuna (Exia) charging off against the Trinity Siblings (Thrones) singlehandedly, leading to the debut of the TRANS-AM System
*** The death of the first Lockon Stratos
*** The SplitPersonalityMerge of (H)Allelujah Haptism
*** Setsuna (Exia) vs Graham (GN Flag)
*** Debut of the 00 Raiser
*** The collapse of the SpaceElevator
*** Tieria Erde activating the Trial System
*** The [[MidSeasonUpgrade mid-season]] [[InvertedTrope downgrade]] in the FinalBattle
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamAGE''
*** The death of Yurin L'Ciel
*** Asemu Asuno defeating Desil Galette in a CurbStompBattle
*** Asemu and Zeheart Galette in an EnemyMine scenario, where they destroyed the falling Downes fortress to avert a ColonyDrop
*** Asemu vs. Zeheart's FinalBattle (the one in ''[[SpecialEdition Memories of Eden]]'')
* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi''
** Rika smashing her head into a knife.
** [[spoiler:Keiichi's delusions of]] Rena from Onikakushi are pretty iconic too, especially the "Usoda!" and [[EvilLaugh laughing]] scenes. In fact, it's such a memorable scene, people assumed everyone in that show was an AxeCrazy person when it's clearly not the case.
* ''Manga/DeathNote''
** Light taking a potato chip '''[[MundaneMadeAwesome AND EATING IT]]'''.
** [[GambitRoulette "Exactly as planned."]]
** [[spoiler:The death of L]].
** [[spoiler:The final episode, with Light cackling like a maniac when he's finally unmasked as Kira]].
** [[spoiler:In the same episode, Light's death]].
* ''Anime/CodeGeass''
** The end of the first episode, especially the shot of Lelouch's face just before the credits. "Well then..."
** The [[spoiler: Euphimator]] incident.
** The MexicanStandoff between [[spoiler: Lelouch and Suzaku]] in the season 1 finale.
** [[spoiler: The Zero Requiem]].
** And good luck finding someone who doesn't know about [[spoiler: Lelouch's death.]]
* In ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', one particular scene got so many parodies it has its own {{Danbooru}} tag: the one in episode 3 where [[spoiler:Mami dies a gory (though [[GoryDiscretionShot only partially seen]]) death by devouring]].
** Also the ending scene with Madoka and Homura [[spoiler: IN SPACE]].
** From the first two movies, Madoka and Homura sitting down on a pair of chairs in a field and nuzzling in the OP.
** In Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion, for the beginning of the movie it would be the surreal, nursery-rhyme-esque Cake Song. For the midway mark, the duel between Mami and Homura. For the ending, it's [[spoiler:Homura grabbing Madoka's hand as she comes to take Homura away, and stripping Madoka of her powers]].
* ''Anime/WhisperOfTheHeart''
** Seiji's violin rendition of "Country Road".
** His bike ride with Shizuku at the end.
* ''Manga/OnePiece''
** The scene where Shanks gives his straw hat to Luffy.
** The PowerWalk to Arlong Park.
** The scene where the crew declares war on the World Government in the name of their crewmate Nico Robin.
** Sengoku revealing to the world the true identity of Ace's father.
** [[spoiler:Akainu ramming his magma-coded fist through Ace's torso.]] This was the first instance of [[spoiler:a character legitimately dying]] in the present storyline.
** Whitebeard [[spoiler:DiedStandingUp after proudly declaring [[FamousLastWords "ONE PIECE IS REAL!!"]]]]
** Luffy bursting out of a barrel and loudly announcing what a great nap he had. It's even more iconic for the anime, since it was his first onscreen appearance.
** Gold Roger's execution, especially since [[FamousLastWords his last words]] are what instigate the plot.
* Abe Takakazu unzipping his overalls on the bench in ''Kuso Miso Technique''.
* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''
** [[spoiler:Kamina's death.]]
** The scene where [[spoiler:they use galaxies as shuriken.]]
* ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'': Alucard's familiar Baskerville [[CruelAndUnusualDeath devouring]] Luke Valentine.
* ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''
** [[TheHero Kenshiro's]] [[YourHeadAsplode explosive]] [[YouAreAlreadyDead killing]] [[RapidFireFisticuffs of]] [[StarterVillain Zeed]] in the first chapter/episode. "[[{{Kiai}} ATATATATATATATA]]! [[CatchPhrase Omae wa mo]] [[YouAreAlreadyDead Shinderu]]."
** Kenshiro and Shin's simultaneous [[AirJousting jump kicking]] (resulting in their legs seen as crossed) during their fated duel.
** Kenshiro crying TearsOfJoy when he finds Yuria alive, even though Shin says she doesn't remember him. ''Manga/FistOfTheBlueSky'' has this same situation.
** [[spoiler: Raoh's death scene. "Waga shougai ni ippen no kui nashi!!"]]
* If you ever heard of ''F-ZERO: Falcon Densetsu'', it was most likely due to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3swylpHp8gs the "Falcon Punch" scene]]. That scene became so iconic of the series (both anime ''and'' game) that it quickly achieved MemeticMutation status.
* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
** Part 1: Jonathan Joestar's [[spoiler: final smile to his wife when the ship he's on sinks, taking him and the villainous Dio Brando with it.]]
** Dio's shenanigans as a kid such as literally [[KickTheDog kicking a dog]] or gloating after stealing Erina's first kiss.
** Part 2: Joseph Joestar [[spoiler:[[SayMyName crying out Caesar's name]] after the latter's death: "SHIIIIIIIZAAAAAAAAA!"]]
** Part 3: Dio Brando [[TheresNoKillLikeOverkill dropping a steamroller on]] Jotaro Kujo in that part's final battle.
** Part 4: Yoshikage Kira revealing his stand Killer Queen to Shigechi.
** Part 5: Gold Experience punching Buccellati.
** Gold Experience Requiem's first appearance. With him and Giorno posing of course
** Part 6: Pucci [[spoiler: awakening Made in Heaven, gradually speeding up time until it reached a singularity end resets.]]
** Part 7: Johnny reaches Act 4, leading to the first instance in the entire part where someone applies RapidFireFisticuffs.
** As a matter of facts, no chapter passes without any character trying to be as cheesy and as memorable as possible.
* ''Manga/ElfenLied''
** The very first scene in the anime is as infamous as they come. It involves a masked, nude girl telekinetically dismembering, decapitating and bifurcating people all around, even using someone as a HumanShield, before getting shot in the head by a sniper.
** When Lucy murders those kids after they killed her puppy.
** Kurama and Mariko's MurderSuicide, punctuated by images of a life Kurama wished they could have had together.
** Kouta and Lucy's last scene in the anime, where Lucy admits that, even though she desperately wants to atone for killing his family, she knows she can't... and still wants to atone anyway. Kouta makes it clear that, while he hates what she did, he still loves ''her'', and they share a FinalKiss.
** In the manga, Bando's epic final fight with Lucy, ending in Bando getting cut in half after she threw the decapitated head of the Unknown Man at him.
** Lucy, in a SuperpowerMeltdown, asking Kouta for a MercyKill in spite of the wishes of her EnemyWithin.
** Kouta seeing the reincarnations of Lucy and Nyu at the very end.
* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' has many iconic scenes:
** ''It all comes tumbling down, tumbling down, tumbling dooowwwnn...''
** [[spoiler:The Bardiel Incident]] and Unit 01 [[spoiler:curb-stomping Zeruel and eating him, absorbing his S2 engine]] is pretty infamous.
** [[GainaxEnding The endings]] to both the TV series and ''The End of Evangelion'' are remembered just as well.
*** But when anyone in the fandom speaks of "that scene", [[DudeShesLikeInAComa they usually mean none of these...]]
* ''Manga/RurouniKenshin''
** The scene where a young Kenshin meets his master, Seijouro Hiko for the first time after burying all his friends who were massacred.
** Kenshin vs Jin-e with Kaoru being held as the latter's hostage.
** Kenshin vs Saito's grudge match.
** The scene where Kenshin leaves Kaoru for Kyoto which also doubles as a TearJerker.
** Sanosuke learning Futae no Kiwami.
** The final battle between [[spoiler:Kenshin and Shishio]], especially the bit where Kenshin [[spoiler: sends Shishio flying with his ultimate attack]].
** Possibly Kaoru meeting Kenshin for the first time.
* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' has one scene in each season that serves as that one scene, specifically...
** Season one has Nanoha first using [[WaveMotionGun Starlight Breaker]] to defeat Fate. There's also the scene in which Nanoha and Fate become friends.
** Season two has Nanoha walking OutOfTheInferno and being called a devil. This could also be considered the most iconic scene in the franchise, as it gave birth to Nanoha's FanNickname.
** Season three has the "White Devil incident"
*** There's also the scene from the final battle where Nanoha [[DungeonBypass blasts through the wall, straight at the villain's control room.]]
* In ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure'', the part of the opening song, where Cure Black and Cure White jump away from an explosion, with smoke and dust are just right behind them. It has been repeated in many ''Anime/PrettyCureAllStars'' movies, with ''New Stage'' tops it with ''all 28 of the Cures'' reenact the scene.
* ''VisualNovel/{{Air}}'': [[spoiler:Misuzu's death. "Goal."]]
* There's a surprising number of people who know of the "falling kiss" scene from ''Manga/{{MAR}}'' without knowing what show it came from.
* The final battle between Blade and Evil in ''Anime/TekkamanBlade''.
* ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'' punching out EI-02 when it regenerates.
* [[spoiler: Nagisa's, Ushio's and Tomoya's deaths]] in ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}} ~After Story~''.
* ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays'': [[spoiler: Makoto Itoh's death by stabbing.]]
* ''Anime/SamuraiFlamenco'': The end of episode 7, when [[spoiler:A drugged man turns into a half gorilla, half guillotine creature and decapitates some cops, in a show that had been very realistic and lighthearted until that moment.]]
* ''{{Narutaru}}'': The test tube scene. [[HarmfulToMinors That's all you need to know]].
* The end of the first duel in ''Anime/YuGiOh'': "EXODIA...''OBLITERATE!!!''"
* ''Anime/TokyoGhoul'': The scene of the protagonist Kaneki Ken waking up in his hospital bed after the accident [[spoiler: [[http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140703193829/tokyoghoul/images/e/ea/Kaneki_waking_up_in_the_hospital.png with his single transformed ghoul eye.]]]]
** Also, the scenes later in the series regarding [[spoiler: Kaneki's torture at the hands of Aogiri Tree, especially the centipede forced into his ear canal and the subsequent physical changes he undergoes, the [[LockedIntoStrangeness white hair]], black nails and post traumatic, [[WhiteHairBlackHeart increasingly ruthless personality.]]]]
* ''Manga/BlackLagoon'': The [[IndirectKiss cigarette kiss]] between [[spoiler: Rock and Revy]].
* ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'':
** Gintoki beating down a couple of Amanto with his wooden sword for knocking his parfait, complaining about having to limit his sugar intake. His EstablishingCharacterMoment.
** The Strawberry Milky speech. That is all.
** Gintoki and Katsura fighting the Harusame Pirates back-to-back in the Benizakura Arc and then pointing their swords at Takasugi vowing to stop him the next time they meet.
** Shogun making his debut being the ButtMonkey for his appearances, earning the PharseCatcher "The Damn Shogun!" through out his appearances along with how his predicament escalate.
** Kagura going full [[SuperPoweredEvilSide Yato]] on Abuto in the Yoshiwara Arc.
** The ''entire'' fallout with the 2nd Popularity Poll that ends up becoming a StoryArc, starting with the DisneyDeath of the mangaka himself!
** Gintoki and Jirochou's first fight in the Four Devas Arc after the latter stabbed Otose.
** In the Courtesan of the Nation Arc, Gintoki vs Oboro with the first fight started when Gintoki was about to attack Sada Sada only to be blocked by Oboro's blade, but he breaks it using his ''teeth''. Then the second fight ends with former throwing the latter onto his wooden sword to impale him, with the phrase "Say hello to Sensei for me." The same phrase was uttered by [[spoiler:Takasugi who kills the former Shogun for causing the execution of Shouyo-sensei.]]
* [[HunterxHunter Hunter x Hunter]]:
** Gon catching the Master of the Swamp with his fishing rod.
** Gon meeting Kite for the first time.
** Killua ripping Jones' heart out and crushing it in his hand.
** Gon's fight with Hisoka in Heavens Arena.
** Kurapica's fight with Uvogin.
** Possibly the Auction Massacre.
** Chrollo's fight with Zeno and Silva Zoldyck may count.
** Genthru [[spoiler: blowing off Gon's left hand]].
** Gon [[spoiler: transforming into a full-grown man and beating Pitou to death]].
** Netero vs. Meruem.
* ''Manga/{{Nichijou}}'': The principal wrestling the deer.
* ''Manga/AshitaNoJoe'': [[spoiler: Rikiishi's and Joe's deaths.]]
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