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1Their films may mainly have a lot of [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments hilarious moments]], but that doesn't mean there can't be any awesome moments either.
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3* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEVRkrZ81O4 One Good Turn]]'': The ending. [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Stan finally snaps]] and starts physically attacking [[JerkAss Ollie]] while shouting threats. It's satisfying to watch. And then he ''demolishes the garage with an axe'', causing it to crash down on Ollie!
4* In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvxEytUO1pU Block-Heads]]'', the boys have a run-in with a bratty little kid (played by Tommy Bond, aka "Butch" in [[Film/TheLittleRascals The Little Rascals]]). This leads to the kid's father twice kicking Ollie in the rear...for which Stan retaliates in turn by landing a punch on the guy's chin ''that knocks him out cold''.
5* The fact that the duo are practically MadeOfIron-they can survive falls from ladders, pianos crushing them, sinking in mud holes, their car being blown up with a shotgun, houses collapsing on them-and still live to see another day. Hell, the only thing Ollie couldn't survive was a plane crash in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZPvuoG_su0 The Flying Deuces]]'' (but Stan survived), and Ollie got reincarnated as a ''horse!''
6* In ''Beau Hunks'', the entire attack by the Rifs is defeated by Stan, who scatters tacks on the desert surface which [[AgonyOfTheFeet prick the bare feet]] of the attackers. The Riffs are so busy screaming in pain, they forget to take over the fort. Meanwhile, the remaining group of soldiers, out of ammo and with an injured commander, stare in amazement as the army that was going to kill them all are defeated by the boys throwing tacks of them lazily.
7** The speech made by the General when Stan and Ollie propose leaving is ridiculously inspiring.
8** The commander of the fort refusing to surrender to the Rifs-even if it is his last chance. FourStarBadass, indeed, [[HandicappedBadass with a broken arm]]. Even when he starts crying when the Rifs are gone, you've got to admire him for being TheStoic in the face of the enemy.
9** The boys fooling the Rifs into thinking the signal has come to storm the fort by ''tripping over one of the attackers sneaking in.''
10** While the Rifs are screaming in pain over the [[{{Pun}} tack attack]], a Riff sneaks up behind Ollie with a knife. Unfortunately, Stan notices him and tosses tacks at him, then Ollie beats the crap out of him with a barrel. And just to make sure, they throw tacks at him, too.
11** The company the boys are in finally [[BigDamnHeroes arrive]] and [[TheCavalry charge into the fort]], ending the siege for once and for all.
12* The ending of ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f71uofzVn_8 Blotto]]''. Laurel's wife makes the boys' car explode with ''[[ImprobableAimingSkills one blast]]'' from her [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter shotgun]].
13* In ''[[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xt0s2a_laurel-and-hardy-them-thar-hills-1934-full_shortfilms Them Thar Hills]]'', Ollie gets his gouty foot, in a cast, stuck in a wooden box. He then proceeds to ''kick it off into bits with said foot.''
14* ''Film/TheBattleOfTheCentury'''s pie fight is still the biggest one in cinema history, and its the TropeCodifier for PieInTheFace, too.
15* In ''Film/BigBusiness'', the homeowner is strong enough to ''rip the entire gas tank off the boys's car.''
16* In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ_JZBCkqvA Two Tars]]'', when Ollie is getting beaten up by a sweet shop assistant, Stan marches over and tells him an amazing BadassBoast: "You're flirtin' with Death, son!"
17** And when he fails (due to the [[ItMakesSenseInContext scattered gumballs]]), their new girlfriends get out and kick the assistant's ass.
18** During the car wrecking scene, the boys push a man over hard enough to send him flying into his car, which ''then falls over.''

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