Awesome / Fear Street

Books

• In The Secret, Jonathan Fier tries to break The Chain of Harm by burying the magical Fier amulet (which is only dug up a hundred years later) rather than using it to kill his father’s enemies.
• From Dance of Death, the way Madeline Simms feigned falling under Justin Fear's powers of persuasion. The moment he got close enough, she slashed him across the face and cut his eyes open, effectively undoing his century of youth and causing him to rapidly decay and die.
• The confrontation between two beastmasters controlling snakes in Children of Fear.
• In the climax of Door to Death, Amy Burke stabs sadistic zombie Jake Fear with a letter opener after he sets her boyfriend on fire.
• The first Silent Night book had Reva Dalby's ex-boyfriend destroying her smug ego by telling Reva how he pities her for being a miserable, unhappy girl incapable of ever getting close to anyone. Due to what an insufferable asshole Reva is, it was rather satisfying to see Reva get dressed down with no retort.
• The big reveal of Double Date, where it turns out everything was all a big prank set up by the twins and some of Bobby Newkirk's previous girlfriends, as punishment for how much of a sexist douche he is. Seeing him lose in the end is very satisfying.
• The new girls of 13-A in the second Fear Hall book, having moved in after Darryl killed Mary and Margie and Melanie moved out, attempt to subdue Darryl by themselves despite knowing this is the person responsible for the deaths on campus. Darryl's completely taken aback after realizing Melanie's not here and only just barely gets away when nearly the entire floor tries to stop him. He gets away, but these girls proved they are not gonna let anyone else die if they could help it.
• A few occur in The Hand of Power:
  • Peter Sturdevant saves Margaret Fier from the villagers when they intend to kill her for Janine's death. Peter offers Margaret shelter and manages to get the villagers to back off long enough for their pastor to make them take a bullshit "Witch test," which both Peter and Margaret pass. Peter then gets everyone to figure out who really killed Janine, her future husband, and has the groveling little stooge taken away until he can be probably tried.
  • Peter's grandmother Alina chopped off her hand and held on just long enough to hide it so no one would be able to use its evil power. She would've destroyed it by throwing it in the river (since it represents the power of fire and could only be destroyed by water) had she been strong enough, but died doing what she could to stop her husband from abusing the power.
  • Peter and Margaret destroying the hand for good, first by Peter chopping it off before he hurts Margaret, and Margaret throwing the damn thing in the river before it could get away on its own.
• By the end of Halloween Party, Niki is the one who saves the day when Justine's gambit to terrify everyone with the sounds of bloody car crashes while she set the house on fire failed on her since she's deaf. Niki keeps her wits long enough to get Terry and Alex to help her into the dumbwaiter, escape through the basement with Justine's uncle, and the two pry open the dining room windows from the outside and get everyone out. This, alongside Niki being the one who refused to participate in the ridiculous prank wars and figured out Justine's motives, are the reason why fans think she's one of the best heroines in the franchise.
• Dana and Deidre Palmer closing their door in Trisha Conrad's face at the end of The Thirst, as she shows up claiming to have had another vision about them after her previous one was highly suspect.
  • That same book has Stacy Malcolm being the one person to acknowledge that Trisha and Gary Fresno are both horrible for what they've done to Mary O'Connor (Stacy's best friend), since Trisha started seeing Gary while he was officially Mary's boyfriend. Considering Trisha would later go on to date Ty Sullivan while he was dating Greta Bradley and Jennifer Fear, Trisha's own best friend, Stacy is fully justified in being angry at Trisha alongside Gary.
• In Fight Team Fight, Phoebe triggers a smoke alarm to summon the authorities to the building where a psycho is trying to kill the cheer squad. The arriving firemen overpower the guy in seconds. Before they arrive, Phoebe cartwheels over the villain and whacks him with his own flashlight, and squad rookie Gina leaps onto the guy's back, clawing at his face.
• In Wicked, there is the Wizard Duel between novice witch Marla Newman (with some assistance from Muggle Kenny Klein) and her murderous mentors Roxanne and Elena. Marla opens a chasm beneath her enemies, briefly sets one of her opponents on fire, and then distracts Roxanne with an illusion at a pivotal moment in the fight.
• In Graduation Day, Clark and Matty transform into vampire bats and rip the evil spirit acting as the Greater-Scope Villain evil of the Seniors series apart.

Movies

1994:

• As Deena and Sam are about to be attacked by Skull-Mask in the supermarket, Kate comes out of nowhere with a makeshift flamethrower and sends the undead killer scattering while encouraging the two to run.
• Sam defiantly kissing Deena in front of her homophobic mother.
  • She also proves to be extremely resilient throughout the course of the movie, from shrugging off an axe wound on her shoulder to surviving an overdose AND being drowned in a lobster tank (thanks to Deena's timely intervention, too). Her decision to sacrifice herself to spare the others from the Killers' attacks is also commendable, as she stands her ground in front of Nightwing charging at her despite being scared shitless.
• Deena somehow managing to tie up a possessed Sam with a telephone cord.

1978:

• Anytime Ziggy gets comeuppance against Sheila for her being a relentless bitch toward her. She decks Sheila in the face with her elbow when they try to string her up, and she later knocks Sheila out completely after Ziggy had attempted to save her (despite Sheila being trapped in the outhouse because of Ziggy's prank).
• Alice deserves a mention for quickly growing past unlikable slasher fodder to quickly become one of the most praised characters of the entire film. She also finds Sarah Fier's lost hand and is the first one to notice something is up when she finds Tommy's name on the slab of stone with all the Shadyside killers.
• Cindy killing Tommy twice. The first time, she sneaks up on him and is able to stab him in the chest with a kitchen knife before he can kill Ziggy. When he's resurrected, she grabs a shovel and buries it into his neck, severing his head completely.

1666:

• Sarah humiliates Caleb in front of the other young adults at the party when he tries to make an unwanted advance on Hannah.
• Sarah’s Badass Boast to Solomon Goode.
  Sarah: The truth will come out. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but it will. The truth shall be your curse. I will shadow you for eternity. I will follow you forever. And everything you take, and everyone you harm, you will feel the grip of my hand. I will show them what you’ve done. I will never let you go.
• Sam's love for Deena is so strong that she briefly manages to overcome the Devil's power and stop choking her girlfriend, long enough for Deena to safely knock her out.
• Josh, Martin, and Ziggy spray Deena's blood on the four killers (Skull Mask, Milkman, Nightwing, Plague Doctor) in the mall, causing them to fight and kill each other. They probably could have gone to assist Deena had Billy and Ruby not shown up.
• Deena outsmarts Nick Goode twofold; first she creates a bulletproof vest with books taped together to protect herself from stabbing attacks or bullets, then when he starts to physically overpower her, she makes him touch the eldritch mass that dispenses the curse, turning him into the direct recipient and plaguing him with visions of all the victims his family has claimed since 1666, giving her enough time to fatally stab him in the eye. Even better, Sarah's own ghost is the last thing he sees before he dies.