Awesome / Home Alone

• Kevin using the "Angels with Filthy Souls" movie to scare the pizza delivery boy. And later when he does the same to Marv, only this time he adds firecrackers to make the gunshots seem more real.

• The first hint that Kevin is growing up is him demonstrating getting over his fear of the basement by simply snapping "Shut up!" at the previously scary furnace.

• Kevin staging a huge Christmas party with mannequins and a Michael Jordan cutout to deter Harry and Marv. Complete with "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" by Brenda Lee.

• All of Kevin's traps. Adding to awesomeness is the "Setting the Trap" song, which makes it sound like Kevin is setting up for a Christmas-themed war.

• The segue into the "Setting the Trap" music from the church choir singing "Carol of the Bells".

• Kevin manages to set all the traps up in less than an hour, which includes rushing back home from church and even having enough time to cook dinner for himself, dinner which he didn't have time to eat and then defending his home on an empty stomach.
  Kevin: This is my house! I have to defend it!

• Kevin: "You guys give up, or you thirsty for more?" Macaulay Culkin improvised that line.

• Old Man Marley comes to Kevin's rescue Just in Time and hits Marv and Harry with a shovel.
  • To the Wet Bandits' credit, they themselves pull off an impressive moment by managing to outsmart Kevin.

• Leave it to a character played by the late great John Candy to help Kevin’s mom reunite with him when all hope seems lost for her.

• A small example, but Kevin's reunion with his mom. While he's overjoyed to see her, he still hasn't forgotten how she treated him before. So he gives her the silent treatment just long enough for her to apologize, and then he immediately forgives her. For a young child, that is an incredibly mature way to handle a personal conflict, especially with a parent.