History Awesome / Animorphs

* A quiet one for the Ellimist: He agreed with Crayak that he would choose six random kids to fight the Yeerk invasion. He chose Ax (Elfangor's brother), Tobias [[spoiler: Elfangor's son]], Marco (the son of Visser One's host and a ruthless strategist), and Cassie (who, in addition to being a naturally-skilled morpher and someone with a connection to all kinds of animals, turns out to be [[spoiler: a "sub-temporal grounded anomaly" whose very existence prevents reality from being rewritten]]); meanwhile, the cousins Jake (a natural [[TheLeader leader]] and tactician and someone whose brother is infested, making the fight [[ItsPersonal very personal to him]]) and Rachel (a deadly BloodKnight who makes for a great warrior nonetheless) are eventually revealed to be the only ''truly'' randomly selected members of the group. Furthermore, they all know each through Jake and thus have the ability to be connected. When the Drode whines that he stacked the deck, the Ellimist's response is wonderful.

* A quiet one for the Ellimist: He agreed with Crayak that he would choose six random kids to fight the Yeerk invasion. He chose Ax (Elfangor's brother), Tobias [[spoiler: Elfangor's son]], Marco (the son of Visser One's host and a ruthless strategist), Cassie (who, in addition to being a naturally-skilled morpher and someone with a connection to all kinds of animals, turns out to be [[spoiler: a "sub-temporal grounded anomaly" whose very existence prevents reality from being rewritten]]), Jake (a natural [[TheLeader leader]] and tactician and someone whose brother is infested, making the fight [[ItsPersonal very personal to him]]), and Rachel (who is eventually revealed to be the only ''truly'' randomly selected member of the group, but is a deadly BloodKnight who makes for a great warrior nonetheless). Furthermore, they all know each through Jake and thus have the ability to be connected. When the Drode whines that he stacked the deck, the Ellimist's response is wonderful.

* One of the most awesome moments of the whole series is a meta one from K.A. Applegate herself. After she wrote the final book, she learned that many readers were deeply disappointed in the BittersweetEnding: the Yeerks surrender, Visser Three is put on trial at the Hague for crimes against humanity, Jake himself commits mass genocide against innocent Yeerks, Rachel is dead, and everyone but Cassie is miserable. Applegate then took pen in hand and wrote [[https://aminoapps.com/c/animorphs/page/blog/ka-applegates-letter-to-fans-on-ending/jqXq_5BSKu7VKBkpx6eEPp0e8Y3PzNMJe an open letter]] to her entire audience in which she responded, in no uncertain terms, that anyone who was hoping for "a lot of high-fiving and backslapping" had completely missed the point of the story--namely, that, in no uncertain terms, ''WarIsHell.'' Applegate's only motivation was the entirely-necessary lesson that "Wars don't end happily. Not ever...I've never let ''Animorphs'' turn into [[DoNotDoThisCoolThing just another painless video game version of war]], and I wasn't going to do it at the end." Applegate ended the letter with an urge for her young readers to keep their confusion and anger about the books in mind when they came of age to vote, remembering how her story ended and that "even the most necessary wars, even the rare wars where the lines of good and evil are clear and clean, end with a lot of people dead, a lot of people crippled, and a lot of orphans, widows, and grieving parents." Now THAT's [[TropesAreTools how you do]] an AuthorTract.

* One of the most awesome moments of the whole series is a meta one from K.A. Applegate herself. After she wrote the final book, she learned that many readers were deeply disappointed in the DownerEnding: the Yeerks surrender, Visser Three is put on trial at the Hague for crimes against humanity, Jake himself commits mass genocide against innocent Yeerks, Rachel is dead, and everyone but Cassie is miserable. Applegate then took pen in hand and wrote [[https://aminoapps.com/c/animorphs/page/blog/ka-applegates-letter-to-fans-on-ending/jqXq_5BSKu7VKBkpx6eEPp0e8Y3PzNMJe an open letter]] to her entire audience in which she responded, in no uncertain terms, that anyone who was hoping for "a lot of high-fiving and backslapping" had completely missed the point of the story--namely, that, in no uncertain terms, ''WarIsHell.'' Applegate's only motivation was the entirely-necessary lesson that "Wars don't end happily. Not ever...I've never let ''Animorphs'' turn into [[DoNotDoThisCoolThing just another painless video game version of war]], and I wasn't going to do it at the end." Applegate ended the letter with an urge for her young readers to keep their confusion and anger about the books in mind when they came of age to vote, remembering how her story ended and that "even the most necessary wars, even the rare wars where the lines of good and evil are clear and clean, end with a lot of people dead, a lot of people crippled, and a lot of orphans, widows, and grieving parents." Now THAT's [[TropesAreTools how you do]] an AuthorTract.

* One of the most awesome moments of the whole series is a meta one from K.A. Applegate herself. After she wrote the final book, she learned that many readers were deeply disappointed in the DownerEnding in which SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome happens: the Yeerks surrender, Visser Three is put on trial at the Hague for crimes against humanity, Jake himself commits mass genocide against innocent Yeerks, Rachel is dead, and everyone but Cassie is miserable. Applegate then took pen in hand and wrote [[https://aminoapps.com/c/animorphs/page/blog/ka-applegates-letter-to-fans-on-ending/jqXq_5BSKu7VKBkpx6eEPp0e8Y3PzNMJe an open letter]] to her entire audience in which she responded, in no uncertain terms, that anyone who was hoping for "a lot of high-fiving and backslapping" had completely missed the point of the story--namely, that, in no uncertain terms, ''WarIsHell.'' Applegate's only motivation was the entirely-necessary lesson that "Wars don't end happily. Not ever...I've never let ''Animorphs'' turn into [[DoNotDoThisCoolThing just another painless video game version of war]], and I wasn't going to do it at the end." Applegate ended the letter with an urge for her young readers to keep their confusion and anger about the books in mind when they came of age to vote, remembering how her story ended and that "even the most necessary wars, even the rare wars where the lines of good and evil are clear and clean, end with a lot of people dead, a lot of people crippled, and a lot of orphans, widows, and grieving parents." Now THAT's [[TropesAreTools how you do]] an AuthorTract.

[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/crowner.php/CrowningMomentOfAwesome/Animorphs Crowner.]]

** What about how they got into the Yeerk Pool in that book in the first place:[[spoiler: stealing a private jet and nosediving it into the roof of a hollow building the Yeerks were using as an entrance tunnel for spacecraft.]]
** Marco's best [=CMOAs=]? First, deciding to tell his Dad all about the Animorphs rather than lose another parent, and - after spending almost a whole series coming to grips with probably having to kill his mother someday - freeing her from Visser One. Hell, even Marco's mom gets CMOA then, when she [[spoiler: crushes the Yeerk.]]

* Tobias forcing himself to act emotionless and apathetic as Visser Three - who had been masquerading as his last living relative - tells Tobias [[spoiler: Elfangor is his father]] has always been Birdboy's CMOA.

*** This is one-upped when the team holds the secret to removing the smell as their ransom for him to stop his current plan... and then lies about it for a few days to make sure he actually stopped. [[spoiler:"Do you think we should tell him it's tomato juice now and not grape?" "Give it a little longer."]]
*** Truly Cassie's most epic moment of all took place in Megamorphs #3, when in the midst of all the [[TimeyWimeyBall time travel mayhem]] it seems that [[spoiler: both Jake and Rachel, Cassie's {{Love Interest}} and best friend respectively]] have been killed, and the Animorphs find themselves in the 1930s, confronted by some racist idiot named Davis who used 'a word Tobias wouldn't repeat' and was a general {{Jerkass}} to Cassie. Cassie, [[DespairEventHorizon rather upset]] over recent events, pleasantly says, "You don't like black people, Mr. Davis? No problem. I can turn white. Watch me." She then proceeds to morph a polar bear, pin the guy to a wall, stick his face in her jaws, and ROAR. Davis, for his part, babbles an apology and continues to apologize long after he's been released. It's a damn good thing [[spoiler: Rachel turns up alive again]].

-->Jake:[[spoiler: "Ram the Blade ship."]]

* In the last book, [[spoiler:Rachel hides on the Blade Ship, morphs grizzly, and manages to fight everyone on the bridge]]. And for the first time in the series, the Yeerks don't use "Andalite bandit."

* One of the most awesome moments of the whole series is a meta one from K.A. Applegate herself. After she wrote the final book, she learned that many readers were deeply disappointed in the DownerEnding in which SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome happens: the Yeerks surrender, Visser Three is put on trial at the Hague for crimes against humanity, Jake himself commits mass genocide against innocent Yeerks, Rachel is dead, and everyone but Cassie is miserable. Applegate then took pen in hand and wrote [[https://aminoapps.com/c/animorphs/page/blog/ka-applegates-letter-to-fans-on-ending/jqXq_5BSKu7VKBkpx6eEPp0e8Y3PzNMJe an open letter]] to her entire audience in which she responded, in no uncertain terms, that anyone who was hoping for "a lot of high-fiving and backslapping" had completely missed the point of the story--namely, that, in no uncertain terms, ''WarIsHell.'' Applegate's only motivation was the [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped entirely-necessary lesson]] that "Wars don't end happily. Not ever...I've never let ''Animorphs'' turn into [[DoNotDoThisCoolThing just another painless video game version of war]], and I wasn't going to do it at the end." Applegate ended the letter with an urge for her young readers to keep their confusion and anger about the books in mind when they came of age to vote, remembering how her story ended and that "even the most necessary wars, even the rare wars where the lines of good and evil are clear and clean, end with a lot of people dead, a lot of people crippled, and a lot of orphans, widows, and grieving parents." Now THAT's [[TropesAreTools how you do]] an AuthorTract.

* One of the most awesome moments of the whole series is a meta one from K.A. Applegate herself. After she wrote the final book, she learned that many readers were deeply disappointed in the DownerEnding in which SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome happens: the Yeerks surrender, Visser Three is put on trial at the Hague for crimes against humanity, Jake himself commits mass genocide against innocent Yeerks, Rachel is dead, and everyone but Cassie is miserable. Applegate then took pen in hand and wrote [[https://aminoapps.com/c/animorphs/page/blog/ka-applegates-letter-to-fans-on-ending/jqXq_5BSKu7VKBkpx6eEPp0e8Y3PzNMJe an open letter]] to her entire audience in which she responded, in no uncertain terms, that anyone who was hoping for "a lot of high-fiving and backslapping" had [[CompletelyMissingThePoint completely missed the point of the story]]--namely, that, in no uncertain terms, ''WarIsHell.'' Applegate's only motivation was the [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped entirely-necessary lesson]] that "Wars don't end happily. Not ever...I've never let ''Animorphs'' turn into [[DoNotDoThisCoolThing just another painless video game version of war]], and I wasn't going to do it at the end." Applegate ended the letter with an urge for her young readers to keep their confusion and anger about the books in mind when they came of age to vote, remembering how her story ended and that "even the most necessary wars, even the rare wars where the lines of good and evil are clear and clean, end with a lot of people dead, a lot of people crippled, and a lot of orphans, widows, and grieving parents." Now THAT's [[TropesAreTools how you do]] an AuthorTract.

* One of the most awesome moments of the whole series is a meta one from K.A. Applegate herself. After she wrote the final book, she learned that many readers were deeply disappointed in the DownerEnding in which RealityEnsues: the Yeerks surrender, Visser Three is put on trial at the Hague for crimes against humanity, Jake himself commits mass genocide against innocent Yeerks, Rachel is dead, and everyone but Cassie is miserable. Applegate then took pen in hand and wrote [[https://aminoapps.com/c/animorphs/page/blog/ka-applegates-letter-to-fans-on-ending/jqXq_5BSKu7VKBkpx6eEPp0e8Y3PzNMJe an open letter]] to her entire audience in which she responded, in no uncertain terms, that anyone who was hoping for "a lot of high-fiving and backslapping" had [[CompletelyMissingThePoint completely missed the point of the story]]--namely, that, in no uncertain terms, ''WarIsHell.'' Applegate's only motivation was the [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped entirely-necessary lesson]] that "Wars don't end happily. Not ever...I've never let ''Animorphs'' turn into [[DoNotDoThisCoolThing just another painless video game version of war]], and I wasn't going to do it at the end." Applegate ended the letter with an urge for her young readers to keep their confusion and anger about the books in mind when they came of age to vote, remembering how her story ended and that "even the most necessary wars, even the rare wars where the lines of good and evil are clear and clean, end with a lot of people dead, a lot of people crippled, and a lot of orphans, widows, and grieving parents." Now THAT's [[TropesAreTools how you do]] an AuthorTract.

* One of the most awesome moments of the whole series is a meta one from K.A. Applegate herself. After she wrote the final book, she learned that many readers were deeply disappointed in the DownerEnding in which RealityEnsues: the Yeerks surrender, Visser Three is put on trial at the Hague for crimes against humanity, Jake himself commits mass genocide against innocent Yeerks, Rachel is dead, and everyone but Cassie is miserable. Applegate then took pen in hand and wrote [[https://aminoapps.com/c/animorphs/page/blog/ka-applegates-letter-to-fans-on-ending/jqXq_5BSKu7VKBkpx6eEPp0e8Y3PzNMJe an open letter]] to her entire audience in which she responded, in no uncertain terms, that anyone who was hoping for "a lot of high-fiving and backslapping" had [[CompletelyMissingThePoint completely missed the point of the story]]--namely, that, in no uncertain terms, ''WarIsHell.'' Applegate's only motivation was the [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped entirely-necessary lesson]] that "Wars don't end happily. Not ever...I've never let ''Animorphs'' turn into [[DoNotDoThisCoolThing just another painless video game version of war]], and I wasn't going to do it at the end." Applegate ended the letter with an urge for her young readers to remember their confusion and anger during war when they came of age to vote, remembering how her story ended and that "even the most necessary wars, even the rare wars where the lines of good and evil are clear and clean, end with a lot of people dead, a lot of people crippled, and a lot of orphans, widows, and grieving parents." Now THAT's [[TropesAreNotBad how you do]] an AuthorTract.