History Awesome / Dune

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* Meta example: The book was an inspiration for the [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic song]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3lWwBslWqg&noredirect=1 "Desert Rose"]] by Sting and Cheb Mami.

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* This:
-->'''Paul Muad'Dib Atreides, who is Usul among us''': Stilgar, do we have wormsign?
-->'''Stilgar''': Usul, we have wormsign the likes of which even God has never seen!
* In the David Lynch adaptation [[spoiler: After killing Feyd, Paul uses a sound ability on the corpse, causing the floor to crack under the sheer power. Stilgar's reaction to this is priceless.]]

* Leto II cutting a man's throat with his hand, and then throwing a live laser-shield bomb like a discus so far that it explodes harmlessly in the distance.
* Some of ''Series/ChildrenOfDune'''s [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic soundtrack was so awesome]] it's been used in a number of trailers, advertising, and scenes in other works since its release.
* Farad'n shows hints of [[MagnificentBastard noble bastardry]] when he throws a spike in the wheel of his [[MyBelovedSmother mother's]] plot to eliminate the Atreides rulership by revealing her assassination attempt on Leto II and Ghanima, and freely surrendering her to the Regent. After years of never living up to her twisted standards, this sudden ambush leads her to proclaim, [[SoProudOfYou "You're more of a man than I ever thought possible."]]
* A bit of a meta-example, but Jose Ferrer [[https://www.getyarn.io/yarn-clip/fe89a866-70a2-4eea-9934-3ab2fcfe73e8 taking a profoundly silly line]] and making it badass qualifies.
-->'''Shaddah IV:''' ''(venomously)'' Bring in that floating ''fat'' man.
* "Did you actually believe, even for a moment, that I would fail my Duke ''twice''?"

* "Did you honestly believe I would betray my Lord ''twice''?!"

-->'''Shaddah IV:''' ''(venomously)'' Bring in that floating ''fat'' man.

* Meta example: The book was an inspiration for the [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome song]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3lWwBslWqg&noredirect=1 "Desert Rose"]] by Sting and Cheb Mami.

* Some of ''Series/ChildrenOfDune'''s [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome soundtrack was so awesome]] it's been used in a number of trailers, advertising, and scenes in other works since its release.

** Thufir Hawat witnsses one: first six Fremen take over an ornithopter, then one of the Fremen ''crashes the thing into a troop transport in a suicide run.''

* A bit of a meta-example, but Jose Ferrer taking a profoundly silly line and making it badass qualifies.

* We only learn of this long after the deed's been done, but when [[BadAss Duncan Idaho]] was forcing the [[SuperSoldier Sardaukar]] away from Paul long enough to get away from the office, he apparently killed [[{{badass}} nineteen of them]]. At that time, the Sardaukar were powerful enough that a single one of them could slaughter ten house regulars, and even a Bene Gesserit adept. They were impressed enough to hold onto his body and contact the Tleliax to get them to make a [[CloningBlues ghola]].

* A bit of a meta-example, but Jose Ferrer taking a profoundly silly line and making it BadAss qualifies.

* Paul Atreides gets his early on when he successfully pilots an ornithopter through an Arrakis sandstorm (which, keep in mind, have winds capable of reaching up to 500 mph and carry sand with enough force to shred metal), while reciting [[SurvivalMantra the Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear]].

* Farad'n shows hints of [[MagnificentBastard noble bastardry]] when he throws a spike in the wheel of his [[MyBelovedSmother mother's]] plot to eliminate the Atreides rulership by revealing her assassination attempt on Leto II and Ghanima, and freely surrendering her to the Regent. After years of never living up to her twisted standards, this sudden ambush leads her to proclaim, [[SoProudOfYou "You're more of a man than I ever thought possible."]]

* Some of [[Series/ChildrenOfDune]]'s [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome soundtrack was so awesome]] it's been used in a number of trailers, advertising, and scenes in other works since its release.

* In ''{{Dune}}'', the ''entire'' Fremen populace gets this when you learn that [[spoiler: they use gigantic sandworms (up to several [[strike:hundred meters]] kilometres long) as passenger transports.]]

* Some of Children of Dune's [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome soundtrack was so awesome]] it's been used in a number of trailers, advertising, and scenes in other works since its release.

* Hell, just Paul's first few scenes, where he defies reader expectations and isn't impressed at all by the Reverend Mother, and repeatedly questions her statements and talks back to her. Plus, he keeps his hand in a box that makes it feel like it's on fire, for even longer than the test is usually done.

* Meta example: The book was an inspiration for the [[CrowingMusicOfAwesome song]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3lWwBslWqg&noredirect=1 "Desert Rose"]] by Sting and Cheb Mami.

* We only learn of this long after the deed's been done, but when [[BadAss Duncan Idaho]] was forcing the [[SuperSoldier Sardaukar]] away from Paul long enough to get away from the office, he apparently killed [[{{badass}} nineteen of them]]. At that time, the Sardaukar were powerful enough that a single one of them could slaughter ten house regulars, and even a Bene Gessirt adept. They were impressed enough to hold onto his body and contact the Tleliax to get them to make a [[CloningBlues ghola]].
** Of course Duncan's a badass, he's the [[MasterSwordsman Swordmaster]] for House Atreides, one of the more highly-rated noble houses in the Empire. His being the target of cloning fodder also means he is effectively immune to the more long-lasting effects of death, though it also gives him an IronWoobie status verging on him being a CosmicPlaything.
* Meta example: The book was an inspiration for the [[CrowingMusicOfAwesome song]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3lWwBslWqg&noredirect=1 "Desert Rose"]] by Sting ft. Cheb Mami

* Meta example: The book was an inspiration for the song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3lWwBslWqg&noredirect=1 "Desert Rose"]] by Sting ft. Cheb Mami

** Although that's probably a CMOA for Paul Atreides, it's a Dethroning Moment of Suck for the Rev. Mom.

* Some of Children of Dune's [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome soundtrack was so awesome]] it's been used in a number of trailers, advertising, and scenes in other works since its release.

*** On a related note, the Fremen get another CMOA when the elite Imperial [[SuperSoldier Sardaukar]] attack a sietch populated entirely by women and children, and containing Paul Muad'dib's sister Alia. [[spoiler:The Sardaukar ''get their asses handed to them'' by said women and children, and only manage to escape by turning the exhaust of their transports' jet engines into makeshift flamethrowers. They do manage to capture Alia, but only because [[XanatosGambit she wanted them to]]. She then scares the shit out of ole' Harkonnen's Bene Gesserit advisor, then kills him with a poisoned needle. CMOA for Alia as well.]]

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* We only learn of this long after the deed's been done, but when [[BadAss Duncan Idaho]] was forcing the [[SuperSoldier Sardaukar]] away from Paul long enough to get away from the office, he apparently killed [[BeyondTheImpossible nineteen of them]]. At that time, the Sardaukar were powerful enough that a single one of them could slaughter ten house regulars, and even a Bene Gessirt adept. They were impressed enough to hold onto his body and contact the Tleliax to get them to make a [[CloningBlues ghola]].

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* Leto II cutting a man's throat with his hand, and then throwing a live laser-shield bomb like a discus so far that it explodes harmlessly in the distance.