History Awesome / Halo

** Of course the section titles for that level are CMOA material, my nomination being "Ladies Like Superior Firepower".

'''Scarab''': [[MemeticMutation SHOOP DA WHOOP!!!!!!]]

* Marvin Mobuto in the novel ''The Flood''. He was detached from his squad on the original Halo and Guilty Spark used him as the Reclaimer before the Master Chief, and he got far before he was killed. Doesn't sound impressive? He was a regular Marine wearing only the standard UNSC-issued ballistic body armor, and he was going through [[GoddamnedBats the]] [[ThatOneLevel Library]]. When the Flood finally killed him, his body was so thrashed and mangled they couldn't infect it. Hell, when the Master Chief himself finds what's left, he says (and I quote): "I didn't know you, Sarge, but I sure as hell wish I had. [[RespectedByTheRespected You must have been one hard-core son of a bitch]]."

** To add on to this, Mobuto managed to get in sight of the Index before he was killed. In the novel, John was pushed to the limit, even with his augmentations and MJOLNIR armor, and was on the verge of collapse, before being inspired by how far Mobuto had gotten. If there's a patron deity for BadassNormal in Halo, it has to be him.

* Marvin Mobuto in the novel ''The Flood''. He was detached from his squad on the original Halo and Guilty Spark used him as the Reclaimer before the Master Chief, and he got far before he was killed. Doesn't sound impressive? He was a regular Marine wearing only the standard UNSC-issued ballistic body armor, and he was going through [[GoddamnedBats the]] [[ThatOneLevel Library]]. When the Flood finally killed him, his body was so thrashed and mangled they couldn't infect it. Hell, when the Master Chief himself finds what's left, he says (and I quote): "I didn't know you, Sarge, but I sure as hell wish I had. You must have been one hard-core son of a bitch."

''[Kills an Elite Zealot or other high ranking Covenant soldier]'' "Man, all those pay grade increases for nothing..."

'''Chief''': [[spoiler:[[TranquilFury ''No, sir.'']]]]

-->'''Thomas Lasky (COM)''': "Chief, it-it's Lasky. Is that you?"\\
-->'''John-117''': "Affirmative, Sir. Where's the Captain?"\\
-->'''Lasky (COM)''': "[[TakeThatScrappy FleetCom didn't take too kindly to his abandoning you on Requiem]]. I'm afraid I'll have to do."\\
-->'''John-117''': "The Didact's got the Composer. We're in a Broadsword carrying a HAVOK-grade payload, on approach to deliver it."\\
-->'''Lasky (COM)''': "[[LetsGetDangerous Let's see if we can grease the wheels for you]]. [[YouAreNotAlone All ships! Prepare to engage!]]"

'''Chief''': [[spoiler:''No, sir.'']]

* For anyone who disliked [[Jerkass Del Rio]], he gets a passing mention by Lasky in ''Midnight'':

* Master Chief. Upside down tank. The ability to right any flipped vehicle. Not only is it a CMOA for Master Chief, but also both the player (for flipping the tank in the first place), and the tank. (It bounces around hysterically after Chief trows it some 10 yards.

** Bit of a suversion in that while Keyes managed to keep a lot of data from the Flood and Gravemind, he did not keep them from obtaining Earth's location as he and we believed. "The Forerunner Saga" reveals the Flood/Gravemind knew the location of Earth well over 100,000 years prior to the events of the first game. Still no less awesome though.

*** It should be noted that the entirety of the level "The Covenant" counts as this. This is the Covenant's LastStand against humanity. It is the final major land battle in the Human-Covenant war, and the Covenant throw everything they have left at you, with the crew of ''Forward Unto Dawn'' doing likewise. Appropriately, it has more total forces and more variety of vehicles than virtually any other battle in the series. The music "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S68GmenFk2g One Final Effort]]" plays, and then as aforementioned, the Covenant send '''[[HolyShitQuotient two]]''' [[SpiderTank scarabs]] against you.

** What makes it even more awesome is when you enter the hornets just as the music reaches its climax. Two huge war-machines slamming into the ground just as "One Final Effort" takes its most spectacular turn: "[[EarWorm Dun, dununa, dundundunununa...]]". Heck, one even ''roars'' at you (they're basically giant hunters, really, which makes it even ''more'' amazing).

* My personal favorite moment was everything Avery Johnson did during the last mission. Teaming up with the Arbiter was cool enough, but the best moment had to be when he was opening the Temple door with repeated blasts from a hijacked Scarab, while sardonically commenting in between giant laser blasts, [[PunctuatedForEmphasis "KNOCK! KNOCK!"]].

* No, no, no. The utter Crowning Moment of Awesome came in the real-time demo: Chief and Cortana are battling their way through a war-torn city. They evade several patrols of grunts and Jackals, survive a drop-attack of Brutes, and manage to out-race a Phantom troop carrier. They come to a halt in sight of their target, a damaged Covenant cruiser. Suddenly pods rain down around them, and out pop five black-clad Special Ops Elites, each armed with one-hit-kill energy swords. Chief surveys the odds and drops one of his [=SMGs=].

** The entire rest of the mission counts as well, with Blue Team never once freaking out or raising their tone beyond professionalism except [[spoiler: when concerned about the Chief falling down a hole and having a brief episode from Cortana's visions.]] Not even when staring down [[EliteMook Hunters.]] Which is topped off by [[spoiler: wiping out a Covenant fleet via causing the ship they're on to have a meltdown when there's no way to recover the ship due to enemy numbers. And escaping just like the Chief escaped the Pillar of Autumn so long ago.]]

'''Arbiter Thel 'Vadam:''' [[spoiler:And so...you must be silenced]]!

* The Rookie gets one. A lone, regular human, surviving on their own in a Covenant-infested city for hours? Even ''Dare'' says that he's good.

* In ''Halo 4'', 343 allowed players to finally take control of the Pelican. How does 343 intend to top that? Simple:
-->'''Jameson Locke:''' We are airborne in [[{{Precursor}} Forerunner]] [[SpacePlane Phaetons]].

* The introduction of the Warden Eternal. Declaring itself the "keeper of the Domain and her secrets" after teleporting in front of Fireteam Osiris, Jameson Locke orders his Spartans to take the Warden down. Not only does the Warden NoSell Fireteam Osiris' weapons, but the Warden also floors four [=Spartan-IVs=] with relative ease with a hardlight blade. When the Warden says that "your passage is denied", he means it.

** To a San Antonio Spurs fan, even his ''name'' is a [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome CMOA]].

* When [[spoiler: the gravity hammer-wielding Brute Chieftain is about to finish off Romeo, the rest of the squad kicks its ass just in time. This includes Buck leaping onto its back, the other two tackling it, with Buck finally stabbing it in the neck with his knife. Quickly followed by [[CrowningMomentOfFunny "Get this thing off of me."]] Awesome.]]

* At the beginning of the second level, Requiem, [[spoiler: you walk from the wreckage of the ''Dawn'' and several Covenant ships into a small cave system. A little ways in, you see an opening with light streaming through, walk through it... and you find yourself standing on a cliffside, greeted with the sight of a Forerunner world in all its glory, massive, shining towers floating over huge complexes covering the ground, shifting and extending miles into the air, where a roof covered in glittering blue lines is just visible between the clouds, all backed with the most [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome glorious music ever heard in a game.]] Just... perfect.]]

-->'''Johnson''': Men, we led those dumb bugs out in the middle of nowhere to keep them from getting their ''FILTHY'' claws on Earth. But, we stumbled on to something they're so hot over, that they're scrambling over each other to get it! Well, I don't care if it's God's own Anti-Sonuvabitch Machine, or a giant hula-hoop, we're not gonna let 'em have it! What we ''will'' let 'em have is a belly full of lead and a pool of their own blood to drown in! AM I RIGHT MARINES?!
-->'''Marines''': ''Sir, yes sir!''
-->'''Johnson''': Mmh-hmm! Damn right I am. Now move it out!

-->'''Cortana''': One question. What if you miss?
-->'''Chief''': ''[[BadassBoast I won't.]]''

--> '''Cortana''': Betcha can't stick it.
--> Chief pulls out a plasma grenade and primes it.
--> '''Chief''': You're on. (''Fade to black'')

-->'''Cortana''': "The message just repeats... 'Regret, regret, regret'.
-->'''Miranda Keyes''': Catchy. Any idea what it means?
-->'''Johnson''': "Dear humanity, we regret being alien bastards, we regret coming to earth, and we most definitely regret that the corps just blew up our raggedy-ass fleet!"
-->'''Marines''': OORAH!

--->'''Johnson''': "Usually, the good Lord works in mysterious ways. But not today! This here is 66 tons of straight-up, H.E-spewing dee-vine intervention! If God is love, then you can call me 'Cupid'!"
--->'''Cortana''': "Thanks for the tank. He never gets me anything."
--->'''Johnson''': "Oh I know what the ladies like."

--->'''Johnson''': "When I joined the corps, we didn't have any fancy shmancy tanks! We had sticks, two sticks! And a rock for the whole platoon! And we had to SHARE the rock! Buck up, boy! You're one lucky Marine!"
** Of course the section titles for that level are CMOA material, my nomination being "Ladies Like Superior Firepower"

--->'''Johnson''': "I would have been your daddy, but a dog beat me over the fence!"

--->'''Johnson (in a Scarab in front of the core)''': Hey, bastard! Knock knock!
--->'''Scarab''': [[MemeticMutation SHOOP DA WHOOP!!!!!!]]

---> '''Tartarus''': You seem to have drawn quite a crowd.
---> '''Arbiter''': If they came to hear me ''beg'', they will be disappointed.

--> "I will ask...and you will answer!"
--> (Cue Cortana appearing in the middle of the Floodmatter and tenticals, looking determined and not at all afraid)
--> (''Sarcastically, but utterly calm'') "Alright...shoot."

--->''"I am Truth! The voice....of the Covenant!"''
--->''"And so, you must be '''silenced'''."''
** And before that, [[spoiler:sighting the Flood and having a [[EnemyMine green targeting reticule]].]] ''Pure. Awesome.'' To put into perspective, this is the very last push to stop Truth, and the Gravemind forges a truce with Chief and the Arbiter to stop the Rings from firing. Cue an entire section consisting of you slaughtering the last of Truth's forces, ''with the Flood as your allies!''

--->'''Elite Major''': "Brute ships! Staggered line! Ship Master! They outnumber us three to one!"
--->'''Shipmaster Rtas 'Vadum''': "[[ILikeThoseOdds Then it is an]] ''[[ILikeThoseOdds even]]'' [[ILikeThoseOdds fight]]."

--->''Thought I'd try shooting my way out. Mix things up a little.''

---> [[spoiler: '''Emile''': [[FamousLastWords "I'm ready!]] [[PreMortemOneLiner How about you!?"]]]]

-->''After [[spoiler:Jorge's HeroicSacrifice]]''
-->'''Noble Six''': [[spoiler: "Sorry I came alone."]]
-->'''Carter-A529''': "Make him proud, son." *Walks off calmly*

-->*Kills an enemy with a headshot* "Closed casket for ''you.''"
-->*Kills an Elite Zealot or other high ranking Covenant soldier* "Man, all those pay grade increases for nothing...*

->--''Halo 3''

* Officer Branley gets one in his opening appearance. At first, just some cop driving the commissioner. Then when Kinsler starts trying to rape Sadie he pulls the car over, gets out, walks around to the back, and drags Kinsler out of the car when he punches the bastard twice! An [[EstablishingCharacterMoment Establishing Character Moment]] if there ever was one.

** And before that, [[spoiler:sighting the Flood and having a [[EnemyMine green targeting reticule]].]] ''Pure. Awesome.''