History Awesome / Onward

* The final showdown with the Curse Dragon. Ian utilizes all the spells Barley taught him to fight back against it, even busting out ''Arcane Lightning''- explicitly stated to be the ''hardest'' spell- to keep it from reaching Barley and Wilden.

* Although their shenanigans with Corey destroyed the map meant to get them to the Phoenix Gen, Barley recognizes that in a sense, the kiddie map actually ''does'' tell where to find it.

* Laurel is no slouch in the climax. After Corey is taken out early, she grabs the sword that's ''almost as long as her entire body'', and [[ChekhovsGun uses the training she did in the beginning of the movie]] to climb up the dragon to stab it in its core, keeping it at bay to buy her sons some time.

* Ian finally finding his "Heart's Fire" when he uses a Levitation Spell to save Wilden [[note]] even half of him [[/note]] from some falling, burning scaffolding.

** The biker sprites themselves are pretty badass able to [[DinkyDrivers ride full-sized motorbikes]] with no problem. They are also [[PintSizedPowerhouse surprisingly strong]], wielding chains and flails and taking Barley aback when they right their bikes quicker than he anticipated.
* Corey using her maticore scorpion tail to sting and paralyze Grecklin, the gremlin pawnshop broker. Considering the latter was unpleasant and unfairly raised the price of Curse Crusher from $10 to $10,000, [[LaserGuidedKarma she had it coming]].

** When his staff's knocked into the sea, he briefly panics- but when he realizes he still has a [[ChekhovsGun splinter]] of it stuck in his hand, he yanks it out with his teeth and uses the Growth Spell to ''make a new staff out of it.'' Now ''that's'' "using what you have"!

** When his staff's knocked into the sea, he briefly panics- but when he realizes he still has a [[ChekhovsGun splinter]] of it stuck in his hand, he yanks it out with his teeth and uses the Growth Spell to ''makes a new staff out of it.'' Now ''that's'' "using what you have"!

** When his staff's knocked into the sea, he briefly panics- but when he realizes he still has a [[ChekhovsGun splinter]] of it stuck in his hand, he yanks it out with his teeth and ''makes a new staff out of it'' with the Growth Spell. Now ''that's'' "using what you have"!

** When his staff's knocked into the sea, he briefly panics- but when he realizes he still has a [[ChekhovsGun splinter]] stuck in his hand, he yanks it out with his teeth and ''makes a new staff out of it'' with the Growth Spell. Now ''that's'' "using what you have"!

** When his staff's knocked into the sea, he briefly panics- but when he realizes he still has a [[ChekhovsGun splinter]] in his hand, he yanks it out with his teeth and ''makes a new staff out of it'' with the Growth Spell. If ''that's'' not "using what you have", ''nothing'' is!

** When his staff's knocked into the sea, he briefly panics- but when he realizes he still has a [[ChekhovsGun splinter]] in his hand, he yanks it out with his teeth and ''makes a new staff out of it'' with the Growth Spell. Now ''that's'' "using what you have"!

* The final showdown with the Curse Dragon where Ian utilizes all the spells Barley taught him to fight back, even busting out ''Arcane Lightning''- explicitly stated to be the hardest spell to master- to .
** When his staff's knocked into the sea, he briefly panics- but when he realizes he still has a [[ChekhovsGun splinter]] in his hand, he yanks it out with his teeth and ''makes a new staff out of it'' with the Growth Spell. Now ''that's'' innovation.

** When his staff's knocked into the sea, he briefly panics- but when he realizes he still has a [[ChekhovsGun splinter]] in his hand, he yanks it out with his teeth and ''make a new staff out of it'' with the Growth Spell. Now ''that's'' innovation.

* Although their shenanigans with Corey destroyed the map meant to get them to the Phoenix Stone, Barley recognizes that in a sense, the kiddie map actually ''does'' tell where to find it.

* The final showdown with the curse dragon where Ian utilizes the spells Barley taught him to fight back.
** When his staff's knocked into the sea, he panics- until he realizes he still has a [[ChekhovsGun splinter]] in his hand, and immediately uses the growth spell to make a new staff out of it. Now ''that's'' innovation.

* Just the fact that the terrifying giant dragons shown as fantasy guardians in the prologue, are now small, friendly domesticated pets in the modern day. It must have taken a fair amount of badassery to tame them (and probably quite a lot of breeding out their ferocity).