History Awesome / TheDresdenFiles

* While Puck [[ImplacableMan keeps shrugging off any injury in no time at all]] Lea stops him form killing Harry with an energy blast that laves him visibly singed, sends him flying dozens of feet, and rips most of his clothes off.

* Everything Lara Raith has ever done. She may be a villain, but she has style. And she puts the sexy back in EvilIsSexy. Lara has ultimate style. Most of the bad guys do. Except for the part where she disemboweled and then fucked her cousin to death after having been burnt to a crisp. That was just pure {{Squick}}-laden horror.

--> '''Hary''': ''[[Film/ClashOfTheTitans2010 UNLEASH THE KRAKEN!]].

* It may be a bit AwesomeButImpractical, but the sight of Ishchenko crouching down while sticking the gun out the windoww above her head and blazing away makes for an interesting sight.

* Mouse the Dog is Murphy in dog form. Twice, if you count the law maker too. He can make ''Lea'' nervous-and since he gets his power from thresholds, and he's living with the Carpenters (who presumably have an incredibly strong one) now...well, let's just say that Maggie will be ''very'' well-protected.

** He also has a working relationship with Johnny Marcone, the Baron of Chicago, who is a formidable power in his own right.

** Uriel, whom Mab considers the most dangerous of the Archangels, has helped Harry several times and gifted Harry with soulfire. By extension, God himself supports Harry.

** Bob, especially when you realize what he is capable of doing. Harry isn't kidding in ''Changes'' when he refers to Bob as one of the most powerful spirits he's ever met; in ''Changes'', Bob manages to shield Murphy from the ''Red King's'' willpower. That's right, Bob has enough willpower to match the PhysicalGod ruling over the Red Court.
** Billy and the other werewolves. Though normally outclassed, they are capable fighters in the right situations. Ask Madeline Raith. Or Jenny Greenteeth. Or the Fomor.

'''Harry:''' Because you know what happened the last time [[Literature/{{Changes}} some vampires abducted a little girl]] [[KillEmAll and I decided to take her back.]]

* A meta example for Jim Butcher himself- the fifteenth book marks the first time so far (After ''14 years'') that Jim hasn't gotten a book out a year after the previous one (''Cold Days'' came out in 2012, and this one will be released in May 2014). After fourteen books. And sometimes? ''He's been able to put out two in one year.'' Round of applause for the man, ladies and gents.

* Also in ''The Warrior'', when Michael who had been crippled for a year and needs a cane to run defeats the army trained priest who wields the not working, but still sharp Fidelacchius, with his old sword and a baseball bat. Throughout the entire fight he delivers a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calling the man out on his actions and lack of faith.
** Also counts as a meta moment of awesome when you realise that speech is basically condemning all the bad things about organised religions (militant extremism, justifying any kind of violence or discrimination by claiming it's the will of the divine) while using Michael to highlight all the good things (gaining comfort from the presence of an ineffable higher power, drawing people together and helping to give them an excuse to be kind and patient).
** In a tense role reversal, during the confrontation between Michael and the militant priest, it's ''Harry'' that has to talk his friend down from beating the man who kidnapped and strapped his daughter to a bomb to death. And he does.

** Nevermind that, how about the fact the entire Mag incident turns out to be a dry run on how to kill Harry Dresden? Which ''succeeded''. Which also makes it something of a meta SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome for Harry as well, considering that Marcone wasn't sure that would be enough to kill him until it worked on Mag.

* The HeroicSacrifice Maddie Talbot, an ordinary young woman with no magical abilities or combat skills, to end the HereditaryCurse, with her managing to badly wound the titular goblin with a stab to the chest first.

* Dragons in the series aren't just flying lizards. They're elemental forces of nature that will drive you insane with their true forms, and can eradicate a mere mortal with barely any effort. One of them brings Harry to his knees simply by casually saying his first name. To put that in just a little more perspective: Jim Butcher posted on his website forum answering a question on whether Ferrovax (the Dragon) would be a match for the combined powers of the Eldest Brother Gruff and the Leanansidhe. Remember that one of those collects stoles from defeated Senior Council Wizards and the other is ''Mab's'' right hand. Ferrovax would wipe the floor with them even if they had every advantage they could bring to the table. Butcher compared it Mike Tyson in his prime fighting a 13 year old blind girl.

* Everything Lara Raith has ever done. She may be a villain, but she has style. And she puts the sexy back in EvilIsSexy. Lara has ultimate style. Most of the bad guys do. Except for the part where she disemboweled and then fucked to death her cousin after having been burnt to a crisp. That was just pure {{Squick}}-laden horror.

There are a ''lot'' of Crowning Moments in ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'', with [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1248964599329.jpg this image]] depicting what most fans consider ''the'' [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Crowning Moment]] of [[UpToEleven all Crowning Moments]]. Unfortunately [[http://www.dandossantos.com/store/store_dead_beat.html the artist]] forgot the one-man polka band. (see the ''Dead Beat'' entry below) Otherwise, this is what we've come up with so far.

** With the Red Court and Black Court destroyed and the White Court's Skavis and Malvora families killed, he has a working relationship with almost the entire vampire community.

*** Even more impressive when you find out that he used Tunguska to kill a ''Dragon.'''
** You don't get to be the Merlin by collecting bottle caps.

** Marcone's defeat of Mag becomes retroactively even ''more'' awesome [[spoiler: with the revelation that he was holding Thorned Namishel's Denarius the whole time. He could have called on Namishel and matched Mag's sorcerous talents, but he was so confident in his ability to defeat Mag while restricting himself to mortal weapons that he decided to keep the Denarius as an ace in the hole for more important fights.]]

* ''ComicBook/GhoulGoblin'' gives us the reveal of how CrazyPrepared [[IOwnThisTown Joseph Talbot]] is, having spent his life turning his house into a fortress with a safe-room, WallOfWeapons and lots of occult symbols welded into the gate. [[spoiler: It doesn't do him much good, but provides his siblings and Harry a decent home base for the rest of the story]].

* Dragons in the series aren't just flying lizards. They're elemental forces of nature that will drive you insane with their true forms, and can eradicate a mere mortal with barely any effort. One of them brings Harry to his knees simply by casually saying his first name. To put that in just a little more perspective: Jim Butcher posted on his website forum answering a question on whether Ferrovax (the Dragon) would be a match for the combined powers of the Eldest Brother Gruff and the Leanansidhe. Remember that one of those collects stoles from defeated Senior Council Wizards and the other is ''Mab's'' right hand. Ferrovax would wipe the floor with them even if they had every advantage they could bring to the table. He compared it Mike Tyson in his prime fighting a 13 year old blind girl.
** Which makes ''taking one out'' one of the greatest feats possible, and we know Michael has done so.

* The flashback showing the Red Court's battle with the wardens at the beginning of ''ComicBook/WarCry'' gives us a healthy dose of ''SugarWiki/AwesomeArt'' and shows Ebeneazer being a OneManArmy, and Luccio, Ramirez and a few others [[HoldTheLine serving as a rearguard as the defeated wardens flee and managing to survive the experience]].

* [=Mcgukin=], who was wounded so badly that the others were afraid to move him, attacking that mercenary before being killed, and getting a classy FacingTHeBulletsOneLiner which gives the man a brief VillainousBSOD.

--->'''Mouse''' I am bleeding, and weaker than I could be, and tired from one fight already. Assuming near parity between us, you should have the advantage. But you don't. Because you forgot something.

--> '''Molly:''': You think I'm afraid of you, Freak? I'm not some half-drunk girl you followed home from a club. You don't ''impress'' me. You don't ''intimidate'' me.

* At the end of ''Welcome to the Jungle'', Watson takes Will hostage and threatens to kill her in front of Harry, boasting that he's too weak to stop her. Harry just uses a spell to unlock Moe's cage, unleashing 450 pounds of pissed-off gorilla on the unsuspecting hag.

* mcgukin, who was wounded so badly that the others were afraid to move him, attacking that mercenary before being killed, and getting a classy FacingTHeBulletsOneLiner which gives the man a brief VillainousBSOD.
--> mcgukin: 'Least I can say I got the drop on a [[ElitesAreMoreGlamorous Green Beret].. bet that won't go over so well... with your bosses.

[[AC:Peace Talks]]
* The first chapter has Harry out jogging with Thomas. When Ramirez shows up, Harry does his best [[Franchise/DragonBall Goku]]/[[Manga/{{Naruto}} Rock Lee]] impression by dropping the two hundred twenty pound training vest he had been wearing onto the sand.
* The trailer for the book came out on March 24th, revealing that [[spoiler:Book 17 is called "Battle Ground"... ''AND WILL BE RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 29TH, TWO MONTHS AFTER PEACE TALKS!!!!'']]