History Awesome / TheDresdenFiles

There are a ''lot'' of Crowning Moments in TheDresdenFiles, with [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1248964599329.jpg this image]] depicting what most fans consider ''the'' [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome 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.

** [[spoiler: Hades, Lord of the Underworld,]] makes a point of letting Harry know that he has an interest in what Harry does. [[spoiler: Hades also (indirectly) gives Harry powerful artifacts to fight the Outsiders.]]

** 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 his daughter to death. And he does.

There are a ''lot'' of Crowning Moments in TheDresdenFiles, with [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1248964599329.jpg this image]] depicting what most fans consider the [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome 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.

* Meta Example: [[Creator/JamesMarsters James]] [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Frea]][[{{Smallville}} kin]] [[Creator/JamesMarsters Marsters]] is the voice of the audio books!

* Meta Example: [[JamesMarsters James]] [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Frea]][[{{Smallville}} kin]] [[JamesMarsters Marsters]] is the voice of the audio books!

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

** As of Turn Coat, Harry's standing in the White Council has risen, with many of the younger members looking up to him. He has the support of three of the seven Senior Council members (Ebenezar, "Injun Joe" Listens-to-Wind, and Rashid the Gatekeeper)
** He's a member of the [[spoiler: Winter Court]] and gets along with five of the six Faerie Queens. (Titania presumably still has her grudge)

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

** In Skin Game, [[spoiler: Hades, Lord of the Underworld]] makes a point of letting Harry know that he has an interest in what Harry does. [[spoiler: Hades also (indirectly) gives Harry powerful artifacts to fight the Outsiders.]]

** As of Turn Coat, Harry's standing in the White Council has risen, with many of the younger members looking up to him. He has the support of three of the seven Senior Council members (Ebenezar McCoy, "Injun Joe" Listens-to-Wind, and Rashid the Gatekeeper)

* [[ActionGirl Murphy]] gets at least one CrowningMomentOfAwesome per book. Highlights: not flinching to shoot down a crazy FBI man who was charging at Harry when it looked like Harry was going to fire at her, taking a chain saw to an ogre's knee, using that same chainsaw to then kill a chlorofiend ([[RunningGag plant monster]]), being the gunslinger in a raid of a vampire nest, and beating off the control of the king of all incubi. And that's only covering up to book six...she gets at least four in ''Small Favor'', especially when ''Fidelacchius'' gets involved.
** Sanya's reaction to Murphy is, in addition to being accurate, hilarious. "Tiny." * insert description of Sanya's actions here* "But fierce!" [[spoiler: Especially in Changes, when she gets the direct aid of an archangel. Face judgment Almighty!]]

* 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 [[spoiler: shield Murphy from the ''Red King's'' willpower.]] That's right, Bob has enough willpower to match [[spoiler: the PhysicalGod ruling over the Red Court.]]
* [[ActionGirl Murphy]] gets at least one CrowningMomentOfAwesome per book. Highlights: not flinching to shoot down a crazy FBI man who was charging at Harry when it looked like Harry was going to fire at her, taking a chain saw to an ogre's knee, being the gunslinger in a raid of a vampire nest, and beating off the control of the king of all incubi. And that's only covering up to book six...she gets at least four in ''Small Favor'', especially when ''Fidelacchius'' gets involved.

* 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 TheDresdenFiles, with [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1248964599329.jpg this image]] depicting what most fans consider the [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Crowning Moment]] of [[UpToEleven all Crowning Moments]]. Unfortunately 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.

**** Or just broke his control over the thing that then turned on him and ate him.

* 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. Michael Carpenter? Met his wife when he killed one. ''Alone''. No. Not alone. Never alone. Not 'The Fist of God'.

*** [[ContinuityNod ...The Gatekeeper seized him and devoured him horribly ... in broad daylight in the central market of Damascus?]]
*** Nah, he took down whatever EldritchAbomination [[TheCorruption you get turned into]] by being seized and devoured, horribly, [[ComicalPrecision in broad daylight in the central market of the city of Damascus.]]

*** "[Harry] has a voodoo doll of Chicago." --Thomas Raith, "Backup"

*** "My little brother has a voodoo doll of Chicago." --Thomas Raith, "Backup"

* 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 NightmareFuel.