History Awesome / TrigunStampede

* Meryl comes up with an idea to stop E.G. the Mine and she, Roberto and Vash all work together to carry it out. As E.G. gloats about his apparent victory over Vash, Roberto and Meryl tag team him with Roberto running in front of Meryl and ducking so she can stun E.G. with a camera flash. The two reporters then cling to the mad bomber, refusing to let go and threatening to [[TakingYouWithMe take him down with them]] if he doesn't deactivate the bombs. Vash gets it together and puts E.G. in an effortless chokehold, and it's clear E.G. is down for the count as he surrenders.

* Knives's entrance. He's eerily casual about it, strolling calmly through the town and effortlessly killing or maiming everyone he encounters. It's easy to see why Vash is so frightened of him -- particularly when he also activates Vash's "Gate" and leaves him standing there, stuck in his own mind, unable to move as Knives simply walks past his brother.

* Roberto once again demonstrates his eye for people's character, figuring out almost immediately the "undertaker" isn't what he claims. By the end of the episode, Zazie speaks with Wolfwood on how well he's done to earn Vash's trust... but in retrospect, Vash had Wolfwood pinned even faster than Roberto and began deprogramming him almost immediately, simply by being kind to him.

* Vash manages to dodge Livio's initial onslaught and calmly holds him at gunpoint, his aim never wavering even as Livio moves. He then manages to block Livio, gets a good punch in, before sending him ''flying'' across the deck with a shoulder ram. And that was with his ''non-prosthesis arm''.
* Livio giving trouble for Vash and Wolfwood. Vash can barely restrain him despite doing his best, and Wolfwood's shots do almost nothing as Livio quickly heals.

* Below deck, Vash takes out a group of Bad Lad gang members with just himself and his gun acting as a tonfa.

* Meryl steadfastly refuses to flee, even given the danger she's in, because she can't stand by while people get hurt again. Despite his previous complaints, Roberto silently moves to stand at her side, as wordless in his encouragement of her moral stand as he was vocal in protesting it.
* Wolfwood hesitating momentarily before he grabs the burning handles on the steamer's controls and managing to turn it when a full team of men couldn't.

* Young Vash doesn't believe he can actually contribute to anything, and would have been better off had he died. However, as he hears the cries of the ship's Plant, he begs Luida to let him out and see it. Vash sees the Plant, he puts his hands and forehead against its tank, and the Plant stops its panicked movements and moves to mimic his gesture. The once dying plant is now back to recovering thanks to Vash.

* Roberto finally makes his moral stand: after ten episodes complaining about Meryl's self-righteousness, he cuts right through Dr. Conrad's justifications in an instant and manages to shake his otherwise unwavering conviction. Then he gently absolves Meryl of any blame for his own death and tells her that as long as she's in charge, she should follow her heart. You can see the words taking root in Meryl as she stands up carrying his -- now her signature -- derringer.

* Tiny Meryl, armed only with a derringer, saves the world by refusing to give up and run from danger, breaking Vash free of Knives's control.
* Vash regaining consciousness and control over his Gate powers. He breaks free of the tank just in time to pull Meryl out of harm's way wearing his trademark vertical spikes, calmly and effortlessly draws back the mass of roots and vines into a simple crystalline cube, and tells Knives with icy anger in his voice that his plan has failed and they need to finish this. In the ensuing fight, Vash doesn't hesitate to fire every one of his remaining bullets at Knives, then starts pulling even more, marked with Plant patterns, from the cube, making his supply effectively inexhaustible. Knives always said Vash was powerless, but he couldn't be more wrong.

* Vash's tearful declaration that despite everything Knives has said about the apparent wickedness of humanity, he will continue trying to coexist with humans is sorrowful, but still triumphant. Vash wants no part of the "paradise" that Knives tried to force on him, not when it involved taking everyone's choices and autonomy away, and instead he embraces the moniker the humans have given him because of Knives's actions: ''Vash the Stampede''.

* Vash regaining consciousness and control over his Gate powers. He breaks free of the tank just in time to pull Meryl out of harm's way wearing his trademark vertical spikes, calmly and effortlessly draws back the mass of roots and vines into a simple crystalline cube, and tells Knives with icy anger in his voice that his plan has failed. In the ensuing fight, Vash doesn't hesitate to fire every one of his remaining bullets at Knives, then starts pulling even even more, marked with Plant patterns, from the cube, making his supply effectively inexhaustible.
* As the two brothers fall whilst fighting over the cube, Vash summons a dark wing from his left shoulder.

* Vash dodging ''all'' of the bullets being rained down upon him by the citizens of Jeneora Rock.

* Meryl comes up with an idea to stop E.G. The Mine. As E.G. flaunts his supposed victory over Vash, Roberto and Meryl tag team him with Roberto running in front of Meryl and ducking so she can stun E.G. with a camera flash. The two reporters then cling to the mad-bomber, refusing to let go and threaten to [[TakingYouWithMe take him down with them]] if he doesn't deactivate the bombs off.
--> '''E.G. The Mine:''' Let go, or I'll detonate your ass!!\\

'''Meryl:''' Yeah! If we die, you die too!!
* Knives's entrance. His unwavering walk and the fact that his moniker "Million Knives" seems to be quite literal in this adaptation, as he summons said knives in the air or on one of his many tentacle blades.
** He also activates a "gate" on Vash, leaving his mind in a trance-like state, unable to move as Knives simply walks past his brother.
* The moment Knives destroys Jeneora Rock is magnificent and terrifying. The raw power on display makes him look like the angel of death he compares himself to, and there is nothing anyone can do to stop him.
* Vash shoots at Knives with his bullets actually doing damage to one of his tentacles when other bullets did nothing. Once he shoots every bullet in his barrel, Vash quickly unloads and reloads his gun in a matter of seconds.

* Wolfwood accidentally gets side swept by the carriage part of the car and gets back up a few minutes later none the worse for wear.

* Roberto is quick to judge Wolfwood's alias and pins down that his cross isn't actually the traditional one made of wood. By the end of the episode, Zazie speaks with Wolfwood on how well he's done to earn Vash's trust for the Eye of Michael to keep an eye on him.

* Vash non-lethally manages to take down Monev the Gale by shooting above his would-be assailant. Causing the overhead bars above them to fall onto the larger man.

* Vash manages to dodge Livio's initial onslaught and calmly holds his gun up to the other's head. His aim never wavers as he follows where Livio moves. Vash manages to block Livio and gets a good punch in, before sending him ''flying'' across the deck with a shoulder ram. And that was with his ''non-prosthesis arm''.
* Livio giving trouble for Vash and Wolfwood. Vash can barely restrain him despite doing his best, and Wolfwood's shots hardly do any damage as Livio quickly heals from it.

* Livio proves to be an even bigger glutton for punishment than Wolfwood. Able to get back up even after being walloped in the back with the full weight of the Punisher.

* Meryl steadfastly refuses to flee, even given the danger she's in, because she can't stand by while people get hurt again.

* Young Vash doesn't believe he can actually contribute to anything, and would have been better off had he died. However, as he hears the cries of the ship's Plant, he begs Luida to let him out and see it. Vash sees the Plant, he puts his hands and forehead against its tank, with the Plant mimicking his gesture. The once dying plant is now back to recovering thanks to Vash.
** Over the next few years he spends with Ship Three, Vash travels to other ships to restore their plants. He may not feel like he has much to offer, but he now has an invaluable skill.

* Vash's gate ability, summoning a black hole that starts to swallow up everything around him.

* While mostly from pure dumb luck, Roberto manages to fire off two shots that repel some of Elindira's nails.
* Wolfwood being the only person thus far to scratch Elindira with her own nails.

* Although what's happening outside makes the entire situation horrifying, Vash's power's manifest as dark vines that rapidly begin to take over July, turning the area into a dense vined area. Even more, the vines start to form together sprouting flowers and a giant humanoid figure, Rem.

* Vash regaining consciousness and control over his gate powers. He then breaks free of the tank just in time to pull Meryl out of harm's way, and his hair now looks similar to his original design.
* Throughout his fight with Knives, Vash does not hesitate to unload each bullet he has. Calmly walking around and keeping his eyes trained on Knives.
** Then when he has to reload, he does it all quickly and efficiently to get his next round ready. If you look closely at his bullets, they're imbued with what looks like his gate powers.

* Vash's anguished declaration that despite everything Knives has said about the apparent wickedness of humanity, he will continue trying to coexist with humans, is as both tear-jerking as it is a triumph. It is Vash outright rejecting Knives's laid out narrative and fully embracing the moniker the humans have given him: ''Vash the Stampede''
--> '''Vash:''' I don't care if they hunt me! I'll just run away. I'll run, and I'll run, and ''I'll keep on running for another lifetime if I have to!'' But after everything calms down, I'll always go back to their side. There's no choice, cuz' I'm Vash the Stampede!

--> '''Vash:''' I don't care if they hunt me! I'll just run away. I'll run, and I'll run, and ''I'll keep on running for another lifetime if I have to!'' But after everything calms down, I'll always go back to their side. There's no choice, because I'm Vash the Stampede.

* Vash's anguished declaration that despite everything Knives has said about the wickedness of humanity, he will continue trying to coexist with humans, is as both tear-jerking as it is a triumph. It is Vash outright rejecting Knives's laid out narrative and fully embracing the moniker the humans have given him: ''Vash the Stampede''
--> '''Vash:''' I don't care if they hunt me! I'll just run away. I'll run, and I'll run, and ''I'll keep on running for another lifetime if I have to!'' But after everything calms down, I'll always go back to their side. There's no choice, because I'm Vash the Stampede.\\

* Meryl comes up with an idea to stop E.G. The Mine. As he flaunts his supposed victory over Vash, Roberto and Meryl tag team with Roberto running in front of Meryl and ducking so she can stund E.G. The Mine with her camera flash. The two reporters then cling to the mad-bomber, refusing to let go and threaten to [[TakingYouWithMe take him down with them]] if he doesn't turn the bombs off.

* Despite his sour personality, Roberto actually has good reads on people given his years of being a reporter. He calls out Vash for actually being scared of the Plant, realizes he's a fighter and even tricks the July Captain on duelling Vash instead of immediately turning him in.

* During his fight against Nebraska and Gosef, Vash dodges all of Gosef's attacks like he was dancing. When Nebraska shoots at him, he shoots his bullet out of the air.

* The episode title card marking the episode as #0 instead of #12 pays homage to the manga chapter it shares its name with, which was a prologue narrating that the city of July was destroyed. This definitively marks ''Stampede'' up to this point as being a StealthPrequel, and is incredibly satisfying to see both to fans who had deduced this would be the case, as well as people who only realize it in that moment.

* The episode title card marking the episode as #0 pays homage to the manga chapter it shares its name with, which was a prologue narrating that the city of July was destroyed. This definitively marks ''Stampede'' up to this point as being a StealthPrequel, and is incredibly satisfying to see both to fans who had deduced this would be the case, as well as people who only realize it in that moment.

!! Episode 1: Noman's Land

!! Episode 2: The Running Man

!! Episode 3: Bright Light, Shine Through The Darkness

!! Episode 4: Hungry!

!! Episode 6: Once Upon a Time in Hopeland

!! Episode 7: Wolfwood

!! Episode 8: Our Home

!! Episode 9: Millions Knives

!! Episode 10: Humanity

!! Episode 11: To the New World

!! Episode 12: High Noon At July

* Roberto is quick to judge Wolfwood's alias and pins down that his cross isn't actually the traditional one made of wood. [[spoiler: By the end of the episode, Zazie speaks with Wolfwood on how well he's done to earn Vash's trust for the Eye of Michael to keep an eye on him.]]

* While it becomes tearjerking in hindsight, Knives continuously plays the one song [[spoiler: he and Vash once played together as children.]] After five years of practicing, he can perfectly play a duet on his own.

* Vash's gate ability, [[spoiler: summoning a black hole that starts to swallow up everything around him.]]

* Although what's happening outside makes the entire situation horrifying, Vash's power's manifest as dark vines that rapidly begin to take over July, turning the area into a dense vined area. Even more, the vines start to form together sprouting flowers and a giant humanoid figure, [[spoiler: Rem]].

* And as horrific as it is, as twisted as his devotion has become, as utterly incapable as he is of realising he's the problem... Knives flying directly into the discharge of Vash's planet-cracking Angel Arm to grasp its source one final time and not even ''flinching'', burning himself alive in his insane persistence in achieving his goal, laughing as he kills himself in front of Vash and denying him his moral victory, is a level of emotional damage and nightmarish determination to which few villains can aspire. Vash will carry the trauma of his brother's destruction for the rest of his long, long life even if he doesn't actually remember it -- achieving what Knives always wanted, ensuring Vash will never leave him again.

* And as horrific as it is, as twisted as his devotion has become, as utterly incapable as he is of realising he's the problem... Knives flying directly into the discharge of Vash's planet-cracking Angel Arm to grasp its source one final time and not even ''flinching'', burning himself alive in his insane persistence in achieving his goal, laughing as he kills himself in front of Vash and denying him his moral victory, is a level of emotional damage and raw determination to which few villains can aspire. Vash will carry the trauma of his brother's destruction for the rest of his long, long life even if he doesn't actually remember it -- achieving what Knives always wanted, ensuring Vash will never leave him again.

* The sensation, in short, that Vash is sick to ''death'' of Knives's bullshit and focusing his rage into a display of raw power, all the incredible skills he's demonstrated coming together at once in an awe-inspiring dance of grace and control while Knives falls apart into a howling lunatic. And Vash still ''never'' actually harms his brother, sticking to his principles. Vash finally knows exactly who he is and whose side he's on, and all Knives's viciousness won't take that conviction from him.

* The sensation, in short, that Vash is sick to ''death'' of Knives's bullshit and focusing his rage into a display of raw power, all the incredible skills he's demonstrated coming together at once in an awe-inspiring display of grace and control while Knives falls apart into a howling lunatic. And Vash still ''never'' actually harms his brother, sticking to his principles. Vash finally knows exactly who he is and whose side he's on, and all Knives's viciousness won't take that conviction from him.

* The sensation, in short, that Vash is sick to ''death'' of Knives's bullshit and focusing his rage into a display of raw power, all the incredible skills he's demonstrated coming together at once in an awe-inspiring display of grace and control while Knives falls apart into a howling lunatic. And Vash still ''never'' actually harms his brother, sticking to his principles. Vash finally knows exactly who he is and which side he's on, and all Knives's viciousness won't take that conviction from him.

* In a last ditch effort to get rid of the cube safely, Vash smashes it into his gun, turning his right arm into a dark angel canon, with the cube acting as its core.

* Although what's happening outside makes the entire situation horrifying, Vash's power's manifest as dark vines that rapidly begin to take over July, turning the area into a dense vined area. Even more, the vines start to form together sprouting flowers and a giant humanoid figure, [[spoiler: Rem]].

* Vash's gate ability, [[spoiler: summoning a black hole that starts to swallow up everything around him.]]

* In the past, Knives seemed to only be able to form knives from his hands and feet. However, he uses it to make quick work of the humans who went to inspect the plans. Slaughtering all of them in seconds flat, with them barely able to even get a shot out.

* Wolfwood accidentally gets swideswept by the carriage part of the car and gets back up a few minutes later none the worse for wear.

* Livio giving trouble for Vash and Wolfwood. Vash can barely restrain him despite doing his best, and Wolfwood's shots barely do damage as Livio quickly heals from it.

* Wolfwood hesitating momentarily before he grabs the burning handles on the steamer's controls and managing to turn it.

* Wolfwood hesitating momentarily before he grabs the burning handles on the steamer's controls and managing to turn it.

!Meta
* Johnny Yong Bosch returning to this series and voicing Vash again.

* Vash single-handedly stopping the missiles from falling onto Jeneora rock with one bullet. He throws a rock into the air and shoots it, using the debris to scatter shot all of the missiles in the air.
* Despite his sour personality, Roberto actually has good reads on people given his years of being a reporter. He calls out Vash for actually being scared of the plant, realizes he's a fighter and even tricks the July Captain on dueling Vash instead of immediately turning him in.

* During his fight against Nebraska and Gosef, Vash dodges all of Gosef's attacks like he was dancing. When Nebraska shoots at him, he shoots his bullet.

* Knive's entrance. His unwavering walk and the fact that his moniker "Million Knives" seems to be quite literal in this adaptation as he summons said knives in the air or on one of his many tentacle blades.
** He also activates a "gate" on Vash, leaving his mind in a trance like state, unable to move as Knives simply walks past his brother.

* Wolfwood accidentally gets swide-swept by the carriage part of the car and gets back up a few minutes later with none the worse for wear.

* Vash and Wolfwood working together to push the ion cannon up so Mery can shoot the beam out without hurting anyone.
* Wolfwood hesitating momentarily before he grabs the burning handles on the breaks and managing to turn it.

! Noman's Land

! The Running Man

! Bright Light, Shine Through The Darkness

! Hungry!

!!Meta