Awesome / Gankutsuou

• In Episode 2: Albert is captured by Luigi's gang and about to be killed or branded, when the Count shows up in a Big Damn Heroes or Villainous rescue, and sends his two bodyguards to defeat the whole gang while he gives Luigi a scoop of Eye Scream.
• The Count's Big Entrance in Episode 3 when he arrives at Albert's home. The lights go out just before that, and everyone is frozen in shock and awe at the sight of the Count as he enters the parlor. Cue the slow motion as different angles of his profile are shown, the echoing of his footsteps are heard, and the strong wind blowing through the room before he stops and the lights turn back on.
• In Episode 10: The detective Villefort has hired to investigate the Count of Monte Cristo learns of an old priest asking about "Louis Dantes". The old priest confronts him in a rundown room as the detective is rummaging through some things, and tells him "Allow me to tell you all about both of them; it will be far faster... THIS WAY!" before doing a Dramatic Unmask that reveals him to be none other than the Count himself. The dramatic music, and almost dreamlike surroundings combined with the Count's death glare and menacing laughter make it clear that the detective's death won't be quick.
• At the start of Episode 13, Crown Prosecutor Villefort attempts to arrest the Count in a tense standoff as he and Albert are leaving the opera house together. Villefort clearly wants to make the arrest as dramatic as possible since a large crowd has gathered. Despite all the accusations hurled at the Count, he manages to stay calm even when Albert tries to defend him and also seems to be having a lot of fun as he smoothly turns the tables on his enemy, earning the admiration and amusement of the crowd who clearly dislike the self proclaimed "hanging judge".
• Near the end of the same episode which crosses over to - and is expanded on - in episode 14, Villefort attempts to assassinate the Count in retaliation for the humiliation he suffered and his dismissal from his post. Albert manages to thwart the attempt in a Big Damn Heroes moment by knocking Villefort to the side, shocking even the Count.
• In episode 14, following Albert's Big Damn Heroes interference which saves the Count's life, he hits his head on the cobblestones after knocking Villefort to the side to save the Count. The impact knocks him out, and leaves him vulnerable as Villefort turns his anger towards him, and attempts to kill him as well. The Count uses Gankutsuou's power to save Albert in his own Big Damn Heroes move, and one can only speculate whether he and Villefort engaged in a scuffle, or if the Count threw himself between the enraged former Crown Prosecutor and the unconscious boy.
• The sheer depths that Franz goes through to help Albert, going from just an "Off" feeling about the Count of Monte Cristo to effectively giving the titular Count his weak point through a duel, at the cost of Franz' life.
  • The fact that Franz duels the Count instead of Albert can not be understated. The Count's plan was to kill Albert to effectively remove any chance of his emotions coming back. Franz's sacrifice is what gives Albert the chance to redeem the Count in the penultimate episode.
• When Eugenie is about to be forced to sign a marriage contract with Andrea, Albert and his friends enact a plan that effectively derails the sham wedding, culminating in Andrea and Julian looking like total buffoons in front of all present in the room (which is filled to the brim with eager reporters and fellow nobles) while Eugenie and Albert escape scot-free in Renaud's car.
  • And then the police immediately come in to arrest Andrea and reveal to Danglars that he's a sham and that Danglars effectively ruined his company and family All for Nothing. The simultaneous Laser-Guided Karma is just the cherry on the top.
• Haydee utterly demolishes Fernand's presidential campaign with her testimony, revealing that Fernand changed his last name and that he killed her father. When Fernand tries to have her removed for "slander" she responds quite succinctly "Shut your mouth Fernand Mondego!" And when Mercedes asks for proof, Haydee shows the brand on her neck that she was given as a slave. While Haydee later ends up regretting ruining Albert and Mercedes' lives, Haydee's charisma and strength as the former princess of Janina is on full display here.
• During the trial of Villefort, Andrea not only manages to get Villefort to admit that the two are related, but also gets Villefort to hug him, to which Andrea injects Villefort with a poisoned needle. And even then, while Andrea is being apprehended by the guards, he shakes them off to give one hell of speech to all the nobles and calls them out on being two-faced pieces of trash. Yes, Andrea is a Jerkass, but also a Tragic Villain who finally gained some payback on the aristocrats who ruined his life.
  • One could also interpret that this was part of the Count's plan to not only ruin Villefort, but also indirectly humiliate and expose the decadence of the farcical aristocrats in general (as he seems to do in various adaptations of the novel).
• As Albert and Mercedes lay bleeding out on the floor after a craven Fernand shoots them both, a communicator device slips out from Albert. What happens next is Bertuccio and Baptistan rammming their ship into Fernand's engine, downing Fernand's massive ship in a single ram, and saving Albert and his mother.
• Throughout the story, Albert has constantly been looking up to the Count and defending him from his friends. In addition to that, Albert also holds his father in such high regard that even when Fernand has been slandered to hell and back, Albert still believes him. So it's all the more awesome when Albert calls the both of them out after a tense hostage situation, in which both he and Haydee could have died in a case of Sins of Our Fathers moment.
• Albert managing to jump into Bertuccio's ship as the Count's mansion crumbles around them. This is also taking into account the fact Albert is carrying Haydee and he has a bullet wound in his abdomen.

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