Awesome / Steins;Gate

Good hunting. El. Psy. Kongroo.

Because even though facing a global conspiracy focused on the development of time travel is not the easiest work out there, you have to count yourself as a badass for facing them and finding a way to stop their objectives.

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Steins;Gate

• Suzuha showing up out of the blue in episode 13, knocking out five SERN assassins in a split second before getting into a Mexican Standoff with Moeka.
• After Okabe asks everyone to gather near Suzuha's time machine in episode 16, they discuss who's Suzuha's father when Mayuri correctly deduces that Daru is indeed Suzuha's father via the photo of a badge Suzuha have, the time machine's model name and the fact that everyone doesn't have Suzuha's father personality traits with the exception of Daru who fits the criteria that she points out.
• When Okabe confronts Moeka at her apartment in episode 19, they immediately get into a physical fight over her phone which Okabe needs to undo the D-mail for Mayuri's life. Okabe didn't hesitate to give her a punch to her face to make her not only let go of her phone but in revenge for Mayuri's death at her own hands.
• The entire ending of episode 23, beginning with future!Okabe's message about how it IS possible to Take a Third Option and give hope for one last chance to avert the Bad Future. On top of that, there's just something ridiculously cool about future!Okabe. Maybe it's the absolute confidence he has in being able to trick out time, maybe it's the Badass Back, or maybe it's the fact that this fellow simply radiates Magnificent Bastard vibes, to the point that even Mayuri seems a bit smitten by him. THEN the visual novel's original opening theme "Sky-Clad Observer" kicks in as the message conclude, and serves as an incredibly awesome Theme Song Power Up as the Hououin Kyouma persona returns, and makes a speech that manages to turn what was once Narm into a Badass Boast on a level that would put Lelouch vi Britannia to shame.
  • Also, the whole text of Sky-Clad Observer. Assuming that the titular Observer gaining awareness is none other than Hououin Kyouma returning from Okabe's subconscious, according to a literal translation of the lyrics he basically Took a Level in Badass becoming a blaspheme, being able to poke and prod at the Creation itself and abuse the Uncertainty principle to bend the whole space-time to his whims. Good thing that after all, he's limiting himself to bringing back Makise Kurisu and save the world from SERN and Nakabachi.
  • Bonus for Hououin Kyouma's return managing to shock even the Seen It All hardened Action Girl Suzuha, who is stunned silent. To see a guy who has been psychologically traumatized beyond words over the course of the story, it can feel good to see him earning back his own spirit at last.
  • Hell, a poster on the Beast's Lair Type-Moon fan forum put it best:
    THE SONUVABITCH IS BACK IN THE GAME WITH A THEME MUSIC POWER-UP!
  • The whole event is preceded by an awesome moment from Mayuri of all people. After a disastrous first attempt to save Kurisu ends in Okabe accidentally committing the deed himself, resulting in him returning to the present broken and covered in blood, Okabe is about to leave and give up, consigned to the idea that the endeavor is hopeless when Mayuri runs up and slaps some sense into him and tells him not give up so easily. Keep in mind, Mayuri barely has any idea of what's going on, and Okabe looks like he's gone through hell, yet she still decides to do this, because she can tell that whatever is going on is important to Okabe, and the Okabe she knows would never give up on something so important. Made even more awesome in 0, which reveals that this single act is what prevented Okabe from spiraling down the Despair Event Horizon and missing his chance to save Kurisu, meaning that Mayuri managed to avert World War III with a single slap!
• The scene with Okabe, Kurisu, and Dr. Nakabachi in the final episode, particularly Okabe's emergency plan to recreate the episode 1 murder scene by getting himself stabbed.
  Okabe: Run? Not just yet. The man's pulled his knife for a reason. I'm curious to see what it is.
• The ending of the OVA, also serving double-duty as a Heartwarming Moment. In a World… where far too many relationships between tsunderes Cannot Spit It Out, are afflicted with Poor Communication Kills syndrome, or are cursed to be forever stopped by Moment Killers, Okabe's ability to look Kurisu in the eye and clearly, seriously, and calmly tell her he loves her is at GAR levels of awesome.
• J. Michael Tatum's performance as Okabe in the dub - quite a few call it the greatest performance in his career. As well, he helped write the script.
• Okabe gets one during the brief time he's female!Ruka's boyfriend. After a disastrous time courtesy of trying to follow a dating manual, he decides to re-do their final day and delivers the Badass Boast of, "This time, we're going to do it my way!" It doubles as a Heartwarming Moment.

My Darling's Embrace

• Rintaro proving his chops once again in both Kurisu and Faris's routes by acting as a human shield to protect them from Shido and his goons.
• Suzuha and Mayuri standing up for themselves when they verbally shut down Daru's Flanderized versions of them in his script for the MayQueen PV.
• Moeka getting to showcase her talents as a professional writer in several cases: Fixing Daru's script to the point where the lab mems support it and writing an expository article to help turn the tide against Shido in Faris's route. And, in her own route, being the author of a best-selling cell phone novel.
• Shido getting his comeuppance in Faris's route when Rintaro and Daru reveal they've obtained hard evidence of his lawbreaking actions involved in trying to build his "empire" in Akihabara.
• Luka and Rintaro teaming up to defeat Fafnir in his route. A serious Took a Level in Badass moment for Luka.
• A two-for-one during the pool scene in Mayuri's route: Kurisu being able to back up her claims at being a good swimmer and Mayuri saving Rintaro from drowning.
• Also in Mayuri's route is a moment when Mayuri and Luka ask Kurisu for help on their chemistry homework. Despite her claim at being weak with chemistry, Kurisu is not only able to help them out through an alternate method, it piques her interest in wanting to gain a deeper understanding of chemistry in general.
  Rintaro: No wonder they call her a genius.

Linear Bounded Phenogram

• It's a Bait-and-Switch for the narrative as Daru appears to be a Dirty Coward in his route while pleading for Moeka to spare him and do whatever she wants with Yuki, only until it's revealed he was just trying to get Moeka to drop her guard for him to tackle her. It ultimately didn't work, but it still took guts on his part since she was pointing a gun at him.
• Suzuha rescuing both Daru and Yuki from a time bomb and seemingly getting caught up in the explosion, but a combination of Never Found the Body plus the time machine disappearing from Radikan hints at her survival.
  Daru: There's less than five minutes! You'll never make it-!
  Suzuha: Don't underestimate me!
• Faris's dad basically rounding up all of his allies and being willing to take on the Committee of 300 in Kurisu's route all because his daughter's friends are in trouble. While that world line ends before much can happen, he still pulls an all-nighter making arrangement and is also instrumental in helping bridge the gap between Kurisu and her father. When Kuroki suggested to Faris that they consult her father, he wasn't kidding.
• Faris crawling through the collapsed station to rescue Suzuha, who had been buried alive after Taking the Bullet to save her and Nae.
• Rintaro Spotting the Thread and following Luka back in time after catching Luka's lie of being "used" to Time Leaping despite having claimed to have Leapt only once, followed by Luka convincing Okabe to let her send the D-Mail that will turn her back into a guy and to not give up on saving Mayuri.
• Moeka's full-on Heel–Face Turn and Heroic Sacrifice to save the lab mems from the Rounders.
• Rintaro gets two in "Abduction Across Three Worlds" when he saves Kurisu from getting hit by a car, followed by him facing off against 5-to-1 odds when fighting the black hoods.
• Nae doing everything she can to help Daru reconstruct the PhoneWave (name subject to change), including repairing the 42-inch CRT while the lab is constantly under watch by SERN agents.