Awesome / The Road to El Dorado

• After the volcano coincidentally stops, the scene where Miguel and Tulio revel in glory is awe-inspiring.
  • Heck, the volcano seeming to respond to Tulio's anger and then subsequent command to stop is pretty cool, even if it is a complete coincidence.
• Miguel's Shut Up, Hannibal! speech to Tzekel-Kan at the end of the ball game.
  • Say it with me, folks: "The gods are speaking for themselves now... There will be no sacrifices, not now, not ever!"
    Miguel: Look, Tzekel-Kan! Forget the sacrifices! We don't want any sacrifices.
    Tzekel-Kan: (offended) But all of the ancient writings say that you will devour the wicked and unrighteous!
    Miguel: Well, I don't see anyone here who fits that description.
    Tzekel-Kan: (flabbergasted) Well, as speaker for the gods, it would be my privilege to point. Them. Out. (not so subtly gestures at the chief)
    Miguel: The gods are speaking for themselves now! This city, and these people have no need for you anymore! (pushes past Tzekel-Kan and helps the athletes to their feet) There will be no sacrifices. Not now, not ever!
    (The crowd cheers)
    Miguel: Now get out!
• Altivo gets quite a few awesome moments, reminding the audience that while he may be goofy and gluttonous at times, he's still a trained warhorse, and a Sapient Steed to boot.
  • When Miguel bribes Altivo with an apple to aid them in escaping the brig, he asks him to find a prybar. Instead, Altivo finds the keys to their cell.
  • When his promised apple bounces around and falls overboard, he dives into the ocean after it without hesitating. True, it was a foolish decision, as he would have drowned without Miguel and Tulio's help, but his determination is admirable.
    • Amazingly, he actually did manage to get the apple, as he's seen spitting out the core once he's safely on the rowboat.
  • At one point on their journey through the jungle, he crosses a small canyon by jumping across several standing poles with both men on his back.
  • He aids Tulio and Miguel during the ball game, playing defense by knocking over the entire opposing team, jumping to give his teammates a boost to the hoop, and ultimately winning the game by kicking the stone wall while nobody's looking and vibrating the ball through.
  • He's the first one to realize Cortes and his army are approaching, hearing them in the distance and warning his friends. He also aids Miguel in lowering the sail by jumping onto the boat to give him a boost.
• The chase scene with a stone jaguar powered by dark magic.
  • Chel has the wits to get Altivo and give our heroes a fighting chance before they get flattened.
  • Altivo manages to carry Tulio, Miguel, and Chel on his back without trouble while being chased by the stone jaguar. When it nearly catches them after shattering the stairs from underneath them, Altivo, inches from sliding whole into that stone mouth, flattens his ears and kicks the stone jaguar in the eye. He later carries Chel to safety at Tulio's command.
  • Our heroes working together to keep each other alive even while clearly terrified.
• Miguel and Tulio conning Tzekel-Kan into letting his guard down by acting like they are fighting to the end of their friendship before simultaneously punching him in the face. Slightly diminished by the fact that it wasn't an act on Miguel's part, and he was voicing his grievances to an oblivious Tulio, but the fact that Miguel was willing to put them aside momentarily to join Tulio in delivering the simultaneous punch is still pretty awesome unto itself.
• He might be an evil sorcerer that'll give Maleficent a run for her money, but Tzekel-Kan definitely deserves props for every second of his awesome magic. From something as meager as healing a cut on his hand to creeping out Tulio with apparitions/summoning of all sorts of creepy-crawlies to the jaguar that is about as close to a One-Winged Angel as he gets, he wears the Crown on his Moments of Awesome with pride.
• Miguel's slow-motion leap to unfurl the sail when the boat is about to get crushed by a pillar. For a second, you can almost believe that he is a god.

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