History Awesome / TigerAndBunny

*** On a meta level, just how smoothly the series handles their memories being returned. There's no amnesiac moment where they forget what they were doing while brainwashed, nobody says there's NoTimeToExplain when they question the specifics of what happened, they all immediately get behind Kotetsu once he explains the situation, and the only reason they don't immediately have Kaede restore Barnaby's memory is because Fire Emblem patted her shoulder in congratulation for her actions and accidentally caused her to copy his power. Even then, they all quickly plan on having Kotetsu work on getting through to Barnaby while they all fight the fake Wild Tiger. The entire scene is a masterclass in avoiding all the cliche pitfalls that are so common with brainwashing plots.

** Doubles as a TearJerker since he unknowingly destroys the girl he fell in love with, and never does find out about what happened, and goes to wait for her at the park where they met.

** Doubles as a TearJerker since [[spoiler: he unknowingly destroys the girl he fell in love with, and never does find out about what happened, and goes to wait for her at the park where they met.]]

** Kaede running after her father as the train departs, [[spoiler: discovering her NEXT powers in the process]].

** Kotetsu fights [[spoiler:the "''Black Suit'' Wild Tiger"]] without using his powers. He ''flips him over''. Again, remember- ''without his powers''.
** [[spoiler:Lunatic saving Kotetsu.]]

** [[spoiler:Kaede. Just Kaede. The girl goes into Sternbild ''alone'' to save her dad.]]
** Kotetsu, [[spoiler:on the roof of Apollon Media, in his old outfit, cape blowing in the wind. He's outnumbered, he doesn't have his fancy suit and toys, and everyone has it in for him. What does he do? Strike a pose, of course! Made all the more awesome by the fact that he called them there himself--knowing all of this full well.]]
--->[[spoiler: '''Kotetsu:''' All right, it's time to let out a...[''chuckles''] '''wild roar!''']]

** [[spoiler:Kaede using an EmotionBomb and restoring the memories of the heroes. LittleMissBadass doesn't even begin to describe it.]]
** [[spoiler: Bison blocking Barnaby's attack on Tiger.]]

* Episode 23: [[spoiler:Wild Tiger managing to get Barnaby to remember.]]

** Also, [[spoiler: Blue Rose declaring she won't press the button or rather how easily she tricked Rotwang into letting it be heard by others]].
** And Kotetsu's (apparent) [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice]]. Subverted though it may have been, it is still pretty cool.
** Episodes 21 to 24's sub plot is basically just [[spoiler: Kaede showing herself to be a LittleMissBadass, BadassAdorable and a {{Determinator}} over and over again]].

** [[spoiler:The entire Heroes vs robots fight.]]
** [[spoiler:Doc Saito activating the androids' safety mode and singlehandedly saving all of the heroes.]]
** Rock Bison [[spoiler:taking out the scaffolding that Rotwang and Maverick were standing on]].
** [[spoiler:Agnes revealing Maverick on live TV. And ''mocking'' him while doing it!]]
** [[spoiler:Kotetsu waking up and one-shotting Maverick across the face.]]
** [[spoiler:Origami stopping Maverick with his FuumaShuriken. Even better that it came in the middle of everyone else focusing on Kotetsu; Origami had gotten relatively few awesome moments, but he more than made up for it by being the only one to pay attention to Maverick.]]
** [[spoiler:Lunatic killing Maverick.]]
** [[spoiler:Even Maverick gets one - it's hard not to smile when he [[AssholeVictim kills Rotwang]].]]
** [[spoiler:Maverick also gets another: knowing he can't escape, he erases his own memories to keep the heroes from finding out what he knows about Ouroboros, pulling a villainous version of a HeroicSacrifice]].

* Episode 1 has multiple awesome moments when we are introduced to the heroes (except Origami Cyclone who just appeared and stood there in the background behind Dragon Kid).

* Episode 3 has both Kotetsu and Barnaby's solution to the TimeBomb's WireDilemma. First Wild Tiger punched a hole in the roof, then Barnaby kicks the bomb up through the hole to have it harmlessly blow up in the sky.
** Bonus points for Kotetsu for throwing the camera, with which he was ordered to film the whole thing, in the air in such a way that it both captured him punching through the roof ''and'' Barnaby kicking the bomb away, making sure Agnes got some excellent footage to air.

* Episode 13: Kotetsu's BatmanGambit, Kotetsu healing himself with his Hundred Power, Barnaby kicking Jake so hard he breaks a rib, the three other active Heroes taking out Ouroborous' MiniMecha while Jake and Kriem are distracted, the look on Jake's face when he inadvertently makes Kriem's helicopter crash into him...the entire episode was full of awesome moments.
* Episode 15: Sky High fights and defeats the robot that took out Tiger and Barnaby like it was nothing.
** Doubles as a TearJerker since [[spoiler: he unknowingly destroyed the girl he fell in love with, and never does find out about what happened, and went to wait for her at the park where they met.]]

** After all that is happening to Kotetsu, he still went after Lady Killer. Sure he lost, but still.
** Lunatic's entrance and speech at the end of the episode was [[NightmareFuel very scary]] but also very, ''very'' awesome.

** And Kotetsu's (apparent) [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice]]. Subverted though it may have been, it was still pretty cool.

** [[spoiler:Even Maverick got one - it's hard not to smile when he [[AssholeVictim kills Rotwang]].]]
** [[spoiler:Maverick also got another: knowing he couldn't escape, he erased his own memories to keep the heroes from finding out what he knew about Ouroboros, pulling a villainous version of a HeroicSacrifice]].
* The Rising:

* Episode 11: Kotetsu bursts into the meeting room where the mayor, Judge Petrov, and the sponsor [=CEOs=] have convened to discuss the crisis situation, and - with Barnaby right behind him - calls them all out for dithering instead of taking action. He undermines himself a little ([[CrowningMomentOfFunny hilariously]]) when he has some trouble with the word "self-interests", but it's awesome all the same.

** Rock Bison [[spoiler: taking out the scaffolding that Rotwang and Maverick were standing on]].
** [[spoiler: Agnes revealing Maverick on live TV. And ''mocking'' him while doing it!]]
** [[spoiler: Kotetsu waking up and one-shotting Maverick across the face.]]
** [[spoiler: Origami stopping Maverick with his FuumaShuriken. Even better that it came in the middle of everyone else focusing on Kotetsu; Origami had gotten relatively few awesome moments, but he more than made up for it by being the only one to pay attention to Maverick.]]
** [[spoiler: Lunatic killing Maverick.]]
** [[spoiler: Even Maverick got one - it's hard not to smile when he [[AssholeVictim kills Rotwang]].]]

** Then Kotetsu [[UnflinchingWalk walks away from the collapsing building]] with Kaede in his arms managing to be {{badass}} and heartwarming all at once.

** [[spoiler: Origami stopping Maverick with his FuumaShuriken.]]

** [[spoiler: Even Maverick got one - it's hard not to smile when he kills Rotwang.]]

** [[spoiler: Even Maverick got one - it's hard not to smile when he kills Rotwang.]]

* Episode 3 has both Kotetsu and Barnaby's solution to the {{Time Bomb}}'s WireDilemma. First Wild Tiger punched a hole in the roof, then Barnaby kicks the bomb up through the hole to have it harmlessly blow up in the sky.

** Kotetsu, [[spoiler:on the roof of Apollon Media, in his old outfit, cape blowing in the wind. He's outnumbered, he doesn't have his fancy suit and toys, and everyone has it in for him. What does he do? Strike a pose, of course! Made all the more awesome by the fact that he called them there himself-- knowing all of this full well.]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Kotetsu:''' All right, it's time to let out...''[chuckles]'' '''a wild roar!''']]

*** Like becoming Spider-Man.

*** Good Luck Mode
** Sky High [[SeriousBusiness doesn't take it lightly]] [[BlowYouAway when you ruin someone's birthday surprise.]]
* Episode 7:
** Barnaby's fight with Lunatic.
* Episode 8:
** Kotetsu's fight with Lunatic. [[TakingTheBullet He tanks a flaming crossbow bolt]] and gives a CrossCounter to Lunatic's flaming punch.

* Episode 11: Kotetsu bursts into the meeting room where the mayor, Judge Petrov, and the sponsor [=CEOs=] have convened to discuss the crisis situation, and - with Barnaby right behind him - calls them all out for dithering instead of taking action. He undermines himself a little ([[CrowningMomentOfFunny hilariously]]) when he has some trouble with the word "self-interests," but it's awesome all the same.

* Episode 16: After all that is happening to Kotetsu, he still went after Lady Killer. Sure he lost, but still.
** Lunatic entrance and speech at the end of the Episode was [[NightmareFuel very scary]] but also very, ''very'' awesome.
* Episode 17: Tiger manages to rescue his daughter despite his Hundred Power vanishing again.

** Kaede running after her father as the train departs, [[spoiler: discovering her NEXT powers in the process.]]
* Episode 21: Kotetsu fights [[spoiler:the "''Black Suit'' Wild Tiger"]] without using his powers. He ''flips him over''. Again, remember- ''without his powers''.

-->[[spoiler: '''Kotetsu:''' All right, it's time to let out...*chuckles*'''a wild roar!''']]

* Episode 22: [[spoiler:Kaede using an EmotionBomb and restoring the memories of the heroes. LittleMissBadass doesn't even begin to describe it.]]

*** Cliffhanger of that episode.
* Episode 24: Kaede takes a page out of [[{{Kamehamehadouken}} Goku's/Ryu's book]].

** Episodes 21 to 24's sub plot is basically just [[spoiler: Kaede showing herself to be a LittleMissBadass, BadassAdorable and a {{Determinator}} over and over again.]]

** [[spoiler:The entire Heroes vs robots fight]]

** Rock Bison [[spoiler: taking out the scaffolding that Rotwang and Maverick were standing on.]]

** [[spoiler: Even Maverick got one - it's hard not to smile when he kills Rotwang]]

* Episode 1 has multiple awsome moments for when we are introduced to the heroes (except Origami Cyclone who just appeared and stood there in the background behind Dragon Kid).
* Episode 3 has both Kotetsu and Barnaby's solution to the {{Time Bomb}}'s WireDilemma. First Wild Tiger punched a hole in the roof then Barnaby kicks the bomb up through the hole to have it harmlessly blow up in the sky.

** Kotetsu's fight with Lunatic. [[TakingTheBullet He tanks a flaming crossbow bolt]] and gives CrossCounter to Lunatic's flaming punch.

** Lunatic entrance and speech at the end of the Episode was [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel very scary]] but also very, ''very'' awesome.

*** [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome Kotetsu's bike transformation]]

** Please don't forget Kotetsu's [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice]]. Though fans are hoping this gets [[SubvertedTrope subverted]].