Persona 3/Awesome

"Mitsuru:"
 * Mitsuru Kirijo, the merciless and downright terrifying Badass Bookworm of the game,  That sort of thing takes guts.

""We're going to summon that guy to do battle with the incarnation of death itself. This game could not possibly get any more metal.""
 * Likewise, in the true last battle of the game, the Main Character  Of course, this being a game by the Shin Megami Tensei team,
 * And prior to this, if you've leveled up the Main Character enough, you can get his ultimate persona, the Messiah. Yes, the Messiah. He can be created to use instant-kill light and dark magic, comes with one of the most powerful physical attacks (Hand of God, no less), plenty of resistances, and can learn the full-party perfect healing spell and - in tasty irony - become immune to piercing attacks. Holy shit.
 * To quote the epic Let's Play of the game:

""A machine is created for a purpose. Mine is to defeat you.""
 * Junpei Iori and his epic jump from fail to awesome. After
 * Did we forget to mention that Jin(the guy who Junpei blew back) 'absorbs' fire(Junpei's respective elemental affinity)?
 * If it could blow back a guy who absorbs fire, what would it have done to Takaya, his intentional target?
 * Actually, Jin repels fire, so more acurately Junpei's attack should've hit Jin and bounced back and hit him in the face(doing nothing because Junpei's Resolved Persona is immune to fire). Junpei is so awesome in that scene HE BREAKS THE GAME MECHANICS when Jin takes the hit for Takaya. Gotta wonder how surprised Jin was to get laid out by that attack, because he had to know what his Persona resisted.
 * Shinjiro Aragaki is nothing but CMOA.
 * Gameplay evidence of how awesome Shinjiro is: his critical hit animation involves a headbutt. This is true regardless of the opponent, meaning that it's possible to see Shinji fearlessly headbutt a Shadow tank. Badass.
 * For me, the crowning dramatic moment in the game is the moment Aigis shouts "Palladion!" and Unavoidable Battle starts playing as her showdown with  truly begins. Everything about that cut scene is just brilliant, crowning perfection. The way his voice changes from a frightened, confused kid into grim understanding and confidence, the way the animation flashes back and forth between the past and present battle to show how history's repeating itself, and Aigis's tone of voice, both emotionless and pure 200-proof Determinator at the same time, for the following line...

""I know.""
 * Even Fuuka gets one when she first awakens her persona.


 * Koromaru gets one when he stops from  Especially awesome when you realize he had to run straight through the building to get to . Someone get that dog some steak.
 * Even better, in P 3 P, if you play the girl, not only does  That's one Dying Moment of Awesome.
 * During the later ranks of Mitsuru's social link she tells him/her how important the main character is to her, only to be confronted by her jerkass fiance. He proceeds to berate the main character with insults and telling Mitsuru that she's only to be his obedient wife. Mitsuru decides she's had enough of that crap and delivers a delightfully awesome speech to her fiance and causes him to run away in terror. (In Portable, this happens whether you play as the male character or the female character.)
 * In the penultimate rank of the Hermit Social Link in the female protagonist's route, the PC gets fed up with the way everyone is treating Saori and encourages her to clear things up - by hijacking the school's PA to share her thoughts with the whole school. While Saori is making her announcement, the PC guards the door and refuses to let Mr. Ekoda to get in to stop the broadcast. Then Ms. Toriumi and Ms. Ounishi show up and proceed to completely stonewall Ekoda, clearly enjoying every minute of it. After sending him on his way, they cheerfully admit that they see nothing wrong with the stunt and have no intentions of punishing the girls for it. It's a small thing compared to facing down an Eldritch Abomination, but damn if it's not incredibly satisfying all the way around.