The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes/Awesome

General

 * Let's be honest, the Hulk (even more than the other characters) is a walking CMOA. Seriously, he gets at least one in every episode he's in.

Micro-Episodes
"Thor: Have you no honor?
 * Iron Man overcoming a severe power drain and being held at gunpoint by the SHIELD Mandroids in order to defeat the HYDRA Dreadnoughts in the climax of his series of shorts.
 * Nick Fury. Why is his hair white? Old Age? Yeah, right. No, his hair's white because he got into a fight with Baron Von Strucker who drained his life force, and he decided to walk away is if losing a decent percentage of his life force was worth it to keep this one villain from escaping.
 * The Grim Reaper. In comic books, a lowly crook who has an arm that can cause a coma and a necromancer. His claim to fame: being Wonder Man's brother. How does he get introduced? Why, he's walking through a SHIELD scanner, and they realize he has an implant. He then turns into a fully fledged ninja and breaks a high priority prisoner out of a jail designed by Iron Man, and enforced by SHIELD. And the only reason he didn't succeed was because Nick Fury was there.
 * "Thor the Mighty" has this:

Wrecker: *laughs* Not even a little!

Thor: Then you should be familiar with attacking a foe from behind!"


 * Baldur's Colossus Climb during "The Siege of Asgard," which culminates in him stabbing a Frost Giant in the friggin' eye! The same Frost Giant later appears in the background in "A Day Like No Other," and now he's wearing an eyepatch.
 * The entirety of "Hulk vs. The World," such as Hulk punching off the Absorbing Man's arm, and Hawkeye descending a helicopter on a zip line.
 * In the "Howling Commandos" short, we get a brief clip of Percival Pinkerton owning a HYDRA mook with an umbrella.
 * And of course, you knew it was coming but Heroic Sacrifice.
 * "The Man in the Anthill" has Hank Pym showing off just what an Incredible Shrinking Man is really capable of. It doubles as a Crowning Moment because it shows Hank kicking ass, instead of focusing on the things that have been bogging him down in the comics.
 * The best moment is when the guys realize that they're outmatched and run outside... only to find that Hank shrunk them too without their realizing it. Later, Hank offhandedly tells Wasp to make sure they aren't eaten by his ants.
 * The Wasp blasting Whirlwind in the face at point blank range with one of her energy blasts in "Enter the Whirlwind".

Breakout
"Gravitron: I'm stronger than all of you! I'm the strongest one there is!
 * Now that the show has premiered, let's take a look at "Breakout". We have Thor duking it out with Graviton in full Norse God Mode, along with Wasp zapping him repeatedly to shut him up, Iron Man doing what he does best, the first time Giant Man goes big, and the Hulk showing up to turn the tide, followed by the entire team taking Graviton down.... Okay, let's face it. The entire premiere counts as a Crowning Moment of Awesome.

(BOOM)

Hulk: You sure about that?"

"Graviton: NOTHING is that powerful!"
 * Special mention has to be made once more for the Hulk. The Avengers attack Graviton en masse, who simply increases the gravity around them, forcing them to the ground. As he flies up in the air, lifting a lot of debris and taunting them, Hulk starts to get back up. Graviton increases it further.. and Hulk starts to get back up again. Graviton's reaction is priceless:


 * Crowning Music of Awesome: The opening theme aired on TV for the first time in this episode.

Living Legend

 * Captain America reawakening, then repeatedly putting Thor, Ant-Man, and Iron Man down. Sure, they weren't looking for a fight (though Thor learned faster than the others), but Cap still handed their asses to them soundly, including putting Thor down four times in less than that many minutes! And the last time he did it was a flying shield version of an Offhand Backhand!
 * Baron Zemo curbstomping Grim Reaper in only a couple of moves.
 * Cap beating the crud out of Zemo after regaining his confidence.

Panther's Quest
"Black Panther: I am not the same man as my father, M'Baku, for my rage is greater!"
 * A non serious T'Challa handles himself very well against Captain America, Iron Man, Wasp, and Giant Man. Wasp even admits he was kicking their butts.
 * As the battle between Black Panther and Man-Ape reaches its climax, Man-Ape pulls out a tiny sonic disruptor, which generates sound waves which could kill Panther in the same way as his father. Panther falls, but lifts himself back up and slowly walks towards his foe, crushing the sonic disruptor beneath his foot.


 * After this, Panther slays Man-Ape with one more swipe of his claws.

Gamma World

 * Hawkeye directly threatens to take down the Hulk if he doesn't produce Bruce Banner. As foolish as that is, it actually works! Hulk laughs at him, which causes him to turn back into Banner.
 * Thor showing Absorbing Man why taking the properties of Mjolnir was a bad idea in "Gamma World, pt. 2".
 * The Hulk destroying the gamma generator, causing great pain to the Leader in the process.

Masters of Evil
"Hawkeye: Weird. Purple Puss here seems to think we were trying to defeat him.
 * As part of their plan to defeat the Avengers, the Enchantress poofs Hulk to Asgard to meet a couple of 50 foot tall frost giants. Later, when he gets poofed back, what happens? Does he fall out of the portal exhausted? No, he victoriously walks out of the portal covered in snow with an ice club in his hand. The Oh Crap look on Enchantress' face when he sees her is priceless.
 * Giant-Man kickstarting the battle by punting Abomination through the roof.
 * That said, Hawkeye and Black Panther revealing the whole plan was a combination of Funny and Awesome. Special note to Hawkeye's grins and winks toward Zemo as the Panther explains.

Black Panther: I heard. He is misguided."

"Wasp "This is gonna hurt. And I won't lie to you-I'm kinda glad!""
 * Wasp taking down Crimson Dynamo by flying inside his helmet and blasting him point blank.


 * Zemo effortlessly taking down the Abomination with two attacks and delivering a brief Reason You Suck Speech to the brute who spent the whole episode questioning why the man with no special powers was their leader. Talk about Asskicking Equals Authority.

The Man Who Stole Tomorrow
"Iron Man: A very smart man told me once that those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it."
 * Ant-Man summoning millions of cockroaches to defeat Kang.
 * Hulk throwing rocks to create an epic distraction.
 * Iron Man.

Come the Conqueror

 * Captain America has one in the beginning of episode: Kang's robots attack the entire city and they are going to destroy innocent children, but Captain America shows up and defeats Kang's robots. He even proceeds to say, "Avengers Assemble!" for the first time in the show.

The Kang Dynasty

 * Thor deflecting a beam Kang tried to shoot at the Avengers almost makes up for his constant succumbing to The Worf Effect.
 * The beam wouldn't have just killed the Avengers. Its power would have wiped out the entire city of New York, and according to Kang, nothing on the planet should have been able to stop the beam. Thor knocked it right back at Kang's ship. That is what having a god on your team means.
 * Black Panther gets a CMOA, it's just off screen. Later, when one of Kang's men is giving a status report, he tells Kang the Wakandans have forced the invaders out.
 * 's No-Holds-Barred Beatdown of Kang.

The Casket of Ancient Winters

 * and get one for entering the fight. It's just a cameo, sure, but the one liner makes it worth it.
 * It's Clobberin' time!

Hail HYDRA!

 * Hawkeye and Ant-Man get a joint one as Hawkeye fires an arrow at long distance through several buildings' worth of windows next to Baron Strucker- so Ant-Man can size back to normal and punch Strucker in the face.
 * Cap then gets one when, despite being aged ahead a few years by Strucker's artificial arm, he still owns him in one to one combat.
 * And finally line to him "By the authority of SHIELD, you're under arrest" makes  awesome.

Ultron-5
"Hulk: Give me something to smash!"
 * After getting trapped in a Quinjet flying into space, the Hulk busts out, and started diving right back down to Earth looking very, very angry.


 * When Ultron is about to blast Hank, he ends up getting blown straight through a wall. Cue Iron Man marching in in his Mk.1 Armour.
 * Wasp pulling an I Am Not Left-Handed on Ultron by showing that shrinking isn't the only size-shifting she's capable of in a pinch.

The Ultron Imperative
"Hulk: I'm going to enjoy this, robot. THIS IS FOR THOR!"
 * Considering how the two of them act towards each other, this line also counts as a CMOH

"(Thor appears, surrounded by lightning)
 * Ultron.
 * When Thor.

Hawkeye: No way...!

Thor: Where. Is. Ultron?!"

"Thor: ULTRON! We would have words with thee!"
 * And later...

"Ant-Man: During the fighting in the mansion, I realized there was a flaw in Ultron's
 * Ant-Man planting a  to destroy Ultron.

Wasp: Hank, you did it! You saved the world! With science, even!"

This Hostage Earth
"Cap: Always stay focused on the matter at hand, comrade."
 * Despite her stingers having little effect on Abomination, Wasp triggers a mini rock slide to try to fight. (It doesn't work, but still)
 * Hank almost literally curb-stomping the Abomination.
 * Zemo being Dangerously Genre Savvy enough to was pretty damn cool.
 * Captain America showing his fearlessness and willpower when the skeletal Niffleheim ghosts arrive. Despite having the upper-hand before, Crimson Dynamo loses it and freaks out, but Cap just completely ignores the moaning spirits and beats down on Dynamo.


 * The battle between Hulk and Executioner was pretty awesome, especially when Hulk wins by punching/tossing Skurge all the way across the lake and into the forest and taking his battle-axe as a prize.

The Fall of Asgard
"Ant-Man: Jötunheim huh. Well guys, (grows to giant size).
 * Hulk with a battle-ax smashing trolls and ogres. 'Nuff said.
 * No, two things must be said. The trolls have Hulk pinned and one says, "The beast is strong, but not strong enough." Hulk's Response?
 * HULK IS STRONGEST THERE IS!!! (Cue him smashing all the enemy away)
 * It's an Offscreen Moment of Awesome, but Giant Man eschewing any peaceful negotiations to kick some icy cold frost giant ass in order to protect an unconscious Wasp. Also with a battle-axe.

Giant-Man: I'm pretty sure you're not too interested in talking this out. And frankly, (grabs the giant ice axe) neither am I!"


 * We have a quick montage thing of the Avengers losing their individual fights. Cap has a Heroic BSOD, Tony is forced to fight without his armor etc. Except for Black Panther, who not only never recieves a solid hit from his ghost enemies, but manages to find a way out in time to bail Hawkeye and his new elf friend out by clubbing some wolves with another wolf.
 * To be fair, if you remember The Casket of Ancient Winters, he had no room for error, or else he would have been frozen solid, with only shows him to be just as awesome with that in mind.
 * Tony didn't fight too badly without his armor, at least at first. When he threatened Ulik, the rock troll laughed in his face and asked, "Who are you?" Tony answered by knocking back the beast with one blast from his remaining glove, stating simply, "I'm Iron Man."
 * Speaking of Tony, stabbing the arc reactor in his chest with a sword to defeat Ulik, knowing he needs that to survive was ridiculously awesome.

A Day Unlike Any Other

 * Captain America escaping from Nifflheim to rally the Avengers together, and using some epic teamwork to take down the giant ice wolf.
 * Ironman gets armor made of the same metal as Thor's hammer: Uru Armor.
 * And then uses it in an awesome Big Damn Heroes moment.
 * Ant-Man overcoming the sonic shrieks of the ravens guarding Iggdrisil to get under the tree, grow to Giant Man, and rip it out, thus.
 * The Avengers being praised as heroes by Asgard. Considering that mortals have been long dismissed by Asgardians the Avengers earning respect from the Asgardians shows how much they have accomplished.

The Private War of Dr. Doom

 * Dr. Doom successfully defends himself from the entire Avengers team and the Fantastic Four. An impressive showing for Marvel's premiere super-villain.
 * More like everyone gets completely punked by Doom.
 * Earlier, when the Avengers and FF are fighting the Doom-Bots, Iron Man does some pretty cool up-close finishing moves using his replusors and jetboots.
 * More of an accidental CMOA, but when the heroes begin their assault on Castle Doom, Hulk and Thing are standing in the open Quinjet and Hulk pushes Thing off, sending him falling through the roof of the castle and crashing right on top of a Doom-Bot that was in the process of fighting the others.

Alone Against A.I.M.
"Rhodey: How did you know that wouldn't set off the explosives?
 * Tony defeating Technovore, by overloading the Arc Reactor in Stark Industries. Made doubly awesome by the quote afterwards.

Tony: Because they stole that design from me."

"A.I.M. Scientist: Proceeding with armor extraction.
 * The first appearance of the War Machine armour.

War Machine steps out of the smoke

War Machine: Good luck with that."


 * Pepper Potts beating up Scientist Supreme.

Acts Of Vengeance

 * This episode essentially amounts to Amora and Skurge vs The Avengers and The Masters of Evil, and the scariest part is that Amora fights most of them off one by one. Scary awesome.
 * Executioner doesn't do too badly either, managing to hold off both the Hulk and Abomination at once. It takes a surprise attack by Zemo to finally take him down.
 * The Enemy Mine is pretty epic.
 * Heroic Sacrifice.

Welcome to the Kree Empire

 * Ms. Marvel going up a level as The Determinator and pushing through an extremely powerful blast from Ronan the Accuser, absorbing the energy along the way.
 * Abigail Brand comes at a very close second, taking out the Kree invading Damocles base.
 * During the Avengers' battle with Ronan, Iron Man leads Ronan on a chase through the air, sharing banter, then suddenly dodges out of the way as the Hulk leaps up and slams into the Accuser, knocking him to the ground.

To Steal an Ant-Man
"Luke: It's called unbreakable skin, fool! (cracks opponent's wrist, than hurls him into a dumpster)"
 * Luke Cage gets attacked by a thug, but simply stands with a smile on his face as the thug's punches do absolutely nothing to hurt him.

"Scott: You will never threaten my daughter again!"
 * Luke Cage and Iron Fist vs Crossfire's thugs. The thugs didn't even get a single good hit in.
 * Scott Lang.

Michael Korvac

 * The fight between the Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy in general, but especially the fights between Black Panther and Adam Warlock, which was essentially a stalemate, and the fight between Hulk and Rocket Raccoon, where the 3 foot raccoon was actually beating the 9 foot rage monster.
 * Hulk using his sonic-clap move to disintegrate Groot twice.
 * Hawkeye, trapped using a kitchen counter as cover, using the reflection in a dangling pot to bounce an arrow off of the ceiling and hit his target.

Who Do You Trust?

 * Nick Fury sneaking onboard the SHIELD Helicarrier, just to give a warning message to Maria Hill, then doing a Stealth Hi Bye.
 * Ms. Marvel utterly curbstomping Griffin.
 * Quake also gets one for being the one to actually provoke Griffin into a rampage. Especially since she was able to punk him so easily, given that he was a pretty tough customer during the Breakout.
 * Cap's inspirational speech to Hawkeye, Hulk, and Wasp for keeping the team together would be this, if.
 * When it looks like nobody is about to stand up for Hawkeye and it looks like he's going to get stomped to the ground, Hulk steps in and declares that he'll happily wipe the floor with anybody who tries to harm him. Doubles as a Heartwarming Moment.

The Ballad of Beta Ray Bill

 * The first fight between Beta Ray Bill and Thor. Then after that Bill hands most of the Asgardian elite their backsides...
 * ... Then Odin reminds us why he's king of Asgard, disarming him and threatening that if he's harmed Thor in any way, he will end Bill there and then.
 * Thor and Bill going Back-to-Back Badasses against Surtur's demon forces.
 * Sif gets one for managing to hold her own and defend the Korbinites long enough for Thor and Bill to win the day.
 * Her Cool Sword becomes even cooler when it splits apart into two prongs and fires energy beams.
 * Scuttlebutt also gets a mention for backing Sif up as well, with a hearty supply of Dakka nonetheless.

Nightmare in Red
"Red Hulk: Hahaha! You've lost! You're nothing!
 * When Red Hulk is fighting the original Hulk:

Hulk: You're wrong. I'm an Avenger!

(An arrow hits the ground in front of Red Hulk and explodes in a flash of light, blinding Red Hulk)

(Hulk punches Red Hulk away)

Hulk: Avengers Assemble!"

Prisoner of War
""Name; Steven Rogers. Rank; Captain. Serial Number; 54985870. And that's all you're ever going to get from me!""
 * Pretty much the entirety of this episode is flat-out awesome, but there are some notable moments:
 * Cap laughing at his Skrull interrogators for being Little Green Men.
 * When asked for information.

" What are you doing? You're firing on our people!
 * And all of them vs the Super-Skrull.
 * gets one when he knocks out the AIM scientist aboard the escape shuttle.
 * gets one when he knocks out the AIM scientist aboard the escape shuttle.

Dr. Lyle Getz: If Captain America and Viper have to be sacrificed for us to live, then so be it.

( kicks him and knocks him out)"

Infiltration
""That felt kinda good.""
 * kills his own Skrull double, and exposes it to Ms. Marvel.
 * Wasp,

"Nobody is that good!
 * When Ms. Marvel
 * Hawkeye

Hawkeye: Guess what? I am. (knocks him out)"


 * When T'Challa wants to defend Wakanda, he really defends Wakanda.
 * should get props for finding some of the Out of Character Alerts the Avengers' infiltrator accidentally dropped.

Secret Invasion
"How disappointing. I liked you, Maria. You could have held a position of power among the human slaves.
 * After Maria Hill refuses to surrender to the Skrulls:

Maria Hill: When all this is over, I'm gonna get a T-shirt made. You know what it's gonna say?

Eliminate her.

(The Skrulls shoot Maria, .)



"Captain America: There's more to human beings than our bodies and minds, something you'll never understand: our spirit! We never surrender! We never give up! Ever!"
 * Special mention goes to what every fan was waiting to see: while the rest of the Avengers trash the Super-Skrull army in the background.



Along Came a Spider...

 * Captain America giving his trademark heroic encouragement to Spider-Man when Spidey was struggling to hold up the collapsing sewer ceiling.
 * Right after this, Cap proceeds to take on all of the Serpent Society by himself and holds the upper hand for most of the battle.
 * It's truly an impressive display of Spider-Man's strength that he's able to hold a collapsing sewer ceiling for so long until the Avengers arrive.
 * The fact this episode exists is an awesome moment. After so long Spidey finally gets to appear in someone else's show and alongside the Avengers no less.
 * The fact this episode exists is an awesome moment. After so long Spidey finally gets to appear in someone else's show and alongside the Avengers no less.

Behold... the Vision!

 * Vision himself was pretty awesome as he Curb Stomps just about everybody (from Weapon X to even Thor) throughout the episode, seemingly without any exertion.

Powerless!

 * The Big Three taking down with a subway rail, a carefully placed shield throw, and a bolt of lightning.
 * When he runs out of arrows, Hawkeye improvises with a sharp stick in the eye.

Assault On 42

 * Once again, an epic in which all kinds of awesome happens.
 * Even some of
 * Cap and Thor beating down and destroying.

Ultron Unlimited

 * Thor vs the . He really showed just how tough an Asgardian is,.
 * The battle between the Avengers and the  is absolutely brutal, but awesome.
 * is the crowing moment of the episode.
 * More specifically,

Yellowjacket

 * Wasp goes all out in this episode, showing just what kind of power potential she can reach when properly motivated.
 * Thor unleashing lightning all over the place when in pursuit of Yellowjacket. Shattering the entire side of a building just by whirling his hammer around is but a simple task for the God of Thunder.