Bionicle/Awesome

Exactly how does a line of action figures owned by LEGO manage to last for 10 Years? By being having Awesome Moments like these, that's how.

Spoilers ahead.

2001: Quest for the Masks

 * Toa Kaita fight the Manas
 * The Toa Mata fight Teridax in the Mata Nui Online Game.

2002: The Bohrok Swarms

 * The Exo-Toa. Giant autonomous suits of armor. That is all.

2003: The Bohrok-Kal Strike / The Mask of Light

 * From the first movie: The Rahkshi have so far spent their time sinking the village of Ta-Koro (which is a floating rock fortress in the middle of a volcano!). When Takua and Jaller meet up with Kopaka, Toa of Ice, the Rahkshi appear and flings Kopaka down a mountain/glacier by use of a friggin' disintegration beam. Takua, who the Rahkshi were following, grabs the Mask of Light they're after and tries to cross a small lake by using Kopaka's shield as a raft. The Rahkshi can fly, so that doesn't work out too well. But what does Kopaka do the moment he wakes up? He utterly wrecks their shit. An initial blast of his ice power sends all three Rahkshi tumbling into the water, and then a quick stab with his sword freezes the entire lake solid. "Washed and chilled" indeed.
 * Let me clarify: Kopaka took down three beings who repeatedly wiped the floor with his team in one shot.
 * Made even better with extended comic canon. After Ta-Koro, three Rahkshi took down Tahu, Gali and Lewa and trapped Onua and Pohatu in a cave full of krana. Kopaka then finds himself facing all six, taking down two solo before backup arrives.
 * There's also  in The Movie when Takua is under attack by Rahkshi Turahk. He does so by  . Nothing says brave like.
 * Need I say:  from the Bionicle film, The Mask of Light. To elaborate,
 * What, no mention of the epic Takanuva vs Makuta battle? Teridax mockingly challenges him to a game of deadly kolhii, which Takanuva wins. Then, when Teridax gets back up,
 * The awesomeness is a little undermined by the later revelation that Teridax intentionally lost that fight to keep the Toa off his back for a while.

2004: Legends of Metru Nui

 * In the second movie:  Not bad for a couple of rookies with two weeks of experience.
 * Kind of Fridge-y, but Vakama's creation of the Vahi, the Legendary Mask of Time. Sure, it happens fairly quickly in the movies, but think about it: the Vahi is a mask so powerful, if damaged, Time itself would be undone within the Matoran Universe. There are only two other masks as powerful: the Ignika, the Mask of Life, and Artakha's Mask of Creation. Guess who made those? The Great Beings, more or less the greatest inventors and creators in Bionicle. That's right, Vakama is a mask-maker on par with the creators of his universe. Of course, he did have help from Artakha, who made the mask's composite materials (the Great Disks), but the point still stands.

2005: Web of Shadows

 * Matau, definitely gets his in the third movie, "Web of Shadows." While the other Toa are fighting the hoard, he manages to escape, find Vakama, and they have a duel, Anakin/Obi-Wan style.
 * This trooper used to absolutely despise Matau, but that scene redeemed him in her eyes.
 * Also, Keetongu's Determinator act of absolutely refusing to die as he climbs up the tower, is finally shot down, and then rises up and proceeds to
 * Also, Keetongu's Determinator act of absolutely refusing to die as he climbs up the tower, is finally shot down, and then rises up and proceeds to

2006: Voya Nui: Island of Doom
"Brutaka: "You fool, Axonn! Don't you realize you're fighting for a lost cause?"
 * The battle between Axonn and Brutaka at the end of the Voya Nui saga. After spending the entire arc just barely surviving and guiding the new Toa toward their destiny, Axonn finally realizes he isn't able to turn Brutaka back from the path he's walking and shrugs off everything his former friend throws at him. Even hopped up on Antidermis (which is the essence of Teridax,), Axonn doesn't even flinch. He also has one of the best lines in the series during this fight:

Axonn: "Don't you realize? Those are the only kind worth fighting for.""

2007: Mahri Nui: Sea of Darkness
""Turaga Nuju always said the universe was a riddle. Today, I am the answer.""
 * Karzahni (ruler of Bionicle hell) vs. Teridax (Big Bad who knocked out God). After a sort-of stalemate, Karzahni uses his mask to torture Teridax by showing what will happen if Mata Nui wakes up. Teridax screams for a bit before promptly ripping Karzahni's psyche in half. Then Brutaka shows up, has a Heel Face Turn, fights Teridax to a stalemate and steals back the Staff of Artaka.
 * Said sacrifice also burning out the eye sockets of three Makuta with the glow from the process, as if
 * And just before he goes,  calms himself with the Badass Boast. Very few lines will ever beat the sheer awesome of:
 * And just before he goes,  calms himself with the Badass Boast. Very few lines will ever beat the sheer awesome of:

2008: Karda Nui: The Final Battle
""But I'm not my "kind", not anymore — your shadow leeches saw to that. I'm half Toa of Light, half Toa of Shadow. This was what you wanted, wasn't it? Toa consumed by darkness, Toa not hampered by things like mercy or morality. Well, now you can choke on it.""
 * The Toa Hagah, in one of their first actions after being transformed back from the Rahaga, stop a massive kaiju battle between Tahtorak and the Kanohi Dragon. In reference, it took a team of eleven Toa, including Lhikan, Nidhiki, Tuyet, and four Toa of Ice, to take down the Kanohi Dragon alone the last time it rampaged. Kualus disabled it singlehandedly.
 * Takanuva gets repeated ones against the Makuta in Karda Nui. On more than one occasion, the darkness he got infected with influences him to get seriously pissed off against them, and he may well have killed them all singlehandedly had the other Toa not been present to calm him down.


 * Onua has a rather big number of these, oftentimes Big Damn Heroes-worthy. Of particular note is curbstomping Gorast when the Makuta is on the verge of murdering Gali, then doing it again when Gorast tries to lure him over to the dark side.
 * Another moment for the Toa of Earth is when the Nuva learn they must  as part of the preparations for awakening Mata Nui. While the rest of the team is unsure about the task, it's Onua who steps up to the plate and   saying that he did what was necessary -- after all, nobody ever said the path to the future would be an easy one.
 * The Heroic Sacrifice ending the Mahri Nui arc was such an awesome sacrifice that the Kanohi Ignika itself was impressed, and then made itself a Toa body to try to become a hero --.