Princess Tutu/Awesome




 * For Fakir, one of several comes in Akt 25, when
 * Tutu's major crowning moment comes in Akt 13, when she has a dance battle with Princess Kraehe and dances a pas de deux all by herself... and wins.
 * Which is even more awesome since Kraehe was trying to goad her into confessing her love for Mytho, which would cause Tutu to fade away. Of course, that's only if she confesses using words...
 * Akt 23, with Rue's
 * Autor gets his own
 * And he
 * Fakir's got another one in episode 13, as well--when he faces down Kraehe's crows in an epic sword duel (which he'd previously been shown to be terrified of), complete with high jumps and impressive dodges to show how his ballet training has come in handy. It all ends with a Slipknot Ponytail moment as
 * And then there's Mytho in the final two episodes. Somehow, he made even the pink petals look badass.
 * In the Japanese, his scream of "" is a crowning moment all its own.
 * The very climax of the story.
 * Uzura.
 * As foppish as Femio may be, he was the only one to resist the Raven's power by himself.
 * Uzura guiding Fakir to the Lake of Despair, then guiding Fakir and Duck back to the surface with her drum.
 * Tutu saving Fakir from . The man accosting him's awed gasp of "Princess Tutu!" really hits home, as does the imagery of her as a protective swan and the music swelling triumphantly.
 * An unusually strong entry from the fanbase, but this music video won the Best Action & Best Of Show categories in the Anime Boston 2006 Anime Music Video Contest. It (mostly spoiler-free) puts the entire plot of the series into three minutes, and does so in the most beautifully badass way possible. This troper specifically sought out and bought the entire series from this video alone.