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For all the Awesome Moments in this Gaslamp Fantasy.


  • Gilgamesh Wulfenbach with his zapping stick. OWNED.
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 Gilgamesh: "This is not a trick! I did not get lucky! I am Gilgamesh Wulfenbach- AND I AM IN CONTROL!

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      • Best part is the chapter title: "Gil Deals With It."
    • Plus the fact that he wasn't even certain it would work, and having the guts to go through with it anyway.
    • Just a bit later, he beats up a Jagermonster who was introduced by tearing a man's arm off.
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 Gil: Well, you know what? I can do 'Crazy'. I really can.

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 Gil: We'll make it a game: who's the scariest monster?!

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 Bangladesh Dupree: Yesssss...

Wooster: No. * POW!*

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  • Dr Sun has his moment right about here, wherein he casually indicates that he can easily take out the large battle-mech currently holding him in its clutches, and being piloted by the king of Europe. With his bare hands. He also put the fear of Sun into the gleefully psychotic Bangladesh Dupree.
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 Dr. Sun: In future, please refrain from damaging more of my staff...or else I will personally rip off your arms and feed them to you.

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    • And Baron Wulfenbach's heartfelt sigh of relief upon Dr. Sun's being diverted from this goal would suggest that Dr. Sun wasn't just boasting.
      • For that matter, why hasn't anyone mentioned the fact that a critically injured, nearly immobile Baron Wulfenbach manages to get a giant Hospital Mech up and running, piloted by two lovely nurses? A three-way combo of awesome, badass and pimp.
    • Note that Doctor Sun not only can take out the large battle-mech that were holding him in its clutches, and being piloted by the supreme overlord of all Europa, with his bare hands, but he did so
    • And when Dr Sun has to follow through on his threats, oh boy. It doesn't matter if you're ruler of Europe or not, when Dr Sun tells you that you need bed rest, he means it
    • In his place patients will follow the doctor's advice... The Easy Way or the Hard Way.
  • Who is Ol' Man Death? This guy. Looks unassuming didn't you. Well first, he casually blocks a Jager with a breadknife. Then, we find something out about him:
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 Ol' Man Death: Because I never lost a fight.

Granddaughter: So?

Ol' Man Death: No. Listen to me. I'm just a human. Rode with the Jagers. Never. Lost. A. Fight.

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 Agatha: I am Agatha Heterodyne. You are in my town. In my castle. And in my way.

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    • This whole scene. Just read on. I think that the ending is going to blow our minds.
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 Agatha: "..."

Agatha: "And you know what? I CAN WORK WITH THAT!"

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 Agatha: You're prepared to die to protect me.

von Pinn: Whether I want to or not, so -

Agatha: Fine.

Agatha death-rays the floor...s

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        • Ending with: "Cross me and die." Said with a smile. Not a wicked smile, a pleasant smile. And it works.
  • Return of the Higgs! Higgs take another Level in Badass!
    • Another CMOA for Higgs is his ability to intimidate Tarvek. After seeing that jerk manipulate everybody and get away with it, it is immensely satisfying to see Tarvek loose confidence and actually fear somebody for once.
  • Violetta's specialties.
  • Agatha: "And that is NOT going to happen in MY castle!"
  • The end of the Tarvek gets sick arc. Higgs tricks Agatha into drinking water from the Dyne and Otilia/Der Kestle gives her an electric shock, turning her into this. Before she suffers from Power Incontinence, she splits her new found energy into Tarvek and Gil. Otilia is so impressed by this that she finally admits that Agatha probably is a Heterodyne.
    • Followed by a combination of awesome and funny that sums up all you need to know about the Heterodynes:
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 Agatha: Oh yeah, i have got to try that again!

Castle: Yesss... most likely in/in/indeed.

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 Dolokhov: We need to talk.

General Khrizkhan: Gospodin Dolokhov. Hod did hyu find us, hey?

Dolokhov: Your messanger told me.

General Khrizkhan: Vot? He vould not-

Dolokhov: Oh- not right away...

[tosses unconscious Jager at their feet]

General Khrizkhan: Whoo!

General Zog: Oho! You haz earned the right to a talk!

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    • And a few pages later, Wooster's exit. While reading this, this troper inevitably heard the James Bond theme in his head!
      • Wooster's CMOA trumping of Boris gets better on reflection--they're on one of the dozens of auxiliary airships around Castle Wulfenbach, Boris (who was on the Castle) had to beat the location out of the Jaeger messenger, and since Agatha told everyone she was going into the Castle alone, sending Krosp, Zeetha, and Wooster away, Wooster's been, as far as we know, somewhere on the ground in Mechanicsburg. And he comes in the generals' window. How did he even get up there in the first place? Steampunk Bond.
  • This comic shows us that a CMOA doesn't have to be huge or flashy or dramatic. It can be as simple as one word.
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 Agatha: Are you two fighting again?

Gil & Tarvek: No.

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 Airman: Whoah! Captain! Clouds movin' in fast-- uh, no... Wait... oh, NO.

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    • The Castle gets an earlier moment, and is so big she can't even fit on one elegantly-crafted link: Bow > Stern. Latest news is that's one kilometer of Awesome.
  • No love for Gil?
  • This, this (crosses with Funny), and this.
  • General Khrizhan stopping the flyer with one hand.
  • This. Even though he's pissed as hell and going to punish them, one of the first things the Baron says to the errant students is "Are you all right?!"
  • This captain; not only does he try to warn the town of fire, like he should, but he cares much more about his crew than his pay.
  • Von Pinn scared Lucrezia away. She's MADE of Awesome.
  • Every single appearance of Othar Trygvassen, Gentleman Adventurer. No exceptions.
  • Another (potential) one for Higgs. Zeetha has been stabbed by Zola, and the pink banshee is gloating that Zeetha wasn't as good as she thought she was. Higgs' response as he cradles Zeetha? Look upset, look mad as hell, and say this:
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   Yes, but I vas starting to like her.

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  "I have lost my castle! My Muses! My town! My hand is revealed to those BLASTED! UPSTART! WULFENBACHS! You and Lucrezia have done nothing but destroy my life and my plans, and now you're trying to destroy the one bright spot left - AND THAT I WILL NOT PERMIT!(...) Oh, nononoNO, you do not "Give up!" YOU DIE!"

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 Maxim: So ven hyu bury him...make sure he gots a hat.

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