The hero is about to do something awesome, something that they will always be remembered for. This is the defining moment for the character, the moment that will forever leave an impression in the readers/viewers/listeners/whatever. The music is swelling, the tension is rising, and it appears to the viewer that awesomeness is about to grace their eyes. He trips over a rock during his charge and impales himself. She doesn't quite manage to break through the skylight. He gets a bullet to the brain before he can do anything. She gets curbstomped. Examples of Negated Moment of Awesome include:
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| - The hero is about to do something awesome, something that they will always be remembered for. This is the defining moment for the character, the moment that will forever leave an impression in the readers/viewers/listeners/whatever. The music is swelling, the tension is rising, and it appears to the viewer that awesomeness is about to grace their eyes. He trips over a rock during his charge and impales himself. She doesn't quite manage to break through the skylight. He gets a bullet to the brain before he can do anything. She gets curbstomped. Examples of Negated Moment of Awesome include:
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| - The hero is about to do something awesome, something that they will always be remembered for. This is the defining moment for the character, the moment that will forever leave an impression in the readers/viewers/listeners/whatever. The music is swelling, the tension is rising, and it appears to the viewer that awesomeness is about to grace their eyes. So he charges at the Big Bad's army armed only with a broken sword. She prepares to jump through the skylight so as to crash The Omniscient Council of Vagueness' meeting. He's about to lay a can of whoop-ass after getting beaten to a pulp. She's about to show the baddies why she's got the reputation for badassery she has. He trips over a rock during his charge and impales himself. She doesn't quite manage to break through the skylight. He gets a bullet to the brain before he can do anything. She gets curbstomped. The Theme Music Power-Up gets a Record Needle Scratch. A Negated Moment of Awesome is when a character is about to get their Moment of Awesome, only for it to never come. The MOA in question ends up accomplishing nothing, making things worse, or, if the MOA was a hero apparently emerging victorious in battle, the enemy gets back up and just completely turns the tables back on them. Compare Hope Spot, Reality Ensues, and What Could Have Been. Contrast with just Moment of Awesome and Offscreen Moment of Awesome. Is surprisingly common in more cynical works or even modern comedies poking fun at tropes and various cliches. Pretty much every Shoot the Shaggy Dog story ends like this. Examples of Negated Moment of Awesome include:
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