Touhou Mother/Awesome

• Sanae's chapters giving her a Metroid-style theme, including Theme Music Power-Up when obtaining new gear.
• The battle against Mima near the end wherein Marisa learns her ultimate ability. The sudden beginning and absolute musical swelling of Reincarnation only adds to it.
• The buildup to and battle against Ness.
• In Naka Teleeli's Let's Play, he makes good his boast to alter space-time itself to give Karma Houdini Porkey the end he deserves. More specifically, he mods an extra battle into the game. See here and here
• In the second game: The two Komeji sisters almost immediately jump back from their lackluster showing in the first game by confronting Yukari to retrieve The Hummingbird Egg. They win.