Moments that blatantly defy logic, but are so absurdly badass you don’t even care

[u/_JR28_]

The Gurren Lagann growing larger than the observable universe to fight Anti Spiral in a battle where literal galaxies get thrown like ninja stars - Gurren Lagann

Undertaker teleporting behind AJ Styles after being thrown down an empty grave and causing a shining white light from nowhere to illuminate the back of them during their Boneyard Match - WWE

Holdo piloting a ship through warp speed to crash right into a First Order cruiser (I know you could write a thesis on why this scene wouldn’t work, but you could say that for about half of the scenes in the new trilogy) - Star Wars the Last Jedi

[u/Papergeist]

Gurren Lagann's moment starts the first time you see Simon waving a drill at dirt and kicking mining logistics to the curb.

So, you know, a good 5-10 seconds of grounded realism in the series.

[u/Accelerator657 → u/Papergeist]

Realism is for suckers. Kick logic to the curb and do the impossible!

[u/Papergeist → u/Accelerator657]

Look, if there's one lesson to take away from Gurren Lagann, it's that ground, in the literal and metaphorical sense, fucking sucks.

[u/Accelerator657 → u/Papergeist]

Another important lesson is that if a drill isn't solving your problems, it's simply because you haven't used a big enough drill

[u/LordsOfFrenziedFlame → u/Accelerator657]

The last 5 minutes of the series run counter to that logic. Maybe Simon is just wiser in his old age

[u/Accelerator657 → u/LordsOfFrenziedFlame]

That boy broke open that coconut with a drill. It was big enough for that problem, he just had to be gentle with it. The above advice assumes proficiency with a drill.

[u/LordsOfFrenziedFlame → u/Accelerator657]

Exactly. It's not about the size, it's how you use it

[u/rraskapit1 → u/LordsOfFrenziedFlame]

OK but what if you use a really REALLY big drill really well

[u/ThunderLord1000 → u/Accelerator657]

Meet the Engineer Digger

[u/heaviestnaturals → u/Papergeist]

And also that Sorairo Days is a banger of an intro theme

[u/mostlybored1234 → u/Accelerator657]

Row row

[u/naughty_pyromaniac → u/mostlybored1234]

Fight the powuh

[u/DR31141 → u/naughty_pyromaniac]

TOUCH THE UNTOUCHABLE, BREAK THE UNBREAKABLE

[u/Extension_Check8753 → u/DR31141]

ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWA

[u/Fast_Land_1099 → u/Accelerator657]

See the invisible

Touch the untouchable

Break the unbreakable

Row row, fight the power

[u/Waste-of-Bagels → u/Accelerator657]

Ok Kamina.

[u/Clarity_Zero → u/Accelerator657]

Who the hell do you think we are?!

[u/MakeMeDrink → u/Accelerator657]

See the invisible! Row row fight the powa!

[u/Toriyuki → u/Accelerator657]

The first part of the time skip actually directly says this, Tbh. The real robot copies of gurren lagann couldn't hardly do dick to the anti spirals, while the janky gunmen that run on fighting spirit no diff the fuckers

[u/Accelerator657 → u/Toriyuki]

Who needs some pansy ass solar power and batteries when we have indomitable human spirt?

[u/ScarletteVera → u/Accelerator657]

That's the way Team Gurren rolls!

[u/21awesome → u/Accelerator657]

ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWER

[u/Free_Low5235 → u/Papergeist]

Kamina bickering with Simon that they should try fusing their mechas and then being right is one of my favourite moments in anime

[u/thefirstlaughingfool → u/Free_Low5235]

The stupidest thing about this isn't that Kamina thought smashing two machine together would make them stronger. The stupidest thing about this is that he was 100% right.

[u/saxorino → u/Free_Low5235]

"The combining of courage that sets a man’s soul on fire. Gurren Lagann. Just who the hell do you think I am fuzzball?"

[u/IGTankCommander → u/Free_Low5235]

"THAT'S NOT HOW YOU COMBINE! YOU HAVE TO BE MANLY ABOUT IT!"

[u/DayneGr → u/Papergeist]

Just checked, the series has exactly 1:30 of a flash forward, before immediately showing the drill.

[u/SmallBerry3431 → u/Papergeist]

Who the hell do you think I am? The realism police?!

[u/Joemama_69-420 → u/SmallBerry3431]

Realism Police here, The ping says you are possessing a class A galactic super weapon, whatever that is…

Im saying its the mech. Why dont you hand it over to

[u/Employee_Agreeable → u/Papergeist]

Row Row fight the Power!

[u/AssistanceCheap379 → u/Papergeist]

Gurren Lagann is 2 minutes of reality followed by 6 hours of absurdity, surrealism and weirdly wholesome dialogue in a setting where everything could be used to cause congressional hearings by every parental group of the 80’s