What’s the most outrageous Targaryen moment from Game Of Thrones?

To prepare for a Targaryen dynasty takeover in House Of The Dragon, let's revisit some of their most fiery contributions to GOT

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What’s the most outrageous Targaryen moment from Game Of Thrones?
Clockwise from bottom left: Emilia Clarke and Kit Harington, Emilia Clarke, and Wilf Scolding and Aisling Franciosi in Game Of Thrones (Photos: HBO) Graphic: Allison Corr

HBO is throwing audiences right back into the world of Westeros with House Of The Dragon, its first and long-awaited Game Of Thrones spin-off. The prequel is set a couple of centuries before Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) destroyed the capital city of King’s Landing before her death. But that’s not the only shocking Game Of Thrones event that cemented the Targaryens as an unforgettable, complicated, and unpredictable family. To that end, this AVQ&A simply asks: What’s the most outrageous Targaryen moment from Game Of Thrones?

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I don’t know if it’s the most outrageous, but I do know that this moment, way back when, was the one that convinced me I needed to keep watching this very expensive-looking show that, for some dumb reason, I was hesitant to go all-in on. (It’s also, yes, a pretty outrageous moment.) Viserys (Harry Lloyd, who would go on to be quite good in the underrated a few years later), ever the annoyance and full of hubris, has the gall to demand the crown from Drogo (Jason Momoa) and thinks that threatening Drogo’s moon (Emilia Clarke) and unborn child is the way to achieve that end. It isn’t. And just when he’s convinced he’ll get “what was promised,” smiling and relieved, he’s restrained and pleads with his sis before being crowned with a whole bunch of molten gold. It’s a deliciously dark moment, made even colder by Dany’s blank commentary on the events: “He was no dragon. Fire cannot kill a dragon.” [Tim Lowery]

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