TOP 10 Mat Cauthon Moments - The Wheel Of Time

[@jordanholmes9943]

One of my favorite Mat things is his constant denial about HIS influence on Olver. He’s always blaming the way Olver interacts with women on everyone in the band but himself. It’s hilarious.

[@jessi4894]

Pure Classic (well written) Mat. Between his inherant hypocrisy and differences between his inner thoughts, words and actions are what made him as a character.

[@Ashwgun]

The band is a bad influence on the boy

[@jodiz5901]

That's one of those that make me actually talk out loud to my books!

[@gabrielmafia]

I like how, every time he looks at the Olver, he thinks of how remarkably ugly the boy is

[@tobiasronnholm2389]

Bwahahahaha i completely forgot about all of that 🤣😆😂another funny one is that they find one of the other2 too always have it easy with women 🤣😆😂

[@davidthierry4179]

My favorite Mat moment is when he is having the accomplishment competition with Rand. Rand - "I cleansed Saidin". Mat - "I saved Moiraine".

[@loganpoelzer5725]

That moment is one of my favorite. Rand and Mat realationship is great

[@Rand_al_Thor372]

I still say i won!!

[@RexusprimeIX]

On the surface level it looks like a joke. Rand removed the Dark Ones taint on the One Power, while Mat is bragging that he saved one person. But if you really think about it, Mat essentially won an unwinnable game, Snakes and Foxes, by saving Moraine.

[@ishaanbeckham595]

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[@melvinreed3810]

@Ishaan Beckham Instablaster ;)

[@n3cc0_]

By far my favorite is that one scene where Mat thinks there is something wrong with the city he is in because no one has tried to rob and kill him. Then someone shows up and tries to rob and kill him. He swiftly dispatches the bad guys and then proceeds to go on his way thinking that it is a fine city after all.

[@sebasobregoncahuich9891]

What city was that

[@goodoljr1]

@@sebasobregoncahuich9891 I believe he was in Caemlyn

[@nickSmithOffic1al]

It was right before he killed the goluom I think

[@addisonsmith4727]

Personally my favorite has always been how he accidentally got married after spending the majority of the books running and hiding as desperately as he could from it

[@frocat5163]

That was the most Mat thing that could have happened to anyone.

[@IbnShisha1]

And Moraine's reaction

[@wiseoneedarra593]

But that he is so in love with Tuon by the time she completes the ceremony. Honestly their story is my favorite romance arc in the whole series.

[@tobiasronnholm2389]

@@IbnShisha1 oh right lmfao she was about too or did completely lose her aes sedai cool there🤣😆😂

[@devildog2k247]

This is also my favorite. I’m on book fourteen right now and I am currently watching mat be all pissy about how his marriage to Tuan is making him incredibly rich. Its also funny to see him get dressed in “warriors” garb

[@NickWebbSax]

Not strictly a Mat moment, but loads of times between Mat Perrin and Rand when they're apart, I've always loved the fact that when they're talking to women they all wish that the other two would know what to say. I feel like that's so real to life with mates.

[@Rogue_VI]

I found that tiresome.

[@Sealwithwificonnection]

For some reason Sanderson stopped doing that on the last 3 books. I would've loved at least one more of those jokes in the last book but oh well

[@redtigerpro]

When the showrunner was asked the question, this was his answer. That's when I knew the show was in good hands.

[@finnstockley2544]

My favourite running joke in the series by far, always cracks me up

[@a9mm5782]

That was so hilarious, it totally ties the 3 together 😂

[@stevenhedge2850]

Honestly, you know what's a moment I like, that I realized only after rereading? Mat stays with rand the ENTIRE time they are on the run to Camelyn in the eye of the world. Mat, who at this point, is a little shit, is corrupted by the dagger, and has slowly and steadily been shown as becoming untrustworthy and shutting himself off from the world, stays with rand, even when rand is "sick" it shows that the most important thing to him, his loyalty, is still there, and even the dagger cannot take it entirely from him.

[@emewyn]

Cauthor (Rand/Mat) is one of the more popular online Wheel of Time ships, and I suspect this event is one of the reasons why.

[@orion351us]

Thank you for saying this.

[@marsanna]

These were just the SWEETEST moments between Rand and Mat!! And they’re both having nightmares and taking care of each other. So sweet.

[@KasonWhitsell]

And that’s why it pissed me off to no end that he just ditches them in the show

[@ezmoore27]

One of my favorite Mat scenes is during the Last Battle when he decides he needs to get a better feel for things than he can from a command tent. He rides out on Pips and fights a bit, looking at the battle lines. Then he comes back to the command tent and is like "Huh... Gareth Bryne is a darkfriend."

[@hoi-polloi1863]

Agreed. It was great watching everyone else (metaphorically) have their jaws drop to the floor

[@johnpaul9250]

Agreed, and his guards are in such awe of him after seeing him fight and kill about 100 of the enemy with just 20 men

[@corruptcurly34]

And then accidentally promoting a soldier to the low blood without knowing because he bites of his fingernail.

[@DarkSol16]

I really liked the lines where Egwene was deciding whether or not to let Mat take over the entire army. That anecdote where Mat had been laughed at for jumping into a river to save a child but it turned the child was just going for a swim. He said the next time, he'd let them drown. But then, the next time, a child really was drowning, and Mat was in the river again in an instant.

[@ingvarsuigin609]

My favourite Mat "arc" is him being a gambling addict who literally cannot lose, and so he cannot find people who'd play against him twice. He wins against a person with loaded dice. He gets another person to roll the dice for him, to try and negate his luck. He bets that he can hit a small moving target with a throwing knife while blindfolded, at night, and he DOES. And then nobody ever bets against him in knife-throwing, either. He wants to feel challenges, but he's so good that the only way to feel challenge, is for him to lead armies against the forces of darkness. Who have centuries of experience.

[@jtstapleton]

He was also drunk on oosquai when he hit that plank blindfolded.

[@davidwooden3878]

@Ingvar Suigin Very well put! I love mat and his knives! A scene that would have been a delight is if he and Thom competed with throwing knives. I think it would have the potential to be as stiff a competition between them as their games of stones

[@Sealwithwificonnection]

That's a very interesting way to put it. The fact that Mat is probably the second most important Two Rivers character (after Rand, of course) because of just lucky circumstance and gambling is hilarious and pretty awesome, imo

[@tobiasronnholm2389]

@@Sealwithwificonnection well rand only wins cuz hes the dragon but other then him no one is as important as matt sure they all got a role to play and are important aswell but matt just outshines them big time

[@jamesmacleod9382]

"It's not gambling if you never lose" Charlie on Two and a half Men

[@p.c.windhamparanormalroman4339]

I loved when Mat and Perrin were reunited. Mat tossing little rocks at Perrin from behind a tree and then asking if he wanted to let loose a badger on the green before he steps into view.

[@timothyjuvet4073]

Love that too. And his reunion with Rand. I really wanted a reunion with all of the Two Rivers crew though. Or at least Mat Rand and Perrin

[@johnbradford407]

Came to the comments after watching to type this exact moment. 🤣

[@c.w.hughes2609]

Maaan I had forgot about this. I laugh SO freaking hard at that moment. I love it!

[@couchman7749]

And then he actually has the badger and leaves it with Perrin

[@justalittleme]

Yes

[@alexanderquintanilla2207]

In her conversation Egwene- Tuon: "He is the Prince of the Ravens now, a position he earned by his marriage to me. He serves the Seanchan, the Crystal Throne, and the Empress." Mat: "May she live forever." Just that casual nonchalance in such a tense, momentous scene captures Mat so perfectly for me. Cracks me up every time.

[@g2024_]

Alexander Quintanilla even better when you hear this in the audiobook as the tone & cheekiness really comes through

[@roolenoir3183]

gary wade well shit fire and pee to put it out!!! I have to buy an audio book just to hear that line.

[@justalittleme]

Haha

[@Hostilehippie13]

@@g2024_ Michael Kramer absolutely NAILED Mat’s voice and attitude, it brought him to life so much more.

[@johnnyrotten3175]

That was my favorite as well and you can just hear him saying it with that draw but is described in the book

[@cortanovacki]

“Matrim Cauthon is one of the finest men you will ever know, Your Highness, and I won’t listen to ill speech of him. What’s right is right.” “He saved my life,” the marath’damane said. “Rescued me at great cost and personal danger when no other thought to come for me.” Her eyes were afire with anger. “Yes, he drinks and gambles far too much. But don’t speak of him as if you know him, because you don’t. His heart is golden, under it all. If you’ve hurt him…”

[@eyeofsauron628]

This is a Nynaeve quote, right? I loved when she was backing up Mat to Tuon when Rand tried to bring peace to the Seanchan in I think Knife of Dreams.

[@DontTickleGandalf]

Gosh I loved this moment so much!!!! Nynaeve being an unreliable narrator about herself and her own opinions of the boys. It’s so great. “I promise not to yell!”-Nynaeve yelled.

[@jasonsassenberger8429]

One of my favorite mat moments is his letter to Elayne

[@davidmendrei6228]

OH YEAAAAH XDDDDD

[@drewgillett6541]

Directly prior- Joline: “are you going to swear at her too?” Mat: “Of course, how else is going to know it’s really from me?”

[@mr.teekanee9750]

I died laughing but some fans hate it for some to me unknown reason.

[@jessi4894]

@@mr.teekanee9750 The reason I personally hate it is Mat already sent a letter proving that he could read and write ledgibly, and use proper grammar. Sanderson wrote that letter like Mat had a brain hemmorage while not understanding the core of his character. He was forced to retcon Mat being an illiterate imbicile in the following books due to fan backlash.

[@PatrickDaviswimiwamwamwazzle]

@@mr.teekanee9750 As the person below says it makes Mat look stupid. He's as educated as Rand or Perrin so he's not unable to know or use words right.

[@nancyhubbard3010]

Daniel I can't believe this scene didn't make your list. It is in my top 5 Mat moments. I laughed mt head off the first time I read this... and many times after as well. On the slopes of Rhuidean ... Mat began with his belt knife and kept right on, pulling knives from his sleeves and under his coat, even one from down the back of his neck, fashioning a pile that seemed to impress even the Aiel women. He made as if to stop, looked at the women, then took two more from each boot top. “I forgot them,” he said with a grin and shrug. The Wise Ones’ unblinking looks wiped his grin away.

[@davidwooden3878]

Truly, one of the greatest executions of that trope. It and Elizabeth Swan's scene are my favorites for it

[@richardhockey8442]

spending too much time with Thom Merrilin

[@applejackjk18]

SPOILERS Crown of Swords My favorite Mat moment is when he first meets the gholam. Sees a battlefield of a hallway, is tossed aside like a plaything, his friend's throat is torn out, and as he's about to do the smart thing and run, he hears Elayne breath. Guy just turns around, says he has a promise, and charges with nothing but a medallion as a weapon.

[@oldbrowncoat2]

This

[@lord6617]

"You can't bloody have her"

[@poeticdreamer420]

This!

[@ronniemaclaine5234]

I made a comment about this exact scene before realizing you already made one but what impressed me the most was that he was so terrified he felt like he couldn't move yet he kept taking steps forward

[@frocat5163]

@@ronniemaclaine5234 Mat Bloody Cauthon is the real hero of _The Wheel of Time._

[@nibblitman]

So for me there are two missing things here 1: Rescuing Moiraine from the tower 2: Using Hinderstap villagers in the last battle

[@fakjbf3129]

I love that reveal, listening to Grady lambast Mat for sending women and children to be slaughtered and then as he opens to gateway he thinks 'What was the name of that town, Hinderstap?". Sanderson had been teasing something happening upriver a couple times throughout the battle, just enough to peak your interest but not enough to know what was going on. But with that one line suddenly it all snaps into place, oh such a great feeling the first time you read it.

[@frocat5163]

@@fakjbf3129 ... I've read _A Memory of Light_ four times, and I don't think I ever caught that subtle reference. I clearly didn't pay enough attention.

[@abigailslade3824]

His use of Hinderstap was sublime

[@matt_9112]

Hinderstap truly was a genius moment, especially when focused by Grady's view of it. Also a masterclass on setup and payoff on the weiters' part.

[@Hostilehippie13]

I loved Hinderstap because it could easily have been left as an incredible one-off horror story side quest, never mentioned again. But no, the writing had to be so genius that they brought it all back with an actual purpose.

[@slfteach89]

What about the bit where he breaks into the Stone of Tear and saves the girls to their utmost surprise? Brilliantly written. Also his friendship with Birgitte was fantastic and I hope they do it well on the show.

[@Nynaeve....]

That is actually mentioned on The Dusty Wheel's channel a few days before this video when he was a guest on the show.

[@JamesVermont]

Daniel: The Pattern sucks, man. Pattern: MMMMMMMMMMMMM. Liessssss.

[@MuttFitness]

Nah, it blows. From Dragonmount

[@tarqsharq]

@@MuttFitness NO MATING

[@AlecSimmons30]

I see what you did there. 😂

[@scottphillips7198]

NO MATING!!!

[@cookiediangelo8511]

Haha. MATing

[@AlanBush]

I love Mat spending hours writing out complex back stories for everyone before they go into a village. Part of me wanted to read the back stories, but honestly just imagining what they could possibly be is more fun.

[@marsanna]

Lmao I forgot this!! I love his dedication to the back stories.

[@emewyn]

Criminally underappreciated moment- right after Mat wakes up in The Dragon Reborn, Lanfear walks in on him alone wearing nothing but a blanket and shoving chicken in his mouth like a goddamn animal. And by the end of their conversation he realizes she's up to no good, which Dumbass Al'Thor didn't figure out for an entire book.

[@moleman1976]

For "about Mat" scenes, you really can't beat the conversation Birgitte has with the girls after her drunken conversation with Mat. "You owe him thanks on your knees". (The actual conversation is phenomenal as well - the shock of recognition, and his bewilderment at her behavior - drinking, swearing, checking out the hotties - or non-hotties in Birgitte's case. I love it).

[@roolenoir3183]

That’s one of my favorite parts isn’t Aviendha there too? Yep , they needed to rethink their idea of Matt.

[@BluesPoet]

Great choice! They are a great pair: Birgitte finding him dicing in the guard house? Just perfect!

[@jeremydanchuk1897]

Mat and his relationship with Talmanes is one of my favorites, the humor between them is sublime

[@marsanna]

Best duo, Talmanes is underrated

[@rohitkodakalla3535]

Waiting for the duo's debut on Amazon series

[@jarandharila437]

When Talmanes thinks he’s gonna die and he thinks to himself that he wish he made more fun of Mat 🥺

[@MeatballSandwich1]

"it has to be there at the last battle, nothing says it can't be used before then"

[@frocat5163]

F*ckin' Mat Cauthon, man. This is the exact point where he became my favorite character.

[@DavidScotton]

That would be in my top 3 for sure.

[@alannahampton3550]

I'm rereading the series (haven't reread it in years and years) and this made me laugh so much. Mat is GOAT

[@frrixz]

Nynaeve’s fear when she realizes she can’t do anything to Mat as he slowly advances is just priceless.

[@Tito_9612]

It's been a long time since I've read the series, so I don't remember the details, but one of the Mat moments I enjoyed a lot was when he danced (in a tavern?) dances that were long forgotten. Memories that become legend and all that. Made me feel nostalgic and sad about everyone missing out on so much that is lost.

[@manuelp6791]

Courage to strengthen,” Noal whispered, stepping forward, holding up a lantern with a flickering flame. “Fire to blind. Music to dazzle. Iron to bind.” “And Matrim Cauthon,” Mat added. “To bloody even the odds.”

[@BariiAlyn]

One of my favourite Mat moments is when he speaks with Birgette; "Speak we what language, Sounder of the Horn?"

[@Roflmeowz]

I think the line about the band cheering and joking when Matt gets reunited with them and are silenced by merely raising his polearm is incredible as well in that scene from Tuon's perspective.

[@alexherrera3020]

In the last book, when he and Rand are showing off their accomplishments and Mat goes like ‘Well, I rescued Moiraine from another dimension’

[@jonnybamberg5692]

Daniel: I'm going to try to make this spoiler-free and vague as possible. Also Daniel: So, Egwene is amyrlin, Mat sends the Gollem into a void, and Tuon deeply respects him

[@callinicobo5991]

Mat insulting in Old Tongue the Aes Sedai during his healing from the touch of the dagger

[@gabrielosborne3416]

“A little honest work wouldn’t kill you, Mat.” “Now, you know that’s not true. Soldiering is honest work, and it gets men killed all the bloody time.” ----- *spoilers* I genuinely love any scene with Mat and Birgitte hanging out, just two friends blowing off their responsibilities to go hang out and drink. One scene that comes to mind is when Birgitte finds Mat gambling with her guards, after he was “caught” sneaking into the castle. I love how this shows to the reader Mat’s charisma and that the soldiering lifestyle is a natural fit.

[@DaviHorner]

Especially when he probably is the most hard-working of all the 5 rivers kids. Rand and Perrin suffer much more on a mental level than Mat, Mat after a time said screw this I going to play dice.

[@acurlyboi2944]

didn’t elayne say this to mat while he was literally leading them at the fields of merrilor. my god elayne is a bitch

[@derylminnich2489]

My funniest line to me in the entire series comes from book 3: 'The Dragon Reborn' and of course...its from Matt... "Blood and ashes...how many flaming people are on the rooftops tonight?" Re read after re read I LMAO.

[@richardhockey8442]

tripping over Aiel, illuminators and Tear thiefcatchers

[@kayleelockheart8208]

One of my favorites is at the end when he's evading the deathwatch guard while preparing for the Last Battle, and he meets up with Egwene. And she says to him something to the effect of "I have never known anyone to work so hard to avoid hard work." A single sentence that just sums him up so well

[@paulstanley86]

I really liked the moment when Mat was finally thanked for saving the three from the stone of Tear. It showed that it wasn't so much the lack of a thank you but that they seemed to think it was unnecessary. Like their friendship with him ment less to them then it did to him. My take away anyway.

[@stevenhedge2850]

i mean, that's more of a awesome moment for Brigette and Aviendha for realizing what he did, and the way they treated him was just shit. good on them for forcing them to thank him.

[@gabrielbassani3365]

I personally just think he is a better person. They took way too long to thank him, used the one power on him when he saved them, Elayne even laughed at him when he said he was being sexually abused, when he said he didn't want it. 10 minutes later Mat saves her life again.

[@paulstanley86]

@@stevenhedge2850 that too! I ment how he didn't rub it in there faces or draw it out and just accepted it. It obviously bothered him but he never made it a thing or let it stop him from helping them.

[@stevenhedge2850]

​@@paulstanley86 That's a good point. he just has so many gripes with all three of them. My own personal favorite during those sequences were his friendship with Brigette

[@Grognakk380]

constantly complains about how they haven't thanked him and as soon as they do, he dismisses it as unnecessary and not to mention it again haha.

[@TheJavy]

You should have said be here at your own "cauthon"

[@nicolastousignant9160]

Thank you for taking the mantle of dad jokes so we don't have to.

[@TheJavy]

@@nicolastousignant9160 I bear the weight many cannot

[@stonebud]

Ughh

[@ZombiieePanda]

I thought the same thing haha

[@carlbrittain1993]

But... i dont think Mike Tyson reads the Wheel of Time.

[@fedos]

It was about a hero who insisted with every breath that he was anything but a hero.

[@heygus20]

The chaotic energy and intellect of this video would be both Mat and badger approved.

[@frocat5163]

"...badger approved." Holy shit...that's awesome.

[@hedski9542]

Mine is when Egwene is telling Elayne? about Mat saving the kid in the Winespring after being mocked mercilessly not long before for trying to be a hero and rescue someone he thought was drowning.

[@Hostilehippie13]

I liked this because for a long time I hated that they seemed to for some reason accept everyone else had grown up but refused to acknowledge him and all the women treated him like shit so often. But in that moment, you suddenly catch a glimmer that they DO understand who he is at his core when all the jokes and sarcasm is set aside, and that was a surprisingly big deal to me and I loved that they spoke of it out loud and acknowledged it.

[@donvineyard8654]

I think my favorite is the Tuon moment when she see's him for Real. Wow. Loved it immensely. Still look forward to that moment of reread. The best.

[@abcarlson3293]

A lion stuffed into a horse stall might look like a peculiar joke but a lion on the high plains was something very different...

[@Max-hw7xl]

i soooo wanted to see her reaction when Mat sends hawkwing to talk to her:D

[@brianb.1883]

Max, I couldn’t agree with you more; I would love to have read about that meeting. lol

[@davidwooden3878]

"Mat Cauthon made an onion look like an apple"

[@Ipavaiva]

Daniel: "Mat is the best friend in Two rivers" *Rand on the side, thinking of every single time the two meet after Mat learns Rand can channel*: "Excuse me, what??"

[@Grognakk380]

He may have been a bit cold to him (cos he was afraid rand may be going nuts) but he'd wrestle a darkhound barehanded to save him, even if he moaned about it all the while haha

[@kinslayermds]

@@Grognakk380 which is especially poignant because Mat gains the extra memories right around the same time Rand starts to remember being Lews Therin.

[@stevenhedge2850]

I mean to be fair, when he first learns that rand can channel, he was suffering from daggeritis. After he is cured, he's more concerned of running away because well...this shit is dangerous. and he IS the one that goes with Rand to the waste, while the two rivers was in danger.

[@Nasser851000]

the moment from the 3rd book where he lands on the guy's back while falling off the bridge XD

[@JG_Enigma]

He's one lucky boi.

[@Blizzhobbs]

Is that right after the time when he goes and uses his ta'veren powers to win a bunch of dice games without looking too suspicious? Those two parts are my favorite.

[@altoguy16499]

No mention of the reuniting with Moranne in the tower of genjai? Honestly, the entire tower would probably be my favorite Matt scene even if Jain and Thom also are there sharing the scene. Just, his bartering with the foxes is fantastic when he realizes what price he has to pay and how everything is framed.

[@raulvilluendas508]

him giving up "half the light of the world to save the world" is the most badass moment of the series. fight me

[@MrNategeo]

this. i thought daniel was going to talk about this when he was building his number 1 spot. (mat)his interactions with the snakes n foxes is by far some of my favorite parts in the series

[@lupaecainis]

Mat rescuing Moiraine is one of my top moments too. But Mat's badass strategies in book 14 and convincing Damodred that the tactics must come from Lews Therin take the cake

[@frocat5163]

@@raulvilluendas508 Ok. His strategy of putting the dragons inside a cave with no openings and using gateways to blow the shit out of Trollocs was his most badass moment in the series, imo. (Don't get me wrong, I also love the whole scene where he gives up his eye, too.)

[@roolenoir3183]

Goosebumps

[@davidwooden3878]

Matt's boot monologue definitely reminds me of another reluctant but determined hero and his views on socioeconomic expressed via boots. I am of course speaking of the Mr. Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch

[@VivekAnandJ]

Ooh yes! Sam Vines speaks of the economics of boots! Another awesome monologue. In life whenever I want to look wise I'm gonna insert boots into the discussion 😂🤪

[@betheking2222]

Sam Vimes and the city watch will always be one of the best stories ever written. Their arc is epic and I hate that their story has ended just as much as that I’ll never get to read about Matt’s re-consolidation of seanchan.

[@unfortunatesun]

The burning building scene has always been a favorite of mine. It gets speaks well to both characters, both Mat's sense of reckless loyalty and the observer's insight. On a different topic, the Odin motifs surrounding Mat are some of my favorite references to our own mythologies. It's not the obvious choice for his character, but it is the right one.

[@jasonthedave6140]

One of my favorite Mat moments is with the Seafolk. Daughter of the Sands indeed 😂

[@Kyle-my5il]

I think my favorite "moment" is really more of a sequence; when he masters his "luck" for the first time with the footpads leaving Tar Valon to finding the girls in Tear; the pacing of that is just awesome

[@jasenbaker5002]

Aw! My favorite moment is when Matt tells the Seanchan man that's he's not an assassin. Such a badass moment!

[@abcarlson3293]

Catches the towel she flicked at him from his blindside while staring at the seanchan dude with his single eye! So badass!!!

[@davidwooden3878]

I just finished my first reread of the series and I loved that whole Mat Chapter. It's very Odin the Wanderer. Try to be inconspicuous, drop in on common folk and enjoy their hospitality. Reveal to them you are Not who they expected. I also love how the fellow can tell he has blades up his sleeves and under his coat and then points out "sir that is a pole arm that you aren't hiding well"

[@30Huckleberry]

Love when rand and Mat reunite and one up each other. O and there is a badger.

[@moleman1976]

I believe that reunion was Perrin and Mat. Still a phenomenal scene!

[@MRHowley]

30Huck - couldn't agree more. Top comedic moment in the whole series, not just Mat.

[@30Huckleberry]

Brian M you’re right. The badger is with with Mat and Perrin.

[@TitasReal]

Spoiler ... .... ....... ........ ......... Mat saving egwene elayne and nyanaeve in tear is also one of my favorite part. This is the first Mat big accomplishment on his own and not because of the voices in his head. This is where we learn how genuinely amazing this guy is that he destroyed the wall of tear alone to save his friends. He didn't knew he was going to get help from aiel or rand, he still went to save his friends. One of my favorite mat moments.

[@smaug1234]

That moment with eggy is extra special because she recognizes what he did for her and thanks him. All the girls get a hard time for how they treat him but you get to see that love and respect between good friends here. I love Mats POV on the road to Ebou Dar, the power struggle with Elayne, the women trying to figure out his medallion, how he reacts when they do, how he randomly hands them what they need as soon as they get there, even if they are unable to see or use it till later. From TDR on Mat may be my favourite character in a book that i have read, he brings comedy, excellent action, and things to think about to the story, he brings what books one and two are missing imo.

[@rodhahn5658]

My fav: “you can’t have her. You. can’t. bloody. have. her. “

[@RyanReeder]

Where would Matt and Rand's little contest trying to top each other over who's been through and suffered the most rank?

[@lifesabeach2597]

Reading WoT for a second time and I just read this moment from Winters Heart that I love. The Aelfinn always gave true answers. “We are taking them with us,” he said. At last, Tuon showed expression. She smiled, as if she suddenly knew a secret. She smiled, and he shivered. Oh, Light, how he shivered.

[@yissnakklives8866]

don't care about your neck, but was seriously concerned about your pocket!

[@myrdraal2001]

Seemed like he was heartless.

[@alex82493]

I agree with most of this list. Though for me personally I'd remove the darkhound one and put in the scene when he's traveling with the circus and gets fed up with how high and mighty the Aes Sedai are being so he goes in and spanks them. I think it's just a fun scene where they get what's coming to them and he gets some cathartic relief after all the shit he's going through

[@roolenoir3183]

I’m afraid that is one scene we will not see on the show

[@stretch1681]

😂 we definitely won’t see that. That scene is classic especially the scene when he threatens Nyn Lol

[@Hostilehippie13]

I absolutely loved that scene, it’s one of the first and only times he ever just outright gets one over on the Aes Sedai and everyone else treating him like shit and trying to dominate and beat him down. It was a total “that’s right, get em!” moment

[@marsanna]

After all the spanking threats throughout the series I would have been disappointed if one of them didn’t lol

[@bryanovercast349]

One of my fav comedic moments is the extent to which Mat invents the backstories and characters for their schemes in the latter books. Its a common trope, but made me lol with the execution

[@Project57-pgs]

My favorite Matt moment is when he goes into the battlefield for the first time in a Memory of Light to take the Pulse of the battle and captures enemy channeler

[@thedarkonestaint6105]

Tuons recognition is one of my favorite bits. Gives me goosebumps.

[@alexanderfyock9042]

I am about to start reading Wheel of Time because of your recommendation, thanks!

[@beckyh8645]

That moment with Tuon is so good. He is *seen*, and it is just so gratifying. Definitely a favorite scene of mine.

[@haterzrmymotivators3]

"Instead of leaving the battle, he ends up LeeaDDing the battle"- incredible

[@livingasagoat1301]

The nailing of the scarf in the most off-hand slightly shouty way was beautiful.

[@robbedoes77]

Mat is definitely my favourite character in the series. He has so many cool things going for him while also being such a likeable and human character. When I saw this video title appear two months ago, I wanted to watch this video so badly, but I was reading book 10 at the time. I finished Memory of Light 10 minutes ago and here I am. What an end to the story and so many lovely Cauthon moments, I loved it! :) Honestly, without your inspiring videos, I'd never have returned after losing my interest around book 8 two years ago. Thanks, Daniel! :)

[@bkittle525]

How could we leave out the scene where Lan tricks him into revealing that he has suddenly become a master strategist? Also, possibly unpopular opinion here, but as much as I love the the way Sanderson finished the series I never really thought he found Matt's voice. He did great with most characters but I think his portrayal of Matt was slightly below par🤷🏻‍♂️ Oh and big spoiler here * * * * * * He freaking rescued one of the most important characters from another freaking dimension. All of his interactions with the snakes and foxes are actually excellent.

[@raffaelsteinmann7296]

I think most people would agree with you. His chapter were a chore to read in book 12. Book 13/14 were a bit better but still not quite right.

[@hussinyusof]

Yea, Mat is my favorite character and before Sanderson, he was definitely different. But honestly, it was alright considering it's all in a dead man's head.

[@asmodean7239]

Mat’s reaction after saving Moraine and escaping the Tower is just brilliant 🤩. Please never change, dude. 😂

[@xachappe]

The added benefit to the #2 spot is his note to Gallad in the final battle was so damn funny.

[@Mr_Stridercide]

When I reread the series, this is always one of my favorite scenes that I look forward too, on each turn through the Wheel of Time. The fight between Mat and the Princes is always kicking point for the series that lights the story on fire for me..

[@Popopidopop]

Mat rambling about how awful his chair is when traveling with the band before hinderstap was one of my favourite funny mat moments. AND when he explains why women are infuriating by explaining how it would be like to play dice against them.

[@Kelsteev]

"I saved Moraine"

[@ThomasPakh64]

It's Moiraine.

[@DrakkanWoW]

I laughed out loud at the comment Mat made to Galad (sp?) about fighting against people with quarterstaves. It was in either the last book or the second to last. I don't laugh out loud often, but that one got me. Definitely my favorite Mat moment. (edit: this relates to your number 2)

[@beckyh8645]

Me, out loud, as soon as I realize Daniel is getting to my 100% FAVORITE MATRIM CAUTHON MOMENT, and it’s the #1 moment: “YES OMG YES THANK YOU!!!” Mat is the best friend that ANYBODY could ever ask for, and this moment is just freaking 👌. It shows so damn much of who he is, and it’s an absolute delight that I look forward to in *every* re-read.

[@beckyh8645]

Oh shoot, I almost cried. 💚

[@patcoen92]

Also, I think your #5 is tied for my #1. Just chills man. This soon-to-be empress, who has bean treating mat like a Toy, a time waster while other events are in play, realizing that she has been playing with fire and may have come closer to being burned than she thought. To date we hadn't seen anything even ruffle Tuon's feathers yet and seeing Mat as the brilliant leader he is shakes her almost to her core. Just an absolutely brilliant scene and I get chills every time I reread it.

[@johnfisher1674]

"Will you be there when the flames are high"? Most overlooked line in the entire series. Hands down.

[@jake61494]

Damn for whatever reason that quote for number 9 choked me up hard. I love scenes like that in books. I didn't catch that one so well my first time around. Describes his character greatly.

[@Zetamen7]

Top 10 Bela moments, cmon dude

[@SS-rr7by]

Too soon :(

[@arancourt5623]

The entire series, I didn't bat an eyelash at the horrible things happening to our characters. Locked in a tiny box and beaten regularly? Nada. Being reduced to an animal that does magic tricks on command? Zip. Bela dying in the last battle? I cried like a baby over a horse with zero dialogue.

[@thomasross6824]

Mat and Julin breaking into the Stone of Tear is one of my favorite moments in the whole series.

[@KyleThompsonW]

“Just enjoy me talking about Matt moments, can we?” Yes!!! He is my favorite and I love that you did this one. One of my top Matt moments not on your list was when his camp gets attacked at night and he fights, again butt naked cuz he was with that maiden, a (multiple?) myrddraal without taking so much as a scratch!

[@mulleriomalario5364]

Missed the best joke..."proceed at your own Cauthon"

[@cristenjennette]

Oooh yay my favorite characters from the Wheel of Time! The moment he schools those two made me want ALL the Matrim Cauthon content!

[@ericrodriguez9633]

First exposure to the series was in my dads car when I was like 12. He was listening to book 13 and I heard the part where Matt wrecks the Gholam. Needless to say my next 6-9 months were booked from then on out.

[@williamholland5809]

One of my favorite parts is when there is an army coming for Tuon and he takes charge of the band. Showing how much of a leader he is. My first time reading I liked it but never realized how powerful the scene was until i reread it later. When he tells his banner man to unveil the red hand and to "let them know whose killing them this time". When he tells his second that he has the command its like a scene in a movie. Gives me chills and a giddy smile every time.

[@theodoresavich985]

“I'm the Master of the Blades, and my blades are bare” was pretty cool

[@cinnamongeeksout]

I just love Mat! He is my favorite character in this series. Min is second.. but Mat is THE best!!

[@davidwooden3878]

Min is best girl! Books and blades

[@hondasamer5920]

“This is personal”😂😂

[@Alec-zw3xn]

Ik ik it's 2 years late but my favorite scene from mat is in the 9th book and tuon tries to buy his spear thingy and he said I didn't buy it with money and unfolded his scarf

[@jaiskoglind5762]

I always loved both scenes in TSR when he goes into the Ter'angreal. Those are easily in my top 3

[@matthewmendiguren5930]

I also like the scene where he’s with the seanchan after becoming prince of ravens and leads some of them to a victory and captures a damane. The seanchan soldiers are like wtf this guy is legit.

[@Zaberella]

Also, good list, but always liked the night he leaves Tar Valon as one of my favourite moments. First time his luck truly starts to manifest.

[@hackysax0079]

All of them. All the Mat scenes are the best Mat scenes.

[@raymondgreen9379]

One of my favorite mat scenes is when him and rand are having their bragging competition

[@austinlong8791]

More of these please! This was a super fun video 10/10

[@memeschool7732]

we're watching daniel's slow descent into madness

[@myrdraal2001]

Slow? 🤣🤪😜

[@Mclearmountain]

I am only on Crown of Swords, but for me the best moment that stuck the strongest involving Matrim was in Book 3 The Dragon Reborn. Where he laid on the pillar in the middle of a circle of Aes Sedai performing the act of removing the curse of the ruby hilted blade that Mat found from Shadar Logoth. The way that scene was written provoked an intense jaw drop and wide eyed reaction from me.

[@zollieberdy4405]

The temerity- the sheer gall of mentioning the lack of his neck. You have no idea of what you are interfereing with! Also: Mat.

[@stephenschwartzwauffe]

One of my favorite Mat moments is when goes of on a tirade on how frustrating reasoning with women is. Liking it to dice game with one.

[@marsanna]

And Talmanes is all sarcastic and says “they are nefarious creatures” and Mat just keeps going 😂

[@c.w.hughes2609]

I love in AMOL when Mat sends Hawkwing to Tuan. After she was soooo smug 😂😂😂

[@KasonWhitsell]

YESSSS THE BOW!!! My all time favorite Mat moment. Truly shows his character and class. GOATED character

[@kayleelockheart8208]

Another one is when he reunites with Perrin. Mat is throwing acorns at him from behind a tree, and as Perrin approaches a had juts out holding a squirming bag and says something about releasing a badger on the green. Priceless Mat.

[@greggaminger]

All good moments. Reminded me of a few more I always liked: One is a quiet scene between Mat and Lan (I think in book 4?) where Lan so subtly manipulates Mat into completely giving away his newly emerged genius as a military commander. It shows, not for the first time, Lan is far more than just a blunt instrument. But also is a lovely moment where Mat as a character, someone few take seriously, and frankly who many think is an outright fool, becomes something more. A genius in fact. That, for me, is what fantasy is all about. The other is a funny little scene where an infuriated Mat is trying to explain to Elayne (while Elayne tries not to laugh her ass off) that it is, in fact, Tylin who is taking advantage of Mat, not the other way round. Always gives me a chuckle.