Things that only look awesome in a montage

• training for a fight/race/game
• studying for the LSAT
• preparing for a court case that nobody expects you to win
• learning a new language
• building literally anything
• turning your failing business around
• painting a room
• payola schemes
• barricading a mall against zombies
• living in a mall during a zombie apocalypse
• losing weight
• trying on multiple outfits for an audience of friends
• benders
• going shopping
• giving someone a makeover
• going from zero to hero
• cooking a large meal for your restaurant's last business night
• going on a series of comically inappropriate dates
• getting a makeover
• war