History Tearjerker / RebuildOfEvangelion

* Pretty much all of 3.0. The movie is depressing all the way through. [[spoiler:It feels horribly lonely and claustrophobic, like some terrifying homage to IAmLegend. Shinji has basically committed genocide and ''everyone hates him'', as we've already stressed. He is reduced to complete uselessness. This movie is literally Shinji's hell. As Asuka notes, Shinji's introverted nature makes him tend towards egotism - he thinks only of himself. He knows this. He ''hates himself for it''. Shinji also has a breakdown about two thirds into the movie which doubles as [[NightmareFuel/RebuildOfEvangelion NightmareFuel]] And while 1.0 and 2.0 had some [[Funny/RebuildOfEvangelion comic relief]], there is ''no'' comic relief in 3.0. At all. Notice how early on [[ShooOutTheClowns Pen-Pen]] has been dropped from the cast? It's going to take some clever writing or an ''enormous'' AssPull to give this anything other than at ''most'' a BittersweetEnding.]]

* At the end of 3.0 [[spoiler: when Asuka finds Shinji in his entry plug. She first states how he didn't save her, adding more salt to the wounds, pushes him with her feet and begins to insult him about how much of a spoiled brat he is, and complains about his catatonic condition while dragging him with her and making him drop the SDAT that Kaworu fixed for him, meaning he tried to take it with him when he got out of the entry plug. The worst of all is that she is not doing this out of malice, but because she still cares for him, yet the 14 years of fighting have made her unable to show that without hurting him in the process, leaving the two in the same kind of relationship they had in the original series.]]

* Gendo and Rei's "dinner" together, in a blink-and-you-miss-it moment. [[spoiler:Gendo has a full porterhouse steak with all the trimmings. Rei has nutrition pills.]]
* [[spoiler:Kaworu's death.]]

** [[spoiler: "We'll meet again, Shinji-kun"]]

* At the end of 3.0 [[spoiler: when Asuka finds Shinji in his entry plug. She first states how he didn't save her, adding more salt to the wounds, pushes him with her feet and begins to insult him about how much of a spoiled brat he is, and complains about his catatonic condition while dragging him with her and making him drop the SDAT that Kaworu fixed for him, meaning he tried to take it with him when he got out of the entry plug. The worst of all is that she is not doing this out of malice, but because she still cares for him, yet the 14 years of fighting have made her unable to not hurt him, leaving the two in the same kind of relationship they had in the original series.]]

* Kaworu's [[spoiler: Death and Shinji's reaction to it. We now know what it takes to totally break Shinji. And there is tons of Fan Art being made of it.]]

* At the end of 3.0 [[spoiler: when Asuka finds Shinji in his entry plug. She first states how he didn´t saved her, adding more salt to the wounds, pushes him with her feet and begins to insult him about how much of a spoiled brat he is, and complains about his catatonic condition while dragging him with her and making him drop the SDAT that Kaworu fixed for him, meaning he tried to take it with him when he got out of the entry plug. The worst of all is that she is not doing this out of malice, but because she still cares for him, yet the 14 years of fighting have made her unable to not hurt him, leaving the two in the same kind of relationship they had in the original series.]]

* At the end of 3.0 [[spoiler: when Asuka finds Shinji in his entry plug. She first states how he didn´t saved her, adding more salt to the wounds, pushes him with her feet and begins to insult him about how much of a spoiled brat he is, and complains about his catatonic condition dragging Shinji with her and making him drop the SDAT that Kaworu fixed for him, meaning he tried to take it with him when he got out of the entry plug. The worst of all is that she is not doing this out of malice, but because she still cares for him, yet the 14 years of fighting have made her unable to not hurt him, leaving the two in the same kind of relationship they had in the original series.]]

* Kawrou's [[spoiler: Death and Shinji's reaction to it. We now know what it takes to totally break Shinji. And their is tons of Fan Art being made of it.]]

* At the end of 3.0 [[spoiler: when Asuka finds Shinji in his entry plug. She first states how he didn´t saved her, adding more salt to the wounds, pushes him with her feet and begins to insult him about how much of a spoiled brat he is, and complains about his catatonic condition. The final note? Shinji dropping the SDAT that Kaworu fixed for him, meaning he tried to take it with him when he got out of the entry plug.]]

* At the end of 3.0 [[spoiler: when Asuka finds Shinji in his entry plug. She first states how he didn´t saved her, adding more salt to the wounds, pushes him with her feet and begins to insult him about how much of a spoiled brat he is, and complains about his catatonic condition. The final note? Shinji dropping the SDAT that Kaworu fixed for him, meaning he tried to take it with him when he got out of the entry plug.

Kawrou's [[spoiler: Death and Shinji's reaction to it. We now know what it takes to totally break Shinji. And their is tons of Fan Art being made of it.]]

* Everything involving Shinji and Rei [[spoiler: or rather, the new Rei clone from Q. First, the girl he was willing to give his life for is dead after all, and when he thinks he found her, what he does meet is an EmptyShell that doesn't react to his attempts to communicate with her. During this, Shinji is shown to know some pretty personal things about "his" Rei, like what books she liked to read or that she enjoyed gazing at the moon. He concludes that the other clone "isn't Ayanami", showing that he really meant it when he said she was irreplaceable to him, and he [[TheLostLenore really suffers having lost his first love]]. She's only present for a few seconds, but Rei II's presence hangs darkly over the movie. But by the time he's given up on her, Q!Rei has begun some minimal development and is shocked by his talk of another "her" and she becomes increasingly lost and confused, until Shinji's words throw her in an all-out existential crisis.]]

* [[spoiler:Asuka's "death" in ''2.0''. You know it's coming, but still...And that Goddamn song playing when it's happening just makes it worse]].

* But of course, the biggest TearJerker of all was [[spoiler:Shinji's fight with Zeruel. Just like in the original series, just when he seems to have grown some guts, his power runs out. In the series, he starts to whine at this part, begging the EVA to move so no one can blame him for the world's end. What does he do in ''Rebuild''? He demands Rei back, [[AlwaysSaveTheGirl even if it means the end of the world!]] Then, as the Third impact is about to begin, he holds her tenderly and thanks her for her efforts to resolve his family issues. It may not have been the most ''reasonable'' decision, but it was clearly one of the most touching moments in ''Rebuild'' thus far.]]

* Shinji [[spoiler: Waking up after 14 years to find everyone hates him, He didn't save Rei, and he nearly ended the world, Killing so many people.]]
* Everything involving Shinji and Rei [[spoiler: or rather, the new Rei clone from Q. First, the girl he was willing to give his life for is dead after all, and when he thinks he found her, what he does meet is an EmptyShell that doesn't react to his attempts to communicate with her. During this, Shinji is shown to know some pretty personal things about "his" Rei, like what books she liked to read or that she enjoyed gazing at the moon. He concludes that the other clone "isn't Ayanami", showing that he really meant it when he said she was irreplaceable to him, and he [[LostLenore really suffers having lost his first love]]. She's only present for a few seconds, but Rei II's presence hangs darkly over the movie. ...But by the time he's given up on her, Q!Rei has begun some minimal developement and is shocked by his talk of another "her" and she becomes increasingly lost and confused, untill Shinji's words throw her in an all-out existential crisis. ]]

* Everything involving Shinji and [[spoiler: the Rei clone from Q. First, the girl he was willing to give his life for is dead after all, and when he thinks he found her, what he does meet is an EmptyShell that doesn't react to his attempts to communicate with her. During this, Shinji is shown to know some pretty personal things about "his" Rei, like what books she liked to read or that she enjoyed gazing at the moon. He concludes that the other clone "isn't Ayanami", showing that he really meant it when he said she was irreplaceable to him, and he [[LostLenore really suffers having lost his first love]]. She's only present for a few seconds, but Rei II's presence hangs darkly over the movie. ...But by the time he's given up on her, Q!Rei has begun some minimal developement and is shocked by his talk of another "her" and she becomes increasingly lost and confused, untill Shinji's words throw her in an all-out existential crisis. ]]

* Everything involving Shinji and [[spoiler: the Rei clone from Q. First, the girl he was willing to give his life for is dead after all, and when he thinks he found her, what he does meet is an EmptyShell that doesn't react to his attempts to communicate with her. During this, Shinji is shown to know some pretty personal things about "his" Rei, like what books she liked to read or that she enjoyed gazing at the moon. He concludes that the other clone "isn't Ayanami", showing that he really meant it when he said she was irreplaceable to him, and he really suffers having lost his first love. But by the time he's given up on her, Q!Rei has begun some minimal developement and is shocked by his talk of another "her" and she becomes increasingly lost and confused, bordering on an all-out identity crisis when she desperately wonders who she is. ]]

Shinji [[spoiler: Waking up after 14 years to find everyone hates him, He didn't save Rei, and he nearly ended the world, Killing so many people.]]

* [[LooneyLuver This Troper]] posted on twitter, a ''day'' before 3.0 was out "Kaworu's motivation seems to be (based on about five lines of dialogue) just to make Shinji happy in Rebuild. [[ShipperOnDeck DON'T DIE KAWORU ;w;!!"]]....[[spoiler: Guess [[HarsherInHindsight what happened]]]]

* TearJerker: [[spoiler:Asuka's "death" in ''2.0''. You know it's coming, but still...And that Goddamn song playing when it's happening just makes it worse]].
** The whole Goddamn ending! Many viewers will already know the Zeruel Event from the original series, so all the changes can be jarring. First, there was the big, fat HopeSpot that was [[spoiler:Mari's BadAss intervention and her subsequent CrowningMomentOfAwesome when she fought in Beast-Mode. She got back up several times and helped Rei out with the Bomb, even with her EVA seriously damaged and a freaking Hole in her side! And then, it ends up failing anyway and Rei pays the price]].
** Hell, "Give Me Wings" on its own is a huge TearJerker if you're in the right mood.
** But of course, the biggest TearJerker of all was [[spoiler:Shinji's fight with Zeruel. Just like in the original series, just when he seems to have grown some guts, his power runs out. In the series, he starts to whine at this part, begging the EVA to move so no one can blame him for the world's end. What does he do in ''Rebuild''? He demands Rei back, [[AlwaysSaveTheGirl even if it means the end of the world!]] Then, as the Third impact is about to begin, he holds her tenderly and thanks her for her efforts to resolve his family issues. It may not have been the most ''reasonable'' decision, but it was clearly one of the most touching moments in ''Rebuild'' thus far.]]
** Gendo and Rei's "dinner" together, in a blink-and-you-miss-it moment. [[spoiler:Gendo has a full porterhouse steak with all the trimmings. Rei has nutrition pills.]]

** But of course, the biggest TearJerker of all was [[spoiler:Shinji's fight with Zeruel. Just like in the original series, just when he seems to have grown some guts, his power runs out. In the series, he starts to whine at this part, begging the EVA to move so no one can blame him for the world's end. What does he do in ''Rebuild''? He demands Rei back, [[AlwaysSaveTheGirl even if it means the end of the world!]] Then, as the Third impact is about to begin, he holds her tenderly and thanks her for her efforts to resolve his family issues. It may not have been the most ''reasonable'' decision, but it was clearly one of the most touching moments in ''Rebuild'' thus far.]]

** The whole goddamn ending! Many viewers will already know the Zeruel Event from the original series, so all the changes can be jarring. First, there was the big, fat HopeSpot that was [[spoiler:Mari's BadAss intervention and her subsequent CrowningMomentOfAwesome when she fought in Beast-Mode. She got back up several times and helped Rei out with the Bomb, even with her EVA seriously damaged and a freaking Hole in her side! And then, it ends up failing anyway and Rei pays the price]].

* TearJerker: [[spoiler:Asuka's "death" in ''2.0''. You know it's coming, but still...And that goddamn song playing when it's happening just makes it worse]].