History Tearjerker / RebuildOfEvangelion

* Shinji's mounrning period continues even in his downtime. [[spoiler:What was a melancholy scene turns tragic when Shinji spots Asuka's collar and pukes at the sight. He's clearly still remembering Kaworu's sacrifice, and it's mighty sad to watch.]]

* Shinji and Gendo's BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind represented as two {{Toku}} actos on stage, the cast leaving the 'scene' one by one and the destruction of ''all'' the numbered [=EVAs=] all in a row just drive the point home that "Yes, we're killing the franchise DeaderThanDead for good this time."

* A bit of TearsOfJoy hit with the final part of the film: [[spoiler: Shinji creates a new world where Evas and Angels never existed (or as he coins it: [[TitleDrop "Neon Genesis"]]), leading to a better future where those he knows and loves are given a happier ending.]]

* As Shinji and Misato argue about letting him pilot EVA 1 again, Midori suddenly pulls a gun on them. In a mix of pure sorrow and hatred, she rants about how she lost her entire family to Near-Third Impact.

* As Shinji and Misato argue about letting him pilot EVA 1 again, Midori suddenly pulls a gun on him. In a mix of pure sorrow and hatred, she rants about how she lost her entire family to Near-Third Impact.

* After Shinji leaves he spends some time wandering and sleeping on the streets, but when he approaches the city limits we see there is no escape for him. The road leading outside has been obliterated by the previous fight between the Eva and the Angel. He then turns around, bitterly demanding the Section 2 agents show themselves, and is showered in lights, showing that they were in fact tailing him all along. There is no escape for Shinji, even when he wants to run away, he cannot.

* After the second Angel encounter, Misato harshly scolds Shinji for disobeying orders. His despondent response and dead smile makes her recoil. As he walk away Misato is forced to realize the person she was treating like a soldier is a 14 year old boy who is already borderline suicidal from the ordeals he just endured, and promptly slaps herself in disgust.
* After Shinji leaves he spends some time wandering and sleeping on the streets, but when he approaches the city limits we see there is no escape for him, the road leading outside has been obliterated by the previous fight between the Eva and the Angel. He then turns around, bitterly demanding the Section 2 agents show themselves, and is showered in lights, showing that they were in fact tailing him all along. There is no escape for Shinji, even when he wants to run away, he cannot.

-->'''Shinji''': I'm doing this for you Kaworu! for you and everyone else I know! I HAVE TO MAKE EVERYTHING RIGHT AGAIN! IF I CAN RESTORE THE WORLD, THE EVEN MISATO WILL...!

''(Shinji disconnects Kaworu, taking full control of Unit 13)''

* After Shinji leaves he spends some time wandering and sleeping on the streets, but when he approaches the city exit we see there is no escape for him, the road leading outside has been obliterated by the previous fight between the eva and the angel. There is no escape for Shinji, even when he wants to run away, he cannot.

* 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 SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome 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]].

* Rei comparing herself the fish in the aquarium, and how she doesn't belong outside of the confines of NERV. Also, the fact that this aquarium is pretty much all that remains of marine life after the Second Impact is pretty depressing.

** The lack of proper treatment prompted Shinji to trust Kaworu, ''a complete stranger'', instead of [[spoiler:anyone at [[HeWhoFightsMonsters WILLE]] or [[ManipulativeBastard NERV]]]]. Then the ending [[spoiler:take the only person in the entire world who treated Shinji as a human away from him...]]

* The state of [[spoiler: Nerv HQ and of the whole world as well, the SceneryGorn in some of the locations of the previous movie and even the original series themselves and the sheer loneliness and abandonment that they irradiate as well.]]

* As awesome as it was, [[spoiler: the fight in Central Dogma between Asuka and Shinji in ''3.33'' becomes one in hindsight. None of the two wanted to fight each other and, due the events that happened and their circunstances, they cannot resolve it by talking or reasoning with the other, thus leading to Fourth Impact]].
* 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 even in his severe HeroicBSOD. 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.]]

* 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. However as of the next movie, he '''failed'''; the Rei he knew and loved is dead and the world hates him for triggering the aforementioned Third Impact.]]