History WMG / RebuildofEvangelion

** Is she gonna be [[CharClone three times faster]] ?

* She actually plays UsefulNotes/{{Wonderswan}}. Just sayin'.

* Rei was much happier with a HeroicSacrifice to save the human race than to continue her existence [[CloningBlues as a clone.]]

** I've heard some interpret this to be the case based on the implied Rei/Shinji shipping from the movies, in an attempt to avoid the disgusting OedipusComplex ParentalIncest implications.

The boy damned near killed the planet to save her life. After what he's been through (and what's likely to come), thinking about the [[OedipusComplex Oedipal]] implications seems a relatively trivial thing. To be sure, there will probably be a stretch of time where he's shocked and confused, but he will get past it (in what will probably be another SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}).

Read the extra for the last NGE manga album - She looks like 14 in 1998 and calls [[spoiler: Ayanami Yui]] her older sister. The first manned EVA experiments took place between 2004 and 2008 and none of the pilots come out with their minds intact.

According to Rebuild 3.0 [[spoiler: Third Impact happened anyway]], but this time [[spoiler: not everyone died]] which means that there might have been enough humans to repopulate mankind at a decent levels. 1000 years later, Gurren Lagann's events happen. Simple as that.

Besides bringing Shinji happiness. He surely did not wanted [[spoiler: the third impact to happen at the end of 2.0. That is, the version of the Third Impact that involved Unit-01 (made from the body of Lilith?), Lilith's soul, a Lilin and an Angel, which look like something Gendo would be satisfied with. He does not seem to be willing to stop the Third Impact from happening between 2.0 and 3.0 (the one with Lilith's body and an Angel), since Mark 06 needed to be automatised to do the duty. Then, in 3.0, he happily jump on a journey to use one of the Adams (Unit-13, a Lilin, an angel (himself), the Spear of Longinus (anti-Lilith weapon) and the Spear of Cassius (anti-Adam weapon, maybe?) to perform a Reverse Impact somehow.]] None of this is coherent, but it may be sure to assume that:
* a) His intentions are the same as in the first series: [[spoiler: to leave the world with the Lilins like it was before Second Impact.]]

** Kaworu didn't wanted [[spoiler: the version of the Third Impact that involved Unit-01 (Near-Third Impact) because the Eva didn't had any spears to control the power of the Impact, so if not stopped it would had simply exterminated all life on Earth instead of triggering Instrumentality (converting all life into a new superior lifeform), which is SEELE's ultimate goal.]]

* {{Jossed}}, [[spoiler:she is still inside Unit-01]].

* A giant floating fortress held aloft by A.T. fields [[spoiler: and powered by an EVA in its core]] with a German sounding name.

* Shinji achieving a [[spoiler: 0.00%]] synchronization rate.

* Shinji's Eva sprouting [[spoiler: multiple arms.]]

As the [[spoiler:pilots of the Mass-Production Evangelions seen in the trailer, that [=NERV=] fields to fight against [=EVA=] 8+2.]]

Think about it. Shinji's eyes turned red. Now both [[spoiler:Rei's and Kaworu's [[RedEyesTakeWarning eyes are red]] (and are the only people to have red eyes, which shows their part angel status)and when Shinji was pulling Rei out of Zeruel's core, his eyes changed to the exact same tint of red as Rei's and Kaworu's.]]

*** I know the EVA 01 is a clone of [[spoiler: Lilith]] but when EVA 01 ones goes apeshit and angel mode Shinji is usually knocked out. In this, [[UnStoppableRage he is pissed]] and his [[RedEyesTakeWarning eyes turn bright red]]. Could the EVA have turned him into something beyond human? Is he gonna start [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann combining all the [=EVAs=] and create drills made out of AT Fields?]] We won't know until we get 3.0 and 4.0

* [[spoiler:Partially confirmed. Kaworu has full memory and Shinji remembers later.]]

* There is some [[FreezeFrameBonus heavy evidence]] of this being the case in the short trailer for Quickening. [[spoiler:Just look under Asuka's eye patch. Comparing the collars, it is her old plug suit rather than the current one damaged to look like the original.]]

* [[spoiler:They both play piano, Shinji says Kaworu is like Gendo and Kaji calls Kaworu "commander" all the time which is Gendo's title.]]

* ''Asuka's half(?)-sister.'' In the Eva manga, Asuka Soryu was a test-tube baby conceived by Kyoko after her husband left her because of their failure to conceive a child; the root of her competitive streak was implied to be Kyoko pushing Asuka to be better than the daughter her ex-husband fathered with another woman. (3.0 spoilers)[[spoiler:The picture of the other woman Kyoko's husband married vaguely resembles the woman resembling Mari seen in a photo of Yui, Gendo, and baby Shinji. It's also noticed that the picture of the child Asuka was trying to compete with somewhat resembles Mari (OnlySixFaces aside).]]

Someone needed to say it. His "this time" line is definitely suspicious, as is his [[spoiler:[[BigDamnHeroes last-minute intervention to halt Third Impact]]]]. The fact that he referred to Gendo (apparently) as "father" (which I took as referring to [[spoiler:Gendo being in possession of Adam in the original series, considering that Kaworu is one of "Adam's Children]]) is a slightly more subtle reference.

During the scene [[spoiler:where Lilith is revealed]] in the first film, there's a whole bunch of little red lights floating around. As we saw in End of Evangelion, that little red light is a soul, thus it's not necessary for someone to get munched to get a soul into an Eva: They just need to pop on down to Level EEE and pick up a random soul and shove it into an Eva. Ergo, Yui may have died another way, and Kyoko may well be still alive.
* But if we apply the "soul needed to synch" rule, then putting a random soul into an Eva instead of the soul of someone to whom the pilot is strongly connected to in some way doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Using a total stranger's soul would actaully be an obstacle to effective synching, IMHO. Personally, i think those litle red dots are just particles from the LCL flowing out of Lilith (I don't think this needs to be spoilered anymore). You know, sort of like with a waterfall.
* Jossed in 3.0: [[spoiler:Fuyutsuki specifically tells Shinji that Yui became Unit 01's control system]].
** That's still doesn't mean that a Contact Experiment, or even a soul is required for Evangelions : Mari, Asuka and Shinji were seen piloting other Evas than their normally assigned one without any ill effects. It's implied that the only Evangelion who's picky on its pilot is EVA-01 [[spoiler:because of Yui being the control system and refusing any pilot who's not Shinji. (or Rei hypothetically)]]

** [[spoiler: Jossed. 3.0 reveals that Eva 09 was built on one of the Adams. It's likely Mk06 was another.]]

* Somewhat jossed: [[spoiler:the Asuka-Mari duo are contrasted against the Shinji-Kaworu duo. Rei-Q is aligned with the latter but she barely shows up outside fights.]]

* Might ''not'' be jossed: [[spoiler:Shinji is extracted from Unit 01 and is told afterwards that no one else was found inside]].

** [[spoiler:{{Jossed}}: Shinji is recovered from Unit-01's core at the start of ''3.0.'']]

* Jossed in 3.0: [[spoiler:[[MemeticMutation Kaworu died for our sins]] this time too]].
** Or not, as Shinji [[spoiler: reboots the world with everyone alive but without EVA and the angels im '' 3.0+1.0'']].

* {{Jossed}}, [[spoiler:''3.0+1.0'' reveals it was Gendo's SDAT all along. And it goes all the way to Track 29.]].

* Jossed: [[spoiler:Unit 08 was already operational before Unit 01's recovery operation]].

More than that perhaps is the fact that after all of that moe moe, things went down in flames. [[spoiler:I was Sahaquiel all along, it's not different at all, is it Steve? You guys are still getting Bardiel, and this time he kills Asuka, and also Zeruel kills Rei]]. But [[spoiler:afterwards, it seems like we're gonna be allll right. Rei is saved from death (or whatever), Asuka shows up in the preview with a bitchin eyepatch, and Shinji's testes grew three sizes]]. It's almost like we experienced the remade version of the part of Evangelion with Asuka in a bathtub, Rei is a clone now, and we made it out this time, like we can take whatever they throw at us now, we're ready for ya.

* [[spoiler:Confirmed, as of ''3.0.'', but not in that exact way.]]

* [[spoiler:Jossed, ''3.0+1.0'' gives the series an unambiguously happy ending.]]

* Jossed. [[spoiler:''3.0+1.0'' has an unambiguously happy ending]].

* [[spoiler:He sort of does that in 3.0, except that the wings are more like extremely overgrown VerticalMechaFins.]]

* [[spoiler:Sorta. While ''3.0.'' follows an original plot, elements of it are clearly taken from Episode 24 and 26'.]]

* [[spoiler:Confirmed]]

You know the drill, it's all Shinji hallucinatiing about a happier universe in which neither Rei, Toji or Asuka die; in which his father shows at least a little respect/love, in which he actually [[acts the way the pilot of a towering rage-powered war machine should act]]...

* [[spoiler:As of 3.0, Shinji is told that no one else was found inside the Eva.]]

* Nope, but [[spoiler:Unit 13]] is a Unit 01 lookalike with some ''[[AttackDrone crazy]]'' [[MultiArmedAndDangerous features]].

[[WMG: Rei STILL is [[spoiler:a clone of Yui]]]]

[[SarcasmMode Crazy, I know, right?]] But while there's some speculation to the contrary, ''Evangelion 1.0'' ports one of the very first clues about this ([[spoiler:"If it's a boy, we'll name him Shinji. If it's a girl, Rei."]]) from the end of the series to it's very beginning. This seems to be a subtle clue from Anno, that this particular important detail remains true in ''Rebuild'', despite appearances to the contrary.

And that's not even mentioning how in ''2.0'', Gendo outright [[spoiler:''hallucinates'' Yui's image superimposed over Rei]]'s.

** [[spoiler:Confirmed: Fuyutsuki specifically says it to Shinji and Asuka refers to the current Rei as originating "from an early lot of Ayanami-types". There's also a wall-rack full of Rei heads in Fuyutsuki's room in 3.0.]]

* Jossed: [[spoiler:Third Impact happened anyway and Kaworu deliberately tries to stop Shinji from causing a Fourth]].

* Kinda implied in 3.0. [[spoiler:Unit 06 hosts the Twelfth Angel while Units 09 and 13 are actual Adams.]]

** [[spoiler:Confirmed: in ''3.0.'', he co-pilots Eva-13 alongside Kaworu.]]

* [[spoiler:Confirmed. The preview for FINAL shows Unit 8+2 fighting copies of the Mark 06 which all wear green armor.]]

* [[spoiler: Confirmed. Shinji does learn to truth about Rei in ''3.0'', and still wants to be with her - Of course, this being EVA, he ''can't'' because he didn't save her after all, and the person he's been fruitlessly expressing his affection to for most of the movie is a fresh clone. Turns out he also meant business when he told "his" Rei that she was irreplaceable to him. Needless to say, the whole thing is extremely tearjerking. ]]

* [[spoiler:Jossed, but she does get more screentime.]]

* [[spoiler:Jossed.]]

* Jossed. [[spoiler:Mark.06 houses the Twelfth Angel and spends most of 3.0 pinned to Lilith's corpse with a lance.]]

* [[spoiler:Units 09 and 13 are Adams; "Lilith" ends up completely liquefying when the latter pulls out the lances impaling her so whether it was the real Lilith has been rendered moot.]]

* HUGE SPOILERS: [[spoiler: Partially confirmed in 3.0, only it's sort of Asuka-and-Mari versus Kaworu-and-Shinji, because what Kaworu and Shinji think they're doing is fixing the Post-Third Impact Majority-of-Humankind-Gone world, but really they're mistakenly finishing the job, so Asuka and Mari are there to stop them.]]
* HUGE SPOILERS: [[spoiler:It's Asuka and Mari versus Kaworu, Shinji, ''and'' Rei Q. Kaworu immediately realizes something is wrong and even tries to talk Shinji out of pulling the spears when he tries to pull out the last one but Shinji [[WhatTheHellHero ignores his pleas and pulls them anyways]]. Making him solely responsible for what happened and Kaworu dies for Shinji's mistake]].

In the ''Rebuild'' movies, especially ''2.0'', there have been many hints for romanctic feelings between Shinji and Rei. Hell, Asuka even says that [[spoiler: Rei is in love with Shinji]]. My guess is that at least part of these feelings from Rei's side are maternal, due to her [[spoiler: being a clone of Yui]]. She still has romantic feelings, only they're competeting with the maternal ones.

* Most likely Jossed. [[spoiler: Shinji finds out what she is, but it doesn't deter him - (the fact that he's no longer dealing with the same clone ''does''.) The other clone, who should also have Yui's DNA and thus, also have those feelings if the DNA were the cause, barely reacts to him at all. ]]

* Not exactly confirmed, but [[spoiler: seeing how hopeless the situation has become in Q, a happy, non-mind-screw ending seems nigh impossible.]]

[[spoiler: Jossed. All of the Angels in 3.0 are new except for the final, which is still Kaworu. Asuka is still just Asuka, and the plugsuit is apparently the result of a major TimeSkip]].

* '''Very heavily implied''' in 3.0. [[spoiler:Aside from Mount Fuji, the entire visible area around the city had been leveled by Third Impact, not even hills are left. The city's ruins are implied to be contaminated beyond human habitability and from the looks of it, the "Failures of Infinity" filling Dogma's shaft and the city ruins ''[[BodyHorror might actually have been the civilians]]''.]]

Asuka's spoiler:space/aerial battle is against Arael. But instead of the [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion original]]'s MindRape sequence, this time she'll take the fight to the Angel, showing her character development this time around through shrugging of the Hallelujah-Beam's effects.

* Jossed: Arael doesn't appear whatsoever. She's in space to [[spoiler:recover Unit 01]].

* Jossed: [[spoiler:Kaworu died again]].

* [[spoiler:Did he now? Technically he's an Angel, and Angels got cores that provide some serious regeneration. In the original series his whole body was destroyed, here he just got explosively decapitated. For example a similar flesh wound didn't stop Mark.09 from rebuilding itself, so there's still hope]].

* [[spoiler: Sort of confirmed, but zig-zagged: [[HoYay Kaworu does hang out with Shinji for a large part of 3.0]] [[HoYay and do nice things for him like fixing his SDAT, bringing him to see the stars and playing piano together]], but there are major holes and discrepancies in his recounting to Shinji of what happened 14 years ago, leaving the suspicion that he was manipulating Shinji, albeit probably with Shinji's own happiness in mind.]]

* Jossed. [[spoiler: Gendo kills off the SEELE monoliths, who this time around are actual monoliths and not humans, in 3.0]]

* [[spoiler:Shinji is told Rei wasn't found in Unit 01 and the Rei present in the movies has a hallucination about her predecessor. So... maybe yes, maybe no.]]

* No mindrape happens in 3.0 and Asuka doesn't show any signs of having been mindraped. [[spoiler:Though she might have simply gotten over it in the last 14 years, time heals all wounds and all that.]]

* [[spoiler:Shinji is told Rei isn't in Unit 01.]]
* [[spoiler: Actually, while Ritsuko said that they didn't find any trace of Rei in Unit 01's plug, Fuyutsuki says that the Rei from the previous movies is "preserved within Unit 01, just like your mother."]]

* Jossed. [[spoiler:Kaworu laments over having become the Thirteenth, a fact Mari shows surprise over as there wasn't supposed to be more than twelve.]]

*** [[spoiler:"Liquid blackness" is actually a pretty good description of the 12th Angel, though replace liquid with crystalline.]]

Okay, so [=RE-TAKE=] takes place in [[spoiler: a multiverse that Shinji created, filled with alternate realities where only one thing stays consistant: he gets with Asuka]]. I theorise that this is one of those worlds, except Kaworu's existance is messing with Shinji's world. The old and the new is clashing, and this is causing some rather problematic changes: the most notable is [[spoiler: Asuka being in Unit 03's entry plug when crap went down]]. Shinji is forced into another, far more problematic situation, where he begins to transcend the boundries of humanity and starts 3rd Impact. Kaworu has to stop this, and he does. But why does he have to stop 3rd Impact on this world?

* [[spoiler:Kaworu is the last Angel and actually goes over the count. He also laments over having been "cast down from First to Thirteenth" so that last point is true too.]]

** [[spoiler: Jossed. Mari is the pilot of Eva 08. It even shares the same colors as her plug suit! Touji doesn't appear but a shirt labeled with his name does.]]

Going by the thought that Kaworu knows what's going on and isn't Tabris anymore (from an above wmg), perhaps Kaworu is actually ADAM? It'd explain his breathing in space and his appearent knowledge of what happened in NGE. Plus, ADAM was [[spoiler:embdeded in Gendo's hand]] in the original - it would explain the "father" line.

If he's not ADAM himself, he could just be a human-avatar of ADAM, created and used to watch over the human world and guide things to go the way he wants them [[spoiler:ie: stopping Shinji/Rei/EVA-01/whatever from ending the world]].

* [[spoiler:Sort-of confirmed: Kaworu specifically says he used to be the First Angel.]]

* Dear God I hope not, it was at that revelation, when the entirety of the psychological problems in the series overrode this troper. Ritsuko went from one of the least problematic characters, to just as crazy as the rest. [[spoiler: Her dependence on Gendo and killing the Rei clones were a disturbing look into her mind, that left this troper unable to know what to feel]]

* Jossed. [[spoiler:The one playing the piano is Kaworu.]]

* [[spoiler:Given that she hasn't aged since 2.0... it's highly possible that she's no longer human. During the Unit-03 test Ritsuko mentions that if the plug depth goes any deeper, Asuka would no longer be human. She could either be part Eva or part Angel.]]
* [[spoiler:In addition, she activates Beast mode in 3.0... and both eyes are glowing, including the left. Barring an animation oversight, it does give weight to the theory.]]
** [[spoiler:The "missing" eye is glowing a different colour, however.]]
** [[spoiler:the "missing" eye glows a shade of blue which curiously is the same color as bardiel.]]

* Partially confirmed,[[spoiler: in that the eye patch isn't to hide the colour of the eye but rather to hide the Angel itself, which was contained within her eye.]]

[[WMG: This is not [[spoiler:the second iteration of these events after End of Evangelion. It is the fourth (possibly fifth).]]]]
In the first series, we have one single Adam, whose silhouette looks rather EVA-like. In this series, we have four Adams who look much less EVA-like. [[spoiler:Whatever the nature of the Adam/Adams is/are, it's possible that the number of Adams is indicative of how many cycles this story has gone through. The series, and End of Evangelion are the first cycle, and Rebuild is several cycles somewhere down the line. If the Adams are actually True [=EVAs=] (much like what Unit-01 almost became at the end of 2.22), then it could be that each Adam is the product of each preceeding Third Impact event. Obviously, this means that the Adams each survive their Second Impact events as well, and are likely recovered and used in the construction of each cycles' [=EVAs=].]]

[[spoiler:It should be noted that the [=EVAs=] seem to have similar, but also different and arguably more powerful abilities in Rebuild than in the show, which could mean that having more Adam samples (which, if the theory is right, would be [=EVAs=] from previous cycles) would result in marginally better [=EVAs=] each cycle, which then result in marginally more powerful Adams. Notable abilities include Unit-02's Beast Mode, as well as Unit-03's spontaneous growth of fully functional arms. Ultimately, this could mean that the Adams, and possibly Angels, are undergoing a slow evolution as a direct result of previous cycles' improvements on EVA design.]]

[[WMG: Rei will be [[spoiler: pregnant]] in 3.0]]
She and Shinji [[spoiler: were stuck in Unit-01 with nothing else to do.]]
* [[spoiler: Jossed, of at least the 2.0 Rei we knew. She wasn't saved, even after all the shit Shinji had to pull, and the "Rei" in 3.0 is a soulless clone.]]

* [[spoiler:More or less confirmed. Only Kaworu kills himself instead.]]

* [[spoiler:Sort of correct, sort of not. Third Impact as a whole never finished (Kaworu was a bit late), but by that point most of humanity had been wiped out. Shinji's classmates were implied to be killed, but most of the NERV staff is around still.]]

[[WMG:Just as the end of 2.0 [[spoiler:deconstructed always save the girl]], one of the upcoming films will reconstruct it.]]
* Shinji will [[spoiler: save the girl, and save the world, possibly because he saved the girl.]]
** [[spoiler: Deconstructed as of 3.0. Shinji didn't save the girl, and nearly destroyed the world. It remains to be seen how the rest plays out.]]

* [[spoiler: Confirmed. Rei pilots Eva 09 in 3.0. It even looks like an upgraded Unit 00.]]

The main plot of Evangelion 3.0 is Shinji attempting to redeem himself [[spoiler: for causing [[ApocalypseHow Third Impact]] but ultimately failing.]] This Troper's theory is that the 4th movie will climax with all the pilots fighting a [[HopelessBossFight seemingly invincible enemy]] poised to destroy humanity completely and Shinji will stop this creature and save the world by [[RedemptionEqualsDeath self destructing his Eva or something to that effect.]]

[[WMG: The moment someone syncs with an Eva, [[spoiler:They cease to be fully human.]]]]
Case in point: [[spoiler:Asuka and Mari in 3.0. Neither of them have aged in 14 years. During the Unit-03 test Ritsuko mentions that a certain plug depth will cause Asuka to cease being human. However, what if they got the depth that it happens at wrong?]]
* [[spoiler:Just might be true. at the end of Q Asuka refers humans as "Lilin", something only Kaoru did prior.]]

[[WMG: [[spoiler: Kaworu will come back to life]]]]
Mind, he won't be the same we know [[spoiler: i.e., he won't be an Angel]] but will come back in 4.0 [[spoiler: as a human and be Shinji's best bud (perhaps [[OneTruePairing more than that]]) in the end]]. Please, God, Anno, let me have this!

[[WMG: In Final Shinji is going to [[spoiler: Really snap]]]]
[[spoiler: and I don't just mean be catatonic and curl into a ball either. I'm talking something ranging from a Nihilist who just doesn't care anymore and who sees any action he takes as doomed to end in tragedy, to full on VillainProtagonist who is actively trying to destroy the world and kill everyone, while longing for his own death.]]

[[WMG: Shinji is going to have to [[spoiler: let Rei die]]]]
Or maybe even [[spoiler: kill her himself]] in order to set things right.

[[WMG: Alternatively, [[spoiler: both Shinji and Rei will have to die.]]]]
Since both are the two who are needed for the scenario to work, they both may realize that the only way to stop the next impact is to [[spoiler:remove themselves from the equation. Quite a BittersweetEnding, as they are both dead, but the world is saved, and the two are reunited in death.]]

When it comes down to it, Gendo, Homura, and [[spoiler:the incarnates of Church]] have the same motivations (in [[spoiler:Epsilon's]] words, they "kept trying to get her right"), so their series may be connected in some way. (Instrumentality reincarnation, maybe?) ''Madoka'' got a happy ending (happy for Urobuchi, anyway), while ''Red vs. Blue'' got its happiest ending so far in Season 10. Going with the ''Madoka'' law of emotional EquivalentExchange, there has to be an equivalent amount of hope and despair in the universe. So, it's likely that the optimism of those two series led to 3.0 becoming ultra-depressing.

Considering that Shinji went through a similar thing in the original series when he was trapped in Unit 01, [[spoiler: Rei II will have something similar in 4.0. It is here that she finally comes to her own conclusions about her feelings for Shinji, possibly after meeting Yui.]]

Something will happen that will massively screw up the entire world and make it so that events that made Rebuild different from the original never existed (i.e. Mari, Asuka being in Unit-03, etc.), the major difference is that Shinji is still himself. [[spoiler:His broken self that ''knows'' everyone hates him, despite the new universe not acknowledging his Third Impact launching. This might explain all the self-doubt he has in the original and why he calls everyone liars when they say they're nice to him. He's not thinking this, he knows this from experience. A bad experience that never really happened]].

[[WMG: [[spoiler:In FINAL, Mari pilots Unit 8+2 against the MP Evas.]]]]
[[spoiler:She ends up dying in Asuka's place, and since Mari was essentially the only person Asuka could relate to with the whole Fountain of Youth problem, they had probably become best friends or something. As a result, Asuka will either lose it or go catatonic, leaving it all up to Shinji.]]

* [[spoiler:Hell, 3.0 practically shot down every other ship except Mari X Asuka. Then again, losing someone she loved would only make Asuka's prospective breakdown even worse.]]

** [[spoiler: Alternatively, they fight ''[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome together]]''.....and [[ForegoneConclusion still lose]] ]]

[[WMG: [[spoiler: Rei Q actually is Rei II.]]]]
[[spoiler: As it turns out, Rei will be revealed to have actually been secretly retrieved from Unit 01 by Gendo, who proceeded to blank her memories so as to make her more submissive again. Shinji's comments that she isn't "his" Ayanami is now slowly beginning to remind her of her past connections and relationships with him and the others, ala ''Franchise/{{Robocop}}''.]]

[[spoiler: Alternatively, Rei II is being held by Gendo in secret, while he uses the clones to take over her original place.]]

After losing [[spoiler: Kaworu and Rei]] in 3.0 the constant beratings and mistrust from Asuka, Misato and the others will finally push him past breaking point until he tells them that if they hate him, he hates them as well and that he doesn't care if they die or not. After that Misato and/or Asuka will give him a GetAHoldOfYourselfMan and tell him that despite what he's done they '''do''' still care about him [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan but he needs to grow up, realise that he can't change what he's done, accept responsibility for it and try to move on]]. This will probably be combined with the death of one of them (most likely Misato but it could happen to Asuka as well) to finally snap him out of it.

** This WMG actually seems pretty likely, and in fact there is an obvious candidate for the "true" insigator of near-impact already laid out for us in 3.0 and the preview from 2.0. Unit 06. when we see Unit 06 descend to stop 3rd impact in 2.0, the moon is shown behind it, and it is definitly NOT in the devestated form we see it in in 3.0 yet, implying that the near-impact hasn't happened yet. The preview from 2.0 tells us that Unit 06 descends into terminal dogma, and in 3.0 Kaowru says it was "modified to be Autonomous", but we later discover that this is because it has the 12th angel inside it. This suggests that possibly the 12th angel was placed in unit 06 deliberatly, and that the Angle took over the unit and attempted to contact Lilith. But most tellingly, in 3.0 Kaworu reffers to terminal dogma as "the epicenter of the 3rd impact". If Shinji was really the one that caused near-impact, wouldn't the epicenter be up on the surface next to the pyramid? All of this seems to point towards one conclusion; Unit 06's attempt to contact Lilith was the TRUE cause of near-impact, and those in the know (probably Gendo, Fuyutski, Rei III, and Kaworu) deliberatly blaimed Shinji in order to manipulate him.

* In 3.0+1.0 how Third Impact happened was revealed. [[spoiler:When Shinji ascended in Unit 01, he ended up destroying Tokyo-3 and NERV. Meaning, there were no longer any defences to stop Mark.06 (the 12th Angel) into waltzing in Lilith's Chamber, wherein it started the ''true'' Third Impact. In order to stop it, Kaji, Misato's lover and he who impregnated her, sacrificed himself. This became the reason why she blamed Shinji and let everyone else blame him: she was resentful over Kaji's death, and needed to project and scapegoat someone. In this context, Kaworu was right in why Shinji was blamed for everything.]]

Granted that's kind of a downer but even if he were to earn his redemption it's not impossible that he would decide he doesn't deserve redemption or to see the world rebuilt or that he should punish himself for [[spoiler: causing Third Impact]] and choose to live away from society. Of course it might also be possible that someone will find out and try to stop him.

[[spoiler:Shinji.]]

[[spoiler:Notice that when Neo-NERV attacked WILLE, they didn't take Eva-01, but rather Shinji himself. Ritsuko then mentioned something along the lines of "he can still be a potential trigger" and tries to convince Misato to detonate the DSS Choker. According to Kaworu, the DSS Choker was designed to kill ''Angels''. Also, both Eva-01 and 13 (presumably both Adams) awakened because of whose will? Shinji himself. When Shinji caused Eva-01 to awaken, he mentioned "I don't care what happens to the world but I'm bringing Rei back" thus triggering the Third Impact apocalypse. Both 01 and 13 needed him as the epicentre of both the Third and Fourth Impacts. When Kaworu was killed by the Choker, Eva-13 remained awake and the Door of Guf didn't close. Mari then realized that it was ''Shinji'' himself, again, who is keeping the Door open. The Door only closed when Mari activated the ejection system.]]

[[spoiler: I think, that the various factions of the world are fighting not just to possess the Adams, but also to possess Shinji, whose subconscious is the equivalent of Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya. That is, he's the prime RealityWarper of the series, aka God himself. SEELE wants to break Shinji's ego in order to trigger his God-subconscious to accept Instrumentality and euthanize existence, hence why they are exposing him to fight against insanity-inducing Eldritch Abominations while planning more misfortunes against him in secret. Kaworu in response tries to comfort Shinji in the hopes that he can remake the world. The world is progressively becoming more worse and Lovecraftian as a reflection of Shinji's God-subconscious, as it becomes more and more convinced in its isolation, Hedgehog's Dilemma, and misunderstanding of humanity. The God-subconscious tries to remake the world in its own image, hence the Failures of Infinity Eva-01 replicas littering Tokyo-3, and the Giant Rei mutated from the Lilith underneath Central Dogma. No amount of physical or supernatural force can save humanity from Shinji's God-subconscious as it approaches Awakening; the only thing that can do so is understanding, the element that allows humans to connect to each other and build the wonders of human civilization, despite their miserable existence.]]

[[spoiler: After years of it being said that Shinji is a screw up, how awful he is for running away from reality, that his refusal to own up to his actions,and how it only makes things worse for others, they will do the one thing you'd never expect. It'll turn out that absolutly nothing is Shinji's fault. In fact his course of actions were the best possible ones, and everyone else is the screw up, or malicious. It will even turn out that Wille is responsible for most of the world's population being dead, but they didn't want to own up to it, and passed blame onto Shinji to run from their own guilt.]] Because, lets face it, who would see that coming?
* [[spoiler: So... [[OlderThanTheyThink like the original series then?]] ]]

* Point the first: Armisael is the "Angel of the Womb". [[spoiler:The Twelfth Angel begins to turn into a misshapen fetus after joining with Unit-13, and a baby's cry can be heard while it does.]]
* Point the second: [[spoiler:The Twelfth Angel emerges as a long snake-like entity, similar in all but color to Armisael.]]
* Point the third: [[spoiler:The Twelfth Angel is a "full-body" core. The original Armisael did not have a core organ like the other Angels.]]
* Point the fourth: [[spoiler:Trapping the Twelfth Angel in Mark-06 is extremely similar to how Armisael was defeated, except without the self-destruct at the end.]]

[[WMG: Kaji [[spoiler: died during Third Impact.]]]]
[[spoiler: He doesn't show up at all during 3.33, despite Shinji visiting every place Kaji would logically be if alive. Would further explain why Misato is so pissed at Shinji and why her crew is so reluctant to talk about Third Impact.]]

* Confirmed. [[spoiler:He sacrificed himself to stop Third Impact]].

[[WMG: [[spoiler:''Final'' will feature a '''''Fifth''''' Impact]]]]
[[spoiler:And this time, it won't be stopped: everyone will die.]]

After Eva 01 was skewered by Kaworu with the Spear [[spoiler: of Cassius]] and Third Impact was stopped, Shinji was trapped not only inside the robot, but inside his own psyche, possibly because of whatever power of Impact-preventing magnitude holds the Spear; an event quite probably intended by Kaworu, who fully expects Shinji to be happier in a world of his own creation, with some adjustments to make it rational and not too much dream-like ([[spoiler: SEELE still exists but it is silent, no longer able to harm anyone, for an example]]). Unexpectedly, though, [[spoiler: Shinji ends up in the ultimate bad trip: all his good actions meant nothing, most of the people he ever cared about are dead and those surviving hold only contempt for him: this is a reflection of Shinji's own astronomical guilt and abysmal self-esteem, resurfacing violently from his subconscious and imprisoning the poor guy in his own personal nightmarish hell.]] Kaworu somehow senses this and thus 'inserts' himself in the constructed universe, [[spoiler: giving Shinji some relief and insight and ultimately trying to free him through the Twin Spears and Eva 13. [[HopeSpot Sadly]], this world being (mostly) a product of Shinji's mind, he manages to sunbconsciously screw up his own rescue through Gendo: the personification of everything Shinji fears and hates, the very source of his insecurity and self-loathing. Kaworu is forcibly removed from this BadFuture scenario via gory death, his parting words to Shinji a hope that his intervention was not entirely made moot.]] By the end of the movie, [[spoiler: a catatonic Shinji is saved by Asuka, showing that in the end, there is indeed still hope, as a tiny fragment of the boy's mind has not given up yet and may possibly finally find the strength to face his own demons and free himself by 4.0.]]

[[WMG: [[spoiler: Wunder is the Lance of Cassius]]]]
* [[spoiler: During the climax of 3.0, Kaworu mentions that the lance of cassius wasn't there and that it was different from the lance of Longinus, it is also implied that the Wunder is in some way related to the angels.]]
** Not likely, but [[spoiler: Asuka used a spear identical to the Lance of Cassius to get access to the Main Engine so Wunder could fly. The Lance of Cassius is never seen after, and this is actually the only appearance of a weapon with that design in the entire movie. In other words, WILLE is in possession of Cassius, and probably stole it when they left NERV between 2.22 and 3.33.]]
** That's not the [[spoiler:Spear of Cassius, according to the script, it's a weapon/tool called a Heat Lance, and a definitively manmade one. While it's possible that WILLE are the ones in possession of the Spear of Cassius, so far nothing confirmed that they have it.]]

[[WMG: [[spoiler: Ritsuko is a secret agent for Gendo during the events of 3.0]]]]
* This idea coordinates nicely with the plot of the [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion original tv series]]. It's a side explanation as to how [[spoiler: Rei Q]] knew exactly when ''and'' ''where'' to strike [[spoiler: Wunder]] in order to reach [[spoiler: Shinji]], [[spoiler: other than that he heard her calling to him and she heard his reply]]. Also, if I remember correctly, she was encouraging Misato to surrender to the incoming enemy force that was apparently something other than an angel (possibly [[spoiler: NERV]]'s new weapon to fight [[spoiler: WILLE]]'s EVAs?) Neither has [[spoiler: she]] [[TheReveal revealed]] [[spoiler: her relationship with Gendo]], if it exists at all in this canon (possibly not).
** If jossed in FINAL, I'd like to know how [[spoiler: Rei Q]] communicated with Shinji aboard the Wunder.

* It's very unlikely : first, she wasn't encouraging Misato to surrender to the incoming enemy force, [[spoiler:the Nemesis Series]], but to escape from them like they always do, and second [[spoiler:she urged Misato to detonate the DSS Choker and kill Shinji when he escaped with Rei Q]], which would had completely thwarted Gendo's plans.

Despite managing to [[spoiler: Pull the plug on SEELE and almost cause a Fourth Impact]], Final would reveal he's just a BigBadWannabe and is killed by the real main villain. One possible scenario would be similar to EoE, where he directly admits to Shinji how horrible he was before dying in his arms, giving him the resolve to finish this once and for all. Because the true villain [[MoralEventHorizon must have gone too far]] if ''[[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Shinji]]'' [[YouKilledMyFather is actually mad about his father's death]].

** {{Jossed}} [Spoiler: We get to see her soul, prisoner in the EVA-01, with long LONG hair due the years of imprisonment, before [[AlwaysSavesTheGirl Shinji relieves her]].]]

** Considering it's '''''Thrice''' Upon a Time'', there's a possibility that the [[Manga/NeonGenesisEvangelion manga continuity,]] notable for its [[spoiler:far less bleak BittersweetEnding]] compared to the original anime continuity, might get thrown into the mix. Considering a random shot of Asuka in winter clothing [[spoiler: that closely echoes Shinji's encounter with Asuka in a snowy, wintry Tokyo at the end of the manga]], it's not impossible.

[[WMG: [[spoiler: Noriko Takaya]] will appear!!]]

Considering how Rebuild goes about deconstructing fan desires, and how he finally succeeded in making Rei creepy, he seems set to end things on a note that would kill fan's interest in the series, thus put an end to the franchise for good on his terms. There's been at least one known key thing that would do this: [[spoiler: It's not Asuka, Rei or even Misato that Shinji ends up with but Mari, who's based on his current wife but despised by various hardcore fans and shippers for various reasons.]] With this and other possible final spites toward the fans, they'll lose interest and thus the series can truly die and Anno be freed from its shadow after being tied to it for over 20 years (likely the basis for the "Curse of EVA").
** It may be just the other way around. Even if [[spoiler: Shinji ended with Mari instead of Asuka or Rei]] everybody who watched the film concurs: The film ended [[spoiler: with [[EarnYourHappyEnding the happiest note, ever, in any Evangelion Media]]. And with Shinji saving the world, not as a designated hero or a totally badass, but [[SweetDreamsFuel as a mature being, forgiving and redeeming everybody]] just as Anno forgave Evangelion and the fans]]. He ended the "Curse of EVA" just making a story so great, and an ending which could only be loved, so fans can only accept this ending, with all the goodwill to the series, to the team, and the creator. And accept as the finale of the franchise: Nothing could be better than this!

Since the final scene [[spoiler:puts the characters in a live-action world]] and ''Film/ShinUltraman'' hints at a SharedUniverse for three out of the four franchises that are part of the Shin Series, it potentially opens the door for ''Evangelion'' to have a role in that setting.

[[spoiler: I think, that the various factions of the world are fighting not just to possess the Adams, but also to possess Shinji, whose subconscious is the equivalent of LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya. That is, he's the prime RealityWarper of the series, aka God himself. SEELE wants to break Shinji's ego in order to trigger his God-subconscious to accept Instrumentality and euthanize existence, hence why they are exposing him to fight against insanity-inducing Eldritch Abominations while planning more misfortunes against him in secret. Kaworu in response tries to comfort Shinji in the hopes that he can remake the world. The world is progressively becoming more worse and Lovecraftian as a reflection of Shinji's God-subconscious, as it becomes more and more convinced in its isolation, Hedgehog's Dilemma, and misunderstanding of humanity. The God-subconscious tries to remake the world in its own image, hence the Failures of Infinity Eva-01 replicas littering Tokyo-3, and the Giant Rei mutated from the Lilith underneath Central Dogma. No amount of physical or supernatural force can save humanity from Shinji's God-subconscious as it approaches Awakening; the only thing that can do so is understanding, the element that allows humans to connect to each other and build the wonders of human civilization, despite their miserable existence.]]

* [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya We've entered an endless recursion of time.]]
* [[IncrediblyLamePun The NeverEnd of Evangelion]][[note]]Stole it from a doujin![[/note]]

Khorne, like fanboys, believes the pilot of a HumongousMecha should ''not'' be a cowardly little wimp, and [[NeverLiveItDown certainly not one]] [[ADateWithRosiePalms devoted to]] [[DudeShesLikeInAComa Slaanesh]]. More than happy to correct this glaring error in the universe ''and'' steal a worshipper from his hated opposite, he will ensure that Shinji continues to be the terrifying asskicker he should be.

** More likely though, it's a ShoutOut, go look at the trope page for ''Series/{{UFO}}''. Look familiar? You should see the opening credits...

[[WMG: The ending of the series sets up a future for the ''Evangelion'' characters to be part of the ''Franchise/ShinSeries'' continuity.]]

Self Explanitory, really. This is [[TearJerker E]] [[WanGst V]] [[AncientConspiracy A]] after all. She's a BloodKnight, implying psychopathy or psychosis, possibly a detatchment from reality. She is rather nonchalant about the whole EldritchAbomination mecha thing, which means that she might see everything as a game, pointing to the psychosis mentioned earlier. In classic EVA style, things will go [[FromBadToWorse horribly,]] ''[[KillEmAll horribly,]]'' '''''[[DownerEnding wrong.]]'''''

We all hope for a better ending, [[EarnYourHappyEnding with hot blood and manly tears]]. We're all expecting a worse ending, [[KillEmAll a dreadfulness to top even the inexorable miasma of [=EoE=]]]. So, since we're ready for all that, what's the only way left for Gainax to troll us? Make End of Evangelion ''again''. Blood will run in the streets. [[BrownNote People will suicide from utter]] DespairEventHorizon.

[[spoiler:And this time, it won't be stopped: [[KillEmAll everyone will die.]]]]

* Bonus points if, by means of TimeyWimeyBall or somesuch, it turns out that ''[[TomatoSurprise she's actually Shinji's mom]], that Shinji was sent into the past [[{{Superman}} as a baby]] [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} to save the world as we know it]], and Shinji performs a HeroicSacrifice to avert the End before Rei/Lilith [[Literature/TheBible resurrects him]] [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything three days later]] and Shinji later becomes one with Rei [[Theatre/OedipusRex and/or Mari]] after saving the world, eventually [[GrandfatherParadox becoming his own father]] and then sending himself back in time as a baby for the sake of a StableTimeLoop. [[RuleOfSymbolism Hey]], [[MindScrew it's]] [[GainaxEnding possible]], given the series.

** So he gave himself a RedemptionUpgrade HumanoidAbomination MonsterOfTheWeek to [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver]]-[[GodModeSue Age]] {{Superman}}?

[[WMG: The ultra-depression of 3.0 has something to do with the semi-optimistic endings of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' and ''Machinima/RedVsBlue''.]]

Notice the Japanese titles Jo-Ha-Kyu referring to the Japanese dramatic structure of "beginning, break, rapid". 1.11 is a shot-for-shot enhanced remake of the TV series up to Ramiel that streamlines and expands upon the action. 2.22 significantly changes and condenses many fights all the way to Kaworu, before completely breaking OffTheRails at [[DiscOneFinalBoss Zeruel]], prematurely jumping to the end of the original and setting off Third Impact. 3.33 takes place in a full-blown AlternateContinuity only [[BroadStrokes tangentially resembling]] the world we've seen before. As a result of (Near-)Third Impact, Evangelion is amplified UpToEleven - the world has been reduced to an uninhabitable wasteland, the warring [=NERV=] and [=WILLIE=] appear to be the last humans alive, Evangelions are awesomely mass-produced in a LensmanArmsRace with [=WILLIE's=] AT-powered airship fleet, everybody explicitly hates Shinji more than he ever imagined, Gendo has usurped even [[OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness SEELE]] as the series' BigBad, and Kaworu has ascended to become [[MessianicArchetype a full-blown messiah]] of IncorruptiblePurePureness. [[LighterAndSofter "Evangelion on Proper Medication"]] was all a ruse to set up an even [[DarkerAndEdgier darker]] situation than the original, [[DeusAngstMachina if such a thing were even possible]].

* There is some [[FreezeFrameBonus heavy evidence]] of this being the case in the short trailer for Quickening. [[spoiler:Just look [[BandageBabe under Asuka]]'s eye patch. Comparing the collars, it is her old plug suit rather than the current one damaged to look like the original.]]

Then, SEELE becomes the BigBad of FINAL, and despite Shinji's, Asuka's, and Rei's best efforts, everything ''still'' starts going to hell a la ''The End of Evangelion''... and at the last minute, [[HotBlooded Mari]] [[{{Determinator}} Illustrious]] Makinami [[BrightSlap Bright Slaps]] all three of them before going on to perform some sort of HeroicSacrifice worthy of [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kittan]] himself, weakening the MP [=EVAs=]/Unit-06/[[BuffySpeak whatever-the-hell-SEELE's-main-anti-EVA-force-is]] and inspiring her friends ([[ThePowerOfFriendship because given how much more sociable the big three are, it's bound to happen]]) to go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, [[SuperMode unleash their true potential]], and [[VideoGame/BlazBlue give the]] BigBad [[VideoGame/BlazBlue the biggest]] NoHoldsBarredBeatdown [[VideoGame/BlazBlue in recent anime history]], and in the end, [[EverybodyLives Everybody from the original series (except possibly Kaworu) Lives]], thus compromising between both sides of the BrokenBase.

After losing [[spoiler: Kaworu and Rei]] in 3.0 the constant beratings and mistrust from Asuka, Misato and the others will finally push him past breaking point until he tells them that if they hate him, he hates them as well and that he doesn't care if they die or not. After that Misato and/or Asuka will BrightSlap him and tell him that despite what he's done they '''do''' still care about him [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan but he needs to grow up, realise that he can't change what he's done, accept responsibility for it and try to move on]]. This will probably be combined with the death of one of them (most likely Misato but it could happen to Asuka as well) to finally snap him out of it.

The boy damned near killed the planet to save her life. After what he's been through (and what's likely to come), thinking about the [[OedipusComplex Oedipal]] [[IncestIsRelative implications]] seems a relatively trivial thing. To be sure, there will probably be a stretch of time where he's shocked and confused, but he will get past it (in what will probably be another SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}).

*** Well, in the latest chapter of the manga, Unit-01's left arm turns all glowing-ish as Shinji attacks one of the MP [=EVAs=]. With just a slight amount of imagination, it looks particularly much like Unit-01's AT-Field RocketPunch capable arm from the battle against Zeruel in Rebuild 2.22. Seriously. [[http://www.mangareader.net/neon-genesis-evangelion/85/22 Just look!]]

* In 3.0+1.0 how Third Impact happened was revealed. When Shinji ascended in Unit 01, he ended up destroying Tokyo-3 and NERV. Meaning, there were no longer any defences to stop Mark.06 (the 12th Angel) into waltzing in Lilith's Chamber, wherein it started the ''true'' Third Impact. In order to stop it, Kaji, Misato's lover and he who impregnated her, sacrificed himself. This became the reason why she blamed Shinji abd let everyone else blame him: she was resentful over Kaji's death, and needed to project and scapegoat someone.

* The Doors of Guf (Warp portals) were also demonstrated to be able to be used a form of instantaneous (FTL) transporation. NERV used this to teleport the Black Moon to Antarctica.

A dimension beyond space and time, wherein one's unconscious thoughts and memories are given shape? It's definitely the Warp. Meaning the "non human beings" who left the Golgotha Object and the Adams were most likely the [[{{Precursors}} Old Ones]].
* Alternatively, Rebuild takes place in a world in the 40k galaxy and the original 4 Adams were likely based on the Four Chaos Gods. However, after Shinji changed everything to erase everything related to Angels and Evas from existence, the Rebuild world was cut off from the Warp and hence "returned to normalcy".