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| 21 | [[caption-width-right:1000: [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore You Can (Not) Rebuild]].[[note]]From left to right: Kaworu Nagisa, Mari Makinami Illustrious, Asuka Langley Shikinami, Shinji Ikari and Rei Ayanami. Background: [[spoiler:Awakened]] EVA Unit 1. Not featured: [[spoiler: A retelling of a familiar story that's [[EarnYourHappyEnding changed for the better]]... [[DarkerAndEdgier or for the worse]].]][[/note]]]] |
| 22 | %%The page image provided is taken from [[Creator/YokoTakahashi Yoko Takahashi]]'s "EVANGELION EXTREME" mini-album for the ''Rebuild of Evangelion'' movie tetralogy. |
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| 25 | ->''"Breaking the world is easy enough. But rebuilding it, that isn't so easy."'' |
| 26 | -->-- '''Kozo Fuyutsuki''' |
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| 28 | In 1993, Creator/HideakiAnno--fresh out of rehabilitation caused by problems during the production of ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater''--began work on what he envisioned as a mecha fan's dream show. However, Anno's increasing [[ArtistDisillusionment disappointment]] and [[CreatorBacklash dismissive disdain]] for the {{Otaku}} community, [[CreatorBreakdown issues in his personal life]], and Creator/StudioGainax's financial troubles transformed the show into the brutally-depressing deconstruction of the SuperRobotGenre known as ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''. While the result was groundbreaking and insanely popular, his displeasure would lead him to end the work on a pitch-black note with ''End of Evangelion'', leaving a very clear [[StealthPun impact]] on fans. |
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| 30 | In 2002, Anno--now happily married to Creator/MoyocoAnno, [[CashCowFranchise filthy rich]] and respected by his peers--decided to revisit the most popular and influential anime franchise of the past decade. But this time, he would do so without his depression influencing the story. Anno made plans to re-tell the ''Evangelion'' saga by giving his ByronicHero cast a second chance, making them (somewhat) more emotionally stable, and showing them a light at the end of the tunnel. He resigned from Gainax and established Creator/StudioKhara, taking some of Gainax's staff with him in the process, and also snagged a massive theatrical budget to help his plan become a reality. |
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| 32 | Thus begins the salvation of Shinji Ikari, Rei Ayanami, and Asuka Langley [[AdaptationNameChange Shikinami]] in the four-film saga known as ''Rebuild of Evangelion''. In addition to serving as chief director of the films, Anno also wrote the screenplays. The films were directed by Creator/KazuyaTsurumaki, Mahiro Maeda and Masayuki, with ''Evangelion'' veteran Toshimichi Otsuki serving as executive producer along with Anno. Ikuto Yamashita once again designed the mecha and Hiroshi Kato reprised his role as art director. The music team from the original series returned; Shiro Sagisu returned to score the films and Mike Wyzgowski worked with Sagisu on the English-language songs. Music/UtadaHikaru also contributed to the soundtrack. |
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| 34 | The saga comprises the following films: |
| 35 | * ''Evangelion:1.0 You Are (Not) Alone.''[[labelnote:Japanese title]]''Evangelion New Theatrical Edition: Prelude''[[/labelnote]] (September 1, 2007) |
| 36 | * ''Evangelion:2.0 You Can (Not) Advance.''[[labelnote:Japanese title]]''Evangelion New Theatrical Edition: Break''[[/labelnote]] (June 27, 2009) |
| 37 | * ''Evangelion:3.0 You Can (Not) Redo.''[[labelnote:Japanese title]]''Evangelion New Theatrical Edition: Q (Quickening)''[[/labelnote]] (November 17, 2012) |
| 38 | * ''Evangelion:3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time''[[labelnote:Japanese title]]''Shin Evangelion Theatrical Edition𝄇''; the title is not fully translated due to ambiguous elements detailed in DoubleMeaningTitle below.[[/labelnote]] (March 8, 2021) %% date per https://twitter.com/khara_inc/status/1365270814640148480 |
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| 40 | In spite of Hideaki Anno's improved mental state, ''Rebuild'' does not have a LighterAndSofter tone compared to the original series: horrific scenes from the original either stay horrific or become more nightmarish than before. Each ''Rebuild'' film exponentially increases the dark tone to a point where people have argued that ''3.0'' is [[DarkerAndEdgier even grittier than the original series]]. Though the events of ''Rebuild'' don't always turn out well for the protagonists, this retelling offers enough glimmers of hope throughout its plot to lead to a promise of a happier ending. Think of ''Rebuild'' as [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs the original story on proper medication]]: ultimately no happier than before, but a hell of a lot more stable... [[{{Metaphorgotten}} And then falling off the wagon, followed by working hard to get back on it again]]. |
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| 42 | ''1.0'' and ''2.0'' ([[OffTheRails to a lesser extent]]) are, aside from some subtle differences, streamlined remakes of the first two-thirds of the original series. After that, in meta-acknowledgement of ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Eva]]''[='s=] [[GainaxEnding ending]], Shinji [[ImmuneToFate completely changes the direction of the narrative]], with ''3.0'' presenting a [[AlternateContinuity very different take on the Angel conflict]] mixing the remaining third of the original story with tons of new elements, and laying the groundwork for ''3.0+1.0'', Anno's promised alternative ending for nearly identical characters. In any case, Hideaki Anno has signaled that [[GrandFinale the final, 155-minute film in the tetralogy will mark the end of his involvement with the franchise]], or at least that he intends to take a break from anything ''Evangelion''-related for a while. Anno has claimed that while ''Evangelion'' will continue to be a mainstay for Khara's output, he wants ''Evangelion'' to become like ''Gundam'', to be reconstructed and reinterpreted by many other artists. Anno has also expressed interest in exploring the events that occured between ''2.22'' and ''3.33'', which is only glanced at and discussed in the movies themselves. |
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| 44 | '''Note:''' When released on home media (or theaters & streaming services in the case of ''3.0'' and ''3.0+1.0''), each film received a few enhancements to its audio and visuals. The film's number receives an update to reflect this: ''1.0'' became ''1.01'' (DVD) and ''1.11'' (BD), ''2.0'' became ''2.22'', ''3.0'' became ''3.33'' (BD/DVD) and ''3.333'' (theaters and UHD BD), and ''3.0+1.0'' became ''3.0+1.01'' (theaters and streaming) and ''3.0+1.11'' (BD/DVD). The films also received other minor, plot-irrelevant additions. Both sets of numbers are used interchangeably on all the pages related to ''Rebuild'' for this reason. |
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| 46 | Additionally, this iteration of ''Evangelion'' is the basis for the ''Evangelion'' parts of ''Ride/GodzillaVsEvangelionTheReal4D'' at [[Ride/UniversalStudios Universal Studios Japan]].[[note]]The ride uses the ''Rebuild'' designs of the [=EVAs=] and Asuka is identified as "Shikinami", not "Soryu".[[/note]] In 2022, this collaboration with ''Film/ShinGodzilla'' would also extend to ''Film/ShinUltraman'' and ''[[Film/ShinKamenRider2023 Shin Kamen Rider]]'' to form what has been referred to in [[https://sjhu.jp promotional materials]] as the Franchise/ShinJapanHeroesUniverse, a loosely-connected series tied together by the involvement of Hideki Anno. Though it's unclear what form this will take, [[Creator/{{Toho}} all]] [[Creator/ToeiCompany four]] [[Creator/TsuburayaProductions involved]] [[Creator/StudioKhara companies]] have promised more to come. |
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| 48 | '''Please move any character tropes to the proper [[Characters/RebuildOfEvangelion character page]]. Also, if you choose to continue reading, you can ([[RunningGag not]]) avoid spoilers. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned.''' |
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| 50 | !! The ''Rebuild of Evangelion'' films contain ''Rebuild''-exclusive examples of: |
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| 55 | * TenMinuteRetirement: [[spoiler:Both of Shinji's instances of this in the original series are repeated (after the Shamshel fight and after the EVA-03 incident). [[RuleOfThree He does it a third time in 3.0 after learning that he caused Third Impact]].]] |
| 56 | * ThirteenIsUnlucky: [[spoiler:In this version, Kaworu is the 13th Angel. We also have Eva-13, built to cause Fourth Impact.]] |
| 57 | * TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: As in the original TV series, the first two films are set in 2015. Beginning with ''3.0'', however, the film takes place in 2029 due to the 14-year TimeSkip between ''2.0'' and this film. |
| 58 | * TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: |
| 59 | ** Ramiel and Sahaqiel fit this to a tee, but there are other minor examples as well, especially the former. An example of Administrivia/TropesAreTools, because although they stand out against the traditionally animated background they are also {{Eldritch Abomination}}s, so it works which makes them eerily resemble biblically accurate angels more closely. |
| 60 | ** Averted for the CG background characters. Who could have told all those people walking about Tokyo-3 were completely digital? |
| 61 | * AbortedArc: None of the events in the ''3.0.'' teaser trailer appear in the movie proper. Hideaki Anno later clarified that the events depicted in the sequence happened offscreen, but weren't shown [[spoiler:in favor of starting after the TimeSkip, since that's when Shinji returns]]. |
| 62 | * AccidentalPervert: When Asuka, startled by [=PenPen=], runs out naked into the kitchen, Shinji turns around and, as per the original TV series, accidentally sees her. She blushes and retaliates with a kick to the face. |
| 63 | * AcePilot: Both Asuka and Mari are presented as professional pilots, even though they have very different approaches to combat. Asuka's even an ex-Air Force pilot in this continuity. |
| 64 | * AchillesPowerCord: The Eva's use power cords to function for prolonged periods of time, limiting their range and combat abilities. By ''3.0.'' however, battery technology has advanced to the point that this is far less of an issue -- [[spoiler:though it does come conveniently in time for Asuka to be unable to stop Shinji executing Fourth Impact]]. |
| 65 | * ActionFilmQuietDramaScene: |
| 66 | ** Between Asuka and Shinji in "You Can (Not) Advance", in a rare moment of sensitive interaction: the night after an Angel fight, Asuka enters Shinji's room - without knocking - and enters his bed, while he's still in it - without greeting him - deliberately facing away from him. She opens to him some of her thoughts (as delicately as she dares), and he reciprocates. |
| 67 | ** [[spoiler: Pretty much the entire Village 3 segment of ''Thrice Upon a Time''. Especially since nearly everything after it is either the all-out assault on NERV headquarters or Shinji trying to avert Instrumentality.]] |
| 68 | * ActivationSequence: All four movies are very fond of sequences where immense machinery rumbles to life while technicians call out progress updates. |
| 69 | * AdaptationDistillation: As to be expected from a CompressedAdaptation of a 26-episode anime and a movie, ''Rebuild'' cuts out some of the fat in order to deliver an actionized retelling of the series. |
| 70 | ** ''1.11'' is a pretty straightforward adaptation of episodes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, with a couple of notable changes peppered in throughout. |
| 71 | ** ''2.22'' introduces more new elements to differentiate the series from the original source material, and in the process, it adapts episodes 8, 9, 12, 17, 18, and 19, while also adapting elements of episodes 22 and 23 [[spoiler:along with ''The End of Evangelion'']]. |
| 72 | ** ''3.33'', while largely original, takes inspiration from episodes 20, 21, and 24, along with some elements of ''End of Evangelion''. |
| 73 | ** ''3.0 + 1.0'' is largely original as well, but the climax bears many similarities to ''The End of Evangelion'' and episodes 25 and 26 (down to making use of LimitedAnimation), while also taking some influence from [[spoiler:the ending of the [[Manga/NeonGenesisEvangelion manga]]]]. |
| 74 | * AdaptationExplanationExtrication: Either to cut down on time or to avoid "angst" a lot of material have been cut from ''1.11'' and ''2.22''. This results in character actions coming from apparently nowhere and many events happening without any explanation as to why and how. ''3.33'' has apparently given up on trying to be friendly to new viewers at all. The film just assumes you know that [[spoiler:Kaworu is an angel and how an "Impact" is activated]] while throwing images and phrases at you that only mean anything to those familiar with the original show. |
| 75 | * AdaptationNameChange: Asuka's last name was changed from Soryu to Shikinami (the reason for which is only explained in ''3.0 + 1.01''). Yui's maiden name was similarly changed from Ikari to Ayanami.[[note]]Gendo took Yui's last name in the original continuity.[[/note]] |
| 76 | * AdaptationalBackstoryChange: Rebuild's Asuka Langley Shikinami has a completely different backstory than Neon Genesis' Asuka Langley Soryu. [[spoiler: Instead of being traumatized by her mother's suicide, this Asuka is a clone who has no parents.]] |
| 77 | * AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler:Misato's father, whose HeroicSacrifice has been portrayed as a key element of her personality both in the original and Rebuild, was originally a workaholic dismissed by the scientific community for his crackpot theories and went to Antarctica to prove said theories, resulting in Second Impact. ''3.0 + 1.0'' reveals that he was the one who came up with the idea of the Human Instrumentality Project in the first place and even Misato calls it an insane dream.]] |
| 78 | * AdaptedOut: |
| 79 | ** The Jet Alone arc is completely absent, however Asuka's Evangelion Unit-02 is eventually heavily augmented with Jet Alone parts in 3.0+1.0. [[spoiler:NERV also ends up making their own autonomous Evangelions in its place to fight WILLE with.]] |
| 80 | ** From the Angels: Gaghiel, Israfel, Sandalphon, Matarael, Iruel, Leliel, Arael and Armisael. Sahaquiel's new design includes elements of Sachiel and Leliel, and [[spoiler:the 12th Angel somewhat resembles Armisael.]] |
| 81 | ** In spite of her importance to Asuka's story in the original series, Kyoko Zeppelin Sohryu (or rather, [[AdaptationNameChange Shikinami]]) is never mentioned at all. [[spoiler:Somewhat justified by the fact that this version of Asuka is a clone.]] |
| 82 | * AfterTheEnd: |
| 83 | ** ''Rebuild'' taking place 15 years after the "Second Impact" destroyed most of the world is still a crucial element to the story. In ''3.0'', [[spoiler:the story jumps to 14 years after the disastrous "Near-Third Impact", which wiped out most of what was left of humanity as well]]. |
| 84 | * TheAgeless: [[spoiler:Being an Eva pilot may result in this, if Asuka and Mari are to be believed -- though Mari is later revealed to be ''much'' older than Asuka.]] |
| 85 | * AllForNothing: Many of Shinji's actions [[spoiler:in ''3.33'']]. |
| 86 | ** What happened to Rei after his rescue attempt in ''2.22''? Well, [[spoiler:she's dead or trapped inside the Evangelion]], not to mention his actions to save her meant [[spoiler:a Near-Third Impact, the deaths of many have earned him some understandable distrust from all the people he used to know.]] |
| 87 | ** And by the end of the movie, [[spoiler:after having to fight Asuka and turning against those he used to trust, it turns out Gendo planned ahead of all this and it would only lead to creating a Fourth Impact, which, to prevent, meant the death of his new friend, the first and last angel]]. |
| 88 | * AllTheWorldsAreAStage: [[spoiler:Shinji's final battle against Gendo in the Anti-Universe features all of the iconic locations of the series: downtown Tokyo-3, Tokyo-3 outskirts, Misato's dining room, the Children's classroom, Gendo's office, Terminal Dogma, Kaji's melon patch, the NERV ruins, and so on. Justified due to the environment being a mental construct drawn from their memories because they don't have the appropriate senses to perceive the space in its true form, though it gets weird(er) when Shinji and Gendo start breaking through the boundaries to find that their conflict has been taking place on a literal set, complete with props, soundstage, and recording and lighting equipment.]] |
| 89 | * AllThereInTheManual: There are a lot of things implied but not readily stated in throughout ''Rebuild'', but this reaches ''ridiculous'' levels with ''Thrice Upon A Time'', to the point theatre-goers were given a booklet containing definitions of many of the obtuse terminology used in the film. Explanations for things like the KREDIT supply chain network and who set up can ''only'' be found in printed supplements. |
| 90 | * AlphaStrike: In ''3.0 + 1.0'', Misato orders the ''Wunder'' to fire every missile at [[spoiler:EVA-13]], and then every gun at the gunship defending [[spoiler:NERV HQ at the South Pole]]. Unfortunately, there happens to be more than one NERV ship, leaving them open to attack. |
| 91 | * AlternateContinuity: ''Rebuild'' starts as a retelling of the original series (with some visual nods to the show and ''End of Evangelion'' inserted throughout), only to go completely OffTheRails in the second film and start telling an entirely new story. |
| 92 | * AlwaysSaveTheGirl: {{Deconstructed|Trope}} in ''2.0'' where Shinji [[spoiler:unintentionally eradicates most of humanity in his attempt to save Rei, only for her to end up still being trapped in Eva-01's core instead]]. |
| 93 | * AmbiguousEnding: |
| 94 | ** [[spoiler:Whether or not Misato and the other characters who died are alive again in the new world is left vague, though the Kaji seen during the last few minutes of the movie mentions retiring to a farm with Misato once this is all over. The only people shown to be explicitly dead are Yui and Gendo, who sacrifice their lives to restore the world.]] |
| 95 | ** [[spoiler: In the last scene of ''3.0 + 1.0'', when Shinji waits for Mari at the train station, adult versions of Rei, Asuka, and Kaworu are seen on the opposite platform. It's unclear if they still know Shinji in this new world - Rei and Kaworu are seen talking, though their relationship beyond that is unrevealed.]] |
| 96 | * AmbiguousSituation: Fuyutsuki keeps a photo of Yui with a young Shinji surrounded by other people, among which there is an unidentified adult woman with long brown hair, red hair clips and matching glasses. She looks enough like an older version of Asuka to be believably meant to be Kyoko, whose appearance was never clearly shown in the original series, but her glasses also evoke Mari, who [[spoiler:turns out to have been Gendo's classmate due to the Curse of Eva]], even although the woman's appearance doesn't really match [[spoiler:the Mari shown in Gendo's flashbacks]] or [[spoiler:the one shown in the tetralogy's epilogue]]. Who is she and what does this mean, if it even means something, remains unknown. |
| 97 | * AngerBornOfWorry: [[spoiler:In 3.0+1.0, Sakura Suzuhara slaps Shinji for going against her orders not to pilot any more Evas, then breaks down crying.]] |
| 98 | * AnimeThemeSong: Music/UtadaHikaru with "Beautiful World" for ''1.0'', "Beautiful World [=PLANiTb=] Acoustica Mix" for ''2.0'', "Sakura Nagashi" for ''3.0'', and "One Last Kiss" for ''3.0+1.0''. |
| 99 | * AnotherDimension: [[spoiler:The Anti-Universe, the realm on the far side of the Door of Guf (the freaky red vortex that opens in the sky when an Impact occurs) is a photonegative realm that is home to the Golgotha Object, a {{Reality Warping}} artifact which itself contains a strange world that [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm cannot be perceived by human senses]], requiring those who go there to [[AFormYouAreComfortableWith have images from their memories layered overtop of it]] if they want to interact with it.]] |
| 100 | * ApocalypseHow: ''Evangelion'' revolves around a number of world destroying events. |
| 101 | ** Second Impact -- Planetary/Societal Disruption. Like the original TV series, a massive explosion melts the Antarctic ice cap and tilts the Earth's axis. The seas flooded most coastal areas and are now poisoned, unable to sustain any life. Species on land perished due to the change in seasons and weather and humanity nearly wiped itself out in war. The reformed humanity is far more united than before but also in heavy denial about how much the world has changed. |
| 102 | ** Third Impact -- Projected to be Planetary/Total Extinction. All of humanity believes another "impact event" will leave no survivors. This is why the world's governments are willing to throw all their money and support behind the bizarre and mysterious [=NERV=]. |
| 103 | *** "[[spoiler:Near-Third Impact]]" -- [[spoiler:It turns out to be another Planetary/Societal Disruption in ''3.0''; numerous people die, and the world is changed.]] |
| 104 | ** [[spoiler:Fourth Impact]] -- [[spoiler:Just like in the original series, this is Gendo's ultimate goal, i.e. Instrumentality. It's simply been bumped up a number thanks to Shinji accidentally triggering Third Impact without Lilith/Rei/Yui to guide it along the path Gendo desired it to take... although we all know how well that worked out for him the first time around.]] |
| 105 | *** [[spoiler:Additional Impact]] -- [[spoiler:After Fourth Impact fails, Gendo is fully intent on pulling a repeat performance to finish the job.]] |
| 106 | * ApocalypseWow: The end of ''3.0''. [[spoiler:Remember Unit-01's halo slowly expanding into that vortex thing at the end of the second film? The third film names the phenomenon as the Door of Guf and at the beginning of Fourth Impact, Unit-13 opens one that's easily dozens of times as wide so violently it sweeps aside all clouds. Then the Geofront starts rising out of the ground and the Red Evas start to float ''by the millions'', circling the event with the same otherworldly shrieking as the original series' Second Impact flashback. And we haven't even talked about entire buildings being alternately pulverized by the shattering ground or floating weightlessly in the air as Shinji [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone stares in horror]]]]. To ''[[SoundtrackDissonance Ode to Joy]]''. |
| 107 | * ArcWords: "Did I save you/her?" throughout ''3.0''. [[spoiler:This being ''Evangelion'', the answer is ''no''.]] |
| 108 | ** Also for 3.0+1.0 in the climax: [[spoiler:Bye-bye, all of EVANGELION.]] |
| 109 | * ArmorPiercingAttack: [[spoiler:Wille has developed [[DepletedPhlebotinumShells anti-Eva ammunition]] that can rip right through armor and A.T. Fields. But they do nothing against Unit-13 because apparently [[WrongContextMagic it doesn't use an A.T. Field]].]] |
| 110 | * ArtShift: This occurs when Kaji tells Shinji about Misato and the Second Impact. |
| 111 | ** Used to great effect in ''3.0+1.0'', [[spoiler:particularly in Gendou's Instrumentality flashbacks, and when Shinji is waiting for Mari near the end of the movie, in a callback to the LimitedAnimation style used in episodes 25 and 26 of the original series.]] |
| 112 | * AscendedExtra: |
| 113 | ** MonsterOfTheWeek Kaworu becomes a major character in 2.0 and 3.0 [[spoiler:where he stops the Third Impact and then becomes a major ally of Shinji 14 years later.]] |
| 114 | ** Toji's nameless sister, who was never even seen in the original, shows up in ''2.0'', [[spoiler:becoming a supporting character as an officer for WILLE named Sakura in ''3.0.''.]] |
| 115 | * AsYouKnow: Ritsuko's explains Operation Yashima to Misato, ''the one who came up with the plan in the first place''. In the English dub, the dialogue is changed to Ritsuko [[LetMeGetThisStraight incredulously listing all the potential failure-points of the operation before remarking]] that there's "[[SarcasmMode nothing crazy about that]]". |
| 116 | * TheAtoner: Shinji tries to be this in ''3.0.'' in order to make up for [[spoiler:causing Third Impact. Subverted in that in the end, he only makes things worse.]] |
| 117 | * AttackAttackAttack: Mari's default strategy. |
| 118 | ** She does, however, ultimately ditch the [[UnskilledButStrong Unskilled but insanely determined]] mantle in favor of becoming an insanely effective sniper after [[spoiler:the TimeSkip]], leaving the offense to Asuka. |
| 119 | ** She's right back to this trope by the time ''3.0+1.0'' rolls around. |
| 120 | * AttackDrone: All over the place after [[spoiler:the TimeSkip, as literally all of NERV's fighting force except for Unit 13, the first Eva Mark.09 and one of the Wunder's ''Erlösung'' sister ships is automated.]] |
| 121 | * AutobotsRockOut: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmHbboM5yMA It Will Mean Victory]]", from ''3.0''. ''3.0 + 1.0'' further adds "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFI1ELwdHG4 Paranoia]]" to that list. |
| 122 | * AwfulTruth: [[spoiler:Shinji tries to cope with his [[NiceJobBreakingItHero actions]] by telling himself that at least he saved Rei, when Fuyutsuki shows him the truth behind Rei, he breaks shortly.]] |
| 123 | * AxCrazy: The dummy system rips targets into bloody shreds, as seen when Unit 01 tears apart a Bardiel-possessed Unit 02. |
| 124 | * BabiesEverAfter: ''3.0+1.0'' reveals that [[spoiler:Toji and Hikari have not only married, but have a baby. One of Toji's first shots is him holding his kid in his arms.]] |
| 125 | * BaitAndSwitch: In ''3.0'', Shinji notices that his school shirt originally belonged to Toji, implying he may be dead. [[spoiler:''3.0+1.0'' reveals that he's alive and well.]] |
| 126 | * BalanceOfPower: The Three-Active-Evas-per-Country-Limit imposed by the Vatican Treaty, which leads to sealing off Eva-02. It's not really balanced, seeing as Japan has all the working [=EVAs=]. Provisional Unit-05 was destroyed along with Angel 3 and Mark.06 is going to stop by NERV HQ pretty early in ''3.0'', probably. And aside from those, Unit-04 is missing (or destroyed) and Unit-03 became dinner for EVA-01, so it's far from balanced, really, when only one country has the [=EVAs=], even if they get locked away. |
| 127 | ** Considering all the Angels are [[TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse attacking Japan]], it's probably better for the safety of the world that they have more Evas than not. |
| 128 | ** [[spoiler:Thrown out the window in ''3.0'' with Units 02, 08, Mark.09, Eva 13 and multiple Mark.04 drones all operating in Japan. Wille also has possession of Unit 01, but it's unknown which, if any, government they answer to. NERV is also shown to be building hundreds of Evas and the intro of ''3.0+1.0'' reveals that they've even managed to create fully automated Eva-based weapon systems Ritsuko claims were expressly banned by the Treaty.]] |
| 129 | * BarrierWarrior: [[spoiler:Eva 13's only weapons are [[BareFistedMonk its fists]] and four drones that create an artificial AT Field. [[FridgeBrilliance It has infinite power while Wille's Evas don't, so it only needs to stall for time until their batteries run out]].]] |
| 130 | * BatmanCanBreatheInSpace : Kaworu can do this because he isn't exactly human. And it's shown the Angels can breathe in space. Him being an Angel, after all... |
| 131 | * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: At the end of ''2.0'', Shinji is granted the object of his current desires and it seems everyone else pays the price. [[spoiler:Literally everyone else. On the planet. The Eva seems to hear "forget everything else and save Rei" as "annihilate everyone else in the world and save Rei"]]. Luckily, the worst effects are deterred, but not before Shinji is granted some nifty, if worrisome, gifts -- [[spoiler:a spiffy new paint job for his Eva, [[GlowingEyesOfDoom nifty glowy eyes]], and oh, yeah, about five minutes of godhood. ''3.0'' reveals that even if it's not the End of the World, Near-Third Impact is pretty much the end of the world.]] |
| 132 | * BeleagueredAssistant: By ''3.0'', it's made clear that Fuyutsuki still works for NERV out of a desire to [[spoiler:save Yui and see her vision come to fruition with Shinji's cooperation]] rather than any loyalty to Gendo. |
| 133 | * BettyAndVeronica: Rei and Asuka fill the roles respectively in ''2.0'' for Shinji. |
| 134 | * BigBad: [[spoiler:Gendo has become this as of the end of 3.0. Having manipulated the death of Kaworu, dethroning and removing SEELE from power, and has manipulated the events behind both Third and Fourth Impact to fit his goals.]] |
| 135 | * BigBudgetBeefUp: Everything got an upgrade for the films (even SEELE's logo!), but most notable amongst the Beef Ups are Ramiel (the Angel of [[WaveMotionGun Thunder]]) and Operation Yashima (which involves much more FiveRoundsRapid and property damage). |
| 136 | * BigDamnHeroes: Shinji pulls his last minute save of the BridgeBunnies again, just like in the series. Then he [[spoiler:gets his ass kicked by the Angel, again, just like in the series. Then, when the EVA shuts down, he starts breaking down emotionally, begg--wait. What? He DOESN'T break down? Nope! Shinji ends up ripping Rei directly out of the bastard... ascending to godhood and kicking off the Third Impact in the process.]] |
| 137 | ** [[spoiler:Kaworu pulls this off in the end of ''2.0'', preventing the Third Impact by showing up in his Evangelion Mark-06 and impaling EVA-01.]] |
| 138 | *** [[spoiler:''3.0.'' reveals that this wasn't enough to prevent the destruction of most of humanity from its effects, though, forcing Asuka to pull this trope ''again'' to stop Shinji from unknowingly finising the job.]] |
| 139 | ** Mari gets a good one saving Ritsuko at the last minute in the opening battle of ''3.0+1.0''. |
| 140 | * BigNo: Just like the original ADV dub, when everyone sees the blue angel ooze that's infected Unit-03 Misato shouts "No!" |
| 141 | * BlindWithoutEm: Mari needs her glasses to see and spends part of her scene where she crashes into Shinji patting around on the ground after they drop from her head. |
| 142 | * BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Rei, Mari, and Asuka (Rei's not exactly blonde, but has a very light hair color nonetheless) |
| 143 | * BloodFromTheMouth: From both unit and pilot when Zeruel stabs through Eva-01 with its various [[CombatTentacles tentacle]] ... [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks sword]] ... bandage ... [[BuffySpeak thingies]]. [[spoiler:Said pilot then goes through it again, ''twice in rapid succession'', when Unit 13 runs itself through with two spears to abort Fourth Impact.]] |
| 144 | * BloodierAndGorier: Oh ''hell'' yes. Now almost ''every'' Angel explodes into a shower of blood-red, not blue this time. Sahaqiel takes the cake, effectively drowning the ''entirety of Tokyo 3'' in a sea of gore. The effects of this are shown in the second film, where a giant water purifier is dedicated to undoing both Second Impact's red sea and Angel ichor. |
| 145 | * BloodKnight: Mari again. Her two fights in the second film are Eva-destroying demolition derbies fueled by her decision to [[AttackAttackAttack win at any cost]]. In the final two films, her switching to being the sniper/gunslinger of WILLE's Eva pilot team does not reduces her desire to bliss out on inflicting as much damage as possible. |
| 146 | * BodyHorror: |
| 147 | ** [[spoiler:Lilith's giant rotting corpse in ''3.0'' has been eviscerated and has an engorged Mark.06 fused with the neck stump.]] |
| 148 | ** [[spoiler:The Mark.06's body has been entirely consumed by the 12th Angel, leaving just the armor to flop around bonelessly. Parts of it swell and enlarge as the Angel searches for a way out.]] |
| 149 | * BookEnds: [[spoiler: ''You Are (Not) Alone'' opens with a shot of waves from the lifeless red ocean crashing against a beach (itself a callback to ''End of Evangelion''). The same shot is played again at the end of ''Thrice Upon a Time'', only now the water is blue due to Shinji having rejected Instrumentality and recreated the world without [=EVA=]s.]] |
| 150 | * BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Mari lands three perfect headshots on the Mark.09, completely decapitating it. Unfortunately for her, the Mark.09 is [[EldritchAbomination much more than it seems]].]] |
| 151 | * CallBack: Many, both subtle and not. |
| 152 | ** Shinji reawakens at the start of ''3.0'' and ''3.0+1.0'' to an unfamiliar person -- shortly revealed to be a Suzuhara -- leaning over him. [[spoiler:In ''3.0'', it's him meeting Sakura, and in ''3.0+1.0'', it's him meeting an older Toji with his baby daughter Tsubame.]] |
| 153 | ** Also, Shinji having to wear Toji's old clothes in both ''3.0'' and ''3.0+1.0''. |
| 154 | ** The [[spoiler:Additional Impact]] sequence in ''3.0+1.0'' is essentially a huge repeat of Third Impact in the final two episodes of the original series as well as ''End of Evangelion'', with [[spoiler:Lillith-Adam appearing in the form of a giant naked Rei, various reused shots, and the events of the original series having happened in another timeline, among other things.]] |
| 155 | * CallingTheOldManOut: After the Eva-03 incident, Shinji [[spoiler:attempts mutiny against Gendo by attacking Central Dogma with his Evangelion, and was only stopped by the timely application of excessive LCL cabin pressure.]] |
| 156 | * TheCameo: Kaworu after the credits of the first movie. [[spoiler:Rei in the third.]] |
| 157 | * CanNotSpitItOut: A justified example. The sheer lack of information given to Shinji drives the plot of 3.0, but the brevity of the plot of 3.0 also structurally supports the lack. The first ten-or-so minutes after Shinji's awakening are spent ascertaining his authenticity. [[spoiler:Strange, but considering that between the end of 2.0 and the beginning of 3.0 Shinji's friends in NERV discover that Rei is actually a, well, [[ExpendableClone an unauthentic human being]], and that it's been fourteen years since Shinji has had communication with any of them, the check is necessary]]. The next five-to-ten are spent engaging a hostile entity of angelic power, of which Shinji has no knowledge or means to engage and destroy, as he had done every other time [[spoiler:fourteen years ago]]; no one pays him the time to explain the new threat and/or the [[spoiler:new]] world in which they live because they are about to enter a battle of the highest stakes since NERV's confrontation with Zeruel. [[spoiler:After this first victory in fourteen years]], Misato, Ritsuko, [[spoiler:Toji's sister Sakura]], and Asuka finally confront Shinji -- [[spoiler:all of them grieved at having to live in the world he created for them, bitter because he had spent the entirety of that time asleep inside the world's safest bed-chamber (cradled by their hard work), and regretful with the knowledge that they (namely [[HeroicBSOD Mis]][[BreakTheCutie ato]]) encouraged him to take the action that had caused Third Impact]]. Almost as soon as the reunion begins, another enemy engages the Wunder. [[spoiler:It's Rei "Q", piloting an EVA that looks like EVA-00, and his old friends are trying to kill her]]. Shinji cannot understand or accept this. [[spoiler:He escapes with whom he believes to be Rei, [[FromBadToWorse who takes him to Gendo, who benefits tremendously from Shinji's confusion and disbelief of the Wille crew]].]] |
| 158 | ** Further justified by [[spoiler:Eva Mark.09 and Mark.04, which intervene every time Wille tries to explain things to Shinji, to the point that ensuring Shinji's ignorance appears to be their primary mission.]] |
| 159 | * CataclysmBackstory: As in the original series, the Second Impact is a very well-done example of this trope. |
| 160 | * CaughtTheHeartOnHisSleeve: Misato tries this with Shinji in ''2.0''[[spoiler:, but he steps away, rejecting her.]] |
| 161 | * ChekhovsGun: |
| 162 | ** Remember the Lance of Longinus and how it was used the last time to take out the [[MindRape Fifteenth Angel]]? Well, the Fifteenth Angel hasn't appeared yet in ''Rebuild'', and [[AssimilationPlot Instrumentality]] can still be executed (as per ''End of Evangelion''). |
| 163 | ** The DSS Choker, although it ends up DoubleSubverted because [[spoiler:although Shinji's and Asuka's chokers both fail to kill the actual intended victim, said failures still end up contributing to Gendo's plan by eliminating Kaworu instead and allowing Asuka to be absorbed into Eva 13, respectively]]. |
| 164 | ** The Key of Nebuchadnezzar. After briefly being shown and named in ''2.0'', [[spoiler:''3.0 + 1.0'' reveals that it's the reason why Gendo is now wearing a visor]]. |
| 165 | * ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:Toji's sister, Sakura, who is only mentioned in the first film and appears in a voiceless cameo for a few seconds in the second film, shows up in the third film as an officer of WILLE.]] |
| 166 | * TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:It turns out Gendo not only knows that Kaworu is an Angel, he planned everything in 3.33. And it went just as planned.]] |
| 167 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: [[spoiler:Kaji, Toji, Kensuke, Hikari, and Pen-Pen are all missing from ''3.0.'', with what happened to them being completely unexplained. It's presumed that they may have been casualties of the Third Impact, but they subvert this by coming back in ''3.0+1.0''.]] |
| 168 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Mari seems to be a tad detached from reality, at least when she is inside an EVA. |
| 169 | * ClonesArePeopleToo: Shinji refutes Rei's belief that she's "replaceable" both before and after he learns that she's a clone. When Fuyutsuki reveals her true origins to Shinji, as well as that the Rei he's been seeing all throughout 3.0 is not "his" Rei, he is more distraught over the fact that he failed to save his friend than her true nature, and thus revoking the name "Ayanami" from Rei Q, viewing her as merely a soulless copy. [[spoiler:Over the course of 3.0+1.0 however, as Rei Q starts to assert her own independence, grow as a person, and attempt to befriend Shinji once again, Shinji ends up growing to see that she is just as much her own person as well as being Rei Ayanami herself, and ultimately apologizes for denying her before and giving her the name "Ayanami" back (right before she ends up dying of CloneDegeneration, over which he does openly weep for her). Then even by the end of the movie when he does reunite with the original Rei, Shinji continues to treat them as separate entities sharing the identity of Rei Ayanami, asserting to her that she can choose whoever she wants to be, regardless of her origins]] |
| 170 | ** In this continuity, [[spoiler:Asuka is a clone as well of the Shikinami series, much like how Rei is from the Ayanami series, explaining many of the differences between her characterization as Sohryu in the original series. Despite this however, no one ever treats her any differently because of this, and her character arc, much like Rei's, asserts that what her origins are less important than who she makes herself to be.]] |
| 171 | ** Subverted with the [[spoiler: Advanced Ayanami Series, shown later in 3.0+1.0, who are little more than merely tragic EliteMooks for Nerv]] |
| 172 | * CombatTentacles: Shamshel and Zeruel as usual, as well as [[spoiler:the Eva Mark.04 Code B guarding the tesseract imprisoning Unit-01 at the beginning of 3.0 and the Code 4Cs that attack the Wunder.]] |
| 173 | * CoolPlane: Several examples, including an ekranoplan. |
| 174 | * CoolShades: [[spoiler:Misato and Gendo]] sport a pair in ''3.0.'' |
| 175 | * CoolShip: The [[spoiler:''AAA Wunder'', WILLE's flagship.]] |
| 176 | * CrapsackWorld: |
| 177 | ** Many aspects of the original series' near post-apocalyptic setting still apply, but the series mostly concerned itself with the human population and geopolitics. In ''2.22'', we get a better look at the ecological disasters wreaked by the Second Impact. Kaji invites Shinji and his friends to a combination desalination plant and aquarium, where they can offhandedly discuss their baseline knowledge on nature. Most marine species have gone extinct, judging from how the kids specifically marvel at the aquarium's ''living'' sea creatures; even animals as iconic as sea turtles are implied to now be obscure. Shinji also curiously points out the smell of the sea breeze, and Kaji has to explain that decomposing sea life makes the odor and most of the ocean is now too lifeless to carry that scent. Land-based livestock agriculture is also implied to be impossible --everyone is astonished at Shinji's cooking skills, pointing out that he's working with artificial, plant protein-based "meat". |
| 178 | ** Things get even worse after [[spoiler:Near-Third Impact, which has rendered Japan, the most powerful nation after Second Impact, into a completely uninhabitable wasteland.]] |
| 179 | * CrashIntoHello: Mari to Shinji. With a ''parachute,'' no less. |
| 180 | * {{Creepy|Doll}} HandPuppet: In something of a parallel ([[MythologyGag or antithesis]]?) to the main series, Asuka keeps (and talks to) a hand puppet that vaguely resembles herself. "ASUKA" is even written on its dress [[spoiler:and it briefly appears in Asuka's Instrumentality segment as a life-sized costume worn by Kensuke]]. |
| 181 | * CreepyChild: Kaworu. Though he has yet to truly show his colors, so far it seems he picked up all the creepiness that was dropped by Rei. Unnatural absence of any and all self-preservation? Check. Cryptic discussions with the [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness secretive cabal]] on the [[spoiler:surface of the Moon?]] Check. [[ShirtlessScene In the nude?]] Check. [[spoiler:Subverted in that he's the only unambiguously good and heroic character in ''3.0'', concerned about the survival of the human kind and objecting SEELE plans of Instrumentality. More a case of TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth now.]] |
| 182 | * CrewOfOne: ''3.0'' implies that [[spoiler:Gendo and Fuyutsuki have been running NERV all by themselves.]] |
| 183 | * CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler:Zeruel]] is on ''both'' ends of one. [[spoiler:So is Unit 02 in ''3.0 + 1.0''.]] |
| 184 | ** At the beginning of [[spoiler:''3.0'', Unit-01 wakes up just long enough to ''[[EyeBeams julienne]]'' an Angel that was [[LightIsNotGood roasting]] Asuka.]] |
| 185 | * CynicismCatalyst: [[spoiler:Third Impact]] for almost the entire cast. |
| 186 | * DarkerAndEdgier: ''3.0'', compared to the last two films. |
| 187 | * DeathWorld: [[spoiler:The Earth goes from being simply post-apocalyptic to a much more empty wasteland after the Near Third Impact. However, it may not be as bad as Shinji is led to believe. The Wunder's fleet consists of at least 40 ships, including multiple aircraft carriers and submarines, and several helicopters are seen delivering supplies. Plus WILLE has the resources to launch space missions and maintain at least two Evangelions, which were noted to be huge money pits. They're getting significant resources from somewhere. The fourth film clarifies that there are scattered pockets of civilization left, behind special "L-Nullification Barriers" that prevent the landscape from being affected by an Impact, but even these are predicted to eventually fail.]] |
| 188 | * DelayedExplosion: During the climax of the first movie, there's a scene where Ramiel blasts down a bunch of missiles headed towards him. It takes about a second for the first one to explode, and about two more before the last one does. |
| 189 | * DemotedToExtra |
| 190 | ** Formerly fleshed out, relevant supporting character Dr. Ritsuko Akagi is almost nonexistent as far as plot contributions go in ''Rebuild'', at least as of ''2.0''. |
| 191 | ** ''2.0'' had to cut most of the standalone "Action Arc", covering 12 episodes while the first movie covered only 6 from the original series. The Bridge Bunnies also lost most of their relative character development as a result, e.g. both Ritsuko and the Bridge Bunnies got most of their character development in episodes 11 and 13, which don't exist in ''Rebuild''. |
| 192 | ** Kaji also loses quite a bit of importance, with his subplot about investigating NERV and SEELE being nonexistent (as far as what has been seen). There's a brief moment in which Kaji IS spying on Gendo and Fuyutsuki. Then there's the scene where Misato asks him some info on SEELE. |
| 193 | *** [[spoiler:He's completely absent in ''3.0.'', and the events that have occurred have rendered his spying [[ShaggyDogStory completely meaningless]].]] |
| 194 | *** [[spoiler:He's revealed to be dead in ''3.0+1.0'', but he's credited with having essentially saved the world from Near-Third Impact, so that should probably count for something. He does get a cameo during Instrumentality, though.]] |
| 195 | ** Toji, Kensuke, and Hikari, who at least had some characterization in the series, have been reduced to [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Three Guys]] in this version. Especially [[spoiler:Toji, who is no longer the pilot of Eva-03]], therefore losing any real plotline significance. |
| 196 | *** [[spoiler:Like Kaji, neither of the 3 appear in ''3.0.'' In fact, it's implied they all perished in 3rd Impact]]. [[spoiler:Subverted in ''3.0+1.0'', which shows the three of them alive and living well in a small village of remnants of humanity, and play a strong part in helping the three pilots in accommodating and having a long period of piece. Kaji, however, is revealed to have a SmallRoleBigImpact, having died in the time-skip between ''2.0'' and ''3.0'', having founded ''WILLE'' as the last resistance force against Gendo and ''NERV''.]] |
| 197 | ** While certainly not an extra, Asuka also seems to lose quite a bit of an importance, even in [[spoiler:her absorption of Toji's major plot point]]. She's only a major factor for about half of ''2.0'', at which point [[spoiler:[[PutOnABus she falls into a coma]]]]. In ''3.0'', she's a major factor for the beginning and end segments of the movie, but is all but completely absent in the middle. She makes a more significant return in ''3.0+1.0'', featuring heavily in a mid-movie action sequence [[spoiler:and becoming the crucial [[WasOnceAMan angelic]] element in Gendo's Another Impact scheme.]] |
| 198 | ** Also, Rei is an important focus in 1.0 and 2.0, but is barely in 3.0 [[spoiler:mainly because it's not the same Rei.]] |
| 199 | * DespairEventHorizon: |
| 200 | ** Mixed with {{Determinator}}, oddly enough. [[spoiler:The Unit-03 test and its subsequent destruction affects Shinji so hard that he loses it, and he nearly destroys humanity when he kills Zeruel in an attempt to save Rei. He doesn't realize the consequences of what he's doing until after the fact, but he's so determined to make up for his prior failure that he doesn't really care what happens.]] |
| 201 | ** [[spoiler:It gets worse in ''3.0'' after Kaworu's death and near Fourth Impact.]] |
| 202 | ** [[spoiler:Shinji ultimately recovers from this in the final film, with a lot of effort from his allies -- and it allows him to successfully save the world the third time around.]] |
| 203 | * {{Determinator}}: [[spoiler:Shinji turns into this near the end of the second movie.]] |
| 204 | -->[[spoiler:'''Shinji:''' "I don't care what happens to me! I don't even care what happens to the world! But I'm bringing Rei back! I promise I'll save you, Rei! '''''Even if it's the last thing I do!!!'''''"]] |
| 205 | * {{Deuteragonist}}: A variation of this, since the role shifts with each movie. |
| 206 | ** In ''1.11'' it's Misato; in ''2.22'', Rei; in ''3.33'', Kaworu; and in ''3.0 + 1.0'', its Rei Q [[spoiler:and in the end, Mari]]. |
| 207 | * DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Asuka]] in ''2.22''. |
| 208 | * DontMakeMeDestroyYou: [[spoiler:The attitude of Shinji and Asuka to each other in their fight in ''3.0''. Reprised with Shinji and Gendo in ''3.0 + 1.0''.]] |
| 209 | * DoubleMeaningTitle: |
| 210 | ** The final film's Japanese title, ''Shin Evangelion Theatrical Edition𝄇'', is rendered as ambiguously as possible. "''Shin''" is written in katakana, which depict phonemes but not meaning; potential meanings include, but are not limited to, "new", "true", or "divine". We currently have no way to know what "𝄇", the symbol at the end, actually ''is'' because it only appears in images and is always omitted when Khara renders the title in Unicode. It may represent a colon followed by the end-of-piece (𝄂) sign in musical notation, or if taken as a whole, the "repeat" sign (𝄇), which starts the piece over from the beginning. It may even represent a colon followed by the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Product_Code UPC]] digit "4". Another wrinkle is the fact that this title uses the original katakana spelling of ''Evangerion'' from the anime series instead of ''Rebuild''[='s=] ''[[XtremeKoolLetterz Wevangeriwon]]'', whatever that may mean. |
| 211 | ** In light of the above, the English title ''3.0+1.0'' may be an example as well -- 3+1=4, of course, but it may also imply a recursive cycle where ''3.0'' leads back into ''1.0''. |
| 212 | *** The English title, ''Thrice Upon a Time'', as detailed in ShoutOut below, is a reference to a novel by James P Hogan, which is about the ramifications of sending messages into the past and/or receiving messages from the future. It also alludes to a modifier for the number three ("thrice") preceding a modifier for the number one ("a"), or ''3.0+1.0''. |
| 213 | * DownTheRabbitHole: As badass and [[TearJerker touching]] as the "Ayanami rescue" scene is, it should be noted that Shinji basically [[IRejectYourReality gives up]] [[RealityWarper on reality]]. This being ''Evangelion'', it's not a good philosophy to follow [[spoiler:-- and the results are shown in ''3.33''.]] |
| 214 | * DuctTapeForEverything: |
| 215 | ** As in the TV series, Misato's [[ChronicallyCrashedCar poor car]] is taped together after withstanding the Fourth Angel's onslaught. |
| 216 | ** Asuka's plugsuit in the first half of ''3.33'' is patched in several spots with something that is ''probably'' more high-tech than duct tape, but it sure looks like it. This seemingly serves as effective visual shorthand for WILLE's chronic supply issues after [[spoiler:Near-Third Impact]] but as it's revealed in the prequel short manga distributed with ''3.0 + 1.0'', [[spoiler:Asuka ''did'' actually have her new plugsuit ready but pulled out the old one and duct-taped it together less than an hour before launching for sentimental reasons]]. |
| 217 | * EarlyBirdCameo: |
| 218 | ** Kaworu (natch), SEELE, and Lilith all cameo in ''1.0''. Asuka, in the meantime, only appears in the preview for ''2.0''. |
| 219 | ** [[spoiler:In ''3.0.'', assembly lines for parts for the Mass-Produced Evas seen in the trailer for ''Final'' are briefly shown.]] |
| 220 | ** [[spoiler:Gendo's and Fuyutsuki's final appearance in ''3.0'' takes place on the bridge of the ''Erlösung'', hinting at the existence of the other three Wunder-class ships]]. |
| 221 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: ''3.0+1.0'' ends with [[spoiler:Shinji using Instrumentality to make amends with the other pilots and his parents, and not only does he reject Instrumentality, but he wishes that everything involving the Angels and the Evas never happened. As a result, all of Evangelion is undone. The final scene is of an [[HesAllGrownUp adult Shinji]] meeting with an adult Mari at a train station (with cameos of adult Asuka, Rei, and Kaworu there as well) and they run out together towards their bright future.]] |
| 222 | ** On a meta level for ''3.0+1.0'', after years in production, including multiple delays, including further ones in 2021 due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, Anno finally has his definitive ending for the series. Not only that, but ''3.0+1.0'' broke multiple records, being Anno's highest-grossing film to date (surpassing ''Film/ShinGodzilla'') as well as Toei's, being the first film it's ever released to break ten 10 billion yen mark. |
| 223 | * EldritchAbomination: The technology behind the films has finally evolved to the point where the Angels have graduated from the freaky {{kaiju}} of the television series into truly mind-shattering, [[AlienGeometries reality-defying]] fiends. They routinely exist simultaneously in multiple states of matter, flicker in and out of our dimension, and fiddle with the variables of E=mc[[superscript:2]] like a child playing with Lincoln Logs. |
| 224 | ** [[spoiler:[[RealityWarper Eva Imaginary]] in ''3.0+1.0.'' An Eva in the Anti-Universe that ''doesn't even actually exist''.]] |
| 225 | * EnhancedOnDVD: Some footage has been added, along with some general touching up and redrawing, for both movies' video releases so far. To reflect this, the films' numbers were changed: ''1.01'' for ''You Are (Not) Alone''[='s=] initial DVD release and ''1.11'' for the further improved Blu-Ray, and ''2.22'' for the ''You Can (Not) Advance'' DVD/Blu-Ray. |
| 226 | * EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: Yeah, there've been a couple so far... ''[[{{Gorn}} refracted through raining blood]]''. Every time an Angel dies, there is a rainbow, with the sole exception of [[spoiler:Kaworu, but he ''did'' tell Shinji they'll meet again.]] |
| 227 | * EvilCounterpart: |
| 228 | ** [[spoiler:Unit-13 is seemingly this to Unit-01. Not only do they have the same coloration, armor design and Shinji as pilot, both enter into a [[SuperMode "pseudo-evolved form"]] after consuming an Angel (Zeruel for Unit-01, Twelfth Angel for Unit-13), starting an Impact in the process. The only difference is that Unit-01 triggering Third Impact was accidental, while Unit-13's triggering of Fourth Impact was completely deliberate, if not with the desired outcome]]. Practically enforced in ''3.0 + 1.0'', [[spoiler:with Gendo ''himself'' piloting Eva-13 and fighting Shinji, who's piloting Eva-01, and their movements mirror each other in every hit.]] |
| 229 | ** [[spoiler:Mark.09 to Eva-00. Shinji even confuses them when the Mark.09 first appears. Subverted in that [[GameFace this is not its true form]].]] |
| 230 | ** [[spoiler:Kaworu's Mark.06 is presented as Seele's answer to Unit 01. Similar powers and design, but with a dark blue and yellow/orange color scheme and a [[RedEyesTakeWarning glowing red visor]].]] |
| 231 | ** [[spoiler:The Wunder's sister ships in ''3.0 + 1.0'', all of them being black and blue with spiky and blade-like hull components instead of the Wunder's blocky gray and orange]]. |
| 232 | * ExplosiveLeash: [[spoiler:WILLE puts one on Shinji as a precaution. Kaworu later takes it off him and puts it around his own neck, which he uses in the climax to sacrifice himself]]. [[spoiler:It's revealed in 3.0 + 1.0 that Shinji wasn't the only one with an explosive choker. Mari and Asuka themselves have their own, with the same restrictions as Shinji's.]] |
| 233 | * ExplosiveOverclocking: [[spoiler:During the Wunder's startup scene, all the cables connecting the ship to the various generators and condensers carried by the escort fleet went yellow-hot and violently exploded from the sheer power pumped through them.]] |
| 234 | * EyeBeams: One of the Angels' powers. Used by [[spoiler:Eva Unit-01 in ''2.0'' and ''3.0'']]. Taken further by [[spoiler:the Mark.09]] in ''3.0'', which fires extremely powerful eye beams [[spoiler:from its ''neck stump'']] and ramped up another notch in ''3.0 + 1.0'' where [[spoiler:'''Gendo''' fires one too once his visor is knocked off]]. |
| 235 | ** In fact, [[spoiler:NERV actually managed to reverse-engineer this during the TimeSkip and strap eyeball-like spherical turrets onto the Wunder's sister ships. The ''Erlösung'' alone has ''six'' of them]]. |
| 236 | * {{Eyecatch}}: Each film contains one around the midpoint, showcasing the film's English name in the same way that the episodes of the original show did. |
| 237 | * EyepatchAfterTimeSkip: Asuka sports an eyepatch 14 years after the events of ''2.0''. |
| 238 | * EyepatchOfPower: Asuka sports one in the ''3.0'' trailer, but then [[MythologyGag you realize]] [[FridgeHorror what it references]]. |
| 239 | * FanDisservice: |
| 240 | ** [[spoiler:After consuming Eva-00 and Rei, Zeruel [[MythologyGag grows a hundred foot-tall female body]]. The unnaturally long arms and Angel-body for a head only reinforce just how ''wrong'' it is.]] |
| 241 | ** Asuka spends a large part of the first half ''3.0 + 1.0'' at Kensuke's house wearing nothing but panties and an unbuttoned jacket, but she's so disillusioned and obviously unhappy that it's far more disturbing than titillating. |
| 242 | ** [[spoiler:The Evangelion Imaginary, which is the new version of 'Giant Naked Rei'. Still gigantic, still stark naked, but now rendered in a ''very unsettling photorealistic style''.]] |
| 243 | * {{Fanservice}}: |
| 244 | ** This is taken to such levels with the female characters that some American fans have been more annoyed by it than otherwise. The males get some too (especially Kaworu), but those clips aren't akin to the brief shot of Mari's breasts jiggling in her plugsuit. [[FridgeBrilliance Perhaps all the promises made by Misato during the episode previews are finally being acted upon]]. |
| 245 | ** The only female plugsuit that doesn't seem to play this trope to the hilt is the Eva-05 one, which actually flattens the pilot's chest somewhat -- much to Mari's discomfort. |
| 246 | ** Lampshaded when Asuka points out how revealing the test plugsuit is when she pilots Unit 3. |
| 247 | ** As a rule of thumb, these movies are much less generous with censoring: although Asuka gets SceneryCensor assistance in ''2.0'', that's about all for the entire film. [[NippleAndDimed Neither she nor Rei enjoys]] the benefits of BarbieDollAnatomy anymore. |
| 248 | ** Especially jarring in ''3.0'' when Mari gets a boob jiggle right after [[spoiler:Kaworu dies.]] |
| 249 | ** Taken to whole other levels in ''3.0 + 1.0'', with jarring scenes of both Asuka and Mari ''stark naked'' (yet seen from the back) that linger more time than they should. Misato's promises of fan service were guaranteed and paid for. |
| 250 | * {{Fauxshadow}}: ''1.0'' and ''2.0'' still include many of the plot beats from the original series, but many of the twists they were originally hinting at are graudually rendered much less dramatically meaningful or even non-existent as ''3.0'' and ''3.0 + 1.0'' increasingly go OffTheRails. Especially Yui, who turned out to have a sizable PresentAbsence in the original series, are ultimately a much less important character in the ''Rebuild'' series as a whole. |
| 251 | * FeminineWomenCanCook: Rei thinks so in ''2.0''... unfortunately, judging by the number of cuts on her hands, she mostly wields the kitchen knife upon herself. By contrast, Asuka -- [[MasculineGirlFeminineBoy who behaves more masculine than Shinji]] -- is, at least, a very messy chef. |
| 252 | * FightingAcrossTimeAndSpace: During their fight in [[spoiler:Minus Space, Shinji and Gendo end in various locations that reference the [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion original timeline]]. After being thrown around by Gendo, its revealed that the locations are actually {{Toku}} movie sets in keeping with the series tradition of having a MindScrew finale. |
| 253 | * FishOutOfTemporalWater: |
| 254 | ** [[spoiler:A major part of ''3.0.'' is Shinji waking up 14 years after ''2.0.'' and realizing/coming to terms with just how much has changed- and how much of it is his own fault.]] |
| 255 | * ForbiddenZone: [[spoiler:A huge chunk of Japan in ''3.0''. The crater containing the ruins of Tokyo-3 is sealed off by a ring of pillars, and as the Wunder flies away, a line of enormous white crosses can be seen on the horizon. Conditions are toxic to Lilim. The Wunder's massive support fleet implies that other parts of the world are better off.]] |
| 256 | ** Antarctica survived Second Impact in this continuity, but Gendo describes it as a cursed place where humans cannot go. When the forces of NERV and Wille converge at Calvary Base, the epicenter of Second Impact during ''3.0 + 1.0'' the continent's depicted as a quiet, desolate land dyed red and orange with an AlienSky decorated by crosses of black light, and any normal human beings outside of the protective confines of an L-containment barrier dissolve into LCL. |
| 257 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: |
| 258 | ** In ''3.0'', Shinji ends up playing a game of shogi against Fuyutsuki, and Fuyutsuki tells Shinji that he will lose in 31 turns. Exactly 31 minutes later in the film, [[spoiler:Kaworu dies and Shinji is sent into another traumatic coma, with Gendo and SEELE's plan going on unhindered]]. |
| 259 | ** This is probably more of a coincidence rather than intentional foreshadowing, given that the original plot of ''3.0'' was scrapped shortly into production and ultimately taken in a completely different direction, but it's almost HilariousInHindsight: In ''2.0'', when Shinji is musing out loud about Rei's upcoming party we see that there are posters of planets and nebulas on the walls of his room. Come ''3.0'', Unit-01 (with Shinji trapped within it) starts the movie ''literally'' in space. |
| 260 | ** Mari refers to Gendo as "Gendo-kun," using an honorific you wouldn't usually use for someone older than you. [[spoiler:That's because Mari is actually Yui's and Gendo's contemporary.]] |
| 261 | ** While visiting the marine preserve in ''2.0'', Rei compares herself to the fish by saying that, like her, they can't survive outside their tank. [[spoiler: In ''Thrice Upon a Time'', Rei Q ultimately dies after being away from her LCL tank in NERV HQ for too long.]] |
| 262 | ** In ''Thrice Upon a Time'', Asuka is seen wearing the same kind of choker put on Shinji in ''3.0''. At first it seems to just be an plan to get a reaction out of him, [[spoiler: but then it's revealed that Asuka was altered to be kind of a Angel-Human hybrid (possibly during her time in Unit-03 in ''2.0'') in the past when she uses her power to breach her own Eva's A.T. field, meaning that the choker was not just there for show.]] |
| 263 | * FourIsDeath: Just like in the original series, Unit-03, the fourth numbered unit, needs to be terminated and severely wounds its pilot, and Unit-04 [[ApocalypseWow tang-raptures the entire state of Nevada]] during its activation test. |
| 264 | ** There's even one of the symbolic variety: [[spoiler:Fourth Impact is supposed to invoke ''End of Evangelion'', all the way down to the final shot of the pilots leaving the Eva and into the wasteland.]] |
| 265 | ** [[spoiler:Unit-13 itself is an entire walking Four is Death. Appearance-wise, it has [[ExtraEyes four eyes]], [[MultiArmedAndDangerous four arms]] and armed with four [[AttackDrone RS Hoppers]]. It has also two Entry Plugs and armed with two spears: The Spears of Longinus and Cassius. The number two, if squared, becomes FOUR! And last but totally not the least, it is built to cause the Fourth Impact. It's also one of the four Adams.]] |
| 266 | ** [[spoiler:[[AttackDrone The Evangelion Mark.04/Nemesis Series]] which NERV has been using to hound WILLE. Not to mention that the Wunder itself is one of four ships of its class as well.]] |
| 267 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: A subverted example occurs in ''3.0 + 1.0''. [[spoiler:Shinji in his catatonic state is taken to one of the villages where humanity survives, and absolutely no one bears ill grudges against him, and in fact his old grown-up friends are downright ''ecstatic'' in seeing him alive. We also revisit some of the Wunder's crew, and we see that, despite everything, a lot of them don't hate him, they're just worried and wary of him. A couple of them still do hate him for what happened, but it's mostly restricted to those who lost family members to Third Impact. Asuka herself can't bring herself to hate Shinji, but in her usual tough love way, she wants him to assume the consequences and grow up.]] |
| 268 | * FromBadToWorse: |
| 269 | ** The EVA-03 test [[spoiler:with Asuka as its pilot]], which is even more apparent compared to the series because of the [[MoodWhiplash more lighthearted first half]] and it being the starting point of going OffTheRails. |
| 270 | ** [[spoiler:''3.0'' starts off this way in relation to the previous movies, and ends with the situation getting much, '''much worse'''.]] |
| 271 | * FunbagAirbag: How often does a girl ''drop from the sky by parachute'' with her breasts landing right in your face? And Shinji thinks life is so hard for him. |
| 272 | ** Well, while his face had some protective padding, the ''back'' of his head gets clonked against the floor (ouch), which would take the fun out of that (or pretty much any) kind of situation. |
| 273 | * FunWithSubtitles: In one translation, while lots of TechnoBabble is floating around, there are too many voices at once, so all we read is BALLSBALLSBALLS. |
| 274 | * FuroScene: Not long, nor heavy with {{Fanservice}}, but one nonetheless. |
| 275 | * GainaxEnding: Not '''quite''' to the same extent as the original series, but the last 20 minutes of ''3.0 + 1.01'' offers a [[DownplayedTrope more measured iteration of this trope]] compared to other entries in this franchise. [[spoiler:After a series of bombastic battle sequences, the narrative ends with incredibly trippy finale that plays heavily into both the symbolic, therapy session-like narrative of the TV show's infamous ending and the striking imagery of ''End of Evangelion''. Which also remakes shots from that movie, makes use of footage from the Instrumentality sequence, and the title cards of the ''Rebuild'' movies -- including ''3.0 + 1.01''.]] [[MindScrew You might need a guide for this one.]] |
| 276 | * GatlingGood: Shinji uses one against Shamshel. [[spoiler:Asuka also uses one in the final battle, as depicted in a trailer.]] |
| 277 | * GeckoEnding: Not content with simply regrowing a new tail for the series, ''3.0'' ensures that everything below the "neck" of ''Evangelion'' is going to be completely new. |
| 278 | * TheGhost: Averted; for the first time in franchise history, we see Toji's little sister in the second movie. Then in 3.0., not only does she finally get a name (Sakura), [[spoiler:she becomes a minor character, as a Second Lieutenant in WILLE]]. |
| 279 | * GlowingEyesOfDoom: |
| 280 | %%** Mari and Shinji at the end of ''2.0''. |
| 281 | ** In 3.0 [[spoiler:Asuka's eye glows just like Mari's did when activating Unit-02's Beast Mode. Her left eye also appears to glow despite being covered by an eyepatch and being blue instead of the usual green associated with Beast Mode. ''3.0 + 1.0'' shows that the eye itself is intact and glows once again when she goes into HeroicRROD.]] |
| 282 | ** [[spoiler:Units 01 and 13 get bulbous, glowing eyes when they awaken. Unit-08's eyes also glow when it enters "[[CannibalismSuperpower overlapping mode]]".]] |
| 283 | * GodzillaThreshold: The crew of the Wunder is initially prepared to kill Shinji and/or Misato before allowing Shinji to get into Unit 01 for the final battle. Understandable, since he nearly ended the world the last two times he did it. However, with Gendo in the middle of his own world ending plan already, they eventually relent. |
| 284 | * GoneHorriblyRight: A meta example. "So, you want Shinji to be less of an {{Angst}}-ridden shmuck and more of a badass? Here you go. [[spoiler:It's only going to doom ''most of what's left of humanity'' and almost every good relationship he had]]. Which adds more angst." |
| 285 | * GoneHorriblyWrong: |
| 286 | ** The expedition to find Adam, like in the original series, is what causes the Second Impact. |
| 287 | ** And then there's Shinji's attempt to save Rei from being absorbed into Zeruel, which [[spoiler:causes Near-Third Impact]]. And then Shinji's attempt to fix ''that''... which [[spoiler:causes ''Fourth'' Impact]]. Let's just agree that pretty much everything Shinji does goes horribly wrong. |
| 288 | * {{Gorn}}: Each time an Angel is killed, it bursts into an ocean of blood and gore. |
| 289 | * GrandFinale: ''3.0 + 1.0'' is the final entry for the ''Rebuild'' films and represents the completion of the ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' franchise as a whole, at least for now. The tagline on the poster hammers this home: "Bye-bye, all of EVANGELION." |
| 290 | * GratuitousEnglish: Many of the examples of this trope are maintained from the original series, such as "dummy plug", "progressive knife", etc. Notably, one old example is ''averted''--the series uses the English term "children" as both singular and plural, resulting in Shinji being the "Third Children". ''Rebuild'' simply translates the term to Japanese--so Shinji is now the "''Sanbanme no Ko''". |
| 291 | * GratuitousFrench: The majority of the background tracks' titles. |
| 292 | * GutPunch: [[spoiler:The entirety of ''3.0'', especially everything involving Rei.]] |
| 293 | * HandicappedBadass: Asuka doesn't need [[EyepatchOfPower two eyes]] to kick ass and take names! |
| 294 | * HeroicBSOD: Shinji, once again [[spoiler:after the EVA-03 incident.]] |
| 295 | ** [[spoiler:Shinji spends most of the second half of ''3.0.'' like this after it's revealed he caused Third Impact, which wiped out most of humanity. Then, after Kaworu sacrifices himself, he falls into an even worse state, mirroring his condition in the first half of ''End of Evangelion''.]] |
| 296 | *** Shinji, once more, [[spoiler:remains the first 30 or so minutes in this state in ''3.0 + 1.0''. Notably, he goes out of it really quick.]] |
| 297 | * HeroicSacrifice: |
| 298 | ** [[spoiler:Kaworu pulls one at the end of ''3.0'' in order to prevent Fourth Impact. Subverted in that it doesn't actually stop it -- it's Mari ejecting Shinji's plug out of Eva-13 that does the trick. The scene was extremely ambiguous. Mari was unable to pull the plug out until a very pale figure of Kaworu appeared on screen and afterwards, the Eva shut down completely, allowing Mari to pull out the plug. The ending has Ritsuko wondering who they should thank for this, indicating (just like the soundtrack God's Gift) it was Kaworu's interference that somewhat played on their favor. Of course his image only appeared after she got the entry plug eject also makes it possible that it was Mari, which is why it's ambiguous. Furthermore, Shinji was added as the second pilot as a failsafe precisely because it was feared Kaworu would sabotage the plan.]] |
| 299 | ** [[spoiler:It's revealed in ''3.0+1.0'' that Kaji sacrificed himself offscreen shortly after the events of ''3.0'' to stop Near Third Impact.]] |
| 300 | ** [[spoiler:In ''3.0+1.0'', Misato sacrifices herself by ramming the Wunder into the Imaginary Lilith, delivering the Spear of Gaius to Shinji.]] |
| 301 | ** [[spoiler: ''Gendo'' of all people seemingly pulls this off in the closing minutes of ''3.0+1.0'', as he and Yui impale themselves on the Spear of Gaius to spare Shinji from having to do so.]] |
| 302 | * HeroicSecondWind: Shinji invokes this at the end of the second film after Unit-01's internal battery runs out. |
| 303 | * HeWhoFightsMonsters: Of all people, [[spoiler:''Shinji'']] shows signs of becoming this near the end of ''2.0''. [[spoiler:Like in the original series, he wants to avoid becoming like his father. In the end, his sole motivation is to be reunited with a loved one, even at the cost of killing everyone else in the world. [[FridgeHorror Like father, like son]]]]. He does get better in ''3.0''. ''Kind'' of better, anyway. |
| 304 | ** In ''3.0'', [[spoiler:Misato]] walks the tight rope separating the AntiHero from the AntiVillain. |
| 305 | * HighPressureBlood: |
| 306 | ** Unit 01's blood spray from its eye socket during the fight with Sachiel, just like the original series. |
| 307 | ** It bursts up out of [[spoiler:Unit-00's ''legs'']] when [[spoiler:Zeruel eats its body.]] |
| 308 | ** All of the Evas gush blood when seriously injured. [[spoiler:The fact that Mark.09 ''doesn't'' after having its head blown off clues Mari into its true nature.]] |
| 309 | * HighSpeedMissileDodge: Asuka does this in her debut battle, dodging a multitude of projectiles fired by an Angel. |
| 310 | * HoldingYourShoulderMeansInjury: Shinji does it after being hit by the abrupt landing of a parachuting girl. |
| 311 | * HopeSpot: [[spoiler:Kaworu's actions at the end of the second movie had quite a few fans believing (well, hoping) that he'll [[SparedByAdaptation be spared]] and live through the end of ''Rebuild''. He is gruesomely killed in the sequel.]] |
| 312 | * HotBlooded: Despite the naysayers, Asuka still has some pretty fiery blood coursing through her veins. And Mari... well, let's just say that she would fit into the cast of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' pretty neatly. To say nothing of Shinji channeling Simon the Digger, [[Anime/GunBuster Noriko]] and even some [[Anime/{{FLCL}} Naota]] in ''2.0''. |
| 313 | * HotterAndSexier: At times, the {{Fanservice}} is a lot more prevalent than in [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion the original series]]. |
| 314 | ** A blatant example would be Asuka's shower scene in ''2.0''. |
| 315 | * HumanPopsicle: [[spoiler:Shinji spends years dissolved inside EVA 01. When he awakens, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.]] |
| 316 | * IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming |
| 317 | ** The Japanese titles of the movies are derived from ''jo-ha-kyu'', a pacing system used in ''noh'' theater and other Japanese art forms. The three parts can be translated as "beginning, breakdown, crisis", meaning that an action begins slowly and becomes steadily faster and faster as it reaches the end. |
| 318 | ** The title for 3.0 plays around with this a lot, taking advantage of the fact that "Q" sounds just like "kyu", and that "Quickening" is a suitable translation of the kanji involved. (Especially since, unlike a noh play, Rebuild will have a ''fourth'' act.) |
| 319 | ** When we recall that "Evangelion" can be translated as "Gospel", "Q" also evokes [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_source the Q Document]], a hypothesized source of the Gospels. |
| 320 | ** On another note, "Q" in Japanese is a {{pun}}: it can literally mean "decision". Rewriting the above, the "jo-ha-Q" can ''[[GeniusBonus also]]'' literally mean "beginning, breakdown, decision". Finally, in Website/ThatOtherWiki, one area for decision is EpilepticTrees. |
| 321 | ** The fourth movie has 𝄂 as its subtitle in Japanese, which is the "end" bar in musical notation. However, the Japanese title also includes a colon (:) right before the symbol, which may mean it is in fact subtitled 𝄇, the "repeat" bar line. |
| 322 | * IHaveNoIdeaWhatImDoing: Misato sums up her plan to literally catch the falling Sahaquiel with Units 00, 01, and 02 as coming from "[[GutFeeling woman's intuition]]." |
| 323 | * ILetGwenStacyDie: [[spoiler:Shinji didn't just [[GutPunch fail to save Rei]], he might quite possibly have [[AndIMustScream trapped her in a metal monstrosity]], if she isn't just plain dead. Guilt and [[HeroicBSOD abject despair]] follow instantly.]] |
| 324 | * ImmediateSequel: 3.0+1.0 takes place pretty much immediately after 3.0. |
| 325 | * ImpaledPalm: Sahaquiel gives Shinji [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic stigmata]]. Later, he's seen with bandages. |
| 326 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: |
| 327 | ** In TheStinger of ''2.0'', [[spoiler:the Mark-06 piloted by Kaworu literally smites the recently transcended Eva-01 with a lance-like weapon (which has a very different design from the classical "Lance of Longinus"]]. The appearance doesn't match the series [[spoiler:because this is a different lance, known as the "Lance of Cassius."]] |
| 328 | * InsistentTerminology: The incident at the end of ''2.22'' is referred to as [[spoiler:Near-Third Impact]] by [[spoiler:WILLE]] and [[spoiler:Third Impact]] by NERV. |
| 329 | * IronicEcho: ''3.0'' is full of these to Episode 24 of the TV Series and the ''End Of Evangelion'' Movies. |
| 330 | -->'''Exhibit A: ''Episode 24'' and ''End'' : ''' (1) Kaworu dies from having his ''body'' pulverized by Shinji and his ''head'' being all that remains. (2) A catatonic ''Asuka'' being strangled by ''Shinji'' (3) While a giant pale-''white'' Rei overlooks the desolation. |
| 331 | -->'''Exhibit B: ''You Cannot Redo: '' ''' [[spoiler:(1) Kaworu having his ''head'' pulverized in front of Shinji with his ''body'' being all that remains. (2) A catatonic ''Shinji'' being beaten and dragged by ''Asuka''. (3) While a ''black'' clad Rei follows them to saftety through the desolation.]] |
| 332 | ** In a musical sense, in ''2.22'', Shinji and Asuka's bonding scene has a slow paced piano piece as soundtrack; [[spoiler:when Shinji and Asuka meet again in ''3.33'', there's a fast paced piano piece on the background.]] |
| 333 | ** By the end of the movie, when Asuka [[spoiler:finds Shinji, she later states that he didn't save her]], given which were the ArcWords of ''3.33'' and what happened in the movie... |
| 334 | ** In ''1.11'', Misato shows Lilith to Shinji, in a way of convincing him that he needs to pilot the Eva and do something for the world; [[spoiler:in ''3.33'', she coldly tells him that he would never do anything again.]] |
| 335 | * IndecisiveMedium: ''3.0+1.0'' features an extended sequence [[spoiler: in the minus dimension]] where everything turns into one of the {{Toku}} series that originally inspired Anno. Buildings fly around like cardboard models, characters touch the painted backdrop of the sky, and at one point [[BreakingtheFourthWall the wall gets smashed]] and the action spills into the backstage area. |
| 336 | * InSpiteOfANail: [[spoiler: Despite all the differences from ''Neon Genesis'' and ''Rebuild'', Misato still [[HeroicSacrifice gives her life to help Shinji.]]]] |
| 337 | * ItIsDehumanizing: [[spoiler:In ''3.33'', Shinji is referred to as Test Subject BM-03 by WILLE while Rei-Q is called by Asuka a clone of the Ayanami Types.]] |
| 338 | * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler:Asuka to Shinji. Basically her motivation for being the test pilot for Unit-03 in the end, allowing him to go to Rei's party.]] |
| 339 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Asuka, though she is introduced in ''2.0'' as a textbook {{Jerkass}}; after some CharacterDevelopment and a surprisingly mild case of BreakTheHaughty (which doesn't even involve actual breaking), she is shown to have a (somewhat) considerate, friendly and caring side as she reevaluates her opinion on some of the people around her and comes to some sort of tentative understanding with the introverted Rei Ayanami in this universe; she even takes her place in [[spoiler:piloting Unit-03 in its ill-fated testing run]] so that the quiet girl could host a dinner party in the hopes of getting Shinji and Gendo closer to each other. [[spoiler:It doesn't happen exactly because of the EVA-03 disaster.]] |
| 340 | * TheJuggernaut: Zeruel retains his status as the only Angel to breach [=NERV=] by brute strength alone. He blasts all the way through the 24 armored layers above the Geofront with just one attack. He even {{No Sell}}s an [=N2=] missile at point blank range ''without his [=AT=] field''. |
| 341 | * KidsRock: Two examples in ''2.0'': "Give Me Wings" (''Tsubasa o Kudasai'') and "Goodbye to These Days" (''Kyou no Hi wa Sayounara''). This either comes off as incredibly creepy, [[TearJerker heartachingly tragic]], or [[{{Narm}} hilariously inappropriate]]. |
| 342 | * KillOnSight: [[spoiler:In ''3.0+1.0'', while Misato and Gendo exchange deadpan pleasantries on the bow deck of the Wunder, Ritsuko pulls a [[{{DynamicEntry}} Dynamic Entry]] by shooting Gendo in the head before she's even on camera. It's a nice reversal to the scene in ''End of Evangelion'' where she was shot and killed by Gendo.]] |
| 343 | * KillTheGod: [[spoiler:Gendo proclaims that God is dead with the death of Kaworu in in ''3.0'', and that Fourth Impact will "kill God".]] |
| 344 | * LastGirlWins: [[spoiler: Strongly implied with the end of ''3.0+1.0'' -- Shinji and Mari's interaction and dialogue positively ''drip'' with flirtation and romantic attraction. Also, the fact that they run up the steps to face the new world together, hand in hand, is highly suggestive.]] |
| 345 | * LensmanArmsRace: "3.0" really hammers this one home. 14 years worth of post impact development has led to both sides making huge strides, including gigantic flying battleships, truly mass produced [=EVAs=], longer running times, particle beam weaponry, and a limited ability to create artificial Angels, mass AT fields, and use AT fields as propulsion. |
| 346 | * LetMeGetThisStraight: English dub-only example; the scriptwriter turns the JustForFun/{{egregious}} example of AsYouKnow involving Ritsuko's explanation of Operation Yashima in the original into an example of this. It [[{{Woolseyism}} works]]... about as well as can be expected, anyway. |
| 347 | * LetsGetDangerous: In ''stark'' contrast to the [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion original series]] Shinji decides, "Screw being a wimp! I'm going to [[spoiler:save Rei]]!" [[spoiler:He also screws [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt everyone else, apparently]]. ]] |
| 348 | * LetterMotif: ''Rebuild'' changes Asuka's surname from Soryu to Shiki''nami'' to fit in with both Rei Aya''nami'' and the new girl, Mari Maki''nami'' (while keeping the VehicularThemeNaming from the original). |
| 349 | * LicensedGame: The first movie was adapted into a video game for [=PS2=] and PSP. Since the first movie only covered events in the anime through episode 6, the rest of the game adapts the TV series up through ''End of Evangelion''. |
| 350 | * LighterAndSofter: Not that it doesn't have some decidedly dark moments, but ''Rebuild'' is this in comparison to the original series -- the characters angst less and aren't as emotionally crippled while still having the same base problems as before, and they aren't subjected to quite as much trauma and MindRape that they are in the original (not yet, anyway). Not that being less dark than ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' is particularly difficult. [[spoiler:3.33 is much darker than previous films, with Shinji back to his ButtMonkey status and getting traumatized all over again.]] |
| 351 | ** Of course, when one considers that the original series' first 15-16 episodes were also LighterAndSofter compared to last 10, this [[FridgeBrilliance actually makes some sense]]. [[spoiler:Just like in Rebuild, the depressing cynicism and darkness that the series is infamous for doesn't really start to become apparent until after the [[KnightofCerebus fight with Bardiel in Unit-03]].]] |
| 352 | ** Even then, ''3.33'', while incredibly bleak, is still lighter than it's original counterpart, at least in some regards. In the series, Kaworu's advent was marked by pretty much the entire cast in shambles (Asuka was catatonic, Ritsuko was a shameful wreck, Misato ''seemed'' to be stable, but was still grieving the loss of Kaji, Rei was different, and Shinji was left all alone and confused). In this version, most of the (surviving) cast is mentally stable (if immensely [[KnightInSourArmor bitter]]) and in top form, most of the cast isn't killed off (the exceptions being Toji, Kensuke, and Hikari, and even then it's left ambiguous), Kaworu is much less of an AntiVillain and much more of a genuine NiceGuy, and even though things get much, ''much'' worse at the end, things still seem to be somewhat hopeful. |
| 353 | ** 3.0+1.0 is lighter than both ''End of Evangelion'' and ''3.0''. |
| 354 | * LightIsNotGood: [[spoiler:The four Adams and Evangelion 13 (which is one of them) glow brilliant white when they Awaken and trigger an Impact. Unit 01 also glows in its Pseudo-Evolved form, but that's [[RedEyesTakeWarning a furious red color]].]] |
| 355 | * LiteralGenie: The nature of the Impacts, as revealed in the final movie. |
| 356 | * LivingShip: AAA Wunder. |
| 357 | * LockedOutOfTheLoop: At the climax of the First Act of ''3.0'', the Bridge Crew relay every piece of critical information that Shinji needs to hear... except ''one'' -- [[spoiler:[[TurnOutLikeHisFather the knowledge that his Father's true intentions are to cause Fourth Impact]], and, by default, Fuyutski's as well.]] |
| 358 | * LongSongShortScene: God's Gift. While the scene it plays in is very awesome, it's also very short, so the full awesomeness of the song is sadly not heard in the movie itself. |
| 359 | * LostCommonKnowledge: Shinji and his friends' visit to an aquarium of cloned marine life in ''2.22'' demonstrates how little they know of what the ocean was like before Second Impact rendered it nearly lifeless. Kensuke correctly identifies a sea turtle, but isn't sure of himself, while Shinji is initially confused by the briny smell because most of the ocean no longer features enough decaying plankton to create the scent. |
| 360 | * TheLostLenore: As in the original show, Yui for Gendo, but as of Q, [[spoiler:the second Rei seems to have followed her footsteps. She is physically gone, but her shadow still hangs heavily over the movie -- for once, her relationship with Shinji was instrumental to turning the setting into a [[AfterTheEnd postapocalyptic wasteland]], Shinji mentions her, his attempt to save her or other facets of her character and their relationship in half the scenes he's in, all of which ends up throwing her currently active clone into existential horror.]] |
| 361 | * LoveEpiphany: Well, in a sense. [[spoiler:Rei describes to Asuka her feelings towards Shinji, which Asuka realizes is love]]. In short, the wrong person has the epiphany. |
| 362 | * LudicrousGibs: Each and every Angel dies this way. |
| 363 | ** In a smaller-scale way, [[spoiler:the DSS Choker, apparently designed under the philosophy of ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill, does this to Kaworu.]] |
| 364 | * MachineBlood: When an Evangelion is injured, the corresponding body part of the pilot is wreathed in foamy bubbles. |
| 365 | * MagneticWeapons: Main cannons of AAA Wunder, which are noted to be railguns. |
| 366 | * MakingASplash: The Seventh Angel shown after ''2.22''[='s=] prologue is able to freeze small areas of seawater to form a walking surface and can attack by generating enormous geysers. |
| 367 | * MaleGaze: Having lost the {{Stripperiffic}} outfit she was complaining about towards the end of the previous movie, Asuka seems to have a lot of establishing shots in ''3.0'' featuring the groin or buttocks of her plug suit. |
| 368 | * MarshmallowHell: Or "why parachutes are fun". Even more hilarious because this is the ''second'' time that Shinji ends up being an AccidentalPervert, and also the second time that ''he's'' the only one freaked out by it (this isn't counting when he sees Asuka naked earlier in ''2.0'' -- referring strictly to boobs here). |
| 369 | * MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: 1.0 appeared in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsL'' and ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ 3''. |
| 370 | * MeaningfulName: |
| 371 | ** Jo-Ha-Kyu is a Japanese aesthetic whereby a performance art (theatre, [[UsefulNotes/TeaAndTeaCulture tea ceremony]], kendo, etc.) should begin slowly, break tempo, and then finish swiftly. Think the three acts of a Western play: set-up, confrontation, and resolution. |
| 372 | ** "Quickening", in addition to referring to speeding up, also refers to an unborn child's first movements, or bringing something to life. [[spoiler:Given that at the end of ''2.0'', Shinji and Rei are stuck in Unit-01]]... Quickening also refers to [[spoiler:the birth of Eva 13.]] |
| 373 | ** Each of the English subtitles also bears meaning to the plot of their respective movies. |
| 374 | *** ''You Are (Not) Alone'': [[spoiler:Shinji is, indeed, not alone throughout the movie, since he has support from Misato and Rei.]] |
| 375 | *** ''You Can (Not) Advance'': [[spoiler:Shinji spends much of the movie trying to get close to his father and win his approval. When Gendo has Unit-01's dummy plug eviscerate Unit-03 and almost kill Asuka, though, all hopes (or desire) to earn his father's love go right out the window.]] |
| 376 | *** ''You Can (Not) Redo'': [[spoiler:Shinji tries to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong after nearly causing Third Impact at the end of the previous movie. [[FromBadToWorse His efforts have the opposite effect]].]] |
| 377 | ** "Wille" (Will in german) is an important term in the philosophies of Schopenhauer and Nietzsche. For Nietzsche, the "Wille zur Macht" is related to the so called "amor fati", meaning embrace of all good and bad aspects of life despite potential suffering and stop running away from difficulties. |
| 378 | * MechaExpansionPack: [[spoiler:Eva-02' is outfitted with a fully robotic arm that can be swapped out for guns and tools, as well as a new Beast Mode called 'Code 777.']] |
| 379 | * MediumBlending: In the ending of ''3.0 + 1.0'', [[spoiler: we see Shinji and Mari leaving a train station to the real world of Ube, Anno's hometown.]] |
| 380 | * MegaNeko: The aforementioned Code 777 Beast Mode. It looks like a giant saber-toothed cat. |
| 381 | * MembershipToken: All of the members of WILLE (except Misato, their leader) wear a blue bandanna tied around one arm (Sakura wears hers around her neck, though). |
| 382 | * MenLikeDogsWomenLikeCats: Present throughout the series. Asuka and Mari, the two most prominent female pilots, are both heavily identified with cats (and in Asuka's case, gains a cat-shaped SuperMode for her Eva), while Shinji, the lone male pilot, picks up the nickname of "puppy boy". In the fourth movie, [[spoiler: Toji is also shown to own a dog, while Rei Q gets a scene where she bonds with a cat]]. |
| 383 | * MermaidArcEmergence: In ''3.0 + 1.0'', Mari does this at the end when she emerges from the water after [[spoiler:Shinji [[RestartTheWorld resets reality]]]]. |
| 384 | * MetaFiction: [[spoiler:The battle between Shinji and Gendo at the climax of ''3.0 + 1.0'' leans in this direction when their two Evas begin breaking through environmental boundaries and find that they are actually located in a literal production studio. However, this all takes place in the Anti-Universe which is constructed from their thoughts and memories, leaving the significance of this reveal ambiguous at best.]] |
| 385 | * MindScrew: This being ''Evangelion'', this was bound to happen, though it wasn't prominent in ''1.0'' and ''2.0''. ''3.0'' did have minor elements of this, with using Lilith to initiate Fourth Impact, and how the entire state of the world is a hellish landscape, but it's coherent enough that most people will get it on their first watch. ''3.0+1.0'', on the other hand, goes ''completely'' off it's rocker, particularly during the second half. [[spoiler: Basically, Antarctica has become an EldritchLocation, the four Adams were turned into warships (with a fifth one being Evangelion-13), and Gendo becoming the "[[AngelicAbomination Final Angel]]" after using [[CheckovsGun Nebuchadnezzar's Key]]. The "[[EldritchLocation Minus Space]]" is especially confusing, as Humans [[AFormYouAreComfortableWith can't actually percieve it, thus uses memories to form a location]]. The FinalBattle and ending are also confusing, and might take a few rewatches or a recap to explain what even happened. Oh yeah, and there is also a ''Photorealistic Giant Naked Rei''.]] |
| 386 | * TheMissingFaction: EVA Units 07, [[spoiler:10, 11, and 12]]. In addition, [[spoiler:the 11th Angel]] is also unaccounted for. [[spoiler: 3.0 + 1.0 features the EVAs, with 7 being a mass-produced model and the Mark.09 through 12 being Vessels of Adam. The missing Angel is still unaccounted for.]] |
| 387 | * MonumentalDamage: A heroic example ; Mari uses the Eiffel Tower to destroy an Artifical Angel / Eva in order to gain access to NERV Europe's HQ. |
| 388 | * MoodSwinger: Asuka suffers a case of this in the movie, regarding her lunch. You know what about, [[{{Tsundere}} you know EXACTLY what]]. |
| 389 | * MoodWhiplash: Compared to the series and ''1.0'', ''2.0'' has a much more LighterAndSofter feel to it, with everyone happier than the original series... [[spoiler:then Asuka becomes the pilot of EVA-03]]. Then in ''3.0.'', after the slightly hopeful ending of ''2.0.'', [[spoiler:we find out that Shinji's actions at the end of ''2.0. did'' cause Third Impact and wiped out most of humanity, sending the film into pure DarkerAndEdgier territory.]] |
| 390 | ** The after-the-credits trailer for ''Final'' contains Misato's "[[{{Fanservice}} Service]], [[GratuitousEnglish service]]!" from the original series. This is after the ending that [[spoiler:leaves Shinji horribly traumatized (again) and Gendo poised to win and initiate Fifth Impact.]] |
| 391 | * MoralityKitchenSink: If the original series were already ambiguous enough, then ''3.33'' takes it further. |
| 392 | ** In summary: Gendo and Seele remain as the [[BigBad Big Bads]] [[spoiler:until Gendo manages to wipe out Seele]], meanwhile, Fuyutsuki remains as the BeleagueredAssistant of Gendo and is at best an AntiVillain; WILLE, [[spoiler:formed by many ex-members of Nerv]], are the only organization left fighting against them; however they are also [[AntiHero cynical and flawed due to the 14 years of constant war]], [[spoiler:Misato]], their leader, has almost become a KnightTemplar. Asuka is another member of [[spoiler:WILLE]] and has a strong grudge against Shinji for [[spoiler:having a hand in Third Impact]], yet she remains amongst the few people who still see him as a person rather than an object; Mari is straightforward in her allegiance to [[spoiler:WILLE]] and does fight for a good world, it doesn't stop her from being a BloodKnight; [[spoiler:Kaworu's position is firmly in the good side, but he can be manipulative to an extent]]; Shinji is also one of the good guys, [[spoiler:but after gaining knowledge of his actions, he becomes TheAtoner, without much success at the end]]; lastly [[spoiler:Rei-Q is a completely neutral person who only follows orders until she falls into an existential crisis.]] |
| 393 | * MotionParallax: Every monitor, particularly at the NERV headquarters and including non-plot-relevant ones, displays 5D parallax screens. This facilitates tracking where the Evas and Angels are in relation to each other but is mostly just ExtremeGraphicalRepresentation. |
| 394 | * MrExposition: |
| 395 | ** While she was already fairly good with [[MindScrewdriver explaining what the hell was going on]] in the original series, Ritsuko Akagi's role has been reduced to this in ''Rebuild'' due to her being DemotedToExtra. |
| 396 | ** Fuyutsuki gets to play this role in ''3.0'' when he has a conversation with Shinji over a game of shogi, as well as [[spoiler:when he explains part of the truth behind the Eva project and Rei]]. |
| 397 | * MsFanservice: ''Rebuild'', being a film series that no child can accidentally see, allows Anno to bring-on-the-sexy by the '''truckload''' this time. Rei, Misato and '''especially''' Asuka get a LOT more screentime in extremely {{Nosebleed}} provoking poses and (lack of) clothing. However, they have really stiff new competition in the new MsFanservice, Mari Illustrious Makinami. |
| 398 | * MultiArmedAndDangerous: |
| 399 | ** [[spoiler:Eva 03 grows a second pair of arms from its shoulder pylons while grappling with Shinji.]] |
| 400 | ** [[spoiler:Eva 13 from ''3.0'' has two pairs of arms.]] |
| 401 | ** [[spoiler:New Unit-02 from ''3.0 + 1.01'' grows an extra pair of arms after Asuka activates Code 999 and fuses with the remains of Bardiel, activating New Unit-02's Beast Mode.]] |
| 402 | * MummiesAtTheDinnerTable: [[spoiler:Gendo talks to the dead severed head of Lilith and calls it Yui in 3.0.]] |
| 403 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Poor Shinji gets to have at least three such moments in Q. [[spoiler:Once when Kaworu shows him the devastation of Third Impact which he inadvertently caused, once more once the latter really sinks in and he realizes that he [[GutPunch couldn't even save Rei]], and one last time when he realizes that his attempt to fix the situation with the spears has just made things worse.]] |
| 404 | * MythologyGag |
| 405 | ** Many of the additions/changes from ''2.0'' reference ''Evangelion'' side projects. For example, the "experimental" plug suit was mentioned (but obviously never shown) in the radio drama on the ''Addition'' CD. |
| 406 | ** And of course [[spoiler:Toji's]] reaction when the topic of Unit-03 comes up. |
| 407 | ** The series also continues the RunningGag of Kensuke wanting to pilot an EVA but getting denied the chance. In the original series [[spoiler:NERV and SEELE switch over to the Dummy Plug system before his name comes up in the Marduk file]], the video games and mangas where he does become a pilot aren't canon, and in ''Rebuild'' [[spoiler:he (probably) dies in Near-Third Impact along with Toji and Hikari.]] |
| 408 | ** If you watch carefully, you'll notice that [[spoiler:Shinji's SDAT skips to track ''27'', which it never did in the TV show]], just before ''2.0'' goes completely OffTheRails. Even lampshaded by [[spoiler:Shinji's finding it odd.]] |
| 409 | *** Taken even further in ''3.0.'', where [[spoiler:the main two tracks that Shinji's SDAT player plays are tracks ''27'' and ''28'']], symbolizing that the movies are now entirely OffTheRails. |
| 410 | ** Don't forget the infamous Asuka and Rei scene on the elevator (awkward silence, thankfully only 12 seconds this time around). |
| 411 | ** One that has fans particularly suspicious is Kaworu's claim that [[spoiler:he'll make Shinji happy ''this'' time]], although he says something different in the English dub. |
| 412 | ** Sahaqiel's redesign has him looking sort of like [[spoiler:a combination of Matariel and Leliel, neither of whom made an appearance in the movie, before turning into something that more closely resembles his old GiantEyeOfDoom form.]] |
| 413 | ** Give ''2.0'''s version of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOUYltDtsG0 The Beast]] a listen. (It plays as the contaminated [[spoiler:Unit-03]] attacks.) In the background, there's a bit of [[OminousLatinChanting ominous chanting]]. Some may argue that it's a pointless addition. You wouldn't notice it at first, since the syllables are spaced out, but they're chanting "hallelujah". Consider that [[spoiler:Asuka's inside 03]]. [[MindRape Definitely rings a few bells,]] [[FridgeBrilliance doesn't it?]] |
| 414 | ** On this note: [[spoiler:when it came to the original Unit 03 fight in the TV series, a lot of people's reaction to the fight with Unit 03 was "Well, why the hell didn't Shinji think to at least grapple with it and prevent it from choking him, he didn't have to just give up". Come ''2.0'', Shinji does in fact manage to pry Unit 03's hands off of 01's neck and for a moment it seems he can at least fight it to a standstill... and then Unit 03 ''sprouts two more arms'', allowing it to pin 01's arms and strangle it at the same time, leaving Shinji ''properly'' helpless.]] |
| 415 | ** Watch Eva-02 during the climax of 2.0 very closely. You'll notice that [[spoiler:once Beast Mode is activated and its armor starts breaking off, the head [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ANNO_2922.jpg elongates into a shape]] ''very'' reminiscent of the MP Evas from ''End of Evangelion''.]] |
| 416 | ** Speaking of this scene: the musical piece used to represent a berserk Eva throughout the franchise is called "The Beast", as noted above. [[spoiler:What passcode does Mari use to unlock Unit 02's "deliberate berserk" mode? "[[GratuitousEnglish Za Beasto]]", of course. Ironically a different, original musical number plays at this point.]] |
| 417 | ** And then, of course, there's the fact that after a decade and a half, we finally get to see... ''Toji's sister''. And she's all better too! |
| 418 | ** In ''End of Evangelion'', Shinji as a child builds a pyramid out of sand, then stomps on it. After the Bardiel incident in ''Rebuild'', in his anger Shinji inside Unit-01 stomps on the NERV headquarters pyramid for real. |
| 419 | ** As noted below, the "Asuka kicks Shinji for seeing her naked" scene happened in ''Girlfriend of Steel'', though under slightly different circumstances. |
| 420 | ** The opening shots of ''1.0'' (and the red sea in general) are rather evocative of ''End of Evangelion''. |
| 421 | ** [[spoiler:''2.0'''s depiction of Second Impact is clearly ''End of Evangelion'' inspired]]. Right down to a song with clear {{Musical Nod}}s to both [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVW7ahL6p9s "Komm, Susser Tod"]] and its unused sister piece, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCuO2wWnKFY "Everything You've Ever Dreamed"]]. |
| 422 | ** The animation during Unit 02's introductory scene -- in which she dodges and weaves through a series of Angel limbs -- is an almost exact recreation from the scene in ''The End of Evangelion'' in which she dodges and weaves through a series of JSSDF missiles. |
| 423 | ** [[spoiler:Shinji falls into a Heroic BSOD at the end of 3.0. that leaves him in a state where he can't even move and Asuka has to drag him around]], similar to ''End of Evangelion''. There are also several extreme close-ups of Shinji's widened eyes under duress. |
| 424 | ** In the climax of ''3.0.'', the Music/OdeToJoy plays again in a similar situation as the original. |
| 425 | ** As with the manga, Kaworu is introduced playing Ode to Joy in a ruined area. However, unlike the manga Kaworu, Shinji takes an immediate liking to him. |
| 426 | ** A more subtle one, but in 2.0 when [[spoiler:Gendo and Fuyutsuki visit the moon base and first see Kaworu, he's sitting with his back to the camera on top of an Eva's hand before turning his head and facing them/the audience and greeting them/us. This is very similar to when he and Shinji first met in the original series, though Kaworu had a shirt on and was sitting on top of a headless angel corpse instead. Kaworu's hair is even the same style as his original series counterpart before it got spiked up and shorter in 3.0!]] |
| 427 | ** WILLE soldiers are equipped with Heckler & Koch assault rifles and purple [=BDUs=] and tac gear, referencing the [=JSSDF=] in [=EoE=] since they're equipped with the same weapons and gear, although they had [=G11=] and [=WILLE=] uses [=XM8s=]. |
| 428 | ** In ''3.0 + 1.01'', Ritsuko laments the state of the city of Paris after the Near Third Impact, noting it used to be called the "capital of flowers". This is the same title used by Misato in the original series to the describe Old Tokyo when on their way to the Jet Alone debut test. In Japanese, this title coincidentally applies to both cities. |
| 429 | ** Ritsuko confronts Gendo inside NHG Erbsünde with a weapon aimed at him. Unlike [=EoE=], she shoot hims this time. [[spoiler:This doesn't work since Gendo uses the Nebuchadnezzar's Key.]] |
| 430 | ** Sakura uses the R-92 revolver when she tries to fire it at Shinji. This was the same weapon used in [=EoE=] when Ritsuko confronts Gendo for the last time. |
| 431 | ** The song ''The Path'' from ''Thrice Upon a Time'' contains a MusicalNod to ''[[PachelbelsCanonProgression Kanon D-dur]]'', which was used as the end credits song for ''Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth''. |
| 432 | ** The cover of ''VOYAGER ~ Hizuke no Nai Bohyou'' used in ''Thrice Upon a Time'' includes a MusicalNod to ''Komm, Susser Tod'' at the very end, [[spoiler:cementing the whole "Third Impact, but in reverse" parallel the finale of the film has going on]]. |
| 433 | ** Like in the manga, the series ends with [[spoiler:Shinji using Instrumentality to erase the Evangelions and Angels from reality, and the final scene takes place in this new reality, where he meets his love interest before leaving the train station.]] |
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| 435 | |
| 436 | [[folder:N-Z]] |
| 437 | * NeverTrustATrailer: |
| 438 | ** The teaser for ''2.0'' showed Misato slapping Ritsuko, suggesting that Leliel (the 12th Angel) would be present in ''2.0''; it was not. It wasn't just speculation bait: [[MissingTrailerScene even the slap itself was absent from the theatrical release]]. |
| 439 | ** A similar situation exists with Mari: in the trailer she was shown looking at a flight of birds that was fleeing the city... with what looks to be the opening barrage of cross-blasts from Zeruel. Mari also looks practically melancholy here... which is something she seems nearly ''incapable'' of in the final movie. In the end, [[spoiler:Mari was busy Evajacking Unit 02 when Big Z showed up]]. |
| 440 | *** Oddly, a scene ''like'' the trailer one was included in the final movie... one that just showed her looking at the city at dusk as a flock of birds flew away from the city center. It seems to serve no purpose other than being brief eye candy now. |
| 441 | *** [[http://www.gwern.net/docs/2010-crc An interview with the staff]] indicates that there were significant script rewrites between ''1.0'' and ''2.0'', hence the altered and missing scenes in the teaser. |
| 442 | ** How much of the footage from the ''3.0.'' teaser at the end of ''2.0.'' ended up getting used in the movie proper? ''None'' of it.[[note]]Though certain elements in the trailers were used in the movie, such as Asuka with an eyepatch.[[/note]] [[spoiler:Everything Misato ''says'' in the trailer actually did happen, just off-screen during the 14 year time skip that the movie deals with the fallout from.]] |
| 443 | ** In all the trailers for ''3.0.'', [[spoiler:Shinji's [[ExplosiveLeash bomb collar]]]] was edited out of all shots. |
| 444 | ** The trailer for the final film in ''3.0'' shows Unit-02 and 08 combined into a single unit and fighting an army of green-colored Mark.06 units. This is nowhere to be seen in ''3.0 + 1.01'', although [[spoiler:Unit-08 being able to merge with other Evangelions is a major plot point, and mass-produced Evangelions are a persistent threat]]. Like ''2.22'', the narration for the trailer does fairly accurately describe the plot of the film. |
| 445 | * NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Some of the things Shinji does with the Unit 01 in ''2.0'' are completely amazing, especially since we haven't seen anything like them before. Particularly his [[spoiler:use of the AT Field to THROW an Angel across the Geofront, in the form of a giant ''FIST'' no less. And for that matter, replacing the cut-off arm not with a new one grown from Zeruel's cutter material, but forming ''a pure AT field arm''. Not to mention the previously-reserved-for-the-Angels EyeBeams.]] |
| 446 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: The iconic Third Impact scene caused by [[spoiler:Shinji]] is still a crucial element to ''2.0''. This time around, he causes it when [[spoiler:he seemingly rescues Rei]]. By the time of ''3.0.'', [[spoiler:most of humanity has been wiped out. ''Then'' Shinji tries to make up for it by redoing the events with the Lance of Longinus and Spear of Cassius, which also requires two souls to wield. Kaworu aids him with Rei Q joining them on orders, but ''Kaworu'' realizes they've both been manipulated and tries to warn Shinji not to pull out the lances. However, Shinji ignores his pleas and causes Fourth Impact, leaving Kaworu to perform a HeroicSacrifice to fix things.]] |
| 447 | * NoEndorHolocaust: |
| 448 | ** During the operation against Sahaqiel, most of the Kanto Plain is crushed underfoot by the Evas moving at supersonic speeds. [[spoiler:After Sahaqiel's destruction, anything not leveled by the sonic boom is annihilated by a massive flood of "Angel Blood"]]. No mention has yet been made of the billions of dollars in property damage. |
| 449 | ** [[spoiler:Subverted in ''3.0''. Shinji starts the Third Impact at the end of ''2.0'', and Kaworu appears to have stopped it in time. Everyone let out a collective sigh of relief... until it was revealed that '''most of humanity got annihilated'''.]] |
| 450 | * NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: |
| 451 | ** "Kind" is apparently a synonym for "fucked" in ''Rebuild''. [[spoiler:Asuka pilots EVA-03 for Shinji and Rei's sakes. Misato calls her "kind" for this, just like Hikari dubbed Toji kind before the same ordeal in the original. And then - [[CallBack just like Toji in the original series]] - her EVA becomes possessed by Bardiel and attempts to destroy the world: consequently, Gendo overrides Shinji's control over his Eva with a "Dummy System", by which EVA-01 unleashes a life-threatening, permanently shattering assault upon Asuka, completely destroying Bardiel.]] |
| 452 | ** This trope happens ''twice'' in ''3.0.'': [[spoiler:At the beginning of the movie, it's implied that Shinji unconsciously awakened EVA-01 to save Asuka, who was in mortal danger in space. As a consequence, WILLE put an ExplosiveLeash on him by fear that he awakes an Eva again]]. Later, [[spoiler:Shinji tries to make up for causing Third Impact - despite Kaworu's protests. The result? Not only has he made things worse, it also resulted in Kaworu, the only person who treated him well throughout the whole movie dead.]] |
| 453 | * NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Unit-01 under the influence of the Dummy Plug. Later, Zeruel on Mari, Rei, and briefly on Shinji while Unit-01's out of power, right up until [[WhosLaughingNow Shinji's]] HeroicSpirit [[CurbStompBattle Curb Stomps]] him. |
| 454 | * NoMoreHoldingBackSpeech: [[spoiler:Shinji gives a variant of this trope, both to himself and those trying to talk him down, at the end of 2.0 as he finally realizes he has something to fight for.]] |
| 455 | -->[[spoiler:'''Shinji:''' I don't care what happens to me. I don't care what happens to the world. But I'm bringing Rei back... I promise I'll save you, Rei... '''''EVEN IF IT'S THE LAST THING I DO!!!''''']] |
| 456 | * NoNameGiven: As of ''3.0.'', unlike in the TV series, the Angels themselves (except for Lilith) have no names. Officially, they are only referred to by numbers -- "the Fourth Angel," "the Fifth Angel," and so on. Even ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsL'', the only ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' game to showcase ''Rebuild'' thus far, uses this system. However, most of the fandom uses their TV series counterparts' names, where applicable, for simplicity's sake. This is especially important when comparing the two media, as the order of their appearance is significantly different. |
| 457 | * NonDubbedGrunts: The Amazon Prime Video dubs leave in a few Japanese grunts, screams, and sobs if you know what to listen for, mostly Shinji's, but Creator/SpikeSpencer's new, higher pitched take in this dub makes them blend remarkably well together for the screams he ''does'' replace. |
| 458 | ** For ''1.11'', Unit-01's howling is left as is as opposed to the Funimation dub that layered a growling roar ''with'' the original one. |
| 459 | ** Also ''1.11'', right after Shinji stabs Shamshel there's a closeup of his crazed roaring where Creator/MegumiOgata's screams is left in, but Spike's yelling in the rest of the fight sounds similar enough for it to not stand out. |
| 460 | ** In ''2.22'', after Shinji's hands are impaled by Sahaquiel, Spike screams in agony, but when it cuts back to the cockpit for Shinji to defiantly look up with tears in his eyes, Megumi's brief grunt is left in. |
| 461 | ** In ''3.0+1.0'', [[spoiler: when Rei-Q finally convinces Shinji to come back to the village, Shinji breaks down into Megumi's loud, angry sobbing. Once again, Spike's higher pitch this time around lets it blend in better than it otherwise would.]] |
| 462 | * NonStandardCharacterDesign: [[spoiler:The Evangelion Mark.04 series look like flying saucers with shoulder pylons attached. The Code 4A has an Eva's lower body and legs on its underside, but [[BladeBelowTheShoulder the legs taper into blades below the knees]].]] |
| 463 | * NoodlePeople: You may notice in this new version of Eva that along with redesigns of several of the Angels, the Evas are a lot more stringy looking than they were in the original series. [[note]]Such as when Unit 03 goes berserk or when Mari takes control of Unit 02 and uses its Beast Form.[[/note]] |
| 464 | ** Unit 05 and Mark.06 have an extra abdominal plate, making their waists look longer and thinner than the standard Eva's. [[spoiler:Mark.09 and Eva 13 also have these.]] |
| 465 | ** Subverted by [[spoiler:Unit 02' and Unit 08's upgraded forms in 3.0, which have bulkier armor on their waists and limbs, giving them more human proportions.]] |
| 466 | * NoPlaceForMeThere: [[spoiler:While [[NiceGuy Kaworu]] wants to [[LoveMartyr help humanity]], he also states that people fear or/and hate him for being an angel; it's unknown whether Shinji will follow or not in ''Thrice Upon a Time''.]] |
| 467 | * NoRangeLikePointBlankRange: Mari seems to think so when she fires Unit 02's shoulder fin-mounted spike-launcher at Zeruel's face, with the English dubbed version even shouting "Point blank, shit-head!!!" as she pulls the trigger. |
| 468 | * NoSell: |
| 469 | ** Like in the original TV series, the [=AT=] Field allows most Angels to do this against traditional weapons. |
| 470 | ** Zeruel took this a step further. Even without his [=AT=] Field he survived a point-blank [=N2=] missile blast without a scratch. |
| 471 | ** [[spoiler:[[ImplacableMan Eva Mark.09 no-sells a head shot, multiple shots from a high powered sniper rifle, anti-A.T. Field ammo, multiple direct shots to the core through its Entry Plug socket, and having its throat torn out]].]] |
| 472 | ** [[spoiler:Eva-13 absorbs Mari's anti-A.T. Field ammo, is unharmed by being rammed and fired upon by the Wunder at point blank range, and does not shut down even when impaled by ''two'' Spears of Longinus!]] |
| 473 | * NotGrowingUpSucks: [[spoiler:Asuka and Mari.]] See OlderThanTheyLook below for details. |
| 474 | * NothingButSkulls: [[spoiler:In ''3.0'', Terminal Dogma]] is filled with a sea of giant humanoid skulls. |
| 475 | * NotHisSled: |
| 476 | ** Fans who remember the battle against Zeruel from NGE will be hit hard by this trope when [[spoiler:Eva-01 shuts down in the middle of the fight, and instead of Shinji panicking and begging for the Eva to move again, [[RedEyesTakeWarning his eyes turn red]], he whispers "[[PreAsskickingOneLiner Give Ayanami back!]]" and [[CurbStompBattle he proceeds to destroy Zeruel]] and rescue Rei, before [[NiceJobBreakingItHero nearly causing the world to end]]]]. Among a few others. |
| 477 | ** The pilot of Eva-03? [[spoiler:Asuka, not Toji.]] |
| 478 | ** Unit 01 [[spoiler:is strongly implied to be an Adam instead of Lilith's clone.]] |
| 479 | * NotQuiteDead: In the climax of the first movie, [[spoiler:as Shinji fires the first shot at Ramiel, it first appears that it hit, as Ramiel practically ''explodes'', making an utterly insane scream and [[LudicrousGibs covers several buildings with blood]]... Then he reforms himself and [[OhCrap blows up a mountain]].]] |
| 480 | ** [[spoiler:Possibly implied with Kaworu at the end of ''3.0.'' He says he'll see Shinji again, there's no rainbow or cross when he dies as with all the other Angels, and there's a peculiar shot of him flying away as Shinji ejects from Eva 13.]] |
| 481 | ** [[spoiler:Possibly Unit 02 as well. Only one cross appears when its self destruct kills the Vessel of the Adams and the upper body survived the blast. Two crosses appeared when Unit 05 did this in the previous movie, so Wille might be able to salvage Unit 02.]] |
| 482 | * NotSoDire: One scene in 2.0 is [[DeathSeeker Rei]] ominously holding a large kitchen knife. No, someone didn't goof and give her the opportunity to slit her wrists, she wants to learn how to cook. |
| 483 | * NowLetMeCarryYou: In 3.0+1.0, Shinji [[spoiler:pulls an amazing inversion of Neon Genesis' episodes 25 and 26 in the climax. Rather than the entire cast helping Shinji reconcile his mental health issues together, Shinji has hit this point already after receiving the support of others in the Rebuild series and instead helps the cast members reach their own realizations. Gendo, Kaworu, Asuka, Rei and Misato and others are all supported by the newly-grown Shinji to reconcile their issues all the way up to the very last scenes of the movie.]] |
| 484 | * OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo: After sticking with a predictable ''1.0'', ''2.0'', and ''3.0'' format, the fourth film ditches a ''4.0'' subtitle in favor of ''3.0+1.0''. Likewise, the English iteration of the title ditches the ''You Are (Not) Alone'', ''You Can (Not) Advance'', and ''You Can (Not) Redo'' subtitle format in favor of ''Thrice Upon a Time''. |
| 485 | * OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: A ton of action occurs during the [[spoiler:time skip between ''2.0'' and ''3.0'' that is only referred to in passing. This includes as Kaji sacrificing himself to prevent another Third Impact, which occurs when the 12th Angel possesses Evangelion Mark.06 and beheads Lilith in the Terminal Dogma]]. The aftermath of this can be seen during the climax of ''3.0''. |
| 486 | * OffscreenVillainDarkMatter: By the time ''3.0'' rolls around, [[spoiler:NERV is operating out of a base that’s mostly ruins, with the only staff ever seen being Gendo, Fuyutsuki, Rei Q, and Kaworu, yet it’s capable of doing things like building artificial Angels and mass producing Evangelion units in all sorts of bizarre configurations. One shot suggests their logistics are now completely automated, but how they found the resources to do ''that'' is unexplained as well. In a way, this was foreshadowed by ''2.0'', which showed the Evangelion Mark.06 under construction at the Tabgha moonbase, along with a total lack of workers to do the constructing and all their equipment standing motionless and empty. It’s certainly deliberate, given ''Rebuild’s'' many loving shots of heavy equipment being built, moved, activated, and monitored by armies of engineers.]] |
| 487 | * OffWithHisHead: A recurring motif: |
| 488 | ** Unit 01 [[spoiler:crushes Unit 03's head with its fist.]] |
| 489 | ** [[spoiler:Unit 08 blows Mark.09's head off with a handgun.]] |
| 490 | ** [[spoiler:Lilith has been decapitated and her head is in the old command center atop a pile of headless Failures of Infinity.]] |
| 491 | ** [[spoiler:The Failures of Infinity, the giant red Evas littering Tokyo-03 and NERV HQ, are all headless.]] |
| 492 | ** [[spoiler:Fuyutsuki shows Shinji a catacomb containing at least 50 severed Rei heads.]] |
| 493 | ** [[spoiler:The pool in Lilith's chamber is full of skulls.]] |
| 494 | ** [[spoiler:Rei Q cuts off Mark.06's head to free the 12th Angel.]] |
| 495 | ** [[spoiler:Unit 02 tears the Mark.09's head off again.]] |
| 496 | ** [[spoiler:Kaworu is killed this way by the DSS Choker.]] |
| 497 | * OhCrap: |
| 498 | ** As per the original TV series, Misato gets one at the beginning of ''1.0'' when she realizes that the JSSDF is going to arm an N[[superscript:2]] mine on Sachiel. She and Shinji brace themselves as the explosion occurs. |
| 499 | ** [[spoiler:''Kaworu'', of [[DissonantSerenity all people]], displays this look in ''3.0.'' when he realizes that he and Shinji have been deceived into believing Fourth Impact would fix the damage from Third Impact, when it reality it'll just finish the job.]] |
| 500 | * OlderThanTheyLook: |
| 501 | ** [[spoiler:Asuka and Mari in ''3.0.'' have not physically aged due to piloting the Evangelion, which stunts their aging in some way. Asuka even starts calling Shinji "brat" instead of "stupid" now that she's 14 years older than him mentally.]] |
| 502 | ** [[spoiler:''3.0+1.0'' reveals that Mari has been thus since her first appearance in ''2.0''.]]. |
| 503 | * OminousLatinChanting: At first impression the music that accompanies Angel battles seem to be this, but they're actually in grammatically correct English. |
| 504 | -->''Angels of doom come call-ing, with no mer-cy / No fear, no heart, no judgement, no cle-men-cy.'' |
| 505 | * OneWayVisor: [[spoiler:Gendo]] wears one that closely resembles Keel's [[spoiler:in ''3.0.'']] |
| 506 | * OnlySaneMan: As of ''3.0'' the only named characters who could be described as reasonably sane are Kaji, Fuyutsuki, Sakura and Kaworu. |
| 507 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: That doll Asuka has with her in ''2.0''? [[MythologyGag That's the same one from the original series]], complete with "ASUKA" labeled on it. For some reason, she kept it, even though it was an indirect relation to ''her mother's death''. But that's not the main point: AllThereInTheManual states that Asuka talks to it whenever she feels OOC (i.e., [[{{Tsundere}} not her]] FieryRedhead, {{Jerkass}} side, but her ShrinkingViolet side). Considering the direction of ''Rebuild'', that doll may have an entirely new meaning. |
| 508 | ** [[spoiler:And then there's Kaworu's looks of worry leading up to to his OhCrap moment in ''3.0.'' When ''Kaworu'' is the one freaking out, you instantly know something's wrong.]] |
| 509 | * OrchestralBombing: "The Anthem", which accompanies the ''Wunder''[='=]s launch in ''3.0'', is more epic than previous instances of this in the franchise or the ''Nautilus''[='=] theme from ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'', which this piece was based on. |
| 510 | * OurAngelsAreDifferent: The Angels are even more Lovecraftian -- similar to the Cherubim's appearances in the Bible and the Talmud. |
| 511 | * OurSoulsAreDifferent: [[spoiler:SEELE is this mixed with TimeAbyss and TheAgeless type of immortality. They've been around since the beginning, gave man civilization, have changed their appearances over time, and have been working towards instrumentality since the beginning. Gendo kills them all off by simply turning them off.]] |
| 512 | * OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank: Actually deconstructed. The Angels now completely liquify into blood (LCL?) when they die instead of simply exploding, to the point of flooding Tokyo-3 ''each time''. The beginning of the second movie has a trip to an aquifer/aquarium made to purge both the red water from Second Impact and Angel blood left over. This might seem excessive, but when you think about the size of some of the Angels and the sheer volume of material converting to liquid.... |
| 513 | * ParentalSubstitute: Misato to Shinji (as usual), this time sans the original series' UnresolvedSexualTension. |
| 514 | ** In ''3.0'', [[spoiler:not so much. She feels extremely conflicted about Shinji for being the cause of Near-Third Impact and the death of most of the Earth.]] |
| 515 | ** In ''3.0+1.0'', [[spoiler:during the Village 3 sequence, all three pilots are taken "under the wing" of various adults, so to speak, even though those adults are technically their childhood friends: Shinji by both Touji and Kensuke, Rei by Hikari and some of the women in town, and Asuka lives with and seems to have a friendly bond with Kensuke (perhaps similar to the one she had with Kaji in the original series, except, once again, without any sexual component to it).]] |
| 516 | * PepTalkSong: The lyrics to "Beautiful World" seem to pretty clearly have Shinji as their subject, apparently sung from the perspective of someone who cares for the boy and wants to see him grow into his potential. The versions ending each film even seem to reflect the person he makes the deepest emotional connection with in each film (Misato in the first, Rei in the second). |
| 517 | ** Alternatively, and more fittingly, the lyrics are from Kaworu's POV. The pronouns "boku" and "kimi" in the song indicate that the speaker is a boy, and the song fits Kaworu's speech patterns. Both songs appear after (in 1.0) and before (2.0) Kaworu appears on screen, and the first movie even has it after Kaworu looks up to earth and says, "I look forward to meeting you, Shinji-kun." Wanting to meet Shinji is a recurring theme of the song. The ending then changes after they finally meet in 3.0 (to Sakura Nagashi, Shinji's [[spoiler:mourning for Kaworu's death).]] |
| 518 | * PerilousPowerSource: [[spoiler:The Wunder's main engine uses the awakened Unit 01 as its power source.]] |
| 519 | * PetTheDog: |
| 520 | ** See JerkWithAHeartOfGold; even '''Gendo''', of all people, is showing signs of wanting to be a better person -- by '''agreeing''' to attend a party where everyone cooks a dish and where he can spend ''father-and-son-time'' with Shinji. This is a marked improvement over the Gendo from the original series, even if it did take some prodding on Rei's part ([[spoiler:or Yui's, to be precise]]). While the desire to reconcile with Shinji is actually quite genuine ([[spoiler:Gendo cannot say no to Yui, even if that Yui is a result of him spacing out during the dinner with Rei]]), it's unknown if Gendo actually uses this occasion to further his plans (he states in ''1.0'' that making Shinji and Rei friends -- or something more -- is one of the crucial parts of his plan). |
| 521 | ** Gendo [[spoiler:seems awfully insistent about why he activated the dummy plug. "You would have died." Either he's just playing the situation, or [[IDidWhatIHadToDo he's doing what must be done to keep his promise to Yui and to save his son]].]] |
| 522 | ** Watch Gendo's face when Shinji asks to pilot Unit-01 again near the end of ''2.0'' -- watch the expression when "Father!" is yelled. THAT was unexpected. |
| 523 | ** Not to mention that during the dummy plug sequence they removed the infamous shot of Gendo with the malicious smile as 01 viciously beats 03. |
| 524 | ** By ''3.33'', [[spoiler:[[KickTheDog we have the confirmation of two throwaway lines in 1.0 and the end of 2.0 which implied that Gendo made Rei befriend Shinji in order to break him and manipulate him into causing Third Impact, resulting in his son becoming a pariah amongst those who knew him]].]] |
| 525 | ** [[spoiler:Misato gets a few of them in ''3.33'' which show that she isn't stone cold. She addresses Shinji by name when they first meet, even though she's not sure it's really him yet. While she does tell Shinji that Wille doesn't need him for their goals, she assures him that [[DeclarationOfProtection they ''will'' keep him safe]]. Even during Fourth Impact, she shows that she's worried about him.]] |
| 526 | * PleasePutSomeClothesOn: In Q, [[spoiler:Shinji asks this of [=ReiQ=] after he finds her naked in her quarters. What may have been funny under other circumstances becomes rather something of an IronicEcho to Shinji's fateful visit to Rei's appartment; During the following conversation, it becomes apparent that the person he's talking to is ''not'' our Rei...]] |
| 527 | * PoorCommunicationKills: ''3.0'' may as well be the poster boy for this trope. Shinji is trying to figure out what the hell happened after ''2.0'', but all his inquiries get him are [[spoiler:death threats by Misato, a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown by Asuka and collective silence (or untimely interruptions, the beatdown being an example) from everyone else. And when they finally are telling what's happening, they are interrupted by Mark.09 attacking the Wunder. He doesn't even ''know'' that there are other Rei clones, or that he caused Near-Third Impact until two-thirds through the film. And to top it all off, it was ''Kaworu'' who ultimately had to fill him in.]] |
| 528 | ** The ultimate communication failure is probably Shinji not listening to Kaworu when he tries to tell him not to [[spoiler:pull out the spears]]. They're both at fault really - Kaworu could only give vague warnings since he only had ''a horrible feeling'' (he didn't seem to know exactly what would happen if [[spoiler:the ''two'' Longinus spears were pulled out]]), while Shinji was just so ''desperate'' to try to fix everything that Kaworu's vague warnings went through one ear and out the other. [[spoiler:This culminates in Fourth Impact.]] |
| 529 | ** That one could also be seen as an [[InvertedTrope Inversion]]. Kaworu clearly tells to Shinji that "something isn't right", that [[spoiler:they need both the Lances of Cassius and Longinus to undo the Near-Third Impact, but those two lances are supposed to look different while the two in front of them are identical]], and while he doesn't seems to know what would happen if they [[spoiler:pull the twin Spears of Longinus from Lilith]] he begs Shinji to stop and listen. But Shinji is too determined [[TheAtoner to atone]] for [[MyGreatestFailure his biggest failure]] to be able to process the thought that ''he can not redo'' the past. |
| 530 | ** Asuka joined too in the same scene when Shinji [[spoiler:explained clearly to her that he didn't have the intention to set off another Impact but wanted to repair the world with the spear]], instead of taking at least a few seconds to try to tell him ''why'' he should stop [[spoiler:and surrender, charged him with the intention to take him down, ending with her defeat and being powerless to stop Shinji from pulling out the spears.]] |
| 531 | ** ''Thrice Upon a Time'' demonstrates this may in fact be the entire ''theme'' of the franchise. [[spoiler: After twenty-plus years of storytelling, the world is only truly saved and the ''Evangelion'' cycle broken when Shinji and Gendo finally stop fighting against each other and ''have a damn conversation as a family''.]] |
| 532 | * PowerLimiter: [[spoiler:The twin Lances of Longinus in ''3.0'' appear to do this for Eva 13, glowing a radiant white during its awakening and allowing the Eva to hold a solid form instead of transforming into an [[EnergyBeings energy being]].]] |
| 533 | * ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler:Shinji reactivating Unit 01 to save Rei was only possible due to this]]. While not outright subverted or deconstructed, the basic trope is still warped in an interesting way: In most works, the power of love is what causes the villain's undoing, a force that screws up their plans because they cannot comprehend it. This includes [=EoE=] itself where Rei's love for Shinji makes her betray Gendo. Here, however, [[spoiler:the antagonists explicitly pushed the two of them together with the intentions of exploiting the strength of their connection and set Shinji up to inadvertently blow up the earth in his attempt to save her. Also, whether he actually saved her or not is currently up in the air as of the GutPunch conga that was ''3.0''.]] |
| 534 | * PreAsskickingOneliner |
| 535 | ** "[[spoiler:Give. Ayanami. Back]]." |
| 536 | ** [[spoiler:"ZA BEASTO!"]] Well, granted, the ass-kicking on that one [[DidntSeeThatComing didn't go exactly as planned]], but it still fits. |
| 537 | * PrecisionFStrike: |
| 538 | ** ''"Just... fucking... die!!!"'' |
| 539 | ** ''"Point blank, shithead!!"'' |
| 540 | * ProductPlacement: |
| 541 | ** The camera lingers on brand-name foods occasionally, such as a Pizza Hut logo that shows up in the first movie. |
| 542 | ** When Shinji first opens Misato's fridge, she has shelves packed full of Doritos and, as in the original TV series, Yebisu beer. |
| 543 | ** In the original series, Asuka's shipping boxes are labeled [[BlandNameProduct DHU]], but they clearly say Deutsche Post in ''Rebuild''. |
| 544 | ** Misato's laptop is a Panasonic. So is [[spoiler:Kensuke's videocamera in ''3.0+1.0''.]] |
| 545 | ** The Wunder's crew uses rugged Panasonic laptops from the ''Toughbook'' series to restart NERV's systems in Paris. Doubles as a case of ShownTheirWork because the series is well known among engineers and technicians for its reliability in harsh environments and for coming with specialized IO options from the factory. |
| 546 | ** Yamaha's still around and selling product 14 years after Near-Third Impact, as Kaworu's piano can attest to. |
| 547 | ** One scene near the end of ''3.0 + 1.0'' shows [[Platform/PlayStation4 DualShock 4s]] jerry-rigged into some studio equipment. |
| 548 | ** [[spoiler: Kensuke]] drives a Suzuki Jimny in ''Thrice Upon a Time''. |
| 549 | ** Also in ''Thrice'', Maya can be seen using an [=iPad=] with a visible Creator/{{Apple}} logo. |
| 550 | * ProtagonistCenteredMorality: Shinji's actions in the second film [[spoiler:all comes back to bite him back in the ass in the worst way possible in ''3.0.'']] |
| 551 | * PunBasedTitle: |
| 552 | ** As noted in IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming, "Q" has multiple meanings in Japanese. Starting with the obvious, "Q" is used as a substitute for "kyu" [[note]]Quickening[[/note]], which indicates a faster-paced storyline than the previous. When used literally in Japanese, "Q" [[note]]Decision[[/note]] is used as an abbreviation. ''[[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic Both]]'' definitions are [[ShoutOut extremely climatic points]] present in the original series and ''End of Evangelion''. [[FridgeBrilliance In fact]], the former was used for the final two episodes of the series, and the latter was [[MindScrew mostly based around]] Shinji's decision for saving the world. |
| 553 | ** There's also ''Thrice Upon a Time'', as the English title for ''3.0 + 1.0'', since "thrice" refers to the number three and "a" refers to the number one. |
| 554 | * RaceLift: Unit 01 now has pasty white skin, red eyes and red teeth instead of the brown skin, green eyes and white teeth the NGE version possessed. [[spoiler:Justified since this Unit 01 is implied to be an Adam instead of Lilith's offspring.]] |
| 555 | * RagtagBunchOfMisfits: [[spoiler:WILLE; an amalgamation of whatever military organisations survived Third Impact, including soldiers who grew to maturity since then who've been given whatever hasty training was possible during the struggle to survive.]] |
| 556 | * RammingAlwaysWorks: |
| 557 | ** Subverted: [[spoiler:in the climax of ''3.0.'', the ''Wunder'' rams into Eva-13 in its new godly form, which, while still causing damage, isn't enough to stop it.]] |
| 558 | ** In ''3.0+1.0'', [[spoiler:Misato sacrifices herself by ramming the Wunder into the Imaginary Lilith, delivering the Spear of Gaius to Shinji.]] |
| 559 | * RasputinianDeath: [[spoiler:Evangelions 09 and 13 can take incredible amounts of abuse before ceasing operations. Mark.09 in particular only dies after Unit 02 self-destructs ''in its mouth.'']] |
| 560 | * {{Reconstruction}}: Of the source material. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin It's even right there in the title]]. Seemingly used as an apology for [[DysfunctionJunction everything the]] [[TearJerker original series did]] [[MindScrew to the viewer]], though those things are still there just much milder - in fact, a good analogy for the reconstruction is that the flaws and cracks of the characters and setting are still there, they're just much less prone to breaking, and when they do its not without good reason. [[spoiler: Even though there's ''3.0'', reminding everyone that this is indeed an Evangelion series, some of the aspects of the movie indicate that things may turn for the better.]] Perhaps the most moving reimagining is what they do with the theme that the characters simply seek love and affection from others - rather than wallowing in this desire until things are too late, it's that exact desire that ''means'' they're willing to reach out to others, even if first, they need to take baby steps or even regress. Shinji is more considerate of others and proactive in helping those he loves, Asuka isn't the borderline-violent tsundere she once was when she starts growing closer to others, and even Gendo gets this treatment [[spoiler: finally realizing he is to blame for his own emotional isolation and reconciling with his son; ''this'' is what earns him the right to be with Yui, rather than remaining the distant, manipulative planner he did in the original series. And ultimately, is what ensures a positive ending for everyone, because Shinji was willing to move on and reach out rather than let the pain his father caused him hold him back from others.]] |
| 561 | * RecycledSoundtrack: |
| 562 | ** The films use new renditions of the 1995 music tracks from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''. |
| 563 | ** ''2.0'' uses new renditions of some tracks from ''Manga/HisAndHerCircumstances'' (Hideaki Anno's next series, with music by the same composer) and one track from the 1979 semiclassic ''The Man Who Stole the Sun''. |
| 564 | ** Stilt-Angel's theme sounds plucked right out of ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' (another soundtrack by Shiro Sagisu). |
| 565 | ** "God's Message," which plays during Asuka's fight with the Angel in 3.0's opening sequence, is a slightly remixed rendition of "[[Anime/{{NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater}} Light of Babel]]" (which Sagisu also composed). |
| 566 | ** The ''Wunder'''s theme, "The Anthem," is a new orchestral rendition of "[[Anime/{{NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater}} Our Almighty Battleship, New Nautilus]]." |
| 567 | ** ''Thrice Upon a Time'' plays "Clash! Todoroki vs. Great Demon Ship" from the 1977 {{Tokusatsu}} film ''The War in Space'' during [[spoiler: the Wunder's attack on NERV HQ]], and "VOYAGER ~ Hizuke no Nai Bohyou" from the 1984 sci-fi film ''Bye-Bye Jupiter'' during [[spoiler: the pivotal ending scene where Shinji rejects Instrumentality and saves the human race]]. |
| 568 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: [[spoiler:When Shinji snaps, his eyes change color]]. This also applies to [[spoiler:the Evangelions, infact, red eyes apparently precede an awakening.]] |
| 569 | * TheRemnant: NERV is still around in ''3.0'' [[spoiler:after the TimeSkip. Although its manpower seems to have been reduced to a handful of people and fully automated installations, with Gendo still pulling the strings.]] |
| 570 | * RenegadeSplinterFaction: [[spoiler:WILLE to NERV. Inverting the trope, WILLE's goals are benevolent compared to its progenitor agency.]] |
| 571 | * ReplacementGoldfish: Averted with Shinji and [[spoiler:Rei Q. Once he has acertained that she is not the same girl he knew and that her being a clone doesn't make her the same person, he mourns "his" Rei and treats Rei Q like the EmptyShell-like stranger she appeared to be at the time. This also shows that he wasn't just seeing Yui in her, because Rei Q still looks like Yui.]] |
| 572 | * ResetButton: |
| 573 | ** [[spoiler:In Q, the Lances of Cassius and Longinus (along with two souls to wield them) can be used as such, or rather, it's suggested it will simply restore the earth back into a planet humans can survive on as the earth is slowly becoming uninhabitable for humans. What they find instead is, in fact, two of the same lance that [[NiceJobBreakingItHero continues the obliteration of human civilization]] rather than undo it, much to Shinji's [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone immediate horror]].]] |
| 574 | ** [[spoiler:Happens to happier results in ''3.0 + 1.01'', where Shinji recreates a world free of Evangelions and Angels, and the cast is implied to be much happier for it.]] |
| 575 | * LaResistance: [[spoiler:WILLE, comprised of ex-NERV members, is this to NERV and SEELE.]] |
| 576 | * RestrainingBolt: Unit 02 has ''literal'' restraining bolts intended to limit is power and maintain its pseudo-human nature. Mari was able to release them to activate the Beast mode. It's likely that these restraints are also present in the other Evas, though 02 may have the most complete set as a production model. [[spoiler:They're ejected entirely when Asuka activates the Code 777 beast mode.]] |
| 577 | ** The Lance of Longinus retains this function, keeping Lilith dormant on her cross. [[spoiler:The Lance of Cassius is one as well.]] |
| 578 | * RewritingReality: [[spoiler:Happens at the end of ''3.0 + 1.01'', where Shinji not only returns all Evangelions and Failures of Infinity back to their original forms but also rewrites all of reality into a world without Evas and Angels, which transforms into a world similar to our own.]] |
| 579 | * RightHandVersusLeftHand: The finale of Q. So ''much.'' [[spoiler:Both Shinji and Asuka were actually trying to save the world - But only one of them had correct intel on what pulling those accursed spears would actually do. Meanwhile, Kaworu figures out what Gendo was really planning; but instead of listening to him, Shinji decides he must have gone nuts if he's taking Asuka's side, so he disconnects Kaworu's Eva controls and charges off to accidentally almost destroy the world again... almost a literal example.]] |
| 580 | %%* RousingSpeech: Misato to Shinji. |
| 581 | * RogerRabbitEffect: The final shot of ''3.0+1.0'' shows live-action footage of the train station the characters are at, with the characters animated to blend in with the footage. |
| 582 | * RuleOfDrama: The lack of communication in ''3.33'', [[spoiler:specifically Shinji absolutely refusing to believe Wille when they tell him about the TimeSkip and Rei's absence, and later totally disregarding Kaworu when he says they should leave the should leave the Spears alone for now. Thanks to these two easily-avoidable events, he plays right into Gendo's hands.]] |
| 583 | * RuleOfSymbolism: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-C3ySFk9lI The piano from the teaser trailer for Q]]. ''Quatre Mains'' (four hands) is a duet song with the trailer focusing on a grand piano. |
| 584 | ** [[spoiler:Shinji's rescue of Rei at the end of 2.0. To do so, he descends to deeper and deeper plug depths until he reaches the ultimate barrier, which appears as a pool of water. On the other side, his body appears ghostly white (just like Rei's) before it begins to decompose. Shinji's journey was basically a descent into the Well of Souls to bring Rei back from the dead.]] |
| 585 | ** Shinji's tape player counts as well in a SpotTheThread way, specially in 2.0 and 3.0; in the first, it's linked with his desire to bond with his father, [[spoiler:after the Eva-03 incident, he throws it away, only to be found by Rei afterwards, by the time of the fight with Zeruel and what happened afterwards, it comes to represent his hope]]; in the latter, this meaning is carried on but in a different context, [[spoiler:as in the hope of atonement and redemption that Kaworu gives to him, signified by him in bringing the tape into the entry plug of the Eva-13, after the near Fourth Impact and Kaworu's death, he accidentally drops the tape while Asuka drags him into the wild, reflecting his loss of hope and will to live.]] |
| 586 | * SameCharacterButDifferent |
| 587 | * ScaryShinyGlasses |
| 588 | ** It wouldn't be ''Evangelion'' without'em. Though in at least one case, the shininess is shown to come from a screen rather than Gendo's sheer awesome. |
| 589 | ** Mari can switch between {{Meganekko}} and ScaryShinyGlasses at the drop of a hat. |
| 590 | * SceneryCensor: Asuka becomes a victim of this trope after her shocked reaction at seeing Pen-Pen in the shower for the first time, standing in the exact same position where Shinji was when he was scared by the penguin in both the original TV series and ''1.0''... though this time, she got the addition of a bent straw to cover her nipples in ''2.0''. Shinji, however, gets to see her full frontal -- and, as expected, receives a full-on [[MegatonPunch Megaton Kick]] to the face as punishment. |
| 591 | * SceneryGorn: ''3.0'' possesses some truly breathtaking shots of the scarred, ruined landscape once Shinji learns the truth of what happened during Near Third Impact. Likewise, the beginning of ''3.0+1.0'' has the kids walking through a ruined cityscape that has been turned red by the effects of the Impact. |
| 592 | %%* SceneryPorn |
| 593 | * SchizoTech: Rotary phones and Shinji's tape player exist harmoniously alongside modern laptops and cell phones. The Tape Player is said to be his father's, and it's one of Shinji's last possessions from him [[spoiler:(indeed, Shinji throws it away later when he rejects his father's orders, so he might have kept it as a keepsake rather than it being a common item)]]. Rotary phones require much less power than push button phones (being mechanically powered), and in the resource-scarce world after the Second Impact, that would make them useful. |
| 594 | * SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: Anno and crew actually seem to be trying to avert this as much as possible this time around. A good little example is during Unit 05's bootup sequence at the start of ''Rebuild 2.0''; evidently Joe Average Evangelion has ~250 ''terabytes'' of active memory, which seems about right for all the calculations an Eva would need to operate. |
| 595 | * SecurityCling: Asuka does this in her {{tsundere}} fashion, entering Shinji's bed at night and lying with her back to him. |
| 596 | * SelfDestructiveCharge: [[spoiler:The final battle of the second movie is this, full-stop. Not only is Shinji increasing his plug depth to the point that his life is in mortal danger, but when he reaches for Rei, his skin starts to split open.]] |
| 597 | * SenselessSacrifice: [[spoiler:Kaworu shoulders the blame for 4th Impact and allows the DSS Choker to kill him, believing it will stop Eva 13 and close the Door of Guf. However, this merely weakens the Eva, and as Mari shows shortly after, ejecting both entry plugs would have achieved the desired result.]] |
| 598 | * SequelEscalation: The TV series / ''End of Evangelion'' ended with Third Impact. [[spoiler:In this version, "Near" Third Impact happens at the halfway mark, Fourth Impact partially occurs in ''3.0'', and there's still one more movie to go.]] Additionally, each film becomes gorier and darker than the last. |
| 599 | * SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: [[spoiler:What Shinji and Kaworu intend to do with the spears - By Kaworu's words, "What has been changed by EVA can also be changed back by EVA". Unfortunately, they didn't know the movie they were in was called "You can (not) redo"]]. [[note]]Kaworu wanted to bring forth ''change'' (as his words explicitly say over there) for the lilin's survival and help Shinji atone for his sins, meanwhile Shinji wanted to bring back the world of the past and deny change ever happened or would happen. Shinji just tragically misunderstood in his desperation. There was a very distinctive difference between their intentions ultimately: Kaworu wanted to move forward and change, while Shinji wanted to move backwards and remain the same.[[/note]] |
| 600 | * ShipperOnDeck: |
| 601 | ** Mari ''may'' be this in ''3.0'', or maybe she just likes teasing Asuka about Shinji. |
| 602 | --->'''Mari:''' ([[PlayfulCatSmile Catsmiling]]) You sure you didn't visit him ''just'' to see his face?\ |
| 603 | '''Asuka:''' No! I went there just to punch it! Now I feel so much better! |
| 604 | ** At the climax of the movie, she also tells Shinji to [[spoiler:"At least save the Princess! You're a man, aren't you?!"]] referring to Asuka. |
| 605 | * ShipSinking: |
| 606 | ** After delivering plenty tease for several pairings (mainly Shinji/Rei and Shinji/Asuka), in the first movies, ''3.0'' tries to torpedo them: [[spoiler:The original Rei is either flat-out ''dead'' or still [[EldritchLocation stuck elsewhere]], and Shinji absolutely will not accept Rei Q as a replacement, Kaworu dies, and although Shinji shows signs of being attracted to Asuka, she seems thinking of him as a selfish, immature child.]] |
| 607 | ** ''3.0 + 1.01'' takes another turn by [[spoiler:laying on Shinji/Mari instead, with Asuka admitting to Shinji just before the final battle that she used to like him but [[AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder moved on with her life during his absence]] ([[{{Tsundere}} or at least that's what she says]], given that she's flustered when she learns that Shinji reciprocated those feelings) while Rei isn't even touched as a love interest by the narrative.]] |
| 608 | * ShipTease: |
| 609 | ** A lot more obvious this time, particularly between Shinji and Rei during ''1.0'' and ''2.0''. |
| 610 | ** ''3.0'' applies a bit more of this sort of shipping, as well as going off in a different direction. Namely, between Kaworu and Shinji, as well as some less prevalent teasing between Asuka and Shinji. [[spoiler:For the latter, there's the fact that he's happy that she's alive, even though she harbors a serious grudge against him, and there's also the fact that ''she's'' the one who drags him out of the cockpit after his serious HeroicBSOD.]] Not to mention the fact that [[spoiler:in the opening scene of 3.0, Asuka screams for Shinji to help her against the Mark.04B units, and in response Shinji somehow awakens Unit-01 after ''years'' of it being inactive, to save her. Cue HeldGaze between the stunned Asuka and the Evangelion unit]]. |
| 611 | ** ''3.0 + 1.01'' also validates the Shinji/Asuka pairing even if that's not the narrative end goal of the movie. [[spoiler:Asuka forcefully tries to get Shinji to overcome his own depression out of concern for his well-being, although she refuses to admit it. She also checks on him frequently when he's waiting at the lake to make sure that he's okay, and later warms up to him and notes that he's matured. In a conversation at the end of the film, the two admit that they had romantic feelings for one another in the past (and it's implied that they still do, to some extent), even if they don't end up being a couple at the end of the film.]] |
| 612 | * SigilSpam: NERV puts their logo on ''everything!'' SEELE gets to join in on the fun, too. |
| 613 | * SillyRabbitCynicismIsForLosers: This trope appears at the first half and near end of ''3.0'': [[spoiler:in the former, Misato's (and perhaps WILLE in general) bitterness and distrust towards Shinji is what makes him go with Rei Q when she comes for him; and at the end, Asuka's unwillingness to talk or reason with Shinji is what pushes him to his breaking point and eventual retrieval of the lances.]] |
| 614 | * SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: In ''3.0'', this trope [[spoiler:is shown in the [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt consequences]] from Shinji's actions in ''2.0'' and to a lesser extent in the climax of ''3.0'' in which Shinji's desperation makes him trigger Fourth Impact.]] |
| 615 | * SomeoneToRememberHimBy: [[spoiler:Kaji Ryoji Jr]]. The revelation of his existence in ''3.0 + 1.0'' is the first and only proof that his parents were even a couple (''2.0'' shows them as exes without any sign that they ended up reconciling like they more explicitly did in the original anime). That said, [[spoiler:Misato]] makes no effort to actually be a mother, leaving her child in the care of others while she dedicates her life to WILLE. |
| 616 | * SoundtrackDissonance: Wouldn't be ''Evangelion'' without it! |
| 617 | ** Twice in ''2.0'': [[spoiler:A children's song plays while Unit-01 munches on the out-of-control Unit-03, and it plays again when Shinji kicks off the Third Impact.]] |
| 618 | ** Q does it as well, with "Ode to Joy" playing [[spoiler:as Shinji accidentally sets off Fourth Impact]]. It wouldn't be ''Evangelion'' without Beethoven, either. |
| 619 | ** In ''3.0+1.0'', "Joy to the World," best known to most people as a ''Christmas song'', plays [[spoiler:as Misato rams the Wunder through Imaginary Lilith's hands and into her eye, eventually sacrificing herself to bring the Spear of Gaius to Shinji.]] It's way more epic than it has any right to be. |
| 620 | * SpaceBase: Tabgha Base, NERV's lunar base, the site of [[spoiler:Evangelion Mark.06]]'s construction and [[spoiler:Kaworu]]'s home until the end of 2.0. |
| 621 | * SpectacularSpinning: Before it can take off, the Wunder needs to use a bunch of spinning power plants to crank up a giant flywheel for powering up the ignition system of the main engine, before it switches to Unit-01 as a power source. It then defeats several Nemesis units by spinning them around and smashing them into each other, before [[MoreDakka opening fire with]] [[WaveMotionGun dorsal railguns]] and completely eviscerating them. |
| 622 | * SpiderMech: EVA-05, though not by choice, since they sent it into combat in an emergency. |
| 623 | * SpotTheThread: There are several visual indications that ''Rebuild'' is more than a direct remake of the original ''Evangelion'', including: |
| 624 | * StealthHiBye: Misato pulls off a superb Stealth Hi on Shinji and Asuka while the latter is complaining about the "lack of privacy" (sliding doors) in Misato's house. The two are appropriately freaked out once they notice her. |
| 625 | * StealthSequel: A number of key details throughout the film series suggest, but don't directly confirm, that the series is somehow a sequel to the events of the ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' anime and ''The End of Evangelion''. To wit: |
| 626 | ** The red ocean at the beginning is indicated to be a result of Second Impact in ''Rebuild'', but it distinctly mirrors the red/orange ocean from ''End of Evangelion'' and the framing is taken from scenes near the end of the movie as well. |
| 627 | ** In the opening scene in ''1.0'', we see a picture of some houses flooded by the red water, with an outline of what looks like an MP EVA in the cross-position from the end of ''End'', where the MP [=EVAs=] had fallen to the ground. |
| 628 | ** The scene right at the end where we see what looks like the original version of Lilith in a grave on the Moon. |
| 629 | ** The enormous red streak running across the moon's surface, mirroring the blood spray that Rei/Lilith left on the moon in ''End'' when she died. Behind the scenes, however, [[AllThereInTheScript the script and storyboards]] shows this to also be a result of ''Rebuild''[='s=] version of Second Impact. |
| 630 | ** Kaworu's line at the end of ''2.0'', "This time, I'll make you happy." This time? |
| 631 | ** [[spoiler:In ''3.0'', Gendo briefly speaks to the head of a dead, smiling Rei corpse.]] |
| 632 | ** [[spoiler:Kaworu was the First Angel before being forced into acting as the Thirteenth in ''3.0''.]] |
| 633 | ** [[spoiler:In ''3.0'', Kaworu tells Shinji "I ''really was'' born to meet you", paralleling a conversation from the original series where he told him "Maybe I was born to meet you."]] |
| 634 | ** [[spoiler:In ''3.33'', people calling Shinji by his name: taking into account what he unwittingly did, it's a sign that they still see him as somebody rather than something.]] |
| 635 | ** The angel sealing runes count as this, specially in ''3.0'' [[spoiler:where they are featured in Shinji's [[ExplosiveLeash DSS Choker]] and Asuka's EyepatchOfPower]], amongst other examples. |
| 636 | ** [[spoiler:''3.0 + 1.0'' reveals that those whose name is written in a "Book of Life" are fated to continually repeat the same series of events. Kaworu's has been in it for as long as he existed and he added Shinji as well to ensure that they will always meet each other no matter what.]] |
| 637 | *** Furthermore, [[spoiler:the movie also reveals the existence of an "Anti-Universe" where fiction and reality become one, with much of the scenery in there explicitly referencing the original series and even ''breaking the fourth wall'' at times]]. |
| 638 | *** [[spoiler:At one point during Instrumentality, Gendou tells Shinji, "I chose a world that you refused," suggesting it's not just Kaworu and Shinji who are aware of events that have taken place in previous iterations of the "cycle."]] |
| 639 | * TheStinger: The first three films have one in the form of a "Next Episode Preview" recalling those of the original TV series, complete with Misato's promises of fan service. ''2.22'' goes one step further, adding an entire additional scene between the credits and the preview. |
| 640 | * StopTheHeroTwist: The climax of ''3.0'' revolves around the pilots of [[RenegadeSplinterFaction WILLE]] trying to stop Shinji Ikari from accidentally triggering Fourth Impact, which will [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt finish the job]] that the partial ''Third'' Impact he accidentally triggered in the second film started, in his drive to [[MustMakeAmends fix things thanks to his immense guilt complex]]. NiceJobBreakingItHero is occurring on both sides, even -- while Shinji is responsible for understandably [[TheyDiedBecauseOfYou wiping out much of humanity]] during the Impact, everybody who works for WILLE [[PoorCommunicationKills couldn't stop being assholes to him for just long enough to provide him with a detailed explanation]] of just ''what the hell is going on'', and in his drive to obtain answers he went back to NERV and his ManipulativeBastard of a father who then turned him into an UnwittingPawn. |
| 641 | * AStormIsComing: The Eva being brought over from the United States is airlifted into a storm cloud approaching over the Arizona desert. Lightning flickers and thunder rolls ominously. [[spoiler:Also counts as {{foreshadowing}} Unit 03's corruption by Bardiel, the angel of lightning.]] |
| 642 | * SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: |
| 643 | ** [[spoiler:Eva Mark.06 is killed off between 2.0 and 3.0 sealing the 12th Angel.]] |
| 644 | ** [[spoiler:Rei Q suffers the same fate in ''3.0 + 1.0'', liquefying without warning the instant her plugsuit's life support system runs out of power.]] |
| 645 | * SuperPrototype: As in the original series, EVA-01 (the "Test Type") seems to be a whole lot more powerful than the later production models. And then there is the Mark.06, Kaworu's very own EVA, which is openly described as [[spoiler:having an "odd" construction method. Which is to say, it's built on top of something that looked a ''lot'' like series-Lilith]]. This seems to be a reference to the mass grave of Eva-prototypes Ritsuko referred to as a "dumping ground" as she revealed it to Misato. |
| 646 | ** In 3.0, the Mark.06 is revealed to be [[spoiler:the can for ''the Twelfth Angel itself'', which has its entire body being a core]]. The Mark.09 and Unit-13 counts as well: |
| 647 | *** The Mark.09, a Unit-00 lookalike, [[spoiler:is an Angel-like entity referred to as "Adams' Vessel" and is outright confirmed to have been the entity originally controlling the [[CoolAirship Wunder]]. It even tries to hijack the ship during the final battle.]] |
| 648 | *** Unit-13 [[spoiler:was built specifically for starting Fourth Impact. Uniquely among Evas, it has two entry plugs and accordingly two pilots. In ''3.0'', the Eva's "pseudo-evolved form" was impaled by not one but TWO Spears of Longinus AND one of its pilots committed suicide in the entry plug... yet the Eva still kept going until the other pilot's entry plug was forcibly ejected.]] |
| 649 | * SurprisinglyHappyEnding: After an unrelentingly bleak ''3.33'', the ''Rebuild'' series ends on a happy note with ''3.0 + 1.01'', [[spoiler:with Shinji successfully stopping Instrumentality, restoring life to a world without the pain caused by Evangelions, and helping Gendo, Asuka, Kaworu, and Rei come to terms with their problems, before running off with Mari to a more hopeful future]]. |
| 650 | * SwivelChairAntics: Misato spins around on a chair in ''2.0''. |
| 651 | * TakeMyHand: [[spoiler:Both ''1.0'' and ''2.0'' end with Shinji offering Rei his hand.]] |
| 652 | ** [[spoiler:Kaworu offers his hand to Shinji, who takes it, symbolizing his trust in Kaworu and the extent of their friendship.]] |
| 653 | * TakeThat: |
| 654 | ** ''3.33'' has the honour of actually slapping both ends of the Idealism and Cynicism scale. |
| 655 | ** Taking into account that Anno has gone into rehabilitation, then a possible interpretation of some parts of the plot of ''3.33'' can be counted as a general slap to the face to the deep end of the scale of cynicism [[spoiler:in the form of WILLE (and by extension, Asuka and Misato): their general attitude, overall bitterness and the obvious lack of communication is what forces Shinji to escape at the beginning. If that wasn't enough, the fight at Central Dogma and the following events could have been prevented had Asuka stopped to talk to Shinji, who was clearly confused and willing to reason with her]]. In short, while reckless idealism leads to mistakes, complete cynicism accomplishes nothing, and in fact, can be even worse at times. |
| 656 | ** Then again, considering communication breakdown is inherent to EVA's theme (as well as the dissolution of the concepts of "fairness" or "deserved privilege"), the slap may as well been meant for those expecting [[spoiler:an evenhanded exposition of what had happened over the past 14 years—Shinji and the viewer alike]]. When emotions flare, sometimes dialogue fails and confusion prevails; all one can do is make the best of that which with they're left. |
| 657 | * TakingYouWithMe: |
| 658 | ** In her debut, Mari does this to take down an Angel. She ends up OK; her EVA and the Angel don't. This was apparently purposefully planned out by the NERV commanders. |
| 659 | ** Later on, [[spoiler:Rei attempted the same with Zeruel and an N2 missile. As it turns out, Zeruel's body is Ragnarok-proof; Unit-00 isn't.]] |
| 660 | ** In ''3.0.'', [[spoiler:realizing she can't defeat the Eva Mark-09 normally, Asuka self-destructs Eva-02 to take it out (though she ejects safely before the explosion).]] |
| 661 | * TemptingFate: [[spoiler:While on his [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge rampage]] to rescue Rei from Zeruel, Shinji mentions that he doesn't care what happens to him or the rest of the world as long as he gets her back. [[OhCrap Guess]] [[NiceJobBreakingItHero what]] [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt happens]].]] |
| 662 | * ThemeNaming: |
| 663 | ** The same as the original series, with a partial change (Asuka lost a carrier in her full name). |
| 664 | ** Further, the female pilot's names are Rei [=AyaNAMI=], Asuka Langley [=ShikiNAMI=], and Mari Illustrious [=MakiNAMI=]. |
| 665 | ** [[spoiler:The trend of naming organizations after German words for the mind/soul continues in ''3.0''. After Gehirn (brain), Seele (soul) and Nerv (nerve) now comes Wille (will).]] |
| 666 | * ThereAreNoTherapists: |
| 667 | ** A very meta aversion. No matter how this ends, it's nice to know Anno's a lot happier then when he started the franchise. |
| 668 | ** Played straight for [[spoiler:many of the embittered survivors of Near Third Impact in ''3.0''.]] |
| 669 | *** This ''might'' be [[JustifiedTrope justified]] in 3.0, since [[spoiler:Third Impact caused massive destruction and eliminated a large part of the Earth's (already reduced) population, so there really might be few to no therapists around, and no colleges/literature to instruct new ones.]] |
| 670 | * TheyDiedBecauseOfYou: In ''3.0'', [[spoiler:Misato and Kaworu explain that Shinji causing Third Impact wiped out most of humanity. This doesn't sit well with Shinji.]] |
| 671 | * ThroatLight: Unit 01 vs. Zeruel, complete with breath that sounds like pissed-off winter. [[spoiler:But no breath weapon to accompany the EyeBeams.]] |
| 672 | * ThroughHisStomach: Rei's opening up in ''2.0'' is triggered by Shinji giving Rei some food. Both Asuka and Rei attempt to do this to Shinji, though in Rei's case it's to get Shinji and Gendo to reconcile. [[spoiler:''3.0 + 1.0'' makes a dark reprise on this with Asuka ForceFeeding Shinji after the latter has [[TooUnhappyToBeHungry become so traumatized that he's no longer eating anything]] and in fact [[StressVomit has trouble keeping any food down]].]] |
| 673 | * TimeSkip: [[spoiler:''3.0'' starts off 14 years after the events of ''2.0''.]] |
| 674 | * TitleDrop: [[spoiler: At the end of ''3.0+1.0,'' when Shinji tells Rei his plan to rewrite reality into a world without Evas and Angels, he describes this new world as a [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion "Neon Genesis".]]]] |
| 675 | * TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse: Naturally, considering it's where Lilith is kept. |
| 676 | * TomatoInTheMirror: ''3.0+1.0'' reveals that Asuka is [[spoiler:a clone, the only one in the Shikinami-line of clones that was successfully created.]] |
| 677 | * TookALevelInBadass: Shinji once again against Zeruel. [[spoiler:And to top it off: while it's ambiguous why Unit 01 reactivates in the series... it's extremely obvious that it was ''Shinji himself'' forcing his Eva to reactivate this time around.]] |
| 678 | * ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: The finale of ''3.0''. [[spoiler:Talk first, shoot later, Asuka, especially if the enemy seems willing to talk! Hear Kaworu out before you touch the artifacts of Doom, Shinji! And Kaworu... Couldn't you have thought of ''any'' other course of action that the one you took?]] |
| 679 | * TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Specifically, [[spoiler:Asuka's eyepatch appearance]] during the trailer for ''3.0''. Although we knew they were still alive, we weren't sure if they were [[spoiler:''still human''.]] |
| 680 | * TraumaCongaLine: By the time of ''3.0'', [[spoiler:Shinji is unable to save Rei and is isolated from his former friends for causing Third Impact. Then, he goes with Kaworu to try to fix things by instigating Fourth Impact. Unfortunately, things get a lot worse when it's revealed that Fourth Impact will wipe out the rest of humanity, forcing Kaworu to sacrifice himself before Shinji's eyes]]. After all of this, it's no wonder Shinji crossed the DespairEventHorizon. |
| 681 | * TrilogyCreep: Originally, the series was to be two individual features followed by two shorts packaged together as a third "film". After the resounding success of ''2.0'', however, plans apparently changed and ''3.0'' and ''3.0+1.0'' were both expanded and made into feature-length movies themselves. |
| 682 | * {{Tsundere}}: This time around, Asuka is closer to an ''actual'' Tsundere than just a female-{{Jerkass}}, in that she actually ''expresses'' her better side through kind behavior towards other people, rather than holding it in. [[spoiler:She becomes '''far''' heavier on the ''tsun'' side in ''3.0'', after what she's been through.]] |
| 683 | * TwoBeingsOneBody: Evangelion Unit-13 is piloted by both Shinji and Kaworu. In addition, the preview for ''Evangelion 3.0+1.0'' shows an [=EVA=] composed of one half of Unit-02's body and one half of Unit-08's body stuck together, entitled Unit 8+2. [[spoiler:It turns out to be a RedHerring - until Unit-08 enters an "overlapping mode" and proceeds to cannibalize several other Evas. Unit-13 also gets back in the game as, in addition to Kaworu, it now also somehow contains Asuka's original, with Gendo as the sole pilot.]] |
| 684 | * TwoGirlsToATeam: Inverted. Shinji and Kaworu are the two guys to the other girls. |
| 685 | * UnholyHolySword: [[spoiler:What about those so called "Spears of Hope" again, Shinji?]] |
| 686 | * UnstoppableRage: After Unit-01 takes out the infected Unit-03 [[spoiler:with Asuka inside]] using the dummy plugs, Shinji goes berserk and starts attacking the NERV pyramid himself until Gendo gets ''bored'' and orders the LCL pressure inside the EVA to unsafe levels, causing Shinji to pass out (so actually a Very Stoppable Rage, as it turns out). [[spoiler:And then, there is his behavior in the battle against Zeruel.]] |
| 687 | * UpdatedRerelease: ''1.01'' and ''1.11'', we're looking at you. ''1.01'' added several new elements to the original theatrical release of ''1.0'', and ''1.11'' fixes problems with that release (most notably, severe darkness issues). Although there were certainly American fans in a rage when Funimation announced they'd be releasing ''1.01''...given that ''1.11'' had already been out for ''months'' in Japan. Fans in the UK luckily did not have to suffer this; ''1.01'' and ''1.11'' were released as a double-disc set, albeit several months after the US release. Meanwhile ''2.0'' and ''3.0'' were similarly tweaked and released as ''2.22'' and ''3.33'', but without the problem of staggered DVD and BD releases. |
| 688 | ** There is now a newer release of 3.0 entitled 3.33''3''.[[labelnote:note]]Yes, they really did add another 3.[[/labelnote]] This release updates the visuals of the movie to be released in IMAX theaters and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray. |
| 689 | ** ''3.0+1.0'' had an updated ''3.0+1.01'' release as a patched theatrical release near the end of the film's theatrical run, and would be later released on Creator/AmazonPrimeVideo. This release, however, was not made for the IMAX standard and was only shown in standard formats. A ''3.0+1.11'' version was also made which further updates the film for [=DVD=], Blu-ray, and in IMAX Enhanced standards like the original ''3.0+1.0'' and ''3.333'' for 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray. |
| 690 | * UpgradeVsPrototypeFight: The trailer for ''3.0+1.0'' and the final movie proper shows Unit-01 -- the test-type Evangelion -- duelling Unit-13 with the two Lances of Longinus. |
| 691 | * ValuesDissonance: An InUniverse example. Asuka, as in the original TV series, grumbles at least thrice about the Japanese, including [[ApologizesALot apologizing a lot]], [[CannotSpitItOut not spitting it out]], and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Japanese doors]]. Misato interrupts one of these rants by demonstrating another annoying Japanese cultural Quirk: [[StealthHiBye Fucking Ninjas!]] |
| 692 | * VaporWear: As noted by Asuka, the experimental plugsuit [[spoiler:during the EVA-03 test]] is even tighter than standard issue and barely covers anything. It's actually a full-body-covering suit, but the lighter midsection ''looks'' like it's not there at all. |
| 693 | * {{Ventriloquism}}: Asuka having a 'conversation' with her doll about not needing others, in a highly unsettling scene. |
| 694 | * VictoryIsBoring: Discussed between Misato and Ritsuko during Shinji, Rei, and Asuka's Eva-test. |
| 695 | * ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer: This gets deconstructed in ''3.0 + 1.0'' in which Shinji's attempts to fight [[spoiler: Gendo are either [[FearfulSymmetry evenly matched]] or either [[CurbstompBattle get him thrown around like a ragdoll.]] It's only when Shinji finally forced to understand Gendo that he's able to finally end the Additional Impact.]] |
| 696 | * VisualPun: If you're wondering, 0 (zero) is replaced with "Ø" in the titles, otherwise known as the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empty_set Empty set symbol]]. ''3.0+1.0'', however, uses musical notation; the symbol is either 𝄂, which signifies the end of a piece of music, or because it has a colon in front it may instead be 𝄇, which signifies that the song must repeat from the beginning. |
| 697 | ** The 3rd Angel in 2.0 is designed by Creator/MohiroKitoh, and it is shaped like the skeleton of a dragon. "Skeleton of a dragon" in Japanese is ''Ryugai'', the {{Mon}}s in ''Manga/ShadowStar''. |
| 698 | * VitriolicBestBuds: Mari and Asuka seem to be a mild form of this in 3.0. Half of the dialogue between them includes some form of put-down, but considering that they [[spoiler:have been [[BashBrothers fighting side by side for fourteen years]] after the events of 2.0,]] they work well together when the chips are down. |
| 699 | * WeirdMoon: |
| 700 | ** It's got an enormous bloodstain stretching across it. Perhaps a nod to [=EoE=]. |
| 701 | ** [[spoiler:This gets much weirder in ''3.0''. It's perilously close to the Earth, seems to have an atmosphere, is spinning much faster than it should, and it's covered in a blood-red grid of some kind.]] |
| 702 | * WhamEpisode: One for each movie. |
| 703 | ** ''1.0'' is more or less a shot-for-shot remake of the first 6 episodes of the series... Until Ramiel shows up, and completely wrecks Shinji. [[spoiler:Misato then shows him ''Lilith'']]. After Ramiel is defeated, things seem to go back to normal... but then, there's TheStinger, which has [[spoiler:Kaworu on the moon, with the tombs of other Angels]]. There's also a blink-and-you'll-miss it line referring to Sachiel as the ''Fourth'' Angel instead of the Third, dropping an early hint that this isn't a mere remake. |
| 704 | ** The second half of ''2.0'' has [[spoiler:Asuka and Unit-03 being mauled (she survives, but is comatose) and Rei being eaten by Zeruel. Shinji then completely gives up on reality, life and himself by becoming ridiculously powerful with his EVA's AT Field. Furthermore, he unwittingly starts the Third Impact this time around by trying to save Rei. It's only with the intervention of Kaworu that the apocalypse is averted, and even then most of the Evangelion Units have been demolished while there are still more Angels to come, with both Shinji and Rei trapped inside EVA-01.]] |
| 705 | ** ''3.0'' ends on the note of [[spoiler:Shinji causing the ''Fourth'' Impact and Kaworu dying to stop it.]] |
| 706 | *** Hell, [[spoiler:'''All of ''3.0''''' could be considered one. From showing that Kaworu was too late to stop much of the damage from the Third Impact to Shinji's ''second'' fuck up, there's very little non-wham.]] |
| 707 | *** If you'd like a particular wham ''scene'', there's [[spoiler:Shinji finally seeing his a photo of his mother; and realizing the truth about Rei, Unit-01, and Gendo]]. This shoe has been waiting to drop since ''the original series.'' |
| 708 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: |
| 709 | ** [[spoiler:After Eva 13 Awakens and destroys the main shaft, New Nerv HQ takes flight, suspended by red strings of light that lead up into the Door of Guf. It's visible throughout 4th Impact until Eva 13 impales itself, and is never seen again after that. Gendo and Fuyutsuki briefly appear on some kind of command bridge with blackened viewscreens, implying they may have flown ''up into the Door of Guf'' offscreen.]] |
| 710 | *** [[spoiler:''3.0+1.0'' reveals that they have their own Wunder-class ships.]] |
| 711 | * WhatTheHellHero: |
| 712 | ** [[spoiler:Everyone in ''3.0.'' (save Kaworu, Rei, Fuyutsuki, and Sakura) call out Shinji for inadvertently causing Third Impact at the end of ''2.0'', which only left a few remaining humans. [[HeroicSelfDeprecation He feels that he deserves this]], [[TheAtoner but wants to make up for it]].]] |
| 713 | ** There's also the fact that they pulled him out of a box with an angel in it. They aren't ready to trust him right away (if ever). |
| 714 | ** In ''3.0+1.0'', Misato gives Shinji a BitchSlap for disobeying her orders to pilot an Eva. |
| 715 | * AWolfInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Eva Mark.09 looks very similar to Rei's Unit 00. It's quickly revealed as the [[EldritchAbomination Vessel of Adams]], which is a ''whole lot'' worse.]] |
| 716 | * WorldOfBadass: World of AdaptationalBadass |
| 717 | ** Beginning at the start of 1.0, with ''Sachiel''. For one thing, the standard military hits the opening Angel with ''lots'' MoreDakka than in the original, and we get a better look at how destructive the N2 Mine/missile is. None of it works. Finally, although this is more backhanded, Sachiel vs. Unit-01. Yes, Unit-01 still {{CurbStomp|Battle}}s him. The difference, is that the sequence takes noticeably ''longer'' than it did in the series. Even if Sachiel can't hope to win, he can still [[VillainousValor last a bit longer than before]]. |
| 718 | ** Then, we skip to the battle against [[AlienGeometries Ramiel]]. For the sake of keeping a short example, just compare the original fight against the one in ''Rebuild''. Ramiel, Shinji, and to one degree even Rei have ''clearly'' [[TookALevelInBadass taken numerous levels in badass]]. |
| 719 | ** Moving on to ''2.0'', Asuka [[ActionGirl takes out an Angel all by herself]]. |
| 720 | ** Then, cue the Tenth Angel. What happens when TheJuggernaut [[TookALevelInBadass Takes A Few Levels In Badass]]? '''[[OhCrap Zeruel]]'''. What happens when Shinji starts playing UnstoppableRage even better than Unit-01? [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Third]] [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Impact]]. |
| 721 | ** And then, [[BigDamnHeroes finally]], [[DynamicEntry Kaworu]]. |
| 722 | ** ''3.0 + 1.0'' manages to top pretty much everything seen in the franchise so far, from [[spoiler:Unit 02 transforming into a semi-Angel glowing giant]] to [[spoiler:'''Gendo''', of all people, getting into an Eva himself and managing to fight Shinji to a draw]]. |
| 723 | * XtremeKoolLetterz: The title of the first 3 films is written with the obsolete ''we'' katakana (ヱ) and the esoteric ''wo'' katakana (ヲ), rather than ''e'' (エ) or ''o'' (オ). The ''w'' is not pronounced when reading these characters in modern Japanese, so it is still read as ''Evangerion'' rather than ''Wevangeriwon''. It's not the first time these rarely used characters have been used in the series, as Kaworu's name has always featured the ''wo'' kana. Interestingly enough, this ''doesn't'' apply to the fourth film, which returns to the "normal" ''Evangerion'' spelling from the original anime. |
| 724 | * YankTheDogsChain: During the second movie, Rei decides to throw a dinner party for everyone she knows - [[spoiler:in order to give Shinji and Gendo a chance to reconcile their relationship]]. Unfortunately, that party was scheduled for [[spoiler:the same day in which Unit 03 is supposed to go through its activation test, and is hijacked by Bardiel - with all of the unpleasantness that follows.]] |
| 725 | * YouAreNotAlone: The subtitle of the first of the ''Rebuild'' films is surprisingly appropriate. |
| 726 | * YouDoNotWantToKnow: Shinji wants to know what the chances are of catching an Angel. Although [[NeverTellMeTheOdds Ritsuko told her the odds earlier]], Misato cheerily replies that it's best if he doesn't know that. |
| 727 | * YouKnowWhatYouDid: [[spoiler:WILLE's treatment towards Shinji shows signs of this trope in the matter of Third Impact, however, this is {{Deconstructed|Trope}} because Shinji '''truly''' didn't know what he had caused and eventually [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere led to him leaving them]]. Asuka outright confirms that the 12th Angel/Mark.06 was responsible for Third Impact during the battle in Central Dogma, but Gendo and Seele's plans hinge on Shinji ''thinking'' he's responsible and everyone hates him so he can be manipulated into piloting Eva 13.]] |
| 728 | * YourHeadAsplode: [[spoiler:Poor Kaworu bites it in a way in direct contrast to his death in the original series ----- instead of having his entire body crushed and his head pop off, the bomb collar that he takes from Shinji obliterates his face.]] |
| 729 | [[/folder]] |
| 730 | ---- |
| 731 | -->'''''[[GrandFinale Bye-bye, all of EVANGELION.]]''''' |
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