Line #102 FanFic/MobileFighterEvangelion


1	[[quoteright:192:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Eva_Ad_3939.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:192:The ad that started the whole thing.]]
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4	->''"It's all about the journey. And seeing if even the extra advantages given by 'SuperRobot Pills' can counter the '[[Creator/StudioGainax Gainax]] Syndrome' inherent in [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelion]] as a whole. Plus, as you've gathered with all the tidbits tossed around [...], this world is a bit... different, from canon."''
5	-->-- '''[[WordOfGod The Author]]''', [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showpost.php?p=5492729&postcount=829 giving somewhat of an understatement]].
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7	->''"I'm pretty sure '''Completely Awesome Absolute Disaster''', describes most of the Characters in this story. Especially Gendo."''
8	-->-- '''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/26683102/ Stavaros_Arcane]]'''
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10	In a Post-Apocalyptic world, Shinji Ikari must battle horrifying monsters in a giant robot to prevent another disaster like that which almost wiped out humanity years before... if Doctor Akagi's mad [[ForSCIENCE science]] and his own father's [[CloudCuckoolander eccentricities]] don't traumatize him first.
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12	[[NonSequitur Wait, what?]]
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14	''Mobile Fighter Evangelion'', an AlternateUniverse story, [[{{Reconstruction}} reconstructs]] Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion, the notorious {{Deconstruction}} of the SuperRobot genre, as one of the Super Robot shows it was deconstructing, based solely on the [[Tropers/UltraSonic007 author's]] memory of a print advertisement he saw as a kid.
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16	Take note, however, that WordOfGod has stated that the very nature of Evangelion itself might be too much for the might of the SuperRobot... but where's the fun in spoiling?
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18	Also take note: despite the [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam title]], and despite the use of actual Gundam units, there are no crossover elements plot-wise to any Franchise/{{Gundam}} franchise. However, aside from various [[ShoutOut/MobileFighterEvangelion shout-outs]] to other franchises, there are significant cameos from and references to ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' and ''Manga/BlackLagoon''.
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20	It can be read in [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6186041/1/Mobile_Fighter_Evangelion FF.net]] and Website/SpaceBattlesDotCom ([[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/mobile-fighter-evangelion-au-not-a-gundam-crossover.169999/ first thread]] and [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/mobile-fighter-evangelion-the-2nd-thread.202447/ second thread]]). As part of the lead-up to the finale, it has also been cross-posted to [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/mobile-fighter-evangelion-au-not-a-gundam-crossover.32638/ SufficientVelocity]].
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22	Finally, on January 6, 2017, the story concluded.
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24	Go to ''Fanfic/NobodyDies'' to read the story that inspired the creation of this particular bit of madness. Check ''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust'', ''Fanfic/TheChildOfLove'', ''Manga/{{Evangelion 303}}'', ''Fanfic/TheIkaris'', or ''Fanfic/TheOneILoveIs'' to see other AU Eva fics. Go to ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfAnElderGod'', ''Fanfic/{{Hail to the King\|ThuktunFlishithy}}'', ''Fanfic/LastChildOfKrypton'', ''Fanfic/ShinjiAndWarhammer40K'', ''Fanfic/SuperwomenOfEva'' and ''Fanfic/ThousandShinji'' if you are interested in crossovers.
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26	Note that there be spoilers below!
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29	!!Tropes used for SCIENCE!! in MFE...
30	* AdaptationPersonalityChange:
31	** Gendo is an ''awesome'' Dad for once, though as Episode 5 revealed, he's still quite the ManipulativeBastard.
32	** Ritsuko is...''passionate'' about SCIENCE, though she also seems to have GoneMadFromTheRevelation.
33	** [[TeamPet Pen-Pen]] is described as Special. Of course, [[MemeticBadass we already knew that]], but it's nice to see it acknowledged. Case in point: Pen-Pen is a Gundam pilot, or rather, he controls every Gundam in Tokyo-3.
34	** [[ShrinkingViolet Shinji]] is a "[[Manga/DragonBallZ Goku]]-like Determinator."
35	** [[EmotionlessGirl Rei]] is an [[SugarAndIcePersonality Icy]], [[DefrostingIceQueen queenly]] DrillSergeantNasty. However, she's still quite {{Moe}}, as seen in Episode 5.
36	** Mari is now an 8-year old girl, and the sister of Asuka. Curiously, she has some traits of the series version of Asuka, like insulting people she does not like.
37	** [[{{Tsundere}} Asuka]] is a [[CheerfulChild cheerful]], [[GenkiGirl excitable]] [[InnocentFanserviceGirl Innocent Fanservicing]] fangirl.
38	** Misato has a variation. Her personality is mostly the same as in canon; the difference is how she was when she was younger. In canon, Second Impact made her catatonic. In this fic, young Misato ends up in [[LandDownunder Australia]] after Second Impact and [[PluckyGirl goes on an adventure.]]
39	* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul
40	** Shinji and his Father's relationship in canon is the reason why Gendo has consistently won "Worst Father In Anime" award in polls. Here, they actually do have a relationship based on love and respect. Gendo still is a manipulative man, but it's clear they do love each other and are capable of actual conversations.
41	** Asuka in canon was infatuated with Kaji. In MFE, she's far more distant from him, though notes he's kinda cool [[spoiler: due to stronger family ties with her mother's soul, her father, and her little sister]].
42	** Rei in canon was willing to slap Shinji when he said that he thought Gendo was wrong. Rei in this story lacks the same bond with Gendo, and Shinji's first meeting with her was her calling out Gendo for trying to put an untrained pilot into an Eva. She still follows his orders as the Supreme Commander of NERV, but the relationship is more of a subordinate-superior relationship.
43	* ActionFilmQuietDramaScene: There are many examples of it on this story, but any moment of peace that Shinji has with Misato and Gendo can count as this.
44	* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Gendo's "Welcome to Tokyo-3" postcards. Several of them are amazingly epic pictures, but the last is Gendo eating a sandwich with the caption of [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 "OM]] [[MemeticMutation NOM NOM NOM."]]
45	* AscendedExtra: Mana Kirishima and Mayumi Yamagishi have been upgraded to [[spoiler:the assigned pilots for the Jet Alone Project.]] Also, they're [[spoiler:Nephilim]].
46	** In the same manner, Shiro Tokita. From only being in a single episode in the original show, he has become a part of the main cast in Tokyo-3, and a very important one.
47	* BadassBoast: Gendo Ikari gives one on behalf of humanity as a whole in Episode 16, following [[spoiler:Iruel's attack on the school]].
48	--> "So to the Angels that remain, wherever you are…because somehow, some way, I know that these words will reach you. No matter how you choose to strike us, we will ''fight''. No matter how much blood of ours you seek to shed, we will make sure that you ''choke'' on it! No matter how many times you may catch us in a moment of weakness, we will ''band together'' and ''stand as one!'' You seek to usher in the end of the world? You see us as mere lambs to be slaughtered? '''JUST WHO THE ''HELL'' DO YOU THINK WE ARE?!''' I’ll tell you who we are. We are humans. And we do not have to justify our existence to the likes of you."
49	** Upon her ascendance, [[spoiler:Zeruel]] also gives one before [[spoiler:destroying half of Berlin-2]].
50	* BadassCape: Gendo...again. Also seems to double as a UtilityBelt.
51	* BlueAndOrangeMorality: The Angels, according to Ramiel in Episode 9.
52	* BoldInflation: The psychic voices of the angels.
53	** NoIndoorVoice: All the Angels except Tabris speak in all caps. [[spoiler: Zeruel]] additionally uses italics [[spoiler: when not speaking in her human voice]].
54	* BridgeBunnies: Same crew from canon, except all of them are changed in some way: Hyuga is good at haggling, Aoba [[spoiler:is a girl]], and Maya [[spoiler:has a twin brother named Miyata...who's ALSO a Bridge Bunny.]]
55	* BunnyEarsLawyer: [[RuleOfThree Gendo again]]. This time he's joined with Ritsuko.
56	* CanonImmigrant: Mana Kirishima and Mayumi Yamagishi; see AscendedExtra.
57	** Mari Illustrious Makinami of the [[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion the movies]] is now Mari Langley Sohryu, Asuka's eight-year old sister.
58	* ChildSoldiers: What [[spoiler:Nephilim were created to be. Rei fought in the Central American Wars; Mana and Mayumi are on loan to the Jet Alone Project from the JSSDF.]]
59	* CloudCuckooLander: Subverted with Gendo. He may act crazy, but everything he says or does has a purpose. It's just that what he does to achieve those purposes is insane.
60	* CombiningMecha: The Jet Alone in this story has this as a feature.
61	* CoolBike: The "Misato Takes Shinji to NERV" scene is given a refreshing face-lift thanks to one of these. [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showpost.php?p=5670842&postcount=865 Observe.]]
62	* CoversAlwaysLie: As mentioned above, it was the author assuming things about ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' from seeing a poster when he was a kid that were ''[[{{Understatement}} very]]'' different from what the real thing was (and his desire to create a story ''worthy'' of said assumptions) that started this whole project.
63	* CrazyPrepared: Apparently, Nerv's idea of combat simulations "as comprehensive as possible" include a skirmish with a demon fox.
64	** Misato in general, with plans for any, every and all situations, including all mechs being hijacked or Tokyo-3 being filled with saboteurs.
65	* CuteBruiser: Much to Rei's consternation, this is Misato's title for her during Shinji's training. There's a good reason for that.
66	* DarkestHour: [[spoiler: Chapter 26--Shinji is trapped within Leliel, Asuka has suffered MindRape from Arael, Mana is out of commission after eliminating Arael in return, Pen-Pen is dead after ensuring the destruction of Armisael, and Toji and Unit-03 have been absorbed by Bardiel. Only Rei and Mayumi are left to face off against the unholy abomination Bardiel has constructed from Israfel's bodies and the ''three'' captured Evas, Units 03, 04, and 05.]]
67	* {{Doorstopper}}: One of the longest EVA fanfics around.
68	* DeadFic: It was for a while, [[AvertedTrope but]] [[HesBack not anymore]].
69	* DeathByAdaptation: Believe it or not, [[spoiler:Pen-Pen]].
70	* TheDeterminator: Shinji Ikari may become one in the [[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion Rebuild films]], but here he's one right off.
71	** Episode 9 shows that Rei has much practice in this trope.
72	** Mana Kirishima is as well. Probably exemplified best when she powered through [[spoiler:Arael's MindRape attack]] through sheer Overdrive-enhanced willpower.
73	* DisneyAcidSequence: Any of Rei Ayanami's flashback sequences during Episode 23, or as close as one can get in literary form.
74	* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:Pen-Pen]], against Armisael, via a one-two combo of HeroicSacrifice and TakingYouWithMe.
75	* {{Expy}}: ...Let's say that we shouldn't let Ritsuko [[WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce mess with corn]] and leave it at that.
76	** Tomoe Ikari, Shinji's uncle and Yui's brother, is a character borrowed from FanFic/NobodyDies. However, unlike the effeminate design Gregg Landsman settled on, Tomoe ''here'' [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist is essentially]] [[http://images.wikia.com/fma/images/d/d0/Basque.png this guy]].
77	** Rei Ayanami is pretty much [[Franchise/GhostInTheShell Major Kusanagi]], at least in behavior.
78	** Misato's [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 team]] would look even ''more'' familiar if they started spontaneously shooting each other.
79	** [[spoiler:Shiori Aoba]], the GenderFlip version [[spoiler:Shigeru Aoba]], has certain similarites to one [[Manga/BlackLagoon Two-Hands Revy]]...
80	* FateWorseThanDeath: MAGI-00, known as HEROD, is [[spoiler: the partially pulverized body of Naoko Akagi. And she's still aware.]] It would lapse into AndIMustScream if [[spoiler: she couldn't already interact with others.]]
81	* FetchQuest: The Angels aren't mistaking LILITH for ADAM in this story; they just think LILITH knows where he is.
82	* FlashBackEcho: A large portion of Episode 17 involves {{Exposition}} via timeline (taking place of the canon anime's ClipShow, with the caveat that it actually supplies new information), accompanied by flashbacks for a large portion of them. This timeline turns out to be something being written down in the present by none other than [[spoiler:SEELE-01, Keel Lorenz]].
83	* ForcefulKiss: Done in Episode 18 to Shinji Ikari by [[spoiler:Yomiko Nagisa - the nephilim vessel of the Angel Zeruel - of all people]]. Shinji proceeds to be ignored by [[spoiler:Yomiko]] for the rest of the episode.
84	* FreakyFridayFlip: Played with in Episode 16; [[spoiler:Shinji and Ryo]] don't actually switch bodies or personalities...but everyone ''else'' thinks that [[spoiler:Shinji is Ryo]] and vice-versa, due to [[spoiler:Iruel's manipulation of their AT-Fields]].
85	* FromBadToWorse: [[LandDownUnder Australia]], already a [[DeathWorld death trap]], no longer exists as a country because Second Impact [[EverythingTryingToKillYou mutated the wildlife]].
86	** Averted in North America, with Second Impact creating the American [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Giant_Hornet Giant Hornet]]; [[WordOfGod according to the message board]], it's a HotBlooded insect that is currently driving the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africanized_bee Africanized "Killer" Bee]] to extinction, due to it being the only "challenge".
87	*** Still not completely averted, since Second Impact caused the sea level to rise by approximately seventy meters, resulting in [[http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/spaceart/cmaps/earthicefreemask.gif this]].
88	* GambitPileup: Gendo has the Plan. SEELE has the Scenario. [[spoiler:Tabris]] has his own agenda. Ryoji Kaji is ''still'' playing the angles.
89	** As of Episode 11, [[spoiler:Iruel]] is around and going it alone.
90	* GenderFlip: [[spoiler:Shiori Aoba]].
91	** A semi-example with [[spoiler: Yomiko Nagisa, aka Zeruel - before ''Rebuild'' Zeruel was considered the most masculine of the Angels.]]
92	* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Ritsuko's split personality is a result of finding out the angels kept on observing humanity before the Impacts, and never being able to find an answer.
93	* HotBlooded: Shiro Tokita. You know, the head of the Jet Alone Project from canon.
94	** Mana Kirishima definitely qualifies.
95	* ICallItVera: Misato's HuskyRusskie teammate Mr. Kasparov calls his precious minigun 'Sasha' ([[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 It should be obvious why]]) and the Evangelion-scale model 'Olga'.
96	* InsistentTerminology: Gendo coined the term '''LCL''', though for [[ShoutOut some reason]] Ritsuko wanted to call it [[FanNickname Tang]].
97	** Also, ''all'' Giant Piloted Robots ([[ItWasHisSled as opposed to the Angel-cloned Cyborgs that are the Evas]]) are called [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Gundams]] in jargon, regardless of design details or materials. Naturally, fanboys the world over are not pleased.
98	** The SneezeCut trope is actually called the ''Quantum Sternutation Effect'' (or QSE) by Ritsuko. Gendo, as revealed in Episode 6, is immune.
99	* SugarAndIcePersonality: Rei Ayanami, bearing elements of both Type 1 and Type 2.
100	* LargeHam: Gendo ([[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showpost.php?p=5089991&postcount=304 as seen in]] [[MythologyGag the original proposal]]), and Ritsuko... great merciful heavens ''[[MadScientist Ritsuko]]''...
101	** Shiro Tokita, in ''spades''.
102	* LivingBodysuit: [[spoiler:Ryo Sawamura]] is this for [[spoiler:Iruel, the Tenth Angel]].
103	* LighterAndSofter-DarkerAndEdgier: While the story has serious and dark moments, it has a much more light tone than the series that this story came from. Despite this, the story has very dark moments that rival those seen on the original EVA series.
104	* LossOfIdentity: How [[spoiler:Iruel]] elects to make [[spoiler:Shinji]] suffer for Ramiel's defeat.
105	* MadScientist: ...just look at who's listed as a Ham.
106	* MagnificentBastard: [[invoked]] Gendo in Episode 8. Misato practically invokes the trope.
107	* ManipulativeBastard: Doesn't matter how great of a dad he's become, Gendo would not be Gendo if he weren't this.
108	* MauveShirt: [[spoiler:The Sawamuras. Ryo was possessed by the Tenth Angel and was killed when Mana destroyed his head to destroy the core, and Ryo's father committed suicide due to his son's death and Mana pushing him over the edge.]]
109	* MicDrop: This is how Gendo Ikari concludes his BadassBoast from Episode 16.
110	* MotionCaptureMecha: The Jet Alone.
111	* MundaneMadeAwesome:
112	** [[PunctuatedForEmphasis NERV.ADVERTISING.STARRING.GENDO.]]
113	** "I'm standing on top of a motorcycle being driven by a hot woman." Yeah, this Gendo gives the one in FanFic/NobodyDies a run for his money.
114	* MythologyGag: In the third episode of the [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion TV show]], Kensuke and Toji sneaked out of the shelter during an Angel attack [[FridgeLogic by asking to go to the restroom]]. In Episode 6 of the story, we see both Kensuke and Toji inside a shelter during an Angel attack, with the former wondering why they built the restrooms ''inside'' the shelter. Toji lampshades this by saying that [[CaptainObvious building the restrooms outside of a shelter is "retarded"]].
115	** Cue a SneezeCut from [[Creator/HideakiAnno Anno-sensei]] that's sitting right beside them in the same shelter.
116	** In Episode 8, a truant ninth-grader complains about his homeroom teacher always rambling on about Second Impact.
117	** In Episode 9, [[spoiler:Tabris]] references the Hedgehog's Dilemma.
118	** In Episode 14, when discussing the plan to stop Sahaquiel - named Operation ''Shop Till You Colony Drop'' - it's mentioned that the original working title was Operation ''Fly Me To the Moon''.
119	In Episode 16, when [[spoiler:Gendo is flashing back to the time where he nearly strangled Shinji to death]], he poignantly thinks: ''I'm so [[PrecisionFStrike f*ed up.]]''
120	* NeverTrustATrailer: The story was inspired by this. As a kid, the author saw the page image without knowing anything else about ''Evangelion'', and made incorrect assumptions about the characters and setting. This fanfic is based off these original impressions.
121	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: By Word of God, the design of Pieter Langley, Asuka and Mari's father, is based off of Creator/LiamNeeson. [[spoiler: Later chapters show he acts like [[Film/{{Taken}} certain roles with him as well]].]]
122	* NowThatsUsingYourTeeth: Invoked by Gendo in Episode 6 regarding Unit-01.
123	* ObfuscatingInsanity: Gendo plays up his wackiness for his own benefit. Meanwhile Kihl Lorenz pens the semi-comedic ''"Second Impact: The Book: An Irreverent Look at the Worst Disaster in the History of Humanity"''
124	* OneSteveLimit: Averted; joining Hikari Horaki from canon is Hikari Kirishima, the overseer of Mana and Mayumi.
125	* OnlySaneEmployee: Lieutenant Makoto Hyuga. Lampshaded when Gendo states that he has no significant quirks or psychological issues, and that he sometimes wonders why he even hired him. [[spoiler: The reason turns out to be that he's great at [[TheScrounger acquiring things]]]].
126	* PapaWolf: Pieter Langley, father of Asuka and Mari.
127	* {{Reconstruction}}: The original Evangelion showed the consequences of kids being [[FallingIntoTheCockpit forced to fight]] and [[PoorCommunicationKills not being informed]] about anything. The fic shows what happens if you prepare them for what they have to do.
128	* RedBaron: Pieter. His nickname, according to Kaji? [[spoiler:The ''Jackal'']].
129	** Shinji also gets this; after the death of Ramiel, he is known amongst the Angels as [[spoiler:the ''Defiler'']].
130	* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: The three MAGI of canon - Balthasar, Melchior, and Caspar - are joined by a fourth MAGI named Herod.
131	* RousingSpeech: In Episode 16, when morale is flagging after [[spoiler:Iruel's assault on the school]], Gendo delivers one that gets the whole crowd roaring.
132	* RunningGag: In almost every episode, Gendo has pulled something out of his cloak, from the grapple gun to a bottle of root beer, from a flamethrower to a box of Pocky.
133	** Unit-01 keeps wrecking Toji's home; once against Sachiel, a second time against Ramiel.
134	** Randall keeps sneaking up on people without them noticing. His explanation is always "I AM A CAT."
135	* SeparateSceneStorytelling: In Episode 19, as the Pilots face off against Samael in the present, there are lines of dialogue where Asuka seems to be conversing with someone about her past, which occur via flashback (playing with the PensieveFlashback trope in the process). By the end of the episode, we see the source of Asuka's dialogue: [[spoiler:footage of Asuka's last therapy session before leaving Germany, being watched by none other than Gendo Ikari]]. This continues with "The case of Misato Katsuragi" and "The case of Rei Ayanami". The former plays it as straight up separate scenes, while the latter has [[spoiler: Rei hallucinating flashbacks due to her emotions over her past actions conflicting with her admiration of Gendo]].
136	* SiblingYinYang: Mana and Mayumi, respectively.
137	** Also with [[spoiler: Kaworu and Yomiko.]]
138	* ShoutOut: [[ShoutOut/MobileFighterEvangelion Has it's own page.]]
139	* SmugSuper: Mana believes herself and all other Nephilim superior to humans, constantly looks down on them and suffers from crippling LackOfEmpathy. [[spoiler: When she causes Genji Sawamura to commit suicide for not giving a crap about killing his son, while ALSO not giving a crap about THAT, Gendo gives her a brutal BreakingSpeech showing exactly how hollow her nephilim superiority is.]]
140	* SneezeCut: Played with; see InsistentTerminology.
141	* SuperPrototype: The Jet Alone.
142	* SuperRobot: The Jet Alone in this continuity truly belongs to this class now. Its debut in Episode 8 alone satisfies at least five items on the checklist, never mind the fact that the robots that make up the Jet Alone are the [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Shining and Rising Gundams]].
143	* TagalongKid: Misato used to be this when she was traveling in Australia.
144	* Advertising/TheManYourManCouldSmellLike: Parodied at the beginning of the fourth episode.
145	* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted; Shinji is ordered to attend at least one therapy session with a psychiatrist after [[spoiler:being 'eaten' by the Fifth Angel]].
146	** Played with, [[spoiler:it was The Spy all along]]
147	* TransformingMecha: The Jet Alone. So far, we have seen Jet Mode and Gundam Mode.
148	* {{Tsundere}}: Annette seems to be this where [[KissingCousins her cousin Shinji]] is concerned. The story DOES mention that she's not romantically involved, and that she is a rare Platonic Tsundere. Ironically, Asuka herself, being the deconstruction of the trope that she was, was not.
149	* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Ramiel]] after Unit-01 essentially [[spoiler:cripples its soul.]]
150	* VocalDissonance: [[spoiler: Zeruel's]] psychic voice is described as "loud and rumbling like an avalanche" [[spoiler: even though the Angel is in the form of a fourteen year old girl.]]
151	* WalkingTheEarth: A variation with Misato after she landed in Australia after Second Impact.
152	* WaveMotionGun: Ramiel's final attack had a power generation level of five million ''megawatts''. In other words, after fifteen seconds of continuous use, you have the equivalent power of the Hiroshima bomb. [[spoiler:Good thing Unit-00 stabbed its core before it could fire.]]

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