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1	FandomSpecificPlot examples for ''Neon Genesis Evangelion''.
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3	'''A Administrivia/{{No Recent Examples\|please}} rule applies to this trope'''. Examples shouldn't be added until '''one month''' after release, to avoid any knee-jerk reactions and allow time for fanfic to be written.
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5	* In ''Eva'' fanfiction, the PeggySue fic is ''extremely'' common, the most well-known being the doujin ''Manga/ReTake''. There are also fics out there that set up a [[PointOfDivergence For Want of a Nail]] situation, and then reveal that either the changes were actually caused by a PeggySue or some type of EternalRecurrence situation. There are also {{Crossover}} fanfics with a PeggySue. It's reached the point where [[EpilepticTrees some fans think that]] ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' is one of these [[spoiler:and it turned out to be true]]!
6	* [[AfterTheEnd Post-Third Impact]] fic. This can range from Shinji and Asuka by themselves in a wasteland, to everyone coming BackFromTheDead and the world returned to (mostly) normal. Most of the time, Rei has vanished and Toji gets his leg back (both of which might be supported by canon).
7	* Asuka and Shinji have a child or children together. Even in cases where they're married or in a long term relationship, a surprising number of these children are [[ButWeUsedACondom conceived accidentally]]. There's also a heavy bias toward the two of them having daughters.
8	* There are many stories which involve Asuka traveling back to Germany, either as the focus of the work or as a side plot in a larger story. There's very wide variability in who (if anyone) goes with her, how long she stays there, how voluntary it is on her part and how well she gets along with her father and stepmother. Her family is almost universally portrayed as at least comfortably well-off, and frequently is said to be extremely wealthy.
9	* [[invoked]] There is a mini-genre of ''Evangelion'' {{Fix Fic}}s that work by making the setting all kinds of awesome. This was [[TropeMaker started by]] ''FanFic/ShinjiAndWarhammer40K'' and continued by ''FanFic/NobodyDies'' and ''FanFic/MobileFighterEvangelion''. The controversial ''FanFic/NeonExodusEvangelion'' might be considered an UrExample. Some people thought Rebuild was an official version... [[spoiler:[[DarkerAndEdgier until 3.0 came into the picture]].]]
10	* There have been several stories involving Shinji being raised by someone other than his uncle/teacher and exploring the WhatIf aspect of how Shinji's personality changes. Sometimes Shinji gets raised on a product, like the aforementioned ''Shinji And Warhammer 40K''.
11	* Reincarnation fics, especially Kaworu/Shinji ReincarnationRomance. Explaining how the different canon continuities are related to each other, this gets rid of the pesky "Kaworu is an Angel" problem. They are especially popular since the third movie of ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion''. The {{Epileptic Tree}}s seeds for this particular idea (when it focuses on Kaworu) were planted on the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' series, where Kaworu has implied on some of his appearances that his abilities as an Angel include the ability to live on multiple timelines/[[AlternateUniverse universes]].
12	* {{Fusion Fic}}s where the crossover element provide a well-needed [[TookALevelInBadass Level In Badass]] to one or more of the cast members, providing him/her with the tools to make some ''real'' change on the situation (sometimes it's probably something as simple as the "Crossover Element" giving them a DareToBeBadass speech-still, the "nail" in the "For-Want-of-a-Nail" that the fic covers came from elsewhere). While this is covered in some of the examples above, this has also been the drive behind some stuff like a minor niche of Evangelion SuperFic stories (example: the ''Fanfic/SuperwomenOfEva'' series, ''Fanfic/LastChildOfKrypton'', ''Fanfic/ShinjiIkiryo'', ''Fanfic/ThousandShinji'', ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfAnElderGod''), and one of the "Crossover Element gives pep-talk to Eva character" examples would be that of ''Fanfic/SeriesThirtyAndThreeQuarters'' (or ''"Shinji And [[Series/DoctorWho The Doctor]]"'').
13	* More Evangelions existing; sometimes just as a platform to have an SailorEarth style OriginalCharacter as a pilot (or making one of the canon characters a pilot, [[AscendedFanboy like]] [[{{Otaku}} Kensuke]] for instance), sometimes to explore the political and personal ramifications of having to go to war against another country with an Evangelion (this became somewhat-canon on the ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' films).
14	* A trope originating from ''Advice and Trust'' is having Asuka's relationship with Rei vastly improve after seeing her living conditions and reacting to them by immediately becoming furious at Rei's living standards and either forcefully moving Rei to Misato's or cleaning Rei's place up herself and pushing Rei to stand up for herself and live more.
15	* Writers that choose to follow TheStationsOfTheCanon from the very beginning almost always choose the original series' timeline and [[PatchworkFic add whatever little details]] from ''Rebuild'' or other alternate versions of ''Evangelion'' they like (like Mari). ''Rebuild'' fanfics, statistically speaking, have almost focused specifically in the post-''3.0'' world and added events happening during the TimeSkip.

Context FandomSpecificPlot / NeonGenesisEvangelion