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• The meme. [[hottip:Explanation:The explanation behind the meme.]] Explanation
  Like this.

• Everyone gets hugged and turns into Tang Explanation
  The common summary for End of Evangelion. Note that this is ''exactly what happens''.
• Evil Manga Kaworu Explanation
  Perhaps as a result of his Misaimed Fandom, the manga made Kaworu less ambiguous in his intentions and more sinister, leading to this to distinguish between the two versions.
  • Kaworu kills kittens. Explanation
    In the manga Kaworu strangles a kitten to death, and that's all that anyone remembers.
    • Every time you masturbate Kaworu kills a kitten. Explanation
      Created after the above, a variation on the popular meme of "Everytime you masturbate God kills a kitten".
• Robo-Shinji.Explanation
  Used to refer to Raiden from Metal Gear Solid 2, since it was pointed out how similar he was to Shinji conceptually.
• Shinji sucks! Explanation
  A large portion of the series' enormously Broken Base is because of Shinji, viewed then and now as an incredibly pathetic and weak main character for the genre.
  • ...Kaworu!
• Who killed Ryouji Kaji? Explanation (spoilers)
  Kaji's killer is never seen, and speculation about them abounded until Word Of God put their foot down and said it was just a random soldier.
• Kaworu died for your sins! Explanation (spoilers)
  Kaworu is frequently interpreted as a Christ figure, a divine being sacrificing himself so that humankind can live, leading to this. Became an Ascended Meme when ADV Films created a bumper sticker with this phrase on it.
• "GENDOWNED" Explanation
  Became both famous and copied to death after its "debut" in AMV Hell 2.
• "It's Gendo!" Explanation
  The spoof video Evangelion Re Death spawned this incredibly popular line, and possibly also the ascension of Gendo to Memetic Sex God status.
• "[anime X] + the Evangelion opening, lulz" is already an old meme.
• ZOMG TEH REI!! Explanation
  A summary of Rei's (according to Word Of God, misaimed) fandom according to Asuka shippers
• "I'm so fucked up..." Explanation
  The English dub used a Precision F-Strike during the infamous "Shinji masturbates over Asuka's comatose body" scene.
• Congratulations Shinji! Explanation
  The ending to the series. No, we don't understand it either.
  • For bonus hilarity, look at the comments.
  • Now in 14 languages!!
  • Despair Edition
• I mustn't run away, I mustn't run away, I mustn't run away, I mustn't run away, I mustn't run away, I MUSTN'T RUN AWAY, I MUSTN'T RUN AWAY, I MUSTN'T RUN AWAY, I MUSTN'T RUN AWAY!!!!!!! Explanation
  Shinji attempts to use this as his Survival Mantra. It doesn't quite work that way...
  • BURN! MAIM! KILL! BURN! MAIM! KILL! BURN! MAIM! KILL! BURN! MAIM! KILL! BURN! MAIM! KILL! Explanation
    A counterpoint to the above from one of the most famous Evangelion Fix Fics.
  • I don't wanna die...don't wanna die...don't wanna die...don't wanna die...don't wanna die...don't wanna die...don't wanna die...don't wanna die...don't wanna die...don't wanna die...don't wanna die...don't wanna die...I DON'T WANNA DIE! Explanation
    Another lovely Madness Mantra that Asuka recites in her catatonic state in The End Of Evangelion.
  • Now if I were to run away, Let's analyse that, where the FUCK would I go? Explanation
    Spike Spencer (Shinji's voice actor) provides his own thoughts regarding the series' ending.
    • I'm like on a ... big blue ball! Does the bus run through here?
    • Okay, the movie better sure as hell make up for this.
    • Ya ran outta ink, too, didn't ya?! Ya bastards...
• Thermal Expansion Explanation
  Shinji's physics lesson with Asuka quickly descends into Something Else Also Rises.
• Reispin (and pretty much everything to do with deformed Rei's head).
• The Penguin Army has found its banner. We're so screwed.
  • Penguins? In my Humongous Mecha Mind Screw anime series? HELL YEAH!
• EVERY SINGLE MISSILE HIT THE TARGET!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHH!!!Explanation
  An incredibly over-the-top declaration made by an army guy in the first episode of the English dub.
• MIND RAPE! Explanation
  Asuka's psychic assault by the 15th Angel became the Trope Namer for any form of mental violation.
• The Gendo pose. Explanation
  Anyone clasping their hands in front of their face while wearing Scary Shiny Glasses is instantly mysterious and sinister.
• "Ritsuko Akagi, the truth is..." "...huh. You liar." Explanation
  Gendo's last words to Ritsuko in The End of Evangelion are infamously muted, leaving fans to fill in the blank.
• Cruel Angel Thesis became so memetic that COUNTLESS numbers of Eva opening parodies with varying quality have been made. To name a few: Marimite, Eureka 7, Suzumiya Haruhi (another one with 90s art quality no less), Nanoha, Persona 3, Kirby (HUH?!)... and World of Warcraft.
  • Live action version.
  • Or the Youtube Poop version.
  • Even LittleKuriboh got in on the action in Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series episode 10.
• X (Not) Y Explanation
  Following the examples of You Are (Not) Alone and You Can (Not) Advance, it's gotten popular to make random statements with the word 'not' (or something else) in brackets.
• Macekre of Evangelion. Explanation
  It's hilarious to imagine what it would be like if 4Kids Entertainment got hold of Evangelion.
• Who the hell spilled their Gurren Lagann on my wangsty pilot!? Explanation
  Rebuild of Evangelion is generally considered to have made Shinji more badass than the original. Whether or not this is a good thing...
• Shinji wins! Apocalapyse time! Explanation
  At the end of 2.0, Shinji gets the girl...and triggers Third Impact. Best Big Damn Villains moment ever Kaworu.
• "Saabisu, saabisu!" Explanation
  Misato's habit of promising Fanservice during the Next Episode Previews
• "Goo lau!/Gulan!/Goo lurrrr!/some other phonetic variation" Explanation
  Kaji's "English" in ''Evangelion 2.0''.
  • DOO DEATETTU DA ENJERR Explanation
    Also Kaji's infamous Engrish, rendered phonetically. He doesn't actually say "to defeat the Angel", or "to defeat the Angels" - it just evolved that way.
• "ZA BEASTO" Explanation
  Mari's Engrish Pre Ass Kicking One Liner
• "POINT BLANK, SHITHEAD!!!" Explanation
  Another Mari-ism, this time from Evangelion 2.22's the English dub.
• [something happens] while Hideaki Anno plays unfitting music. Explanation
  A variant of the "while I play unfitting music" meme, referencing the abundant use of Soundtrack Dissonance in Evangelion.
• "I will not be a puppet for you to control." Explanation
  Said by Rei III to Gendo as she disowns him while he tries to create his version of Instrumentality, becomes independent and does it her way. So popular is the equivalent phrase in Japan that they parodied it on Keroro Gunsou.
• "Captain Asuka" or "Asuka the Pirate", taken from her eyepatch in the Rebuild of Evangelion 3.0 teaser, is already becoming a meme.
  • A more recent preview has further mutated this into Space Pirate Asuka.
  • Fridge Brilliance: What's Asuka's rank in NERV? Captain!
• Everything in, of and relating to the final scene of Evangelion 2.22 has attained memetic status.
  • MOON MAN SAYS NO! Explanation (spoilers)
    Used to refer to Kaworu coming out nowhere with a Deus ex Machina to keep the movies going. Why? Because last we saw him, he was on the moon.
• Evas In Space! Explanation (spoilers)
  The second preview for Evangelion 3.0 features Asuka in Unit-02 flying around in space, fighting something offscreen.
• The elevator scene with Asuka and Rei.