History Characters / GoingAnotherWay

* InSpiteOfANail: She still dies after Armisael...
** ForWantOfANail: [[spoiler: But she does not pull a HeroicSacrifice that resulted in destroying Tokyo-3 in the process]].
* OtherMeAnnoysMe: Rei does see her canon self under [[spoiler: Armisael's influence]]. She's horrified at how lifeless and passive that Rei behaves, and the horror only grows upon seeing her fusing with Lilith to cause Third Impact.

* ForWantOfANail: Shinji ends up puking on her due to him getting seasick during their first meeting. After that bad first impression, things only get tenser between them. They both make no secret of their mutual dislike, instead of Asuka just trampling over him as in canon.

* ForWantOfANail: Takes over Trident instead of Unit 03, due to there being no opportunity to take over an EVA.

* MultiEthnicName: His first name is of Jewish origin, but his last name is Japanese.

* SenpaiKohai: The sempai to Maya's kohai.

* SenpaiKohai: The kohai to Ritsuko's sempai.

* WhipItGood: Shamsel can use her two long tentacles like whips. Difference is that these things can also slice through almost everything.

* CallingTheOldManOut: There is no one big scene of this happening, but Shinji repeatedly makes it abundantly clear to Gendo that he can no longer emotionally pressure him. [[spoiler: Gendo reacts by resorting to a more brachial method to break Shinji during the Bardiel crisis]].

* ExtremeDoormat: Thankfully averted due to [[spoiler:the first timeline's Rei's influence]]. Shinji actually wonders when seeing his canon self if that is really him.
* FearlessFool: [[DefiedTrope Defied]]. [[spoiler: After the battle against Shamshel, Shinji comes to the conclusion that he ''needs'' to be afraid of the Angels. After all, if you are not afraid of the towering monsters, then you are bound to screw up and won't live for much longer. The trick is, to not let the fear take over]].

* OtherMeAnnoysMe: Shiji does see his canon self under [[spoiler: Armisael's influence]]. He's disgusted at how spineless and meek that Shinji is, before becoming horrified to see him and Kaworu in bed.
* RealMenCook: Misato is hopeless in the kitchen and Asuka's cooking abilities are never brought up, so it falls on Shinji that they don't have to get by on instant food. He even uses the threat of not cooking for Misato to get her to do her share of the housework.

* BadFuture: [[spoiler: Inside Leliel, she was shown the consequences of her behavior, should she not change her ways. Asuka was badly shaken by the experience]].

* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: This is delivered to her during her BreakTheHaughty routine and plays a large role in her character development. While it is acknowledged that what happened in her childhood was indeed tragic and painful, it doesn't justify her terrible behavior towards other people, and moreover, she can't keep invoking those experiences and has to rise above that, lest she end up pushing anyone who could help her become a happier and more fulfilled person away and stay a miserable wreck.

* TheLancer: Asuka is this in contrast to Shinji after she became nicer. She does fit all of the criteria.

* ReformedButNotTamed: While Asuka does become way nicer after being shown where she otherwise would end up, it doesn't mean she forgets who she was. Shinji himself says that she can't erase who she is, only build on it. In the end, Asuka, while still very forceful and temperamental, does become much more considerate for the people around her - a change much for the better.

* ThisCannotBe: When [[spoiler: the Devil gives her the [[YetAnotherChristmasCarol Christmas Carol treatment]] while inside Leilel]].
* TookALevelInKindness: After her ordeal in the Dirac Sea from Leilel, she starts working on improving herself.

* TheAce: Certainly thinks he's that on the basketball court, until shown there's always someone better.

* TheAtoner: After [[spoiler:Yui regains her ability to communicate with the outside world and she lets Gendo know how she really feels about his plans and actions]], he ultimately sets out on the path to redemption.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Saves the Children from SEELE's troops and gets - thankfully non-lethally - shot, thus taking Misato's place. It's that act which convinces Shinji to give him a second chance]].

* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: He ''thinks'' he has this trope on his side. However, as Shinji, and then later on, Yui, prove to him harshly, there is no excuse at all for having been so horrible to Shinji. He could have done all he did without being a jerk about it.
* EasilyForgiven: Averted. After all the crap he pulled, everyone has good reason to mistrust him and his bad deeds don't simply vanish. He has to carry the consequences of his actions. Shinji especially is unwilling to give Gendo any kind of clemency and it takes [[spoiler:Gendo pulling a BigDamnHeroes to convince him to give him another chance]].
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: One little thing he does to show that he's trying to change his ways is that he becomes clean-shaven again. The command crew is a bit disturbed about the change.

* INeedAFreakingDrink: After [[spoiler:Yui]] [[WhatTheHellHero rips him a new one]], Gendo hits the bottle. He winds up in the infirmary for alcohol poisoning, since he hadn't touched any alcohol in over ten years.
* ParentalAbandonment: Pulled this on Shinji after Yui's disappearance. It does come to bite him in the ass, since Shinji utterly despises and resents him for it.
* PetTheDog: Paid for Misato and Kaji's wedding.
* ScaryShinyGlasses: Does that intentionally to intimidate people. He ditches them once he starts his path to redemption, in order to remove distance between himself and other people.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Fuyutsuki is unlike Gendo, in that he does respect the people he commands, which gives him their respect in return. Since Gendo does not want to interact with the pilots directly, he earns their respect as well and (apart from when Asuka was sulking after the Israfel disaster) they never question him.

* TheDisembodied: This is a huge problem for her. Unlike [[spoiler: Yui and Naoko]], she has no body to return to (it died years ago). Knowing that she has no other choice than to move on, she decides [[spoiler:to sacrifice herself to save everyone]].
* EmptyShell: The final fate of her body. Due to her soul and mind getting separated from it while working inside the entry plug of Unit-02, her body fell into a zombie-like mode where it acted on remnants of her memories, until finally killing itself.

* TheChick: Hikari is by far the most feminine of the pilots, since Asuka's behavior is more on the aggressive side. Once she opens up, she also is the nicest pilot of all of them.

* SempaiKohai: The sempai to Maya's kohai.

* SempaiKohai: The kohai to Ritsuko's sempai.

* ArmorPiercingSlap: Just ask Shinji, Asuka and especially Gendo.

* {{Nerd}}: Fulfills many of the criteria in looks and personality. However, he certainly is no wimp, as he proves several times. After all, how else would he have gotten this job?

* {{Nerd}}: If anything, he ''hates'' the image, since it caused him nothing but trouble and social isolation.

* {{Nerd}}: She does fulfill all the criteria but hates every bit of it, as it had crippled her social life even before her life had gone downhill.

* {{Avatar}}: Yui is forced to create one [[spoiler: after re-connecting with the world, since her sheer emotional presence in the plug is now overwhelming. Giving it form does create a contained emotional presence - but not a physical one - formed like herself. Shinji and Rei both feel very safe and loved when the avatar holds them close, but since it is no physical object, it also doesn't hinder them]].