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1''Evangelion: After the End'' is a comedic AudioPlay based on ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', released in December 1996.
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3The play features all of the anime's main cast and even has the Japanese voice actors returning to voice their characters from the show. The play was written and directed by series creator Creator/HideakiAnno, who even appears in [[CreatorCameo a small voice cameo]] during the play.
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5Essentially a light-hearted SelfParody of the show, ''After the End'' begins as the cast of the show returns after a vacation to discover that their program has been renewed for another series. Problem is, there's no script ready, and it's scheduled to go into production later in the evening. Faced with the problem of how to continue after the original series' abrupt ending, the cast scrambles to come up with ideas for a show that will yield good ratings.
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9* AnimatedActors: The main premise of the audio play. The play is essentially the cast members discussing the tropes and conventions of their show, commenting on their roles (and they manage to do so while staying mostly in-character), and whether or not they should reboot or retool the show in order to attract new viewer demographics.
10* BewareTheQuietOnes: When Rei is told by Asuka to speak her mind for once, she goes on a long and angry MotorMouth rant about how tired she is of Asuka, and her overbearing and bossy attitude to towards everyone around her as well as her {{catchphrase}}, before slapping her repeatedly.
11* ConversationalTroping: One of the main premises of the play. Examples includes Asuka criticizing Shinji being the main character of the show, considering him too much of a ClassicalAntihero and LoserProtagonist to fill this role, and Kaworu talking about how his TragicVillain status is the reason why he is an AscendedExtra.
12* ClingyJealousGirl: Asuka takes an instant dislike to Kaworu because him and Shinji gets along a little too well for her taste.
13* CreatorCameo: Creator/HideakiAnno himself voices the "Black Space God".
14* ADayInTheLimelight: As the pushiest and loudest out of the main characters, Asuka ends up getting quite a bit of focus here -- at least, more than Shinji and Rei.
15* DirtyOldMan: Fuyutsuki shows some shades of this; his first suggestion for improving the show is adding "more sex appeal".
16* GreaterScopeVillain: The cast discuss how the nature of the Angels could have alienated the audience, seeing how the series really didn't offer any clear answers to where they come from or what their goal is. They come up with the solution of introducing the "Black Space God", a GenericDoomsdayVillain who wants to KillAllHumans, and having the Angels turn out to be his {{Mooks}} all along, any intriguing mysteries and ambiguity be damned.
17* HerCodeNameWasMarySue: Asuka pitches the idea of ''Shin {{Sentai}} Evangelion'', a show wherein she is TheHero and TheLeader, [[LawOfChromaticSuperiority because she's]] [[RedIsHeroic wearing red]], while her crew, consisting of Rei, Shinji, Toji, and Kaworu, are portrayed as weirdos and losers.
18* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: Discussed. Asuka reasons that she should be the leader of the {{Sentai}} team in the ''Shin Sentai Evangelion'' show she is pitching. When Shinji asks her why, she points out that the leader of Sentai team is always the one dressed in red and she is associated with red.
19* LargeHam: Asuka, even more than usual and especially in the alternate show proposals, as she yells out every single one of her lines with HotBlooded passion.
20* LoserProtagonist: Lampshaded. Asuka questions why Shinji is the main character, claiming that having a mostly quiet main character who spends most of his time brooding was a fundamental mistake with the show. Shinji reacts with an "[[NotHelpingYourCase Oh... sorry.]]"
21* LoveRedeems: Asuka asks why Kaworu gets to out hang with the main characters and make suggestions, since he was a villain on the show. Kaworu replies that being a tragic and beautiful character who converted to the side good through ThePowerOfLove and betrayed his own species in the process pretty much means he is here to stay.
22* {{Nosebleed}}: Asuka manages to incur one in much of the male cast twice due to several {{Wardrobe Malfunction}}s. The only who doesn't get it is Kaworu, who is quite confused by the event and asks Shinji in a worried voice why there is blood coming out of his nose.
23* NotSoAboveItAll: Shinji remains his usual quiet self for much of the play, but when a suggestion to replace him as the main character is brought up, he becomes offended and starts to protest.
24* OutOfCharacter: Rei gets fed up with Asuka and goes on an absolutely livid MotorMouth rant. Fuyutsuki butts in with the comment that this change to her character was probably a bad idea, to which Gendo concurs and demands it should be undone as quickly as possible, as he cannot recognize "his" Rei any more.
25* PaletteSwap: Ritsuko notices that by making the Angels generic {{Mooks}} for the [[GenericDoomsdayVillain Black Space God]], they can cut production costs by not having to come up with any new Angel designs and just keep reusing the ones they already have with slightly altered colors.
26* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Asuka comes across as somewhat homophobic in her interactions with Kaworu. Notably, she constantly calls him "homo-boy" and when listing the other pilots' character flaws, she comes up with "narcissistic" and "homosexual" for Kaworu. To be fair though, her attitude seems to stem more from her resenting Kaworu's interest in Shinji than actual bigotry.
27* RedIsHeroic: {{Parodied|Trope}}. Asuka pitches the idea of ''Shin Sentai Evangelion'', because all Sentai main heroes wear red, and she wants to be TheHero and TheLeader.
28* {{Retool}}: Dicussed extensively, as the cast pitches their ideas of how to get good ratings for the new series.
29* {{Sentai}}: Asuka's suggests that the show should be retooled into this as a way to attract new viewers.
30* SelfParody: The play is one to ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', being written by Anno himself and with with a much lighter tone than the original. In this audio play, Kaworu is alive, and Asuka is no longer in a coma.
31* SexSells: Fuyutsuki and Gendo quickly agrees that adding sex appeal to the show is a great place to start. This leads to a suggestion from Misato and Ritsuko to have Asuka and Rei wear transparent plugsuits. It's eventually dropped as it would just result in almost everything on the screen getting blurred out.
32* SuddenlySpeaking: One of the suggested changes to the show's formula is giving Pen Pen a voice. It is quickly undone when it becomes clear that it was a bad idea.
33* WardrobeMalfunction: Asuka points out that the new "sexier" plug-suit design makes it far too easy to accidentally flash the "you-know-where". She then goes on to demonstrate how, causing a mass {{nosebleed}} amongst the male cast.
34* {{Yakuza}}: A suggestion to retool the show into a high school comedy has Asuka appearing in the role as one, complete with the stereotypical Yakuza accent.
35* YesMan: Whenever Shinji makes a suggestion, Kaworu always praises it.
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