Line #94 Characters/AlphaAndOmegaFanfic


1	!!Characters from the ''Mass Effect''/''Evangelion'' fanfic
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5	!!'''Shinji Ikari'''
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7	The protagonist of Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion. A ChildSoldier who fought in a war against {{Eldritch Abomination}}s, Shinji has been hibernating within Eva-01 for an unknown amount of time at the start of the story, and upon waking up, finds himself in the hands of Aria T'Loak in the Franchise/MassEffect universe. Book 1 and 2 chronicle his many misadventures, as well as his [[CrackPairing relationship]] with the Queen of [[WretchedHive Omega.]]
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9	* ActionSurvivor: From a put upon ChildSoldier [[LockedOutOfTheLoop out of his depth]] in the original series, to a more assured, self sufficient teenager capable of pulling off IndyPloy and gunfights with surprising ablomb.
10	* AintTooProudToBeg: He openly admits that he'd get down on his knees and beg for help [[spoiler:saving Tevos' life]] if he wasn't in such rough shape that he'd likely be unable to stand back up again.
11	* AntiHero: [[PragmaticHero Type III,]] with shades of [[NominalHero Type V.]] A total sweet heart under normal circumstances, Shinji nevertheless has no problems riling up interrogators, taking hostages, or even killing trained troops in cold blood, if he feels it necessary to secure his freedom, or save someone he cares about.
12	* BewareTheNiceOnes=/=GoodIsNotSoft: He's as polite and sweet natured as in the series, though more assertive, but Shinji's experiences have made him more ruthless, to the point of being willing to gun down hardened soldiers if he feels their endangering someone he cares for, without hesitation. [[spoiler: Looking at you, WILLE.]]
13	** Aria is mildly disturbed that he prefers Cryo rounds because "it's easier to clean up the mess afterwards".
14	* BladeEnthusiast: Prefers knives to guns due to having more experience with them.
15	* CasualDangerDialogue: His only reaction to several soldiers pointing guns at him is to wonder why everyone seems to have a nice hat and asking if Rei has one too.
16	* ClothesMakeTheLegend: He dresses almost identically to Aria as a statement that he belongs to her.
17	* DeadpanSnarker: Gets fairly sarcastic, especially in Book 2, [[spoiler: [[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion given who he ends up dealing with.]]]]
18	** Early in Book 1, Aria asks if Shinji can't hold his liquor. He snarks back that since he grew up outside of time, he wouldn't know; there wasn't a bar.
19	* DontMakeMeDestroyYou: At separate points he offers both Misato and her soldiers the opportunity to simply stand down and let him save Tevos, stating he's perfectly willing to end things with no more violence. However, he's also perfectly willing to climb over their still warm corpses to save her.
20	* EyeBeams: Gains them upon realizing his angelic nature. Unfortunately for him, doubles as an EyeScream moment also, due to what using one does to a human eyeball.
21	* LastOfHisKind: Though he looks human, Shinji is technically a HumanAlien as he is the last Lilim.
22	* MayDecemberRomance: Regardless of how you look at it, there is a huge age gap between Aria and Shinji, [[spoiler: moreso due to the TimeAbyss.]]
23	* NoMoreHoldingBackSpeech: Gives one upon realizing that he's not just the last Lilim, he ''is'' Lilim the last angel.
24	* OlderThanTheyLook: Chronologically speaking, he turns out to be [[spoiler: ''impossibly old'']] on account of the TimeAbyss of staying in Eva. Physically speaking however, he looks no older than 18 or 19.
25	* OnlySaneMan: [[spoiler: He's frequently acting as one to WILLE through Book 2, calling them out on their tendencies to shoot themselves, and everyone around them in the foot.]]
26	* PercussivePickpocket: Every time he bumps into a woman, he steals her gun.
27	* PetTheDog: Tries to do right by both [[spoiler:Rebuild!Shinji and Rei]], even offering them a ride to anywhere in the galaxy they want to go.
28	* SexGod: Justified in that Yui downloaded her entire memory into him, including tantric massage. It helps that most of his partners are asari and he studied their physiology heavily.
29	* TimeAbyss: [[spoiler:As in, older than the last ''trillion'' universes]].
30	* TookALevelInJerkass: Gets more ruthless and angrier in Book 2, on account of [[spoiler: Tevos]] being incapacitated by [[spoiler: WILLE.]] He calms down once she recovers.
31	* TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: Hacks [[spoiler:the MAGI]] and adds himself into the chain of command as "Supreme Fleet Rear Admiral Commander Brigadier General Ikari."
32	* UnwittingPawn: [[DefiedTrope Defied.]] He joins up with Aria and becomes a criminal because, as he explains to [[spoiler: Misato,]] he's really sick and tired of being used as a tool by other people, and suffering for it, and doesn't have to answer to anyone as a criminal. When she rebukes that everyone has to answer to someone, he snarks that she and [[SycophanticServant Sederis]] would have gotten along.
33	* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Tells [[spoiler:''Genesis'' Shinji]] that he is the only one who ever really accomplished anything in [[spoiler:NERV]] and they blamed and shunned him until they came crawling back to him, having accomplished nothing in [[spoiler:the 14 years he was in stasis]].
34	* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Apparently, [[SpiritAdvisor Kaworu]] contacted him to explain that he's been dropped into [[spoiler:the Rebuild universe.]] Shinji assumes he's joking, [[MyGodYouAreSerious until he realizes who's conducting his medical examination.]]
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36	!!'''Aria T'loak'''
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38	SpacePirate, crime boss, and effective ruler of Omega, Aria finds herself in the unusual position of fishing a human teenager with no record within the Alliance out of the body of a HumongousMecha. After a rocky start, she ends up in an unusual relationship with the bewildered chap.
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40	* AntiHero: [[NominalHero Type V.]] Aria is a crime lord who bluntly explains to [[spoiler: Ritsuko]] that she has little interest in morality, or saving the world. She's a hero in the contemporary sense in that she works on PragmaticVillainy, has some standards, and on account of her relationships with Shepard and Shinji encouraging her to keep a soft approach.
41	* DatingCatwoman: Crime boss in love with former [[AcePilot Mecha Pilot]] and ChildSoldier? Everyone's fairly bewildered as to what the two see in each other.
42	* EvenEvilHasStandards: Doesn't allow slavery, organ trafficking, or biochemical weapon trading on Omega, and has several PetTheDog moments.
43	** Early in Book 1, she kills Dr Rentola when he asks for permission to euthanise and dissect an unconscious Shinji ForScience.
44	* NotYourProblem: [[spoiler: When Ritsuko attempts to convince Aria to give up the assault on WILLE and let them keep ''Genesis'' Shinji, on the grounds that doing otherwise would doom the Rebuild Universe's human race, Aria bluntly makes it clear that she couldn't care less. Given that Shinji just wanted to go home, and WILLE responded to Shinji saving their captain by attempting to kill him, Aria's [[NoSympathy lack of sympathy]] is unsurprising.]]
45	* PragmaticVillainy: Part of the reason for her blocking all eezo shipments from Omega is she then gets to charge people a second time for said shipments after the embargo is over.
46	* TookALevelInKindness: Considerably less evil than in canon due to being exposed to a full paragon Shepard.
47	* TranquilFury: She keeps perfectly calm upon [[spoiler: seeing WILLE attacking and considering gunning down a helpless Shinji,]] but everyone knows she's really freaking pissed, [[BestServedCold and her actions in response leave no ambiguity on the matter.]]
48	* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: When the Citadel kidnap Shinji, she blocks of ''all'' eezo shipments from Omega on the spot before pulling a rescue operation. [[spoiler: When she witnesses upon exiting the mass relay, WILLE knocking Shinji out and threatening to kill him, she plots to invade and capture ''the Wunder'' there and then.]]
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50	%%!!'''Garrus Vakarian'''
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52	!!'''Tisala'''
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54	An asari and former Council Spectre, often seen with Shinji. Introduced early in Book 1 and pops up throughout. Takes the place of one of Shinji's most trusted friends throughout the story. Survived only due to PragmaticVillainy on the part of Aria due to her actions early in the tale. Is revealed to have some serious [[ShellShockedVeteran PTSD]]
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56	* TheAce: The reason Aria spares her early in Book 1. Even with her [[BrokenAce issues]] she considers her far too valuable to outright kill and leaves Shinji to resolve her problems later in the tale.
57	* BrokenAce: What she's revealed to be later in the story, and implied to also be the only reason Shinji managed to hold her off after she kidnapped him. She gets better though, invoking fully the IAmNotLeftHanded trope, according to Shinji, as a result.
58	* SuddenPrincipledStand: She resigns immediately after turning Shinji into the Council, being disgusted at having to kidnap an innocent young man.
59	* WrongGenreSavvy: During her fight with Shinji, she knocks away her gun when she thinks he's leaping for it and when Shinji reveals he was going for the omnitool, she points out that communications won't work. Shinji actually wanted it for the built in knife.
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61	!!'''Tevos'''
62	* CunningLinguist: Besides being arguably the most diplomatic councilor, she's also fluent in nearly a dozen Earth languages.
63	* DamselInDistress: Due to [[spoiler:[=WILLE=]]] not knowing anything about asari biology, they're attempts to sedate her leave her in a coma for several chapters.
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65	!!'''EDEN'''
66	* CriminalDoppelganger: Works for Aria while being identical to Misato.
67	* GiveMeAReason: Outright tells Misato that she's struggling not to kill her, especially after Misato [[WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency brings up that she couldn't bring herself to kill Shinji.]]
68	* MamaBear: Towards both Shinjis.
69	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives one to ROE!Misato about how she's nothing compared to NGE!Misato who ended the war in a single year and without compromising her morals.
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71	%%!!'''The Leviathans'''
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73	%%!!'''Jona Sederis'''
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78	!!'''Shinji Ikari'''
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80	Protagonist of ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'', our readers find our alternate Shinji in the tragic aftermath of Rebuild 3.0, barely functioning as he is dragged to the WILLE fleet by Captain Shikinami. After having a rough time, his luck finally starts to turn around upon having a face-to-face with himself.
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82	* ActualPacifist: Unlike the rest of the cast, [[BlackAndGreyMorality who invariably engage in some death dealing for reasonable and not so reasonable reasons,]] Shinji hates killing, period, and even has the balls to say so to Aria, of all people.
83	* AntiHero: [[ClassicalAntiHero Type I.]] [[ChildSoldier He's a troubled civilian forced into the role of a soldier,]] and never gets comfortable with it. After 3.0, he's a guilt ridden wreck trying and failing to cope with the sheer insanity he's been pushed into.
84	** ByronicHero: A lot [[NiceGuy nicer]] and [[ShrinkingViolet less flamboyant]] than traditional examples, but he becomes a broody, [[MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold misunderstood outcast]] [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer amongst the]] [[HeroWithBadPublicity human race,]] [[NotQuiteTheRightThing due to mistakes he made]] [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished with the best of intentions]] [[GoneHorriblyWrong that snowballed out of control,]] and develops serious trust and authority issues on [[BreakTheCutie account of all the abuse]] and [[UnwittingPawn manipulations he suffers.]]
85	* BeingGoodSucks: Much as he'd like to do otherwise, [[TenMinuteRetirement he keeps getting back into the Eva]] [[ChronicHeroSyndrome because he can't ignore the world's problems.]] Too bad that what would normally be morally good decisions in any other story instead keep screwing him over. Case in point: [[spoiler: He ''legitimately'' gets killed, ala Commander Shepard in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', and has to be brought back using the Lazarus Treatment, all for saving Misato from being ripped in half by an android that had been infected.]]
86	* CharacterDevelopment: Starts Book 2 barely responsive in the wake of a trauma overdose. After a discussion and a YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre talk from his other self, [[GrewASpine he regains enough confidence]] to [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness chew out WILLE for their mistreatment of him.]] [[spoiler: After recovering from his injuries, he gains enough courage to return to his home planet to help, [[ParentalSubstitute takes steps to repair his relationship with Misato,]] [[SecondLove and tepidly enters a relationship with a perky asari.]]]]
87	* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Played straight towards NERV, given that it consists of his father and his lackey at this point. Played with in regards to WILLE, as while he does turn on them, he was never really of their crew to begin with, and he does work with them again after getting on equal terms with Misato.
88	-->'''WILLE Bridge Bunny''' "So you're on their side now!?"
89	-->'''Shinji''': "Since when were any of you ever on my side?"
90	* NiceGuy: Whatever his flaws, he's a sweet, polite, accommodating teenager, who eventually takes steps to repair the relationships between himself and his former friends, even after they tried to kill or hurt him.
91	* NiceJobBreakingItHero / NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: He ends up triggering two impacts by accident in 3.0, the first because he tried to save a fellow comrade and LoveInterest, the second because he wanted to undo the damage. [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] as he ends up in an AngstComa and is barely recovering as a direct consequence of the guilt he feels for being involved. [[spoiler: The ''Genesis'' Shinji pulls him out of it, however, by pointing out that Shinji actually [[SubvertedTrope subverts]] these tropes. Had Third Impact not happened, then the Angel would have broken through the Geofront, caused Third Impact, and everyone would have been screwed anyway. Similarly, Fourth Impact happened because he kept getting mixed signals from everyone, as they were either denying him info out of spite, or deliberately misinformed him for their own agenda, until it was too late to do anything about it. ''Rebuild'' Shinji is being blamed for the Impacts not on the basis of his actual culpability, but because '' no one'' [[NeverMyFault wants to take responsibility]] [[TheScapegoat for causing the end of the world]]]]
92	* OnlyMostlyDead: [[spoiler: Gets torn in two when EDEN gets hijacked by MP Eva AI, only to be brought back by Miranda Lawson at the Lazarus Institute in the Mass Effect universe.]]
93	* ShrinkingViolet: Due to his natural introversion, and some serious self esteem issues, especially due to recent events. [[GrewASpine Starts growing out of it.]]
94	* UnwittingPawn: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed.]] Shinji was used as a tool of the apocalypse twice over despite it being the last thing he wanted. He gets saddled with all the blame anyway, despite the fact that he's a clear patsy, because no one wants the egg on their face, and the true mastermind is out of reach. It takes Aria taking over WILLE, and Shinji calling out both the crew and Misato over their delusional attitude for them to back off.
95	* WeUsedToBeFriends: His relationships with Misato and Asuka are strained by both his involvement, regardless of how innocent or unintentional, in the Third and Fourth Impacts, and by the fact that he missed out on 14 years of their lives that were lived fighting a war. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] however, in that Asuka still cares about him in spite of that, and wants him to recover, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold she just has a hard time]] showing it due to being a [[ShellShockedVeteran hardened,]] [[OlderThanTheyLook perpetually hormonal teenager.]] [[spoiler: After her HeelRealisation, Misato likewise takes steps to bridge the gap between them, and eventually, they become a family again.]]
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97	!!'''Asuka Langley Shikinami'''
98	The Second Child, pilot of Eva Unit-02, and a 28 year old war veteran in the body of a 14 year old. Former friend and co-worker of Shinji Ikari, our reader finds her watching a trio of SEELE MP Evas overlooking a duplicate Unit-01 that fell out of the Room of Gauf, as she attempts to drag ''Rebuild'' Shinji, Rei Q, and herself through the desert to the Wunder, in the aftermath of 3.0
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100	* AntiHero: [[KnightInSourArmour Type II.]] Much as she hates her job, it's what she's good at, and what the world needs, so she puts up with it. And while she is unpleasant to deal with on the surface, she does care about the people around her, even if she's frustrated by their quirks and mistakes.
101	* GreenEyedMonster: She's ultimately willing to forgive Shinji for causing Fourth impact, not that she wholly blames him to begin with. What she ''does'' have a harder time forgiving is the fact that Shinji returned to Eva for Rei, and later Rei Q, not for Asuka.
102	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: 14 years later, she's still just as obnoxious as she was before, calling people demeaning nicknames suck as 'brat', 'idiot', or 'doll', and generally being unfriendly even to the people she's close to. But she keeps a spare set of spectacles for Mari in case she loses them, keeps Shinji and Rei Q safe on the way to the Wunder, and when ''Genesis'' Shinji offers to help ''Rebuild'' Shinji get of his HeroicBSOD, she takes him up on it, albeit in her seemingly uncaring way.
103	* NeverMyFault: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted.]] Much as it pains her to admit, she realises that she's just as, if not more responsible for Fourth Impact than Shinji, as she had the opportunity to tell the truth and talk him out of it, but wasted it in favour of trying to kill him.
104	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Trying to kill Shinji, and only attempting to talk him out of pulling the spears when she literally had no other option, was ''not'' the wisest decision she's made. She knows it, and it's likely why she's relatively soft towards Shinji.
105	* NotGrowingUpSucks: Because of the Curse of Eva, she's a 28 year old soldier stuck as a teenager and she's not happy about it. The fact that she suffers 'childish' emotions as a consequence of being perpetually hormonal doesn't help either.
106	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Sacrificed Unit-02 to take down Unit-13. ''Genesis'' Shinji is shocked that she did so.
107	* {{Pride}}: She's offended when SEELE's Evas ignore her, as it means they don't even consider her a threat, and she generally hates appearing weak and fearful in front of anyone, even if it's the smartest decision to make.
108	* RunningGag: Both ''Genesis'' Shinji and Aria call her Sohryu, and both times she corrects them, the first time with frustration, the second with a bit of shock.
109	* UndyingLoyalty: To WILLE. When choosing between Unit-01 and saving her organisation, the organisation comes first.
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112	!!'''Misato Katsuragi'''
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114	Captain of the WILLE fleet, effectively the biggest threat to [[BigBad Gendo]] for the time being. In the aftermath of Fourth Impact, our dear captain is thrown for a loop when an older duplicate of her former charge, as well as a blue alien are found to have to passed through the Room of Gauf.
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116	* AbusiveParent: While she isn't ''outright'' abusive, given that they haven't had time to talk again, there really is no other way to take strapping an ExplosiveLeash on your charge, [[ShoottheDog regardless of the reasons.]] Fortunately, she gets better.
117	* AntiHero: [[UnscrupulousHero Type IV.]] Mellows to a [[PragmaticHero Type III]] after some [[DefrostingIceQueen defrosting.]]
118	* BeingGoodSucks / BeingEvilSucks: [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished Not killing ''Rebuild'' Shinji lets Gendo use him to start Fourth impact,]] [[VirtueIsWeakness and having some limits left puts her at a disadvantage to NERV.]] But being a ruthless, aloof IronLady who ''does'' KickTheDog [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone clearly eats at her,]] [[PyrrhicVictory and doesn't do any wonders for her personal relationships, especially with either Shinji.]]
119	* DefrostingIceQueen: [[WhatTheHellHero After a heart to heart with EDEN and ''Rebuild'' Shinji,]] she takes steps to bridge the gap between herself and her former charge. It's slow going at first, but eventually, they're inseperable again.
120	* DrowningMySorrows: [[spoiler: While ''Rebuild'' Shinji is recovering at the Lazarus Institute, she takes to drinking again out of a mixture of guilt, the suspense over Shinji's recovery, and frustration over not knowing what's happening back on Earth. Once Shinji recuperates, she cuts down immediately.]]
121	* GoodIsNotNice: [[TookALevelInKindness Even after apologising to Shinji, and becoming a better human being,]] Misato generally comes across as stoic, sour, and difficult to get to know, with only ''Rebuild'' Shinji and select others able to look past that.
122	* HeWhoFightsMonsters: [[LampshadedTrope Lampshaded by ''Genesis'' Shinji,]] who sarcastically asks if Misato's strategy to beat Gendo involves becoming him.
123	* HiddenDepths: In 3.0, Misato came across as TheUnfettered, and an AbusiveParent to ''Rebuild'' Shinji. Here, it becomes clear that she's actually something of a TokenGoodTeammate of WILLE, as she ''wants'' to be a good person, [[ShootTheDog but has to compromise with the demands of taking on NERV,]] [[RevengeBeforeReason as well as satisfying her crew.]] [[spoiler: After her HeelRealisation, she starts stepping up and repairing her relationship with Shinji.]]
124	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Years of fighting a war have really frosted her up, but she eventually shows her warmer side to Shinji again.
125	* TheUnfettered: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted.]] Turns out, she's got way more moral hang ups than anyone suspects, and Ritsuko spends a lot of her time trying to get her to become this. ''Genesis'' Shinji points out that she won't be able to beat Gendo as she is, since she's not wholly committed to the task.
126	* UnwittingPawn: As ''Genesis'' Shinji points out, WILLE only got access to Unit-01 and ''Rebuild'' Shinji because NERV let them. All of their actions, and even their treatment of Shinji, was calculated in advance by Gendo himself, and Misato played along perfectly.
127	* WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency: Whilst arguing with EDEN, Misato attempts to justify her treatment of ''Rebuild'' Shinji by pointing out she didn't detonate the DSS Choker when she had the chance. [[MamaBear EDEN's]] understandably appalled, and points out in her ReasonYouSuckSpeech that you don't get prizes for not killing people, [[WouldHurtAChild especially 14 year olds.]]
128	* WhatTheHellHero: Repeatedly, from a lot of people. ''Genesis'' Shinji is the main source, but even EDEN and ''Rebuild'' Shinji get on the action.
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131	!!'''Ritsuko Akagi'''
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133	Misato's second in command, and key scientific and technological expert of the WILLE staff. Ends up triggering a set of DisasterDominoes upon encountering Tevos and the ''other'' Shinji.
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135	* AntiHero: [[UnscrupulousHero Solid Type IV.]] [[WellIntentionedExtremist She'll save the world,]] even if she has to use and kill a child, amongst other things, to do it.
136	* AssholeVictim: A non-fatal example. [[spoiler: During Aria's infiltration of the Wunder, she takes her out, and [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique starts interrogating her,]] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown with painful results.]] After everything's she's pulled, it's somewhat satisfying to see her knocked down a peg.]]
137	* DirtyBusiness: Her opinion on what she's done: If saving the human race means becoming a monster, then she's willing to pay that price.
138	* {{Jerkass}}: Even with her good intentions, she's still an unpleasant person to deal with, and it's pretty much hate at first sight between her and ''Genesis'' Shinji. Between injecting Tevos with a tranquilliser for rabid dogs, and considering execution for Shinji in spite of saving her and Misato's life, Shinji's admittance that he doesn't like her much is easy to understand.
139	** JerkassHasAPoint: She admits that she doesn't actually have anything personal against either Shinji, but believes that sacrifices have to be made to win, even if it involves killing children who's only crime was trying to do the right thing, and screwing up horrendously. She also points out that while principles and morals are good and all, they're hard to appreciate if people end up dead when trying to uphold them.
140	* KnowNothingKnowItAll: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with.]] She ''is'' a scientific genius, after all, but there's really no denying that she makes some stupid decisions and assumptions due to not knowing her limits. For one, she doesn't even consider that as an asari, Tevos ''might'' react differently to chemicals than an animal or human would, with near lethal consequences. [[IRejectYourReality She also tries to deny that ''Genesis'' Shinji]] was an Eva pilot on the grounds that he [[OlderThanTheyLook hasn't suffered the Curse of Eva,]] without considering that even her knowledge of the Evas is somewhat limited.
141	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Tranquillising Tevos instead gets her into a ''coma'' and very nearly causes brain death, because neither her nor the other WILLE doctors have dealt with an asari's physiology before. This causes a chain of events beginning with ''Rebuild'' Shinji turning on WILLE, and ending with [[spoiler: Aria and him conquering the organisation.]]
142	* WellIntentionedExtremist: Is one, [[TheCorrupter and wants Misato to become a more extreme one.]]
143	* WouldHurtAChild: Encouraged Misato to decapitate ''Rebuild'' Shinji with an ExplosiveLeash in 3.0.
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145	!!'''Mari Illustrious Makinami'''
146	WILLE's other pilot, and Asuka's partner-in-crime. She's stuck in the same situation as her, being about the same age, and the same age body.
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148	* AffablyEvil / WildCard: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed on both counts.]] She's not evil, but she has little real loyalty to WILLE beyond their commitment to saving the world. She'll prevent Aria from taking ''Genesis'' Shinji, but only because WILLE would not tolerate her doing her doing otherwise. Outside of that, she proves surprisingly apathetic on what happens to her crew, just watching from the sidelines as Shinji ploughs through them.
149	* AntiHero: [[NominalHero Type V.]] As she admits, her only concern is piloting Eva, and taking down NERV and SEELE. Beyond that, she's nowhere near as invested in WILLE as the rest of the crew.
150	* CloudCuckooLander: Generally not on the same plane as everyone else. Ritsuko flat out asks if Mari knows she's weird, after she comments on the comatose Tevos' hotness.
151	* CovertPervert: [[AvertedTrope Averted.]] She's not remotely subtle in her enjoyment of seeing two people in the nude, and even asks Sakura why she isn't taking notes.
152	* NiceGirl / ThePollyanna: She's perpetually cheerful and full of support, even if she comes across as weird to everyone else. When ''Rebuild'' Shinji, at the tail end of 3.0, freaks over the idea that there's another him walking around, she comforts him with an explanation, and refers to him as 'Puppy-kun' as a term of endearment.
153	* OlderThanTheyLook: As with Asuka, she suffers from the Curse of Eva, and is a full grown woman in the body of a teenager, more or less.
154	** NotGrowingUpSucks: [[AvertedTrope Notably averted.]] Unlike Asuka, she has very little problems with not getting older. If she ''does'' have any issues with her eternal youth, she's being incredibly tight lipped on the subject.
155	* TheNicknamer: 'Puppy-kun', 'Doggy-kun', 'Princess,' 'Space Lady', she's very fond of these.
156	* PunchClockHero / PunchClockVillain: She's with WILLE because she enjoys piloting Eva, and doesn't have anything against either Shinji despite the two being WILLE's {{Designated Villain}}s. She doesn't even mind that ''Genesis'' Shinji is an Angel, but for WILLE, that's a big no-no, even for a loose cannon like her, so she can't willingly let Aria have him back.
157	* TookALevelInJerkass: [[AvertedTrope She's one of the few amongst WILLE who averts this.]] Between 2.0 and 3.0, and 3.0 to Book 2, she's still as sweet, enthusiastic and extroverted as when she first appeared.
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160	%%!!'''Rei Q Ayanami'''
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162	%%!!'''Sakura Suzuhara'''
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164	!!'''Gendo Ikari'''
165	[[BigBad Commander of NERV,]] and the now driving force behind the [[AssimilationPlot Human Instrumentality Project.]] [[AbusiveParent He's also ''Rebuild'' Shinji's father,]] and a [[{{Jerkass}} colossal prick.]]
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167	* AbusiveParent: Really doesn't need mentioning at this point.
168	* AdaptationalVillainy: Canonical Gendo ''did'' care about Shinji, and had a HeelRealisation when he dies. Hard to see anything like that in this Gendo.
169	* AssimilationPlot: The name of his game.
170	* BadBoss: When they were still working for him, he used his NERV subordinates to kick start Third Impact. He then kept his [[AbusiveParent own son]] [[RipVanWinkle in stasis for 14 years,]] allowing his enemy to bring him out [[ManipulativeBastard solely so he can manipulate him into starting]] ''Fourth'' Impact, and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness abandons him to their mercies right afterwards.]] [[spoiler: When Fuyutsuki [[NotWhatISignedOnFor understandably gets sick of his shit]] [[HeelFaceTurn and bolts,]] [[ResignationsNotAccepted he launches three Mass Production Units]] [[NoKillLikeOverkill to find and kill him.]]]] Every relationship he has, with the exception of his wife [[spoiler: (And even she's not safe)]] [[AllTakeAndNoGive is mired with heavy exploitation from his end,]] [[ItsAllAboutMe with absolutely no consideration of how it affects anyone else]] [[PragmaticVillainy beyond their long term usefulness.]]
171	* BigBad: Of Book 2.
172	* DidNotSeeThatComing: A second Eva-01 and Shinji, plus a blue alien, are strange but he can accommodate. [[spoiler: A whole battalion of futuristic SpacePirates outnumbering the WILLE fleet just warps through a Mass Relay? [[NotSoStoic Less so.]] ''Genesis'' Shinji using the Evas to ''undo'' the damage of Near Third Impact and Fourth Impact upon the world, rapidly putting the odds of Gendo's success down the crapper? [[VillainousBreakdown Floors him, and sends him on the bender.]]]]
173	* EvilCounterpart: He and Misato are both leaders of an organisation who demand utmost respect, both of them were once decent people hardened by personal tragedies, and both are AbusiveParents to ''Rebuild'' Shinji. Misato, however, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold has her heart in the right place,]] [[CharacterDevelopment and is willing to change]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone when shown she's wrong.]] Whatever heart Gendo had [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk shrivelled up long ago,]] [[IgnoredEpiphany and the time for him to change is long past.]]
174	** Similarly to Ritsuko. Their ends are diametric opposites, but the two share the same attitudes towards the means, i.e. [[TheUnfettered anything that'll help them win is acceptable.]]
175	* KickTheDog: Goes above and beyond with ''Rebuild'' Shinji in 3.0. [[spoiler: And very nearly kills him, albeit by accident, [[StraightForTheCommander when his virus hijacks EDEN in an attempt to kill Misato.]]]]
176	** PetTheDog: [[spoiler: Upon learning that Shinji is near death, he agrees to a temporary truce, and allows WILLE to transfer him to the Mass Effect Universe without any trouble. We don't actually see his response, though, so it's difficult to say whether it was genuine kindness, [[PragmaticVillainy or he simply saw no more use to this specific pawn, and thus, had no reason to interfere.]]]]
177	* TheSociopath: [[TheLostLenore Yui Ikari]] is the only person he seems to remotely care for, given his treatment of [[AbusiveParent his son,]] [[BadBoss his subordinates,]] [[AMillionIsAStatistic and the human race in general.]] [[spoiler: [[WhatTheHellHero And when she makes her disagreements clear,]] [[KickTheMoralityPet he overrides her,]] and pushes forward the AssimilationPlot, with the intention of forcing it on her regardless of her wants or needs..]]
178
179	!!'''Kozou Fuyutsuki'''
180	[[TheDragon Gendo's second in command,]] and his co-conspirator in the Human Instrumentality Project. Has relatively little presence in the story compared to Gendo.
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182	* AffablyEvil: Despite his involvement in Gendo's schemes, he comes across as a CoolTeacher, and a wise grandfather figure when not plotting world destruction.
183	* AntiVillain: [[NobleDemon Type I.]] He'd be one of the heroes if he wasn't committed to the AssimilationPlot. [[spoiler: [[HeelFaceTurn He ends up joining WILLE and Aria]] after Yui is resurrected and Gendo goes off the deep end.]]
184	* {{Foil}}: To Ritsuko. Both are close subordinates to the leaders they work under. Ritsuko's a KnightTemplar, however, who'll save the Earth no matter what the cost; Fuyutsuki looking to end it through an AssimilationPlot, [[NobleDemon but tries to take the nicest methods to do so,]] and would prefer cooperation to manipulation. Ritsuko tries to encourage Misato's ruthlessness, Fuyutsuki tries to counsel kindness in Gendo, both with very little success.
185	* KnowWhenToFoldThem: [[spoiler: Upon realising that Yui has recovered from the Eva, and rejects the AssimilationPlot, he eventually concedes his involvement, realising it probably wouldn't succeed at this point anyway, unlike Gendo.]]
186	* ResignationsNotAccepted / ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler: Eventually abandons Gendo, who responds by sicking some Mass Production Units on his tail.]]
187
188	%%!!'''Miranda Lawson'''
189
190	%%!!'''Jacob Taylor'''
191
192	%%!!'''Admiral Hackett'''
193
194	[[/folder]]

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