Line #4 PlayingWith/ReiAyanamiExpy


1	'''Basic Trope''': A [[{{Expy}} character modeled after]] Rei Ayanami from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
2	* '''Straight''': Suzu is a stoic teenage girl with short, blue hair and {{red eyes\|TakeWarning}}. She catches the eye of the hero, Ryuu, despite [[EmotionlessGirl being almost robotic in her language and actions]]. She is heavily injured at one point, which is eventually judged to be a result of [[ParentalNeglect neglect by her father]], Dr. Fukuoka. He used his deceased wife's DNA and some from an alien species to have someone to remember her by, but could never treat Suzu as a real daughter. Suzu later learns to feel stronger emotions, thanks to the efforts of Ryuu and their friends.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** The whole cast is composed by nothing but Rei's {{Expies}} of all kinds.
5	** Suzu is a literal Rei clone! As in, one of the multiple backup ones we saw near the end of the series, that somehow wasn't purged and escaped to a parallel universe.
6	* '''Downplayed''': Suzu is a mostly normal teenage girl who has trouble opening up to people and is distant from her father. She catches a minor illness during the course of the series.
7	* '''Justified''':
8	** Suzu identifies with Rei and deliberately models herself after her.
9	** Suzu is HumanAlien or RobotGirl.
10	* '''Inverted''':
11	** Tsubame is a hot-headed girl with long, red hair and blue eyes. She and Ryuu don't get along well, and she speaks in a very casual manner. She gets powered up halfway through the story, but still learns a lesson about keeping her emotions in check.
12	** Ryuu is a passive boy with short brown hair and dark blue eyes. His father forces him to get in a pilot engineered mecha.
13	* '''Subverted''': Suzu seems to be the cool, stoic beauty expected of the character type, up until she starts laughing at a terrible joke and demands to be told another.
14	* '''Double Subverted''': That was a conscious effort at trying to be more emotional. Suzu develops more slowly out of her stoicism over the course of the series.
15	* '''Parodied''': Suzu's friends badger Dr. Fukuoka and accuse him of being a religious ''Evangelion'' watcher. He insists he's never seen a single second of it, only for ''Evangelion'' [=BDs=] to fall out of his {{labcoat\|OfScienceAndMedicine}}.
16	* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
17	* '''Averted''': ???
18	* '''Enforced''': "Rei's still popular, right? You should make one of the characters like her."
19	* '''Lampshaded''': "Even though she's odd, I can't help but think I've seen someone like her before..."
20	* '''Invoked''': ???
21	* '''Exploited''': ???
22	* '''Defied''': ???
23	* '''Discussed''': ???
24	* '''Conversed''': ???
25	* '''Deconstructed''': Rei herself.
26	* '''Played For Laughs''':
27	** Suzu and Dr. Fukuoka are aware enough of the similarities [[YouWannaGetSued that they urge the other characters not to bring it up]].
28	** Suzu turns out to be played by Rei working as an actress, [[AdamWesting embracing her reputation as the]] TropeMaker. [[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya Yuki Nagato]] also appears as her ObviousStuntDouble.
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34	%%* '''Implied''': ???
35	%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
36	%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
37	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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