Moments pages are Spoilers Off. You Have Been Warned.
- Low-key example with Rei as she's still taking herself off of Akagi's drugs: When one of their classmates tries to flirt with Shinji, Asuka seethes, but can't do anything about it in public. Realizing that Shinji is feeling distressed, Rei takes this opportunity and advantage of her drug withdrawal to throw up all over the offending student. Asuka even commends her for being their team sniper.
- Rei against Zeruel has first mention. No "maybes", "ifs" or "buts". During that battle Rei was facing alone a foe with overwhelming power and with no support or backing other than two dummy plugs untested in combat. Still, she fought and endured as long as she could. Then Shinji and Asuka came along, riding Unit-03. Then, when Zeruel caught 03 in a vice grip and prepared to detonate… Rei went berserker in reaction, attacking Zeruel's exposed core until it shattered, killing the Angel.
- On that note: Shinji and Asuka hijacking Unit-03 and coming to the rescue, gambling on Asuka's friendship with Hikari to allow them to achieve the sync rate needed for them to fight. Add to that this was Shinji's idea.
- When Leliel trapped Asuka inside itself. She did not want to die. Shinji did not want her dying. Then Shinji drove Unit-01 berserker and started to shred Leliel's body from without, as Unit-02 went berserker and ripped Leliel from within. When it emerged, both Evas roared and rose their fists in triumph, greeting each other, as the Nerv staff watched the scene horrified.
- The three Children against Bardiel: all of them—including Rei!—go against Gendo's hare-brained pestering... er, direct orders. Rei manages to rescue Hikari and bring her to safety and Shinji and Asuka do the Battle Couple routine, teaming up against Bardiel and managing to kill it without destroying the Unit. Furthermore, because they had killed the Angel without tearing apart the Eva, NERV had gained an Eva with an S2 core.
- The battle against Arael. Shinji and Asuka have their own separate Big Damn Heroes moments saving Rei and Kaworu. Especially Shinji, who defies his orders to stay put, convinces his mother to go along with his plan, launches himself from the Cages manually, and punches his way through to the outside when Gendo orders the hatches sealed. He throws up an AT Field to stop Kaworu and Rei from being mind raped any further, and distracts Arael long enough for Asuka to throw the Lance and skewer it. And he does all this on less than five minutes of reserve power.
- The very description of Asuka launching the Lance deserves to be repeated here:
Unit-02 threw the Lance into the sky with a throw that made every muscle in the Eva scream with effort. It was a throw that would have made Achilles roar with approval and envy, made Homer compose an ode to its beauty. It was a throw fueled by righteous fury and born of love. The air scorched in its wake. - A SEELE agent posing as a nurse tries to kill Kaworu in his hospital bed, in an attempt to trigger his change into Tabris. Unfortunately, she made the mistake of doing this with Rei and Asuka present. Asuka attacks the agent, hitting her repeatedly with a bedpan until she's very unconscious. Nicely done, Pilot.
