This is what happens when you extract 96 + pi percent of Shinji's angst with Kamina's Memetic Badass and Crazy Awesome. When the canon Shinji arrives and pilots Unit-01 by mistake, the entire bridge crew is gobsmacked because they're used to Shinji winning everything with little or no effort.
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This is what happens when you extract 96 + pi percent of Shinji's angst with Kamina's Memetic Badass and Crazy Awesome. When the canon Shinji arrives and pilots Unit-01 by mistake, the entire bridge crew is gobsmacked because they're used to Shinji winning everything with little or no effort.