The Reprint and Repackaging of Evangelion

The Reprint and Repackaging of Evangelion is a parody/humor fanfiction written by Marik Kurakashi and hosted on Fanfiction.net. It is currently in progress.

The story is yet another Alternate Universe retelling of the series, featuring a fast-talking and smart-mouthed Shinji that is called upon by Gendo to pilot Evangelion Unit-01. What happens when he's ordered to actually pilot, however, deviates from the norm in a big way and sets the tone for the rest of the story.

This fic can be very hard to take seriously at times, but also has moments of genuine emotional depth. Overall, it is surprisingly enjoyable despite its odd nature (even compared to most NGE fiction).

This fanfic contains examples of:

 * A God Am I: Rei snaps and proclaims "I am the closest thing to God these humans will ever know." after Shinji blows her off. She calms down.
 * Affectionate Parody: No time is wasted in the story to make fun of anything and everything, even itself.
 * Alas, Poor Villain: In-universe with.
 * All Women Are Lustful: You know things are out of control when Asuka has a more restrained libido than Rei for pete's sake.
 * Alternate Character Interpretation: The entire cast gets elements revamped into various new personalities.
 * The Atoner: Gendo grew a conscience after Yui's death in this fic, and he feels genuinely bad about sending Shinji away.
 * Author Appeal: Rather obvious with the not-so-subtext in the fic.
 * Big Good: This seems to be Gendo and Fuyutski's role in this story.
 * Chainsaw Good: The double bladed chainsaw sword used by Rei in 12
 * Cloning Blues: Subtle, but there. A lot of Rei's mental issues stem from being a clone, the death of the first Rei, and who she was cloned from. And not necessarily in that order.
 * Crowning Moment of Awesome: Gendo's Rousing Speech, in part because it's so unexpected, and in part because ... well, it's awesome.
 * Crowning Moment of Funny: "In retrospect, I could of always gotten a second job."
 * Shinji's reaction to Rei's sudden appearance in chapter 7
 * The Cameo: Leeron and Leite from Gurren Lagann work for NERV's weapons division
 * Simon's an intern, Yoko works for the JSSDF, Kamina's got a city job, and Kazumi's taking care of Noriko
 * Games Workshop exists as an island
 * Chapter 16 brings us a cameo from Mana Kirishima and The back up bridge crew.
 * Gendo created Panty and Stocking, and is apparently on speaking terms with Garterbelt
 * Deadpan Snarker: Shinji
 * Department of Redundancy Department: The Narrator - during the SEELE scene in Chapter 17 - and Bardiel.
 * Eye Scream:
 * The Heart: Asuka's role is to be the one who understands and empathizes with the opponents even more than the other two.
 * Heroic BSOD: The pilots have one after
 * Hurricane of Euphemisms: Maya colorfully shoots down Aoba in 15
 * Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: Every chapter title is a song lyric
 * Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: Many of the Angels are so pathetic that it's hard not to feel a little sorry for them when they inevitably get their asses handed to them by the pilots..
 * However, this has been subverted with
 * Jerk With a Heart of Gold: Shinji's still a hero, but man oh man is he touchy. Still better than canon.
 * : Zeruel.
 * Large Ham: Bardiel
 * Leaning On the Fourth Wall: Bardiel, again.
 * Lemony Narrator: The descriptive prose gets off track at times.
 * Noodle Incident: "November 13th, freshman year."
 * Power Trio: The Eva Pilots of course
 * Rousing Speech: Delivered by Gendo in chapter 7
 * Ship Tease: The story can't decide on Shinji/Asuka or Shinji/Rei, and so chooses to tease both.
 * Single Stroke Battle: The finals showdown with Ramiel is this.
 * Shout Out: Lots and lots of shouts
 * AT-fields are Domain Control
 * Shinji and Asuka defeat an Angel with the Cross Bomber
 * Shinji and Asuka, along with Kensuke, Hikari, Touji, and Rei, watch a Kamen Raider movie
 * Also, there was a double feature movie based on the Horus Heresy and Gaunt's Ghosts.
 * No mention of NERV being the best at what they do? Shinji am disappoint
 * Shinji is in despair! This romantic comedy bit has left him in despair!
 * Tear Jerker:
 * Also done with
 * The Tease: Asuka towards Shinji
 * This Is a Drill: Shinji uses a giant arm drill against Sandalphon.
 * Tsundere: Rei has a few elements of this. Justified in Chapter 5, where Gendo reveals that Shinji probably awoke Yui's teenaged personality. Since Rei suggesting a fate more violent for Ramiel then Shinji's suggestion of spamming N2 mines was the proof he needed, this is probably not a good thing.
 * The Unfought:
 * World of Cardboard Speech:
 * Wrestler in All of Us: Shinji and Asuka using wrestling moves to beat Israfel.
 * Tsundere: Rei has a few elements of this. Justified in Chapter 5, where Gendo reveals that Shinji probably awoke Yui's teenaged personality. Since Rei suggesting a fate more violent for Ramiel then Shinji's suggestion of spamming N2 mines was the proof he needed, this is probably not a good thing.
 * The Unfought:
 * World of Cardboard Speech:
 * Wrestler in All of Us: Shinji and Asuka using wrestling moves to beat Israfel.
 * Wrestler in All of Us: Shinji and Asuka using wrestling moves to beat Israfel.