Nobody Dies



""I mean, I've practically got weird crap happening on a timer, here. Just wait, three seconds and something whacky will happen.""

- Pieter Sohryu, explaining the story about as well as anyone.

""Welcome to NERV. God's in His heaven because He's scared of our superior firepower.""

- Yui Ikari

If Shinji and Warhammer 40 K can be called the love child of Eva, Warhammer 40 K, and Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, then NGE: Nobody Dies is what happens when you mix Eva with Overman King Gainer, a smidgen of Nextwave, and a not-inconsiderable number of Shout Outs. It could also be what happens when Rei is raised by the Warner siblings and Lelouch Lamperouge and then gets set loose in the Geofront.

Nobody Dies is the brainchild of Gregg Landsman, author of Walking in The Shadow of Dreams. The title's a little misleading, so here's the story in a nutshell -- it's Evangelion, except that Yui didn't go through with the contact experiment with Unit 01. As a result, both she and Kyoko Zeppelin Sohryu are very much alive, and their influence on the story has turned virtually the entire series on its head, in some ways that are predictable (Shinji is more well-adjusted, though not so different from his canon counterpart as to be totally unrecognizable) and some ways that really, really aren't (Rei and Asuka, on the other hand...).

At its heart, the story is a Fix Fic and a transformation of Evangelion into a classic Super Robot show, with plenty of humor and action and giant robots beating the stuffing out of equally giant monsters. That's not to say everything is all sunshine and roses, however; not all the changes invoked are for the better, and the series has its share of dark moments. By and large, however, Nobody Dies is very much of the Lighter and Softer variety of Evangelion fanfiction, and it comes highly recommended to anyone looking for exactly that.

As of February 22nd, 2012, Nobody Dies has hit 110 chapters and counting, having just begun its fifth "season." Sections of each chapter are posted in the Space Battles forum thread about the fic before the entire chapter is posted to fanfiction.net, if you want teasers. It should be noted that this is actually the twelfth discussion thread for this fic; here are the links to the original thread, the second, a short-lived third thread, the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, & eleventh threads. It should also be noted that the original had become the largest discussion thread on the entire site, way past the point where threads are normally locked, and the second was one of a number of large threads that temporarily crashed Spacebattles' servers. The 3rd and every thread since, on the other hand, were locked before this could happen, and starting recently they've been getting auto-locked when they reach a length of 500 posts.

Due to this series' popularity, several spinoffs exist, often side-stories focusing on some of the many, many side characters. Canonised ones include:
 * Nobody Dies: Six AIs, One Continent, covering the misadventures of the Reego and two of the Keiworu in Australia.
 * Nobody Dies: The Trials of Kiri Harasami, a semi-prequel following a girl who's in Rei's class who gets noticed.

In addition, several future/alternate timelines have generated their own fics:
 * The Yomiverse, encompassing several stories, all focused around Yomiko Nagisa.
 * Nobody Dies: Those Who Remain, a Mana-centered story which spins off from ch. 75.

Additionally, Gregg has begun an open beta test of a rewrite of the fanfic, The Rebuild of Nobody Dies. The first thread is found here, and the second thread is here.

Please post single character-specific tropes to the character sheet. Other important links are at the top of the page.

This fic contains examples of the following:
""She's not really angry," Shinji whispers to Asuka.
 * A Boy and His X: A girl and her 200' tall giant fighting robot that thinks it's a dog.
 * Actor Allusion:
 * Go-Kun, voiced by Peter Cullen, says "One shall stand and one shall fall" and "Life is the right of all sentient beings" in Chapter 41.
 * President Stephen Colbert has an eyepatch. Guess that makes him a One-Eyed Monster...
 * Cookies on dowels!
 * Pieter Sohryu, played by Bruce Boxleitner, makes really great speeches.
 * Word of God says that Shinji's grandfather is played by Christopher Lee.
 * A Day in The Limelight: Chapter 27 focuses almost entirely on Uriel, Kensuke, Pieter, and Junior.
 * Air Vent Passageway
 * For Rei and the Ree, NERV's any accessible ductwork is a playground. They make xenomorphs and trapdoor spiders look like rank amateurs.
 * Kensuke seems to have picked this up as well. Not surprising, really.
 * During their intrusion into the canon NGE universe, T!Rei and canon!Asuka use the ductwork to.
 * Shinji has picked this up as well since, but he's still not very good at it.
 * Subcommander Fuyutski is in New Vegas when a gang attacks the casino he's in. Guess how he rescues the hostages?
 * When they ask about how he got so good at it, he replies that it's an "occupational skill" he picked up.
 * All Just a Dream:
 * Chapter
 * Chapter takes this trope Up to Eleven.
 * All There in the Manual: The fic's threads at Spacebattles.com (archived near the top of this page) contain some interesting information not found in the fic. They don't have to be read to enjoy the story, but they do help.
 * Alternate Timeline:
 * When Everybody Dies was canonized in Chapter 68, many fans began speculating about what would happen to Kei. It was suggested that she would run away to live with Kaworu in Germany, spawning the idea that their daughter Yomiko would be Locked Out of the Loop about her mother's past. Writing about the lulz that are generated when she finds out at the age of thirteen became so popular that there are three separate continuities working off of the idea.:
 * In the Gregg Landsman future, a fourteen year-old Yomiko is reunited with her family.
 * EarthScorpion's "Little Yomiko" shorts apply Moe to a Science!-based "Addams Family"-esque environment with the Nagisas. The story was the first to be published, but Earth Scorpion didn't come up with the idea himself. The story was formerly in the same canon as K9's, but with the start of this story it became clear that neither was reconcilable with the other.
 * K 9 Thefirst 1 came up with the idea, but as of January 2011 there was only one chapter of the main plot actually written by K9.
 * After the events of Chapter 75, Arujei created another alternate future in which Asuka, Rei, and the Ree . This story, entitled "Those Who Remain", revolves around Mana.
 * And I Must Scream:
 * eventually corrupts VR sim into a nightmare where
 * ends up as a tiny chunk in a jar for to play with.
 * Animated Adaptation: An anime paralleling canon Evangelion is made in-universe, produced by Gainax and written by the Ree, complete with Gainax Ending.
 * Angrish:
 * When Yui lapses into this, you know she's truly lost her temper:
 * At the end of Chapter 19:

"How can you tell?" she asks.

"She's not making up words yet."

"Go back to your flurgen rooms," Yui growls towards the Ree.

"Okay, now she is," Shinji says, grabbing Asuka's wrist, and pulling her out with him."

""Ffffffffffffffff....."
 * Then there's her reaction at the end to Chapter 34

Rei leans into the host.

"I think she's sprung a leak.""

""Great," Shinji groans, "Any way this day can get worse?"
 * Later...

The door slams open.

"Flargen! Hasshoff!"

"Oh, right," Shinji sighs, slumping into a chair, "Mom's pissed.""

""I think so, dear," (Yui) says, "but I have no idea where we would get saran wrap in that bulk.""
 * The beginning of Chapter 53 is something of an aversion:
 * There's also Kyoko's reaction to in Chapter 25.
 * Rei lets the occasional "flurgen" slip out.
 * Apocalypse How: In addition to the one nicked from canon Evangelion, Nobody Dies adds a few of its own:
 * causes a Class 6 on It got bad enough that.
 * , if left unchecked, could have caused a Class 4.
 * nearly caused another Class 1 Impact.
 * Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering: Chapter 3, for one.

"Asuka: "That...that was completely impossible. I mean...physics doesn't work that way!""
 * Art Major Physics:
 * Three words: "plasma focusing crystal"
 * Lampshaded in Chapter 54:

""It's like a religious experience. Wanna know my prayer?" [...] "Yea, though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I shall fear no evil! For I am driving 35,000 tons of F___ YOU.""
 * Ascended Extra: Contains many examples, some from canon Evangelion but others original creations.
 * Several of the Angels get their roles and personalities significantly more fleshed out than in Canon. Iruel, Tabris, Sandalphon, and ADAM in particular stand out; Armisael, Leliel, and Zeruel also get plenty of dialogue.
 * The Ree were originally meant to be a recurring Noodle Incident, but have since become much more fleshed out.
 * The Reego also fit this, thanks to a certain side story by EarthScorpion.
 * Audio Adaptation: Some readers have taken to making audio renditions of the Angels' Badass Boasts (Zeruel is a popular one). One reader even pulled out the pork products for a rendition of Iruel's dialogue (from Chapters 31, 32, 33, 37, and 38) A radio drama is being made by Spacebattles Forum.
 * Badass Boast:
 * Several of the Angels introduce themselves with these. They can be found on the Quotes page.
 * Mana gets off a beauty in Chapter 25 as she prepares to attack an incoming Angel.

"" For though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death," Mana announces, "I will fear no evil. Not now. For I ""
 * Thanks to Kyoko, she upgrades it a few chapters later:

"Angel, You will go no further. The forces of Mankind will stand against you. For every step you take, you will pay dearly. For every life you have taken, you will pay. We will fight to the last breath. We will fight to the last man. And if you wish to enter this city, you will do so only past me."
 * Go-kun gets a nice one in Chapter 68 while fighting another Angel.


 * Back From the Dead: in Ch. 102.
 * Except that.
 * Badass Family: The Ikaris, especially since Ichi and the Ree count as members.
 * Bar Brawl:
 * The state function-equivalent of one, as instigated by Gendo.
 * Chapter 50 features one in a karaoke bar that turns into a Thundering Herd between Mari, Mana and Asuka (the latter two in various stages of inebriation).
 * Beach Episode: Chapter 76.
 * Berserk Button:
 * Insulting Yui within earshot of Gendo is a bad idea.
 * By Word of God, anyone doing irrevocable harm to one of Rei's friends is dead. Period.
 * Beware the Nice Ones:
 * Rei may be the nicest Eldritch Abomination this side of Haruhi Suzumiya, but if you hurt her friends, she and the Ree will make your life very painful.
 * Shinji in Chapters 36 and 66.
 * Beyond the Impossible: Jet Alone Prime . That's just the tip of the massive iceberg.
 * BFS: The Progressive Sword, Magoroku.
 * Big Screwed Up Family: With the way the pairings are working out, the Ikaris and the Sohryus are going to have multiple connections, along with the continual creation of Rei descendants and the AIs, there's going to be a very large and extensive family tree of lunatics.
 * Bizarre Alien Biology: The inside of an Angel is weird.
 * Book Ends:
 * Zeruel's "I am assuming direct control" in Chapter 65 gets thrown in his face by Tabris in Chapter 70.
 * Boom Headshot: Used as a threat by Kyoko against in Chapter 75. Specifically, she threatened to kill, and then.
 * Boss Rush: Asuka has to go through something like this to rescue Shinji from the Ree, in a combined nod to Scott Pilgrim and Mega Man.
 * Bowdlerise: Done by the author himself; see T Word Euphemism below.
 * Breaking the Fourth Wall:
 * The Ree. (Who else?)


 * Chapter 55 had this one:

""Well, then I had him stuffed. And mounted. And I installed hydraulics in his arms so he'd sort of jump anyone who looked in my closet. And stuff.""
 * Break the Cutie:
 * Chapters 31 through 33, for Shinji, Mana, and Asuka (as if Asuka wasn't already broken enough...).
 * Chapter 36 takes the abuse of Asuka and Shinji even further.
 * Ichi at the end of the third "season" and the start of the fourth.
 * Break the Haughty:
 * Several unsuccessful attempts are made on Kyoko. It takes for it to finally stick.
 * gets this from in Chapter 40.
 * Brick Joke:
 * Chapter 3. Yui and Gendo are pondering something that involves saran wrap in bulk. Chapter 10. Kozo Fuyutsuki has his office completely covered in saran wrap. Note - may actually be unrelated incidents.
 * Rei defeats a remnant of Sachiel in one of the earlier chapters. In Chapter 30, she clarifies where she put it:


 * Then in Chapter 40, someone who really doesn't need any more trauma opens the closet...
 * It comes up again in Chapter 88 when Rei has to move and "for some reason no one wants to empty out her closet."
 * There's a brief scene where Maya reminisces on her tenure as Rei's babysitter when she was younger, and mention is made of a Noodle Incident where a four-year-old Rei somehow totaled Fuyutsuki's car with a squeaky toy mallet. A few chapters later after the depths of Asuka's mental damage are revealed and Kyoko is discovered to be responsible, she finds her car utterly wrecked with a squeaky toy mallet lying on the pavement next to it.
 * Rei had accomplices the second time, which sets up another brick joke as Kensuke mumbles in terror his fears of becoming a "prison bitch" while in lockup thanks to Rei blackmailing him with that possibility 8 chapters earlier. Comes back again in Chapter 43 too. Hell, it was even mentioned by Gregg himself in the very first post of the fic's original discussion thread.
 * Mana reveals that her uterus has been replaced by a hard drive (where she stores her illegally downloaded music) when putting down Lilith. Twenty-odd chapters later, she responds to a Groin Attack with "My hard drive! You hit my f_ing hard drive!"
 * Bridge Bunnies: All present and accounted for.
 * Butt Monkey:
 * Kozou Fuyutsuki is Rei's 'Special Friend.'
 * Kensuke Aida is blackmailed into being Rei's friend/partner in crime.
 * In Chapter 14, comes to Tokyo-3 with the intention of  It doesn't end well.
 * Aoba pretty much defines the trope.
 * Calling The Old Woman Out:
 * Shinji to Yui in Chapter 33.
 * Asuka to Kyoko in Chapter 43.
 * Possibly, Naoko to Yui in Chapter 57.
 * Kei was about to do this to Yui in Chapter 68.
 * Canon Immigrant:
 * Mana Kirishima, who is the pilot of Jet Alone Prime and arrives by
 * Mari Makinami
 * For a few chapters, the canon version of Shinji.
 * There have been a few immigrants from the story's own (canonized) fan fiction as well: the Keiworu, Adam Mondschien, Allison Catorce...
 * Cats Are Mean: Merrill the Cat, who used to be Yui's pet, never forgave Shinji for hogging the attention of his human. Oh, and he was given a few superpowers by another scientist in the family.
 * Chekhov's Gun:
 * The fact that comes back to bite the pilots in Chapter 22.
 * In Chapter 22 Asuka sees a seven-eyed mask, foreshadowing the events of Chapter 61.
 * Children Are Innocent: Not only applies to Ichi, but also applies (albeit in a roundabout way From a Certain Point of View) to all the child-figures of the story. The child figures (Shinji, Asuka, Rei, Kei, Ichi/,, etc) are all honest, sympathetic, caring, kind or some combination of the above . On the other hand, many of the parent figures are either manipulative , aloof/distant , both (Kihl), smothering or just omnicidal.
 * Colon Cancer: The story is NGE: Nobody Dies, and the sidestories are titled in the obvious fashion, e.g. NGE: Nobody Dies: The Kei Files.
 * Contagious Powers: Since Chapter 66,.
 * Cool Car: Misato's new car as of chapter 77: a Pagani Zonda
 * Crack Fic: One chapter features attempting to beat each other into a stinking pulp due, in part, to a disagreement over the value of nudity in a children's game. This is not the least sane thing to happen in this fic.
 * Cross Counter: You knew the only way to end the fight between Gendo and President Colbert was with a simultaneous KO. Right? Right. Of course you did.
 * Crossover:
 * Starting with chapter 39, Leliel starts juggling characters around from various universes. So far, confirmed worlds include.
 * As of ch. 46,.
 * In chapter 48, Gregg moves on to interseries crossover when he reveals that on her trip through the multiverse, Rei picked up . This is resolved in ch 52, when . The end of the chapter reveals that the whole thing was one big Plan by
 * Curb Stomp Battle:
 * manages to and handily defeat and severely injure Asuka without trouble, until.
 * Zeruel casually disposes of Turel and two other nameless Cherubim within the space of a few paragraphs.
 * In Chapter 72, Asuka vs., specifically designed to be her greatest foe. She simply blasts its head off and moves on.
 * Cute Bruiser:
 * Rei and her sisters in more ways than one. Not only are they physically cute, but they (with one exception) have a sunny disposition that you can't help but smile at...unless you're the target of their attentions.
 * And of course there's little Ichi., with the mind of a six year-old little girl.
 * Date Rape Averted: This may be one of the most epic examples of this trope in media, because not two seconds later as the perp is preparing to leave with his comatose date,


 * Deconstruction Fic: It's dubious to say any fanfic is deconstructing Eva itself, as it's already a deconstruction. But by turning Eva into the very genre it deconstructed, Landsman ends up deconstructing some of the tropes Eva helped make oh-so-common in "serious" Anime. Such as:.
 * Defeat Means Friendship:
 * After their respective defeats.
 * Ditto for.
 * ... well, in their case it's more like Defeat Means Neutrality, and they're mostly interested in integrating themselves into society anyway.
 * Defictionalization: There was talk that a fan and three friends would be Cos Playing as Gendo, Kozo, Yui and Rei and re-enacting the Driver's Training scene from chapter 19 at Mechacon 2010. Unfortunately, Gregg announced that it fell through.
 * Destination Defenestration:.
 * Drives Like Crazy:
 * Rei. "RAMP!"
 * In the latest snippets, we learn that Yui drives with...passion. Asuka's terrified.
 * After we find out that Yui ISN'T actually that crazy behind the wheel. and according to the conversation she has with Shinji after arriving, she apparently is one of those SUPER DEFENSIVE drivers. You know, the ones that go 10 in a 30 zone and have to make a complete stop for any given turn.
 * Misato.
 * Drop the Hammer: Jet Alone Prime came equipped with an Eva-scale warhammer; Word of God is that it's a reference to one of the NGE video games. It gets put to good use more than once.
 * Dueling Fanfics: With Shinji and Warhammer 40 K to an extent. They have a lot of similar themes and came from similar nails ("Make Shinji's childhood better" vs "Save Shinji's mom") and the execution is similarly over-the-top for both fics. The main differences between the two are that (1) ND's nail changed a good chunk of the Eva-verse's backstory while S&40K only changed Shinji's childhood and then went from there, and (2) 40K has a more consistently epic scope while ND tends to stick somewhat closer to the Original Flavor, invoking just as many Crowning Moments as 40K does but also balancing them with moments of shock and horror that could've been pulled right out of the source material.
 * Dynamic Entry:
 * Done from orbit by during the battle with Ramiel.
 * pulls one off
 * Done again in chapter 85 by.
 * Dysfunction Junction: It's still there, although in a lot of ways it's been systematically dismantled - in particular, Shinji has done his best to bring Asuka out of her shell (with sideline assistance from Rei and Hikari), Rei has friends and is somewhat more normal and the mental issues of the cast in general seem somewhat muted in comparison to their canon counterparts.
 * Easter Egg: Chapter 96, just below the title card, note the bolded letters.

"Misato: The enemy is a Giant Crab!
 * Eldritch Abomination: The Angels, of course, and by extension Rei, the Ree, and Kaworu. The author has hinted that the "what?", "why?", and "from who?" for Rei may be different (and possibly worse) than canon.
 * Empathic Weapon: Instead of being soul jars for the mothers of the pilots, the Evas are directed by something similar to an onboard AI, making them closer to sapient weapons.
 * Even Evil Has Standards: The other canon Angels do not like Iruel very much. In fact, their immediate reaction upon learning that he might still be alive was "Let's kill him before he tries anything." They also do not like the Cherubim.
 * Everyone Has a Power Ring: How many more people will gain access to an Evangelion? How many more will gain angelic powers or turn out to have had them all along? The answer to both is "Heck if we know, but it's sure going to be awesome to find out."
 * Everybody Lives: Both used and subverted. So far, none of the main cast have died permanently, but Misato's father is still dead in the backstory, and are still unresolved.  have actually survived, in one form or another.
 * Evil Counterpart: Word of God says that
 * Expanded Universe / Fan Verse: This fic has spawned a number of other fics acting as prequels and side stories. The list (so far) is as follows:
 * User:Earth Scorpion:
 * The Kei Files, where we see just how much of a Manipulative Bastard and Chessmistress Kei really is...and how utterly screwed may be.
 * The author gives a little revisit to his previous work with a discussion of ethics between Go-Kun and that universe's Ritsuko Akagi. This was slightly condensed and incorporated into ch. 44.
 * Ichi's Birthday Party is the tale of the 8th birthday party for a 60m God-killing abomination, and the trouble that goes into making it super-special. Like the cake. And the party hat. Did I mention that all eight of the Ree are coming? Aged 12? And so are right in the middle of puberty? Warning; contained lethal does of cute and Moe.
 * Blending the Cheerful Child of Ichi's Birthday Party and the Creepy Child of The Kei Files is Six AIs, One Continent, which details the adventures of the Reego (Rei's and Go-kun's AI mind babies) and two of the Keiworu (Kei and Kaworu's) in the blasted, storm-covered dead continent of Australia. Only it isn't so dead. And it can be seen that the Ree are the most responsible aunts ever. Canonized as of Chapter 83.
 * Demonic Cannon Girl Nana details the attempts of the Ree to make a Magical Girl show. Given that Nana (and her BFG, Cain) are the main characters of the show, it resembles Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha rather more than it does Sailor Moon.
 * shanejayell: Mari and the Ree, depicting Mari's interactions with the Ree in MAGI-00 (potential Yuri).
 * User:Ultra Sonic 007: A Metal Gear Solid crossover in which Ocelot is ultimately responsible for Kei's "abduction". This one is slightly crossing over with The Kei Files; as one reader put it to Gregg, "[the] fanfics of your fanfic are crossbreeding."
 * Although the main story is explicitly non-canon, nonetheless various bits from this have been made canon; some of the personality quirks of the Ree (Hatchi and Siyon in particular) and, most recently, that Gendo beat M. Bison in a bar brawl.
 * fikjus: A boot camp scenario featuring Drill Sergeant Nasty Maritan.
 * Jomasten: A Christmas story, where the Ree meet Santa Claus (a Nephilim) and Grinshel (the Cherubim who hates Christmas).
 * Orichalcon: Angels, Airwaves, and Insanity, a story about Kihl's bastard son in command of an Archive.
 * Machina Ex Deus:
 * The Wrong Direction, where Kamina briefly winds up in ND!Evangelion instead of Canon!Evangelion. He meets Rei. The world shudders.
 * Dreams of the Dying, which is quite terrifying.
 * Lavanya Six:
 * So far, only one part, but it involves Kozo Fuyutsuki living out Die Hard on his vacation in Vegas. Chapter 61 of ND appears to have made this canon.
 * Nobody Dies: It's A Distaff World!
 * User:K 9 Thefirst 1:
 * Everybody Dies, an endgame scenario where Kei launches her plan to destroy NERV. And whereas The Kei Files show her magnificence and chess prowess, this story shows her viciousness as well. And she's only getting started!!   has been canonized as of Chapter 68.
 * And now, we catch a glimpse into a typical dream of Tabris'.
 * AmIADream : The Story of NERV-Alaska. This story covers the events occurring at the NERV branch in Alaska, focusing on Evangelion Unit-04, R&D Heavy Weapons Director Dr. Mondschein, his son, and his son's girlfriend . Seriously. According to Gregg, the entire story is canon.
 * Gregg has also created his own side story, Rei Ayanami Does the Multiverse. First stop? Babylon Five. Also, at some point Rei will meet up with . Not to mention bringing to the main verse.
 * Here is a list of stories that have been canonized, and where in the Main Story they would best be read. Word of God is that, because of The Kei Files, Kei will be much more prominent in the end of Nobody Dies than was originally planned.
 * Thrythlind has created Crossover Omake Theater, which features key members of the cast of his fanfic Divine Blood showing up in Tokyo-3. Hopefully this one is not canon - if it is, then sooner or later the Ree will attempt to implement the notion of parthenogenesis introduced to them by their new friend Lusca.
 * Expy: The Angels get progressively more Geth-ish and Reaper-y as time goes along, especially Zeruel.
 * Eyepatch of Power: Of all people, the American President: Stephen Colbert. Yes, that one.
 * Eye Scream: Used comedically on Tabris. He lost his "ocular virginity" to Rei; considering Rei's status, and Tabris', it wasn't that difficult to do. Rei was very happy to realize he could regenerate!
 * Face Full Of Angel Wing Wong: Aoba just can't catch a break, even in something as innocuous as a PSA about Israfelim population control.
 * Face Palm: As in Gregg's other fics, this tends to get done a lot.
 * Gregg has done this at least once on the forum in response to the massive tangents and journeys so far from the topic that they require a Hyperspace-enabled starship to make.
 * Fate Worse Than Death:
 * Rather than simply killing Hoshi, the scumbag mentioned under the Date Rape Averted trope, Gendo decides to make an example of him...by handing him off to Rei (who, needless to say, is not at all amused at Hoshi's intentions towards her best friend).
 * There's also . Later.
 * Fix Fic
 * Flat What:
 * Shinji pulls two of these, one with Rei and one with Uri.
 * Later on, lots of people get into the act when the secrets start spilling left and right.
 * For Great Justice: ...and blackmail.
 * For Massive Damage: Invoked by Rei.

Rei: Hit its weak point for MASSIVE DAMAGE!

Misato: Rei! Get off the damn channel!"

"Gendo: If Rei used cabbage, she's definitely upset."
 * Foreshadowing: Chapter 62 contains some ominous hints that
 * Four Lines All Waiting: A growing concern as the fic has progressed, what with the rapid growth in Loads and Loads of Characters.
 * Generation Xerox: After the reveal of, Kyoko drunkenly comments to her ex-husband that she (Kyoko) has turned out , which is added to by how Pieter mentions that Shinji and Asuka remind him of a younger him and Kyoko. This also shows up in how Kei and Kaworu's not-relationship is like Yui and Gendo's.
 * Giant Enemy Crab: This fic's version of Shamshel.
 * Gosh Darn It to Heck: JA-tan uses this at one point.
 * Gratuitous French: Zyuu uses this heavily, to the point where it may be helpful to read the fic with Google Translator open in another tab.
 * Groin Attack:
 * Rei and Go-Kun alpha-strike a, to the discomfort of many.
 * Rei and Zyuu tame a Shamshelim like a wild horse, which includes gelding.
 * Guns Are Worthless: Averted by some heavy weapons, but largely played straight for conventional weapons such as EVA rifles or Unit 05 and Jet Alone Prime's weapon batteries, which are usually about as effective as Five Rounds Rapid.
 * Hannibal Lecture: In chapter 40, take turns at this.
 * Heroic BSOD:
 * get hit with this through 's presence.
 * has one when.
 * has her own when.
 * There's also the interview on Larry King Live, in the wake of Larry King's retirement in 2010.
 * Hope Spot:
 * Horny Devil: Lilith and the Ree. Especially since
 * Horny Scientist: It seems to be a stipulation for being a higher-up in NERV...which makes sense, considering who's in the basement.
 * Hostile Terraforming:.
 * Hot Skitty On Wailord Action: And to top it off,.
 * Hyperspace Arsenal: The Evas have access to the Dirac Armory built into them for this purpose.
 * I Choose to Stay: in chapter 75.
 * Imagine Spot: Kei contemplates on Rei's comments of how they complement each other. What she sees them becoming down the line disturbs her.
 * Incredibly Lame Pun: Chapter 41: "Human Canon Ball"
 * Instant Awesome Just Add Ninja: As of Chapter
 * Interspecies Romance: A relationship of sorts between was hinted at and speculated about for a long time, but was Jossed in ch. 56.
 * Ironic Echo: "Delete. Bitch."
 * It Got Worse:
 * I Want Grandkids:
 * According to Gregg, this is Lilith's thought process: Babies. Babies. Babies babies babies babies babiesbabiesbabiesbabies. BABIES!! 
 * Kyoko invokes this trope by name on the way to Vegas.
 * Jerkass:
 * Uri starts as one of these, but softens up over time, especially when.
 * Kyoko damn near all the time, although after her Heel Realization she tones it down.
 * Shiro Tokita, even more so than in canon.
 * Chapter 53: Claire Makinami, full goddamned stop.
 * Not so, as she apparently thinks that Mari is dead and that Ramiel is inhabiting her corpse. Thank you, Lorenz Kihl.
 * Jigsaw Puzzle Plot: Due to the revelation that Yui lies extremely easily, almost all the plot revelations have been thrown into question. It remains to just what is fact and what is fiction in this story, not to mention how it all fits together into the ultimate and final plot.
 * Karma Houdini: Although a lot of Blue and Orange Morality has to be considered, Rei is closely one of this in some parts, having her way with anyone just because she can and not being called for it.
 * Kill It With Fire:
 * Large Ham: Lilith, according to Gregg.
 * Leaning On the Fourth Wall: Zyuu's use of heavily broken French makes it seem like Gregg just took English sentences/phrases and ran them through Google Translate. Chapter 96 reveals that this is because Zyuu memorized the exact code to Google Translate rather than just learning French normally.
 * Let Us Never Speak of This Again: Gendo's reaction to Rei blackmailing her principal.
 * Lipstick Lesbian: Maya, and possibly.
 * Little Miss Badass: All eight of the Ree. See also Cute Bruiser.
 * Loads and Loads of Characters: Yeah, there's a lot of players in this madcap game.
 * Lying Creator: Gregg. Word of God for this series is not very reliable.
 * Mama Bear: Several.
 * Yui, as already mentioned. You do not mess with any of her kids (even those she didn't bear) without dire consequences.
 * It takes all three Bridge Bunnies to keep Misato from pummeling Kyoko when Asuka's problems first become known to NERV's command staff.
 * Rei also gets her own moments of this when she's being protective of Asuka.
 * After Kyoko reconciles with Asuka, she shows traits of this.
 * Manipulative Bastard:
 * Gendo, of course, but also Yui. Yes, married Manipulative Bastards. We're all screwed.
 * Gendo is, of course. Frequently. Yui considers foreplay.
 * In Chapter 78, Gendo mentions that Ikaris seem to be universally aroused by mind games and manipulations. apparently met while playing chess in a park which quickly turned into sex on the chess table.
 * Rei and Kensuke have plenty of these moments, usually involving blackmail, explosives, or both.
 * ...and then there's ; see Expanded Universe above.
 * Merchandise Driven: In-universe example, as NERV owns full property rights to anything Eva-related and produces merch to help fund it in fighting the Angels. This is also so NERV can have a public face, using Yui and later Rei as its mascot, headed by Maya to provide everything from action figures and plushie Angels to miniature...entry plugs.
 * And now there appear to be plans to create an anime based on NERV, with Rei as the star...
 * Mind Rape: Unit-01 going berserk for the first time has this effect on both the pilot and the Eva's AI.
 * Mind Screw: Chapter 66, full stop. The border between the real world and the dream world is blurred to the point that a first-time reader would be massively befuddled.
 * Chapter 102. Just Chapter 102. 'Nuff said.
 * Mismatched Eyes:
 * Mythology Gag:
 * Shinji meets Rei while she's not wearing anything.
 * Remember the toothpick scene? Well Asuka just met Pen-Pen...
 * "Musn't run away. Musn't run away. Musn't run away"
 * Mana's
 * Mana wonders why Rei's
 * After, Shinji is left alone, sitting on a metal folding chair.
 * He also rides the train loop and listens to his S-DAT player to run away.
 * Shinji is drawn in in sketched pencil and random markers.
 * NERV's merchandising department recalled a chibified avatar body based on Kaworu. It came with a small cat doll, but that proved to be a choking hazard.
 * Naughty Tentacles: Parodied in Ch. 63 during a discussion about horrible NERV fanfiction.
 * Never Trust a Title: Somebody dies. Worse yet, somebody sympathetic dies. Even worse, somebody sympathetic dies horribly. Later on,
 * And eventually It's awesome.
 * No Holds Barred Beatdown: Administered by to Units 01 and 02. In their fully-upgraded forms, no less.
 * Noodle Incident:
 * We haven't learned exactly what the Ree did to Kensuke...except that he's taken on more than a few of Rei's characteristics, it was amazing, and it somehow involved a turnip...which leads Hikari to ask, "How would it fit?"
 * This is a reference to one of the author's earlier fics.
 * The defeat of the Third Angel somehow helped Rei get Hikari and Touji together.
 * Kaworu's first encounter with Rei resulted in the loss of ocular virginity. The Author will not say what happened, what she used, or what exactly was done, except that in the Omake, Zeruel found it kinky.
 * Whatever it is, Gendo finds it absolutely disgusting and disturbing.
 * We DO know it involved a Corkscrew...
 * Rei somehow demolished a car with a squeaky hammer in her childhood.
 * Whatever Rei does to in Chapter 37.
 * Whatever Rei does to in Chapter 37.

": "It's a sedative! It won't hurt her, and we just need to-
 * Non Sequitur Thud: Done by, of all things, Ramiel, after Rei punches out a fourth of its soul. The "thud" comes a tad later, by way of.
 * Not So Harmless: The Cherubim haven't been much of a threat -- they're basically Angels, but not as smart, and generally without as much in the way of truly dangerous abilities other than 'make really big target of yourself'.
 * Numerical Theme Naming: For the Evangelions, who are each named according to their designation numbers in their country of origin (or, more accurately, whatever country they were in when someone decided they needed names). Thus, the Japanese-dubbed Ichi and Go, and the German Zwei.
 * OC Stand In: Rei could easily pass as one of the Ree, having no character similarities to her canon incarnation.
 * Odd Friendship: Pieter and Junior. Trust us, you'll know why their friendship is so odd once you get to that part of the story.
 * Oh Crap:
 * Ramiel, just before Rei Falcon Punches its Core.
 * The only sane response from anyone hearing the dreaded "Heee~ey" is to nod, smile, and get the hell away from Rei...if they can.
 * Chapter 13: Gendo and Yui's reaction when they realize that they forgot to tell Rei that Kyoko was not responsible for Asuka's scars.
 * The team is hopping dimensions.
 * Ch. 52 just knocked out Asuka in front of Unit 02
 * Ch. 52 just knocked out Asuka in front of Unit 02

Zwei: MASTER!


 * "Oh crap! ?"


 * "This reminds me of a line from a famous Earth movie done by a comedy troop from the British Isles"


 * "Which is?"


 * "RUN AWAY!""

"Or, realistically, it could have been all of those combined that has reduced Dr. Ikari to communicating through hand gestures and a sketchbook.
 * The beginning of ch. 53...it's a bit too long to post, but here's the key parts:

But that is simple semantics. As it is, Gendo Ikari has realized he is a dead man."



""Shepard Commander! This platform requires adult supervision!"
 * Chapter 71. Not quite as bad, since Hilarity Ensues.
 * Ch. 75. In short:
 * Ch. 102.
 * Omake: Gloriously, gloriously hilarious extras are added to the forum thread. An excellent highlight, from the author himself (WARNING! SPOILERS!) is the Angels in a Chatroom post.
 * Now with an Audio Adaptation.
 * "God, that was awesome."
 * The other forumers at Space Battles are getting into the act too; see Expanded Universe above.
 * Omnicidal Maniac:
 * w
 * The Cherubim, a new type of Angel whose whole purpose in existence is to be omnicidal maniacs.
 * indulges in this to round out his Complete Monster-ness.
 * Only Six Faces: Referenced by name in Chapter 49.
 * On the Next:
 * Chapter 38 is the end of the second season. kreuzritter, a collaborator with the author, gave one of these on the forum thread. To summarize his "spoilers", Of course, one or more of these might be misleading.
 * One was also done for what we can expect from Season Four, straight from the author himself. To summarize,  Of course, one or more of these might be misleading.
 * Oral Fixation Fixation: Katsuhito Ikari loves his lollipops.
 * Patchwork Fic: This fanfic takes elements from the various Evangelion adaptations and spin-offs...when it doesn't . For example, Mari is a Composite Character of her Rebuild of Evangelion self and.
 * Paranoia Fuel: "I have cameras everywhere."
 * Parental Abandonment: Shinji still gets this treatment in the backstory, though he's far more well-adjusted because he actually knows and understands the reasons behind it. As such, he gets along well with Yui, and while his relationship with Gendo is a lot less antagonistic, Gendo's antics frequently irritate and exasperate him. Asuka, on the other hand, may have been better off as she was in canon.
 * Or not. In chapter 40,
 * Parental Incest: The Reego are, in a sense, created by it. Rei created Go-Kun in that his mind came from her (she effectively is his parent) and the Reego were spawned by the crossing of their minds.
 * Playing Sick: Double subversion. Maya and Ritsuko call in sick for three days in ch. 20. Kyoko snorts in disbelief. Later you find out that Maya has been actually waiting hand and foot on Ritsuko while both are sick with a nasty cold, but then Maya finally snaps from irritation and spikes Ritsuko's tea with whiskey and Spanish fly.
 * Precision F Strike: Played with; see T Word Euphemism below.
 * Played horribly straight with Kyoko's Heel Realization about how truly messed up
 * Precursors:
 * Pretty Little Headshots:
 * Prison Rape:
 * This is part of Rei's blackmail of Kensuke early on.
 * Random Events Plot: Increasingly apparent as the story progresses.
 * Rape Is Okay When Its Female On Male/The Unfair Sex: Rei performs "ocular rape" on one character -- which she wouldn't have if he didn't have a healing factor -- and deflowers another...with a turnip. She is reprimanded, but it's still played for laughs. By contrast, a male character who attempts to Date Rape Asuka is punished by being handed over to Rei for a Fate Worse Than Death, implied to include...rape.
 * A Mass Effect 2 fic from the same author speculated on what would happen if Female-Shepard's reconstruction included Rei's DNA. It results in Legion in a maid uniform, fleeing from attempted violation by a drunk Daro'Xen vas Moreh, under Shepard's logic that it'll help Quarian/Geth relations. Again, played for laughs.
 * Random Events Plot: Increasingly apparent as the story progresses.
 * Rape Is Okay When Its Female On Male/The Unfair Sex: Rei performs "ocular rape" on one character -- which she wouldn't have if he didn't have a healing factor -- and deflowers another...with a turnip. She is reprimanded, but it's still played for laughs. By contrast, a male character who attempts to Date Rape Asuka is punished by being handed over to Rei for a Fate Worse Than Death, implied to include...rape.
 * A Mass Effect 2 fic from the same author speculated on what would happen if Female-Shepard's reconstruction included Rei's DNA. It results in Legion in a maid uniform, fleeing from attempted violation by a drunk Daro'Xen vas Moreh, under Shepard's logic that it'll help Quarian/Geth relations. Again, played for laughs.
 * A Mass Effect 2 fic from the same author speculated on what would happen if Female-Shepard's reconstruction included Rei's DNA. It results in Legion in a maid uniform, fleeing from attempted violation by a drunk Daro'Xen vas Moreh, under Shepard's logic that it'll help Quarian/Geth relations. Again, played for laughs.

"I aaaam an adult! :3""

"Rei: Oh my god! They explode! My life has new meaning!
 * Reconstruction: From the general tone of the series down to the upgraded weapons and newfound "Superness" of the Evas, this series is a very deliberate attempt to merge Evangelion with the classic Super Robot formula. We've even gotten a Rocket Punch, a giant golden progressive hammer, and a GIGA! DRILL! BU-REEEEAAKAAAAAA!
 * Reference Overdosed: Not quite as much as Shinji and Warhammer 40 K, perhaps, but it's close.
 * Ret Gone:
 * Rouge Angles of Satin: Though the quality control is pretty good by fanfic standards, it does suffer from this at times, constant to/too confusion and the occasional misused homonym being the most prolific mistakes.
 * Rule of Funny: The Petit Eva universe (aka Destination: Earth [ERROR]) runs off of this,
 * Running Gag:
 * The Dinosaur Tank is this in ch.73.
 * Babies.
 * School Uniforms Are the New Black: Uri doesn't see much point in owning clothes other than his school uniform and military uniform; one or the other is appropriate for most occasions.
 * Sealed Evil in A Can:
 * Shipping:
 * In universe, the Ree are trying to hook up Ritsuko and Maya, with the typical level of Terrifying!Rei subtlety. Rei herself is trying to do the same with . And as of Chapter 62, Rei has recruited to assist in a plan to hook up.
 * Out of universe, the Kei/Kaworu pairing (which would be called "Keiworu", had that term not been taken for something else) is the most prominent, but there are also other ones:
 * Mari/Wuffles ("Muffles") (this one's been Jossed in-story)
 * Mana/Wuffles ("Muffler")
 * Kensuke/various members of the Ree
 * Kensuke/Turnip (canon)
 * Turnip/Everyone
 * Ship Sinking: Chapter 56 has sunk, to some people's chagrin.
 * Shout Out: Not exactly a paucity of these.
 * Shut UP Hannibal: Gendo has a one to one with and dismantles her argument bit by bit before telling her that he will not only save everyone but, if he can help it, make sure.
 * So Proud of You:
 * Yui does the same with
 * Something They Would Never Say: A rather depressing one; Asuka is tipped off that something weird is happening at NERV when her mother acts like a decent human being towards her.
 * Spider Tank: The Reego have upgraded themselves into rather scary versions of this.
 * Squee: Rei is prone to these. Maya's let out a few, too.
 * The Stinger: Gregg loves ending chapters with these. A good example is the end of season 1.
 * Stuff Blowing Up: This introduces Rei to religion after watching Shinji kill Gaghiel.
 * Squee: Rei is prone to these. Maya's let out a few, too.
 * The Stinger: Gregg loves ending chapters with these. A good example is the end of season 1.
 * Stuff Blowing Up: This introduces Rei to religion after watching Shinji kill Gaghiel.

Gendo: We need to switch that girl to decaf."

"In the Overmind, the AngeliC groupmind, thE mass that is the QueeN of the Camiel Swarm awakens. Openings iTs mass of eyes, the grotEsque insect Rises, flapping Cellulose wings as it roars. Shinji tAkes the Natural respoNse - he runs, grabbing Zyuu's wrist and taking Off in a sprinT towards somewHere. Given, he's currently inside anOther pLane of existence. Exactly where he can heaD to, he's not entirely sure.
 * Stupid Sexy Flanders: Ritsuko has one of these moments after seeing Maya in a faux-plugsuit made of spandex.
 * Subliminal Seduction: This paragraph from Chapter 96

The emboldened letters read the actual meaning of this message is anybody's guess.

Two paragraphs from the same chapter also give the following messages these could be foreshadowing of chapter 100"

""I love Plan B!" Rei screams, "It's always so much better than Plan A!""
 * Summon Bigger Fish:
 * Super Robot: The Evas are a lot more super than they were in canon thanks to Yui inventing new ways to use the tech available to NERV, like using a portable Dirac Sea as storage for a Hyperspace Arsenal.
 * Sure Why Not: Many, many elements of the story (usually minor gags, but sometimes whole plot points) are the result of suggestions in the Spacebattles.com discussion thread.
 * The major example would be President Colbert.
 * "Ahem. Gendo beating M. Bison in a bar brawl is now canon. That is all."
 * One of the reader's omakes involved the Ree giving Iruel a guided tour of 4chan as a form of torture. It's canon as of chapter 37.
 * Take That: The "Convention Time" chapter is one long series of attacks against the parts of EVA fandom Gregg has issues with, including obsessive Rei fans, oversexed and disturbing Fan Fiction, and Shinji/Rei shippers.
 * Think of the Children: Ch. 58. "Ahem. You can't kill people. This is a children's game!"
 * Tempting Fate: The NERV team views the (Ree-written) season finale for the in-universe Evangelion show, which happens to be an exact duplicate of the canon!Evangelion series finale. Everyone is understandably confused about what they've seen, and hope the The Movie won't be as confusing. It should be fine, really, as long as the Ree don't switch out the director's medication...
 * T Word Euphemism: Used to censor the F-bombs, except for a few that are especially potent.
 * The Last of These Is Not Like the Others: When Gendo discusses rescuing the characters sent to another dimension by Leliel, Kyoko is differentiated from the others in the list.
 * There Is No Kill Like Overkill: Each Angel has been destroyed in a successively over the top fashion.
 * Sachiel was destroyed via the Berserker Unit 01.
 * Shamshel by a rocket to the face and a progressive knife to the Core.
 * Gaghiel by the Triple Heavy Maser and Magoroku.
 * Ramiel by an Orbital Drop by, Rei, and the Positron Cannon.
 * Sahaquiel by hitting it in the core with a.
 * is defeated through a opening up a portal to the Dirac Sea to trap  and finished off when  hits full power.
 * Matariel is killed by the when it is delivered by
 * Sandalphon attacks NERV by mind controlling the population of Tokyo-3 and opening the way to Terminal Dogma. In the process, Unit-00 goes berserk and he mind controls as a bodyguard. Sandalphon is killed by  in Unit-02 after she destroys Unit-00 by taking Jet Alone Prime's severed arm and
 * is destroyed by Jet Alone Prime destroying its first head, exposing its Core, and Unit-01 blasting the core at point blank range with the Triple Heavy Maser.
 * Iruel It then  which the Evas themselves join in before
 * ...and in ch. 38,.
 * In Ch. 51, the Ree send to take out the remaining Israfel infestation using a War Machine armor and the, and later help her out with the Power of Love... and Napalm.
 * Over the course of chs. 69 and 70, Zeruel is gradually softened up by a triple team from Zwei, Go-kun, and Mari, and is finally "killed" by . The "killed" is intentional;.
 * By Word of God, if the escalation continues, Tabris will be destroyed by having the Sun dropped on him. Given the levels of Crazy Awesome established so far, this doesn't seem that far-fetched.
 * The Reveal: The "Great Asuka Langely Sohryu" fragment of Asuka's personality is.
 * Thundering Herd: Chapter 50. A brief description will not do it justice.
 * Time for Plan B: Running Gag for Rei.
 * Time for Plan B: Running Gag for Rei.


 * Misato has her own thoughts on the matter:

""I love those Plan B's," Misato says, "It's the sort of plans I see through my eyelids.""

"Misato: (After the first firing of the THM) That was Plan B? I like Plan B! I could see Plan B through my eyelids!
 * Took a Level In Badass:
 * Inverted by Shinji. He's more badass than in canon, but compared to certain other versions of Shinji Ikari, NobodyDies!Shinji is rather quiet and understated. This version of Shinji hasn't so much Taken A Level In Badass as he has Lost A Level in Suck by virtue of not having his canon counterpart's laundry list of psychological issues. Where other fanfics show off what happens when you make Shinji into a Hot Blooded Crazy Awesome Chessmaster or a Villain Protagonist Manipulative Bastard Eldritch Abomination, Nobody Dies shows what happens when you make Shinji into a perfectly normal, well-adjusted teenager, and the result is just as awesome in its own way as its more famous predecessors.
 * As of Chapter 25,
 * And she does it again in Chapter 70, when
 * Rei. Does this even need to be explained?
 * Gendo. There's a reason he's referred to as "Gendo McBadass" by the forum-goers, one of which was using a sniper rifle on.
 * Troper Critical Mass: The fact that the author once had a folder devoted to examples from his fics on the Badass Boast page (now moved to the Quotes page), and this page's growing number of sub pages...yeah, we like this fic around here...
 * True Companions: The pilots, Asuka, Hikari, Touji, and Kensuke are slowly turning into these.
 * The Un Reveal: The real truth of . was in the process of explaining things to Shinji when . Chapter 58 has convoluted this even further. Tied into this is.
 * Unwanted Harem: Between Shinji and Uriel, there's a mountain of girls(virtual and not) dying to be their girlfriend, especially when Shinji's Whumpa mode is active, including two of Rei's sisters towards Shinji....
 * Unwilling Suspension: gets this treatment by Rei.
 * Verbal Tic: When Pen-Pen is given the power of speech in Chapter 49, he ends all of his sentences with "d00d".
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: The mutual animosity between Kyoko and Yui has begun evolving into this since.
 * Wave Motion Gun: The Triple Heavy Maser.

Yui: Welcome to NERV. God's in His heaven because He's scared of our superior firepower."


 * We Have Reserves:
 * Somewhat averted with them in this continuity;.
 * Wham Episode:
 * Chapter 13, where we get the first real signs of how royally screwed up Asuka is.
 * Chapter 15 follows this up by making progress on various personal conflicts amongst the characters, before . Almost every reader had the same two word reaction. "Oh, shit."
 * Additionally, Chapter 15 also has Yui revealing to Shinji that
 * Chapter 22.
 * Chapter 36. By Kamina, Chapter 36.
 * And then there's Ch. 37, where Also,
 * Chapter 39.
 * Chapter 58.
 * Chapter 63.
 * Chapter 64.
 * And in the season finale, Chapter 65,
 * Chapter 66:
 * Chapter 68: In the middle of Zeruel's approach to Tokyo-3, Kei has learned about Yui's nasty little habit.
 * Chapter 73: You want to know who built the Dinosaur Tank?
 * Chapter 74 has this in a good way and in a not so good way.
 * Chapter 75:
 * Chapter 82:
 * Chapter 84:
 * Chapter 87:
 * Chapter 100:
 * Chapter 102
 * Wham Line:
 * More than there were before.
 * only line in Chapter 60.  
 * What Happened to The Mouse: In Rei Ayanami Does The Multiverse, Rei picks up a Shadow she names "Mr. Chirples." There has been no news as to his whereabouts since she returned to NERV.
 * What the Hell Hero: Several of the fic's characters (mainly Yui and Go-Kun, but also and ) give these out during their time sliding through Alternate Universes.
 * Word of God: Tying into Sure Why Not above: There's a lot of side information that isn't spelled out in the story but has been confirmed by Gregg in the discussion threads; a lot of ideas and theories have also been Jossed as well.
 * The Worf Effect: The poor Cherubim get hit with this hard, mostly serving as platforms upon which the Evangelion pilots (and ) can exercise their latest levels in badass. Some of them do manage to inflict some significant damage before they get curbstomped, though - see Not So Harmless, above.
 * You Killed My Father: In one of the greatest Crowning Moments in a series packed to the gills with them -- partially because the situation may actually be totally unique in all of Eva fanfic -- She even gets to give him a Badass Boast to his face.
 * The Worf Effect: The poor Cherubim get hit with this hard, mostly serving as platforms upon which the Evangelion pilots (and ) can exercise their latest levels in badass. Some of them do manage to inflict some significant damage before they get curbstomped, though - see Not So Harmless, above.
 * You Killed My Father: In one of the greatest Crowning Moments in a series packed to the gills with them -- partially because the situation may actually be totally unique in all of Eva fanfic -- She even gets to give him a Badass Boast to his face.

""Heee~ey"...)"