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** {{spoiler|Matarael}} uses a very similar tactic in its attack.

* [[Badass Adorable]] - [[Moe|Shinju]], [[Elegant Gothic Lolita|just]] [[Blood Knight|Shinju]]

* [[Beehive Hairdo]] - Asuka (yes, Asuka) is talked into wearing one of these to a victory party.

** Likely a case of [[Author Appeal]], especially given [http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y44/sunshinetemple/FanArt_not_on_site/AsukasFancyDress.jpg the dress] she wears with it.

** There's no way to make this make sense without major spoilers, so here goes: Shinji and Misato are lethally irradiated by the nuke that kills Sachiel. Gendo has Ritsuko use the soul transfer technology to dump their souls into differently-aged Rei clones; thus, Shinji is now 12-year-old Shinju, and Misato is 19-year-old Misako. They are passed off as Rei's sisters.

** A common theme is just how much Misato and Shinji really are in the clones. Especially given how Shinju acts.

** Plus [[Brainwashing]] {{spoiler|for loyalty, obedience, and discomfort with old bodily functions}}.

* [[Creepy Child]] - Shinju has two settings: this or [[Moe]]...especially when she's [[Stepford Smiler|happily]] cleaning her [[Knife Nut|various]] [[Gun Stripping|weapons]].

** This is essentially Shinju's default state outside of combat.

** Asuka also gets touched with this; see the [[Beehive Hairdo]] entry.

* [[First Episode Resurrection]]

** See [[Cloning Blues]] above. As a result, Shinju ends up being more [[Badass Lolita|badass]], assertive, and [[Newsreel|popular]] than [[OC Stand In|Shinji ever was]].

** A couple chapters later the cycle restarts with Asuka [[Book Ends|seeing Shinju]] in her first scene and with Kaji seeing Misako. Apparently [[It Runs in The Family]].

* [[Flower Motifs]] - Shinju is sent an unusual bouquet in ch. 6. As a [[Genius Bonus]], {{spoiler|the flowers can all be negatively interpreted as Death, Revenge, Suspicion, and Loathing. This is a warning of Mikki's true intentions.}}

* [[Fountain of Youth]] - A side effect of what happens to Shinji and Misato; see [[Cloning Blues]] above.

* [[Four Is Death]] - This time Shinju is the Fourth Child. To ram the point home: after her fifth kill she gains the nickname [[Incredibly Lame Pun|"Ace of Spades."]]

* [[Gatling Good]] - The YA11 Dreadhog has a nuclear powered one of these.

* [[Gender Flip]] - ...and an especially twisted one, at that.

* [[Humans Are Bastards]] - From the Angels' perspective. They just want to rescue "mother".

* [[Humans Are Cthulhu]] - Another part of the Angels' views on humans.

** It should be noted that the "sanest" one is an [[Expy]] of [[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|The Engineer]] who designed and built a plane armed with a [[BFG|giant nuclear-powered Gatling rail gun]].

** Insana is after ch. 7 the undisputed king of this trope amongst the characters of this story.

* [[Meaningful Name]] - Dr. Insana. Hoo boy.

* [[Meaningful Rename]] - {{spoiler|Asuka --> Nigokiko/Kiko after Asuka was turned into a human/EVA-02 hybrid}}.

* [[Newsreel]] - The Azazel and Nerv pilots are frequently in these.

* [[Nuclear Weapons Taboo]] - Very much [[Averted]], though the political (and other) fallout of using nukes keeps NERV in business.

* [[OC Stand In]] - Arguably what happens to Shinji and then to Asuka.

* [[Powered By a Forsaken Child]] - In chapter 5, Misako [[Invoked Trope|uses this exact phrase]] when discussing {{spoiler|the dummy plugs}}.

* [[Red Eyes Take Warning]] - All three Ayanamis

* [[Shovel Strike]] - The Evangelions have Spetsnaz-style prog shovels.

* [[Soviet Superscience]] - Mostly averted. The Angel Buster nukes are slight modifications of real weapons.

* [[Survival Mantra]] / [[Madness Mantra]] - Latching onto a bit of advice from Rei, Shinju has "Open your heart" which she chants while gutting Angels.

* [[They Called Me Mad]] - Ritsuko says this exact like in the first chapter.

** [[Lampshade Hanging|"We know, Intro to Theater."]]