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''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4673040/1/ And If That Don't Work?]'' by Sunshine Temple is a ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' {{spoiler|and some [[~~Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|~~Team Fortress 2]]}} fanfic where with [[Mnogo Nukes|enough gun]], even an Angel can be destroyed, AT field and all, without an Eva. Of course, this tactic usually means wiping out a fair chunk of the surrounding area. And you definitely don't want your pilot and Operations Director getting caught in the blast. Nevertheless, with a proven alternative available, NERV's political position has changed big time. And Shinji? Well...

''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4673040/1/ And If That Don't Work?]'' by Sunshine Temple is a ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' {{spoiler|and some [[Team Fortress 2]]}} fanfic where with [[Mnogo Nukes|enough gun]], even an Angel can be destroyed, AT field and all, without an Eva. Of course, this tactic usually means wiping out a fair chunk of the surrounding area. And you definitely don't want your pilot and Operations Director getting caught in the blast. Nevertheless, with a proven alternative available, NERV's political position has changed big time. And Shinji? Well...

Currently ''And If That Don't Work?'' clocks in at more than two hundred thousand words over a mere 11 chapters; it was started in 2008 and is still going.

Shinji rapidly becomes either [[OC Stand In|unrecognizable]] or more "natural". A bit of [[Author Appeal]] with the militarization of NERV and the way a certain character dresses. The [[Original Character|OCs]] are a lot of fun. By the same author is ''[[The Return (~~Fanfic~~)|The Return]]'', a [[Ranma]]/SailorMoon cross which does much the same thing with those franchises.

Shinji rapidly becomes either [[OC Stand In|unrecognizable]] or more "natural". A bit of [[Author Appeal]] with the militarization of NERV and the way a certain character dresses. The [[Original Character|OCs]] are a lot of fun. By the same author is ''[[The Return (fanfic)|The Return]]'', a [[Ranma ½]]/SailorMoon cross which does much the same thing with those franchises.

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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]]

* [[Band of Brothers]] - Used and Deconstructed. In ch 9, Shinju gives the Saint Crispin's Day speech from ''[[~~Henry V (Theatre)|~~Henry V]]'' to invoke this trope as part of a plan to get the public to accept the {{spoiler|[[Hollywood Cyborg]], [[Half-Human Hybrid|half Evangelion]] Asuka/Kiko.}}

* [[Band of Brothers]] - Used and Deconstructed. In ch 9, Shinju gives the Saint Crispin's Day speech from ''[[Henry V]]'' to invoke this trope as part of a plan to get the public to accept the {{spoiler|[[Hollywood Cyborg]], [[Half-Human Hybrid|half Evangelion]] Asuka/Kiko.}}

* [[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.

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** {{spoiler|And poor <s>Asuka</s> Kiko. Shinju even encourages her to give up on her old self.}}

* [[Mad Scientist]] - Given all the cloning, Angel-killing nukes, and the Evangelions themselves...seems to be a theme.

** 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]].

** It should be noted that the "sanest" one is an [[Expy]] of [[Team Fortress 2|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.

* [[Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter]] - And the man that embraces the above to the fullest just happens to be ''Asuka's'' father. {{spoiler|Former MIT Professor Tino Noah Insana. You can guess his [[The Spoony Experiment ~~(Web Video)~~|nickname.]] Arguably a <s>worse</s> weirder father than Gendo, and in charge of [[It Got Worse|S2 research.]]}}

* [[Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter]] - And the man that embraces the above to the fullest just happens to be ''Asuka's'' father. {{spoiler|Former MIT Professor Tino Noah Insana. You can guess his [[The Spoony Experiment|nickname.]] Arguably a <s>worse</s> weirder father than Gendo, and in charge of [[It Got Worse|S2 research.]]}}

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

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

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

* [[Oxymoronic Being]] - Kiko is a miniature giant robot. That is, she's [[Half-Human Hybrid|half]] [[Humongous Mecha|Evangelion]] but [[Robot Girl|human sized.]]

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

* [[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

* [[Reds ~~With~~ Rockets]] - Azazel

* [[Reds with Rockets]] - Azazel

* [[Remember When You Blew Up a Sun?]] - Asuka is constantly reminded that she blew up a mountain as a high point of her first battle, despite her complaints of it being covered with Angels and rather small.

** Shinju too, just ask about Operation Excelsior around her.

* [[Robot Girl]] - Subverted by Kiko, who is {{spoiler|a [[Organic Technology|human/Eva hybrid]] }}.

* [[Shout-Out]] - ''[[~~Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|~~Team Fortress 2]]'', ''[[~~Firefly (TV)|~~Firefly]]'', ''[[~~The Spoony Experiment (Web Video)|~~The Spoony Experiment]]'', ''[[~~The Venture Brothers (Animation)|~~The Venture Brothers]],'' ''[[Portal (~~Video Game~~)|Portal]]''

* [[Shout-Out]] - ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'', ''[[Firefly]]'', ''[[The Spoony Experiment]]'', ''[[The Venture Brothers]],'' ''[[Portal (series)|Portal]]''

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

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