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Sometimes, a [[Mecha]] designer wants their work to look that much more impressive. The solution? ''Verticality.'' These go way past [[Shoulders of Doom]] in a very specific way, although they aren't necessarily pauldrons. '''Eva Fins''' are when a mecha has a pair of large fin-like projections from the back or shoulders that are far taller than they are wide, extending far above the head of the mech. They may serve a purpose aside from intimidation, such as being the equivalent of a vehicle roof-rack, but they may very well just be decorative.
Just to reiterate, these are separate from [[Shoulders of Doom]]. Eva Fins are characterized by giving the mech a very particular type of upper body silhouette, and do not need to be pauldrons.
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** As if lampshading their purpose as {{spoiler|restraints}}, virtually any change in the Evas will first involves the Eva Fins exploding. Such changes include {{spoiler|when the Unit 01 gains an S2 organ in the TV series and performing the Third Impact in ''The End of Evangelion''.}} ''[[Rebuild of Evangelion]]'' continues with the {{spoiler|second set of arms Unit 03 grows in their place, Unit 02's Beast Mode purging them to eject its limiters, and Unit 01's ascension to godhood once more.}}
* ''[[Gunbuster]]'', another series by Gainax, has this too in the eponymous mecha. in this case, they house rocket boosters and storage containers fot Buster Shield, Buster Tomahawk and Buster Homerun.
* ''[[Mazinger Z]]'': Although the titular [[Humongous Mecha]] itself had normal shoulder pads, several Mechanical Beasts had
* The Rick Dias mobile suits in ''[[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam]]'' have large fins on their backs as well. for that matter, quite a few mobile suits in zeta (including the Gundam Mark II) have similar back-mounted fins or protrusions, although the only suit with similarly large fins is the Hyaku Shiki. in this case, they function as either extra "limbs" for zero-G maneuvering, or thruster mounts.
** And the Rick Dias' successor in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ]]'', the Schuzrum Dias, takes this to [http://mahq.net/mecha/gundam/zz/rms-099b.jpg ridiculous proportions.] And in this case, the fins come mounted with cannons in addition to the standard thrusters.
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** G1 Ultra Magnus has a pair of freaking ''girders'' growing out of his shoulders.
* The Megas in ''[[Megas XLR]]'' has a pair of massive Cadillac-fins on either side of the head unit, courtesy of Coop.
* The flashback episode of ''[[Generator Rex]]'' chronicling Rex joining Providence. Turns out he's got a [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] that turns him into a [[Humongous Mecha]] with [[All Your Powers Combined|All His]] [[Shapeshifter Weapon
* Lex Luthor's giant mech in an episode of ''[[Justice League]]'' (Season 1). In fact, the mech itself looks like a thinly disguised [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Evangelion Unit 2]]. Possibly a [[Shout-Out]], since the series' creator Bruce Timm is a bit of an Evangelion fan (he's done a few [[Timm Style]] drawings of Evangelion characters).
== [[Real Life]] ==
* In feudal Japan, samurai sometimes wore flags on their back. See [[wikipedia:File:Eboshi kabuto.JPG|The Other Wiki]]. This might also be the original source of inspiration for
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