Neon Genesis Evangelion/Awesome: Difference between revisions

* Am I the only one with love for the [[Humongous Mecha|Jet Alone]] incident? It may just be a filler, but it's still one of Misato's finest moments. She climbs onto the back of basically a giant walking nuclear reactor, goes inside the heavily radiated core in nothing more than a light hazmat suit, and then when the computer fails she tries to ''physically push the giant control rods back into the reactor.'' And all without any moaning, just determination.

** Shinji gets one in the same episode, at least for [[Tropers/Eva Unit 01|this troper]]. Made even better because it's said by the guy [[Memetic Mutation|who mustn't run away]].

* Asuka and Shinji start with a combined one in Episode 8 of the original. Basically, Eva Unit-02 is jumping around on battleships and destroyers in order to plug itself in. Then, nearer the end of the fight with Gaghiel, Asuka's yelling at Shinji for being in her lap, calling him a pervert, etc. What does Shinji do in response? He '''[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|ignores her and keeps fighting the Angel]]'''. That's right - ''Shinji [[Precision F-Strike|FUCKING]] Ikari'' is the pilot who keeps his eye on the ball and his head in the game. The most cowardly pilot in the cast is the only guy who can manage to stay focused on the task at hand, and at least in this case, is able to keep his head in a crisis. Next to his earlier fights against Sachiel and Shamshel, this one makes Shinji look like a certified [[Badass]].

** The fight against the 6th Angel to this troper was brilliant. Both Shinji and Asuka manage to push their ''combined'' sync level to a point that never is quite revealed (but it's general consensus among fans it seems that it's the highest non-400 sync rate encountered in the TV series), forcing the mouth open and allowing two Iowa-class battleships (the Kentucky and Illinois, two ships that in reality were never finished) to blast it apart.

* Ritsuko and Maya get one in episode 13, when they defeat the Eleventh Angel by ''reprogramming a computer''. This being [[Lipstick Lesbian|Maya]], Ritsuko gets excessively fangirled for her contribution.

* How about the the battle against [[Eldritch Abomination|Lel]][[Alien Geometries|iel]], the Twelfth Angel? First, Shinji FINALLY starts acting a bit [[Hot-Blooded]] - but then, of course, it [[Gone Horribly Wrong|Goes Horribly Wrong]], and we're treated to a monumental Mindscrew. Skip past that, to the part just before NERV's getting ready to drop the [[Nuke'Em|N2 mines]], the ground suddenly starts trembling, before the streets upheave as if it's an earthquake, piercing through the "[[Alien Geometries|shadow]]" and through the cracks we see this eerie red light, as if a gate to [[Hell]] is opening, causing everyone to freak out. Then, Leliel's "body" goes all black, and Unit 01 punches through its "skin" from the ''inside out'' and leaping to the ground as the wound tears open and it starts ''[[Gorn|raining blood]]'', now prompting [[Blood Knight|Asuka]] [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy|Langley]] [[Badass|Sohryu]] to freak the hell out. [[Nightmare Fuel|Terrifying for some]]? [[Your Mileage May Vary|Perhaps]]. Awesome as hell? Definitely.

* For me, Shinji threatening to tear apart NERV brick by brick after {{spoiler|Gendo forced him to nearly murder Toji}} was awesome. I was thinking "Woah, Shinji, when did you get a freakin' SPINE?!"

* Shinji’s finest moment came in episode 19, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Rj7_FzzTxo against the 14th Angel]. Whatever happens with the other Angels, whether it's Yui going berserk and not him, whatever may happen in the other fights, in this one it's all him. He's brave and he's crazy and he just won't quit. And whatever you thought of him before, he demonstrates here that he's a warrior and a hero. And yes, this being Eva, the next several episodes and EoE likewise see our expectations brutally subverted. But just this once, we get to see him go out to do battle, "fangs out and hair on fire," and kicks ass like an action hero and saves the world. Not to mention performing a [[Dynamic Entry]] in a [[Humongous Mecha]].

* Rei gets a couple of moments late in the series, first against the 15th Angel, Arael, which she defeats by {{spoiler|throwing The Lance of Longinus INTO OUTER SPACE and impaling the Angel with it}}. And let's not forget the fight with the 16th Angel, Armisael, which ends with Rei {{spoiler|calmly trapping the Angel inside herself and the Eva and then initiating the self destruct sequence.}} Sad as Hell, but you gotta admit it was awesome.

* [[Tropers/Eva Unit 01|This troper]] would like to nominate Shinji's [[World of Cardboard Speech]] in the [[Gainax Ending]]. Not only was the final episode rather inspirational, but this is also (if memory serves) the first and ONLY instance of Shinji getting a [[Theme Music Power-Up]]. Seriously, if you're paying attention, you can hear an instrumental, piano version of [[Crowning Music of Awesome|Cruel Angel's Thesis]] in the background. Doubles as a [[Tear Jerker]], [[Manly Tears|of the good kind]].

** [[Mind Screw|And then]], [[Gainax Ending|apparently]], [[Instrumentality]] shatters around him, the cast [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|congratulates him on his newfound self-esteem]], including [[Tsundere|Asu]][[Jerkass|ka]], [[Kuudere|Re]][[Emotionless Girl|i]], and even [[Jerkass|his dad]], [[Magnificent Bastard|Gen]][[Archnemesis Dad|do]]. [[Earn Your Happy Ending|The scene is at once heartwarming AND awesome]].

** It is also accepted as one of the most disappointingly confusing endings ever. Quite frankly, I think that they were out of ideas at this point and wanted to end the series in a way that wouldn't fuck their minds along with everyone else's.

== End of Evangelion ==

* In End of Eva Shinji is, well... [[Angst|being Shinji]], saying he wants to die after Misato saves him. She first tries to reason with him but when that doesn't work she tries another approach: shoving him against a cage and roaring in his face.

* Misato gets a grand moment in End of Evangelion when she guns down several well armed JSSDF members with nothing but a pistol, without bothering to take cover, then kicks one against the wall and shoots him in the head and point blank range. Keep in mind, she is not a trained soldier by any means, at least not on the level of the several men she effortlessly killed.

** Actually, given that she holds the rank of Major and the billet of Chief of Operations in a paramilitary organization, it is inconceivable that she had not had any training. This in no way invalidates her Moment, however, as such a move normally results in a stupid death, rather than a cool line and a win.

** And [[Fridge Brilliance]] makes it better- Shinji has just saved, oh, maybe two, three minutes of moping around. Two, three minutes in which, in the actual timeline {{spoiler|''Asuka fucking dies.''}} Do I smell an AU?

** A scan of the newest manga chapter. [http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llx3b0wiSj1qabxjyo1_r2_500.jpg OH YEAH.] May be a [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment, but this is definitely a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] for Shinji. Yup, definitely an AU by the looks of it.

* When Gendo shot Ritsuko in "End of Evangelion", that was the end of that. In the manga? {{spoiler|Ritsuko staggers to her feet afterward while Gendo is distracted with Rei's betrayal and ''shoots the bastard in the throat!'' DAMN!}}

** This really deserves some elaboration on why this is so freakin' awesome. Throughout the manga, Gendo has been a borderline [[Ax Crazy|psychotic]] who {{spoiler|has just revealed that he's really [[Jumped Off the Slippery Slope]] in a [[Motive Rant|rant]] to Shinji about how he's going to destroy the world and become a god, having done multiple morally questionable things (such as forcefully making Shinji indirectly murder his best friend) to accomplish this. Not only do we get the satisfaction of Rei rejecting and betraying him, we get to see [[The Dog Bites Back|Ritsuko shoot]] him while [[Shut UP, Hannibal|telling him]] [[Manipulative Bastard|he's full of crap]].}} Damn is a freakin understatement!