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** There are also other fans who give the same kind of treatment to '''Rei''', somehow believing that she's a threat to Shinji and Asuka's [[Official Couple]] status. Nevermind that she barely interacts with either character in any way that is remotely relevant for such a thing.

** And people just LOVE to call Mana Kirishima from ''Neon Genesis Evangelion: Girlfriend of Steel'' a [[Relationship Sue]], just because she's a possible [[Love Interest]] for Shinji in the aforementioned visual novel as well as other ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' spin-offs she appeared in, gets a lot of spotlight in ''Girlfriend of Steel'', is one of the few characters who are genuinely and/or openly nice to Shinji (and arguably the only one among all of Shinji's [[Love Interests]]), and is comparatively much more stable as a person than most of the cast, let alone Shinji's other non-[[Crack Pairing]] [[Love Interests]] (which, in a [[Dysfunction Junction]] cast, makes her come across as "too perfect" for some people). This was actually likely an [[Intended Audience Reaction]] in order to set the mood for the [[Deconstructed Trope]] she ends up being.

* [[Double Standard]]: [[Your Mileage May Vary|Some people]] consider Shinji and Asuka to both be [[The Scrappy|annoying characters]] due to the former [[Emo Teen|not being assertive enough]]and the latter being [[Jerkass|too brash]]. When you look at their [[Freudian Excuse|backstories]], it becomes clear that they were both essentially exposed to the same things as kids, but they dealt with them in two entirely different ways. Thus, Shinji becomes extremely quiet, self-deprecating and more passionate while Asuka hid it by becoming [[Inferiority Superiority Complex|loud, prideful and aggressive]]. Both of them do this because they don't want to be hurt. Were their personalities swapped, there would likely be less complaining due to gender role stereotypes.

** There's also all the flak Shinji gets for being "whiny" ([[Americans Hate Tingle|especially in the West]]), when throughout the course of the show, it's probably ''Asuka'' who spends the most time angsting (not that she doesn't have cause to), particularly when you consider she's a) not quite as major a character as Shinji and b) only arrived on the show several episodes in anyway.<ref>Well, this does exclude the final two episodes, but by that point ''everyone'' was evidently suffering from some existential angst ([[Apocalypse How|end of the world]] and all); episode 25 makes this fairly clear. It's just that Shinji happens to be our main protagonist, so we get his point of view for the most part.</ref>

** Maya spends most of ''End of Evangelion'' vomiting under a desk and refusing to fight but she's not called whiny or wimpy like Shinji.

*** That's likely because Maya is rear-echelon noncombat support while Shinji is supposed to be a frontline combatant. Of course, this overlooks that Shinji was ''conscripted'' for that role...

* [[Ear Worm]]: Listening to "Cruel Angel's Thesis" is like eating Pringles: you can't do it just once.

* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: ''Kaworu''. From being the ''only'' person to [[Ho Yay|express love]] for [[The Woobie|Shinji]], to being the only Child who's [[Dissonant Serenity|generally happy]] he's well loved by the fans and [[Breakout Villain|popular enough]] to be [[Ascended Extra|made a major character]] in all subsequent spin-offs despite being just the final Monster Of the Week who appeared in only one episode of the original anime.