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'''''Neon Genesis Evangelion: R''''', also known as ''Evangelion R'' or simply ''Eva-R'', is an [[Alternate Universe Fic]] that diverges shortly before the [[Trippy Finale Syndrome|controversial ending]]. Released originally in the late 1990s, it was eventually [[Limited Special Collectors' Ultimate Edition|republished on another site in the early 2000s]], with an enhanced look and style. It's also somewhat unique for its use of [[Doing It for
It's also slightly less favorably known for [[Wanton Cruelty to
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* [[Abusive Parents]]: Come now, would it ''really'' be ''Evangelion'' ''without'' [[Abusive Parents]]? In addition to the original plethora of abusive parents, ''Eva-R'' gives us [[Follow the Leader|Lyn Anouillh]], whose relationship with [[The Mean Brit|his father]] is, shall we say, less than amiable.
** Although she might not count ([[What Measure Is a Non
** Special mention goes to guest character Jye Yuh, whose father is shown to think he's doing the right thing, [[Parental Obliviousness|but without considering his daughter's actual wishes]]. Notably less extreme than most of the people listed here.
* [[A Day in
* [[A God Am I]]: {{spoiler|Aoi}}, as well as, to a lesser extent {{spoiler|Tenkei}}
* [[Alternate Universe Fic]]: ''Evangelion R'' takes place before ''[[The Movie|End of Evangelion]]'' and overlaps with it, timewise. Due to various changes in the timeline, ''End of Evangelion'' doesn't happen, though many of the events from it still occur, albeit altered to some degree.
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* [[Artificial Human]]: Tenkei
* [[Ascended Extra]]: Maya Ibuki, of all people, who basically ends up becoming a [[The Heart|more compassionate]] Ritsuko by the end of the series, even going so far as to {{spoiler|''[[Suspiciously Similar Substitute|replace]]'' her at NERV.}}
** Also, Kensuke has a much more important role in ''Evangelion: R'' than he did in the original series, particularly near the end where he even gets [[A Day in
* [[Assimilation Plot]]: As in the original, [[Lighter and Fluffier|but slightly different]].
* [[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other]]: {{spoiler|Shinji and Asuka at the end of both ''Annihilation'' and ''Prime''}}.
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: Unit 06's wings never really seem to end up being good for anything.
* [[Back
* [[Because Destiny Says So]]: {{spoiler|Aoi}} uses this to excuse her descent into the [[Moral Event Horizon]] in ''Annihilation''.
* [[
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: ''Both'' endings, depending on your interpretation.
* [[Bridge Bunnies]]: When Maya gets promoted, she's replaced by another Bridge Bunny.
* [[Break the Cutie]]: Played straight, [[Averted Trope|averted]], and [[Subverted Trope|subverted]] alike. While Lyn and Aoi both go through some pretty serious breaking (along with mainstays Asuka and Shinji) they may come out of it alright (depending on which ending you're following).
* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]: Considering the story is as much about character relationships as
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'''Asuka:''' Because... because ''[[Gratuitous German|ich liebe dich]]'', you jerk!
'''Shinji:''' Wh-what? What does that mean? }}
** Also occurs to both Aoi and Lyn, who for most of the series go in circles around one another.
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* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: Because Shinji and Asuka spend much of the story getting over their issues this is used instead with Aoi and Lyn, who both descend into [[Wangst|an endless pit of hopelessness]] for a time.
* [[Double Agent]]: {{spoiler|Seyoko Okazaki,}} [[Lampshade Hanging|though some characters suspect this from the start]]. However, {{spoiler|she's not working for [[Mega Corp|who they]] ''[[Mega Corp|think]]'' [[Mega Corp|she's working for]].}}
* [[Dude, She's Like, in
* [[Dysfunction Junction]]: Naturally.
* [[Early
* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]: One of the series' endings (''Prime''), in which things actually turn out pretty okay. [[Bittersweet Ending|Unless you're Lyn, that is]].
* [[The End of the World
* [[End of the World Special]]: ''Annihilation''
* [[Expecting Someone Taller]]: Lyn says this to Asuka, during his introduction. Needless to say, she is not pleased.
* [[Fan Service]]: Not a lot, but a little. For instance, one might consider the fact that {{spoiler|in both endings [[They Do|Asuka and Shinji]] [[Relationship Upgrade|get together]] to be a form of fan service, though of the non-traditional variety.}} Also, [https://web.archive.org/web/20070305065134/http://www.modusproductions.com/eva-r/html/images/viewer/epcovers/6a.jpg one of the covers] for the series is, at the very least,
* [[Fan Fiction]]: Actually has spawned its own fan fiction, though none of it's hosted on the official website.▼
** ''[http://fanfic-mausoleum-n-grill.dreamwidth.org/tag/evangelion+redemption Evangelion: Redemption]'' splits off from ''Eva-R: Prime''.▼
▲* [[Fan Service]]: Not a lot, but a little. For instance, one might consider the fact that {{spoiler|in both endings [[They Do|Asuka and Shinji]] [[Relationship Upgrade|get together]] to be a form of fan service, though of the non-traditional variety.}} Also, [http://www.modusproductions.com/eva-r/html/images/viewer/epcovers/6a.jpg one of the covers] for the series is, at the very least, [[Fetish Fuel|unintentional fan service]].
* [[First Kiss]]: {{spoiler|At the end of ''Prime'', Shinji and Asuka get a more traditional variant that makes up for the awkwardness of their ''real'' [[First Kiss]]}}.
* [[Fix Fic]]: As in many ''Eva'' fics, a lot of the story is spent mending the characters' various emotional problems and averting the [[Downer Ending]] of the original.
* [[Flash Back]]: Several times, often focused around Lyn.
* [[Four Is Death]]: {{spoiler|Unit-04 comes back in a chapter called "The Grim Reaper"}}.
* [[Freudian Excuse]]: It's ''Evangelion'', so naturally. In addition to the preestablished characters, we get Lyn who {{spoiler|[[Mercy Kill|mercy-killed]] [[Self
* [[Gainax Ending]]: The other ending of the series (''Annihilation''), which ends with [[Assimilation Plot|Instrumentality]] occurring in a manner even ''[[It Got Weirder|more]]'' bizarre than in ''End of Evangelion''. [[Bittersweet Ending|Not as sad though]].
* [[Gambit Pileup]]: Dear gods, yes. First, there's Seele plotting [[Ancient Conspiracy|against the world in general]], as in the original. Then there's Gendo plotting against Seele, which [[I Know You Know I Know|naturally they know about]], so they plot against him. And then there's Misato, who's plotting against both Seele ''and'' Gendo, in which she is eventually assisted by {{spoiler|Seyoko, who was independently running her own continuation of Kagi's schemes, who is herself part of a plot by Seele and UN Synaps}}. Oh, and then there's {{spoiler|Aoi, who's plotting, depending on which ending you're reading, against the world or against SEELE}}. And Ritsuko, not to be left behind, get in on it a little too, [[Yandere|plotting against Gendo in particular]].
** In fact, it's the opening moves of the [[Gambit Pileup]] that cause the timeline to diverge from the original timeline in the first place, as Gendo, anticipating SEELE's attack in ''End of Evangelion'', [[Villain
* [[Genki Girl]]: Aoi, very much so. [[Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl|Naturally, she's pared with the awkward Lyn]].
* [[Glomp]]: Aoi does this to Lyn occasionally, much to his embarrassment.
* [[Gratuitous Foreign Language]]: From time to time, often in imitation of the original series with [[Gratuitous German|Asuka]]. Occasionally, Tenkei also speaks what seems to be [[Gratuitous Arabic|Arabic]] and is implied to be Babylonian. Oddly, because the series was written in English instead of Japanese, [[Gratuitous Japanese|Japanese]] serves this purpose as well while Lyn's dialogue is ''implied'' to be [[Gratuitous English]] but, of course, isn't.
* [[Half
* [[The Heart]]: Maya in some ways and Aoi in others. Maya certainly serves as the most innocent of the cast, giving a moral center to the series. But it's Aoi who's constantly cheering people up (or at least Lyn).
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Happens a couple of times.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|Aoi, at the end of ''Prime''.}}
* [[Hot Scientist]]: Ritsuko, naturally, but also Maya this time around.
* [[Humans Are
* [[Incest Is Relative]]: [[Averted Trope|Averted]], as Shinji's attraction to Rei is implied to have come to a very abrupt halt following his discovery of her true nature. Made worse when Rei recovers some of Yui's memories.
* [[Just Friends]]: Al-Samkari's interpretation of the [[Ho Yay|Kaworu/Shinji subtext]].
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** Speaking of Tenkei, Maya is pretty protective of him as well.
* [[Mandatory Twist Ending]]: At the end of ''Prime'' it's revealed that {{spoiler|Tenkei is a quasi-clone of Kaji, as Rei is to Yui or Kaworu is to Adam}}.
* [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]]: [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] with Aoi. Yes, she really seems to care about Lyn, but {{spoiler|she also has ulterior motives that essentially amount [[The End of the World
* [[Mayfly
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Aoi means "blue" in Japanese. Guess what color Aoi likes.
** Tenkei is also Japanese for "heaven" and, given the amount of [[Contemplate Our Navels|navel contemplating]] and [[God in Human Form]] overtones the kid has, that's probably intentional.
** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] with "Ikari" from the original series, where Lyn notices that the kanji for "wrath" is pronounced "i-ka-ri."
** {{spoiler|Aoi's angel name, Malachi, is likely also meaningful ([[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|unless it's not]]). Malachi was the last of the [[The Bible|biblical]] prophets, [[Humans Are
* [[Medium Blending]]: Part script, part animated, part recorded music, and part manga. There also supposedly used to a [[Radio Drama]] version, but [[Nivenus|ThisTroper]] has yet to see or hear of it.
* [[Mega Corp]]: UN Synaps, sort of. They're actually (as their name indicates), a branch of the United Nations, but they act in a way that is very reminiscent of a [[Mega Corp]] and are treated as such within the context of the story.
* [[Messianic Archetype]]: Shinji naturally, but Tenkei intrudes on this a little himself.
* [[Million
* [[Multinational Team]]: Played up compared with the original, where the [[Eagle Land|USA]] and Europe give plenty of flack to NERV about it's [[Japan Takes Over the World|Nippocentrism]]. Lyn joins Asuka as the [[Foreign Kid]], this time hailing from the [[United Kingdom]] (with [[
* [[Myth Arc]]: Very much so, and with much more details than the original series. Whether that's a good thing or a bad thing depends on your point of view, as it can also reduce the mystery that surrounded the original ''Evangelion''.
* [[Only Six Faces]]: Lyn looks ''[[Suspiciously Similar Substitute|alot]]'' like Shinji - [[Phenotype Stereotype|only with sort of dirty blond hair]]. Some have accused Seyoko of the same thing (looking too similar to Misato).
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* [[Posthumous Character]]: Kaji may be dead, but he plays a major role in the story all the same. Also, {{spoiler|Tenkei is his clone}}.
* [[Rage Against the Heavens]]: [[Inverted Trope|Inverted]] with {{spoiler|Aoi}}.
▲* [[
▲** ''[http://fanfic-mausoleum-n-grill.dreamwidth.org/tag/evangelion+redemption Evangelion: Redemption]'' splits off from ''Eva-R: Prime''.
* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: {{spoiler|Aoi, in ''Eva-R: Prime''}}.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: With Rei off doing her own thing, Aoi fills the blue oni role against Asuka. If anything, they seem to loathe one another much more than Asuka and Rei ever did. This is probably in part because Rei wasn't exactly a very hateful person.
* [[Relationship Upgrade]]: Hikari and Toji are (pretty much) together by the time the story starts.
* [[Rousseau Was Right]]: {{spoiler|What Aoi learns in the end of ''Prime''}}.
* [[Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl]]: Sort of. Lyn's actually got some good sense when he isn't mired in [[Wangst|self pity]] and Aoi certainly has the [[Genki Girl]] thing going. However, {{spoiler|[[Subverted Trope|subverted]] in that things don't turn out so well for them}}.
* [[Script Fic]]: [[Did Not Do the Research|Unfortunately, the writer doesn't appear to know how to write a screenplay and would have been better of writing in a novelized format]].
* [[He's Back|She's Back]]: Asuka, after recovering from the coma she begins the story in.
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* [[Summon Bigger Fish]]: {{spoiler|Aoi/Malachi vs. Seele in ''Prime''.}}
* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: Though Shinji ends up sending much of the story growing out of his insecurities it seems the author decided he still needed an [[Extreme Doormat]]. For this purpose, we arrive at Lyn - the British Shinji.
* [[Technicolor Eyes]]: Aoi [[Meaningful Name|appropriately]] has blue eyes. Tenkei has [[Eyes of Gold|yellow]] eyes. {{spoiler|Aoi as Malachi has ''[[Red Eyes, Take Warning|red]]'' eyes}}. You know the rest.
* [[They Do]]: {{spoiler|At the very end of both ''Prime'' and ''Annihilation'' Asuka and Shinji. Also, in ''Annihilation'', Aoi and Lyn. And, very early on, [[Beta Couple|Hikari and Touji are shipped]].}}
* [[Tiffany Grant]]: Remarkably agreed to do original voice work for the series. The author's domain actually currently hosts her official website.
* [[Tristan Mc Avery]]: Also agreed to return as Gendo.
* [[Took a Level
* [[Tyke Bomb]]: Tenkei. He's actually a ''literal'' bomb (though not in so much that he explodes, more that ''everything around him'' does).
* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: [[Averted Trope|Averted]] with each of the series' couples. [[They Do|Sexual tensions do indeed get resolved]].
* [[WAFF]]: [[Averted Trope|Averted]] actually, at least until the end. While it does resolve a lot of the characters' personal issues it doesn't do it from the start and [[True Art Is Angsty|spends a good deal of time sending them through emotional trauma]]. This is particularly true for Lyn.
* [[What Measure Is a Non
* [[Wise Beyond Their Years]]: Tenkei oh so very much. [[The Unintelligible|Or at least when he's not babbling in a language no one around him understands]].
* [[World Half Empty]] / [[A World Half Full|World Half Full]]: Starts off the one, ends the latter (at least in ''Prime'').
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* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Oddly ''[[Averted Trope|averted]]'' with Aoi, who not only has a [[Meaningful Name]] but who is also {{spoiler|an angel, like Kaworu}}. She just has regular black hair. She does have blue eyes however which, while strange, is not unheard of in Japan.
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