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* [[Dude, She's Like, in A Coma]]: [[Even Better Sequel|Strongly]] [[Averted Trope|averted]]. The second scene in the first episode is a ''[[Alternative Continuity|deliberate]]'' mirroring of the opening for ''End of Evangelion'', where Shinji engaged in his... [[Squick|erm]]... appreciation of Asuka. This scene clearly sets up the different tone the fic aims to take with its character relationships.
* [[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 As We Know It]]: Most of the story is about [[Averted Trope|avoiding this]]. In one ending, they succeed. In another, they fail ([[From a Certain Point of View]]).
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* [[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 With Good Publicity|initiates a reconstruction of Tokyo-3 that makes him too popular to touch]] - for awhile.
* [[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.
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* [[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.
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