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[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|As its name suggests]], '''''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3886999/1/Shinji_and_Warhammer40k Shinji and Warhammer40k]''''' is a ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' [[Fan Fiction]] that incorporates elements of everyone's favorite [[Grimdark]] sci-fi setting into brutal [[Humongous Mecha]] action. Shinji Ikari, the resident [[Butt Monkey]] of the ''Eva'' series, discovers a case full of ''[[Warhammer
▲{{quote|''[[Warhammer 40000|WH40k]] can make anything [[Took a Level In Badass|Awesome]]. Even [[Take That|one of, if not the, most whiny, pathetic spineless wusses in fiction]]. This is my creed. The Emperor's hand guides all.''|[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1211674/Charles_Bhepin Charles Bhepin], the author.}}
▲[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|As its name suggests]], ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3886999/1/Shinji_and_Warhammer40k Shinji and Warhammer40k]'' is a ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' [[Fan Fiction]] that incorporates elements of everyone's favorite [[Grimdark]] sci-fi setting into brutal [[Humongous Mecha]] action. Shinji Ikari, the resident [[Butt Monkey]] of the ''Eva'' series, discovers a case full of ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'' miniatures and rulebooks at a very young age, with a ''profound'' effect on his personality, character, and relationship with his guardians. He somehow [[Took a Level In Badass|takes a full 20 levels in badass]] as a result, becoming a [[Badass Bookworm]] [[Magnificent Bastard]] who knows no fear, charges headlong into combat without hesitation, exhibits nearly prescient planning abilities, and earns the reverence and adoration of his people for his heroism.
[["On the Next..."|In the second chapter]], he actually arrives in Tokyo-3 and meets his Evangelion.
Though the fic's title is simply ''Shinji and Warhammer 40K'', there are numerous other influences at work. The story loosely follows ''Evangelion'''s established sequence of major events, but anything else that's strictly canon is pretty much kicked to the curb around the end of chapter nineteen. Shinji himself evolves into some amalgamation of [[Dune|Paul Atreides]], [[Batman]], [[Metal Gear|Big Boss]], [[Ciaphas Cain]], [[Discworld|Carrot Ironfoundersson]], [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|Simon The Digger]], [[Code Geass|Lelouch vi Britannia]], [[Ender's Game|Ender Wiggin]], and unless he's careful, The [[God-Emperor|God-Emperor of Mankind]]. The story oscillates between pitched battles that manage to top the fight scenes from ''Eva'' and domestic comedy worthy of ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'', the mood between the bleak despair resulting when you add [[Grimdark]] to ''Evangelion'' and [[Hot-Blooded]] defiance in the face of imminent defeat. Cast members are developed in interesting ways but not to the point of being warped beyond recognition, while the realities of Second Impact and the implications of such an event are explored to a greater extent than the source material. The author has managed to write an ''Eva'' 'fic that replaces the [[Wangst]] and [[Contemplate Our Navels|navel contemplation]] with [[Serial Escalation]], the [[Rule of Cool]], and [[Chainsaw Good|chainswords]], understanding and respecting the source material but doing something completely different with it. The result is something that both ''Eva'' and ''40K''s fanbases can enjoy, while acting as a bridge between them and a gateway beyond. The author has also acknowledged [[TV Tropes]] as an aid to the fic. Be aware, though: [[Chekhov's Armoury]] is ''very much'' in effect, and continuity can be tricky to follow as a result.
Currently, there are 45 chapters released, with [[Word of God]] putting the story at about 75% completion at ch. 37.
See also ''[[Thousand Shinji]]'', a more direct ''Eva''-''40K'' crossover that is shorter, [[Darker and Edgier|darker]], and with a [[Anti-Hero|different evolution of Shinji]].
=== See ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' and ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'' for the tropes of those respective universes. ===▼
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* [[Added Alliterative Appeal]] - "Dark figures with dark designs deigned to discuss their dire directives despite the distance."▼
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* [[Adults Are Useless]]: ▼
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{{quote| '''Shinji:''' ''Why me? I'm just a boy. You're all adults. Why don't you have the power to solve your own problems?''}}▼
* [[Alas, Poor Yorick]]: {{spoiler|Shinji does this with Rei's head after Yui!Lilith kills her.}}▼
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▲* [[Alas, Poor Yorick]]: {{spoiler|Shinji does this with Rei's head after Yui!Lilith kills her, near the end of ch. 44.}}
* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]] - In his previous [[Dogged Nice Guy|Good Boy]] incarnation, the most concern and/or interest he could get out of any grown woman, never mind girl near his age bracket, was a few brief moments of motherly pity, if that. In his current All-Conquering history, the ''least'' he draws from any "female of the species" (to quote Asuka) is obsessive, if not mindless, [[Fan Girl|Fangirlism]]. {{spoiler|In the seemingly singular exception of Ritsuko, he causes her to be blatantly terrified over the future of humanity...fear that she tries to not think about via banging his psychopathic father.}} (It should be noted, however, that at heart Shinji is still very much that nice kid.)
* [[All the Myriad Ways]] - Subverted. Shinji cares just as much about the {{spoiler|original [[Canon]]}} alternate world {{spoiler|that he might have inadvertently destroyed}} as he does about his own. {{spoiler|Whether the fanbase also does, [[Catharsis Factor|but for opposite reasons]], is up in the air}}.
* [[Human Resources|Angel Resources]] - Kaworu uses {{spoiler|the cores of three of the last Angels}} as power sources for the Black Cradle.
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]:
** Subverted in chapter 30.
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** Played straight in ch. 31 part 1:
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* [[Ascended Extra]] - No less than ten of these by now. The author's admitted to having a hell of time keeping their side stories from being crushed and forgotten under the sheer weight of the general plot.
* [[Attack Drone]] - Unit 01's Air Mines.
* [[Badass]] - [[World of Badass|The entire notion of the story]]. More specifically, [[Captain Obvious|Shinji Ikari]].
** [[Back-to-Back Badasses]] - The [[Arch Enemy|Space Marine and Chaos Space Marine]], amusingly enough, during the [[Mind Screw]] portion of the battle with Leliel.
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** [[Badass Biker]] - {{spoiler|Battle Sister Ibuki}}
** [[Badass Boast]]:
*** Shinji gets a lot of these. For example:
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*** The Chaos Marine gets one in the very first chapter {{spoiler|after the debacle with Minase and her boyfriend}}:
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She that set herself above you now lies humbled and broken, the BLOOD of that she once loved on her hands.
He that follows you is now a HERO, respected by many.
And she who once held you in high regard, now WORSHIPS you.
Chaos IS. And in CHAOS all things are possible. }}
** [[Badass Bookworm]] - Shinji, Rei, Maya, Asuka...hell, anyone remotely intellectual.
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** [[Badass Crew]] - If anyone, at any point, directly assists Shinji against the Angels, expect ''at least'' two examples per person of [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|stupefying awesomeness]]. Beyond this, the "[[Up to Eleven|master-level class]]" consists of the usual suspects.
** [[Badass Longcoat]]:
*** {{spoiler|Kommissar Kirishima}}.
*** {{spoiler|Techpriest Aida}}, during Matariel's attack.
** [[Badass Normal]]:
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*** {{spoiler|Shinji}} is the most physically normal of the pilots, being the only one {{spoiler|1=not infused with Angel DNA}}. That being said, he also subverts the trope in that {{spoiler|his abilities often go [[Up to Eleven|far beyond]] the territory of blatantly-admitted ''superhumans''}}.
*** Admiral "Miracle" Yang Wen-li and Sergeant Angelo De Leon certainly qualify.
*** Wilfred Jaeger manages to ''take out a cyber-Tyrannosaurus'' {{spoiler|''by letting it ''eat'' him so he can ''kill it'' where there is less armor
** [[Badass Preacher]] - A facet of {{spoiler|Makoto}}'s personality that occasionally shows up.
** [[Colonel Badass]] - Misato eventually gets a well-deserved promotion, and even acts as commander of NERV for a time.
** [[Little Miss Badass]] - {{spoiler|Mana}}, as soon as {{spoiler|she's given command of ''Magnos Tancred''}}.
** [[Took a Level
*** Ironically, this is the one trope Bpen was deliberately trying to ''avert'' at first; his author's notes claim that Shinji just needs a better childhood to become awesome, but Shinji's "better childhood" also came with his own gang, [[Chessmaster]] training at the feet of an Eldar Farseer, the universal respect and adoration of his entire hometown, and the ability to call in favors and financial support from wealthy friends. Badass as all hell? Definitely. [[Ordinary High School Student]]? Not even close. [[Rule of Cool|Not that it matters in the long run.]]
* [[Batman Gambit]] - Gendo has his schemes, and SEELE has theirs, but it takes a long time for them to realize that {{spoiler|Shinji's successes are ''not'' merely the result of the other side's actions}}.
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** Shinji in hand to hand combat, and Unit 01 in Eva vs. Angel combat. By the second fight, though, he realizes brute force and bloodlust will only cause needless destruction and tries to clamp down.
** Despite the protestations of the Chaos marine (see [[Take That]] below), Asuka's battle antics and use of the traditional gear of a Khornate Berserker (in the form of an Eva-scaled [[Chainsaw Good|chainaxe]]) raise some questions...
*** Asuka is reportedly {{spoiler|enough of a berserker that her battlerage overrides even that of her Eva's default mental state}}. The issue? She's a cold berserker. A berserker Unit 02 uses weapons and fights with the same techniques, only with more eating of enemy body parts. Yum.
** Mana reacts in this fashion in chapter 30 when ''Magnos Tancred'' faces off against Trident Warborn "abominations".
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* [[Beware the Nice Ones]] - {{spoiler|Battle-Sister Maya Ibuki}}, starting in Chapter 9.
* [[BFG]] - This being a crossover between a giant mecha story and ''Warhammer 40K'', it's no wonder there will be plenty. Highlights include the [[Green Rocks|psychic supercondutor-enhanced]] destroyer lasguns and Rei's Gargant Moonbiter.
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* [[Bully Hunter]] - Da Boyz.
* [[Buffy-Speak]] - Pops up occasionally.
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Rei tilted her head to the side. "[[Lampshade Hanging|An interesting way to arrange words, pilot Sohryu. You intrigue me]]." }}
* [[But Not Too Foreign]] - Lampshaded by Asuka, when she wonders why, out of all the potential candidate children on the planet, all four pilots just happen to have Japanese ancestry. The four is not a typo; we briefly meet the pilot of NERV America's Eva, who is ''also'' of Japanese descent.
* [[Call on Me]] - How to summon Apocalypse Rei.
* [[Calling the Old Man Out]] - Shinji's post-[[Temple of Doom|Temple of Trials]] rant against the elders of Javaal is particularly entertaining, and of course he has things to say about his father's plans.
* [[Calling Your Attacks]]
* [[Canon Immigrant]]: Mana, originally from the ''Girlfriend of Steel'' game. This is [[Lampshading|lampshaded]] by Kaworu (''"It's as though canon refuses to accept her existence"'') when it's pointed out that the Dead Sea Scrolls don't mention her, allowing her to [[Screw Destiny]].
* [[Captain Ersatz]]:
** The Javaal arc features thinly disguised CE's of {{spoiler|[[Star Wars|Yoda and Mace Windu]]}}. Meanwhile, those familiar with ''[[Legend of the Galactic Heroes]]'' might be surprised at a certain Chinese admiral's presence a couple of millennia too early (lampshaded in the story, no less).
** There's also the Shinji-loyal Section Two agents [[Men in Black (film)|K(entaro) and J(iro)]]. The former is an older veteran who's [[Seen It All]], the latter is a young, tanned hotshot. Shinji gives them a [[Cool Car|tricked-out black Ford]].
* [[The Cavalry]] - The battle against Iruel in Chapter 30 is all but lost...until the {{spoiler|''Leman Russ tanks'' and elite soldiers in ''Terminator armor'' show up}}.
* [[Celebrity Paradox]] - One of the author's notes points out that it's odd there are still [[Emotionless Girl]] anime in a world without ''Evangelion'' to popularize the trope.
* [[Chainsaw Good]]:
** Evas with prog-chainswords, or in Asuka's case, a prog-''chainaxe''.
** Shinji specifically invokes this trope whenever he uses a modified chainsaw to cut wood.
** Unit 01's upgraded Titan Armor takes this to ludicrous extremes - it has chainsaws coming out of practically every body part imaginable.
* [[Chekhov's Armoury]] - Bpen loves this trope, to the point that most readers on The Fanfiction Forum have largely given up trying to figure which parts are going to be plot sensitive and which are just fluff.
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* [[Chronic Hero Syndrome]] - If this version of Shinji is running anywhere, he's probably charging into close combat.
* [[Clap Your Hands If You Believe]] - Shinji has accomplished more through the power of faith alone than anyone since [[Jesus]].
* [[Cliff Hanger]]/[[Foreshadowing]] - {{spoiler|Chapter 39}} ends with the revelation that {{spoiler|[[It Got Worse|things are about to take a serious turn for the worse in Tokyo-3...]]}}.
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: From Chapter 5
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* [[The Comically Serious]] - Shinji is usually [[The Stoic]], and as such gets to play the [[Straight Man]] ''a lot''.
* [[Companion Cube]] - Shinji {{spoiler|and Kaworu}}'s treatment of minis. Also, Kensuke and the Trident crew's [[Machine Cult|treatment of machinery]].
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* [[Cool Chair]] - Shinji gets his "skull throne" when some soldiers carve up an Angel's ''skull mask'' as a gift. {{spoiler|It nearly kills him}}.
* [[Cool Shades]] - Used by [[Men in Black (film)|agents J and K]], but also most recently by Pen-Pen. Yes, Pen-Pen:
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"Wark." greeted Pen-pen from the back seat, the bird leaning out the window.
Yes, he too was wearing special custom-fit sunglasses. }}
* [[Covert Pervert]]:
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* [[Cursed with Awesome]] - The ''national government'' has to make a special ruling exempting Shinji from taking part in the Japanese Valentine's Day custom of accepting and eating chocolates from admirers and loved ones, in lieu of his being rushed to the hospital the previous year after dutifully eating every single one received. {{spoiler|After a prohibition against anyone (but namely the young women) at the school from presenting them, the revelation that certain among them will actually still be permitted almost sparks a(nother) riot}}. And this is only ''one'' early example of what his life has become; by later chapters, he {{spoiler|is occasionally reduced to [[Percussive Maintenance|slamming his head]] upon the nearest solid surface or object, all but begging to know why this is happening to him}}.
** This has apparently happened to ''humanity'' due to the potential of the EVAs. Admiral Yang even references the trope by name:
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* [[Cutlass Between the Teeth]]: Shinji tried to do this in chapter 2 part 2.
* [[Cybernetics Eat Your Soul]]: Ritsuko may be starting to edge into this, as she has created mechadendrites to {{spoiler|make herself functional after her paralysis}}.
* [[Dark Messiah]] - Kaworu is the anti-Shinji...[[Messiah Creep|whatever that means]].
* [[Deconstruction Fic]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]] - Rei and Kaworu. Kaworu takes this [[Up to Eleven]] when faced with Shinji's [[Refuge in Audacity]] during their battle. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]] - How 'Da Boys came into being.
* [[Defictionalization]] - The most effective weapons against the Angels and their spawn are based on ''Warhammer 40K'' technology. There's also the matter of [[Machine Cult
* [[Delinquents]] - Da Boyz were originally a few delinquents who went around bullying smaller kids. When Shinji proceeded to ''beat the crap out of them single-handedly'', they changed their ways and started following him around, eventually growing in number and actually becoming something of a militia in Shinji's hometown and an information network in Tokyo-3.
* [[Democracy Is Bad]] - The chapter twenty-one bureaucratic governmental inquisition into the activities of NERV and NNHIS paints this picture. Even ''if'' such activities ultimately involve Gendo {{spoiler|planning to liquify the world's population into whatever the [[Hive Mind]] actually is}}, the panel's effective demands that they and their proxies maintain strict adherence to social institutions in the face of utter annihilation smacks as nothing less than suicidal fat-headedness on a national scale.
* [[Destructive Saviour]] - People know Shinji's back when there's massive destruction. Even when he's trying not to, Shinji ends up causing more destruction than actual Angels.
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* [[Determinator]] - Aside from the obvious, the Assault Terminators are the most specific example, especially their initial arrival.
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]] - A '''lot'''. Shinji ''literally'' punches out one of the Angels and the Jet Alone in the first seven chapters alone. Of course, he started the latter fight by blowing the limbs off the Jet Alone with an Eva-scaled [[More Dakka|bolter]]...
* [[Dirty Old Woman]] - The Farseer that lives in Shinji's head. As the Chaos Marine points out, given that her race birthed Slaanesh, this should not be particularly surprising. For his part, Shinji is profoundly disturbed that a facet of his subconscious has such urges, {{spoiler|especially when it starts influencing the people around him on its own}}.
* [[Don't Look At Me]]: Happened to Minase {{spoiler|after she was raped}}.
* [[Dope Slap]] - Administered several times by the Farseer.
* [[Double Entendre]] - Rei embraces a unique "brand of psychological torture as a device for humor." She seems to particularly enjoy reminding Asuka of how well she and Shinji "connect," while implying that she and Asuka could "connect" in a similar fashion.
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* [[Dropped a Bridget On Him]] - Kaji is quite surprised to find out that the pale young woman he chats up at a festival turns out to be {{spoiler|Kaworu Nagisa}}.
* [[Dude, She's Like, in a Coma]] - Seriously, Asuka, Shinji just woke up from one. {{spoiler|That's what she wants us to think, at any rate}}.
* [[Dynamic Entry]] - Reinforcements arrive at the battle against Iruel {{spoiler|by ramming a battleship against the city dock at full speed and slicing their way out}}.
** From chapter 41:
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* [[Eldritch Abomination]] - {{spoiler|Under the willpower of SEELE, the six remaining MP Evas have merged together into a shapeshifting abomination [[Penny Arcade|that has six mouths and can sing the song that ends the Earth.]]}}
* [[Enemy Mine]] - Shinji knows what Gendo's planning. Gendo knows Shinji knows this. And they both know the only way they'll survive long enough to have their final showdown is to work together...for the time being.
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* [[Evil Counterpart]] - Kaworu to Shinji. Kaworu seems to view his foil as a [[Worthy Opponent]], though it doesn't look like the feelings are mutual.
* [[Evilly Affable]] - How Shinji sees Kaworu...and ''boy'', does it [[Berserk Button|piss him off]].
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* [[Fan Girl]] - Mana Krishima, complete with [[Squee]] moments. This and the [[Genki Girl]] and [[Stalker with a Crush]] aspects of her personality {{spoiler|get hit hard during the Matariel battle, in which she loses her best friends, her arm, and her innocence}}, but they occasionally surface afterward.
* [[Fan Service]] - A form of the non-sexual variety for the Shinji/Rei shippers (not that there isn't any of the other kind), in the form of {{spoiler|Raka, a Rei clone able to operate independently of "the" Rei thanks to having fragments of Shinji and Rei's souls. Effectively, at least as Raka views it, she is their daughter}}.
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* [[Foe Yay]] - Perhaps as a nod to [[Canon]], Kaworu admits that Shinji "is...very compelling in many ways." He's mainly interested in Asuka, though. {{spoiler|Invoked when he tells Asuka ''she'' has to be the one to kill him.}}
** Chapter 40 [[Crowning Moment of Funny|hilariously]] averts this, however, when {{spoiler|both Shinji and Kaworu refuse Misato's suggestion to, well, combine their mechas to fight the MP Evas.}}
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* [[Foreshadowing]] - It is humorously noted early on that some bored troops taught a technique known as the Ikari after witnessing Shinji's infamous signature headbutt-curbstomp maneuver. {{spoiler|When Shinji and Maya are kidnapped, Maya uses the Ikari to disable and murder a captor about to rape her. She notes that it is seriously taught at NERV.}}
* [[For Want of a Nail]] - Per [[Word of God]]:
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* [[Foregone Conclusion]] - One of the story's draws comes from the fact that ''Eva'' fans <s>[[Gainax Ending|know]]</s> <s>[[Mind Screw|think they know]]</s> have a general idea of how that series ends, while ''40K'' fans know how the Emperor's rise to power goes...but since the two plot lines are happening simultaneously, it remains to be seen who is [[Doomed by Canon]] and which outcome will ultimately triumph. Then again, given the nature of both materials, they might not be mutually exclusive.
* [[Frickin' Laser Beams]]: {{spoiler|Earth's Cradle has these, and fires them at Castle Sturmbrand, but not in [[Beam Spam]] fashion. They miss.}}
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* [[Friend to All Children]]: Shinji, by his own
* [[Funetik Aksent]] - Shinji's English is quite "authentic," as he learned it by reading Ork codices. The Boyz and Gretch picked up the same speech patterns, resulting in a generation of Japanese schoolchildren who speak like English football hooligans.
* [[Gambit Pileup]] - between Ikari Gendo and NERV, Lorenz Keel and SEELE, Shinji and his Terminators and UN PSYKANA, and Kaworu and the forces of Earth's Cradle, with Yang sticking his nose in sometimes. Not to mention the Angels themselves.
* <s>[[Genre Busting|Genre Buster]]</s> [[Genre Busting]] [[Doorstopper]]: ...[[Shinji and
* [[Genre Savvy]]:
** Mana, [[Homage|perhaps appropriately]], seems to know quite a few of the standard [[Dating Sim]] tropes, and reacts in horror when she hears about two girls [[Victorious Childhood Friend|Shinji knew]] [[First Girl Wins|back in Sendai]].
** Asuka, on the other hand, is a would-be Troper: she reclassifies Shinji from [[The Ace]] to a [[Mentor Archetype|Mentor]], considers Rei an Uncompromising Confidante, notes her own [[Grey and Gray Morality|Moral Ambiguity]]...
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** BPen also qualifies, thanks to his use of tropes. Also, in his notes from a recent chapter, he thanked [[TV Tropes]] for giving him some ideas and helping him write the story more believably.
** Kaworu is also confirmed to be this in the author's notes. That's why in ch. 42, he decides to {{spoiler|take out Magnos Tancred FIRST even though it's the one that's least of an immediate threat.}}
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* [[Go Mad
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Maya coughed. "Focus, sempai."
* [[God-Emperor]] - Shinji is ''the'' [[Memetic Badass]] in a universe where [[Clap Your Hands If You Believe|belief is power]]. Meanwhile, by chapter nineteen, Hikari becomes the first to reference Shinji with {{spoiler|a deity honorific}}, and Rei {{spoiler|outright suggests to Asuka that he could in fact be a [[Physical God|living god]]}}.
* [[Godwin's Law]]: [[Invoked Trope|Invoked]] several times by German characters in chapter 37: The similarities between WWII and post-war Germany with their current situation is mentioned by several psyker Lamas who were also holocaust survivors. One of these psykers later shows a group of assembled German soldiers and leaders his barcode tattoo, stating that if they simply gave in, they would be no better than the ones who let the Nazi atrocities take place. A soldier responds by asking if they should keep paying for the sins of their fathers. Later, one of the colonels, who does not want to see all the people die in a war zone, confronts a group of soldiers who want to stay and fight to the end rather than leave many of the citizens to die and demand if fighting to the last man was really any better, by invoking Hitler's scorched earth policy and the destruction of Germany so that the allies would not be able to take control the country.
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The young man snarled, and would have pulled the trigger right there. How dare he! }}
* [[Grand Unifying Guesses]] - One of the most popular forms of [[Wild Mass Guessing]] is lampshaded by a dream vision of Kaworu.
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** What's interesting about that scene is that it's not written ''"... there is no real way of proving that THIS is NOT but a memory of Instrumentality being played out again and again..."'' In the original, it says that there was no way of proving it ''is'' an illusion and not reality.
* [[Gratuitous German]] - First with Asuka and Martin, then in the narration itself once there's actually a battle in Germany.
* [[Gratuitous Japanese]] - Shows up in some of the dialogue.
* [[Green Lantern Ring]] - Eventually, AT-fields.
* [[Green Rocks]] - The psychically-formed crystals encountered by Shinji during the Javaal arc are room temperature superconductors needed in order to make the next necessary step in technology.
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* [[Hot-Blooded]] - Shinji has apparently been taking life lessons from a [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|certain shirtless man with impossibly]] [[Cool Shades]].
* [[Hot Springs Episode]] - Chapter 23, a [[Breather Episode]] ({{spoiler|or so it would seem}}) after the "Inquiry Into Values" arc, that shows that while Shinji may be on the road to becoming The Emperor, he's still...well, Shinji.
* [[
* [[Hypocritical Humor]] - Shinji expresses disbelief and exasperation when {{spoiler|Keel shows that he can manipulate the AT-field and break laws of physics better than he can.}} This annoys Kaworu to no end.
* [[Idiot Hair]] - Poor Ritsuko develops this, as she struggles to deal with the number of impossible things happening around her.
* [[I Just Want to Be Normal]] - Admiral Yang would like nothing more than to be a full-time history teacher. Even though he has a job as one at Shinji's high school, he still moonlights as a UN Advisor/sometimes military commander.
* [[Imaginary Friend]] - As a child, Shinji talked to his four favorite figures: a Space Marine, an Eldar Farseer, an Ork Warboss, and a Chaos Space Marine. At some point, they started talking back. {{spoiler|[[Subverted Trope|Sometimes to other people]]}}. The "friend" part ({{spoiler|and possibly the "imaginary"}}) may be subverted by the time it's all said and done, based on {{spoiler|the Chaos Marine's part in ch. 42.}}
* [[Impaled with Extreme Prejudice]]: This tends to happen a ''lot'', on all sides.
* [[Instant Fanclub]] - Asuka's canonical admirers face competition in the form of fan clubs devoted to Shinji's ''other'' possible love interests (Rei, Mana, and Maya), all [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]. "Inquisitor" Hikari heads the [[Foreshadowing|Ordos Custodes]], a neutral group devoted to the protection of ''all'' the pilots. And then there's [[Messiah Creep|Shinji himself...]]
* [[Indy Ploy]] - Shinji both plans it all out ''and'' makes it up as he goes along. The result is something of an amalgam between [[Xanatos Speed Chess]] and {{spoiler|going into screaming [[Unstoppable Rage|berserker rages]] while stabbing Angels point blank with their own ripped-out teeth}}.
* [[In the Blood]] - This version of Shinji is noted many times as being eerily similar to Gendo, with the two thankfully having very different goals. Ritsuko takes this to the logical most extreme and personifies Shinji as mini-Gendo and Rei as mini-Yui. Naturally, the idea of two Gendos running around freaks her the hell out, and the prospect of a mini-Gendo allying with a mini-Yui makes her fear for the planet.
* [[In the Name of the Moon]] - This happens just about every Angel fight.
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** Subverted when Kaworu tries this...and is rewarded with a bolt to the face.
* [[Intimate Healing]] - ...of the "shared body heat" variety. Then there's {{spoiler|[[Les Yay|Rei and Maya]]}} in the [[Omake]], and Rei giving massages...
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** Gendo really deserves special mention here, as his jerkassery reaches levels even [[Everyone Has Standards|Canon!Gendo would call excessive]]. He seems to exist almost purely for [[Kick the Dog|dog-kicking]], especially where Shinji is concerned.
* [[Journey to the Center of the Mind]] - The scheduled Leliel encounter plays out a ''bit'' differently, involving Shinji lampshading the fauxlosophical symbolism of the train sequence, a [[Heroic BSOD]] followed by a [[Battle in the Center of the Mind]], and culminating in an [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|awesome]], [[Crowning Moment of Funny|hilarious]], [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|heartwarming]] [[Mind Screw]].
* [[The Khan]] - Shinji, screaming out Kaworu's name with murderously pure hate in chapter 30. Toss up as to whether the moment [[Narm
* [[Killed Mid-Sentence]] - {{spoiler|Yang, via sniper.}}
* [[Killed Off for Real]] - As of the end of ch. 44: {{spoiler|Musashi, Keita, <s>L</s>Vord <s>V</s>Lader, Martin, the Sunshine Kid, Yang, Rei and Kentaro.}}
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** Not to mention all the [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] to [[TV Tropes]].
** And the ''in-character'' requests for certain pop-culture references.
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"Then stop being an idiot. Live. Or die. It's your choice and I don't care." ''Say it!'' he heard from behind. He sighed. "I find your lack of faith disturbing." Kensuke growled. }}
* [[Large Ham]] - The corporate executive in charge of Jet Alone, and later NNHIS, has a thing for dramatics, as does Shinji pretty much any time he's in his Eva or making an Inspirational Speech. The Chaos Space Marine takes the cake, though, and chews it thoroughly...though he's facing some new competition whenever Ritsuko is in "[[Girl Genius|the madness place]]."
* [[Lensman Arms Race]] - The Angels are forced to adapt to the new tricks Shinji and the gang come up with to defeat them. From Sandalphon on, the battles diverge from canon significantly, becoming increasingly epic and [[Refuge in Audacity|insane]].
** Summed up best by the exponential growth of the [[BFG|giant cannons]] NERV and the UN are making:
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'''Fuyutsuki''': "Wait, Phobos? THAT -MOON-? OF -MARS-?!"
'''Ritsuko''': "Well, it's not that hard... If the Angel had attacked in its previous form just one more time, no AT-field could possibly stand up to that blast. This is anti-orbital defense...and it's -puny- compared to the [[Super Dimension Fortress Macross|Grand Cannon]] being made up in Europe." And even that was a midget compared to the one planned for Canada. }}
* [[Libation for the Dead]] - Mana does this.
* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]] - So much so that even Bpen says he is in despair about never getting to those little side-stories he wants to write. Interesting new characters are introduced and after their arcs sadly ignored to make room for new plotlines.
* [[Lotus Eater Machine]] - While trapped in the Dirac Sea, Shinji spends some time in [[Canon|a strange alternate universe]] where Tokyo-3 is mostly intact and the battle against the Angels has been less devastating, but Misato is only a major, Rei is strangely robotic, and Asuka's a total bitch. Afterward, he worries if his exit [[Dream Apocalypse|destroyed it]].
* [[Lonely
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* [[Macross Missile Massacre]]:
** Attempted against Sahaquiel in the form of a massive coordinated nuclear strike...and it bites humanity in the ass in a huge way after {{spoiler|the Angel extracts the warheads and [[Hoist by His Own Petard|turns its own projectiles into nukes]]}}.
** {{spoiler|At the end of ch. 44, a ''massive'' coordinated missile attack, including nukes and
* [[Madness Mantra]] - In early fights, Shinji's "[[Survival Mantra|I mustn't run away, I mustn't run away]]" runs more along the lines of "[[The Berserker|BURN! MAIM! KILL!]]"
* [[Mad Scientist]] - {{spoiler|Ritsuko}}, of all people, is already very close since {{spoiler|[[Go Mad
* [[Magitek]] - Ritsuko desperately tries to avert this, but Shinji keeps finding ways to mess with physics, and psychic crystals are required for the next generation in anti-Angel weaponry.
* [[Marshmallow Hell]] - During the Javaal Arc.
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* [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]] - At first this fic is just ''Eva'' as influenced by 40K. Once the plot stops following ''Eva'' canon around chapter 20, numerous other series start to have influence on the setting (e.g. ''[[Gunbuster]]'' and ''[[Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water]]''), and then characters from other series start to appear (e.g. [[Legend of Galactic Heroes|Yang Wen-li]]).
* [[Meaningful Name]] - Several:
** The Farseer refers to Shinji as her "young king," which any scholar of Eldar lore knows [[Prophetic Name|isn't necessarily a great title to have]].
** Part-time priest Makoto spends a lot of time hanging around [http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Ecclesiarchy Mini-Storm Studios].
** The UN Imp(rovised) Guards: Deathwatch.
** And from chapter 35:
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* [[Messiah Creep]] - Shinji is aware how his situation parallels the God Emperor of Mankind's, and spends a great amount of effort [[Screw Destiny|desperately trying to avoid it]]. [[Because Destiny Says So|So far, he hasn't been entirely successful]].
** Since the prologue, Da Boyz {{spoiler|refer to any command given by Shinji as "Da Word", an allusion (intended or not by the author) to the Biblical concept of the Messiah, complete with the affirmation that one lives or dies by their respective degree, or lack, of obedience to it}}.
* [[Meta Mecha]] - Evangelion-sized power armor.
* [[Mind Rape]] - Kaworu does this to {{spoiler|Lader, Stockman, Bettelheim and Campbell}} during the {{spoiler|Earth Cradle}} arc.
* [[Mind Screw]] - Basically the entire story could be considered one, but about the point you realize ''Shinji Ikari'' is being set up to become the God Emperor of Mankind your mind screams "I REJECT IT!"...but the story ''just won't stop making sense.''
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* [[Mistaken for Gay]] - Mana's friends Musashi and Keita try to gather intelligence about Shinji, but end up asking the wrong questions.
* [[Mood Whiplash]] - Happens fairly frequently.
* [[Mood Swinger]] - Maya notes that Rei has only two settings, "apathetic or ''violently'' happy," while Shinji oscillates between "I'm no one special, really" and "I pity the galaxy that does not know me." There's also "Inquisitor" Horaki: sweet schoolgirl, caring friend, and iron-fisted, (safe)bolt-shooting [[Class Representative]] from hell.
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* [[Morality Chain]] / [[Morality Pet]]
* [[More Dakka]] - An aspect of Orkish philosophy wholly embraced by Rei. NNHIS is happy to provide...{{spoiler|with Kensuke, and ultimately Shinji, as the original sources of the majority of the new designs}}.
* [[Mundane Utility]] - To the pilots' boredom, one of the peaceful applications of AT-Field weirdness is masonry, as it allows the Evas to lift huge sheets of rock out of the ground to turn Tokyo-3 into a fortress-city. Shinji also ruminates on more exotic uses, like levitating things such as converted nuclear subs into orbit to launch an invasion of wherever the Angels are coming from. Chapter 36 opens with the Evas using their AT fields to break down destroyed machinery into pristinely pure slabs of their component metals.
* [[Mutant Draft Board]] - {{spoiler|The Black Ships.}}
* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]] - {{spoiler|Iruel's infestation of the Earth's Cradle creates a unique (and horrifying) faction, combining the Tau's [[Utopia Justifies the Means|philosophy of supplication to the Greater Good]], the Tyranids' [[Zerg Rush|swarm tactics]] and [[Lego Genetics|evolutionary drive]], and the Necron's high technology and [[Determinator|ability to shrug off wounds]]. The result is an army that [[Mind Rape
** Recently, {{spoiler|the Earth Cradle have been experimenting with [[Crazy Awesome|all sorts of insane shit]], such as [[Everything's Better with Dinosaurs|cybernetic dinosaurs]], [[Zombie Apocalypse|zombies]], [[Our Vampires Are Different|VAMPIRES]], [[Metal Gear|TransformingMecha armed with nukes]], and ''[[Our Dragons Are Different|real life DRAGONS]]''. It's basically a giant "Fuck You" to human culture in general.}}
* [[No Seat Belts]] - Observed by Shinji in chapter 2 when he gets flattened by Sachiel.
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* [[Nonchalant Dodge]] - Shinji is able to easily sidestep Toji's introductory fisticuffs (and retaliate with his [[Use Your Head|signature move]]). Shinji's as surprised as his attacker, and the incident is the first clue that his exposure to the Eva may have unforeseen consequences.
* [[Noodle Incident]]:
** During the [[Time Skip]], Shinji apparently had some globetrotting adventures, and has alluded to a lost city in Egypt and an encounter with a [[The Fair Folk|sidhe]] in England without going into too much detail.
** From chapter 23:
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** In chapter 32, Maya, Rei and Mana decide that the only way to get Shinji's [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|sync ratio up]] is to resolve some typical pent up teenage stress, and had even cleared it with the local (tantric) Buddhist priests. When Asuka tries to stop them, they figure they might as well include her as well, and bring her along against her will. They then invite Misato, who declines and only requests that they bring the two back in time for school. Although Maya's wink to Misato suggests that she was joking, the only thing we know for sure is that hours later, {{spoiler|several buildings collapse without reason, thirty-six Terminators deploy, and portents of doom are sensed throughout the city}}.
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''{{spoiler|"Nothing happened. Ever." he replied. "It was exhausting, it was random, it was completely pointless, and you're never going to know."}}'' }}
* [[The Nose Bleed]] - Kensuke, Mana and, to her own surprise, {{spoiler|Asuka}} (''"I can't possibly have a maid fetish!"'').
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* [[Oh Crap]]:
** This tends to happen a lot as each of the factions keeps on [[Lensman Arms Race|one-upping each other]]. The whole planet reacts this way when Admiral Yang (Chinese tactician and war hero who won the "allegiance of the steppes") and Shinji Ikari (mecha pilot and adopted citizen of Greece who leads a private army of Macedonians in Terminator armor) start working together.
** Also the reaction of everyone at NERV [[Mission Control]] when they hear Asuka's statement after finishing Israfel: "Hey Shinji?...I think I like you."
** "Face it, Asuka Langley-Sohryu. You're the sanest, most emotionally well-adjusted pilot here."
** SEELE's membership give the less family-friendly version of the phrase when Shinji {{spoiler|quits NERV}}, and just after they finally realize that no global power, anywhere, knows either his ultimate intentions or the limits of his capabilities.
* [[Omake]] - Pen-Pen's experiments with flight and {{spoiler|Battle-Sister Ibuki}}'s nighttime adventures. Also, a discussion on some alternate uses of Wraithbone, the revelation that {{spoiler|Shinji's character development is all proceeding according to ''[[The Man Behind the Man|Yui]]'s'' plan}}, and some disturbingly cute interactions between Shinji and Rei in the [[Alternate Universe]].
** ''Out of Context'' [https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/644231/bpen/out_of_context.GIF 1]{{Dead link}} and [https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/644231/bpen/out_of_context2.GIF 2]{{Dead link}}
* [[Only Sane Man|Only Sane Women]] - Asuka and Ritsuko bond over their mutual loathing of Shinji's ability to "pull weird shit with his AT-field." Inevitably, such attitudes prove only temporary, with both slowly drawn ever further into the impossibilities of his existence; and in the case of Asuka, {{spoiler|actively seeking his nigh-inhuman power...and slowly being granted it}}.
* [[Order Versus Chaos]] - One of the strongest ongoing philosophical debates of the story, with Shinji's mind being only one of the most prominent battlegrounds. For more than a few others, the stability he has brought to their lives, when present, has only too easily served to magnify the resulting chaos, when not.
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* [[The Power of Rock]] - Iruel's low-frequency, fear-inducing sonic attack is first countered by a bunch of Gretch banging pots and pans together.
* [[Power Perversion Potential]] - After hearing how Shinji can sync with Rei's AT-Field, Agent Jiro wonders "So...just by thinking about it, can you make her o-" Luckily his partner has the presence of mind to shut him up before he's torn apart.
* [[Powered Armor]] - The [https://dl.dropbox.com/u/644231/bpen/render/eternus_alt.JPG Titan modules]{{Dead link}} are [[Powered Armor]] ''for the Evangelions''. Later, {{spoiler|Shinji's Legio Terminatus show up in oversized power armor}}.
* [[Prophecy Twist]]:
** SEELE comes to realize that due to changing circumstances, the old Dead Sea scrolls now have a few possible interpretations. {{spoiler|Additionally, the ''words on the lambskin themselves'' have changed}}.
** Then the cast notices that {{spoiler|an event from the ''[[Show Within a Show|Evangelion Fantasy Battles]]'' movie script comes true in a truly horrifying manner}}.
** Gendo at one point remarks that the prophecies clearly have no relevance anymore...then later on subverts this by wondering why an event from the Prophecy appears to be playing out straight.
* {{spoiler|[[Psychic Powers]]}} - {{spoiler|The Russians have the PKRU in Siberia undertaking extensive research into the field of psionics, and those with Angel genes all possess such abilities to degrees slight or extensive...while Shinji quietly sends a messenger to the Russian premier, with answers to questions the latter won't ask for several more days}}.
* [[The Psycho Rangers]] - The Trident Warborn pilots are either dark, [[Gender Flip
* [[Rape as Redemption]] ([[Rape as Drama]]?) - Happens to {{spoiler|[[Rich Bitch|Minase]]}} near the end of the prologue. The person who did it is then killed (accidentally) after being attacked by her and {{spoiler|[[Boisterous Bruiser|Kobayakawa]]}}.
* [[Reference Overdosed]] - Takes its [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] just as far as everything else. [[Your Mileage May Vary]] as to how much of a distraction this is.
* [[Refuge in Audacity]] - This fic wouldn't be quite as awesome if it weren't so incredibly, brazenly over-the-top. It's also [[Invoked Trope|invoked]] as to why Shinji's [[Hot-Blooded]] speeches are taken seriously, rather than getting him institutionalized.
* [[Refusal of the Call]] - Shinji's first-episode refusal to pilot the Eva stems not from fear, but anger over Gendo's [[Disappeared Dad|treatment of him]]. He caves when Rei is brought out, of course, but he resents his father's use of such obvious psychological blackmail, and the incident cements Gendo as a bastard in Shinji's mind.
* [[The Rival]] + [[Gender Flip]] - The Warborn team is a gender-flipped version of the Eva pilots, and Dr. <s>V</s>Lader considers himself a rival to Ritsuko. Even The Cradle itself is a rival to NERV. {{spoiler|All of whom end up as [[Evil Counterpart
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] - {{spoiler|Actually ''averted'' when the Eldar Farseer convinces Rei not to level the city block by block as her method of searching for Shinji when he was kidnapped.}}
* [[Rouge Angles of Satin]]: The author has a problem with the suffix -gue; he tends to spell it -uge. 'vague' becomes 'vauge', 'dialogue' 'dialouge', et cetera.
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** (gasp!) "Inquisitor Horaki!"
* [[Sadistic Choice]] - The Leliel battle presents Shinji with the choice between saving Rei or Asuka when all three pilots are about to be sucked into the Angel's Dirac Sea. By now, of course, you ''know'' Shinji's gonna [[Take a Third Option]] and opt for the [[Heroic Sacrifice]] instead.
* [[Scary Shiny Glasses]] - The usual suspects, as well as every glasses wearing character who [[Took a Level
* [[Serial Escalation]]- Just when you think there is no way for this fic to get any more utterly batshit insane, the next chapter proves you dead wrong. {{spoiler|Shinji's private army of Macedonian Terminators}} is one of the most normal things this fic has to offer.
* [[Screaming Warrior]] - Pulled off by Shinji in the prologue, using -what else?- "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
* [[Self-Fulfilling Prophecy]] - Played literally by the Farseer's lessons in foresight. This is also how Shinji gets his [[Cool Chair]].
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* [[
* [[Shaming the Mob]] - Performed by {{spoiler|Makoto}} in Chapter 20. Needless to say it is awesome. And yes, he did it with a [[Chainsaw Good|chainsword]]...{{spoiler|even if it was a prop}}.
* [[Ship-to-Ship Combat]]: An [[In-Universe]]
* [[Shout-Out]] - Lots...and ''lots''...and '''lots''', from oblique references to direct quotes. See the [[Shinji and
** [[Captain Obvious|Obviously]], many ''40K'' and ''[[Dawn of War]]'' references, as well as [[Gaunt's Ghosts]] (going by the name: Haggard's Haunters), [[Ciaphas Cain]], and ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]''.
** The following works get at least one reference (and some get several): ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'', ''[[Star Wars]]'', ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'', ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'', ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'', ''[[Girl Genius]]'', the [[Gundam]] franchise, ''[[Planescape: Torment]]'', ''[[South Park]]'', ''[[GaoGaiGar]]'', ''[[The Incredible Hulk]]'', ''[[Firefly]]'' / ''[[Serenity]]'', ''[[Tremors]]'', ''[[The Six Million Dollar Man]]'', ''[[The Simpsons]]'', ''[[Fallout]]'', ''[[Monty Python and
** Even other [https://web.archive.org/web/20100607060050/http://www.darkscribes.org/site/story.php?story=390 Eva] [[Thousand Shinji|fan]] [[Neon Exodus Evangelion|fics]] get referenced, although not always kindly (see [[Take That]]).
** Not even music escapes.
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* [[Show Within a Show]] - ''Evangelion Fantasy Battles'', now a major motion picture! Later, {{spoiler|it's made into a video game, used by MAGI to try to anticipate Angel battle scenarios}}.
* [[Shut UP, Hannibal]] - The high point of the conversation between Shinji's imaginary Space Marine and Chaos Space Marine in chapter 5.
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* [[Sliding Scale of Silliness Versus Seriousness]] - The fic takes all of ''Evangelion'''s seriousness, gives Shinji four advisors in his head, and somehow manages to make it silly in a great way despite still having very serious moments. See ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' for a decent comparison.
* [[Smart People Play Chess]] - Played straight, and subverted. Rei plays at a Grandmaster level without really trying, while Shinji, who rarely wins games against any opponent at all, operates on [[Mind Screw|levels]] seemingly beyond chess.
* [[Sophisticated As Hell]]
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* [[Space Marine]] - [[Department of Redundancy Department|Prominently featured]] [[Warhammer
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]] - Mayumi Hamigishi/Yamagishi's surname is spelt in quite a few different ways, probably unintentionally.
* [[Spirit Advisor]] - Shinji's four figures. Given what they're figures of, their advice is not always helpful...
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* [[Super Sentai]]: Kensuke mentions that they look like it in chapter 23 because of the color of their bathrobes.
* [[Swiss Army Appendage]]
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** Unit 01 shot him with a Crotch Laser.
* [[Take a Third Option]] - The Israfel fight culminates in a hostage situation when one of the Angel's "halves" {{spoiler|gets Asuka in a death grip, challenging Shinji to [[Sadistic Choice|either save himself or his comrade]]. Instead, he pleas with Unit-02's "[[Mama Bear|machine spirit]]" to help save its pilot}}. You can guess the rest.
* [[Take That]] - Bpen may have taken a shot at competing Eva/WH40K fanfic ''[[Thousand Shinji]]'' with this line:
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** Also, from Chapter 3: "I wanted a Shinji that could go; [[Neon Exodus Evangelion|DJ Croft?]] Who's that?"
** One [[Take That]] to the manga is Kaworu's repeated line, "It's not as if I'm going around killing kittens for no reason."
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* [[Tenchi Solution]]:
** Averted by the militant fan clubs.
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** Asuka briefly considers the idea when under the influence of the Farseer. Shinji is so horrified by what his subconscious is doing that he knocks himself out by slamming his head on his desk.
** Rei, on the other hand, seems to have absolutely ''no'' problem with the idea.
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* [[Tokyo Is the Center of the Universe]] - Or Tokyo-3, technically. Justified far better than in the [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|source material]], given Shinji's... existence.
* [[Too Good for This Sinful Earth]] - Said verbatim by Maya in Chapter 15, to {{spoiler|Rei}}
* [[Transforming Mecha]] - The Asshimar, Cradle-made biomechanical flying disks that can transform into twelve meter tall robots.
** In DnD, {{spoiler|an aasimar is a human descendant of a Celestial, although too distantly to be considered half-celestial. An aasimar paragon is the embodiment of all that is good and noble, and full of light.}} There is also the NRX-044 Asshimar Mobile Suit.
* [[Troperiffic]] - This is a crossover between ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' and ''[[Warhammer
* [[Tsundere]] - Asuka's irritation/anger at Shinji increases early on the more {{spoiler|she comes to <s>like</s> adore him}}. Outright rage {{spoiler|tends to be reserved for her rivals for his attention}}.
* [[Ubermensch]] - Slightly subverted in that Shinji is ''by far'' the most loving and compassionate character in the story, but the fundamental fact, of changing the history of the future ultimately by simply ''willing'' it to be so, remains. That every male, at at least some point in the story, wants to be him, and every female likewise to ''serve'' him, only piles the effect on and on.
** Not ''every'' male or female. Still, that the ''opposite'' is also true is what makes it funny.
* [[The Unwanted Harem]] - Aside from [[Neon Genesis Evangelion/Characters|the usual suspects]], Misato claims in part 3 of "Cry for Me, Tokyo-3" that "Shinji could just walk up to to nearly any woman, say 'I want to have sex with you'...and they would." Herself included.
** Considering that the Farseer, who is an aspect of Shinji's unconscious, really seems to want Shinji to have a harem, it's hard to say whether they're really that unwanted.
*** Word of God is that this is a reference to [
** The Russian precognitive, whenever asked about Shinji, always replies "I want to bear his children". [[Creepy Child|Considering the fact she's under ten,]] [[Squick|it's more than a little unsettling.]]
** Also, unwanted in the case of Shinji, specifically. {{spoiler|Rei and Maya}}, for their part, have made it perfectly clear just how 'unwanted' the arrangement is for them, {{spoiler|with Rei going so far as to intend to calmly ''[[You Can't Fight Fate|force it upon him]]''}}.
* [[Unreliable Narrator]]: In the early chapters, when the perspective shifts to that of ANY of the antagonists, each one of them is absolutely sure that Shinji is just a puppet of his father.
* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]] - Only to be expected when most of the female main cast, the majority of the female population of Tokyo-3, ''and'' [[Even the Guys Want Him|some of the males]] all want Shinji. [[Noodle Incident|Possibly resolved in Chapter 32,]] [[No Fourth Wall|although even Asuka argues that it wasn't canon.]]
** Also potentially partially resolved in chapter 36. {{spoiler|Shinji claims Asuka as his and she claims him as hers, and they kiss, a few hours before she goes off to take down the cradle. It should be noted that in the middle of the kiss there is a reference to Ayanami's lips and the difference between Asuka's and Ayanami's. It could be merely a reference to the events of chapter 32, at least the lips comparison.}}
* [[Up to Eleven]] - This fic is [[Crack Fic|literally insane]], in where it eventually takes the reader. So ''[[Up to Eleven|keep reading]]''.
* [[Use Your Head]] - After Shinji's debut battle, "the Ikari" becomes a standard fighting style among special forces around the world, which "starts with a headbutt and ends with the opponent on the ground, begging for mercy."
** This in reality looks impractical because Unit 01's horn would get in the way. By Chapter 41, this approach has been ''abused'' so thoroughly that Unit01 has a prog blade in its forehead.
* [[Doorstopper|Vault Door Stopper]] - Just over 700K words as of the last update.
* [[Vetinari Job Security]] - Though Gendo winds up in prison for a time, eventually everyone realizes that NERV operates best with a ruthless bastard to make all the unpalatable decisions and serve as a scapegoat of sorts. He returns to his position, though reduced in power and at the head of a council to help keep him in check.
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* [[Wacky Wayside Tribe]] - The Javaal arc starts out feeling like this, but subverts the trope by paying off in spades.
* [[Warrior Monk]] - Javaal's Grey Knights are elite psykers whose training and discipline allow thin scraps of armor to be stronger than steel, while their halberds are capable of destroying an Angel's core.
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]] - Averted hard. When [[Purple Prose]] is used to describe something, said something is usually ridiculously awesome even without the [[Purple Prose]].
* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]] - This shows up a ''lot'':
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** Shinji tries to convince himself that many of the symbols from ''Warhammer 40K'' he sees were just based off random things Games Workshop picked out becaused they looked cool, and him repeatedly running into them is mere coincidence. Doesn't quite work for the skull throne, though.
** As if NNHIS's name sounding like "IN HIS" wasn't blatant enough, all their products get the designation "experiment #X, IN HIS NAME the Y". Asuka thinks it sounds like they're cult members. Really, they're doing it to tick Gendo off...[[Messiah Creep|at first]].
** According to Lama Feckeldraft, Asuka is supposed to be Thor. Or something. This has the effect of making Angels into ''Giants'' and Kaworu into '''Loki'''. What did Shinji lose in his first combat with an Angel? An ''eye''. What is it that the Imperial aquila lacks? An eye. This makes Mana, who lost her left arm, '''Tyr'''. And the Trident (T-Raiden-T) has been bastardized into a ''Werwulf''. 'Leavings of the wolf', indeed.
*** "Achtung! Jotunn Morderkopf!"? Isn't that around the lines of "Giant Slayer"?
*** "Ahem": Didn't Odin (Shinji) also have two ravens named Huginn and Muninn (a.k.a. '''J'''iro and '''K'''entaro) that brought him information and acted as his "eyes"?
* [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]] - Tackled by Rei and Kaworu. Shinji and Rei agree early on that her being being a [[Half-Human Hybrid]] doesn't warrant exclusion from the human race, {{spoiler|and when her secret gets out, her classmates readily accept her for who she is}}. Kaworu, on the other hand, views himself neither as human or Angel but something completely different. {{spoiler|It doesn't stop him from falling in love with Asuka, though.}}
** Shinji actually has an interesting viewpoint on the whole issue of humanity, [[Warhammer
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"The shape of man is sacred! The form of man is for man alone!" Shinji shouted back."Let everyone who wishes to live as a human, with his limits and his laws, be treated as a human being. Our shape may change, yes, in time. But let us change the universe to suit ourselves, not ourselves into the demands of space and life beyond- for that way lies surrender. No, Nagisa. Humanity is defined by its WILL to keep going, proudly on, stubborn, free, and unbreakable." }}
*** Isn't it sad, [[Starfish Aliens]]?
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]] - {{spoiler|Maya calls Shinji out for basically sending Rei II to her death}}, leading to a short [[Heroic BSOD]].
* [[Wham! Episode]]:
** Chapter 18.
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** Chapter 44, no holds barred. {{spoiler|In order: '''Armisael''' attacks Yui!Lilith (a being born from the original Lilith's death who has both Yui's human understanding and all the raw power of Lilith)) only to be killed with hideous ease; Yui!Lilith kills Rei and absorbs her soul, and it's strongly implied that the clones are destroyed as well; Lama Pagnor is eviscerated by the same; finally, Agent Kentaro gets Tanged.}}
* [[Where Does He Get All Those Wonderful Toys?]] - Wondered aloud by JSSDF soldiers watching boltguns in action. The answer, of course, is from New Nippon Heavy Industries Solidarity, making insane Eva- and human-scale weapons [[Large Ham|IN HIS NAME]] since Chapter 7.
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* [[Yandere]] - Due to Asuka's abusive nature, especially after Rei provokes her, many people in Shinji's class suspect that she might well be this, commenting that she's like a [[Tsundere]] and yandere rolled into one.
** Alternatively, the scene could be implying Rei as the yandere to Asuka's blatant tsundere, as past chapter six, Rei {{spoiler|will do anything Shinji wants; ''absolutely '''anything''''', without a moment's hesitation}}.
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** The only reason Rei isn't insanely creepy as a [[Yandere]] is that she has no desire to [[Murder the Hypotenuse]]...[[Bi the Way|rather the opposite, in fact]].
* [[Yaoi Fangirl]] - Maya
* [[You Have Failed Me...]] - Averted. Gendo, as the semi-malevolent amoral dictator of NERV, uses the threat of firing people to keep them in line. With events taking a different turn, the best he can do is severely reprimand them and dock pay since [[Take a Third Option|the list of other careers a NERV employee can have has significally increased]], as well as the UN taking a more active role in overseeing the agency. Played straight with SEELE, which will make bloody examples out of people who they see as inadequate, and {{spoiler|Gendo's execution of Rei II after she stops blindly following his orders}}.
* {{spoiler|[[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]] - After Shinji's psychic soldiers almost kill Iruel, Kaworu finishes the job and puts Lader in charge.}}
* [[Yuri Fan
* [[Zeppelins from Another World]] - Supersonic, AT-field-powered zeppelins used as Evangelion carriers, naturally. Asuka is ''not'' happy about the pun on her mother's name.
* [[Zettai Ryouiki]] - Raka's is strong indeed.
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