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Also released as a feature film (Time of EVE: The Movie) with a new ending and additional scenes linking the 6 episodes. The 6 episodes are streamed on [http://www.crunchyroll.com/time-of-eve Crunchyroll], and the feature film is available for purchase and rental on the [http://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/time-of-eve-the-movie/id484850375 iTunes Store] (as of January 2012 in the US, Canada, Australia, NZ, and Japan). Also released as a Bluray and DVD in Japan (with English subtitles).
 
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* [[AI Is a Crapshoot]]: Played with. Robots do indeed develop beyond their (apparent) intended purpose, but all they really do is develop emotions, and those seen thus far not only remained [[Three Laws Compliant]], but became ''genuinely good-natured''. Nonetheless, the [[Well -Intentioned Extremist|Ethics Committee]] gets paranoid about the troubles that emotional robots might cause.▼
== This show provides examples of: ==
▲* [[AI Is a Crapshoot]]: Played with. Robots do indeed develop beyond their (apparent) intended purpose, but all they really do is develop emotions, and those seen thus far not only remained [[Three Laws Compliant]], but became ''genuinely good-natured''. Nonetheless, the [[Well Intentioned Extremist|Ethics Committee]] gets paranoid about the troubles that emotional robots might cause.
* [[Artificial Human]]
* [[Beneath the Mask]]: About half of the main characters have to pretend to be emotionless appliances in public.
* [[Bland -Name Product]]: Pakka Coffee, among others.
* [[Blatant Lies]]: Sammy when she denied visiting the cafe, right after ''serving Rikuo their coffee''.
* [[Blind Without 'Em]]: Rikuo. He couldn't even recognize Sammy from two feet away.
* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]: Androids are expected to behave like appliances, so they do. But they can actually be very emotional in the cafe, where they are free to express themselves.
* [[Can Not Tell a Lie]]: Averted. Robots are [[Three Laws Compliant]], but Masaki [[Lampshade Hanging|points out]] that none of the three laws forbid them from lying to humans.
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* [[Died in Your Arms Tonight]]: {{spoiler|Nagi embraced Katoran as he ceased function}}.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Masaki.
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: In an back alley, behind a non-descript door, there's a hidden place where you can be yourself without fear of being ridiculed or <s>scrapped</s> assaulted. At least until the [[Well -Intentioned Extremist|Ethics Committee]] crack down on it. And Masaki will go on and on about how he [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|doesn't like robots]].
* [[Emotionless Girl]]: Sammy and {{spoiler|Akiko}} are completely different people (er, robots) when they're not in the cafe. See [[Cannot Spit It Out]].
* [[Hair Decorations]]: Sammy has sported a headband, a scrunchy, and a [[Flower in Her Hair|flower]] at various points.
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* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Subverted with Koji and Rina, {{spoiler|two androids who each believe the other to be human. Played straight by Koji's master, who prefers him to human company.}}
** [[Ship Tease|Possibly]] also played straight by {{spoiler|Sammy}}, who seems to have strong feelings for {{spoiler|Rikuo}}.
** An in-series television commercial implies that it is not unheard of for humans to treat robots like romantic partners, but the [[Well -Intentioned Extremist|Ethics Committee]] tends to be paranoid about these things.
* [[Jittercam]]: Abused to the point of madness.
* [[Laser -Guided Amnesia]]: {{spoiler|Katoran}} remembers ''what'' he used to do, but not ''who'' he did it for. Justified, since {{spoiler|the family he worked for deliberately deleted all his memories that linked him to them, so they could get rid of him without paying the disposal fee.}}
* [[Logic Bomb]]: Rikuo and Masaki spend [[Crowning Moment of Funny|a good portion of the fourth episode]] trying to ''avoid'' dropping one of these on Katoran.
* [[Male Gaze]]: Rikuo is guilty of this a few times in the third episode.
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* [[Shrinking Violet]]: Sammy's real personality, which she only shows in the cafe.
* [[The Speechless]]: TEX, {{spoiler|who is silent due to an order by Masaki's father until the [[Three Laws Compliant|First Law]] trumps it in the last episode}}.
* [[Star -Crossed Lovers]]: The cafe's resident couple, presumably because one of them is actually a robot. {{spoiler|Actually, they're both robots, and both think the other is human.}}
* [[The Stinger]]: After taking Sammy shopping with her, Rikuo's sister puts a [[Flower in Her Hair]]. In the movie, a few additional minutes of footage shed light on a few characters, raising a large number of additional questions in the process.
* [[Three Laws Compliant]]: As in many stories that feature this trope, it is repeatedly [[Invoked Trope|invoked]] and played with.
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* [[Uncanny Valley Girl]]: Subverted. Rina feels that she is the least "human" of the cafe's regulars, but no one else seems to think so. She's actually proven to be very emotionally complex and sympathetic.
* [[Viewer Friendly Interface]]: The big holographic displays at the center of each of the tables in the cafe.
* [[Well -Intentioned Extremist]]: Masaki's dad {{spoiler|orders TEX to never speak because he feels Masaki is getting too close to the robot, traumatizing Masaki for life}}. Worse, the Ethics Committee's anti-robot activities {{spoiler|led to the death of a child (who looks an awful lot like Nagi...)}}.
** {{spoiler|It's not specified whether the child died or was only severely injured, and the details of the accident are left largely as a [[Cryptic Background Reference]].}}
** {{spoiler|Most likely she was the girl who was injured in the incident. Said incident is also quite possibly the reason she opened the cafe in the first place.}}
* [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?]]: Koji initially entered a relationship with Rina {{spoiler|to learn how to better please his master, who enjoys his "company". He later struggles to understand his own developing feelings for Rina, who is also quite confused.}}
* [[What Measure Is a Non -Human?]]: A central question of the show. It's not revealed whether some of the characters are human or not.
* [[You Didn't Ask]]: In the second episode, Nagi participated in a prank by Chie, holding onto Rikuo's glasses until he came to ask for them, and using this excuse verbatim.
* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: Happens to robots all the time, though [[Humans Are Bastards|most humans]] [[What Measure Is a Non -Human?|don't consider them living to begin with]].
 
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