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It's an explicit plot point that Evas work *BETTER* with mentally traumatized pilots, especially Shinji's. Gendo is deliberately letting them go crazy because it works out better for him, and of course he doesn't care about them.
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** And even R1 is not immune, and even has a moment ''in the second episode'', from ''Lelouch himself'' no less: Lelouch has just Geassed Villetta for her Knightmare. Not five minutes ago he had Geassed a bunch of Britannian soldiers to kill themselves. He could kill her a few different ways and be done with it. At few if any points in ''the entire series'' does Lelouch care for [[What Measure Is a Mook?]], and he even kills ''named soldiers''.<br />'''You'd expect:''' Lelouch to kill her. One less piece of Britannian scum to deal with, not to mention covering up how he got the Knightmare.<br />'''Instead:''' He just ignores her and leaves. Villetta ends up being a factor in much of his troubles later on.
*** And speaking of Villetta... so, Lelouch wakes up and realises, with [[The Chessmaster|his typical genius]] barring [[Idiot Ball|situations like this]], that two people have seen him unmasked, thus uncovering his true identity, and that one has shot the other.<br />'''You'd Expect:''' That Lelouch would immediately search the area for the shot party, on the basis that they're unlikely to have gotten far with a gunshot wound, just in case they're still alive. Which, as it happens, they are.<br />'''Instead:''' Lelouch just goes home, devoting all his time and effort towards finding the shooter rather than the shootee (despite the fact that the shooter almost certainly has some sympathy or affection for him, having protected his identity and not revealed it yet), letting the badly wounded but still very much alive Villetta be discovered by Ohgi instead. Admittedly she has [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]] when she first recovers, but nevertheless...<br />'''Result:''' This event ultimately sets in motion a chain of events that not only help to doom the First Black Rebellion by causing chaos in the Black Knights' headquarters, aiding V.V. in his abduction of Nunnally, but later on led to the Black Knights ''betraying Zero and driving him over the [[Despair Event Horizon]]''. Yeah.
* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'': * The Evangelion have to have cords attached to them for power, and being unplugged and without a power source is a major problem for some episodes.<br />'''You'd Expect:''' They'd add external battery packs to the Evangelion for every sortie.<br />'''Instead:''' They do......in one episode, in which they are destroyed and are never rebuilt or mentioned again.▼
▲** The Evangelion have to have cords attached to them for power, and being unplugged and without a power source is a major problem for some episodes.<br />'''You'd Expect:''' They'd add external battery packs to the Evangelion for every sortie.<br />'''Instead:''' They do......in one episode, in which they are destroyed and are never rebuilt or mentioned again.
** Alright folks, sit down, grab a nice fluffy pillow, this is the big one. [[Apocalypse Maiden|Rei]] is created and bred to bring [[The End of the World as We Know It]]. Just as Gendo is going to implement this plan however she hijacks the whole kit and kabudle. The fate of the human race is quite literally in her hands.<br />'''You'd Expect:''' She cancels the whole thing. When speaking to Shinji she voices her objections to Instrumentality, proving once and for all to be the [[Only Sane Man|Only Sane Woman]]. And if it killed her, well she wants to die anyway, so it'd be no loss for her.<br />'''Instead:''' She wipes out the human race on Shinji's behalf, because she asked and it was what he wanted. He learns to [[Be Careful What You Wish For]], and Rei states that each individual can reverse Instrumentality if they wish. You can still get brain damage from your reaction.
** Suicidal [[Apocalypse Maiden]]? Eyep, [[Sarcasm Mode|she's gonna pass up Instrumentality.]]
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