ASUKA:“What was that? You look like a drowned rat!
How lame!”
SHINJI:“Like you can talk!”
IBUKI (OFF):“At 11:03 AM, NERV abandoned the operation
and transferred command to
the UN secondary Force.”
UrsusArctos: (Added following Zusu's Cut 113 comment) The pilots stand right in front of the images of their respective Evas, causing the legs of the downed Evas to stick up like bunny ears behind their shadows. It might be a subtle way of poking fun at Shinji and Asuka, and it also provides a way to keep their messup in the background while both of them argue in the foreground.