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<div>The "sleeping" scene with Asuka happens in an earlier portion of the game, just to clarify. It's not 1:1 related to what ending scene you get since that's literally player choice. --[[User:Sailor Star Dust|Sailor Star Dust]] ([[User talk:Sailor Star Dust|talk]]) 16:46, 21 October 2019 (UTC)<br />
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Ohhhh yeah. Dumb me. <br />
[[User:FelipeFritschF|FelipeFritschF]] ([[User talk:FelipeFritschF|talk]]) 16:55, 21 October 2019 (UTC)<br />
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No worries at all! --[[User:Sailor Star Dust|Sailor Star Dust]] ([[User talk:Sailor Star Dust|talk]]) 18:35, 21 October 2019 (UTC)</div>Sailor Star Dusthttps://wiki.evageeks.org/index.php?title=Talk:Girlfriend_of_Steel_2&diff=103120Talk:Girlfriend of Steel 22019-10-21T16:46:21Z<p>Sailor Star Dust: Created page with "The "sleeping" scene with Asuka happens in an earlier portion of the game, just to clarify. It's not 1:1 related to what ending scene you get since that's literally player cho..."</p>
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<div>The "sleeping" scene with Asuka happens in an earlier portion of the game, just to clarify. It's not 1:1 related to what ending scene you get since that's literally player choice. --[[User:Sailor Star Dust|Sailor Star Dust]] ([[User talk:Sailor Star Dust|talk]]) 16:46, 21 October 2019 (UTC)</div>Sailor Star Dusthttps://wiki.evageeks.org/index.php?title=Theory_and_Analysis:List_of_Common_Misconceptions&diff=101530Theory and Analysis:List of Common Misconceptions2018-12-02T03:58:37Z<p>Sailor Star Dust: /* The Adam & Eve Scenario (or, Nobody Else is Coming Back) */</p>
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<div>A tentative list. <br />
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==NGE is religious propaganda==<br />
The religious symbolism in NGE is actually not used in any sort of religiously meaningful fashion. According to Evangelion Assistant Director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]:<br />
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"There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice."' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Kazuya_Tsurumaki:_Q.26A_from_.22Amusing_Himself_to_Death.22|Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death"]]<br />
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Here's an old essay from 2001 of someone [http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/writings/eva2.shtml getting it wrong]: "However, it is revealed at the end of the series that the Angels are actually failed attempts in the Creation (i.e., the Biblical Creation) that preceded mankind". Early inaccurate translations of the show may have contributed to this confusion.<br />
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==LCL means "Link Connect Liquid"==<br />
[[Image:LCL.JPG|left|thumb|Manga saying LCL stands for Link Connect Liquid]]<br />
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It is unknown what the initials "LCL" stand for within the anime series, but we do know what they '''don't''' mean. According to the Death and Rebirth theatrical program (special edition): <br />
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''Incidentally, the widely circulated idea that L.C.L is the abbreviation of "Link Connected Liquid" is incorrect.'' <br />
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Nowhere does it say what it means, although [[Evangelion Chronicle]] suggests one of the Ls stands for "Lilith".<br />
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In Sadamoto's [[Manga]] version, LCL ''is'' said to stand for Link Connect Liquid, written in the Dossier before a chapter starts.<br />
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==First Impact killed the dinosaurs==<br />
First Impact was never depicted or directly referred to on-screen. This has led several fans upon first glance to incorrectly assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the more well known asteroid impact which caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. <br />
[[Image:07 C080 textbook-overlay.jpg|thumb|A page from Shinji's textbook]]<br />
However, First Impact (aka "Giant Impact") was actually the collision of a giant spherical object, designated the "Black Moon", into Earth approximately 4 billion years ago. As a result of the impact, huge amounts of debris, including the Black Moon's rocky exterior, were thrown into orbit, eventually coalescing into Earth's satellite, the Moon. This was made clear in the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The_Second_Angel|Classified Information]]. The "meteorite" theory in the above textbook page is a cover story, and is part of the effort to also blame [[Second Impact]] on a meteor.<br />
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=="Barons of Hell"==<br />
Almost from the beginning of Eva fandom, there has been an internet rumor that the [[Evangelions]] are based upon Biblical entities called "The Barons of Hell". There are two problems with this theory:<br />
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One is that there is no such thing as a "Baron of Hell" mentioned in the Bible or in any other Judeo-Christian source; extensive searches for the term have turned up only references to Eva and the video game ''Doom''. Some sources claim that the Barons are the same thing as the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", but the descriptions given to the Barons don't match up to the Horsemen.<br />
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The other problem is that we know exactly what the Evangelions '''are''' based upon. Evas were fundamentally based upon the oni (commonly translated as “demon” or “ogre”, but actually a specific type of Japanese monster). Says [[Hideaki Anno|Anno]] himself (in an interview published in Aerial Magazine):<br />
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''There's a monster in Japan called the Oni; it has two horns sticking out of its head and the overall image of the Eva is based on that. I also wanted to give the impression that beneath this ‘robot monster’ image is not so much a robot, but a giant human.'' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Hideaki_Anno.27s_Roundtable_Discussion|Anno's Roundtable discussion]]<br />
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[[Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg|thumb|left|A very Oni-looking Evangelion sketch]]<br />
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An early [http://evageeks.org/FGP/Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg sketch Anno did of an Eva] clearly betrays their oni roots. Working from this basic premise, and corresponding with Anno along the way, [[Ikuto Yamashita]] developed the Evas as we know them (with the exception of EoE's “harpies”).<br />
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==Kids born after 2I are soulless==<br />
A bizarre idea used to explain the drop in birth rate after [[Second Impact]], and why only kids born after Second Impact can synch with the Evangelions. This theory has no basis whatsoever as Ritsuko explicitly states in [[Episode 20]] that Shinji, born after Second Impact, has a soul.<br />
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==Spear of Longinus is the actual holy relic (that just somehow got BIG)==<br />
This is a product of putting too much stock in NGE's religious references. The Spear was actually excavated in Antarctica along with Adam, who was found impaled upon it. According to the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The Spear of Longinus|Classified Information]], each [[Source of Life]] is accompanied by a Spear that has a will of its own and can immobilize a Seed for going against its mission. Thus, the [[Spear of Longinus]] is billions of years old—not made by a Roman blacksmith—which impaled [[Adam]] for committing an unspecified offense.<br />
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==A.T. Field is a real-life psychology term==<br />
Since the very earliest days of Evangelion analysis, there has been a rumor that [[A.T. Field]] is a genuine psychological term that describes the barrier that separates autism patients from the world around them. However, extensive searching of online Psychology researches and forums has failed to find any use of the term other than in reference to NGE. Further research by those in the field has proven that "Absolute Terror" or similar terminology is simply not recognized in academia. Therefore, this rumor is false and has been conclusively proven so.<br />
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Some examples of fan-pages propagating this rumor: [http://www.arune.com/eva/words.html 1] [http://www.nervarchives.com/glossary.atfield.php 2]<br />
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==Eva-00 has the soul of Naoko==<br />
Please visit [[Eva-00's soul]] for more information.<br />
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==Someone we know killed Kaji==<br />
Many fans came to the conclusion that [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]] shot [[Ryoji Kaji|Kaji]], with little or no evidence to back it up. Series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] implied with the Director's Cut of [[Episode 21]] that Kaji was not shot by any named character, but an agent sent through either "[[Seele]] or [[Nerv|Nerv's]] intelligence division."[http://www.evamonkey.com/platinum-booklets/episode-commentaries-21-26.php] During broadcast, the scene of Kaji's death was followed by an establishing shot to the door to Misato's apartment with her name. This "evidence" of Misato's guilt was replaced in the Director's cut with a shot outside of her apartment building.<br />
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==Rei and Kaworu are actual albinos==<br />
Actual albinos don't have light blue hair! Albinos cannot walk outside without protection, otherwise they would suffer severe sunburn, and most have very poor eyesight. [https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/albinism/symptoms-causes/syc-20369184] On the contrary, Kaworu's eyesight appears to be exceptional (such as his noticing Misato in the [[Episode 24]] director's cut lake scene). It is worth noting that Ritsuko's complexion is only ''slightly'' darker than Rei's, although she's obviously not an albino.<br />
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==Toji not only loses his leg, but his arm as well==<br />
While Toji's left leg is plainly missing when he's on the hospital bed, it's not certain to tell if his left arm is, as well. However, both Toji's arms are seen as he is being hauled out of the entry plug. The [[Resources:End of Evangelion Screenplays#Touji & Kensuke's farewell (Basketball Court)|original storyboards]] for ''The End of Evangelion'' contain a scene showing Toji playing wheelchair basketball with Kensuke, where he clearly has both arms, eliminating the possibility that one of his arms was amputated.<br />
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==Naoko's Brain in Magi==<br />
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Or any other brain for that matter. This is due to the brain-like object [[Ritsuko Akagi|Ritsuko]] reveals when she cuts into the [[Magi]] in [[episode 13]]. It is clearly stated that the Magi merely have personality imprints of [[Naoko Akagi]] - herself as a mother, scientist, and woman. The computers are also far too large to be actual human brains.<br />
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==Naoko's Soul in Magi==<br />
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Likely originated due to the fact that the Evas themselves have souls. There's also the issue of Caspar 'betraying' Ritsuko in [[The End of Evangelion]], but machines cannot be implanted with souls.<br />
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==Keel is the Wandering Jew==<br />
One of the most bizarre myths about Evangelion. There is an old and racist story that claims that an onlooker at Christ's crucifixion spat upon him, and was punished by receiving the curse of immortality. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_Jew#Origin_and_evolution] He thus became the "wandering Jew", never able to make permanent friends or stay in one place, lest people notice his never-aging nature. The theory goes that [[Keel|Keel's]] motivation in bringing about Instrumentality would at long last allow him to die. <br />
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There are, at the very least, two huge problems with this notion. One being there's '''absolutely nothing''' in the series to indicate this is Keel's motivation.[[Image:Tank image 07a investigate.jpg|thumb|right|A visibly younger Keel in the background with [[Gendo Ikari|Gendo]].]] The other is that when Keel appears in flashback in [[episode 21]], he is visibly younger than in the series' present, and as has been noted, the Wandering Jew is supposed to be ageless.<br />
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==The Dummy Plug Plant is the Chamber of Guf==<br />
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The [[Chamber of Guf]] is mentioned by Ritsuko in [[episode 23]] when she, Misato, and Shinji are down in the [[Dummy Plug Plant]]. This comment likely lead people to believe the two were synonymous. Please look [[Guf|here]] for an explanation of Guf within NGE.<br />
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==Adam was impaled on the Spear of Longinus by Lilith==<br />
The "Duel of the Seeds" idea was made up to explain why one Seed would be skewered by the [[Spear of Longinus]] and placed in suspended animation while the other would be free to spread life on Earth. The interaction between Rei and Kaworu was interpreted to mean that both of them (as [[Lilith]] and [[Adam]] respectively) had interacted previously. This idea was disproved when the [[Classified Information]] files revealed that each Seed was sent with its own Spear, and that Lilith's Spear was either lost or destroyed during First Impact. Adam was placed in suspended animation by its own Spear, which was used to impale Lilith later on.<br />
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==Death's string quartet scenes take place in the actual series timeline.==<br />
This one is easily disproven, as both Asuka and Kaworu appear in the String Quartet sequences. In the actual series timeline, Asuka is in the hospital under heavy sedation when Kaworu arrives, and is still there when he gets squished; they never meet. The String Quartet motif serves to separate the different focuses in [[Evangelion: Death|Death]] as well as fitting together with the musical score that was used, Pachelbel's Canon in D major.<br />
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=="Anno's Revenge"==<br />
Many are lead to believe, one way or another, that [[The End of Evangelion]] was Anno's revenge against the fans for the negative response received from the ending of the TV series. <br />
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Some say it is because Anno brutally killed off all of the main characters; however, this isn't anything new in the world of anime. Most notably, Yoshiyuki Tomino's [[Space Runaway Ideon]], where not just all the main characters are killed off, even children are brutally massacred. Even though Ideon may be one of Anno's biggest inspirations for Evangelion, the End of Evangelion was closer to the planned ending to the TV series [https://forum.evageeks.org/post/677939/Hideaki-Anno-x-Kazuo-Koike-October-22-2013/#677939 Anno's October 2013 interview]. Some of the footage used in the TV series ending (corpses of Misato and Ritsuko) indicates that, even before the TV series ended, Anno had planned on killing these characters.<br />
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Some say it is because of scenes such as Shinji visiting the sedated Asuka in her hospital room. Although slightly out-of-left-field compared to the ending of the TV series, this scene does serve its purposes. Most importantly, it shows that Shinji has hit the lowest of lows, and secondly, it's referenced later in the movie when Asuka says "Idiot! I know about your jerk-off fantasies of me. Do it again like usual... I'll even stand here and watch."<br />
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A subjective argument for Anno's revenge is the cinematic and narrative mindfuck that takes up most of the 2nd half of End of Evangelion. A subjective retort could be, "What about the end of the TV series?". As far as a non-subjective response, films have been known to use clashing motifs, non-linear story telling, and highly symbolic/obscure imagery, and the End of Evangelion isn't the first to use all three. Also, from an interpretive standpoint, the second half of the movie does very well in showing the chaos and disembodiment of [[Human Instrumentality Project|Instrumentality]], specifically, what Shinji was going through.<br />
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Finally, some argue that the smoking gun for Anno's revenge is the sequence of quickly flashing (about one per frame) [[End of Evangelion Death Threats|death threats/hate mail]] which can be seen at the end of the live action sequence in the second half of the movie. However this rumor was started, it was probably propagated by the Commentary track on the Manga Entertainment release of End of Evangelion, where Amanda Winn Lee gives a mention of hate mail during this sequence [http://www.evamonkey.com/ The End of Evangelion Audio Commentary]. Since these have been translated to English, the majority of the letters and emails are that of personal attachment to the show, praise, or encouragement/anticipation for the End of Evangelion movie. Only one of the emails can be considered 'hate mail', and it was criticizing Death and Rebirth (not the end of the TV series at all), and the only 2 possible instances that could be considered a 'death threat' was graffiti on the wall outside of Gainax's studio (which was hypothesized to be from religious fanatics) and an email that said "Anno, I'll kill you!!!", which was a close-up of only that message on a computer monitor and lacked any context whatsoever. This puts the smoking gun argument on very shaky ground, as this sequence isn't used as a "This is why I'm taking revenge on you people" message, or anything along those lines.<br />
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==The Mass Production Evas have no souls==<br />
In [[Episode 24]], Kaworu says that the [[A.T. Field]] is "The light of the soul", indicating that a soul is required to produce an [[A.T. Field]]. This is consistent all throughout the TV Series as well as in the movies, since the [[Mass Production Evangelions]], in fact, do produce A.T. Fields:<br />
:Shigeru: "The Eva series' A.T. Fields are resonating!"<br />
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Some say that it is the pilots (Kaworu [[Dummy_Plug|dummy plugs]]) which produce the A.T. Field. However, Ritsuko in [[Episode 17]] says:<br />
:"This is the dummy plug prototype.<br>Rei's personal data has been loaded into it,<br>but it's ''not really possible to digitize a human mind and soul''.<br>Ultimately, it's a fake, an imitation.<br>Just a machine that emulates a pilot's thinking process."<br />
Indicating that there is no real soul in the dummy plugs. Therefore, it is impossible for the dummy plug to generate an A.T. Field.<br />
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==Adam and Lilith were once a single being / Adam was born from Lilith==<br />
This misconception comes from a mistranslated line via [[Manga Entertainment|Manga Entertainment's]] [[The End of Evangelion]] release. Misato's line should read, "Humans were born from Lilith, who is a [[Seed of Life]] just like Adam." This makes Adam and Lilith two equal beings.<br />
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==Pre-3I Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head==<br />
During Pre-Third Impact Instrumentality, Shinji and Asuka witness a scene from Misato's college days, where she is having sex with Kaji. Shinji clearly has never seen this before asking "This is Misato? She does... this?" in which she replies "Yes, this is also me... The melting into one another's hearts... The me that Shinji doesn't know." If this entire sequence was all "in Shinji's head", there is no way he'd know these things.<br />
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==Asuka didn't die==<br />
Asuka and Eva-02 were killed by the Mass Production Evas. Maya's and Shinji's horror and the mangled state of Eva-02 make it explicit. Since Asuka was suffering actual physical damage corresponding to the Eva's damage, there was no way Asuka could have survived the multiple Spear impacts or the subsequent mangling. Furthermore, Asuka's bandages in the final scene correspond with her injuries from that battle.<br />
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==The Asuka-Rei-Misato amalgamation==<br />
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This very common misconception was born due the last scene of End of Evangelion with Asuka and Shinji alone on the beach. Asuka's arm is bandaged (like Rei's in Episode 01) and her eyes appears to be brown (like Misato's). This lead some people to speculate that Asuka is really a combination of all three girls, and therefore Shinji's "dream girl" but this notion is absolutely false. The bandaged arm is due to her battle trauma in Eva-02 earlier in End of Evangelion (when a replica lance splits Eva-02's right arm completely). Her eyes are still blue, merely tinted due to the hue of the scene occurring at night.<br />
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Before Instrumentality ends, Rei tells Shinji ''"If you wish once more for the existence of others, the barriers of the heart will separate everyone once more..."'' while Kaworu asks ''"Is it okay for the [[AT_Field|A.T. Fields]] to hurt you and others once more?"'', indicating that the A.T. Fields have separated everyone from each other.<br />
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==The Adam & Eve Scenario (or, Nobody Else is Coming Back)==<br />
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Considering that themes of Genesis pop up all over NGE, the final scene of End of Evangelion leads many to assume that Shinji and Asuka are the new Adam and Eve, left alone to re-populate the world. But this theory is false if we are to believe Rei and Yui when, during the dissolution of Instrumentality, Rei states, "Anyone can return to human form as long as they can imagine themselves in their own heart.", alongside Yui's reassurance: "All living things have the ability to return to their original form... and the heart to go on living."<br />
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<div>A tentative list. <br />
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==NGE is religious propaganda==<br />
The religious symbolism in NGE is actually not used in any sort of religiously meaningful fashion. According to Evangelion Assistant Director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]:<br />
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"There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice."' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Kazuya_Tsurumaki:_Q.26A_from_.22Amusing_Himself_to_Death.22|Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death"]]<br />
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Here's an old essay from 2001 of someone [http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/writings/eva2.shtml getting it wrong]: "However, it is revealed at the end of the series that the Angels are actually failed attempts in the Creation (i.e., the Biblical Creation) that preceded mankind". Early inaccurate translations of the show may have contributed to this confusion.<br />
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==LCL means "Link Connect Liquid"==<br />
[[Image:LCL.JPG|left|thumb|Manga saying LCL stands for Link Connect Liquid]]<br />
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It is unknown what the initials "LCL" stand for within the anime series, but we do know what they '''don't''' mean. According to the Death and Rebirth theatrical program (special edition): <br />
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''Incidentally, the widely circulated idea that L.C.L is the abbreviation of "Link Connected Liquid" is incorrect.'' <br />
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Nowhere does it say what it means, although [[Evangelion Chronicle]] suggests one of the Ls stands for "Lilith".<br />
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In Sadamoto's [[Manga]] version, LCL ''is'' said to stand for Link Connect Liquid, written in the Dossier before a chapter starts.<br />
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==First Impact killed the dinosaurs==<br />
First Impact was never depicted or directly referred to on-screen. This has led several fans upon first glance to incorrectly assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the more well known asteroid impact which caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. <br />
[[Image:07 C080 textbook-overlay.jpg|thumb|A page from Shinji's textbook]]<br />
However, First Impact (aka "Giant Impact") was actually the collision of a giant spherical object, designated the "Black Moon", into Earth approximately 4 billion years ago. As a result of the impact, huge amounts of debris, including the Black Moon's rocky exterior, were thrown into orbit, eventually coalescing into Earth's satellite, the Moon. This was made clear in the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The_Second_Angel|Classified Information]]. The "meteorite" theory in the above textbook page is a cover story, and is part of the effort to also blame [[Second Impact]] on a meteor.<br />
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=="Barons of Hell"==<br />
Almost from the beginning of Eva fandom, there has been an internet rumor that the [[Evangelions]] are based upon Biblical entities called "The Barons of Hell". There are two problems with this theory:<br />
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One is that there is no such thing as a "Baron of Hell" mentioned in the Bible or in any other Judeo-Christian source; extensive searches for the term have turned up only references to Eva and the video game ''Doom''. Some sources claim that the Barons are the same thing as the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", but the descriptions given to the Barons don't match up to the Horsemen.<br />
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The other problem is that we know exactly what the Evangelions '''are''' based upon. Evas were fundamentally based upon the oni (commonly translated as “demon” or “ogre”, but actually a specific type of Japanese monster). Says [[Hideaki Anno|Anno]] himself (in an interview published in Aerial Magazine):<br />
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''There's a monster in Japan called the Oni; it has two horns sticking out of its head and the overall image of the Eva is based on that. I also wanted to give the impression that beneath this ‘robot monster’ image is not so much a robot, but a giant human.'' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Hideaki_Anno.27s_Roundtable_Discussion|Anno's Roundtable discussion]]<br />
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[[Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg|thumb|left|A very Oni-looking Evangelion sketch]]<br />
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An early [http://evageeks.org/FGP/Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg sketch Anno did of an Eva] clearly betrays their oni roots. Working from this basic premise, and corresponding with Anno along the way, [[Ikuto Yamashita]] developed the Evas as we know them (with the exception of EoE's “harpies”).<br />
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==Kids born after 2I are soulless==<br />
A bizarre idea used to explain the drop in birth rate after [[Second Impact]], and why only kids born after Second Impact can synch with the Evangelions. This theory has no basis whatsoever as Ritsuko explicitly states in [[Episode 20]] that Shinji, born after Second Impact, has a soul.<br />
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==Spear of Longinus is the actual holy relic (that just somehow got BIG)==<br />
This is a product of putting too much stock in NGE's religious references. The Spear was actually excavated in Antarctica along with Adam, who was found impaled upon it. According to the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The Spear of Longinus|Classified Information]], each [[Source of Life]] is accompanied by a Spear that has a will of its own and can immobilize a Seed for going against its mission. Thus, the [[Spear of Longinus]] is billions of years old—not made by a Roman blacksmith—which impaled [[Adam]] for committing an unspecified offense.<br />
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==A.T. Field is a real-life psychology term==<br />
Since the very earliest days of Evangelion analysis, there has been a rumor that [[A.T. Field]] is a genuine psychological term that describes the barrier that separates autism patients from the world around them. However, extensive searching of online Psychology researches and forums has failed to find any use of the term other than in reference to NGE. Further research by those in the field has proven that "Absolute Terror" or similar terminology is simply not recognized in academia. Therefore, this rumor is false and has been conclusively proven so.<br />
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Some examples of fan-pages propagating this rumor: [http://www.arune.com/eva/words.html 1] [http://www.nervarchives.com/glossary.atfield.php 2]<br />
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==Eva-00 has the soul of Naoko==<br />
Please visit [[Eva-00's soul]] for more information.<br />
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==Someone we know killed Kaji==<br />
Many fans came to the conclusion that [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]] shot [[Ryoji Kaji|Kaji]], with little or no evidence to back it up. Series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] implied with the Director's Cut of [[Episode 21]] that Kaji was not shot by any named character, but an agent sent through either "[[Seele]] or [[Nerv|Nerv's]] intelligence division."[http://www.evamonkey.com/platinum-booklets/episode-commentaries-21-26.php] During broadcast, the scene of Kaji's death was followed by an establishing shot to the door to Misato's apartment with her name. This "evidence" of Misato's guilt was replaced in the Director's cut with a shot outside of her apartment building.<br />
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==Rei and Kaworu are actual albinos==<br />
Actual albinos don't have light blue hair! Albinos cannot walk outside without protection, otherwise they would suffer severe sunburn, and most have very poor eyesight. [https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/albinism/symptoms-causes/syc-20369184] On the contrary, Kaworu's eyesight appears to be exceptional (such as his noticing Misato in the [[Episode 24]] director's cut lake scene). It is worth noting that Ritsuko's complexion is only ''slightly'' darker than Rei's, although she's obviously not an albino.<br />
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==Toji not only loses his leg, but his arm as well==<br />
While Toji's left leg is plainly missing when he's on the hospital bed, it's not certain to tell if his left arm is, as well. However, both Toji's arms are seen as he is being hauled out of the entry plug. The [[Resources:End of Evangelion Screenplays#Touji & Kensuke's farewell (Basketball Court)|original storyboards]] for ''The End of Evangelion'' contain a scene showing Toji playing wheelchair basketball with Kensuke, where he clearly has both arms, eliminating the possibility that one of his arms was amputated.<br />
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==Naoko's Brain in Magi==<br />
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Or any other brain for that matter. This is due to the brain-like object [[Ritsuko Akagi|Ritsuko]] reveals when she cuts into the [[Magi]] in [[episode 13]]. It is clearly stated that the Magi merely have personality imprints of [[Naoko Akagi]] - herself as a mother, scientist, and woman. The computers are also far too large to be actual human brains.<br />
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==Naoko's Soul in Magi==<br />
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Likely originated due to the fact that the Evas themselves have souls. There's also the issue of Caspar 'betraying' Ritsuko in [[The End of Evangelion]], but machines cannot be implanted with souls.<br />
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==Keel is the Wandering Jew==<br />
One of the most bizarre myths about Evangelion. There is an old and racist story that claims that an onlooker at Christ's crucifixion spat upon him, and was punished by receiving the curse of immortality. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_Jew#Origin_and_evolution] He thus became the "wandering Jew", never able to make permanent friends or stay in one place, lest people notice his never-aging nature. The theory goes that [[Keel|Keel's]] motivation in bringing about Instrumentality would at long last allow him to die. <br />
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There are, at the very least, two huge problems with this notion. One being there's '''absolutely nothing''' in the series to indicate this is Keel's motivation.[[Image:Tank image 07a investigate.jpg|thumb|right|A visibly younger Keel in the background with [[Gendo Ikari|Gendo]].]] The other is that when Keel appears in flashback in [[episode 21]], he is visibly younger than in the series' present, and as has been noted, the Wandering Jew is supposed to be ageless.<br />
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==The Dummy Plug Plant is the Chamber of Guf==<br />
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The [[Chamber of Guf]] is mentioned by Ritsuko in [[episode 23]] when she, Misato, and Shinji are down in the [[Dummy Plug Plant]]. This comment likely lead people to believe the two were synonymous. Please look [[Guf|here]] for an explanation of Guf within NGE.<br />
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==Adam was impaled on the Spear of Longinus by Lilith==<br />
The "Duel of the Seeds" idea was made up to explain why one Seed would be skewered by the [[Spear of Longinus]] and placed in suspended animation while the other would be free to spread life on Earth. The interaction between Rei and Kaworu was interpreted to mean that both of them (as [[Lilith]] and [[Adam]] respectively) had interacted previously. This idea was disproved when the [[Classified Information]] files revealed that each Seed was sent with its own Spear, and that Lilith's Spear was either lost or destroyed during First Impact. Adam was placed in suspended animation by its own Spear, which was used to impale Lilith later on.<br />
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==Death's string quartet scenes take place in the actual series timeline.==<br />
This one is easily disproven, as both Asuka and Kaworu appear in the String Quartet sequences. In the actual series timeline, Asuka is in the hospital under heavy sedation when Kaworu arrives, and is still there when he gets squished; they never meet. The String Quartet motif serves to separate the different focuses in [[Evangelion: Death|Death]] as well as fitting together with the musical score that was used, Pachelbel's Canon in D major.<br />
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=="Anno's Revenge"==<br />
Many are lead to believe, one way or another, that [[The End of Evangelion]] was Anno's revenge against the fans for the negative response received from the ending of the TV series. <br />
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Some say it is because Anno brutally killed off all of the main characters; however, this isn't anything new in the world of anime. Most notably, Yoshiyuki Tomino's [[Space Runaway Ideon]], where not just all the main characters are killed off, even children are brutally massacred. Even though Ideon may be one of Anno's biggest inspirations for Evangelion, the End of Evangelion was closer to the planned ending to the TV series [https://forum.evageeks.org/post/677939/Hideaki-Anno-x-Kazuo-Koike-October-22-2013/#677939 Anno's October 2013 interview]. Some of the footage used in the TV series ending (corpses of Misato and Ritsuko) indicates that, even before the TV series ended, Anno had planned on killing these characters.<br />
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Some say it is because of scenes such as Shinji visiting the sedated Asuka in her hospital room. Although slightly out-of-left-field compared to the ending of the TV series, this scene does serve its purposes. Most importantly, it shows that Shinji has hit the lowest of lows, and secondly, it's referenced later in the movie when Asuka says "Idiot! I know about your jerk-off fantasies of me. Do it again like usual... I'll even stand here and watch."<br />
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A subjective argument for Anno's revenge is the cinematic and narrative mindfuck that takes up most of the 2nd half of End of Evangelion. A subjective retort could be, "What about the end of the TV series?". As far as a non-subjective response, films have been known to use clashing motifs, non-linear story telling, and highly symbolic/obscure imagery, and the End of Evangelion isn't the first to use all three. Also, from an interpretive standpoint, the second half of the movie does very well in showing the chaos and disembodiment of [[Human Instrumentality Project|Instrumentality]], specifically, what Shinji was going through.<br />
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Finally, some argue that the smoking gun for Anno's revenge is the sequence of quickly flashing (about one per frame) [[End of Evangelion Death Threats|death threats/hate mail]] which can be seen at the end of the live action sequence in the second half of the movie. However this rumor was started, it was probably propagated by the Commentary track on the Manga Entertainment release of End of Evangelion, where Amanda Winn Lee gives a mention of hate mail during this sequence [http://www.evamonkey.com/ The End of Evangelion Audio Commentary]. Since these have been translated to English, the majority of the letters and emails are that of personal attachment to the show, praise, or encouragement/anticipation for the End of Evangelion movie. Only one of the emails can be considered 'hate mail', and it was criticizing Death and Rebirth (not the end of the TV series at all), and the only 2 possible instances that could be considered a 'death threat' was graffiti on the wall outside of Gainax's studio (which was hypothesized to be from religious fanatics) and an email that said "Anno, I'll kill you!!!", which was a close-up of only that message on a computer monitor and lacked any context whatsoever. This puts the smoking gun argument on very shaky ground, as this sequence isn't used as a "This is why I'm taking revenge on you people" message, or anything along those lines.<br />
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==The Mass Production Evas have no souls==<br />
In [[Episode 24]], Kaworu says that the [[A.T. Field]] is "The light of the soul", indicating that a soul is required to produce an [[A.T. Field]]. This is consistent all throughout the TV Series as well as in the movies, since the [[Mass Production Evangelions]], in fact, do produce A.T. Fields:<br />
:Shigeru: "The Eva series' A.T. Fields are resonating!"<br />
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Some say that it is the pilots (Kaworu [[Dummy_Plug|dummy plugs]]) which produce the A.T. Field. However, Ritsuko in [[Episode 17]] says:<br />
:"This is the dummy plug prototype.<br>Rei's personal data has been loaded into it,<br>but it's ''not really possible to digitize a human mind and soul''.<br>Ultimately, it's a fake, an imitation.<br>Just a machine that emulates a pilot's thinking process."<br />
Indicating that there is no real soul in the dummy plugs. Therefore, it is impossible for the dummy plug to generate an A.T. Field.<br />
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==Adam and Lilith were once a single being / Adam was born from Lilith==<br />
This misconception comes from a mistranslated line via [[Manga Entertainment|Manga Entertainment's]] [[The End of Evangelion]] release. Misato's line should read, "Humans were born from Lilith, who is a [[Seed of Life]] just like Adam." This makes Adam and Lilith two equal beings.<br />
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==Pre-3I Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head==<br />
During Pre-Third Impact Instrumentality, Shinji and Asuka witness a scene from Misato's college days, where she is having sex with Kaji. Shinji clearly has never seen this before asking "This is Misato? She does... this?" in which she replies "Yes, this is also me... The melting into one another's hearts... The me that Shinji doesn't know." If this entire sequence was all "in Shinji's head", there is no way he'd know these things.<br />
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==Asuka didn't die==<br />
Asuka and Eva-02 were killed by the Mass Production Evas. Maya's and Shinji's horror and the mangled state of Eva-02 make it explicit. Since Asuka was suffering actual physical damage corresponding to the Eva's damage, there was no way Asuka could have survived the multiple Spear impacts or the subsequent mangling. Furthermore, Asuka's bandages in the final scene correspond with her injuries from that battle.<br />
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==The Asuka-Rei-Misato amalgamation==<br />
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This very common misconception was born due the last scene of End of Evangelion with Asuka and Shinji alone on the beach. Asuka's arm is bandaged (like Rei's in Episode 01) and her eyes appears to be brown (like Misato's). This lead some people to speculate that Asuka is really a combination of all three girls, and therefore Shinji's "dream girl" but this notion is absolutely false. The bandaged arm is due to her battle trauma in Eva-02 earlier in End of Evangelion (when a replica lance splits Eva-02's right arm completely). Her eyes are still blue, merely tinted due to the hue of the scene occurring at night.<br />
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Before Instrumentality ends, Rei tells Shinji ''"If you wish once more for the existence of others, the barriers of the heart will separate everyone once more..."'' while Kaworu asks ''"Is it okay for the [[AT_Field|A.T. Fields]] to hurt you and others once more?"'', indicating that the A.T. Fields have separated everyone from each other.<br />
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==The Adam & Eve Scenario (or, Nobody Else is Coming Back)==<br />
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Considering that themes of Genesis pop up all over NGE, the final scene of End of Evangelion leads many to assume that Shinji and Asuka are the new Adam and Eve, left alone to re-populate the world. But this theory is false if we are to believe Rei and Yui when, during the dissolution of Instrumentality, Rei states, "Anyone can return to human form as long as they can imagine themselves in their own heart.", and Yui's reassurance: "All living things have the ability to return to their original form... and the heart to go on living."<br />
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<div>A tentative list. <br />
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==NGE is religious propaganda==<br />
The religious symbolism in NGE is actually not used in any sort of religiously meaningful fashion. According to Evangelion Assistant Director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]:<br />
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"There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice."' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Kazuya_Tsurumaki:_Q.26A_from_.22Amusing_Himself_to_Death.22|Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death"]]<br />
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Here's an old essay from 2001 of someone [http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/writings/eva2.shtml getting it wrong]: "However, it is revealed at the end of the series that the Angels are actually failed attempts in the Creation (i.e., the Biblical Creation) that preceded mankind". Early inaccurate translations of the show may have contributed to this confusion.<br />
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==LCL means "Link Connect Liquid"==<br />
[[Image:LCL.JPG|left|thumb|Manga saying LCL stands for Link Connect Liquid]]<br />
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It is unknown what the initials "LCL" stand for within the anime series, but we do know what they '''don't''' mean. According to the Death and Rebirth theatrical program (special edition): <br />
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''Incidentally, the widely circulated idea that L.C.L is the abbreviation of "Link Connected Liquid" is incorrect.'' <br />
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Nowhere does it say what it means, although [[Evangelion Chronicle]] suggests one of the Ls stands for "Lilith".<br />
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In Sadamoto's [[Manga]] version, LCL ''is'' said to stand for Link Connect Liquid, written in the Dossier before a chapter starts.<br />
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==First Impact killed the dinosaurs==<br />
First Impact was never depicted or directly referred to on-screen. This has led several fans upon first glance to incorrectly assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the more well known asteroid impact which caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. <br />
[[Image:07 C080 textbook-overlay.jpg|thumb|A page from Shinji's textbook]]<br />
However, First Impact (aka "Giant Impact") was actually the collision of a giant spherical object, designated the "Black Moon", into Earth approximately 4 billion years ago. As a result of the impact, huge amounts of debris, including the Black Moon's rocky exterior, were thrown into orbit, eventually coalescing into Earth's satellite, the Moon. This was made clear in the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The_Second_Angel|Classified Information]]. The "meteorite" theory in the above textbook page is a cover story, and is part of the effort to also blame [[Second Impact]] on a meteor.<br />
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=="Barons of Hell"==<br />
Almost from the beginning of Eva fandom, there has been an internet rumor that the [[Evangelions]] are based upon Biblical entities called "The Barons of Hell". There are two problems with this theory:<br />
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One is that there is no such thing as a "Baron of Hell" mentioned in the Bible or in any other Judeo-Christian source; extensive searches for the term have turned up only references to Eva and the video game ''Doom''. Some sources claim that the Barons are the same thing as the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", but the descriptions given to the Barons don't match up to the Horsemen.<br />
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The other problem is that we know exactly what the Evangelions '''are''' based upon. Evas were fundamentally based upon the oni (commonly translated as “demon” or “ogre”, but actually a specific type of Japanese monster). Says [[Hideaki Anno|Anno]] himself (in an interview published in Aerial Magazine):<br />
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''There's a monster in Japan called the Oni; it has two horns sticking out of its head and the overall image of the Eva is based on that. I also wanted to give the impression that beneath this ‘robot monster’ image is not so much a robot, but a giant human.'' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Hideaki_Anno.27s_Roundtable_Discussion|Anno's Roundtable discussion]]<br />
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[[Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg|thumb|left|A very Oni-looking Evangelion sketch]]<br />
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An early [http://evageeks.org/FGP/Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg sketch Anno did of an Eva] clearly betrays their oni roots. Working from this basic premise, and corresponding with Anno along the way, [[Ikuto Yamashita]] developed the Evas as we know them (with the exception of EoE's “harpies”).<br />
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==Kids born after 2I are soulless==<br />
A bizarre idea used to explain the drop in birth rate after [[Second Impact]], and why only kids born after Second Impact can synch with the Evangelions. This theory has no basis whatsoever as Ritsuko explicitly states in [[Episode 20]] that Shinji, born after Second Impact, has a soul.<br />
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==Spear of Longinus is the actual holy relic (that just somehow got BIG)==<br />
This is a product of putting too much stock in NGE's religious references. The Spear was actually excavated in Antarctica along with Adam, who was found impaled upon it. According to the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The Spear of Longinus|Classified Information]], each [[Source of Life]] is accompanied by a Spear that has a will of its own and can immobilize a Seed for going against its mission. Thus, the [[Spear of Longinus]] is billions of years old—not made by a Roman blacksmith—which impaled [[Adam]] for committing an unspecified offense.<br />
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==A.T. Field is a real-life psychology term==<br />
Since the very earliest days of Evangelion analysis, there has been a rumor that [[A.T. Field]] is a genuine psychological term that describes the barrier that separates autism patients from the world around them. However, extensive searching of online Psychology researches and forums has failed to find any use of the term other than in reference to NGE. Further research by those in the field has proven that "Absolute Terror" or similar terminology is simply not recognized in academia. Therefore, this rumor is false and has been conclusively proven so.<br />
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Some examples of fan-pages propagating this rumor: [http://www.arune.com/eva/words.html 1] [http://www.nervarchives.com/glossary.atfield.php 2]<br />
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==Eva-00 has the soul of Naoko==<br />
Please visit [[Eva-00's soul]] for more information.<br />
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==Someone we know killed Kaji==<br />
Many fans came to the conclusion that [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]] shot [[Ryoji Kaji|Kaji]], with little or no evidence to back it up. Series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] implied with the Director's Cut of [[Episode 21]] that Kaji was not shot by any named character, but an agent sent through either "[[Seele]] or [[Nerv|Nerv's]] intelligence division."[http://www.evamonkey.com/platinum-booklets/episode-commentaries-21-26.php] During broadcast, the scene of Kaji's death was followed by an establishing shot to the door to Misato's apartment with her name. This "evidence" of Misato's guilt was replaced in the Director's cut with a shot outside of her apartment building.<br />
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==Rei and Kaworu are actual albinos==<br />
Actual albinos don't have light blue hair! Albinos cannot walk outside without protection, otherwise they would suffer severe sunburn, and most have very poor eyesight. [https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/albinism/symptoms-causes/syc-20369184] On the contrary, Kaworu's eyesight appears to be exceptional (such as his noticing Misato in the [[Episode 24]] director's cut lake scene). It is worth noting that Ritsuko's complexion is only ''slightly'' darker than Rei's, although she's obviously not an albino.<br />
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==Toji not only loses his leg, but his arm as well==<br />
While Toji's left leg is plainly missing when he's on the hospital bed, it's not certain to tell if his left arm is, as well. However, both Toji's arms are seen as he is being hauled out of the entry plug. The [[Resources:End of Evangelion Screenplays#Touji & Kensuke's farewell (Basketball Court)|original storyboards]] for ''The End of Evangelion'' contain a scene showing Toji playing wheelchair basketball with Kensuke, where he clearly has both arms, eliminating the possibility that one of his arms was amputated.<br />
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==Naoko's Brain in Magi==<br />
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Or any other brain for that matter. This is due to the brain-like object [[Ritsuko Akagi|Ritsuko]] reveals when she cuts into the [[Magi]] in [[episode 13]]. It is clearly stated that the Magi merely have personality imprints of [[Naoko Akagi]] - herself as a mother, scientist, and woman. The computers are also far too large to be actual human brains.<br />
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==Naoko's Soul in Magi==<br />
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Likely originated due to the fact that the Evas themselves have souls. There's also the issue of Caspar 'betraying' Ritsuko in [[The End of Evangelion]], but machines cannot be implanted with souls.<br />
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==Keel is the Wandering Jew==<br />
One of the most bizarre myths about Evangelion. There is an old and racist story that claims that an onlooker at Christ's crucifixion spat upon him, and was punished by receiving the curse of immortality. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_Jew#Origin_and_evolution] He thus became the "wandering Jew", never able to make permanent friends or stay in one place, lest people notice his never-aging nature. The theory goes that [[Keel|Keel's]] motivation in bringing about Instrumentality would at long last allow him to die. There are, at the very least, two huge problems with this notion. One being there's '''absolutely nothing''' in the series to indicate this is Keel's motivation.[[Image:Tank image 07a investigate.jpg|thumb|right|A visibly younger Keel in the background with [[Gendo Ikari|Gendo]].]] The other is that when Keel appears in flashback in [[episode 21]], he is visibly younger than in the series' present, and as has been noted, the Wandering Jew is supposed to be ageless.<br />
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==The Dummy Plug Plant is the Chamber of Guf==<br />
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The [[Chamber of Guf]] is mentioned by Ritsuko in [[episode 23]] when she, Misato, and Shinji are down in the [[Dummy Plug Plant]]. This comment likely lead people to believe the two were synonymous. Please look [[Guf|here]] for an explanation of Guf within NGE.<br />
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==Adam was impaled on the Spear of Longinus by Lilith==<br />
The "Duel of the Seeds" idea was made up to explain why one Seed would be skewered by the [[Spear of Longinus]] and placed in suspended animation while the other would be free to spread life on Earth. The interaction between Rei and Kaworu was interpreted to mean that both of them (as [[Lilith]] and [[Adam]] respectively) had interacted previously. This idea was disproved when the [[Classified Information]] files revealed that each Seed was sent with its own Spear, and that Lilith's Spear was either lost or destroyed during First Impact. Adam was placed in suspended animation by its own Spear, which was used to impale Lilith later on.<br />
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==Death's string quartet scenes take place in the actual series timeline.==<br />
This one is easily disproven, as both Asuka and Kaworu appear in the String Quartet sequences. In the actual series timeline, Asuka is in the hospital under heavy sedation when Kaworu arrives, and is still there when he gets squished; they never meet. The String Quartet motif serves to separate the different focuses in [[Evangelion: Death|Death]] as well as fitting together with the musical score that was used, Pachelbel's Canon in D major.<br />
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=="Anno's Revenge"==<br />
Many are lead to believe, one way or another, that [[The End of Evangelion]] was Anno's revenge against the fans for the negative response received from the ending of the TV series. <br />
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Some say it is because Anno brutally killed off all of the main characters; however, this isn't anything new in the world of anime. Most notably, Yoshiyuki Tomino's [[Space Runaway Ideon]], where not just all the main characters are killed off, even children are brutally massacred. Even though Ideon may be one of Anno's biggest inspirations for Evangelion, the End of Evangelion was closer to the planned ending to the TV series [https://forum.evageeks.org/post/677939/Hideaki-Anno-x-Kazuo-Koike-October-22-2013/#677939 Anno's October 2013 interview]. Some of the footage used in the TV series ending (corpses of Misato and Ritsuko) indicates that, even before the TV series ended, Anno had planned on killing these characters.<br />
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Some say it is because of scenes such as Shinji visiting the sedated Asuka in her hospital room. Although slightly out-of-left-field compared to the ending of the TV series, this scene does serve its purposes. Most importantly, it shows that Shinji has hit the lowest of lows, and secondly, it's referenced later in the movie when Asuka says "Idiot! I know about your jerk-off fantasies of me. Do it again like usual... I'll even stand here and watch."<br />
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A subjective argument for Anno's revenge is the cinematic and narrative mindfuck that takes up most of the 2nd half of End of Evangelion. A subjective retort could be, "What about the end of the TV series?". As far as a non-subjective response, films have been known to use clashing motifs, non-linear story telling, and highly symbolic/obscure imagery, and the End of Evangelion isn't the first to use all three. Also, from an interpretive standpoint, the second half of the movie does very well in showing the chaos and disembodiment of [[Human Instrumentality Project|Instrumentality]], specifically, what Shinji was going through.<br />
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Finally, some argue that the smoking gun for Anno's revenge is the sequence of quickly flashing (about one per frame) [[End of Evangelion Death Threats|death threats/hate mail]] which can be seen at the end of the live action sequence in the second half of the movie. However this rumor was started, it was probably propagated by the Commentary track on the Manga Entertainment release of End of Evangelion, where Amanda Winn Lee gives a mention of hate mail during this sequence [http://www.evamonkey.com/ The End of Evangelion Audio Commentary]. Since these have been translated to English, the majority of the letters and emails are that of personal attachment to the show, praise, or encouragement/anticipation for the End of Evangelion movie. Only one of the emails can be considered 'hate mail', and it was criticizing Death and Rebirth (not the end of the TV series at all), and the only 2 possible instances that could be considered a 'death threat' was graffiti on the wall outside of Gainax's studio (which was hypothesized to be from religious fanatics) and an email that said "Anno, I'll kill you!!!", which was a close-up of only that message on a computer monitor and lacked any context whatsoever. This puts the smoking gun argument on very shaky ground, as this sequence isn't used as a "This is why I'm taking revenge on you people" message, or anything along those lines.<br />
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==The Mass Production Evas have no souls==<br />
In [[Episode 24]], Kaworu says that the [[A.T. Field]] is "The light of the soul", indicating that a soul is required to produce an [[A.T. Field]]. This is consistent all throughout the TV Series as well as in the movies, since the [[Mass Production Evangelions]], in fact, do produce A.T. Fields:<br />
:Shigeru: "The Eva series' A.T. Fields are resonating!"<br />
<br />
Some say that it is the pilots (Kaworu [[Dummy_Plug|dummy plugs]]) which produce the A.T. Field. However, Ritsuko in [[Episode 17]] says:<br />
:"This is the dummy plug prototype.<br>Rei's personal data has been loaded into it,<br>but it's ''not really possible to digitize a human mind and soul''.<br>Ultimately, it's a fake, an imitation.<br>Just a machine that emulates a pilot's thinking process."<br />
Indicating that there is no real soul in the dummy plugs. Therefore, it is impossible for the dummy plug to generate an A.T. Field.<br />
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==Adam and Lilith were once a single being / Adam was born from Lilith==<br />
This misconception comes from a mistranslated line via [[Manga Entertainment|Manga Entertainment's]] [[The End of Evangelion]] release. Misato's line should read, "Humans were born from Lilith, who is a [[Seed of Life]] just like Adam." This makes Adam and Lilith two equal beings.<br />
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==Pre-3I Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head==<br />
During Pre-Third Impact Instrumentality, Shinji and Asuka witness a scene from Misato's college days, where she is having sex with Kaji. Shinji clearly has never seen this before asking "This is Misato? She does... this?" in which she replies "Yes, this is also me... The melting into one another's hearts... The me that Shinji doesn't know." If this entire sequence was all "in Shinji's head", there is no way he'd know these things.<br />
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==Asuka didn't die==<br />
Asuka and Eva-02 were killed by the Mass Production Evas. Maya's and Shinji's horror and the mangled state of Eva-02 make it explicit. Since Asuka was suffering actual physical damage corresponding to the Eva's damage, there was no way Asuka could have survived the multiple Spear impacts or the subsequent mangling. Furthermore, Asuka's bandages in the final scene correspond with her injuries from that battle.<br />
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==The Asuka-Rei-Misato amalgamation==<br />
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This very common misconception was born due the last scene of End of Evangelion with Asuka and Shinji alone on the beach. Asuka's arm is bandaged (like Rei's in Episode 01) and her eyes appears to be brown (like Misato's). This lead some people to speculate that Asuka is really a combination of all three girls, and therefore Shinji's "dream girl" but this notion is absolutely false. The bandaged arm is due to her battle trauma in Eva-02 earlier in End of Evangelion (when a replica lance splits Eva-02's right arm completely). Her eyes are still blue, merely tinted due to the hue of the scene occurring at night.<br />
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Before Instrumentality ends, Rei tells Shinji ''"If you wish once more for the existence of others, the barriers of the heart will separate everyone once more..."'' while Kaworu asks ''"Is it okay for the [[AT_Field|A.T. Fields]] to hurt you and others once more?"'', indicating that the A.T. Fields have separated everyone from each other.<br />
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==The Adam & Eve Scenario (or, Nobody Else is Coming Back)==<br />
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Considering that themes of Genesis pop up all over NGE, the final scene of End of Evangelion leads many to assume that Shinji and Asuka are the new Adam and Eve, left alone to re-populate the world. But this theory is false if we are to believe Rei and Yui when, during the dissolution of Instrumentality, Rei states, "Anyone can return to human form as long as they can imagine themselves in their own heart.", and Yui's reassurance: "All living things have the ability to return to their original form... and the heart to go on living."<br />
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<div>A tentative list. <br />
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==NGE is religious propaganda==<br />
The religious symbolism in NGE is actually not used in any sort of religiously meaningful fashion. According to Evangelion Assistant Director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]:<br />
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"There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice."' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Kazuya_Tsurumaki:_Q.26A_from_.22Amusing_Himself_to_Death.22|Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death"]]<br />
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Here's an old essay from 2001 of someone [http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/writings/eva2.shtml getting it wrong]: "However, it is revealed at the end of the series that the Angels are actually failed attempts in the Creation (i.e., the Biblical Creation) that preceded mankind". Early inaccurate translations of the show may have contributed to this confusion.<br />
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==LCL means "Link Connect Liquid"==<br />
[[Image:LCL.JPG|left|thumb|Manga saying LCL stands for Link Connect Liquid]]<br />
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It is unknown what the initials "LCL" stand for within the anime series, but we do know what they '''don't''' mean. According to the Death and Rebirth theatrical program (special edition): <br />
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''Incidentally, the widely circulated idea that L.C.L is the abbreviation of "Link Connected Liquid" is incorrect.'' <br />
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Nowhere does it say what it means, although [[Evangelion Chronicle]] suggests one of the Ls stands for "Lilith".<br />
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In Sadamoto's [[Manga]] version, LCL ''is'' said to stand for Link Connect Liquid, written in the Dossier before a chapter starts.<br />
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==First Impact killed the dinosaurs==<br />
First Impact was never depicted or directly referred to on-screen. This has led several fans upon first glance to incorrectly assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the more well known asteroid impact which caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. <br />
[[Image:07 C080 textbook-overlay.jpg|thumb|A page from Shinji's textbook]]<br />
However, First Impact (aka "Giant Impact") was actually the collision of a giant spherical object, designated the "Black Moon", into Earth approximately 4 billion years ago. As a result of the impact, huge amounts of debris, including the Black Moon's rocky exterior, were thrown into orbit, eventually coalescing into Earth's satellite, the Moon. This was made clear in the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The_Second_Angel|Classified Information]]. The "meteorite" theory in the above textbook page is a cover story, and is part of the effort to also blame [[Second Impact]] on a meteor.<br />
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=="Barons of Hell"==<br />
Almost from the beginning of Eva fandom, there has been an internet rumor that the [[Evangelions]] are based upon Biblical entities called "The Barons of Hell". There are two problems with this theory:<br />
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One is that there is no such thing as a "Baron of Hell" mentioned in the Bible or in any other Judeo-Christian source; extensive searches for the term have turned up only references to Eva and the video game ''Doom''. Some sources claim that the Barons are the same thing as the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", but the descriptions given to the Barons don't match up to the Horsemen.<br />
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The other problem is that we know exactly what the Evangelions '''are''' based upon. Evas were fundamentally based upon the oni (commonly translated as “demon” or “ogre”, but actually a specific type of Japanese monster). Says [[Hideaki Anno|Anno]] himself (in an interview published in Aerial Magazine):<br />
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''There's a monster in Japan called the Oni; it has two horns sticking out of its head and the overall image of the Eva is based on that. I also wanted to give the impression that beneath this ‘robot monster’ image is not so much a robot, but a giant human.'' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Hideaki_Anno.27s_Roundtable_Discussion|Anno's Roundtable discussion]]<br />
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[[Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg|thumb|left|A very Oni-looking Evangelion sketch]]<br />
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An early [http://evageeks.org/FGP/Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg sketch Anno did of an Eva] clearly betrays their oni roots. Working from this basic premise, and corresponding with Anno along the way, [[Ikuto Yamashita]] developed the Evas as we know them (with the exception of EoE's “harpies”).<br />
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==Kids born after 2I are soulless==<br />
A bizarre idea used to explain the drop in birth rate after [[Second Impact]], and why only kids born after Second Impact can synch with the Evangelions. This theory has no basis whatsoever as Ritsuko explicitly states in [[Episode 20]] that Shinji, born after Second Impact, has a soul.<br />
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==Spear of Longinus is the actual holy relic (that just somehow got BIG)==<br />
This is a product of putting too much stock in NGE's religious references. The Spear was actually excavated in Antarctica along with Adam, who was found impaled upon it. According to the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The Spear of Longinus|Classified Information]], each [[Source of Life]] is accompanied by a Spear that has a will of its own and can immobilize a Seed for going against its mission. Thus, the [[Spear of Longinus]] is billions of years old—not made by a Roman blacksmith—which impaled [[Adam]] for committing an unspecified offense.<br />
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==A.T. Field is a real-life psychology term==<br />
Since the very earliest days of Evangelion analysis, there has been a rumor that [[A.T. Field]] is a genuine psychological term that describes the barrier that separates autism patients from the world around them. However, extensive searching of online Psychology researches and forums has failed to find any use of the term other than in reference to NGE. Further research by those in the field has proven that "Absolute Terror" or similar terminology is simply not recognized in academia. Therefore, this rumor is false and has been conclusively proven so.<br />
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Some examples of fan-pages propagating this rumor: [http://www.arune.com/eva/words.html 1] [http://www.nervarchives.com/glossary.atfield.php 2]<br />
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==Eva-00 has the soul of Naoko==<br />
Please visit [[Eva-00's soul]] for more information.<br />
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==Someone we know killed Kaji==<br />
Many fans came to the conclusion that [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]] shot [[Ryoji Kaji|Kaji]], with little or no evidence to back it up. Series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] implied with the Director's Cut of [[Episode 21]] that Kaji was not shot by any named character, but an agent sent through either "[[Seele]] or [[Nerv|Nerv's]] intelligence division."[http://www.evamonkey.com/platinum-booklets/episode-commentaries-21-26.php] During broadcast, the scene of Kaji's death was followed by an establishing shot to the door to Misato's apartment with her name. This "evidence" of Misato's guilt was replaced in the Director's cut with a shot outside of her apartment building.<br />
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==Rei and Kaworu are actual albinos==<br />
Actual albinos don't have light blue hair! Albinos cannot walk outside without protection, otherwise they would suffer severe sunburn, and most have very poor eyesight. [https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/albinism/symptoms-causes/syc-20369184] On the contrary, Kaworu's eyesight appears to be exceptional (such as his noticing Misato in the [[Episode 24]] director's cut lake scene). It is worth noting that Ritsuko's complexion is only ''slightly'' darker than Rei's, although she's obviously not an albino.<br />
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==Toji not only loses his leg, but his arm as well==<br />
While Toji's left leg is plainly missing when he's on the hospital bed, it's not certain to tell if his left arm is, as well. However, both Toji's arms are seen as he is being hauled out of the entry plug. The [[Resources:End of Evangelion Screenplays#Touji & Kensuke's farewell (Basketball Court)|original storyboards]] for ''The End of Evangelion'' contain a scene showing Toji playing wheelchair basketball with Kensuke, where he clearly has both arms, eliminating the possibility that one of his arms was amputated.<br />
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==Naoko's Brain in Magi==<br />
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Or any other brain for that matter. This is due to the brain-like object [[Ritsuko Akagi|Ritsuko]] reveals when she cuts into the [[Magi]] in [[episode 13]]. It is clearly stated that the Magi merely have personality imprints of [[Naoko Akagi]] - herself as a mother, scientist, and woman. The computers are also far too large to be actual human brains.<br />
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==Naoko's Soul in Magi==<br />
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Likely originated due to the fact that the Evas themselves have souls. There's also the issue of Caspar 'betraying' Ritsuko in [[The End of Evangelion]], but machines cannot be implanted with souls.<br />
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==Keel is the Wandering Jew==<br />
One of the most bizarre myths about Evangelion. There is an old and racist story that claims that an onlooker at Christ's crucifixion spat upon him, and was punished by receiving the curse of immortality. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_Jew#Origin_and_evolution] He thus became the "wandering Jew", never able to make permanent friends or stay in one place, lest people notice his never-aging nature. The theory goes that [[Keel|Keel's]] motivation in bringing about Instrumentality would at long last allow him to die. There are, at the very least, two huge problems with this notion. One being there's '''absolutely nothing''' in the series to indicate this is Keel's motivation.[[Image:Tank image 07a investigate.jpg|thumb|right|A visibly younger Keel in the background with [[Gendo Ikari|Gendo]].]] The other is that when Keel appears in flashback in [[episode 21]], he is visibly younger than in the series' present, and as has been noted, the Wandering Jew is supposed to be ageless.<br><br><br />
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==The Dummy Plug Plant is the Chamber of Guf==<br />
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The [[Chamber of Guf]] is mentioned by Ritsuko in [[episode 23]] when she, Misato, and Shinji are down in the [[Dummy Plug Plant]]. This comment likely lead people to believe the two were synonymous. Please look [[Guf|here]] for an explanation of Guf within NGE.<br />
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==Adam was impaled on the Spear of Longinus by Lilith==<br />
The "Duel of the Seeds" idea was made up to explain why one Seed would be skewered by the [[Spear of Longinus]] and placed in suspended animation while the other would be free to spread life on Earth. The interaction between Rei and Kaworu was interpreted to mean that both of them (as [[Lilith]] and [[Adam]] respectively) had interacted previously. This idea was disproved when the [[Classified Information]] files revealed that each Seed was sent with its own Spear, and that Lilith's Spear was either lost or destroyed during First Impact. Adam was placed in suspended animation by its own Spear, which was used to impale Lilith later on.<br />
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==Death's string quartet scenes take place in the actual series timeline.==<br />
This one is easily disproven, as both Asuka and Kaworu appear in the String Quartet sequences. In the actual series timeline, Asuka is in the hospital under heavy sedation when Kaworu arrives, and is still there when he gets squished; they never meet. The String Quartet motif serves to separate the different focuses in [[Evangelion: Death|Death]] as well as fitting together with the musical score that was used, Pachelbel's Canon in D major.<br />
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=="Anno's Revenge"==<br />
Many are lead to believe, one way or another, that [[The End of Evangelion]] was Anno's revenge against the fans for the negative response received from the ending of the TV series. <br />
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Some say it is because Anno brutally killed off all of the main characters; however, this isn't anything new in the world of anime. Most notably, Yoshiyuki Tomino's [[Space Runaway Ideon]], where not just all the main characters are killed off, even children are brutally massacred. Even though Ideon may be one of Anno's biggest inspirations for Evangelion, the End of Evangelion was closer to the planned ending to the TV series [https://forum.evageeks.org/post/677939/Hideaki-Anno-x-Kazuo-Koike-October-22-2013/#677939 Anno's October 2013 interview]. Some of the footage used in the TV series ending (corpses of Misato and Ritsuko) indicates that, even before the TV series ended, Anno had planned on killing these characters.<br />
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Some say it is because of scenes such as Shinji visiting the sedated Asuka in her hospital room. Although slightly out-of-left-field compared to the ending of the TV series, this scene does serve its purposes. Most importantly, it shows that Shinji has hit the lowest of lows, and secondly, it's referenced later in the movie when Asuka says "Idiot! I know about your jerk-off fantasies of me. Do it again like usual... I'll even stand here and watch."<br />
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A subjective argument for Anno's revenge is the cinematic and narrative mindfuck that takes up most of the 2nd half of End of Evangelion. A subjective retort could be, "What about the end of the TV series?". As far as a non-subjective response, films have been known to use clashing motifs, non-linear story telling, and highly symbolic/obscure imagery, and the End of Evangelion isn't the first to use all three. Also, from an interpretive standpoint, the second half of the movie does very well in showing the chaos and disembodiment of [[Human Instrumentality Project|Instrumentality]], specifically, what Shinji was going through.<br />
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Finally, some argue that the smoking gun for Anno's revenge is the sequence of quickly flashing (about one per frame) [[End of Evangelion Death Threats|death threats/hate mail]] which can be seen at the end of the live action sequence in the second half of the movie. However this rumor was started, it was probably propagated by the Commentary track on the Manga Entertainment release of End of Evangelion, where Amanda Winn Lee gives a mention of hate mail during this sequence [http://www.evamonkey.com/ The End of Evangelion Audio Commentary]. Since these have been translated to English, the majority of the letters and emails are that of personal attachment to the show, praise, or encouragement/anticipation for the End of Evangelion movie. Only one of the emails can be considered 'hate mail', and it was criticizing Death and Rebirth (not the end of the TV series at all), and the only 2 possible instances that could be considered a 'death threat' was graffiti on the wall outside of Gainax's studio (which was hypothesized to be from religious fanatics) and an email that said "Anno, I'll kill you!!!", which was a close-up of only that message on a computer monitor and lacked any context whatsoever. This puts the smoking gun argument on very shaky ground, as this sequence isn't used as a "This is why I'm taking revenge on you people" message, or anything along those lines.<br />
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==The Mass Production Evas have no souls==<br />
In [[Episode 24]], Kaworu says that the [[A.T. Field]] is "The light of the soul", indicating that a soul is required to produce an [[A.T. Field]]. This is consistent all throughout the TV Series as well as in the movies, since the [[Mass Production Evangelions]], in fact, do produce A.T. Fields:<br />
:Shigeru: "The Eva series' A.T. Fields are resonating!"<br />
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Some say that it is the pilots (Kaworu [[Dummy_Plug|dummy plugs]]) which produce the A.T. Field. However, Ritsuko in [[Episode 17]] says:<br />
:"This is the dummy plug prototype.<br>Rei's personal data has been loaded into it,<br>but it's ''not really possible to digitize a human mind and soul''.<br>Ultimately, it's a fake, an imitation.<br>Just a machine that emulates a pilot's thinking process."<br />
Indicating that there is no real soul in the dummy plugs. Therefore, it is impossible for the dummy plug to generate an A.T. Field.<br />
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==Adam and Lilith were once a single being / Adam was born from Lilith==<br />
This misconception comes from a mistranslated line via [[Manga Entertainment|Manga Entertainment's]] [[The End of Evangelion]] release. Misato's line should read, "Humans were born from Lilith, who is a [[Seed of Life]] just like Adam." This makes Adam and Lilith two equal beings.<br />
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==Pre-3I Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head==<br />
During Pre-Third Impact Instrumentality, Shinji and Asuka witness a scene from Misato's college days, where she is having sex with Kaji. Shinji clearly has never seen this before asking "This is Misato? She does... this?" in which she replies "Yes, this is also me... The melting into one another's hearts... The me that Shinji doesn't know." If this entire sequence was all "in Shinji's head", there is no way he'd know these things.<br />
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==Asuka didn't die==<br />
Asuka and Eva-02 were killed by the Mass Production Evas. Maya's and Shinji's horror and the mangled state of Eva-02 make it explicit. Since Asuka was suffering actual physical damage corresponding to the Eva's damage, there was no way Asuka could have survived the multiple Spear impacts or the subsequent mangling. Furthermore, Asuka's bandages in the final scene correspond with her injuries from that battle.<br />
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==The Asuka-Rei-Misato amalgamation==<br />
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This very common misconception was born due the last scene of End of Evangelion with Asuka and Shinji alone on the beach. Asuka's arm is bandaged (like Rei's in Episode 01) and her eyes appears to be brown (like Misato's). This lead some people to speculate that Asuka is really a combination of all three girls, and therefore Shinji's "dream girl" but this notion is absolutely false. The bandaged arm is due to her battle trauma in Eva-02 earlier in End of Evangelion (when a replica lance splits Eva-02's right arm completely). Her eyes are still blue, merely tinted due to the hue of the scene occurring at night.<br />
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Before Instrumentality ends, Rei tells Shinji ''"If you wish once more for the existence of others, the barriers of the heart will separate everyone once more..."'' while Kaworu asks ''"Is it okay for the [[AT_Field|A.T. Fields]] to hurt you and others once more?"'', indicating that the A.T. Fields have separated everyone from each other.<br />
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==The Adam & Eve Scenario (or, Nobody Else is Coming Back)==<br />
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Considering that themes of Genesis pop up all over NGE, the final scene of End of Evangelion leads many to assume that Shinji and Asuka are the new Adam and Eve, left alone to re-populate the world. But this theory is false if we are to believe Rei and Yui when, during the dissolution of Instrumentality, Rei states, "Anyone can return to human form as long as they can imagine themselves in their own heart.", and Yui's reassurance: "All living things have the ability to return to their original form... and the heart to go on living."<br />
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<div>A tentative list. <br />
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==NGE is religious propaganda==<br />
The religious symbolism in NGE is actually not used in any sort of religiously meaningful fashion. According to Evangelion Assistant Director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]:<br />
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"There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice."' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Kazuya_Tsurumaki:_Q.26A_from_.22Amusing_Himself_to_Death.22|Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death"]]<br />
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Here's an old essay from 2001 of someone [http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/writings/eva2.shtml getting it wrong]: "However, it is revealed at the end of the series that the Angels are actually failed attempts in the Creation (i.e., the Biblical Creation) that preceded mankind". Early inaccurate translations of the show may have contributed to this confusion.<br />
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==LCL means "Link Connect Liquid"==<br />
[[Image:LCL.JPG|left|thumb|Manga saying LCL stands for Link Connect Liquid]]<br />
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It is unknown what the initials "LCL" stand for within the anime series, but we do know what they '''don't''' mean. According to the Death and Rebirth theatrical program (special edition): <br />
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''Incidentally, the widely circulated idea that L.C.L is the abbreviation of "Link Connected Liquid" is incorrect.'' <br />
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Nowhere does it say what it means, although [[Evangelion Chronicle]] suggests one of the Ls stands for "Lilith".<br />
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In Sadamoto's [[Manga]] version, LCL ''is'' said to stand for Link Connect Liquid, written in the Dossier before a chapter starts.<br />
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==First Impact killed the dinosaurs==<br />
First Impact was never depicted or directly referred to on-screen. This has led several fans upon first glance to incorrectly assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the more well known asteroid impact which caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. <br />
[[Image:07 C080 textbook-overlay.jpg|thumb|A page from Shinji's textbook]]<br />
However, First Impact (aka "Giant Impact") was actually the collision of a giant spherical object, designated the "Black Moon", into Earth approximately 4 billion years ago. As a result of the impact, huge amounts of debris, including the Black Moon's rocky exterior, were thrown into orbit, eventually coalescing into Earth's satellite, the Moon. This was made clear in the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The_Second_Angel|Classified Information]]. The "meteorite" theory in the above textbook page is a cover story, and is part of the effort to also blame [[Second Impact]] on a meteor.<br />
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=="Barons of Hell"==<br />
Almost from the beginning of Eva fandom, there has been an internet rumor that the [[Evangelions]] are based upon Biblical entities called "The Barons of Hell". There are two problems with this theory:<br />
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One is that there is no such thing as a "Baron of Hell" mentioned in the Bible or in any other Judeo-Christian source; extensive searches for the term have turned up only references to Eva and the video game ''Doom''. Some sources claim that the Barons are the same thing as the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", but the descriptions given to the Barons don't match up to the Horsemen.<br />
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The other problem is that we know exactly what the Evangelions '''are''' based upon. Evas were fundamentally based upon the oni (commonly translated as “demon” or “ogre”, but actually a specific type of Japanese monster). Says [[Hideaki Anno|Anno]] himself (in an interview published in Aerial Magazine):<br />
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''There's a monster in Japan called the Oni; it has two horns sticking out of its head and the overall image of the Eva is based on that. I also wanted to give the impression that beneath this ‘robot monster’ image is not so much a robot, but a giant human.'' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Hideaki_Anno.27s_Roundtable_Discussion|Anno's Roundtable discussion]]<br />
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[[Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg|thumb|left|A very Oni-looking Evangelion sketch]]<br />
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An early [http://evageeks.org/FGP/Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg sketch Anno did of an Eva] clearly betrays their oni roots. Working from this basic premise, and corresponding with Anno along the way, [[Ikuto Yamashita]] developed the Evas as we know them (with the exception of EoE's “harpies”).<br />
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==Kids born after 2I are soulless==<br />
A bizarre idea used to explain the drop in birth rate after [[Second Impact]], and why only kids born after Second Impact can synch with the Evangelions. This theory has no basis whatsoever as Ritsuko explicitly states in [[Episode 20]] that Shinji, born after Second Impact, has a soul.<br />
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==Spear of Longinus is the actual holy relic (that just somehow got BIG)==<br />
This is a product of putting too much stock in NGE's religious references. The Spear was actually excavated in Antarctica along with Adam, who was found impaled upon it. According to the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The Spear of Longinus|Classified Information]], each [[Source of Life]] is accompanied by a Spear that has a will of its own and can immobilize a Seed for going against its mission. Thus, the [[Spear of Longinus]] is billions of years old, not made by a Roman blacksmith, and impaled [[Adam]] for committing an unspecified offense.<br />
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==A.T. Field is a real-life psychology term==<br />
Since the very earliest days of Evangelion analysis, there has been a rumor that [[A.T. Field]] is a genuine psychological term that describes the barrier that separates autism patients from the world around them. However, extensive searching of online Psychology researches and forums has failed to find any use of the term other than in reference to NGE. Further research by those in the field has proven that "Absolute Terror" or similar terminology is simply not recognized in academia. Therefore, this rumor is false and has been conclusively proven so.<br />
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Some examples of fan-pages propagating this rumor: [http://www.arune.com/eva/words.html 1] [http://www.nervarchives.com/glossary.atfield.php 2]<br />
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==Eva-00 has the soul of Naoko==<br />
Please visit [[Eva-00's soul]] for more information.<br />
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==Someone we know killed Kaji==<br />
Many fans came to the conclusion that [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]] shot [[Ryoji Kaji|Kaji]], with little or no evidence to back it up. Series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] implied with the Director's Cut of [[Episode 21]] that Kaji was not shot by any named character, but an agent sent through either "[[Seele]] or [[Nerv|Nerv's]] intelligence division."[http://www.evamonkey.com/platinum-booklets/episode-commentaries-21-26.php] During broadcast, the scene of Kaji's death was followed by an establishing shot to the door to Misato's apartment with her name. This "evidence" of Misato's guilt was replaced in the Director's cut with a shot outside of her apartment building.<br />
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==Rei and Kaworu are actual albinos==<br />
Actual albinos don't have light blue hair! Albinos cannot walk outside without protection, otherwise they would suffer severe sunburn, and most have very poor eyesight. [https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/albinism/symptoms-causes/syc-20369184] On the contrary, Kaworu's eyesight appears to be exceptional (such as his noticing Misato in the [[Episode 24]] director's cut lake scene). It is worth noting that Ritsuko's complexion is only ''slightly'' darker than Rei's, although she's obviously not an albino.<br />
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==Toji not only loses his leg, but his arm as well==<br />
While Toji's left leg is plainly missing when he's on the hospital bed, it's not certain to tell if his left arm is, as well. However, both Toji's arms are seen as he is being hauled out of the entry plug. The [[Resources:End of Evangelion Screenplays#Touji & Kensuke's farewell (Basketball Court)|original storyboards]] for ''The End of Evangelion'' contain a scene showing Toji playing wheelchair basketball with Kensuke, where he clearly has both arms, eliminating the possibility that one of his arms was amputated.<br />
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==Naoko's Brain in Magi==<br />
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Or any other brain for that matter. This is due to the brain-like object [[Ritsuko Akagi|Ritsuko]] reveals when she cuts into the [[Magi]] in [[episode 13]]. It is clearly stated that the Magi merely have personality imprints of [[Naoko Akagi]] - herself as a mother, scientist, and woman. The computers are also far too large to be actual human brains.<br />
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==Naoko's Soul in Magi==<br />
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Likely originated due to the fact that the Evas themselves have souls. There's also the issue of Caspar 'betraying' Ritsuko in [[The End of Evangelion]], but machines cannot be implanted with souls.<br />
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==Keel is the Wandering Jew==<br />
One of the most bizarre myths about Evangelion. There is an old and racist story that claims that an onlooker at Christ's crucifixion spat upon him, and was punished by receiving the curse of immortality. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_Jew#Origin_and_evolution] He thus became the "wandering Jew", never able to make permanent friends or stay in one place, lest people notice his never-aging nature. The theory goes that [[Keel|Keel's]] motivation in bringing about Instrumentality would at long last allow him to die. There are, at the very least, two huge problems with this notion. One being there's '''absolutely nothing''' in the series to indicate this is Keel's motivation.[[Image:Tank image 07a investigate.jpg|thumb|right|A visibly younger Keel in the background with [[Gendo Ikari|Gendo]].]] The other is that when Keel appears in flashback in [[episode 21]], he is visibly younger than in the series' present, and as has been noted, the Wandering Jew is supposed to be ageless.<br><br><br />
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==The Dummy Plug Plant is the Chamber of Guf==<br />
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The [[Chamber of Guf]] is mentioned by Ritsuko in [[episode 23]] when she, Misato, and Shinji are down in the [[Dummy Plug Plant]]. This comment likely lead people to believe the two were synonymous. Please look [[Guf|here]] for an explanation of Guf within NGE.<br />
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==Adam was impaled on the Spear of Longinus by Lilith==<br />
The "Duel of the Seeds" idea was made up to explain why one Seed would be skewered by the [[Spear of Longinus]] and placed in suspended animation while the other would be free to spread life on Earth. The interaction between Rei and Kaworu was interpreted to mean that both of them (as [[Lilith]] and [[Adam]] respectively) had interacted previously. This idea was disproved when the [[Classified Information]] files revealed that each Seed was sent with its own Spear, and that Lilith's Spear was either lost or destroyed during First Impact. Adam was placed in suspended animation by its own Spear, which was used to impale Lilith later on.<br />
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==Death's string quartet scenes take place in the actual series timeline.==<br />
This one is easily disproven, as both Asuka and Kaworu appear in the String Quartet sequences. In the actual series timeline, Asuka is in the hospital under heavy sedation when Kaworu arrives, and is still there when he gets squished; they never meet. The String Quartet motif serves to separate the different focuses in [[Evangelion: Death|Death]] as well as fitting together with the musical score that was used, Pachelbel's Canon in D major.<br />
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=="Anno's Revenge"==<br />
Many are lead to believe, one way or another, that [[The End of Evangelion]] was Anno's revenge against the fans for the negative response received from the ending of the TV series. <br />
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Some say it is because Anno brutally killed off all of the main characters; however, this isn't anything new in the world of anime. Most notably, Yoshiyuki Tomino's [[Space Runaway Ideon]], where not just all the main characters are killed off, even children are brutally massacred. Even though Ideon may be one of Anno's biggest inspirations for Evangelion, the End of Evangelion was closer to the planned ending to the TV series [https://forum.evageeks.org/post/677939/Hideaki-Anno-x-Kazuo-Koike-October-22-2013/#677939 Anno's October 2013 interview]. Some of the footage used in the TV series ending (corpses of Misato and Ritsuko) indicates that, even before the TV series ended, Anno had planned on killing these characters.<br />
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Some say it is because of scenes such as Shinji visiting the sedated Asuka in her hospital room. Although slightly out-of-left-field compared to the ending of the TV series, this scene does serve its purposes. Most importantly, it shows that Shinji has hit the lowest of lows, and secondly, it's referenced later in the movie when Asuka says "Idiot! I know about your jerk-off fantasies of me. Do it again like usual... I'll even stand here and watch."<br />
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A subjective argument for Anno's revenge is the cinematic and narrative mindfuck that takes up most of the 2nd half of End of Evangelion. A subjective retort could be, "What about the end of the TV series?". As far as a non-subjective response, films have been known to use clashing motifs, non-linear story telling, and highly symbolic/obscure imagery, and the End of Evangelion isn't the first to use all three. Also, from an interpretive standpoint, the second half of the movie does very well in showing the chaos and disembodiment of [[Human Instrumentality Project|Instrumentality]], specifically, what Shinji was going through.<br />
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Finally, some argue that the smoking gun for Anno's revenge is the sequence of quickly flashing (about one per frame) [[End of Evangelion Death Threats|death threats/hate mail]] which can be seen at the end of the live action sequence in the second half of the movie. However this rumor was started, it was probably propagated by the Commentary track on the Manga Entertainment release of End of Evangelion, where Amanda Winn Lee gives a mention of hate mail during this sequence [http://www.evamonkey.com/ The End of Evangelion Audio Commentary]. Since these have been translated to English, the majority of the letters and emails are that of personal attachment to the show, praise, or encouragement/anticipation for the End of Evangelion movie. Only one of the emails can be considered 'hate mail', and it was criticizing Death and Rebirth (not the end of the TV series at all), and the only 2 possible instances that could be considered a 'death threat' was graffiti on the wall outside of Gainax's studio (which was hypothesized to be from religious fanatics) and an email that said "Anno, I'll kill you!!!", which was a close-up of only that message on a computer monitor and lacked any context whatsoever. This puts the smoking gun argument on very shaky ground, as this sequence isn't used as a "This is why I'm taking revenge on you people" message, or anything along those lines.<br />
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==The Mass Production Evas have no souls==<br />
In [[Episode 24]], Kaworu says that the [[A.T. Field]] is "The light of the soul", indicating that a soul is required to produce an [[A.T. Field]]. This is consistent all throughout the TV Series as well as in the movies, since the [[Mass Production Evangelions]], in fact, do produce A.T. Fields:<br />
:Shigeru: "The Eva series' A.T. Fields are resonating!"<br />
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Some say that it is the pilots (Kaworu [[Dummy_Plug|dummy plugs]]) which produce the A.T. Field. However, Ritsuko in [[Episode 17]] says:<br />
:"This is the dummy plug prototype.<br>Rei's personal data has been loaded into it,<br>but it's ''not really possible to digitize a human mind and soul''.<br>Ultimately, it's a fake, an imitation.<br>Just a machine that emulates a pilot's thinking process."<br />
Indicating that there is no real soul in the dummy plugs. Therefore, it is impossible for the dummy plug to generate an A.T. Field.<br />
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==Adam and Lilith were once a single being / Adam was born from Lilith==<br />
This misconception comes from a mistranslated line via [[Manga Entertainment|Manga Entertainment's]] [[The End of Evangelion]] release. Misato's line should read, "Humans were born from Lilith, who is a [[Seed of Life]] just like Adam." This makes Adam and Lilith two equal beings.<br />
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==Pre-3I Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head==<br />
During Pre-Third Impact Instrumentality, Shinji and Asuka witness a scene from Misato's college days, where she is having sex with Kaji. Shinji clearly has never seen this before asking "This is Misato? She does... this?" in which she replies "Yes, this is also me... The melting into one another's hearts... The me that Shinji doesn't know." If this entire sequence was all "in Shinji's head", there is no way he'd know these things.<br />
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==Asuka didn't die==<br />
Asuka and Eva-02 were killed by the Mass Production Evas. Maya's and Shinji's horror and the mangled state of Eva-02 make it explicit. Since Asuka was suffering actual physical damage corresponding to the Eva's damage, there was no way Asuka could have survived the multiple Spear impacts or the subsequent mangling. Furthermore, Asuka's bandages in the final scene correspond with her injuries from that battle.<br />
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==The Asuka-Rei-Misato amalgamation==<br />
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This very common misconception was born due the last scene of End of Evangelion with Asuka and Shinji alone on the beach. Asuka's arm is bandaged (like Rei's in Episode 01) and her eyes appears to be brown (like Misato's). This lead some people to speculate that Asuka is really a combination of all three girls, and therefore Shinji's "dream girl" but this notion is absolutely false. The bandaged arm is due to her battle trauma in Eva-02 earlier in End of Evangelion (when a replica lance splits Eva-02's right arm completely). Her eyes are still blue, merely tinted due to the hue of the scene occurring at night.<br />
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Before Instrumentality ends, Rei tells Shinji ''"If you wish once more for the existence of others, the barriers of the heart will separate everyone once more..."'' while Kaworu asks ''"Is it okay for the [[AT_Field|A.T. Fields]] to hurt you and others once more?"'', indicating that the A.T. Fields have separated everyone from each other.<br />
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==The Adam & Eve Scenario (or, Nobody Else is Coming Back)==<br />
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Considering that themes of Genesis pop up all over NGE, the final scene of End of Evangelion leads many to assume that Shinji and Asuka are the new Adam and Eve, left alone to re-populate the world. But this theory is false if we are to believe Rei and Yui when, during the dissolution of Instrumentality, Rei states, "Anyone can return to human form as long as they can imagine themselves in their own heart.", and Yui's reassurance: "All living things have the ability to return to their original form... and the heart to go on living."<br />
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<div>A tentative list. <br />
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==NGE is religious propaganda==<br />
The religious symbolism in NGE is actually not used in any sort of religiously meaningful fashion. According to Evangelion Assistant Director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]:<br />
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"There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice."' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Kazuya_Tsurumaki:_Q.26A_from_.22Amusing_Himself_to_Death.22|Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death"]]<br />
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Here's an old essay from 2001 of someone [http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/writings/eva2.shtml getting it wrong]: "However, it is revealed at the end of the series that the Angels are actually failed attempts in the Creation (i.e., the Biblical Creation) that preceded mankind". Early inaccurate translations of the show may have contributed to this confusion.<br />
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==LCL means "Link Connect Liquid"==<br />
[[Image:LCL.JPG|left|thumb|Manga saying LCL stands for Link Connect Liquid]]<br />
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It is unknown what the initials "LCL" stand for within the anime series, but we do know what they '''don't''' mean. According to the Death and Rebirth theatrical program (special edition): <br />
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''Incidentally, the widely circulated idea that L.C.L is the abbreviation of "Link Connected Liquid" is incorrect.'' <br />
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Nowhere does it say what it means, although [[Evangelion Chronicle]] suggests one of the Ls stands for "Lilith".<br />
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In Sadamoto's [[Manga]] version, LCL ''is'' said to stand for Link Connect Liquid, written in the Dossier before a chapter starts.<br />
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==First Impact killed the dinosaurs==<br />
First Impact was never depicted or directly referred to on-screen. This has led several fans upon first glance to incorrectly assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the more well known asteroid impact which caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. <br />
[[Image:07 C080 textbook-overlay.jpg|thumb|A page from Shinji's textbook]]<br />
However, First Impact (aka "Giant Impact") was actually the collision of a giant spherical object, designated the "Black Moon", into Earth approximately 4 billion years ago. As a result of the impact, huge amounts of debris, including the Black Moon's rocky exterior, were thrown into orbit, eventually coalescing into Earth's satellite, the Moon. This was made clear in the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The_Second_Angel|Classified Information]]. The "meteorite" theory in the above textbook page is a cover story, and is part of the effort to also blame [[Second Impact]] on a meteor.<br />
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=="Barons of Hell"==<br />
Almost from the beginning of Eva fandom, there has been an internet rumor that the [[Evangelions]] are based upon Biblical entities called "The Barons of Hell". There are two problems with this theory:<br />
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One is that there is no such thing as a "Baron of Hell" mentioned in the Bible or in any other Judeo-Christian source; extensive searches for the term have turned up only references to Eva and the video game ''Doom''. Some sources claim that the Barons are the same thing as the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", but the descriptions given to the Barons don't match up to the Horsemen.<br />
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The other problem is that we know exactly what the Evangelions '''are''' based upon. Evas were fundamentally based upon the oni (commonly translated as “demon” or “ogre”, but actually a specific type of Japanese monster). Says [[Hideaki Anno|Anno]] himself (in an interview published in Aerial Magazine):<br />
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''There's a monster in Japan called the Oni; it has two horns sticking out of its head and the overall image of the Eva is based on that. I also wanted to give the impression that beneath this ‘robot monster’ image is not so much a robot, but a giant human.'' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Hideaki_Anno.27s_Roundtable_Discussion|Anno's Roundtable discussion]]<br />
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[[Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg|thumb|left|A very Oni-looking Evangelion sketch]]<br />
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An early [http://evageeks.org/FGP/Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg sketch Anno did of an Eva] clearly betrays their oni roots. Working from this basic premise, and corresponding with Anno along the way, [[Ikuto Yamashita]] developed the Evas as we know them (with the exception of EoE's “harpies”).<br />
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==Kids born after 2I are soulless==<br />
A bizarre idea used to explain the drop in birth rate after [[Second Impact]], and why only kids born after Second Impact can synch with the Evangelions. This theory has no basis whatsoever as Ritsuko explicitly states in [[Episode 20]] that Shinji, born after Second Impact, has a soul.<br />
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==Spear of Longinus is the actual holy relic (that just somehow got BIG)==<br />
This is a product of putting too much stock in NGE's religious references. The Spear was actually excavated in Antarctica along with Adam, who was found impaled upon it. According to the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The Spear of Longinus|Classified Information]], each [[Source of Life]] is accompanied by a Spear that has a will of its own and can immobilize a Seed for going against its mission. Thus, the Spear of Longinus is billions of years old, not made by some Roman blacksmith, and impaled Adam for committing some unspecified offense.<br />
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==A.T. Field is a real-life psychology term==<br />
Since the very earliest days of Evangelion analysis, there has been a rumor that [[A.T. Field]] is a genuine psychological term that describes the barrier that separates autism patients from the world around them. However, extensive searching of online Psychology researches and forums has failed to find any use of the term other than in reference to NGE. Further research by those in the field has proven that "Absolute Terror" or similar terminology is simply not recognized in academia. Therefore, this rumor is false and has been conclusively proven so.<br />
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Some examples of fan-pages propagating this rumor: [http://www.arune.com/eva/words.html 1] [http://www.nervarchives.com/glossary.atfield.php 2]<br />
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==Eva-00 has the soul of Naoko==<br />
Please visit [[Eva-00's soul]] for more information.<br />
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==Someone we know killed Kaji==<br />
Many fans came to the conclusion that [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]] shot [[Ryoji Kaji|Kaji]], with little or no evidence to back it up. Series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] implied with the Director's Cut of [[Episode 21]] that Kaji was not shot by any named character, but an agent sent through either "[[Seele]] or [[Nerv|Nerv's]] intelligence division."[http://www.evamonkey.com/platinum-booklets/episode-commentaries-21-26.php] During broadcast, the scene of Kaji's death was followed by an establishing shot to the door to Misato's apartment with her name. This "evidence" of Misato's guilt was replaced in the Director's cut with a shot outside of her apartment building.<br />
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==Rei and Kaworu are actual albinos==<br />
Actual albinos don't have light blue hair! Albinos cannot walk outside without protection, otherwise they would suffer severe sunburn, and most have very poor eyesight. [https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/albinism/symptoms-causes/syc-20369184] On the contrary, Kaworu's eyesight appears to be exceptional (such as his noticing Misato in the [[Episode 24]] director's cut lake scene). It is worth noting that Ritsuko's complexion is only ''slightly'' darker than Rei's, although she's obviously not an albino.<br />
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==Toji not only loses his leg, but his arm as well==<br />
While Toji's left leg is plainly missing when he's on the hospital bed, it's not certain to tell if his left arm is, as well. However, both Toji's arms are seen as he is being hauled out of the entry plug. The [[Resources:End of Evangelion Screenplays#Touji & Kensuke's farewell (Basketball Court)|original storyboards]] for ''The End of Evangelion'' contain a scene showing Toji playing wheelchair basketball with Kensuke, where he clearly has both arms, eliminating the possibility that one of his arms was amputated.<br />
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==Naoko's Brain in Magi==<br />
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Or any other brain for that matter. This is due to the brain-like object [[Ritsuko Akagi|Ritsuko]] reveals when she cuts into the [[Magi]] in [[episode 13]]. It is clearly stated that the Magi merely have personality imprints of [[Naoko Akagi]] - herself as a mother, scientist, and woman. The computers are also far too large to be actual human brains.<br />
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==Naoko's Soul in Magi==<br />
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Likely originated due to the fact that the Evas themselves have souls. There's also the issue of Caspar 'betraying' Ritsuko in [[The End of Evangelion]], but machines cannot be implanted with souls.<br />
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==Keel is the Wandering Jew==<br />
One of the most bizarre myths about Evangelion. There is an old and racist story that claims that an onlooker at Christ's crucifixion spat upon him, and was punished by receiving the curse of immortality. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_Jew#Origin_and_evolution] He thus became the "wandering Jew", never able to make permanent friends or stay in one place, lest people notice his never-aging nature. The theory goes that [[Keel|Keel's]] motivation in bringing about Instrumentality would at long last allow him to die. There are, at the very least, two huge problems with this notion. One being there's '''absolutely nothing''' in the series to indicate this is Keel's motivation.[[Image:Tank image 07a investigate.jpg|thumb|right|A visibly younger Keel in the background with [[Gendo Ikari|Gendo]].]] The other is that when Keel appears in flashback in [[episode 21]], he is visibly younger than in the series' present, and as has been noted, the Wandering Jew is supposed to be ageless.<br><br><br />
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==The Dummy Plug Plant is the Chamber of Guf==<br />
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The [[Chamber of Guf]] is mentioned by Ritsuko in [[episode 23]] when she, Misato, and Shinji are down in the [[Dummy Plug Plant]]. This comment likely lead people to believe the two were synonymous. Please look [[Guf|here]] for an explanation of Guf within NGE.<br />
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==Adam was impaled on the Spear of Longinus by Lilith==<br />
The "Duel of the Seeds" idea was made up to explain why one Seed would be skewered by the [[Spear of Longinus]] and placed in suspended animation while the other would be free to spread life on Earth. The interaction between Rei and Kaworu was interpreted to mean that both of them (as [[Lilith]] and [[Adam]] respectively) had interacted previously. This idea was disproved when the [[Classified Information]] files revealed that each Seed was sent with its own Spear, and that Lilith's Spear was either lost or destroyed during First Impact. Adam was placed in suspended animation by its own Spear, which was used to impale Lilith later on.<br />
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==Death's string quartet scenes take place in the actual series timeline.==<br />
This one is easily disproven, as both Asuka and Kaworu appear in the String Quartet sequences. In the actual series timeline, Asuka is in the hospital under heavy sedation when Kaworu arrives, and is still there when he gets squished; they never meet. The String Quartet motif serves to separate the different focuses in [[Evangelion: Death|Death]] as well as fitting together with the musical score that was used, Pachelbel's Canon in D major.<br />
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=="Anno's Revenge"==<br />
Many are lead to believe, one way or another, that [[The End of Evangelion]] was Anno's revenge against the fans for the negative response received from the ending of the TV series. <br />
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Some say it is because Anno brutally killed off all of the main characters; however, this isn't anything new in the world of anime. Most notably, Yoshiyuki Tomino's [[Space Runaway Ideon]], where not just all the main characters are killed off, even children are brutally massacred. Even though Ideon may be one of Anno's biggest inspirations for Evangelion, the End of Evangelion was closer to the planned ending to the TV series [https://forum.evageeks.org/post/677939/Hideaki-Anno-x-Kazuo-Koike-October-22-2013/#677939 Anno's October 2013 interview]. Some of the footage used in the TV series ending (corpses of Misato and Ritsuko) indicates that, even before the TV series ended, Anno had planned on killing these characters.<br />
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Some say it is because of scenes such as Shinji visiting the sedated Asuka in her hospital room. Although slightly out-of-left-field compared to the ending of the TV series, this scene does serve its purposes. Most importantly, it shows that Shinji has hit the lowest of lows, and secondly, it's referenced later in the movie when Asuka says "Idiot! I know about your jerk-off fantasies of me. Do it again like usual... I'll even stand here and watch."<br />
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A subjective argument for Anno's revenge is the cinematic and narrative mindfuck that takes up most of the 2nd half of End of Evangelion. A subjective retort could be, "What about the end of the TV series?". As far as a non-subjective response, films have been known to use clashing motifs, non-linear story telling, and highly symbolic/obscure imagery, and the End of Evangelion isn't the first to use all three. Also, from an interpretive standpoint, the second half of the movie does very well in showing the chaos and disembodiment of [[Human Instrumentality Project|Instrumentality]], specifically, what Shinji was going through.<br />
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Finally, some argue that the smoking gun for Anno's revenge is the sequence of quickly flashing (about one per frame) [[End of Evangelion Death Threats|death threats/hate mail]] which can be seen at the end of the live action sequence in the second half of the movie. However this rumor was started, it was probably propagated by the Commentary track on the Manga Entertainment release of End of Evangelion, where Amanda Winn Lee gives a mention of hate mail during this sequence [http://www.evamonkey.com/ The End of Evangelion Audio Commentary]. Since these have been translated to English, the majority of the letters and emails are that of personal attachment to the show, praise, or encouragement/anticipation for the End of Evangelion movie. Only one of the emails can be considered 'hate mail', and it was criticizing Death and Rebirth (not the end of the TV series at all), and the only 2 possible instances that could be considered a 'death threat' was graffiti on the wall outside of Gainax's studio (which was hypothesized to be from religious fanatics) and an email that said "Anno, I'll kill you!!!", which was a close-up of only that message on a computer monitor and lacked any context whatsoever. This puts the smoking gun argument on very shaky ground, as this sequence isn't used as a "This is why I'm taking revenge on you people" message, or anything along those lines.<br />
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==The Mass Production Evas have no souls==<br />
In [[Episode 24]], Kaworu says that the [[A.T. Field]] is "The light of the soul", indicating that a soul is required to produce an [[A.T. Field]]. This is consistent all throughout the TV Series as well as in the movies, since the [[Mass Production Evangelions]], in fact, do produce A.T. Fields:<br />
:Shigeru: "The Eva series' A.T. Fields are resonating!"<br />
<br />
Some say that it is the pilots (Kaworu [[Dummy_Plug|dummy plugs]]) which produce the A.T. Field. However, Ritsuko in [[Episode 17]] says:<br />
:"This is the dummy plug prototype.<br>Rei's personal data has been loaded into it,<br>but it's ''not really possible to digitize a human mind and soul''.<br>Ultimately, it's a fake, an imitation.<br>Just a machine that emulates a pilot's thinking process."<br />
Indicating that there is no real soul in the dummy plugs. Therefore, it is impossible for the dummy plug to generate an A.T. Field.<br />
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==Adam and Lilith were once a single being / Adam was born from Lilith==<br />
This misconception comes from a mistranslated line via [[Manga Entertainment|Manga Entertainment's]] [[The End of Evangelion]] release. Misato's line should read, "Humans were born from Lilith, who is a [[Seed of Life]] just like Adam." This makes Adam and Lilith two equal beings.<br />
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==Pre-3I Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head==<br />
During Pre-Third Impact Instrumentality, Shinji and Asuka witness a scene from Misato's college days, where she is having sex with Kaji. Shinji clearly has never seen this before asking "This is Misato? She does... this?" in which she replies "Yes, this is also me... The melting into one another's hearts... The me that Shinji doesn't know." If this entire sequence was all "in Shinji's head", there is no way he'd know these things.<br />
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==Asuka didn't die==<br />
Asuka and Eva-02 were killed by the Mass Production Evas. Maya's and Shinji's horror and the mangled state of Eva-02 make it explicit. Since Asuka was suffering actual physical damage corresponding to the Eva's damage, there was no way Asuka could have survived the multiple Spear impacts or the subsequent mangling. Furthermore, Asuka's bandages in the final scene correspond with her injuries from that battle.<br />
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==The Asuka-Rei-Misato amalgamation==<br />
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This very common misconception was born due the last scene of End of Evangelion with Asuka and Shinji alone on the beach. Asuka's arm is bandaged (like Rei's in Episode 01) and her eyes appears to be brown (like Misato's). This lead some people to speculate that Asuka is really a combination of all three girls, and therefore Shinji's "dream girl" but this notion is absolutely false. The bandaged arm is due to her battle trauma in Eva-02 earlier in End of Evangelion (when a replica lance splits Eva-02's right arm completely). Her eyes are still blue, merely tinted due to the hue of the scene occurring at night.<br />
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Before Instrumentality ends, Rei tells Shinji ''"If you wish once more for the existence of others, the barriers of the heart will separate everyone once more..."'' while Kaworu asks ''"Is it okay for the [[AT_Field|A.T. Fields]] to hurt you and others once more?"'', indicating that the A.T. Fields have separated everyone from each other.<br />
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==The Adam & Eve Scenario (or, Nobody Else is Coming Back)==<br />
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Considering that themes of Genesis pop up all over NGE, the final scene of End of Evangelion leads many to assume that Shinji and Asuka are the new Adam and Eve, left alone to re-populate the world. But this theory is false if we are to believe Rei and Yui when, during the dissolution of Instrumentality, Rei states, "Anyone can return to human form as long as they can imagine themselves in their own heart.", and Yui's reassurance: "All living things have the ability to return to their original form... and the heart to go on living."<br />
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<div>A tentative list. <br />
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==NGE is religious propaganda==<br />
The religious symbolism in NGE is actually not used in any sort of religiously meaningful fashion. According to Evangelion Assistant Director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]:<br />
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"There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice."' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Kazuya_Tsurumaki:_Q.26A_from_.22Amusing_Himself_to_Death.22|Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death"]]<br />
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Here's an old essay from 2001 of someone [http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/writings/eva2.shtml getting it wrong]: "However, it is revealed at the end of the series that the Angels are actually failed attempts in the Creation (i.e., the Biblical Creation) that preceded mankind". Early inaccurate translations of the show may have contributed to this confusion.<br />
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==LCL means "Link Connect Liquid"==<br />
[[Image:LCL.JPG|left|thumb|Manga saying LCL stands for Link Connect Liquid]]<br />
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It is unknown what the initials "LCL" stand for within the anime series, but we do know what they '''don't''' mean. According to the Death and Rebirth theatrical program (special edition): <br />
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''Incidentally, the widely circulated idea that L.C.L is the abbreviation of "Link Connected Liquid" is incorrect.'' <br />
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Nowhere does it say what it means, although [[Evangelion Chronicle]] suggests one of the Ls stands for "Lilith".<br />
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In Sadamoto's [[Manga]] version, LCL ''is'' said to stand for Link Connect Liquid, written in the Dossier before a chapter starts.<br />
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==First Impact killed the dinosaurs==<br />
First Impact was never depicted or directly referred to on-screen. This has led several fans upon first glance to incorrectly assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the more well known asteroid impact which caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. <br />
[[Image:07 C080 textbook-overlay.jpg|thumb|A page from Shinji's textbook]]<br />
However, First Impact (aka "Giant Impact") was actually the collision of a giant spherical object, designated the "Black Moon", into Earth approximately 4 billion years ago. As a result of the impact, huge amounts of debris, including the Black Moon's rocky exterior, were thrown into orbit, eventually coalescing into Earth's satellite, the Moon. This was made clear in the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The_Second_Angel|Classified Information]]. The "meteorite" theory in the above textbook page is a cover story, and is part of the effort to also blame [[Second Impact]] on a meteor.<br />
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=="Barons of Hell"==<br />
Almost from the beginning of Eva fandom, there has been an internet rumor that the [[Evangelions]] are based upon Biblical entities called "The Barons of Hell". There are two problems with this theory:<br />
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One is that there is no such thing as a "Baron of Hell" mentioned in the Bible or in any other Judeo-Christian source; extensive searches for the term have turned up only references to Eva and the video game ''Doom''. Some sources claim that the Barons are the same thing as the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", but the descriptions given to the Barons don't match up to the Horsemen.<br />
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The other problem is that we know exactly what the Evangelions '''are''' based upon. Evas were fundamentally based upon the oni (commonly translated as “demon” or “ogre”, but actually a specific type of Japanese monster). Says [[Hideaki Anno|Anno]] himself (in an interview published in Aerial Magazine):<br />
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''There's a monster in Japan called the Oni; it has two horns sticking out of its head and the overall image of the Eva is based on that. I also wanted to give the impression that beneath this ‘robot monster’ image is not so much a robot, but a giant human.'' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Hideaki_Anno.27s_Roundtable_Discussion|Anno's Roundtable discussion]]<br />
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[[Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg|thumb|left|A very Oni-looking Evangelion sketch]]<br />
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An early [http://evageeks.org/FGP/Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg sketch Anno did of an Eva] clearly betrays their oni roots. Working from this basic premise, and corresponding with Anno along the way, [[Ikuto Yamashita]] developed the Evas as we know them (with the exception of EoE's “harpies”).<br />
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==Kids born after 2I are soulless==<br />
A bizarre idea used to explain the drop in birth rate after [[Second Impact]], and why only kids born after Second Impact can synch with the Evangelions. This theory has no basis whatsoever as Ritsuko explicitly states in [[Episode 20]] that Shinji, born after Second Impact, has a soul.<br />
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==Spear of Longinus is the actual holy relic (that just somehow got BIG)==<br />
This is a product of putting too much stock in NGE's religious references. The Spear was actually excavated in Antarctica along with Adam, who was found impaled upon it. According to the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The Spear of Longinus|Classified Information]], each [[Source of Life]] is accompanied by a Spear that has a will of its own and can immobilize a Seed for going against its mission. Thus, the Spear of Longinus is billions of years old, not made by some Roman blacksmith, and impaled Adam for committing some unspecified offense.<br />
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==A.T. Field is a real-life psychology term==<br />
Since the very earliest days of Evangelion analysis, there has been a rumor that [[A.T. Field]] is a genuine psychological term that describes the barrier that separates autism patients from the world around them. However, extensive searching of online Psychology researches and forums has failed to find any use of the term other than in reference to NGE. Further research by those in the field has proven that "Absolute Terror" or similar terminology is simply not recognized in academia. Therefore, this rumor is false and has been conclusively proven so.<br />
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Examples of fan-pages propagating this rumor: [http://www.arune.com/eva/words.html 1] [http://www.nervarchives.com/glossary.atfield.php 2]<br />
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==Eva-00 has the soul of Naoko==<br />
Please visit [[Eva-00's soul]] for more information.<br />
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==Someone we know killed Kaji==<br />
Many fans came to the conclusion that [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]] shot [[Ryoji Kaji|Kaji]], with little or no evidence to back it up. Series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] implied with the Director's Cut of [[Episode 21]] that Kaji was not shot by any named character, but an agent sent through either "[[Seele]] or [[Nerv|Nerv's]] intelligence division."[http://www.evamonkey.com/platinum-booklets/episode-commentaries-21-26.php] During broadcast, the scene of Kaji's death was followed by an establishing shot to the door to Misato's apartment with her name. This "evidence" of Misato's guilt was replaced in the Director's cut with a shot outside of her apartment building.<br />
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==Rei and Kaworu are actual albinos==<br />
Actual albinos don't have light blue hair! Albinos cannot walk outside without protection, otherwise they would suffer severe sunburn, and most have very poor eyesight. [https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/albinism/symptoms-causes/syc-20369184] On the contrary, Kaworu's eyesight appears to be exceptional (such as his noticing Misato in the [[Episode 24]] director's cut lake scene). It is worth noting that Ritsuko's complexion is only ''slightly'' darker than Rei's, although she's obviously not an albino.<br />
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==Toji not only loses his leg, but his arm as well==<br />
While Toji's left leg is plainly missing when he's on the hospital bed, it's not certain to tell if his left arm is, as well. However, both Toji's arms are seen as he is being hauled out of the entry plug. The [[Resources:End of Evangelion Screenplays#Touji & Kensuke's farewell (Basketball Court)|original storyboards]] for ''The End of Evangelion'' contain a scene showing Toji playing wheelchair basketball with Kensuke, where he clearly has both arms, eliminating the possibility that one of his arms was amputated.<br />
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==Naoko's Brain in Magi==<br />
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Or any other brain for that matter. This is due to the brain-like object [[Ritsuko Akagi|Ritsuko]] reveals when she cuts into the [[Magi]] in [[episode 13]]. It is clearly stated that the Magi merely have personality imprints of [[Naoko Akagi]] - herself as a mother, scientist, and woman. The computers are also far too large to be actual human brains.<br />
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==Naoko's Soul in Magi==<br />
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Likely originated due to the fact that the Evas themselves have souls. There's also the issue of Caspar 'betraying' Ritsuko in [[The End of Evangelion]], but machines cannot be implanted with souls.<br />
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==Keel is the Wandering Jew==<br />
One of the most bizarre myths about Evangelion. There is an old and racist story that claims that an onlooker at Christ's crucifixion spat upon him, and was punished by receiving the curse of immortality. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_Jew#Origin_and_evolution] He thus became the "wandering Jew", never able to make permanent friends or stay in one place, lest people notice his never-aging nature. The theory goes that [[Keel|Keel's]] motivation in bringing about Instrumentality would at long last allow him to die. There are, at the very least, two huge problems with this notion. One being there's '''absolutely nothing''' in the series to indicate this is Keel's motivation.[[Image:Tank image 07a investigate.jpg|thumb|right|A visibly younger Keel in the background with [[Gendo Ikari|Gendo]].]] The other is that when Keel appears in flashback in [[episode 21]], he is visibly younger than in the series' present, and as has been noted, the Wandering Jew is supposed to be ageless.<br><br><br />
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==The Dummy Plug Plant is the Chamber of Guf==<br />
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The [[Chamber of Guf]] is mentioned by Ritsuko in [[episode 23]] when she, Misato, and Shinji are down in the [[Dummy Plug Plant]]. This comment likely lead people to believe the two were synonymous. Please look [[Guf|here]] for an explanation of Guf within NGE.<br />
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==Adam was impaled on the Spear of Longinus by Lilith==<br />
The "Duel of the Seeds" idea was made up to explain why one Seed would be skewered by the [[Spear of Longinus]] and placed in suspended animation while the other would be free to spread life on Earth. The interaction between Rei and Kaworu was interpreted to mean that both of them (as [[Lilith]] and [[Adam]] respectively) had interacted previously. This idea was disproved when the [[Classified Information]] files revealed that each Seed was sent with its own Spear, and that Lilith's Spear was either lost or destroyed during First Impact. Adam was placed in suspended animation by its own Spear, which was used to impale Lilith later on.<br />
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==Death's string quartet scenes take place in the actual series timeline.==<br />
This one is easily disproven, as both Asuka and Kaworu appear in the String Quartet sequences. In the actual series timeline, Asuka is in the hospital under heavy sedation when Kaworu arrives, and is still there when he gets squished; they never meet. The String Quartet motif serves to separate the different focuses in [[Evangelion: Death|Death]] as well as fitting together with the musical score that was used, Pachelbel's Canon in D major.<br />
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=="Anno's Revenge"==<br />
Many are lead to believe, one way or another, that [[The End of Evangelion]] was Anno's revenge against the fans for the negative response received from the ending of the TV series. <br />
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Some say it is because Anno brutally killed off all of the main characters; however, this isn't anything new in the world of anime. Most notably, Yoshiyuki Tomino's [[Space Runaway Ideon]], where not just all the main characters are killed off, even children are brutally massacred. Even though Ideon may be one of Anno's biggest inspirations for Evangelion, the End of Evangelion was closer to the planned ending to the TV series [https://forum.evageeks.org/post/677939/Hideaki-Anno-x-Kazuo-Koike-October-22-2013/#677939 Anno's October 2013 interview]. Some of the footage used in the TV series ending (corpses of Misato and Ritsuko) indicates that, even before the TV series ended, Anno had planned on killing these characters.<br />
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Some say it is because of scenes such as Shinji visiting the sedated Asuka in her hospital room. Although slightly out-of-left-field compared to the ending of the TV series, this scene does serve its purposes. Most importantly, it shows that Shinji has hit the lowest of lows, and secondly, it's referenced later in the movie when Asuka says "Idiot! I know about your jerk-off fantasies of me. Do it again like usual... I'll even stand here and watch."<br />
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A subjective argument for Anno's revenge is the cinematic and narrative mindfuck that takes up most of the 2nd half of End of Evangelion. A subjective retort could be, "What about the end of the TV series?". As far as a non-subjective response, films have been known to use clashing motifs, non-linear story telling, and highly symbolic/obscure imagery, and the End of Evangelion isn't the first to use all three. Also, from an interpretive standpoint, the second half of the movie does very well in showing the chaos and disembodiment of [[Human Instrumentality Project|Instrumentality]], specifically, what Shinji was going through.<br />
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Finally, some argue that the smoking gun for Anno's revenge is the sequence of quickly flashing (about one per frame) [[End of Evangelion Death Threats|death threats/hate mail]] which can be seen at the end of the live action sequence in the second half of the movie. However this rumor was started, it was probably propagated by the Commentary track on the Manga Entertainment release of End of Evangelion, where Amanda Winn Lee gives a mention of hate mail during this sequence [http://www.evamonkey.com/ The End of Evangelion Audio Commentary]. Since these have been translated to English, the majority of the letters and emails are that of personal attachment to the show, praise, or encouragement/anticipation for the End of Evangelion movie. Only one of the emails can be considered 'hate mail', and it was criticizing Death and Rebirth (not the end of the TV series at all), and the only 2 possible instances that could be considered a 'death threat' was graffiti on the wall outside of Gainax's studio (which was hypothesized to be from religious fanatics) and an email that said "Anno, I'll kill you!!!", which was a close-up of only that message on a computer monitor and lacked any context whatsoever. This puts the smoking gun argument on very shaky ground, as this sequence isn't used as a "This is why I'm taking revenge on you people" message, or anything along those lines.<br />
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==The Mass Production Evas have no souls==<br />
In [[Episode 24]], Kaworu says that the [[A.T. Field]] is "The light of the soul", indicating that a soul is required to produce an [[A.T. Field]]. This is consistent all throughout the TV Series as well as in the movies, since the [[Mass Production Evangelions]], in fact, do produce A.T. Fields:<br />
:Shigeru: "The Eva series' A.T. Fields are resonating!"<br />
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Some say that it is the pilots (Kaworu [[Dummy_Plug|dummy plugs]]) which produce the A.T. Field. However, Ritsuko in [[Episode 17]] says:<br />
:"This is the dummy plug prototype.<br>Rei's personal data has been loaded into it,<br>but it's ''not really possible to digitize a human mind and soul''.<br>Ultimately, it's a fake, an imitation.<br>Just a machine that emulates a pilot's thinking process."<br />
Indicating that there is no real soul in the dummy plugs. Therefore, it is impossible for the dummy plug to generate an A.T. Field.<br />
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==Adam and Lilith were once a single being / Adam was born from Lilith==<br />
This misconception comes from a mistranslated line via [[Manga Entertainment|Manga Entertainment's]] [[The End of Evangelion]] release. Misato's line should read, "Humans were born from Lilith, who is a [[Seed of Life]] just like Adam." This makes Adam and Lilith two equal beings.<br />
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==Pre-3I Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head==<br />
During Pre-Third Impact Instrumentality, Shinji and Asuka witness a scene from Misato's college days, where she is having sex with Kaji. Shinji clearly has never seen this before asking "This is Misato? She does... this?" in which she replies "Yes, this is also me... The melting into one another's hearts... The me that Shinji doesn't know." If this entire sequence was all "in Shinji's head", there is no way he'd know these things.<br />
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==Asuka didn't die==<br />
Asuka and Eva-02 were killed by the Mass Production Evas. Maya's and Shinji's horror and the mangled state of Eva-02 make it explicit. Since Asuka was suffering actual physical damage corresponding to the Eva's damage, there was no way Asuka could have survived the multiple Spear impacts or the subsequent mangling. Furthermore, Asuka's bandages in the final scene correspond with her injuries from that battle.<br />
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==The Asuka-Rei-Misato amalgamation==<br />
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This very common misconception was born due the last scene of End of Evangelion with Asuka and Shinji alone on the beach. Asuka's arm is bandaged (like Rei's in Episode 01) and her eyes appears to be brown (like Misato's). This lead some people to speculate that Asuka is really a combination of all three girls, and therefore Shinji's "dream girl" but this notion is absolutely false. The bandaged arm is due to her battle trauma in Eva-02 earlier in End of Evangelion (when a replica lance splits Eva-02's right arm completely). Her eyes are still blue, merely tinted due to the hue of the scene occurring at night.<br />
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Before Instrumentality ends, Rei tells Shinji ''"If you wish once more for the existence of others, the barriers of the heart will separate everyone once more..."'' while Kaworu asks ''"Is it okay for the [[AT_Field|A.T. Fields]] to hurt you and others once more?"'', indicating that the A.T. Fields have separated everyone from each other.<br />
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==The Adam & Eve Scenario (or, Nobody Else is Coming Back)==<br />
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Considering that themes of Genesis pop up all over NGE, the final scene of End of Evangelion leads many to assume that Shinji and Asuka are the new Adam and Eve, left alone to re-populate the world. But this theory is false if we are to believe Rei and Yui when, during the dissolution of Instrumentality, Rei states, "Anyone can return to human form as long as they can imagine themselves in their own heart.", and Yui's reassurance: "All living things have the ability to return to their original form... and the heart to go on living."<br />
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A tentative list. <br />
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==NGE is religious propaganda==<br />
The religious symbolism in NGE is actually not used in any sort of religiously meaningful fashion. According to Evangelion Assistant Director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]:<br />
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"There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice."' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Kazuya_Tsurumaki:_Q.26A_from_.22Amusing_Himself_to_Death.22|Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death"]]<br />
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Here's an old essay from 2001 of someone [http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/writings/eva2.shtml getting it wrong]: "However, it is revealed at the end of the series that the Angels are actually failed attempts in the Creation (i.e., the Biblical Creation) that preceded mankind". Early inaccurate translations of the show may have contributed to this confusion.<br />
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==LCL means "Link Connect Liquid"==<br />
[[Image:LCL.JPG|left|thumb|Manga saying LCL stands for Link Connect Liquid]]<br />
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It is unknown what the initials "LCL" stand for within the anime series, but we do know what they '''don't''' mean. According to the Death and Rebirth theatrical program (special edition): <br />
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''Incidentally, the widely circulated idea that L.C.L is the abbreviation of "Link Connected Liquid" is incorrect.'' <br />
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Nowhere does it say what it means, although [[Evangelion Chronicle]] suggests one of the Ls stands for "Lilith".<br />
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In Sadamoto's [[Manga]] version, LCL ''is'' said to stand for Link Connect Liquid, written in the Dossier before a chapter starts.<br />
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==First Impact killed the dinosaurs==<br />
First Impact was never depicted or directly referred to on-screen. This has led several fans upon first glance to incorrectly assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the more well known asteroid impact which caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. <br />
[[Image:07 C080 textbook-overlay.jpg|thumb|A page from Shinji's textbook]]<br />
However, First Impact (aka "Giant Impact") was actually the collision of a giant spherical object, designated the "Black Moon", into Earth approximately 4 billion years ago. As a result of the impact, huge amounts of debris, including the Black Moon's rocky exterior, were thrown into orbit, eventually coalescing into Earth's satellite, the Moon. This was made clear in the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The_Second_Angel|Classified Information]]. The "meteorite" theory in the above textbook page is a cover story, and is part of the effort to also blame [[Second Impact]] on a meteor.<br />
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=="Barons of Hell"==<br />
Almost from the beginning of Eva fandom, there has been an internet rumor that the [[Evangelions]] are based upon Biblical entities called "The Barons of Hell". There are two problems with this theory:<br />
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One is that there is no such thing as a "Baron of Hell" mentioned in the Bible or in any other Judeo-Christian source; extensive searches for the term have turned up only references to Eva and the video game ''Doom''. Some sources claim that the Barons are the same thing as the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", but the descriptions given to the Barons don't match up to the Horsemen.<br />
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The other problem is that we know exactly what the Evangelions '''are''' based upon. Evas were fundamentally based upon the oni (commonly translated as “demon” or “ogre”, but actually a specific type of Japanese monster). Says [[Hideaki Anno|Anno]] himself (in an interview published in Aerial Magazine):<br />
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''There's a monster in Japan called the Oni; it has two horns sticking out of its head and the overall image of the Eva is based on that. I also wanted to give the impression that beneath this ‘robot monster’ image is not so much a robot, but a giant human.'' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Hideaki_Anno.27s_Roundtable_Discussion|Anno's Roundtable discussion]]<br />
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[[Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg|thumb|left|A very Oni-looking Evangelion sketch]]<br />
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An early [http://evageeks.org/FGP/Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg sketch Anno did of an Eva] clearly betrays their oni roots. Working from this basic premise, and corresponding with Anno along the way, [[Ikuto Yamashita]] developed the Evas as we know them (with the exception of EoE's “harpies”).<br />
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==Kids born after 2I are soulless==<br />
A bizarre idea used to explain the drop in birth rate after [[Second Impact]], and why only kids born after Second Impact can synch with the Evangelions. This theory has no basis whatsoever as Ritsuko explicitly states in [[Episode 20]] that Shinji, born after Second Impact, has a soul.<br />
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==Spear of Longinus is the actual holy relic (that just somehow got BIG)==<br />
This is a product of putting too much stock in NGE's religious references. The Spear was actually excavated in Antarctica along with Adam, who was found impaled upon it. According to the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The Spear of Longinus|Classified Information]], each [[Source of Life]] is accompanied by a Spear that has a will of its own and can immobilize a Seed for going against its mission. Thus, the Spear of Longinus is billions of years old, not made by some Roman blacksmith, and impaled Adam for committing some unspecified offense.<br />
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==A.T. Field is a real-life psychology term==<br />
Since the very earliest days of Evangelion analysis, there has been a rumor that [[A.T. Field]] is a genuine psychological term that describes the barrier that separates autism patients from the world around them. However, extensive searching of online Psychology researches and forums has failed to find any use of the term other than in reference to NGE. Further research by those in the field has proven that "Absolute Terror" or similar terminology is simply not recognized in academia. Therefore, this rumor is false and has been conclusively proven so.<br />
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Examples of fan-pages propagating this rumor: [http://www.arune.com/eva/words.html 1] [http://www.nervarchives.com/glossary.atfield.php 2]<br />
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==Eva-00 has the soul of Naoko==<br />
Please visit [[Eva-00's soul]] for more information.<br />
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==Someone we know killed Kaji==<br />
Many fans came to the conclusion that [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]] shot [[Ryoji Kaji|Kaji]], with little or no evidence to back it up. Series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] implied with the Director's Cut of [[Episode 21]] that Kaji was not shot by any named character, but an agent sent through either "[[Seele]] or [[Nerv|Nerv's]] intelligence division."[http://www.evamonkey.com/platinum-booklets/episode-commentaries-21-26.php] During broadcast, the scene of Kaji's death was followed by an establishing shot to the door to Misato's apartment with her name. This "evidence" of Misato's guilt was replaced in the Director's cut with a shot outside of her apartment building.<br />
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==Rei and Kaworu are actual albinos==<br />
Actual albinos don't have light blue hair! Albinos cannot walk outside without protection, otherwise they would suffer severe sunburn, and most have very poor eyesight. [https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/albinism/symptoms-causes/syc-20369184] On the contrary, Kaworu's eyesight appears to be exceptional (such as his noticing Misato in the [[Episode 24]] director's cut lake scene). It is worth noting that Ritsuko's complexion is only ''slightly'' darker than Rei's, although she's obviously not an albino.<br />
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==Toji not only loses his leg, but his arm as well==<br />
While Toji's left leg is plainly missing when he's on the hospital bed, it's not certain to tell if his left arm is, as well. However, both Toji's arms are seen as he is being hauled out of the entry plug. The [[Resources:End of Evangelion Screenplays#Touji & Kensuke's farewell (Basketball Court)|original storyboards]] for ''The End of Evangelion'' contain a scene showing Toji playing wheelchair basketball with Kensuke, where he clearly has both arms, eliminating the possibility that one of his arms was amputated.<br />
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==Naoko's Brain in Magi==<br />
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Or any other brain for that matter. This is due to the brain-like object [[Ritsuko Akagi|Ritsuko]] reveals when she cuts into the [[Magi]] in [[episode 13]]. It is clearly stated that the Magi merely have personality imprints of [[Naoko Akagi]] - herself as a mother, scientist, and woman. The computers are also far too large to be actual human brains.<br />
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==Naoko's Soul in Magi==<br />
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Likely originated due to the fact that the Evas themselves have souls. There's also the issue of Caspar 'betraying' Ritsuko in [[The End of Evangelion]], but machines cannot be implanted with souls.<br />
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==Keel is the Wandering Jew==<br />
One of the most bizarre myths about Evangelion. There is an old and racist story that claims that an onlooker at Christ's crucifixion spat upon him, and was punished by receiving the curse of immortality. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_Jew#Origin_and_evolution] He thus became the "wandering Jew", never able to make permanent friends or stay in one place, lest people notice his never-aging nature. The theory goes that [[Keel|Keel's]] motivation in bringing about Instrumentality would at long last allow him to die. There are, at the very least, two huge problems with this notion. One being there's '''absolutely nothing''' in the series to indicate this is Keel's motivation.[[Image:Tank image 07a investigate.jpg|thumb|right|A visibly younger Keel in the background with [[Gendo Ikari|Gendo]].]] The other is that when Keel appears in flashback in [[episode 21]], he is visibly younger than in the series' present, and as has been noted, the Wandering Jew is supposed to be ageless.<br><br><br />
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==The Dummy Plug Plant is the Chamber of Guf==<br />
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The [[Chamber of Guf]] is mentioned by Ritsuko in [[episode 23]] when she, Misato, and Shinji are down in the [[Dummy Plug Plant]]. This comment likely lead people to believe the two were synonymous. Please look [[Guf|here]] for an explanation of Guf within NGE.<br />
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==Adam was impaled on the Spear of Longinus by Lilith==<br />
The "Duel of the Seeds" idea was made up to explain why one Seed would be skewered by the [[Spear of Longinus]] and placed in suspended animation while the other would be free to spread life on Earth. The interaction between Rei and Kaworu was interpreted to mean that both of them (as [[Lilith]] and [[Adam]] respectively) had interacted previously. This idea was disproved when the [[Classified Information]] files revealed that each Seed was sent with its own Spear, and that Lilith's Spear was either lost or destroyed during First Impact. Adam was placed in suspended animation by its own Spear, which was used to impale Lilith later on.<br />
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==Death's string quartet scenes take place in the actual series timeline.==<br />
This one is easily disproven, as both Asuka and Kaworu appear in the String Quartet sequences. In the actual series timeline, Asuka is in the hospital under heavy sedation when Kaworu arrives, and is still there when he gets squished; they never meet. The String Quartet motif serves to separate the different focuses in [[Evangelion: Death|Death]] as well as fitting together with the musical score that was used, Pachelbel's Canon in D major.<br />
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=="Anno's Revenge"==<br />
Many are lead to believe, one way or another, that [[The End of Evangelion]] was Anno's revenge against the fans for the negative response received from the ending of the TV series. <br />
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Some say it is because Anno brutally killed off all of the main characters; however, this isn't anything new in the world of anime. Most notably, Yoshiyuki Tomino's [[Space Runaway Ideon]], where not just all the main characters are killed off, even children are brutally massacred. Even though Ideon may be one of Anno's biggest inspirations for Evangelion, the End of Evangelion was closer to the planned ending to the TV series [https://forum.evageeks.org/post/677939/Hideaki-Anno-x-Kazuo-Koike-October-22-2013/#677939 Anno's October 2013 interview]. Some of the footage used in the TV series ending (corpses of Misato and Ritsuko) indicates that, even before the TV series ended, Anno had planned on killing these characters.<br />
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Some say it is because of scenes such as Shinji visiting the sedated Asuka in her hospital room. Although slightly out-of-left-field compared to the ending of the TV series, this scene does serve its purposes. Most importantly, it shows that Shinji has hit the lowest of lows, and secondly, it's referenced later in the movie when Asuka says "Idiot! I know about your jerk-off fantasies of me. Do it again like usual... I'll even stand here and watch."<br />
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A subjective argument for Anno's revenge is the cinematic and narrative mindfuck that takes up most of the 2nd half of End of Evangelion. A subjective retort could be, "What about the end of the TV series?". As far as a non-subjective response, films have been known to use clashing motifs, non-linear story telling, and highly symbolic/obscure imagery, and the End of Evangelion isn't the first to use all three. Also, from an interpretive standpoint, the second half of the movie does very well in showing the chaos and disembodiment of [[Human Instrumentality Project|Instrumentality]], specifically, what Shinji was going through.<br />
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Finally, some argue that the smoking gun for Anno's revenge is the sequence of quickly flashing (about one per frame) [[End of Evangelion Death Threats|death threats/hate mail]] which can be seen at the end of the live action sequence in the second half of the movie. However this rumor was started, it was probably propagated by the Commentary track on the Manga Entertainment release of End of Evangelion, where Amanda Winn Lee gives a mention of hate mail during this sequence [http://www.evamonkey.com/ The End of Evangelion Audio Commentary]. Since these have been translated to English, the majority of the letters and emails are that of personal attachment to the show, praise, or encouragement/anticipation for the End of Evangelion movie. Only one of the emails can be considered 'hate mail', and it was criticizing Death and Rebirth (not the end of the TV series at all), and the only 2 possible instances that could be considered a 'death threat' was graffiti on the wall outside of Gainax's studio (which was hypothesized to be from religious fanatics) and an email that said "Anno, I'll kill you!!!", which was a close-up of only that message on a computer monitor and lacked any context whatsoever. This puts the smoking gun argument on very shaky ground, as this sequence isn't used as a "This is why I'm taking revenge on you people" message, or anything along those lines.<br />
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==The Mass Production Evas have no souls==<br />
In [[Episode 24]], Kaworu says that the [[A.T. Field]] is "The light of the soul", indicating that a soul is required to produce an [[A.T. Field]]. This is consistent all throughout the TV Series as well as in the movies, since the [[Mass Production Evangelions]], in fact, do produce A.T. Fields:<br />
:Shigeru: "The Eva series' A.T. Fields are resonating!"<br />
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Some say that it is the pilots (Kaworu [[Dummy_Plug|dummy plugs]]) which produce the A.T. Field. However, Ritsuko in [[Episode 17]] says:<br />
:"This is the dummy plug prototype.<br>Rei's personal data has been loaded into it,<br>but it's ''not really possible to digitize a human mind and soul''.<br>Ultimately, it's a fake, an imitation.<br>Just a machine that emulates a pilot's thinking process."<br />
Indicating that there is no real soul in the dummy plugs. Therefore, it is impossible for the dummy plug to generate an A.T. Field.<br />
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==Adam and Lilith were once a single being / Adam was born from Lilith==<br />
This misconception comes from a mistranslated line via [[Manga Entertainment|Manga Entertainment's]] [[The End of Evangelion]] release. Misato's line should read, "Humans were born from Lilith, who is a [[Seed of Life]] just like Adam." This makes Adam and Lilith two equal beings.<br />
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==Pre-3I Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head==<br />
During Pre-Third Impact Instrumentality, Shinji and Asuka witness a scene from Misato's college days, where she is having sex with Kaji. Shinji clearly has never seen this before asking "This is Misato? She does... this?" in which she replies "Yes, this is also me... The melting into one another's hearts... The me that Shinji doesn't know." If this entire sequence was all "in Shinji's head", there is no way he'd know these things.<br />
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==Asuka didn't die==<br />
Asuka and Eva-02 were killed by the Mass Production Evas. Maya's and Shinji's horror and the mangled state of Eva-02 make it explicit. Since Asuka was suffering actual physical damage corresponding to the Eva's damage, there was no way Asuka could have survived the multiple Spear impacts or the subsequent mangling. Furthermore, Asuka's bandages in the final scene correspond with her injuries from that battle.<br />
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==The Asuka-Rei-Misato amalgamation==<br />
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This very common misconception was born due the last scene of End of Evangelion with Asuka and Shinji alone on the beach. Asuka's arm is bandaged (like Rei's in Episode 01) and her eyes appears to be brown (like Misato's). This lead some people to speculate that Asuka is really a combination of all three girls, and therefore Shinji's "dream girl" but this notion is absolutely false. The bandaged arm is due to her battle trauma in Eva-02 earlier in End of Evangelion (when a replica lance splits Eva-02's right arm completely). Her eyes are still blue, merely tinted due to the hue of the scene occurring at night.<br />
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Before Instrumentality ends, Rei tells Shinji ''"If you wish once more for the existence of others, the barriers of the heart will separate everyone once more..."'' while Kaworu asks ''"Is it okay for the [[AT_Field|A.T. Fields]] to hurt you and others once more?"'', indicating that the A.T. Fields have separated everyone from each other.<br />
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==The Adam & Eve Scenario (or, Nobody Else is Coming Back)==<br />
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Considering that themes of Genesis pop up all over NGE, the final scene of End of Evangelion leads many to assume that Shinji and Asuka are the new Adam and Eve, left alone to re-populate the world. But this theory is false if we are to believe Rei and Yui when, during the dissolution of Instrumentality, Rei states, "Anyone can return to human form as long as they can imagine themselves in their own heart.", and Yui's reassurance: "All living things have the ability to return to their original form... and the heart to go on living."<br />
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A tentative list. <br />
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==NGE is religious propaganda==<br />
The religious symbolism in NGE is actually not used in any sort of religiously meaningful fashion. According to Evangelion Assistant Director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]:<br />
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"There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice."' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Kazuya_Tsurumaki:_Q.26A_from_.22Amusing_Himself_to_Death.22|Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death"]]<br />
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Here's an old essay from 2001 of someone [http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/writings/eva2.shtml getting it wrong]: "However, it is revealed at the end of the series that the Angels are actually failed attempts in the Creation (i.e., the Biblical Creation) that preceded mankind". Early inaccurate translations of the show may have contributed to this confusion.<br />
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==LCL means "Link Connect Liquid"==<br />
[[Image:LCL.JPG|left|thumb|Manga saying LCL stands for Link Connect Liquid]]<br />
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It is unknown what the initials "LCL" stand for within the anime series, but we do know what they '''don't''' mean. According to the Death and Rebirth theatrical program (special edition): <br />
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''Incidentally, the widely circulated idea that L.C.L is the abbreviation of "Link Connected Liquid" is incorrect.'' <br />
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Nowhere does it say what it means, although [[Evangelion Chronicle]] suggests one of the Ls stands for "Lilith".<br />
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In Sadamoto's [[Manga]] version, LCL ''is'' said to stand for Link Connect Liquid, written in the Dossier before a chapter starts.<br />
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==First Impact killed the dinosaurs==<br />
First Impact was never depicted or directly referred to on-screen. This has led several fans upon first glance to incorrectly assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the more well known asteroid impact which caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. <br />
[[Image:07 C080 textbook-overlay.jpg|thumb|A page from Shinji's textbook]]<br />
However, First Impact (aka "Giant Impact") was actually the collision of a giant spherical object, designated the "Black Moon", into Earth approximately 4 billion years ago. As a result of the impact, huge amounts of debris, including the Black Moon's rocky exterior, were thrown into orbit, eventually coalescing into Earth's satellite, the Moon. This was made clear in the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The_Second_Angel|Classified Information]]. The "meteorite" theory in the above textbook page is a cover story, and is part of the effort to also blame [[Second Impact]] on a meteor.<br />
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=="Barons of Hell"==<br />
Almost from the beginning of Eva fandom, there has been an internet rumor that the [[Evangelions]] are based upon Biblical entities called "The Barons of Hell". There are two problems with this theory:<br />
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One is that there is no such thing as a "Baron of Hell" mentioned in the Bible or in any other Judeo-Christian source; extensive searches for the term have turned up only references to Eva and the video game ''Doom''. Some sources claim that the Barons are the same thing as the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", but the descriptions given to the Barons don't match up to the Horsemen.<br />
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The other problem is that we know exactly what the Evangelions '''are''' based upon. Evas were fundamentally based upon the oni (commonly translated as “demon” or “ogre”, but actually a specific type of Japanese monster). Says [[Hideaki Anno|Anno]] himself (in an interview published in Aerial Magazine):<br />
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''There's a monster in Japan called the Oni; it has two horns sticking out of its head and the overall image of the Eva is based on that. I also wanted to give the impression that beneath this ‘robot monster’ image is not so much a robot, but a giant human.'' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Hideaki_Anno.27s_Roundtable_Discussion|Anno's Roundtable discussion]]<br />
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[[Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg|thumb|left|A very Oni-looking Evangelion sketch]]<br />
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An early [http://evageeks.org/FGP/Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg sketch Anno did of an Eva] clearly betrays their oni roots. Working from this basic premise, and corresponding with Anno along the way, [[Ikuto Yamashita]] developed the Evas as we know them (with the exception of EoE's “harpies”).<br />
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==Kids born after 2I are soulless==<br />
A bizarre idea used to explain the drop in birth rate after [[Second Impact]], and why only kids born after Second Impact can synch with the Evangelions. This theory has no basis whatsoever as Ritsuko explicitly states in [[Episode 20]] that Shinji, born after Second Impact, has a soul.<br />
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==Spear of Longinus is the actual holy relic (that just somehow got BIG)==<br />
This is a product of putting too much stock in NGE's religious references. The Spear was actually excavated in Antarctica along with Adam, who was found impaled upon it. According to the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The Spear of Longinus|Classified Information]], each [[Source of Life]] is accompanied by a Spear that has a will of its own and can immobilize a Seed for going against its mission. Thus, the Spear of Longinus is billions of years old, not made by some Roman blacksmith, and impaled Adam for committing some unspecified offense.<br />
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==A.T. Field is a real-life psychology term==<br />
Since the very earliest days of Evangelion analysis, there has been a rumor that [[A.T. Field]] is a genuine psychological term that describes the barrier that separates autism patients from the world around them. However, extensive searching of online Psychology researches and forums has failed to find any use of the term other than in reference to NGE. Further research by those in the field has proven that "Absolute Terror" or similar terminology is simply not recognized in academia. Therefore, this rumor is false and has been conclusively proven so.<br />
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Examples of fan-pages propagating this rumor: [http://www.arune.com/eva/words.html 1] [http://www.nervarchives.com/glossary.atfield.php 2]<br />
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==Eva-00 has the soul of Naoko==<br />
Please visit [[Eva-00's soul]] for more information.<br />
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==Someone we know killed Kaji==<br />
Many fans came to the conclusion that [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]] shot [[Ryoji Kaji|Kaji]], with little or no evidence to back it up. Series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] implied with the Director's Cut of [[Episode 21]] that Kaji was not shot by any named character, but an agent sent through either "[[Seele]] or [[Nerv|Nerv's]] intelligence division."[http://www.evamonkey.com/platinum-booklets/episode-commentaries-21-26.php] During broadcast, the scene of Kaji's death was followed by an establishing shot to the door to Misato's apartment with her name. This "evidence" of Misato's guilt was replaced in the Director's cut with a shot outside of her apartment building.<br />
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==Rei and Kaworu are actual albinos==<br />
Actual albinos don't have light blue hair! Albinos cannot walk outside without protection, otherwise they would suffer severe sunburn, and most have very poor eyesight. [https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/albinism/symptoms-causes/syc-20369184] On the contrary, Kaworu's eyesight appears to be exceptional (such as his noticing Misato in the [[Episode 24]] director's cut lake scene). It is worth noting that Ritsuko's complexion is only ''slightly'' darker than Rei's, although she's obviously not an albino.<br />
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==Toji not only loses his leg, but his arm as well==<br />
While Toji's left leg is plainly missing when he's on the hospital bed, it's not certain to tell if his left arm is, as well. However, both Toji's arms are seen as he is being hauled out of the entry plug. The [[Resources:End of Evangelion Screenplays#Touji & Kensuke's farewell (Basketball Court)|original storyboards]] for ''The End of Evangelion'' contain a scene showing Toji playing wheelchair basketball with Kensuke, where he clearly has both arms, eliminating the possibility that one of his arms was amputated.<br />
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==Naoko's Brain in Magi==<br />
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Or any other brain for that matter. This is due to the brain-like object [[Ritsuko Akagi|Ritsuko]] reveals when she cuts into the [[Magi]] in [[episode 13]]. It is clearly stated that the Magi merely have personality imprints of [[Naoko Akagi]] - herself as a mother, scientist, and woman. The computers are also far too large to be actual human brains.<br />
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==Naoko's Soul in Magi==<br />
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Likely originated due to the fact that the Evas themselves have souls. There's also the issue of Caspar 'betraying' Ritsuko in [[The End of Evangelion]], but machines cannot be implanted with souls.<br />
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==Keel is the Wandering Jew==<br />
One of the most bizarre myths about Evangelion. There is an old and racist story that claims that an onlooker at Christ's crucifixion spat upon him, and was punished by receiving the curse of immortality. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_Jew#Origin_and_evolution] He thus became the "wandering Jew", never able to make permanent friends or stay in one place, lest people notice his never-aging nature. The theory goes that [[Keel|Keel's]] motivation in bringing about Instrumentality would at long last allow him to die. There are, at the very least, two huge problems with this notion. One being there's '''absolutely nothing''' in the series to indicate this is Keel's motivation.[[Image:Tank image 07a investigate.jpg|thumb|right|A visibly younger Keel in the background with [[Gendo Ikari|Gendo]].]] The other is that when Keel appears in flashback in [[episode 21]], he is visibly younger than in the series' present, and as has been noted, the Wandering Jew is supposed to be ageless.<br><br><br />
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==The Dummy Plug Plant is the Chamber of Guf==<br />
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The [[Chamber of Guf]] is mentioned by Ritsuko in [[episode 23]] when she, Misato, and Shinji are down in the [[Dummy Plug Plant]]. This comment likely lead people to believe the two were synonymous. Please look [[Guf|here]] for an explanation of Guf within NGE.<br />
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==Adam was impaled on the Spear of Longinus by Lilith==<br />
The "Duel of the Seeds" idea was made up to explain why one Seed would be skewered by the [[Spear of Longinus]] and placed in suspended animation while the other would be free to spread life on Earth. The interaction between Rei and Kaworu was interpreted to mean that both of them (as [[Lilith]] and [[Adam]] respectively) had interacted previously. This idea was disproved when the [[Classified Information]] files revealed that each Seed was sent with its own Spear, and that Lilith's Spear was either lost or destroyed during First Impact. Adam was placed in suspended animation by its own Spear, which was used to impale Lilith later on.<br />
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==Death's string quartet scenes take place in the actual series timeline.==<br />
This one is easily disproven, as both Asuka and Kaworu appear in the String Quartet sequences. In the actual series timeline, Asuka is in the hospital under heavy sedation when Kaworu arrives, and is still there when he gets squished; they never meet. The String Quartet motif serves to separate the different focuses in [[Evangelion: Death|Death]] as well as fitting together with the musical score that was used, Pachelbel's Canon in D major.<br />
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=="Anno's Revenge"==<br />
Many are lead to believe, one way or another, that [[The End of Evangelion]] was Anno's revenge against the fans for the negative response received from the ending of the TV series. <br />
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Some say it is because Anno brutally killed off all of the main characters; however, this isn't anything new in the world of anime. Most notably, Yoshiyuki Tomino's [[Space Runaway Ideon]], where not just all the main characters are killed off, even children are brutally massacred. Even though Ideon may be one of Anno's biggest inspirations for Evangelion, the End of Evangelion was closer to the planned ending to the TV series [https://forum.evageeks.org/post/677939/Hideaki-Anno-x-Kazuo-Koike-October-22-2013/#677939 Anno's October 2013 interview]. Some of the footage used in the TV series ending (corpses of Misato and Ritsuko) indicates that, even before the TV series ended, Anno had planned on killing these characters.<br />
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Some say it is because of scenes such as Shinji visiting the sedated Asuka in her hospital room. Although slightly out-of-left-field compared to the ending of the TV series, this scene does serve its purposes. Most importantly, it shows that Shinji has hit the lowest of lows, and secondly, it's referenced later in the movie when Asuka says "Idiot! I know about your jerk-off fantasies of me. Do it again like usual... I'll even stand here and watch."<br />
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A subjective argument for Anno's revenge is the cinematic and narrative mindfuck that takes up most of the 2nd half of End of Evangelion. A subjective retort could be, "What about the end of the TV series?". As far as a non-subjective response, films have been known to use clashing motifs, non-linear story telling, and highly symbolic/obscure imagery, and the End of Evangelion isn't the first to use all three. Also, from an interpretive standpoint, the second half of the movie does very well in showing the chaos and disembodiment of [[Human Instrumentality Project|Instrumentality]], specifically, what Shinji was going through.<br />
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Finally, some argue that the smoking gun for Anno's revenge is the sequence of quickly flashing (about one per frame) [[End of Evangelion Death Threats|death threats/hate mail]] which can be seen at the end of the live action sequence in the second half of the movie. However this rumor was started, it was probably propagated by the Commentary track on the Manga Entertainment release of End of Evangelion, where Amanda Winn Lee gives a mention of hate mail during this sequence [http://www.evamonkey.com/ The End of Evangelion Audio Commentary]. Since these have been translated to English, the majority of the letters and emails are that of personal attachment to the show, praise, or encouragement/anticipation for the End of Evangelion movie. Only one of the emails can be considered 'hate mail', and it was criticizing Death and Rebirth (not the end of the TV series at all), and the only 2 possible instances that could be considered a 'death threat' was graffiti on the wall outside of Gainax's studio (which was hypothesized to be from religious fanatics) and an email that said "Anno, I'll kill you!!!", which was a close-up of only that message on a computer monitor and lacked any context whatsoever. This puts the smoking gun argument on very shaky ground, as this sequence isn't used as a "This is why I'm taking revenge on you people" message, or anything along those lines.<br />
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==The Mass Production Evas have no souls==<br />
In [[Episode 24]], Kaworu says that the [[A.T. Field]] is "The light of the soul", indicating that a soul is required to produce an [[A.T. Field]]. This is consistent all throughout the TV Series as well as in the movies, since the [[Mass Production Evangelions]], in fact, do produce A.T. Fields:<br />
:Shigeru: "The Eva series' A.T. Fields are resonating!"<br />
<br />
Some say that it is the pilots (Kaworu [[Dummy_Plug|dummy plugs]]) which produce the A.T. Field. However, Ritsuko in [[Episode 17]] says:<br />
:"This is the dummy plug prototype.<br>Rei's personal data has been loaded into it,<br>but it's ''not really possible to digitize a human mind and soul''.<br>Ultimately, it's a fake, an imitation.<br>Just a machine that emulates a pilot's thinking process."<br />
Indicating that there is no real soul in the dummy plugs. Therefore, it is impossible for the dummy plug to generate an A.T. Field.<br />
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==Adam and Lilith were once a single being / Adam was born from Lilith==<br />
This misconception comes from a mistranslated line via [[Manga Entertainment|Manga Entertainment's]] [[The End of Evangelion]] release. Misato's line should read, "Humans were born from Lilith, who is a [[Seed of Life]] just like Adam." This makes Adam and Lilith two equal beings.<br />
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==Pre-3I Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head==<br />
During Pre-Third Impact Instrumentality, Shinji and Asuka witness a scene from Misato's college days, where she is having sex with Kaji. Shinji clearly has never seen this before asking "This is Misato? She does... this?" in which she replies "Yes, this is also me... The melting into one another's hearts... The me that Shinji doesn't know." If this entire sequence was all "in Shinji's head", there is no way he'd know these things.<br />
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==Asuka didn't die==<br />
Asuka and Eva-02 were killed by the Mass Production Evas. Maya's and Shinji's horror and the mangled state of Eva-02 make it explicit. Since Asuka was suffering actual physical damage corresponding to the Eva's damage, there was no way Asuka could have survived the multiple Spear impacts or the subsequent mangling. Furthermore, Asuka's bandages in the final scene correspond with her injuries from that battle.<br />
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==The Asuka-Rei-Misato amalgamation==<br />
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This very common misconception was born due the last scene of End of Evangelion with Asuka and Shinji alone on the beach. Asuka's arm is bandaged (like Rei's in Episode 01) and her eyes appears to be brown (like Misato's). This lead some people to speculate that Asuka is really a combination of all three girls, and therefore Shinji's "dream girl" but this notion is absolutely false. The bandaged arm is due to her battle trauma in Eva-02 earlier in End of Evangelion (when a replica lance splits Eva-02's right arm completely). Her eyes are still blue, merely tinted due to the hue of the scene occurring at night.<br />
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Before Instrumentality ends, Rei tells Shinji ''"If you wish once more for the existence of others, the barriers of the heart will separate everyone once more..."'' while Kaworu asks ''"Is it okay for the [[AT_Field|A.T. Fields]] to hurt you and others once more?"'', indicating that the A.T. Fields have separated everyone from each other.<br />
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==The Adam & Eve Scenario (or, Nobody Else is Coming Back)==<br />
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Considering that themes of Genesis pop up all over NGE, the final scene of End of Evangelion leads many to assume that Shinji and Asuka are the new Adam and Eve and are left alone to re-populate the world. But this theory is false if we are to believe Rei and Yui when, during the dissolution of Instrumentality, Rei states, "Anyone can return to human form as long as they can imagine themselves in their own heart.", and Yui's reassurance: "All living things have the ability to return to their original form... and the heart to go on living."<br />
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A tentative list. <br />
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==NGE is religious propaganda==<br />
The religious symbolism in NGE is actually not used in any sort of religiously meaningful fashion. According to Evangelion Assistant Director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]:<br />
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"There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice."' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Kazuya_Tsurumaki:_Q.26A_from_.22Amusing_Himself_to_Death.22|Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death"]]<br />
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Here's an old essay from 2001 of someone [http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/writings/eva2.shtml getting it wrong]: "However, it is revealed at the end of the series that the Angels are actually failed attempts in the Creation (i.e., the Biblical Creation) that preceded mankind". Early inaccurate translations of the show may have contributed to this confusion.<br />
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==LCL means "Link Connect Liquid"==<br />
[[Image:LCL.JPG|left|thumb|Manga saying LCL stands for Link Connect Liquid]]<br />
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It is unknown what the initials "LCL" stand for within the anime series, but we do know what they '''don't''' mean. According to the Death and Rebirth theatrical program (special edition): <br />
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''Incidentally, the widely circulated idea that L.C.L is the abbreviation of "Link Connected Liquid" is incorrect.'' <br />
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Nowhere does it say what it means, although [[Evangelion Chronicle]] suggests one of the Ls stands for "Lilith".<br />
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In Sadamoto's [[Manga]] version, LCL ''is'' said to stand for Link Connect Liquid, written in the Dossier before a chapter starts.<br />
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==First Impact killed the dinosaurs==<br />
First Impact was never depicted or directly referred to on-screen. This has led several fans upon first glance to incorrectly assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the more well known asteroid impact which caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. <br />
[[Image:07 C080 textbook-overlay.jpg|thumb|A page from Shinji's textbook]]<br />
However, First Impact (aka "Giant Impact") was actually the collision of a giant spherical object, designated the "Black Moon", into Earth approximately 4 billion years ago. As a result of the impact, huge amounts of debris, including the Black Moon's rocky exterior, were thrown into orbit, eventually coalescing into Earth's satellite, the Moon. This was made clear in the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The_Second_Angel|Classified Information]]. The "meteorite" theory in the above textbook page is a cover story, and is part of the effort to also blame [[Second Impact]] on a meteor.<br />
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=="Barons of Hell"==<br />
Almost from the beginning of Eva fandom, there has been an internet rumor that the [[Evangelions]] are based upon Biblical entities called "The Barons of Hell". There are two problems with this theory:<br />
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One is that there is no such thing as a "Baron of Hell" mentioned in the Bible or in any other Judeo-Christian source; extensive searches for the term have turned up only references to Eva and the video game ''Doom''. Some sources claim that the Barons are the same thing as the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", but the descriptions given to the Barons don't match up to the Horsemen.<br />
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The other problem is that we know exactly what the Evangelions '''are''' based upon. Evas were fundamentally based upon the oni (commonly translated as “demon” or “ogre”, but actually a specific type of Japanese monster). Says [[Hideaki Anno|Anno]] himself (in an interview published in Aerial Magazine):<br />
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''There's a monster in Japan called the Oni; it has two horns sticking out of its head and the overall image of the Eva is based on that. I also wanted to give the impression that beneath this ‘robot monster’ image is not so much a robot, but a giant human.'' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Hideaki_Anno.27s_Roundtable_Discussion|Anno's Roundtable discussion]]<br />
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[[Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg|thumb|left|A very Oni-looking Evangelion sketch]]<br />
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An early [http://evageeks.org/FGP/Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg sketch Anno did of an Eva] clearly betrays their oni roots. Working from this basic premise, and corresponding with Anno along the way, [[Ikuto Yamashita]] developed the Evas as we know them (with the exception of EoE's “harpies”).<br />
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==Kids born after 2I are soulless==<br />
A bizarre idea used to explain the drop in birth rate after [[Second Impact]], and why only kids born after Second Impact can synch with the Evangelions. This theory has no basis whatsoever as Ritsuko explicitly states in [[Episode 20]] that Shinji, born after Second Impact, has a soul.<br />
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==Spear of Longinus is the actual holy relic (that just somehow got BIG)==<br />
This is a product of putting too much stock in NGE's religious references. The Spear was actually excavated in Antarctica along with Adam, who was found impaled upon it. According to the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The Spear of Longinus|Classified Information]], each [[Source of Life]] is accompanied by a Spear that has a will of its own and can immobilize a Seed for going against its mission. Thus, the Spear of Longinus is billions of years old, not made by some Roman blacksmith, and impaled Adam for committing some unspecified offense.<br />
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==A.T. Field is a real-life psychology term==<br />
Since the very earliest days of Evangelion analysis, there has been a rumor that [[A.T. Field]] is a genuine psychological term that describes the barrier that separates autism patients from the world around them. However, extensive searching of online Psychology researches and forums has failed to find any use of the term other than in reference to NGE. Further research by those in the field has proven that "Absolute Terror" or similar terminology is simply not recognized in academia. Therefore, this rumor is false and has been conclusively proven so.<br />
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Examples of fan-pages propagating this rumor: [http://www.arune.com/eva/words.html 1] [http://www.nervarchives.com/glossary.atfield.php 2]<br />
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==Eva-00 has the soul of Naoko==<br />
Please visit [[Eva-00's soul]] for more information.<br />
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==Someone we know killed Kaji==<br />
Many fans came to the conclusion that [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]] shot [[Ryoji Kaji|Kaji]], with little or no evidence to back it up. Series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] implied with the Director's Cut of [[Episode 21]] that Kaji was not shot by any named character, but an agent sent through either "[[Seele]] or [[Nerv|Nerv's]] intelligence division."[http://www.evamonkey.com/platinum-booklets/episode-commentaries-21-26.php] During broadcast, the scene of Kaji's death was followed by an establishing shot to the door to Misato's apartment with her name. This "evidence" of Misato's guilt was replaced in the Director's cut with a shot outside of her apartment building.<br />
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==Rei and Kaworu are actual albinos==<br />
Actual albinos don't have light blue hair! Albinos cannot walk outside without protection, otherwise they would suffer severe sunburn, and most have very poor eyesight. [https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/albinism/symptoms-causes/syc-20369184] On the contrary, Kaworu's eyesight appears to be exceptional (such as his noticing Misato in the [[Episode 24]] director's cut lake scene). It is worth noting that Ritsuko's complexion is only ''slightly'' darker than Rei's, although she's obviously not an albino.<br />
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==Toji not only loses his leg, but his arm as well==<br />
While Toji's left leg is plainly missing when he's on the hospital bed, it's not certain to tell if his left arm is, as well. However, both Toji's arms are seen as he is being hauled out of the entry plug. The [[Resources:End of Evangelion Screenplays#Touji & Kensuke's farewell (Basketball Court)|original storyboards]] for ''The End of Evangelion'' contain a scene showing Toji playing wheelchair basketball with Kensuke, where he clearly has both arms, eliminating the possibility that one of his arms was amputated.<br />
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==Naoko's Brain in Magi==<br />
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Or any other brain for that matter. This is due to the brain-like object [[Ritsuko Akagi|Ritsuko]] reveals when she cuts into the [[Magi]] in [[episode 13]]. It is clearly stated that the Magi merely have personality imprints of [[Naoko Akagi]] - herself as a mother, scientist, and woman. The computers are also far too large to be actual human brains.<br />
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==Naoko's Soul in Magi==<br />
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Likely originated due to the fact that the Evas themselves have souls. There's also the issue of Caspar 'betraying' Ritsuko in [[The End of Evangelion]], but machines cannot be implanted with souls.<br />
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==Keel is the Wandering Jew==<br />
One of the most bizarre myths about Evangelion. There is an old and racist story that claims that an onlooker at Christ's crucifixion spat upon him, and was punished by receiving the curse of immortality. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_Jew#Origin_and_evolution] He thus became the "wandering Jew", never able to make permanent friends or stay in one place, lest people notice his never-aging nature. The theory goes that [[Keel|Keel's]] motivation in bringing about Instrumentality would at long last allow him to die. There are, at the very least, two huge problems with this notion. One being there's '''absolutely nothing''' in the series to indicate this is Keel's motivation.[[Image:Tank image 07a investigate.jpg|thumb|right|A visibly younger Keel in the background with [[Gendo Ikari|Gendo]].]] The other is that when Keel appears in flashback in [[episode 21]], he is visibly younger than in the series' present, and as has been noted, the Wandering Jew is supposed to be ageless.<br><br><br />
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==The Dummy Plug Plant is the Chamber of Guf==<br />
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The [[Chamber of Guf]] is mentioned by Ritsuko in [[episode 23]] when she, Misato, and Shinji are down in the [[Dummy Plug Plant]]. This comment likely lead people to believe the two were synonymous. Please look [[Guf|here]] for an explanation of Guf within NGE.<br />
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==Adam was impaled on the Spear of Longinus by Lilith==<br />
The "Duel of the Seeds" idea was made up to explain why one Seed would be skewered by the [[Spear of Longinus]] and placed in suspended animation while the other would be free to spread life on Earth. The interaction between Rei and Kaworu was interpreted to mean that both of them (as [[Lilith]] and [[Adam]] respectively) had interacted previously. This idea was disproved when the [[Classified Information]] files revealed that each Seed was sent with its own Spear, and that Lilith's Spear was either lost or destroyed during First Impact. Adam was placed in suspended animation by its own Spear, which was used to impale Lilith later on.<br />
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==Death's string quartet scenes take place in the actual series timeline.==<br />
This one is easily disproven, as both Asuka and Kaworu appear in the String Quartet sequences. In the actual series timeline, Asuka is in the hospital under heavy sedation when Kaworu arrives, and is still there when he gets squished; they never meet. The String Quartet motif serves to separate the different focuses in [[Evangelion: Death|Death]] as well as fitting together with the musical score that was used, Pachelbel's Canon in D major.<br />
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=="Anno's Revenge"==<br />
Many are lead to believe, one way or another, that [[The End of Evangelion]] was Anno's revenge against the fans for the negative response received from the ending of the TV series. <br />
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Some say it is because Anno brutally killed off all of the main characters; however, this isn't anything new in the world of anime. Most notably, Yoshiyuki Tomino's [[Space Runaway Ideon]], where not just all the main characters are killed off, even children are brutally massacred. Even though Ideon may be one of Anno's biggest inspirations for Evangelion, the End of Evangelion was closer to the planned ending to the TV series [https://forum.evageeks.org/post/677939/Hideaki-Anno-x-Kazuo-Koike-October-22-2013/#677939 Anno's October 2013 interview]. Some of the footage used in the TV series ending (corpses of Misato and Ritsuko) indicates that, even before the TV series ended, Anno had planned on killing these characters.<br />
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Some say it is because of scenes such as Shinji visiting the sedated Asuka in her hospital room. Although slightly out-of-left-field compared to the ending of the TV series, this scene does serve its purposes. Most importantly, it shows that Shinji has hit the lowest of lows, and secondly, it's referenced later in the movie when Asuka says "Idiot! I know about your jerk-off fantasies of me. Do it again like usual... I'll even stand here and watch."<br />
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A subjective argument for Anno's revenge is the cinematic and narrative mindfuck that takes up most of the 2nd half of End of Evangelion. A subjective retort could be, "What about the end of the TV series?". As far as a non-subjective response, films have been known to use clashing motifs, non-linear story telling, and highly symbolic/obscure imagery, and the End of Evangelion isn't the first to use all three. Also, from an interpretive standpoint, the second half of the movie does very well in showing the chaos and disembodiment of [[Human Instrumentality Project|Instrumentality]], specifically, what Shinji was going through.<br />
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Finally, some argue that the smoking gun for Anno's revenge is the sequence of quickly flashing (about one per frame) [[End of Evangelion Death Threats|death threats/hate mail]] which can be seen at the end of the live action sequence in the second half of the movie. However this rumor was started, it was probably propagated by the Commentary track on the Manga Entertainment release of End of Evangelion, where Amanda Winn Lee gives a mention of hate mail during this sequence [http://www.evamonkey.com/ The End of Evangelion Audio Commentary]. Since these have been translated to English, the majority of the letters and emails are that of personal attachment to the show, praise, or encouragement/anticipation for the End of Evangelion movie. Only one of the emails can be considered 'hate mail', and it was criticizing Death and Rebirth (not the end of the TV series at all), and the only 2 possible instances that could be considered a 'death threat' was graffiti on the wall outside of Gainax's studio (which was hypothesized to be from religious fanatics) and an email that said "Anno, I'll kill you!!!", which was a close-up of only that message on a computer monitor and lacked any context whatsoever. This puts the smoking gun argument on very shaky ground, as this sequence isn't used as a "This is why I'm taking revenge on you people" message, or anything along those lines.<br />
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==The Mass Production Evas have no souls==<br />
In [[Episode 24]], Kaworu says that the [[A.T. Field]] is "The light of the soul", indicating that a soul is required to produce an [[A.T. Field]]. This is consistent all throughout the TV Series as well as in the movies, since the [[Mass Production Evangelions]], in fact, do produce A.T. Fields:<br />
:Shigeru: "The Eva series' A.T. Fields are resonating!"<br />
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Some say that it is the pilots (Kaworu [[dummy plugs]]) which produce the A.T. Field. However, Ritsuko in [[Episode 17]] says:<br />
:"This is the dummy plug prototype.<br>Rei's personal data has been loaded into it,<br>but it's ''not really possible to digitize a human mind and soul''.<br>Ultimately, it's a fake, an imitation.<br>Just a machine that emulates a pilot's thinking process."<br />
Indicating that there is no real soul in the dummy plugs. Therefore, it is impossible for the dummy plug to generate an A.T. Field.<br />
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==Adam and Lilith were once a single being / Adam was born from Lilith==<br />
This misconception comes from a mistranslated line via [[Manga Entertainment|Manga Entertainment's]] [[The End of Evangelion]] release. Misato's line should read, "Humans were born from Lilith, who is a [[Seed of Life]] just like Adam." This makes Adam and Lilith two equal beings.<br />
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==Pre-3I Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head==<br />
During Pre-Third Impact Instrumentality, Shinji and Asuka witness a scene from Misato's college days, where she is having sex with Kaji. Shinji clearly has never seen this before asking "This is Misato? She does... this?" in which she replies "Yes, this is also me... The melting into one another's hearts... The me that Shinji doesn't know." If this entire sequence was all "in Shinji's head", there is no way he'd know these things.<br />
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==Asuka didn't die==<br />
Asuka and Eva-02 were killed by the Mass Production Evas. Maya's and Shinji's horror and the mangled state of Eva-02 make it explicit. Since Asuka was suffering actual physical damage corresponding to the Eva's damage, there was no way Asuka could have survived the multiple Spear impacts or the subsequent mangling. Furthermore, Asuka's bandages in the final scene correspond with her injuries from that battle.<br />
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==The Asuka-Rei-Misato amalgamation==<br />
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This very common misconception was born due the last scene of End of Evangelion with Asuka and Shinji alone on the beach. Asuka's arm is bandaged (like Rei's in Episode 01) and her eyes appears to be brown (like Misato's). This lead some people to speculate that Asuka is really a combination of all three girls, and therefore Shinji's "dream girl" but this notion is absolutely false. The bandaged arm is due to her battle trauma in Eva-02 earlier in End of Evangelion (when a replica lance splits Eva-02's right arm completely). Her eyes are still blue, merely tinted due to the hue of the scene occurring at night.<br />
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Before Instrumentality ends, Rei tells Shinji ''"If you wish once more for the existence of others, the barriers of the heart will separate everyone once more..."'' while Kaworu asks ''"Is it okay for the [[AT_Field|A.T. Fields]] to hurt you and others once more?"'', indicating that the A.T. Fields have separated everyone from each other.<br />
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==The Adam & Eve Scenario (or, Nobody Else is Coming Back)==<br />
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Considering that themes of Genesis pop up all over NGE, the final scene of End of Evangelion leads many to assume that Shinji and Asuka are the new Adam and Eve and are left alone to re-populate the world. But this theory is false if we are to believe Rei and Yui when, during the dissolution of Instrumentality, Rei states, "Anyone can return to human form as long as they can imagine themselves in their own heart.", and Yui's reassurance: "All living things have the ability to return to their original form... and the heart to go on living."<br />
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==NGE is religious propaganda==<br />
The religious symbolism in NGE is actually not used in any sort of religiously meaningful fashion. According to Evangelion Assistant Director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]:<br />
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"There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice."' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Kazuya_Tsurumaki:_Q.26A_from_.22Amusing_Himself_to_Death.22|Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death"]]<br />
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Here's an old essay from 2001 of someone [http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/writings/eva2.shtml getting it wrong]: "However, it is revealed at the end of the series that the Angels are actually failed attempts in the Creation (i.e., the Biblical Creation) that preceded mankind". Early inaccurate translations of the show may have contributed to this confusion.<br />
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==LCL means "Link Connect Liquid"==<br />
[[Image:LCL.JPG|left|thumb|Manga saying LCL stands for Link Connect Liquid]]<br />
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It is unknown what the initials "LCL" stand for within the anime series, but we do know what they '''don't''' mean. According to the Death and Rebirth theatrical program (special edition): <br />
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''Incidentally, the widely circulated idea that L.C.L is the abbreviation of "Link Connected Liquid" is incorrect.'' <br />
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Nowhere does it say what it means, although [[Evangelion Chronicle]] suggests one of the Ls stands for "Lilith".<br />
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In Sadamoto's [[Manga]] version, LCL ''is'' said to stand for Link Connect Liquid, written in the Dossier before a chapter starts.<br />
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==First Impact killed the dinosaurs==<br />
First Impact was never depicted or directly referred to on-screen. This has led several fans upon first glance to incorrectly assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the more well known asteroid impact which caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. <br />
[[Image:07 C080 textbook-overlay.jpg|thumb|A page from Shinji's textbook]]<br />
However, First Impact (aka "Giant Impact") was actually the collision of a giant spherical object, designated the "Black Moon", into Earth approximately 4 billion years ago. As a result of the impact, huge amounts of debris, including the Black Moon's rocky exterior, were thrown into orbit, eventually coalescing into Earth's satellite, the Moon. This was made clear in the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The_Second_Angel|Classified Information]]. The "meteorite" theory in the above textbook page is a cover story, and is part of the effort to also blame [[Second Impact]] on a meteor.<br />
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=="Barons of Hell"==<br />
Almost from the beginning of Eva fandom, there has been an internet rumor that the [[Evangelions]] are based upon Biblical entities called "The Barons of Hell". There are two problems with this theory:<br />
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One is that there is no such thing as a "Baron of Hell" mentioned in the Bible or in any other Judeo-Christian source; extensive searches for the term have turned up only references to Eva and the video game ''Doom''. Some sources claim that the Barons are the same thing as the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", but the descriptions given to the Barons don't match up to the Horsemen.<br />
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The other problem is that we know exactly what the Evangelions '''are''' based upon. Evas were fundamentally based upon the oni (commonly translated as “demon” or “ogre”, but actually a specific type of Japanese monster). Says [[Hideaki Anno|Anno]] himself (in an interview published in Aerial Magazine):<br />
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''There's a monster in Japan called the Oni; it has two horns sticking out of its head and the overall image of the Eva is based on that. I also wanted to give the impression that beneath this ‘robot monster’ image is not so much a robot, but a giant human.'' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Hideaki_Anno.27s_Roundtable_Discussion|Anno's Roundtable discussion]]<br />
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[[Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg|thumb|left|A very Oni-looking Evangelion sketch]]<br />
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An early [http://evageeks.org/FGP/Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg sketch Anno did of an Eva] clearly betrays their oni roots. Working from this basic premise, and corresponding with Anno along the way, [[Ikuto Yamashita]] developed the Evas as we know them (with the exception of EoE's “harpies”).<br />
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==Kids born after 2I are soulless==<br />
A bizarre idea used to explain the drop in birth rate after [[Second Impact]], and why only kids born after Second Impact can synch with the Evangelions. This theory has no basis whatsoever as Ritsuko explicitly states in [[Episode 20]] that Shinji, born after Second Impact, has a soul.<br />
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==Spear of Longinus is the actual holy relic (that just somehow got BIG)==<br />
This is a product of putting too much stock in NGE's religious references. The Spear was actually excavated in Antarctica along with Adam, who was found impaled upon it. According to the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The Spear of Longinus|Classified Information]], each [[Source of Life]] is accompanied by a Spear that has a will of its own and can immobilize a Seed for going against its mission. Thus, the Spear of Longinus is billions of years old, not made by some Roman blacksmith, and impaled Adam for committing some unspecified offense.<br />
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==A.T. Field is a real-life psychology term==<br />
Since the very earliest days of Evangelion analysis, there has been a rumor that [[A.T. Field]] is a genuine psychological term that describes the barrier that separates autism patients from the world around them. However, extensive searching of online Psychology researches and forums has failed to find any use of the term other than in reference to NGE. Further research by those in the field has proven that "Absolute Terror" or similar terminology is simply not recognized in academia. Therefore, this rumor is false and has been conclusively proven so.<br />
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Examples of fan-pages propagating this rumor: [http://www.arune.com/eva/words.html 1] [http://www.nervarchives.com/glossary.atfield.php 2]<br />
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==Eva-00 has the soul of Naoko==<br />
Please visit [[Eva-00's soul]] for more information.<br />
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==Someone we know killed Kaji==<br />
Many fans came to the conclusion that [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]] shot [[Ryoji Kaji|Kaji]], with little or no evidence to back it up. Series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] implied with the Director's Cut of [[Episode 21]] that Kaji was not shot by any named character, but an agent sent through either "[[Seele]] or [[Nerv|Nerv's]] intelligence division."[http://www.evamonkey.com/platinum-booklets/episode-commentaries-21-26.php] During broadcast, the scene of Kaji's death was followed by an establishing shot to the door to Misato's apartment with her name. This "evidence" of Misato's guilt was replaced in the Director's cut with a shot outside of her apartment building.<br />
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==Rei and Kaworu are actual albinos==<br />
Actual albinos don't have light blue hair! Albinos cannot walk outside without protection, otherwise they would suffer severe sunburn, and most have very poor eyesight. [https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/albinism/symptoms-causes/syc-20369184] On the contrary, Kaworu's eyesight appears to be exceptional (such as his noticing Misato in the [[Episode 24]] director's cut lake scene). It is worth noting that Ritsuko's complexion is only ''slightly'' darker than Rei's, although she's obviously not an albino.<br />
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==Toji not only loses his leg, but his arm as well==<br />
While Toji's left leg is plainly missing when he's on the hospital bed, it's not certain to tell if his left arm is, as well. However, both Toji's arms are seen as he is being hauled out of the entry plug. The [[Resources:End of Evangelion Screenplays#Touji & Kensuke's farewell (Basketball Court)|original storyboards]] for ''The End of Evangelion'' contain a scene showing Toji playing wheelchair basketball with Kensuke, where he clearly has both arms, eliminating the possibility that one of his arms was amputated.<br />
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==Naoko's Brain in Magi==<br />
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Or any other brain for that matter. This is due to the brain-like object [[Ritsuko Akagi|Ritsuko]] reveals when she cuts into the [[Magi]] in [[episode 13]]. It is clearly stated that the Magi merely have personality imprints of [[Naoko Akagi]] - herself as a mother, scientist, and woman. The computers are also far too large to be actual human brains.<br />
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==Naoko's Soul in Magi==<br />
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Likely originated due to the fact that the Evas themselves have souls. There's also the issue of Caspar 'betraying' Ritsuko in [[The End of Evangelion]], but machines cannot be implanted with souls.<br />
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==Keel is the Wandering Jew==<br />
One of the most bizarre myths about Evangelion. There is an old and racist story that claims that an onlooker at Christ's crucifixion spat upon him, and was punished by receiving the curse of immortality. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_Jew#Origin_and_evolution] He thus became the "wandering Jew", never able to make permanent friends or stay in one place, lest people notice his never-aging nature. The theory goes that [[Keel|Keel's]] motivation in bringing about Instrumentality would at long last allow him to die. There are, at the very least, two huge problems with this notion. One being there's '''absolutely nothing''' in the series to indicate this is Keel's motivation.[[Image:Tank image 07a investigate.jpg|thumb|right|A visibly younger Keel in the background with [[Gendo Ikari|Gendo]].]] The other is that when Keel appears in flashback in [[episode 21]], he is visibly younger than in the series' present, and as has been noted, the Wandering Jew is supposed to be ageless.<br><br><br />
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==The Dummy Plug Plant is the Chamber of Guf==<br />
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The [[Chamber of Guf]] is mentioned by Ritsuko in [[episode 23]] when she, Misato, and Shinji are down in the [[Dummy Plug Plant]]. This comment likely lead people to believe the two were synonymous. Please look [[Guf|here]] for an explanation of Guf within NGE.<br />
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==Adam was impaled on the Spear of Longinus by Lilith==<br />
The "Duel of the Seeds" idea was made up to explain why one Seed would be skewered by the [[Spear of Longinus]] and placed in suspended animation while the other would be free to spread life on Earth. The interaction between Rei and Kaworu was interpreted to mean that both of them (as [[Lilith]] and [[Adam]] respectively) had interacted previously. This idea was disproved when the [[Classified Information]] files revealed that each Seed was sent with its own Spear, and that Lilith's Spear was either lost or destroyed during First Impact. Adam was placed in suspended animation by its own Spear, which was used to impale Lilith later on.<br />
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==Death's string quartet scenes take place in the actual series timeline.==<br />
This one is easily disproven, as both Asuka and Kaworu appear in the String Quartet sequences. In the actual series timeline, Asuka is in the hospital under heavy sedation when Kaworu arrives, and is still there when he gets squished; they never meet. The String Quartet motif serves to separate the different focuses in [[Evangelion: Death|Death]] as well as fitting together with the musical score that was used, Pachelbel's Canon in D major.<br />
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=="Anno's Revenge"==<br />
Many are lead to believe, one way or another, that [[The End of Evangelion]] was Anno's revenge against the fans for the negative response received from the ending of the TV series. <br />
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Some say it is because Anno brutally killed off all of the main characters; however, this isn't anything new in the world of anime. Most notably, Yoshiyuki Tomino's [[Space Runaway Ideon]], where not just all the main characters are killed off, even children are brutally massacred. Even though Ideon may be one of Anno's biggest inspirations for Evangelion, the End of Evangelion was closer to the planned ending to the TV series [https://forum.evageeks.org/post/677939/Hideaki-Anno-x-Kazuo-Koike-October-22-2013/#677939 Anno's October 2013 interview]. Some of the footage used in the TV series ending (corpses of Misato and Ritsuko) indicates that, even before the TV series ended, Anno had planned on killing these characters.<br />
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Some say it is because of scenes such as Shinji visiting the sedated Asuka in her hospital room. Although slightly out-of-left-field compared to the ending of the TV series, this scene does serve its purposes. Most importantly, it shows that Shinji has hit the lowest of lows, and secondly, it's referenced later in the movie when Asuka says "Idiot! I know about your jerk-off fantasies of me. Do it again like usual... I'll even stand here and watch."<br />
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A subjective argument for Anno's revenge is the cinematic and narrative mindfuck that takes up most of the 2nd half of End of Evangelion. A subjective retort could be, "What about the end of the TV series?". As far as a non-subjective response, films have been known to use clashing motifs, non-linear story telling, and highly symbolic/obscure imagery, and the End of Evangelion isn't the first to use all three. Also, from an interpretive standpoint, the second half of the movie does very well in showing the chaos and disembodiment of [[Human Instrumentality Project|Instrumentality]], specifically, what Shinji was going through.<br />
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Finally, some argue that the smoking gun for Anno's revenge is the sequence of quickly flashing (about one per frame) [[End of Evangelion Death Threats|death threats/hate mail]] which can be seen at the end of the live action sequence in the second half of the movie. However this rumor was started, it was probably propagated by the Commentary track on the Manga Entertainment release of End of Evangelion, where Amanda Winn Lee gives a mention of hate mail during this sequence [http://www.evamonkey.com/ The End of Evangelion Audio Commentary]. Since these have been translated to English, the majority of the letters and emails are that of personal attachment to the show, praise, or encouragement/anticipation for the End of Evangelion movie. Only one of the emails can be considered 'hate mail', and it was criticizing Death and Rebirth (not the end of the TV series at all), and the only 2 possible instances that could be considered a 'death threat' was graffiti on the wall outside of Gainax's studio (which was hypothesized to be from religious fanatics) and an email that said "Anno, I'll kill you!!!", which was a close-up of only that message on a computer monitor and lacked any context whatsoever. This puts the smoking gun argument on very shaky ground, as this sequence isn't used as a "This is why I'm taking revenge on you people" message, or anything along those lines.<br />
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==The Mass Production Evas have no souls==<br />
In [[Episode 24]], Kaworu says that the [[A.T. Field]] is "The light of the soul", indicating that a soul is required to produce an [[A.T. Field]]. This is consistent all throughout the TV Series as well as in the movies, since the [[Mass Production Evangelions]], in fact, do produce A.T. Fields:<br />
:Shigeru: "The Eva series' A.T. Fields are resonating!"<br />
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Some say that it is the pilots (Kaworu [[dummy plugs]]) which produce the A.T. Field. However, Ritsuko in [[Episode 17]] says:<br />
:"This is the dummy plug prototype.<br>Rei's personal data has been loaded into it,<br>but it's ''not really possible to digitize a human mind and soul''.<br>Ultimately, it's a fake, an imitation.<br>Just a machine that emulates a pilot's thinking process."<br />
Indicating that there is no real soul in the dummy plugs. Therefore, it is impossible for the dummy plug to generate an A.T. Field.<br />
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==Adam and Lilith were once a single being / Adam was born from Lilith==<br />
This misconception comes from a mistranslated line via [[Manga Entertainment|Manga Entertainment's]] [[The End of Evangelion]] release. Misato's line should read, "Humans were born from Lilith, who is a [[Seed of Life]] just like Adam." This makes Adam and Lilith two equal beings.<br />
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==Pre-3I Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head==<br />
During Pre-Third Impact Instrumentality, Shinji and Asuka witness a scene from Misato's college days, where she is having sex with Kaji. Shinji clearly has never seen this before asking "This is Misato? She does... this?" in which she replies "Yes, this is also me... The melting into one another's hearts... The me that Shinji doesn't know." If this entire sequence was all "in Shinji's head", there is no way he'd know these things.<br />
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==Asuka didn't die==<br />
Asuka and Eva-02 were killed by the Mass Production Evas. Maya's and Shinji's horror and the mangled state of Eva-02 make it explicit. Since Asuka was suffering actual physical damage corresponding to the Eva's damage, there was no way Asuka could have survived the multiple Spear impacts or the subsequent mangling. Furthermore, Asuka's bandages in the final scene correspond with her injuries from that battle.<br />
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==The Asuka-Rei-Misato amalgamation==<br />
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This very common misconception was born due the last scene of End of Evangelion with Asuka and Shinji alone on the beach. Asuka's arm is bandaged (like Rei's in Episode 01) and her eyes appears to be brown (like Misato's). This lead some people to speculate that Asuka is really a combination of all three girls, and therefore Shinji's "dream girl" but this notion is absolutely false. The bandaged arm is due to her battle trauma in Eva-02 earlier in End of Evangelion (when a replica lance splits Eva-02's right arm completely). Her eyes are still blue, merely tinted due to the hue of the scene occurring at night.<br />
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Before Instrumentality ends, Rei tells Shinji ''"If you wish once more for the existence of others, the barriers of the heart will separate everyone once more..."'' while Kaworu asks ''"Is it okay for the [[A.T. Fields]] to hurt you and others once more?"'', indicating that the A.T. Fields have separated everyone from each other.<br />
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==The Adam & Eve Scenario (or, Nobody Else is Coming Back)==<br />
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Considering that themes of Genesis pop up all over NGE, the final scene of End of Evangelion leads many to assume that Shinji and Asuka are the new Adam and Eve and are left alone to re-populate the world. But this theory is false if we are to believe Rei and Yui when, during the dissolution of Instrumentality, Rei states, "Anyone can return to human form as long as they can imagine themselves in their own heart.", and Yui's reassurance: "All living things have the ability to return to their original form... and the heart to go on living."<br />
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A tentative list. <br />
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==NGE is religious propaganda==<br />
The religious symbolism in NGE is actually not used in any sort of religiously meaningful fashion. According to Evangelion Assistant Director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]:<br />
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"There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice."' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Kazuya_Tsurumaki:_Q.26A_from_.22Amusing_Himself_to_Death.22|Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death"]]<br />
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Here's an old essay from 2001 of someone [http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/writings/eva2.shtml getting it wrong]: "However, it is revealed at the end of the series that the Angels are actually failed attempts in the Creation (i.e., the Biblical Creation) that preceded mankind". Early inaccurate translations of the show may have contributed to this confusion.<br />
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==LCL means "Link Connect Liquid"==<br />
[[Image:LCL.JPG|left|thumb|Manga saying LCL stands for Link Connect Liquid]]<br />
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It is unknown what the initials "LCL" stand for within the anime series, but we do know what they '''don't''' mean. According to the Death and Rebirth theatrical program (special edition): <br />
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''Incidentally, the widely circulated idea that L.C.L is the abbreviation of "Link Connected Liquid" is incorrect.'' <br />
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Nowhere does it say what it means, although [[Evangelion Chronicle]] suggests one of the Ls stands for "Lilith".<br />
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In Sadamoto's [[Manga]] version, LCL ''is'' said to stand for Link Connect Liquid, written in the Dossier before a chapter starts.<br />
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==First Impact killed the dinosaurs==<br />
First Impact was never depicted or directly referred to on-screen. This has led several fans upon first glance to incorrectly assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the more well known asteroid impact which caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. <br />
[[Image:07 C080 textbook-overlay.jpg|thumb|A page from Shinji's textbook]]<br />
However, First Impact (aka "Giant Impact") was actually the collision of a giant spherical object, designated the "Black Moon", into Earth approximately 4 billion years ago. As a result of the impact, huge amounts of debris, including the Black Moon's rocky exterior, were thrown into orbit, eventually coalescing into Earth's satellite, the Moon. This was made clear in the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The_Second_Angel|Classified Information]]. The "meteorite" theory in the above textbook page is a cover story, and is part of the effort to also blame [[Second Impact]] on a meteor.<br />
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=="Barons of Hell"==<br />
Almost from the beginning of Eva fandom, there has been an internet rumor that the [[Evangelions]] are based upon Biblical entities called "The Barons of Hell". There are two problems with this theory:<br />
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One is that there is no such thing as a "Baron of Hell" mentioned in the Bible or in any other Judeo-Christian source; extensive searches for the term have turned up only references to Eva and the video game ''Doom''. Some sources claim that the Barons are the same thing as the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", but the descriptions given to the Barons don't match up to the Horsemen.<br />
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The other problem is that we know exactly what the Evangelions '''are''' based upon. Evas were fundamentally based upon the oni (commonly translated as “demon” or “ogre”, but actually a specific type of Japanese monster). Says [[Hideaki Anno|Anno]] himself (in an interview published in Aerial Magazine):<br />
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''There's a monster in Japan called the Oni; it has two horns sticking out of its head and the overall image of the Eva is based on that. I also wanted to give the impression that beneath this ‘robot monster’ image is not so much a robot, but a giant human.'' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Hideaki_Anno.27s_Roundtable_Discussion|Anno's Roundtable discussion]]<br />
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[[Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg|thumb|left|A very Oni-looking Evangelion sketch]]<br />
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An early [http://evageeks.org/FGP/Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg sketch Anno did of an Eva] clearly betrays their oni roots. Working from this basic premise, and corresponding with Anno along the way, [[Ikuto Yamashita]] developed the Evas as we know them (with the exception of EoE's “harpies”).<br />
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==Kids born after 2I are soulless==<br />
A bizarre idea used to explain the drop in birth rate after [[Second Impact]], and why only kids born after Second Impact can synch with the Evangelions. This theory has no basis whatsoever as Ritsuko explicitly states in [[Episode 20]] that Shinji, born after Second Impact, has a soul.<br />
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==Spear of Longinus is the actual holy relic (that just somehow got BIG)==<br />
This is a product of putting too much stock in NGE's religious references. The Spear was actually excavated in Antarctica along with Adam, who was found impaled upon it. According to the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The Spear of Longinus|Classified Information]], each [[Source of Life]] is accompanied by a Spear that has a will of its own and can immobilize a Seed for going against its mission. Thus, the Spear of Longinus is billions of years old, not made by some Roman blacksmith, and impaled Adam for committing some unspecified offense.<br />
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==A.T. Field is a real-life psychology term==<br />
Since the very earliest days of Evangelion analysis, there has been a rumor that [[A.T. Field]] is a genuine psychological term that describes the barrier that separates autism patients from the world around them. However, extensive searching of online Psychology researches and forums has failed to find any use of the term other than in reference to NGE. Further research by those in the field has proven that "Absolute Terror" or similar terminology is simply not recognized in academia. Therefore, this rumor is false and has been conclusively proven so.<br />
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Examples of fan-pages propagating this rumor: [http://www.arune.com/eva/words.html 1] [http://www.nervarchives.com/glossary.atfield.php 2]<br />
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==Eva-00 has the soul of Naoko==<br />
Please visit [[Eva-00's soul]] for more information.<br />
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==Someone we know killed Kaji==<br />
Many fans came to the conclusion that [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]] shot [[Ryoji Kaji|Kaji]], with little or no evidence to back it up. Series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] implied with the Director's Cut of [[Episode 21]] that Kaji was not shot by any named character, but an agent sent through either "[[Seele]] or [[Nerv|Nerv's]] intelligence division."[http://www.evamonkey.com/platinum-booklets/episode-commentaries-21-26.php] During broadcast, the scene of Kaji's death was followed by an establishing shot to the door to Misato's apartment with her name. This "evidence" of Misato's guilt was replaced in the Director's cut with a shot outside of her apartment building.<br />
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==Rei and Kaworu are actual albinos==<br />
Actual albinos don't have light blue hair! Albinos cannot walk outside without protection, otherwise they would suffer severe sunburn, and most have very poor eyesight. [https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/albinism/symptoms-causes/syc-20369184] On the contrary, Kaworu's eyesight appears to be exceptional (such as his noticing Misato in the [[Episode 24]] director's cut lake scene). It is worth noting that Ritsuko's complexion is only ''slightly'' darker than Rei's, although she's obviously not an albino.<br />
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==Toji not only loses his leg, but his arm as well==<br />
While Toji's left leg is plainly missing when he's on the hospital bed, it's not certain to tell if his left arm is, as well. However, both Toji's arms are seen as he is being hauled out of the entry plug. The [[Resources:End of Evangelion Screenplays#Touji & Kensuke's farewell (Basketball Court)|original storyboards]] for ''The End of Evangelion'' contain a scene showing Toji playing wheelchair basketball with Kensuke, where he clearly has both arms, eliminating the possibility that one of his arms was amputated.<br />
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==Naoko's Brain in Magi==<br />
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Or any other brain for that matter. This is due to the brain-like object [[Ritsuko Akagi|Ritsuko]] reveals when she cuts into the [[Magi]] in [[episode 13]]. It is clearly stated that the Magi merely have personality imprints of [[Naoko Akagi]] - herself as a mother, scientist, and woman. The computers are also far too large to be actual human brains.<br />
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==Naoko's Soul in Magi==<br />
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Likely originated due to the fact that the Evas themselves have souls. There's also the issue of Caspar 'betraying' Ritsuko in [[The End of Evangelion]], but machines cannot be implanted with souls.<br />
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==Keel is the Wandering Jew==<br />
One of the most bizarre myths about Evangelion. There is an old and racist story that claims that an onlooker at Christ's crucifixion spat upon him, and was punished by receiving the curse of immortality. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_Jew#Origin_and_evolution] He thus became the "wandering Jew", never able to make permanent friends or stay in one place, lest people notice his never-aging nature. The theory goes that [[Keel|Keel's]] motivation in bringing about Instrumentality would at long last allow him to die. There are, at the very least, two huge problems with this notion. One being there's '''absolutely nothing''' in the series to indicate this is Keel's motivation.[[Image:Tank image 07a investigate.jpg|thumb|right|A visibly younger Keel in the background with [[Gendo Ikari|Gendo]].]] The other is that when Keel appears in flashback in [[episode 21]], he is visibly younger than in the series' present, and as has been noted, the Wandering Jew is supposed to be ageless.<br><br><br />
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==The Dummy Plug Plant is the Chamber of Guf==<br />
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The [[Chamber of Guf]] is mentioned by Ritsuko in [[episode 23]] when she, Misato, and Shinji are down in the [[Dummy Plug Plant]]. This comment likely lead people to believe the two were synonymous. Please look [[Guf|here]] for an explanation of Guf within NGE.<br />
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==Adam was impaled on the Spear of Longinus by Lilith==<br />
The "Duel of the Seeds" idea was made up to explain why one Seed would be skewered by the [[Spear of Longinus]] and placed in suspended animation while the other would be free to spread life on Earth. The interaction between Rei and Kaworu was interpreted to mean that both of them (as [[Lilith]] and [[Adam]] respectively) had interacted previously. This idea was disproved when the [[Classified Information]] files revealed that each Seed was sent with its own Spear, and that Lilith's Spear was either lost or destroyed during First Impact. Adam was placed in suspended animation by its own Spear, which was used to impale Lilith later on.<br />
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==Death's string quartet scenes take place in the actual series timeline.==<br />
This one is easily disproven, as both Asuka and Kaworu appear in the String Quartet sequences. In the actual series timeline, Asuka is in the hospital under heavy sedation when Kaworu arrives, and is still there when he gets squished; they never meet. The String Quartet motif serves to separate the different focuses in [[Evangelion: Death|Death]] as well as fitting together with the musical score that was used, Pachelbel's Canon in D major.<br />
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=="Anno's Revenge"==<br />
Many are lead to believe, one way or another, that [[The End of Evangelion]] was Anno's revenge against the fans for the negative response received from the ending of the TV series. <br />
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Some say it is because Anno brutally killed off all of the main characters; however, this isn't anything new in the world of anime. Most notably, Yoshiyuki Tomino's [[Space Runaway Ideon]], where not just all the main characters are killed off, even children are brutally massacred. Even though Ideon may be one of Anno's biggest inspirations for Evangelion, the End of Evangelion was closer to the planned ending to the TV series [https://forum.evageeks.org/post/677939/Hideaki-Anno-x-Kazuo-Koike-October-22-2013/#677939 Anno's October 2013 interview]. Some of the footage used in the TV series ending (corpses of Misato and Ritsuko) indicates that, even before the TV series ended, Anno had planned on killing these characters.<br />
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Some say it is because of scenes such as Shinji visiting the sedated Asuka in her hospital room. Although slightly out-of-left-field compared to the ending of the TV series, this scene does serve its purposes. Most importantly, it shows that Shinji has hit the lowest of lows, and secondly, it's referenced later in the movie when Asuka says "Idiot! I know about your jerk-off fantasies of me. Do it again like usual... I'll even stand here and watch."<br />
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A subjective argument for Anno's revenge is the cinematic and narrative mindfuck that takes up most of the 2nd half of End of Evangelion. A subjective retort could be, "What about the end of the TV series?". As far as a non-subjective response, films have been known to use clashing motifs, non-linear story telling, and highly symbolic/obscure imagery, and the End of Evangelion isn't the first to use all three. Also, from an interpretive standpoint, the second half of the movie does very well in showing the chaos and disembodiment of [[Human Instrumentality Project|Instrumentality]], specifically, what Shinji was going through.<br />
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Finally, some argue that the smoking gun for Anno's revenge is the sequence of quickly flashing (about one per frame) [[End of Evangelion Death Threats|death threats/hate mail]] which can be seen at the end of the live action sequence in the second half of the movie. However this rumor was started, it was probably propagated by the Commentary track on the Manga Entertainment release of End of Evangelion, where Amanda Winn Lee gives a mention of hate mail during this sequence [http://www.evamonkey.com/ The End of Evangelion Audio Commentary]. Since these have been translated to English, the majority of the letters and emails are that of personal attachment to the show, praise, or encouragement/anticipation for the End of Evangelion movie. Only one of the emails can be considered 'hate mail', and it was criticizing Death and Rebirth (not the end of the TV series at all), and the only 2 possible instances that could be considered a 'death threat' was graffiti on the wall outside of Gainax's studio (which was hypothesized to be from religious fanatics) and an email that said "Anno, I'll kill you!!!", which was a close-up of only that message on a computer monitor and lacked any context whatsoever. This puts the smoking gun argument on very shaky ground, as this sequence isn't used as a "This is why I'm taking revenge on you people" message, or anything along those lines.<br />
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==The Mass Production Evas have no souls==<br />
In [[Episode 24]], Kaworu says that the [[A.T. Field]] is "The light of the soul", indicating that a soul is required to produce an [[A.T. Field]]. This is consistent all throughout the TV Series as well as in the movies, since the [[Mass Production Evangelions]], in fact, do produce A.T. Fields:<br />
:Shigeru: "The Eva series' A.T. Fields are resonating!"<br />
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Some say that it is the pilots (Kaworu [[dummy plugs]]) which produce the A.T. Field. However, Ritsuko in [[Episode 17]] says:<br />
:"This is the dummy plug prototype.<br>Rei's personal data has been loaded into it,<br>but it's ''not really possible to digitize a human mind and soul''.<br>Ultimately, it's a fake, an imitation.<br>Just a machine that emulates a pilot's thinking process."<br />
Indicating that there is no real soul in the dummy plugs. Therefore, it is impossible for the dummy plug to generate an A.T. Field.<br />
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==Adam and Lilith were once a single being / Adam was born from Lilith==<br />
This misconception comes from a mistranslated line via [[Manga Entertainment|Manga Entertainment's]] [[The End of Evangelion]] release. Misato's line should read, "Humans were born from Lilith, who is a [[Seed of Life]] just like Adam." This makes Adam and Lilith two equal beings.<br />
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==Pre-3I Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head==<br />
During Pre-Third Impact Instrumentality, Shinji and Asuka witness a scene from Misato's college days, where she is having sex with Kaji. Shinji clearly has never seen this before asking "This is Misato? She does... this?" in which she replies "Yes, this is also me... The melting into one another's hearts... The me that Shinji doesn't know." If this entire sequence was all "in Shinji's head", there is no way he'd know these things.<br />
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==Asuka didn't die==<br />
Asuka and Eva-02 were killed by the Mass Production Evas. Maya's and Shinji's horror and the mangled state of Eva-02 make it explicit. Since Asuka was suffering actual physical damage corresponding to the Eva's damage, there was no way Asuka could have survived the multiple Spear impacts or the subsequent mangling. Furthermore, Asuka's bandages in the final scene correspond with her injuries from that battle.<br />
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==The Asuka-Rei-Misato amalgamation==<br />
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This very common misconception was born due the last scene of End of Evangelion with Asuka and Shinji alone on the beach. Asuka's arm is bandaged (like Rei's in Episode 01) and her eyes appears to be brown (like Misato's). This lead some people to speculate that Asuka is really a combination of all three girls, and therefore Shinji's "dream girl" but this notion is absolutely false. The bandaged arm is due to her battle trauma in Eva-02 earlier in End of Evangelion (when a replica lance splits Eva-02's right arm completely). Her eyes are still blue, merely tinted due to the hue of the scene occurring at night.<br />
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Before Instrumentality ends, Rei tells Shinji ''"If you wish once more for the existence of others, the barriers of the heart will separate everyone once more..."'' while Kaworu asks ''"Is it okay for the [[A.T. Fields]] to hurt you and others once more?"'', indicating that the A.T. Fields have separated everyone from each other.<br />
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==The Adam & Eve Scenario (or, Nobody Else is Coming Back)==<br />
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Considering that themes of Genesis pop up all over NGE, the final scene of End of Evangelion leads many to assume that Shinji and Asuka are the new Adam and Eve and are left alone to re-populate the world. But this theory is false if we are to believe Rei and Yui when, during the dissolution of Instrumentality, Rei states, "Anyone can return to human form as long as they can imagine themselves in their own heart.", and then Yui says, "All living things have the ability to return to their original form... and the heart to go on living."<br />
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A tentative list. <br />
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==NGE is religious propaganda==<br />
The religious symbolism in NGE is actually not used in any sort of religiously meaningful fashion. According to Evangelion Assistant Director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]:<br />
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"There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice."' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Kazuya_Tsurumaki:_Q.26A_from_.22Amusing_Himself_to_Death.22|Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death"]]<br />
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Here's an old essay from 2001 of someone [http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/writings/eva2.shtml getting it wrong]: "However, it is revealed at the end of the series that the Angels are actually failed attempts in the Creation (i.e., the Biblical Creation) that preceded mankind". Early inaccurate translations of the show may have contributed to this confusion.<br />
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==LCL means "Link Connect Liquid"==<br />
[[Image:LCL.JPG|left|thumb|Manga saying LCL stands for Link Connect Liquid]]<br />
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It is unknown what the initials "LCL" stand for within the anime series, but we do know what they '''don't''' mean. According to the Death and Rebirth theatrical program (special edition): <br />
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''Incidentally, the widely circulated idea that L.C.L is the abbreviation of "Link Connected Liquid" is incorrect.'' <br />
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Nowhere does it say what it means, although [[Evangelion Chronicle]] suggests one of the Ls stands for "Lilith".<br />
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In Sadamoto's [[Manga]] version, LCL ''is'' said to stand for Link Connect Liquid, written in the Dossier before a chapter starts.<br />
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==First Impact killed the dinosaurs==<br />
First Impact was never depicted or directly referred to on-screen. This has led several fans upon first glance to incorrectly assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the more well known asteroid impact which caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. <br />
[[Image:07 C080 textbook-overlay.jpg|thumb|A page from Shinji's textbook]]<br />
However, First Impact (aka "Giant Impact") was actually the collision of a giant spherical object, designated the "Black Moon", into Earth approximately 4 billion years ago. As a result of the impact, huge amounts of debris, including the Black Moon's rocky exterior, were thrown into orbit, eventually coalescing into Earth's satellite, the Moon. This was made clear in the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The_Second_Angel|Classified Information]]. The "meteorite" theory in the above textbook page is a cover story, and is part of the effort to also blame [[Second Impact]] on a meteor.<br />
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=="Barons of Hell"==<br />
Almost from the beginning of Eva fandom, there has been an internet rumor that the [[Evangelions]] are based upon Biblical entities called "The Barons of Hell". There are two problems with this theory:<br />
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One is that there is no such thing as a "Baron of Hell" mentioned in the Bible or in any other Judeo-Christian source; extensive searches for the term have turned up only references to Eva and the video game ''Doom''. Some sources claim that the Barons are the same thing as the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", but the descriptions given to the Barons don't match up to the Horsemen.<br />
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The other problem is that we know exactly what the Evangelions '''are''' based upon. Evas were fundamentally based upon the oni (commonly translated as “demon” or “ogre”, but actually a specific type of Japanese monster). Says [[Hideaki Anno|Anno]] himself (in an interview published in Aerial Magazine):<br />
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''There's a monster in Japan called the Oni; it has two horns sticking out of its head and the overall image of the Eva is based on that. I also wanted to give the impression that beneath this ‘robot monster’ image is not so much a robot, but a giant human.'' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Hideaki_Anno.27s_Roundtable_Discussion|Anno's Roundtable discussion]]<br />
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[[Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg|thumb|left|A very Oni-looking Evangelion sketch]]<br />
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An early [http://evageeks.org/FGP/Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg sketch Anno did of an Eva] clearly betrays their oni roots. Working from this basic premise, and corresponding with Anno along the way, [[Ikuto Yamashita]] developed the Evas as we know them (with the exception of EoE's “harpies”).<br />
<br />
==Kids born after 2I are soulless==<br />
A bizarre idea used to explain the drop in birth rate after [[Second Impact]], and why only kids born after Second Impact can synch with the Evangelions. This theory has no basis whatsoever as Ritsuko explicitly states in [[Episode 20]] that Shinji, born after Second Impact, has a soul.<br />
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==Spear of Longinus is the actual holy relic (that just somehow got BIG)==<br />
This is a product of putting too much stock in NGE's religious references. The Spear was actually excavated in Antarctica along with Adam, who was found impaled upon it. According to the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The Spear of Longinus|Classified Information]], each [[Source of Life]] is accompanied by a Spear that has a will of its own and can immobilize a Seed for going against its mission. Thus, the Spear of Longinus is billions of years old, not made by some Roman blacksmith, and impaled Adam for committing some unspecified offense.<br />
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==A.T. Field is a real-life psychology term==<br />
Since the very earliest days of Evangelion analysis, there has been a rumor that [[A.T. Field]] is a genuine psychological term that describes the barrier that separates autism patients from the world around them. However, extensive searching of online Psychology researches and forums has failed to find any use of the term other than in reference to NGE. Further research by those in the field has proven that "Absolute Terror" or similar terminology is simply not recognized in academia. Therefore, this rumor is false and has been conclusively proven so.<br />
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Examples of fan-pages propagating this rumor: [http://www.arune.com/eva/words.html 1] [http://www.nervarchives.com/glossary.atfield.php 2]<br />
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==Eva-00 has the soul of Naoko==<br />
Please visit [[Eva-00's soul]] for more information.<br />
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==Someone we know killed Kaji==<br />
Many fans came to the conclusion that [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]] shot [[Ryoji Kaji|Kaji]], with little or no evidence to back it up. Series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] implied with the Director's Cut of [[Episode 21]] that Kaji was not shot by any named character, but an agent sent through either "[[Seele]] or [[Nerv|Nerv's]] intelligence division."[http://www.evamonkey.com/platinum-booklets/episode-commentaries-21-26.php] During broadcast, the scene of Kaji's death was followed by an establishing shot to the door to Misato's apartment with her name. This "evidence" of Misato's guilt was replaced in the Director's cut with a shot outside of her apartment building.<br />
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==Rei and Kaworu are actual albinos==<br />
Actual albinos don't have light blue hair! Albinos cannot walk outside without protection, otherwise they would suffer severe sunburn, and most have very poor eyesight. [https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/albinism/symptoms-causes/syc-20369184] On the contrary, Kaworu's eyesight appears to be exceptional (such as his noticing Misato in the [[Episode 24]] director's cut lake scene). It is worth noting that Ritsuko's complexion is only ''slightly'' darker than Rei's, although she's obviously not an albino.<br />
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==Toji not only loses his leg, but his arm as well==<br />
While Toji's left leg is plainly missing when he's on the hospital bed, it's not certain to tell if his left arm is, as well. However, both Toji's arms are seen as he is being hauled out of the entry plug. The [[Resources:End of Evangelion Screenplays#Touji & Kensuke's farewell (Basketball Court)|original storyboards]] for ''The End of Evangelion'' contain a scene showing Toji playing wheelchair basketball with Kensuke, where he clearly has both arms, eliminating the possibility that one of his arms was amputated.<br />
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==Naoko's Brain in Magi==<br />
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Or any other brain for that matter. This is due to the brain-like object [[Ritsuko Akagi|Ritsuko]] reveals when she cuts into the [[Magi]] in [[episode 13]]. It is clearly stated that the Magi merely have personality imprints of [[Naoko Akagi]] - herself as a mother, scientist, and woman. The computers are also far too large to be actual human brains.<br />
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==Naoko's Soul in Magi==<br />
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Likely originated due to the fact that the Evas themselves have souls. There's also the issue of Caspar 'betraying' Ritsuko in [[The End of Evangelion]], but machines cannot be implanted with souls.<br />
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==Keel is the Wandering Jew==<br />
One of the most bizarre myths about Evangelion. There is an old and racist story that claims that an onlooker at Christ's crucifixion spat upon him, and was punished by receiving the curse of immortality. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_Jew#Origin_and_evolution] He thus became the "wandering Jew", never able to make permanent friends or stay in one place, lest people notice his never-aging nature. The theory goes that [[Keel|Keel's]] motivation in bringing about Instrumentality would at long last allow him to die. There are, at the very least, two huge problems with this notion. One being there's '''absolutely nothing''' in the series to indicate this is Keel's motivation.[[Image:Tank image 07a investigate.jpg|thumb|right|A visibly younger Keel in the background with [[Gendo Ikari|Gendo]].]] The other is that when Keel appears in flashback in [[episode 21]], he is visibly younger than in the series' present, and as has been noted, the Wandering Jew is supposed to be ageless.<br><br><br />
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==The Dummy Plug Plant is the Chamber of Guf==<br />
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The [[Chamber of Guf]] is mentioned by Ritsuko in [[episode 23]] when she, Misato, and Shinji are down in the [[Dummy Plug Plant]]. This comment likely lead people to believe the two were synonymous. Please look [[Guf|here]] for an explanation of Guf within NGE.<br />
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==Adam was impaled on the Spear of Longinus by Lilith==<br />
The "Duel of the Seeds" idea was made up to explain why one Seed would be skewered by the [[Spear of Longinus]] and placed in suspended animation while the other would be free to spread life on Earth. The interaction between Rei and Kaworu was interpreted to mean that both of them (as [[Lilith]] and [[Adam]] respectively) had interacted previously. This idea was disproved when the [[Classified Information]] files revealed that each Seed was sent with its own Spear, and that Lilith's Spear was either lost or destroyed during First Impact. Adam was placed in suspended animation by its own Spear, which was used to impale Lilith later on.<br />
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==Death's string quartet scenes take place in the actual series timeline.==<br />
This one is easily disproven, as both Asuka and Kaworu appear in the String Quartet sequences. In the actual series timeline, Asuka is in the hospital under heavy sedation when Kaworu arrives, and is still there when he gets squished; they never meet. The String Quartet motif serves to separate the different focuses in [[Evangelion: Death|Death]] as well as fitting together with the musical score that was used, Pachelbel's Canon in D major.<br />
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=="Anno's Revenge"==<br />
Many are lead to believe, one way or another, that [[The End of Evangelion]] was Anno's revenge against the fans for the negative response received from the ending of the TV series. <br />
<br />
Some say it is because Anno brutally killed off all of the main characters; however, this isn't anything new in the world of anime. Most notably, Yoshiyuki Tomino's [[Space Runaway Ideon]], where not just all the main characters are killed off, even children are brutally massacred. Even though Ideon may be one of Anno's biggest inspirations for Evangelion, the End of Evangelion was closer to the planned ending to the TV series [https://forum.evageeks.org/post/677939/Hideaki-Anno-x-Kazuo-Koike-October-22-2013/#677939 Anno's October 2013 interview]. Some of the footage used in the TV series ending (corpses of Misato and Ritsuko) indicates that, even before the TV series ended, Anno had planned on killing these characters.<br />
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Some say it is because of scenes such as Shinji visiting the sedated Asuka in her hospital room. Although slightly out-of-left-field compared to the ending of the TV series, this scene does serve its purposes. Most importantly, it shows that Shinji has hit the lowest of lows, and secondly, it's referenced later in the movie when Asuka says "Idiot! I know about your jerk-off fantasies of me. Do it again like usual... I'll even stand here and watch."<br />
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A subjective argument for Anno's revenge is the cinematic and narrative mindfuck that takes up most of the 2nd half of End of Evangelion. A subjective retort could be, "What about the end of the TV series?". As far as a non-subjective response, films have been known to use clashing motifs, non-linear story telling, and highly symbolic/obscure imagery, and the End of Evangelion isn't the first to use all three. Also, from an interpretive standpoint, the second half of the movie does very well in showing the chaos and disembodiment of [[Human Instrumentality Project|Instrumentality]], specifically, what Shinji was going through.<br />
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Finally, some argue that the smoking gun for Anno's revenge is the sequence of quickly flashing (about one per frame) [[End of Evangelion Death Threats|death threats/hate mail]] which can be seen at the end of the live action sequence in the second half of the movie. However this rumor was started, it was probably propagated by the Commentary track on the Manga Entertainment release of End of Evangelion, where Amanda Winn Lee gives a mention of hate mail during this sequence [http://www.evamonkey.com/ The End of Evangelion Audio Commentary]. Since these have been translated to English, the majority of the letters and emails are that of personal attachment to the show, praise, or encouragement/anticipation for the End of Evangelion movie. Only one of the emails can be considered 'hate mail', and it was criticizing Death and Rebirth (not the end of the TV series at all), and the only 2 possible instances that could be considered a 'death threat' was graffiti on the wall outside of Gainax's studio (which was hypothesized to be from religious fanatics) and an email that said "Anno, I'll kill you!!!", which was a close-up of only that message on a computer monitor and lacked any context whatsoever. This puts the smoking gun argument on very shaky ground, as this sequence isn't used as a "This is why I'm taking revenge on you people" message, or anything along those lines.<br />
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==The Mass Production Evas have no souls==<br />
In [[Episode 24]], Kaworu says that the [[A.T. Field]] is "The light of the soul", indicating that a soul is required to produce an [[A.T. Field]]. This is consistent all throughout the TV Series as well as in the movies, since the [[Mass Production Evangelions]], in fact, do produce A.T. Fields:<br />
:Shigeru: "The Eva series' A.T. Fields are resonating!"<br />
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Some say that it is the pilots (Kaworu [[dummy plugs]]) which produce the A.T. Field. However, Ritsuko in [[Episode 17]] says:<br />
:"This is the dummy plug prototype.<br>Rei's personal data has been loaded into it,<br>but it's ''not really possible to digitize a human mind and soul''.<br>Ultimately, it's a fake, an imitation.<br>Just a machine that emulates a pilot's thinking process."<br />
Indicating that there is no real soul in the dummy plugs. Therefore, it is impossible for the dummy plug to generate an A.T. Field.<br />
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==Adam and Lilith were once a single being / Adam was born from Lilith==<br />
This misconception comes from a mistranslated line via [[Manga Entertainment|Manga Entertainment's]] [[The End of Evangelion]] release. Misato's line should read, "Humans were born from Lilith, who is a [[Seed of Life]] just like Adam." This makes Adam and Lilith two equal beings.<br />
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==Pre-3I Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head==<br />
During Pre-Third Impact Instrumentality, Shinji and Asuka witness a scene from Misato's college days, where she is having sex with Kaji. Shinji clearly has never seen this before asking "This is Misato? She does... this?" in which she replies "Yes, this is also me... The melting into one another's hearts... The me that Shinji doesn't know." If this entire sequence was all "in Shinji's head", there is no way he'd know these things.<br />
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==Asuka didn't die==<br />
Asuka and Eva-02 were killed by the Mass Production Evas. Maya's and Shinji's horror and the mangled state of Eva-02 make it explicit. Since Asuka was suffering actual physical damage corresponding to the Eva's damage, there was no way Asuka could have survived the multiple Spear impacts or the subsequent mangling. Furthermore, Asuka's bandages in the final scene correspond with her injuries from that battle.<br />
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==The Asuka-Rei-Misato amalgamation==<br />
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This very common misconception was born due the last scene of End of Evangelion with Asuka and Shinji alone on the beach. Asuka's arm is bandaged (like Rei's in Episode 01) and her eyes appears to be brown (like Misato's). This lead some people to speculate that Asuka is really a combination of all three girls, and therefore Shinji's "dream girl". This ridiculous notion is absolutely false. The bandaged arm is due to her battle trauma in Eva-02 earlier in End of Evangelion (when a replica lance splits Eva-02's right arm completely). Her eyes are still blue, but merely tinted due to the hue of the scene.<br />
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Before Instrumentality was ended, Rei tells Shinji ''"If you wish once more for the existence of others, the barriers of the heart will separate everyone once more..."'' and Kaworu says ''"Is it okay for A.T. Fields to hurt you and others once more?"'', indicating that the A.T. Fields have separated everyone from each other.<br />
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==The Adam & Eve Scenario (or, Nobody Else is Coming Back)==<br />
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Considering that themes of Genesis pop up all over NGE, the final scene of End of Evangelion leads many to assume that Shinji and Asuka are the new Adam and Eve and are left alone to re-populate the world. But this theory is false if we are to believe Rei and Yui when, during the dissolution of Instrumentality, Rei states, "Anyone can return to human form as long as they can imagine themselves in their own heart.", and then Yui says, "All living things have the ability to return to their original form... and the heart to go on living."<br />
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A tentative list. <br />
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==NGE is religious propaganda==<br />
The religious symbolism in NGE is actually not used in any sort of religiously meaningful fashion. According to Evangelion Assistant Director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]:<br />
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"There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice."' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Kazuya_Tsurumaki:_Q.26A_from_.22Amusing_Himself_to_Death.22|Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death"]]<br />
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Here's an old essay from 2001 of someone [http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/writings/eva2.shtml getting it wrong]: "However, it is revealed at the end of the series that the Angels are actually failed attempts in the Creation (i.e., the Biblical Creation) that preceded mankind". Early inaccurate translations of the show may have contributed to this confusion.<br />
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==LCL means "Link Connect Liquid"==<br />
[[Image:LCL.JPG|left|thumb|Manga saying LCL stands for Link Connect Liquid]]<br />
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It is unknown what the initials "LCL" stand for within the anime series, but we do know what they '''don't''' mean. According to the Death and Rebirth theatrical program (special edition): <br />
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''Incidentally, the widely circulated idea that L.C.L is the abbreviation of "Link Connected Liquid" is incorrect.'' <br />
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Nowhere does it say what it means, although [[Evangelion Chronicle]] suggests one of the Ls stands for "Lilith".<br />
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In Sadamoto's [[Manga]] version, LCL ''is'' said to stand for Link Connect Liquid, written in the Dossier before a chapter starts.<br />
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==First Impact killed the dinosaurs==<br />
First Impact was never depicted or directly referred to on-screen. This has led several fans upon first glance to incorrectly assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the more well known asteroid impact which caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. <br />
[[Image:07 C080 textbook-overlay.jpg|thumb|A page from Shinji's textbook]]<br />
However, First Impact (aka "Giant Impact") was actually the collision of a giant spherical object, designated the "Black Moon", into Earth approximately 4 billion years ago. As a result of the impact, huge amounts of debris, including the Black Moon's rocky exterior, were thrown into orbit, eventually coalescing into Earth's satellite, the Moon. This was made clear in the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The_Second_Angel|Classified Information]]. The "meteorite" theory in the above textbook page is a cover story, and is part of the effort to also blame [[Second Impact]] on a meteor.<br />
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=="Barons of Hell"==<br />
Almost from the beginning of Eva fandom, there has been an internet rumor that the [[Evangelions]] are based upon Biblical entities called "The Barons of Hell". There are two problems with this theory:<br />
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One is that there is no such thing as a "Baron of Hell" mentioned in the Bible or in any other Judeo-Christian source; extensive searches for the term have turned up only references to Eva and the video game ''Doom''. Some sources claim that the Barons are the same thing as the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", but the descriptions given to the Barons don't match up to the Horsemen.<br />
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The other problem is that we know exactly what the Evangelions '''are''' based upon. Evas were fundamentally based upon the oni (commonly translated as “demon” or “ogre”, but actually a specific type of Japanese monster). Says [[Hideaki Anno|Anno]] himself (in an interview published in Aerial Magazine):<br />
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''There's a monster in Japan called the Oni; it has two horns sticking out of its head and the overall image of the Eva is based on that. I also wanted to give the impression that beneath this ‘robot monster’ image is not so much a robot, but a giant human.'' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Hideaki_Anno.27s_Roundtable_Discussion|Anno's Roundtable discussion]]<br />
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[[Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg|thumb|left|A very Oni-looking Evangelion sketch]]<br />
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An early [http://evageeks.org/FGP/Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg sketch Anno did of an Eva] clearly betrays their oni roots. Working from this basic premise, and corresponding with Anno along the way, [[Ikuto Yamashita]] developed the Evas as we know them (with the exception of EoE's “harpies”).<br />
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==Kids born after 2I are soulless==<br />
A bizarre idea used to explain the drop in birth rate after [[Second Impact]], and why only kids born after Second Impact can synch with the Evangelions. This theory has no basis whatsoever as Ritsuko explicitly states in [[Episode 20]] that Shinji, born after Second Impact, has a soul.<br />
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==Spear of Longinus is the actual holy relic (that just somehow got BIG)==<br />
This is a product of putting too much stock in NGE's religious references. The Spear was actually excavated in Antarctica along with Adam, who was found impaled upon it. According to the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The Spear of Longinus|Classified Information]], each [[Source of Life]] is accompanied by a Spear that has a will of its own and can immobilize a Seed for going against its mission. Thus, the Spear of Longinus is billions of years old, not made by some Roman blacksmith, and impaled Adam for committing some unspecified offense.<br />
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==A.T. Field is a real-life psychology term==<br />
Since the very earliest days of Evangelion analysis, there has been a rumor that [[A.T. Field]] is a genuine psychological term that describes the barrier that separates autism patients from the world around them. However, extensive searching of online Psychology researches and forums has failed to find any use of the term other than in reference to NGE. Further research by those in the field has proven that "Absolute Terror" or similar terminology is simply not recognized in academia. Therefore, this rumor is false and has been conclusively proven so.<br />
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Examples of fan-pages propagating this rumor: [http://www.arune.com/eva/words.html 1] [http://www.nervarchives.com/glossary.atfield.php 2]<br />
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==Eva-00 has the soul of Naoko==<br />
Please visit [[Eva-00's soul]] for more information.<br />
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==Someone we know killed Kaji==<br />
Many fans came to the conclusion that [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]] shot [[Ryoji Kaji|Kaji]], with little or no evidence to back it up. Series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] implied with the Director's Cut of [[Episode 21]] that Kaji was not shot by any named character, but an agent sent through either "[[Seele]] or [[Nerv|Nerv's]] intelligence division."[http://www.evamonkey.com/platinum-booklets/episode-commentaries-21-26.php] During broadcast, the scene of Kaji's death was followed by an establishing shot to the door to Misato's apartment with her name. This "evidence" of Misato's guilt was replaced in the Director's cut with a shot outside of her apartment building.<br />
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==Rei and Kaworu are actual albinos==<br />
Actual albinos don't have light blue hair! Albinos cannot walk outside without protection, otherwise they would suffer severe sunburn, and most have very poor eyesight. [https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/albinism/symptoms-causes/syc-20369184] On the contrary, Kaworu's eyesight appears to be exceptional (such as his noticing Misato in the [[Episode 24]] director's cut lake scene). It is worth noting that Ritsuko's complexion is only ''slightly'' darker than Rei's, although she's obviously not an albino.<br />
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==Toji not only loses his leg, but his arm as well==<br />
While Toji's left leg is plainly missing when he's on the hospital bed, it's not certain to tell if his left arm is, as well. However, both Toji's arms are seen as he is being hauled out of the entry plug. The [[Resources:End of Evangelion Screenplays#Touji & Kensuke's farewell (Basketball Court)|original storyboards]] for ''The End of Evangelion'' contain a scene showing Toji playing wheelchair basketball with Kensuke, where he clearly has both arms, eliminating the possibility that one of his arms was amputated.<br />
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==Naoko's Brain in Magi==<br />
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Or any other brain for that matter. This is due to the brain-like object [[Ritsuko Akagi|Ritsuko]] reveals when she cuts into the [[Magi]] in [[episode 13]]. It is clearly stated that the Magi merely have personality imprints of [[Naoko Akagi]] - herself as a mother, scientist, and woman. The computers are also far too large to be actual human brains.<br />
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==Naoko's Soul in Magi==<br />
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Likely originated due to the fact that the Evas themselves have souls. There's also the issue of Caspar 'betraying' Ritsuko in [[The End of Evangelion]], but machines cannot be implanted with souls.<br />
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==Keel is the Wandering Jew==<br />
One of the most bizarre myths about Evangelion. There is an old and racist story that claims that an onlooker at Christ's crucifixion spat upon him, and was punished by receiving the curse of immortality. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_Jew#Origin_and_evolution] He thus became the "wandering Jew", never able to make permanent friends or stay in one place, lest people notice his never-aging nature. The theory goes that [[Keel|Keel's]] motivation in bringing about Instrumentality would at long last allow him to die. There are, at the very least, two huge problems with this notion. One being there's '''absolutely nothing''' in the series to indicate this is Keel's motivation.[[Image:Tank image 07a investigate.jpg|thumb|right|A visibly younger Keel in the background with [[Gendo Ikari|Gendo]].]] The other is that when Keel appears in flashback in [[episode 21]], he is visibly younger than in the series' present, and as has been noted, the Wandering Jew is supposed to be ageless.<br><br><br />
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==The Dummy Plug Plant is the Chamber of Guf==<br />
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The [[Chamber of Guf]] is mentioned by Ritsuko in [[episode 23]] when she, Misato, and Shinji are down in the [[Dummy Plug Plant]]. This comment likely lead people to believe the two were synonymous. Please look [[Guf|here]] for an explanation of Guf within NGE.<br />
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==Adam was impaled on the Spear of Longinus by Lilith==<br />
The "Duel of the Seeds" idea was made up to explain why one Seed would be skewered by the [[Spear of Longinus]] and placed in suspended animation while the other would be free to spread life on Earth. The interaction between Rei and Kaworu was interpreted to mean that both of them (as [[Lilith]] and [[Adam]] respectively) had interacted previously. This idea was disproved when the [[Classified Information]] files revealed that each Seed was sent with its own Spear, and that Lilith's Spear was either lost or destroyed during First Impact. Adam was placed in suspended animation by its own Spear, which was used to impale Lilith later on.<br />
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==Death's string quartet scenes take place in the actual series timeline.==<br />
This one is easily disproven, as both Asuka and Kaworu appear in the String Quartet sequences. In the actual series timeline, Asuka is in the hospital under heavy sedation when Kaworu arrives, and is still there when he gets squished; they never meet. The String Quartet motif serves to separate the different focuses in [[Evangelion: Death|Death]] as well as fitting together with the musical score that was used, Pachelbel's Canon in D major.<br />
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=="Anno's Revenge"==<br />
Many are lead to believe, one way or another, that [[The End of Evangelion]] was Anno's revenge against the fans for the negative response received from the ending of the TV series. <br />
<br />
Some say it is because Anno brutally killed off all of the main characters; however, this isn't anything new in the world of anime. Most notably, Yoshiyuki Tomino's [[Space Runaway Ideon]], where not just all the main characters are killed off, even children are brutally massacred. Even though Ideon may be one of Anno's biggest inspirations for Evangelion, the End of Evangelion was closer to the planned ending to the TV series [https://forum.evageeks.org/post/677939/Hideaki-Anno-x-Kazuo-Koike-October-22-2013/#677939 Anno's October 2013 interview]. Some of the footage used in the TV series ending (corpses of Misato and Ritsuko) indicates that, even before the TV series ended, Anno had planned on killing these characters.<br />
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Some say it is because of scenes such as Shinji visiting the sedated Asuka in her hospital room. Although slightly out-of-left-field compared to the ending of the TV series, this scene does serve its purposes. Most importantly, it shows that Shinji has hit the lowest of lows, and secondly, it's referenced later in the movie when Asuka says "Idiot! I know about your jerk-off fantasies of me. Do it again like usual... I'll even stand here and watch."<br />
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A subjective argument for Anno's revenge is the cinematic and narrative mindfuck that takes up most of the 2nd half of End of Evangelion. A subjective retort could be, "What about the end of the TV series?". As far as a non-subjective response, films have been known to use clashing motifs, non-linear story telling, and highly symbolic/obscure imagery, and the End of Evangelion isn't the first to use all three. Also, from an interpretive standpoint, the second half of the movie does very well in showing the chaos and disembodiment of [[Human Instrumentality Project|Instrumentality]], specifically, what Shinji was going through.<br />
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Finally, some argue that the smoking gun for Anno's revenge is the sequence of quickly flashing (about one per frame) [[End of Evangelion Death Threats|death threats/hate mail]] which can be seen at the end of the live action sequence in the second half of the movie. However this rumor was started, it was probably propagated by the Commentary track on the Manga Entertainment release of End of Evangelion, where Amanda Winn Lee gives a mention of hate mail during this sequence [http://www.evamonkey.com/ The End of Evangelion Audio Commentary]. Since these have been translated to English, the majority of the letters and emails are that of personal attachment to the show, praise, or encouragement/anticipation for the End of Evangelion movie. Only one of the emails can be considered 'hate mail', and it was criticizing Death and Rebirth (not the end of the TV series at all), and the only 2 possible instances that could be considered a 'death threat' was graffiti on the wall outside of Gainax's studio (which was hypothesized to be from religious fanatics) and an email that said "Anno, I'll kill you!!!", which was a close-up of only that message on a computer monitor and lacked any context whatsoever. This puts the smoking gun argument on very shaky ground, as this sequence isn't used as a "This is why I'm taking revenge on you people" message, or anything along those lines.<br />
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==The Mass Production Evas have no souls==<br />
In [[Episode 24]], Kaworu says that the [[A.T. Field]] is "The light of the soul", indicating that a soul is required to produce an [[A.T. Field]]. This is consistent all throughout the TV Series as well as in the movies, since the [[Mass Production Evangelions]], in fact, do produce A.T. Fields:<br />
:Shigeru: "The Eva series' A.T. Fields are resonating!"<br />
<br />
Some say that it is the pilots (Kaworu [[dummy plugs]]) which produce the A.T. Field. However, Ritsuko in [[Episode 17]] says:<br />
:"This is the dummy plug prototype.<br>Rei's personal data has been loaded into it,<br>but it's ''not really possible to digitize a human mind and soul''.<br>Ultimately, it's a fake, an imitation.<br>Just a machine that emulates a pilot's thinking process."<br />
Indicating that there is no real soul in the dummy plugs. Therefore, it is impossible for the dummy plug to generate an A.T. Field.<br />
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==Adam and Lilith were once a single being / Adam was born from Lilith==<br />
This misconception comes from a mistranslated line via [[Manga Entertainment|Manga Entertainment's]] [[The End of Evangelion]] release. Misato's line should read, "Humans were born from Lilith, who is a [[Seed of Life]] just like Adam." This makes Adam and Lilith two equal beings.<br />
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==Pre-3I Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head==<br />
During Pre-3I Instrumentality, Shinji and Asuka witness a scene from Misato's college days, where she is having sex with Kaji. Shinji clearly has never seen this before asking "This is Misato? She does... this?" in which she replies "Yes, this is also me... The melting into one another's hearts... The me that Shinji doesn't know." If the entire Pre-Third Impact Instrumentality was all "in Shinji's head", there is no way he'd know these things.<br />
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==Asuka didn't die==<br />
Asuka and Eva-02 were killed by the Mass Production Evas. Maya's and Shinji's horror and the mangled state of Eva-02 make it explicit. Since Asuka was suffering actual physical damage corresponding to the Eva's damage, there was no way Asuka could have survived the multiple Spear impacts or the subsequent mangling. Furthermore, Asuka's bandages in the final scene correspond with her injuries from that battle.<br />
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==The Asuka-Rei-Misato amalgamation==<br />
<br />
This very common misconception was born due the last scene of End of Evangelion with Asuka and Shinji alone on the beach. Asuka's arm is bandaged (like Rei's in Episode 01) and her eyes appears to be brown (like Misato's). This lead some people to speculate that Asuka is really a combination of all three girls, and therefore Shinji's "dream girl". This ridiculous notion is absolutely false. The bandaged arm is due to her battle trauma in Eva-02 earlier in End of Evangelion (when a replica lance splits Eva-02's right arm completely). Her eyes are still blue, but merely tinted due to the hue of the scene.<br />
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Before Instrumentality was ended, Rei tells Shinji ''"If you wish once more for the existence of others, the barriers of the heart will separate everyone once more..."'' and Kaworu says ''"Is it okay for A.T. Fields to hurt you and others once more?"'', indicating that the A.T. Fields have separated everyone from each other.<br />
<br />
==The Adam & Eve Scenario (or, Nobody Else is Coming Back)==<br />
<br />
Considering that themes of Genesis pop up all over NGE, the final scene of End of Evangelion leads many to assume that Shinji and Asuka are the new Adam and Eve and are left alone to re-populate the world. But this theory is false if we are to believe Rei and Yui when, during the dissolution of Instrumentality, Rei states, "Anyone can return to human form as long as they can imagine themselves in their own heart.", and then Yui says, "All living things have the ability to return to their original form... and the heart to go on living."<br />
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A tentative list. <br />
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==NGE is religious propaganda==<br />
The religious symbolism in NGE is actually not used in any sort of religiously meaningful fashion. According to Evangelion Assistant Director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]:<br />
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"There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice."' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Kazuya_Tsurumaki:_Q.26A_from_.22Amusing_Himself_to_Death.22|Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death"]]<br />
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Here's an old essay from 2001 of someone [http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/writings/eva2.shtml getting it wrong]: "However, it is revealed at the end of the series that the Angels are actually failed attempts in the Creation (i.e., the Biblical Creation) that preceded mankind". Early inaccurate translations of the show may have contributed to this confusion.<br />
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==LCL means "Link Connect Liquid"==<br />
[[Image:LCL.JPG|left|thumb|Manga saying LCL stands for Link Connect Liquid]]<br />
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It is unknown what the initials "LCL" stand for within the anime series, but we do know what they '''don't''' mean. According to the Death and Rebirth theatrical program (special edition): <br />
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''Incidentally, the widely circulated idea that L.C.L is the abbreviation of "Link Connected Liquid" is incorrect.'' <br />
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Nowhere does it say what it means, although [[Evangelion Chronicle]] suggests one of the Ls stands for "Lilith".<br />
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In Sadamoto's [[Manga]] version, LCL ''is'' said to stand for Link Connect Liquid, written in the Dossier before a chapter starts.<br />
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==First Impact killed the dinosaurs==<br />
First Impact was never depicted or directly referred to on-screen. This has led several fans upon first glance to incorrectly assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the more well known asteroid impact which caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. <br />
[[Image:07 C080 textbook-overlay.jpg|thumb|A page from Shinji's textbook]]<br />
However, First Impact (aka "Giant Impact") was actually the collision of a giant spherical object, designated the "Black Moon", into Earth approximately 4 billion years ago. As a result of the impact, huge amounts of debris, including the Black Moon's rocky exterior, were thrown into orbit, eventually coalescing into Earth's satellite, the Moon. This was made clear in the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The_Second_Angel|Classified Information]]. The "meteorite" theory in the above textbook page is a cover story, and is part of the effort to also blame [[Second Impact]] on a meteor.<br />
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=="Barons of Hell"==<br />
Almost from the beginning of Eva fandom, there has been an internet rumor that the [[Evangelions]] are based upon Biblical entities called "The Barons of Hell". There are two problems with this theory:<br />
<br />
One is that there is no such thing as a "Baron of Hell" mentioned in the Bible or in any other Judeo-Christian source; extensive searches for the term have turned up only references to Eva and the video game ''Doom''. Some sources claim that the Barons are the same thing as the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", but the descriptions given to the Barons don't match up to the Horsemen.<br />
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The other problem is that we know exactly what the Evangelions '''are''' based upon. Evas were fundamentally based upon the oni (commonly translated as “demon” or “ogre”, but actually a specific type of Japanese monster). Says [[Hideaki Anno|Anno]] himself (in an interview published in Aerial Magazine):<br />
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''There's a monster in Japan called the Oni; it has two horns sticking out of its head and the overall image of the Eva is based on that. I also wanted to give the impression that beneath this ‘robot monster’ image is not so much a robot, but a giant human.'' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Hideaki_Anno.27s_Roundtable_Discussion|Anno's Roundtable discussion]]<br />
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[[Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg|thumb|left|A very Oni-looking Evangelion sketch]]<br />
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An early [http://evageeks.org/FGP/Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg sketch Anno did of an Eva] clearly betrays their oni roots. Working from this basic premise, and corresponding with Anno along the way, [[Ikuto Yamashita]] developed the Evas as we know them (with the exception of EoE's “harpies”).<br />
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==Kids born after 2I are soulless==<br />
A bizarre idea used to explain the drop in birth rate after [[Second Impact]], and why only kids born after Second Impact can synch with the Evangelions. This theory has no basis whatsoever as Ritsuko explicitly states in [[Episode 20]] that Shinji, born after Second Impact, has a soul.<br />
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==Spear of Longinus is the actual holy relic (that just somehow got BIG)==<br />
This is a product of putting too much stock in NGE's religious references. The Spear was actually excavated in Antarctica along with Adam, who was found impaled upon it. According to the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The Spear of Longinus|Classified Information]], each [[Source of Life]] is accompanied by a Spear that has a will of its own and can immobilize a Seed for going against its mission. Thus, the Spear of Longinus is billions of years old, not made by some Roman blacksmith, and impaled Adam for committing some unspecified offense.<br />
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==A.T. Field is a real-life psychology term==<br />
Since the very earliest days of Evangelion analysis, there has been a rumor that [[A.T. Field]] is a genuine psychological term that describes the barrier that separates autism patients from the world around them. However, extensive searching of online Psychology researches and forums has failed to find any use of the term other than in reference to NGE. Further research by those in the field has proven that "Absolute Terror" or similar terminology is simply not recognized in academia. Therefore, this rumor is false and has been conclusively proven so.<br />
<br />
Examples of fan-pages propagating this rumor: [http://www.arune.com/eva/words.html 1] [http://www.nervarchives.com/glossary.atfield.php 2]<br />
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==Eva-00 has the soul of Naoko==<br />
Please visit [[Eva-00's soul]] for more information.<br />
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==Someone we know killed Kaji==<br />
Many fans came to the conclusion that [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]] shot [[Ryoji Kaji|Kaji]], with little or no evidence to back it up. Series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] implied with the Director's Cut of [[Episode 21]] that Kaji was not shot by any named character, but an agent sent through either "[[Seele]] or [[Nerv|Nerv's]] intelligence division."[http://www.evamonkey.com/platinum-booklets/episode-commentaries-21-26.php] During broadcast, the scene of Kaji's death was followed by an establishing shot to the door to Misato's apartment with her name. This "evidence" of Misato's guilt was replaced in the Director's cut with a shot outside of her apartment building.<br />
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==Rei and Kaworu are actual albinos==<br />
Actual albinos don't have light blue hair! Albinos cannot walk outside without protection, otherwise they would suffer severe sunburn, and most have very poor eyesight. [https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/albinism/symptoms-causes/syc-20369184] On the contrary, Kaworu's eyesight appears to be exceptional (such as his noticing Misato in the [[Episode 24]] director's cut lake scene). It is worth noting that Ritsuko's complexion is only ''slightly'' darker than Rei's, although she's obviously not an albino.<br />
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==Toji not only loses his leg, but his arm as well==<br />
While Toji's left leg is plainly missing when he's on the hospital bed, it's not certain to tell if his left arm is, as well. However, both Toji's arms are seen as he is being hauled out of the entry plug. The [[Resources:End of Evangelion Screenplays#Touji & Kensuke's farewell (Basketball Court)|original storyboards]] for ''The End of Evangelion'' contain a scene showing Toji playing wheelchair basketball with Kensuke, where he clearly has both arms, eliminating the possibility that one of his arms was amputated.<br />
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==Naoko's Brain in Magi==<br />
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Or any other brain for that matter. This is due to the brain-like object [[Ritsuko Akagi|Ritsuko]] reveals when she cuts into the [[Magi]] in [[episode 13]]. It is clearly stated that the Magi merely have personality imprints of [[Naoko Akagi]] - herself as a mother, scientist, and woman. The computers are also far too large to be actual human brains.<br />
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==Naoko's Soul in Magi==<br />
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Likely originated due to the fact that the Evas themselves have souls. There's also the issue of Caspar 'betraying' Ritsuko in [[The End of Evangelion]], but machines cannot be implanted with souls.<br />
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==Keel is the Wandering Jew==<br />
One of the most bizarre myths about Evangelion. There is an old and racist story that claims that an onlooker at Christ's crucifixion spat upon him, and was punished by receiving the curse of immortality. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_Jew#Origin_and_evolution] He thus became the "wandering Jew", never able to make permanent friends or stay in one place, lest people notice his never-aging nature. The theory goes that [[Keel|Keel's]] motivation in bringing about Instrumentality would at long last allow him to die. There are, at the very least, two huge problems with this notion. One being there's '''absolutely nothing''' in the series to indicate this is Keel's motivation.[[Image:Tank image 07a investigate.jpg|thumb|right|A visibly younger Keel in the background with [[Gendo Ikari|Gendo]].]] The other is that when Keel appears in flashback in [[episode 21]], he is visibly younger than in the series' present, and as has been noted, the Wandering Jew is supposed to be ageless.<br><br><br />
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==The Dummy Plug Plant is the Chamber of Guf==<br />
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The [[Chamber of Guf]] is mentioned by Ritsuko in [[episode 23]] when she, Misato, and Shinji are down in the [[Dummy Plug Plant]]. This comment likely lead people to believe the two were synonymous. Please look [[Guf|here]] for an explanation of Guf within NGE.<br />
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==Adam was impaled on the Spear of Longinus by Lilith==<br />
The "Duel of the Seeds" idea was made up to explain why one Seed would be skewered by the [[Spear of Longinus]] and placed in suspended animation while the other would be free to spread life on Earth. The interaction between Rei and Kaworu was interpreted to mean that both of them (as [[Lilith]] and [[Adam]] respectively) had interacted previously. This idea was disproved when the [[Classified Information]] files revealed that each Seed was sent with its own Spear, and that Lilith's Spear was either lost or destroyed during First Impact. Adam was placed in suspended animation by its own Spear, which was used to impale Lilith later on.<br />
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==Death's string quartet scenes take place in the actual series timeline.==<br />
This one is easily disproven, as both Asuka and Kaworu appear in the String Quartet sequences. In the actual series timeline, Asuka is in the hospital under heavy sedation when Kaworu arrives, and is still there when he gets squished; they never meet. The String Quartet motif serves to separate the different focuses in [[Evangelion: Death|Death]] as well as fitting together with the musical score that was used, Pachelbel's Canon in D major.<br />
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=="Anno's Revenge"==<br />
Many are lead to believe, one way or another, that [[The End of Evangelion]] was Anno's revenge against the fans for the negative response received from the ending of the TV series. <br />
<br />
Some say it is because Anno brutally killed off all of the main characters; however, this isn't anything new in the world of anime. Most notably, Yoshiyuki Tomino's [[Space Runaway Ideon]], where not just all the main characters are killed off, even children are brutally massacred. Even though Ideon may be one of Anno's biggest inspirations for Evangelion, the End of Evangelion was closer to the planned ending to the TV series [https://forum.evageeks.org/post/677939/Hideaki-Anno-x-Kazuo-Koike-October-22-2013/#677939 Anno's October 2013 interview]. Some of the footage used in the TV series ending (corpses of Misato and Ritsuko) indicates that, even before the TV series ended, Anno had planned on killing these characters.<br />
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Some say it is because of scenes such as Shinji visiting the sedated Asuka in her hospital room. Although slightly out-of-left-field compared to the ending of the TV series, this scene does serve its purposes. Most importantly, it shows that Shinji has hit the lowest of lows, and secondly, it's referenced later in the movie when Asuka says "Idiot! I know about your jerk-off fantasies of me. Do it again like usual... I'll even stand here and watch."<br />
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A subjective argument for Anno's revenge is the cinematic and narrative mindfuck that takes up most of the 2nd half of End of Evangelion. A subjective retort could be, "What about the end of the TV series?". As far as a non-subjective response, films have been known to use clashing motifs, non-linear story telling, and highly symbolic/obscure imagery, and the End of Evangelion isn't the first to use all three. Also, from an interpretive standpoint, the second half of the movie does very well in showing the chaos and disembodiment of [[Human Instrumentality Project|Instrumentality]], specifically, what Shinji was going through.<br />
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Finally, some argue that the smoking gun for Anno's revenge is the sequence of quickly flashing (about one per frame) [[End of Evangelion Death Threats|death threats/hate mail]] which can be seen at the end of the live action sequence in the second half of the movie. However this rumor was started, it was probably propagated by the Commentary track on the Manga Entertainment release of End of Evangelion, where Amanda Winn Lee gives a mention of hate mail during this sequence [http://www.evamonkey.com/ The End of Evangelion Audio Commentary]. Since these have been translated to English, the majority of the letters and emails are that of personal attachment to the show, praise, or encouragement/anticipation for the End of Evangelion movie. Only one of the emails can be considered 'hate mail', and it was criticizing Death and Rebirth (not the end of the TV series at all), and the only 2 possible instances that could be considered a 'death threat' was graffiti on the wall outside of Gainax's studio (which was hypothesized to be from religious fanatics) and an email that said "Anno, I'll kill you!!!", which was a close-up of only that message on a computer monitor and lacked any context whatsoever. This puts the smoking gun argument on very shaky ground, as this sequence isn't used as a "This is why I'm taking revenge on you people" message, or anything along those lines.<br />
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==The Mass Production Evas have no souls==<br />
In [[Episode 24]], Kaworu says that the [[A.T. Field]] is "The light of the soul", indicating that a soul is required to produce an [[A.T. Field]]. This is consistent all throughout the TV Series as well as in the movies, since the [[Mass Production Evangelions]], in fact, do produce A.T. Fields:<br />
:Shigeru: "The Eva series' A.T. Fields are resonating!"<br />
<br />
Some say that it is the pilots (Kaworu [[dummy plugs]]) which produce the A.T. Field. However, Ritsuko in [[Episode 17]] says:<br />
:"This is the dummy plug prototype.<br>Rei's personal data has been loaded into it,<br>but it's ''not really possible to digitize a human mind and soul''.<br>Ultimately, it's a fake, an imitation.<br>Just a machine that emulates a pilot's thinking process."<br />
Indicating that there is no real soul in the dummy plugs. Therefore, it is impossible for the dummy plug to generate an A.T. Field.<br />
<br />
==Adam and Lilith were once a single being / Adam was born from Lilith==<br />
This misconception comes from a mistranslated line via [[Manga Entertainment|Manga Entertainment's]] [[The End of Evangelion]] release. Misato's line should read, "Humans were born from Lilith, who is a [[Seed of Life]] just like Adam." This makes Adam and Lilith two equal beings.<br />
<br />
==Pre-3I Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head==<br />
During Pre-3I Instrumentality, Shinji and Asuka witness a scene from Misato's college days, where she is having sex with Kaji. Shinji clearly has never seen this before asking "This is Misato? She does... this?" in which she replies "Yes, this is also me... The melting into one another's hearts... The me that Shinji doesn't know." If the entire Pre-Third Impact Instrumentality was all "in Shinji's head", there is no way he'd know these things.<br />
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==Asuka didn't die==<br />
Asuka and Eva-02 were killed by the harpies. Maya's and Shinji's horror and the mangled state of Eva-02 make it explicit. Since Asuka was suffering actual physical damage corresponding to the Eva's damage, there was no way Asuka could have survived the multiple Spear impacts or the subsequent mangling.<br />
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==The Asuka-Rei-Misato amalgamation==<br />
<br />
This very common misconception was born due the last scene of End of Evangelion with Asuka and Shinji alone on the beach. Asuka's arm is bandaged (like Rei's in Episode 01) and her eyes appears to be brown (like Misato's). This lead some people to speculate that Asuka is really a combination of all three girls, and therefore Shinji's "dream girl". This ridiculous notion is absolutely false. The bandaged arm is due to her battle trauma in Eva-02 earlier in End of Evangelion (when a replica lance splits Eva-02's right arm completely). Her eyes are still blue, but merely tinted due to the hue of the scene.<br />
<br />
Before Instrumentality was ended, Rei tells Shinji ''"If you wish once more for the existence of others, the barriers of the heart will separate everyone once more..."'' and Kaworu says ''"Is it okay for A.T. Fields to hurt you and others once more?"'', indicating that the A.T. Fields have separated everyone from each other.<br />
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==The Adam & Eve Scenario (or, Nobody Else is Coming Back)==<br />
<br />
Considering that themes of Genesis pop up all over NGE, the final scene of End of Evangelion leads many to assume that Shinji and Asuka are the new Adam and Eve and are left alone to re-populate the world. But this theory is false if we are to believe Rei and Yui when, during the dissolution of Instrumentality, Rei states, "Anyone can return to human form as long as they can imagine themselves in their own heart.", and then Yui says, "All living things have the ability to return to their original form... and the heart to go on living."<br />
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A tentative list. <br />
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==NGE is religious propaganda==<br />
The religious symbolism in NGE is actually not used in any sort of religiously meaningful fashion. According to Evangelion Assistant Director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]:<br />
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"There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice."' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Kazuya_Tsurumaki:_Q.26A_from_.22Amusing_Himself_to_Death.22|Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death"]]<br />
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Here's an old essay from 2001 of someone [http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/writings/eva2.shtml getting it wrong]: "However, it is revealed at the end of the series that the Angels are actually failed attempts in the Creation (i.e., the Biblical Creation) that preceded mankind". Early inaccurate translations of the show may have contributed to this confusion.<br />
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==LCL means "Link Connect Liquid"==<br />
[[Image:LCL.JPG|left|thumb|Manga saying LCL stands for Link Connect Liquid]]<br />
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It is unknown what the initials "LCL" stand for within the anime series, but we do know what they '''don't''' mean. According to the Death and Rebirth theatrical program (special edition): <br />
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''Incidentally, the widely circulated idea that L.C.L is the abbreviation of "Link Connected Liquid" is incorrect.'' <br />
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Nowhere does it say what it means, although [[Evangelion Chronicle]] suggests one of the Ls stands for "Lilith".<br />
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In Sadamoto's [[Manga]] version, LCL ''is'' said to stand for Link Connect Liquid, written in the Dossier before a chapter starts.<br />
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==First Impact killed the dinosaurs==<br />
First Impact was never depicted or directly referred to on-screen. This has led several fans upon first glance to incorrectly assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the more well known asteroid impact which caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. <br />
[[Image:07 C080 textbook-overlay.jpg|thumb|A page from Shinji's textbook]]<br />
However, First Impact (aka "Giant Impact") was actually the collision of a giant spherical object, designated the "Black Moon", into Earth approximately 4 billion years ago. As a result of the impact, huge amounts of debris, including the Black Moon's rocky exterior, were thrown into orbit, eventually coalescing into Earth's satellite, the Moon. This was made clear in the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The_Second_Angel|Classified Information]]. The "meteorite" theory in the above textbook page is a cover story, and is part of the effort to also blame [[Second Impact]] on a meteor.<br />
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=="Barons of Hell"==<br />
Almost from the beginning of Eva fandom, there has been an internet rumor that the [[Evangelions]] are based upon Biblical entities called "The Barons of Hell". There are two problems with this theory:<br />
<br />
One is that there is no such thing as a "Baron of Hell" mentioned in the Bible or in any other Judeo-Christian source; extensive searches for the term have turned up only references to Eva and the video game ''Doom''. Some sources claim that the Barons are the same thing as the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", but the descriptions given to the Barons don't match up to the Horsemen.<br />
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The other problem is that we know exactly what the Evangelions '''are''' based upon. Evas were fundamentally based upon the oni (commonly translated as “demon” or “ogre”, but actually a specific type of Japanese monster). Says [[Hideaki Anno|Anno]] himself (in an interview published in Aerial Magazine):<br />
<br />
''There's a monster in Japan called the Oni; it has two horns sticking out of its head and the overall image of the Eva is based on that. I also wanted to give the impression that beneath this ‘robot monster’ image is not so much a robot, but a giant human.'' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Hideaki_Anno.27s_Roundtable_Discussion|Anno's Roundtable discussion]]<br />
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[[Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg|thumb|left|A very Oni-looking Evangelion sketch]]<br />
<br />
An early [http://evageeks.org/FGP/Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg sketch Anno did of an Eva] clearly betrays their oni roots. Working from this basic premise, and corresponding with Anno along the way, [[Ikuto Yamashita]] developed the Evas as we know them (with the exception of EoE's “harpies”).<br />
<br />
==Kids born after 2I are soulless==<br />
A bizarre idea used to explain the drop in birth rate after [[Second Impact]], and why only kids born after Second Impact can synch with the Evangelions. This theory has no basis whatsoever as Ritsuko explicitly states in [[Episode 20]] that Shinji, born after Second Impact, has a soul.<br />
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==Spear of Longinus is the actual holy relic (that just somehow got BIG)==<br />
This is a product of putting too much stock in NGE's religious references. The Spear was actually excavated in Antarctica along with Adam, who was found impaled upon it. According to the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The Spear of Longinus|Classified Information]], each [[Source of Life]] is accompanied by a Spear that has a will of its own and can immobilize a Seed for going against its mission. Thus, the Spear of Longinus is billions of years old, not made by some Roman blacksmith, and impaled Adam for committing some unspecified offense.<br />
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==A.T. Field is a real-life psychology term==<br />
Since the very earliest days of Evangelion analysis, there has been a rumor that [[A.T. Field]] is a genuine psychological term that describes the barrier that separates autism patients from the world around them. However, extensive searching of online Psychology researches and forums has failed to find any use of the term other than in reference to NGE. Further research by those in the field has proven that "Absolute Terror" or similar terminology is simply not recognized in academia. Therefore, this rumor is false and has been conclusively proven so.<br />
<br />
Examples of fan-pages propagating this rumor: [http://www.arune.com/eva/words.html 1] [http://www.nervarchives.com/glossary.atfield.php 2]<br />
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==Eva-00 has the soul of Naoko==<br />
Please visit [[Eva-00's soul]] for more information.<br />
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==Someone we know killed Kaji==<br />
Many fans came to the conclusion that [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]] shot [[Ryoji Kaji|Kaji]], with little or no evidence to back it up. Series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] implied with the Director's Cut of [[Episode 21]] that Kaji was not shot by any named character, but an agent sent through either "[[Seele]] or [[Nerv|Nerv's]] intelligence division."[http://www.evamonkey.com/platinum-booklets/episode-commentaries-21-26.php] During broadcast, the scene of Kaji's death was followed by an establishing shot to the door to Misato's apartment with her name. This "evidence" of Misato's guilt was replaced in the Director's cut with a shot outside of her apartment building.<br />
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==Rei and Kaworu are actual albinos==<br />
Actual albinos don't have light blue hair! Albinos cannot walk outside without protection, otherwise they would suffer severe sunburn, and most have very poor eyesight. [https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/albinism/symptoms-causes/syc-20369184] On the contrary, Kaworu's eyesight appears to be exceptional (such as his noticing Misato in the [[Episode 24]] director's cut lake scene). It is worth noting that Ritsuko's complexion is only ''slightly'' darker than Rei's, although she's obviously not an albino.<br />
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==Toji not only loses his leg, but his arm as well==<br />
While Toji's left leg is plainly missing when he's on the hospital bed, it's not certain to tell if his left arm is, as well. However, both Toji's arms are seen as he is being hauled out of the entry plug. The [[Resources:End of Evangelion Screenplays#Touji & Kensuke's farewell (Basketball Court)|original storyboards]] for ''The End of Evangelion'' contain a scene showing Toji playing wheelchair basketball with Kensuke, where he clearly has both arms, eliminating the possibility that one of his arms was amputated.<br />
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==Naoko's Brain in Magi==<br />
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Or any other brain for that matter. This is due to the brain-like object [[Ritsuko Akagi|Ritsuko]] reveals when she cuts into the [[Magi]] in [[episode 13]]. It is clearly stated that the Magi merely have personality imprints of [[Naoko Akagi]] - herself as a mother, scientist, and woman. The computers are also far too large to be actual human brains.<br />
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==Naoko's Soul in Magi==<br />
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Likely originated due to the fact that the Evas themselves have souls. There's also the issue of Caspar 'betraying' Ritsuko in [[The End of Evangelion]], but machines cannot be implanted with souls.<br />
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==Keel is the Wandering Jew==<br />
One of the most bizarre myths about Evangelion. There is an old and racist story that claims that an onlooker at Christ's crucifixion spat upon him, and was punished by receiving the curse of immortality. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_Jew#Origin_and_evolution] He thus became the "wandering Jew", never able to make permanent friends or stay in one place, lest people notice his never-aging nature. The theory goes that [[Keel|Keel's]] motivation in bringing about Instrumentality would at long last allow him to die. There are, at the very least, two huge problems with this notion. One being there's '''absolutely nothing''' in the series to indicate this is Keel's motivation.[[Image:Tank image 07a investigate.jpg|thumb|right|A visibly younger Keel in the background with [[Gendo Ikari|Gendo]].]] The other is that when Keel appears in flashback in [[episode 21]], he is visibly younger than in the series' present, and as has been noted, the Wandering Jew is supposed to be ageless.<br><br><br />
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==The Dummy Plug Plant is the Chamber of Guf==<br />
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The [[Chamber of Guf]] is mentioned by Ritsuko in [[episode 23]] when she, Misato, and Shinji are down in the [[Dummy Plug Plant]]. This comment likely lead people to believe the two were synonymous. Please look [[Guf|here]] for an explanation of Guf within NGE.<br />
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==Adam was impaled on the Spear of Longinus by Lilith==<br />
The "Duel of the Seeds" idea was made up to explain why one Seed would be skewered by the [[Spear of Longinus]] and placed in suspended animation while the other would be free to spread life on Earth. The interaction between Rei and Kaworu was interpreted to mean that both of them (as [[Lilith]] and [[Adam]] respectively) had interacted previously. This idea was disproved when the [[Classified Information]] files revealed that each Seed was sent with its own Spear, and that Lilith's Spear was either lost or destroyed during First Impact. Adam was placed in suspended animation by its own Spear, which was used to impale Lilith later on.<br />
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==Death's string quartet scenes take place in the actual series timeline.==<br />
This one is easily disproven, as both Asuka and Kaworu appear in the String Quartet sequences. In the actual series timeline, Asuka is in the hospital under heavy sedation when Kaworu arrives, and is still there when he gets squished; they never meet. The String Quartet motif serves to separate the different focuses in [[Evangelion: Death|Death]] as well as fitting together with the musical score that was used, Pachelbel's Canon in D major.<br />
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=="Anno's Revenge"==<br />
Many are lead to believe, one way or another, that [[The End of Evangelion]] was Anno's revenge against the fans for the negative response received from the ending of the TV series. <br />
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Some say it is because Anno brutally killed off all of the main characters; however, this isn't anything new in the world of anime. Most notably, Yoshiyuki Tomino's [[Space Runaway Ideon]], where not just all the main characters are killed off, even children are brutally massacred. Even though Ideon may be one of Anno's biggest inspirations for Evangelion, the End of Evangelion was closer to the planned ending to the TV series [https://forum.evageeks.org/post/677939/Hideaki-Anno-x-Kazuo-Koike-October-22-2013/#677939 Anno's October 2013 interview]. Some of the footage used in the TV series ending (corpses of Misato and Ritsuko) indicates that, even before the TV series ended, Anno had planned on killing these characters.<br />
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Some say it is because of scenes such as Shinji visiting the sedated Asuka in her hospital room. Although slightly out-of-left-field compared to the ending of the TV series, this scene does serve its purposes. Most importantly, it shows that Shinji has hit the lowest of lows, and secondly, it's referenced later in the movie when Asuka says "Idiot! I know about your jerk-off fantasies of me. Do it again like usual... I'll even stand here and watch."<br />
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A subjective argument for Anno's revenge is the cinematic and narrative mindfuck that takes up most of the 2nd half of End of Evangelion. A subjective retort could be, "What about the end of the TV series?". As far as a non-subjective response, films have been known to use clashing motifs, non-linear story telling, and highly symbolic/obscure imagery, and the End of Evangelion isn't the first to use all three. Also, from an interpretive standpoint, the second half of the movie does very well in showing the chaos and disembodiment of [[Human Instrumentality Project|Instrumentality]], specifically, what Shinji was going through.<br />
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Finally, some argue that the smoking gun for Anno's revenge is the sequence of quickly flashing (about one per frame) [[End of Evangelion Death Threats|death threats/hate mail]] which can be seen at the end of the live action sequence in the second half of the movie. However this rumor was started, it was probably propagated by the Commentary track on the Manga Entertainment release of End of Evangelion, where Amanda Winn Lee gives a mention of hate mail during this sequence [http://www.evamonkey.com/ The End of Evangelion Audio Commentary]. Since these have been translated to English, the majority of the letters and emails are that of personal attachment to the show, praise, or encouragement/anticipation for the End of Evangelion movie. Only one of the emails can be considered 'hate mail', and it was criticizing Death and Rebirth (not the end of the TV series at all), and the only 2 possible instances that could be considered a 'death threat' was graffiti on the wall outside of Gainax's studio (which was hypothesized to be from religious fanatics) and an email that said "Anno, I'll kill you!!!", which was a close-up of only that message on a computer monitor and lacked any context whatsoever. This puts the smoking gun argument on very shaky ground, as this sequence isn't used as a "This is why I'm taking revenge on you people" message, or anything along those lines.<br />
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==The Mass Production Evas have no souls==<br />
In [[Episode 24]], Kaworu says that the [[A.T. Field]] is "The light of the soul", indicating that a soul is required to produce an [[A.T. Field]]. This is consistent all throughout the TV Series as well as in the movies, since the [[Mass Production Evangelions]], in fact, do produce A.T. Fields:<br />
:Shigeru: "The Eva series' A.T. Fields are resonating!"<br />
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Some say that it is the pilots (Kaworu [[dummy plugs]]) which produce the A.T. Field. However, Ritsuko in [[Episode 17]] says:<br />
:"This is the dummy plug prototype.<br>Rei's personal data has been loaded into it,<br>but it's ''not really possible to digitize a human mind and soul''.<br>Ultimately, it's a fake, an imitation.<br>Just a machine that emulates a pilot's thinking process."<br />
Indicating that there is no real soul in the dummy plugs. Therefore, it is impossible for the dummy plug to generate an A.T. Field.<br />
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==Adam and Lilith were once a single being / Adam was born from Lilith==<br />
This misconception comes from a mistranslated line via [[Manga Entertainment|Manga Entertainment's]] [[The End of Evangelion]] release. Misato's line should read, "Humans were born from Lilith, who is a [[Seed of Life]] just like Adam." This makes Adam and Lilith two equal beings.<br />
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==Pre-3I Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head==<br />
During Pre-3I Instrumentality, Shinji and Asuka witness a scene from Misato's college days, where she is having sex with Kaji. Shinji clearly has never seen this before asking "This is Misato? She does... this?" in which she replies "Yes, this is also me... The melting into one another's hearts... The me that Shinji doesn't know." If the entire Pre-Third Impact Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head, there is no way he would know these things.<br />
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==Asuka didn't die==<br />
Asuka and Eva-02 were killed by the harpies. Maya's and Shinji's horror and the mangled state of Eva-02 make it explicit. Since Asuka was suffering actual physical damage corresponding to the Eva's damage, there was no way Asuka could have survived the multiple Spear impacts or the subsequent mangling.<br />
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==The Asuka-Rei-Misato amalgamation==<br />
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This very common misconception was born due the last scene of End of Evangelion with Asuka and Shinji alone on the beach. Asuka's arm is bandaged (like Rei's in Episode 01) and her eyes appears to be brown (like Misato's). This lead some people to speculate that Asuka is really a combination of all three girls, and therefore Shinji's "dream girl". This ridiculous notion is absolutely false. The bandaged arm is due to her battle trauma in Eva-02 earlier in End of Evangelion (when a replica lance splits Eva-02's right arm completely). Her eyes are still blue, but merely tinted due to the hue of the scene.<br />
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Before Instrumentality was ended, Rei tells Shinji ''"If you wish once more for the existence of others, the barriers of the heart will separate everyone once more..."'' and Kaworu says ''"Is it okay for A.T. Fields to hurt you and others once more?"'', indicating that the A.T. Fields have separated everyone from each other.<br />
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==The Adam & Eve Scenario (or, Nobody Else is Coming Back)==<br />
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Considering that themes of Genesis pop up all over NGE, the final scene of End of Evangelion leads many to assume that Shinji and Asuka are the new Adam and Eve and are left alone to re-populate the world. But this theory is false if we are to believe Rei and Yui when, during the dissolution of Instrumentality, Rei states, "Anyone can return to human form as long as they can imagine themselves in their own heart.", and then Yui says, "All living things have the ability to return to their original form... and the heart to go on living."<br />
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A tentative list. <br />
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==NGE is religious propaganda==<br />
The religious symbolism in NGE is actually not used in any sort of religiously meaningful fashion. According to Evangelion Assistant Director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]:<br />
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"There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice."' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Kazuya_Tsurumaki:_Q.26A_from_.22Amusing_Himself_to_Death.22|Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death"]]<br />
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Here's an old essay from 2001 of someone [http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/writings/eva2.shtml getting it wrong]: "However, it is revealed at the end of the series that the Angels are actually failed attempts in the Creation (i.e., the Biblical Creation) that preceded mankind". Early inaccurate translations of the show may have contributed to this confusion.<br />
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==LCL means "Link Connect Liquid"==<br />
[[Image:LCL.JPG|left|thumb|Manga saying LCL stands for Link Connect Liquid]]<br />
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It is unknown what the initials "LCL" stand for within the anime series, but we do know what they '''don't''' mean. According to the Death and Rebirth theatrical program (special edition): <br />
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''Incidentally, the widely circulated idea that L.C.L is the abbreviation of "Link Connected Liquid" is incorrect.'' <br />
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Nowhere does it say what it means, although [[Evangelion Chronicle]] suggests one of the Ls stands for "Lilith".<br />
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In Sadamoto's [[Manga]] version, LCL ''is'' said to stand for Link Connect Liquid, written in the Dossier before a chapter starts.<br />
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==First Impact killed the dinosaurs==<br />
First Impact was never depicted or directly referred to on-screen. This has led several fans upon first glance to incorrectly assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the more well known asteroid impact which caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. <br />
[[Image:07 C080 textbook-overlay.jpg|thumb|A page from Shinji's textbook]]<br />
However, First Impact (aka "Giant Impact") was actually the collision of a giant spherical object, designated the "Black Moon", into Earth approximately 4 billion years ago. As a result of the impact, huge amounts of debris, including the Black Moon's rocky exterior, were thrown into orbit, eventually coalescing into Earth's satellite, the Moon. This was made clear in the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The_Second_Angel|Classified Information]]. The "meteorite" theory in the above textbook page is a cover story, and is part of the effort to also blame [[Second Impact]] on a meteor.<br />
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=="Barons of Hell"==<br />
Almost from the beginning of Eva fandom, there has been an internet rumor that the [[Evangelions]] are based upon Biblical entities called "The Barons of Hell". There are two problems with this theory:<br />
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One is that there is no such thing as a "Baron of Hell" mentioned in the Bible or in any other Judeo-Christian source; extensive searches for the term have turned up only references to Eva and the video game ''Doom''. Some sources claim that the Barons are the same thing as the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", but the descriptions given to the Barons don't match up to the Horsemen.<br />
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The other problem is that we know exactly what the Evangelions '''are''' based upon. Evas were fundamentally based upon the oni (commonly translated as “demon” or “ogre”, but actually a specific type of Japanese monster). Says [[Hideaki Anno|Anno]] himself (in an interview published in Aerial Magazine):<br />
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''There's a monster in Japan called the Oni; it has two horns sticking out of its head and the overall image of the Eva is based on that. I also wanted to give the impression that beneath this ‘robot monster’ image is not so much a robot, but a giant human.'' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Hideaki_Anno.27s_Roundtable_Discussion|Anno's Roundtable discussion]]<br />
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[[Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg|thumb|left|A very Oni-looking Evangelion sketch]]<br />
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An early [http://evageeks.org/FGP/Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg sketch Anno did of an Eva] clearly betrays their oni roots. Working from this basic premise, and corresponding with Anno along the way, [[Ikuto Yamashita]] developed the Evas as we know them (with the exception of EoE's “harpies”).<br />
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==Kids born after 2I are soulless==<br />
A bizarre idea used to explain the drop in birth rate after [[Second Impact]], and why only kids born after Second Impact can synch with the Evangelions. This theory has no basis whatsoever as Ritsuko explicitly states in [[Episode 20]] that Shinji, born after Second Impact, has a soul.<br />
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==Spear of Longinus is the actual holy relic (that just somehow got BIG)==<br />
This is a product of putting too much stock in NGE's religious references. The Spear was actually excavated in Antarctica along with Adam, who was found impaled upon it. According to the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The Spear of Longinus|Classified Information]], each [[Source of Life]] is accompanied by a Spear that has a will of its own and can immobilize a Seed for going against its mission. Thus, the Spear of Longinus is billions of years old, not made by some Roman blacksmith, and impaled Adam for committing some unspecified offense.<br />
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==A.T. Field is a real-life psychology term==<br />
Since the very earliest days of Evangelion analysis, there has been a rumor that [[A.T. Field]] is a genuine psychological term that describes the barrier that separates autism patients from the world around them. However, extensive searching of online Psychology researches and forums has failed to find any use of the term other than in reference to NGE. Further research by those in the field has proven that "Absolute Terror" or similar terminology is simply not recognized in academia. Therefore, this rumor is false and has been conclusively proven so.<br />
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Examples of fan-pages propagating this rumor: [http://www.arune.com/eva/words.html 1] [http://www.nervarchives.com/glossary.atfield.php 2]<br />
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==Eva-00 has the soul of Naoko==<br />
Please visit [[Eva-00's soul]] for more information.<br />
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==Someone we know killed Kaji==<br />
Many fans came to the conclusion that [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]] shot [[Ryoji Kaji|Kaji]], with little or no evidence to back it up. Series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] implied with the Director's Cut of [[Episode 21]] that Kaji was not shot by any named character, but an agent sent through either "[[Seele]] or [[Nerv|Nerv's]] intelligence division."[http://www.evamonkey.com/platinum-booklets/episode-commentaries-21-26.php] During broadcast, the scene of Kaji's death was followed by an establishing shot to the door to Misato's apartment with her name. This "evidence" of Misato's guilt was replaced in the Director's cut with a shot outside of her apartment building.<br />
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==Rei and Kaworu are actual albinos==<br />
Actual albinos don't have light blue hair! Albinos cannot walk outside without protection, otherwise they would suffer severe sunburn, and most have very poor eyesight. [https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/albinism/symptoms-causes/syc-20369184] On the contrary, Kaworu's eyesight appears to be exceptional (such as his noticing Misato in the [[Episode 24]] director's cut lake scene). It is worth noting that Ritsuko's complexion is only ''slightly'' darker than Rei's, although she's obviously not an albino.<br />
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==Toji not only loses his leg, but his arm as well==<br />
While Toji's left leg is plainly missing when he's on the hospital bed, it's not certain to tell if his left arm is, as well. However, both Toji's arms are seen as he is being hauled out of the entry plug. The [[Resources:End of Evangelion Screenplays#Touji & Kensuke's farewell (Basketball Court)|original storyboards]] for ''The End of Evangelion'' contain a scene showing Toji playing wheelchair basketball with Kensuke, where he clearly has both arms, eliminating the possibility that one of his arms was amputated.<br />
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==Naoko's Brain in Magi==<br />
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Or any other brain for that matter. This is due to the brain-like object [[Ritsuko Akagi|Ritsuko]] reveals when she cuts into the [[Magi]] in [[episode 13]]. It is clearly stated that the Magi merely have personality imprints of [[Naoko Akagi]] - herself as a mother, scientist, and woman. The computers are also far too large to be actual human brains.<br />
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==Naoko's Soul in Magi==<br />
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Likely originated due to the fact that the Evas themselves have souls. There's also the issue of Caspar 'betraying' Ritsuko in [[The End of Evangelion]], but machines cannot be implanted with souls.<br />
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==Keel is the Wandering Jew==<br />
One of the most bizarre myths about Evangelion. There is an old and racist story that claims that an onlooker at Christ's crucifixion spat upon him, and was punished by receiving the curse of immortality. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_Jew#Origin_and_evolution] He thus became the "wandering Jew", never able to make permanent friends or stay in one place, lest people notice his never-aging nature. The theory goes that [[Keel|Keel's]] motivation in bringing about Instrumentality would at long last allow him to die. There are, at the very least, two huge problems with this notion. One being there's '''absolutely nothing''' in the series to indicate this is Keel's motivation.[[Image:Tank image 07a investigate.jpg|thumb|right|A visibly younger Keel in the background with [[Gendo Ikari|Gendo]].]] The other is that when Keel appears in flashback in [[episode 21]], he is visibly younger than in the series' present, and as has been noted, the Wandering Jew is supposed to be ageless.<br><br><br />
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==The Dummy Plug Plant is the Chamber of Guf==<br />
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The [[Chamber of Guf]] is mentioned by Ritsuko in [[episode 23]] when she, Misato, and Shinji are down in the [[Dummy Plug Plant]]. This comment likely lead people to believe the two were synonymous. Please look [[Guf|here]] for an explanation of Guf within NGE.<br />
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==Adam was impaled on the Spear of Longinus by Lilith==<br />
The "Duel of the Seeds" idea was made up to explain why one Seed would be skewered by the [[Spear of Longinus]] and placed in suspended animation while the other would be free to spread life on Earth. The interaction between Rei and Kaworu was interpreted to mean that both of them (as [[Lilith]] and [[Adam]] respectively) had interacted previously. This idea was disproved when the [[Classified Information]] files revealed that each Seed was sent with its own Spear, and that Lilith's Spear was either lost or destroyed during First Impact. Adam was placed in suspended animation by its own Spear, which was used to impale Lilith later on.<br />
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==Death's string quartet scenes take place in the actual series timeline.==<br />
This one is easily disproven, as both Asuka and Kaworu appear in the String Quartet sequences. In the actual series timeline, Asuka is in the hospital under heavy sedation when Kaworu arrives, and is still there when he gets squished; they never meet. The String Quartet motif serves to separate the different focuses in [[Evangelion: Death|Death]] as well as fitting together with the musical score that was used, Pachelbel's Canon in D major.<br />
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=="Anno's Revenge"==<br />
Many are lead to believe, one way or another, that [[The End of Evangelion]] was Anno's revenge against the fans for the negative response received from the ending of the TV series. <br />
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Some say it is because Anno brutally killed off all of the main characters; however, this isn't anything new in the world of anime. Most notably, Yoshiyuki Tomino's [[Space Runaway Ideon]], where not just all the main characters are killed off, even children are brutally massacred. Even though Ideon may be one of Anno's biggest inspirations for Evangelion, the End of Evangelion was closer to the planned ending to the TV series [https://forum.evageeks.org/post/677939/Hideaki-Anno-x-Kazuo-Koike-October-22-2013/#677939 Anno's October 2013 interview]. Some of the footage used in the TV series ending (corpses of Misato and Ritsuko) indicates that, even before the TV series ended, Anno had planned on killing these characters.<br />
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Some say it is because of scenes such as Shinji visiting the sedated Asuka in her hospital room. Although slightly out-of-left-field compared to the ending of the TV series, this scene does serve its purposes. Most importantly, it shows that Shinji has hit the lowest of lows, and secondly, it's referenced later in the movie when Asuka says "Idiot! I know about your jerk-off fantasies of me. Do it again like usual... I'll even stand here and watch."<br />
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A subjective argument for Anno's revenge is the cinematic and narrative mindfuck that takes up most of the 2nd half of End of Evangelion. A subjective retort could be, "What about the end of the TV series?". As far as a non-subjective response, films have been known to use clashing motifs, non-linear story telling, and highly symbolic/obscure imagery, and the End of Evangelion isn't the first to use all three. Also, from an interpretive standpoint, the second half of the movie does very well in showing the chaos and disembodiment of [[Human Instrumentality Project|Instrumentality]], specifically, what Shinji was going through.<br />
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Finally, some argue that the smoking gun for Anno's revenge is the sequence of quickly flashing (about one per frame) [[End of Evangelion Death Threats|death threats/hate mail]] which can be seen at the end of the live action sequence in the second half of the movie. However this rumor was started, it was probably propagated by the Commentary track on the Manga Entertainment release of End of Evangelion, where Amanda Winn Lee gives a mention of hate mail during this sequence [http://www.evamonkey.com/ The End of Evangelion Audio Commentary]. Since these have been translated to English, the majority of the letters and emails are that of personal attachment to the show, praise, or encouragement/anticipation for the End of Evangelion movie. Only one of the emails can be considered 'hate mail', and it was criticizing Death and Rebirth (not the end of the TV series at all), and the only 2 possible instances that could be considered a 'death threat' was graffiti on the wall outside of Gainax's studio (which was hypothesized to be from religious fanatics) and an email that said "Anno, I'll kill you!!!", which was a close-up of only that message on a computer monitor and lacked any context whatsoever. This puts the smoking gun argument on very shaky ground, as this sequence isn't used as a "This is why I'm taking revenge on you people" message, or anything along those lines.<br />
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==The Mass Production Evas have no souls==<br />
In [[Episode 24]], Kaworu says that the [[A.T. Field]] is "The light of the soul", indicating that a soul is required to produce an A.T. Field. This is consistent all throughout the TV Series as well as in the movies, since the Mass Production Evangelions, in fact, do produce A.T. Fields:<br />
:Shigeru: "The Eva series' A.T. Fields are resonating!"<br />
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Some say that it is the pilots (Kaworu dummy plugs) which produce the A.T. Field. However, Ritsuko in [[Episode 17]] says:<br />
:"This is the dummy plug prototype.<br>Rei's personal data has been loaded into it,<br>but it's ''not really possible to digitize a human mind and soul''.<br>Ultimately, it's a fake, an imitation.<br>Just a machine that emulates a pilot's thinking process."<br />
Indicating that there is no real soul in the dummy plugs. Therefore, it is impossible for the dummy plug to generate an A.T. Field.<br />
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==Adam and Lilith were once a single being / Adam was born from Lilith==<br />
This misconception comes from a mistranslated line via [[Manga Entertainment|Manga Entertainment's]] [[The End of Evangelion]] release. Misato's line should read, "Humans were born from Lilith, who is a [[Seed of Life]] just like Adam." This makes Adam and Lilith two equal beings.<br />
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==Pre-3I Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head==<br />
During Pre-3I Instrumentality, Shinji and Asuka witness a scene from Misato's college days, where she is having sex with Kaji. Shinji clearly has never seen this before asking "This is Misato? She does... this?" in which she replies "Yes, this is also me... The melting into one another's hearts... The me that Shinji doesn't know." If the entire Pre-Third Impact Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head, there is no way he would know these things.<br />
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==Asuka didn't die==<br />
Asuka and Eva-02 were killed by the harpies. Maya's and Shinji's horror and the mangled state of Eva-02 make it explicit. Since Asuka was suffering actual physical damage corresponding to the Eva's damage, there was no way Asuka could have survived the multiple Spear impacts or the subsequent mangling.<br />
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==The Asuka-Rei-Misato amalgamation==<br />
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This very common misconception was born due the last scene of End of Evangelion with Asuka and Shinji alone on the beach. Asuka's arm is bandaged (like Rei's in Episode 01) and her eyes appears to be brown (like Misato's). This lead some people to speculate that Asuka is really a combination of all three girls, and therefore Shinji's "dream girl". This ridiculous notion is absolutely false. The bandaged arm is due to her battle trauma in Eva-02 earlier in End of Evangelion (when a replica lance splits Eva-02's right arm completely). Her eyes are still blue, but merely tinted due to the hue of the scene.<br />
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Before Instrumentality was ended, Rei tells Shinji ''"If you wish once more for the existence of others, the barriers of the heart will separate everyone once more..."'' and Kaworu says ''"Is it okay for A.T. Fields to hurt you and others once more?"'', indicating that the A.T. Fields have separated everyone from each other.<br />
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==The Adam & Eve Scenario (or, Nobody Else is Coming Back)==<br />
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Considering that themes of Genesis pop up all over NGE, the final scene of End of Evangelion leads many to assume that Shinji and Asuka are the new Adam and Eve and are left alone to re-populate the world. But this theory is false if we are to believe Rei and Yui when, during the dissolution of Instrumentality, Rei states, "Anyone can return to human form as long as they can imagine themselves in their own heart.", and then Yui says, "All living things have the ability to return to their original form... and the heart to go on living."<br />
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A tentative list. <br />
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==NGE is religious propaganda==<br />
The religious symbolism in NGE is actually not used in any sort of religiously meaningful fashion. According to Evangelion Assistant Director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]:<br />
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"There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice."' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Kazuya_Tsurumaki:_Q.26A_from_.22Amusing_Himself_to_Death.22|Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death"]]<br />
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Here's an old essay from 2001 of someone [http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/writings/eva2.shtml getting it wrong]: "However, it is revealed at the end of the series that the Angels are actually failed attempts in the Creation (i.e., the Biblical Creation) that preceded mankind". Early inaccurate translations of the show may have contributed to this confusion.<br />
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==LCL means "Link Connect Liquid"==<br />
[[Image:LCL.JPG|left|thumb|Manga saying LCL stands for Link Connect Liquid]]<br />
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It is unknown what the initials "LCL" stand for within the anime series, but we do know what they '''don't''' mean. According to the Death and Rebirth theatrical program (special edition): <br />
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''Incidentally, the widely circulated idea that L.C.L is the abbreviation of "Link Connected Liquid" is incorrect.'' <br />
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Nowhere does it say what it means, although [[Evangelion Chronicle]] suggests one of the Ls stands for "Lilith".<br />
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In Sadamoto's [[Manga]] version, LCL ''is'' said to stand for Link Connect Liquid, written in the Dossier before a chapter starts.<br />
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==First Impact killed the dinosaurs==<br />
First Impact was never depicted or directly referred to on-screen. This has led several fans upon first glance to incorrectly assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the more well known asteroid impact which caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. <br />
[[Image:07 C080 textbook-overlay.jpg|thumb|A page from Shinji's textbook]]<br />
However, First Impact (aka "Giant Impact") was actually the collision of a giant spherical object, designated the "Black Moon", into Earth approximately 4 billion years ago. As a result of the impact, huge amounts of debris, including the Black Moon's rocky exterior, were thrown into orbit, eventually coalescing into Earth's satellite, the Moon. This was made clear in the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The_Second_Angel|Classified Information]]. The "meteorite" theory in the above textbook page is a cover story, and is part of the effort to also blame [[Second Impact]] on a meteor.<br />
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=="Barons of Hell"==<br />
Almost from the beginning of Eva fandom, there has been an internet rumor that the [[Evangelions]] are based upon Biblical entities called "The Barons of Hell". There are two problems with this theory:<br />
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One is that there is no such thing as a "Baron of Hell" mentioned in the Bible or in any other Judeo-Christian source; extensive searches for the term have turned up only references to Eva and the video game ''Doom''. Some sources claim that the Barons are the same thing as the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", but the descriptions given to the Barons don't match up to the Horsemen.<br />
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The other problem is that we know exactly what the Evangelions '''are''' based upon. Evas were fundamentally based upon the oni (commonly translated as “demon” or “ogre”, but actually a specific type of Japanese monster). Says [[Hideaki Anno|Anno]] himself (in an interview published in Aerial Magazine):<br />
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''There's a monster in Japan called the Oni; it has two horns sticking out of its head and the overall image of the Eva is based on that. I also wanted to give the impression that beneath this ‘robot monster’ image is not so much a robot, but a giant human.'' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Hideaki_Anno.27s_Roundtable_Discussion|Anno's Roundtable discussion]]<br />
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[[Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg|thumb|left|A very Oni-looking Evangelion sketch]]<br />
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An early [http://evageeks.org/FGP/Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg sketch Anno did of an Eva] clearly betrays their oni roots. Working from this basic premise, and corresponding with Anno along the way, [[Ikuto Yamashita]] developed the Evas as we know them (with the exception of EoE's “harpies”).<br />
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==Kids born after 2I are soulless==<br />
A bizarre idea used to explain the drop in birth rate after [[Second Impact]], and why only kids born after Second Impact can synch with the Evangelions. This theory has no basis whatsoever as Ritsuko explicitly states in [[Episode 20]] that Shinji, born after Second Impact, has a soul.<br />
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==Spear of Longinus is the actual holy relic (that just somehow got BIG)==<br />
This is a product of putting too much stock in NGE's religious references. The Spear was actually excavated in Antarctica along with Adam, who was found impaled upon it. According to the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The Spear of Longinus|Classified Information]], each [[Source of Life]] is accompanied by a Spear that has a will of its own and can immobilize a Seed for going against its mission. Thus, the Spear of Longinus is billions of years old, not made by some Roman blacksmith, and impaled Adam for committing some unspecified offense.<br />
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==A.T. Field is a real-life psychology term==<br />
Since the very earliest days of Evangelion analysis, there has been a rumor that [[A.T. Field]] is a genuine psychological term that describes the barrier that separates autism patients from the world around them. However, extensive searching of online Psychology researches and forums has failed to find any use of the term other than in reference to NGE. Further research by those in the field has proven that "Absolute Terror" or similar terminology is simply not recognized in academia. Therefore, this rumor is false and has been conclusively proven so.<br />
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Examples of fan-pages propagating this rumor: [http://www.arune.com/eva/words.html 1] [http://www.nervarchives.com/glossary.atfield.php 2]<br />
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==Eva-00 has the soul of Naoko==<br />
Please visit [[Eva-00's soul]] for more information.<br />
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==Someone we know killed Kaji==<br />
Many fans came to the conclusion that [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]] shot [[Ryoji Kaji|Kaji]], with little or no evidence to back it up. Series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] implied with the Director's Cut of [[Episode 21]] that Kaji was not shot by any named character, but an agent sent through either "[[Seele]] or [[Nerv|Nerv's]] intelligence division."[http://www.evamonkey.com/platinum-booklets/episode-commentaries-21-26.php] During broadcast, the scene of Kaji's death was followed by an establishing shot to the door to Misato's apartment with her name. This "evidence" of Misato's guilt was replaced in the Director's cut with a shot outside of her apartment building.<br />
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==Rei and Kaworu are actual albinos==<br />
Actual albinos don't have light blue hair! Albinos cannot walk outside without protection, otherwise they would suffer severe sunburn, and most have very poor eyesight. [https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/albinism/symptoms-causes/syc-20369184] On the contrary, Kaworu's eyesight appears to be exceptional (such as his noticing Misato in the [[Episode 24]] director's cut lake scene). It is worth noting that Ritsuko's complexion is only ''slightly'' darker than Rei's, although she's obviously not an albino.<br />
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==Toji not only loses his leg, but his arm as well==<br />
While Toji's left leg is plainly missing when he's on the hospital bed, it's not certain to tell if his left arm is, as well. However, both Toji's arms are seen as he is being hauled out of the entry plug. The [[Resources:End of Evangelion Screenplays#Touji & Kensuke's farewell (Basketball Court)|original storyboards]] for ''The End of Evangelion'' contain a scene showing Toji playing wheelchair basketball with Kensuke, where he clearly has both arms, eliminating the possibility that one of his arms was amputated.<br />
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==Naoko's Brain in Magi==<br />
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Or any other brain for that matter. This is due to the brain-like object [[Ritsuko Akagi|Ritsuko]] reveals when she cuts into the [[Magi]] in [[episode 13]]. It is clearly stated that the Magi merely have personality imprints of [[Naoko Akagi]] - herself as a mother, scientist, and woman. The computers are also far too large to be actual human brains.<br />
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==Naoko's Soul in Magi==<br />
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Likely originated due to the fact that the Evas themselves have souls. There's also the issue of Caspar 'betraying' Ritsuko in [[The End of Evangelion]], but machines cannot be implanted with souls.<br />
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==Keel is the Wandering Jew==<br />
One of the most bizarre myths about Evangelion. There is an old and racist story that claims that an onlooker at Christ's crucifixion spat upon him, and was punished by receiving the curse of immortality. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_Jew#Origin_and_evolution] He thus became the "wandering Jew", never able to make permanent friends or stay in one place, lest people notice his never-aging nature. The theory goes that [[Keel|Keel's]] motivation in bringing about Instrumentality would at long last allow him to die. There are, at the very least, two huge problems with this notion. One being there's '''absolutely nothing''' in the series to indicate this is Keel's motivation.[[Image:Tank image 07a investigate.jpg|thumb|right|A visibly younger Keel in the background with [[Gendo Ikari|Gendo]].]] The other is that when Keel appears in flashback in [[episode 21]], he is visibly younger than in the series' present, and as has been noted, the Wandering Jew is supposed to be ageless.<br><br><br />
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==The Dummy Plug Plant is the Chamber of Guf==<br />
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The [[Chamber of Guf]] is mentioned by Ritsuko in [[episode 23]] when she, Misato, and Shinji are down in the [[Dummy Plug Plant]]. This comment likely lead people to believe the two were synonymous. Please look [[Guf|here]] for an explanation of Guf within NGE.<br />
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==Adam was impaled on the Spear of Longinus by Lilith==<br />
The "Duel of the Seeds" idea was made up to explain why one Seed would be skewered by the [[Spear of Longinus]] and placed in suspended animation while the other would be free to spread life on Earth. The interaction between Rei and Kaworu was interpreted to mean that both of them (as [[Lilith]] and [[Adam]] respectively) had interacted previously. This idea was disproved when the [[Classified Information]] files revealed that each Seed was sent with its own Spear, and that Lilith's Spear was either lost or destroyed during First Impact. Adam was placed in suspended animation by its own Spear, which was used to impale Lilith later on.<br />
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==Death's string quartet scenes take place in the actual series timeline.==<br />
This one is easily disproven, as both Asuka and Kaworu appear in the String Quartet sequences. In the actual series timeline, Asuka is in the hospital under heavy sedation when Kaworu arrives, and is still there when he gets squished; they never meet. The String Quartet motif serves to separate the different focuses in [[Evangelion: Death|Death]] as well as fitting together with the musical score that was used, Pachelbel's Canon in D major.<br />
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=="Anno's Revenge"==<br />
Many are lead to believe, one way or another, that [[The End of Evangelion]] was Anno's revenge against the fans for the negative response received from the ending of the TV series. <br />
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Some say it is because Anno brutally killed off all of the main characters; however, this isn't anything new in the world of anime. Most notably, Yoshiyuki Tomino's [[Space Runaway Ideon]], where not just all the main characters are killed off, even children are brutally massacred. Even though Ideon may be one of Anno's biggest inspirations for Evangelion, the End of Evangelion was closer to the planned ending to the TV series{{fact}}. Some of the footage used in the TV series ending (corpses of Misato and Ritsuko) indicates that, even before the TV series ended, Anno had planned on killing these characters.<br />
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Some say it is because of scenes such as Shinji visiting the sedated Asuka in her hospital room. Although slightly out-of-left-field compared to the ending of the TV series, this scene does serve its purposes. Most importantly, it shows that Shinji has hit the low of all lows, and secondly, it is used as a reference later in the movie when Asuka says "Idiot! I know about your jerk-off fantasies of me. Do it again like usual... I'll even stand here and watch."<br />
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A subjective argument for Anno's revenge is the cinematic and narrative mindfuck that takes up most of the 2nd half of End of Evangelion. A subjective retort could be, "What about the end of the TV series?". As far as a non-subjective response, films have been known to use clashing motifs, non-linear story telling, and highly symbolic/obscure imagery, and the End of Evangelion isn't the first to use all three. Also, from an interpretive standpoint, the 2nd half of the movie does very well in showing the chaos and disembodiment of [[Human Instrumentality Project|Instrumentality]], specifically, what Shinji was going through.<br />
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Finally, some argue that the smoking gun for Anno's revenge is the sequence of quickly flashing (about one per frame) [[End of Evangelion Death Threats|death threats/hate mail]] which can be seen at the end of the live action sequence in the second half of the movie. However this rumor was started, it was probably propagated by the Commentary track on the Manga Entertainment release of End of Evangelion, where Amanda Winn Lee gives a mention of hate mail during this sequence{{fact}}. Since these have been translated to English, the majority of the letters and emails are that of personal attachment to the show, praise, or encouragement/anticipation for the End of Evangelion movie. Only one of the emails can be considered 'hate mail', and it was criticizing Death and Rebirth (not the end of the TV series at all), and the only 2 possible instances that could be considered a 'death threat' was graffiti on the wall outside of Gainax's studio (which was hypothesized to be from religious fanatics) and an email that said "Anno, I'll kill you!!!", which was a close-up of only that message on a computer monitor and lacked any context whatsoever. This puts the smoking gun argument on very shaky ground, as the sequence clearly isn't used as a "This is why I'm taking revenge on you people" message, or anything along those lines.<br />
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==The Mass Production Evas have no souls==<br />
In [[Episode 24]], Kaworu says that the [[A.T. Field]] is "The light of the soul", indicating that a soul is required to produce an A.T. Field. This is consistent all throughout the TV Series as well as in the movies, since the Mass Production Evangelions, in fact, do produce A.T. Fields:<br />
:Shigeru: "The Eva series' A.T. Fields are resonating!"<br />
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Some say that it is the pilots (Kaworu dummy plugs) which produce the A.T. Field. However, Ritsuko in [[Episode 17]] says:<br />
:"This is the dummy plug prototype.<br>Rei's personal data has been loaded into it,<br>but it's ''not really possible to digitize a human mind and soul''.<br>Ultimately, it's a fake, an imitation.<br>Just a machine that emulates a pilot's thinking process."<br />
Indicating that there is no real soul in the dummy plugs. Therefore, it is impossible for the dummy plug to generate an A.T. Field.<br />
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==Adam and Lilith were once a single being / Adam was born from Lilith==<br />
This misconception comes from a mistranslated line via [[Manga Entertainment|Manga Entertainment's]] [[The End of Evangelion]] release. Misato's line should read, "Humans were born from Lilith, who is a [[Seed of Life]] just like Adam." This makes Adam and Lilith two equal beings.<br />
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==Pre-3I Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head==<br />
During Pre-3I Instrumentality, Shinji and Asuka witness a scene from Misato's college days, where she is having sex with Kaji. Shinji clearly has never seen this before asking "This is Misato? She does... this?" in which she replies "Yes, this is also me... The melting into one another's hearts... The me that Shinji doesn't know." If the entire Pre-Third Impact Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head, there is no way he would know these things.<br />
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==Asuka didn't die==<br />
Asuka and Eva-02 were killed by the harpies. Maya's and Shinji's horror and the mangled state of Eva-02 make it explicit. Since Asuka was suffering actual physical damage corresponding to the Eva's damage, there was no way Asuka could have survived the multiple Spear impacts or the subsequent mangling.<br />
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==The Asuka-Rei-Misato amalgamation==<br />
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This very common misconception was born due the last scene of End of Evangelion with Asuka and Shinji alone on the beach. Asuka's arm is bandaged (like Rei's in Episode 01) and her eyes appears to be brown (like Misato's). This lead some people to speculate that Asuka is really a combination of all three girls, and therefore Shinji's "dream girl". This ridiculous notion is absolutely false. The bandaged arm is due to her battle trauma in Eva-02 earlier in End of Evangelion (when a replica lance splits Eva-02's right arm completely). Her eyes are still blue, but merely tinted due to the hue of the scene.<br />
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Before Instrumentality was ended, Rei tells Shinji ''"If you wish once more for the existence of others, the barriers of the heart will separate everyone once more..."'' and Kaworu says ''"Is it okay for A.T. Fields to hurt you and others once more?"'', indicating that the A.T. Fields have separated everyone from each other.<br />
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==The Adam & Eve Scenario (or, Nobody Else is Coming Back)==<br />
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Considering that themes of Genesis pop up all over NGE, the final scene of End of Evangelion leads many to assume that Shinji and Asuka are the new Adam and Eve and are left alone to re-populate the world. But this theory is false if we are to believe Rei and Yui when, during the dissolution of Instrumentality, Rei states, "Anyone can return to human form as long as they can imagine themselves in their own heart.", and then Yui says, "All living things have the ability to return to their original form... and the heart to go on living."<br />
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A tentative list. <br />
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==NGE is religious propaganda==<br />
The religious symbolism in NGE is actually not used in any sort of religiously meaningful fashion. According to Evangelion Assistant Director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]:<br />
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"There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice."' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Kazuya_Tsurumaki:_Q.26A_from_.22Amusing_Himself_to_Death.22|Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death"]]<br />
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Here's an old essay from 2001 of someone [http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/writings/eva2.shtml getting it wrong]: "However, it is revealed at the end of the series that the Angels are actually failed attempts in the Creation (i.e., the Biblical Creation) that preceded mankind". Early inaccurate translations of the show may have contributed to this confusion.<br />
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==LCL means "Link Connect Liquid"==<br />
[[Image:LCL.JPG|left|thumb|Manga saying LCL stands for Link Connect Liquid]]<br />
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It is unknown what the initials "LCL" stand for within the anime series, but we do know what they '''don't''' mean. According to the Death and Rebirth theatrical program (special edition): <br />
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''Incidentally, the widely circulated idea that L.C.L is the abbreviation of "Link Connected Liquid" is incorrect.'' <br />
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Nowhere does it say what it means, although [[Evangelion Chronicle]] suggests one of the Ls stands for "Lilith".<br />
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In Sadamoto's [[Manga]] version, LCL ''is'' said to stand for Link Connect Liquid, written in the Dossier before a chapter starts.<br />
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==First Impact killed the dinosaurs==<br />
First Impact was never depicted or directly referred to on-screen. This has led several fans upon first glance to incorrectly assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the more well known asteroid impact which caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. <br />
[[Image:07 C080 textbook-overlay.jpg|thumb|A page from Shinji's textbook]]<br />
However, First Impact (aka "Giant Impact") was actually the collision of a giant spherical object, designated the "Black Moon", into Earth approximately 4 billion years ago. As a result of the impact, huge amounts of debris, including the Black Moon's rocky exterior, were thrown into orbit, eventually coalescing into Earth's satellite, the Moon. This was made clear in the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The_Second_Angel|Classified Information]]. The "meteorite" theory in the above textbook page is a cover story, and is part of the effort to also blame [[Second Impact]] on a meteor.<br />
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=="Barons of Hell"==<br />
Almost from the beginning of Eva fandom, there has been an internet rumor that the [[Evangelions]] are based upon Biblical entities called "The Barons of Hell". There are two problems with this theory:<br />
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One is that there is no such thing as a "Baron of Hell" mentioned in the Bible or in any other Judeo-Christian source; extensive searches for the term have turned up only references to Eva and the video game ''Doom''. Some sources claim that the Barons are the same thing as the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", but the descriptions given to the Barons don't match up to the Horsemen.<br />
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The other problem is that we know exactly what the Evangelions '''are''' based upon. Evas were fundamentally based upon the oni (commonly translated as “demon” or “ogre”, but actually a specific type of Japanese monster). Says [[Hideaki Anno|Anno]] himself (in an interview published in Aerial Magazine):<br />
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''There's a monster in Japan called the Oni; it has two horns sticking out of its head and the overall image of the Eva is based on that. I also wanted to give the impression that beneath this ‘robot monster’ image is not so much a robot, but a giant human.'' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Hideaki_Anno.27s_Roundtable_Discussion|Anno's Roundtable discussion]]<br />
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[[Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg|thumb|left|A very Oni-looking Evangelion sketch]]<br />
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An early [http://evageeks.org/FGP/Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg sketch Anno did of an Eva] clearly betrays their oni roots. Working from this basic premise, and corresponding with Anno along the way, [[Ikuto Yamashita]] developed the Evas as we know them (with the exception of EoE's “harpies”).<br />
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==Kids born after 2I are soulless==<br />
A bizarre idea used to explain the drop in birth rate after [[Second Impact]], and why only kids born after Second Impact can synch with the Evangelions. This theory has no basis whatsoever as Ritsuko explicitly states in [[Episode 20]] that Shinji, born after Second Impact, has a soul.<br />
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==Spear of Longinus is the actual holy relic (that just somehow got BIG)==<br />
This is a product of putting too much stock in NGE's religious references. The Spear was actually excavated in Antarctica along with Adam, who was found impaled upon it. According to the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The Spear of Longinus|Classified Information]], each [[Source of Life]] is accompanied by a Spear that has a will of its own and can immobilize a Seed for going against its mission. Thus, the Spear of Longinus is billions of years old, not made by some Roman blacksmith, and impaled Adam for committing some unspecified offense.<br />
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==A.T. Field is a real-life psychology term==<br />
Since the very earliest days of Evangelion analysis, there has been a rumor that [[A.T. Field]] is a genuine psychological term that describes the barrier that separates autism patients from the world around them. However, extensive searching of online Psychology researches and forums has failed to find any use of the term other than in reference to NGE. Further research by those in the field has proven that "Absolute Terror" or similar terminology is simply not recognized in academia. Therefore, this rumor is false and has been conclusively proven so.<br />
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Examples of fan-pages propagating this rumor: [http://www.arune.com/eva/words.html 1] [http://www.nervarchives.com/glossary.atfield.php 2]<br />
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==Eva-00 has the soul of Naoko==<br />
Please visit [[Eva-00's soul]] for more information.<br />
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==Someone we know killed Kaji==<br />
Many fans came to the conclusion that [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]] shot [[Ryoji Kaji|Kaji]], with little or no evidence to back it up. Series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] implied with the Director's Cut of [[Episode 21]] that Kaji was not shot by any named character, but an agent sent through either "[[Seele]] or [[Nerv|Nerv's]] intelligence division."[http://www.evamonkey.com/platinum-booklets/episode-commentaries-21-26.php] During broadcast, the scene of Kaji's death was followed by an establishing shot to the door to Misato's apartment with her name. This "evidence" of Misato's guilt was replaced in the Director's cut with a shot outside of her apartment building.<br />
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==Rei and Kaworu are actual albinos==<br />
Actual albinos don't have light blue hair! Albinos cannot walk outside without protection, otherwise they would suffer severe sunburn, and most have very poor eyesight. [https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/albinism/symptoms-causes/syc-20369184] On the contrary, Kaworu's eyesight appears to be exceptional (such as his noticing Misato in the [[Episode 24]] director's cut lake scene). It is worth noting that Ritsuko's complexion is only ''slightly'' darker than Rei's, although she's obviously not an albino.<br />
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==Toji not only loses his leg, but his arm as well==<br />
While Toji's left leg is plainly missing when he's on the hospital bed, it's not certain to tell if his left arm is, as well. However, both Toji's arms are seen as he is being hauled out of the entry plug. The [[Resources:End of Evangelion Screenplays#Touji & Kensuke's farewell (Basketball Court)|original storyboards]] for ''The End of Evangelion'' contain a scene showing Toji playing wheelchair basketball with Kensuke, where he clearly has both arms, eliminating the possibility that one of his arms was amputated.<br />
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==Naoko's Brain in Magi==<br />
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Or any other brain for that matter. This is due to the brain-like object [[Ritsuko Akagi|Ritsuko]] reveals when she cuts into the [[Magi]] in [[episode 13]]. It is clearly stated that the Magi merely have personality imprints of [[Naoko Akagi]] - herself as a mother, scientist, and woman. The computers are also far too large to be actual human brains.<br />
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==Naoko's Soul in Magi==<br />
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Likely originated due to the fact that the Evas themselves have souls. There's also the issue of Caspar 'betraying' Ritsuko in [[The End of Evangelion]], but machines cannot be implanted with souls.<br />
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==Keel is the Wandering Jew==<br />
One of the most bizarre myths about Evangelion. There is an old and racist story that claims that an onlooker at Christ's crucifixion spat upon him, and was punished by receiving the curse of immortality. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_Jew#Origin_and_evolution] He thus became the "wandering Jew", never able to make permanent friends or stay in one place, lest people notice his never-aging nature. The theory goes that [[Keel|Keel's]] motivation in bringing about Instrumentality would at long last allow him to die. There are, at the very least, two huge problems with this notion. One being there's '''absolutely nothing''' in the series to indicate this is Keel's motivation.[[Image:Tank image 07a investigate.jpg|thumb|right|A visibly younger Keel in the background with [[Gendo Ikari|Gendo]].]] The other is that when Keel appears in flashback in [[episode 21]], he is visibly younger than in the series' present, and as has been noted, the Wandering Jew is supposed to be ageless.<br><br><br />
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==The Dummy Plug Plant is the Chamber of Guf==<br />
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The [[Chamber of Guf]] is mentioned by Ritsuko in [[episode 23]] when she, Misato, and Shinji are down in the [[Dummy Plug Plant]]. This comment likely lead people to believe the two were synonymous. Please look [[Guf|here]] for an explanation of Guf within NGE.<br />
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==Adam was impaled on the Spear of Longinus by Lilith==<br />
The "Duel of the Seeds" idea was made up to explain why one Seed would be skewered by the [[Spear of Longinus]] and placed in suspended animation while the other would be free to spread life on Earth. The interaction between Rei and Kaworu was interpreted to mean that both of them (as [[Lilith]] and [[Adam]] respectively) had interacted previously. This idea was disproved when the [[Classified Information]] files revealed that each Seed was sent with its own Spear, and that Lilith's Spear was either lost or destroyed during First Impact. Adam was placed in suspended animation by its own Spear, which was used to impale Lilith later on.<br />
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==Death's string quartet scenes take place in the actual series timeline.==<br />
This one is easily disproved. Both Asuka and Kaworu appear in the String Quartet sequences. In the actual series timeline, Asuka is in the hospital under heavy sedation when Kaworu arrives, and is still there when he gets squished; they never meet. The String Quartet motif serves to separate the different focuses in [[Evangelion: Death|Death]] as well as fitting together with the musical score that was used, Pachelbel's Canon in D major.<br />
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=="Anno's Revenge"==<br />
Many are lead to believe, one way or another, that [[The End of Evangelion]] was Anno's revenge against the fans for the negative response received from the ending of the TV series. <br />
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Some say it is because Anno brutally killed off all of the main characters; however, this isn't anything new in the world of anime. Most notably, Yoshiyuki Tomino's [[Space Runaway Ideon]], where not just all the main characters are killed off, even children are brutally massacred. Even though Ideon may be one of Anno's biggest inspirations for Evangelion, the End of Evangelion was closer to the planned ending to the TV series{{fact}}. Some of the footage used in the TV series ending (corpses of Misato and Ritsuko) indicates that, even before the TV series ended, Anno had planned on killing these characters.<br />
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Some say it is because of scenes such as Shinji visiting the sedated Asuka in her hospital room. Although slightly out-of-left-field compared to the ending of the TV series, this scene does serve its purposes. Most importantly, it shows that Shinji has hit the low of all lows, and secondly, it is used as a reference later in the movie when Asuka says "Idiot! I know about your jerk-off fantasies of me. Do it again like usual... I'll even stand here and watch."<br />
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A subjective argument for Anno's revenge is the cinematic and narrative mindfuck that takes up most of the 2nd half of End of Evangelion. A subjective retort could be, "What about the end of the TV series?". As far as a non-subjective response, films have been known to use clashing motifs, non-linear story telling, and highly symbolic/obscure imagery, and the End of Evangelion isn't the first to use all three. Also, from an interpretive standpoint, the 2nd half of the movie does very well in showing the chaos and disembodiment of [[Human Instrumentality Project|Instrumentality]], specifically, what Shinji was going through.<br />
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Finally, some argue that the smoking gun for Anno's revenge is the sequence of quickly flashing (about one per frame) [[End of Evangelion Death Threats|death threats/hate mail]] which can be seen at the end of the live action sequence in the second half of the movie. However this rumor was started, it was probably propagated by the Commentary track on the Manga Entertainment release of End of Evangelion, where Amanda Winn Lee gives a mention of hate mail during this sequence{{fact}}. Since these have been translated to English, the majority of the letters and emails are that of personal attachment to the show, praise, or encouragement/anticipation for the End of Evangelion movie. Only one of the emails can be considered 'hate mail', and it was criticizing Death and Rebirth (not the end of the TV series at all), and the only 2 possible instances that could be considered a 'death threat' was graffiti on the wall outside of Gainax's studio (which was hypothesized to be from religious fanatics) and an email that said "Anno, I'll kill you!!!", which was a close-up of only that message on a computer monitor and lacked any context whatsoever. This puts the smoking gun argument on very shaky ground, as the sequence clearly isn't used as a "This is why I'm taking revenge on you people" message, or anything along those lines.<br />
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==The Mass Production Evas have no souls==<br />
In [[Episode 24]], Kaworu says that the [[A.T. Field]] is "The light of the soul", indicating that a soul is required to produce an A.T. Field. This is consistent all throughout the TV Series as well as in the movies, since the Mass Production Evangelions, in fact, do produce A.T. Fields:<br />
:Shigeru: "The Eva series' A.T. Fields are resonating!"<br />
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Some say that it is the pilots (Kaworu dummy plugs) which produce the A.T. Field. However, Ritsuko in [[Episode 17]] says:<br />
:"This is the dummy plug prototype.<br>Rei's personal data has been loaded into it,<br>but it's ''not really possible to digitize a human mind and soul''.<br>Ultimately, it's a fake, an imitation.<br>Just a machine that emulates a pilot's thinking process."<br />
Indicating that there is no real soul in the dummy plugs. Therefore, it is impossible for the dummy plug to generate an A.T. Field.<br />
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==Adam and Lilith were once a single being / Adam was born from Lilith==<br />
This misconception comes from a mistranslated line via [[Manga Entertainment|Manga Entertainment's]] [[The End of Evangelion]] release. Misato's line should read, "Humans were born from Lilith, who is a [[Seed of Life]] just like Adam." This makes Adam and Lilith two equal beings.<br />
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==Pre-3I Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head==<br />
During Pre-3I Instrumentality, Shinji and Asuka witness a scene from Misato's college days, where she is having sex with Kaji. Shinji clearly has never seen this before asking "This is Misato? She does... this?" in which she replies "Yes, this is also me... The melting into one another's hearts... The me that Shinji doesn't know." If the entire Pre-Third Impact Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head, there is no way he would know these things.<br />
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==Asuka didn't die==<br />
Asuka and Eva-02 were killed by the harpies. Maya's and Shinji's horror and the mangled state of Eva-02 make it explicit. Since Asuka was suffering actual physical damage corresponding to the Eva's damage, there was no way Asuka could have survived the multiple Spear impacts or the subsequent mangling.<br />
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==The Asuka-Rei-Misato amalgamation==<br />
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This very common misconception was born due the last scene of End of Evangelion with Asuka and Shinji alone on the beach. Asuka's arm is bandaged (like Rei's in Episode 01) and her eyes appears to be brown (like Misato's). This lead some people to speculate that Asuka is really a combination of all three girls, and therefore Shinji's "dream girl". This ridiculous notion is absolutely false. The bandaged arm is due to her battle trauma in Eva-02 earlier in End of Evangelion (when a replica lance splits Eva-02's right arm completely). Her eyes are still blue, but merely tinted due to the hue of the scene.<br />
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Before Instrumentality was ended, Rei tells Shinji ''"If you wish once more for the existence of others, the barriers of the heart will separate everyone once more..."'' and Kaworu says ''"Is it okay for A.T. Fields to hurt you and others once more?"'', indicating that the A.T. Fields have separated everyone from each other.<br />
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==The Adam & Eve Scenario (or, Nobody Else is Coming Back)==<br />
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Considering that themes of Genesis pop up all over NGE, the final scene of End of Evangelion leads many to assume that Shinji and Asuka are the new Adam and Eve and are left alone to re-populate the world. But this theory is false if we are to believe Rei and Yui when, during the dissolution of Instrumentality, Rei states, "Anyone can return to human form as long as they can imagine themselves in their own heart.", and then Yui says, "All living things have the ability to return to their original form... and the heart to go on living."<br />
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A tentative list. <br />
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==NGE is religious propaganda==<br />
The religious symbolism in NGE is actually not used in any sort of religiously meaningful fashion. According to Evangelion Assistant Director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]:<br />
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"There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice."' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Kazuya_Tsurumaki:_Q.26A_from_.22Amusing_Himself_to_Death.22|Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death"]]<br />
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Here's an old essay from 2001 of someone [http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/writings/eva2.shtml getting it wrong]: "However, it is revealed at the end of the series that the Angels are actually failed attempts in the Creation (i.e., the Biblical Creation) that preceded mankind". Early inaccurate translations of the show may have contributed to this confusion.<br />
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==LCL means "Link Connect Liquid"==<br />
[[Image:LCL.JPG|left|thumb|Manga saying LCL stands for Link Connect Liquid]]<br />
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It is unknown what the initials "LCL" stand for within the anime series, but we do know what they '''don't''' mean. According to the Death and Rebirth theatrical program (special edition): <br />
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''Incidentally, the widely circulated idea that L.C.L is the abbreviation of "Link Connected Liquid" is incorrect.'' <br />
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Nowhere does it say what it means, although [[Evangelion Chronicle]] suggests one of the Ls stands for "Lilith".<br />
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In Sadamoto's [[Manga]] version, LCL ''is'' said to stand for Link Connect Liquid, written in the Dossier before a chapter starts.<br />
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==First Impact killed the dinosaurs==<br />
First Impact was never depicted or directly referred to on-screen. This has led several fans upon first glance to incorrectly assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the more well known asteroid impact which caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. <br />
[[Image:07 C080 textbook-overlay.jpg|thumb|A page from Shinji's textbook]]<br />
However, First Impact (aka "Giant Impact") was actually the collision of a giant spherical object, designated the "Black Moon", into Earth approximately 4 billion years ago. As a result of the impact, huge amounts of debris, including the Black Moon's rocky exterior, were thrown into orbit, eventually coalescing into Earth's satellite, the Moon. This was made clear in the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The_Second_Angel|Classified Information]]. The "meteorite" theory in the above textbook page is a cover story, and is part of the effort to also blame [[Second Impact]] on a meteor.<br />
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=="Barons of Hell"==<br />
Almost from the beginning of Eva fandom, there has been an internet rumor that the [[Evangelions]] are based upon Biblical entities called "The Barons of Hell". There are two problems with this theory:<br />
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One is that there is no such thing as a "Baron of Hell" mentioned in the Bible or in any other Judeo-Christian source; extensive searches for the term have turned up only references to Eva and the video game ''Doom''. Some sources claim that the Barons are the same thing as the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", but the descriptions given to the Barons don't match up to the Horsemen.<br />
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The other problem is that we know exactly what the Evangelions '''are''' based upon. Evas were fundamentally based upon the oni (commonly translated as “demon” or “ogre”, but actually a specific type of Japanese monster). Says [[Hideaki Anno|Anno]] himself (in an interview published in Aerial Magazine):<br />
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''There's a monster in Japan called the Oni; it has two horns sticking out of its head and the overall image of the Eva is based on that. I also wanted to give the impression that beneath this ‘robot monster’ image is not so much a robot, but a giant human.'' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Hideaki_Anno.27s_Roundtable_Discussion|Anno's Roundtable discussion]]<br />
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[[Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg|thumb|left|A very Oni-looking Evangelion sketch]]<br />
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An early [http://evageeks.org/FGP/Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg sketch Anno did of an Eva] clearly betrays their oni roots. Working from this basic premise, and corresponding with Anno along the way, [[Ikuto Yamashita]] developed the Evas as we know them (with the exception of EoE's “harpies”).<br />
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==Kids born after 2I are soulless==<br />
A bizarre idea used to explain the drop in birth rate after [[Second Impact]], and why only kids born after Second Impact can synch with the Evangelions. This theory has no basis whatsoever as Ritsuko explicitly states in [[Episode 20]] that Shinji, born after Second Impact, has a soul.<br />
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==Spear of Longinus is the actual holy relic (that just somehow got BIG)==<br />
This is a product of putting too much stock in NGE's religious references. The Spear was actually excavated in Antarctica along with Adam, who was found impaled upon it. According to the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The Spear of Longinus|Classified Information]], each [[Source of Life]] is accompanied by a Spear that has a will of its own and can immobilize a Seed for going against its mission. Thus, the Spear of Longinus is billions of years old, not made by some Roman blacksmith, and impaled Adam for committing some unspecified offense.<br />
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==A.T. Field is a real-life psychology term==<br />
Since the very earliest days of Evangelion analysis, there has been a rumor that [[A.T. Field]] is a genuine psychological term that describes the barrier that separates autism patients from the world around them. However, extensive searching of online Psychology researches and forums has failed to find any use of the term other than in reference to NGE. Further research by those in the field has proven that "Absolute Terror" or similar terminology is simply not recognized in academia. Therefore, this rumor is false and has been conclusively proven so.<br />
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Examples of fan-pages propagating this rumor: [http://www.arune.com/eva/words.html 1] [http://www.nervarchives.com/glossary.atfield.php 2]<br />
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==Eva-00 has the soul of Naoko==<br />
Please visit [[Eva-00's soul]] for more information.<br />
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==Someone we know killed Kaji==<br />
Many fans came to the conclusion that [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]] shot [[Ryoji Kaji|Kaji]], with little or no evidence to back it up. Series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] implied with the Director's Cut of [[Episode 21]] that Kaji was not shot by any named character, but an agent sent through either "[[Seele]] or [[Nerv|Nerv's]] intelligence division."[http://www.evamonkey.com/platinum-booklets/episode-commentaries-21-26.php] During broadcast, the scene of Kaji's death was followed by an establishing shot to the door to Misato's apartment with her name. This "evidence" of Misato's guilt was replaced in the Director's cut with a shot outside of her apartment building.<br />
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==Rei and Kaworu are actual albinos==<br />
Actual albinos don't have light blue hair! Albinos cannot walk outside without protection, otherwise they would suffer severe sunburn, and most have very poor eyesight. [https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/albinism/symptoms-causes/syc-20369184] On the contrary, Kaworu's eyesight appears to be exceptional (such as his noticing Misato in the [[Episode 24]] director's cut lake scene). It is worth noting that Ritsuko's complexion is only ''slightly'' darker than Rei's, although she's obviously not an albino.<br />
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==Toji not only loses his leg, but his arm as well==<br />
While Toji's left leg is plainly missing when he's on the hospital bed, it's not certain to tell if his left arm is, as well. However, both Toji's arms are seen as he is being hauled out of the entry plug. The [[Resources:End of Evangelion Screenplays#Touji & Kensuke's farewell (Basketball Court)|original storyboards]] for ''The End of Evangelion'' contain a scene showing Toji playing wheelchair basketball with Kensuke, where he clearly has both arms, eliminating the possibility that one of his arms was amputated.<br />
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==Naoko's Brain in Magi==<br />
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Or any other brain for that matter. This is due to the brain-like object [[Ritsuko Akagi|Ritsuko]] reveals when she cuts into the [[Magi]] in [[episode 13]]. It is clearly stated that the Magi merely have personality imprints of [[Naoko Akagi]] - herself as a mother, scientist, and woman. The computers are also far too large to be actual human brains.<br />
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==Naoko's Soul in Magi==<br />
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Likely originated due to the fact that the Evas themselves have souls. There's also the issue of Caspar 'betraying' Ritsuko in [[The End of Evangelion]], but machines cannot be implanted with souls.<br />
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==Keel is the Wandering Jew==<br />
One of the most bizarre myths about Evangelion. There is an old and racist story that claims that an onlooker at Christ's crucifixion spat upon him, and was punished by receiving the curse of immortality. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_Jew#Origin_and_evolution] He thus became the "wandering Jew", never able to make permanent friends or stay in one place, lest people notice his never-aging nature. The theory goes that [[Keel|Keel's]] motivation in bringing about Instrumentality would at long last allow him to die. There are, at the very least, two huge problems with this notion. One being there's '''absolutely nothing''' in the series to indicate this is Keel's motivation.[[Image:Tank image 07a investigate.jpg|thumb|right|A visibly younger Keel in the background with [[Gendo Ikari|Gendo]].]] The other is that when Keel appears in flashback in [[episode 21]], he is visibly younger than in the series' present, and as has been noted, the Wandering Jew is supposed to be ageless.<br><br><br />
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==The Dummy Plug Plant is the Chamber of Guf==<br />
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The [[Chamber of Guf]] is mentioned by Ritsuko in [[episode 23]] when she, Misato, and Shinji are down in the [[Dummy Plug Plant]]. This comment likely lead people to believe the two were synonymous. Please look [[Guf|here]] for an explanation of Guf within NGE.<br />
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==Adam was impaled on the Spear of Longinus by Lilith==<br />
The "Duel of the Seeds" idea was made up to explain why one Seed would be skewered by the Spear of Longinus and placed in suspended animation while the other would be free to spread life on Earth. The interaction between Rei and Kaworu was interpreted to mean that both of them (as Lilith and Adam respectively) had interacted previously. This idea was disproved when the Classified Information files revealed that each Seed was sent with its own Spear, and that Lilith's Spear was either lost or destroyed during First Impact. Adam was placed in suspended animation by its own Spear, which was used to impale Lilith later on.<br />
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==Death's string quartet scenes take place in the actual series timeline.==<br />
This one is easily disproved. Both Asuka and Kaworu appear in the String Quartet sequences. In the actual series timeline, Asuka is in the hospital under heavy sedation when Kaworu arrives, and is still there when he gets squished; they never meet. The String Quartet motif serves to separate the different focuses in [[Evangelion: Death|Death]] as well as fitting together with the musical score that was used, Pachelbel's Canon in D major.<br />
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=="Anno's Revenge"==<br />
Many are lead to believe, one way or another, that [[The End of Evangelion]] was Anno's revenge against the fans for the negative response received from the ending of the TV series. <br />
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Some say it is because Anno brutally killed off all of the main characters; however, this isn't anything new in the world of anime. Most notably, Yoshiyuki Tomino's [[Space Runaway Ideon]], where not just all the main characters are killed off, even children are brutally massacred. Even though Ideon may be one of Anno's biggest inspirations for Evangelion, the End of Evangelion was closer to the planned ending to the TV series{{fact}}. Some of the footage used in the TV series ending (corpses of Misato and Ritsuko) indicates that, even before the TV series ended, Anno had planned on killing these characters.<br />
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Some say it is because of scenes such as Shinji visiting the sedated Asuka in her hospital room. Although slightly out-of-left-field compared to the ending of the TV series, this scene does serve its purposes. Most importantly, it shows that Shinji has hit the low of all lows, and secondly, it is used as a reference later in the movie when Asuka says "Idiot! I know about your jerk-off fantasies of me. Do it again like usual... I'll even stand here and watch."<br />
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A subjective argument for Anno's revenge is the cinematic and narrative mindfuck that takes up most of the 2nd half of End of Evangelion. A subjective retort could be, "What about the end of the TV series?". As far as a non-subjective response, films have been known to use clashing motifs, non-linear story telling, and highly symbolic/obscure imagery, and the End of Evangelion isn't the first to use all three. Also, from an interpretive standpoint, the 2nd half of the movie does very well in showing the chaos and disembodiment of [[Human Instrumentality Project|Instrumentality]], specifically, what Shinji was going through.<br />
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Finally, some argue that the smoking gun for Anno's revenge is the sequence of quickly flashing (about one per frame) [[End of Evangelion Death Threats|death threats/hate mail]] which can be seen at the end of the live action sequence in the second half of the movie. However this rumor was started, it was probably propagated by the Commentary track on the Manga Entertainment release of End of Evangelion, where Amanda Winn Lee gives a mention of hate mail during this sequence{{fact}}. Since these have been translated to English, the majority of the letters and emails are that of personal attachment to the show, praise, or encouragement/anticipation for the End of Evangelion movie. Only one of the emails can be considered 'hate mail', and it was criticizing Death and Rebirth (not the end of the TV series at all), and the only 2 possible instances that could be considered a 'death threat' was graffiti on the wall outside of Gainax's studio (which was hypothesized to be from religious fanatics) and an email that said "Anno, I'll kill you!!!", which was a close-up of only that message on a computer monitor and lacked any context whatsoever. This puts the smoking gun argument on very shaky ground, as the sequence clearly isn't used as a "This is why I'm taking revenge on you people" message, or anything along those lines.<br />
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==The Mass Production Evas have no souls==<br />
In [[Episode 24]], Kaworu says that the [[A.T. Field]] is "The light of the soul", indicating that a soul is required to produce an A.T. Field. This is consistent all throughout the TV Series as well as in the movies, since the Mass Production Evangelions, in fact, do produce A.T. Fields:<br />
:Shigeru: "The Eva series' A.T. Fields are resonating!"<br />
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Some say that it is the pilots (Kaworu dummy plugs) which produce the A.T. Field. However, Ritsuko in [[Episode 17]] says:<br />
:"This is the dummy plug prototype.<br>Rei's personal data has been loaded into it,<br>but it's ''not really possible to digitize a human mind and soul''.<br>Ultimately, it's a fake, an imitation.<br>Just a machine that emulates a pilot's thinking process."<br />
Indicating that there is no real soul in the dummy plugs. Therefore, it is impossible for the dummy plug to generate an A.T. Field.<br />
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==Adam and Lilith were once a single being / Adam was born from Lilith==<br />
This misconception comes from a mistranslated line via [[Manga Entertainment|Manga Entertainment's]] [[The End of Evangelion]] release. Misato's line should read, "Humans were born from Lilith, who is a [[Seed of Life]] just like Adam." This makes Adam and Lilith two equal beings.<br />
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==Pre-3I Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head==<br />
During Pre-3I Instrumentality, Shinji and Asuka witness a scene from Misato's college days, where she is having sex with Kaji. Shinji clearly has never seen this before asking "This is Misato? She does... this?" in which she replies "Yes, this is also me... The melting into one another's hearts... The me that Shinji doesn't know." If the entire Pre-Third Impact Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head, there is no way he would know these things.<br />
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==Asuka didn't die==<br />
Asuka and Eva-02 were killed by the harpies. Maya's and Shinji's horror and the mangled state of Eva-02 make it explicit. Since Asuka was suffering actual physical damage corresponding to the Eva's damage, there was no way Asuka could have survived the multiple Spear impacts or the subsequent mangling.<br />
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==The Asuka-Rei-Misato amalgamation==<br />
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This very common misconception was born due the last scene of End of Evangelion with Asuka and Shinji alone on the beach. Asuka's arm is bandaged (like Rei's in Episode 01) and her eyes appears to be brown (like Misato's). This lead some people to speculate that Asuka is really a combination of all three girls, and therefore Shinji's "dream girl". This ridiculous notion is absolutely false. The bandaged arm is due to her battle trauma in Eva-02 earlier in End of Evangelion (when a replica lance splits Eva-02's right arm completely). Her eyes are still blue, but merely tinted due to the hue of the scene.<br />
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Before Instrumentality was ended, Rei tells Shinji ''"If you wish once more for the existence of others, the barriers of the heart will separate everyone once more..."'' and Kaworu says ''"Is it okay for A.T. Fields to hurt you and others once more?"'', indicating that the A.T. Fields have separated everyone from each other.<br />
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==The Adam & Eve Scenario (or, Nobody Else is Coming Back)==<br />
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Considering that themes of Genesis pop up all over NGE, the final scene of End of Evangelion leads many to assume that Shinji and Asuka are the new Adam and Eve and are left alone to re-populate the world. But this theory is false if we are to believe Rei and Yui when, during the dissolution of Instrumentality, Rei states, "Anyone can return to human form as long as they can imagine themselves in their own heart.", and then Yui says, "All living things have the ability to return to their original form... and the heart to go on living."<br />
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A tentative list. <br />
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==NGE is religious propaganda==<br />
The religious symbolism in NGE is actually not used in any sort of religiously meaningful fashion. According to Evangelion Assistant Director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]:<br />
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"There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice."' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Kazuya_Tsurumaki:_Q.26A_from_.22Amusing_Himself_to_Death.22|Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death"]]<br />
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Here's an old essay from 2001 of someone [http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/writings/eva2.shtml getting it wrong]: "However, it is revealed at the end of the series that the Angels are actually failed attempts in the Creation (i.e., the Biblical Creation) that preceded mankind". Early inaccurate translations of the show may have contributed to this confusion.<br />
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==LCL means "Link Connect Liquid"==<br />
[[Image:LCL.JPG|left|thumb|Manga saying LCL stands for Link Connect Liquid]]<br />
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It is unknown what the initials "LCL" stand for within the anime series, but we do know what they '''don't''' mean. According to the Death and Rebirth theatrical program (special edition): <br />
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''Incidentally, the widely circulated idea that L.C.L is the abbreviation of "Link Connected Liquid" is incorrect.'' <br />
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Nowhere does it say what it means, although [[Evangelion Chronicle]] suggests one of the Ls stands for "Lilith".<br />
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In Sadamoto's [[Manga]] version, LCL ''is'' said to stand for Link Connect Liquid, written in the Dossier before a chapter starts.<br />
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==First Impact killed the dinosaurs==<br />
First Impact was never depicted or directly referred to on-screen. This has led several fans upon first glance to incorrectly assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the more well known asteroid impact which caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. <br />
[[Image:07 C080 textbook-overlay.jpg|thumb|A page from Shinji's textbook]]<br />
However, First Impact (aka "Giant Impact") was actually the collision of a giant spherical object, designated the "Black Moon", into Earth approximately 4 billion years ago. As a result of the impact, huge amounts of debris, including the Black Moon's rocky exterior, were thrown into orbit, eventually coalescing into Earth's satellite, the Moon. This was made clear in the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The_Second_Angel|Classified Information]]. The "meteorite" theory in the above textbook page is a cover story, and is part of the effort to also blame [[Second Impact]] on a meteor.<br />
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=="Barons of Hell"==<br />
Almost from the beginning of Eva fandom, there has been an internet rumor that the [[Evangelions]] are based upon Biblical entities called "The Barons of Hell". There are two problems with this theory:<br />
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One is that there is no such thing as a "Baron of Hell" mentioned in the Bible or in any other Judeo-Christian source; extensive searches for the term have turned up only references to Eva and the video game ''Doom''. Some sources claim that the Barons are the same thing as the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", but the descriptions given to the Barons don't match up to the Horsemen.<br />
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The other problem is that we know exactly what the Evangelions '''are''' based upon. Evas were fundamentally based upon the oni (commonly translated as “demon” or “ogre”, but actually a specific type of Japanese monster). Says [[Hideaki Anno|Anno]] himself (in an interview published in Aerial Magazine):<br />
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''There's a monster in Japan called the Oni; it has two horns sticking out of its head and the overall image of the Eva is based on that. I also wanted to give the impression that beneath this ‘robot monster’ image is not so much a robot, but a giant human.'' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Hideaki_Anno.27s_Roundtable_Discussion|Anno's Roundtable discussion]]<br />
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[[Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg|thumb|left|A very Oni-looking Evangelion sketch]]<br />
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An early [http://evageeks.org/FGP/Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg sketch Anno did of an Eva] clearly betrays their oni roots. Working from this basic premise, and corresponding with Anno along the way, [[Ikuto Yamashita]] developed the Evas as we know them (with the exception of EoE's “harpies”).<br />
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==Kids born after 2I are soulless==<br />
A bizarre idea used to explain the drop in birth rate after [[Second Impact]], and why only kids born after Second Impact can synch with the Evangelions. This theory has no basis whatsoever as Ritsuko explicitly states in [[Episode 20]] that Shinji, born after Second Impact, has a soul.<br />
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==Spear of Longinus is the actual holy relic (that just somehow got BIG)==<br />
This is a product of putting too much stock in NGE's religious references. The Spear was actually excavated in Antarctica along with Adam, who was found impaled upon it. According to the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The Spear of Longinus|Classified Information]], each [[Source of Life]] is accompanied by a Spear that has a will of its own and can immobilize a Seed for going against its mission. Thus, the Spear of Longinus is billions of years old, not made by some Roman blacksmith, and impaled Adam for committing some unspecified offense.<br />
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==A.T. Field is a real-life psychology term==<br />
Since the very earliest days of Evangelion analysis, there has been a rumor that [[A.T. Field]] is a genuine psychological term that describes the barrier that separates autism patients from the world around them. However, extensive searching of online Psychology researches and forums has failed to find any use of the term other than in reference to NGE. Further research by those in the field has proven that "Absolute Terror" or similar terminology is simply not recognized in academia. Therefore, this rumor is false and has been conclusively proven so.<br />
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Examples of fan-pages propagating this rumor: [http://www.arune.com/eva/words.html 1] [http://www.nervarchives.com/glossary.atfield.php 2]<br />
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==Eva-00 has the soul of Naoko==<br />
Please visit [[Eva-00's soul]] for more information.<br />
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==Someone we know killed Kaji==<br />
Many fans came to the conclusion that [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]] shot [[Ryoji Kaji|Kaji]], with little or no evidence to back it up. Series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] implied with the Director's Cut of [[Episode 21]] that Kaji was not shot by any named character, but an agent sent through either "[[Seele]] or [[Nerv|Nerv's]] intelligence division."[http://www.evamonkey.com/platinum-booklets/episode-commentaries-21-26.php] During broadcast, the scene of Kaji's death was followed by an establishing shot to the door to Misato's apartment with her name. This "evidence" of Misato's guilt was replaced in the Director's cut with a shot outside of her apartment building.<br />
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==Rei and Kaworu are actual albinos==<br />
Actual albinos don't have light blue hair! Albinos cannot walk outside without protection, otherwise they would suffer severe sunburn, and most have very poor eyesight. [https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/albinism/symptoms-causes/syc-20369184] On the contrary, Kaworu's eyesight appears to be exceptional (such as his noticing Misato in the [[Episode 24]] director's cut lake scene). It is worth noting that Ritsuko's complexion is only ''slightly'' darker than Rei's, although she's obviously not an albino.<br />
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==Toji not only loses his leg, but his arm as well==<br />
While Toji's left leg is plainly missing when he's on the hospital bed, it's not certain to tell if his left arm is, as well. However, both Toji's arms are seen as he is being hauled out of the entry plug. The [[Resources:End of Evangelion Screenplays#Touji & Kensuke's farewell (Basketball Court)|original storyboards]] for ''The End of Evangelion'' contain a scene showing Toji playing wheelchair basketball with Kensuke, where he clearly has both arms, eliminating the possibility that one of his arms was amputated.<br />
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==Naoko's Brain in Magi==<br />
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Or any other brain for that matter. This is due to the brain-like object [[Ritsuko Akagi|Ritsuko]] reveals when she cuts into the [[Magi]] in [[episode 13]]. It is clearly stated that the Magi merely have personality imprints of [[Naoko Akagi]] - herself as a mother, scientist, and woman. The computers are also far too large to be actual human brains.<br />
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==Naoko's Soul in Magi==<br />
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Likely originated due to the fact that the Evas themselves have souls. There's also the issue of Caspar 'betraying' Ritsuko in [[The End of Evangelion]], but machines cannot be implanted with souls.<br />
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==Keel is the Wandering Jew==<br />
One of the most bizarre myths about Evangelion. There is an old and racist story that claims that an onlooker at Christ's crucifixion spat upon him, and was punished by receiving the curse of immortality. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_Jew#Origin_and_evolution] He thus became the "wandering Jew", never able to make permanent friends or stay in one place, lest people notice his never-aging nature. The theory goes that [[Keel|Keel's]] motivation in bringing about Instrumentality would at long last allow him to die. There are, at the very least, two huge problems with this notion. One being there's '''absolutely nothing''' in the series to indicate this is Keel's motivation.[[Image:Tank image 07a investigate.jpg|thumb|right|A visibly younger Keel in the background with [[Gendo Ikari|Gendo]].]] The other is that when Keel appears in flashback in [[episode 21]], he is visibly younger than in the series' present, and as has been noted, the Wandering Jew is supposed to be ageless.<br><br><br />
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==The Dummy Plug Plant is the Chamber of Guf==<br />
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The Chamber of Guf is mentioned by Ritsuko in episode 23 when she, Misato, and Shinji are down in the Dummy Plug Plant. This comment likely lead people to believe the two were synonymous. Look [[Guf|here]] for an explanation of Guf within NGE.<br />
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==Adam was impaled on the Spear of Longinus by Lilith==<br />
The "Duel of the Seeds" idea was made up to explain why one Seed would be skewered by the Spear of Longinus and placed in suspended animation while the other would be free to spread life on Earth. The interaction between Rei and Kaworu was interpreted to mean that both of them (as Lilith and Adam respectively) had interacted previously. This idea was disproved when the Classified Information files revealed that each Seed was sent with its own Spear, and that Lilith's Spear was either lost or destroyed during First Impact. Adam was placed in suspended animation by its own Spear, which was used to impale Lilith later on.<br />
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==Death's string quartet scenes take place in the actual series timeline.==<br />
This one is easily disproved. Both Asuka and Kaworu appear in the String Quartet sequences. In the actual series timeline, Asuka is in the hospital under heavy sedation when Kaworu arrives, and is still there when he gets squished; they never meet. The String Quartet motif serves to separate the different focuses in [[Evangelion: Death|Death]] as well as fitting together with the musical score that was used, Pachelbel's Canon in D major.<br />
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=="Anno's Revenge"==<br />
Many are lead to believe, one way or another, that [[The End of Evangelion]] was Anno's revenge against the fans for the negative response received from the ending of the TV series. <br />
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Some say it is because Anno brutally killed off all of the main characters; however, this isn't anything new in the world of anime. Most notably, Yoshiyuki Tomino's [[Space Runaway Ideon]], where not just all the main characters are killed off, even children are brutally massacred. Even though Ideon may be one of Anno's biggest inspirations for Evangelion, the End of Evangelion was closer to the planned ending to the TV series{{fact}}. Some of the footage used in the TV series ending (corpses of Misato and Ritsuko) indicates that, even before the TV series ended, Anno had planned on killing these characters.<br />
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Some say it is because of scenes such as Shinji visiting the sedated Asuka in her hospital room. Although slightly out-of-left-field compared to the ending of the TV series, this scene does serve its purposes. Most importantly, it shows that Shinji has hit the low of all lows, and secondly, it is used as a reference later in the movie when Asuka says "Idiot! I know about your jerk-off fantasies of me. Do it again like usual... I'll even stand here and watch."<br />
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A subjective argument for Anno's revenge is the cinematic and narrative mindfuck that takes up most of the 2nd half of End of Evangelion. A subjective retort could be, "What about the end of the TV series?". As far as a non-subjective response, films have been known to use clashing motifs, non-linear story telling, and highly symbolic/obscure imagery, and the End of Evangelion isn't the first to use all three. Also, from an interpretive standpoint, the 2nd half of the movie does very well in showing the chaos and disembodiment of [[Human Instrumentality Project|Instrumentality]], specifically, what Shinji was going through.<br />
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Finally, some argue that the smoking gun for Anno's revenge is the sequence of quickly flashing (about one per frame) [[End of Evangelion Death Threats|death threats/hate mail]] which can be seen at the end of the live action sequence in the second half of the movie. However this rumor was started, it was probably propagated by the Commentary track on the Manga Entertainment release of End of Evangelion, where Amanda Winn Lee gives a mention of hate mail during this sequence{{fact}}. Since these have been translated to English, the majority of the letters and emails are that of personal attachment to the show, praise, or encouragement/anticipation for the End of Evangelion movie. Only one of the emails can be considered 'hate mail', and it was criticizing Death and Rebirth (not the end of the TV series at all), and the only 2 possible instances that could be considered a 'death threat' was graffiti on the wall outside of Gainax's studio (which was hypothesized to be from religious fanatics) and an email that said "Anno, I'll kill you!!!", which was a close-up of only that message on a computer monitor and lacked any context whatsoever. This puts the smoking gun argument on very shaky ground, as the sequence clearly isn't used as a "This is why I'm taking revenge on you people" message, or anything along those lines.<br />
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==The Mass Production Evas have no souls==<br />
In [[Episode 24]], Kaworu says that the [[A.T. Field]] is "The light of the soul", indicating that a soul is required to produce an A.T. Field. This is consistent all throughout the TV Series as well as in the movies, since the Mass Production Evangelions, in fact, do produce A.T. Fields:<br />
:Shigeru: "The Eva series' A.T. Fields are resonating!"<br />
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Some say that it is the pilots (Kaworu dummy plugs) which produce the A.T. Field. However, Ritsuko in [[Episode 17]] says:<br />
:"This is the dummy plug prototype.<br>Rei's personal data has been loaded into it,<br>but it's ''not really possible to digitize a human mind and soul''.<br>Ultimately, it's a fake, an imitation.<br>Just a machine that emulates a pilot's thinking process."<br />
Indicating that there is no real soul in the dummy plugs. Therefore, it is impossible for the dummy plug to generate an A.T. Field.<br />
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==Adam and Lilith were once a single being / Adam was born from Lilith==<br />
This misconception comes from a mistranslated line via [[Manga Entertainment|Manga Entertainment's]] [[The End of Evangelion]] release. Misato's line should read, "Humans were born from Lilith, who is a [[Seed of Life]] just like Adam." This makes Adam and Lilith two equal beings.<br />
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==Pre-3I Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head==<br />
During Pre-3I Instrumentality, Shinji and Asuka witness a scene from Misato's college days, where she is having sex with Kaji. Shinji clearly has never seen this before asking "This is Misato? She does... this?" in which she replies "Yes, this is also me... The melting into one another's hearts... The me that Shinji doesn't know." If the entire Pre-Third Impact Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head, there is no way he would know these things.<br />
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==Asuka didn't die==<br />
Asuka and Eva-02 were killed by the harpies. Maya's and Shinji's horror and the mangled state of Eva-02 make it explicit. Since Asuka was suffering actual physical damage corresponding to the Eva's damage, there was no way Asuka could have survived the multiple Spear impacts or the subsequent mangling.<br />
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==The Asuka-Rei-Misato amalgamation==<br />
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This very common misconception was born due the last scene of End of Evangelion with Asuka and Shinji alone on the beach. Asuka's arm is bandaged (like Rei's in Episode 01) and her eyes appears to be brown (like Misato's). This lead some people to speculate that Asuka is really a combination of all three girls, and therefore Shinji's "dream girl". This ridiculous notion is absolutely false. The bandaged arm is due to her battle trauma in Eva-02 earlier in End of Evangelion (when a replica lance splits Eva-02's right arm completely). Her eyes are still blue, but merely tinted due to the hue of the scene.<br />
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Before Instrumentality was ended, Rei tells Shinji ''"If you wish once more for the existence of others, the barriers of the heart will separate everyone once more..."'' and Kaworu says ''"Is it okay for A.T. Fields to hurt you and others once more?"'', indicating that the A.T. Fields have separated everyone from each other.<br />
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==The Adam & Eve Scenario (or, Nobody Else is Coming Back)==<br />
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Considering that themes of Genesis pop up all over NGE, the final scene of End of Evangelion leads many to assume that Shinji and Asuka are the new Adam and Eve and are left alone to re-populate the world. But this theory is false if we are to believe Rei and Yui when, during the dissolution of Instrumentality, Rei states, "Anyone can return to human form as long as they can imagine themselves in their own heart.", and then Yui says, "All living things have the ability to return to their original form... and the heart to go on living."<br />
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A tentative list. <br />
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==NGE is religious propaganda==<br />
The religious symbolism in NGE is actually not used in any sort of religiously meaningful fashion. According to Evangelion Assistant Director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]:<br />
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"There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice."' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Kazuya_Tsurumaki:_Q.26A_from_.22Amusing_Himself_to_Death.22|Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death"]]<br />
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Here's an old essay from 2001 of someone [http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/writings/eva2.shtml getting it wrong]: "However, it is revealed at the end of the series that the Angels are actually failed attempts in the Creation (i.e., the Biblical Creation) that preceded mankind". Early inaccurate translations of the show may have contributed to this confusion.<br />
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==LCL means "Link Connect Liquid"==<br />
[[Image:LCL.JPG|left|thumb|Manga saying LCL stands for Link Connect Liquid]]<br />
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It is unknown what the initials "LCL" stand for within the anime series, but we do know what they '''don't''' mean. According to the Death and Rebirth theatrical program (special edition): <br />
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''Incidentally, the widely circulated idea that L.C.L is the abbreviation of "Link Connected Liquid" is incorrect.'' <br />
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Nowhere does it say what it means, although [[Evangelion Chronicle]] suggests one of the Ls stands for "Lilith".<br />
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In Sadamoto's [[Manga]] version, LCL ''is'' said to stand for Link Connect Liquid, written in the Dossier before a chapter starts.<br />
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==First Impact killed the dinosaurs==<br />
First Impact was never depicted or directly referred to on-screen. This has led several fans upon first glance to incorrectly assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the more well known asteroid impact which caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. <br />
[[Image:07 C080 textbook-overlay.jpg|thumb|A page from Shinji's textbook]]<br />
However, First Impact (aka "Giant Impact") was actually the collision of a giant spherical object, designated the "Black Moon", into Earth approximately 4 billion years ago. As a result of the impact, huge amounts of debris, including the Black Moon's rocky exterior, were thrown into orbit, eventually coalescing into Earth's satellite, the Moon. This was made clear in the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The_Second_Angel|Classified Information]]. The "meteorite" theory in the above textbook page is a cover story, and is part of the effort to also blame [[Second Impact]] on a meteor.<br />
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=="Barons of Hell"==<br />
Almost from the beginning of Eva fandom, there has been an internet rumor that the [[Evangelions]] are based upon Biblical entities called "The Barons of Hell". There are two problems with this theory:<br />
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One is that there is no such thing as a "Baron of Hell" mentioned in the Bible or in any other Judeo-Christian source; extensive searches for the term have turned up only references to Eva and the video game ''Doom''. Some sources claim that the Barons are the same thing as the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", but the descriptions given to the Barons don't match up to the Horsemen.<br />
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The other problem is that we know exactly what the Evangelions '''are''' based upon. Evas were fundamentally based upon the oni (commonly translated as “demon” or “ogre”, but actually a specific type of Japanese monster). Says [[Hideaki Anno|Anno]] himself (in an interview published in Aerial Magazine):<br />
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''There's a monster in Japan called the Oni; it has two horns sticking out of its head and the overall image of the Eva is based on that. I also wanted to give the impression that beneath this ‘robot monster’ image is not so much a robot, but a giant human.'' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Hideaki_Anno.27s_Roundtable_Discussion|Anno's Roundtable discussion]]<br />
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[[Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg|thumb|left|A very Oni-looking Evangelion sketch]]<br />
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An early [http://evageeks.org/FGP/Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg sketch Anno did of an Eva] clearly betrays their oni roots. Working from this basic premise, and corresponding with Anno along the way, [[Ikuto Yamashita]] developed the Evas as we know them (with the exception of EoE's “harpies”).<br />
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==Kids born after 2I are soulless==<br />
A bizarre idea used to explain the drop in birth rate after [[Second Impact]], and why only kids born after Second Impact can synch with the Evangelions. This theory has no basis whatsoever as Ritsuko explicitly states in [[Episode 20]] that Shinji, born after Second Impact, has a soul.<br />
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==Spear of Longinus is the actual holy relic (that just somehow got BIG)==<br />
This is a product of putting too much stock in NGE's religious references. The Spear was actually excavated in Antarctica along with Adam, who was found impaled upon it. According to the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The Spear of Longinus|Classified Information]], each [[Source of Life]] is accompanied by a Spear that has a will of its own and can immobilize a Seed for going against its mission. Thus, the Spear of Longinus is billions of years old, not made by some Roman blacksmith, and impaled Adam for committing some unspecified offense.<br />
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==A.T. Field is a real-life psychology term==<br />
Since the very earliest days of Evangelion analysis, there has been a rumor that [[A.T. Field]] is a genuine psychological term that describes the barrier that separates autism patients from the world around them. However, extensive searching of online Psychology researches and forums has failed to find any use of the term other than in reference to NGE. Further research by those in the field has proven that "Absolute Terror" or similar terminology is simply not recognized in academia. Therefore, this rumor is false and has been conclusively proven so.<br />
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Examples of fan-pages propagating this rumor: [http://www.arune.com/eva/words.html 1] [http://www.nervarchives.com/glossary.atfield.php 2]<br />
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==Eva-00 has the soul of Naoko==<br />
Please visit [[Eva-00's soul]] for more information.<br />
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==Someone we know killed Kaji==<br />
Many fans came to the conclusion that [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]] shot [[Ryoji Kaji|Kaji]], with little or no evidence to back it up. Series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] implied with the Director's Cut of [[Episode 21]] that Kaji was not shot by any named character, but an agent sent through either "[[Seele]] or [[Nerv|Nerv's]] intelligence division."[http://www.evamonkey.com/platinum-booklets/episode-commentaries-21-26.php] During broadcast, the scene of Kaji's death was followed by an establishing shot to the door to Misato's apartment with her name. This "evidence" of Misato's guilt was replaced in the Director's cut with a shot outside of her apartment building.<br />
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==Rei and Kaworu are actual albinos==<br />
Actual albinos don't have light blue hair! Albinos cannot walk outside without protection, otherwise they would suffer severe sunburn, and most have very poor eyesight. On the contrary, Kaworu's eyesight appears to be exceptional. It is worth noting that Ritsuko's complexion is only ''slightly'' darker than Rei's, although she's obviously not an albino.<br />
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==Toji not only loses his leg, but his arm as well==<br />
While Toji's left leg is plainly missing when he's on the hospital bed, it's not certain to tell if his left arm is, as well. However, both Toji's arms are seen as he is being hauled out of the entry plug. The [[Resources:End of Evangelion Screenplays#Touji & Kensuke's farewell (Basketball Court)|original storyboards]] for ''The End of Evangelion'' contain a scene showing Toji playing wheelchair basketball with Kensuke, where he clearly has both arms, eliminating the possibility that one of his arms was amputated.<br />
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==Naoko's Brain in Magi==<br />
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Or any other brain for that matter. This is due to the brain-like object [[Ritsuko Akagi|Ritsuko]] reveals when she cuts into the [[Magi]] in [[episode 13]]. It is clearly stated that the Magi merely have personality imprints of [[Naoko Akagi]] - herself as a mother, scientist, and woman. The computers are also far too large to be actual human brains.<br />
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==Naoko's Soul in Magi==<br />
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Likely originated due to the fact that the Evas themselves have souls. There's also the issue of Caspar 'betraying' Ritsuko in [[The End of Evangelion]], but machines cannot be implanted with souls.<br />
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==Keel is the Wandering Jew==<br />
One of the most bizarre myths about Evangelion. There is an old and racist story that claims that an onlooker at Christ's crucifixion spat upon him, and was punished by receiving the curse of immortality. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_Jew#Origin_and_evolution] He thus became the "wandering Jew", never able to make permanent friends or stay in one place, lest people notice his never-aging nature. The theory goes that [[Keel|Keel's]] motivation in bringing about Instrumentality would at long last allow him to die. There are, at the very least, two huge problems with this notion. One being there's '''absolutely nothing''' in the series to indicate this is Keel's motivation.[[Image:Tank image 07a investigate.jpg|thumb|right|A visibly younger Keel in the background with [[Gendo Ikari|Gendo]].]] The other is that when Keel appears in flashback in [[episode 21]], he is visibly younger than in the series' present, and as has been noted, the Wandering Jew is supposed to be ageless.<br><br><br />
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==The Dummy Plug Plant is the Chamber of Guf==<br />
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The Chamber of Guf is mentioned by Ritsuko in episode 23 when she, Misato, and Shinji are down in the Dummy Plug Plant. This comment likely lead people to believe the two were synonymous. Look [[Guf|here]] for an explanation of Guf within NGE.<br />
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==Adam was impaled on the Spear of Longinus by Lilith==<br />
The "Duel of the Seeds" idea was made up to explain why one Seed would be skewered by the Spear of Longinus and placed in suspended animation while the other would be free to spread life on Earth. The interaction between Rei and Kaworu was interpreted to mean that both of them (as Lilith and Adam respectively) had interacted previously. This idea was disproved when the Classified Information files revealed that each Seed was sent with its own Spear, and that Lilith's Spear was either lost or destroyed during First Impact. Adam was placed in suspended animation by its own Spear, which was used to impale Lilith later on.<br />
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==Death's string quartet scenes take place in the actual series timeline.==<br />
This one is easily disproved. Both Asuka and Kaworu appear in the String Quartet sequences. In the actual series timeline, Asuka is in the hospital under heavy sedation when Kaworu arrives, and is still there when he gets squished; they never meet. The String Quartet motif serves to separate the different focuses in [[Evangelion: Death|Death]] as well as fitting together with the musical score that was used, Pachelbel's Canon in D major.<br />
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=="Anno's Revenge"==<br />
Many are lead to believe, one way or another, that [[The End of Evangelion]] was Anno's revenge against the fans for the negative response received from the ending of the TV series. <br />
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Some say it is because Anno brutally killed off all of the main characters; however, this isn't anything new in the world of anime. Most notably, Yoshiyuki Tomino's [[Space Runaway Ideon]], where not just all the main characters are killed off, even children are brutally massacred. Even though Ideon may be one of Anno's biggest inspirations for Evangelion, the End of Evangelion was closer to the planned ending to the TV series{{fact}}. Some of the footage used in the TV series ending (corpses of Misato and Ritsuko) indicates that, even before the TV series ended, Anno had planned on killing these characters.<br />
<br />
Some say it is because of scenes such as Shinji visiting the sedated Asuka in her hospital room. Although slightly out-of-left-field compared to the ending of the TV series, this scene does serve its purposes. Most importantly, it shows that Shinji has hit the low of all lows, and secondly, it is used as a reference later in the movie when Asuka says "Idiot! I know about your jerk-off fantasies of me. Do it again like usual... I'll even stand here and watch."<br />
<br />
A subjective argument for Anno's revenge is the cinematic and narrative mindfuck that takes up most of the 2nd half of End of Evangelion. A subjective retort could be, "What about the end of the TV series?". As far as a non-subjective response, films have been known to use clashing motifs, non-linear story telling, and highly symbolic/obscure imagery, and the End of Evangelion isn't the first to use all three. Also, from an interpretive standpoint, the 2nd half of the movie does very well in showing the chaos and disembodiment of [[Human Instrumentality Project|Instrumentality]], specifically, what Shinji was going through.<br />
<br />
Finally, some argue that the smoking gun for Anno's revenge is the sequence of quickly flashing (about one per frame) [[End of Evangelion Death Threats|death threats/hate mail]] which can be seen at the end of the live action sequence in the second half of the movie. However this rumor was started, it was probably propagated by the Commentary track on the Manga Entertainment release of End of Evangelion, where Amanda Winn Lee gives a mention of hate mail during this sequence{{fact}}. Since these have been translated to English, the majority of the letters and emails are that of personal attachment to the show, praise, or encouragement/anticipation for the End of Evangelion movie. Only one of the emails can be considered 'hate mail', and it was criticizing Death and Rebirth (not the end of the TV series at all), and the only 2 possible instances that could be considered a 'death threat' was graffiti on the wall outside of Gainax's studio (which was hypothesized to be from religious fanatics) and an email that said "Anno, I'll kill you!!!", which was a close-up of only that message on a computer monitor and lacked any context whatsoever. This puts the smoking gun argument on very shaky ground, as the sequence clearly isn't used as a "This is why I'm taking revenge on you people" message, or anything along those lines.<br />
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==The Mass Production Evas have no souls==<br />
In [[Episode 24]], Kaworu says that the [[A.T. Field]] is "The light of the soul", indicating that a soul is required to produce an A.T. Field. This is consistent all throughout the TV Series as well as in the movies, since the Mass Production Evangelions, in fact, do produce A.T. Fields:<br />
:Shigeru: "The Eva series' A.T. Fields are resonating!"<br />
<br />
Some say that it is the pilots (Kaworu dummy plugs) which produce the A.T. Field. However, Ritsuko in [[Episode 17]] says:<br />
:"This is the dummy plug prototype.<br>Rei's personal data has been loaded into it,<br>but it's ''not really possible to digitize a human mind and soul''.<br>Ultimately, it's a fake, an imitation.<br>Just a machine that emulates a pilot's thinking process."<br />
Indicating that there is no real soul in the dummy plugs. Therefore, it is impossible for the dummy plug to generate an A.T. Field.<br />
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==Adam and Lilith were once a single being / Adam was born from Lilith==<br />
This misconception comes from a mistranslated line via [[Manga Entertainment|Manga Entertainment's]] [[The End of Evangelion]] release. Misato's line should read, "Humans were born from Lilith, who is a [[Seed of Life]] just like Adam." This makes Adam and Lilith two equal beings.<br />
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==Pre-3I Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head==<br />
During Pre-3I Instrumentality, Shinji and Asuka witness a scene from Misato's college days, where she is having sex with Kaji. Shinji clearly has never seen this before asking "This is Misato? She does... this?" in which she replies "Yes, this is also me... The melting into one another's hearts... The me that Shinji doesn't know." If the entire Pre-Third Impact Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head, there is no way he would know these things.<br />
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==Asuka didn't die==<br />
Asuka and Eva-02 were killed by the harpies. Maya's and Shinji's horror and the mangled state of Eva-02 make it explicit. Since Asuka was suffering actual physical damage corresponding to the Eva's damage, there was no way Asuka could have survived the multiple Spear impacts or the subsequent mangling.<br />
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==The Asuka-Rei-Misato amalgamation==<br />
<br />
This very common misconception was born due the last scene of End of Evangelion with Asuka and Shinji alone on the beach. Asuka's arm is bandaged (like Rei's in Episode 01) and her eyes appears to be brown (like Misato's). This lead some people to speculate that Asuka is really a combination of all three girls, and therefore Shinji's "dream girl". This ridiculous notion is absolutely false. The bandaged arm is due to her battle trauma in Eva-02 earlier in End of Evangelion (when a replica lance splits Eva-02's right arm completely). Her eyes are still blue, but merely tinted due to the hue of the scene.<br />
<br />
Before Instrumentality was ended, Rei tells Shinji ''"If you wish once more for the existence of others, the barriers of the heart will separate everyone once more..."'' and Kaworu says ''"Is it okay for A.T. Fields to hurt you and others once more?"'', indicating that the A.T. Fields have separated everyone from each other.<br />
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==The Adam & Eve Scenario (or, Nobody Else is Coming Back)==<br />
<br />
Considering that themes of Genesis pop up all over NGE, the final scene of End of Evangelion leads many to assume that Shinji and Asuka are the new Adam and Eve and are left alone to re-populate the world. But this theory is false if we are to believe Rei and Yui when, during the dissolution of Instrumentality, Rei states, "Anyone can return to human form as long as they can imagine themselves in their own heart.", and then Yui says, "All living things have the ability to return to their original form... and the heart to go on living."<br />
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A tentative list. <br />
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==NGE is religious propaganda==<br />
The religious symbolism in NGE is actually not used in any sort of religiously meaningful fashion. According to Evangelion Assistant Director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]:<br />
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"There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice."' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Kazuya_Tsurumaki:_Q.26A_from_.22Amusing_Himself_to_Death.22|Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death"]]<br />
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Here's an old essay from 2001 of someone [http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/writings/eva2.shtml getting it wrong]: "However, it is revealed at the end of the series that the Angels are actually failed attempts in the Creation (i.e., the Biblical Creation) that preceded mankind". Early inaccurate translations of the show may have contributed to this confusion.<br />
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==LCL means "Link Connect Liquid"==<br />
[[Image:LCL.JPG|left|thumb|Manga saying LCL stands for Link Connect Liquid]]<br />
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It is unknown what the initials "LCL" stand for within the anime series, but we do know what they '''don't''' mean. According to the Death and Rebirth theatrical program (special edition): <br />
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''Incidentally, the widely circulated idea that L.C.L is the abbreviation of "Link Connected Liquid" is incorrect.'' <br />
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Nowhere does it say what it means, although [[Evangelion Chronicle]] suggests one of the Ls stands for "Lilith".<br />
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In Sadamoto's [[Manga]] version, LCL ''is'' said to stand for Link Connect Liquid, written in the Dossier before a chapter starts.<br />
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==First Impact killed the dinosaurs==<br />
First Impact was never depicted or directly referred to on-screen. This has led several fans upon first glance to incorrectly assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the more well known asteroid impact which caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. <br />
[[Image:07 C080 textbook-overlay.jpg|thumb|A page from Shinji's textbook]]<br />
However, First Impact (aka "Giant Impact") was actually the collision of a giant spherical object, designated the "Black Moon", into Earth approximately 4 billion years ago. As a result of the impact, huge amounts of debris, including the Black Moon's rocky exterior, were thrown into orbit, eventually coalescing into Earth's satellite, the Moon. This was made clear in the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The_Second_Angel|Classified Information]]. The "meteorite" theory in the above textbook page is a cover story, and is part of the effort to also blame [[Second Impact]] on a meteor.<br />
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=="Barons of Hell"==<br />
Almost from the beginning of Eva fandom, there has been an internet rumor that the [[Evangelions]] are based upon Biblical entities called "The Barons of Hell". There are two problems with this theory:<br />
<br />
One is that there is no such thing as a "Baron of Hell" mentioned in the Bible or in any other Judeo-Christian source; extensive searches for the term have turned up only references to Eva and the video game ''Doom''. Some sources claim that the Barons are the same thing as the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", but the descriptions given to the Barons don't match up to the Horsemen.<br />
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The other problem is that we know exactly what the Evangelions '''are''' based upon. Evas were fundamentally based upon the oni (commonly translated as “demon” or “ogre”, but actually a specific type of Japanese monster). Says [[Hideaki Anno|Anno]] himself (in an interview published in Aerial Magazine):<br />
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''There's a monster in Japan called the Oni; it has two horns sticking out of its head and the overall image of the Eva is based on that. I also wanted to give the impression that beneath this ‘robot monster’ image is not so much a robot, but a giant human.'' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Hideaki_Anno.27s_Roundtable_Discussion|Anno's Roundtable discussion]]<br />
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[[Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg|thumb|left|A very Oni-looking Evangelion sketch]]<br />
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An early [http://evageeks.org/FGP/Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg sketch Anno did of an Eva] clearly betrays their oni roots. Working from this basic premise, and corresponding with Anno along the way, [[Ikuto Yamashita]] developed the Evas as we know them (with the exception of EoE's “harpies”).<br />
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==Kids born after 2I are soulless==<br />
A bizarre idea used to explain the drop in birth rate after [[Second Impact]], and why only kids born after Second Impact can synch with the Evangelions. This theory has no basis whatsoever as Ritsuko explicitly states in [[Episode 20]] that Shinji, born after Second Impact, has a soul.<br />
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==Spear of Longinus is the actual holy relic (that just somehow got BIG)==<br />
This is a product of putting too much stock in NGE's religious references. The Spear was actually excavated in Antarctica along with Adam, who was found impaled upon it. According to the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The Spear of Longinus|Classified Information]], each [[Source of Life]] is accompanied by a Spear that has a will of its own and can immobilize a Seed for going against its mission. Thus, the Spear of Longinus is billions of years old, not made by some Roman blacksmith, and impaled Adam for committing some unspecified offense.<br />
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==A.T. Field is a real-life psychology term==<br />
Since the very earliest days of Evangelion analysis, there has been a rumor that [[A.T. Field]] is a genuine psychological term that describes the barrier that separates autism patients from the world around them. However, extensive searching of online Psychology researches and forums has failed to find any use of the term other than in reference to NGE. Further research by those in the field has proven that "Absolute Terror" or similar terminology is simply not recognized in academia. Therefore, this rumor is false and has been conclusively proven so.<br />
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Examples of fan-pages propagating this rumor: [http://www.arune.com/eva/words.html 1] [http://www.nervarchives.com/glossary.atfield.php 2]<br />
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==Eva-00 has the soul of Naoko==<br />
Please visit [[Eva-00's soul]] for more information.<br />
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==Someone we know killed Kaji==<br />
Many fans came to the conclusion that [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]] shot [[Ryoji Kaji|Kaji]], with little or no evidence to back it up. Series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] implied with the Director's Cut of [[Episode 21]] [http://www.evamonkey.com/platinum-booklets/episode-commentaries-21-26.php] that Kaji was not shot by any named character, but an agent sent through either "[[Seele]] or [[Nerv|Nerv's]] intelligence division." During broadcast, the scene of Kaji's death was followed by an establishing shot to the door to Misato's apartment with her name. This "evidence" of Misato's guilt was replaced in the Director's cut with a shot outside of her apartment building.<br />
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==Rei and Kaworu are actual albinos==<br />
Actual albinos don't have light blue hair! Albinos cannot walk outside without protection, otherwise they would suffer severe sunburn, and most have very poor eyesight. On the contrary, Kaworu's eyesight appears to be exceptional. It is worth noting that Ritsuko's complexion is only ''slightly'' darker than Rei's, although she's obviously not an albino.<br />
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==Toji not only loses his leg, but his arm as well==<br />
While Toji's left leg is plainly missing when he's on the hospital bed, it's not certain to tell if his left arm is, as well. However, both Toji's arms are seen as he is being hauled out of the entry plug. The [[Resources:End of Evangelion Screenplays#Touji & Kensuke's farewell (Basketball Court)|original storyboards]] for ''The End of Evangelion'' contain a scene showing Toji playing wheelchair basketball with Kensuke, where he clearly has both arms, eliminating the possibility that one of his arms was amputated.<br />
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==Naoko's Brain in Magi==<br />
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Or any other brain for that matter. This is due to the brain-like object [[Ritsuko Akagi|Ritsuko]] reveals when she cuts into the [[Magi]] in [[episode 13]]. It is clearly stated that the Magi merely have personality imprints of [[Naoko Akagi]] - herself as a mother, scientist, and woman. The computers are also far too large to be actual human brains.<br />
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==Naoko's Soul in Magi==<br />
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Likely originated due to the fact that the Evas themselves have souls. There's also the issue of Caspar 'betraying' Ritsuko in [[The End of Evangelion]], but machines cannot be implanted with souls.<br />
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==Keel is the Wandering Jew==<br />
One of the most bizarre myths about Evangelion. There is an old and racist story that claims that an onlooker at Christ's crucifixion spat upon him, and was punished by receiving the curse of immortality. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_Jew#Origin_and_evolution] He thus became the "wandering Jew", never able to make permanent friends or stay in one place, lest people notice his never-aging nature. The theory goes that [[Keel|Keel's]] motivation in bringing about Instrumentality would at long last allow him to die. There are, at the very least, two huge problems with this notion. One being there's '''absolutely nothing''' in the series to indicate this is Keel's motivation.[[Image:Tank image 07a investigate.jpg|thumb|right|A visibly younger Keel in the background with [[Gendo Ikari|Gendo]].]] The other is that when Keel appears in flashback in [[episode 21]], he is visibly younger than in the series' present, and as has been noted, the Wandering Jew is supposed to be ageless.<br><br><br />
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==The Dummy Plug Plant is the Chamber of Guf==<br />
<br />
The Chamber of Guf is mentioned by Ritsuko in episode 23 when she, Misato, and Shinji are down in the Dummy Plug Plant. This comment likely lead people to believe the two were synonymous. Look [[Guf|here]] for an explanation of Guf within NGE.<br />
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==Adam was impaled on the Spear of Longinus by Lilith==<br />
The "Duel of the Seeds" idea was made up to explain why one Seed would be skewered by the Spear of Longinus and placed in suspended animation while the other would be free to spread life on Earth. The interaction between Rei and Kaworu was interpreted to mean that both of them (as Lilith and Adam respectively) had interacted previously. This idea was disproved when the Classified Information files revealed that each Seed was sent with its own Spear, and that Lilith's Spear was either lost or destroyed during First Impact. Adam was placed in suspended animation by its own Spear, which was used to impale Lilith later on.<br />
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==Death's string quartet scenes take place in the actual series timeline.==<br />
This one is easily disproved. Both Asuka and Kaworu appear in the String Quartet sequences. In the actual series timeline, Asuka is in the hospital under heavy sedation when Kaworu arrives, and is still there when he gets squished; they never meet. The String Quartet motif serves to separate the different focuses in [[Evangelion: Death|Death]] as well as fitting together with the musical score that was used, Pachelbel's Canon in D major.<br />
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=="Anno's Revenge"==<br />
Many are lead to believe, one way or another, that [[The End of Evangelion]] was Anno's revenge against the fans for the negative response received from the ending of the TV series. <br />
<br />
Some say it is because Anno brutally killed off all of the main characters; however, this isn't anything new in the world of anime. Most notably, Yoshiyuki Tomino's [[Space Runaway Ideon]], where not just all the main characters are killed off, even children are brutally massacred. Even though Ideon may be one of Anno's biggest inspirations for Evangelion, the End of Evangelion was closer to the planned ending to the TV series{{fact}}. Some of the footage used in the TV series ending (corpses of Misato and Ritsuko) indicates that, even before the TV series ended, Anno had planned on killing these characters.<br />
<br />
Some say it is because of scenes such as Shinji visiting the sedated Asuka in her hospital room. Although slightly out-of-left-field compared to the ending of the TV series, this scene does serve its purposes. Most importantly, it shows that Shinji has hit the low of all lows, and secondly, it is used as a reference later in the movie when Asuka says "Idiot! I know about your jerk-off fantasies of me. Do it again like usual... I'll even stand here and watch."<br />
<br />
A subjective argument for Anno's revenge is the cinematic and narrative mindfuck that takes up most of the 2nd half of End of Evangelion. A subjective retort could be, "What about the end of the TV series?". As far as a non-subjective response, films have been known to use clashing motifs, non-linear story telling, and highly symbolic/obscure imagery, and the End of Evangelion isn't the first to use all three. Also, from an interpretive standpoint, the 2nd half of the movie does very well in showing the chaos and disembodiment of [[Human Instrumentality Project|Instrumentality]], specifically, what Shinji was going through.<br />
<br />
Finally, some argue that the smoking gun for Anno's revenge is the sequence of quickly flashing (about one per frame) [[End of Evangelion Death Threats|death threats/hate mail]] which can be seen at the end of the live action sequence in the second half of the movie. However this rumor was started, it was probably propagated by the Commentary track on the Manga Entertainment release of End of Evangelion, where Amanda Winn Lee gives a mention of hate mail during this sequence{{fact}}. Since these have been translated to English, the majority of the letters and emails are that of personal attachment to the show, praise, or encouragement/anticipation for the End of Evangelion movie. Only one of the emails can be considered 'hate mail', and it was criticizing Death and Rebirth (not the end of the TV series at all), and the only 2 possible instances that could be considered a 'death threat' was graffiti on the wall outside of Gainax's studio (which was hypothesized to be from religious fanatics) and an email that said "Anno, I'll kill you!!!", which was a close-up of only that message on a computer monitor and lacked any context whatsoever. This puts the smoking gun argument on very shaky ground, as the sequence clearly isn't used as a "This is why I'm taking revenge on you people" message, or anything along those lines.<br />
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==The Mass Production Evas have no souls==<br />
In [[Episode 24]], Kaworu says that the [[A.T. Field]] is "The light of the soul", indicating that a soul is required to produce an A.T. Field. This is consistent all throughout the TV Series as well as in the movies, since the Mass Production Evangelions, in fact, do produce A.T. Fields:<br />
:Shigeru: "The Eva series' A.T. Fields are resonating!"<br />
<br />
Some say that it is the pilots (Kaworu dummy plugs) which produce the A.T. Field. However, Ritsuko in [[Episode 17]] says:<br />
:"This is the dummy plug prototype.<br>Rei's personal data has been loaded into it,<br>but it's ''not really possible to digitize a human mind and soul''.<br>Ultimately, it's a fake, an imitation.<br>Just a machine that emulates a pilot's thinking process."<br />
Indicating that there is no real soul in the dummy plugs. Therefore, it is impossible for the dummy plug to generate an A.T. Field.<br />
<br />
==Adam and Lilith were once a single being / Adam was born from Lilith==<br />
This misconception comes from a mistranslated line via [[Manga Entertainment|Manga Entertainment's]] [[The End of Evangelion]] release. Misato's line should read, "Humans were born from Lilith, who is a [[Seed of Life]] just like Adam." This makes Adam and Lilith two equal beings.<br />
<br />
==Pre-3I Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head==<br />
During Pre-3I Instrumentality, Shinji and Asuka witness a scene from Misato's college days, where she is having sex with Kaji. Shinji clearly has never seen this before asking "This is Misato? She does... this?" in which she replies "Yes, this is also me... The melting into one another's hearts... The me that Shinji doesn't know." If the entire Pre-Third Impact Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head, there is no way he would know these things.<br />
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==Asuka didn't die==<br />
Asuka and Eva-02 were killed by the harpies. Maya's and Shinji's horror and the mangled state of Eva-02 make it explicit. Since Asuka was suffering actual physical damage corresponding to the Eva's damage, there was no way Asuka could have survived the multiple Spear impacts or the subsequent mangling.<br />
<br />
==The Asuka-Rei-Misato amalgamation==<br />
<br />
This very common misconception was born due the last scene of End of Evangelion with Asuka and Shinji alone on the beach. Asuka's arm is bandaged (like Rei's in Episode 01) and her eyes appears to be brown (like Misato's). This lead some people to speculate that Asuka is really a combination of all three girls, and therefore Shinji's "dream girl". This ridiculous notion is absolutely false. The bandaged arm is due to her battle trauma in Eva-02 earlier in End of Evangelion (when a replica lance splits Eva-02's right arm completely). Her eyes are still blue, but merely tinted due to the hue of the scene.<br />
<br />
Before Instrumentality was ended, Rei tells Shinji ''"If you wish once more for the existence of others, the barriers of the heart will separate everyone once more..."'' and Kaworu says ''"Is it okay for A.T. Fields to hurt you and others once more?"'', indicating that the A.T. Fields have separated everyone from each other.<br />
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==The Adam & Eve Scenario (or, Nobody Else is Coming Back)==<br />
<br />
Considering that themes of Genesis pop up all over NGE, the final scene of End of Evangelion leads many to assume that Shinji and Asuka are the new Adam and Eve and are left alone to re-populate the world. But this theory is false if we are to believe Rei and Yui when, during the dissolution of Instrumentality, Rei states, "Anyone can return to human form as long as they can imagine themselves in their own heart.", and then Yui says, "All living things have the ability to return to their original form... and the heart to go on living."<br />
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<div>{{cleanup}}<br />
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A tentative list. <br />
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==NGE is religious propaganda==<br />
The religious symbolism in NGE is actually not used in any sort of religiously meaningful fashion. According to Evangelion Assistant Director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]:<br />
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"There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice."' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Kazuya_Tsurumaki:_Q.26A_from_.22Amusing_Himself_to_Death.22|Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death"]]<br />
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Here's an old essay from 2001 of someone [http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/writings/eva2.shtml getting it wrong]: "However, it is revealed at the end of the series that the Angels are actually failed attempts in the Creation (i.e., the Biblical Creation) that preceded mankind". Early inaccurate translations of the show may have contributed to this confusion.<br />
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==LCL means "Link Connect Liquid"==<br />
[[Image:LCL.JPG|left|thumb|Manga saying LCL stands for Link Connect Liquid]]<br />
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It is unknown what the initials "LCL" stand for within the anime series, but we do know what they '''don't''' mean. According to the Death and Rebirth theatrical program (special edition): <br />
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''Incidentally, the widely circulated idea that L.C.L is the abbreviation of "Link Connected Liquid" is incorrect.'' <br />
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Nowhere does it say what it means, although [[Evangelion Chronicle]] suggests one of the Ls stands for "Lilith".<br />
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In Sadamoto's [[Manga]] version, LCL ''is'' said to stand for Link Connect Liquid, written in the Dossier before a chapter starts.<br />
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==First Impact killed the dinosaurs==<br />
First Impact was never depicted or directly referred to on-screen. This has led several fans upon first glance to incorrectly assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the more well known asteroid impact which caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. <br />
[[Image:07 C080 textbook-overlay.jpg|thumb|A page from Shinji's textbook]]<br />
However, First Impact (aka "Giant Impact") was actually the collision of a giant spherical object, designated the "Black Moon", into Earth approximately 4 billion years ago. As a result of the impact, huge amounts of debris, including the Black Moon's rocky exterior, were thrown into orbit, eventually coalescing into Earth's satellite, the Moon. This was made clear in the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The_Second_Angel|Classified Information]]. The "meteorite" theory in the above textbook page is a cover story, and is part of the effort to also blame [[Second Impact]] on a meteor.<br />
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=="Barons of Hell"==<br />
Almost from the beginning of Eva fandom, there has been an internet rumor that the [[Evangelions]] are based upon Biblical entities called "The Barons of Hell". There are two problems with this theory:<br />
<br />
One is that there is no such thing as a "Baron of Hell" mentioned in the Bible or in any other Judeo-Christian source; extensive searches for the term have turned up only references to Eva and the video game ''Doom''. Some sources claim that the Barons are the same thing as the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", but the descriptions given to the Barons don't match up to the Horsemen.<br />
<br />
The other problem is that we know exactly what the Evangelions '''are''' based upon. Evas were fundamentally based upon the oni (commonly translated as “demon” or “ogre”, but actually a specific type of Japanese monster). Says [[Hideaki Anno|Anno]] himself (in an interview published in Aerial Magazine):<br />
<br />
''There's a monster in Japan called the Oni; it has two horns sticking out of its head and the overall image of the Eva is based on that. I also wanted to give the impression that beneath this ‘robot monster’ image is not so much a robot, but a giant human.'' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Hideaki_Anno.27s_Roundtable_Discussion|Anno's Roundtable discussion]]<br />
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[[Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg|thumb|left|A very Oni-looking Evangelion sketch]]<br />
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An early [http://evageeks.org/FGP/Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg sketch Anno did of an Eva] clearly betrays their oni roots. Working from this basic premise, and corresponding with Anno along the way, [[Ikuto Yamashita]] developed the Evas as we know them (with the exception of EoE's “harpies”).<br />
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==Kids born after 2I are soulless==<br />
A bizarre idea used to explain the drop in birth rate after [[Second Impact]], and why only kids born after Second Impact can synch with the Evangelions. This theory has no basis whatsoever as Ritsuko explicitly states in [[Episode 20]] that Shinji, born after Second Impact, has a soul.<br />
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==Spear of Longinus is the actual holy relic (that just somehow got BIG)==<br />
This is a product of putting too much stock in NGE's religious references. The Spear was actually excavated in Antarctica along with Adam, who was found impaled upon it. According to the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The Spear of Longinus|Classified Information]], each [[Source of Life]] is accompanied by a Spear that has a will of its own and can immobilize a Seed for going against its mission. Thus, the Spear of Longinus is billions of years old, not made by some Roman blacksmith, and impaled Adam for committing some unspecified offense.<br />
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==A.T. Field is a real-life psychology term==<br />
Since the very earliest days of Evangelion analysis, there has been a rumor that A.T. Field is a genuine psychological term that describes the barrier that separates autism patients from the world around them. However, extensive searching of online Psychology researches and forums has failed to find any use of the term other than in reference to NGE. Further research by those in the field has proven that "Absolute Terror" or similar terminology is simply not recognized in academia. Therefore, this rumor is false and has been conclusively proven so.<br />
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Examples of typical lousy fan-pages propagating the rumor: [http://www.arune.com/eva/words.html 1] [http://www.nervarchives.com/glossary.atfield.php 2]<br />
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==Eva-00 has the soul of Naoko==<br />
Please visit [[Eva-00's soul]] for more information.<br />
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==Someone we know killed Kaji==<br />
Many fans came to the conclusion that [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]] shot [[Ryoji Kaji|Kaji]], with little or no evidence to back it up. Series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] implied with the Director's Cut of [[Episode 21]] [http://www.evamonkey.com/platinum-booklets/episode-commentaries-21-26.php] that Kaji was not shot by any named character, but an agent sent through either "[[Seele]] or [[Nerv|Nerv's]] intelligence division." During broadcast, the scene of Kaji's death was followed by an establishing shot to the door to Misato's apartment with her name. This "evidence" of Misato's guilt was replaced in the Director's cut with a shot outside of her apartment building.<br />
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==Rei and Kaworu are actual albinos==<br />
Actual albinos don't have light blue hair! Albinos cannot walk outside without protection, otherwise they would suffer severe sunburn, and most have very poor eyesight. On the contrary, Kaworu's eyesight appears to be exceptional. It is worth noting that Ritsuko's complexion is only ''slightly'' darker than Rei's, although she's obviously not an albino.<br />
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==Toji not only loses his leg, but his arm as well==<br />
While Toji's left leg is plainly missing when he's on the hospital bed, it's not certain to tell if his left arm is, as well. However, both Toji's arms are seen as he is being hauled out of the entry plug. The [[Resources:End of Evangelion Screenplays#Touji & Kensuke's farewell (Basketball Court)|original storyboards]] for ''The End of Evangelion'' contain a scene showing Toji playing wheelchair basketball with Kensuke, where he clearly has both arms, eliminating the possibility that one of his arms was amputated.<br />
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==Naoko's Brain in Magi==<br />
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Or any other brain for that matter. This is due to the brain-like object [[Ritsuko Akagi|Ritsuko]] reveals when she cuts into the [[Magi]] in [[episode 13]]. It is clearly stated that the Magi merely have personality imprints of [[Naoko Akagi]] - herself as a mother, scientist, and woman. The computers are also far too large to be actual human brains.<br />
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==Naoko's Soul in Magi==<br />
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Likely originated due to the fact that the Evas themselves have souls. There's also the issue of Caspar 'betraying' Ritsuko in [[The End of Evangelion]], but machines cannot be implanted with souls.<br />
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==Keel is the Wandering Jew==<br />
One of the most bizarre myths about Evangelion. There is an old and racist story that claims that an onlooker at Christ's crucifixion spat upon him, and was punished by receiving the curse of immortality. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_Jew#Origin_and_evolution] He thus became the "wandering Jew", never able to make permanent friends or stay in one place, lest people notice his never-aging nature. The theory goes that [[Keel|Keel's]] motivation in bringing about Instrumentality would at long last allow him to die. There are, at the very least, two huge problems with this notion. One being there's '''absolutely nothing''' in the series to indicate this is Keel's motivation.[[Image:Tank image 07a investigate.jpg|thumb|right|A visibly younger Keel in the background with [[Gendo Ikari|Gendo]].]] The other is that when Keel appears in flashback in [[episode 21]], he is visibly younger than in the series' present, and as has been noted, the Wandering Jew is supposed to be ageless.<br><br><br />
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==The Dummy Plug Plant is the Chamber of Guf==<br />
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The Chamber of Guf is mentioned by Ritsuko in episode 23 when she, Misato, and Shinji are down in the Dummy Plug Plant. This comment likely lead people to believe the two were synonymous. Look [[Guf|here]] for an explanation of Guf within NGE.<br />
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==Adam was impaled on the Spear of Longinus by Lilith==<br />
The "Duel of the Seeds" idea was made up to explain why one Seed would be skewered by the Spear of Longinus and placed in suspended animation while the other would be free to spread life on Earth. The interaction between Rei and Kaworu was interpreted to mean that both of them (as Lilith and Adam respectively) had interacted previously. This idea was disproved when the Classified Information files revealed that each Seed was sent with its own Spear, and that Lilith's Spear was either lost or destroyed during First Impact. Adam was placed in suspended animation by its own Spear, which was used to impale Lilith later on.<br />
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==Death's string quartet scenes take place in the actual series timeline.==<br />
This one is easily disproved. Both Asuka and Kaworu appear in the String Quartet sequences. In the actual series timeline, Asuka is in the hospital under heavy sedation when Kaworu arrives, and is still there when he gets squished; they never meet. The String Quartet motif serves to separate the different focuses in [[Evangelion: Death|Death]] as well as fitting together with the musical score that was used, Pachelbel's Canon in D major.<br />
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=="Anno's Revenge"==<br />
Many are lead to believe, one way or another, that [[The End of Evangelion]] was Anno's revenge against the fans for the negative response received from the ending of the TV series. <br />
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Some say it is because Anno brutally killed off all of the main characters; however, this isn't anything new in the world of anime. Most notably, Yoshiyuki Tomino's [[Space Runaway Ideon]], where not just all the main characters are killed off, even children are brutally massacred. Even though Ideon may be one of Anno's biggest inspirations for Evangelion, the End of Evangelion was closer to the planned ending to the TV series{{fact}}. Some of the footage used in the TV series ending (corpses of Misato and Ritsuko) indicates that, even before the TV series ended, Anno had planned on killing these characters.<br />
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Some say it is because of scenes such as Shinji visiting the sedated Asuka in her hospital room. Although slightly out-of-left-field compared to the ending of the TV series, this scene does serve its purposes. Most importantly, it shows that Shinji has hit the low of all lows, and secondly, it is used as a reference later in the movie when Asuka says "Idiot! I know about your jerk-off fantasies of me. Do it again like usual... I'll even stand here and watch."<br />
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A subjective argument for Anno's revenge is the cinematic and narrative mindfuck that takes up most of the 2nd half of End of Evangelion. A subjective retort could be, "What about the end of the TV series?". As far as a non-subjective response, films have been known to use clashing motifs, non-linear story telling, and highly symbolic/obscure imagery, and the End of Evangelion isn't the first to use all three. Also, from an interpretive standpoint, the 2nd half of the movie does very well in showing the chaos and disembodiment of [[Human Instrumentality Project|Instrumentality]], specifically, what Shinji was going through.<br />
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Finally, some argue that the smoking gun for Anno's revenge is the sequence of quickly flashing (about one per frame) [[End of Evangelion Death Threats|death threats/hate mail]] which can be seen at the end of the live action sequence in the second half of the movie. However this rumor was started, it was probably propagated by the Commentary track on the Manga Entertainment release of End of Evangelion, where Amanda Winn Lee gives a mention of hate mail during this sequence{{fact}}. Since these have been translated to English, the majority of the letters and emails are that of personal attachment to the show, praise, or encouragement/anticipation for the End of Evangelion movie. Only one of the emails can be considered 'hate mail', and it was criticizing Death and Rebirth (not the end of the TV series at all), and the only 2 possible instances that could be considered a 'death threat' was graffiti on the wall outside of Gainax's studio (which was hypothesized to be from religious fanatics) and an email that said "Anno, I'll kill you!!!", which was a close-up of only that message on a computer monitor and lacked any context whatsoever. This puts the smoking gun argument on very shaky ground, as the sequence clearly isn't used as a "This is why I'm taking revenge on you people" message, or anything along those lines.<br />
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==The Mass Production Evas have no souls==<br />
In [[Episode 24]], Kaworu says that the [[A.T. Field]] is "The light of the soul", indicating that a soul is required to produce an A.T. Field. This is consistent all throughout the TV Series as well as in the movies, since the Mass Production Evangelions, in fact, do produce A.T. Fields:<br />
:Shigeru: "The Eva series' A.T. Fields are resonating!"<br />
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Some say that it is the pilots (Kaworu dummy plugs) which produce the A.T. Field. However, Ritsuko in [[Episode 17]] says:<br />
:"This is the dummy plug prototype.<br>Rei's personal data has been loaded into it,<br>but it's ''not really possible to digitize a human mind and soul''.<br>Ultimately, it's a fake, an imitation.<br>Just a machine that emulates a pilot's thinking process."<br />
Indicating that there is no real soul in the dummy plugs. Therefore, it is impossible for the dummy plug to generate an A.T. Field.<br />
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==Adam and Lilith were once a single being / Adam was born from Lilith==<br />
This misconception comes from a mistranslated line via [[Manga Entertainment|Manga Entertainment's]] [[The End of Evangelion]] release. Misato's line should read, "Humans were born from Lilith, who is a [[Seed of Life]] just like Adam." This makes Adam and Lilith two equal beings.<br />
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==Pre-3I Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head==<br />
During Pre-3I Instrumentality, Shinji and Asuka witness a scene from Misato's college days, where she is having sex with Kaji. Shinji clearly has never seen this before asking "This is Misato? She does... this?" in which she replies "Yes, this is also me... The melting into one another's hearts... The me that Shinji doesn't know." If the entire Pre-Third Impact Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head, there is no way he would know these things.<br />
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==Asuka didn't die==<br />
Asuka and Eva-02 were killed by the harpies. Maya's and Shinji's horror and the mangled state of Eva-02 make it explicit. Since Asuka was suffering actual physical damage corresponding to the Eva's damage, there was no way Asuka could have survived the multiple Spear impacts or the subsequent mangling.<br />
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==The Asuka-Rei-Misato amalgamation==<br />
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This very common misconception was born due the last scene of End of Evangelion with Asuka and Shinji alone on the beach. Asuka's arm is bandaged (like Rei's in Episode 01) and her eyes appears to be brown (like Misato's). This lead some people to speculate that Asuka is really a combination of all three girls, and therefore Shinji's "dream girl". This ridiculous notion is absolutely false. The bandaged arm is due to her battle trauma in Eva-02 earlier in End of Evangelion (when a replica lance splits Eva-02's right arm completely). Her eyes are still blue, but merely tinted due to the hue of the scene.<br />
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Before Instrumentality was ended, Rei tells Shinji ''"If you wish once more for the existence of others, the barriers of the heart will separate everyone once more..."'' and Kaworu says ''"Is it okay for A.T. Fields to hurt you and others once more?"'', indicating that the A.T. Fields have separated everyone from each other.<br />
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==The Adam & Eve Scenario (or, Nobody Else is Coming Back)==<br />
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Considering that themes of Genesis pop up all over NGE, the final scene of End of Evangelion leads many to assume that Shinji and Asuka are the new Adam and Eve and are left alone to re-populate the world. But this theory is false if we are to believe Rei and Yui when, during the dissolution of Instrumentality, Rei states, "Anyone can return to human form as long as they can imagine themselves in their own heart.", and then Yui says, "All living things have the ability to return to their original form... and the heart to go on living."<br />
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A tentative list. <br />
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==NGE is religious propaganda==<br />
The religious symbolism in NGE is actually not used in any sort of religiously meaningful fashion. According to Evangelion Assistant Director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]:<br />
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"There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice."' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Kazuya_Tsurumaki:_Q.26A_from_.22Amusing_Himself_to_Death.22|Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death"]]<br />
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Here's an old essay from 2001 of someone [http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/writings/eva2.shtml getting it wrong]: "However, it is revealed at the end of the series that the Angels are actually failed attempts in the Creation (i.e., the Biblical Creation) that preceded mankind". Early inaccurate translations of the show may have contributed to this confusion.<br />
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==LCL means "Link Connect Liquid"==<br />
[[Image:LCL.JPG|left|thumb|Manga saying LCL stands for Link Connect Liquid]]<br />
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It is unknown what the initials "LCL" stand for within the anime series, but we do know what they '''don't''' mean. According to the Death and Rebirth theatrical program (special edition): <br />
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''Incidentally, the widely circulated idea that L.C.L is the abbreviation of "Link Connected Liquid" is incorrect.'' <br />
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Nowhere does it say what it means, although [[Evangelion Chronicle]] suggests one of the Ls stands for "Lilith".<br />
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In Sadamoto's [[Manga]] version, LCL ''is'' said to stand for Link Connect Liquid, written in the Dossier before a chapter starts.<br />
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==First Impact killed the dinosaurs==<br />
First Impact was never depicted or directly referred to on-screen. This has led several fans upon first glance to incorrectly assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the more well known asteroid impact which caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. <br />
[[Image:07 C080 textbook-overlay.jpg|thumb|A page from Shinji's textbook]]<br />
However, First Impact (aka "Giant Impact") was actually the collision of a giant spherical object, designated the "Black Moon", into Earth approximately 4 billion years ago. As a result of the impact, huge amounts of debris, including the Black Moon's rocky exterior, were thrown into orbit, eventually coalescing into Earth's satellite, the Moon. This was made clear in the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The_Second_Angel|Classified Information]]. The "meteorite" theory in the above textbook page is a cover story, and is part of the effort to also blame [[Second Impact]] on a meteor.<br />
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=="Barons of Hell"==<br />
Almost from the beginning of Eva fandom, there has been an internet rumor that the [[Evangelions]] are based upon Biblical entities called "The Barons of Hell". There are two problems with this theory:<br />
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One is that there is no such thing as a "Baron of Hell" mentioned in the Bible or in any other Judeo-Christian source; extensive searches for the term have turned up only references to Eva and the video game ''Doom''. Some sources claim that the Barons are the same thing as the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", but the descriptions given to the Barons don't match up to the Horsemen.<br />
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The other problem is that we know exactly what the Evangelions '''are''' based upon. Evas were fundamentally based upon the oni (commonly translated as “demon” or “ogre”, but actually a specific type of Japanese monster). Says [[Hideaki Anno|Anno]] himself (in an interview published in Aerial Magazine):<br />
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''There's a monster in Japan called the Oni; it has two horns sticking out of its head and the overall image of the Eva is based on that. I also wanted to give the impression that beneath this ‘robot monster’ image is not so much a robot, but a giant human.'' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Hideaki_Anno.27s_Roundtable_Discussion|Anno's Roundtable discussion]]<br />
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[[Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg|thumb|left|A very Oni-looking Evangelion sketch]]<br />
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An early [http://evageeks.org/FGP/Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg sketch Anno did of an Eva] clearly betrays their oni roots. Working from this basic premise, and corresponding with Anno along the way, [[Ikuto Yamashita]] developed the Evas as we know them (with the exception of EoE's “harpies”).<br />
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==Kids born after 2I are soulless==<br />
A ridiculous idea used to explain the drop in birth rate after Second Impact, and why only kids born after Second Impact can synch with the Evangelions. This theory has no evidential basis whatsoever. Ritsuko explicitly states in Episode 20 that Shinji, born after Second Impact, has a soul.<br />
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==Spear of Longinus is the actual holy relic (that just somehow got BIG)==<br />
This is a product of putting too much stock in NGE's religious references. The Spear was actually excavated in Antarctica along with Adam, who was found impaled upon it. According to the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The Spear of Longinus|Classified Information]], each [[Source of Life]] is accompanied by a Spear that has a will of its own and can immobilize a Seed for going against its mission. Thus, the Spear of Longinus is billions of years old, not made by some Roman blacksmith, and impaled Adam for committing some unspecified offense.<br />
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==A.T. Field is a real-life psychology term==<br />
Since the very earliest days of Evangelion analysis, there has been a rumor that A.T. Field is a genuine psychological term that describes the barrier that separates autism patients from the world around them. However, extensive searching of online Psychology researches and forums has failed to find any use of the term other than in reference to NGE. Further research by those in the field has proven that "Absolute Terror" or similar terminology is simply not recognized in academia. Therefore, this rumor is false and has been conclusively proven so.<br />
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Examples of typical lousy fan-pages propagating the rumor: [http://www.arune.com/eva/words.html 1] [http://www.nervarchives.com/glossary.atfield.php 2]<br />
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==Eva-00 has the soul of Naoko==<br />
Please visit [[Eva-00's soul]] for more information.<br />
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==Someone we know killed Kaji==<br />
Many fans came to the conclusion that [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]] shot [[Ryoji Kaji|Kaji]], with little or no evidence to back it up. Series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] implied with the Director's Cut of [[Episode 21]] [http://www.evamonkey.com/platinum-booklets/episode-commentaries-21-26.php] that Kaji was not shot by any named character, but an agent sent through either "[[Seele]] or [[Nerv|Nerv's]] intelligence division." During broadcast, the scene of Kaji's death was followed by an establishing shot to the door to Misato's apartment with her name. This "evidence" of Misato's guilt was replaced in the Director's cut with a shot outside of her apartment building.<br />
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==Rei and Kaworu are actual albinos==<br />
Actual albinos don't have light blue hair! Albinos cannot walk outside without protection, otherwise they would suffer severe sunburn, and most have very poor eyesight. On the contrary, Kaworu's eyesight appears to be exceptional. It is worth noting that Ritsuko's complexion is only ''slightly'' darker than Rei's, although she's obviously not an albino.<br />
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==Toji not only loses his leg, but his arm as well==<br />
While Toji's left leg is plainly missing when he's on the hospital bed, it's not certain to tell if his left arm is, as well. However, both Toji's arms are seen as he is being hauled out of the entry plug. The [[Resources:End of Evangelion Screenplays#Touji & Kensuke's farewell (Basketball Court)|original storyboards]] for ''The End of Evangelion'' contain a scene showing Toji playing wheelchair basketball with Kensuke, where he clearly has both arms, eliminating the possibility that one of his arms was amputated.<br />
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==Naoko's Brain in Magi==<br />
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Or any other brain for that matter. This is due to the brain-like object [[Ritsuko Akagi|Ritsuko]] reveals when she cuts into the [[Magi]] in [[episode 13]]. It is clearly stated that the Magi merely have personality imprints of [[Naoko Akagi]] - herself as a mother, scientist, and woman. The computers are also far too large to be actual human brains.<br />
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==Naoko's Soul in Magi==<br />
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Likely originated due to the fact that the Evas themselves have souls. There's also the issue of Caspar 'betraying' Ritsuko in [[The End of Evangelion]], but machines cannot be implanted with souls.<br />
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==Keel is the Wandering Jew==<br />
One of the most bizarre myths about Evangelion. There is an old and racist story that claims that an onlooker at Christ's crucifixion spat upon him, and was punished by receiving the curse of immortality. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_Jew#Origin_and_evolution] He thus became the "wandering Jew", never able to make permanent friends or stay in one place, lest people notice his never-aging nature. The theory goes that [[Keel|Keel's]] motivation in bringing about Instrumentality would at long last allow him to die. There are, at the very least, two huge problems with this notion. One being there's '''absolutely nothing''' in the series to indicate this is Keel's motivation.[[Image:Tank image 07a investigate.jpg|thumb|right|A visibly younger Keel in the background with [[Gendo Ikari|Gendo]].]] The other is that when Keel appears in flashback in [[episode 21]], he is visibly younger than in the series' present, and as has been noted, the Wandering Jew is supposed to be ageless.<br><br><br />
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==The Dummy Plug Plant is the Chamber of Guf==<br />
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The Chamber of Guf is mentioned by Ritsuko in episode 23 when she, Misato, and Shinji are down in the Dummy Plug Plant. This comment likely lead people to believe the two were synonymous. Look [[Guf|here]] for an explanation of Guf within NGE.<br />
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==Adam was impaled on the Spear of Longinus by Lilith==<br />
The "Duel of the Seeds" idea was made up to explain why one Seed would be skewered by the Spear of Longinus and placed in suspended animation while the other would be free to spread life on Earth. The interaction between Rei and Kaworu was interpreted to mean that both of them (as Lilith and Adam respectively) had interacted previously. This idea was disproved when the Classified Information files revealed that each Seed was sent with its own Spear, and that Lilith's Spear was either lost or destroyed during First Impact. Adam was placed in suspended animation by its own Spear, which was used to impale Lilith later on.<br />
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==Death's string quartet scenes take place in the actual series timeline.==<br />
This one is easily disproved. Both Asuka and Kaworu appear in the String Quartet sequences. In the actual series timeline, Asuka is in the hospital under heavy sedation when Kaworu arrives, and is still there when he gets squished; they never meet. The String Quartet motif serves to separate the different focuses in [[Evangelion: Death|Death]] as well as fitting together with the musical score that was used, Pachelbel's Canon in D major.<br />
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=="Anno's Revenge"==<br />
Many are lead to believe, one way or another, that [[The End of Evangelion]] was Anno's revenge against the fans for the negative response received from the ending of the TV series. <br />
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Some say it is because Anno brutally killed off all of the main characters; however, this isn't anything new in the world of anime. Most notably, Yoshiyuki Tomino's [[Space Runaway Ideon]], where not just all the main characters are killed off, even children are brutally massacred. Even though Ideon may be one of Anno's biggest inspirations for Evangelion, the End of Evangelion was closer to the planned ending to the TV series{{fact}}. Some of the footage used in the TV series ending (corpses of Misato and Ritsuko) indicates that, even before the TV series ended, Anno had planned on killing these characters.<br />
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Some say it is because of scenes such as Shinji visiting the sedated Asuka in her hospital room. Although slightly out-of-left-field compared to the ending of the TV series, this scene does serve its purposes. Most importantly, it shows that Shinji has hit the low of all lows, and secondly, it is used as a reference later in the movie when Asuka says "Idiot! I know about your jerk-off fantasies of me. Do it again like usual... I'll even stand here and watch."<br />
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A subjective argument for Anno's revenge is the cinematic and narrative mindfuck that takes up most of the 2nd half of End of Evangelion. A subjective retort could be, "What about the end of the TV series?". As far as a non-subjective response, films have been known to use clashing motifs, non-linear story telling, and highly symbolic/obscure imagery, and the End of Evangelion isn't the first to use all three. Also, from an interpretive standpoint, the 2nd half of the movie does very well in showing the chaos and disembodiment of [[Human Instrumentality Project|Instrumentality]], specifically, what Shinji was going through.<br />
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Finally, some argue that the smoking gun for Anno's revenge is the sequence of quickly flashing (about one per frame) [[End of Evangelion Death Threats|death threats/hate mail]] which can be seen at the end of the live action sequence in the second half of the movie. However this rumor was started, it was probably propagated by the Commentary track on the Manga Entertainment release of End of Evangelion, where Amanda Winn Lee gives a mention of hate mail during this sequence{{fact}}. Since these have been translated to English, the majority of the letters and emails are that of personal attachment to the show, praise, or encouragement/anticipation for the End of Evangelion movie. Only one of the emails can be considered 'hate mail', and it was criticizing Death and Rebirth (not the end of the TV series at all), and the only 2 possible instances that could be considered a 'death threat' was graffiti on the wall outside of Gainax's studio (which was hypothesized to be from religious fanatics) and an email that said "Anno, I'll kill you!!!", which was a close-up of only that message on a computer monitor and lacked any context whatsoever. This puts the smoking gun argument on very shaky ground, as the sequence clearly isn't used as a "This is why I'm taking revenge on you people" message, or anything along those lines.<br />
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==The Mass Production Evas have no souls==<br />
In [[Episode 24]], Kaworu says that the [[A.T. Field]] is "The light of the soul", indicating that a soul is required to produce an A.T. Field. This is consistent all throughout the TV Series as well as in the movies, since the Mass Production Evangelions, in fact, do produce A.T. Fields:<br />
:Shigeru: "The Eva series' A.T. Fields are resonating!"<br />
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Some say that it is the pilots (Kaworu dummy plugs) which produce the A.T. Field. However, Ritsuko in [[Episode 17]] says:<br />
:"This is the dummy plug prototype.<br>Rei's personal data has been loaded into it,<br>but it's ''not really possible to digitize a human mind and soul''.<br>Ultimately, it's a fake, an imitation.<br>Just a machine that emulates a pilot's thinking process."<br />
Indicating that there is no real soul in the dummy plugs. Therefore, it is impossible for the dummy plug to generate an A.T. Field.<br />
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==Adam and Lilith were once a single being / Adam was born from Lilith==<br />
This misconception comes from a mistranslated line via [[Manga Entertainment|Manga Entertainment's]] [[The End of Evangelion]] release. Misato's line should read, "Humans were born from Lilith, who is a [[Seed of Life]] just like Adam." This makes Adam and Lilith two equal beings.<br />
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==Pre-3I Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head==<br />
During Pre-3I Instrumentality, Shinji and Asuka witness a scene from Misato's college days, where she is having sex with Kaji. Shinji clearly has never seen this before asking "This is Misato? She does... this?" in which she replies "Yes, this is also me... The melting into one another's hearts... The me that Shinji doesn't know." If the entire Pre-Third Impact Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head, there is no way he would know these things.<br />
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==Asuka didn't die==<br />
Asuka and Eva-02 were killed by the harpies. Maya's and Shinji's horror and the mangled state of Eva-02 make it explicit. Since Asuka was suffering actual physical damage corresponding to the Eva's damage, there was no way Asuka could have survived the multiple Spear impacts or the subsequent mangling.<br />
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==The Asuka-Rei-Misato amalgamation==<br />
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This very common misconception was born due the last scene of End of Evangelion with Asuka and Shinji alone on the beach. Asuka's arm is bandaged (like Rei's in Episode 01) and her eyes appears to be brown (like Misato's). This lead some people to speculate that Asuka is really a combination of all three girls, and therefore Shinji's "dream girl". This ridiculous notion is absolutely false. The bandaged arm is due to her battle trauma in Eva-02 earlier in End of Evangelion (when a replica lance splits Eva-02's right arm completely). Her eyes are still blue, but merely tinted due to the hue of the scene.<br />
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Before Instrumentality was ended, Rei tells Shinji ''"If you wish once more for the existence of others, the barriers of the heart will separate everyone once more..."'' and Kaworu says ''"Is it okay for A.T. Fields to hurt you and others once more?"'', indicating that the A.T. Fields have separated everyone from each other.<br />
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==The Adam & Eve Scenario (or, Nobody Else is Coming Back)==<br />
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Considering that themes of Genesis pop up all over NGE, the final scene of End of Evangelion leads many to assume that Shinji and Asuka are the new Adam and Eve and are left alone to re-populate the world. But this theory is false if we are to believe Rei and Yui when, during the dissolution of Instrumentality, Rei states, "Anyone can return to human form as long as they can imagine themselves in their own heart.", and then Yui says, "All living things have the ability to return to their original form... and the heart to go on living."<br />
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A tentative list. <br />
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==NGE is religious propaganda==<br />
The religious symbolism in NGE is actually not used in any sort of religiously meaningful fashion. According to Evangelion Assistant Director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]:<br />
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"There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice."' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Kazuya_Tsurumaki:_Q.26A_from_.22Amusing_Himself_to_Death.22|Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death"]]<br />
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Here's an old essay from 2001 of someone [http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/writings/eva2.shtml getting it wrong]: "However, it is revealed at the end of the series that the Angels are actually failed attempts in the Creation (i.e., the Biblical Creation) that preceded mankind". Early inaccurate translations of the show may have contributed to this confusion.<br />
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==LCL means "Link Connect Liquid"==<br />
[[Image:LCL.JPG|left|thumb|Manga saying LCL stands for Link Connect Liquid]]<br />
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It is unknown what the initials "LCL" stand for within the anime series, but we do know what they '''don't''' mean. According to the Death and Rebirth theatrical program (special edition): <br />
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''Incidentally, the widely circulated idea that L.C.L is the abbreviation of "Link Connected Liquid" is incorrect.'' <br />
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Nowhere does it say what it means, although [[Evangelion Chronicle]] suggests one of the Ls stands for "Lilith".<br />
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In Sadamoto's [[Manga]] version, LCL ''is'' said to stand for Link Connect Liquid, written in the Dossier before a chapter starts.<br />
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==First Impact killed the dinosaurs==<br />
First Impact was never depicted or directly referred to on-screen. This has led several fans upon first glance to incorrectly assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the more well known asteroid impact which caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. <br />
[[Image:07 C080 textbook-overlay.jpg|thumb|A page from Shinji's textbook]]<br />
However, First Impact (aka "Giant Impact") was actually the collision of a giant spherical object, designated the "Black Moon", into Earth approximately 4 billion years ago. As a result of the impact, huge amounts of debris, including the Black Moon's rocky exterior, were thrown into orbit, eventually coalescing into Earth's satellite, the Moon. This was made clear in the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The_Second_Angel|Classified Information]]. The "meteorite" theory in the above textbook page is a cover story, and is part of the effort to also blame [[Second Impact]] on a meteor.<br />
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=="Barons of Hell"==<br />
Almost from the beginning of Eva fandom, there has been an internet rumor that the Evangelions are based upon Biblical entities called "The Barons of Hell". There are two problems with this theory:<br />
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One is that there is no such thing as a "Baron of Hell" mentioned in the Bible or in any other Judeo-Christian source; extensive searches for the term have turned up only references to Eva and the ''Doom'' game. Some sources claim that the Barons are the same thing as the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", but the descriptions given to the Barons don't match up to the Horsemen.<br />
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The other problem is that we know exactly what the Evangelions '''are''' based upon. Evas were fundamentally based upon the oni (commonly translated as “demon” or “ogre”, but actually a specific type of Japanese monster). Says [[Hideaki Anno|Anno]] himself (in an interview published in Aerial Magazine):<br />
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''There's a monster in Japan called the Oni; it has two horns sticking out of its head and the overall image of the Eva is based on that. I also wanted to give the impression that beneath this ‘robot monster’ image is not so much a robot, but a giant human.'' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Hideaki_Anno.27s_Roundtable_Discussion|Anno's Roundtable discussion]]<br />
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[[Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg|thumb|left|A very Oni-looking Evangelion sketch]]<br />
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An early [http://evageeks.org/FGP/Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg sketch Anno did of an Eva] clearly betrays their oni roots. Working from this basic premise, and corresponding with Anno along the way, [[Ikuto Yamashita]] developed the Evas as we know them (with the exception of EoE's “harpies”).<br />
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==Kids born after 2I are soulless==<br />
A ridiculous idea used to explain the drop in birth rate after Second Impact, and why only kids born after Second Impact can synch with the Evangelions. This theory has no evidential basis whatsoever. Ritsuko explicitly states in Episode 20 that Shinji, born after Second Impact, has a soul.<br />
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==Spear of Longinus is the actual holy relic (that just somehow got BIG)==<br />
This is a product of putting too much stock in NGE's religious references. The Spear was actually excavated in Antarctica along with Adam, who was found impaled upon it. According to the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The Spear of Longinus|Classified Information]], each [[Source of Life]] is accompanied by a Spear that has a will of its own and can immobilize a Seed for going against its mission. Thus, the Spear of Longinus is billions of years old, not made by some Roman blacksmith, and impaled Adam for committing some unspecified offense.<br />
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==A.T. Field is a real-life psychology term==<br />
Since the very earliest days of Evangelion analysis, there has been a rumor that A.T. Field is a genuine psychological term that describes the barrier that separates autism patients from the world around them. However, extensive searching of online Psychology researches and forums has failed to find any use of the term other than in reference to NGE. Further research by those in the field has proven that "Absolute Terror" or similar terminology is simply not recognized in academia. Therefore, this rumor is false and has been conclusively proven so.<br />
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Examples of typical lousy fan-pages propagating the rumor: [http://www.arune.com/eva/words.html 1] [http://www.nervarchives.com/glossary.atfield.php 2]<br />
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==Eva-00 has the soul of Naoko==<br />
Please visit [[Eva-00's soul]] for more information.<br />
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==Someone we know killed Kaji==<br />
Many fans came to the conclusion that [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]] shot [[Ryoji Kaji|Kaji]], with little or no evidence to back it up. Series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] implied with the Director's Cut of [[Episode 21]] [http://www.evamonkey.com/platinum-booklets/episode-commentaries-21-26.php] that Kaji was not shot by any named character, but an agent sent through either "[[Seele]] or [[Nerv|Nerv's]] intelligence division." During broadcast, the scene of Kaji's death was followed by an establishing shot to the door to Misato's apartment with her name. This "evidence" of Misato's guilt was replaced in the Director's cut with a shot outside of her apartment building.<br />
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==Rei and Kaworu are actual albinos==<br />
Actual albinos don't have light blue hair! Albinos cannot walk outside without protection, otherwise they would suffer severe sunburn, and most have very poor eyesight. On the contrary, Kaworu's eyesight appears to be exceptional. It is worth noting that Ritsuko's complexion is only ''slightly'' darker than Rei's, although she's obviously not an albino.<br />
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==Toji not only loses his leg, but his arm as well==<br />
While Toji's left leg is plainly missing when he's on the hospital bed, it's not certain to tell if his left arm is, as well. However, both Toji's arms are seen as he is being hauled out of the entry plug. The [[Resources:End of Evangelion Screenplays#Touji & Kensuke's farewell (Basketball Court)|original storyboards]] for ''The End of Evangelion'' contain a scene showing Toji playing wheelchair basketball with Kensuke, where he clearly has both arms, eliminating the possibility that one of his arms was amputated.<br />
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==Naoko's Brain in Magi==<br />
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Or any other brain for that matter. This is due to the brain-like object [[Ritsuko Akagi|Ritsuko]] reveals when she cuts into the [[Magi]] in [[episode 13]]. It is clearly stated that the Magi merely have personality imprints of [[Naoko Akagi]] - herself as a mother, scientist, and woman. The computers are also far too large to be actual human brains.<br />
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==Naoko's Soul in Magi==<br />
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Likely originated due to the fact that the Evas themselves have souls. There's also the issue of Caspar 'betraying' Ritsuko in [[The End of Evangelion]], but machines cannot be implanted with souls.<br />
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==Keel is the Wandering Jew==<br />
One of the most bizarre myths about Evangelion. There is an old and racist story that claims that an onlooker at Christ's crucifixion spat upon him, and was punished by receiving the curse of immortality. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_Jew#Origin_and_evolution] He thus became the "wandering Jew", never able to make permanent friends or stay in one place, lest people notice his never-aging nature. The theory goes that [[Keel|Keel's]] motivation in bringing about Instrumentality would at long last allow him to die. There are, at the very least, two huge problems with this notion. One being there's '''absolutely nothing''' in the series to indicate this is Keel's motivation.[[Image:Tank image 07a investigate.jpg|thumb|right|A visibly younger Keel in the background with [[Gendo Ikari|Gendo]].]] The other is that when Keel appears in flashback in [[episode 21]], he is visibly younger than in the series' present, and as has been noted, the Wandering Jew is supposed to be ageless.<br><br><br />
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==The Dummy Plug Plant is the Chamber of Guf==<br />
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The Chamber of Guf is mentioned by Ritsuko in episode 23 when she, Misato, and Shinji are down in the Dummy Plug Plant. This comment likely lead people to believe the two were synonymous. Look [[Guf|here]] for an explanation of Guf within NGE.<br />
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==Adam was impaled on the Spear of Longinus by Lilith==<br />
The "Duel of the Seeds" idea was made up to explain why one Seed would be skewered by the Spear of Longinus and placed in suspended animation while the other would be free to spread life on Earth. The interaction between Rei and Kaworu was interpreted to mean that both of them (as Lilith and Adam respectively) had interacted previously. This idea was disproved when the Classified Information files revealed that each Seed was sent with its own Spear, and that Lilith's Spear was either lost or destroyed during First Impact. Adam was placed in suspended animation by its own Spear, which was used to impale Lilith later on.<br />
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==Death's string quartet scenes take place in the actual series timeline.==<br />
This one is easily disproved. Both Asuka and Kaworu appear in the String Quartet sequences. In the actual series timeline, Asuka is in the hospital under heavy sedation when Kaworu arrives, and is still there when he gets squished; they never meet. The String Quartet motif serves to separate the different focuses in [[Evangelion: Death|Death]] as well as fitting together with the musical score that was used, Pachelbel's Canon in D major.<br />
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=="Anno's Revenge"==<br />
Many are lead to believe, one way or another, that [[The End of Evangelion]] was Anno's revenge against the fans for the negative response received from the ending of the TV series. <br />
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Some say it is because Anno brutally killed off all of the main characters; however, this isn't anything new in the world of anime. Most notably, Yoshiyuki Tomino's [[Space Runaway Ideon]], where not just all the main characters are killed off, even children are brutally massacred. Even though Ideon may be one of Anno's biggest inspirations for Evangelion, the End of Evangelion was closer to the planned ending to the TV series{{fact}}. Some of the footage used in the TV series ending (corpses of Misato and Ritsuko) indicates that, even before the TV series ended, Anno had planned on killing these characters.<br />
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Some say it is because of scenes such as Shinji visiting the sedated Asuka in her hospital room. Although slightly out-of-left-field compared to the ending of the TV series, this scene does serve its purposes. Most importantly, it shows that Shinji has hit the low of all lows, and secondly, it is used as a reference later in the movie when Asuka says "Idiot! I know about your jerk-off fantasies of me. Do it again like usual... I'll even stand here and watch."<br />
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A subjective argument for Anno's revenge is the cinematic and narrative mindfuck that takes up most of the 2nd half of End of Evangelion. A subjective retort could be, "What about the end of the TV series?". As far as a non-subjective response, films have been known to use clashing motifs, non-linear story telling, and highly symbolic/obscure imagery, and the End of Evangelion isn't the first to use all three. Also, from an interpretive standpoint, the 2nd half of the movie does very well in showing the chaos and disembodiment of [[Human Instrumentality Project|Instrumentality]], specifically, what Shinji was going through.<br />
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Finally, some argue that the smoking gun for Anno's revenge is the sequence of quickly flashing (about one per frame) [[End of Evangelion Death Threats|death threats/hate mail]] which can be seen at the end of the live action sequence in the second half of the movie. However this rumor was started, it was probably propagated by the Commentary track on the Manga Entertainment release of End of Evangelion, where Amanda Winn Lee gives a mention of hate mail during this sequence{{fact}}. Since these have been translated to English, the majority of the letters and emails are that of personal attachment to the show, praise, or encouragement/anticipation for the End of Evangelion movie. Only one of the emails can be considered 'hate mail', and it was criticizing Death and Rebirth (not the end of the TV series at all), and the only 2 possible instances that could be considered a 'death threat' was graffiti on the wall outside of Gainax's studio (which was hypothesized to be from religious fanatics) and an email that said "Anno, I'll kill you!!!", which was a close-up of only that message on a computer monitor and lacked any context whatsoever. This puts the smoking gun argument on very shaky ground, as the sequence clearly isn't used as a "This is why I'm taking revenge on you people" message, or anything along those lines.<br />
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==The Mass Production Evas have no souls==<br />
In [[Episode 24]], Kaworu says that the [[A.T. Field]] is "The light of the soul", indicating that a soul is required to produce an A.T. Field. This is consistent all throughout the TV Series as well as in the movies, since the Mass Production Evangelions, in fact, do produce A.T. Fields:<br />
:Shigeru: "The Eva series' A.T. Fields are resonating!"<br />
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Some say that it is the pilots (Kaworu dummy plugs) which produce the A.T. Field. However, Ritsuko in [[Episode 17]] says:<br />
:"This is the dummy plug prototype.<br>Rei's personal data has been loaded into it,<br>but it's ''not really possible to digitize a human mind and soul''.<br>Ultimately, it's a fake, an imitation.<br>Just a machine that emulates a pilot's thinking process."<br />
Indicating that there is no real soul in the dummy plugs. Therefore, it is impossible for the dummy plug to generate an A.T. Field.<br />
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==Adam and Lilith were once a single being / Adam was born from Lilith==<br />
This misconception comes from a mistranslated line via [[Manga Entertainment|Manga Entertainment's]] [[The End of Evangelion]] release. Misato's line should read, "Humans were born from Lilith, who is a [[Seed of Life]] just like Adam." This makes Adam and Lilith two equal beings.<br />
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==Pre-3I Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head==<br />
During Pre-3I Instrumentality, Shinji and Asuka witness a scene from Misato's college days, where she is having sex with Kaji. Shinji clearly has never seen this before asking "This is Misato? She does... this?" in which she replies "Yes, this is also me... The melting into one another's hearts... The me that Shinji doesn't know." If the entire Pre-Third Impact Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head, there is no way he would know these things.<br />
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==Asuka didn't die==<br />
Asuka and Eva-02 were killed by the harpies. Maya's and Shinji's horror and the mangled state of Eva-02 make it explicit. Since Asuka was suffering actual physical damage corresponding to the Eva's damage, there was no way Asuka could have survived the multiple Spear impacts or the subsequent mangling.<br />
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==The Asuka-Rei-Misato amalgamation==<br />
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This very common misconception was born due the last scene of End of Evangelion with Asuka and Shinji alone on the beach. Asuka's arm is bandaged (like Rei's in Episode 01) and her eyes appears to be brown (like Misato's). This lead some people to speculate that Asuka is really a combination of all three girls, and therefore Shinji's "dream girl". This ridiculous notion is absolutely false. The bandaged arm is due to her battle trauma in Eva-02 earlier in End of Evangelion (when a replica lance splits Eva-02's right arm completely). Her eyes are still blue, but merely tinted due to the hue of the scene.<br />
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Before Instrumentality was ended, Rei tells Shinji ''"If you wish once more for the existence of others, the barriers of the heart will separate everyone once more..."'' and Kaworu says ''"Is it okay for A.T. Fields to hurt you and others once more?"'', indicating that the A.T. Fields have separated everyone from each other.<br />
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==The Adam & Eve Scenario (or, Nobody Else is Coming Back)==<br />
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Considering that themes of Genesis pop up all over NGE, the final scene of End of Evangelion leads many to assume that Shinji and Asuka are the new Adam and Eve and are left alone to re-populate the world. But this theory is false if we are to believe Rei and Yui when, during the dissolution of Instrumentality, Rei states, "Anyone can return to human form as long as they can imagine themselves in their own heart.", and then Yui says, "All living things have the ability to return to their original form... and the heart to go on living."<br />
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[[Category:Theory and Analysis]]</div>Sailor Star Dusthttps://wiki.evageeks.org/index.php?title=User:Sailor_Star_Dust&diff=101504User:Sailor Star Dust2018-12-01T01:36:32Z<p>Sailor Star Dust: </p>
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| name = Sailor Star Dust<br />
| real name = Geek in real life<br />
| date of birth = 1985 (That feel when you're older than Misato...)<br />
| homeland = US & A<br />
| role = Scribe and Sys-Op<br />
| lot in life = My hobby's writing ^_^<br />
| favorite character = Pilots: [[Shinji Ikari|Shinji]] Adults: [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]]<br />
| favorite evangelion = [[Evangelion Unit-01]]<br />
| favorite episode = Prologue Arc: [[Episode 04]], Action Arc: [[Episode 08]], Descent Arc: [[Episode 15]], Bitter End: [[Episode 22|Episode 22' (Director's Cut)]] and a tie between [[Episode 25|25 &]] [[Episode 26|26 "EoTV"]] / [[The End of Evangelion|EoE]] since both endings describe the mental and physical nature of 3rd Impact so beautifully. <br />
| favorite relationship = [[Asuka Langley Soryu|Asuka]]/[[Shinji Ikari|Shinji]]<br />
| favorite angel = [[Sachiel]] and [[Leliel]]. And if the SoLs count, tie between [[Adam|Adam (Kaworu)]] and [[Lilith|Lilith (Rei)]].<br />
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===Neon Genesis Evangelion & Me===<br />
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I've been an Evangelion fan since 2006, after checking out the subbed Platinum DVDs (and the Renewal fansubs for Death/EoE).<br />
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My favorite aspects of the series are the psychological mind trips and the characters themselves. I strongly believe in Yui's EoE lines that things will be alright and there are chances for happiness everywhere. Not only can this be applied to Shinji and Asuka (as well as the rest of humanity that has yet to return) at Eva's ending, but it's also good point about the real world, too. Even if life may seem difficult or sad, the bad ''never'' has happiness terribly far behind. <br />
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Currently I'm excited to see where Studio Kara is taking us with Evangelion New Movie Edition; namely (as of this writeup) Shin Eva. Things are getting pretty interesting and certainly unexpected!<br />
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'''''Random Quotes that I like:'''''<br />
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"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." - Eleanor Roosevelt<br />
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"Well, there could still be a god. Couldn't evolution be the answer to how and not the answer to why?" - Stan Marsh, ''South Park''<br />
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''Ayanami Rei — Bandages. Mysteries. Indifference. An object of interest. Mother.'' <br><br />
''Soryu Asuka Langley — Girl. Perplexing. Formidable. Indecipherable. Sex.'' <br><br />
''Katsuragi Misato — Adult. Superior. Meddlesome. Soldier. Family.'' <br><br />
''Ikari Gendo — Harsh. Commander. Hatred. Anger. Father. Father. Father....''<br><br />
- Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (Special Edition) Theatrical Program Book</div>Sailor Star Dusthttps://wiki.evageeks.org/index.php?title=User:Sailor_Star_Dust&diff=101503User:Sailor Star Dust2018-12-01T01:33:40Z<p>Sailor Star Dust: </p>
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| name = Sailor Star Dust<br />
| real name = Geek in real life<br />
| date of birth = 1985 (That feel when you're older than Misato...)<br />
| homeland = US & A<br />
| role = Scribe and Sys-Op<br />
| lot in life = My hobby's writing ^_^<br />
| favorite character = Pilots: [[Shinji Ikari|Shinji]] Adults: [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]]<br />
| favorite evangelion = [[Evangelion Unit-01]]<br />
| favorite episode = Prologue Arc: [[Episode 04]], Action Arc: [[Episode 08]], Descent Arc: [[Episode 15]], Bitter End: [[Episode 22|Episode 22' (Director's Cut)]] and a tie between [[Episode 25|25 &]] [[Episode 26|26 "EoTV"]] / [[The End of Evangelion|EoE]] since both endings describe the mental and physical nature of 3rd Impact so beautifully. <br />
| favorite relationship = [[Asuka Langley Soryu|Asuka]]/[[Shinji Ikari|Shinji]]<br />
| favorite angel = [[Sachiel]] and [[Leliel]]. And if the SoLs count, tie between [[Adam|Adam (Kaworu)]] and [[Lilith|Lilith (Rei)]].<br />
}} <br />
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===Neon Genesis Evangelion & Me===<br />
<br />
I've been an Evangelion fan since 2006, after checking out the subbed Platinum DVDs (and the Renewal fansubs for Death/EoE).<br />
<br />
My favorite aspects of the series are the psychological mind trips and the characters themselves. I strongly believe in Yui's EoE lines that things will be alright and there are chances for happiness everywhere. Not only can this be applied to Shinji and Asuka (as well as the rest of humanity that has yet to return) at Eva's ending, but it's also good point about the real world, too. Even if life may seem difficult or sad, pain ''never'' has pleasure that far behind. <br />
<br />
Currently I'm excited to see where Studio Kara is taking us with Evangelion New Movie Edition; namely (as of this writeup) Shin Eva. Things are getting pretty interesting and certainly unexpected!<br />
<br />
'''''Random Quotes that I like:'''''<br />
<br />
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." - Eleanor Roosevelt<br />
<br />
"Well, there could still be a god. Couldn't evolution be the answer to how and not the answer to why?" - Stan Marsh, ''South Park''<br />
<br />
''Ayanami Rei — Bandages. Mysteries. Indifference. An object of interest. Mother.'' <br><br />
''Soryu Asuka Langley — Girl. Perplexing. Formidable. Indecipherable. Sex.'' <br><br />
''Katsuragi Misato — Adult. Superior. Meddlesome. Soldier. Family.'' <br><br />
''Ikari Gendo — Harsh. Commander. Hatred. Anger. Father. Father. Father....''<br><br />
- Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (Special Edition) Theatrical Program Book</div>Sailor Star Dusthttps://wiki.evageeks.org/index.php?title=User:Sailor_Star_Dust&diff=101502User:Sailor Star Dust2018-12-01T01:31:28Z<p>Sailor Star Dust: /* Neon Genesis Evangelion & Me */</p>
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| name = Sailor Star Dust<br />
| real name = Geek in real life<br />
| date of birth = 1985 (That feel when you're older than Misato...)<br />
| homeland = US & A<br />
| role = Scribe and Sys-Op<br />
| lot in life = My hobby's writing ^_^<br />
| favorite character = Pilots: [[Shinji Ikari|Shinji]] Adults: [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]]<br />
| favorite evangelion = [[Evangelion Unit-01]]<br />
| favorite episode = Prologue Arc: [[Episode 04]], Action Arc: [[Episode 08]], Descent Arc: [[Episode 15]], Bitter End: [[Episode 22|Episode 22' (Director's Cut)]] and a tie between [[Episode 25|25 &]] [[Episode 26|26 "EoTV"]] / [[The End of Evangelion|EoE]] since both endings describe the mental and physical nature of 3rd Impact so beautifully. <br />
| favorite relationship = [[Asuka Langley Soryu|Asuka]]/[[Shinji Ikari|Shinji]]<br />
| favorite angel = [[Sachiel]] and [[Leliel]]. And if the SoLs count, tie between [[Adam|Adam (Kaworu)]] and [[Lilith|Lilith (Rei)]].<br />
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===Neon Genesis Evangelion & Me===<br />
<br />
I've been an Evangelion fan since 2006, after checking out the subbed Platinum DVDs (and the Renewal fansubs for Death/EoE).<br />
<br />
My favorite aspects of the series are the psychological mind trips and the characters themselves. I strongly believe in Yui's EoE lines that things will be alright and there are chances for happiness everywhere. Not only can this be applied to Shinji and Asuka (as well as the rest of humanity that has yet to return) at Eva's ending, but it's also good point about the real world, too. Even if life may seem difficult or sad, pain ''never'' has pleasure that far behind. <br />
<br />
Currently I'm excited to see where Studio Kara is taking us with Evangelion New Movie Edition; namely (as of this writeup) Shin Eva. Things are getting pretty interesting and certainly unexpected!<br />
<br />
'''''Random Quotes I like:'''''<br />
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"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." - Eleanor Roosevelt<br />
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"Well, there could still be a god. Couldn't evolution be the answer to how and not the answer to why?" - Stan Marsh, ''South Park''<br />
<br />
''Ayanami Rei — Bandages. Mysteries. Indifference. An object of interest. Mother.'' <br><br />
''Soryu Asuka Langley — Girl. Perplexing. Formidable. Indecipherable. Sex.'' <br><br />
''Katsuragi Misato — Adult. Superior. Meddlesome. Soldier. Family.'' <br><br />
''Ikari Gendo — Harsh. Commander. Hatred. Anger. Father. Father. Father....''<br><br />
- Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (Special Edition) Theatrical Program Book</div>Sailor Star Dusthttps://wiki.evageeks.org/index.php?title=User:Sailor_Star_Dust&diff=101501User:Sailor Star Dust2018-12-01T01:30:38Z<p>Sailor Star Dust: Created page with "{{User Infobox | image=Image:Avatar SSD characature - 200x200.jpg | name = Sailor Star Dust | real name = Geek in real life | date of birth = 1985 (That feel when you're o..."</p>
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| date of birth = 1985 (That feel when you're older than Misato...)<br />
| homeland = US & A<br />
| role = Scribe and Sys-Op<br />
| lot in life = My hobby's writing ^_^<br />
| favorite character = Pilots: [[Shinji Ikari|Shinji]] Adults: [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]]<br />
| favorite evangelion = [[Evangelion Unit-01]]<br />
| favorite episode = Prologue Arc: [[Episode 04]], Action Arc: [[Episode 08]], Descent Arc: [[Episode 15]], Bitter End: [[Episode 22|Episode 22' (Director's Cut)]] and a tie between [[Episode 25|25 &]] [[Episode 26|26 "EoTV"]] / [[The End of Evangelion|EoE]] since both endings describe the mental and physical nature of 3rd Impact so beautifully. <br />
| favorite relationship = [[Asuka Langley Soryu|Asuka]]/[[Shinji Ikari|Shinji]]<br />
| favorite angel = [[Sachiel]] and [[Leliel]]. And if the SoLs count, tie between [[Adam|Adam (Kaworu)]] and [[Lilith|Lilith (Rei)]].<br />
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===Neon Genesis Evangelion & Me===<br />
<br />
I've been an Evangelion fan since 2006, after checking out the subbed Platinum DVDs.<br />
<br />
My favorite aspects of the series are the psychological mind trips and the characters themselves. I strongly believe in Yui's EoE lines that things will be alright and there are chances for happiness everywhere. Not only can this be applied to Shinji and Asuka (as well as the rest of humanity that has yet to return) at Eva's ending, but it's also good point about the real world, too. Even if life may seem difficult or sad, pain ''never'' has pleasure that far behind. <br />
<br />
Currently I'm excited to see where Studio Kara is taking us with Evangelion New Movie Edition; namely (as of this writeup) Shin Eva. Things are getting pretty interesting and certainly unexpected!<br />
<br />
'''''Random Quotes I like:'''''<br />
<br />
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." - Eleanor Roosevelt<br />
<br />
"Well, there could still be a god. Couldn't evolution be the answer to how and not the answer to why?" - Stan Marsh, ''South Park''<br />
<br />
''Ayanami Rei — Bandages. Mysteries. Indifference. An object of interest. Mother.'' <br><br />
''Soryu Asuka Langley — Girl. Perplexing. Formidable. Indecipherable. Sex.'' <br><br />
''Katsuragi Misato — Adult. Superior. Meddlesome. Soldier. Family.'' <br><br />
''Ikari Gendo — Harsh. Commander. Hatred. Anger. Father. Father. Father....''<br><br />
- Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (Special Edition) Theatrical Program Book</div>Sailor Star Dusthttps://wiki.evageeks.org/index.php?title=Theory_and_Analysis:List_of_Common_Misconceptions&diff=101498Theory and Analysis:List of Common Misconceptions2018-11-30T02:25:10Z<p>Sailor Star Dust: /* LCL means "Link Connect Liquid" */</p>
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A tentative list. <br />
<br />
==NGE is religious propaganda==<br />
The religious symbolism in NGE is actually not used in any sort of religiously meaningful fashion. According to Evangelion Assistant Director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]:<br />
<br />
"There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice."' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Kazuya_Tsurumaki:_Q.26A_from_.22Amusing_Himself_to_Death.22|Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death"]]<br />
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Here's an old essay from 2001 of someone [http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/writings/eva2.shtml getting it wrong]: "However, it is revealed at the end of the series that the Angels are actually failed attempts in the Creation (i.e., the Biblical Creation) that preceded mankind". Early inaccurate translations of the show may have contributed to this confusion.<br />
<br />
==LCL means "Link Connect Liquid"==<br />
[[Image:LCL.JPG|left|thumb|Manga saying LCL stands for Link Connect Liquid]]<br />
<br />
It is unknown what the initials "LCL" stand for within the anime series, but we do know what they '''don't''' mean. According to the Death and Rebirth theatrical program (special edition): <br />
<br />
''Incidentally, the widely circulated idea that L.C.L is the abbreviation of "Link Connected Liquid" is incorrect.'' <br />
<br />
Nowhere does it say what it means, although [[Evangelion Chronicle]] suggests one of the Ls stands for "Lilith".<br />
<br />
In Sadamoto's [[Manga]] version, LCL ''is'' said to stand for Link Connect Liquid, written in the Dossier before a chapter starts.<br />
<br />
==First Impact killed the dinosaurs==<br />
First Impact was never depicted or directly referred to on-screen. This has led several fans upon first glance to incorrectly assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the more well known asteroid impact which caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. <br />
[[Image:07 C080 textbook-overlay.jpg|thumb|A page from Shinji's textbook]]<br />
However, First Impact (aka "Giant Impact") was actually the collision of a giant spherical object, designated the "Black Moon", into Earth approximately 4 billion years ago. As a result of the impact, huge amounts of debris, including the Black Moon's rocky exterior, were thrown into orbit, eventually coalescing into Earth's satellite, the Moon. This was made clear in the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The_Second_Angel|Classified Information]]. The "meteorite" theory in the above textbook page is a cover story, and is part of the effort to also blame [[Second Impact]] on a meteor.<br />
<br />
=="Barons of Hell"==<br />
Almost from the beginning of Eva fandom, there has been an internet rumor that the Evangelions are based upon Biblical entities called "The Barons of Hell". There are two problems with this theory:<br />
<br />
One is that there is no such thing as a "Baron of Hell" mentioned in the Bible or in any other Judeo-Christian source; extensive searches for the term have turned up only references to Eva and the ''Doom'' game. Some sources claim that the Barons are the same thing as the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", but the descriptions given to the Barons don't match up to the Horsemen.<br />
<br />
The other problem is that we know exactly what the Evangelions '''are''' based upon. Evas were fundamentally based upon the oni (commonly translated as “demon” or “ogre”, but actually a specific type of Japanese monster). Says [[Hideaki Anno|Anno]] himself (in an interview published in Aerial Magazine):<br />
<br />
''There's a monster in Japan called the Oni; it has two horns sticking out of its head and the overall image of the Eva is based on that. I also wanted to give the impression that beneath this ‘robot monster’ image is not so much a robot, but a giant human.''<br />
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[[Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg|thumb|left|A very Oni-looking Evangelion sketch]]<br />
<br />
An early [http://evageeks.org/FGP/Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg sketch Anno did of an Eva] clearly betrays their oni roots. Working from this basic premise, and corresponding with Anno along the way, [[Ikuto Yamashita]] developed the Evas as we know them (with the exception of EoE's “harpies”).<br />
<br />
==Kids born after 2I are soulless==<br />
A ridiculous idea used to explain the drop in birth rate after Second Impact, and why only kids born after Second Impact can synch with the Evangelions. This theory has no evidential basis whatsoever. Ritsuko explicitly states in Episode 20 that Shinji, born after Second Impact, has a soul.<br />
<br />
==Spear of Longinus is the actual holy relic (that just somehow got BIG)==<br />
This is a product of putting too much stock in NGE's religious references. The Spear was actually excavated in Antarctica along with Adam, who was found impaled upon it. According to the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The Spear of Longinus|Classified Information]], each [[Source of Life]] is accompanied by a Spear that has a will of its own and can immobilize a Seed for going against its mission. Thus, the Spear of Longinus is billions of years old, not made by some Roman blacksmith, and impaled Adam for committing some unspecified offense.<br />
<br />
==A.T. Field is a real-life psychology term==<br />
Since the very earliest days of Evangelion analysis, there has been a rumor that A.T. Field is a genuine psychological term that describes the barrier that separates autism patients from the world around them. However, extensive searching of online Psychology researches and forums has failed to find any use of the term other than in reference to NGE. Further research by those in the field has proven that "Absolute Terror" or similar terminology is simply not recognized in academia. Therefore, this rumor is false and has been conclusively proven so.<br />
<br />
Examples of typical lousy fan-pages propagating the rumor: [http://www.arune.com/eva/words.html 1] [http://www.nervarchives.com/glossary.atfield.php 2]<br />
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==Eva-00 has the soul of Naoko==<br />
Please visit [[Eva-00's soul]] for more information.<br />
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==Someone we know killed Kaji==<br />
Many fans came to the conclusion that [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]] shot [[Ryoji Kaji|Kaji]], with little or no evidence to back it up. Series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] implied with the Director's Cut of [[Episode 21]] [http://www.evamonkey.com/platinum-booklets/episode-commentaries-21-26.php] that Kaji was not shot by any named character, but an agent sent through either "[[Seele]] or [[Nerv|Nerv's]] intelligence division." During broadcast, the scene of Kaji's death was followed by an establishing shot to the door to Misato's apartment with her name. This "evidence" of Misato's guilt was replaced in the Director's cut with a shot outside of her apartment building.<br />
<br />
==Rei and Kaworu are actual albinos==<br />
Actual albinos don't have light blue hair! Albinos cannot walk outside without protection, otherwise they would suffer severe sunburn, and most have very poor eyesight. On the contrary, Kaworu's eyesight appears to be exceptional. It is worth noting that Ritsuko's complexion is only ''slightly'' darker than Rei's, although she's obviously not an albino.<br />
<br />
==Toji not only loses his leg, but his arm as well==<br />
While Toji's left leg is plainly missing when he's on the hospital bed, it's not certain to tell if his left arm is, as well. However, both Toji's arms are seen as he is being hauled out of the entry plug. The [[Resources:End of Evangelion Screenplays#Touji & Kensuke's farewell (Basketball Court)|original storyboards]] for ''The End of Evangelion'' contain a scene showing Toji playing wheelchair basketball with Kensuke, where he clearly has both arms, eliminating the possibility that one of his arms was amputated.<br />
<br />
==Naoko's Brain in Magi==<br />
<br />
Or any other brain for that matter. This is due to the brain-like object [[Ritsuko Akagi|Ritsuko]] reveals when she cuts into the [[Magi]] in [[episode 13]]. It is clearly stated that the Magi merely have personality imprints of [[Naoko Akagi]] - herself as a mother, scientist, and woman. The computers are also far too large to be actual human brains.<br />
<br />
==Naoko's Soul in Magi==<br />
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Likely originated due to the fact that the Evas themselves have souls. There's also the issue of Caspar 'betraying' Ritsuko in [[The End of Evangelion]], but machines cannot be implanted with souls.<br />
<br />
==Keel is the Wandering Jew==<br />
One of the most bizarre myths about Evangelion. There is an old and racist story that claims that an onlooker at Christ's crucifixion spat upon him, and was punished by receiving the curse of immortality. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_Jew#Origin_and_evolution] He thus became the "wandering Jew", never able to make permanent friends or stay in one place, lest people notice his never-aging nature. The theory goes that [[Keel|Keel's]] motivation in bringing about Instrumentality would at long last allow him to die. There are, at the very least, two huge problems with this notion. One being there's '''absolutely nothing''' in the series to indicate this is Keel's motivation.[[Image:Tank image 07a investigate.jpg|thumb|right|A visibly younger Keel in the background with [[Gendo Ikari|Gendo]].]] The other is that when Keel appears in flashback in [[episode 21]], he is visibly younger than in the series' present, and as has been noted, the Wandering Jew is supposed to be ageless.<br><br><br />
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==The Dummy Plug Plant is the Chamber of Guf==<br />
<br />
The Chamber of Guf is mentioned by Ritsuko in episode 23 when she, Misato, and Shinji are down in the Dummy Plug Plant. This comment likely lead people to believe the two were synonymous. Look [[Guf|here]] for an explanation of Guf within NGE.<br />
<br />
==Adam was impaled on the Spear of Longinus by Lilith==<br />
The "Duel of the Seeds" idea was made up to explain why one Seed would be skewered by the Spear of Longinus and placed in suspended animation while the other would be free to spread life on Earth. The interaction between Rei and Kaworu was interpreted to mean that both of them (as Lilith and Adam respectively) had interacted previously. This idea was disproved when the Classified Information files revealed that each Seed was sent with its own Spear, and that Lilith's Spear was either lost or destroyed during First Impact. Adam was placed in suspended animation by its own Spear, which was used to impale Lilith later on.<br />
<br />
==Death's string quartet scenes take place in the actual series timeline.==<br />
This one is easily disproved. Both Asuka and Kaworu appear in the String Quartet sequences. In the actual series timeline, Asuka is in the hospital under heavy sedation when Kaworu arrives, and is still there when he gets squished; they never meet. The String Quartet motif serves to separate the different focuses in [[Evangelion: Death|Death]] as well as fitting together with the musical score that was used, Pachelbel's Canon in D major.<br />
<br />
=="Anno's Revenge"==<br />
Many are lead to believe, one way or another, that [[The End of Evangelion]] was Anno's revenge against the fans for the negative response received from the ending of the TV series. <br />
<br />
Some say it is because Anno brutally killed off all of the main characters; however, this isn't anything new in the world of anime. Most notably, Yoshiyuki Tomino's [[Space Runaway Ideon]], where not just all the main characters are killed off, even children are brutally massacred. Even though Ideon may be one of Anno's biggest inspirations for Evangelion, the End of Evangelion was closer to the planned ending to the TV series{{fact}}. Some of the footage used in the TV series ending (corpses of Misato and Ritsuko) indicates that, even before the TV series ended, Anno had planned on killing these characters.<br />
<br />
Some say it is because of scenes such as Shinji visiting the sedated Asuka in her hospital room. Although slightly out-of-left-field compared to the ending of the TV series, this scene does serve its purposes. Most importantly, it shows that Shinji has hit the low of all lows, and secondly, it is used as a reference later in the movie when Asuka says "Idiot! I know about your jerk-off fantasies of me. Do it again like usual... I'll even stand here and watch."<br />
<br />
A subjective argument for Anno's revenge is the cinematic and narrative mindfuck that takes up most of the 2nd half of End of Evangelion. A subjective retort could be, "What about the end of the TV series?". As far as a non-subjective response, films have been known to use clashing motifs, non-linear story telling, and highly symbolic/obscure imagery, and the End of Evangelion isn't the first to use all three. Also, from an interpretive standpoint, the 2nd half of the movie does very well in showing the chaos and disembodiment of [[Human Instrumentality Project|Instrumentality]], specifically, what Shinji was going through.<br />
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Finally, some argue that the smoking gun for Anno's revenge is the sequence of quickly flashing (about one per frame) [[End of Evangelion Death Threats|death threats/hate mail]] which can be seen at the end of the live action sequence in the second half of the movie. However this rumor was started, it was probably propagated by the Commentary track on the Manga Entertainment release of End of Evangelion, where Amanda Winn Lee gives a mention of hate mail during this sequence{{fact}}. Since these have been translated to English, the majority of the letters and emails are that of personal attachment to the show, praise, or encouragement/anticipation for the End of Evangelion movie. Only one of the emails can be considered 'hate mail', and it was criticizing Death and Rebirth (not the end of the TV series at all), and the only 2 possible instances that could be considered a 'death threat' was graffiti on the wall outside of Gainax's studio (which was hypothesized to be from religious fanatics) and an email that said "Anno, I'll kill you!!!", which was a close-up of only that message on a computer monitor and lacked any context whatsoever. This puts the smoking gun argument on very shaky ground, as the sequence clearly isn't used as a "This is why I'm taking revenge on you people" message, or anything along those lines.<br />
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==The Mass Production Evas have no souls==<br />
In [[Episode 24]], Kaworu says that the [[A.T. Field]] is "The light of the soul", indicating that a soul is required to produce an A.T. Field. This is consistent all throughout the TV Series as well as in the movies, since the Mass Production Evangelions, in fact, do produce A.T. Fields:<br />
:Shigeru: "The Eva series' A.T. Fields are resonating!"<br />
<br />
Some say that it is the pilots (Kaworu dummy plugs) which produce the A.T. Field. However, Ritsuko in [[Episode 17]] says:<br />
:"This is the dummy plug prototype.<br>Rei's personal data has been loaded into it,<br>but it's ''not really possible to digitize a human mind and soul''.<br>Ultimately, it's a fake, an imitation.<br>Just a machine that emulates a pilot's thinking process."<br />
Indicating that there is no real soul in the dummy plugs. Therefore, it is impossible for the dummy plug to generate an A.T. Field.<br />
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==Adam and Lilith were once a single being / Adam was born from Lilith==<br />
This misconception comes from a mistranslated line via [[Manga Entertainment|Manga Entertainment's]] [[The End of Evangelion]] release. Misato's line should read, "Humans were born from Lilith, who is a [[Seed of Life]] just like Adam." This makes Adam and Lilith two equal beings.<br />
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==Pre-3I Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head==<br />
During Pre-3I Instrumentality, Shinji and Asuka witness a scene from Misato's college days, where she is having sex with Kaji. Shinji clearly has never seen this before asking "This is Misato? She does... this?" in which she replies "Yes, this is also me... The melting into one another's hearts... The me that Shinji doesn't know." If the entire Pre-Third Impact Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head, there is no way he would know these things.<br />
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==Asuka didn't die==<br />
Asuka and Eva-02 were killed by the harpies. Maya's and Shinji's horror and the mangled state of Eva-02 make it explicit. Since Asuka was suffering actual physical damage corresponding to the Eva's damage, there was no way Asuka could have survived the multiple Spear impacts or the subsequent mangling.<br />
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==The Asuka-Rei-Misato amalgamation==<br />
<br />
This very common misconception was born due the last scene of End of Evangelion with Asuka and Shinji alone on the beach. Asuka's arm is bandaged (like Rei's in Episode 01) and her eyes appears to be brown (like Misato's). This lead some people to speculate that Asuka is really a combination of all three girls, and therefore Shinji's "dream girl". This ridiculous notion is absolutely false. The bandaged arm is due to her battle trauma in Eva-02 earlier in End of Evangelion (when a replica lance splits Eva-02's right arm completely). Her eyes are still blue, but merely tinted due to the hue of the scene.<br />
<br />
Before Instrumentality was ended, Rei tells Shinji ''"If you wish once more for the existence of others, the barriers of the heart will separate everyone once more..."'' and Kaworu says ''"Is it okay for A.T. Fields to hurt you and others once more?"'', indicating that the A.T. Fields have separated everyone from each other.<br />
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==The Adam & Eve Scenario (or, Nobody Else is Coming Back)==<br />
<br />
Considering that themes of Genesis pop up all over NGE, the final scene of End of Evangelion leads many to assume that Shinji and Asuka are the new Adam and Eve and are left alone to re-populate the world. But this theory is false if we are to believe Rei and Yui when, during the dissolution of Instrumentality, Rei states, "Anyone can return to human form as long as they can imagine themselves in their own heart.", and then Yui says, "All living things have the ability to return to their original form... and the heart to go on living."<br />
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<div>{{cleanup}}<br />
<br />
A tentative list. <br />
<br />
==NGE is religious propaganda==<br />
The religious symbolism in NGE is actually not used in any sort of religiously meaningful fashion. According to Evangelion Assistant Director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]:<br />
<br />
"There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice."' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Kazuya_Tsurumaki:_Q.26A_from_.22Amusing_Himself_to_Death.22|Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death"]]<br />
<br />
Here's an old essay from 2001 of someone [http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/writings/eva2.shtml getting it wrong]: "However, it is revealed at the end of the series that the Angels are actually failed attempts in the Creation (i.e., the Biblical Creation) that preceded mankind". Early inaccurate translations of the show may have contributed to this confusion.<br />
<br />
==LCL means "Link Connect Liquid"==<br />
[[Image:LCL.JPG|left|thumb|Manga saying LCL stands for Link Connect Liquid]]<br />
<br />
It is unknown what the initials "LCL" stand for within the anime series, but we do know what they '''don't''' mean. According to the Death and Rebirth theatrical program (special edition): <br />
<br />
''Incidentally, the widely circulated idea that L.C.L is the abbreviation of "Link Connected Liquid" is incorrect.'' <br />
<br />
Nowhere does it say what it does mean. [[Evangelion Chronicle]] suggests that one of the Ls stands for "Lilith".<br />
<br />
In Sadamoto's [[Manga]] version, LCL ''is'' said to stand for Link Connect Liquid, written in the Dossier before a chapter starts.<br />
<br />
==First Impact killed the dinosaurs==<br />
First Impact was never depicted or directly referred to on-screen. This has led several fans upon first glance to incorrectly assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the more well known asteroid impact which caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. <br />
[[Image:07 C080 textbook-overlay.jpg|thumb|A page from Shinji's textbook]]<br />
However, First Impact (aka "Giant Impact") was actually the collision of a giant spherical object, designated the "Black Moon", into Earth approximately 4 billion years ago. As a result of the impact, huge amounts of debris, including the Black Moon's rocky exterior, were thrown into orbit, eventually coalescing into Earth's satellite, the Moon. This was made clear in the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The_Second_Angel|Classified Information]]. The "meteorite" theory in the above textbook page is a cover story, and is part of the effort to also blame [[Second Impact]] on a meteor.<br />
<br />
=="Barons of Hell"==<br />
Almost from the beginning of Eva fandom, there has been an internet rumor that the Evangelions are based upon Biblical entities called "The Barons of Hell". There are two problems with this theory:<br />
<br />
One is that there is no such thing as a "Baron of Hell" mentioned in the Bible or in any other Judeo-Christian source; extensive searches for the term have turned up only references to Eva and the ''Doom'' game. Some sources claim that the Barons are the same thing as the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", but the descriptions given to the Barons don't match up to the Horsemen.<br />
<br />
The other problem is that we know exactly what the Evangelions '''are''' based upon. Evas were fundamentally based upon the oni (commonly translated as “demon” or “ogre”, but actually a specific type of Japanese monster). Says [[Hideaki Anno|Anno]] himself (in an interview published in Aerial Magazine):<br />
<br />
''There's a monster in Japan called the Oni; it has two horns sticking out of its head and the overall image of the Eva is based on that. I also wanted to give the impression that beneath this ‘robot monster’ image is not so much a robot, but a giant human.''<br />
<br />
[[Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg|thumb|left|A very Oni-looking Evangelion sketch]]<br />
<br />
An early [http://evageeks.org/FGP/Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg sketch Anno did of an Eva] clearly betrays their oni roots. Working from this basic premise, and corresponding with Anno along the way, [[Ikuto Yamashita]] developed the Evas as we know them (with the exception of EoE's “harpies”).<br />
<br />
==Kids born after 2I are soulless==<br />
A ridiculous idea used to explain the drop in birth rate after Second Impact, and why only kids born after Second Impact can synch with the Evangelions. This theory has no evidential basis whatsoever. Ritsuko explicitly states in Episode 20 that Shinji, born after Second Impact, has a soul.<br />
<br />
==Spear of Longinus is the actual holy relic (that just somehow got BIG)==<br />
This is a product of putting too much stock in NGE's religious references. The Spear was actually excavated in Antarctica along with Adam, who was found impaled upon it. According to the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The Spear of Longinus|Classified Information]], each [[Source of Life]] is accompanied by a Spear that has a will of its own and can immobilize a Seed for going against its mission. Thus, the Spear of Longinus is billions of years old, not made by some Roman blacksmith, and impaled Adam for committing some unspecified offense.<br />
<br />
==A.T. Field is a real-life psychology term==<br />
Since the very earliest days of Evangelion analysis, there has been a rumor that A.T. Field is a genuine psychological term that describes the barrier that separates autism patients from the world around them. However, extensive searching of online Psychology researches and forums has failed to find any use of the term other than in reference to NGE. Further research by those in the field has proven that "Absolute Terror" or similar terminology is simply not recognized in academia. Therefore, this rumor is false and has been conclusively proven so.<br />
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Examples of typical lousy fan-pages propagating the rumor: [http://www.arune.com/eva/words.html 1] [http://www.nervarchives.com/glossary.atfield.php 2]<br />
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==Eva-00 has the soul of Naoko==<br />
Please visit [[Eva-00's soul]] for more information.<br />
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==Someone we know killed Kaji==<br />
Many fans came to the conclusion that [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]] shot [[Ryoji Kaji|Kaji]], with little or no evidence to back it up. Series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] implied with the Director's Cut of [[Episode 21]] [http://www.evamonkey.com/platinum-booklets/episode-commentaries-21-26.php] that Kaji was not shot by any named character, but an agent sent through either "[[Seele]] or [[Nerv|Nerv's]] intelligence division." During broadcast, the scene of Kaji's death was followed by an establishing shot to the door to Misato's apartment with her name. This "evidence" of Misato's guilt was replaced in the Director's cut with a shot outside of her apartment building.<br />
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==Rei and Kaworu are actual albinos==<br />
Actual albinos don't have light blue hair! Albinos cannot walk outside without protection, otherwise they would suffer severe sunburn, and most have very poor eyesight. On the contrary, Kaworu's eyesight appears to be exceptional. It is worth noting that Ritsuko's complexion is only ''slightly'' darker than Rei's, although she's obviously not an albino.<br />
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==Toji not only loses his leg, but his arm as well==<br />
While Toji's left leg is plainly missing when he's on the hospital bed, it's not certain to tell if his left arm is, as well. However, both Toji's arms are seen as he is being hauled out of the entry plug. The [[Resources:End of Evangelion Screenplays#Touji & Kensuke's farewell (Basketball Court)|original storyboards]] for ''The End of Evangelion'' contain a scene showing Toji playing wheelchair basketball with Kensuke, where he clearly has both arms, eliminating the possibility that one of his arms was amputated.<br />
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==Naoko's Brain in Magi==<br />
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Or any other brain for that matter. This is due to the brain-like object [[Ritsuko Akagi|Ritsuko]] reveals when she cuts into the [[Magi]] in [[episode 13]]. It is clearly stated that the Magi merely have personality imprints of [[Naoko Akagi]] - herself as a mother, scientist, and woman. The computers are also far too large to be actual human brains.<br />
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==Naoko's Soul in Magi==<br />
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Likely originated due to the fact that the Evas themselves have souls. There's also the issue of Caspar 'betraying' Ritsuko in [[The End of Evangelion]], but machines cannot be implanted with souls.<br />
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==Keel is the Wandering Jew==<br />
One of the most bizarre myths about Evangelion. There is an old and racist story that claims that an onlooker at Christ's crucifixion spat upon him, and was punished by receiving the curse of immortality. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_Jew#Origin_and_evolution] He thus became the "wandering Jew", never able to make permanent friends or stay in one place, lest people notice his never-aging nature. The theory goes that [[Keel|Keel's]] motivation in bringing about Instrumentality would at long last allow him to die. There are, at the very least, two huge problems with this notion. One being there's '''absolutely nothing''' in the series to indicate this is Keel's motivation.[[Image:Tank image 07a investigate.jpg|thumb|right|A visibly younger Keel in the background with [[Gendo Ikari|Gendo]].]] The other is that when Keel appears in flashback in [[episode 21]], he is visibly younger than in the series' present, and as has been noted, the Wandering Jew is supposed to be ageless.<br><br><br />
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==The Dummy Plug Plant is the Chamber of Guf==<br />
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The Chamber of Guf is mentioned by Ritsuko in episode 23 when she, Misato, and Shinji are down in the Dummy Plug Plant. This comment likely lead people to believe the two were synonymous. Look [[Guf|here]] for an explanation of Guf within NGE.<br />
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==Adam was impaled on the Spear of Longinus by Lilith==<br />
The "Duel of the Seeds" idea was made up to explain why one Seed would be skewered by the Spear of Longinus and placed in suspended animation while the other would be free to spread life on Earth. The interaction between Rei and Kaworu was interpreted to mean that both of them (as Lilith and Adam respectively) had interacted previously. This idea was disproved when the Classified Information files revealed that each Seed was sent with its own Spear, and that Lilith's Spear was either lost or destroyed during First Impact. Adam was placed in suspended animation by its own Spear, which was used to impale Lilith later on.<br />
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==Death's string quartet scenes take place in the actual series timeline.==<br />
This one is easily disproved. Both Asuka and Kaworu appear in the String Quartet sequences. In the actual series timeline, Asuka is in the hospital under heavy sedation when Kaworu arrives, and is still there when he gets squished; they never meet. The String Quartet motif serves to separate the different focuses in [[Evangelion: Death|Death]] as well as fitting together with the musical score that was used, Pachelbel's Canon in D major.<br />
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=="Anno's Revenge"==<br />
Many are lead to believe, one way or another, that [[The End of Evangelion]] was Anno's revenge against the fans for the negative response received from the ending of the TV series. <br />
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Some say it is because Anno brutally killed off all of the main characters; however, this isn't anything new in the world of anime. Most notably, Yoshiyuki Tomino's [[Space Runaway Ideon]], where not just all the main characters are killed off, even children are brutally massacred. Even though Ideon may be one of Anno's biggest inspirations for Evangelion, the End of Evangelion was closer to the planned ending to the TV series{{fact}}. Some of the footage used in the TV series ending (corpses of Misato and Ritsuko) indicates that, even before the TV series ended, Anno had planned on killing these characters.<br />
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Some say it is because of scenes such as Shinji visiting the sedated Asuka in her hospital room. Although slightly out-of-left-field compared to the ending of the TV series, this scene does serve its purposes. Most importantly, it shows that Shinji has hit the low of all lows, and secondly, it is used as a reference later in the movie when Asuka says "Idiot! I know about your jerk-off fantasies of me. Do it again like usual... I'll even stand here and watch."<br />
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A subjective argument for Anno's revenge is the cinematic and narrative mindfuck that takes up most of the 2nd half of End of Evangelion. A subjective retort could be, "What about the end of the TV series?". As far as a non-subjective response, films have been known to use clashing motifs, non-linear story telling, and highly symbolic/obscure imagery, and the End of Evangelion isn't the first to use all three. Also, from an interpretive standpoint, the 2nd half of the movie does very well in showing the chaos and disembodiment of [[Human Instrumentality Project|Instrumentality]], specifically, what Shinji was going through.<br />
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Finally, some argue that the smoking gun for Anno's revenge is the sequence of quickly flashing (about one per frame) [[End of Evangelion Death Threats|death threats/hate mail]] which can be seen at the end of the live action sequence in the second half of the movie. However this rumor was started, it was probably propagated by the Commentary track on the Manga Entertainment release of End of Evangelion, where Amanda Winn Lee gives a mention of hate mail during this sequence{{fact}}. Since these have been translated to English, the majority of the letters and emails are that of personal attachment to the show, praise, or encouragement/anticipation for the End of Evangelion movie. Only one of the emails can be considered 'hate mail', and it was criticizing Death and Rebirth (not the end of the TV series at all), and the only 2 possible instances that could be considered a 'death threat' was graffiti on the wall outside of Gainax's studio (which was hypothesized to be from religious fanatics) and an email that said "Anno, I'll kill you!!!", which was a close-up of only that message on a computer monitor and lacked any context whatsoever. This puts the smoking gun argument on very shaky ground, as the sequence clearly isn't used as a "This is why I'm taking revenge on you people" message, or anything along those lines.<br />
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==The Mass Production Evas have no souls==<br />
In [[Episode 24]], Kaworu says that the [[A.T. Field]] is "The light of the soul", indicating that a soul is required to produce an A.T. Field. This is consistent all throughout the TV Series as well as in the movies, since the Mass Production Evangelions, in fact, do produce A.T. Fields:<br />
:Shigeru: "The Eva series' A.T. Fields are resonating!"<br />
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Some say that it is the pilots (Kaworu dummy plugs) which produce the A.T. Field. However, Ritsuko in [[Episode 17]] says:<br />
:"This is the dummy plug prototype.<br>Rei's personal data has been loaded into it,<br>but it's ''not really possible to digitize a human mind and soul''.<br>Ultimately, it's a fake, an imitation.<br>Just a machine that emulates a pilot's thinking process."<br />
Indicating that there is no real soul in the dummy plugs. Therefore, it is impossible for the dummy plug to generate an A.T. Field.<br />
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==Adam and Lilith were once a single being / Adam was born from Lilith==<br />
This misconception comes from a mistranslated line via [[Manga Entertainment|Manga Entertainment's]] [[The End of Evangelion]] release. Misato's line should read, "Humans were born from Lilith, who is a [[Seed of Life]] just like Adam." This makes Adam and Lilith two equal beings.<br />
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==Pre-3I Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head==<br />
During Pre-3I Instrumentality, Shinji and Asuka witness a scene from Misato's college days, where she is having sex with Kaji. Shinji clearly has never seen this before asking "This is Misato? She does... this?" in which she replies "Yes, this is also me... The melting into one another's hearts... The me that Shinji doesn't know." If the entire Pre-Third Impact Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head, there is no way he would know these things.<br />
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==Asuka didn't die==<br />
Asuka and Eva-02 were killed by the harpies. Maya's and Shinji's horror and the mangled state of Eva-02 make it explicit. Since Asuka was suffering actual physical damage corresponding to the Eva's damage, there was no way Asuka could have survived the multiple Spear impacts or the subsequent mangling.<br />
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==The Asuka-Rei-Misato amalgamation==<br />
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This very common misconception was born due the last scene of End of Evangelion with Asuka and Shinji alone on the beach. Asuka's arm is bandaged (like Rei's in Episode 01) and her eyes appears to be brown (like Misato's). This lead some people to speculate that Asuka is really a combination of all three girls, and therefore Shinji's "dream girl". This ridiculous notion is absolutely false. The bandaged arm is due to her battle trauma in Eva-02 earlier in End of Evangelion (when a replica lance splits Eva-02's right arm completely). Her eyes are still blue, but merely tinted due to the hue of the scene.<br />
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Before Instrumentality was ended, Rei tells Shinji ''"If you wish once more for the existence of others, the barriers of the heart will separate everyone once more..."'' and Kaworu says ''"Is it okay for A.T. Fields to hurt you and others once more?"'', indicating that the A.T. Fields have separated everyone from each other.<br />
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==The Adam & Eve Scenario (or, Nobody Else is Coming Back)==<br />
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Considering that themes of Genesis pop up all over NGE, the final scene of End of Evangelion leads many to assume that Shinji and Asuka are the new Adam and Eve and are left alone to re-populate the world. But this theory is false if we are to believe Rei and Yui when, during the dissolution of Instrumentality, Rei states, "Anyone can return to human form as long as they can imagine themselves in their own heart.", and then Yui says, "All living things have the ability to return to their original form... and the heart to go on living."<br />
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A tentative list. <br />
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==NGE is religious propaganda==<br />
The religious symbolism in NGE is actually not used in any sort of religiously meaningful fashion. According to Evangelion Assistant Director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]:<br />
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"There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice."' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Kazuya_Tsurumaki:_Q.26A_from_.22Amusing_Himself_to_Death.22|Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death"]]<br />
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Here's an old essay from 2001 of someone [http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/writings/eva2.shtml getting it wrong]: "However, it is revealed at the end of the series that the Angels are actually failed attempts in the Creation (i.e., the Biblical Creation) that preceded mankind". Early inaccurate translations of the show may have contributed to this confusion.<br />
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==LCL means "Link Connect Liquid"==<br />
[[Image:LCL.JPG|left|thumb|Manga saying LCL stands for Link Connect Liquid]]<br />
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It is unknown what the initials "LCL" stand for within the anime series, but we do know what they '''don't''' mean. According to the Death and Rebirth theatrical program (special edition): <br />
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''Incidentally, the widely circulated idea that L.C.L is the abbreviation of "Link Connected Liquid" is incorrect.'' <br />
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Nowhere does it say what it does mean. [[Evangelion Chronicle]] suggests that one of the Ls stands for "Lilith".<br />
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In Sadamoto's [[Manga]] version, LCL ''is'' said to stand for Link Connect Liquid, written in the Dossier before a chapter starts.<br />
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==First Impact killed the dinosaurs==<br />
First Impact was never depicted or directly referred to on-screen. This has led several fans upon first glance to incorrectly assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the more well known asteroid impact which caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. <br />
[[Image:07 C080 textbook-overlay.jpg|thumb|A page from Shinji's textbook]]<br />
However, First Impact (aka "Giant Impact") was actually the collision of a giant spherical object, designated the "Black Moon", into Earth approximately 4 billion years ago. As a result of the impact, huge amounts of debris, including the Black Moon's rocky exterior, were thrown into orbit, eventually coalescing into Earth's satellite, the Moon. This was made clear in the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The_Second_Angel|Classified Information]]. The "meteorite" theory in the above textbook page is a cover story, and is part of the effort to also blame [[Second Impact]] on a meteor.<br />
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=="Barons of Hell"==<br />
Almost from the beginning of Eva fandom, there has been an internet rumor that the Evangelions are based upon Biblical entities called "The Barons of Hell". There are two problems with this theory:<br />
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One is that there is no such thing as a "Baron of Hell" mentioned in the Bible or in any other Judeo-Christian source; extensive searches for the term have turned up only references to Eva and the ''Doom'' game. Some sources claim that the Barons are the same thing as the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", but the descriptions given to the Barons don't match up to the Horsemen.<br />
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The other problem is that we know exactly what the Evangelions '''are''' based upon. Evas were fundamentally based upon the oni (commonly translated as “demon” or “ogre”, but actually a specific type of Japanese monster). Says [[Hideaki Anno|Anno]] himself (in an interview published in Aerial Magazine):<br />
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''There's a monster in Japan called the Oni; it has two horns sticking out of its head and the overall image of the Eva is based on that. I also wanted to give the impression that beneath this ‘robot monster’ image is not so much a robot, but a giant human.''<br />
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[[Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg|thumb|left|A very Oni-looking Evangelion sketch]]<br />
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An early [http://evageeks.org/FGP/Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg sketch Anno did of an Eva] clearly betrays their oni roots. Working from this basic premise, and corresponding with Anno along the way, [[Ikuto Yamashita]] developed the Evas as we know them (with the exception of EoE's “harpies”).<br />
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==Kids born after 2I are soulless==<br />
A ridiculous idea used to explain the drop in birth rate after Second Impact, and why only kids born after Second Impact can synch with the Evangelions. This theory has no evidential basis whatsoever. Ritsuko explicitly states in Episode 20 that Shinji, born after Second Impact, has a soul.<br />
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==Spear of Longinus is the actual holy relic (that just somehow got BIG)==<br />
This is a product of putting too much stock in NGE's religious references. The Spear was actually excavated in Antarctica along with Adam, who was found impaled upon it. According to the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The Spear of Longinus|Classified Information]], each [[Source of Life]] is accompanied by a Spear that has a will of its own and can immobilize a Seed for going against its mission. Thus, the Spear of Longinus is billions of years old, not made by some Roman blacksmith, and impaled Adam for committing some unspecified offense.<br />
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==A.T. Field is a real-life psychology term==<br />
Since the very earliest days of Evangelion analysis, there has been a rumor that A.T. Field is a genuine psychological term that describes the barrier that separates autism patients from the world around them. However, extensive searching of online Psychology researches and forums has failed to find any use of the term other than in reference to NGE. Further research by those in the field has proven that "Absolute Terror" or similar terminology is simply not recognized in academia. Therefore, this rumor is false and has been conclusively proven so.<br />
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Examples of typical lousy fan-pages propagating the rumor: [http://www.arune.com/eva/words.html 1] [http://www.nervarchives.com/glossary.atfield.php 2]<br />
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==Eva-00 has the soul of Naoko==<br />
Please see [[Eva-00's soul]] for more information.<br />
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==Someone we know killed Kaji==<br />
Many fans came to the conclusion that [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]] shot [[Ryoji Kaji|Kaji]], with little or no evidence to back it up. Series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] implied with the Director's Cut of [[Episode 21]] [http://www.evamonkey.com/platinum-booklets/episode-commentaries-21-26.php] that Kaji was not shot by any named character, but an agent sent through either "[[Seele]] or [[Nerv|Nerv's]] intelligence division." During broadcast, the scene of Kaji's death was followed by an establishing shot to the door to Misato's apartment with her name. This "evidence" of Misato's guilt was replaced in the Director's cut with a shot outside of her apartment building.<br />
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==Rei and Kaworu are actual albinos==<br />
Actual albinos don't have light blue hair! Albinos cannot walk outside without protection, otherwise they would suffer severe sunburn, and most have very poor eyesight. On the contrary, Kaworu's eyesight appears to be exceptional. It is worth noting that Ritsuko's complexion is only ''slightly'' darker than Rei's, although she's obviously not an albino.<br />
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==Toji not only loses his leg, but his arm as well==<br />
While Toji's left leg is plainly missing when he's on the hospital bed, it's not certain to tell if his left arm is, as well. However, both Toji's arms are seen as he is being hauled out of the entry plug. The [[Resources:End of Evangelion Screenplays#Touji & Kensuke's farewell (Basketball Court)|original storyboards]] for ''The End of Evangelion'' contain a scene showing Toji playing wheelchair basketball with Kensuke, where he clearly has both arms, eliminating the possibility that one of his arms was amputated.<br />
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==Naoko's Brain in Magi==<br />
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Or any other brain for that matter. This is due to the brain-like object [[Ritsuko Akagi|Ritsuko]] reveals when she cuts into the [[Magi]] in [[episode 13]]. It is clearly stated that the Magi merely have personality imprints of [[Naoko Akagi]] - herself as a mother, scientist, and woman. The computers are also far too large to be actual human brains.<br />
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==Naoko's Soul in Magi==<br />
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Likely originated due to the fact that the Evas themselves have souls. There's also the issue of Caspar 'betraying' Ritsuko in [[The End of Evangelion]], but machines cannot be implanted with souls.<br />
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==Keel is the Wandering Jew==<br />
One of the most bizarre myths about Evangelion. There is an old and racist story that claims that an onlooker at Christ's crucifixion spat upon him, and was punished by receiving the curse of immortality. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_Jew#Origin_and_evolution] He thus became the "wandering Jew", never able to make permanent friends or stay in one place, lest people notice his never-aging nature. The theory goes that [[Keel|Keel's]] motivation in bringing about Instrumentality would at long last allow him to die. There are, at the very least, two huge problems with this notion. One being there's '''absolutely nothing''' in the series to indicate this is Keel's motivation.[[Image:Tank image 07a investigate.jpg|thumb|right|A visibly younger Keel in the background with [[Gendo Ikari|Gendo]].]] The other is that when Keel appears in flashback in [[episode 21]], he is visibly younger than in the series' present, and as has been noted, the Wandering Jew is supposed to be ageless.<br><br><br />
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==The Dummy Plug Plant is the Chamber of Guf==<br />
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The Chamber of Guf is mentioned by Ritsuko in episode 23 when she, Misato, and Shinji are down in the Dummy Plug Plant. This comment likely lead people to believe the two were synonymous. Look [[Guf|here]] for an explanation of Guf within NGE.<br />
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==Adam was impaled on the Spear of Longinus by Lilith==<br />
The "Duel of the Seeds" idea was made up to explain why one Seed would be skewered by the Spear of Longinus and placed in suspended animation while the other would be free to spread life on Earth. The interaction between Rei and Kaworu was interpreted to mean that both of them (as Lilith and Adam respectively) had interacted previously. This idea was disproved when the Classified Information files revealed that each Seed was sent with its own Spear, and that Lilith's Spear was either lost or destroyed during First Impact. Adam was placed in suspended animation by its own Spear, which was used to impale Lilith later on.<br />
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==Death's string quartet scenes take place in the actual series timeline.==<br />
This one is easily disproved. Both Asuka and Kaworu appear in the String Quartet sequences. In the actual series timeline, Asuka is in the hospital under heavy sedation when Kaworu arrives, and is still there when he gets squished; they never meet. The String Quartet motif serves to separate the different focuses in [[Evangelion: Death|Death]] as well as fitting together with the musical score that was used, Pachelbel's Canon in D major.<br />
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=="Anno's Revenge"==<br />
Many are lead to believe, one way or another, that [[The End of Evangelion]] was Anno's revenge against the fans for the negative response received from the ending of the TV series. <br />
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Some say it is because Anno brutally killed off all of the main characters; however, this isn't anything new in the world of anime. Most notably, Yoshiyuki Tomino's [[Space Runaway Ideon]], where not just all the main characters are killed off, even children are brutally massacred. Even though Ideon may be one of Anno's biggest inspirations for Evangelion, the End of Evangelion was closer to the planned ending to the TV series{{fact}}. Some of the footage used in the TV series ending (corpses of Misato and Ritsuko) indicates that, even before the TV series ended, Anno had planned on killing these characters.<br />
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Some say it is because of scenes such as Shinji visiting the sedated Asuka in her hospital room. Although slightly out-of-left-field compared to the ending of the TV series, this scene does serve its purposes. Most importantly, it shows that Shinji has hit the low of all lows, and secondly, it is used as a reference later in the movie when Asuka says "Idiot! I know about your jerk-off fantasies of me. Do it again like usual... I'll even stand here and watch."<br />
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A subjective argument for Anno's revenge is the cinematic and narrative mindfuck that takes up most of the 2nd half of End of Evangelion. A subjective retort could be, "What about the end of the TV series?". As far as a non-subjective response, films have been known to use clashing motifs, non-linear story telling, and highly symbolic/obscure imagery, and the End of Evangelion isn't the first to use all three. Also, from an interpretive standpoint, the 2nd half of the movie does very well in showing the chaos and disembodiment of [[Human Instrumentality Project|Instrumentality]], specifically, what Shinji was going through.<br />
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Finally, some argue that the smoking gun for Anno's revenge is the sequence of quickly flashing (about one per frame) [[End of Evangelion Death Threats|death threats/hate mail]] which can be seen at the end of the live action sequence in the second half of the movie. However this rumor was started, it was probably propagated by the Commentary track on the Manga Entertainment release of End of Evangelion, where Amanda Winn Lee gives a mention of hate mail during this sequence{{fact}}. Since these have been translated to English, the majority of the letters and emails are that of personal attachment to the show, praise, or encouragement/anticipation for the End of Evangelion movie. Only one of the emails can be considered 'hate mail', and it was criticizing Death and Rebirth (not the end of the TV series at all), and the only 2 possible instances that could be considered a 'death threat' was graffiti on the wall outside of Gainax's studio (which was hypothesized to be from religious fanatics) and an email that said "Anno, I'll kill you!!!", which was a close-up of only that message on a computer monitor and lacked any context whatsoever. This puts the smoking gun argument on very shaky ground, as the sequence clearly isn't used as a "This is why I'm taking revenge on you people" message, or anything along those lines.<br />
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==The Mass Production Evas have no souls==<br />
In [[Episode 24]], Kaworu says that the [[A.T. Field]] is "The light of the soul", indicating that a soul is required to produce an A.T. Field. This is consistent all throughout the TV Series as well as in the movies, since the Mass Production Evangelions, in fact, do produce A.T. Fields:<br />
:Shigeru: "The Eva series' A.T. Fields are resonating!"<br />
<br />
Some say that it is the pilots (Kaworu dummy plugs) which produce the A.T. Field. However, Ritsuko in [[Episode 17]] says:<br />
:"This is the dummy plug prototype.<br>Rei's personal data has been loaded into it,<br>but it's ''not really possible to digitize a human mind and soul''.<br>Ultimately, it's a fake, an imitation.<br>Just a machine that emulates a pilot's thinking process."<br />
Indicating that there is no real soul in the dummy plugs. Therefore, it is impossible for the dummy plug to generate an A.T. Field.<br />
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==Adam and Lilith were once a single being / Adam was born from Lilith==<br />
This misconception comes from a mistranslated line via [[Manga Entertainment|Manga Entertainment's]] [[The End of Evangelion]] release. Misato's line should read, "Humans were born from Lilith, who is a [[Seed of Life]] just like Adam." This makes Adam and Lilith two equal beings.<br />
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==Pre-3I Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head==<br />
During Pre-3I Instrumentality, Shinji and Asuka witness a scene from Misato's college days, where she is having sex with Kaji. Shinji clearly has never seen this before asking "This is Misato? She does... this?" in which she replies "Yes, this is also me... The melting into one another's hearts... The me that Shinji doesn't know." If the entire Pre-Third Impact Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head, there is no way he would know these things.<br />
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==Asuka didn't die==<br />
Asuka and Eva-02 were killed by the harpies. Maya's and Shinji's horror and the mangled state of Eva-02 make it explicit. Since Asuka was suffering actual physical damage corresponding to the Eva's damage, there was no way Asuka could have survived the multiple Spear impacts or the subsequent mangling.<br />
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==The Asuka-Rei-Misato amalgamation==<br />
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This very common misconception was born due the last scene of End of Evangelion with Asuka and Shinji alone on the beach. Asuka's arm is bandaged (like Rei's in Episode 01) and her eyes appears to be brown (like Misato's). This lead some people to speculate that Asuka is really a combination of all three girls, and therefore Shinji's "dream girl". This ridiculous notion is absolutely false. The bandaged arm is due to her battle trauma in Eva-02 earlier in End of Evangelion (when a replica lance splits Eva-02's right arm completely). Her eyes are still blue, but merely tinted due to the hue of the scene.<br />
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Before Instrumentality was ended, Rei tells Shinji ''"If you wish once more for the existence of others, the barriers of the heart will separate everyone once more..."'' and Kaworu says ''"Is it okay for A.T. Fields to hurt you and others once more?"'', indicating that the A.T. Fields have separated everyone from each other.<br />
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==The Adam & Eve Scenario (or, Nobody Else is Coming Back)==<br />
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Considering that themes of Genesis pop up all over NGE, the final scene of End of Evangelion leads many to assume that Shinji and Asuka are the new Adam and Eve and are left alone to re-populate the world. But this theory is false if we are to believe Rei and Yui when, during the dissolution of Instrumentality, Rei states, "Anyone can return to human form as long as they can imagine themselves in their own heart.", and then Yui says, "All living things have the ability to return to their original form... and the heart to go on living."<br />
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A tentative list. <br />
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==NGE is religious propaganda==<br />
The religious symbolism in NGE is actually not used in any sort of religiously meaningful fashion. According to Evangelion Assistant Director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]:<br />
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"There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice."' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Kazuya_Tsurumaki:_Q.26A_from_.22Amusing_Himself_to_Death.22|Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death"]]<br />
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Here's an old essay from 2001 of someone [http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/writings/eva2.shtml getting it wrong]: "However, it is revealed at the end of the series that the Angels are actually failed attempts in the Creation (i.e., the Biblical Creation) that preceded mankind". Early inaccurate translations of the show may have contributed to this confusion.<br />
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==LCL means "Link Connect Liquid"==<br />
[[Image:LCL.JPG|left|thumb|Manga saying LCL stands for Link Connect Liquid]]<br />
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It is unknown what the initials "LCL" stand for within the anime series, but we do know what they '''don't''' mean. According to the Death and Rebirth theatrical program (special edition): <br />
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''Incidentally, the widely circulated idea that L.C.L is the abbreviation of "Link Connected Liquid" is incorrect.'' <br />
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Nowhere does it say what it does mean. [[Evangelion Chronicle]] suggests that one of the Ls stands for "Lilith".<br />
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In Sadamoto's [[Manga]] version, LCL ''is'' said to stand for Link Connect Liquid, written in the Dossier before a chapter starts.<br />
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==First Impact killed the dinosaurs==<br />
First Impact was never depicted or directly referred to on-screen. This has led several fans upon first glance to incorrectly assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the more well known asteroid impact which caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. <br />
[[Image:07 C080 textbook-overlay.jpg|thumb|A page from Shinji's textbook]]<br />
However, First Impact (aka "Giant Impact") was actually the collision of a giant spherical object, designated the "Black Moon", into Earth approximately 4 billion years ago. As a result of the impact, huge amounts of debris, including the Black Moon's rocky exterior, were thrown into orbit, eventually coalescing into Earth's satellite, the Moon. This was made clear in the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The_Second_Angel|Classified Information]]. The "meteorite" theory in the above textbook page is a cover story, and is part of the effort to also blame [[Second Impact]] on a meteor.<br />
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=="Barons of Hell"==<br />
Almost from the beginning of Eva fandom, there has been an internet rumor that the Evangelions are based upon Biblical entities called "The Barons of Hell". There are two problems with this theory:<br />
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One is that there is no such thing as a "Baron of Hell" mentioned in the Bible or in any other Judeo-Christian source; extensive searches for the term have turned up only references to Eva and the ''Doom'' game. Some sources claim that the Barons are the same thing as the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", but the descriptions given to the Barons don't match up to the Horsemen.<br />
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The other problem is that we know exactly what the Evangelions '''are''' based upon. Evas were fundamentally based upon the oni (commonly translated as “demon” or “ogre”, but actually a specific type of Japanese monster). Says [[Hideaki Anno|Anno]] himself (in an interview published in Aerial Magazine):<br />
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''There's a monster in Japan called the Oni; it has two horns sticking out of its head and the overall image of the Eva is based on that. I also wanted to give the impression that beneath this ‘robot monster’ image is not so much a robot, but a giant human.''<br />
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[[Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg|thumb|left|A very Oni-looking Evangelion sketch]]<br />
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An early [http://evageeks.org/FGP/Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg sketch Anno did of an Eva] clearly betrays their oni roots. Working from this basic premise, and corresponding with Anno along the way, [[Ikuto Yamashita]] developed the Evas as we know them (with the exception of EoE's “harpies”).<br />
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==Kids born after 2I are soulless==<br />
A ridiculous idea used to explain the drop in birth rate after Second Impact, and why only kids born after Second Impact can synch with the Evangelions. This theory has no evidential basis whatsoever. Ritsuko explicitly states in Episode 20 that Shinji, born after Second Impact, has a soul.<br />
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==Spear of Longinus is the actual holy relic (that just somehow got BIG)==<br />
This is a product of putting too much stock in NGE's religious references. The Spear was actually excavated in Antarctica along with Adam, who was found impaled upon it. According to the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The Spear of Longinus|Classified Information]], each [[Source of Life]] is accompanied by a Spear that has a will of its own and can immobilize a Seed for going against its mission. Thus, the Spear of Longinus is billions of years old, not made by some Roman blacksmith, and impaled Adam for committing some unspecified offense.<br />
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==A.T. Field is a real-life psychology term==<br />
Since the very earliest days of Evangelion analysis, there has been a rumor that A.T. Field is a genuine psychological term that describes the barrier that separates autism patients from the world around them. However, extensive searching of online Psychology researches and forums has failed to find any use of the term other than in reference to NGE. Further research by those in the field has proven that "Absolute Terror" or similar terminology is simply not recognized in academia. Therefore, this rumor is false and has been conclusively proven so.<br />
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Examples of typical lousy fan-pages propagating the rumor: [http://www.arune.com/eva/words.html 1] [http://www.nervarchives.com/glossary.atfield.php 2]<br />
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==Eva-00 has the soul of Naoko==<br />
See: [[Eva-00's soul]].<br />
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==Someone we know killed Kaji==<br />
Many fans came to the conclusion that [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]] shot [[Ryoji Kaji|Kaji]], with little or no evidence to back it up. Series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] implied with the Director's Cut of [[Episode 21]] [http://www.evamonkey.com/platinum-booklets/episode-commentaries-21-26.php] that Kaji was not shot by any named character, but an agent sent through either "[[Seele]] or [[Nerv|Nerv's]] intelligence division." During broadcast, the scene of Kaji's death was followed by an establishing shot to the door to Misato's apartment with her name. This "evidence" of Misato's guilt was replaced in the Director's cut with a shot outside of her apartment building.<br />
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==Rei and Kaworu are actual albinos==<br />
Actual albinos don't have light blue hair! Albinos cannot walk outside without protection, otherwise they would suffer severe sunburn, and most have very poor eyesight. On the contrary, Kaworu's eyesight appears to be exceptional. It is worth noting that Ritsuko's complexion is only ''slightly'' darker than Rei's, although she's obviously not an albino.<br />
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==Toji not only loses his leg, but his arm as well==<br />
While Toji's left leg is plainly missing when he's on the hospital bed, it's not certain to tell if his left arm is, as well. However, both Toji's arms are seen as he is being hauled out of the entry plug. The [[Resources:End of Evangelion Screenplays#Touji & Kensuke's farewell (Basketball Court)|original storyboards]] for ''The End of Evangelion'' contain a scene showing Toji playing wheelchair basketball with Kensuke, where he clearly has both arms, eliminating the possibility that one of his arms was amputated.<br />
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==Naoko's Brain in Magi==<br />
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Or any other brain for that matter. This is due to the brain-like object [[Ritsuko Akagi|Ritsuko]] reveals when she cuts into the [[Magi]] in [[episode 13]]. It is clearly stated that the Magi merely have personality imprints of [[Naoko Akagi]] - herself as a mother, scientist, and woman. The computers are also far too large to be actual human brains.<br />
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==Naoko's Soul in Magi==<br />
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Likely originated due to the fact that the Evas themselves have souls. There's also the issue of Caspar 'betraying' Ritsuko in [[The End of Evangelion]], but machines cannot be implanted with souls.<br />
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==Keel is the Wandering Jew==<br />
One of the most bizarre myths about Evangelion. There is an old and racist story that claims that an onlooker at Christ's crucifixion spat upon him, and was punished by receiving the curse of immortality. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_Jew#Origin_and_evolution] He thus became the "wandering Jew", never able to make permanent friends or stay in one place, lest people notice his never-aging nature. The theory goes that [[Keel|Keel's]] motivation in bringing about Instrumentality would at long last allow him to die. There are, at the very least, two huge problems with this notion. One being there's '''absolutely nothing''' in the series to indicate this is Keel's motivation.[[Image:Tank image 07a investigate.jpg|thumb|right|A visibly younger Keel in the background with [[Gendo Ikari|Gendo]].]] The other is that when Keel appears in flashback in [[episode 21]], he is visibly younger than in the series' present, and as has been noted, the Wandering Jew is supposed to be ageless.<br><br><br />
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==The Dummy Plug Plant is the Chamber of Guf==<br />
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The Chamber of Guf is mentioned by Ritsuko in episode 23 when she, Misato, and Shinji are down in the Dummy Plug Plant. This comment likely lead people to believe the two were synonymous. Look [[Guf|here]] for an explanation of Guf within NGE.<br />
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==Adam was impaled on the Spear of Longinus by Lilith==<br />
The "Duel of the Seeds" idea was made up to explain why one Seed would be skewered by the Spear of Longinus and placed in suspended animation while the other would be free to spread life on Earth. The interaction between Rei and Kaworu was interpreted to mean that both of them (as Lilith and Adam respectively) had interacted previously. This idea was disproved when the Classified Information files revealed that each Seed was sent with its own Spear, and that Lilith's Spear was either lost or destroyed during First Impact. Adam was placed in suspended animation by its own Spear, which was used to impale Lilith later on.<br />
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==Death's string quartet scenes take place in the actual series timeline.==<br />
This one is easily disproved. Both Asuka and Kaworu appear in the String Quartet sequences. In the actual series timeline, Asuka is in the hospital under heavy sedation when Kaworu arrives, and is still there when he gets squished; they never meet. The String Quartet motif serves to separate the different focuses in [[Evangelion: Death|Death]] as well as fitting together with the musical score that was used, Pachelbel's Canon in D major.<br />
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=="Anno's Revenge"==<br />
Many are lead to believe, one way or another, that [[The End of Evangelion]] was Anno's revenge against the fans for the negative response received from the ending of the TV series. <br />
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Some say it is because Anno brutally killed off all of the main characters; however, this isn't anything new in the world of anime. Most notably, Yoshiyuki Tomino's [[Space Runaway Ideon]], where not just all the main characters are killed off, even children are brutally massacred. Even though Ideon may be one of Anno's biggest inspirations for Evangelion, the End of Evangelion was closer to the planned ending to the TV series{{fact}}. Some of the footage used in the TV series ending (corpses of Misato and Ritsuko) indicates that, even before the TV series ended, Anno had planned on killing these characters.<br />
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Some say it is because of scenes such as Shinji visiting the sedated Asuka in her hospital room. Although slightly out-of-left-field compared to the ending of the TV series, this scene does serve its purposes. Most importantly, it shows that Shinji has hit the low of all lows, and secondly, it is used as a reference later in the movie when Asuka says "Idiot! I know about your jerk-off fantasies of me. Do it again like usual... I'll even stand here and watch."<br />
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A subjective argument for Anno's revenge is the cinematic and narrative mindfuck that takes up most of the 2nd half of End of Evangelion. A subjective retort could be, "What about the end of the TV series?". As far as a non-subjective response, films have been known to use clashing motifs, non-linear story telling, and highly symbolic/obscure imagery, and the End of Evangelion isn't the first to use all three. Also, from an interpretive standpoint, the 2nd half of the movie does very well in showing the chaos and disembodiment of [[Human Instrumentality Project|Instrumentality]], specifically, what Shinji was going through.<br />
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Finally, some argue that the smoking gun for Anno's revenge is the sequence of quickly flashing (about one per frame) [[End of Evangelion Death Threats|death threats/hate mail]] which can be seen at the end of the live action sequence in the second half of the movie. However this rumor was started, it was probably propagated by the Commentary track on the Manga Entertainment release of End of Evangelion, where Amanda Winn Lee gives a mention of hate mail during this sequence{{fact}}. Since these have been translated to English, the majority of the letters and emails are that of personal attachment to the show, praise, or encouragement/anticipation for the End of Evangelion movie. Only one of the emails can be considered 'hate mail', and it was criticizing Death and Rebirth (not the end of the TV series at all), and the only 2 possible instances that could be considered a 'death threat' was graffiti on the wall outside of Gainax's studio (which was hypothesized to be from religious fanatics) and an email that said "Anno, I'll kill you!!!", which was a close-up of only that message on a computer monitor and lacked any context whatsoever. This puts the smoking gun argument on very shaky ground, as the sequence clearly isn't used as a "This is why I'm taking revenge on you people" message, or anything along those lines.<br />
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==The Mass Production Evas have no souls==<br />
In [[Episode 24]], Kaworu says that the [[A.T. Field]] is "The light of the soul", indicating that a soul is required to produce an A.T. Field. This is consistent all throughout the TV Series as well as in the movies, since the Mass Production Evangelions, in fact, do produce A.T. Fields:<br />
:Shigeru: "The Eva series' A.T. Fields are resonating!"<br />
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Some say that it is the pilots (Kaworu dummy plugs) which produce the A.T. Field. However, Ritsuko in [[Episode 17]] says:<br />
:"This is the dummy plug prototype.<br>Rei's personal data has been loaded into it,<br>but it's ''not really possible to digitize a human mind and soul''.<br>Ultimately, it's a fake, an imitation.<br>Just a machine that emulates a pilot's thinking process."<br />
Indicating that there is no real soul in the dummy plugs. Therefore, it is impossible for the dummy plug to generate an A.T. Field.<br />
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==Adam and Lilith were once a single being / Adam was born from Lilith==<br />
This misconception comes from a mistranslated line via [[Manga Entertainment|Manga Entertainment's]] [[The End of Evangelion]] release. Misato's line should read, "Humans were born from Lilith, who is a [[Seed of Life]] just like Adam." This makes Adam and Lilith two equal beings.<br />
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==Pre-3I Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head==<br />
During Pre-3I Instrumentality, Shinji and Asuka witness a scene from Misato's college days, where she is having sex with Kaji. Shinji clearly has never seen this before asking "This is Misato? She does... this?" in which she replies "Yes, this is also me... The melting into one another's hearts... The me that Shinji doesn't know." If the entire Pre-Third Impact Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head, there is no way he would know these things.<br />
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==Asuka didn't die==<br />
Asuka and Eva-02 were killed by the harpies. Maya's and Shinji's horror and the mangled state of Eva-02 make it explicit. Since Asuka was suffering actual physical damage corresponding to the Eva's damage, there was no way Asuka could have survived the multiple Spear impacts or the subsequent mangling.<br />
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==The Asuka-Rei-Misato amalgamation==<br />
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This very common misconception was born due the last scene of End of Evangelion with Asuka and Shinji alone on the beach. Asuka's arm is bandaged (like Rei's in Episode 01) and her eyes appears to be brown (like Misato's). This lead some people to speculate that Asuka is really a combination of all three girls, and therefore Shinji's "dream girl". This ridiculous notion is absolutely false. The bandaged arm is due to her battle trauma in Eva-02 earlier in End of Evangelion (when a replica lance splits Eva-02's right arm completely). Her eyes are still blue, but merely tinted due to the hue of the scene.<br />
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Before Instrumentality was ended, Rei tells Shinji ''"If you wish once more for the existence of others, the barriers of the heart will separate everyone once more..."'' and Kaworu says ''"Is it okay for A.T. Fields to hurt you and others once more?"'', indicating that the A.T. Fields have separated everyone from each other.<br />
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==The Adam & Eve Scenario (or, Nobody Else is Coming Back)==<br />
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Considering that themes of Genesis pop up all over NGE, the final scene of End of Evangelion leads many to assume that Shinji and Asuka are the new Adam and Eve and are left alone to re-populate the world. But this theory is false if we are to believe Rei and Yui when, during the dissolution of Instrumentality, Rei states, "Anyone can return to human form as long as they can imagine themselves in their own heart.", and then Yui says, "All living things have the ability to return to their original form... and the heart to go on living."<br />
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A tentative list. <br />
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==NGE is religious propaganda==<br />
The religious symbolism in NGE is actually not used in any sort of religiously meaningful fashion. According to Evangelion Assistant Director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]:<br />
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"There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice."' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Kazuya_Tsurumaki:_Q.26A_from_.22Amusing_Himself_to_Death.22|Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death"]]<br />
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Here's an old essay from 2001 of someone [http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/writings/eva2.shtml getting it wrong]: "However, it is revealed at the end of the series that the Angels are actually failed attempts in the Creation (i.e., the Biblical Creation) that preceded mankind". Early inaccurate translations of the show may have contributed to this confusion.<br />
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==LCL means "Link Connect Liquid"==<br />
[[Image:LCL.JPG|left|thumb|Manga saying LCL stands for Link Connect Liquid]]<br />
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It is unknown what the initials "LCL" stand for within the anime series, but we do know what they '''don't''' mean. According to the Death and Rebirth theatrical program (special edition): <br />
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''Incidentally, the widely circulated idea that L.C.L is the abbreviation of "Link Connected Liquid" is incorrect.'' <br />
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Nowhere does it say what it does mean. [[Evangelion Chronicle]] suggests that one of the Ls stands for "Lilith".<br />
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In Sadamoto's [[Manga]] version, LCL ''is'' said to stand for Link Connect Liquid, written in the Dossier before a chapter starts.<br />
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==First Impact killed the dinosaurs==<br />
First Impact was never depicted or directly referred to on-screen. This has led several fans upon first glance to incorrectly assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the more well known asteroid impact which caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. <br />
[[Image:07 C080 textbook-overlay.jpg|thumb|A page from Shinji's textbook]]<br />
However, First Impact (aka "Giant Impact") was actually the collision of a giant spherical object, designated the "Black Moon", into Earth approximately 4 billion years ago. As a result of the impact, huge amounts of debris, including the Black Moon's rocky exterior, were thrown into orbit, eventually coalescing into Earth's satellite, the Moon. This was made clear in the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The_Second_Angel|Classified Information]]. The "meteorite" theory in the above textbook page is a cover story, and is part of the effort to also blame [[Second Impact]] on a meteor.<br />
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=="Barons of Hell"==<br />
Almost from the beginning of Eva fandom, there has been an internet rumor that the Evangelions are based upon Biblical entities called "The Barons of Hell". There are two problems with this theory:<br />
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One is that there is no such thing as a "Baron of Hell" mentioned in the Bible or in any other Judeo-Christian source; extensive searches for the term have turned up only references to Eva and the ''Doom'' game. Some sources claim that the Barons are the same thing as the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", but the descriptions given to the Barons don't match up to the Horsemen.<br />
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The other problem is that we know exactly what the Evangelions '''are''' based upon. Evas were fundamentally based upon the oni (commonly translated as “demon” or “ogre”, but actually a specific type of Japanese monster). Says [[Hideaki Anno|Anno]] himself (in an interview published in Aerial Magazine):<br />
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''There's a monster in Japan called the Oni; it has two horns sticking out of its head and the overall image of the Eva is based on that. I also wanted to give the impression that beneath this ‘robot monster’ image is not so much a robot, but a giant human.''<br />
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[[Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg|thumb|left|A very Oni-looking Evangelion sketch]]<br />
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An early [http://evageeks.org/FGP/Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg sketch Anno did of an Eva] clearly betrays their oni roots. Working from this basic premise, and corresponding with Anno along the way, [[Ikuto Yamashita]] developed the Evas as we know them (with the exception of EoE's “harpies”).<br />
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==Kids born after 2I are soulless==<br />
A ridiculous idea used to explain the drop in birth rate after Second Impact, and why only kids born after Second Impact can synch with the Evangelions. This theory has no evidential basis whatsoever. Ritsuko explicitly states in Episode 20 that Shinji, born after Second Impact, has a soul.<br />
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==Spear of Longinus is the actual holy relic (that just somehow got BIG)==<br />
This is a product of putting too much stock in NGE's religious references. The Spear was actually excavated in Antarctica along with Adam, who was found impaled upon it. According to the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The Spear of Longinus|Classified Information]], each [[Source of Life]] is accompanied by a Spear that has a will of its own and can immobilize a Seed for going against its mission. Thus, the Spear of Longinus is billions of years old, not made by some Roman blacksmith, and impaled Adam for committing some unspecified offense.<br />
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==A.T. Field is a real-life psychology term==<br />
Since the very earliest days of Evangelion analysis, there has been a rumor that A.T. Field is a genuine psychological term that describes the barrier that separates autism patients from the world around them. However, extensive searching of online Psychology researches and forums has failed to find any use of the term other than in reference to NGE. Further research by those in the field has proven that "Absolute Terror" or similar terminology is simply not recognized in academia. Therefore, this rumor is false and has been conclusively proven so.<br />
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Examples of typical lousy fan-pages propagating the rumor: [http://www.arune.com/eva/words.html 1] [http://www.nervarchives.com/glossary.atfield.php 2]<br />
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==Eva-00 has the soul of Naoko==<br />
See: [[Eva-00's soul]].<br />
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==Someone we know killed Kaji==<br />
Many fans came to the conclusion that [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]] shot [[Ryoji Kaji|Kaji]], with little or no evidence to back it up. Series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] implied with the Director's Cut of [[Episode 21]] [http://www.evamonkey.com/platinum-booklets/episode-commentaries-21-26.php] that Kaji was not shot by any named character, but an agent sent through either "[[Seele]] or [[Nerv|Nerv's]] intelligence division." During broadcast, the scene of Kaji's death was followed by an establishing shot to the door to Misato's apartment with her name. This "evidence" of Misato's guilt was replaced in the Director's cut with a shot outside of her apartment building.<br />
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==Rei and Kaworu are actual albinos==<br />
Actual albinos don't have light blue hair! Albinos cannot walk outside without protection, otherwise they would suffer severe sunburn, and most have very poor eyesight. On the contrary, Kaworu's eyesight appears to be exceptional. It is worth noting that Ritsuko's complexion is only ''slightly'' darker than Rei's, although she's obviously not an albino.<br />
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==Toji not only loses his leg, but his arm as well==<br />
While Toji's left leg is plainly missing when he's on the hospital bed, it's not certain to tell if his left arm is, as well. However, both Toji's arms are seen as he is being hauled out of the entry plug. The [[Resources:End of Evangelion Screenplays#Touji & Kensuke's farewell (Basketball Court)|original storyboards]] for ''The End of Evangelion'' contain a scene showing Toji playing wheelchair basketball with Kensuke, where he clearly has both arms, eliminating the possibility that one of his arms was amputated.<br />
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==Naoko's Brain in Magi==<br />
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Or any other brain for that matter. This is due to the brain-like object [[Ritsuko Akagi|Ritsuko]] reveals when she cuts into the [[Magi]] in [[episode 13]]. It is clearly stated that the Magi merely have personality imprints of [[Naoko Akagi]] - herself as a mother, scientist, and woman. The computers are also far too large to be actual human brains.<br />
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==Naoko's Soul in Magi==<br />
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Likely originated due to the fact that the Evas themselves have souls. There's also the issue of Caspar 'betraying' Ritsuko in [[The End of Evangelion]], but machines cannot be implanted with souls.<br />
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==Keel is the Wandering Jew==<br />
One of the most bizarre myths about Evangelion. There is an old and racist story that claims that an onlooker at Christ's crucifixion spat upon him, and was punished by receiving the curse of immortality. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_Jew#Origin_and_evolution] He thus became the "wandering Jew", never able to make permanent friends or stay in one place, lest people notice his never-aging nature. The theory goes that [[Keel|Keel's]] motivation in bringing about Instrumentality would at long last allow him to die. There are, at the very least, two huge problems with this notion. One being there's '''absolutely nothing''' in the series to indicate this is Keel's motivation.[[Image:Tank image 07a investigate.jpg|thumb|right|A visibly younger Keel in the background with [[Gendo Ikari|Gendo]].]] The other is that when Keel appears in flashback in [[episode 21]], he is visibly younger than in the series' present, and as has been noted, the Wandering Jew is supposed to be ageless.<br><br><br />
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==The Dummy Plug Plant is the Chamber of Guf==<br />
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The Chamber of Guf is mentioned by Ritsuko in episode 23 when she, Misato, and Shinji are down in the Dummy Plug Plant. This comment likely lead people to believe the two were synonymous. Look [[Guf|here]] for an explanation of Guf within NGE.<br />
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==Adam was impaled on the Spear of Longinus by Lilith==<br />
The "Duel of the Seeds" idea was made up to explain why one Seed would be skewered by the Spear of Longinus and placed in suspended animation while the other would be free to spread life on Earth. The interaction between Rei and Kaworu was interpreted to mean that both of them (as Lilith and Adam respectively) had interacted previously. This idea was disproved when the Classified Information files revealed that each Seed was sent with its own Spear, and that Lilith's Spear was either lost or destroyed during First Impact. Adam was placed in suspended animation by its own Spear, which was used to impale Lilith later on.<br />
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==Death's string quartet scenes take place in the actual series timeline.==<br />
This one is easily disproved. Both Asuka and Kaworu appear in the String Quartet sequences. In the actual series timeline, Asuka is in the hospital under heavy sedation when Kaworu arrives, and is still there when he gets squished; they never meet. The String Quartet motif serves to separate the different focuses in [[Evangelion: Death|Death]] as well as fitting together with the musical score that was used, Pachelbel's Canon in D major.<br />
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=="Anno's Revenge"==<br />
Many are lead to believe, one way or another, that [[The End of Evangelion]] was Anno's revenge against the fans for the negative response received from the ending of the TV series. <br />
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Some say it is because Anno brutally killed off all of the main characters; however, this isn't anything new in the world of anime. Most notably, Yoshiyuki Tomino's [[Space Runaway Ideon]], where not just all the main characters are killed off, even children are brutally massacred. Even though Ideon may be one of Anno's biggest inspirations for Evangelion, the End of Evangelion was closer to the planned ending to the TV series{{fact}}. Some of the footage used in the TV series ending (corpses of Misato and Ritsuko) indicates that, even before the TV series ended, Anno had planned on killing these characters.<br />
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Some say it is because of scenes such as Shinji visiting the sedated Asuka in her hospital room. Although slightly out-of-left-field compared to the ending of the TV series, this scene does serve its purposes. Most importantly, it shows that Shinji has hit the low of all lows, and secondly, it is used as a reference later in the movie when Asuka says "Idiot! I know about your jerk-off fantasies of me. Do it again like usual... I'll even stand here and watch."<br />
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A subjective argument for Anno's revenge is the cinematic and narrative mindfuck that takes up most of the 2nd half of End of Evangelion. A subjective retort could be, "What about the end of the TV series?". As far as a non-subjective response, films have been known to use clashing motifs, non-linear story telling, and highly symbolic/obscure imagery, and the End of Evangelion isn't the first to use all three. Also, from an interpretive standpoint, the 2nd half of the movie does very well in showing the chaos and disembodiment of [[Human Instrumentality Project|Instrumentality]], specifically, what Shinji was going through.<br />
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Finally, some argue that the smoking gun for Anno's revenge is the sequence of quickly flashing (about one per frame) [[End of Evangelion Death Threats|death threats/hate mail]] which can be seen at the end of the live action sequence in the second half of the movie. However this rumor was started, it was probably propagated by the Commentary track on the Manga Entertainment release of End of Evangelion, where Amanda Winn Lee gives a mention of hate mail during this sequence{{fact}}. Since these have been translated to English, the majority of the letters and emails are that of personal attachment to the show, praise, or encouragement/anticipation for the End of Evangelion movie. Only one of the emails can be considered 'hate mail', and it was criticizing Death and Rebirth (not the end of the TV series at all), and the only 2 possible instances that could be considered a 'death threat' was graffiti on the wall outside of Gainax's studio (which was hypothesized to be from religious fanatics) and an email that said "Anno, I'll kill you!!!", which was a close-up of only that message on a computer monitor and lacked any context whatsoever. This puts the smoking gun argument on very shaky ground, as the sequence clearly isn't used as a "This is why I'm taking revenge on you people" message, or anything along those lines.<br />
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==The Mass Production Evas have no souls==<br />
In [[Episode 24]], Kaworu says that the [[A.T. Field]] is "The light of the soul", indicating that a soul is required to produce an A.T. Field. This is consistent all throughout the TV Series as well as in the movies, since the Mass Production Evangelions, in fact, do produce A.T. Fields:<br />
:Shigeru: "The Eva series' A.T. Fields are resonating!"<br />
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Some say that it is the pilots (Kaworu dummy plugs) which produce the A.T. Field. However, Ritsuko in [[Episode 17]] says:<br />
:"This is the dummy plug prototype.<br>Rei's personal data has been loaded into it,<br>but it's ''not really possible to digitize a human mind and soul''.<br>Ultimately, it's a fake, an imitation.<br>Just a machine that emulates a pilot's thinking process."<br />
Indicating that there is no real soul in the dummy plugs. Therefore, it is impossible for the dummy plug to generate an A.T. Field.<br />
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==Adam and Lilith were once a single being / Adam was born from Lilith==<br />
From a single mistranslated line. Misato's line should read, "Humans were born from Lilith, who is a Seed of Life just like Adam." This makes Adam and Lilith two equal beings.<br />
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==Pre-3I Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head==<br />
During Pre-3I Instrumentality, Shinji and Asuka witness a scene from Misato's college days, where she is having sex with Kaji. Shinji clearly has never seen this before asking "This is Misato? She does... this?" in which she replies "Yes, this is also me... The melting into one another's hearts... The me that Shinji doesn't know." If the entire Pre-Third Impact Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head, there is no way he would know these things.<br />
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==Asuka didn't die==<br />
Asuka and Eva-02 were killed by the harpies. Maya's and Shinji's horror and the mangled state of Eva-02 make it explicit. Since Asuka was suffering actual physical damage corresponding to the Eva's damage, there was no way Asuka could have survived the multiple Spear impacts or the subsequent mangling.<br />
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==The Asuka-Rei-Misato amalgamation==<br />
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This very common misconception was born due the last scene of End of Evangelion with Asuka and Shinji alone on the beach. Asuka's arm is bandaged (like Rei's in Episode 01) and her eyes appears to be brown (like Misato's). This lead some people to speculate that Asuka is really a combination of all three girls, and therefore Shinji's "dream girl". This ridiculous notion is absolutely false. The bandaged arm is due to her battle trauma in Eva-02 earlier in End of Evangelion (when a replica lance splits Eva-02's right arm completely). Her eyes are still blue, but merely tinted due to the hue of the scene.<br />
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Before Instrumentality was ended, Rei tells Shinji ''"If you wish once more for the existence of others, the barriers of the heart will separate everyone once more..."'' and Kaworu says ''"Is it okay for A.T. Fields to hurt you and others once more?"'', indicating that the A.T. Fields have separated everyone from each other.<br />
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==The Adam & Eve Scenario (or, Nobody Else is Coming Back)==<br />
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Considering that themes of Genesis pop up all over NGE, the final scene of End of Evangelion leads many to assume that Shinji and Asuka are the new Adam and Eve and are left alone to re-populate the world. But this theory is false if we are to believe Rei and Yui when, during the dissolution of Instrumentality, Rei states, "Anyone can return to human form as long as they can imagine themselves in their own heart.", and then Yui says, "All living things have the ability to return to their original form... and the heart to go on living."<br />
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A tentative list. <br />
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==NGE is religious propaganda==<br />
The religious symbolism in NGE is actually not used in any sort of religiously meaningful fashion. According to Evangelion Assistant Director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]:<br />
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"There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice."' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Kazuya_Tsurumaki:_Q.26A_from_.22Amusing_Himself_to_Death.22|Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death"]]<br />
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Here's an old essay from 2001 of someone [http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/writings/eva2.shtml getting it wrong]: "However, it is revealed at the end of the series that the Angels are actually failed attempts in the Creation (i.e., the Biblical Creation) that preceded mankind". Early inaccurate translations of the show may have contributed to this confusion.<br />
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==LCL means "Link Connect Liquid"==<br />
[[Image:LCL.JPG|left|thumb|Manga saying LCL stands for Link Connect Liquid]]<br />
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It is unknown what the initials "LCL" stand for within the anime series, but we do know what they '''don't''' mean. According to the Death and Rebirth theatrical program (special edition): <br />
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''Incidentally, the widely circulated idea that L.C.L is the abbreviation of "Link Connected Liquid" is incorrect.'' <br />
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Nowhere does it say what it does mean. [[Evangelion Chronicle]] suggests that one of the Ls stands for "Lilith".<br />
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In Sadamoto's [[Manga]] version, LCL ''is'' said to stand for Link Connect Liquid, written in the Dossier before a chapter starts.<br />
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==First Impact killed the dinosaurs==<br />
First Impact was never depicted or directly referred to on-screen. This has led several fans upon first glance to incorrectly assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the more well known asteroid impact which caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. <br />
[[Image:07 C080 textbook-overlay.jpg|thumb|A page from Shinji's textbook]]<br />
However, First Impact (aka "Giant Impact") was actually the collision of a giant spherical object, designated the "Black Moon", into Earth approximately 4 billion years ago. As a result of the impact, huge amounts of debris, including the Black Moon's rocky exterior, were thrown into orbit, eventually coalescing into Earth's satellite, the Moon. This was made clear in the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The_Second_Angel|Classified Information]]. The "meteorite" theory in the above textbook page is a cover story, and is part of the effort to also blame [[Second Impact]] on a meteor.<br />
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=="Barons of Hell"==<br />
Almost from the beginning of Eva fandom, there has been an internet rumor that the Evangelions are based upon Biblical entities called "The Barons of Hell". There are two problems with this theory:<br />
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One is that there is no such thing as a "Baron of Hell" mentioned in the Bible or in any other Judeo-Christian source; extensive searches for the term have turned up only references to Eva and the ''Doom'' game. Some sources claim that the Barons are the same thing as the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", but the descriptions given to the Barons don't match up to the Horsemen.<br />
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The other problem is that we know exactly what the Evangelions '''are''' based upon. Evas were fundamentally based upon the oni (commonly translated as “demon” or “ogre”, but actually a specific type of Japanese monster). Says [[Hideaki Anno|Anno]] himself (in an interview published in Aerial Magazine):<br />
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''There's a monster in Japan called the Oni; it has two horns sticking out of its head and the overall image of the Eva is based on that. I also wanted to give the impression that beneath this ‘robot monster’ image is not so much a robot, but a giant human.''<br />
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[[Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg|thumb|left|A very Oni-looking Evangelion sketch]]<br />
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An early [http://evageeks.org/FGP/Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg sketch Anno did of an Eva] clearly betrays their oni roots. Working from this basic premise, and corresponding with Anno along the way, [[Ikuto Yamashita]] developed the Evas as we know them (with the exception of EoE's “harpies”).<br />
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==Kids born after 2I are soulless==<br />
A ridiculous idea used to explain the drop in birth rate after Second Impact, and why only kids born after Second Impact can synch with the Evangelions. This theory has no evidential basis whatsoever. Ritsuko explicitly states in Episode 20 that Shinji, born after Second Impact, has a soul.<br />
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==Spear of Longinus is the actual holy relic (that just somehow got BIG)==<br />
This is a product of putting too much stock in NGE's religious references. The Spear was actually excavated in Antarctica along with Adam, who was found impaled upon it. According to the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The Spear of Longinus|Classified Information]], each [[Source of Life]] is accompanied by a Spear that has a will of its own and can immobilize a Seed for going against its mission. Thus, the Spear of Longinus is billions of years old, not made by some Roman blacksmith, and impaled Adam for committing some unspecified offense.<br />
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==A.T. Field is a real-life psychology term==<br />
Since the very earliest days of Evangelion analysis, there has been a rumor that A.T. Field is a genuine psychological term that describes the barrier that separates autism patients from the world around them. However, extensive searching of online Psychology researches and forums has failed to find any use of the term other than in reference to NGE. Further research by those in the field has proven that "Absolute Terror" or similar terminology is simply not recognized in academia. Therefore, this rumor is false and has been conclusively proven so.<br />
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Examples of typical lousy fan-pages propagating the rumor: [http://www.arune.com/eva/words.html 1] [http://www.nervarchives.com/glossary.atfield.php 2]<br />
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==Eva-00 has the soul of Naoko==<br />
See: [[Eva-00's soul]].<br />
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==Someone we know killed Kaji==<br />
Many fans came to the conclusion that [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]] shot [[Ryoji Kaji|Kaji]], with little or no evidence to back it up. Series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] implied with the Director's Cut of [[Episode 21]] [http://www.evamonkey.com/platinum-booklets/episode-commentaries-21-26.php] that Kaji was not shot by any named character, but an agent sent through either "[[Seele]] or [[Nerv|Nerv's]] intelligence division." During broadcast, the scene of Kaji's death was followed by an establishing shot to the door to Misato's apartment with her name. This "evidence" of Misato's guilt was replaced in the Director's cut with a shot outside of her apartment building.<br />
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==Rei and Kaworu are actual albinos==<br />
Actual albinos don't have light blue hair! Albinos cannot walk outside without protection, otherwise they would suffer severe sunburn, and most have very poor eyesight. On the contrary, Kaworu's eyesight appears to be exceptional. It is worth noting that Ritsuko's complexion is only ''slightly'' darker than Rei's, although she's obviously not an albino.<br />
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==Toji not only loses his leg, but his arm as well==<br />
While Toji's left leg is plainly missing when he's on the hospital bed, it's not certain to tell if his left arm is, as well. However, both Toji's arms are seen as he is being hauled out of the entry plug. The [[Resources:End of Evangelion Screenplays#Touji & Kensuke's farewell (Basketball Court)|original storyboards]] for ''The End of Evangelion'' contain a scene showing Toji playing wheelchair basketball with Kensuke, where he clearly has both arms, eliminating the possibility that one of his arms was amputated.<br />
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==Naoko's Brain in Magi==<br />
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Or any other brain for that matter. This is due to the brain-like object [[Ritsuko Akagi|Ritsuko]] reveals when she cuts into the [[Magi]] in [[episode 13]]. It is clearly stated that the Magi merely have personality imprints of [[Naoko Akagi]] - herself as a mother, scientist, and woman. The computers are also far too large to be actual human brains.<br />
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==Naoko's Soul in Magi==<br />
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Likely originated due to the fact that the Evas themselves have souls. There's also the issue of Caspar 'betraying' Ritsuko in [[The End of Evangelion]], but machines cannot be implanted with souls.<br />
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==Keel is the Wandering Jew==<br />
One of the most bizarre myths about Evangelion. There is an old and racist story that claims that an onlooker at Christ's crucifixion spat upon him, and was punished by receiving the curse of immortality. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_Jew#Origin_and_evolution Citation]) He thus became the "wandering Jew", never able to make permanent friends or stay in one place, lest people notice his never-aging nature. The theory goes that [[Keel|Keel's]] motivation in bringing about Instrumentality would at long last allow him to die. There are, at the very least, two huge problems with this notion. One being there's '''absolutely nothing''' in the series to indicate this is Keel's motivation.[[Image:Tank image 07a investigate.jpg|thumb|right|A visibly younger Keel in the background with [[Gendo Ikari|Gendo]].]] The other is that when Keel appears in flashback in [[episode 21]], he is visibly younger than in the series' present, and as has been noted, the Wandering Jew is supposed to be ageless.<br><br><br />
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==The Dummy Plug Plant is the Chamber of Guf==<br />
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The Chamber of Guf is mentioned by Ritsuko in episode 23 when she, Misato, and Shinji are down in the Dummy Plug Plant. This comment likely lead people to believe the two were synonymous. Look [[Guf|here]] for an explanation of Guf within NGE.<br />
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==Adam was impaled on the Spear of Longinus by Lilith==<br />
The "Duel of the Seeds" idea was made up to explain why one Seed would be skewered by the Spear of Longinus and placed in suspended animation while the other would be free to spread life on Earth. The interaction between Rei and Kaworu was interpreted to mean that both of them (as Lilith and Adam respectively) had interacted previously. This idea was disproved when the Classified Information files revealed that each Seed was sent with its own Spear, and that Lilith's Spear was either lost or destroyed during First Impact. Adam was placed in suspended animation by its own Spear, which was used to impale Lilith later on.<br />
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==Death's string quartet scenes take place in the actual series timeline.==<br />
This one is easily disproved. Both Asuka and Kaworu appear in the String Quartet sequences. In the actual series timeline, Asuka is in the hospital under heavy sedation when Kaworu arrives, and is still there when he gets squished; they never meet. The String Quartet motif serves to separate the different focuses in [[Evangelion: Death|Death]] as well as fitting together with the musical score that was used, Pachelbel's Canon in D major.<br />
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=="Anno's Revenge"==<br />
Many are lead to believe, one way or another, that [[The End of Evangelion]] was Anno's revenge against the fans for the negative response received from the ending of the TV series. <br />
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Some say it is because Anno brutally killed off all of the main characters; however, this isn't anything new in the world of anime. Most notably, Yoshiyuki Tomino's [[Space Runaway Ideon]], where not just all the main characters are killed off, even children are brutally massacred. Even though Ideon may be one of Anno's biggest inspirations for Evangelion, the End of Evangelion was closer to the planned ending to the TV series{{fact}}. Some of the footage used in the TV series ending (corpses of Misato and Ritsuko) indicates that, even before the TV series ended, Anno had planned on killing these characters.<br />
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Some say it is because of scenes such as Shinji visiting the sedated Asuka in her hospital room. Although slightly out-of-left-field compared to the ending of the TV series, this scene does serve its purposes. Most importantly, it shows that Shinji has hit the low of all lows, and secondly, it is used as a reference later in the movie when Asuka says "Idiot! I know about your jerk-off fantasies of me. Do it again like usual... I'll even stand here and watch."<br />
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A subjective argument for Anno's revenge is the cinematic and narrative mindfuck that takes up most of the 2nd half of End of Evangelion. A subjective retort could be, "What about the end of the TV series?". As far as a non-subjective response, films have been known to use clashing motifs, non-linear story telling, and highly symbolic/obscure imagery, and the End of Evangelion isn't the first to use all three. Also, from an interpretive standpoint, the 2nd half of the movie does very well in showing the chaos and disembodiment of [[Human Instrumentality Project|Instrumentality]], specifically, what Shinji was going through.<br />
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Finally, some argue that the smoking gun for Anno's revenge is the sequence of quickly flashing (about one per frame) [[End of Evangelion Death Threats|death threats/hate mail]] which can be seen at the end of the live action sequence in the second half of the movie. However this rumor was started, it was probably propagated by the Commentary track on the Manga Entertainment release of End of Evangelion, where Amanda Winn Lee gives a mention of hate mail during this sequence{{fact}}. Since these have been translated to English, the majority of the letters and emails are that of personal attachment to the show, praise, or encouragement/anticipation for the End of Evangelion movie. Only one of the emails can be considered 'hate mail', and it was criticizing Death and Rebirth (not the end of the TV series at all), and the only 2 possible instances that could be considered a 'death threat' was graffiti on the wall outside of Gainax's studio (which was hypothesized to be from religious fanatics) and an email that said "Anno, I'll kill you!!!", which was a close-up of only that message on a computer monitor and lacked any context whatsoever. This puts the smoking gun argument on very shaky ground, as the sequence clearly isn't used as a "This is why I'm taking revenge on you people" message, or anything along those lines.<br />
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==The Mass Production Evas have no souls==<br />
In [[Episode 24]], Kaworu says that the [[A.T. Field]] is "The light of the soul", indicating that a soul is required to produce an A.T. Field. This is consistent all throughout the TV Series as well as in the movies, since the Mass Production Evangelions, in fact, do produce A.T. Fields:<br />
:Shigeru: "The Eva series' A.T. Fields are resonating!"<br />
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Some say that it is the pilots (Kaworu dummy plugs) which produce the A.T. Field. However, Ritsuko in [[Episode 17]] says:<br />
:"This is the dummy plug prototype.<br>Rei's personal data has been loaded into it,<br>but it's ''not really possible to digitize a human mind and soul''.<br>Ultimately, it's a fake, an imitation.<br>Just a machine that emulates a pilot's thinking process."<br />
Indicating that there is no real soul in the dummy plugs. Therefore, it is impossible for the dummy plug to generate an A.T. Field.<br />
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==Adam and Lilith were once a single being / Adam was born from Lilith==<br />
From a single mistranslated line. Misato's line should read, "Humans were born from Lilith, who is a Seed of Life just like Adam." This makes Adam and Lilith two equal beings.<br />
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==Pre-3I Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head==<br />
During Pre-3I Instrumentality, Shinji and Asuka witness a scene from Misato's college days, where she is having sex with Kaji. Shinji clearly has never seen this before asking "This is Misato? She does... this?" in which she replies "Yes, this is also me... The melting into one another's hearts... The me that Shinji doesn't know." If the entire Pre-Third Impact Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head, there is no way he would know these things.<br />
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==Asuka didn't die==<br />
Asuka and Eva-02 were killed by the harpies. Maya's and Shinji's horror and the mangled state of Eva-02 make it explicit. Since Asuka was suffering actual physical damage corresponding to the Eva's damage, there was no way Asuka could have survived the multiple Spear impacts or the subsequent mangling.<br />
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==The Asuka-Rei-Misato amalgamation==<br />
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This very common misconception was born due the last scene of End of Evangelion with Asuka and Shinji alone on the beach. Asuka's arm is bandaged (like Rei's in Episode 01) and her eyes appears to be brown (like Misato's). This lead some people to speculate that Asuka is really a combination of all three girls, and therefore Shinji's "dream girl". This ridiculous notion is absolutely false. The bandaged arm is due to her battle trauma in Eva-02 earlier in End of Evangelion (when a replica lance splits Eva-02's right arm completely). Her eyes are still blue, but merely tinted due to the hue of the scene.<br />
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Before Instrumentality was ended, Rei tells Shinji ''"If you wish once more for the existence of others, the barriers of the heart will separate everyone once more..."'' and Kaworu says ''"Is it okay for A.T. Fields to hurt you and others once more?"'', indicating that the A.T. Fields have separated everyone from each other.<br />
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==The Adam & Eve Scenario (or, Nobody Else is Coming Back)==<br />
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Considering that themes of Genesis pop up all over NGE, the final scene of End of Evangelion leads many to assume that Shinji and Asuka are the new Adam and Eve and are left alone to re-populate the world. But this theory is false if we are to believe Rei and Yui when, during the dissolution of Instrumentality, Rei states, "Anyone can return to human form as long as they can imagine themselves in their own heart.", and then Yui says, "All living things have the ability to return to their original form... and the heart to go on living."<br />
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A tentative list. <br />
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==NGE is religious propaganda==<br />
The religious symbolism in NGE is actually not used in any sort of religiously meaningful fashion. According to Evangelion Assistant Director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]:<br />
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"There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice."' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Kazuya_Tsurumaki:_Q.26A_from_.22Amusing_Himself_to_Death.22|Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death"]]<br />
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Here's an old essay from 2001 of someone [http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/writings/eva2.shtml getting it wrong]: "However, it is revealed at the end of the series that the Angels are actually failed attempts in the Creation (i.e., the Biblical Creation) that preceded mankind". Early inaccurate translations of the show may have contributed to this confusion.<br />
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==LCL means "Link Connect Liquid"==<br />
[[Image:LCL.JPG|left|thumb|Manga saying LCL stands for Link Connect Liquid]]<br />
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It is unknown what the initials "LCL" stand for within the anime series, but we do know what they '''don't''' mean. According to the Death and Rebirth theatrical program (special edition): <br />
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''Incidentally, the widely circulated idea that L.C.L is the abbreviation of "Link Connected Liquid" is incorrect.'' <br />
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Nowhere does it say what it does mean. [[Evangelion Chronicle]] suggests that one of the Ls stands for "Lilith".<br />
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In Sadamoto's [[Manga]] version, LCL ''is'' said to stand for Link Connect Liquid, written in the Dossier before a chapter starts.<br />
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==First Impact killed the dinosaurs==<br />
First Impact was never depicted or directly referred to on-screen. This has led several fans upon first glance to incorrectly assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the more well known asteroid impact which caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. <br />
[[Image:07 C080 textbook-overlay.jpg|thumb|A page from Shinji's textbook]]<br />
However, First Impact (aka "Giant Impact") was actually the collision of a giant spherical object, designated the "Black Moon", into Earth approximately 4 billion years ago. As a result of the impact, huge amounts of debris, including the Black Moon's rocky exterior, were thrown into orbit, eventually coalescing into Earth's satellite, the Moon. This was made clear in the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The_Second_Angel|Classified Information]]. The "meteorite" theory in the above textbook page is a cover story, and is part of the effort to also blame [[Second Impact]] on a meteor.<br />
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=="Barons of Hell"==<br />
Almost from the beginning of Eva fandom, there has been an internet rumor that the Evangelions are based upon Biblical entities called "The Barons of Hell". There are two problems with this theory:<br />
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One is that there is no such thing as a "Baron of Hell" mentioned in the Bible or in any other Judeo-Christian source; extensive searches for the term have turned up only references to Eva and the ''Doom'' game. Some sources claim that the Barons are the same thing as the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", but the descriptions given to the Barons don't match up to the Horsemen.<br />
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The other problem is that we know exactly what the Evangelions '''are''' based upon. Evas were fundamentally based upon the oni (commonly translated as “demon” or “ogre”, but actually a specific type of Japanese monster). Says [[Hideaki Anno|Anno]] himself (in an interview published in Aerial Magazine):<br />
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''There's a monster in Japan called the Oni; it has two horns sticking out of its head and the overall image of the Eva is based on that. I also wanted to give the impression that beneath this ‘robot monster’ image is not so much a robot, but a giant human.''<br />
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[[Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg|thumb|left|A very Oni-looking Evangelion sketch]]<br />
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An early [http://evageeks.org/FGP/Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg sketch Anno did of an Eva] clearly betrays their oni roots. Working from this basic premise, and corresponding with Anno along the way, [[Ikuto Yamashita]] developed the Evas as we know them (with the exception of EoE's “harpies”).<br />
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==Kids born after 2I are soulless==<br />
A ridiculous idea used to explain the drop in birth rate after Second Impact, and why only kids born after Second Impact can synch with the Evangelions. This theory has no evidential basis whatsoever. Ritsuko explicitly states in Episode 20 that Shinji, born after Second Impact, has a soul.<br />
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==Spear of Longinus is the actual holy relic (that just somehow got BIG)==<br />
This is a product of putting too much stock in NGE's religious references. The Spear was actually excavated in Antarctica along with Adam, who was found impaled upon it. According to the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The Spear of Longinus|Classified Information]], each [[Source of Life]] is accompanied by a Spear that has a will of its own and can immobilize a Seed for going against its mission. Thus, the Spear of Longinus is billions of years old, not made by some Roman blacksmith, and impaled Adam for committing some unspecified offense.<br />
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==A.T. Field is a real-life psychology term==<br />
Since the very earliest days of Evangelion analysis, there has been a rumor that A.T. Field is a genuine psychological term that describes the barrier that separates autism patients from the world around them. However, extensive searching of online Psychology researches and forums has failed to find any use of the term other than in reference to NGE. Further research by those in the field has proven that "Absolute Terror" or similar terminology is simply not recognized in academia. Therefore, this rumor is false and has been conclusively proven so.<br />
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Examples of typical lousy fan-pages propagating the rumor: [http://www.arune.com/eva/words.html 1] [http://www.nervarchives.com/glossary.atfield.php 2]<br />
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==Eva-00 has the soul of Naoko==<br />
See: [[Eva-00's soul]].<br />
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==Someone we know killed Kaji==<br />
Many fans have come to the conclusion that [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]] shot Kaji, with little or no evidence to back it up. On the other hand, series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] has stated on the record{{fact}} that Kaji was not shot by any named character, but by an agent sent by either "[[Seele]] or [[Nerv|Nerv's]] intelligence division." In fact, Anno was so shocked by this notion{{fact}} that in the [[Director's Cut episodes|Director's cut]] of Episode 21, he removed a shot that had been cited as "evidence" of Misato's guilt. As broadcast, the scene of Kaji being shot was followed by an establishing shot of the door to Misato's apartment with her name on it; this shot was replaced in the Director's cut by one of the outside of her apartment building.<br />
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==Rei and Kaworu are actual albinos==<br />
Actual albinos don't have light blue hair! Albinos cannot walk outside without protection, otherwise they would suffer severe sunburn, and most have very poor eyesight. On the contrary, Kaworu's eyesight appears to be exceptional. It is worth noting that Ritsuko's complexion is only ''slightly'' darker than Rei's, although she's obviously not an albino.<br />
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==Toji not only loses his leg, but his arm as well==<br />
While Toji's left leg is plainly missing when he's on the hospital bed, it's not certain to tell if his left arm is, as well. However, both Toji's arms are seen as he is being hauled out of the entry plug. The [[Resources:End of Evangelion Screenplays#Touji & Kensuke's farewell (Basketball Court)|original storyboards]] for ''The End of Evangelion'' contain a scene showing Toji playing wheelchair basketball with Kensuke, where he clearly has both arms, eliminating the possibility that one of his arms was amputated.<br />
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==Naoko's Brain in Magi==<br />
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Or any other brain for that matter. This is due to the brain-like object [[Ritsuko Akagi|Ritsuko]] reveals when she cuts into the [[Magi]] in [[episode 13]]. It is clearly stated that the Magi merely have personality imprints of [[Naoko Akagi]] - herself as a mother, scientist, and woman. The computers are also far too large to be actual human brains.<br />
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==Naoko's Soul in Magi==<br />
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Likely originated due to the fact that the Evas themselves have souls. There's also the issue of Caspar 'betraying' Ritsuko in [[The End of Evangelion]], but machines cannot be implanted with souls.<br />
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==Keel is the Wandering Jew==<br />
One of the most bizarre myths about Evangelion. There is an old and racist story that claims that an onlooker at Christ's crucifixion spat upon him, and was punished by receiving the curse of immortality. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_Jew#Origin_and_evolution Citation]) He thus became the "wandering Jew", never able to make permanent friends or stay in one place, lest people notice his never-aging nature. The theory goes that [[Keel|Keel's]] motivation in bringing about Instrumentality would at long last allow him to die. There are, at the very least, two huge problems with this notion. One being there's '''absolutely nothing''' in the series to indicate this is Keel's motivation.[[Image:Tank image 07a investigate.jpg|thumb|right|A visibly younger Keel in the background with [[Gendo Ikari|Gendo]].]] The other is that when Keel appears in flashback in [[episode 21]], he is visibly younger than in the series' present, and as has been noted, the Wandering Jew is supposed to be ageless.<br><br><br />
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==The Dummy Plug Plant is the Chamber of Guf==<br />
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The Chamber of Guf is mentioned by Ritsuko in episode 23 when she, Misato, and Shinji are down in the Dummy Plug Plant. This comment likely lead people to believe the two were synonymous. Look [[Guf|here]] for an explanation of Guf within NGE.<br />
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==Adam was impaled on the Spear of Longinus by Lilith==<br />
The "Duel of the Seeds" idea was made up to explain why one Seed would be skewered by the Spear of Longinus and placed in suspended animation while the other would be free to spread life on Earth. The interaction between Rei and Kaworu was interpreted to mean that both of them (as Lilith and Adam respectively) had interacted previously. This idea was disproved when the Classified Information files revealed that each Seed was sent with its own Spear, and that Lilith's Spear was either lost or destroyed during First Impact. Adam was placed in suspended animation by its own Spear, which was used to impale Lilith later on.<br />
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==Death's string quartet scenes take place in the actual series timeline.==<br />
This one is easily disproved. Both Asuka and Kaworu appear in the String Quartet sequences. In the actual series timeline, Asuka is in the hospital under heavy sedation when Kaworu arrives, and is still there when he gets squished; they never meet. The String Quartet motif serves to separate the different focuses in [[Evangelion: Death|Death]] as well as fitting together with the musical score that was used, Pachelbel's Canon in D major.<br />
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=="Anno's Revenge"==<br />
Many are lead to believe, one way or another, that [[The End of Evangelion]] was Anno's revenge against the fans for the negative response received from the ending of the TV series. <br />
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Some say it is because Anno brutally killed off all of the main characters; however, this isn't anything new in the world of anime. Most notably, Yoshiyuki Tomino's [[Space Runaway Ideon]], where not just all the main characters are killed off, even children are brutally massacred. Even though Ideon may be one of Anno's biggest inspirations for Evangelion, the End of Evangelion was closer to the planned ending to the TV series{{fact}}. Some of the footage used in the TV series ending (corpses of Misato and Ritsuko) indicates that, even before the TV series ended, Anno had planned on killing these characters.<br />
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Some say it is because of scenes such as Shinji visiting the sedated Asuka in her hospital room. Although slightly out-of-left-field compared to the ending of the TV series, this scene does serve its purposes. Most importantly, it shows that Shinji has hit the low of all lows, and secondly, it is used as a reference later in the movie when Asuka says "Idiot! I know about your jerk-off fantasies of me. Do it again like usual... I'll even stand here and watch."<br />
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A subjective argument for Anno's revenge is the cinematic and narrative mindfuck that takes up most of the 2nd half of End of Evangelion. A subjective retort could be, "What about the end of the TV series?". As far as a non-subjective response, films have been known to use clashing motifs, non-linear story telling, and highly symbolic/obscure imagery, and the End of Evangelion isn't the first to use all three. Also, from an interpretive standpoint, the 2nd half of the movie does very well in showing the chaos and disembodiment of [[Human Instrumentality Project|Instrumentality]], specifically, what Shinji was going through.<br />
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Finally, some argue that the smoking gun for Anno's revenge is the sequence of quickly flashing (about one per frame) [[End of Evangelion Death Threats|death threats/hate mail]] which can be seen at the end of the live action sequence in the second half of the movie. However this rumor was started, it was probably propagated by the Commentary track on the Manga Entertainment release of End of Evangelion, where Amanda Winn Lee gives a mention of hate mail during this sequence{{fact}}. Since these have been translated to English, the majority of the letters and emails are that of personal attachment to the show, praise, or encouragement/anticipation for the End of Evangelion movie. Only one of the emails can be considered 'hate mail', and it was criticizing Death and Rebirth (not the end of the TV series at all), and the only 2 possible instances that could be considered a 'death threat' was graffiti on the wall outside of Gainax's studio (which was hypothesized to be from religious fanatics) and an email that said "Anno, I'll kill you!!!", which was a close-up of only that message on a computer monitor and lacked any context whatsoever. This puts the smoking gun argument on very shaky ground, as the sequence clearly isn't used as a "This is why I'm taking revenge on you people" message, or anything along those lines.<br />
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==The Mass Production Evas have no souls==<br />
In [[Episode 24]], Kaworu says that the [[A.T. Field]] is "The light of the soul", indicating that a soul is required to produce an A.T. Field. This is consistent all throughout the TV Series as well as in the movies, since the Mass Production Evangelions, in fact, do produce A.T. Fields:<br />
:Shigeru: "The Eva series' A.T. Fields are resonating!"<br />
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Some say that it is the pilots (Kaworu dummy plugs) which produce the A.T. Field. However, Ritsuko in [[Episode 17]] says:<br />
:"This is the dummy plug prototype.<br>Rei's personal data has been loaded into it,<br>but it's ''not really possible to digitize a human mind and soul''.<br>Ultimately, it's a fake, an imitation.<br>Just a machine that emulates a pilot's thinking process."<br />
Indicating that there is no real soul in the dummy plugs. Therefore, it is impossible for the dummy plug to generate an A.T. Field.<br />
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==Adam and Lilith were once a single being / Adam was born from Lilith==<br />
From a single mistranslated line. Misato's line should read, "Humans were born from Lilith, who is a Seed of Life just like Adam." This makes Adam and Lilith two equal beings.<br />
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==Pre-3I Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head==<br />
During Pre-3I Instrumentality, Shinji and Asuka witness a scene from Misato's college days, where she is having sex with Kaji. Shinji clearly has never seen this before asking "This is Misato? She does... this?" in which she replies "Yes, this is also me... The melting into one another's hearts... The me that Shinji doesn't know." If the entire Pre-Third Impact Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head, there is no way he would know these things.<br />
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==Asuka didn't die==<br />
Asuka and Eva-02 were killed by the harpies. Maya's and Shinji's horror and the mangled state of Eva-02 make it explicit. Since Asuka was suffering actual physical damage corresponding to the Eva's damage, there was no way Asuka could have survived the multiple Spear impacts or the subsequent mangling.<br />
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==The Asuka-Rei-Misato amalgamation==<br />
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This very common misconception was born due the last scene of End of Evangelion with Asuka and Shinji alone on the beach. Asuka's arm is bandaged (like Rei's in Episode 01) and her eyes appears to be brown (like Misato's). This lead some people to speculate that Asuka is really a combination of all three girls, and therefore Shinji's "dream girl". This ridiculous notion is absolutely false. The bandaged arm is due to her battle trauma in Eva-02 earlier in End of Evangelion (when a replica lance splits Eva-02's right arm completely). Her eyes are still blue, but merely tinted due to the hue of the scene.<br />
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Before Instrumentality was ended, Rei tells Shinji ''"If you wish once more for the existence of others, the barriers of the heart will separate everyone once more..."'' and Kaworu says ''"Is it okay for A.T. Fields to hurt you and others once more?"'', indicating that the A.T. Fields have separated everyone from each other.<br />
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==The Adam & Eve Scenario (or, Nobody Else is Coming Back)==<br />
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Considering that themes of Genesis pop up all over NGE, the final scene of End of Evangelion leads many to assume that Shinji and Asuka are the new Adam and Eve and are left alone to re-populate the world. But this theory is false if we are to believe Rei and Yui when, during the dissolution of Instrumentality, Rei states, "Anyone can return to human form as long as they can imagine themselves in their own heart.", and then Yui says, "All living things have the ability to return to their original form... and the heart to go on living."<br />
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A tentative list. <br />
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==NGE is religious propaganda==<br />
The religious symbolism in NGE is actually not used in any sort of religiously meaningful fashion. According to Evangelion Assistant Director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]:<br />
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"There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice."' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Kazuya_Tsurumaki:_Q.26A_from_.22Amusing_Himself_to_Death.22|Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death"]]<br />
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Here's an old essay from 2001 of someone [http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/writings/eva2.shtml getting it wrong]: "However, it is revealed at the end of the series that the Angels are actually failed attempts in the Creation (i.e., the Biblical Creation) that preceded mankind". Early inaccurate translations of the show may have contributed to this confusion.<br />
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==LCL means "Link Connect Liquid"==<br />
[[Image:LCL.JPG|left|thumb|Manga saying LCL stands for Link Connect Liquid]]<br />
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It is unknown what the initials "LCL" stand for within the anime series, but we do know what they '''don't''' mean. According to the Death and Rebirth theatrical program (special edition): <br />
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''Incidentally, the widely circulated idea that L.C.L is the abbreviation of "Link Connected Liquid" is incorrect.'' <br />
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Nowhere does it say what it does mean. [[Evangelion Chronicle]] suggests that one of the Ls stands for "Lilith".<br />
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In Sadamoto's [[Manga]] version, LCL ''is'' said to stand for Link Connect Liquid, written in the Dossier before a chapter starts.<br />
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==First Impact killed the dinosaurs==<br />
First Impact was never depicted or directly referred to on-screen. This has led several fans upon first glance to incorrectly assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the more well known asteroid impact which caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. <br />
[[Image:07 C080 textbook-overlay.jpg|thumb|A page from Shinji's textbook]]<br />
However, First Impact (aka "Giant Impact") was actually the collision of a giant spherical object, designated the "Black Moon", into Earth approximately 4 billion years ago. As a result of the impact, huge amounts of debris, including the Black Moon's rocky exterior, were thrown into orbit, eventually coalescing into Earth's satellite, the Moon. This was made clear in the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The_Second_Angel|Classified Information]]. The "meteorite" theory in the above textbook page is a cover story, and is part of the effort to also blame [[Second Impact]] on a meteor.<br />
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=="Barons of Hell"==<br />
Almost from the beginning of Eva fandom, there has been an internet rumor that the Evangelions are based upon Biblical entities called "The Barons of Hell". There are two problems with this theory:<br />
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One is that there is no such thing as a "Baron of Hell" mentioned in the Bible or in any other Judeo-Christian source; extensive searches for the term have turned up only references to Eva and the ''Doom'' game. Some sources claim that the Barons are the same thing as the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", but the descriptions given to the Barons don't match up to the Horsemen.<br />
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The other problem is that we know exactly what the Evangelions '''are''' based upon. Evas were fundamentally based upon the oni (commonly translated as “demon” or “ogre”, but actually a specific type of Japanese monster). Says [[Hideaki Anno|Anno]] himself (in an interview published in Aerial Magazine):<br />
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''There's a monster in Japan called the Oni; it has two horns sticking out of its head and the overall image of the Eva is based on that. I also wanted to give the impression that beneath this ‘robot monster’ image is not so much a robot, but a giant human.''<br />
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[[Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg|thumb|left|A very Oni-looking Evangelion sketch]]<br />
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An early [http://evageeks.org/FGP/Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg sketch Anno did of an Eva] clearly betrays their oni roots. Working from this basic premise, and corresponding with Anno along the way, [[Ikuto Yamashita]] developed the Evas as we know them (with the exception of EoE's “harpies”).<br />
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==Kids born after 2I are soulless==<br />
A ridiculous idea used to explain the drop in birth rate after Second Impact, and why only kids born after Second Impact can synch with the Evangelions. This theory has no evidential basis whatsoever. Ritsuko explicitly states in Episode 20 that Shinji, born after Second Impact, has a soul.<br />
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==Spear of Longinus is the actual holy relic (that just somehow got BIG)==<br />
This is a product of putting too much stock in NGE's religious references. The Spear was actually excavated in Antarctica along with Adam, who was found impaled upon it. According to the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The Spear of Longinus|Classified Information]], each [[Source of Life]] is accompanied by a Spear that has a will of its own and can immobilize a Seed for going against its mission. Thus, the Spear of Longinus is billions of years old, not made by some Roman blacksmith, and impaled Adam for committing some unspecified offense.<br />
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==A.T. Field is a real-life psychology term==<br />
Since the very earliest days of Evangelion analysis, there has been a rumor that A.T. Field is a genuine psychological term that describes the barrier that separates autism patients from the world around them. However, extensive searching of online Psychology researches and forums has failed to find any use of the term other than in reference to NGE. Further research by those in the field has proven that "Absolute Terror" or similar terminology is simply not recognized in academia. Therefore, this rumor is false and has been conclusively proven so.<br />
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Examples of typical lousy fan-pages propagating the rumor: [http://www.arune.com/eva/words.html 1] [http://www.nervarchives.com/glossary.atfield.php 2]<br />
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==Eva-00 has the soul of Naoko==<br />
See: [[Eva-00's soul]].<br />
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==Someone we know killed Kaji==<br />
Many fans have come to the conclusion that [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]] shot Kaji, with little or no evidence to back it up. On the other hand, series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] has stated on the record{{fact}} that Kaji was not shot by any named character, but by an agent sent by either "[[Seele]] or [[Nerv|Nerv's]] intelligence division." In fact, Anno was so shocked by this notion{{fact}} that in the [[Director's Cut episodes|Director's cut]] of Episode 21, he removed a shot that had been cited as "evidence" of Misato's guilt. As broadcast, the scene of Kaji being shot was followed by an establishing shot of the door to Misato's apartment with her name on it; this shot was replaced in the Director's cut by one of the outside of her apartment building.<br />
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==Rei and Kaworu are actual albinos==<br />
Actual albinos don't have light blue hair! Albinos cannot walk outside without protection, otherwise they would suffer severe sunburn, and most have very poor eyesight. On the contrary, Kaworu's eyesight appears to be exceptional. It is worth noting that Ritsuko's complexion is only ''slightly'' darker than Rei's, although she's obviously not an albino.<br />
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==Toji not only loses his leg, but his arm as well==<br />
While Toji's left leg is plainly missing when he's on the hospital bed, it's not certain to tell if his left arm is, as well. However, both Toji's arms are seen as he is being hauled out of the entry plug. The [[Resources:End of Evangelion Screenplays#Touji & Kensuke's farewell (Basketball Court)|original storyboards]] for ''The End of Evangelion'' contain a scene showing Toji playing wheelchair basketball with Kensuke, where he clearly has both arms, eliminating the possibility that one of his arms was amputated.<br />
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==Naoko's Brain in Magi==<br />
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Or any other brain for that matter. This is due to the brain-like object [[Ritsuko Akagi|Ritsuko]] reveals when she cuts into the [[Magi]] in [[episode 13]]. It is clearly stated that the Magi merely have personality imprints of [[Naoko Akagi]] - herself as a mother, scientist, and woman. The computers are also far too large to be actual human brains.<br />
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==Naoko's Soul in Magi==<br />
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Likely originated due to the fact that the Evas themselves have souls. There's also the issue of Caspar 'betraying' Ritsuko in End of Evangelion. But machines cannot be implanted with souls.<br />
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==Keel is the Wandering Jew==<br />
One of the most bizarre myths about Evangelion. There is an old and racist story that claims that an onlooker at Christ's crucifixion spat upon him, and was punished by receiving the curse of immortality. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_Jew#Origin_and_evolution Citation]) He thus became the "wandering Jew", never able to make permanent friends or stay in one place, lest people notice his never-aging nature. The theory goes that [[Keel|Keel's]] motivation in bringing about Instrumentality would at long last allow him to die. There are, at the very least, two huge problems with this notion. One being there's '''absolutely nothing''' in the series to indicate this is Keel's motivation.[[Image:Tank image 07a investigate.jpg|thumb|right|A visibly younger Keel in the background with [[Gendo Ikari|Gendo]].]] The other is that when Keel appears in flashback in [[episode 21]], he is visibly younger than in the series' present, and as has been noted, the Wandering Jew is supposed to be ageless.<br><br><br />
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==The Dummy Plug Plant is the Chamber of Guf==<br />
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The Chamber of Guf is mentioned by Ritsuko in episode 23 when she, Misato, and Shinji are down in the Dummy Plug Plant. This comment likely lead people to believe the two were synonymous. Look [[Guf|here]] for an explanation of Guf within NGE.<br />
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==Adam was impaled on the Spear of Longinus by Lilith==<br />
The "Duel of the Seeds" idea was made up to explain why one Seed would be skewered by the Spear of Longinus and placed in suspended animation while the other would be free to spread life on Earth. The interaction between Rei and Kaworu was interpreted to mean that both of them (as Lilith and Adam respectively) had interacted previously. This idea was disproved when the Classified Information files revealed that each Seed was sent with its own Spear, and that Lilith's Spear was either lost or destroyed during First Impact. Adam was placed in suspended animation by its own Spear, which was used to impale Lilith later on.<br />
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==Death's string quartet scenes take place in the actual series timeline.==<br />
This one is easily disproved. Both Asuka and Kaworu appear in the String Quartet sequences. In the actual series timeline, Asuka is in the hospital under heavy sedation when Kaworu arrives, and is still there when he gets squished; they never meet. The String Quartet motif serves to separate the different focuses in [[Evangelion: Death|Death]] as well as fitting together with the musical score that was used, Pachelbel's Canon in D major.<br />
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=="Anno's Revenge"==<br />
Many are lead to believe, one way or another, that [[The End of Evangelion]] was Anno's revenge against the fans for the negative response received from the ending of the TV series. <br />
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Some say it is because Anno brutally killed off all of the main characters; however, this isn't anything new in the world of anime. Most notably, Yoshiyuki Tomino's [[Space Runaway Ideon]], where not just all the main characters are killed off, even children are brutally massacred. Even though Ideon may be one of Anno's biggest inspirations for Evangelion, the End of Evangelion was closer to the planned ending to the TV series{{fact}}. Some of the footage used in the TV series ending (corpses of Misato and Ritsuko) indicates that, even before the TV series ended, Anno had planned on killing these characters.<br />
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Some say it is because of scenes such as Shinji visiting the sedated Asuka in her hospital room. Although slightly out-of-left-field compared to the ending of the TV series, this scene does serve its purposes. Most importantly, it shows that Shinji has hit the low of all lows, and secondly, it is used as a reference later in the movie when Asuka says "Idiot! I know about your jerk-off fantasies of me. Do it again like usual... I'll even stand here and watch."<br />
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A subjective argument for Anno's revenge is the cinematic and narrative mindfuck that takes up most of the 2nd half of End of Evangelion. A subjective retort could be, "What about the end of the TV series?". As far as a non-subjective response, films have been known to use clashing motifs, non-linear story telling, and highly symbolic/obscure imagery, and the End of Evangelion isn't the first to use all three. Also, from an interpretive standpoint, the 2nd half of the movie does very well in showing the chaos and disembodiment of [[Human Instrumentality Project|Instrumentality]], specifically, what Shinji was going through.<br />
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Finally, some argue that the smoking gun for Anno's revenge is the sequence of quickly flashing (about one per frame) [[End of Evangelion Death Threats|death threats/hate mail]] which can be seen at the end of the live action sequence in the second half of the movie. However this rumor was started, it was probably propagated by the Commentary track on the Manga Entertainment release of End of Evangelion, where Amanda Winn Lee gives a mention of hate mail during this sequence{{fact}}. Since these have been translated to English, the majority of the letters and emails are that of personal attachment to the show, praise, or encouragement/anticipation for the End of Evangelion movie. Only one of the emails can be considered 'hate mail', and it was criticizing Death and Rebirth (not the end of the TV series at all), and the only 2 possible instances that could be considered a 'death threat' was graffiti on the wall outside of Gainax's studio (which was hypothesized to be from religious fanatics) and an email that said "Anno, I'll kill you!!!", which was a close-up of only that message on a computer monitor and lacked any context whatsoever. This puts the smoking gun argument on very shaky ground, as the sequence clearly isn't used as a "This is why I'm taking revenge on you people" message, or anything along those lines.<br />
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==The Mass Production Evas have no souls==<br />
In [[Episode 24]], Kaworu says that the [[A.T. Field]] is "The light of the soul", indicating that a soul is required to produce an A.T. Field. This is consistent all throughout the TV Series as well as in the movies, since the Mass Production Evangelions, in fact, do produce A.T. Fields:<br />
:Shigeru: "The Eva series' A.T. Fields are resonating!"<br />
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Some say that it is the pilots (Kaworu dummy plugs) which produce the A.T. Field. However, Ritsuko in [[Episode 17]] says:<br />
:"This is the dummy plug prototype.<br>Rei's personal data has been loaded into it,<br>but it's ''not really possible to digitize a human mind and soul''.<br>Ultimately, it's a fake, an imitation.<br>Just a machine that emulates a pilot's thinking process."<br />
Indicating that there is no real soul in the dummy plugs. Therefore, it is impossible for the dummy plug to generate an A.T. Field.<br />
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==Adam and Lilith were once a single being / Adam was born from Lilith==<br />
From a single mistranslated line. Misato's line should read, "Humans were born from Lilith, who is a Seed of Life just like Adam." This makes Adam and Lilith two equal beings.<br />
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==Pre-3I Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head==<br />
During Pre-3I Instrumentality, Shinji and Asuka witness a scene from Misato's college days, where she is having sex with Kaji. Shinji clearly has never seen this before asking "This is Misato? She does... this?" in which she replies "Yes, this is also me... The melting into one another's hearts... The me that Shinji doesn't know." If the entire Pre-Third Impact Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head, there is no way he would know these things.<br />
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==Asuka didn't die==<br />
Asuka and Eva-02 were killed by the harpies. Maya's and Shinji's horror and the mangled state of Eva-02 make it explicit. Since Asuka was suffering actual physical damage corresponding to the Eva's damage, there was no way Asuka could have survived the multiple Spear impacts or the subsequent mangling.<br />
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==The Asuka-Rei-Misato amalgamation==<br />
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This very common misconception was born due the last scene of End of Evangelion with Asuka and Shinji alone on the beach. Asuka's arm is bandaged (like Rei's in Episode 01) and her eyes appears to be brown (like Misato's). This lead some people to speculate that Asuka is really a combination of all three girls, and therefore Shinji's "dream girl". This ridiculous notion is absolutely false. The bandaged arm is due to her battle trauma in Eva-02 earlier in End of Evangelion (when a replica lance splits Eva-02's right arm completely). Her eyes are still blue, but merely tinted due to the hue of the scene.<br />
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Before Instrumentality was ended, Rei tells Shinji ''"If you wish once more for the existence of others, the barriers of the heart will separate everyone once more..."'' and Kaworu says ''"Is it okay for A.T. Fields to hurt you and others once more?"'', indicating that the A.T. Fields have separated everyone from each other.<br />
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==The Adam & Eve Scenario (or, Nobody Else is Coming Back)==<br />
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Considering that themes of Genesis pop up all over NGE, the final scene of End of Evangelion leads many to assume that Shinji and Asuka are the new Adam and Eve and are left alone to re-populate the world. But this theory is false if we are to believe Rei and Yui when, during the dissolution of Instrumentality, Rei states, "Anyone can return to human form as long as they can imagine themselves in their own heart.", and then Yui says, "All living things have the ability to return to their original form... and the heart to go on living."<br />
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A tentative list. <br />
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==NGE is religious propaganda==<br />
The religious symbolism in NGE is actually not used in any sort of religiously meaningful fashion. According to Evangelion Assistant Director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]:<br />
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"There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice."' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Kazuya_Tsurumaki:_Q.26A_from_.22Amusing_Himself_to_Death.22|Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death"]]<br />
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Here's an old essay from 2001 of someone [http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/writings/eva2.shtml getting it wrong]: "However, it is revealed at the end of the series that the Angels are actually failed attempts in the Creation (i.e., the Biblical Creation) that preceded mankind". Early inaccurate translations of the show may have contributed to this confusion.<br />
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==LCL means "Link Connect Liquid"==<br />
[[Image:LCL.JPG|left|thumb|Manga saying LCL stands for Link Connect Liquid]]<br />
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It is unknown what the initials "LCL" stand for within the anime series, but we do know what they '''don't''' mean. According to the Death and Rebirth theatrical program (special edition): <br />
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''Incidentally, the widely circulated idea that L.C.L is the abbreviation of "Link Connected Liquid" is incorrect.'' <br />
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Nowhere does it say what it does mean. [[Evangelion Chronicle]] suggests that one of the Ls stands for "Lilith".<br />
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In Sadamoto's [[Manga]] version, LCL ''is'' said to stand for Link Connect Liquid, written in the Dossier before a chapter starts.<br />
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==First Impact killed the dinosaurs==<br />
First Impact was never depicted or directly referred to on-screen. This has led several fans upon first glance to incorrectly assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the more well known asteroid impact which caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. <br />
[[Image:07 C080 textbook-overlay.jpg|thumb|A page from Shinji's textbook]]<br />
However, First Impact (aka "Giant Impact") was actually the collision of a giant spherical object, designated the "Black Moon", into Earth approximately 4 billion years ago. As a result of the impact, huge amounts of debris, including the Black Moon's rocky exterior, were thrown into orbit, eventually coalescing into Earth's satellite, the Moon. This was made clear in the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The_Second_Angel|Classified Information]]. The "meteorite" theory in the above textbook page is a cover story, and is part of the effort to also blame [[Second Impact]] on a meteor.<br />
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=="Barons of Hell"==<br />
Almost from the beginning of Eva fandom, there has been an internet rumor that the Evangelions are based upon Biblical entities called "The Barons of Hell". There are two problems with this theory:<br />
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One is that there is no such thing as a "Baron of Hell" mentioned in the Bible or in any other Judeo-Christian source; extensive searches for the term have turned up only references to Eva and the ''Doom'' game. Some sources claim that the Barons are the same thing as the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", but the descriptions given to the Barons don't match up to the Horsemen.<br />
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The other problem is that we know exactly what the Evangelions '''are''' based upon. Evas were fundamentally based upon the oni (commonly translated as “demon” or “ogre”, but actually a specific type of Japanese monster). Says [[Hideaki Anno|Anno]] himself (in an interview published in Aerial Magazine):<br />
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''There's a monster in Japan called the Oni; it has two horns sticking out of its head and the overall image of the Eva is based on that. I also wanted to give the impression that beneath this ‘robot monster’ image is not so much a robot, but a giant human.''<br />
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[[Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg|thumb|left|A very Oni-looking Evangelion sketch]]<br />
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An early [http://evageeks.org/FGP/Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg sketch Anno did of an Eva] clearly betrays their oni roots. Working from this basic premise, and corresponding with Anno along the way, [[Ikuto Yamashita]] developed the Evas as we know them (with the exception of EoE's “harpies”).<br />
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==Kids born after 2I are soulless==<br />
A ridiculous idea used to explain the drop in birth rate after Second Impact, and why only kids born after Second Impact can synch with the Evangelions. This theory has no evidential basis whatsoever. Ritsuko explicitly states in Episode 20 that Shinji, born after Second Impact, has a soul.<br />
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==Spear of Longinus is the actual holy relic (that just somehow got BIG)==<br />
This is a product of putting too much stock in NGE's religious references. The Spear was actually excavated in Antarctica along with Adam, who was found impaled upon it. According to the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The Spear of Longinus|Classified Information]], each [[Source of Life]] is accompanied by a Spear that has a will of its own and can immobilize a Seed for going against its mission. Thus, the Spear of Longinus is billions of years old, not made by some Roman blacksmith, and impaled Adam for committing some unspecified offense.<br />
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==A.T. Field is a real-life psychology term==<br />
Since the very earliest days of Evangelion analysis, there has been a rumor that A.T. Field is a genuine psychological term that describes the barrier that separates autism patients from the world around them. However, extensive searching of online Psychology researches and forums has failed to find any use of the term other than in reference to NGE. Further research by those in the field has proven that "Absolute Terror" or similar terminology is simply not recognized in academia. Therefore, this rumor is false and has been conclusively proven so.<br />
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Examples of typical lousy fan-pages propagating the rumor: [http://www.arune.com/eva/words.html 1] [http://www.nervarchives.com/glossary.atfield.php 2]<br />
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==Eva-00 has the soul of Naoko==<br />
See: [[Eva-00's soul]].<br />
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==Someone we know killed Kaji==<br />
Many fans have come to the conclusion that [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]] shot Kaji, with little or no evidence to back it up. On the other hand, series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] has stated on the record{{fact}} that Kaji was not shot by any named character, but by an agent sent by either "[[Seele]] or [[Nerv|Nerv's]] intelligence division." In fact, Anno was so shocked by this notion{{fact}} that in the [[Director's Cut episodes|Director's cut]] of Episode 21, he removed a shot that had been cited as "evidence" of Misato's guilt. As broadcast, the scene of Kaji being shot was followed by an establishing shot of the door to Misato's apartment with her name on it; this shot was replaced in the Director's cut by one of the outside of her apartment building.<br />
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==Rei and Kaworu are actual albinos==<br />
Actual albinos don't have light blue hair! Albinos cannot walk outside without protection, otherwise they would suffer severe sunburn, and most have very poor eyesight. On the contrary, Kaworu's eyesight appears to be exceptional. It is worth noting that Ritsuko's complexion is only ''slightly'' darker than Rei's, although she's obviously not an albino.<br />
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==Toji not only loses his leg, but his arm as well==<br />
While Toji's left leg is plainly missing when he's on the hospital bed, it's not certain to tell if his left arm is, as well. However, both Toji's arms are seen as he is being hauled out of the entry plug. The [[Resources:End of Evangelion Screenplays#Touji & Kensuke's farewell (Basketball Court)|original storyboards]] for ''The End of Evangelion'' contain a scene showing Toji playing wheelchair basketball with Kensuke, where he clearly has both arms, eliminating the possibility that one of his arms was amputated.<br />
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==Naoko's Brain in Magi==<br />
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Or any other brain for that matter. This is due to the brain-like object [[Ritsuko Akagi|Ritsuko]] reveals when she cuts into the [[Magi]] in [[episode 13]]. It is clearly stated that the Magi merely have personality imprints of [[Naoko Akagi]] - herself as a mother, scientist, and woman. The computers are also far too large to be actual human brains.<br />
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==Naoko's Soul in Magi==<br />
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Likely originated due to the fact that the Evas themselves have souls. There's also the issue of Caspar 'betraying' Ritsuko in End of Evangelion. But machines cannot be implanted with souls.<br />
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==Keel is the Wandering Jew==<br />
This is one of the most obnoxious myths about Evangelion. There is an old and racist story that claims that an onlooker at Christ's crucifixion spat upon him, and was punished by receiving the curse of immortality.{{fact}} He thus became the "wandering Jew", never able to make permanent friends or stay in one place lest people notice his never-aging nature. The theory is that Keel's motivation in bringing about Instrumentality is that it would at long last allow him to die. There are at least two huge problems with this notion. One is that there is '''absolutely nothing''' in the series to indicate that this is Keel's motivation.[[Image:Tank image 07a investigate.jpg|thumb|right|A visibly younger Keel in background with Gendo]] The other is that when Keel appears in flashback in ep. 21, he is visibly younger than in the series' present, and as has been noted, the Wandering Jew is supposed to be ageless. This theory is an example of the worst kind of speculation.<br><br><br />
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==The Dummy Plug Plant is the Chamber of Guf==<br />
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The Chamber of Guf is mentioned by Ritsuko in episode 23 when she, Misato, and Shinji are down in the Dummy Plug Plant. This comment likely lead people to believe the two were synonymous. Look [[Guf|here]] for an explanation of Guf within NGE.<br />
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==Adam was impaled on the Spear of Longinus by Lilith==<br />
The "Duel of the Seeds" idea was made up to explain why one Seed would be skewered by the Spear of Longinus and placed in suspended animation while the other would be free to spread life on Earth. The interaction between Rei and Kaworu was interpreted to mean that both of them (as Lilith and Adam respectively) had interacted previously. This idea was disproved when the Classified Information files revealed that each Seed was sent with its own Spear, and that Lilith's Spear was either lost or destroyed during First Impact. Adam was placed in suspended animation by its own Spear, which was used to impale Lilith later on.<br />
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==Death's string quartet scenes take place in the actual series timeline.==<br />
This one is easily disproved. Both Asuka and Kaworu appear in the String Quartet sequences. In the actual series timeline, Asuka is in the hospital under heavy sedation when Kaworu arrives, and is still there when he gets squished; they never meet. The String Quartet motif serves to separate the different focuses in [[Evangelion: Death|Death]] as well as fitting together with the musical score that was used, Pachelbel's Canon in D major.<br />
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=="Anno's Revenge"==<br />
Many are lead to believe, one way or another, that [[The End of Evangelion]] was Anno's revenge against the fans for the negative response received from the ending of the TV series. <br />
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Some say it is because Anno brutally killed off all of the main characters; however, this isn't anything new in the world of anime. Most notably, Yoshiyuki Tomino's [[Space Runaway Ideon]], where not just all the main characters are killed off, even children are brutally massacred. Even though Ideon may be one of Anno's biggest inspirations for Evangelion, the End of Evangelion was closer to the planned ending to the TV series{{fact}}. Some of the footage used in the TV series ending (corpses of Misato and Ritsuko) indicates that, even before the TV series ended, Anno had planned on killing these characters.<br />
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Some say it is because of scenes such as Shinji visiting the sedated Asuka in her hospital room. Although slightly out-of-left-field compared to the ending of the TV series, this scene does serve its purposes. Most importantly, it shows that Shinji has hit the low of all lows, and secondly, it is used as a reference later in the movie when Asuka says "Idiot! I know about your jerk-off fantasies of me. Do it again like usual... I'll even stand here and watch."<br />
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A subjective argument for Anno's revenge is the cinematic and narrative mindfuck that takes up most of the 2nd half of End of Evangelion. A subjective retort could be, "What about the end of the TV series?". As far as a non-subjective response, films have been known to use clashing motifs, non-linear story telling, and highly symbolic/obscure imagery, and the End of Evangelion isn't the first to use all three. Also, from an interpretive standpoint, the 2nd half of the movie does very well in showing the chaos and disembodiment of [[Human Instrumentality Project|Instrumentality]], specifically, what Shinji was going through.<br />
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Finally, some argue that the smoking gun for Anno's revenge is the sequence of quickly flashing (about one per frame) [[End of Evangelion Death Threats|death threats/hate mail]] which can be seen at the end of the live action sequence in the second half of the movie. However this rumor was started, it was probably propagated by the Commentary track on the Manga Entertainment release of End of Evangelion, where Amanda Winn Lee gives a mention of hate mail during this sequence{{fact}}. Since these have been translated to English, the majority of the letters and emails are that of personal attachment to the show, praise, or encouragement/anticipation for the End of Evangelion movie. Only one of the emails can be considered 'hate mail', and it was criticizing Death and Rebirth (not the end of the TV series at all), and the only 2 possible instances that could be considered a 'death threat' was graffiti on the wall outside of Gainax's studio (which was hypothesized to be from religious fanatics) and an email that said "Anno, I'll kill you!!!", which was a close-up of only that message on a computer monitor and lacked any context whatsoever. This puts the smoking gun argument on very shaky ground, as the sequence clearly isn't used as a "This is why I'm taking revenge on you people" message, or anything along those lines.<br />
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==The Mass Production Evas have no souls==<br />
In [[Episode 24]], Kaworu says that the [[A.T. Field]] is "The light of the soul", indicating that a soul is required to produce an A.T. Field. This is consistent all throughout the TV Series as well as in the movies, since the Mass Production Evangelions, in fact, do produce A.T. Fields:<br />
:Shigeru: "The Eva series' A.T. Fields are resonating!"<br />
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Some say that it is the pilots (Kaworu dummy plugs) which produce the A.T. Field. However, Ritsuko in [[Episode 17]] says:<br />
:"This is the dummy plug prototype.<br>Rei's personal data has been loaded into it,<br>but it's ''not really possible to digitize a human mind and soul''.<br>Ultimately, it's a fake, an imitation.<br>Just a machine that emulates a pilot's thinking process."<br />
Indicating that there is no real soul in the dummy plugs. Therefore, it is impossible for the dummy plug to generate an A.T. Field.<br />
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==Adam and Lilith were once a single being / Adam was born from Lilith==<br />
From a single mistranslated line. Misato's line should read, "Humans were born from Lilith, who is a Seed of Life just like Adam." This makes Adam and Lilith two equal beings.<br />
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==Pre-3I Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head==<br />
During Pre-3I Instrumentality, Shinji and Asuka witness a scene from Misato's college days, where she is having sex with Kaji. Shinji clearly has never seen this before asking "This is Misato? She does... this?" in which she replies "Yes, this is also me... The melting into one another's hearts... The me that Shinji doesn't know." If the entire Pre-Third Impact Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head, there is no way he would know these things.<br />
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==Asuka didn't die==<br />
Asuka and Eva-02 were killed by the harpies. Maya's and Shinji's horror and the mangled state of Eva-02 make it explicit. Since Asuka was suffering actual physical damage corresponding to the Eva's damage, there was no way Asuka could have survived the multiple Spear impacts or the subsequent mangling.<br />
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==The Asuka-Rei-Misato amalgamation==<br />
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This very common misconception was born due the last scene of End of Evangelion with Asuka and Shinji alone on the beach. Asuka's arm is bandaged (like Rei's in Episode 01) and her eyes appears to be brown (like Misato's). This lead some people to speculate that Asuka is really a combination of all three girls, and therefore Shinji's "dream girl". This ridiculous notion is absolutely false. The bandaged arm is due to her battle trauma in Eva-02 earlier in End of Evangelion (when a replica lance splits Eva-02's right arm completely). Her eyes are still blue, but merely tinted due to the hue of the scene.<br />
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Before Instrumentality was ended, Rei tells Shinji ''"If you wish once more for the existence of others, the barriers of the heart will separate everyone once more..."'' and Kaworu says ''"Is it okay for A.T. Fields to hurt you and others once more?"'', indicating that the A.T. Fields have separated everyone from each other.<br />
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==The Adam & Eve Scenario (or, Nobody Else is Coming Back)==<br />
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Considering that themes of Genesis pop up all over NGE, the final scene of End of Evangelion leads many to assume that Shinji and Asuka are the new Adam and Eve and are left alone to re-populate the world. But this theory is false if we are to believe Rei and Yui when, during the dissolution of Instrumentality, Rei states, "Anyone can return to human form as long as they can imagine themselves in their own heart.", and then Yui says, "All living things have the ability to return to their original form... and the heart to go on living."<br />
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A tentative list. <br />
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==NGE is religious propaganda==<br />
The religious symbolism in NGE is actually not used in any sort of religiously meaningful fashion. According to Evangelion Assistant Director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]:<br />
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"There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice."' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Kazuya_Tsurumaki:_Q.26A_from_.22Amusing_Himself_to_Death.22|Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death"]]<br />
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Here's an old essay from 2001 of someone [http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/writings/eva2.shtml getting it wrong]: "However, it is revealed at the end of the series that the Angels are actually failed attempts in the Creation (i.e., the Biblical Creation) that preceded mankind". Early inaccurate translations of the show may have contributed to this confusion.<br />
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==LCL means "Link Connect Liquid"==<br />
[[Image:LCL.JPG|left|thumb|Manga saying LCL stands for Link Connect Liquid]]<br />
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It is unknown what the initials "LCL" stand for within the anime series, but we do know what they '''don't''' mean. According to the Death and Rebirth theatrical program (special edition): <br />
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''Incidentally, the widely circulated idea that L.C.L is the abbreviation of "Link Connected Liquid" is incorrect.'' <br />
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Nowhere does it say what it does mean. [[Evangelion Chronicle]] suggests that one of the Ls stands for "Lilith".<br />
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In Sadamoto's [[Manga]] version, LCL ''is'' said to stand for Link Connect Liquid, written in the Dossier before a chapter starts.<br />
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==First Impact killed the dinosaurs==<br />
First Impact was never depicted or directly referred to on-screen. This has led several fans upon first glance to incorrectly assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the more well known asteroid impact which caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. <br />
[[Image:07 C080 textbook-overlay.jpg|thumb|A page from Shinji's textbook]]<br />
However, First Impact (aka "Giant Impact") was actually the collision of a giant spherical object, designated the "Black Moon", into Earth approximately 4 billion years ago. As a result of the impact, huge amounts of debris, including the Black Moon's rocky exterior, were thrown into orbit, eventually coalescing into Earth's satellite, the Moon. This was made clear in the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The_Second_Angel|Classified Information]]. The "meteorite" theory in the above textbook page is a cover story, and is part of the effort to also blame [[Second Impact]] on a meteor.<br />
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=="Barons of Hell"==<br />
Almost from the beginning of Eva fandom, there has been an internet rumor that the Evangelions are based upon Biblical entities called "The Barons of Hell". There are two problems with this theory:<br />
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One is that there is no such thing as a "Baron of Hell" mentioned in the Bible or in any other Judeo-Christian source; extensive searches for the term have turned up only references to Eva and the ''Doom'' game. Some sources claim that the Barons are the same thing as the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", but the descriptions given to the Barons don't match up to the Horsemen.<br />
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The other problem is that we know exactly what the Evangelions '''are''' based upon. Evas were fundamentally based upon the oni (commonly translated as “demon” or “ogre”, but actually a specific type of Japanese monster). Says [[Hideaki Anno|Anno]] himself (in an interview published in Aerial Magazine):<br />
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''There's a monster in Japan called the Oni; it has two horns sticking out of its head and the overall image of the Eva is based on that. I also wanted to give the impression that beneath this ‘robot monster’ image is not so much a robot, but a giant human.''<br />
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[[Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg|thumb|left|A very Oni-looking Evangelion sketch]]<br />
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An early [http://evageeks.org/FGP/Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg sketch Anno did of an Eva] clearly betrays their oni roots. Working from this basic premise, and corresponding with Anno along the way, [[Ikuto Yamashita]] developed the Evas as we know them (with the exception of EoE's “harpies”).<br />
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==Kids born after 2I are soulless==<br />
A ridiculous idea used to explain the drop in birth rate after Second Impact, and why only kids born after Second Impact can synch with the Evangelions. This theory has no evidential basis whatsoever. Ritsuko explicitly states in Episode 20 that Shinji, born after Second Impact, has a soul.<br />
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==Spear of Longinus is the actual holy relic (that just somehow got BIG)==<br />
This is a product of putting too much stock in NGE's religious references. The Spear was actually excavated in Antarctica along with Adam, who was found impaled upon it. According to the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The Spear of Longinus|Classified Information]], each [[Source of Life]] is accompanied by a Spear that has a will of its own and can immobilize a Seed for going against its mission. Thus, the Spear of Longinus is billions of years old, not made by some Roman blacksmith, and impaled Adam for committing some unspecified offense.<br />
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==A.T. Field is a real-life psychology term==<br />
Since the very earliest days of Evangelion analysis, there has been a rumor that A.T. Field is a genuine psychological term that describes the barrier that separates autism patients from the world around them. However, extensive searching of online Psychology researches and forums has failed to find any use of the term other than in reference to NGE. Further research by those in the field has proven that "Absolute Terror" or similar terminology is simply not recognized in academia. Therefore, this rumor is false and has been conclusively proven so.<br />
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Examples of typical lousy fan-pages propagating the rumor: [http://www.arune.com/eva/words.html 1] [http://www.nervarchives.com/glossary.atfield.php 2]<br />
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==Eva-00 has the soul of Naoko==<br />
See: [[Eva-00's soul]].<br />
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==Someone we know killed Kaji==<br />
Many fans have come to the conclusion that [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]] shot Kaji, with little or no evidence to back it up. On the other hand, series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] has stated on the record{{fact}} that Kaji was not shot by any named character, but by an agent sent by either "[[Seele]] or [[Nerv|Nerv's]] intelligence division." In fact, Anno was so shocked by this notion{{fact}} that in the [[Director's Cut episodes|Director's cut]] of Episode 21, he removed a shot that had been cited as "evidence" of Misato's guilt. As broadcast, the scene of Kaji being shot was followed by an establishing shot of the door to Misato's apartment with her name on it; this shot was replaced in the Director's cut by one of the outside of her apartment building.<br />
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==Rei and Kaworu are actual albinos==<br />
Actual albinos don't have light blue hair! Albinos cannot walk outside without protection, otherwise they would suffer severe sunburn, and most have very poor eyesight. On the contrary, Kaworu's eyesight appears to be exceptional. It is worth noting that Ritsuko's complexion is only ''slightly'' darker than Rei's, although she's obviously not an albino.<br />
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==Toji not only loses his leg, but his arm as well==<br />
While Toji's left leg is plainly missing when he's on the hospital bed, it's not certain to tell if his left arm is, as well. However, both Toji's arms are seen as he is being hauled out of the entry plug. The [[Resources:End of Evangelion Screenplays#Touji & Kensuke's farewell (Basketball Court)|original storyboards]] for ''The End of Evangelion'' contain a scene showing Toji playing wheelchair basketball with Kensuke, where he clearly has both arms, eliminating the possibility that one of his arms was amputated.<br />
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==Naoko's Brain in Magi==<br />
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(Or any other brain for that matter.) This is due to the brain-like object Ritsuko reveals when she cuts into the Magi in episode 13. But it is clearly stated that the Magi are merely imprinted with the personality of Naoko Akagi - herself as a mother, scientist, and woman. The computers are also far too large to be actual human brains.<br />
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==Naoko's Soul in Magi==<br />
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Likely originated due to the fact that the Evas themselves have souls. There's also the issue of Caspar 'betraying' Ritsuko in End of Evangelion. But machines cannot be implanted with souls.<br />
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==Keel is the Wandering Jew==<br />
This is one of the most obnoxious myths about Evangelion. There is an old and racist story that claims that an onlooker at Christ's crucifixion spat upon him, and was punished by receiving the curse of immortality.{{fact}} He thus became the "wandering Jew", never able to make permanent friends or stay in one place lest people notice his never-aging nature. The theory is that Keel's motivation in bringing about Instrumentality is that it would at long last allow him to die. There are at least two huge problems with this notion. One is that there is '''absolutely nothing''' in the series to indicate that this is Keel's motivation.[[Image:Tank image 07a investigate.jpg|thumb|right|A visibly younger Keel in background with Gendo]] The other is that when Keel appears in flashback in ep. 21, he is visibly younger than in the series' present, and as has been noted, the Wandering Jew is supposed to be ageless. This theory is an example of the worst kind of speculation.<br><br><br />
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==The Dummy Plug Plant is the Chamber of Guf==<br />
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The Chamber of Guf is mentioned by Ritsuko in episode 23 when she, Misato, and Shinji are down in the Dummy Plug Plant. This comment likely lead people to believe the two were synonymous. Look [[Guf|here]] for an explanation of Guf within NGE.<br />
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==Adam was impaled on the Spear of Longinus by Lilith==<br />
The "Duel of the Seeds" idea was made up to explain why one Seed would be skewered by the Spear of Longinus and placed in suspended animation while the other would be free to spread life on Earth. The interaction between Rei and Kaworu was interpreted to mean that both of them (as Lilith and Adam respectively) had interacted previously. This idea was disproved when the Classified Information files revealed that each Seed was sent with its own Spear, and that Lilith's Spear was either lost or destroyed during First Impact. Adam was placed in suspended animation by its own Spear, which was used to impale Lilith later on.<br />
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==Death's string quartet scenes take place in the actual series timeline.==<br />
This one is easily disproved. Both Asuka and Kaworu appear in the String Quartet sequences. In the actual series timeline, Asuka is in the hospital under heavy sedation when Kaworu arrives, and is still there when he gets squished; they never meet. The String Quartet motif serves to separate the different focuses in [[Evangelion: Death|Death]] as well as fitting together with the musical score that was used, Pachelbel's Canon in D major.<br />
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=="Anno's Revenge"==<br />
Many are lead to believe, one way or another, that [[The End of Evangelion]] was Anno's revenge against the fans for the negative response received from the ending of the TV series. <br />
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Some say it is because Anno brutally killed off all of the main characters; however, this isn't anything new in the world of anime. Most notably, Yoshiyuki Tomino's [[Space Runaway Ideon]], where not just all the main characters are killed off, even children are brutally massacred. Even though Ideon may be one of Anno's biggest inspirations for Evangelion, the End of Evangelion was closer to the planned ending to the TV series{{fact}}. Some of the footage used in the TV series ending (corpses of Misato and Ritsuko) indicates that, even before the TV series ended, Anno had planned on killing these characters.<br />
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Some say it is because of scenes such as Shinji visiting the sedated Asuka in her hospital room. Although slightly out-of-left-field compared to the ending of the TV series, this scene does serve its purposes. Most importantly, it shows that Shinji has hit the low of all lows, and secondly, it is used as a reference later in the movie when Asuka says "Idiot! I know about your jerk-off fantasies of me. Do it again like usual... I'll even stand here and watch."<br />
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A subjective argument for Anno's revenge is the cinematic and narrative mindfuck that takes up most of the 2nd half of End of Evangelion. A subjective retort could be, "What about the end of the TV series?". As far as a non-subjective response, films have been known to use clashing motifs, non-linear story telling, and highly symbolic/obscure imagery, and the End of Evangelion isn't the first to use all three. Also, from an interpretive standpoint, the 2nd half of the movie does very well in showing the chaos and disembodiment of [[Human Instrumentality Project|Instrumentality]], specifically, what Shinji was going through.<br />
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Finally, some argue that the smoking gun for Anno's revenge is the sequence of quickly flashing (about one per frame) [[End of Evangelion Death Threats|death threats/hate mail]] which can be seen at the end of the live action sequence in the second half of the movie. However this rumor was started, it was probably propagated by the Commentary track on the Manga Entertainment release of End of Evangelion, where Amanda Winn Lee gives a mention of hate mail during this sequence{{fact}}. Since these have been translated to English, the majority of the letters and emails are that of personal attachment to the show, praise, or encouragement/anticipation for the End of Evangelion movie. Only one of the emails can be considered 'hate mail', and it was criticizing Death and Rebirth (not the end of the TV series at all), and the only 2 possible instances that could be considered a 'death threat' was graffiti on the wall outside of Gainax's studio (which was hypothesized to be from religious fanatics) and an email that said "Anno, I'll kill you!!!", which was a close-up of only that message on a computer monitor and lacked any context whatsoever. This puts the smoking gun argument on very shaky ground, as the sequence clearly isn't used as a "This is why I'm taking revenge on you people" message, or anything along those lines.<br />
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==The Mass Production Evas have no souls==<br />
In [[Episode 24]], Kaworu says that the [[A.T. Field]] is "The light of the soul", indicating that a soul is required to produce an A.T. Field. This is consistent all throughout the TV Series as well as in the movies, since the Mass Production Evangelions, in fact, do produce A.T. Fields:<br />
:Shigeru: "The Eva series' A.T. Fields are resonating!"<br />
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Some say that it is the pilots (Kaworu dummy plugs) which produce the A.T. Field. However, Ritsuko in [[Episode 17]] says:<br />
:"This is the dummy plug prototype.<br>Rei's personal data has been loaded into it,<br>but it's ''not really possible to digitize a human mind and soul''.<br>Ultimately, it's a fake, an imitation.<br>Just a machine that emulates a pilot's thinking process."<br />
Indicating that there is no real soul in the dummy plugs. Therefore, it is impossible for the dummy plug to generate an A.T. Field.<br />
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==Adam and Lilith were once a single being / Adam was born from Lilith==<br />
From a single mistranslated line. Misato's line should read, "Humans were born from Lilith, who is a Seed of Life just like Adam." This makes Adam and Lilith two equal beings.<br />
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==Pre-3I Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head==<br />
During Pre-3I Instrumentality, Shinji and Asuka witness a scene from Misato's college days, where she is having sex with Kaji. Shinji clearly has never seen this before asking "This is Misato? She does... this?" in which she replies "Yes, this is also me... The melting into one another's hearts... The me that Shinji doesn't know." If the entire Pre-Third Impact Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head, there is no way he would know these things.<br />
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==Asuka didn't die==<br />
Asuka and Eva-02 were killed by the harpies. Maya's and Shinji's horror and the mangled state of Eva-02 make it explicit. Since Asuka was suffering actual physical damage corresponding to the Eva's damage, there was no way Asuka could have survived the multiple Spear impacts or the subsequent mangling.<br />
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==The Asuka-Rei-Misato amalgamation==<br />
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This very common misconception was born due the last scene of End of Evangelion with Asuka and Shinji alone on the beach. Asuka's arm is bandaged (like Rei's in Episode 01) and her eyes appears to be brown (like Misato's). This lead some people to speculate that Asuka is really a combination of all three girls, and therefore Shinji's "dream girl". This ridiculous notion is absolutely false. The bandaged arm is due to her battle trauma in Eva-02 earlier in End of Evangelion (when a replica lance splits Eva-02's right arm completely). Her eyes are still blue, but merely tinted due to the hue of the scene.<br />
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Before Instrumentality was ended, Rei tells Shinji ''"If you wish once more for the existence of others, the barriers of the heart will separate everyone once more..."'' and Kaworu says ''"Is it okay for A.T. Fields to hurt you and others once more?"'', indicating that the A.T. Fields have separated everyone from each other.<br />
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==The Adam & Eve Scenario (or, Nobody Else is Coming Back)==<br />
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Considering that themes of Genesis pop up all over NGE, the final scene of End of Evangelion leads many to assume that Shinji and Asuka are the new Adam and Eve and are left alone to re-populate the world. But this theory is false if we are to believe Rei and Yui when, during the dissolution of Instrumentality, Rei states, "Anyone can return to human form as long as they can imagine themselves in their own heart.", and then Yui says, "All living things have the ability to return to their original form... and the heart to go on living."<br />
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A tentative list. <br />
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==NGE is religious propaganda==<br />
The religious symbolism in NGE is actually not used in any sort of religiously meaningful fashion. According to Evangelion Assistant Director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]:<br />
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"There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice."' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Kazuya_Tsurumaki:_Q.26A_from_.22Amusing_Himself_to_Death.22|Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death"]]<br />
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Here's an old essay from 2001 of someone [http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/writings/eva2.shtml getting it wrong]: "However, it is revealed at the end of the series that the Angels are actually failed attempts in the Creation (i.e., the Biblical Creation) that preceded mankind". Early inaccurate translations of the show may have contributed to this confusion.<br />
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==LCL means "Link Connect Liquid"==<br />
[[Image:LCL.JPG|left|thumb|Manga saying LCL stands for Link Connect Liquid]]<br />
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It is unknown what the initials "LCL" stand for within the anime series, but we do know what they '''don't''' mean. According to the Death and Rebirth theatrical program (special edition): <br />
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''Incidentally, the widely circulated idea that L.C.L is the abbreviation of "Link Connected Liquid" is incorrect.'' <br />
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Nowhere does it say what it does mean. [[Evangelion Chronicle]] suggests that one of the Ls stands for "Lilith".<br />
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In Sadamoto's [[Manga]] version, LCL ''is'' said to stand for Link Connect Liquid, written in the Dossier before a chapter starts.<br />
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==First Impact killed the dinosaurs==<br />
First Impact was never depicted or directly referred to on-screen. This has led several fans upon first glance to incorrectly assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the more well known asteroid impact which caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. <br />
[[Image:07 C080 textbook-overlay.jpg|thumb|A page from Shinji's textbook]]<br />
However, First Impact (aka "Giant Impact") was actually the collision of a giant spherical object, designated the "Black Moon", into Earth approximately 4 billion years ago. As a result of the impact, huge amounts of debris, including the Black Moon's rocky exterior, were thrown into orbit, eventually coalescing into Earth's satellite, the Moon. This was made clear in the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The_Second_Angel|Classified Information]]. The "meteorite" theory in the above textbook page is a cover story, and is part of the effort to also blame [[Second Impact]] on a meteor.<br />
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=="Barons of Hell"==<br />
Almost from the beginning of Eva fandom, there has been an internet rumor that the Evangelions are based upon Biblical entities called "The Barons of Hell". There are two problems with this theory:<br />
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One is that there is no such thing as a "Baron of Hell" mentioned in the Bible or in any other Judeo-Christian source; extensive searches for the term have turned up only references to Eva and the ''Doom'' game. Some sources claim that the Barons are the same thing as the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", but the descriptions given to the Barons don't match up to the Horsemen.<br />
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The other problem is that we know exactly what the Evangelions '''are''' based upon. Evas were fundamentally based upon the oni (commonly translated as “demon” or “ogre”, but actually a specific type of Japanese monster). Says [[Hideaki Anno|Anno]] himself (in an interview published in Aerial Magazine):<br />
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''There's a monster in Japan called the Oni; it has two horns sticking out of its head and the overall image of the Eva is based on that. I also wanted to give the impression that beneath this ‘robot monster’ image is not so much a robot, but a giant human.''<br />
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[[Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg|thumb|left|A very Oni-looking Evangelion sketch]]<br />
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An early [http://evageeks.org/FGP/Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg sketch Anno did of an Eva] clearly betrays their oni roots. Working from this basic premise, and corresponding with Anno along the way, [[Ikuto Yamashita]] developed the Evas as we know them (with the exception of EoE's “harpies”).<br />
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==Kids born after 2I are soulless==<br />
A ridiculous idea used to explain the drop in birth rate after Second Impact, and why only kids born after Second Impact can synch with the Evangelions. This theory has no evidential basis whatsoever. Ritsuko explicitly states in Episode 20 that Shinji, born after Second Impact, has a soul.<br />
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==Spear of Longinus is the actual holy relic (that just somehow got BIG)==<br />
This is a product of putting too much stock in NGE's religious references. The Spear was actually excavated in Antarctica along with Adam, who was found impaled upon it. According to the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The Spear of Longinus|Classified Information]], each [[Source of Life]] is accompanied by a Spear that has a will of its own and can immobilize a Seed for going against its mission. Thus, the Spear of Longinus is billions of years old, not made by some Roman blacksmith, and impaled Adam for committing some unspecified offense.<br />
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==A.T. Field is a real-life psychology term==<br />
Since the very earliest days of Evangelion analysis, there has been a rumor that A.T. Field is a genuine psychological term that describes the barrier that separates autism patients from the world around them. However, extensive searching of online Psychology researches and forums has failed to find any use of the term other than in reference to NGE. Further research by those in the field has proven that "Absolute Terror" or similar terminology is simply not recognized in academia. Therefore, this rumor is false and has been conclusively proven so.<br />
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Examples of typical lousy fan-pages propagating the rumor: [http://www.arune.com/eva/words.html 1] [http://www.nervarchives.com/glossary.atfield.php 2]<br />
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==Eva-00 has the soul of Naoko==<br />
See: [[Eva-00's soul]].<br />
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==Someone we know killed Kaji==<br />
Many fans have come to the conclusion that [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]] shot Kaji, with little or no evidence to back it up. On the other hand, series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] has stated on the record{{fact}} that Kaji was not shot by any named character, but by an agent sent by either "[[Seele]] or [[Nerv|Nerv's]] intelligence division." In fact, Anno was so shocked by this notion{{fact}} that in the [[Director's Cut episodes|Director's cut]] of Episode 21, he removed a shot that had been cited as "evidence" of Misato's guilt. As broadcast, the scene of Kaji being shot was followed by an establishing shot of the door to Misato's apartment with her name on it; this shot was replaced in the Director's cut by one of the outside of her apartment building.<br />
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==Rei and Kaworu are actual albinos==<br />
Actual albinos don't have light blue hair! Albinos cannot walk outside without protection, otherwise they would suffer severe sunburn, and most have very poor eyesight. On the contrary, Kaworu's eyesight appears to be exceptional. It is worth noting that Ritsuko's complexion is only ''slightly'' darker than Rei's, although she's obviously not an albino.<br />
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==Toji not only loses his leg, but his arm as well==<br />
While Toji's left leg is plainly missing when he's on the hospital bed, it is not possible to tell for certain if his left arm is as well. However, both Toji's arms are seen as he is being hauled out of the entry plug. The [[Resources:End of Evangelion Screenplays#Touji & Kensuke's farewell (Basketball Court)|original storyboards]] for ''The End of Evangelion'' also contain a scene showing Toji playing wheelchair basketball with Kensuke, where he clearly has both arms, eliminating the possibility that one of his arms was amputated at the hospital.<br />
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==Naoko's Brain in Magi==<br />
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(Or any other brain for that matter.) This is due to the brain-like object Ritsuko reveals when she cuts into the Magi in episode 13. But it is clearly stated that the Magi are merely imprinted with the personality of Naoko Akagi - herself as a mother, scientist, and woman. The computers are also far too large to be actual human brains.<br />
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==Naoko's Soul in Magi==<br />
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Likely originated due to the fact that the Evas themselves have souls. There's also the issue of Caspar 'betraying' Ritsuko in End of Evangelion. But machines cannot be implanted with souls.<br />
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==Keel is the Wandering Jew==<br />
This is one of the most obnoxious myths about Evangelion. There is an old and racist story that claims that an onlooker at Christ's crucifixion spat upon him, and was punished by receiving the curse of immortality.{{fact}} He thus became the "wandering Jew", never able to make permanent friends or stay in one place lest people notice his never-aging nature. The theory is that Keel's motivation in bringing about Instrumentality is that it would at long last allow him to die. There are at least two huge problems with this notion. One is that there is '''absolutely nothing''' in the series to indicate that this is Keel's motivation.[[Image:Tank image 07a investigate.jpg|thumb|right|A visibly younger Keel in background with Gendo]] The other is that when Keel appears in flashback in ep. 21, he is visibly younger than in the series' present, and as has been noted, the Wandering Jew is supposed to be ageless. This theory is an example of the worst kind of speculation.<br><br><br />
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==The Dummy Plug Plant is the Chamber of Guf==<br />
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The Chamber of Guf is mentioned by Ritsuko in episode 23 when she, Misato, and Shinji are down in the Dummy Plug Plant. This comment likely lead people to believe the two were synonymous. Look [[Guf|here]] for an explanation of Guf within NGE.<br />
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==Adam was impaled on the Spear of Longinus by Lilith==<br />
The "Duel of the Seeds" idea was made up to explain why one Seed would be skewered by the Spear of Longinus and placed in suspended animation while the other would be free to spread life on Earth. The interaction between Rei and Kaworu was interpreted to mean that both of them (as Lilith and Adam respectively) had interacted previously. This idea was disproved when the Classified Information files revealed that each Seed was sent with its own Spear, and that Lilith's Spear was either lost or destroyed during First Impact. Adam was placed in suspended animation by its own Spear, which was used to impale Lilith later on.<br />
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==Death's string quartet scenes take place in the actual series timeline.==<br />
This one is easily disproved. Both Asuka and Kaworu appear in the String Quartet sequences. In the actual series timeline, Asuka is in the hospital under heavy sedation when Kaworu arrives, and is still there when he gets squished; they never meet. The String Quartet motif serves to separate the different focuses in [[Evangelion: Death|Death]] as well as fitting together with the musical score that was used, Pachelbel's Canon in D major.<br />
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=="Anno's Revenge"==<br />
Many are lead to believe, one way or another, that [[The End of Evangelion]] was Anno's revenge against the fans for the negative response received from the ending of the TV series. <br />
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Some say it is because Anno brutally killed off all of the main characters; however, this isn't anything new in the world of anime. Most notably, Yoshiyuki Tomino's [[Space Runaway Ideon]], where not just all the main characters are killed off, even children are brutally massacred. Even though Ideon may be one of Anno's biggest inspirations for Evangelion, the End of Evangelion was closer to the planned ending to the TV series{{fact}}. Some of the footage used in the TV series ending (corpses of Misato and Ritsuko) indicates that, even before the TV series ended, Anno had planned on killing these characters.<br />
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Some say it is because of scenes such as Shinji visiting the sedated Asuka in her hospital room. Although slightly out-of-left-field compared to the ending of the TV series, this scene does serve its purposes. Most importantly, it shows that Shinji has hit the low of all lows, and secondly, it is used as a reference later in the movie when Asuka says "Idiot! I know about your jerk-off fantasies of me. Do it again like usual... I'll even stand here and watch."<br />
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A subjective argument for Anno's revenge is the cinematic and narrative mindfuck that takes up most of the 2nd half of End of Evangelion. A subjective retort could be, "What about the end of the TV series?". As far as a non-subjective response, films have been known to use clashing motifs, non-linear story telling, and highly symbolic/obscure imagery, and the End of Evangelion isn't the first to use all three. Also, from an interpretive standpoint, the 2nd half of the movie does very well in showing the chaos and disembodiment of [[Human Instrumentality Project|Instrumentality]], specifically, what Shinji was going through.<br />
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Finally, some argue that the smoking gun for Anno's revenge is the sequence of quickly flashing (about one per frame) [[End of Evangelion Death Threats|death threats/hate mail]] which can be seen at the end of the live action sequence in the second half of the movie. However this rumor was started, it was probably propagated by the Commentary track on the Manga Entertainment release of End of Evangelion, where Amanda Winn Lee gives a mention of hate mail during this sequence{{fact}}. Since these have been translated to English, the majority of the letters and emails are that of personal attachment to the show, praise, or encouragement/anticipation for the End of Evangelion movie. Only one of the emails can be considered 'hate mail', and it was criticizing Death and Rebirth (not the end of the TV series at all), and the only 2 possible instances that could be considered a 'death threat' was graffiti on the wall outside of Gainax's studio (which was hypothesized to be from religious fanatics) and an email that said "Anno, I'll kill you!!!", which was a close-up of only that message on a computer monitor and lacked any context whatsoever. This puts the smoking gun argument on very shaky ground, as the sequence clearly isn't used as a "This is why I'm taking revenge on you people" message, or anything along those lines.<br />
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==The Mass Production Evas have no souls==<br />
In [[Episode 24]], Kaworu says that the [[A.T. Field]] is "The light of the soul", indicating that a soul is required to produce an A.T. Field. This is consistent all throughout the TV Series as well as in the movies, since the Mass Production Evangelions, in fact, do produce A.T. Fields:<br />
:Shigeru: "The Eva series' A.T. Fields are resonating!"<br />
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Some say that it is the pilots (Kaworu dummy plugs) which produce the A.T. Field. However, Ritsuko in [[Episode 17]] says:<br />
:"This is the dummy plug prototype.<br>Rei's personal data has been loaded into it,<br>but it's ''not really possible to digitize a human mind and soul''.<br>Ultimately, it's a fake, an imitation.<br>Just a machine that emulates a pilot's thinking process."<br />
Indicating that there is no real soul in the dummy plugs. Therefore, it is impossible for the dummy plug to generate an A.T. Field.<br />
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==Adam and Lilith were once a single being / Adam was born from Lilith==<br />
From a single mistranslated line. Misato's line should read, "Humans were born from Lilith, who is a Seed of Life just like Adam." This makes Adam and Lilith two equal beings.<br />
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==Pre-3I Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head==<br />
During Pre-3I Instrumentality, Shinji and Asuka witness a scene from Misato's college days, where she is having sex with Kaji. Shinji clearly has never seen this before asking "This is Misato? She does... this?" in which she replies "Yes, this is also me... The melting into one another's hearts... The me that Shinji doesn't know." If the entire Pre-Third Impact Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head, there is no way he would know these things.<br />
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==Asuka didn't die==<br />
Asuka and Eva-02 were killed by the harpies. Maya's and Shinji's horror and the mangled state of Eva-02 make it explicit. Since Asuka was suffering actual physical damage corresponding to the Eva's damage, there was no way Asuka could have survived the multiple Spear impacts or the subsequent mangling.<br />
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==The Asuka-Rei-Misato amalgamation==<br />
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This very common misconception was born due the last scene of End of Evangelion with Asuka and Shinji alone on the beach. Asuka's arm is bandaged (like Rei's in Episode 01) and her eyes appears to be brown (like Misato's). This lead some people to speculate that Asuka is really a combination of all three girls, and therefore Shinji's "dream girl". This ridiculous notion is absolutely false. The bandaged arm is due to her battle trauma in Eva-02 earlier in End of Evangelion (when a replica lance splits Eva-02's right arm completely). Her eyes are still blue, but merely tinted due to the hue of the scene.<br />
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Before Instrumentality was ended, Rei tells Shinji ''"If you wish once more for the existence of others, the barriers of the heart will separate everyone once more..."'' and Kaworu says ''"Is it okay for A.T. Fields to hurt you and others once more?"'', indicating that the A.T. Fields have separated everyone from each other.<br />
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==The Adam & Eve Scenario (or, Nobody Else is Coming Back)==<br />
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Considering that themes of Genesis pop up all over NGE, the final scene of End of Evangelion leads many to assume that Shinji and Asuka are the new Adam and Eve and are left alone to re-populate the world. But this theory is false if we are to believe Rei and Yui when, during the dissolution of Instrumentality, Rei states, "Anyone can return to human form as long as they can imagine themselves in their own heart.", and then Yui says, "All living things have the ability to return to their original form... and the heart to go on living."<br />
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A tentative list. <br />
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==NGE is religious propaganda==<br />
The religious symbolism in NGE is actually not used in any sort of religiously meaningful fashion. According to Evangelion Assistant Director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]:<br />
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"There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice."' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Kazuya_Tsurumaki:_Q.26A_from_.22Amusing_Himself_to_Death.22|Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death"]]<br />
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Here's an old essay from 2001 of someone [http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/writings/eva2.shtml getting it wrong]: "However, it is revealed at the end of the series that the Angels are actually failed attempts in the Creation (i.e., the Biblical Creation) that preceded mankind". Early inaccurate translations of the show may have contributed to this confusion.<br />
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==LCL means "Link Connect Liquid"==<br />
[[Image:LCL.JPG|left|thumb|Manga saying LCL stands for Link Connect Liquid]]<br />
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It is unknown what the initials "LCL" stand for within the anime series, but we do know what they '''don't''' mean. According to the Death and Rebirth theatrical program (special edition): <br />
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''Incidentally, the widely circulated idea that L.C.L is the abbreviation of "Link Connected Liquid" is incorrect.'' <br />
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Nowhere does it say what it does mean. [[Evangelion Chronicle]] suggests that one of the Ls stands for "Lilith".<br />
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In Sadamoto's [[Manga]] version, LCL is said to stand for Link Connect Liquid, written in the Dossier before a chapter starts.<br />
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==First Impact killed the dinosaurs==<br />
First Impact was never depicted or directly referred to on-screen. This has led several fans upon first glance to incorrectly assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the more well known asteroid impact which caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. <br />
[[Image:07 C080 textbook-overlay.jpg|thumb|A page from Shinji's textbook]]<br />
However, First Impact (aka "Giant Impact") was actually the collision of a giant spherical object, designated the "Black Moon", into Earth approximately 4 billion years ago. As a result of the impact, huge amounts of debris, including the Black Moon's rocky exterior, were thrown into orbit, eventually coalescing into Earth's satellite, the Moon. This was made clear in the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The_Second_Angel|Classified Information]]. The "meteorite" theory in the above textbook page is a cover story, and is part of the effort to also blame [[Second Impact]] on a meteor.<br />
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=="Barons of Hell"==<br />
Almost from the beginning of Eva fandom, there has been an internet rumor that the Evangelions are based upon Biblical entities called "The Barons of Hell". There are two problems with this theory:<br />
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One is that there is no such thing as a "Baron of Hell" mentioned in the Bible or in any other Judeo-Christian source; extensive searches for the term have turned up only references to Eva and the ''Doom'' game. Some sources claim that the Barons are the same thing as the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", but the descriptions given to the Barons don't match up to the Horsemen.<br />
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The other problem is that we know exactly what the Evangelions '''are''' based upon. Evas were fundamentally based upon the oni (commonly translated as “demon” or “ogre”, but actually a specific type of Japanese monster). Says [[Hideaki Anno|Anno]] himself (in an interview published in Aerial Magazine):<br />
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''There's a monster in Japan called the Oni; it has two horns sticking out of its head and the overall image of the Eva is based on that. I also wanted to give the impression that beneath this ‘robot monster’ image is not so much a robot, but a giant human.''<br />
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[[Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg|thumb|left|A very Oni-looking Evangelion sketch]]<br />
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An early [http://evageeks.org/FGP/Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg sketch Anno did of an Eva] clearly betrays their oni roots. Working from this basic premise, and corresponding with Anno along the way, [[Ikuto Yamashita]] developed the Evas as we know them (with the exception of EoE's “harpies”).<br />
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==Kids born after 2I are soulless==<br />
A ridiculous idea used to explain the drop in birth rate after Second Impact, and why only kids born after Second Impact can synch with the Evangelions. This theory has no evidential basis whatsoever. Ritsuko explicitly states in Episode 20 that Shinji, born after Second Impact, has a soul.<br />
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==Spear of Longinus is the actual holy relic (that just somehow got BIG)==<br />
This is a product of putting too much stock in NGE's religious references. The Spear was actually excavated in Antarctica along with Adam, who was found impaled upon it. According to the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The Spear of Longinus|Classified Information]], each [[Source of Life]] is accompanied by a Spear that has a will of its own and can immobilize a Seed for going against its mission. Thus, the Spear of Longinus is billions of years old, not made by some Roman blacksmith, and impaled Adam for committing some unspecified offense.<br />
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==A.T. Field is a real-life psychology term==<br />
Since the very earliest days of Evangelion analysis, there has been a rumor that A.T. Field is a genuine psychological term that describes the barrier that separates autism patients from the world around them. However, extensive searching of online Psychology researches and forums has failed to find any use of the term other than in reference to NGE. Further research by those in the field has proven that "Absolute Terror" or similar terminology is simply not recognized in academia. Therefore, this rumor is false and has been conclusively proven so.<br />
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Examples of typical lousy fan-pages propagating the rumor: [http://www.arune.com/eva/words.html 1] [http://www.nervarchives.com/glossary.atfield.php 2]<br />
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==Eva-00 has the soul of Naoko==<br />
See: [[Eva-00's soul]].<br />
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==Someone we know killed Kaji==<br />
Many fans have come to the conclusion that [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]] shot Kaji, with little or no evidence to back it up. On the other hand, series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] has stated on the record{{fact}} that Kaji was not shot by any named character, but by an agent sent by either "[[Seele]] or [[Nerv|Nerv's]] intelligence division." In fact, Anno was so shocked by this notion{{fact}} that in the [[Director's Cut episodes|Director's cut]] of Episode 21, he removed a shot that had been cited as "evidence" of Misato's guilt. As broadcast, the scene of Kaji being shot was followed by an establishing shot of the door to Misato's apartment with her name on it; this shot was replaced in the Director's cut by one of the outside of her apartment building.<br />
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==Rei and Kaworu are actual albinos==<br />
Actual albinos don't have light blue hair! Albinos cannot walk outside without protection, otherwise they would suffer severe sunburn, and most have very poor eyesight. On the contrary, Kaworu's eyesight appears to be exceptional. It is worth noting that Ritsuko's complexion is only ''slightly'' darker than Rei's, although she's obviously not an albino.<br />
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==Toji not only loses his leg, but his arm as well==<br />
While Toji's left leg is plainly missing when he's on the hospital bed, it is not possible to tell for certain if his left arm is as well. However, both Toji's arms are seen as he is being hauled out of the entry plug. The [[Resources:End of Evangelion Screenplays#Touji & Kensuke's farewell (Basketball Court)|original storyboards]] for ''The End of Evangelion'' also contain a scene showing Toji playing wheelchair basketball with Kensuke, where he clearly has both arms, eliminating the possibility that one of his arms was amputated at the hospital.<br />
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==Naoko's Brain in Magi==<br />
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(Or any other brain for that matter.) This is due to the brain-like object Ritsuko reveals when she cuts into the Magi in episode 13. But it is clearly stated that the Magi are merely imprinted with the personality of Naoko Akagi - herself as a mother, scientist, and woman. The computers are also far too large to be actual human brains.<br />
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==Naoko's Soul in Magi==<br />
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Likely originated due to the fact that the Evas themselves have souls. There's also the issue of Caspar 'betraying' Ritsuko in End of Evangelion. But machines cannot be implanted with souls.<br />
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==Keel is the Wandering Jew==<br />
This is one of the most obnoxious myths about Evangelion. There is an old and racist story that claims that an onlooker at Christ's crucifixion spat upon him, and was punished by receiving the curse of immortality.{{fact}} He thus became the "wandering Jew", never able to make permanent friends or stay in one place lest people notice his never-aging nature. The theory is that Keel's motivation in bringing about Instrumentality is that it would at long last allow him to die. There are at least two huge problems with this notion. One is that there is '''absolutely nothing''' in the series to indicate that this is Keel's motivation.[[Image:Tank image 07a investigate.jpg|thumb|right|A visibly younger Keel in background with Gendo]] The other is that when Keel appears in flashback in ep. 21, he is visibly younger than in the series' present, and as has been noted, the Wandering Jew is supposed to be ageless. This theory is an example of the worst kind of speculation.<br><br><br />
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==The Dummy Plug Plant is the Chamber of Guf==<br />
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The Chamber of Guf is mentioned by Ritsuko in episode 23 when she, Misato, and Shinji are down in the Dummy Plug Plant. This comment likely lead people to believe the two were synonymous. Look [[Guf|here]] for an explanation of Guf within NGE.<br />
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==Adam was impaled on the Spear of Longinus by Lilith==<br />
The "Duel of the Seeds" idea was made up to explain why one Seed would be skewered by the Spear of Longinus and placed in suspended animation while the other would be free to spread life on Earth. The interaction between Rei and Kaworu was interpreted to mean that both of them (as Lilith and Adam respectively) had interacted previously. This idea was disproved when the Classified Information files revealed that each Seed was sent with its own Spear, and that Lilith's Spear was either lost or destroyed during First Impact. Adam was placed in suspended animation by its own Spear, which was used to impale Lilith later on.<br />
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==Death's string quartet scenes take place in the actual series timeline.==<br />
This one is easily disproved. Both Asuka and Kaworu appear in the String Quartet sequences. In the actual series timeline, Asuka is in the hospital under heavy sedation when Kaworu arrives, and is still there when he gets squished; they never meet. The String Quartet motif serves to separate the different focuses in [[Evangelion: Death|Death]] as well as fitting together with the musical score that was used, Pachelbel's Canon in D major.<br />
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=="Anno's Revenge"==<br />
Many are lead to believe, one way or another, that [[The End of Evangelion]] was Anno's revenge against the fans for the negative response received from the ending of the TV series. <br />
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Some say it is because Anno brutally killed off all of the main characters; however, this isn't anything new in the world of anime. Most notably, Yoshiyuki Tomino's [[Space Runaway Ideon]], where not just all the main characters are killed off, even children are brutally massacred. Even though Ideon may be one of Anno's biggest inspirations for Evangelion, the End of Evangelion was closer to the planned ending to the TV series{{fact}}. Some of the footage used in the TV series ending (corpses of Misato and Ritsuko) indicates that, even before the TV series ended, Anno had planned on killing these characters.<br />
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Some say it is because of scenes such as Shinji visiting the sedated Asuka in her hospital room. Although slightly out-of-left-field compared to the ending of the TV series, this scene does serve its purposes. Most importantly, it shows that Shinji has hit the low of all lows, and secondly, it is used as a reference later in the movie when Asuka says "Idiot! I know about your jerk-off fantasies of me. Do it again like usual... I'll even stand here and watch."<br />
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A subjective argument for Anno's revenge is the cinematic and narrative mindfuck that takes up most of the 2nd half of End of Evangelion. A subjective retort could be, "What about the end of the TV series?". As far as a non-subjective response, films have been known to use clashing motifs, non-linear story telling, and highly symbolic/obscure imagery, and the End of Evangelion isn't the first to use all three. Also, from an interpretive standpoint, the 2nd half of the movie does very well in showing the chaos and disembodiment of [[Human Instrumentality Project|Instrumentality]], specifically, what Shinji was going through.<br />
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Finally, some argue that the smoking gun for Anno's revenge is the sequence of quickly flashing (about one per frame) [[End of Evangelion Death Threats|death threats/hate mail]] which can be seen at the end of the live action sequence in the second half of the movie. However this rumor was started, it was probably propagated by the Commentary track on the Manga Entertainment release of End of Evangelion, where Amanda Winn Lee gives a mention of hate mail during this sequence{{fact}}. Since these have been translated to English, the majority of the letters and emails are that of personal attachment to the show, praise, or encouragement/anticipation for the End of Evangelion movie. Only one of the emails can be considered 'hate mail', and it was criticizing Death and Rebirth (not the end of the TV series at all), and the only 2 possible instances that could be considered a 'death threat' was graffiti on the wall outside of Gainax's studio (which was hypothesized to be from religious fanatics) and an email that said "Anno, I'll kill you!!!", which was a close-up of only that message on a computer monitor and lacked any context whatsoever. This puts the smoking gun argument on very shaky ground, as the sequence clearly isn't used as a "This is why I'm taking revenge on you people" message, or anything along those lines.<br />
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==The Mass Production Evas have no souls==<br />
In [[Episode 24]], Kaworu says that the [[A.T. Field]] is "The light of the soul", indicating that a soul is required to produce an A.T. Field. This is consistent all throughout the TV Series as well as in the movies, since the Mass Production Evangelions, in fact, do produce A.T. Fields:<br />
:Shigeru: "The Eva series' A.T. Fields are resonating!"<br />
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Some say that it is the pilots (Kaworu dummy plugs) which produce the A.T. Field. However, Ritsuko in [[Episode 17]] says:<br />
:"This is the dummy plug prototype.<br>Rei's personal data has been loaded into it,<br>but it's ''not really possible to digitize a human mind and soul''.<br>Ultimately, it's a fake, an imitation.<br>Just a machine that emulates a pilot's thinking process."<br />
Indicating that there is no real soul in the dummy plugs. Therefore, it is impossible for the dummy plug to generate an A.T. Field.<br />
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==Adam and Lilith were once a single being / Adam was born from Lilith==<br />
From a single mistranslated line. Misato's line should read, "Humans were born from Lilith, who is a Seed of Life just like Adam." This makes Adam and Lilith two equal beings.<br />
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==Pre-3I Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head==<br />
During Pre-3I Instrumentality, Shinji and Asuka witness a scene from Misato's college days, where she is having sex with Kaji. Shinji clearly has never seen this before asking "This is Misato? She does... this?" in which she replies "Yes, this is also me... The melting into one another's hearts... The me that Shinji doesn't know." If the entire Pre-Third Impact Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head, there is no way he would know these things.<br />
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==Asuka didn't die==<br />
Asuka and Eva-02 were killed by the harpies. Maya's and Shinji's horror and the mangled state of Eva-02 make it explicit. Since Asuka was suffering actual physical damage corresponding to the Eva's damage, there was no way Asuka could have survived the multiple Spear impacts or the subsequent mangling.<br />
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==The Asuka-Rei-Misato amalgamation==<br />
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This very common misconception was born due the last scene of End of Evangelion with Asuka and Shinji alone on the beach. Asuka's arm is bandaged (like Rei's in Episode 01) and her eyes appears to be brown (like Misato's). This lead some people to speculate that Asuka is really a combination of all three girls, and therefore Shinji's "dream girl". This ridiculous notion is absolutely false. The bandaged arm is due to her battle trauma in Eva-02 earlier in End of Evangelion (when a replica lance splits Eva-02's right arm completely). Her eyes are still blue, but merely tinted due to the hue of the scene.<br />
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Before Instrumentality was ended, Rei tells Shinji ''"If you wish once more for the existence of others, the barriers of the heart will separate everyone once more..."'' and Kaworu says ''"Is it okay for A.T. Fields to hurt you and others once more?"'', indicating that the A.T. Fields have separated everyone from each other.<br />
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==The Adam & Eve Scenario (or, Nobody Else is Coming Back)==<br />
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Considering that themes of Genesis pop up all over NGE, the final scene of End of Evangelion leads many to assume that Shinji and Asuka are the new Adam and Eve and are left alone to re-populate the world. But this theory is false if we are to believe Rei and Yui when, during the dissolution of Instrumentality, Rei states, "Anyone can return to human form as long as they can imagine themselves in their own heart.", and then Yui says, "All living things have the ability to return to their original form... and the heart to go on living."<br />
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A tentative list. <br />
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==NGE is religious propaganda==<br />
The religious symbolism in NGE is actually not used in any sort of religiously meaningful fashion. According to Evangelion Assistant Director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]:<br />
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[''"There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice"'' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Kazuya_Tsurumaki:_Q.26A_from_.22Amusing_Himself_to_Death.22|Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death"]]<br />
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Here's an essay via 2001 of someone [http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/writings/eva2.shtml getting it wrong]: "However, it is revealed at the end of the series that the Angels are actually failed attempts in the Creation (i.e., the Biblical Creation) that preceded mankind". Early inaccurate translations of the show may have contributed to this confusion.<br />
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==LCL means "Link Connect Liquid"==<br />
[[Image:LCL.JPG|left|thumb|Manga saying LCL stands for Link Connect Liquid]]<br />
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It is unknown what the initials "LCL" stand for within the anime series, but we do know what they '''don't''' mean. According to the Death and Rebirth theatrical program (special edition): <br />
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''Incidentally, the widely circulated idea that L.C.L is the abbreviation of "Link Connected Liquid" is incorrect.'' <br />
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Nowhere does it say what it does mean. [[Evangelion Chronicle]] suggests that one of the Ls stands for "Lilith".<br />
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In Sadamoto's [[Manga]] version, LCL is said to stand for Link Connect Liquid, written in the Dossier before a chapter starts.<br />
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==First Impact killed the dinosaurs==<br />
First Impact was never depicted or directly referred to on-screen. This has led several fans upon first glance to incorrectly assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the more well known asteroid impact which caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. <br />
[[Image:07 C080 textbook-overlay.jpg|thumb|A page from Shinji's textbook]]<br />
However, First Impact (aka "Giant Impact") was actually the collision of a giant spherical object, designated the "Black Moon", into Earth approximately 4 billion years ago. As a result of the impact, huge amounts of debris, including the Black Moon's rocky exterior, were thrown into orbit, eventually coalescing into Earth's satellite, the Moon. This was made clear in the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The_Second_Angel|Classified Information]]. The "meteorite" theory in the above textbook page is a cover story, and is part of the effort to also blame [[Second Impact]] on a meteor.<br />
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=="Barons of Hell"==<br />
Almost from the beginning of Eva fandom, there has been an internet rumor that the Evangelions are based upon Biblical entities called "The Barons of Hell". There are two problems with this theory:<br />
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One is that there is no such thing as a "Baron of Hell" mentioned in the Bible or in any other Judeo-Christian source; extensive searches for the term have turned up only references to Eva and the ''Doom'' game. Some sources claim that the Barons are the same thing as the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", but the descriptions given to the Barons don't match up to the Horsemen.<br />
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The other problem is that we know exactly what the Evangelions '''are''' based upon. Evas were fundamentally based upon the oni (commonly translated as “demon” or “ogre”, but actually a specific type of Japanese monster). Says [[Hideaki Anno|Anno]] himself (in an interview published in Aerial Magazine):<br />
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''There's a monster in Japan called the Oni; it has two horns sticking out of its head and the overall image of the Eva is based on that. I also wanted to give the impression that beneath this ‘robot monster’ image is not so much a robot, but a giant human.''<br />
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[[Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg|thumb|left|A very Oni-looking Evangelion sketch]]<br />
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An early [http://evageeks.org/FGP/Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg sketch Anno did of an Eva] clearly betrays their oni roots. Working from this basic premise, and corresponding with Anno along the way, [[Ikuto Yamashita]] developed the Evas as we know them (with the exception of EoE's “harpies”).<br />
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==Kids born after 2I are soulless==<br />
A ridiculous idea used to explain the drop in birth rate after Second Impact, and why only kids born after Second Impact can synch with the Evangelions. This theory has no evidential basis whatsoever. Ritsuko explicitly states in Episode 20 that Shinji, born after Second Impact, has a soul.<br />
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==Spear of Longinus is the actual holy relic (that just somehow got BIG)==<br />
This is a product of putting too much stock in NGE's religious references. The Spear was actually excavated in Antarctica along with Adam, who was found impaled upon it. According to the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The Spear of Longinus|Classified Information]], each [[Source of Life]] is accompanied by a Spear that has a will of its own and can immobilize a Seed for going against its mission. Thus, the Spear of Longinus is billions of years old, not made by some Roman blacksmith, and impaled Adam for committing some unspecified offense.<br />
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==A.T. Field is a real-life psychology term==<br />
Since the very earliest days of Evangelion analysis, there has been a rumor that A.T. Field is a genuine psychological term that describes the barrier that separates autism patients from the world around them. However, extensive searching of online Psychology researches and forums has failed to find any use of the term other than in reference to NGE. Further research by those in the field has proven that "Absolute Terror" or similar terminology is simply not recognized in academia. Therefore, this rumor is false and has been conclusively proven so.<br />
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Examples of typical lousy fan-pages propagating the rumor: [http://www.arune.com/eva/words.html 1] [http://www.nervarchives.com/glossary.atfield.php 2]<br />
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==Eva-00 has the soul of Naoko==<br />
See: [[Eva-00's soul]].<br />
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==Someone we know killed Kaji==<br />
Many fans have come to the conclusion that [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]] shot Kaji, with little or no evidence to back it up. On the other hand, series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] has stated on the record{{fact}} that Kaji was not shot by any named character, but by an agent sent by either "[[Seele]] or [[Nerv|Nerv's]] intelligence division." In fact, Anno was so shocked by this notion{{fact}} that in the [[Director's Cut episodes|Director's cut]] of Episode 21, he removed a shot that had been cited as "evidence" of Misato's guilt. As broadcast, the scene of Kaji being shot was followed by an establishing shot of the door to Misato's apartment with her name on it; this shot was replaced in the Director's cut by one of the outside of her apartment building.<br />
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==Rei and Kaworu are actual albinos==<br />
Actual albinos don't have light blue hair! Albinos cannot walk outside without protection, otherwise they would suffer severe sunburn, and most have very poor eyesight. On the contrary, Kaworu's eyesight appears to be exceptional. It is worth noting that Ritsuko's complexion is only ''slightly'' darker than Rei's, although she's obviously not an albino.<br />
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==Toji not only loses his leg, but his arm as well==<br />
While Toji's left leg is plainly missing when he's on the hospital bed, it is not possible to tell for certain if his left arm is as well. However, both Toji's arms are seen as he is being hauled out of the entry plug. The [[Resources:End of Evangelion Screenplays#Touji & Kensuke's farewell (Basketball Court)|original storyboards]] for ''The End of Evangelion'' also contain a scene showing Toji playing wheelchair basketball with Kensuke, where he clearly has both arms, eliminating the possibility that one of his arms was amputated at the hospital.<br />
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==Naoko's Brain in Magi==<br />
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(Or any other brain for that matter.) This is due to the brain-like object Ritsuko reveals when she cuts into the Magi in episode 13. But it is clearly stated that the Magi are merely imprinted with the personality of Naoko Akagi - herself as a mother, scientist, and woman. The computers are also far too large to be actual human brains.<br />
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==Naoko's Soul in Magi==<br />
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Likely originated due to the fact that the Evas themselves have souls. There's also the issue of Caspar 'betraying' Ritsuko in End of Evangelion. But machines cannot be implanted with souls.<br />
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==Keel is the Wandering Jew==<br />
This is one of the most obnoxious myths about Evangelion. There is an old and racist story that claims that an onlooker at Christ's crucifixion spat upon him, and was punished by receiving the curse of immortality.{{fact}} He thus became the "wandering Jew", never able to make permanent friends or stay in one place lest people notice his never-aging nature. The theory is that Keel's motivation in bringing about Instrumentality is that it would at long last allow him to die. There are at least two huge problems with this notion. One is that there is '''absolutely nothing''' in the series to indicate that this is Keel's motivation.[[Image:Tank image 07a investigate.jpg|thumb|right|A visibly younger Keel in background with Gendo]] The other is that when Keel appears in flashback in ep. 21, he is visibly younger than in the series' present, and as has been noted, the Wandering Jew is supposed to be ageless. This theory is an example of the worst kind of speculation.<br><br><br />
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==The Dummy Plug Plant is the Chamber of Guf==<br />
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The Chamber of Guf is mentioned by Ritsuko in episode 23 when she, Misato, and Shinji are down in the Dummy Plug Plant. This comment likely lead people to believe the two were synonymous. Look [[Guf|here]] for an explanation of Guf within NGE.<br />
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==Adam was impaled on the Spear of Longinus by Lilith==<br />
The "Duel of the Seeds" idea was made up to explain why one Seed would be skewered by the Spear of Longinus and placed in suspended animation while the other would be free to spread life on Earth. The interaction between Rei and Kaworu was interpreted to mean that both of them (as Lilith and Adam respectively) had interacted previously. This idea was disproved when the Classified Information files revealed that each Seed was sent with its own Spear, and that Lilith's Spear was either lost or destroyed during First Impact. Adam was placed in suspended animation by its own Spear, which was used to impale Lilith later on.<br />
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==Death's string quartet scenes take place in the actual series timeline.==<br />
This one is easily disproved. Both Asuka and Kaworu appear in the String Quartet sequences. In the actual series timeline, Asuka is in the hospital under heavy sedation when Kaworu arrives, and is still there when he gets squished; they never meet. The String Quartet motif serves to separate the different focuses in [[Evangelion: Death|Death]] as well as fitting together with the musical score that was used, Pachelbel's Canon in D major.<br />
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=="Anno's Revenge"==<br />
Many are lead to believe, one way or another, that [[The End of Evangelion]] was Anno's revenge against the fans for the negative response received from the ending of the TV series. <br />
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Some say it is because Anno brutally killed off all of the main characters; however, this isn't anything new in the world of anime. Most notably, Yoshiyuki Tomino's [[Space Runaway Ideon]], where not just all the main characters are killed off, even children are brutally massacred. Even though Ideon may be one of Anno's biggest inspirations for Evangelion, the End of Evangelion was closer to the planned ending to the TV series{{fact}}. Some of the footage used in the TV series ending (corpses of Misato and Ritsuko) indicates that, even before the TV series ended, Anno had planned on killing these characters.<br />
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Some say it is because of scenes such as Shinji visiting the sedated Asuka in her hospital room. Although slightly out-of-left-field compared to the ending of the TV series, this scene does serve its purposes. Most importantly, it shows that Shinji has hit the low of all lows, and secondly, it is used as a reference later in the movie when Asuka says "Idiot! I know about your jerk-off fantasies of me. Do it again like usual... I'll even stand here and watch."<br />
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A subjective argument for Anno's revenge is the cinematic and narrative mindfuck that takes up most of the 2nd half of End of Evangelion. A subjective retort could be, "What about the end of the TV series?". As far as a non-subjective response, films have been known to use clashing motifs, non-linear story telling, and highly symbolic/obscure imagery, and the End of Evangelion isn't the first to use all three. Also, from an interpretive standpoint, the 2nd half of the movie does very well in showing the chaos and disembodiment of [[Human Instrumentality Project|Instrumentality]], specifically, what Shinji was going through.<br />
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Finally, some argue that the smoking gun for Anno's revenge is the sequence of quickly flashing (about one per frame) [[End of Evangelion Death Threats|death threats/hate mail]] which can be seen at the end of the live action sequence in the second half of the movie. However this rumor was started, it was probably propagated by the Commentary track on the Manga Entertainment release of End of Evangelion, where Amanda Winn Lee gives a mention of hate mail during this sequence{{fact}}. Since these have been translated to English, the majority of the letters and emails are that of personal attachment to the show, praise, or encouragement/anticipation for the End of Evangelion movie. Only one of the emails can be considered 'hate mail', and it was criticizing Death and Rebirth (not the end of the TV series at all), and the only 2 possible instances that could be considered a 'death threat' was graffiti on the wall outside of Gainax's studio (which was hypothesized to be from religious fanatics) and an email that said "Anno, I'll kill you!!!", which was a close-up of only that message on a computer monitor and lacked any context whatsoever. This puts the smoking gun argument on very shaky ground, as the sequence clearly isn't used as a "This is why I'm taking revenge on you people" message, or anything along those lines.<br />
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==The Mass Production Evas have no souls==<br />
In [[Episode 24]], Kaworu says that the [[A.T. Field]] is "The light of the soul", indicating that a soul is required to produce an A.T. Field. This is consistent all throughout the TV Series as well as in the movies, since the Mass Production Evangelions, in fact, do produce A.T. Fields:<br />
:Shigeru: "The Eva series' A.T. Fields are resonating!"<br />
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Some say that it is the pilots (Kaworu dummy plugs) which produce the A.T. Field. However, Ritsuko in [[Episode 17]] says:<br />
:"This is the dummy plug prototype.<br>Rei's personal data has been loaded into it,<br>but it's ''not really possible to digitize a human mind and soul''.<br>Ultimately, it's a fake, an imitation.<br>Just a machine that emulates a pilot's thinking process."<br />
Indicating that there is no real soul in the dummy plugs. Therefore, it is impossible for the dummy plug to generate an A.T. Field.<br />
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==Adam and Lilith were once a single being / Adam was born from Lilith==<br />
From a single mistranslated line. Misato's line should read, "Humans were born from Lilith, who is a Seed of Life just like Adam." This makes Adam and Lilith two equal beings.<br />
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==Pre-3I Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head==<br />
During Pre-3I Instrumentality, Shinji and Asuka witness a scene from Misato's college days, where she is having sex with Kaji. Shinji clearly has never seen this before asking "This is Misato? She does... this?" in which she replies "Yes, this is also me... The melting into one another's hearts... The me that Shinji doesn't know." If the entire Pre-Third Impact Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head, there is no way he would know these things.<br />
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==Asuka didn't die==<br />
Asuka and Eva-02 were killed by the harpies. Maya's and Shinji's horror and the mangled state of Eva-02 make it explicit. Since Asuka was suffering actual physical damage corresponding to the Eva's damage, there was no way Asuka could have survived the multiple Spear impacts or the subsequent mangling.<br />
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==The Asuka-Rei-Misato amalgamation==<br />
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This very common misconception was born due the last scene of End of Evangelion with Asuka and Shinji alone on the beach. Asuka's arm is bandaged (like Rei's in Episode 01) and her eyes appears to be brown (like Misato's). This lead some people to speculate that Asuka is really a combination of all three girls, and therefore Shinji's "dream girl". This ridiculous notion is absolutely false. The bandaged arm is due to her battle trauma in Eva-02 earlier in End of Evangelion (when a replica lance splits Eva-02's right arm completely). Her eyes are still blue, but merely tinted due to the hue of the scene.<br />
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Before Instrumentality was ended, Rei tells Shinji ''"If you wish once more for the existence of others, the barriers of the heart will separate everyone once more..."'' and Kaworu says ''"Is it okay for A.T. Fields to hurt you and others once more?"'', indicating that the A.T. Fields have separated everyone from each other.<br />
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==The Adam & Eve Scenario (or, Nobody Else is Coming Back)==<br />
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Considering that themes of Genesis pop up all over NGE, the final scene of End of Evangelion leads many to assume that Shinji and Asuka are the new Adam and Eve and are left alone to re-populate the world. But this theory is false if we are to believe Rei and Yui when, during the dissolution of Instrumentality, Rei states, "Anyone can return to human form as long as they can imagine themselves in their own heart.", and then Yui says, "All living things have the ability to return to their original form... and the heart to go on living."<br />
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==NGE is religious propaganda==<br />
The religious symbolism in NGE is actually not used in any sort of religiously meaningful fashion. According to Evangelion Assistant Director [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]:<br />
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[''"There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice"'' - [[Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Kazuya_Tsurumaki:_Q.26A_from_.22Amusing_Himself_to_Death.22|Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death"]]<br />
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Here's an essay via 2001 of someone [http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/writings/eva2.shtml getting it wrong]: "However, it is revealed at the end of the series that the Angels are actually failed attempts in the Creation (i.e., the Biblical Creation) that preceded mankind". Early inaccurate translations of the show may have contributed to this confusion.<br />
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==LCL means "Link Connect Liquid"==<br />
[[Image:LCL.JPG|left|thumb|Manga saying LCL stands for Link Connect Liquid]]<br />
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It is unknown what the initials "LCL" stand for, but we do know what they '''don't''' mean. According to the Death and Rebirth theatrical program (special edition): <br />
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''Incidentally, the widely circulated idea that L.C.L is the abbreviation of "Link Connected Liquid" is incorrect.'' <br />
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Nowhere does it say what it does mean. [[Evangelion Chronicle]] suggests that one of the Ls stands for "Lilith".<br />
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In the [[Manga]], LCL is said to stand for Link Connect Liquid. It is written in the Dossier before the chapter starts. <br />
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==First Impact killed the dinosaurs==<br />
First Impact was never depicted or directly referred to on-screen. This has led several fans upon first glance to incorrectly assume that because the "Second Impact" was supposedly a meteorite collision, the "First Impact" was thus the more well known asteroid impact which caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. <br />
[[Image:07 C080 textbook-overlay.jpg|thumb|A page from Shinji's textbook]]<br />
However, First Impact (aka "Giant Impact") was actually the collision of a giant spherical object, designated the "Black Moon", into Earth approximately 4 billion years ago. As a result of the impact, huge amounts of debris, including the Black Moon's rocky exterior, were thrown into orbit, eventually coalescing into Earth's satellite, the Moon. This was made clear in the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The_Second_Angel|Classified Information]]. The "meteorite" theory in the above textbook page is a cover story, and is part of the effort to also blame [[Second Impact]] on a meteor.<br />
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=="Barons of Hell"==<br />
Almost from the beginning of Eva fandom, there has been an internet rumor that the Evangelions are based upon Biblical entities called "The Barons of Hell". There are two problems with this theory:<br />
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One is that there is no such thing as a "Baron of Hell" mentioned in the Bible or in any other Judeo-Christian source; extensive searches for the term have turned up only references to Eva and the ''Doom'' game. Some sources claim that the Barons are the same thing as the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", but the descriptions given to the Barons don't match up to the Horsemen.<br />
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The other problem is that we know exactly what the Evangelions '''are''' based upon. Evas were fundamentally based upon the oni (commonly translated as “demon” or “ogre”, but actually a specific type of Japanese monster). Says [[Hideaki Anno|Anno]] himself (in an interview published in Aerial Magazine):<br />
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''There's a monster in Japan called the Oni; it has two horns sticking out of its head and the overall image of the Eva is based on that. I also wanted to give the impression that beneath this ‘robot monster’ image is not so much a robot, but a giant human.''<br />
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[[Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg|thumb|left|A very Oni-looking Evangelion sketch]]<br />
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An early [http://evageeks.org/FGP/Image:Anno-eva-image-sketch.jpg sketch Anno did of an Eva] clearly betrays their oni roots. Working from this basic premise, and corresponding with Anno along the way, [[Ikuto Yamashita]] developed the Evas as we know them (with the exception of EoE's “harpies”).<br />
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==Kids born after 2I are soulless==<br />
A ridiculous idea used to explain the drop in birth rate after Second Impact, and why only kids born after Second Impact can synch with the Evangelions. This theory has no evidential basis whatsoever. Ritsuko explicitly states in Episode 20 that Shinji, born after Second Impact, has a soul.<br />
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==Spear of Longinus is the actual holy relic (that just somehow got BIG)==<br />
This is a product of putting too much stock in NGE's religious references. The Spear was actually excavated in Antarctica along with Adam, who was found impaled upon it. According to the [[Classified Information (Translation)#The Spear of Longinus|Classified Information]], each [[Source of Life]] is accompanied by a Spear that has a will of its own and can immobilize a Seed for going against its mission. Thus, the Spear of Longinus is billions of years old, not made by some Roman blacksmith, and impaled Adam for committing some unspecified offense.<br />
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==A.T. Field is a real-life psychology term==<br />
Since the very earliest days of Evangelion analysis, there has been a rumor that A.T. Field is a genuine psychological term that describes the barrier that separates autism patients from the world around them. However, extensive searching of online Psychology researches and forums has failed to find any use of the term other than in reference to NGE. Further research by those in the field has proven that "Absolute Terror" or similar terminology is simply not recognized in academia. Therefore, this rumor is false and has been conclusively proven so.<br />
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Examples of typical lousy fan-pages propagating the rumor: [http://www.arune.com/eva/words.html 1] [http://www.nervarchives.com/glossary.atfield.php 2]<br />
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==Eva-00 has the soul of Naoko==<br />
See: [[Eva-00's soul]].<br />
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==Someone we know killed Kaji==<br />
Many fans have come to the conclusion that [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]] shot Kaji, with little or no evidence to back it up. On the other hand, series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] has stated on the record{{fact}} that Kaji was not shot by any named character, but by an agent sent by either "[[Seele]] or [[Nerv|Nerv's]] intelligence division." In fact, Anno was so shocked by this notion{{fact}} that in the [[Director's Cut episodes|Director's cut]] of Episode 21, he removed a shot that had been cited as "evidence" of Misato's guilt. As broadcast, the scene of Kaji being shot was followed by an establishing shot of the door to Misato's apartment with her name on it; this shot was replaced in the Director's cut by one of the outside of her apartment building.<br />
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==Rei and Kaworu are actual albinos==<br />
Actual albinos don't have light blue hair! Albinos cannot walk outside without protection, otherwise they would suffer severe sunburn, and most have very poor eyesight. On the contrary, Kaworu's eyesight appears to be exceptional. It is worth noting that Ritsuko's complexion is only ''slightly'' darker than Rei's, although she's obviously not an albino.<br />
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==Toji not only loses his leg, but his arm as well==<br />
While Toji's left leg is plainly missing when he's on the hospital bed, it is not possible to tell for certain if his left arm is as well. However, both Toji's arms are seen as he is being hauled out of the entry plug. The [[Resources:End of Evangelion Screenplays#Touji & Kensuke's farewell (Basketball Court)|original storyboards]] for ''The End of Evangelion'' also contain a scene showing Toji playing wheelchair basketball with Kensuke, where he clearly has both arms, eliminating the possibility that one of his arms was amputated at the hospital.<br />
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==Naoko's Brain in Magi==<br />
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(Or any other brain for that matter.) This is due to the brain-like object Ritsuko reveals when she cuts into the Magi in episode 13. But it is clearly stated that the Magi are merely imprinted with the personality of Naoko Akagi - herself as a mother, scientist, and woman. The computers are also far too large to be actual human brains.<br />
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==Naoko's Soul in Magi==<br />
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Likely originated due to the fact that the Evas themselves have souls. There's also the issue of Caspar 'betraying' Ritsuko in End of Evangelion. But machines cannot be implanted with souls.<br />
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==Keel is the Wandering Jew==<br />
This is one of the most obnoxious myths about Evangelion. There is an old and racist story that claims that an onlooker at Christ's crucifixion spat upon him, and was punished by receiving the curse of immortality.{{fact}} He thus became the "wandering Jew", never able to make permanent friends or stay in one place lest people notice his never-aging nature. The theory is that Keel's motivation in bringing about Instrumentality is that it would at long last allow him to die. There are at least two huge problems with this notion. One is that there is '''absolutely nothing''' in the series to indicate that this is Keel's motivation.[[Image:Tank image 07a investigate.jpg|thumb|right|A visibly younger Keel in background with Gendo]] The other is that when Keel appears in flashback in ep. 21, he is visibly younger than in the series' present, and as has been noted, the Wandering Jew is supposed to be ageless. This theory is an example of the worst kind of speculation.<br><br><br />
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==The Dummy Plug Plant is the Chamber of Guf==<br />
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The Chamber of Guf is mentioned by Ritsuko in episode 23 when she, Misato, and Shinji are down in the Dummy Plug Plant. This comment likely lead people to believe the two were synonymous. Look [[Guf|here]] for an explanation of Guf within NGE.<br />
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==Adam was impaled on the Spear of Longinus by Lilith==<br />
The "Duel of the Seeds" idea was made up to explain why one Seed would be skewered by the Spear of Longinus and placed in suspended animation while the other would be free to spread life on Earth. The interaction between Rei and Kaworu was interpreted to mean that both of them (as Lilith and Adam respectively) had interacted previously. This idea was disproved when the Classified Information files revealed that each Seed was sent with its own Spear, and that Lilith's Spear was either lost or destroyed during First Impact. Adam was placed in suspended animation by its own Spear, which was used to impale Lilith later on.<br />
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==Death's string quartet scenes take place in the actual series timeline.==<br />
This one is easily disproved. Both Asuka and Kaworu appear in the String Quartet sequences. In the actual series timeline, Asuka is in the hospital under heavy sedation when Kaworu arrives, and is still there when he gets squished; they never meet. The String Quartet motif serves to separate the different focuses in [[Evangelion: Death|Death]] as well as fitting together with the musical score that was used, Pachelbel's Canon in D major.<br />
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=="Anno's Revenge"==<br />
Many are lead to believe, one way or another, that [[The End of Evangelion]] was Anno's revenge against the fans for the negative response received from the ending of the TV series. <br />
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Some say it is because Anno brutally killed off all of the main characters; however, this isn't anything new in the world of anime. Most notably, Yoshiyuki Tomino's [[Space Runaway Ideon]], where not just all the main characters are killed off, even children are brutally massacred. Even though Ideon may be one of Anno's biggest inspirations for Evangelion, the End of Evangelion was closer to the planned ending to the TV series{{fact}}. Some of the footage used in the TV series ending (corpses of Misato and Ritsuko) indicates that, even before the TV series ended, Anno had planned on killing these characters.<br />
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Some say it is because of scenes such as Shinji visiting the sedated Asuka in her hospital room. Although slightly out-of-left-field compared to the ending of the TV series, this scene does serve its purposes. Most importantly, it shows that Shinji has hit the low of all lows, and secondly, it is used as a reference later in the movie when Asuka says "Idiot! I know about your jerk-off fantasies of me. Do it again like usual... I'll even stand here and watch."<br />
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A subjective argument for Anno's revenge is the cinematic and narrative mindfuck that takes up most of the 2nd half of End of Evangelion. A subjective retort could be, "What about the end of the TV series?". As far as a non-subjective response, films have been known to use clashing motifs, non-linear story telling, and highly symbolic/obscure imagery, and the End of Evangelion isn't the first to use all three. Also, from an interpretive standpoint, the 2nd half of the movie does very well in showing the chaos and disembodiment of [[Human Instrumentality Project|Instrumentality]], specifically, what Shinji was going through.<br />
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Finally, some argue that the smoking gun for Anno's revenge is the sequence of quickly flashing (about one per frame) [[End of Evangelion Death Threats|death threats/hate mail]] which can be seen at the end of the live action sequence in the second half of the movie. However this rumor was started, it was probably propagated by the Commentary track on the Manga Entertainment release of End of Evangelion, where Amanda Winn Lee gives a mention of hate mail during this sequence{{fact}}. Since these have been translated to English, the majority of the letters and emails are that of personal attachment to the show, praise, or encouragement/anticipation for the End of Evangelion movie. Only one of the emails can be considered 'hate mail', and it was criticizing Death and Rebirth (not the end of the TV series at all), and the only 2 possible instances that could be considered a 'death threat' was graffiti on the wall outside of Gainax's studio (which was hypothesized to be from religious fanatics) and an email that said "Anno, I'll kill you!!!", which was a close-up of only that message on a computer monitor and lacked any context whatsoever. This puts the smoking gun argument on very shaky ground, as the sequence clearly isn't used as a "This is why I'm taking revenge on you people" message, or anything along those lines.<br />
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==The Mass Production Evas have no souls==<br />
In [[Episode 24]], Kaworu says that the [[A.T. Field]] is "The light of the soul", indicating that a soul is required to produce an A.T. Field. This is consistent all throughout the TV Series as well as in the movies, since the Mass Production Evangelions, in fact, do produce A.T. Fields:<br />
:Shigeru: "The Eva series' A.T. Fields are resonating!"<br />
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Some say that it is the pilots (Kaworu dummy plugs) which produce the A.T. Field. However, Ritsuko in [[Episode 17]] says:<br />
:"This is the dummy plug prototype.<br>Rei's personal data has been loaded into it,<br>but it's ''not really possible to digitize a human mind and soul''.<br>Ultimately, it's a fake, an imitation.<br>Just a machine that emulates a pilot's thinking process."<br />
Indicating that there is no real soul in the dummy plugs. Therefore, it is impossible for the dummy plug to generate an A.T. Field.<br />
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==Adam and Lilith were once a single being / Adam was born from Lilith==<br />
From a single mistranslated line. Misato's line should read, "Humans were born from Lilith, who is a Seed of Life just like Adam." This makes Adam and Lilith two equal beings.<br />
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==Pre-3I Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head==<br />
During Pre-3I Instrumentality, Shinji and Asuka witness a scene from Misato's college days, where she is having sex with Kaji. Shinji clearly has never seen this before asking "This is Misato? She does... this?" in which she replies "Yes, this is also me... The melting into one another's hearts... The me that Shinji doesn't know." If the entire Pre-Third Impact Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head, there is no way he would know these things.<br />
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==Asuka didn't die==<br />
Asuka and Eva-02 were killed by the harpies. Maya's and Shinji's horror and the mangled state of Eva-02 make it explicit. Since Asuka was suffering actual physical damage corresponding to the Eva's damage, there was no way Asuka could have survived the multiple Spear impacts or the subsequent mangling.<br />
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==The Asuka-Rei-Misato amalgamation==<br />
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This very common misconception was born due the last scene of End of Evangelion with Asuka and Shinji alone on the beach. Asuka's arm is bandaged (like Rei's in Episode 01) and her eyes appears to be brown (like Misato's). This lead some people to speculate that Asuka is really a combination of all three girls, and therefore Shinji's "dream girl". This ridiculous notion is absolutely false. The bandaged arm is due to her battle trauma in Eva-02 earlier in End of Evangelion (when a replica lance splits Eva-02's right arm completely). Her eyes are still blue, but merely tinted due to the hue of the scene.<br />
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Before Instrumentality was ended, Rei tells Shinji ''"If you wish once more for the existence of others, the barriers of the heart will separate everyone once more..."'' and Kaworu says ''"Is it okay for A.T. Fields to hurt you and others once more?"'', indicating that the A.T. Fields have separated everyone from each other.<br />
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==The Adam & Eve Scenario (or, Nobody Else is Coming Back)==<br />
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Considering that themes of Genesis pop up all over NGE, the final scene of End of Evangelion leads many to assume that Shinji and Asuka are the new Adam and Eve and are left alone to re-populate the world. But this theory is false if we are to believe Rei and Yui when, during the dissolution of Instrumentality, Rei states, "Anyone can return to human form as long as they can imagine themselves in their own heart.", and then Yui says, "All living things have the ability to return to their original form... and the heart to go on living."<br />
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'''Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.0''' is the title for the fourth and final film in the [[Rebuild of Evangelion]] movie series, formerly known by the working title '''Evangelion: Final'''. It was believed to be released in Japan alongside the third film, [[Evangelion 3.0]], at an unspecified date. Previously, the name had been changed to what could be interpreted as either the symbol for "End" or "Repeat" in sheet music.<ref>http://www.evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>. <br />
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Unlike the three previous movies, the title is rendered in Katakana as "Evangelion" in the same manner as the TV series. The previous three movies had Katakana that spelled "Wevangeliwon". Speculation by fans based on the Jo-Ha-Kyu structure of Japanese drama suggests that Final will incorporate the fourth and fifth acts of the Japanese drama cycle, depicting a long journey and coming to a quick conclusion<ref>http://forum.evageeks.org/post/663128/Did-Q-Fail-Thematically/#663128</ref>. Alternatively, the series may be following the Kishotenketsu<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kish%C5%8Dtenketsu</ref> narrative pattern which concludes in the fourth arc. Whether or not the movie actually follows either pattern of Japanese drama remains to be seen. <br />
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In September 2014, the title of the final film was revealed to be "Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0", based on a title card shown at the end of the TV screening of Evangelion 3.0, followed by the subsequent update of the main Evangelion site with the new title.<ref>http://www.evageeks.org/2014/09/no-new-sneak-peaks-in-evangelion-finals-preview/</ref> As of this edit, it is unclear whether either of the previously known titles will be used in connection with this film or with any subsequent work related to the series.<br />
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==Release Date==<br />
On December 31st, 2011 the Japanese website was updated to show a 2013 release date<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120101082254/http://www.evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>, but that has been removed when the site was updated after [[Evangelion 3.0]]'s release <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20121118180135/http://evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>. The website no longer features any tentative date and none have been announced<ref>http://evangelion.co.jp/final.html</ref>.<br />
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At the 2014 Tokyo Film Festival Anno joked that the final film may be released 4-6 years after [[Evangelion 3.0]]<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2014-10-27/anno-jokes-that-4th-new-evangelion-film-might-be-4-6-years-after-3rd-one/.80406</ref>.<br />
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Actual news on the film's production has been hard to come by. As of late, various miscellaneous projects have been done, including two animated shorts that may or may not pertain to the film's own details as well as the end of Sadamoto's manga adaption. However, the film itself has seen no details except for the news that Utada Hikaru, who has been the musical artist for Rebuild's credit themes, would be returning in 2015 from her hiatus to write the final film's credits theme. The source also indicated that the film would release in autumn/winter 2015, but this claim was then refuted by the source, who then stated that no ''official'' announcement had been made.<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-26/magazine-final-evangelion-film-slated-for-fall-winter-2015-with-utada-song/.82629</ref> As of the new title announcement, this is the only solid news (or any news at all) that has been released.<br />
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On July 19th, 2016 Anno directly apologized to the fans of Evangelion. He stated ''"To all the Evangelion fans, I’m really, really keeping you all waiting, I am truly sorry."'' Anno then went on to say he felt "trapped" while making ''Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo'', saying he couldn't recharge. ''“Up until then, after doing the third entry Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, I thought I wasn’t going to make any more,”'' After being offered the job to work on ''Godzilla Resurgence'', he stated ''“At that time, I went into talks with Toho, and it saved me. I think this is how I’m able to keep making Evangelion. However, since it is a fact that I’m making everyone wait, I deeply apologize for that.”'' <ref>http://kotaku.com/an-apology-to-evangelion-fans-from-hideaki-anno-1783903322</ref><br />
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On July 20th 2018, the official Evangelion website was updated to reflect a 2020 theatrical release.<ref>http://evangelion.co.jp/news.html</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
Specific plot details are unknown at this time, but the final film has been promised to make up a "new, alternate ending" to the series{{fact}}.<br />
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{{Episode List}}</div>Sailor Star Dusthttps://wiki.evageeks.org/index.php?title=Talk:Lilin&diff=98280Talk:Lilin2015-11-06T16:45:15Z<p>Sailor Star Dust: </p>
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<div>Lilin is first mentioned in E24 Director's Cut, as part of an exchange between Kaworu and Rei at ~18:52:<br />
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* '''Kaworu:''' You must be the first child. Am I correct? You are Rei Ayanami. And you are the same as I am. How interesting that both of us have ended up in the same form as the ''Lilin'' for life on this planet.<br />
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* '''Rei:''' Identify yourself!<br />
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--[[User:Empyrealist|Empyrealist]] ([[User talk:Empyrealist|talk]]) 00:40, 6 November 2015 (EST)<br />
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Yep, that sounds about right, seeing as Kaworu goes on about the Lilin throughout Episode 24'. --[[User:Sailor Star Dust|Sailor Star Dust]] ([[User talk:Sailor Star Dust|talk]]) 11:45, 6 November 2015 (EST)</div>Sailor Star Dusthttps://wiki.evageeks.org/index.php?title=Talk:Temp_Rebuild_1.0_differences_page&diff=98026Talk:Temp Rebuild 1.0 differences page2014-12-25T07:54:29Z<p>Sailor Star Dust: Created page with "I think I created this page as a transition page (hence copy/pasted info from another page), so it really shouldn't be necessary anymore, no? That mention up top was more for ..."</p>
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<div>I think I created this page as a transition page (hence copy/pasted info from another page), so it really shouldn't be necessary anymore, no? That mention up top was more for other wiki Admins, no? Plus, glancing at it, tons of info seems out of date based on what we now know... --[[User:Sailor Star Dust|Sailor Star Dust]] ([[User talk:Sailor Star Dust|talk]]) 02:54, 25 December 2014 (EST)</div>Sailor Star Dusthttps://wiki.evageeks.org/index.php?title=Die_Sterne&diff=97858Die Sterne2014-12-05T20:51:12Z<p>Sailor Star Dust: Added release date of Version 2.0. Was mentioned in the summary but not infobox for some reason.</p>
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| image = [[Image:Die-sterne-yoshiyuki-sadamoto-1006x1024.jpg|175px]]<br />
| title = Die Sterne<br />
| alt_title =Die Sterne: Neon Genesis Evangelion Artbook<br />
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| pub_date = 1997 (first edition); 2003, 2005, 2007 (Version 2.0)<br />
| publisher =Kadokawa Shoten, Japan<br />
| pages = 121<br />
| dimensions = 12.91" x 10.08" x 0.6"<br />
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'''Die Sterne''' (German for "The Stars") is a softcover artbook published by Kadokawa Shoten. It contains over a hundred pages of full-color illustrations by original character designer [[Yoshiyuki Sadamoto]], and a long list of other artists: Takeshi Honda, Shinya Hasegawa, Shunji Suzuki, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Tadashi Hiramatsu, Ichiro Kamei, Kou Youshinari, You Yoshinari, Hiroyuki Imaishi, Hideyuki Fukuoka, Sushio, Hideyuki Morioka, Masayuki, Ikuto Yamashita, Takeshi Okazaki, Tatsuya Egawa, Katsuya Terada, Sho'u Tajima, Tsutomu Nihei, Kazuaki Koizumi, Yuuji Kaida, Yoshinori Sayama, Nobuteru Yuki, Mitsuaki Hashimoto, Yoshiyuki Takani, Katsuichi Nakayama, Shoji Saiki, Kazuhiro Takamura, Nobutoshi Ogura, Shigeki Sunada, and Hanako Enomoto. <br><br />
The images in this book come from a variety of promotional materials such as posters, calendars, magazine covers (''Kadokawa Shoten Comics'', ''Shonen Ace'', ''Newtype Monthly'', etc.), album and DVD covers, game packaging, toy packaging, phone cards, body pillows, and even potato chip bags and coffee cans.<ref>[http://www.evacommentary.org/omake/die-sterne/die-sterne.html NGE Fan-Geeks Commentary Project, Die Sterne Image Collection]</ref> The contributions of these various artists, depicting the familiar characters in different settings and different styles, from so many scattered and obscure sources, make this collection quite unique. <br><br />
A second edition, ''Die Sterne Ver.2.0'', was released in 2007, with all the material from the original plus an additional 75 new illustrations. It is in Japanese, but most of it is just artwork.<br><br />
The picture below is by Yuuji Kaida. It was first published in ''Fujimi Shobou Dragon Monthly'', 1997.<br />
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