Evangelion Unit-03
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| エヴァンゲリオン３号機 | |
| Model Type | Production |
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| Pilot(s) | Toji Suzuhara |
| Soul(s) | Probably Toji Suzuhara's mother (name unknown) |
| First Sortie | Episode 18 |
Profile
Evangelion Unit-03 (エヴァンゲリオン３号機, Evangerion Sangouki) is the fourth Evangelion completed and the second "Production Model" Evangelion. Eva-03 was constructed at Nerv's First Branch in Massachusetts.
Following the incident resulting in the sudden disappearance of the Second Branch (Nevada) and Eva-03's sister unit, Eva-04, the U.S. government panics and demands that Eva-03 be transported off of its soil to Japan. Toji Suzuhara is selected to serve as the Eva's pilot and sent to Nerv's secondary testing facility at Matsushiro to conduct Eva-03's first activation test, supervised by Ritsuko Akagi and Misato Katsuragi.
While suspended from a transport plane during her flight to Japan, Eva-03 enters a series of cumulonimbus clouds, suspected to be the point at which she was infected by the 13th Angel, Bardiel[1]. During the activation experiment at the Matsushiro facility, Eva-03 goes berserk under, ostensibly, Bardiel's control, the parasitic "infection" manifest beneath the armor as slime fungus-like growths[2]. After briefly struggling to break from her restraints, she destroys the base in an explosion.
Upon learning of the incident, Nerv HQ, under Gendo Ikari's command, attempts to eject the entry plug and remotely deactivate the Eva. Once this fails, Eva-03 is officially designated the 13th Angel, and all three Evangelions under Nerv's control are sent to intercept her. Eva-03 attacks and disables Eva-02 and Eva-00, and proceeds to assault Eva-01. After Eva-01 is switched to Dummy System control, Eva-03 is quickly overwhelmed and is destroyed by gruesome dismemberment. Eva-01 presumably destroys Eva-03's core off-screen, since she is seen pulling off the chest plate that covers and protects it.[3]
Features
Eva-03's armor is a characteristic black (or midnight blue) with white trim. She is described as a "Production Model" Evangelion, although in terms of obvious physical similarities, she has more in common with the early Evas than the preceding "Production Model", Eva-02. The head possesses two eyes (white with red irises), with four nostrils situated on the forehead (evidenced by the holes in the prominent nose piece). The Eva possesses red blood, and apparently dark brown skin. The armor arrangement is completely identical to that of sister unit Eva-04, and the same with the exception of the helmet design to Eva-02 and the upgraded Eva-00.
As Eva-03 was parasitized by an Angel and "possessed" almost immediately upon activation, any new features she may have been designed with, such as weapons, remain unknown. Unofficially, Eva-03 uses a pair of tonfa as weapons in the video game Battle Orchestra.
Her arms are seen to gain unusually long length and super-elasticity as a result of the parasitism.
Soul
The soul of Eva-03 is not mentioned in the series, but is assumed to be the soul of Toji's mother. See Eva-03's soul for details.
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In Rebuild
Eva-03 will appear in Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance. It appears that she suffers much the same fate as in the original series, being "possessed" before being destroyed by Eva-01 under the control of the Dummy System. Although the events seen in the trailers correspond directly to scenes in Episode 18, Bardiel cannot be confirmed to be the cause of the incident at this point, and neither can Toji be confirmed to be the Eva's pilot. Eva-03's visual appearance seems largely unchanged, save for color alterations such as the addition of a white "waistband" to fit in with Rebuild's Eva design motif.
Notes
- Toji's usual attire bears a striking resemblance to Eva-03's color scheme, perhaps foreshadowing (along with just about every other hint) that he is the pilot.
References
- ↑ "Bardiel conceivably lurked within the cumulonimbus clouds and parasitized the in-transit Eva-03 when she passed through." (積乱雲の中に潜み、移送中の３号機が通過した際に寄生したものと考えられるバルディエル。) From Evangelion Chronicle, Mechanic Sheet 04: Evangelion Production Model / Thirteenth Angel Bardiel. Translation by Reichu.
- ↑ "Bardiel: The slime fungus-shaped Thirteenth Angel that parasitized Eva-03." (バルディエル：3号機に寄生した粘菌状の第十三使徒。) Neon Genesis Evangelion Newtype 100% Collection, p. 144. Translation by Reichu.
- ↑ Eva-01 is actually depicted attacking the core in Sadamoto's manga.
| Evangelions |
| Evangelions (general) |
| Failed Evangelion Prototypes | Simulation Bodies |
| Eva-00 | Eva-01 | Eva-02 | Eva-03 | Eva-04 | Mass Production Evangelions (Evas 05~13) |
| Rebuild of Evangelion: Mark.04 | Eva-05 | Mark.06 | Eva-08 | Mark.09 | Eva-13 |
| Eva 8+2 | Mass Production Evangelions | Failures of Infinity |
| Other: Extracanonical Evas |
