Theory and Analysis:List of Common Misconceptions
A tentative list.
- NGE is religious propaganda
- LCL means "Link Connect Liquid"
- First Impact killed dinosaurs
- "Barons of Hell"
- Only 14-year-olds can pilot Evas
- Kids born after 2I are soulless
- Spear of Longinus is the actual holy relic (that just somehow got BIG)
- A.T. Field is a real-life psychology term
- Eva-00 has the soul of Naoko
- Misato had no sexual interest in Shinji whatsoever
- Shinji had absolutely no real interest in Asuka, or vice versa
- Someone we know killed Kaji
- Rei and Kaworu are actual albinos
- The Super Solenoid is exactly the same thing as the Core
- The Super Solenoid has nothing to do with the Core
- Toji not only loses his leg, but his arm as well
- Naoko's brain in Magi (or any other human brain for that matter)
- Naoko's soul in Magi
- Keel is the Wandering Jew
- The Dummy Plug Plant is the Chamber of Guf
- Adam was impaled on the Spear of Longinus by Lilith
Movie specific:
- Death's string quartet scenes take place in the actual series timeline.
- "Anno's Revenge"
- The Mass Production Evas have no souls
- Adam and Lilith were once a single being / Adam was born from Lilith
- Pre-3I Instrumentality was all in Shinji's head
- Asuka didn't die
- The Asuka-Rei-Misato amalgamation
- The Adam & Eve scenario (or, nobody else is coming back)