Mass Production Evangelions
| Mass Production Evangelions | |
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| Model Type | Mass Production |
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| Pilot(s) | Dummy System (Kaworu Nagisa) |
| Soul(s) | Unknown |
| First Sortie | Episode 25' |
Creation
The nine Mass Production Model Evangelions, Eva Unit-05 through Unit-13, were manufactured by Seele at seven different facilities throughout the globe. The specifics of their creation are unknown, but presumably they were, like prior Evas, made from Adam's genetic material.
Purpose
The MP Evangelions were deployed as part of Seele's assault on the Nerv Geofront, but primarily to be utilized as part of Third Impact in conjunction with Evangelion Unit-01.
Abilities
The MP Evangelions have all been furnished with S² Engines, eliminating the need for umbilical cables or internal batteries. However, unlike Angels, they do not appear to utilize their organs for regenerative purposes (see notes).
They also possess large, fully retractible mechanical wings attached to their shoulders. Considering the Evas' size and weight, traditional flight (as observed in birds, bats, or pterosaurs) would normally be impossible, so, in theory, the wings would we used in concert with A.T. Field-based "anti-gravity". The Evas are observed levitating in a more traditional manner (as per various Angels) later on, with their wings spread but serving no apparent function.
Because they carry no real living pilots, they can sustain what would normally be considered fatal damage in previous Eva models, but still keep fighting. This is because there is no living pilot synchronized with the Evas; in previous Eva models, the Eva would have to be shut down if the pilot sustained critical injuries, and presumably would stop functioning if the pilot died and could no longer control it. Theoretically, so long as the S² Engine and Kaworu-based Dummy Plug (both in the torso) remained intact, nothing short of total body dismemberment would be required to stop an MP Eva. It seems likely that they can even remain operational even with their head totally decapitated: at the very least, one was able to survive Eva 02 thrusting its hands into its mouth, cleaving off its upper jaw and smashing most of its brain pan into pulp.
They carried no armament except for replicas of the Spear of Longinus.
Notes
- Several continuity errors in the animation of the Mass Production Evas in The End of Evangelion has led to some confusion: in several cuts, the MP Evas appear to have restored their severed limbs and regenerated their injuries. However, later cuts after these clearly show that they retain the damage sustained at the hands of Eva Unit 02 through the end of the film (indeed, in a bit of morbid humor, one MP Eva whose head was impaled by spikes fired from Unit 02 retains the spikes impaled in its head through all subsequent appearances). This does raise the question of how the MP Eva that was completely cut in half through its waist was able to still move with the rest; it must be remembered that the MP Evas all have wings, and Asuka apparently didn't damage any of their wings, so even an MP Eva completely missing the lower half of its body could still fly around. Many of the shots we see after the battle with Eva 02 are just of MP Evas that were relatively lightly damaged, and the more severely damaged ones (specifically the one whose legs were completely cut off) just aren't focused on by the "camera" that much.
- Within the series, they are referred to either as "the Mass Production Evangelion Series" in full, or "the Eva Series" for short. Technically, "Eva Series" refers to every Evangelion ever made. This causes some small confusion when characters switch between talking about "the Eva Series" (the MP Evas) and more generally "the Eva Series" (all Evangelions created). "MP Evas" is never actually used on-screen, but is a common short hand way of referring to them.
- A popular and fairly wide-spread fan-nickname for the Mass Production model Evangelions is "harpies".
- Computer displays clearly list the Mass Production Evangelions as "Unit 05" through "Unit 13", however, the animation when the MP Evas are actually seen never has specifically which Unit designation each one is written on their shoulders and arms; for example, Eva Unit 02 has "Eva Unit 02" written on its arms, but sometimes this is not animated in in every shot. Presumably, the MP Evas should have their Unit designations (i.e. "Unit 11") written on their arms, but this would have led to so much continuity confusion that the animation team just always left it out. The result of this is that we don't know if, say "The MP Eva that Eva 02 impaled with its fist" was "Eva 09" or "Eva 12", etc.
- In what might be just a coincidence, in the apocalyptic battle at the climax of The Lord of the Rings, the most powerful units of Mordor's evil army are the Nine Nazgul, mounted on winged beasts, which are deployed as a trump card to break through the siege of Minas Tirith. In The End of Evangelion, there are also nine Mass Production Evangelions, each with wings for flight, which are deployed by Seele as a trump card when they invade Nerv HQ.
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| 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 |
