Evangelion Unit-04
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"When Aoba called B Wing's construction sloppy he hadn't seen anything like THIS!" |
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"The story presented to the public was just a cover-up." |
| Evangelion Unit-04 | |
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| エヴァンゲリオン４号機 | |
| Model Type | Production |
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| Pilot(s) | Unknown |
| Soul(s) | Unknown |
| First Sortie | None |
Profile
Evangelion Unit-04 (エヴァンゲリオン４号機, Evangerion Yongouki) is the fifth completed Evangelion and the third "Production Model" Evangelion. Eva-04 is one of the two units constructed in the United States. Nerv's second branch base (Nerv-2) was destroyed along with Eva-04 in Episode 17, when the Eva's S2 Engine failed upon activation. A Dirac Sea developed as a result, and enveloped the Second Branch. It is heavily implied that the failure of the S2 engine was the result of an accident, not sabotage. After this incident, the United States immediately shipped Eva-03 to Japan, leading to the events of Episode 18.
Features
Although never seen on screen, GAINAX occasionally releases production art of the unit. It is depicted as being silver in color, and is physically identical to Eva-03. Like the other Production Models, it uses the same 5-plate torso armor design and shoulder mounted storage pylons. Its primary distinguishing feature is its S² Engine, assumed to be a restored version of what was recovered from the remains of Shamshel in Episode 05. Given that it is a Production Model (as opposed to a Mass Production Evangelion), Eva-04 would have required a pilot. Because the unit is never shown in action, the identity of who its pilot would be remains a mystery. However, a reasonable assumption to make is that one of the students from Class 2-A would have been the pilot.
Kensuke Aida is depicted as being the Pilot of Eva-04 in some spin-off materials.
Soul
A feature of all Evangelions is that the soul within them is the soul of the mother of its designated Pilot. No information about a pilot for Eva-04 is ever presented in-series and none may have been designated at the time of the accident. It is thus possible that the Eva had not yet had a soul inserted. Ritsuko's dialogue in Episode 18 suggests that Eva-03's soul had not been chosen until they had to station it in Japan.
Given that some spin-off materials have shown Kensuke Aida as Pilot of Eva-04, and it has been mentioned that Kensuke does not have a mother (Episode 05), it is possible that the soul designated for Eva-04 would have been that of Kensuke's mother if it had ever been put into service.
In Other Continuities
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"Making something... Nurturing something is really great. You can see and learn so many things from the process." |
Angelic Days
In the Girlfriend of Steel 2/Angelic Days manga, Kensuke Aida is depicted as the pilot of Eva-04.
Neon Genesis Evangelion 2
In Neon Genesis Evangelion 2, Kaworu Nagisa is Eva-04's pilot.
CR Neon Genesis Evangelion
In Shito, Futatabi, Kaworu pilots Eva-04 and can dispatch of Angels with the Spear of Longinus.
Saigo no Shisha includes a scenario featuring a Rebuild version of Eva-04 being controlled by Kaworu from outside the cockpit (similar to Eva-02 in Episode 24) battling the Sixth Angel, equipped with an Eva-sized riot shield (a mainstay of Eva-04 action figures) and the Spear of Longinus.
Neon Genesis Evangelion 2
If Shinji convinces Kaworu to choose life over death, and additional conditions are met, Kaworu will retrieve Eva-04 from the Dirac Sea and become its pilot. Kaworu refers to the Eva as "he" (kare).
In the PSP version, Kaworu and Eva-04 can get sucked into Leliel's Dirac Sea. Once the self-revelatory dialogue within is successfully navigated, Eva-04 goes berserk and rips out of the Angel.
Evangelion New Theatrical Edition
Eva-04 served as a next generation test bed for a new internal power unit. The research was brought to an abrupt end when the Eva vaporized and took out the Second Branch with it. From space, a flaming cross can be seen rising from the epicenter, and a dark red disc with two bright red rings spreads out from the site over the earth's surface. The only confirmed data is that of an A.T. Field collapse.
Once again, the Eva itself is never seen.
Secret of Evangelion
In Secret of Evangelion, protagonist Kyoya discovers that the story about Eva-04's S2 Engine was fabricated and that the unit is being brought to Nerv Headquarters.
Notes
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"It's just a garbage dump." |
- Eva-04 was never actually seen on-screen, however Gainax has produced production sketches of it revealing that it was identical in design to Eva-03, but colored silver (that is, "chrome"), with red and black highlights. The only full body image they ever produced of Eva-04, however, mistakenly colored it white instead of silver: other close-up images of Eva-04 show it as silver, and in the numerous Evangelion spin-off merchandise it appears in such as video games and action figures, it is always silver.
- In the Girlfriend of Steel 2/Angelic Days manga Kensuke Aida is the pilot of Eva-04. In the Neon Genesis Evangelion 2 however, Kaworu Nagisa is Eva-04's pilot.
| 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 |
