Evangelions

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Misato Katsuragi: "What in hell *is* an Eva?!"
Ritsuko Akagi: "It's a thing created by Man in Man's own image. I really can't describe it any other way".
Misato: ""Created by Man"?! You didn't create anything! You just copied something you found in the Antarctic! What was the original? That's what I want to know!"
Ritsuko: "This is not just a copy".

An Evangelion (エヴァンゲリオン) is a giant cybernetic combat unit built by Nerv with the express purpose of defeating attacks by the Angels. At first glance, Evangelions (often called Evas for short) appear to be giant humanoid "robots". However, most of an Evangelion is actually organic -- with external armor hiding their true appearance.

Evas are (essentially) genetically-modified clones of the First Angel, Adam. After being "grown", they receive cybernetic implants, namely in the spine and upper torso, which allows humans to control them -- both in terms of manipulating ("piloting") them, and keeping their incredible power under control. The armor plating and mechanical implements grafted onto their bodies actually act first and foremost as "restraints", although exactly how this works is never elaborated upon.

As Adam-based beings, Evangelions are capable of generating an A.T. Field, a super-force field against which conventional attacks are useless. Due to the fact that an A.T. Field is the only thing that can neutralize another A.T. Field, the Evas are humanity's only means of combating the Angels.

Biology and Design

Evangelions are gigantic humanoid organic creatures. In some scenes their height is exaggerated for dramatic affect, but they seem to stand roughly 40 feet tall; based on relative size of entry plugs, that a normal-sized human fits fairly neatly into an Eva's palm, etc.

General design notes

Piloting

Pilots are more or less dedicated exclusively to one Evangelion unit. They tried a mutual compatability experiment in Episode 14 but it only barely worked.

Naming system

They started counting with "Eva 00" instead of "Eva 01". There were actually many failed experimental prototypes before Eva Unit 00 but they didn't bother counting them. Eva 00 is the "Prototype" because it is the first successful Eva. Eva 01 is the "Test Type", possibly because it is the only one derived from Lilith. Eva 02 was the first "Production Model" Eva. Eva 03 and Eva 04 were sister units, identical copies; they are also called "Production Model" though there were some slight changes to the design (Production Model variant-B?). Finally came the Mass Production model Evangelions.

Brief mention of the -gouki system in Japanese.

Notes

• Evas are referred to as "copies" of Adam, and, in the Classified Information files, by the awkward phrase "clonal regenerations" (in reference to the "Adam Revival Project", or Project E). In real life use, "clone" means an exact genetic copy, which, considering the differences the Evas exhibit amongst themselves, they clearly cannot be.
• Eva-01 was made from Lilith in some way, but the exact nature of their relationship is undetermined -- i.e., if Eva-01 is (somehow) a "Lilith clone" or if Lilith was simply a "surrogate mother". See: Theory & Analysis: Eva-01 and Lilith.
• According to Ritsuko in Episode 01, the formal full name for the Evangelion Units (almost never actually used) is "Ultimate All-Purpose Humanoid Decisive Battle Weapon: Evangelion".

See Also:

• Evangelion weapons
  • Evangelion melee weapons
  • Evangelion ranged weapons
• Evangelion equipment

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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