FGC:Episode 18 Scene 05

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	Title2		UrsusArctos: Ambivalence is the pyschological term that refers to the tendency of having contradictory positive and negative thoughts and feelings about the same person, object or issue, more on it here (Don't worry, it's easy to read once you get past all the references). It could be a reference to Toji's own ambivalence about being made the pilot of Eva-03, or Shinji's own ambivalent feelings about wanting to save the doomed pilot (whom he doesn't know is Toji) and not wanting to hurt them at the same time.
	138	AOBA (OFF):“An explosion has occurred in Matsushiro.” FUYUTSUKI (OFF):“Send the rescue squad and the Third Troop. Take care of it before the SSDF gets involved.” HYUGA (OFF):“Roger.” WOMAN (OFF):“Damage level unknown.”
	139	AOBA:“Movement of an unidentified object detected at the site.”
	140	HYUGA:“Pattern is orange.”
	141	HYUGA:“We can't confirm it to be an Angel.”
	142	IKARI:“Go to battle stations, Level One.”
	143	AOBA (OFF):“All personnel, battle stations, Level One.” HYUGA (OFF):“Prepare for ground combat.”
	144	IBUKI:“Launch all Eva units!”
	145	IBUKI:“Dispatch immediately to intercept locations.” MAN (OFF):“Air transport is scheduled to go in twenty.”
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	148	SHINJI (OFF):“An accident in Matsushiro?!”
	149	SHINJI (OFF):“No way! Then, are Miss Misato and the others okay?!” REI (OFF):“We can't contact them yet.”
	150	SHINJI:“No way. What will we do?” ASUKA:“What are you blubbering about?! Worrying about them right now won't get us anywhere!” SHINJI:“But how can we fight the Angel by ourselves?”	Mr. Tines: The operational unit cohesion demonstrated against Matarael has been squandered. Dr. Nick: It doesn't help that Gendo, besides being a terrible field commander as we see in a bit, exacerbates Misato's bad decision by not telling Shinji about Unit-03's pilot either. Then again, perhaps he just really wants to test out the dummy plug system.
	151	REI:“Commander Ikari is taking direct command now.”
	152	SHINJI:“My father is?”
	153	AOBA (OFF):“We have a visual of the target at Mt. Nobe. Transferring to main monitor.”
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	155	FUYUTSUKI:“As I thought...” IKARI:“Transmit the abort signal. Force eject the entry plug.”
	156		UrsusArctos: Even with the entry plug blown half-out, Bardiel's able to control its puppet just fine. Also note the icky white goo attached to the Eva's helmet. It's been thoroughly parasitized by this point.
	157	IBUKI:“Not working. Neither abort signal nor plug ejection code accepted.” FUYUTSUKI:“What about the pilot?” HYUGA:“We still have respiratory and cardiac response, but he's probably...”
	158	IKARI:“Evangelion Unit 03 will be abandoned at this time. It will be designated as the Thirteenth Angel.”
	159	HYUGA:“But, Sir!”
	160	IKARI:“Deploy the battle line at Mt. Nobe as planned. Destroy the target.”
	161	AOBA (RADIO - OFF):“Target is approaching.”
	162	HYUGA (RADIO - OFF):“All units prepare for ground combat.”
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	164	SHINJI:“No way!”
	165	SHINJI (OFF):“An Angel? Is that an Angel?!” IKARI:“Correct, that is the target.”
	166	SHINJI:“You said that this is the target,”
	167	SHINJI (OFF):“but it's an Eva, isn't it?!”	UrsusArctos: This shot of the infected Eva-03 against the red, soon-to-set sun is as iconic as it is disturbing.
	168	ASUKA (OFF):“But that's...”	Dr. Nick: Unit-02's bazooka looks straight out of Gundam. Mech-immobilizing adhesive clay rounds that are sometimes referenced in Gundam lore (but never actually used on screen, AFAIK) would have come in handy in this fight.
	169	ASUKA:“How could it have been taken over by an Angel?”
	170	SHINJI:“I wonder if it's piloted by a human too? A child our age?” ASUKA:“You still don't know?! The pilot of Unit 03 is...” SHINJI:“Asuka?”	UrsusArctos: Was Bardiel monitoring their comms and waiting for right moment to jump them? Anyway, Eva-02 goes down like a third-rate jobber after this attack, although it takes only minor damage. Evangelion 2.0 much fixes this by removing Eva-02 from the equivalent Ninth Angel battle altogether. Mr. Tines: And Gendo, for all his other skills, is no small unit tactician --he has deployed his units in such a manner as to squander his numerical advantage, each unsupported by the others.
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	172	SHINJI:“Asuka?!”
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