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| This analysis page concerns the identities of the four [[Adams]] in the [[Rebuild of Evangelion|New Theatrical Edition]] continuity.
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| The fundamental identity of the Adams is, of course, not in question: they are the four radiant giants present at Second Impact. However, the story of these beings does not end there, and figuring out where they all end up is the basic goal of this page.
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| The "numbering" of the Adams here is for list purposes only. If they have official ordinals, they are not currently known, at least not with any certainty.
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| ==Adams #1: Evangelion 13==
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| [[Image:Eva3-33 C1419 comp.jpg|thumb|right|Eva-13 at 4I]] | |
| The movies start throwing hints to the audience that the Adams were not destroyed (not all of them, anyway) as early as Eva 2.0. It is not until Eva 3.0, however, that the identity of one is divulged directly to the viewer. So, as our "freebie", we shall look at that Adams first.
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| When Eva-13 becomes a radiant giant and transcends DMS (a.k.a. [[Eva Pseudo-Evolution]]) Phase 3 at the onset of [[Fourth Impact]], becoming a radiant giant, [[Mari Makinami Illustrious|Mari]] indicates that it is an “Adams survivor” (''Adamusu no ikinokori''). Because the Adams were themselves radiant giants, and "pseudo-evolution" can be taken to mean "not evolving into a new form, but returning to an old one", the implications of "Adams survivor" are thus as follows:
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| * Eva-13 is an Adams that survived Second Impact
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| * The need to clarify "survivor" suggests that at least one Adams did not survive the event.
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| * After Second Impact, at least one of the Adams was captured by humanity and modified into an Evangelion.
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| Now, with that in mind...
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| ==Adams #2: Evangelion Unit-01==
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| In Eva 2.0, Eva-01 initiates the event known as Near Third Impact, in which it first awakens (Pseudo-Evolution Stage 1) and eventually transforms into a radiant giant (Pseudo-Evolution Stage 2). In this form, Eva-01 bears a strong resemblance to the Adams in general, being a similarly-winged, red-eyed energy being. It also possesses a "third eye", a feature possessed by one specific Adams at Second Impact, along with two cores (discussed below).
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| Of what is taking place, Ritsuko says that Eva-01 is "regaining its original form", "transforming into a divine entity", and "transforming into an energy condensate". These first two points correspond to the two most obvious meanings of the term [[Eva Pseudo-Evolution|''giji shinka'']], which can be read as both "pseudo-evolution" and "false deification". The last point appears to be a more technical description of what a "radiant giant" actually ''is''. Ritsuko says, further, that the event being initiated is a continuation of the Second, and Misato directly compares Eva-01's wings to the ones she saw fifteen years before.
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| Taken together, these points all strongly imply that Eva-01 is the three-eyed Adams, and through Near Third Impact it is able to revert to its original state, or something very close to it.
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| ===Core Status & IPEA Logo===
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| As if the above-mentioned was not suspicious enough on its own, the three-eyed Adams is mostly cropped out of view in what can only be a very deliberate choice (given the amount of planning that goes into theatrical animation). That is, there is no way to confirm whether or not it, too, originally possessed two cores. The "omission via cropping" is made more curious by the fact that, if the preview version of the four Adams is anything to go by, the three-eyed Adams doesn't have any chest features to hide! However, it's precisely ''because'' the final version does not show you the Adams' chest that the preview version cannot simply be taken at face value.
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| The answer ultimately may be lying in plain sight, within the [[IPEA]] logo. This incorporates a three-eyed, two-cored Eva-like being -- to which Eva-01's radiant giant form achieves a rather strong resemblance. This connection is further cemented via the way the IPEA logo is situated over the containment silo doors: when the doors open, light streams out between the logo's two cores in much the same way as light streams from Eva-01's heart.
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| The likelihood of the IPEA logo depicting a specific being increases upon consideration of the IPEA's implied true purpose, that is, to prevent a repeat of Second Impact. [[IPEA#True Purpose|See more here.]]
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| ===Blood Type===
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| Display screen from Jo indicates Eva-01’s blood type is blue **A’. “A” already known to be unrelated to Angels, as their blood types are simply specified via their Angel ordinal (e.g., blue 04), leaving “Adams” as a possible expansion. The dash at the end is shorthand for 改 (kai), which means updated, improved, renovated, etc. -- fully in line with Eva-01 being a modified Adams. Lastly, the two asterisks could correspond to “which” of the four Adams Eva-01 is, hence it would be the one designated Second, though this is perhaps the most speculative part here.
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| |image1 = [[Image:Eva2-22 C0402A.jpg|right|thumb|The four Adams at Second Impact]]
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| |image2 = [[Image:Eva2-22_C1847_comp.jpg|thumb|Eva-01 at Near Third Impact]]
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| |image3 = [[Image:Eva2-22 C1855 comp.jpg|thumb|Close-up showing "third eye"]]
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| |image4 = [[Image:Ipea-logo.png|thumb|center|100px|IPEA logo]]
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| |image5 = [[Image:Eva2-22 C1394 crop.jpg|thumb|200px|Doors to containment silo opening]]
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| |image6 = [[Image:Eva1-11 jikai C08 comp.png|thumb|Preview version of Adams]]
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| {{-}}
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| ==Adams #3: Evangelion Mark.06==
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| * Mark.06 shown in 1.0 at a lunar excavation site (cf. Explanation of 1.01). I.e., it is not simply being built there; it was found there.
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| * Gendo says construction method is different
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| * blood stain at Mare Tranquillitatis along with presence of spear on moon link it to 2I (see also blood spurt in omitted storyboard which confirms conclusions that would need to be necessarily drawn anyway)
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| * masking of face implies divinity
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| Further connections:
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| Mark.06 is designed as something of an "evil version" of Eva-01. The doppelganger motif was repeated, even more obviously, with Eva-13. The three Evas are visually connected through their armor designs.
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| Another point of comparison is that both Eva-13 and Eva-01 caused an impact (4I and N3I respectively). The remains of Mark.06 are found in Eva 3.0 at what Kaworu calls ground zero of Third Impact, strongly implied to be a separate event from Near Third Impact. Its exact involvement is unknown, but it is not only fused with Lilith's headless body -- indicated to have descended from its cross and grown in size, in a manner evoking End of Evangelion -- it also appears to have been speared from above, creating parallels with Near Third Impact and directly implying that Mark.06 was one of the forces in the Impact that needed to be stopped. Thus, we can tentatively conclude that each of the three Adams enumerated thus far has an Impact to its name.
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| What of the fourth Adams?
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| ==Adams #4: The Key of Nebuchadnezzar==
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| Unlike ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', this version of Second Impact involved ''four'' giants -- a fundamental difference indicating that old continuity details cannot be taken for granted in any respect. Since the new films are, in many respects, a ''response'' to the original series, and play with the audience's expectations, we should nonetheless look to the original as a point of contrast.
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| In NGE, Second Impact is the result of a single being, [[Adam]]. Adam's body was mostly destroyed in the impact; however, an egg was left behind, which was later salvaged and restored to the embryo stage. This embryo, referred to as the "Adam sample", is smuggled away from Seele's clutches by Kaji and into Gendo's possession.
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| -Key is obvious narrative callback to Adam embryo from NGE, which, there, was degenerated remnant of Adam left behind after Second Impact, smuggled to Gendo by Kaji in a secure case with an Angel attack smokescreening his onscreen getaway, considered non-critical by Seele but which is indispensable to Gendo’s different scenario. Even without speculation, similarities are obvious.
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| * Return to point about Mari calling 13 a “survivor” -- at least one didn't “survive”. Kaji referring to key as “missing number” reinforces this further.
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| * Touch upon Blakeian iconography (to be further explored later) -- design of key strongly resembles the four-spheres (Zoas) symbol. Zoas were once a single being, called Albion, which were split into four. If the iconography is being borrowed to represent the idea of "four from one", notice the omission of one of the spheres. The Key's nervous system is standing in for the sphere. Implying it is one of the four "Zoas", or, rather, four Adams.
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| * Key's introductory scene gives it significant importance wrt the HIP that Gendo is seeking; described as “The guidepost that will link the spirit with the divine” and “will open the gates of Human Instrumentality” -- abilities rather in line with Adams (gates=Gates of Guf)
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| |title = The Key of Nebuchadnezzar
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| |image1 = [[Image:Eva2-22_C0207.jpg|thumb|Key of Nebuchadnezzar]]
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| |image2 = [[Image:The Four Zoas.jpg|thumb|Four Zoas symbol]]
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| {{-}}
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| ==Zoas / Adams==
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| One possibly tenuous connection is the one to Blakes' Zoas. Is there any way to further verify if this is indeed an intentional reference? Let's look at the image again. Each of the four Zoas has its sphere given a different color. A simple test to perform, then, is to see if any color correspondences can be found in the films.
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| * '''Thurinas: Gray-Green = Mark.06'''
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| Though not immediately obvious due to effects filter on the scene, Mark.06's exposed skin is indeed a gray-green color. This stands out for its unusual nature -- green is not a normal skin tone by any means. Do any other Evas show a skin tone match?
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| |image1 = [[Image:The Four Zoas Thurinas.jpg|thumb|Thurinas' sphere]]
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| |image2 = [[Image:Eva2-22 C0304 mark06.jpg|thumb|Unaltered image]]
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| |image3 = [[Image:Eva2-22 C0304 edit.jpg|thumb|Lightened and saturation boosted to bring out green]]
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| {{-}}
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| * '''Luvah: Neutral Gray = Eva-01'''
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| While not a perfect match, Eva-01's skin tone was modified to an off-white color for the new movies, in contrast to its original dark brown skin in NGE. This change is made more all the more conspicuous due to the fact that Eva-01, as detailed previously, no longer possesses the same link to Lilith that it had in the original series.
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| |title = Luvah/Eva-01
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| |image1 = [[Image:The Four Zoas Luvah.jpg|thumb|Luvah's sphere]]
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| |image2 = [[Image:Eva1.11-eva01-hands.jpg|thumb|Eva-01's hands]]
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| |image3 = [[Image:Eva2-22 C1792 core.jpg|thumb|Eva-01 chest area]]
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| {{-}}
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| * '''Urizen: Crimson = Eva-13'''
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| Eva-13 never "shows skin" in a way that's as obvious as the previous two examples. However, it does grows appendages out of its shoulder area that are dark red in color. The viewer might be tempted to connect these to the pylons on the deformed crystalline [[Failures of Infinity]] in the outskirts of Tokyo-3, which may yet have some validity. However, we can at least conclude that, unlike the Failures, Eva-13's pylon-like appendages are ''not'' made of core, as they use a solid color fill rather than the animated "core" texture. This lends credence to the idea that the red simply represents Eva-13's normal skin color.
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| For a point of comparison, in episode 23' of the original series, the "Angel Tower" growth that developed from Eva-00's back was flesh-colored.
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| {{-}}
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| * '''Urthona: Orange = The Key of Nebuchadnezzar'''
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| The key has no skin, obviously, but if we look at its sole appearance, we quickly see that it is suspended within an orange medium.
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| |image1 = [[Image:The Four Zoas Urthona.jpg|thumb|Urthona's sphere]]
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| |image2 = [[Image:Eva2-22_C0207.jpg|thumb|Key of Nebuchadnezzar]]
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| {{-}}
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| The Zoas symbol has further applications that cement the connections made here, but that is beyond the scope of this particular article.
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