The Hayflick limit is the number of times a (non-stem) cell can divide. "Bart's Haircut": Bart goes to Jake's Barber Shop. But can a young, damaged boy like Shinji bear the weight of humanity's survival? Asuka, for example, had mistakenly assumed that he knew all along, and when she realized during the sortie that nobody bothered to tell him even now, she was started to spill the beans to him before she was cut off by a surprise attack from the Angel. ", "Nagisa" means "shore", but if you split the kanji in two you could read it as either "messenger" or "dead person.". Originally aired May 8, 1988. I'll kill you...", Shigeru Aoba: "SOON INDIVIDUAL ENTITIES WILL BE UNABLE TO MAINTAIN THEIR SEPARATE FORMS!!! The production schedule and budget also became perpetual concerns as the project wore on, eventually forcing the studio to throw out their original plans for a two-part, action-packed finale. The show slips into this regularly, due to the general lack of money. The "Reiquarium", where all of Rei's soulless clone bodies are kept. scenes in which he is completely sincere. Even Gendou admits to his fear of bonding with his son once his vague apocalyptic plan has failed and he realizes he's going to be killed. Misato being questioned by SEELE after Leliel's defeat: the longest still shot in the series at 80 seconds. The same clip of Shinji eating breakfast is reused several times, as is a clip of Misato drinking beer. The show also fails quantum physics forever by throwing it around as a metaphor combined with, An in-universe example for whoever came up with the "Second Impact" cover story. Her brash character and abusive behaviour towards Shinji, especially after he outdoes her in the synchro test, completely messes up the group mentality and damages Shinji psychologically to the point he has to struggle to recover. "Bart's Little Fantasy": Bart tells Lisa and Maggie a story in which the roles of parents and kids are switched. Cue cheery rendition of "Fly Me to the Moon". ", "Ikari" uses the character for "anchor" (part of the nautical theme), but with a different character would be "wrath" or "anger. Combien de temps vous reste-t-il ? Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. In the year 2000, a global cataclysm known as Second Impact changed the world. Shinji then proceeds to first find out when Toji's broken form is extracted from the devastated Unit-03. "Seele" is German for "soul"; "Nerv" for, well, "nerve"; and "Gehirn" for "brain". The event annihilated Antarctica and shifted the planet's axis, resulting in catastrophic flooding and drastically altered climates worldwide. When the Evas are in combat, Maya helms a separate computer station where the pilots' vital signs, synch levels, and other information are kept up with and relayed to Misato so she can direct them for optimal performance. Armisael is able to infect Units 00 and 01 to the point where Rei is left with no choice but to blow her own EVA up, obliterating what's left of Tokyo-3 in the process. Shinji angsts about this after the double whammy of learning Rei's secret and being ordered to terminate Kaworu. It's entirely fitting for Gendou to have just wrote "Come!" "Grampa and the Kids": Grampa comes over to tell Bart and Lisa some stories. The boat Ritsuko is riding during her first appearance is visible in the foreground during her death scene. The same shot is reused in. It's also not what a Hayflick limit is. Yui Ikari to Shinji and Gendo — and also to Fuyutsuki in the videogame, Note how much time the characters spend on elevators and escalators in most episodes; also, Eva launch sequences. A villain whose motivation and characterisation are not explored in detail, if at all. Originally aired May 14, 1989. The show is today seen as one of the cornerstones of Japanese pop culture, comparable to the impact Star Wars had in the West, and as such, its influence still looms heavily over the anime industry to this very day. Shinji asks both Rei and Kaji about Gendou at different points. "Making Faces": Marge warns Bart and Lisa that their faces will freeze if they keep making scary faces. Misato dies from a lack of preliminary discussion, careful placement, and cooperation on Shinji's behalf. "The Pacifier": Bart and Lisa get annoyed by Maggie's sucking on her pacifier and try to take it away from her. Armisael is a large double-helix ring of light that turns into a rope-like form to attack the Evas. You'll be comatose. Kaji does this to Misato in episode 15 — also notable as one of the few (only?) Originally aired April 20, 1989. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/TheSimpsons. Misato then picks up the beer can, revealing a small pack of toothpicks that had been hidden behind the beer that is now just barely covering Shinji's crotch, implying he has a Teeny Weenie. This version of the show is largely unchanged, but international versions feature new translations and dubs and omit all instances of "Fly Me to the Moon". Originally aired November 8, 1987. ), which Anno has said. Originally aired February 14, 1988. Naoko Akagi: Her lingering affection for Gendou prevents her from destroying NERV and preventing the Third Impact when Gendou brings Rei to initiate it. Ritsuko, Misato, and Kaji all went to college together. Originally aired May 10, 1987. Originally aired November 27, 1988. On the other hand, the trauma is noticeably absent in the case of Gendou merging his hand with Adam. Anno has since come to fully own it, even as it grew into an enormous multimedia empire comprising a bevy of merchandise, corporate partnerships, and spinoffs which often play with the original's themes or even ignore them. The most obvious is Rei, who would appear to be a brilliant, Many tropes that Eva deconstructs have actually been deconstructed in older, The manga had this to offer out for the latter - "Ritsuko Akagi. Misato also blames herself often for things she had no control over. Services of language translation the ... An announcement must be commercial character Goods and services advancement through P.O.Box sys Originally aired May 3, 1987. The American pilots who fly Unit 03 to Japan and NERV employees heard during its activation test speak perfect, unaccented English accompanied by Japanese subtitles. However, the series' mature content also resulted in pulled sponsorships, conflict with network censors, and a radical change in time slot (from evening to late-night, only increasing popularity among its older demographic). This also shows up on the Mass-Produced Evas' dummy plugs. Asuka and Shinji's training to fight the Seventh Angel is a variant; they're not actually locked in a room, but they do have to spend almost every waking moment together. )cious" to all but the script writers. Originally aired November 6, 1988. To a lesser degree, Episode 14. Both are due to her being a clone. Ritsuko uses a "Type 666" firewall to protect NERV's MAGI from hacking by SEELE in. He also asks about his mother at one point... to Gendou, of course, so it had much the same result. Surprisingly, prior to the tail end, this remains of little issue to the cast in regards to the Angels, whom display little sentience, and are annihilated consecutively without a second thought. Rei has her plugsuit and her school uniform, and is rarely ever seen wearing anything other than these two costumes. Shinji goes through a gradual one over the latter half of the series, and finally cracks in, The Geofront has a self-destruct mechanism. Asuka, who is German by birth, sounds even to a native English speaker distinctly. Admittedly, probably known as "I, (D'oh! And Misato could be a potential sufferer of, It should also go without saying that all of the above and a few others have, Shinji gets this treatment a few times. In Episode 6, try drinking every time someone goes off-model. More stylistic naming instead of thematic, but characters all have their last names in kanji and their first in katakana. Cuts between scenes that feel ‘premature’, often to industrial urban views, creating suspenseful pacing. "Family Therapy": The Simpsons visit a family psychologist. The threshold isn't. She also gets into frequent (and sometimes physically violent) arguments with Misato about how to handle situations which could endanger the pilots, and while she never misses an opportunity to poke fun at Misato, her jibes become very cruel after things really blow up between Misato, Shinji, and Asuka. In a way, Matariel, because it has camouflage that looks like eyes, and its actual working eye cries tears of, Sahaquiel is a gigantic eye with wings that bombs the planet from space, leaving giant craters that get ever closer to Tokyo-3. Her written-out thoughts show that "menarche" is as much a source of anxiety for her as "sex". Because cells that don't have it are cancerous. "The Krusty the Clown Show": Bart and Lisa get to see Krusty the Clown live. The aforementioned also die in the manga, as well as Touji. "Home Hypnotism": Homer and Marge try to use hypnotism to get the kids to behave. They finally appear in, In Episode 24, Shinji is introduced to Kaworu who himself is sitting on top of a ruined statue of a traditional angel that is missing its head. Originally aired February 5, 1989. This is best exemplified by Gendo, who through Yui's love, It is also in play with Ritsuko, whose love for Gendo, a man who will never reciprocate, leads her to help him with NERV's more morally dubious work and repeatedly lie to her best friend Misato in the process. "Bart's Nightmare": Bart has a nightmare after eating all the cookies in the cookie jar. Averted for Asuka in both the anime and the manga—her period causes her a realistic amount of discomfort, shame, anxiety, pain and mood swings. Special note also goes to the characters of this series, who are initially presented as cliche anime stereotypes (. "The Aquarium": Homer brings Bart, Lisa, and Maggie to the aquarium. Originally aired October 25, 1987. "Scary Movie": Bart convinces Lisa and Maggie to watch a scary movie when they're at the theater. Then there's a closer shot of her a second later with the sling suddenly wrapped the other way. 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