Neon Genesis Evangelion
TV Show • 1995 • Animation
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
88 supporters
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tial
Sort of. Shinji desperately wants a normal relationship with his father but doesn’t really forgive him for all terrible things he’s done to him at the same time.
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Are there end credit scenes?
64 supporters
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SiRenfield
Only “next time on…” previews
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Abandonment
Is an animal abandoned?
62 supporters
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tial
Not abandoned but Misato sends her pet penguin away because the city eventually reaches a point where it becomes completely unliveable and it would likely die if it stayed there.
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
145 supporters
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SiRenfield
Shinji’s backstory, we especially pay great attention to it in Episode 16
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Abuse
Is someone gaslighted?
412 supporters
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Lexichae
Shinji is constantly being told things are his fault by Asuka and even his father.
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Is someone stalked?
270 supporters
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viniasbr
NERV's intelligence eventually (implicitly) stalks some characters
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Are there abusive parents?
107 supporters
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DeenGray
Gendo abandoned Shinji and doesn't care about him outside of piloting the Eva.
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Yes
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Lexichae
Both Asuka and Shinji were emotionally abused.
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Is there domestic violence?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
724 supporters
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Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
145 supporters
Add comment
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
226 supporters
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wolves
it's heavy implied a character struggles with alcoholism. another main character regularly smokes.
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f1nn_
S1
E15
only achohol
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
208 supporters
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Lexichae
Misato drinks a lot, but it’s seen as comedic.
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Animal
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Sashae
(MAJOR SPOILERS FOR EOE) If you watch The End Of Evangelion, all lives are wiped out, including the penguin, Penpen. Also, Ritsukos cat dies. None of them are on screen.
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Is there a dead animal?
617 supporters
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GuyofMinimalImportance
Some of the monsters the main characters fight and kill look like animals; like Sharks and Spiders.
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Does a cat die?
1,206 supporters
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Anonymous
Towards the end of the series, Ritsuko's cat that was in the care of her grandmother passes away. It happens offscreen; she's informed via phone call.
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Does a pet die?
420 supporters
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8
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tial
Ritsuko is told that her cat has died which throws her into depression. Also although it’s not shown or stated, it’s highly likely that Misato’s pet penguin dies in the EoE movie given how it ends.
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Are there spiders?
444 supporters
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choopybohn
One monster's design is inspired by a spider
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Are there bugs?
281 supporters
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SassafrasKit
There are a few angels that appear similar to bugs or parasites
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Assault
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Yes
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purpleunicorn
A bit of a 'mind-rape'? Auska is attacked by an angel who 'rapes' her mind. A bit graphic, but not necessarily a sexual rape.
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choopybohn
While nothing physical ever occurs, there are implications that of less than consensual encounters
And in the final film (End of Evangelion), one character pleasures themself over an unconscious person, and another scene where a character makes contact with another characters breast, although with non-sexual intentions, the scene is still intentionally made disturbing.
And in the final film (End of Evangelion), one character pleasures themself over an unconscious person, and another scene where a character makes contact with another characters breast, although with non-sexual intentions, the scene is still intentionally made disturbing.
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Is someone held under water?
127 supporters
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DeenGray
S1
E8
The angel Gaghiel drags Eva Unit 02 underwater
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Is rape mentioned?
141 supporters
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SiRenfield
A character compares a traumatic Angel encounter with being raped/violated, giving birth to the term “mind rape”
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Is there pedophilia?
225 supporters
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DeenGray
Arguably. Misato’s relationship with Shinji has sexual undertones, and in episode 23, she is offering him sex. Made more obvious in the movie
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
104 supporters
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SiRenfield
Shinji when he first meets Touji
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tial
By another woman
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Bodily Harm
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Is someone crushed to death?
187 supporters
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tial
The final angel, which appears in human form, is crushed to death in an Eva’s fist.
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Does a head get squashed?
573 supporters
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Anonymous
A character gets beheaded by getting squeezed by the hand of one of the robots, a silhouette of their head is shown dropping onto the ground
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Is someone burned alive?
439 supporters
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viniasbr
This happens in the movie, EOE
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Is there cannibalism?
317 supporters
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viniasbr
(SPOILER) Not human, but angel cannibalism
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Is there eye mutilation?
981 supporters
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SassafrasKit
the first angel tries to impale an Eva's right eye, which makes the pilot clutch his right eye in pain.
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Is someone choked?
58 supporters
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DeenGray
In a flashback, Rei I calls Naoko Akagi an “old hag,” causing Naoko to get mad and choke her
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Is there body horror?
216 supporters
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purpleunicorn
Fanta :D
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Is there excessive gore?
498 supporters
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16
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Anonymous
Some of the angels bleed. Streets flooded with blood, blood raining down from the sky etc.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
148 supporters
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deniallol
A child is graphically choked to death onscreen.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
328 supporters
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choopybohn
Strangling is often used in the series use of hands as a focal point
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Does someone become unconscious?
95 supporters
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tial
Multiple instances of Shinji getting into the Eva result in him winding up unconscious and waking up in the hospital.
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Does someone break a bone?
261 supporters
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spice_n_sugar
Rei is constantly seen wearing casts & bandages for her broken limbs before they heal.
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Is someone tortured?
760 supporters
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Lexichae
Everyone in this show are being mentally tortured. I’m EoE, Asuka gets her eye and guts damaged.
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Is there amputation?
310 supporters
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GuyofMinimalImportance
Eva's occasionally lose limbs. They can grow back; but it's still implied to be incredibly painful for the pilot.
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Does someone fall to their death?
194 supporters
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wolves
while not shown on screen, it's heavily implied a character died by falling to their death
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Is there decapitation?
56 supporters
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DeenGray
Shinji was forced to kill Kaworu and decapitates him
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Is there a hanging?
489 supporters
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Lexichae
Asuka’s mother’s suicide by hanging is seen many times
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Children
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Is a minor sexualized?
444 supporters
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B4PH0M3T
Rei, Asuka, and Shinji (who are 14) are consistently sexualized through uncomfortable (When shinji delivers the new NERV card to Rei, etc) scenarios and very questionable camera shots at times.
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Does a kid die?
644 supporters
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dafiali
A 4-year old girl gets choked to death.
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Death
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Does a major character die?
106 supporters
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tial
A major character is shot dead. The Last two episodes show a quick flash of the dead bodies of two major characters without elaboration on how they died. The movie explains this, and goes significantly further with the amount of character deaths to say the least.
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
122 supporters
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11
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kaworu does for shinji
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Does a parent die?
326 supporters
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GuyofMinimalImportance
Several characters have dead parents.
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Does someone cheat?
212 supporters
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NOV3000
S1
Asuka's father is implied to cheat on his wife
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
239 supporters
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spice_n_sugar
Asuka’s whole backstory revolves around how her mother thinks of a doll as her child and not her actual daughter. She is seen ripping the head off the doll.
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Does a family member die?
107 supporters
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tial
Asuka’s mother is seen hanging from a noose on the ceiling
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Is someone kidnapped?
171 supporters
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Anonymous
(SPOILERS) in a later episode, one of the directors of NERV is kidnapped and interrogated
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Fear
Are there jumpscares?
785 supporters
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Anonymous
there are a few times when the audio gets very quiet and then very loud, but there are no jumpscares in the traditional sense.
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Is there a shower scene?
159 supporters
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Lexichae
There’s several in the show
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Are there natural bodies of water?
7 supporters
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DeenGray
Sorta. Tokyo-3 was built on Lake Ashi, a real life natural lake in Japan, but because of the second impact, most of the lakes seen in the series are artificial.
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Is someone possessed?
164 supporters
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wolves
no, but (SPOILERS) an evangelion unit is possessed by an angel near the end of the series
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Are there ghosts?
107 supporters
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SassafrasKit
(spoilers) the ghosts of the main character's mother appears while he's trapped inside of an angel.
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Gross
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Is someone eaten?
105 supporters
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1
An EVA eats an angel. It’s very grotesque.
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Does someone vomit?
1,194 supporters
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PumpkinMuffin
Towards the end of Episode 20 Maya throws up. Happens shortly after Unit 01 goes berserk. This is fairly brief and audio only. Coming from someone with bad emetophobia, this wasn’t super triggering.
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
93 supporters
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0
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12
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SiRenfield
City destruction though
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Law Enforcement
Is there incarceration?
3 supporters
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3
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tial
A main character is briefly imprisoned after directly threatening destruction of the government organisation they work for after they force them to do something horrible. Another character is imprisoned and left there for multiple episodes for a similar reason.
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LGBTQ+
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Medical
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Is there a mental institution scene?
385 supporters
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34
No
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viniasbr
(SPOILERS) A main characters mother is in what is implied as a mental institution/hospital
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Are needles/syringes used?
497 supporters
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10
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spice_n_sugar
Rei is seen to have IV’s in her arm the first time you see her, but she gets better.
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Is there menstruation?
11 supporters
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4
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0
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nullb1rd
In the end of the series, a 14 year old girl is seen in mild pain in front of a bathroom sink. She comments that her period hurts.
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Is there a hospital scene?
197 supporters
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88
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0
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TheCakegamer
Oh boy, that scene in EOE
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Mental Health
Is a mentally ill person violent?
250 supporters
Yes
25
No
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september
in EoE, we see shinji choke asuka twice , as a result of his poor mental health
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44
Is reality unstable or unhinged?
25 supporters
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5
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tial
The last two episodes and the End of Evangellion movie are very infamous for being almost entirely being an existential nightmare reality.
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15
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3
Are there anxiety attacks?
433 supporters
Yes
69
No
1
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Spyromancy
Many characters, but especially Shinji, are frequently shown in states of extreme panic and anxiety in a very visceral way.
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7
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0
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3
Yes
0
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3
Is there body dysmorphia?
344 supporters
Yes
52
No
4
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GuyofMinimalImportance
One depressed character thinks she's ugly even though most people would say otherwise.
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Yes
6
No
2
0
not shown but implied
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Yes
75
No
2
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Lexichae
Ritsuko’s mother dies by jumping off a building. It’s not seen on screen, but the after math is. As well as Asuka’s mother, shown being hung from the ceiling.
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3
Does someone have a meltdown?
11 supporters
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3
No
0
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tial
Rarely does an episode go by where Shinji doesn’t have a complete meltdown
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Does someone have a mental illness?
95 supporters
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4
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tial
There’s no elaboration but I find it very hard to believe Shinji, Asuka and Rei don’t all have some sort of mental illness
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
573 supporters
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16
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34
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Lexichae
Asuka is seen in a bathtub in episode 24 being skin and bones enough to get her hospitalized. Not necessarily an eating disorder, but worth mentioning.
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
262 supporters
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19
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2
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Paci
Most characters are emotionally crippled, and have gone through sevear trauma including death, emotional abuse and Bad parenting.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
238 supporters
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62
No
2
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SassafrasKit
there are a few scenes where a character is trapped inside of an Eva, and one episode where the main character is trapped for a prolonged period of time and starts running out of "air".
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choopybohn
There is a scene in episode 24 where a it is heavily implied a character attempts suicide, as well as a scene in episode 21 and 24 where a character successfully kills themself
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
273 supporters
Yes
26
No
2
4
Not a direct quote, but someone says “YOU’D kill yourself if (…), wouldn’t you?” And the person it is said to affirms it.
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Noxious
Yes
10
No
32
Are there flashing lights or images?
353 supporters
Yes
68
No
0
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wolves
these become more prominent towards the end of the series, but at several points, lights/colours/words flash across the screen in rapid succession
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Yes
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1
Yes
4
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0
Yes
3
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0
Does a baby cry?
120 supporters
Yes
4
No
18
1
september
no babies- however small children are shown crying
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Paranoia
Yes
1
No
2
Is the fourth wall broken?
141 supporters
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13
No
2
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Paci
Both the show and the movies feature fourth wall breaks where the show's format Is shifted, or we see production notes and storyboarding.
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Pregnancy
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0
No
51
Yes
3
No
9
Yes
0
No
11
Yes
0
No
48
Yes
0
No
54
Does a pregnant person die?
257 supporters
Yes
1
No
47
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nullb1rd
Not necessarily but (SPOILERS) a character who is a minor is mutilated in her EVA and killed in a way that has a visual cue from pregnancy. said character has a lot of 'mother' symbolism, so it has to be intentional.
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Prejudice
Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
337 supporters
Yes
8
No
16
5
uryufriend
There is an episode where asuka and shinji dress identically in feminine clothing and side characters make fun of shinji for wearing those outfits.
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Does an LGBT person die?
639 supporters
Yes
84
No
3
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syukoshiomy
many theorize differently about the sexualities of two important characters in the show, but the general consensus is that they are both MLM. only one of them dies.
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No
8
Yes
0
No
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SiRenfield
Mostly no, Judeo-Christian imagery is used throughout the series but not really in a negative way. However you could argue that the main antagonists, SEELE, are very much in the “Illuminati style-group that secretly controls the world” trope which doesn’t automatically make a work that uses it antisemetic per say, but it’s certainly a trope with problematic roots in it
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Is there hate speech?
417 supporters
Yes
17
No
34
10
SodaButt
If you count mild sexism
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
521 supporters
Yes
5
No
35
1
Anonymous
in the netflix dub, the word "ps*cho" is used in episode 5
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Are there fat jokes?
449 supporters
Yes
48
No
5
10
Anonymous
(SPOILERS) In the episode "magmadiver", asuka is given a suit which inflates as a means to provide insolation. the scene and asuka's negative reaction are played as a joke
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Yes
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No
36
Yes
0
No
34
Yes
1
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53
Yes
0
No
53
Yes
0
No
5
Race
Yes
0
No
4
Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
222 supporters
Yes
10
No
6
6
Boaz
Asuka (an adolescent) has a crush on Kaji (an adult) and tries unsuccessfully to seduce him. Misato (an adult) treats Shinji (an adolescent) inappropriately numerous times. At one point it is implied that Misato offers to have sex with Shinji, but he refuses. Some of Shinji's sexual fantasies involve Misato.
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
46 supporters
Yes
3
No
0
1
tial
The series is infamously loaded with religious symbolism, theming and naming that is mostly meaningless with no intended messaging or undertones regarding religion, and was only implemented because the director thought it was cool.
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
718 supporters
Yes
73
No
3
4
f1nn_
S1
E15
it is only a brief scene and its only siluetted and u hear one of the charecters
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
50
No
8
14
wolves
not quite, but definitely bordering.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
6
Are there nude scenes?
263 supporters
Yes
15
No
1
2
Anonymous
yes, but genetalia and boobs are hidden.
2 comments | Add comment
Is someone sexually objectified?
256 supporters
Yes
17
No
2
5
DeenGray
Misato is the subject of several sexualized shots. Asuka’s breasts are shown off quite often as well. However, the show doesn’t objectify women nearly as often as the merchandise and official art. There are several different figurines of Asuka, Rei etc wearing skimpy outfits.
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Sexism
Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
172 supporters
Yes
20
No
2
5
Paci
Asuka does call out Shinji for not being manly and for crying very often
1 comment | Add comment
Sickness
Yes
0
No
8
Yes
0
No
6
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
0
No
5
Social
Are there fat suits?
118 supporters
Yes
7
No
2
4
Kozak2005
S1
E10
In this episode Asuka wears a suit that makes her look fat
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
2
No
11
Is existentialism debated?
19 supporters
Yes
3
No
0
1
tial
Oh absolutely
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
5
Spoiler
Yes
0
No
47
Does it have a sad ending?
536 supporters
Yes
63
No
14
10
wolves
while the ending itself is quite positive, the series ends on an infamously confusing and potentially unsatisfying note. the full ending can be found in the movie "the end of evangelion"
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Vehicular
Does a plane crash?
126 supporters
Yes
51
No
2
3
Anonymous
Military planes and helicopters are destructed
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
42
Yes
10
No
2
Yes
51
No
2
Violence
Does someone drown?
272 supporters
Yes
1
No
44
3
Goopy
albeit there's an implied attempt in EoE
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Is there blood/gore?
546 supporters
Yes
72
No
0
5
Lexichae
Especially in EoE, gore and blood are seen
2 comments | Add comment
Is there gun violence?
232 supporters
Yes
62
No
0
2
denialol
In the original series, a man is shot offscreen.
3 comments | Add comment
Is there a nuclear explosion?
110 supporters
Yes
61
No
7
7
Anonymous
No, but there are several scenes with large explosions (specifically with N2 mines)
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