Episode 09 Supplemental Notes and Analysis

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More Episode 09 Notes

• An image of the aquatic Angel Gaghiel briefly appears, on Ritsuko's computer screen as she is looking over information about it.
• During the montage scene when Shinji and Asuka are brushing their teeth, it can be seen that they are each holding personalized mugs with their respective names on the side; rather interestingly, both of their names are written out using Latin letters as opposed to Kanji. Although the letters appear reversed, which is accurate(The camera is seeing their reflection in the mirror), Shinji's name is misspelled "SHNJI".
• At the end of the episode, Shinji flinches when the holographic image of Asuka tries to slap him. This awkward dynamic could be explained in theorizing that Shinji merely flinched reflexively, although it should be noted the his head jerks forward as if he had acutely been hit.
  • Evangelions have a holographic projection telephone device located just outside the Entry Plug (holographic projection technology is seen during other parts of the series, such as meetings of the Human Instrumentality Committee; apparently this technology has been developed by 2015, but it is fairly advanced and not in commonplace use).
• A sign behind Misato says that Nerv HQ's post office is located on Level B-09.
• In the dub when they mess up the dance routine, Asuka exclaims "sheiss!" (German for "shit!"): when the episode aired on Adult Swim, this was censored by playing a loud beep over the word. This is ironic, given that the word "scheiss" had actually already been used uncensored in Adult Swim's in-house produced flagship show, Aqua Teen Hunger Force. This was also the first episode to receive a "TV-14" rating when it aired on Adult Swim, most likely due to sexual content.
• This is the only episode in which Toji wears the school uniform of Class 2-A, though he only wears it when he and Kensuke go to Misato's appartment to check in on Shinji and at their subsequent party there.

More Episode 09 Analysis

• Shinji responds to Asuka's greeting of "Guten morgen" with another "Guten morgen"; does this mean that Shinji has learned German between last episode (when he knew no German whatsoever) and now?
  • Not really. Shinji just picked up on a basic greeting phrase from German. That doesn't really mean he knows significantly more than he did before.

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