History Roleplay / ScaryNewsOutOfTokyo3

---> I can't possibly comment on any of that.\
I just wanted to make it clear.\
''I can't possibly comment.''

** The rumored Fifth Child after Shinji's disappearance is named Alberto Minoleta, after the guy who made a fake golden ticket in ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory''.

* TheCassandra: [=Chiasaur11=]. A deep insider, given to ominous and invariably pessimistic pronouncements about what's ''really'' going on, which get passed over with little comment because they're too vague to be of any use. Granted, if he was any ''less'' vague NERV would probably kill him.

-->'''Arizona:''' it occurs to me that however hackneyed a phrase it may be there ARE fates worse than death

-->'''Arizona:''' it occurs to me that howver hackneyed a phrase it may be there ARE fates worse than death

--->'''The Fireballed Mage:''' I've done a fair bit of structural evaluation testing when I worked for [[Film/BladeRunner Tyrell Corp]] (before the whole 'tell me about your mother' incidents); drove a fork-lift for the [[ComicBook/NinjaHighSchool Rival Ninja Corporation office in Quagmire, Texas]] (before the Ken-terminator event); did some construction for [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Wayne Industries]] before SI (and before the boss got locked up for putting on a mask and beating up the mentally ill); and was involved in the early work on the super-sub ''[[LightNovel/FullMetalPanic Tuatha de Danaan]]'' before budget cuts killed it.

* TriangRelations: Type 10. Maya Ibuki and [=LibraryLass=] begin dating about halfway through, but Maya still retains her attraction to Ritsuko. [=LibraryLass=] doesn't know the specifics, but worries from time to time that she's just a substitute for someone else.

* IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow: Drogo, as a high-ranking [=NERVite=], starts a rumor that the UN are about to conduct an in-depth onsite audit of NERV's finances; Fuyutsuki sees through Drogo's plan, but approves his proposal of a day off for most of the staff, since ''he's'' also anxious to keep them as far from the headquarters as possible when the UN and JSSDF arrive. [=Chiasaur11=] and Arizona both get very sarcastic about the use of the word ''audit'', and Kreuzritter pointedly suggests that this audit may have "non-negotiable terms".

* BrandX: Thanks to the historical divergence, several organizations and products wound up with different names. [=PayPal=] is called [=FundFriend=], Patreon is Patronus, Indiegogo is [=GoIndyGo=], Slate.com is Shale.com, Wikileaks is Quickleaks, and the iPhone is simply the Apple Phone. (Wiki/TheOtherWiki doesn't exist, although the characters say it would be helpful if something like it did.)

* NeverLiveItDown: In-universe, a photo of Arizona (collapsing in horror at the edge of the Nevada Crater) that approaches MemeticMutation levels of universal recognition. He complains that the picture is going to follow him around for the rest of his life.

** [[Franchise/SailorMoon Rei Hino and the Hikawa Shrine]] exist in this Tokyo, so it's probably an alternate universe where the Sailor Senshi [[Script/ShadowjackWatchesSailorMoon failed to stop Second Impact for whatever reason.]]
*** The Sailor Moon connection has now been elaborated on, and it's confirmed to take place after season 3. Yui Ikari studied at Mugen Academy and was on the hairy edge of being made into one of the Witches 5. The university did indeed go up in a horrible meta-bio accident. And worse, it's implied that there's a connection between what Gendo has been up to and what happened to Dr. Tomoe -- who is himself considered a crackpot far ahead of his time, much like Tesla.

-->''All my kit had been in the house, my helmet, my flak vest… if they had n-nuked the thing, all I'd have had for protection would've been the drainage ditch. You can damn well bet I'm bringing my full kit from now on, even if it's just down to the corner store.''

-->'''Arizona:''' There's a motherfucking HOLE in the Nevada desert a hundred miles across and six hundred feet deep, a big flat crater that looks like God dented the landscape with a giant ball peen hammer. It's all just gone, nothing but dirt and dry bedrock. There were small towns and farmlands within the radius of this explosion -- or whatever it was -- that just aren't there anymore. I shudder to imagine how many thousands of people are no longer accounted for; hell, I don't even want to know, except that it's my job.

--> '''[=0Megabyte=]:''' ... and if you DONT have an exit plan, PM me. Limited time offer, though.\\

-->'''Arizona:''' ...What.\\

-->'''[=chiasaur11=]:''' Keeping my last little scraps of sanity. I'm going to enjoy the privilege of seeing the last things with my eyes open.\\

-->''Until you've spend a week looking for sites in the UK with good access, but which are far away from populated areas and which comes with sufficient grounds to do major construction on you don't realise just how many old stately homes have fallen under crown ownership down the years. The names all start to run together, too: [[Literature/ThursdayNext Caversham]], [[Literature/PrideAndPrejudice Pemberly]], Film/{{Skyfall}}, [[Series/DoctorWho Wood Norton]], [[Literature/{{Rebecca}} Manderly]], and so on.''\\

* ZettaiRyouiki: Although the original meaning of this phrase, and its English translation ("AT Field"), are of primary relevance here, there are a few humorous references to the otaku slang.
-->'''Pip:''' What idiot translated these design specs? "Distance top of socks to hem of skirt: 3m"

* DramaticIrony: On practically every page, the characters innocently say at least one thing guaranteed to make any reader wince who's actually watched ''Evangelion''.

** ''Literature/TitusCrow'' gets a reference in the form of the Wilmarth Foundation, which moves in the same circles as NERV.

* UsedToBeASweetKid: Gendo, of all people. He used to be a [[{{Adorkable}} genius goof]] prone to TestosteronePoisoning and a knack for winding up an AccidentalPervert: basically the protagonist of a screwball comedy. Yeah, he's come a long way...

** Disney's production schedule was disturbed by Second Impact, but [=LibraryLass=]'s rant on the arrested development of Second Impact survivors indicates that ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'', ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'', and ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' still exist, as do the ''Transformers'' film series, ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' (which started out as a wildly successful comic book in this timeline) and the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.

* ManChild: Discussed. Several posters -- especially [=LibraryLass=] -- are of the opinion that Second Impact stunted the maturation of their generation, arguing that things like ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'', WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic, and superhero movies could not have become the pop-cultural juggernauts they are without [[RealitySubtext a huge, traumatic disaster with worldwide repercussions at the beginning of the 21st Century]].

** [[IRobot Susan Calvin]] was a colleague of Yui Ikari.
** [[Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} Egon Spengler]] is named as one of the founding minds of metaphysical biology. Along with [[VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown Doctor Vahlen]] -- who is revealed by [=ZeroGirl00=] to be Asuka's stepmother.

* WeirdnessMagnet: Fireballed Mage obviously, but Yui Ikari qualifies in the backstory. Student at [[Franchise/SailorMoon Mugen Academy]], colleague of [[IRobot Susan Calvin]], [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking married Gendo.]]

-->'''Pip:''' What idiot translated these design specs? "Distance top of socks to hem of skirt: 3m"

* CrazyPrepared: Shadowjack turns into this after a frightening close call during Matarael's attack.

** Shadowjack also programs a DeadMansSwitch macro into his computer to leave a message in the thread in case he doesn't check in for a few days -- even though he doesn't think he'll actually need it.

*** The DeadMansSwitch activates again on 27 December -- [[KilledOffScreen by which time Instrumentality is underway]].
** He also detects the gas when NERV arrests him, and actually manages to get a gas mask on before they come in to taze him.

-->'''Rainfall:''' Teenagers piloting giant robots happen all the time in anime, but in real life that would be insane.

** One of The Fireballed Mage's failed job prospects includes learning that [[Main/BubblegumCrisis GENOM]] isn't hiring.