[101] Poor Jon; his rotten luck was by design, but the reason for it wouldn't become apparent until the third season, causing some readers to conclude that it was simply another, and a rather cruel, running joke.

[169] This is one of my favorite Angels, just because of the elegance of its design.

[227] More elaborate than the narrator was cleared to disclose, since Jon was more than just an X-COM operative transferred to NERV - he was a fully engineered life form.

[346] As we will see, this would become quite important later.

[401] Rei is far from understanding what she really is, but she instinctively know her purpose in life - now that she has something to protect, besides the somewhat abstract and unsatisfying concept of defending humanity in general.

[451] Ah, the National Aero-Space Plane, the first of many aborted "this will replace the Space Shuttle!" Projects Of The Future.

[565] Pop Will Eat Itself, "Wake Up! Time to Die", This Is the Day... This Is the Hour... This Is THIS! (1989) (sampling Blade Runner).

[616] Like Ritsuko Akagi, Rei know how DJ got hurt in the first episode, though not why.

[741] If DJ only knew. Or maybe he does, on some unconscious level.

[767] An odd, almost Djinn-like way of announcing an attunement, but then, Rei's still pretty badly damaged goods at this point...