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"AMBIVALENCE" is an episode of the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Plot

While Eva 03 is being flown to Japan from the USA, the plane transporting it flies through an odd cloud which is actually another microscopic Angel, which infects Eva 03. During Toji’s first synch test, Eva 03 goes berserk and mutates into an Angel, Bardiel. Possessing both the power of an Angel and the form of an Evangelion, Eva 03 rapidly defeats both Eva 02 and Eva 00. With Toji trapped still alive inside of the Angel, Shinji refuses to use Eva 01 to attack it, forcing Gendo to activate Eva 01’s Dummy Plug autopilot system.

Analysis

• The Angel Bardiel tried to merge with Rei's Unit 00 but not Asuka's Unit 02.
• Misato half-jokingly (and half-accusingly) points out to Ritsuko that with four Evangelion units under her command, they could end the world if they wanted to.

Notes

• The scaffolding that Eva Unit 03 is carried on as it is flown from the United States to Japan resembles a crucifix.
• Eva Unit 03's somersaulting dropkick against Eva Unit 01 directly parallels the somersaulting dropkick Eva Unit 01 made against the first Angel it fought, in episode 2.
• In the manga adaptation of the series, Toji is actually killed when Eva Unit 03 is destroyed. In the episode, he survives but loses his leg.
• "Ambivalence" in psychoanalytical theory, referrs to when two co-existing and self-contradictory emotions both arise from a common source.
• This episode was rated TV-MA on Adult Swim for graphic violence.

• Neon Genesis Evangelion episodes