Talk:Gendo Ikari

message: Can somebody tell me why gendo appears on the list?
Maybe becaue of ReDeath or YTMND.65.49.214.73 17:43, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Internet Celebrity Status 

message: It says here, "Gendo's motives, though bloody and ultimately foolish, are noble." This is just insane. His motives are completely and entirely selfish. He wishes to sacrifice all of humanity just to be with his lost wife, rather than just accept her death (or whatever you want to call her absorption into Unit-01). Death is part of Life. Real nobility would have been to go all out for his son, and be there for him when Yui couldn't be. But not only couldn't he do that,  he couldn't even do what most people do when they're destroyed by grief: kill THEMSELVES, and leave everyone else alone. There is nothing noble about being so wrapped up in your own grief that you'd rather condemn the entire world rather than grow up and move on. Gendo is the most pathetic coward I've ever seen. For all the people who call Shinji a wimp, he is the only one in the whole series who made a conscious decision to stand up to some pain in hopes of pleasure, and that's why he shut down Instrumentality. Gendo could not make that decision under any circumstances.
In all seriousness, every single person in Evangelion could have solved all their problems if they had just GROWN UP, Gendo more than anyone else.
:I'm not about to get into an argument on the moral foundation of Gendo's character (that's for Eva talk forums) but I agree that that statement in the article should probably be re-written or removed outright, as it is definitely a debateable topic.  Willbyr (talk | contribs) 12:07, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Noble" motives 

message: Why does he take his wife's family name when he marries Yui? Someone once told me that in Japan, sometimes a man will take his wife's family name if her family has no sons, but I have no verification of that. 
This is because in Japan you usually take the family name of the individual with a better economical situation.
:In addition to this, I suspect that he may have wanted to insinuate himself into Yui's family since she had connections to SEELE. Willbyr (talk | contribs) 23:02, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: We never really see Gendo and Yui interacting, so we're not sure how much of it was love or politics; certainly, her political connections helped, but then again, all of his actions indicate that he really deeply loved her.  Maybe he originally started dating her for her political connections, and he grew to love her, or maybe he both loved her and she had good connections; it's just speculation, we don't know.  We simply don't know alot about the pre-Second Impact SEELE, or the Katsuragi Expedition.  At the least, post-Third Impact, it helped to have more connections with her.  Ultimately for such a central character, Yui's past and what exactly the nature of her connections was remains a mystery.  Part of the reason people like the show so much is that it left so much unexplained and left to debate.  --Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici 22:13, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Surname

message: Why? Talented manager, yes, but he promoted scientific (and personal) aims, not engaging in politics. 217.198.224.13 13:06, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Fictional politician?

message: In the background part of the article it is stated that he is never shown without wearing his handgloves. I think this is incorrect since in one episode (forgot the number, (I come back on that later this day. :P )) he 'is'  shown without his handgloves on. Shinji looks at it and then asks to Misato and Ritsuko what happend to his hands where upon Ritsuko explains what happend AFAIK. How about it? :)
Kind regards, --MisteryX 11:06, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Episode 5.  --Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici 12:06, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  His hands 

message: Noticed the image has been changed.  I really don't care one way or the other as to which image is used for the article...honestly, though, I really don't care for either image, and would prefer one that doesn't have Gendo covering his face at all.  Can someone make a screenshot?  Willbyr (talk | contribs) 12:38, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Better. Is that a screencap from the anime?  Willbyr (talk | contribs) 12:18, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, the very first episode to be precise. If you want to upload and edit it in, be my guest. --Warp L. Obscura 17:27, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Cool; I'll try to get this done tonight.  Thanks! Willbyr (talk | contribs) 17:33, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Glad to help. --Warp L. Obscura 07:22, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image 

message: Just to satisfy my own curiosity, does anyone know why Tristan McAvery was replaced for the director's cut episodes, and if it extended to the Platinum edition episodes as well? I only ask because his was my favourite character/voice from the show and his replacement baffled me somewhat. Radical AdZ (talk) 10:41, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: English dub actors

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message: Nerv, I'm quite sure, isn't a private military. It's a subsidiary of the UN. So this category wouldn't apply to Gendo, nor the other Evangelion characters with individual pages. 
Thanks. 67.80.164.161 (talk) 09:12, 12 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Category: Private military members" 

message: There are numerous (and often uncited) references to a negative critical reception of Gendo. This is misleading; whoever added these doesn't seem to know what a negative critical reception is.. "Negative critical reception" directly suggests that critics believe the character is _bad_ - not Walter White or Daniel Plainview bad, but, say, Norbit or Scrappy Doo bad, in narrative/enjoyment terms. It suggests that critics think Gendo is a detriment to Evangelion because he's a bad father/villainous, which isn't what they're saying. Rewrites and outright paragraph removals needed. (talk) 17:30, 11 June 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: The section explains not only how he is perceived as a negative character, but also how this was not appreciated.--TeenAngels1234 (talk) 22:30, 11 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Negative critical reception"