"Fake Name" <fakename@address.com> wrote in message
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> in this episode, nerv wanted to test shinji in unit 00 and rei in unit
> 01.  asuka asked how she didn't have to take the combatibility test and
> misato responds "you wouldn't want to pilot any other EVA."  misato then
> thinks to herself, "Unit 02 wouldn't have worked anyway."  how come Unit
> 02 would not have worked?
>

I was under the impression it was because it was the production model...I'm
sure someone here can give a more detailed anime fan freak explanation :)