My literal answer is this.
I overheard a conversation last year...
Person 1: "There's this character in the book, who'se basically a stand-in for... umm.. Who was that really famous traitor guy from the revolutionary war?" (Note: Correct answer is "Benedict Arnold")
Person 2: "Napolean Bonaparte."
Person 1: "Yeah, him. Well..."
Conversation continued without missing a beat. I later heard them laughing, and like to think they were laughing because they realized it, but I don't really know.
My less literal answer is Brad comparing Pacific Rim to Evangelion on the last bombcast. Graphically? Sure. Thematically? Uh... maybe the first half of Evangelion. You should probably read a bit about the rest. Evangelion's back end is less about giant robots and more about crippling loneliness and the consequences of child abuse.
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