Yu-Gi-Oh!: Many of the characters and monsters in the ancient Egyptian Memory World are named after figures from Egyptian mythology (Isis, Set, Osiris, Ra) and have absolutely nothing in common with their namesakes or their stories (though it makes great inspiration for Fanfic writers and Shippers). Hideaki Anno's statement that he chose the name "Evangelion" because "it sounds complicated" doesn't really help. The religious motifs within Neon Genesis Evangelion are dismissed as this because of a popular statement from assistant director Kazuya Tsurumaki. The main enemy is called The Retched (sic) Egg, and it is explained that the serpent in the Garden of Eden was referred to as an egg. In Deadman Wonderland, the power wielded by the protagonist and his opponents is called Branches of Sin. The only relevance to the imagery of the crucifixion is superficially that Akagi will be sacrificed if he loses. In the anime though, the religious scenes (see picture above) are kind of out of place. In the manga there's a lot of drawings from classic works that depict Dante's Inferno which could be relevant by illustrating that the death-match between Akagi and Washizu is like a trip down into hell. Lots of this in the Washizu arc of Akagi. Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane (when the "magic" seems more than a little religious in nature). Tropes often employed for Faux Symbolism: It is also not to be confused with a symbolic Easter Egg hunt where the writer, director and production design team purposefully insert numerous small but meaningful elements, the understanding of which are not necessary to appreciate the plot, theme or character development but create fan discussion and add to rewatch value. If you are at all unsure if the "symbolism" has any actual intended meaning, please try to look into it or bring it up in discussion.Ĭompare Crystal Dragon Jesus, Everyone Is Jesus in Purgatory, and Mundane Made Awesome.Ĭontrast Rule of Symbolism, when something actually is symbolic. There are actual academic essays and papers about the symbolism of pieces of art where none actually exists or was intended (see The Lord of the Rings and World War II) and some artists will even claim their piece has symbolism when they didn't put any actual thought into it (they may or may not actually believe it themselves). Long story short, anything can be considered symbolic in the right frame of mind. When this trait is exhibited in music, it may overlap with Not Christian Rock. If such a piece of fiction happens to become popular, this usually results in a polarized fanbase where a large number of people either over-analyze it (try to find a meaning to both the faux symbolism and actually-meaningful-symbolism) or under-analyze it (assume that because some of the symbolism happens to be pointless, that it's all pointless).īe wary though that this trope is often used not to point out use of fake symbolism, but to shut down discussion of what may actually be legitimate observation remember, just because you may not personally understand or like a piece of symbolism doesn't change whether or not it is. This is especially problematic when in addition to faux symbolism, the author throws in symbolism that is meaningful and well thought-out. Perhaps the creator misinterpreted the message that the symbol stood for, the creator wanted their work to be taken seriously as True Art, or the creator just wanted the scene to look cool. 
That is where this trope comes in: when a creator just decides to throw a historical, religious or random reference into a scene just for the heck of it. Because of this, less experienced creators may try and slip some symbolism into a story, when in reality the event in question has nothing to do with the symbol, in hopes that people will look at it more seriously.
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