I agree that what we see in the movie is the Rebuild version of the mental backup system, and that the Dummy Plug was one of its two primary functions (that we know of). However, since the Dummy Plug was built outside of NERV's Tokyo-3 base, then it is likely that a Rei-clone was not use...

Most interesting... I hadn't paid too much attention to the sound. Guess I'll have to watch it again, after listening to this file. Not that I mind. On a partly related note, I had a thought while watching it the first time. The children's song that plays when the Dummy Plug was activate...

I must agree on the fail there. I have a friend that I'm sure would've been there for it, I almost feel sorry for him. Odds are they just wanted to make sure they had something to show, even if it was bad. I found this place last week, and I've been looking through some topics, but findi...