Examples of Misaimed Fandom in Anime and Manga. * Multiple subsections of Evangelion fandom fulfill this trope in different ways. Rei was intended to be a Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant but was instead prominently perceived as a Fetish Fuel Station Attendant, while Shinji, the butt of a thousand Emo jokes (and an example of a main character that is also The Scrappy to some for not being a typical Super Robot hero), was at times a synthesis of creator Hideaki Anno's own personal struggles and intended to be sympathetic. In the case of Rei as Fetish Fuel, official merchandise panders to this initially misaimed interpretation. * The ending of the Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch manga was supposed to insinuate that love wasn't as important as personal fulfillment: Hanon and Rina know