>>2203267It's really more one of those scenes where Rebuild just draws more attention to something that was already there in the original (Like EVa 01's arms splitting open against Sahaquiel, or Rei waiting at Shinji's bedside after the ramiel mishap - good look noticing those in the original without the script) because Rei gets clearly defensive (for Rei standards) once she gets called a dool - there's a need for recognition as a person.
But many people saw it as a straighforward, "I'm not literally not a humanoid children' toy" and that's how many dub versions rendered it.
