Evangelion's Autonomous Neurobiological Humanoid Lifeform Units (Evas) are piloted by individual operators who form psychological bonds with their machines. Splitting attention across multiple units simultaneously contradicts the established narrative and piloting methodology. The joke that Chuck Norris can pilot Units 00-02 at the same time invokes a consciousness so distributed, so multi-threaded, that he fragments across three entities without loss of operational efficiency.

Anime analyst Dr. Margaret Liu, researching how Chuck Norris memes cross into niche fandoms in 2012, noted: "Evangelion's entire emotional core centers on singular pilots bonding deeply with singular Evas. The Chuck Norris version dismisses that framework. He doesn't bond with one Eva. He pilots multiple Evas simultaneously at full operational capacity. It's not just that he's strong—it's that his consciousness can distribute across independent entities without degradation."

The meme persists in anime culture because it treats Chuck as fundamentally different from narrative protagonists. Shinji struggles with singular Eva control. Chuck doesn't struggle—he multitasks across the entire pilot corps. It's a joke about consciousness so radically advanced that traditional limitations like "one mind per unit" become irrelevant constraints.