History Film / ScottPilgrimvstheworld

''Scott Pilgrim vs. The World'' is a 2010 Canadian-American film adaptation of the comic book series ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'' by Creator/BryanLeeOMalley. It is the third feature film directed by Creator/EdgarWright (who also co-wrote), and his first film not shot in his native Britain, instead being shot in UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}}, where the story of the comic takes place.

** Second unit director Walter Gasparovich plays the director of Lucas Lee's film.

''Scott Pilgrim vs. The World'' is a 2010 Canadian-American film adaptation of the comic book series ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'' by Bryan Lee O'Malley. It is the third feature film directed by Creator/EdgarWright (who also co-wrote), and his first film not shot in his native Britain, instead being shot in UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}}, where the story of the comic takes place.

* HeroesWantRedheads: Or wanted, past tense, in the case of Kim. Ramona's true hair color remains a mystery.

** The tagline.

-->''(after watching a live performance)'' '''Young Neil''': "Yeah, they're better live. You have to see them live."\\
'''Comeau''': "Yeah, but their first album isn't as good as their ''first'' album."

* RhymesOnADime: Somewhat invoked. Matthew's Pattel song doesn't start with him, but starts with ''Ramona'', becuase [[FridgeBrilliance that's when the music begins]]. Scott only [[SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion rhymes once]]. Maybe he's just sort of a dunce.

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: [[spoiler:Ramona has an ex-girlfriend.]] [[SarcasmMode It's cool, not like it was supposed to be a plot twist or anything]].

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ompoD7V42DM An anime adaptation]] of the comics for Creator/{{Netflix}} entered development in 2022, with Wright and O’Malley executive producing, Creator/ScienceSaru animating, and most of the film's cast reprising their roles. The series, titled ''Anime/ScottPilgrimTakesOff'', premiered on November 17, 2023.

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ompoD7V42DM An anime adaptation]] of the comics for Creator/{{Netflix}} entered development in 2022, with Wright and O’Malley executive producing, Creator/ScienceSaru animating, and most of the film’s cast reprising their roles. The series, titled ''Anime/ScottPilgrimTakesOff'', premiered on November 17, 2023.

** Knives' role is also greatly increased compared to her role in the novels. As explained by Edgar Wright, Knives' arc in the novels reached something of a climax when she battled Ramona in the second volume; the film, by tying this into the final fight against Gideon, increases Knives' significance almost by accident.

* FirstGirlWins: Teased. [[spoiler: The original ending until quite late in production of the film had Scott getting back together with Knives, but this was changed after O'Malley had a better handle on how he wanted to end the series.]]

* CatchPhrase: Whenever Stacey calls Scott interrogating him about something personal, Scott asks where she got the information. Her response is always "Wallace, duh!"

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ompoD7V42DM An anime adaptation]] of the comics for Creator/{{Netflix}} entered development in 2022, with Wright and O’Malley executive producing, Creator/ScienceSaru animating, and most of the film’s cast reprising their roles. The series, titled ''Anime/ScottPilgrimTakesOff'', will premiere on November 17, 2023.

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ompoD7V42DM An anime adaptation]] of the comics for Creator/{{Netflix}} entered development in 2022, with Wright and O’Malley executive producing, Creator/ScienceSaru animating, and much of the film’s cast reprising their roles. The series, titled ''Anime/ScottPilgrimTakesOff'', will premiere on November 17, 2023.

* ComingOfAgeStory: Played with. Scott is already of age, technically, but he (and many other characters) exist in a state of arrested adolescence[[note]][[JustForPun Some could call it Arrested Development.]][[/note]] that he has to grow out of if he wants to resolve his various conflicts.

-->'''Ramona''': It was football ''season'' and for some ''reason'', all the little jocks wanted me. Matthew was the only non-white, non-jock boy in school, probably in the entire state, so we joined forces and took ’em all out. We were one hell of a team. Nothing could beat Matthew’s mystical ''powers''. Nothing but pre-teen capriciousness. We only kissed once. After a week and a half, I told him to hit the ''showers''.
-->'''Scott''': Dude, wait...mystical [[RhymingWithItself powers]]?

** Scott vs. [[spoiler:the BonusBoss, Nega-Scott. Who turns out to be a pretty cool guy, so the drama wasn't necessary.]] Technically, Scott had to defeat all of the exes himself.

* BittersweetEnding: Particularly tricky example, since almost every element of the resolution has a good and bad interpretation. [[spoiler:The League are defeated and Scott and Ramona are free to pursue a relationship less hindered by the ghosts of the past, they make a good couple to begin with, and the continue screen suggests an intentionally ambiguous resolution. Our poor woobie Knives is left out in the cold, but, as she says, she's probably better off in the long run without Scott. The band lost out on their big break, but then again, being contracted to a guy like Gideon probably wouldn't have ended well anyway (and besides, there's all those coins left over in the Chaos Theatre to be scooped up). What kind of ending we have is all in how you slice it. Though there ''is'' an alternate ending on the DVD that has Ramona and Scott go their separate ways and while Scott goes off with Knives instead. Does't make the end any less bittersweet, but at least the alternate ending exists.]]

-->'''Matthew''': This is impossible, how can it ''be''!?

* TheRuntAtTheEnd: Lee's stunt doubles. In the middle are five (much like Lee) chiseled, brunet white guys. The ones at either end, though, are a short, squat guy and a little Filipino-looking guy.

-->'''Comeau''':" The comic book is always better than the movie.

* SmashCut: [[Film/ShaunOfTheDead Edgar]] [[Film/HotFuzz Wright]] continues to display his love for these. One particularly notable instance is early on, when Scott and Ramona make plans to go out:
-->'''Scott''': Oh hey, it's tonight! At the Ro--\\

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ompoD7V42DM An anime adaptation]] of the comics is in development for Creator/{{Netflix}} with Wright and O’Malley executive producing, Creator/ScienceSaru animating, and much of the film’s cast reprising their roles. The series, titled ''Anime/ScottPilgrimTakesOff'', will premiere November 2023.

The film now has its own [[ShoutOut/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld Shout-Out]] page, [[ReferenceOverdosed as it was starting to take up a lot of room.]]

** The battle against Matthew Patel gets adapted to screen retaining a punchline but with a slightly different joke: in the comic, Scott and co end up joining in song against him, Scott leading the line with "You think you're so great, but you're missing the point / You gotta have friendship and courage [[BuffySpeak and whatever]]!", to which Patel [[LampshadeHanging angrily shouts "That doesn't even rhyme!"]] In the movie, it's ''Patel'' who screws it up with the lyric "Take this sucker ''down'' / Let us show him what we're all ''[[PainfulRhyme about]]''," to which Scott -- about to throw a cymbal at his face -- snarks to himself [[PreAssKickingOneLiner "That doesn't even rhyme."]]

* AdaptationalSexuality: Stephen Still's homosexuality (or bisexuality perhaps) never comes up because the film was made before the release of the final volume, in which his sexuality is revealed.

** Multiple cameos by Honest Ed's, a historical bargain store that served as a major location in the graphic novel but wasn't written into the film.
** The two dragons summoned by the film's Katayanagi Twins were not involved in the book's version of their battle with Scott, but resemble the dragons surrounding Volume 4's logo (itself a reference to a logo for VideoGame/DoubleDragon).
** Julie lists a Lisa and a Holly as the girls Scott has had flings with, with both names taken from supporting characters of the graphic novels cut from the film (though neither had previous sexual history with Scott). Lisa Miller was Scott's platonic best friend in high school, who came to Toronto in a major subplot of Volume 4 and almost hooked up with Scott; their past is partially seen in the Creator/AdultSwim AnimatedAdaptation. Holly was Kim's roommate.

** Flashbacks and Stephen Stills's drawings are done in O'Malley's art style.
** When the Vegan Police show up during the Todd fight [[spoiler:to strip him of his powers]], Todd asks what he's done wrong (other than half-and-half). [[spoiler:The Police mention gelato (how he broke veganism in the comics) and chicken Parmesan (which Envy asked them about in the comics).]]
** Wallace mentions that Lucas Lee is in Toronto filming a "Winifred Hailey movie," referring to a female teenage movie star featured in a 2006 short ''Scott Pilgrim'' story released for [[http://www.freecomicbookday.com/ Free Comic Book Day]]6.
** The hair colors Ramona go through are a reference to Edgar Wright's ''Film/ThreeFlavoursCornettoTrilogy''.

--->'''Gideon''': Well, if [[spoiler:my cathedral of cutting-edge taste holds no interest for your tragically Canadian sensibilities]], then I shall be forced to grant you a swift exit from the premises...and a fast entrance into ''HELL!''

* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: "Milk and eggs, bitch."

* WallSlump: Scott, the depressed variation, against a fridge after [[spoiler:Ramona bails on him after he kills Lucas Lee]].

* WouldntHitAGirl: Scott, who has to [[LoopholeAbuse come up with an unconventional method]] of beating Roxy.

** Lynette, the drummer of The Clash at Demonhead, is reduced to a background character with no lines, and the subplot of Todd cheating on Envy with her is taken out. This means that aspects of her subplot were transfered to other characters--for example, Todd punches the highlights out of Knives' hair instead of Lynette, and Envy [[GroinAttack kicking Todd in the crotch]] and saying "Let's both be girls" after the reveal that he's cheating on her is transfered to Ramona doing the same thing to Gideon in the final fight.

** One notable instance when ''Kim'' does it for Scott as they're about to play the fight's background music:

** Subverted. Roxy tries to end her fight with Scott with one, [[spoiler:but Ramona tells him about Roxy's [[AttackTheWeakPoint weak point]] in time for him to intervene at the literal last second]].
--->'''Roxy''': Your BF's about to get F'd in the B!
** Scott has a similar one before killing [[spoiler:Gideon]].

''Scott Pilgrim vs. The World'' is a 2010 Canadian-American film adaptation of the comic book series ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'' by Bryan Lee O'Malley. It is the third feature film directed by Creator/EdgarWright (who also co-wrote), and his first film not shot in his native Britain, instead being filmed in UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}}, where the story of the comic takes place.

** Scott dramatically faces down [[spoiler:[[EnemyWithout Nega-Scott]]]], telling Knives and Ramona ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself, and prepares for a fight... [[spoiler:cut to Scott and Nega-Scott walking out of the building together, discussing their plans for brunch later that weekend, and Scott tells the girls that Nega-Scott "[[DarkIsNotEvil is actually a really nice guy.]]"]]

* AskAStupidQuestion: Knives asks Julie if the music store has any Clash at Demonhead [=CDs=]. Julie's sarcastic response of "Did you check the section marked 'Clash at Demonhead'?". Furthermore, in her very first scene, Knives also asks Kim, "And you play the drums?" while Kim is sitting at the drums holding drum sticks.

* AttackItsWeakPoint: The back of the knees, in this case. [[spoiler:Ramona giving this advice to Scott is how he's able to defeat Roxy; one small tap of that area is enough to trigger an orgasm so intense it kills her.]]

* CallingYourBathroomBreaks: Scott does this a ''lot'', probably to express how profoundly socially inept he can be despite everything. At one point, his mental spinner for responding to awkward situations gets stuck between "I have to pee" and "Who, her?" resulting in the unfortunate "I have to pee on her."

* TheDitz: Todd Ingram, also fits neatly into DumbMuscle. The subtitles that accompany every new character poke fun at this.
-->'''Todd:''' (''After [[MoralEventHorizon punching Knives]]'') What? [[WouldHitAGirl I'm not afraid to hit a girl.]] I'm a rockstar.\\

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Knives Chau's unwelcome presence at Sex Bob-Omb's rehearsals may remind some of Music/JohnLennon's and Music/YokoOno's relationship during the later years of Music/TheBeatles.

* DoorClosesEnding: At the end, Scott and his love interest walk through a [[TheLonelyDoor lonely door]] to hyperspace and it closes behind them.

* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Ramona always uses the InsistentTerminology of "Evil Exes," not "Ex-Boyfriends," when discussing her past. Scott finally notices this pattern after she corrects him and asks about it--and then [[PsychoLesbian Roxie Richter]] attacks ''in the middle of his question.'' Turns out Ramona "[[ExperimentedInCollege had a sexy phase.]]"

'''Scott''': Only on special occasions. [[IllTakeTwoBeersToo Why, did you want one]]?

-> I've kissed the lips that kissed you!

* InvincibilityPowerUp: [[spoiler: Considering the Power of Self Respect has its own little theme tune, and tears though Gideon's mooks like nothing else, it has a couple of Super Star elements. Shame it gets shattered during Round Two with Gideon.]]
* IronicEcho: In a DeletedScene Ramona smokes on her first date with Scott stating that she smokes "only on special occasions." Scott takes this as a good sign. Skip a few scenes, Scott orders two alcoholic beverages and Ramona states she thought he didn't drink. He comes back with, "Only on special occasions," the occasion being [[{{wangst}} angsting over having to fight her evil exes.]]
* IronicEchoCut:

** When Scott tells Ramona about his previous haircut that he got before Envy broke up with him, he tells Ramona that it was so long ago that he barely remembers it. Cut to a narrator informing us that Scott knows exactly when he got the cut in relation to the present day and when Envy broke up with him (431 days and 3 hours respectively).

'''Narrator''': ''She dumped him. It was brutal.''

** One notable instance when ''Kim'' does it for Scott as they're about to play the fight's background music:
--->'''Kim:''' ''WE ARE SEX BOB-OMB, AND WE'RE HERE TO WATCH SCOTT PILGRIM KICK YOUR TEETH IN!''

** At one point, Knives [[PunnyName makes the most of her name]] and tells Ramona to "get ready to ''chow'' down!"

--->'''[[spoiler:Gideon]]''' You're zero! You're nothing! Me? I'm what's hip. I'm what's happening! I'm blowing up right now!\\

** Roxy fires off one last taunt at Scott's ability to pleasure Ramona after he [[spoiler: defeats her by literally tapping her erogenous zone]].
-->'''Roxy''': You will ''never'' do this to her! [[spoiler:(orgasms and explodes into hearts/coins)]]

** And who can forget "What are you doing?" "[[OneUp Getting a life!]]"

* RunningGag: Exclusive to the film we have such things as:

** Kim consistently interrupting Stephen Stills with ''"WE ARE SEX BOB-OMB! '''ONE TWO THREE FOUR!!!'''"''

* StaggeredZoom: Onto Ramona when Scott spots her by the wall at the party.

* StealthInsult: Even after signing onto Gideon's contract, Kim flips him off very subtly, by using her middle finger to "rub under her eye."
-->'''Kim:''' We are Sex Bob-omb. We are here to make money and sell out and stuff.

-->'''Young Neil''': (''after the Clash at Demonhead plays'') Yeah, you should see them live, they are so much better live!
* StealthPun: In one of the subtler examples of ArcNumber in this movie, Roxy Richter ("Evil '''Ex #4'''") is represented by four X's in the opening credits, and Ramona repeatedly tells Scott that she has "'''four exes'''" whenever Scott incorrectly says "four ex-boyfriends". Ramona's relationship with Roxy was her sole lesbian relationship--in other words, the only relationship between '''two people with two X-chromosomes''', or '''"four X's"'''.

* TheStinger: Stay through the credits and watch the words "The End" come up...then watch Scott Pilgrim from the video game come in and punch the shit out of it! Doubles as a cross-promotional shout out.

* ThatCameOutWrong: When the issue of Knives' age comes up in front of Ramona, Scott's brain switches to an excuse wheel which settles between "Gotta pee." and "Who, her?". Scott subsequently mangles this to "I gotta pee on her."

* ThwartedCoupDeGrace: Happens twice in the FinalBattle. First Scott saves Ramona from being finished off by Knives and later he himself is saved by Knives from being finished off by Gideon.
* TWordEuphemism
-->'''Roxie:''' Your BF's about to get F'd in the B!

[[caption-width-right:300:''Not so long ago… in the mysterious land… of Toronto, Canada…'']]

''Scott Pilgrim vs. The World'' is a 2010 Canadian-American film adaptation of the comic book series ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'' by Bryan Lee O'Malley. It is the third feature film directed by Creator/EdgarWright (who also co-wrote), as well as his first film not shot in his native Britain, instead being filmed in UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}}, where the story of the comic takes place.

Now has its own [[ShoutOut/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld Shout-Out]] page, [[ReferenceOverdosed as it was starting to take up a lot of room.]]

* AdvertisingByAssociation: The DVD case of the film also reminds you that it's "[[AC:from the director of Film/ShaunOfTheDead and Film/HotFuzz]]".

* MagicalProfanityFilter: Julie [[ClusterFBomb cusses out Scott]] for being irresponsible and dating Ramona, despite being earned not to. Each swear, however, is bleeped out with a black box over her mouth. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]], as Scott asks how she does that with her mouth.

The film, like its source material, is about Scott Pilgrim (Creator/MichaelCera), a twenty-something slacker who plays bass for the scrappy indie band Sex Bob-Omb, falls in love with an American girl named Ramona Flowers (Creator/MaryElizabethWinstead), and realizes that he must defeat her seven evil exes in order to date her... in a universe that acts like a real-life version of ''VideoGame/RiverCityRansom'', where there are [[{{Combos}} combo meters]], {{written sound effect}}s spelled out in midair, [[ScoringPoints points]], and [[VideoGameLives extra lives]].

''Scott Pilgrim vs. The World'' is a 2010 film adaptation of the comic book series ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'' by Bryan Lee O'Malley. It is the third feature film directed by Creator/EdgarWright (who also co-wrote), as well as his first film not shot in his native Britain, instead being filmed in UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}}, where the story of the comic takes place.