History Trivia / ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld

** Knives Chau [[RunningGag (17 years old)]] is played in the film by Creator/EllenWong (25 years old around the time of filming).

** Scott Pilgrim, by contrast, is 22 in the film, though Creator/MichaelCera was 20 at the beginning of filming, adding a bit of meta humor to the idea that Cera's character is dating someone significantly younger than him. Lampshaded by the 25-year-old Wong:
---> '''Knives:''' He only likes [Ramona] because she's really old! She's probably, like, 25!

** Gay actor Ben Lewis plays Wallace's boyfriend "Other" Scott.

** Inverted with Brie Larson, who was only 18 at the start of filming, the youngest member of the cast, but playing Envy, the oldest character.

* FocusGroupEnding: The original ending had Scott ending up with Knives as Ramona left on her own. After exposing it to test audiences, the ending was changed to its current form. Creator/EdgarWright, Bryan Lee O'Malley, and most of the actors have all testified to being more satisfied with the new ending. Additionally, when the film script was being written, the last volume of the graphic novel hadn't been finished yet. When Bryan Lee O'Malley, the original writer, decided to have a happier ending than he originally planned, they also changed the film's ending to match.

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: Probably due to the fact that only the first book was released when the project was greenlit. Creator/EdgarWright was dead set on casting Michael Cera as Scott from the beginning but he was around 16 at the time. He was a much more reasonable 20 by the time filming commenced.

!![[Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld The film]]:

* CaliforniaDoubling: Averted. The studio originally wanted the film to be shot in New York, and Edgar Wright had to insist on using Toronto. One of the producers mentioned that normally, anything that identifies Toronto as Toronto has to be avoided when normally shooting a movie in Toronto, but here they could go nuts in shooting these locales. And they did: the movie features scenes at the (former) Honest Ed's thrift store and Casa Loma (specifically the bottom of its famous staircase, the Baldwin Steps, at the intersection of Davenport and Spadina), among others.

!! [[VideoGame/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld The game]]:
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: In late 2014, the expiration of Ubisoft's license for the series resulted in the game and its DLC being delisted from digital storefronts. While those who had previously purchased the game can still redownload it, those who never bought the game must either resort to piracy or miss out altogether. In 2020, however, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUU_wRjdi2I a trailer]] showcasing the Complete Edition of the game was shown, announcing its return for later in the year.

* DyeingForYourArt: Creator/MichaelCera underwent martial arts training for the film's fight scenes and enjoyed it so much he started training for real, making him a real-life example of CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass; he still looks like a complete wimp, but now he's a complete wimp with a black belt.

* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: Several reviews and summaries of the movie refer to Scott as a "hipster," despite the fact that his biggest {{Foil}} is the actual hipster Gideon. The part of the score where Scott beats up the guys who ask for the password outside of Gideon's club is even called "Death to All Hipsters."

* CaliforniaDoubling: Averted. The studio originally wanted the film to be shot in New York, Edgar Wright had to insist on using Toronto. One of the producers mentioned that normally, anything that identifies Toronto as Toronto has to be avoided when normally shooting a movie in Toronto, but here they could go nuts in shooting these locales. And they did: the movie features scenes at the (former) Honest Ed's thrift store and Casa Loma (specifically the bottom of its famous staircase, the Baldwin Steps, at the intersection of Davenport and Spadina), among others.

** Creator/BrieLarson, already established as a singer, got to further showcase her vocal talent as Envy with [[Music/{{Metric}} "Black Sheep"]].
** Unlike Creator/AlisonPill and Mark Webber, Creator/MichaelCera was already very skilled at playing guitar and it shows in how much more confidence and flair he puts into playing bass. In fact, he had to learn how to play badly for the role to sound more convincingly like an amateur.

** "Rated T for Teen" Stacey Pilgrim is 18 in the film and is explicitly Scott's younger sister. Creator/AnnaKendrick is three years older than Michael Cera.

---> '''Knives:''' He only likes [Ramona] because she's really old! She's probably like 25!

* DyeingForYourArt: Creator/MichaelCera underwent martial arts training for the film's fight scenes and enjoyed it so much he started training for real, making him a real life example of CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: he still looks like a complete wimp, but now he's a complete wimp with a black belt.

* MemeAcknowledgement: Both Chris Evans and Edgar Wright commented on the [[https://twitter.com/chrisevans/status/1126869672463425537?lang=en Captain America vs. Lucas Lee]] image.

** Envy's line "Shut the [[BrickJoke [dial tone]]] up Julie" was originally going to be uncensored, abiding by the MPAA's "one F-bomb" rule for PG-13 movies. However, because Scott already had the line "You cocky cock!" it would have gotten the movie an R. Thankfully, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools the resulting joke is much funnier]].
** Originally, Wright planned for the garage punk band Be Your Own Pet to write Sex Bob-Omb's music, but that fell through when the band broke up in 2008. Beck was then suggested by the film's composer Nigel Godrich.

** Creator/EdgarWright claims that the battle scenes are meant to feel like musical numbers, in that they only occur when the characters' emotions are too extreme for dialogue.

* WordOfSaintPaul: Bryan Lee O'Malley gave each of the principal cast a list of ten secrets about their characters not included in the original graphic novels. The actors have mostly been tight-lipped about these. Some secrets have come out:

* NamesTheSame: Stephen Stills, named after the guitarist from Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. He even hangs out with a guy named (Young) Neil.

** Mae Whitman came out as pansexual many years after playing Ramona's ex-girlfriend Roxy.

* QueerCharacterQueerActor: Roxie Richter is Ramona's ex-girlfriend. Her actress Creator/MaeWhitman would later come out as pansexual in August 2021.

* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: Several reviews and summaries of the movie refer to Scott as a "hipster," despite the fact that he's a foil for the actual hipster Gideon. The part of the score where Scott beats up the guys who ask for the password outside of Gideon's club is even called "Death to All Hipsters."

** Roxie's line "Shut the [[BrickJoke [dial tone]]] up!" was originally going to be uncensored, abiding to the MPAA's "one F-bomb" rule for PG-13 movies. However, because Scott already had the line "You cocky cock!" it would have gotten the movie an R. Thankfully, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools the resulting joke is much funnier]].

* TheCastShowOff

* CutSong: A third song by Crash and the Boys was cut from the film. The song was a shorter version of "We Hate You, Please Die"- the version that plays in the film was originally titled "Last Song Kills Audience" (the original version can be seen in the Deleted Scenes).

* ThrowItIn

** That light switch about ten feet up on the wall when Scott first talks to Ramona just happened to be in the house where the scene was filmed. The filmmakers made sure it get it in frame because it looked funny.

** Roxie's line "Shut the [[BrickJoke [dial tone]]] up!" was originally going to be uncensored, abiding to the MPAA's "one f-bomb" rule for PG-13 movies. However, because Scott already had the line "You cocky cock!" it would have gotten the movie an R. Thankfully, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools the resulting joke is much funnier]].

* BigNameFan: Creator/KevinSmith was shown an early cut of the film and praised it to the moon and back. He would borrow heavily from it when he made ''Film/YogaHosers''.

* GodNeverSaidThat: According to O'Malley, [[https://radiomaru.tumblr.com/post/31278007588/hey-along-the-same-lines-as-the-thought-bubble the serial killer ending was actually just a joke made by Edgar]]. It was never a canon thing.

* OneBookAuthor: Although Nigel Godrich is famous as a record producer, particularly for his long collaboration with Music/{{Radiohead}}, ''Scott Pilgrim'' is to date the only film he has scored.

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: According to O'Malley, [[https://radiomaru.tumblr.com/post/31278007588/hey-along-the-same-lines-as-the-thought-bubble the serial killer ending was actually just a joke made by Edgar]]. It was never a canon thing.

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: According to O'Malley, [[radiomaru.tumblr.com/post/31278007588/hey-along-the-same-lines-as-the-thought-bubble, the serial killer ending was actually just a joke made by Edgar]]. It was never a canon thing.

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: According to O'Malley, [[https://radiomaru.tumblr.com/post/31278007588/hey-along-the-same-lines-as-the-thought-bubble, the serial killer ending was actually just a joke made by Edgar]]. It was never a canon thing.