History YMMV / ScottPilgrimTakesOff

** Neither Knives nor Ramona really dwell too long on the fact that Scott had been cheating on Knives with Ramona at the start. Possibly justified as Scott "dying" so early on basically meant that he couldn't obliviously drag the drama out.

* TearJerker: ''Scott's disappearance'' is arguably the biggest one in the long run of the series, and possibly the whole franchise. In spite of the praise of the story's creative and fresh retelling, many fans admitted to feeling empty due to Scott not being a major character (at least until the last episodes), even if he wasn't dead. He may have been a flawed character, but was still the fanbase readers grew up reading and emotionally investing with. As such, his disappearance hit hard for longtime fans who realized how much they actually cared about Scott.

* IKnewIt: One of the longest held fan theories surrounding the series was that Gideon Graves was a made up identity and that his real identity was Simon Lee, the person whom Scott battled in high school to rescue Kim. The theory was mainly supported by their similar designs, and the fact that Gideon's actor Jason Schwartzman portrayed Simon in the ''Scott Pilgrim vs. The Animation'' one shot. In ''Takes Off'', Gideon is in fact revealed to be a made up identity, but the trope is subverted when it's revealed that his actual identity is Gordon Goose; an overconfident but meek otaku who went to the same high school as Julie and who got the nickname "fearless" due to always wearing "no fear" shirts.

** Stacey doesn't seem too bummed out that her brother apparently got murdered, and reacts with only mild surprise [[spoiler:later on when she discovers he wasn't actually dead.]] For that matter, only a few of his friends actually mourn Scott during his funeral, and they pretty quickly resume their lives like nothing happened afterwards.

** Stacey doesn't seem too bummed out that her brother apparently got murdered, and reacts with only mild surprise [[spoiler:later on when she discovers he wasn't actually dead.]]

* AngstWhatAngst: Neither Knives nor Ramona really dwell too long on the fact that Scott had been cheating on Knives with Ramona at the start. Possibly justified as Scott "dying" so early on basically meant that he couldn't obliviously drag the drama out.

** Roxie. [[spoiler:She's first introduced as a member of the League of Evil Exes; she's snarky, impatient, and once she finally confronts Ramona she's eager to pick a fight. But as the fight progresses, it's clear that her bitterness stems from being {{abandon|mentInducedAnimosity}}ed when they broke up; through flashbacks, it's revealed that they actually had a very sweet relationship until Ramona decided to break things off for seemingly no reason (the circumstances are still up in the air). Roxie is genuinely hurt by how Ramona handled things, but chooses to take her anger out by turning to the dark side. Still, it might be difficult to see her in tears as she bleeds out from her head after being hit with Ramona's hammer. Fortunately, [[HeelFaceTurn the two are able to patch things up surprisingly quickly,]] and part on good terms. She’s actually pretty easy to get along with when she’s not trying to fight with someone.]]

** Roxie. [[spoiler:She's first introduced as a member of the League of Evil Exes; she's snarky, impatient, and once she finally confronts Ramona she's eager to pick a fight. But as the fight progresses, it's clear that her bitterness stems from being {{abandon|mentInducedAnimosity}}ed when they broke up; through flashbacks, it's revealed that they actually had a very sweet relationship until Ramona decided to break things off for seemingly no reason (the circumstances are still up in the air). Roxie is genuinely hurt by how Ramona handled things, but chooses to take her anger out by turning to the dark side. Still, it might be difficult to see her in tears as she bleeds out from her head after being hit with Ramona's hammer. Fortunately, [[HeelFaceTurn the two are able to patch things up surprisingly quickly,]] and part on good terms.]]

* AngstWhatAngst: Neither Knives nor Ramona really dwell too long on the fact that Scott had been cheating on Knives with Ramona at the start.

* EvilIsCool: As a result of believing he [[spoiler:defeated Scott]], ''Matthew Patel'' of all people gets a confidence boost that turns him into an AdaptationalBadass who defeats Gideon in a one-on-one and taking over his empire, resulting in him becoming a cool and entertaining villain who is given the limelight he deserves.

* JerkassWoobie: Roxie. [[spoiler:She's first introduced as a member of the League of Evil Exes; she's snarky, impatient, and once she finally confronts Ramona she's eager to pick a fight. But as the fight progresses, it's clear that her bitterness stems from being {{abandon|mentInducedAnimosity}}ed when they broke up; through flashbacks, it's revealed that they actually had a very sweet relationship until Ramona decided to break things off for seemingly no reason (the circumstances are still up in the air). Roxie is genuinely hurt by how Ramona handled things, but chooses to take her anger out by turning to the dark side. Still, it might be difficult to see her in tears as she bleeds out from her head after being hit with Ramona's hammer. Fortunately, [[HeelFaceTurn the two are able to patch things up surprisingly quickly,]] and part on good terms.]]

** [[spoiler:Gideon Graves (or, rather, [[UnfortunateNames Gordon]] [[EmbarrassingLastName Goose]]), of all people, also qualifies. He's positively pathetic after Matthew Patel takes his empire in a duel (even tearing up as he realizes what he's being forced to hand over), and has to crash at Julie's place due to being broke. There he essentially becomes a {{NEET}}, staying on the couch in his underwear, watching {{Anime}}, while stuffing his face with junk food. In addition, the reveal about his backstory (being a "Fearless" StereotypicalNerd in high school, who was relentlessly bullied by the other students) makes it hard to feel bad about his past. Its also hard not to feel happy for him when he hangs out with Lucas Lee, and has a genuinely good time unwinding and getting out of his funk. But he's still [[CardCarryingVillain genuinely evil]], and spent a good chunk of that time depressed plotting revenge on Mathew. Which culminates in him rigging the opening night of the Scott Pilgrim musical to explode, getting his empire back, gaining a RelationshipUpgrade with Julie to become [[UnholyMatrimony partners in evil]], and the show ends with [[AndTheAdventureContinues the two of them beginning to plot against Scott and Remona]]]].

** [[spoiler:Gideon Graves (or, rather, [[UnfortunateNames Gordon]] [[AlliterativeName Gideon]] [[EmbarrassingLastName Goose]]), of all people, also qualifies. He's positively pathetic after Matthew Patel takes his empire in a duel (even tearing up as he realizes what he's being forced to hand over), and has to crash at Julie's place due to being broke. There he essentially becomes a {{NEET}}, staying on the couch in his underwear, watching {{Anime}}, while stuffing his face with junk food. In addition, the reveal about his backstory (being a "Fearless" StereotypicalNerd in high school, who was relentlessly bullied by the other students) makes it hard to feel bad about his past. Its also hard not to feel happy for him when he hangs out with Lucas Lee, and has a genuinely good time unwinding and getting out of his funk. But he's still [[CardCarryingVillain genuinely evil]], and spent a good chunk of that time depressed plotting revenge on Mathew. Which culminates in him rigging the opening night of the Scott Pilgrim musical to explode, getting his empire back, gaining a RelationshipUpgrade with Julie to become [[UnholyMatrimony partners in evil]], and the show ends with [[AndTheAdventureContinues the two of them beginning to plot against Scott and Remona]]]].

* BrokenBase: Scott being a DecoyProtagonist and replaced by Ramona. A good amount of the fanabse consider this a great twist and amazing retelling of the story that allowed to explore and develop Ramona's relationship with the Exes, with many supporters pointing out how he was ''technically'' playing a major role through [[spoiler:controlling Robot-01]] and got back to center stage in the final episodes (with the Fridge Humor of the title being that he ''literally'' took off from the show and the possibility of him being given proper focus if the series gets a second season). However, a second group of fans were enraged by this change due to how misleading the title was despite Scott being the series main character and the handling of his character arc, considering it the most enraging mislead since WesternAnimation/MastersOfTheUniverseRevelation took out He-Man. There is also a third portion that is fine with the change, but still wished [[spoiler:Scott]] played a bigger role.

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Matthew Patel wasn't ''hated'', per se, and actually had a small following of fans who thought he was underrated. However, many believed that he was the most underutilized character amongst the Exes. Here, he finally gets his chance to shine when he takes a major role as TheHeavy of the series due to [[spoiler:supposedly defeating Scott and taking over Gideon's empire]], with many enjoying his CharacterDevelopment and jokingly calling the series a "love letter" to the fans of his character.

* BrokenBase: [[spoiler:Scott being a DecoyProtagonist and replaced by Ramona]]. A good amount of the fanabse consider this a great twist and amazing retelling of the story that allowed to explore and develop Ramona's relationship with the Exes, with many supporters pointing out how he was ''technically'' playing a major role through [[spoiler:controlling Robot-01]] and got back to center stage in the final episodes (with the Fridge Humor of the title being that he ''literally'' took off from the show and the possibility of him being given proper focus if the series gets a second season). However, a second group of fans were enraged by this change due to how misleading the title was despite Scott being the series main character and the handling of his character arc, considering it the most enraging mislead since WesternAnimation/MastersOfTheUniverseRevelation took out He-Man. There is also a third portion that is fine with the change, but still wished [[spoiler:Scott]] played a bigger role.

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Matthew Patel wasn't ''hated'', per say, and was actually had a small following of fans who thought he was underrated. However, many believed that he was the most underutilized character amongst the Exes. Here, he finally gets his chance to shine when he takes a major role as TheHeavy of the series due to [[spoiler:supposedly defeating Scott and taking over Gideon's empire]], with many enjoying his CharacterDevelopment and jokingly calling the series a "love letter" to the fans of his character.

* JerkassWoobie: ROXIE. My God, Roxie. [[spoiler:We're first introduced to her as a member of the League of Evil Exes; she's snarky, impatient, and once she finally confronts Ramona she's eager to pick a fight. But as the fight progresses, it's clear that her bitterness stems from being {{abandon|mentInducedAnimosity}}ed when they broke up; through flashbacks, we find that they actually had a very sweet relationship until Ramona decided to break things off for seemingly no reason (the circumstances are still up in the air). Roxie is genuinely hurt by how Ramona handled things, but chooses to take her anger out by turning to the dark side. Still, it might be difficult to see her in tears as she bleeds out from her head after being hit with Ramona's hammer. Fortunately, [[HeelFaceTurn the two are able to patch things up surprisingly quickly,]] and part on good terms.]]

* BrokenBase: [[spoiler:Scott being a DecoyProtagonist and replaced by Ramona]]. A good amount of the fanabse consider this a great twist and amazing retelling of the story that allowed to explore and develop Ramona's relationship with the Exes, with many supporters pointing out how he was ''technically'' playing a major role through [[spoiler:controlling Robot-01]] and got back to center stage in the final episodes (with the SugarWiki/FridgeHumor of the title being that he ''literally'' took off from the show and the possibility of him being given proper focus if the series gets a second season). However, a second group of fans were enraged by this change due to how misleading the title was despite Scott being the series main character and the handling of his character arc, considering it the most enraging mislead since WesternAnimation/MastersOfTheUniverseRevelation took out He-Man. There is also a third portion that is fine with the change, but still wished [[spoiler:Scott]] played a bigger role.

* BrokenBase: [[spoiler:Scott being a DecoyProtagonist and replaced by Ramona]]. A good amount of the fanabse consider this a great twist and amazing retelling of the story that allowed to explore and develop Ramona's relationship with the Exes, with many supporters pointing out how he was ''technically'' playing a major role through [[spoiler:controlling Robot-01]] and got back to center stage in the final episodes (with the FridgeHumor of the title being that he ''literally'' took off from the show and the possibility of him being given proper focus if the series gets a second season). However, a second group of fans were enraged by this change due to how misleading the title was despite Scott being the series main character and the handling of his character arc, considering it the most enraging mislead since WesternAnimation/MastersOfTheUniverseRevelation took out He-Man. There is also a third portion that is fine with the change, but still wished [[spoiler:Scott]] played a bigger role.

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Matthew Patel wasn't ''hated'', per say, and was actually had a small following of fans who thought he was underrated. However, many believed that he was the most underutilized character amongst the Exes. Here, he finally gets his chance to shine when he takes a major role as TheHeavy of the series due to [[spoiler:supposedly defeating Scott and taking over Gideon's empire]], with many enjoying his CharacterDevelopment and entertaining factor.

* JerkassWoobie: ROXIE. My God, Roxie. [[spoiler: We’re first introduced to her as a member of the League of Evil Exes; she’s snarky, impatient, and once she finally confronts Ramona she’s eager to pick a fight. But as the fight progresses, it’s clear that her bitterness stems from being abandoned when they broke up; through flashbacks, we find that they actually had a very sweet relationship until Ramona decided to break things off for seemingly no reason (the circumstances are still up in the air). Roxie is genuinely hurt by how Ramona handled things, but chooses to take her anger out by turning to the dark side. Still, it might be difficult to see her in tears as she bleeds out from her head after being hit with Ramona’s hammer. Fortunately, [[FaceHeelTurn the two are able to patch things up surprisingly quickly,]] and part on good terms.]]

* ContinuityLockOut: The story is generally follow-able for a first time viewer, but the significance of Scott seemingly dying in the first episode and allusions to the plot of the original graphic novels will be lost on those unfamiliar with the source material.