History YMMV / ScottPilgrimvsTheWorld

* FoeYay: Gideon's way of speaking to Scott were... interesting to say the least.
* HollywoodPudgy: Roxanne, reflecting the source material.

* FoeYay: Gideon's way of speaking to Scott were... interesting to say the least.

** The Vegan Police have quite the following to the point a spin off movie featuring them be put into works. Thomas Jane playing one certainly helped cement them in this status.

!![[VideoGame/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld The game]]:

* CultClassic: [[TooDumbToLive The studio that ran this against]] ''TheExpendables'' had guaranteed the movie this status.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The movie makes it clear that in order for a relationship to work, it takes something more powerful than [[spoiler: {{the Power of Love}}. Namely, the Power of Self Respect, and the Power of Friendship, too.]]

* UnfortunateImplications: The diminished characterization of the movie compared to the graphic novel means that the other characters are defined primarily due to their relationship with Scott and his learning that the world doesn't revolve around him is downplayed, making the story essentially a male nerd fantasy in which Ramona is treated as a trophy girlfriend. The movie's portrayal of Asians also leaves something to be desired as not only are they stock caricatures, but Knives (and to a lesser degree Matthew Patel) is treated as an outlet for exotic fetishism who is dumped in favor of a white person.

* UnfortunateImplications: The diminished characterization of the movie compared to the graphic novel means that the other characters are defined primarily due to their relationship with Scott and his learning that the world doesn't revolve around him is downplayed, making the story essentially a male nerd fantasy in which Ramona is treated as a trophy girlfriend. The movie's portrayal of Asians also leaves something to be desired as not only are they stock caricatures, but Knives (and to a lesser degree Matthew Patel) is treated as a vehicles for exotic fetishism who is dumped in favor of a white person.

* HypeBacklash

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: The news that Wright had been signed on to the movie was met with thajubilation.
** Hell, the moment you see the Universal logo done in 8-bit with a corresponding remix, you know this is gonna be Totally Awesome.

** This is possibly done intentionally; the film is based on video games, with Gideon as the FinalBoss. In a game, defeating the Final Boss on the first try is rare, and often requires multiple tries. After a while, you get to memorize the cutscene and rush through it. The ending's second run feels a lot like that.

* EndingFatigue: Scott goes to Gideon's club, getting past the bouncers with impromptu passwords. He goes inside and makes amends with his band before beating up Gideon's mooks. Then he has to gain the Power of Love and fight Gideon. After that, Knives and Ramona briefly fight so Scott has to break them up and apologize for being a JerkAss. Then Gideon comes back [[spoiler: and kills him. He goes through Sub-space, learns of Envy's control chip, and uses the one-up he earned earlier to come back.]] He then has to do everything all over again. He gets past the bouncers (this time by punching them instead of going through the passwords), fights off the mooks again, makes amends with his band again, gets the Power of Self Respect, defeats Gideon's demon cheerleaders, beats Gideon, stops a fight between Knives and Romana again, apologizes for being a JerkAss, frees Ramona from Gideon's control, and the three of them beat Gideon again. *deep breath* Then Gideon sends Nega-Scott after him but that "fight" is at least off-camera. After all that, he goes outside to Knives and Ramona and chooses which one he wants to be with. *whew*

* FanMyopia: The movie's cult fanbase treats it like the best thing since ''Film/CitizenKane'', ignoring its legitimate pacing problems ([[ItGetsBetter slow beginning]] and [[EndingFatigue drawn-out ending]]), and not understanding why it underperformed at the box office, despite being a niche film that not everyone would get.
* GodModeSue: Scott Pilgrim himself. Seriously.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Most people walking out of the theater can be heard praising "that drunken gay guy."

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: According to [[http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Box-Office-Bob-omb-5-Reasons-Scott-Pilgrim-Vs-The-World-Failed-To-Find-An-Audience-20168.html this article]], that is why the movie didn't do well. The emphasis on the problems of 20-somethings alienated people over 30 (and the video game allusions didn't help either), the allusions to 90s video games and pop culture alienated most people under the age of 21 (who in most cases wouldn't have been born when the games came out), and MichaelCera has a vocal {{hatedom}}. Basically, the only people who (hypothetically) would have liked it would be people between the ages of 21-30 who played video games in the 90s.
** Riiiight - because no one in the 80s ever played video games. DonkeyKong? PacMan? {{Galaga}}? [[FerrisBuellersDayOff Bueller? Bueller?]] And no one over 40 owns a {{Wii}} or {{Playstation}}? Sure.

* TaintedByThePreview: From the marketing for this film, one would think it was just a dumb summer comedy about the hipster generation and video game culture. See AudienceAlienatedPremise and TrailersAlways spoil.

* FanMyopia: The movie's cult fanbase treats it like the best thing since ''CitizenKane'', ignoring its legitimate pacing problems ([[ItGetsBetter slow beginning]] and [[EndingFatigue drawn-out ending]]), and not understanding why it underperformed at the box office, despite being a niche film that not everyone would get.

* InformedFlaw: In both the comic and movie, Sex Bob-Omb are portrayed as fairly unpopular and lacking in talent. It's easy enough to accept this when reading the comic, but a lot harder when watching the movie, where all three members of the band are clearly adept at their instruments and their songs are catchy and well-written.

* SpiritualLicensee: Yes, it's already a licensed movie, but this is probably also the closest we'll ever get to a ''NoMoreHeroes'' movie. ''Especially'' the end sequence, with the glowing katana, MediumAwareness, and mooks exploding into coins when they die.

** Ditto for Stephen. You know you wanted to give him a hug whenever his stage fright kicked into high gear.