1 | This page is for ShoutOut examples from the movie. For instances from the graphic novel and video-game, see [[ShoutOut/ScottPilgrim here]]. For the [[Anime/ScottPilgrimTakesOff anime]], see [[ShoutOut/ScottPilgrimTakesOff here]]. |
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6 | * As horrible as it is, Scott's SARS shirt. Anyone from Toronto can appreciate it. |
7 | * Scott Pilgrim wears a Music/TheSmashingPumpkins T-shirt during the first scene. Scott and the band's initials are both SP. |
8 | * In the Rockit, Scott wears a yellow T-shirt for Plumtree's second album ''Mass Teen Fainting''. Scott is named after the the band's song "Scott Pilgrim", which inspired the graphic novels. |
9 | * From the "Seinfeld" scene to the second ex fight, Scott wears a ''Webcomic/DieselSweeties'' Pixel Skull T-shirt. |
10 | * Young Neil wears a Sloan shirt, a shout out to band member Chris Murphy, who tutored the cast in playing instruments. |
11 | * Ramona's "24 Unstoppable" T-shirt during their conversation about Scott and Envy's break-up is in reference to the late Los Angeles Lakers player Kobe Bryant. |
12 | * In the scene where Stephen Stills mentions "distressing news", Scott wears a ''Tetsuwan Atom'' era ''Manga/AstroBoy'' T-shirt. |
13 | ** At the ''The Clash at Demonhead'' secret show, Scott wears a Music/TheSmashingPumpkins [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Billy_Corgan_pic.jpg "Zero"]] T-shirt. |
14 | * In the arcade, Scott wears a Sharpie (brand of marker pen) T-shirt. The T-shirt was made specially for the film. |
15 | * One of the partygoers in the party where Scott meets Ramona is wearing a T-shirt from the band ''[[{{Music/Calexico}} Calexico]]''. |
16 | * Young Neil's T-shirt in the second Sex Bob-Omb rehearsal scene is for ''Movement'', [[Music/NewOrder New Order]]'s debut album. |
17 | * Todd Ingram wears a ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'' Skull T-shirt (specially designed by Bryan Lee O'Malley) during the Black Sheep performance. |
18 | * Wallace's date (after Scott and Ramona break up) wears a Threadless Rocking 80's Spaceman T-shirt. |
19 | * The elevator hipsters wear Bat T-shirts designed by D.I.E (Denim Is Everything). |
20 | * In the scene where Stephen Stills talks about the Katayanagi Twins, Scott wears a 4½ T-shirt - a moniker given to Reed and Sue Richards' son Franklin in the ''Comicbook/FantasticFour''. |
21 | * Scott's T-shirt during the Katayanagi Twins battle is the bass symbol from ''VideoGame/RockBand''. Fitting, as Scott plays bass. |
22 | * In Ramona's apartment, Scott wears a Creator/{{CBC}} (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) 'exploding' logo T-shirt. |
23 | * 'Crash' wears a Music/TheKinks T-shirt (''Word of Mouth'' album). |
24 | ** His band is named after the ''[[VideoGame/KunioKun Crash 'n the Boys: Street Challenge]]'' [[Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]] game. |
25 | * In the second arcade scene, Scott wears a Match Pik T-shirt. They are a well-known brand of plectrums. |
26 | * In the scene where Stephen Stills is telling everyone about the TIBB, Young Neil's T-shirt features the logo for the Platform/{{Nintendo 64}}. |
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29 | [[folder:Music]] |
30 | * The first scene (in the kitchen) features music from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast A Link to the Past]]''. Close inspection of Young Neil's Nintendo DS Lite reveals a Game Boy Advance cartridge sticking out the bottom, and that game ''was'' ported to the GBA. |
31 | * Early in the film during the bathroom/school dream sequence, a choir can be heard singing the menu/Fairy Fountain theme from ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''. |
32 | ** This music is a Nigel Godrich orchestrated rendition, with Gaz Coombes and Danny Goffey from Supergrass singing the harmonies. This cover version required personal clearance from ''Zelda'' creator Shigeru Miyamoto. |
33 | ** The snippet starts playing during the unfilling the PEE BAR scene in the bathroom, which creates a sort of FridgeBrilliance if you equate the Great Fairy of the fountain as an [[SittingontheRoof Epiphany Toilet]] figure, since that scene does lead into a new big development in the next scene. |
34 | * After Scott breaks up with Knives, he boasts that he learned the bass from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII''. Michael Cera is actually playing "Final Fantasy II Battle I" by Nobuo Uematsu live on the bass. |
35 | * Scott opens the bass battle with the battle theme from [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV Final Fantasy II]], which he was learning to play [[ChekhovsSkill earlier in the movie]]. Todd counters with the opening bass riff from the song "Around the World" by the Music/RedHotChiliPeppers. |
36 | * The ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' bass stinger plays in the scene after Scott spends the night with Ramona (the whole scene being a take on ''Seinfeld''). |
37 | * The music cue that scores the beginning of the Lucas Lee fight - titled "Rumble" on the film's score soundtrack - is heavily stylized after the score from ''Film/TheWarriors''. |
38 | * Scott throws the Clash At Demonhead CD on top of the Music/{{Beck|Musician}} section of the CD store. Beck wrote Sex Bob-Omb's songs for the movie. |
39 | * According to Edgar Wright, he and composer Nigel Godrich are huge ''Series/DoctorWho'' fans, and some cues from the film's score (most noticable during Scott's "This IS a nightmare") are in reference to [[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E3TheSeaDevils The Sea Devils serial]], a stretch of episodes known for an improvisational score using synthesizers. |
40 | * The track "The Vegan" that plays when Todd first activates his powers is a tribute to John Carpenter. |
41 | * This isn't the only time (Young) Neil went on to join [[Music/CrosbyStillsNashAndYoung a trio of musicians headed by Stephen Stills]]. |
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45 | * The ItemGet theme from ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' is used at least twice. |
46 | * The Zelda "fanfare" sound effect plays when Knives Chau opens the door. |
47 | * Gideon Graves' personal logo (most noticeably painted on Chaos Theatre's door in the last scene) resembles an upside-down triforce. This could be seen as the video game equivalent of an upside-down cross. The three triangles are also G's, in reference to the initials of Gideon Gordon Graves, and if you count the letters, you'll see another Satanic reference-- 666, and the G's also look like 6's. |
48 | * Many other video game sound effects are used too, notably the ring sound from ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''. |
49 | ** Quite a few pop up during Roxy's fight. |
50 | *** When Roxy gives Scott a look just before he "gets it", the sound effect is a single star from the intro to ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2''. |
51 | *** When Scott "gets it", the sound that plays is from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1'', when your score total has finished rolling over at the end of an Act. |
52 | *** The 'entering a bonus stage' warp sound from Sonic is used when [[spoiler:Ramona brandishes the huge hammer.]] |
53 | * A ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' ring pickup effect soundtracks the "He Really Doesn't" caption. |
54 | * Gideon's health bar is accompanied by the mushroom power-up sound effect from ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''. |
55 | * The Sex Bob-Omb name is a mixture of "Sex Bomb" and Mario Bros enemy "Bob-Omb". |
56 | ** The Sex Bob-Omb's logo (as seen on the bass drum skin) looks like the Serious Sam logo. |
57 | * After the bus ride where Scott learns he's dating Ramona, the next scene at the apartment opens with a ''{{Series/Seinfeld}}'' bass stinger. The whole scene feels very ''{{Series/Seinfeld}}''-esque in general, complete with LaughTrack. |
58 | ** Followed by Scott briefly freaking out over Ramona's hair color change, mirroring Seinfeld's tendency to dump the GirlOfTheWeek over little things. |
59 | *** Also because, to Scott, [[MythologyGag hairstyle changes are kind of a big deal]]. |
60 | * Sound effects after Scott first mentions Knives's name are from ''Link to the Past'' on Young Neil's Nintendo DS Lite. |
61 | * Lucas Lee's message tone is the alert sound from ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid MGS]]''. |
62 | * Todd Ingram says "That's [[Literature/CompleteWorldKnowledge bullroar]]" when the Vegan Police call him on his gelato and chicken-related crimes. |
63 | * Sound effects and sprites from ''Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game'' were added to the film in post-production (most noticeably in Ramona's comic book-style flashbacks) because the director was impressed with the game developer's work. |
64 | * The scene where Scott asks multiple people to describe Ramona is similar to the way [[Film/MeanGirls Regina George]] is described in ''Film/MeanGirls''. |
65 | * The monster Scott summons with his bass is rather similar to the one from ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet''. Given that the monster from FP was an extension of a character's Id and Scott's creature is probably driven by his jealousy upon seeing Ramona with Gideon (hence his and the monster's GreenEyedMonster green eyes), it's not too surprising. |
66 | * The green-eyed Yeti summoned by Scott's Bass in the penultimate Evil Ex battle (As well as Scott's bass itself) was covered in [[VideoGame/GuitarHero light blue]] [[ThePowerOfRock lightning]]. |
67 | * In the scene just after the opening credits Young Neil, can be seen reading the webcomic ''Webcomic/{{Achewood}}'' on his computer. |
68 | * Because the movie's script was written before volume 6 was published, [[Manga/{{Bleach}} The Power of Understanding]] doesn't make an appearance. To make up for it though, we get Knives looking almost exactly like a certain [[ActionGirl Action]] {{Ninja}} from the same series. |
69 | * [[spoiler:Gideon]] uses [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuji-in Kuji-in]] (used in various points in Japanese culture, and most well known these days from ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'') to summon his 8-Bit Katana. |
70 | * [[Series/ArrestedDevelopment ...Her?]] [[http://twitter.com/edgarwright/status/21340766511 CONFIRMED.]] |
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72 | %%* The manifestation of ThePowerOfLove is possibly a reference to ''Manga/{{X1999}}''. Or ''{{Mazinkaiser}}'', which would also make it a StealthPun relating to Music/JAMProject. |
73 | %%** Actually it's from ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena''. |
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75 | * ''[[VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution Ninja Ninja Revolution]]''. |
76 | ** The exact same scene features a cameo by an actual ''VideoGame/InTheGroove'' machine in the background as well. |
77 | * Some form of ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' is present. Well, actually it's more like every fighting game in existence with all those 'Scott vs. (insertenemyhere)' type screens. Fun fact: That KO! sound you hear? It's from VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha. |
78 | ** The KO! sound effect is also used in the Scott Pilgrim game. |
79 | * The fight between [[MightyGlacier Ramona]] and [[FragileSpeedster Roxy]] is pure ''VideoGame/SoulCalibur''. Roxy's razor belt sword whip is a tribute to the weapon of Ivy Valentine in the Namco game ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soulcalibur]]'', and her outfit's even ripped to match. Ramona has Rock's Onslaught. |
80 | * When Roxy smashes the disco ball, the shards of glass line up in the style of menus of many fighting videogames, showing the players facing off in opposing windows. |
81 | * The Roxy fight where Ramona puppeteers Scott is inspired by a 2006 Free Comic Book Day story that O'Malley wrote, where the two fought actress Winifred Hailey and her clones. The fight, choreographed by Peng Zhang, is a tribute to Jackie Chan's inventive fight sequences. Many shots were filmed at 22fps. |
82 | ** Mae Whitman performed the scene with a ribbon utilising her high school skills as a rhythmic gymnast. |
83 | ** Once the weapons are removed from the picture, both Ramona and Roxy use Jin/Hwoarang's Heel Drop move from ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}''. |
84 | * Subverted in Scott's first meeting with Roxy. |
85 | -->'''Scott:''' "I'm not up for this right now, come back later."\ |
86 | '''Roxy:''' "Oh I'd love to darlin', but I'm afraid I just cashed my last raincheck."\ |
87 | '''Scott:''' "What's that from?"\ |
88 | '''Roxy:''' "'''''My brain!'''''" |
89 | * After [[spoiler:Scott is convinced to go get Ramona back]], Edgar Wright uses his mundane LockAndLoadMontage parody, a favourite technique of his in ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'' and ''Film/HotFuzz''. And then subverts it brilliantly. |
90 | * The dramatic leaping sword clash between Scott and Gideon is nearly a shot-for-shot remake of the opening cutscene of ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' for the NES. |
91 | %%* This is probably a coincidence, but during the swordfight between Scott and Gideon, their styles of fighting reminded me muchly of the Film/RyanVsDorkman series of videos. |
92 | * Gideon's pixellated beam katana could be a reference to Travis Touchdown's from ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes''. |
93 | * One combo lasted to up to 64, possibly referring to the 64-bit games or [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Neji's 64 trigrams]]. |
94 | * Before the final confrontation with Gideon, Wallace tells Scott to "[[Franchise/MortalKombat Finish Him]]". |
95 | ** May also count as {{Book Ends}} of sorts, since the very first evil ex duel started with Wallace screaming "FIGHT!". |
96 | * The fight between the Katayanagi Twins resembled Franchise/{{Pokemon}} battles, where there are people from separate sides controlling large {{Mons}} and battling it out. |
97 | ** The Katayanagi Twins' released dragons resemble [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Hyorinmaru's]] Shikai form. |
98 | * Scott blocking and countering Matthew Patel is very reminiscent of ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive's'' "reversal" system. |
99 | * Ramona's hair colors. Although the actual shade of Ramona's first dye-job is debatable, if you think it's red, the color combination of Red, Blue, and Green could be a reference to many things: |
100 | ** All three hair shades could refer to the three goddesses from ''Zelda''. |
101 | *** Becomes even more likely if you want to consider the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames Oracles]]; though associated with the color red, Din herself wears pink. |
102 | *** Pink, Blue, and Green... [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup?]] |
103 | *** A nod to Director Creator/EdgarWright's ''Film/ThreeFlavoursCornettoTrilogy'': [[Film/ShaunOfTheDead Strawberry]], [[Film/HotFuzz Classico]], and [[Film/TheWorldsEnd Mint Chocolate Chip]]. |
104 | *** The RGB color system, used in coding pixel colors and in mixing light, also applies. |
105 | * Envy's hairstyle while singing in the club looks exactly like Misa's from ''Manga/DeathNote''. She even wears a similar outfit to one of Misa's. |
106 | * When Knives dyes her hair blue, her appearance becomes rather [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Rei]]-esque. |
107 | * The sound effect when Ramona and Patel kiss in their flashback is the Mac startup sound. |
108 | * According to Edgar Wright, the Chaos Theatre pyramid from which Gideon sits on top with Ramona is partially inspired by the original arcade VideoGame/DonkeyKong game. It even shares a red and black aesthetic. |
109 | * The original version of the 1-UP/second-run sequence, as seen in the Deleted Scenes on the DVD, featured a number of VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld sound effects. |
110 | * After Scott fails to break up with Knives, at rehearsal he plays what seems to be a variation of the Game Over theme of VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld on his guitar. |
111 | * Most of the evil exes resemble characters from famous fighting games: |
112 | ** Matthew Patel is [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII a fireball-throwing Indian]]. |
113 | ** Lucas Lee is [[Franchise/MortalKombat an obnoxious action star]] (and actually uses one of Cage's moves, complete with motion trails). |
114 | ** Todd [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters is a near all-powerful member of a tribe]] known as Vegans (Yagami) who have special psychic abilities. |
115 | ** Roxy is [[VideoGame/SoulSeries a hot girl in bondage gear with a whip sword]]. |
116 | ** The Katayanagi Twins bring out a VideoGame/DoubleDragon during their fight. |
117 | * When Scott enters the Chaos Theatre [[spoiler:for the second time]], Comeau can be heard in the background making a rather paradoxical statement: "Their first album was better than their first album." While it comes across as a parody of hipsters and music snobbery in general, it's also a subtle reference to the band Metric, which wrote the song "Black Sheep" that appears earlier in the movie. Due to trouble with their record label, the first album they recorded - "Grow Up and Blow Away" - was released six years late, during which time they started from scratch and released two other albums. Thus, two albums that were technically first (first released and first recorded). |
118 | * The part where Scott calls Knives from a phone booth and starts glancing around resembles a similar scene in the 2002 movie ''Film/PhoneBooth''. |
119 | * Scott's (really Wallace's) home phone rings in the exact same manner as Tim and Daisy's in ''Series/{{Spaced}}''. |
120 | * The platform Gideon is sitting on in the final fight looks like a scene in ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke''. |
121 | * Probably just coincidence, but one of Crash and the Boys' members is a ten-year-old Asian girl, in a band with adult men, much like Noodle of {{Music/Gorillaz}}. |
122 | * The Battle of the Bands posters proclaiming "TWO BANDS ENTER, ONE BAND LEAVES" took the hint from the chant in ''Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome'' ("Two men enter, one man leaves"). |
123 | * Could be a coincidence, but [[spoiler:the scene where Gideon makes Scott [[UnsoundEffect DEAD]]]] is rather reminicent of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''. |
124 | ** Seeing as ''Homestuck'' started that after Scott Pilgrim was released, it was probably ''Homestuck'' referencing Scott Pilgrim, if anything. |
125 | * Stephen Stills' living room features a Guitar Wolf poster on the left. |
126 | * The first song Scott Pilgrim suggests Sex Bob-omb play is "Launchpad [=McQuack=]", who was the pilot character in Disney's ''Franchise/DuckTales''. |
127 | * Reference points for the titles included ''[[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey 2001: A Space Odyssey]]'', ''Film/FasterPussycatKillKill'' and ''[[Series/SesameStreet Sesame Street]]''. |
128 | * In the scene after Sex Bob-omb's first song, Young Neil is reading the web-comic ''[[{{Webcomic/Achewood}} Achewood]]''. |
129 | ** With Windows sounds punctuating the conversation in the room. |
130 | * Amongst Wallace's games console collection are a [[Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]], [[Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]], Nintendo Zapper, and many classic games-- all in working order. |
131 | * Stacey Pilgrim's bio box says "rated 'T' for Teen", which comes from the ESRB ratings board for videogames. |
132 | * Scott Pilgrim is wearing an original ''ComicBook/XMen'' logo patch on his parka. |
133 | * During the second Sex Bob-omb rehearsal scene, Young Neil can be heard playing ''[[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3 Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. |
134 | * After the "drunk Wallace" scene, Wallace wakes up to the Windows '95 shutdown sound. |
135 | ** Later in the same scene, we hear the Windows '98 error sound when Knives Chau appears. |
136 | * Star doors were originally seen in ''VideoGame/SuperMario64''. |
137 | * Ramona's number has a real 212 area code for New York - this exact number has been seen before in ''{{Film/Munich}}'' and ''Film/DefinitelyMaybe''. |
138 | * The 'DRUM' skin on ''Crash and the Boys'''s drum kit is a tribute to Franchise/TheMonkees' film ''{{Film/Head}}''. |
139 | * Interior monologues (such as Scott's when he notices Knives about to tell Ramona how he and Knives met) are a staple of Japanese cartoons to minimise the precise lip-synching of the characters' mouths. |
140 | * Patel's demise is inspired by legendary comic book artist Jack Kirby and his famous 'Kirby Crackle' signature style of dot filled explosions. |
141 | * Fake Lucas Lee posters include "Let's Hope There's a Heaven", "You Just Don't Exist", "The Game Is Over 2", "Thrilled to Be Here" and "Action Doctor". All except the final one are named after ''Plumtree'' songs. |
142 | * In the record store after Lucas Lee's movie clip, notice the hanging display for [[{{Music/Radiohead}} Thom Yorke]]'s solo album ''The Eraser'', which was produced by ''[[Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld Scott Pilgrim]]'''s composer Nigel Godrich. |
143 | * When Scott and Ramona are making out after the "45 MINUTES LATER" text, note that their embrace matches the famous image of ''Kiss'' by Tanya Chalkin behind them. |
144 | * The castle where Lucas Lee is shooting his movie is Casa Loma in Toronto, which has been featured in many films including ''Film/XMen1'', ''Film/StrangeBrew'', ''{{Film/Chicago}}'', ''Film/TheTuxedo'', ''Film/ThePacifier'' and ''Film/TheLoveGuru''. |
145 | * The term 'competish' is trade publication slang from ''Variety'' Magazine. |
146 | * Nigel Godrich's awesome cue "Rumble" when Lucas Lee's stunt team shows up pays respect to Barry De Vorzon's score for ''Film/TheWarriors''. |
147 | * There are seven stunt doubles for Lucas Lee, a nod to the amount of doubles that Keanu Reeves had on ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' films. |
148 | ** That said, they are also Chris Evans's actual stunt doubles. |
149 | * The exchange of 'Big fan' and 'Why wouldn't you be?' was taken from a real life backstage encounter between Edgar Wright and The Hives singer Pelle Almqvist. |
150 | * The Creator/UmaThurman movie Jimmy refers to is ''Film/MySuperExGirlfriend.'' |
151 | * Both breaking hearts in the Todd Ingram flashback have the sound effect of the Mac trash sound. |
152 | ** After Ramona tells Scott that he's just another Evil Ex waiting to happen, when Scott closes his eyes the same trash sound plays. |
153 | * Kim's eyebrow arching just before Scott apologises to her (during "Round 2") makes a Mac error sound. |
154 | * The laminated list of Exes is a little nod to ''Film/KillBill''. |
155 | * TIBB (Toronto International Battle of the Bands) is a riff on TIFF, the Toronto International Film Festival. |
156 | * The stage where the battle with the Katayanagi Twins takes place is called Ninth Circle, referencing the final level of Hell in ''Literature/TheDivineComedy''. |
157 | * The Twins' amplifiers are called 'Twinn' in a tribute to Sunn Amps. |
158 | * The twins crank up their amps [[Film/ThisIsSpinalTap to eleven]], referring to Spinal Tap's famous amps. |
159 | * When Gideon kisses Ramona's glowing ring (during the Katayanagi fight) we hear the sound of Ming's hypnotic ring from the 1980 ''Film/{{Flash Gordon|1980}}'' movie. |
160 | * The name 'G-Man' is in reference to well-connected rock producer Ronnie 'Z-Man' Barzell from Russ Meyer's ''Film/BeyondTheValleyOfTheDolls''. |
161 | * The five way reaction split after [[spoiler:Gideon stabs Scott]] was inspired by Japanese anime shows. |
162 | * "Nega Scott", the dark version of Scott, looks similar to "Dark Link" from The Legend of Zelda series (black with red eyes). |
163 | * At one point, the caption [[Anime/{{Akira}} "ABOUT TO E-X-P-L-O-D-E"]] appears, taken from the third book. |
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