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Dying in Toronto
- In previous adaptations, Word of God has stated repeatedly that Scott defeating the Evil Exes just results in them respawning in their homes, "having learned their lesson." Except, when Scott (seemingly) dies here, everyone certainly acts like he's dead for real with no respawns. What gives?
- Simple. Scott never picked up an extra life like he did in other adaptations and it's stated numerous times that he goes on these adventures quite regularly so maybe he was just unprepared for this and thus on his last life instead.
- No, but that's just it. He "died" in the exact same way as all the Evil Exes in previous adaptations, and everyone defeated here: Disappears and leaves behind coins. When he had the extra life in the comic, he left behind an actual body, which came back to life (in the movie it was a straight-up time-reversal). No one treats any of these as actual deaths, and the author previously said that people just respawned in their homes. So what's different about Scott's supposed death?
- My best guess is the Exes all had extra lives but were forbidden from re-engaging by Gideon on a You Have Failed Me rule or whatever.
- The original rules were just that he had to "defeat" the 7 Exes. Not kill them (either "in game" or for real), just defeat them. Which he did, so regardless of whether they respawned or not he had already cleared that metaphorical level.
- It actually fits perfectly well with Older Scott's plans. If everything had gone how he wanted, he would have sent young Scott back to his time after a while, and he would just have changed his mind about being with Ramona. It would been as if he had respawned having "learned a lesson", as far as anyone else was concerned. Plus, death being temporary would explain why the grieving of the characters is brushed past so easily (and the general non-chalance about death in the series as a whole). They're sad, enough to hold a funeral, but not enough to stop cracking jokes or enjoying a surprise live performance during said funeral.
- One probable explanation is that Scott just didn't respawn and his friend therefore thought that he died for real. Normally people respawn right after they died in their homes, but Wallace didn't find a trace that Scott was at home after he died, so everyone thought he was gone for real.
- Everyone's reactions are confusing, but the explanation is simple. Since Scott Pilgrim's world is a video game, this must mean that there are more "games" to play when one dies, but it's everyone's choice whether to respawn or to quit playing. They simply thought he got tired of all the "high-level enemies" and decided to pick up a different game and play something else. Although, how this works is best left for the WMG page.
What time period does SPTO take place in?
- The original assumption would be in the 2000s since that's when other Scott Pilgrim media takes place, and this is backed up in SPTO with things such as old computer technology, flip phones, DVD rental stores and Netflix's original delivery service. However a one-off joke referencing Detective Pikachu, which released in 2016, breaks this continuity unless the story is set in a different era than we would've assumed.
- I’m guessing he probably ended up watching it during his time in the future?
Did Wallace really marry a Nintendo employee?
- The way the conversation goes, it almost sounds like old Scott throws that line as a misdirect, to keep Wallace from telling young Scott who his sugar daddy/husband really was. Old Wallace just wants to tell the truth, while old Scott says young Scott isn't ready yet. Then, when old Wallace insists on saying something, old Scott is the one to say he works at Nintendo, interrupting Wallace. When young Scott is dazed and asks if they get all the games for free, the one to confirm it is old Scott, while Wallace tries to deny it. It all just comes across as old Scott making stuff up to interrupt Wallace from saying what's really going on.
- You mean Mobile? In the Comic Scott freaks about when he sees him first because he looks very similar to Gideon. Other than that there is nothing special about him. Nintendo Employee is probably the thing that makes Scott freaks out the most, especially since Young Scott never met Gideon in this timeline yet.
