Just another day in Toronto[wood].
Production has officially started for Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life, a biography "written" by Young Neil, who doesn't even remember writing it. The actor hired to play Scott? Lucas Lee, Ramona's second Evil Ex.- Adaptational Nice Guy: Lucas accuses the movie of writing Ramona as this, as judging by his own experience he presumes that once the Evil Exes were all defeated, she'd soon move on from Scott like she did her last 7 partners.
- Breaking the Fourth Wall: After his agent cuts ties with him, Lucas compares himself to a show that's been taken off the air. He then turns to the audience and wonders if there's a word for it.
- The Cameo:
- The Torontowood security guards are voiced by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, who are frequent collaborators with Edgar Wright.
- Kirby Howell-Baptiste provides the voice for Lucas Lee's angry agent.
- A Day in the Limelight: For Lucas Lee. Most of the episode focuses on his skateboarding antics, his time working at Torontowood Studios, and his relationship with Ramona.
- Everyone Has Standards: Lucas is already in hot water and about to lose his job, so doing something as risque as dating a high-schooler at his adult age is on grounds of "career suicide". The news shows him making moves on an actress that plays Knives Chau. She is actually 31, according to Lucas, but that doesn't stop the ninja paparazzi from trying to take advantage of this news. (This doubles as a bit of Leaning on the Fourth Wall; Ellen Wong, who played Knives in the film adaptation and this series, is three years older than Michael Cera.)
- Hammerspace: Ramona is able to sneak Lucas past the paparazzi by hiding him in her bag. This gives us the hilarious imagery of his head sticking out of the tiny thing.
- Mood Whiplash: After a rather touching exchange with Ramona, Lucas proves that he's still a douchebag by pushing a little kid off of his skateboard and stealing it.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: The movie's director, Edgar Wrong, is an obvious caricature of Edgar Wright, who directed the film adaptation and serves as an executive producer for this series.
- Older Than They Look: Knives' actress for the movie is, according to Lucas, 31 years old. She still looks enough like Knives that the media paints it as Lucas dating a 17 year old. Ironically, Lucas is around 24, making him younger than her.
- One-Man Army: Lucas Lee takes out an entire horde of paparazzi in the episode's climax with nothing more than a skateboard.
- Questionable Casting: In-universe, Lucas Lee gets cast to play Scott Pilgrim. The two look absolutely nothing alike, as Lucas Lee is about twice Scott's size and significantly more muscular, and he has entirely the wrong tenor to play a nerdy loser. This is Played for Laughs, naturally.
- Shout-Out:
- Several movie references can be found sprinkled throughout Torontowood Studios. There's a pink Xenomorph, a Man-Eating Plant a la Little Shop of Horrors, and Elliott riding his bike (while being chased by hazmats), to name a few.
- During the paparazzi chase, Lucas crashes through a backdrop depicting a giant Scott head emerging from the ground, a parody of the iconic poster for Neon Genesis Evangelion.
- Lucas's agent gives us this gem of a line:Agent: Lucas, between your string of box office bombs and reports of your toxic skater boy behavior, this town's on the verge of saying… "See ya later, boy."
- Show Within a Show: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life, a biographical film about Scott that, curiously enough, retells the events of the comics. Young Neil believes to have written it in his sleep, but it was really penned by a mystery person who wrote the full script while he was sleeping.
- Split-Screen Phone Call: The episode features one between Lucas and his agent. The fourth wall starts to crack once they start treating the split screen like a physical barrier between them.
- Title Drop: Lucas occasionally saying "whatever" throughout the episode.
