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* Arc Words: Many variations of the phrase "precious little x". Starting from Volume 1, there are Precious Little Life, Precious Little Ho-Bag, Precious Little Wallace, and many more. It may be just a catchphrase between all the characters, but the phrase really appears in at least one instance of every volume.

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* Arc Words: Many variations of the phrase "precious little x". Starting from Volume 1, there are Precious Little Life, Precious Little Ho-Bag, Precious Little Wallace, Precious Little Nickname, and many more. It may be just a catchphrase between all the characters, but the phrase really appears in at least one instance of every volume.

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* AssholeVictim: All of the Evil Exes.



** It's shown in a flashback that Ramona and Matthew Patel beat up all the jocks at their school together when they were dating.



** Knives gives Scott one, but it's subverted in that he's already met Ramona and doesn't want to date her anymore. Awkward.



* EvilSorcerer: Matthew Patel

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* EvilSorcerer: Matthew PatelPatel.
* {{Facepalm}}



** Gideon also tells Envy something along the lines of "you know putting you in those outfits is sexually thrilling for me"

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** Gideon also tells Envy something along the lines of "you know putting you in those outfits is sexually thrilling for me"me".
* FingerPistol



* TheGlomp: Knives, every time she sees Scott.



* MediumAwareness



* MistakenForGay: When Ramona first visits Scott's house, she notes that he and Wallace sleep in the same bed. He's quick to note that's only because ThereIsOnlyOneBed.



* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: The Boys and Crash

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* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: The Boys and CrashCrash.



* NWordPrivileges: Knives casually mentions that the Asians at her school are "fobbish".[[hottip:*:FOB is an acronym for "fresh off the boat" and refers to Asians who act uncool and old-fashioned.]]



* RefusalOfTheCall: Scott deletes all the messages that Matthew Patel sends him. Big mistake.



* RuleOfCool (For one thing, we're never told how or why EverybodyWasKungFuFighting).

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* RuleOfCool (For RuleOfCool: For one thing, we're never told how or why EverybodyWasKungFuFighting).EverybodyWasKungFuFighting.



* SecretTestOfCharacter



-->''AND THEN HE TOTALLY STALKED HER UNTIL SHE LEFT THE PARTY''.



* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion:
-->'''Matthew Patel''': [[LampshadeHanging That doesn't even rhyme!]]



* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Oh yeah.

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* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Oh yeah.Every single fight in the series.


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* TomboyishSidetails: Ramona has them.
-->'''Scott''': Have you seen a girl who has hair like *this*? (mimicks the shape of her haircut)
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* DesignatedGirlFight: Ramona fights Roxie, her only female evil ex.
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[[spoiler:'''Knives''': He cheated on us, Ramona. ''Both of us.'']]

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[[spoiler:'''Knives''': --->[[spoiler:'''Knives''': He cheated on us, Ramona. ''Both of us.'']]

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* WhamLine: In universe example: when Knives tells Ramona that Scott cheated on both of them.

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* WhamLine: In universe example: when Knives tells Ramona that Scott WhamLine:
[[spoiler:'''Knives''': He
cheated on both us, Ramona. ''Both of them.us.'']]
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* SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat: Vol 4 has this when [[spoiler: Scott ears the power of love, before exclaiming "Now I'm glad I picked that longsword proficiency in grade 5!".]]
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* AppropriatedTitle: The adaptations take their name from ''Scott Pilgrim vs. The World'', the second book in the series.
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-->'''Knives''': But look at your face! I totally grazed you!''\\
'''Ramona''': How appropriate. You fight like a cow.''

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-->'''Knives''': But look at your face! I totally grazed you!''\\
[[StealthPun grazed]] you!\\
'''Ramona''': How appropriate. You fight like a cow.''
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* ShapedLikeItself: Issue 4 has Wallace introduced as:
-->'''Wallace Wells'''\\
• [Scott's] gay roommate.\\
• Lives with '''Scott'''.\\
• Is '''gay'''.
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* QuirkyMinbossSquad: The League of Evil Exes.

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* QuirkyMinbossSquad: QuirkyMinibossSquad: The League of Evil Exes.
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* QuirkyMinbossSquad: The League of Evil Exes.
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* AntiVillain: The Evil Exes are mostly this, bordering between Type II and Type IV.

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* AntiVillain: The Evil Exes are mostly this, this (except for Gideon of course), bordering between Type II and Type IV.

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* InsultBackfire: In volume 6 [[spoiler: Gideon]] tells Scott
and Ramona they're their own worst enemies. They both conclude he's definitely worse.

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* InsultBackfire: In volume 6 [[spoiler: Gideon]] tells Scott
Scott and Ramona they're their own worst enemies. They both conclude he's definitely worse.
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* LesYay: Kim & Knives in Volume 4. Granted, they're drunk.

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* LesYay: Kim & Knives in Volume 4. Granted, they're drunk. And of course, Ramona and Roxie.
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** In the bonus comic ''Free Scott Pilgrim'':
-->'''Scott Pilgrim Says...'''\\
Just remember: in real life, you should never punch a girl. [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality Unless it's a serious emergency.]]

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* TheUntwist: [[spoiler: In book 6, this is partially done in the final battle with a Reveal that sort of didn't actually happen in the way thought. Hilarity Ensues:]]

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* TheUntwist: [[spoiler: {{The UnTwist}}]]: [[spoiler: In book 6, this is partially done in the final battle with a Reveal that sort of didn't actually happen in the way thought. Hilarity Ensues:]]

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Added spoilers to; Jerk Ass (part about power of love); Reality Ensues (hole in moon parts are reveals); Rogues Gallery (Envy\'s Face Heel Turn is a reveal); Save Point (1up is a major plot reveal); Unfair Sex (Scott\'s breakup with Ramona is a major plotpoint); What Do You Mean Its Not Awesome (young neil being treated nice is major character development for him and Scott); When She Smiles (Kim smiling is a major character turning point). Added Late Arrival Spoiler and Untwist, added to Breaking The Fourth Wall.


** During Scott's battle in book 3, [[spoiler: Todd Ingram boasts that only a Deus Ex Machina plot can save Scott. It does.]]



--> Gideon stole the Power of Love. What a dick.

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--> Gideon stole [[spoiler: the Power of Love.Love]]. What a dick.



* LateArrivalSpoiler: TheReveal that one of Ramona's ex-boyfriends is [[spoiler: actually a girl]] is kind of obvious to anyone who has seen pretty much any promos for the movie.



** Scott:"[[RunningGag '''GIDEON!!''']]" *kicks the person (who is not actually Gideon) in the face* Even his '''own brother.'''

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** Scott:"[[RunningGag '''GIDEON!!''']]" Scott:"'''[[RunningGag GIDEON!!]]'''" *kicks the person (who is not actually Gideon) someone who only resembles Gideon in the face* Even his '''own face*. ''Even his'' '''''own brother.''''''''



** Ramona alludes a RealityEnsues moment in Vol. 3 when telling Scott about the time Todd [[DefaceOfTheMoon punched a hole in the moon for her]].

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** Ramona alludes a RealityEnsues moment in Vol. 3 when telling Scott about the time Todd [[DefaceOfTheMoon [[spoiler: punched a hole in the moon for her]].



'''Ramona''': Uhhh... [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall About thirty pages]] of explosions and tidal waves.

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'''Ramona''': Uhhh... [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall About thirty pages]] of [[spoiler: explosions and tidal waves. waves.]]



* RoguesGallery: Ramona's league of evil exes are part of Scott's rogue gallery. They are Matthew Patel, Lucas Lee, Todd Ingram, Roxie Richter, Kyle and Ken Katayanagi, Gideon Graves. Envy Adams also serves as part of the rogue's gallery throughout books 3 and 6 but in the end she makes a Heel Face Turn after realizing how much Gideon used her.

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* RoguesGallery: Ramona's league of evil exes are part of Scott's rogue gallery. They are Matthew Patel, Lucas Lee, Todd Ingram, Roxie Richter, Kyle and Ken Katayanagi, Gideon Graves. Envy Adams also serves as part of the rogue's gallery throughout [[spoiler: for books 3 and 6 6, but in the end she makes a Heel Face Turn after realizing how much Gideon used her.]]



** A lot of side scrollers take you back to the level's start when you die and come back using your 1-up, which is exactly what happens in the movie.

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** [[spoiler: A lot of side scrollers take you back to the level's start when you die and come back using your 1-up, which is exactly what happens in the movie. movie and comic.]]



* TheUnfairSex: Ramona becomes incensed when she learns that Scott was dating her behind Knives' back when she herself dated the Katayanagi Twins behind each others' backs. Not to mention the fact that got angry at Scott for staying at Lisa's sister's place when she let Roxie stay the night at her place. (And actually ''made out'' with her, unlike Scott who remained totally faithful.)

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* TheUnfairSex: Ramona becomes incensed when she [[spoiler: learns that Scott was dating her behind Knives' back when she herself dated the Katayanagi Twins behind each others' backs. backs]]. Not to mention the fact that got angry at Scott for [[spoiler: staying at Lisa's sister's place when she let Roxie stay the night at her place. (And actually ''made out'' with her, unlike Scott who remained totally faithful.)faithful)]].



* TheUntwist: [[spoiler: In book 6, this is partially done in the final battle with a Reveal that sort of didn't actually happen in the way thought. Hilarity Ensues:]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Gideon''': I've watched you guys do stuff!]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Scott''': (realization) ''You were the cat!'']]
-->[[spoiler:'''Gideon''': '''I was not the cat!''']]
-->[[spoiler:'''Scott''': '''THEN WHY WAS IT NAMED GIDEON?!''']]
-->[[spoiler:'''Gideon''': '''YOU NAMED YOUR CAT GIDEON?!''']]
-->[[spoiler:'''Ramona''': '''''I- I have my own way of working things out!''''']]



* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: Volume 6: The greatest day of Young Neil's life was when Scott simply called him "Neil". ...Kinda sad, isn't it?
** Alternately, it was the day that Scott introduced Neil to his (hot) younger sister. It really seemed like dropping the "Young" from Neil's name was like he was pairing [[BetaCouple Neil up with Stacey]].
*** Or maybe Scott just felt weird introducing him as Young Neil because Stacey is ''even younger.''

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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: Volume 6: The greatest day of Young Neil's life was when [[spoiler: Scott simply called him "Neil". ..."Neil".]] ...Kinda sad, isn't it?
** Alternately, it was the day that Scott [[spoiler:Scott introduced Neil to his (hot) younger sister. It really seemed like dropping the "Young" from Neil's name was like he was pairing [[BetaCouple Neil up with Stacey]].
*** Or maybe Scott [[spoiler:Scott just felt weird introducing him as Young Neil because Stacey is ''even is]] ''[[spoiler:even younger.'']]''



* WhenSheSmiles: Kim becomes much prettier when she smiles before leaving in volume 5.

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* WhenSheSmiles: [[spoiler: Kim becomes much prettier when she smiles before leaving in volume 5.]]

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** [[CompletelyMissingThePoint It only knocks most people unconscious for like twenty to thirty minutes...]]

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** [[CompletelyMissingThePoint It only knocks most people unconscious for like twenty to thirty minutes...]]



* ComicallyMissingThePoint: The Vegan Police aren't sure about the Veganity status of Chicken Parmesan since they're not sure what Parmesan is.



* CompletelyMissingThePoint: The Vegan Police aren't sure about the Veganity status of Chicken Parmesan since they're not sure what Parmesan is.
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* InsultBackfire: In volume 6 [[spoiler: Gideon]] tells Scott
and Ramona they're their own worst enemies. They both conclude he's definitely worse.
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* Arc Words: Many variations of the phrase "precious little x". Starting from Volume 1, there are Precious Little Life, Precious Little Ho-Bag, Precious Little Wallace, and many more. It may be just a catchphrase between all the characters, but the phrase really appears in at least one instance of every volume.
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* MundaneFantastic: The story is a pretty normal, funny comic about relationships, until someone busts out the [[FunctionalMagic mystical powers]] or [[IKnowKungFu implausible kung-fu skills]], or uses your dreams as a [[TeleportersAndTransporters travel shortcut]].

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* MundaneFantastic: The story is a pretty normal, funny comic about relationships, until someone busts out the [[FunctionalMagic mystical powers]] or [[IKnowKungFu [[IKnowKarate implausible kung-fu skills]], or uses your dreams as a [[TeleportersAndTransporters travel shortcut]].
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* JackOfAllStats: In the Free Comics Day comic Scott tries to select drinks based on their stat boosts being complimentary.

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* WouldntHitAGirl: Played straight with Scott (''Is that a moral high ground thing, or are you just a pussy?'').

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* WouldntHitAGirl: Played straight with Scott (''Is Scott
-->'''Roxie''': Is
that a moral high ground thing, or are you just a pussy?'').pussy?
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* [[AdultsAreUseless Authority Figures Are Useless]]: ThereAreNoTherapists. Or police. Professors have long since faded into the background. [[AdultsAreUseless parents]] are pretty much useless, except for a vigilante ninja dad obsessed with "avenging" his daughter. Any sign of law, order or stability is ''completely'' absent... which makes for a pretty entertaining WorldOfHam, until you consider its [[FridgeHorror nightmarish implications]]... which manifest themselves on-page, several times over.

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* [[AdultsAreUseless Authority Figures Are Useless]]: ThereAreNoTherapists. [[ThereAreNoPolice Or police. police.]] Professors have long since faded into the background. [[AdultsAreUseless parents]] are pretty much useless, except for a vigilante ninja dad obsessed with "avenging" his daughter. Any sign of law, order or stability is ''completely'' absent... which makes for a pretty entertaining WorldOfHam, until you consider its [[FridgeHorror nightmarish implications]]... which manifest themselves on-page, several times over.

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* GoNagaiSideburns: One of Ramona's many hairstyles.


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* HotbloodedSideburns: One of Ramona's many hairstyles.
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* ContinuityPorn: The series is loaded with little details, some of which speak to each other over separate books.


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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: The "Knives Chau: 17 Years Old" joke was WMG'd that some massive event ''had'' to occur when her eighteenth birthday finally happened. Turns out, it happened a ''week'' before Volume Six started. DAH!
** Another one from the same book would've been the WMG of all the exes coming back for a final fight since it was alluded that the exes may have not been dead in volume 2. The final plan was cool, but by comparison that one would've been cooler. Also add in that Gideon's GenreBlindness at the end with [[spoiler: Scott using the one-up to come back to life]]. It seemed odd that he wouldn't see that coming.
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* TheWoobie: Each Evil Ex can be adequately interpreted as this taken to huge extremes. Some of them still are friendly towards Ramona despite her heinous treatment of each person after they [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness were broken up with]]. Almost all of them deserve to ensure Ramona doesn't date ever again.
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* Anti-Hero: The Evil Exes are mostly this, bordering between Type II and Type IV.

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* Anti-Hero: AntiVillain: The Evil Exes are mostly this, bordering between Type II and Type IV.
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I\'d be more of an anti-fan if I didn\'t sympathize with the Evil Exes. But that\'s where obvious tropes need to be identified, natch

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* Anti-Hero: The Evil Exes are mostly this, bordering between Type II and Type IV.


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* TheWoobie: Each Evil Ex can be adequately interpreted as this taken to huge extremes. Some of them still are friendly towards Ramona despite her heinous treatment of each person after they [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness were broken up with]]. Almost all of them deserve to ensure Ramona doesn't date ever again.
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[[TheFilmOfTheBook The film version]], ''ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'', was directed by EdgarWright and starring MichaelCera and MaryElizabethWinstead and released on August 13, 2010. (The trailers can be viewed [[http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/universal/scottpilgrimvstheworld/ here]].)

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[[TheFilmOfTheBook The film version]], ''ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'', ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'', was directed by EdgarWright and starring MichaelCera and MaryElizabethWinstead and released on August 13, 2010. (The trailers can be viewed [[http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/universal/scottpilgrimvstheworld/ here]].)



* [=~And That's Terrible~=]: "Gideon [[spoiler: stole the [[PowerOfLove power of love]]!]] What a dick!"

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* [=~And That's Terrible~=]: AndThatsTerrible: "Gideon [[spoiler: stole the [[PowerOfLove power of love]]!]] What a dick!"



Stephen Stills: "Hell yes we are, and it's ''hilarious''."\\
'''NOTE TO MINORS''': He is lying. Underage drinking is not at all hilarious.

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Stephen Stills: "Hell yes we are, and it's ''hilarious''."\\
'''NOTE TO MINORS''': He is lying. Underage drinking is not at all hilarious.



* {{Expy}}: Julie Powers, meet Daria.

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* {{Expy}}: Julie Powers, meet Daria.{{Daria}}.



* [[GISSyndrome GIS Syndrome]]: The books proper don't contain this, but the Free Comic Book Day issue contains a [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] example.

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* [[GISSyndrome GIS Syndrome]]: GISSyndrome: The books proper don't contain this, but the Free Comic Book Day issue contains a [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] example.



* [=~If I Can't Have You~=]: This is the basic principle behind the League of Evil Exes.

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* [=~If I Can't Have You~=]: IfICantHaveYou: This is the basic principle behind the League of Evil Exes.



* [=~What Do You Mean, It's Not Awesome?~=]: Volume 6: The greatest day of Young Neil's life was when Scott simply called him "Neil". ...Kinda sad, isn't it?

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* [=~What Do You Mean, It's Not Awesome?~=]: WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: Volume 6: The greatest day of Young Neil's life was when Scott simply called him "Neil". ...Kinda sad, isn't it?



* [=~What Kind Of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?~=]: Averted with Scott gaining a flaming sword from the power of love and [[spoiler:the power of understanding, a frigging big {{Bleach}}-like sword]].
* [=~What The Hell, Hero?~=]:

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* [=~What Kind Of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?~=]: WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Averted with Scott gaining a flaming sword from the power of love and [[spoiler:the power of understanding, a frigging big {{Bleach}}-like sword]].
* [=~What The Hell, Hero?~=]: WhatTheHellHero:



* [=~Wouldn't Hit A Girl~=]: Played straight with Scott (''Is that a moral high ground thing, or are you just a pussy?'').

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* [=~Wouldn't Hit A Girl~=]: WouldntHitAGirl: Played straight with Scott (''Is that a moral high ground thing, or are you just a pussy?'').

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