History Film / ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld

[[caption-width-right:300:''[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment An epic of]] [[BuffySpeak epic epicness.]]'']]

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ompoD7V42DM An anime adaptation]] of the comics is in development for Creator/{{Netflix}} with Wright and O’Malley executive producing, Creator/ScienceSaru animating, and much of the film’s cast reprising their roles.

[[https://youtu.be/mWkYrr3W3sY An anime adaptation]] of the comics is in development for Creator/{{Netflix}} with Wright and O’Malley executive producing, Creator/ScienceSaru animating, and much of the film’s cast reprising their roles.

* NeverTrustATrailer: A fairly minor case. The trailers (particularly the early ones) seemed edited to make it less apparent that Michael Cera was PlayingAgainstType (making Scott Pilgrim look a bit more like [[Series/ArrestedDevelopment George Michael]]).

* EstablishingSeriesMoment: The first song heard in the film is the intro theme from ''[[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past]]'', barely heard coming out of Young Neil's Super Nintendo. It's a very sly but effective and subtle setting of tone.

** Matthew Patel bursts through the roof of the Rock-It and comes flying at a flat-footed and caught completely by surprise Scott Pilgrim. Scott recovers quickly.

* EstablishingSeriesMoment: The first song heard in the film is ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' theme barely heard coming out of Young Neil's DS. It's a very sly but effective setting of tone.

* WhipItGood: Roxy in her fight with Ramona.

** At the end of the final battle, Gideon's long hair briefly covers his right eye, as it did in [[https://comicvine1.cbsistatic.com/uploads/scale_medium/10/100647/6050495-ggg.jpg the comics]].

* AdaptationalVillainy: In the graphic novel, Lucas Lee was a PunchClockVillain who took a break in a middle of a fight with Scott to shoot the shit and share his snacks. In the movie, [[EvilIsHammy he's as evilly hammy]] as all the other evil exes (although he's likely just acting and is not actually evil. Still ''as'' hammy, though).

*** A major example of this is that, in the original book, '2-Player Mode' was Scott and Ramona, In the movie, it's Scott and ''Knives'', [[spoiler:because, in the movie, Scott never released Ramona from Gideon's control]].

** When Gideon compliments Sex Bob-omb on their set, Stephen wets himself (as made evident by a big word "PEE" and a helpful arrow), though it's more from overwhelming joy than fear. From the look on his face he could be having a spontaneous orgasm, but that might have pushed the movie past a PG-13 rating.

* BurningRubber: In one scene, Ramona's casual skating cuts a melting trail through several inches of snow and ice. One wonders what would happen if she really booked it. This, in addition to her use of the Subspace Highway, is probably why she's such a good delivery girl. Of course, this is more likely meant to signify that she is smoking hot. As if anyone needed a hint.
** Although commentary says this was done to give Ramona an air mystery and magic from the start.

* CallingYourBathroomBreaks: Scott does this a ''lot'', probably to express how profoundly socially inept he can be despite everything.
** At one point, his [[ItMakesSenseInContext mental spinner for responding to awkward situations]] gets stuck between "I have to pee" and "Who, her?" resulting in the unfortunate "I have to pee on her."

* CanadaEh: The most Canadianest movie in ''years''. (Well, [[Film/BonCopBadCop a few years.]]) The film, with American audiences in mind, lampshades the fact that the story takes place "in the faraway land of Toronto, Canada." Something the book does not.
** However it is averted in many ways as well, with no stereotypical Canadian accents, Mounties, and Scott only says "eh?" once.
*** ...[[RealityIsUnrealistic thus making it seem as though the movie were actually set in Canada]].

* TheCasanova: Both Scott and Ramona fit this trope in their respective circles. Having them fall for each other is somewhat played as LaserGuidedKarma.
** Julie suggests early on that Scott is this (or was, prior to his breakup with Envy, and may resume the title if he courts Ramona while still dating a high schooler). She has the list of women to back up the claim, so Scott seems to be in denial about it.
** Wallace seems to be more of a [[{{Pun}} straight-forward]] example — he wrangles every guy he sets his eyes on (except Lucas Lee for obvious reasons), including Stacey's boyfriend. It's implied that this has happened before.
--> '''Stacey:''' Wallace! ''Again?!''

* ClusterFBomb: Julie [[ClusterBleepBomb just barely averts it with]] SoundEffectBleep and black boxes.
** Lampshaded:
--->'''Scott:''' How are you doing that with your mouth?

** Plus, considering Anna Kendrick is three years older than Michael Cera, looks and acts like it, and is best known for her role in ''Film/UpInTheAir'' which paints her considerably more adult, it's an easy mistake to make.

-->''(after watching a live performance)'' '''Young Neil''': "Yeah, they're better live, you have to see them live."\\

** The movie is also quite epic.

* EvilIsHammy: All of the exes are some of the most deliciously hammy villains in recent memory.

* FiveFiveFive: Averted with Ramona's number: it's an actual number that Creator/{{Universal}} owns, for films that are too cool to use 555 numbers. It can also be seen in ''Film/{{Munich}}'' and ''Film/TheAdjustmentBureau''.

* ForcedOrgasm: This is how Scott defeats Roxy Richter. Unable to overcome her fighting skills even with Ramona's help, Ramona (who it turns out has been... [[ExperimentedInCollege intimate with her]]) shouts for Scott to touch the back of Roxy's knee as she prepares to ax-kick him. He does... and cue an intense ImmodestOrgasm from Roxy as she [[ItMakesSenseInContext explodes into coins]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The last thing Scott does before he begins fighting Ramona's evil exes is unplug his bass and throw it to Neil. At another moment, Scott leaves with Ramona in the middle of a rehearsal, and says Neil knows his parts. Later in the film, [[spoiler:Scott formally quits the band, and Neil replaces him]] as a ''direct result'' of Scott's fights.

** During the scene between Scott and Ramona on the bus, look carefully behind each character's head when the camera focuses on them. All the lights in the background on Ramona's shots are X-shaped, while in Scott's shots they are heart-shaped.
*** Until Scott asks if they are actually dating. Then it's hearts on both sides.

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* GenreSavvy: Scott displays this [[spoiler:during his fight with Todd - Not only does he figure out that he could weaken Todd by getting him to consume non-vegan food & drink, but when he makes this move, he thinks ''very'' hard about putting the half & half milk into the cup he's holding to his chest after already putting soy into the cup he was offering Todd, to confuse Todd's telepathy and get him to fall for it.]]

* GirlOnGirlIsHot: When Scott finds out that [[spoiler:one of Ramona's exes was a woman]], he refers to it as her "sexy phase". Though he's noticeably Squicked out when [[spoiler:Ramona's about to explain just how she knows Roxy's weak point.]]
** He's not [[{{Squick}} squicked]], he's just realized [[spoiler:what Roxy's weakpoint means based on how Ramona started explaining it]].

*** Even the video game implied this, as [[spoiler: after he died, he saw a door in Subspace]].

*** These exchanges:

* AdaptationalSexuality: Due to the film being written and mostly shot before the final volume of the comic came out (and the fact that he has a smaller role anyway) and this reveal happening at the end of said volume, Stephen Still's homosexuality (or bisexuality perhaps) never comes up.

* ButtMonkey: Both Scott and [[spoiler:[[StalkerWithACrush Knives]], who goes through quite the HumiliationConga (nearly injuring herself trying to look [[AnimeHair more like Ramona]], then getting said highlights knocked out of her hair by one of the aforementioned girl's Evil Ex's) before establishing herself as an IronWoobie and proving to be close to Scott and Ramona's equal]].

* OffscreenTeleportation: The characters do this ''constantly''. Envy and Ramona manage to enter a coffee shop and get behind Scott undetected, Stacey does the same leaving said coffee shop, Todd somehow moves from behind two broken walls to a door the ''moment'' the camera moves from him, and so forth.
** All of this is expected, however, considering that this is an Edgar Wright film.
** Though at that particular moment there was ''smoke was leaking out of his eyes''. [[ArbitrarySkepticism At some point]], it's [[SeenItAll just another]] Vegan power.

* TheScottishTrope: Stacy refers to Envy as "She Who Shall Not Be Named" in reference to the trope's use in ''Literature/HarryPotter'', while Wallace informs Other Scott that said woman's name is not to be used in the apartment.

* DeathBySex: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] with Roxy. Scott defeats her by hitting her weak point, which happens to be the inside of her knee. Apparently, this is an erogenous zone for Roxy, and results in an [[InvoluntaryOrgasm intense orgasm]] before she [[ItMakesSenseInContext explodes into coins]].

An anime adaptation of the comics is in development for Creator/{{Netflix}} with Wright and O’Malley executive producing, Creator/ScienceSaru animating, and much of the film’s cast reprising their roles.

* LuckyTranslation:
** Wallace tells Scott to break out the L-word, which is "love", not "lesbians". This is rendered effortlessly into Japanese with breaking out the re-word, which is "ren'ai" (true love), not "rezu".
** The Polish version has the original L-word, with "lesbijka" and the word "miłość" (love) replaced with "loffciam" - a slang word used by [[DumbBlonde Dumb Blondes]], which actually originated from the English "love".
** Horribly done in the Hebrew subtitles, which change "lesbian" into "girl love" to make them start with the same word. Later Scott confesses to Ramona: "I'm in girl love with you" (which makes her puzzled expression even more appropriate). Then again, in Hebrew the movie is titled "My Girlfriends' Exes", which is an appropriate, but terrible title.
** That part's French translation is "the A-word" because "love" is "amour" in French. Replacing "lesbian" is "abstinence", which somehow works in practice (translated back):
--> '''Wallace''': You have to break out the A-word.\\
'''Scott''': Abstinent?\\
'''Wallace''': The other A-word.\\
'''Scott''': ... abstinence?\\
(later, to Ramona)\\
'''Scott''': I'm abstinent with you.\\
'''Ramona''': What?
** In Finnish, no letter is mentioned at all:
--->'''Wallace''': Päästä se sana ilmoille. (Get the word out.)
--->'''Scott''': "Lesbo", vai? ("Lesbian", or...?)
--->'''Wallace''': Se toinen. (The other one.)
--->'''Scott''': "Lesbot"? ("Lesbians"?)
--->'''Wallace''': Hain sanaa "rakkaus". (I was looking for the word "love".)
** In Danish, they keep it as the L-word by translating "lesbian" into "lesbisk" and saying "love" in English.
** Icelandic has it as the Á-word - "Álagalessa" (what Scott says) vs. "Ást" (what Wallace says).

[[caption-width-right:300:[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment An epic of]] epic [[BuffySpeak epicness.]]]]

* NumerologicalMotif
** Director Edgar Wright has confirmed that Scott and each of the Evil Exes has their rank number featured during their respective scenes. Appearances known thus far:
-->'''0: Scott'''. Drinks Coke Zero and wears a shirt with [[Music/TheSmashingPumpkins "Zero"]] on it. Gideon refers to him by saying "you're zero, you're nothing!" in the final fight.\\
'''1: Matthew Patel'''. Identifies himself as "first", has his one eye covered by his emover, keeps pointing with one finger. Has a single chevron on his sleeve. Poses with one arm in the air, looking like the number one. Wallace also refers to him as "It's that one guy!"\\
'''1 1/2'''. Ramona claims that she went out with Matthew Patel (#1) for "a week and a half". Her next boyfriend was Lucas Lee (#2). She dyes her hair a different color every week and a half. Scott tells Wallace that he got to "first and a half base" with Ramona.\\
'''2: Lucas Lee'''. Just prior to his scene, Scott and Ramona pass two "X crossing" signs, and a crosswalk sign that counts down from 2. During the scene proper, the number appears on a prop car, as a tattoo on his neck, and on a trailer. Lee notes that Scott must be "seeing double," and that it will take "two minutes... to kick your ass" (which he says twice). Lee punches Scott twice to knock him out before the fight. The woman who sprays Lee's fist does so twice. Lee's ringtone is two beeps. Wallace notes that the stunt doubles get Lee's "sloppy seconds." Lee points at Scott with two fingers, and has two X's on his belt buckle. "2" is tattooed on his neck. In the "Cold Call" film-within-the-film we see, Lee's character refers to the two clicks his opponent will hear. Ramona dated Lucas in the 9th grade, two years after Patel. Lee claims there are "like, two hundred steps" on the grind rail. Before facing Lee, Scott learns the bassline to ''Final Fantasy II''.\\
'''3: Todd Ingram'''. The Clash At Demonhead has 3 members. Wears the number on his shirt; has three stripes on each sleeve; has three stripes on each wristband; there's a particularly noticeable three on the wall of the dressing room; hurls Scott through three walls; Scott is thrown into a number of garbage cans with multiple 3's spray-painted on them; the words "Bass Battle" flash three times on screen; both Scott and Todd one-up each other three times before the end of the bass battle. Envy wears a shirt with three stripes as well. Also had three strikes against Vegan Law. Although oddly, he says "You'll be dust in ''two'' seconds."\\
'''4: Roxy Richter'''. The fight takes place in a club simply called "4". The club itself is full of four-bulb light fixtures. Also, instead of being called "Roxie" like in the books, her name was changed to "Roxy" to have four letters. Her battle(s) with Scott is in four parts (in the snow, versus Ramona alone, versus Ramona-Scott, and versus Scott alone). The two girls are/were bisexual (2x2). The DVD trivia track points out she has four tears in her lace tights. Additionally the floor, disco ball, and Roxy's weapon are comprised of squares.\\
'''4 1/2'''. Scott is wearing a t-shirt featuring the Fantastic Four's "4" logo with an additional "1/2" doodled on it, halfway between battles 4 and 5. Ramona had also just told him [[NotSoDifferentRemark "You're just another evil ex waiting to happen."]]\\
'''5 & 6: Katayanagi Twins'''. he Twins turn the dial on their music up to eleven (though the numbers are in Japanese).The first two notes they play on their keyboards are an E (the fifth letter after A) and a Bb, a tritone (or 6 half-steps) above E. Additionally their names and last name start with K, the eleventh letter of the alphabet (5 + 6 = 11).
--> Interestingly, one of them has the rising sun on his shirt and with a total of seven beams. However, this is Ken, who is number 6. Possibly symbolic of them working for Gideon.
--> '''7: Gideon Graves'''. G is the seventh letter of the alphabet. The Chaos Theatre is [[FunWithSubtitles introduced on-screen]] as "level 7." The [[spoiler:second run]] scene is filled with bonus points and multipliers that use the number 7. Gideon becomes upset that his swallowed gum will be in his system for 7 years. Gideon activates a x7 multiplier when he summons his digi-tana and gets [[strike:+7]] '''x7''' bonuses to his 'stats'.
** In addition, each Ex's number briefly flashes in the background when their respective actor's name is listed in the opening credits sequence.
** Also along similar notes, the score for defeating each ex is the proper multiple of 1000, at least till the very end. Played twice after the battle with the Katayanagi Twins, where the score starts at '''5'''000 and slowly climbs to '''6'''000. [[spoiler:Defeating Gideon the first time earns 7000 points, and for the final time earns 7 billion (!) points, which may include the multipliers Scott earned after using his 1-UP. His minions are all worth 700 points when defeated, and minor boosts during the scene result in half that (350).]]
** This has some FridgeBrilliance regarding Nega-Scott. The reason why the two ''don't'' end up fighting? Negative zero ''is still zero''.

* ShesGotLegs: Ramona and Envy.

* AdaptationalContextChange: The battle against Matthew Patel gets adapted to screen retaining a punchline but with a slightly different joke: in the comic, Scott and co end up joining in song against him, Scott leading the line with "You think you're so great, but you're missing the point / You gotta have friendship and courage [[BuffySpeak and whatever]]!", to which Patel [[LampshadeHanging angrily shouts "That doesn't even rhyme!"]] In the movie, it's ''Patel'' who screws it up with the lyric "Take this sucker ''down'' / Let us show him what we're all ''[[PainfulRhyme about]]''," to which Scott -- about to throw a cymbal at his face -- snarks to himself [[PreAssKickingOneLiner "That doesn't even rhyme."]]

** In the record store, in addition to the "Pop/Rock" label you'll see in any record store, you'll also see things like "Math Rock" and "Sadcore", both of which are ''[[AluminiumChristmasTrees real]]'' sub-genres of indie rock.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Knives Chau.
** Possible overlap with MeaningfulName in Scott's final words to her: [[spoiler:"[[{{Pun}} Ciao]], Knives."]]

* RefrainFromAssuming:
** In universe, Scott introduces the first song Sex Bob-omb plays as "[[WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987 Launchpad [=McQuack=]]]", to which Stephen Stills replies "Uh, that's not actually the name of the song..." (The song is actually called "We Are Sex Bob-omb"). (Of course, the lyrics don't contain the words "Launchpad [=McQuack=]", making one wonder where Scott got that name from).
** An out-of-universe example, the second song Crash and the Boys play is NOT called "We Hate You, Please Die" - that song was actually cut from the movie, despite the announcing of it being left in. The song that plays in the movie after the announcement of that song is actually called "Last Song Kills Audience" - this can be found in a deleted scene on the DVD.

** In universe, Scott introduces the first song Sex Bob-omb plays as "[[WesternAnimation/DuckTales Launchpad [=McQuack=]]]", to which Stephen Stills replies "Uh, that's not actually the name of the song..." (The song is actually called "We Are Sex Bob-omb"). (Of course, the lyrics don't contain the words "Launchpad [=McQuack=]", making one wonder where Scott got that name from).

* CaliforniaDoubling: Averted — The movie is filmed in Toronto, set in Toronto, and stars an actor from Toronto. The fact that this is unusual is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] while fighting the second ex: Scott gets hurled through the backdrop matte painting of the Empire State Building on the movie set. The [=CN=] Tower[[note]]For the uninitiated, it's an iconic Toronto landmark[[/note]] is briefly visible through the hole thus made.

-->'''Ramona''': [[PreAssKickingOneLiner Let's both be girls]].

* PreAssKickingOneLiner:

** At one point, Knives [[PunnyName makes the most of her name]] and tells Ramona to "get ready to ''chow'' (Chau) down".

(''kicks [[spoiler:Gideon]] in the head, making him '''literally''' blow up, into billions of coins'')

* RapidFireNo: [[spoiler:Gideon]]'s final words after Scott administers his PreMortemOneLiner and before administering his fatal kick.