| 1 | This is the character page for the cast of ''Anime/ScottPilgrimTakesOff'' and the tropes that pertain to them. |
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| 3 | For tropes pertaining to [[ComicBook/ScottPilgrim how they originally appeared in the comic books]], see [[Characters/ScottPilgrim here]]. |
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| 5 | For tropes pertaining to [[Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld how they appeared in the 2010 live-action film]], see [[Characters/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld here]]. |
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| 7 | '''Due to the nature of the anime, all spoilers involving the original graphic novels and the live-action film are unmarked. [[Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.]]''' |
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| 9 | [[foldercontrol]] |
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| 11 | !!!'''Individual Pages''' |
| 12 | [[index]] |
| 13 | * [[Characters/ScottPilgrimTakesOffTheLeagueOfEvilExes The League Of Evil Exes]] |
| 14 | [[/index]] |
| 15 | |
| 16 | !!Main characters |
| 17 | |
| 18 | [[folder:Scott Pilgrim]] |
| 19 | !!Scott Pilgrim |
| 20 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichaelCera (English); Creator/FinnWolfhard (teen, English); Creator/HiroShimono (Japanese) |
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| 26 | [[caption-width-right:378:''"Sugar what...?"'']] |
| 27 | [[caption-width-right:378:[[labelnote:Click to see him in high school]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2023_11_24_at_81733_pm_0.png ''"Maps are hard! If I had to draw a sheep though, I'd draw it perfect."''[[/labelnote]]]] |
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| 29 | The title character of the series. A Canadian bassist and slacker who falls in love with the mysterious Ramona Flowers and must defeat her seven evil exes to date her… at least that’s what usually happens. But things take a turn when he is apparently killed in the first battle… |
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| 32 | * AdaptationalIntelligence: This version of Scott can actually pick up sarcasm quicker, if a little later, while the other versions remain oblivious or don't pay attention. On a more serious note, [[spoiler:this version of Scott actually picks up pretty quickly that Old Scott/Even Older Scott was primarily at fault for his relationship with Ramona failing and tells him that they could've avoided all this if he was a better guy who tried more, and unlike them,]] he is determined to change for the better and for the present to be with Ramona. |
| 33 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: [[spoiler:He actually comes clean to Knives about cheating on her with Ramona without the need of having to see the consequences of his two-timing play out first, like his other versions had to. He's also the only version to acknowledge the fact that he shouldn't have been dating a high schooler in the first place due to the age difference. [[FutureMeScaresMe Seeing his future staring him in the face probably had something to do with it.]]]] |
| 34 | * AdvertisedExtra: The intro sequence acts as if he doesn't disappear after the first episode and not return in person until the sixth. [[DownplayedTrope Though he is still a major character, with Ramona's main goal being figuring out what happened to him.]] |
| 35 | * BookDumb: According to [[spoiler:Future Wallace]], Scott doesn't read books. Scott nods in response. |
| 36 | * CastingGag: When Scott meets Ramona at the party, the story from the original comic and movie (about Pac Man's name being changed) is replaced by the story of Sonic the Hedgehog having two tonally different cartoons airing simultaneously with the same actor playing Sonic. This cartoon features all the actors from the movie returning to play different versions of the characters they played in the movie. |
| 37 | * CompositeCharacter: [[spoiler:With Robot-01. It's revealed that he's been interacting with the present day world from the future by controlling the robot's body, while the robot was purely autonomous in the graphic novel.]] |
| 38 | * DecoyProtagonist: The first episode makes it seem like it will be a retelling of his adventures. Then he disappears, leaving Ramona as the protagonist of the story in her attempts to find him. [[spoiler:It winds up being [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]], as it turns out he's been around in the present world the entire time afterwards by controlling Robot-01, and he still plays a major role in the overall conflict due an older version of himself being the BigBad, making him more of a {{Deuteragonist}}.]] |
| 39 | * DemotedToExtra: He gets kidnapped in the first episode and doesn't show up again in person until Episode 6, with the role of the protagonist going to Ramona, so he's basically this by default. |
| 40 | * ForgottenFallenFriend: Downplayed. Most of his friends, including his sister, don't really care that he apparently died, having moved on pretty quickly. [[spoiler:However, when they learn from Ramona that he really isn't dead, they immediately help her find him.]] |
| 41 | * TheFriendNoOneLikes: Downplayed compared to the novels, but Ramona is the only person who really cares about Scott's disappearance; everyone else either doesn't care or are happy he's gone. However, the members of Sex Bob-omb and Knives show they're willing to help Ramona find him when she discovers concrete proof that Scott was kidnapped. |
| 42 | * FutureMeScaresMe: [[spoiler:Scott isn't happy to find that his future self is a pathetic shell of a man who couldn't move on from a bad separation.]] |
| 43 | * GrewASpine: [[spoiler:After he returns to the present day, Scott manages to face Knives and properly apologize for dating her and Ramona at the same time. He also admits he should've never tried to date her in the first place because of their age difference.]] |
| 44 | * InformedAbility: As a result of getting wasted by Matthew in one strike, Scott never gets to live up to his rep as the strongest fighter in the province like he did in the comic. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope That is, for his fight against Matt.]] A future version of him becomes the BigBad of the series and he's nothing short of a monster in combat, with present Scott putting up a decent fight against him.]] |
| 45 | * JerkassRealization: [[spoiler:Scott seeing his future self is a washed-up loser who refuses to take responsibility for his actions or try to change in a healthy manner - followed by his even older self appearing as a veritable monster willing to ''kill'' everyone - works to make Scott realize he has a good chance of becoming exactly like this if he doesn't change his behavior. As such, it's similar to the realization he had in the final volume of the original comic but with the added gravitas of knowing he needs to ''keep'' working at it.]] |
| 46 | * LockedOutOfTheLoop: [[spoiler:Due to Robot-01 not having audio receptors, he could only observe rather than hear what was happening in the present day while he was stuck in the future. As a result, he has no idea that the evil exes are no longer interested in fighting him until he meets them himself upon returning.]] |
| 47 | * MoralityPet: [[spoiler:He seems to function as one for Wallace and Envy. In the original story, Wallace was snarky but likable and a good friend to Scott. Envy was a DefrostingIceQueen who ultimately ended up as a JerkWithAHeartOfGold after she gains proper closure with Scott from their past relationship. With Scott out of the picture for most of this series, Wallace becomes acerbic and manipulative to the point of destroying Envy and Todd's relationship so he can have sex with Todd. Envy meanwhile remains a {{Jerkass}} due to never properly reconciling with Scott.]] |
| 48 | * MutuallyUnequalRelationship: Has this with Knives at the start of the series. While the books and movie had Scott outright boasting about being in a relationship with her, he's a lot more sketchy about admitting to whether or not he personally perceives the two of them to be dating compared to everyone else. |
| 49 | -->'''Wallace:''' You need to break up with your fake high school girlfriend.\ |
| 50 | '''Scott:''' Do I have to? I mean, are we really even dating?\ |
| 51 | '''Wallace:''' Knives thinks you are, and Knives is an angel. |
| 52 | * PlotTriggeringDeath: His defeat by Matthew Patel in the first episode sets the continuity on its head, and causes Ramona to be promoted to protagonist. It turns out, however, that he isn't actually dead. |
| 53 | * StatingTheSimpleSolution: [[spoiler:When Old Scott tells him that his relationship with Ramona is doomed to failure, Scott makes the very simple observation that Old Scott should just tell his younger self how to be a better boyfriend instead of trying to make him never date Ramona. Old Scott refuses, because that means [[NeverMyFault accepting that he did anything wrong]], and this is the red flag that Old Scott has regressed back into the immature manchild Scott spend the entire graphic novels growing out of.]] |
| 54 | * TerribleArtist: One of Kim's strongest memories of him while they were in high school is him drawing a sheep. It was the worst sheep she had ever seen. [[spoiler:He doesn't get any better at drawing in the future.]] |
| 55 | * WisdomFromTheGutter: Despite Scott not being all that intelligent by any metric, even he's able to point out [[spoiler:to Old Scott that the latter could have just ''told'' his past self what to do to avoid his relationship with Ramona straining rather than resort to outright kidnapping. Of course, Old Scott is [[NeverMyFault so deep in denial over his own faults]] that he refuses to consider it.]] |
| 56 | [[/folder]] |
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| 58 | [[folder:Ramona Flowers]] |
| 59 | !!Ramona Flowers |
| 60 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MaryElizabethWinstead (English); Creator/FairouzAi (Japanese) |
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| 66 | [[caption-width-right:326:''"I don't know what that is in [[TheMetricSystemIsHereToStay kilometers.]]"'']] |
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| 68 | A mysterious American delivery girl who begins dating Scott Pilgrim, only for her seven evil exes to interfere, leading to Scott’s apparent death. She soon begins to investigate the circumstances behind his death and reckon with her own past and mistakes. |
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| 70 | * ADayInTheLimelight: Her role is much expanded in this version, with her even becoming the protagonist due to Scott's disappearance in the first episode. In addition, a lot more time is dedicated to her relationships with her exes and the unresolved feelings she left them with, along with her personal life in general. |
| 71 | * ActionGirl: Due to her increased prominence as the protagonist of the story, Ramona shows off her combat skills much more than in any version of the story (save perhaps the video game). Almost every fight in the story involves her in some way, and she holds her own incredibly well. |
| 72 | * AdaptationalDyeJob: [[spoiler:By virtue of her actually having a confirmed natural hair color, which the source material and movie played coy with. She's revealed to actually be a blonde, which she reverts back to and only dyes the edges of in the epilogue, symbolizing that she is no longer running from herself.]] |
| 73 | * AdaptationalJerkass: Thanks in part to the greater focus on the exes and their pasts with Ramona, as well as their current feelings, Ramona herself can come across as more of the bad guy in some of the relationships than the exes were. It's shown how she tactlessly dumped Matthew after she had no further use for him, cheated on Lucas with Todd, knew Todd was cheating on someone with her, didn't take her relationship with Roxie seriously, and dated the twins at the same time and played them against each other simply because their BigManOnCampus attitude annoyed her. |
| 74 | * AdaptationalJobChange: Here, instead of delivering books for Amazon, she delivers video rentals for Netflix. [[spoiler:In addition, she later quits that job and becomes a professional stunt double (after initially using that job as a way to get closer to Todd on set in order to question him about Scott's disappearance).]] |
| 75 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: |
| 76 | ** She's the warmest and least aloof iteration of her character, in part thanks to her more direct involvement with the rest of the cast over the need to investigate Scott's disappearance, though she is notably much less dismissive of Scott even before going out with him. |
| 77 | ** Although it gets acknowledged, her mistreatment of 5/7 of her exes is glossed over in the comics and movie. In the anime however, she gets to find closure with them and fully realizes her mistakes. |
| 78 | ** Regarding Ken and Kyle, it was already established in the source material that Ramona cheated on them with each other, much to their justifiable anger. In the anime, Ramona says that they were brazen playboys in college, and neither would leave her alone, so playing both of them was her method at getting back at them. While still not an excuse to betray their trust, it does give Ramona a reason for simultaneously dating both of them, instead of doing so just because. |
| 79 | * AdaptationalSexuality: Ramona's relationship with Roxie is not explained as a "bi-curious"/"sexy" phase in college[[note]]although Roxie's frustration that Ramona didn't take their relationship seriously enough alludes to this[[/note]], nor does anyone make a big deal about the fact that one of Ramona's exes is a woman, indicating that in the anime, Ramona is plainly bisexual. |
| 80 | * AmicableExes: [[spoiler:She manages to reconcile with all of the evil exes over the course of the series and sort out any hurt feelings she may have left them with, and even before they reconcile, most of them have moved on with their lives and aren't really interested in starting anything with her. Only Roxie outright attacks her, but the two patch things up.]] |
| 81 | * CharacterDevelopment: A more pronounced example compared to even the source material, [[spoiler:as her search for Scott ends up causing her to cross paths with her exes and properly reconcile with them, allowing her to come to terms with her own weaknesses in the process.]] |
| 82 | * CompositeCharacter: Ramona is usually aloof and reserved like her movie incarnation, but is a lot more expressive and emotional overall like her comic incarnation, who was cheerful and friendly, but still tended to put people at arm's length. |
| 83 | * TheDulcineaEffect: Gender-inverted. She dated Scott once, cuddled with him, and watched him die, but she is by far the most invested in his survival when she learns he never died. |
| 84 | * EveryoneLovesBlondes: [[spoiler:The anime reveals that her natural hair color is blonde. In the epilogue she reverts to blonde hair and only dyes the edges, symbolizing her finding happiness with herself.]] |
| 85 | * ExperimentedInCollege: Just like in the movie and comic, it is implied that Ramona wasn't very serious about her relationship with Roxie, moving on as soon as she moved out of their dormroom, later even trying to pass her off as "just" a college roommate to Kim when Roxie first shows up. Unlike in the movie and comic, this time it is PlayedForDrama showing how much pain and sorrow it caused Roxie to be treated as "Just a Phase". |
| 86 | * HyperspaceMallet: Ramona wields a literal {{hammerspace}} hammer, which she uses in her fight against Roxie [[spoiler:and later against Even Older Scott]]. |
| 87 | * JerkassHasAPoint: While the series is about Ramona acknowledging and coming to terms with her own responsibility for how her relationships with the Evil Exes all ended, it remains true that none of those relationships were really healthy, and some (Todd and Gideon in particular) were outright toxic. Ramona may have behaved like a {{jerkass}} in ''how'' she left her Exes -- the breakups with [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness Matthew]], [[AbandonmentInducedAnimosity Lucas]], [[GayRomanticPhase Roxie]], and [[TwoTimerDate the twins]] were notably cruel -- but it is never seriously suggested that she was ever in the wrong simply ''to'' leave. |
| 88 | * JerkassRealization: With the exception of Todd, whom she broke up with relatively peacefully, and Gideon, whom she left due to his narcissism and abuse, she comes to realize her pattern of running away from all her problems only ended up hurting her exes and causing more problems in the long run. [[spoiler:It comes to a head in the battle against Even Older Scott, who mockingly dares Present and Future Ramona to run away from what they love like they always do when they begin to consider it, triggering her memories of how cruel or apathetic she was in breaking up with her exes, leading her to swear off running for good.]] |
| 89 | * KaleidoscopeHair: Given quite a lot of attention, with a montage of her switching to a new color palette in most episodes. |
| 90 | * LadykillerInLove: Gender-inverted. She has a long string of ex-partners, some of whom she considered mere flings despite how they saw it. This series makes it clear, however, that she well and truly fell in love with Scott, going to great lengths to look for him after he disappears. |
| 91 | * TheProtagonist: This is her role in the series after Scott's disappearance. Even after he returns, this doesn't change with him being demoted as a {{Deuteragonist}} for the remainder of the series. |
| 92 | * RightForTheWrongReasons: Her final suspect is [[spoiler:the Katayanagi twins. While they had a part in Scott's kidnapping, it wasn't the pair she thought of, rather their counterparts from Old Scott's timeline, and the actual mastermind was Old Scott, while the twins mostly gave him access to time travel and Robot-01.]] |
| 93 | * RollerbladeGood: She gets around Toronto on rollerblades. |
| 94 | * StuntDouble: In-universe. She has to become one to Envy Adams portraying her in ''Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life'' in order to get close to Todd. [[spoiler:In the final episode's epilogue, she seems to have taken up this job full-time in Torontowood Studios.]] |
| 95 | * WreckedWeapon: In the final episode, [[spoiler:Even Older Scott]] shatters her hammer. |
| 96 | * YourCostumeNeedsWork: A variation. In order to investigate Todd and Envy for Scott's disappearance, she becomes a stunt double for Envy, who is playing Ramona in the ''Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life'' movie. The casting director is incredulous that Ramona has the same name as the role she is stunt doubling for, and never considers that she ''is'' the Ramona Flowers the movie is about. |
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| 99 | [[folder:Kim Pine]] |
| 100 | !!Kim Pine |
| 101 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AlisonPill (English); Creator/TomoMuranaka (Japanese) |
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| 107 | [[caption-width-right:1000:''"Drumming's a great outlet for my emotions, [[AllDrummersAreAnimals rage mostly]]."'']] |
| 108 | [[caption-width-right:1000:[[labelnote:Click here to see her in high school.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2023_11_24_at_81741_pm_3.png ''"That's the worst sheep I've ever seen."''[[/labelnote]]]] |
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| 110 | Scott's ex-girlfriend and the drummer in his band. She works at "No Account Video" and shows a level of apathy towards life and everyone around her. |
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| 112 | * AdaptationalAngstDowngrade: Because their breakup plays out exactly how the fake memory from the comic does, Kim treats the whole relationship with relative indifference whereas in the comic it's strongly hinted that it cut her deeply and she still has feelings for Scott. Though when she does recall their relationship, her expression does seem a bit somber and she mentions it "ended terribly"... |
| 113 | * AdaptationalBackstoryChange: Kim relates the story of Scott saving her from a rival high school more or less as he told it when it turned out that, in the comics, his memory of the event was wrong and Simon Lee was actually some powerless nerd he’d beaten senseless - although the image of Scott punching out Simon Lee indicates that there may be some combination of the two versions of events. |
| 114 | * AdaptationalJobChange: [[spoiler:In the epilogue, she and Hollie lose their jobs at No-Account Video after it goes out of business. Luckily for her at least, Sex Bob-omb in this timeline actually has a future.]] |
| 115 | * AdaptationalSexuality: While in almost every version Kim is some level of AmbiguouslyBi, here she shows the most casualness regarding kissing, or even getting into a relationship, with someone of the same sex (barring her playthrough of the game, which is LooseCanon; and her make out with Knives, which was KissingUnderTheInfluence). [[spoiler:Given how she's holding hands with Hollie in the epilogue as they walk into the Second Cup, it's possible they struck up a relationship after all the events that had occurred.]] |
| 116 | * AmicableExes: She used to date Scott, and the two are still friends as adults, same as in the original material and movie. |
| 117 | * BigDamnKiss: [[spoiler:She has one with Roxie when she tries to get a new girlfriend after patching her relationship with Ramona. Unfortunately, both parties fail to feel any chemistry for each other.]] |
| 118 | * DemotedToExtra: While she gets some attention after episode 3, Kim rarely appears after, not even being part of Stills and Knives' mission to be a part of the movie/musical about Scott. |
| 119 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's incredibly sardonic and bored-sounding in every scene she's in, but it's clear that she does care for her friends and the band she's in. This can be seen when she befriends Knives through a jam session to cheer the latter up. |
| 120 | [[/folder]] |
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| 122 | [[folder:Stephen Stills]] |
| 123 | !!Stephen Stills |
| 124 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Mark Webber (English); Creator/AnriKatsu (Japanese) |
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| 126 | [[caption-width-right:1000:''"What if we sucked!?"'']] |
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| 128 | The lead singer in Scott's band. Generally stressed out due to the pressure of Sex Bob-omb performing at various concerts and also the pressure of whether or not his band sucks. |
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| 130 | * AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: This version of Stephen doesn't end up in the MasochismTango of being on-and-off with Julie, as she herself explicitly says he's her ex. In the comics and movie events, as they happen for over a year and a month respectively, their on-and-off situation is a recurring joke for a long time and, as the anime's events take a much shorter time to happen, they remain in an 'off' situation for the duration of the series. Pretty much thrown off the rails by Julie eventually ending up with Gideon Graves, of all people. |
| 131 | * AdaptationalSexuality: As the comics' events played out differently this time, we don't know if [[spoiler:Stephen ends up meeting or forming a relationship with Joseph]], possibly helped by the fact that this character doesn't even show up in the animated series. So we don't know if Stephen is or not in the closet in this version, or if he even is gay at all. |
| 132 | * CompositeCharacter: This version of Stephen is a perfect mix of both his comics and movie versions: Comics!Stephen remained usually cool and composed, until eventually the events of trying to bring the band to stardom catch up with him, and he develops extreme stress under duress, ending up puking and passing out from anxiety, while Movie!Stephen was a neurotic and nervous wreck from the very beginning, even in situations that didn't have anything to do with the band. |
| 133 | * IntergenerationalFriendship: {{Downplayed|Trope}} in that the gap between them is only five years, but Stills forms a genuine rapport with Knives early on in the anime. Over the course of the series, the two of them bond over their love of music and even manage to successfully pitch a musical adaptation of Young Neil's film script to Matthew Patel. By the end of the series, Stills and Knives remain as ThoseTwoGuys, seemingly handling everything related to scoring gigs for Sex Bob-omb. |
| 134 | * LeadSingerPlaysLeadGuitar: Remains the main songwriter, guitar player, and singer of Sex Bob-omb, but later shares co-writing stage with Knives. |
| 135 | * OnlySaneMan: He's the only one besides Ramona and the immediate Pilgrim family who shows any type of grief during Scott's funeral. Subverted when he quickly forgets about it in favor of Envy's sudden concert at the church. |
| 136 | * SmokingIsCool: Surprisingly, this version of Stephen is shown smoking in the first episode, something that hints that the events that are about to play are going off-rails. |
| 137 | [[/folder]] |
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| 139 | [[folder:Wallace Wells]] |
| 140 | !!Wallace Wells |
| 141 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KieranCulkin (English); Masaya Fukunishi (Japanese) |
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| 143 | [[caption-width-right:1000:''"I figured the only thing better than being me, was getting paid to be me."'']][[caption-width-right:1000:[[labelnote:Click here to see his other appearance. '''(SPOILERS)''']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2023_11_23_at_112044_am.png ''"Old Scott, why is there a younger you in my kitchen?"''[[/labelnote]]]] |
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| 145 | Scott's cool gay roommate. According to Wallace, Scott "crashed for a night and never left." While he is shown to be a good friend to Scott, he shows a lot of annoyance towards his slacker lifestyle. |
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| 147 | * TheAce: Downplayed. He's entirely confident in his abilities to handle any situation, and that essentially always plays out to his success. He gets whatever boy he wants, whatever job he wants, and his mistakes never catch up to him. Apparently once considered acting but didn't pursue it because he feared he'd be ''"too good at it"'' - and he was right! This is the "cool" part of him being Scotts "cool gay roommate." |
| 148 | * AdaptationalJerkass: He's a lot more acerbic in his sarcasm here. While Wallace did throw some snark at Scott in the source material over Scott's freeloading, it was usually just in good humor. Here, Wallace actually seems actively annoyed with Scott. [[spoiler:And while his novel and movie self did steal Stacey's boyfriend, he was never shown carelessly discarding his dates as one-time flings like this version does with Todd.]] The contrast is further shown when [[spoiler:Old Wallace is shown to be ''a lot'' more like his original comic counterpart, albeit still as snarky as his incarnation here, as he is more actively compassionate to the past Scott than his present-day self that he even goes behind Old Scott's back to help him get back to the past.]] |
| 149 | * AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: Although Other Scott briefly appears, albeit with an AdaptationalDyeJob, Wallace doesn't steal Jimmy from Stacey, due to the former being AdaptedOut. Also this Wallace hooks up with [[spoiler:Todd Ingram]] of all characters, although he views it as more a meaningless fling. |
| 150 | * AsHimself: In-Universe, he crashes the set of Young Neil's film based on what Scott's life should have been, and usurps the actor playing him in the movie. |
| 151 | * ClosetKey: Like in the source material, he can seduce ostensibly straight men. [[spoiler:Just ask Todd.]] |
| 152 | * CompositeCharacter: [[spoiler:Takes elements from Lucas Lee's fight with Scott when he's confronted by Envy Adams (especially since Lucas Lee is TheUnfought by Ramona in this timeline) after becoming an actor AsHimself, utilizing stunt doubles to fight his battle for him.]] |
| 153 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: Wallace knows Envy from when she was dating Scott, he's aware of both her temper and strength... And ''still'' [[spoiler:went and stole her boyfriend]], even failing to expect her coming for his blood. |
| 154 | * FlunkyBoss: [[spoiler:He sics his army of stunt doubles on Envy (and Ramona) during their fight at the studio, just like Lucas does in the movie.]] |
| 155 | * HeWhoFightsMonsters: Wallace's antics in Episode 5 seem to be [[spoiler: partly a way to get back at Envy for breaking Scott's heart. The end result, of course, is that he breaks Todd's heart just as badly.]] |
| 156 | * KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:While his seduction of and subsequent dumping of Todd ends up as a major reason the movie breaks down, he gets to keep the money he was paid for the role and uses it to visit Paris in the epilogue.]] |
| 157 | * KickTheDog: |
| 158 | ** [[spoiler:He seduces Todd into openly cheating on Envy with him, only to callously dump him in the same episode.]] |
| 159 | ** [[spoiler:He gives his four stunt doubles a needlessly hard time by insulting their form, reducing all four to tears.]] |
| 160 | * LadyKillerInLove: Well not a "lady" killer, but Wallace goes through many many flings throughout the series, [[spoiler:and when Todd tries to tell him there were "[[ArcWords sparks]]" between them, Wallace scoffs and says there is no such thing. In the epilogue, while touring France, Wallace ends up meeting Mobile, his future husband. When they kiss Wallace is shocked to discover that sparks are real after all.]] |
| 161 | * LaserGuidedKarma: Being mean to your stunt doubles will leave you without stunt doubles. |
| 162 | * MeanBoss: He ends up reducing his four stunt doubles to tears [[spoiler:during their fight against Ramona]] because he can't stop criticizing them. |
| 163 | * RidiculouslySuccessfulFutureSelf: Well, sort of. [[spoiler:He himself doesn't become successful, but he becomes incredibly wealthy through his marriage to some unnamed high-ranking worker at Nintendo. The ending implies that his husband is Mobile, his boyfriend in the original canon.]] |
| 164 | * SilverFox: [[spoiler:Future Wallace is just present day Wallace with gray hair and glasses, making him look distinguished, in contrast with Old Scott's disheveled and unattractive aged looks.]] |
| 165 | * YoungerThanTheyLook: [[spoiler:Future Wallace's hair is completely gray despite him only being 39.]] |
| 166 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:Old Wallace's rhetorical comment about how it's a shame that Old Scott didn't have a time machine to prevent his relationship with Ramona from ever happening plants the idea in Old Scott's head to invent time travel (with the help of the Katayanagi Twins), go back in time, and kidnap his younger self, instigating the plot of the entire series.]] |
| 167 | [[/folder]] |
| 168 | |
| 169 | [[folder:Knives Chau]] |
| 170 | !!Knives Chau |
| 171 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/EllenWong (English); Creator/AoiKoga (Japanese) |
| 172 | [[quoteright:980:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2023_11_21_at_63624_pm.png]] |
| 173 | [[caption-width-right:980:''"I feel SO excited I might actually pass out!"'']] |
| 174 | [[caption-width-right:980:[[labelnote:Click here to see her classic ExpositoryHairstyleChange.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2023_11_22_at_103619_pm.png ''"It's time to Chau down!"''[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 175 | |
| 176 | Scott's fake high school girlfriend. Basically, she thinks they're dating, he thinks they're not. Too pure for this world. |
| 177 | ---- |
| 178 | * AdaptationalAngstDowngrade: She handles Scott's cheating on her much better than she did in the source material and treats it with mild annoyance before quickly getting over it. It helps that she didn't have as much time to get attached to him and their relationship before he seemingly died. |
| 179 | * AdaptedOut: Her high school friend Tamara makes no appearance at all. |
| 180 | * AscendedExtra: While Knives was not an unimportant character in the other material, here she becomes an active member of Sex Bob-omb after Scott's "death"[[spoiler:, and eventually helps write the musical that the final episode revolves around]]. |
| 181 | * AdaptationalIntelligence: Since she is no longer obsessing over Scott we get to see a lot more of Knives' personality. She is still naive, but we see her learning how to play instruments like the bass and piano in less than a day, working with Stephen on song composition, and even manipulating Matthew Patel into green-lighting a Broadway musical with their songs. The ending even shows she is writing songs for Envy Adams. |
| 182 | * AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: Due to Scott's "death", and getting over him cheating on her with Ramona pretty quickly, she doesn't feel the need to go out with Neil in a bid to make Scott jealous. In addition, her best friend Tamara Chen is nowhere to be seen, likely because she was meant to be Knives's voice of reason, while Knives here gets to flourish in Sex Bob-Omb's company. |
| 183 | * AsianAirhead: She's a bit spacey and naive, reacting to most events around her with awed confusion. It's later downplayed, as she turns out to be an InstantExpert when it comes to everything related to music. |
| 184 | * BlackBeadEyes: Just like in the comic series, her eyes are drawn this way. |
| 185 | * ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Her bangs become progressively more wild with each of her appearances until she ditches her ponytail completely, indicating her settling into being a full-time member of Sex Bob-omb. |
| 186 | * GeniusDitz: By default, she's pretty ditzy, but when it comes to music she's a freaking genius and is able to almost single-handedly propel Sex Bob-omb's career by the end. |
| 187 | * HiddenDepths: She's always been a music fan in every version of the story, but this series takes it further and shows that she's got a very good grasp of musical theory as well, allowing her to quickly become a skilled instrumentalist. It goes to show she knows what she's talking about when discussing her favorite bands. |
| 188 | * InSpiteOfANail: Despite the AbortedArc of the series' original timeline, she still got her ExpositoryHairstyleChange with highlights and then still got said highlights punched out of her hair. |
| 189 | * InstantExpert: This version of Knives seems to be absurdly musically inclined. She picks up playing the bass after Scott's "death", and manages to master it in four hours. She later takes up the keyboard and learns it in a marginally longer amount of time. |
| 190 | * IntergenerationalFriendship: {{Downplayed|Trope}} in that the gap between them is only five years, but Knives forms a genuine rapport with Stills early on in the anime. Over the course of the series, the two of them bond over their love of music and even manage to successfully pitch a musical adaptation of Young Neil's film script to Matthew Patel. By the end of the series, Knives and Stills remain as ThoseTwoGuys, seemingly handling everything related to scoring gigs for Sex Bob-omb. |
| 191 | * JerkassRealization: A downplayed example; she's understandably still vexed about having to interact with Ramona after finding out that she was having an attempted affair with Scott, but Kim points out to Knives that Ramona is the only one who bothered to investigate into Scott's death once evidence of Scott being alive began to mount up, and that the information they discovered would be useful in her hands. While it's possible Knives would have done the same if she was made aware earlier, her prioritized excursions with Stephen in promoting Sex Bob-Omb's work went on to show that between her and Ramona, Knives had already begun moving on from Scott. |
| 192 | * MisplacedRetribution: Due to Scott's apparent "death" she learns of his attempted affair with Ramona being the cause of it much earlier on, and as a result causes a ruckus at his funeral when she finds Ramona there, directly blaming her for Scott's death. However, later on, despite some tensions still being there between the two, Knives is more willing to accept that Scott had just carelessly dated both of them rather than Ramona being directly at fault. |
| 193 | -->'''Knives: YOU!''' What are ''you'' doing here? ''You'' killed Scott Pilgrim!\ |
| 194 | '''Ramona:''' I don't know if that's fair.\ |
| 195 | '''Knives:''' ''Fair?'' You're responsible. You're the one to blame. It's ''your'' fault! |
| 196 | * MutuallyUnequalRelationship: While Knives is still as head over heels for Scott and open about their relationship like in previous versions of the series, Scott doesn't fully perceive them to be dating, at most only referring to her as a "sort of" girlfriend. |
| 197 | * MythologyGag: She literally gets the highlights punched out of her hair, by [[spoiler: Even Older Scott]]. |
| 198 | * NiceGirl: She remains sweet and friendly all throughout the series, only getting hostile under fairly stressful circumstances like Scott's funeral. |
| 199 | * OutOfFocus: Not her specifically as Knives remains a pretty important character [[spoiler:and unlike her comic counterpart, [[ButNowIMustGo doesn't leave for University]] after reconciling with Scott]], but her [[McNinja ninja skills]] goes completely unmentioned despite there being a build-up to the same one-sided animosity towards Ramona she had in the comic after Scott's supposed death to Matthew Patel, which can make her ActionGirl status surprising to those unfamiliar with the series [[spoiler:when she goes up against Even Older Scott in the finale and actually gets a good few hits on him with surprising finesse]]. |
| 200 | * TeenGenius: She's 17 and not only picked up on how to play and compose music extremely quickly but managed to flawlessly broker a lucrative musical gig with Matthew Patel by playing to his interests. |
| 201 | * TragicKeepsake: After Scott supposedly dies, she's often seen wearing his jacket. [[spoiler:She gives it back to him after he returns.]] |
| 202 | [[/folder]] |
| 203 | |
| 204 | [[folder:Young Neil]] |
| 205 | !!Young Neil |
| 206 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JohnnySimmons (English); Yuto Kawasaki (Japanese) |
| 207 | [[quoteright:920:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_20231121_1629442.png]] |
| 208 | [[caption-width-right:1000:''"Okay, there I am, right, at my roommate's bandmate's funeral, thinking, "Woah, what if I can die?" And just when I find out I'm a cinephile?"'']] |
| 209 | |
| 210 | A roommate of Stephen Stills and Sex Bob-omb's number one fan, Neil awakens to his inner cinephile after Scott is supposedly killed in his first battle. After discovering an entire screenplay he apparently wrote in his sleep, he gets brought on as script advisor for a Lucas Lee movie based on his screenplay. |
| 211 | ---- |
| 212 | * AchievementsInIgnorance: He somehow manages to write a screenplay whilst asleep without knowing how he even managed it. [[spoiler:Because he actually didn't write it at all, Future Ramona did and sent it back in time as part of her scheme to thwarts Old Scott's plan to use time travel to prevent them dating in the first place]]. He also believes that golf carts are called "Mario Karts" in the U.S., and when Ramona, who is American, points out that that isn't true, he then claims that they are definitely called that in Japan. |
| 213 | * AdaptationalDumbass: He wasn't particularly remarkable in the source material or movie but carried himself as someone of average intelligence nonetheless, but in this series, he's a full-blown {{Cloudcuckoolander}} who is utterly clueless about every situation he's in. |
| 214 | * AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: Due to Scott's "death", and Knives getting over him cheating on her with Ramona pretty quickly, she doesn't feel the need to go out with Neil in a bid to make Scott jealous. |
| 215 | * AmbitiousButLazy: Despite his desire to become a screenwriter, hours of grinding and staring at a computer screen ended up amounting to a title and several blank pages. |
| 216 | * AscendedExtra: A major player in the anime after barely being characterized in the film and comic. |
| 217 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: It happens quite a lot. Examples include: |
| 218 | ** He accidentally bumps into Robot 01 while on his golf cart, which he mistakes as a trash can. However when he sees the robot run away in a panic, he remarks, "That's a fast trash can." |
| 219 | ** He has several moments in the behind-the-scenes of "Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life". For instance, when he hears about Edgar Wrong claiming Toronto to be a major character in the film[[note]]He says this in order to express how Neil's film was a tribute to Toronto[[/note]], he is shocked and asks who's playing Toronto. |
| 220 | ** He claims that the film had dark lighting to reflect that darkness in Scott's soul. The cameraman then points out that he's wearing sunglasses, to which Neil replies that they're prescription. |
| 221 | ** When it seems like he's like he's using a chemistry metaphor to describe the RomanceOnTheSet between Todd and Envy by comparing them to volatile chemicals and asking what happens if they mix, the camera finishes his metaphorical question by saying that it will cause an explosion. Neil's response? He gets startled and asks why they were mixing volatile chemicals on a movie set in the first place. |
| 222 | ** He sees that Matthew's play is based on a memoir by [[spoiler:Old Young Neil]], and asks if there's any relation. |
| 223 | * TheDitz: Julie describes him as even dumber than Scott. |
| 224 | * HiddenDepths: Despite his complete ineptitude in the field of film production, [[spoiler:he really does have the capacity for writing. Future Ramona wrote the screenplay based on Old Young Neil's memoirs about the original timeline.]] |
| 225 | * IdiotHero: A major ally to Ramona while he's investigating who kidnapped Scott, who's a total airhead. |
| 226 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Never once is Young Neil ever referred to by his full name, Neil Nordegraf, in the anime. Compare to the graphic novels, where he introduces himself to Knives in Vol. 1 with his full name; and the movie, where it briefly appears when Knives texts him to hang out. [[spoiler:It's to the extent that he's literally credited as "Old Young Neil" on his memoirs.]] |
| 227 | [[/folder]] |
| 228 | |
| 229 | [[folder:Julie Powers]] |
| 230 | !!Julie Powers |
| 231 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AubreyPlaza (English); Creator/YuuKobayashi (Japanese) |
| 232 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2023_11_21_at_61905_pm.png]] |
| 233 | [[caption-width-right:1000:'''''"F**K MY LIFE!"''''']] |
| 234 | [[caption-width-right:1000:[[labelnote:Click here to see her in high school]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2023_11_24_at_110942_am_6.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 235 | |
| 236 | Ramona's only friend in Toronto. Hates Scott. Hates a lot of people, actually. Described as a "massive bitch," who is shown to be hostile and rude towards customers at Second Cup. She knew Gideon Graves in High School, while his name was still Gordon Goose. |
| 237 | ---- |
| 238 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: ZigZagged. She's still thoroughly unpleasant and has some AdaptationalVillainy but her nastier moments from the comics got AdaptedOut and she's generally nicer to the rest of the cast, [[JerkassToOne except for Scott]]. |
| 239 | * AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: |
| 240 | ** Julie knew Gideon in the original graphic novel about as well as anyone would know the average celebrity. In this continuity, Julie and Gideon were old high school acquaintances and end up in a relationship when they meet again in the present. |
| 241 | ** This version of Julie also doesn't end up in the MasochismTango of being on-and-off with Stephen, as she herself explicitly says he's her ex. In the comics and movie events, as they happen for over a year and a month respectively, their on-and-off situation is a recurring joke for a long time and, as the anime's events take a much shorter time to happen, they remain in an 'off' situation for the duration of the series. Pretty much thrown off the rails by Julie eventually ending up with Gideon Graves, of all people. |
| 242 | * AdaptationalVillainy: Julie was [[{{Jerkass}} never that nice]] to begin with, but the anime version of her joins Gideon Graves [[spoiler:and is willing to be complicit in bombing a musical production, and is an equal partner in Gideon's forthcoming schemes against Scott and Ramona in the SequelHook]]. |
| 243 | * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Wants to see Gideon's evil side specifically because she thinks it's hot and ambition turns her on. She's initially turned off when she believes he gave up on getting revenge [[spoiler:but her attraction comes back when Gideon reveals he actually does have an evil plan.]] |
| 244 | * CharacterExaggeration: The movie had one scene (not in the comics) where she has a lengthy ClusterBleepBomb. Here, it seems like she can't finish a single sentence without it happening. |
| 245 | * CompositeCharacter: |
| 246 | ** Michael Comeau's AdaptedOut, so this time she's the one who "knows everyone" and first gives Scott info about Ramona. |
| 247 | ** She takes Envy's role in the latter half of the comics as Gideon's [[UnholyMatrimony new girlfriend.]] |
| 248 | * CrazyInTheHeadCrazyInTheBed: Julie is explicitly turned on by Gideon cooking up evil schemes, and by the end of the series has joined him in his future plans to torment Scott and Ramona ForTheEvulz. |
| 249 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Downplayed because she's not fully evil, just intrigued by the idea. Although she's disappointed that Gideon has lost his evil ambitions, she still cares for him, claiming they "get each other." [[spoiler:Played straight when she helps her new boyfriend plot a terrorist attack on Matthew Patel willingly, and when she's horrified and demands that Even Older Scott release Gideon when he force chokes him.]] |
| 250 | * EvilFeelsGood: Comes to this realization throughout the story when [[spoiler:she finds herself attracted to Gideon's ambition, conspires with him to commit a terrorist attack on Matthew Patel's show, and is seen in the epilogue being Gideon's right hand woman in his villainous empire.]] |
| 251 | * FourEyesZeroSoul: Although this trope was downplayed when she was simply just a {{Jerkass}}, it's played a little more straight when she makes it transparent that she was happy that Scott had "died", and when she admits that she found Gideon/Gordon's evil ambitions attractive. [[spoiler:Played fully straight when she becomes Gideon/Gordon's accomplice in their plan to blow up Matthew's play with dynamite]]. |
| 252 | * KarmaHoudini: She never really gets consequences for participating in [[spoiler:Gideon's failed bombing of the theater]]. |
| 253 | * PetTheDog: She does apologize after accidentally mistaking Robot-01 for a trash can and tossing a banana peel at him, even removing the peel herself. |
| 254 | * ScaryShinyGlasses: She has these while she binges anime with Gordon, and when [[spoiler:Matthew gives Gordon his fortune back and makeup, with all 3 laughing evilly]]. |
| 255 | * SirSwearsALot: Most of the bleeped-out swears come from her, to the point where Stacey Pilgrim has to angrily tell her to stop swearing at customers. Her response? "F''[bleep''] my life!" |
| 256 | ** Her constant swearing was actually the reason that the show got a TV-MA rating. |
| 257 | * SpeakIllOfTheDead: After Scott's apparent death, she was the only one who reacted with satisfaction, and when Ramona came to Julie about her suspicions that Scott was actually kidnapped, she was very disappointed that he wasn't actually dead. |
| 258 | * UnholyMatrimony: She and Gideon get into a relationship after he arrives at her doorstep, completely broke and alone due to losing everything to Matthew. They're actually quite happy together. |
| 259 | [[/folder]] |
| 260 | |
| 261 | [[folder:Envy Adams]] |
| 262 | !!Envy Adams |
| 263 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BrieLarson (English), [[Music/{{Metric}} Emily Haines]] (singing voice); Creator/KanaHanazawa (Japanese) |
| 264 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2023_11_21_at_61530_pm_9.png]] |
| 265 | [[caption-width-right:1000:''"And even though he was the least important chapter of the book in my life, and even though I don't remember much about our relationship at all, I thought I'd sing a song dedicate to his memory."'']] |
| 266 | |
| 267 | Scott's ex-girlfriend, who became a pop sensation after she started dating Todd Ingram, Ramona's third evil ex. |
| 268 | ---- |
| 269 | * AdaptationalJerkass: Since we don't see any of the character development she went through in the original comics (as Scott's disappearance means they don't get any closure, and we don't hear her break-up with him from her own humble point of view), this version of Envy appears every bit as petty and shallow as the audience assumed her graphic novel version was. [[spoiler:That said, she does collaborate with Stephen and Knives for a song in the finale, so her kindness hasn't completely evaporated.]] |
| 270 | * AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: She doesn't hook up with Gideon in this continuity, being replaced by Julie in the role. |
| 271 | * AdaptationalWimp: In the comic, Envy was incredibly strong and a skilled enough martial artist to defeat Ramona and Knives at the same time, forcing Scott to step in before she could kill them. Here, when she attacks [[spoiler:Wallace]] she barely shows her powerful kicks before switching to a CatFight, and when he brings out his stunt doubles, she has Ramona fight in her place. |
| 272 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: Crashing Scott's funeral in the second episode and turning it into an impromptu concert. |
| 273 | * FakeAmerican: In-Universe. She, a Canadian woman, gets cast as the American Ramona Flowers for Neil's movie. |
| 274 | * FriendlyEnemy: With [[spoiler:Scott out of the picture for most of the story]], her main point of contention with Ramona that made them rivals in the comics is no longer there, so they're no longer bitter enemies, just people who don't like one another. Eventually, they're forced to team up against a common foe: [[spoiler:Wallace Wells]]--the inverse of what happens in the comic, hilariously. |
| 275 | * FlunkyBoss: When [[spoiler:Wallace]] sics his team of stunt doubles on her during their fight, she tags in her own stunt double, Ramona, to fight in her stead. |
| 276 | * TheFunInFuneral: How many funerals have you gone where a pop star suddenly shows up and starts doing a complete show, with lights and moving platforms and everything? |
| 277 | * ItsAllAboutMe: Again, crashed Scott's funeral to deliver a very vague and dull condolences speech that basically talks about how Scott was a VERY small part in HER own successful life, and then dropping it all by singing a cover of [[Music/SarahMcLachlan 'I Will Remember You']], basically taking Scott's funeral as HER own show. Yes, she's a diva, how do you know? |
| 278 | * JawDrop: Her mouth drops open in shock watching [[spoiler:Wallace and Todd (acting as Scott)]] passionately make out (with lots of tonguing) for a full fifteen seconds in a scene filmed for their movie. |
| 279 | * MeaningfulName: She really lives up to her stage name when she finds out [[spoiler:Wallace convinced Todd to cheat on her.]] |
| 280 | * MsFanservice: She shows up to Scott's funeral in a glamorous outfit that exposes her legs. We also get a [[MaleGaze butt-shot]] while she is walking towards his coffin. |
| 281 | * NotSoAboveItAll: She shows up to the premiere of Matthew Patel's Broadway adaption of ''Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life'', and although initially cold about it, she seems too [[DefrostingIceQueen genuinely be charmed by the play.]] |
| 282 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Similar to Young Neil, not once is Envy referred to her real name, Natalie. |
| 283 | * OutOfFocus: Compared to her presence in the source material. Considering Scott [[spoiler:is largely absent for most of the series]], there's little reason to explore Envy's character beyond her status as a pop artist and her relationship with Todd Ingram. |
| 284 | * PetTheDog: In the epilogue, [[spoiler:after [[NotSoAboveItAll being touched by Matthew Patel's musical play about Scott's life]], Envy actually agrees to partner with Stephen and Knives for a song.]] |
| 285 | * SourSupporter: She helps Ramona with her investigation, but is a complete bitch about it the whole time and she makes it clear that she only barely cares [[ItsAllAboutMe about what's going on outside of her and Todd.]] |
| 286 | * StaticCharacter: Unlike both the comics and even the movie where she's left off as learning to be more true to herself (as "Natalie", not "Envy"), this version of Envy is a glitzy pop diva from start to finish, with just one PetTheDog moment toward the very end. |
| 287 | * WomanScorned: Like her comic counterpart, she gets cheated on Todd, [[spoiler:although this time, he's having an affair with Wallace]]. She does not take it well. |
| 288 | [[/folder]] |
| 289 | |
| 290 | !!Other Characters |
| 291 | [[folder:Edgar Wrong]] |
| 292 | !!Edgar Wrong |
| 293 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KevinMcDonald (English); Creator/YojiUeda (Japanese) |
| 294 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2023_11_22_at_93646_am_0.png]] |
| 295 | [[caption-width-right:1000:''"We're just trying to honor Mr. Neil's script, which I think is truly a tribute to this great city."'']] |
| 296 | |
| 297 | A movie director who unfortunately was given the task of directing Young Neil's film. He has to deal with on-set nonsense constantly. |
| 298 | ---- |
| 299 | * BackFromTheDead: Despite exploding into coins, he appears later perfectly fine, to watch Matthew Patel's broadway adaptation of ''Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life''. A throwaway line from [[spoiler:Old Scott]] implies that he had simply just respawned offscreen. |
| 300 | * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: [[spoiler:He accepts Wallace's edit to the script to change the scene to Scott and Wallace kissing partially to get it done and partially to spite Envy. The result is Todd genuinely falling for Wallace, which leads to a massive blowout that ends up destroying the movie.]] |
| 301 | * BigNo: He gets fired by Matthew Patel, and yells "No" complete with a JawDrop, until he [[KilledMidSentence explodes into coins.]] |
| 302 | * HostilityOnTheSet: In-universe. He gets increasingly more and more frustrated with Envy and Todd's constant and unprofessional making out while shooting, delaying the movie, and squandering the budget. [[spoiler:It comes to the point where he's totally on board with Wallace suggesting to change the script so he'd make out with Todd, just to spite the two.]] |
| 303 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Given his involvement with TheMovie of Scott's would-be life and his name, he's meant to be one of these to Creator/EdgarWright, the director of the original film. Since he is also an executive producer of the show, it's a case of CreatorCareerSelfDeprecation. |
| 304 | [[/folder]] |
| 305 | |
| 306 | [[folder:Stacey Pilgrim]] |
| 307 | !!Stacey Pilgrim |
| 308 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AnnaKendrick (English); Misato Matsuoka (Japanese) |
| 309 | [[quoteright:908:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2023_11_21_at_105223_pm.png]] |
| 310 | [[caption-width-right:908:''"You poor thing. You're better than him, just know that, ok?"'']] |
| 311 | |
| 312 | Scott's sister. |
| 313 | ---- |
| 314 | * AdvertisedExtra: She is featured in the poster for the anime and in the intro alongside Scott's friends [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Julie]], despite being barely present in the series. |
| 315 | * AllWomenAreLustful: She notes one of the perks of [[spoiler:Lucas taking a job at the coffee shop,]] is being able to look at his butt all day. |
| 316 | * BitCharacter: She shows up for a couple of scenes but is otherwise completely uninvolved with the plot. |
| 317 | * CovertPervert: [[spoiler: She's more than happy to let Lucas work the shop floor because she gets to use her phone all day and stare at his butt.]] |
| 318 | * DemotedToExtra: Has a much smaller part than in the comics or the movie. Presumably because this version is more Ramona's story than Scott's. Also, a depiction of the Pilgrim family dealing with Scott's apparent death may have been too heavy for this franchise. [[spoiler:This gets lightly lampshaded in the second-to-last episode, where [[LockedOutOfTheLoop Stacey is thrown to realize Scott's still alive during an interview.]]]] |
| 319 | * HypocriticalHumor: She tells Julie to stop swearing because "We have [bleep] customers!" |
| 320 | * GossipyHens: Just like her original counterparts. Only this time she was new gossip, that being Julie's relationship with Gordon, and [[spoiler:Lucas taking a job at the coffee shop]]. |
| 321 | [[/folder]] |
| 322 | |
| 323 | [[folder:Hollie Hawkes]] |
| 324 | !!Hollie Hawkes |
| 325 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShannonWoodward (English); Creator/NanakoMori (Japanese) |
| 326 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hollie_hawkes_anime.jpg]] |
| 327 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"I'm taking my 15."'']] |
| 328 | |
| 329 | Kim's coworker. |
| 330 | ---- |
| 331 | * AdaptationalJobChange: [[spoiler:In the epilogue, she and Kim lose their jobs at No-Account Video after it goes out of business.]] |
| 332 | * AdaptationalJerkass: In the comics, Hollie was more playful and friendly. Here she's a cynical and rude to the point of being a PerpetualFrowner like Kim. At the same time... |
| 333 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: Due to Jason being AdaptedOut, she never sleeps with him behind Kim’s back. |
| 334 | * AlliterativeName: '''H'''ollie '''H'''awkes |
| 335 | * BitCharacter: She's someone that Kim occasionally interacts with and not much else. |
| 336 | * EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Roxie finds her hot, and after failing to feel anything after making out with Kim, she asks her if she'd coming back to No-Account Video. |
| 337 | * DeadpanSnarker: Almost all her dialogue is something sardonic. |
| 338 | * DemotedToExtra: Due to her role being larger in the later volumes of the comic, which this adaptation diverges well before, she gets very little screen time here and far fewer lines. This is zigzagged though when compared to the movie, as she actually ''exists'' as a character this time around instead of being AdaptedOut beyond a passing mention. |
| 339 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Roxie and Ramona start fighting in the video rental store, Hollie decides she's not paid enough to deal with this and goes on break. In addition, when she finds out [[spoiler:Lucas began working at the Second Cup, she and Kim decide that large crowd he's drawing is not worth saying at.]] |
| 340 | [[/folder]] |
| 341 | |
| 342 | [[folder:Ninja Paparazzi]] |
| 343 | !!Ninja Paparazi |
| 344 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/CalDodd (English) |
| 345 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2023_11_26_at_54347_pm.png]] |
| 346 | [[caption-width-right:1000:''"We have you surrounded actor scum! Show yourself!"'']] |
| 347 | |
| 348 | Paparazzi with the clothing and athleticism of ninjas who frequently flock to the local celebrities, like Envy Adams and Lucas Lee |
| 349 | ---- |
| 350 | * CreepyCockroach: When they chase Lucas on skateboard, they take the [[MeaningfulAppearance appearances of a swarm of cockroaches]]. |
| 351 | * EliteMooks: They have the speed and stealth of ninjas. |
| 352 | * GratuitousNinja: They are ninja paparazzis. |
| 353 | * IntrepidReporter: They do whatever it takes to take pictures of celebrities, to the point of literally breaking in Lucas's trailer. |
| 354 | * KarmicButtMonkey: It's hard to feel bad when Lucas and Roxie dispatch them due to how relentless they are. |
| 355 | * KarmaHoudini: Although a few get taken down, they don't suffer any lasting consequences for their stalkerish actions. |
| 356 | * {{Mooks}}: A massive army of ninja paparazzi taken down by the dozen. Lucas Lee coins enough of them in a single chase to get $999.99. |
| 357 | * MultiMookMelee: Downplayed because it's less of a fight and more like chase while taking down mooks along the way, but this is what their chase scene with Lucas is. |
| 358 | * {{Paparazzi}}: Their occupation. |
| 359 | |
| 360 | |
| 361 | [[/folder]] |
| 362 | |
| 363 | [[folder:Straight Wallace]] |
| 364 | !!"Straight Wallace" |
| 365 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GriffinNewman (English), Creator/GakutoKajiwara (Japanese) |
| 366 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2023_11_22_at_104547_pm.png]] |
| 367 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"How was that, was it gay enough, any notes?"'']] |
| 368 | |
| 369 | A heterosexual actor (and HandsomeLech) who was initially cast for the role of Wallace Wells in-universe before his role was usurped by [[AsHimself Wallace himself]]. |
| 370 | ---- |
| 371 | * AllMenArePerverts: He certainly is one, shamelessly hitting on Ramona on set, and still taking the time to ogle at her butt when she rejects him and skates away. In addition, Wallace describing him as a "notoriously heterosexual actor" implies that he has a habit of being a sex pest off and on set. |
| 372 | * ButtMonkey: He is heckled by Wallace who also steals his role, becomes a stunt double, and is berated by Wallace during [[spoiler:the stunt double fight Envy and Wallace start]]. |
| 373 | * CasanovaWannabe: He tried to hit on Ramona, but she finds his attempt to flirt with her disgusting. |
| 374 | * DemotedToExtra: InUniverse, after losing the role of Wallace he becomes one of Wallace's ''stunt doubles'' instead. |
| 375 | * JerkassVictim: His EstablishingCharacterMoment is coming onto Ramona on set and ogling her regardless when she rejects him. It's tough to feel bad for him when the real Wallace Wells arrives on set as a heckler and steals his role almost immediately. It certainly doesn't help that Wallace only came to heckle in the first place due to Straight Wallace's "notoriously heterosexual" behavior. |
| 376 | * MaleGaze: His primary point of attraction to Ramona is her butt, as the camera shows from his point of view. |
| 377 | * NoNameGiven: He's only known as "Straight Wallace" by the other characters. |
| 378 | * NotSoAboveItAll: Although he's initially a bit sore about losing his role, he genuinely enjoys Matthew Patel's Broadway adaptation of ''Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life''. |
| 379 | [[/folder]] |
| 380 | |
| 381 | [[folder:Robot-01 '''(UNMARKED SPOILERS)''']] |
| 382 | !!Robot-01 |
| 383 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' N/A |
| 384 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2023_11_22_at_94452_am.png]] |
| 385 | |
| 386 | The first robot ever built by Ken and Kyle Katayanagi, who they treat as their child. Gendered male. Vegan ([[InsaneTrollLogic by a technicality]]). His future self would be untethered from space-time to experience his existence simultaneously as part of the plot to kidnap Scott Pilgrim. He is later controlled by Scott himself from the future in order to observe Ramona and learn more about the events that would transpire after his kidnapping. |
| 387 | |
| 388 | ---- |
| 389 | * AdaptationalBadass: Displays far more powers than it did in the comic, in particular the ability to TimeTravel, survive having its head punched off and unlock vegan powers via a technicality. In the comic, it was destroyed by regular Scott punching it, but here being punched into a crater by [[TheJuggernaut Even Older Scott]] just has him respawn in the present day. |
| 390 | * AscendedExtra: Goes from a mook in the comic (who is AdaptedOut of the movie) to having a critical role in the plot, being involved in Scott’s kidnapping and then keeping him appraised of the situation back in his own time. |
| 391 | * AudienceSurrogate: Invoked; Robot-01's traversing of Toronto, and observing Ramona and Scott's group of friends, is shown to be the result of Scott controlling him from the future in order to stay present within the events after his kidnapping, and learn more about why his life went the way it did. |
| 392 | * ButtMonkey: Has his head torn off by Matthew Patel and is mistaken for a garbage can multiple times in the series. |
| 393 | * FoodBasedSuperpowers: Being a robot and thus being unable to consume ANY food makes him a vegan [[LoopholeAbuse by default]] and gives him all the same powers Todd does. He is, however, stronger, due to lacking the inherent flaws of humanity. |
| 394 | * IntelligibleUnintelligible: He only speaks in machine noises but Scott is able to understand him perfectly fine. |
| 395 | * ItRunsOnNonsensoleum: He's a robot, which means he doesn't eat anything, which mean he doesn't eat meat or dairy, which means... [[PsychicPowers he has vegan powers.]] |
| 396 | * NonLinearCharacter: The Twins untethered him from space-time in order to enable his ability to connect with himself at any point in time. |
| 397 | * PintSizedPowerhouse: While he isn't very good in a fight, he has immense power that comes with being a vegan. He's also one of the shortest characters in the series. |
| 398 | * RetiredBadass: He ends up being a major reason behind Scott's kidnapping by Older Scott, despite being described as "retired" by the twins. |
| 399 | * RocketPunch: He does this when fighting Even Older Scott. Unfortunately, Robot 01's small size coupled with Even Older Scott's immense strength makes it rather ineffectual. |
| 400 | * SparedByTheAdaptation: He was destroyed in a fight with Scott in the comic, but lasts until the end of the series here (although, as a result, the other robots built by the Katayanagis [[AdaptedOut do not appear]]). |
| 401 | * SuperWindowJump: He does this when Julie notices him in her house. |
| 402 | * WalkingSpoiler: His presence in the plot at first simply involves showing up at seemingly random locations to observe the heroes even after the League has officially disbanded, implying he's up to a hidden scheme. It's first revealed that Robot-01 was responsible for creating the vegan time portal that removed Scott from his own time. Furthermore, it's later revealed that his lingering presence after helping remove Scott from his own time, is actually Scott himself controlling him from the future. This was done to observe how life for Ramona and his friends moved on in real-time after his absence, keeping him informed on the current events of the story. |
| 403 | [[/folder]] |
| 404 | |
| 405 | [[folder:Gideon (Cat)]] |
| 406 | Ramona's cat, inexplicably named after her last ex. |
| 407 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2023_12_03_at_44529_pm.png]] |
| 408 | |
| 409 | ---- |
| 410 | * BitCharacter: As a character, he's basically around to provide some life to Ramona's home and be a cute kitty. |
| 411 | * DemotedToExtra: He has an entire subplot in the fifth and sixth books where he runs away and Scott tries luring him home. Here he doesn't even get referred to by name, let alone serve any real role in the plot. |
| 412 | [[/folder]] |
| 413 | |
| 414 | [[folder:The Mastermind '''(UNMARKED SPOILERS)''']] |
| 415 | !!Future Scott Pilgrim |
| 416 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/WillForte (English); Creator/FumihikoTachiki (Japanese) |
| 417 | |
| 418 | Scott Pilgrim from fourteen years later who thrust his younger self into the future to convince him to never date Ramona. After that fails he spends the next ten years training to become strong enough to beat the crap out of his younger self, Ramona and all their friends/exes. |
| 419 | ---- |
| 420 | !!In general: |
| 421 | * AesopAmnesia: In the comics and movie part of Scott's CharacterDevelopment was learning to respect himself and women, becoming a better, more emotionally mature and responsible person in the process. This version of Scott, once Ramona separates from him becomes evil, embittered and obsessed with undoing his and Ramona's relationship to spare himself the heartache. |
| 422 | * AllForNothing: His ultimate plan to prevent Scott from being with Ramona to prevent them being divorced was completely pointless as they were never divorced in the first place but instead hit a rough spot. Their relationship could've been patched had Scott not completely misinterpreted it. On smaller notes Old Scott's plan to kiss block Scott and Ramona would've failed due to their friends teaming up to dissolve the AK fields which is why Even Older Scott showed up in the first place and although Even Older Scott '''does''' successfully destroy the people close to him minus a young Scott and Ramona they end up respawning in the present outside of Subspace anyway, making the whole thing pointless. |
| 423 | * BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: He ended up becoming one of the "Evil Exes" both he and Ramona had in the past. HistoryRepeats indeed. |
| 424 | * BigBad: He's the one responsible for his younger self's disappearance, having dragged him into the future to prevent him from falling in love with Ramona. He also serves as the [[FinalBoss final threat]] that the main cast (including the Evil Exes) have to defeat. Young Scott even [[{{Invoked}} invokes]] and {{lampshades}} this much to his annoyance. |
| 425 | * BrokenPedestal: Young Scott is initially thrilled as hell to meet his future self and increasingly excited to learn more about him... then his FutureLoser status starts to reveal itself as Old Scott's acclaim is gradually broken until the reveal to Scott that his future self is just a PsychopathicManchild who would rather sabotage his own happiness with the one person he loves than [[NeverMyFault ever admit he's wrong]] in any capacity, [[FutureMeScaresMe killing any admiration he had for himself]]. Even Older Scott [[{{Exaggerated}} further shatters it]] with his plan to ultimately end the lives of his and his ex-wife's past selves. |
| 426 | * CastingGag: With the AK (Anti-Kiss) Field he implemented onto Young Scott and Young Ramona being a ShoutOut to the [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion AT (Anti-Terror) Field]] who better to do TheReveal of it in Japanese than [[Creator/FumihikoTachiki the voice of Gendo Ikari himself]]? |
| 427 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: Played with but leaning towards this more than [[DramaticallyMissingThePoint dramatic]], though not entirely without the latter. He presumed a rough patch where Ramona needed space was a divorce, took Wallace's joke literally to use time travel and erase their relationship altogether, then spends ten years training to kill everyone he knew in the past while believing he's still a good guy because he lived "like a freakin' monk". When Future Ramona confronts him about fighting a bunch of people in the past over her just wanting some space, he clarifies he's [[TokenNonHuman also fighting a robot]] and being separated for ten years is technically giving her space. |
| 428 | * CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: He would have saved him and Ramona a lot of heartbreak if he was more willing to actually ''ask'' Ramona about why she decided the two of them needed space rather than immediately assume the worse. |
| 429 | * CrazyPrepared: Aside from giving Young Ramona and Young Scott a special repulsion field to prevent them from kissing he acquired most of the same abilities as his (ex-)wife and the [[LegionOfDoom League of Evil Exes]] - SuperSpeed, Ramona's mastery of [[SubspaceOrHyperspace subspace]], Todd's [[PsychicPowers vegan powers]], Roxie's {{ninja}} skills and Gideon's [[NoSell immunity]] to [[MindRape The Glow]]. |
| 430 | ** If Present Scott wouldn't listen to him about staying away from Ramona, he secretly spiked his drink with nanobots that throws up a force field around him in response to Ramona's DNA, to keep them from kissing. |
| 431 | * DowntimeDowngrade: This Scott effectively lived through events [[TruerToTheText more closely resembling that of the books and movie]], showing his relationship and eventual marriage with Ramona did not last. |
| 432 | * EvilIsPetty: He takes his rough patch with Ramona ''extremely'' badly, going as far as to travel back in time to tell his young self to never go out with her in the first place. Doubly so when he trained for ten years without ever contacting Ramona to fight his younger self and everyone else because Young Scott didn't heed his warning. |
| 433 | * FaceHeelTurn: Young Scott is good but riddled with issues and flaws. While the original story revolves around Scott confronting these issues and overcoming them for the sake of his friends and loved ones this version of Scott apparently didn't mature so when he got in a single argument with Ramona he immediately assumed it tore their relationship apart and later went to try and stop Young Scott from fighting the exes and growing as a person to instead continue his life as it was without the heartache of having Ramona in it. |
| 434 | * FallenHero: He certainly fits the criteria for one given he's a future version of the protagonist. |
| 435 | * GenreShift: Concept art by O'Malley describes how his design is based on the idea that the video game that is his life shifted from being an adventure game to a more actionized one, explaining the seemingly post-apocalyptic decay of Future Toronto and his grizzled older looks. |
| 436 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: He's long since [[RogueProtagonist gone rogue]] but is a version of Scott that went through the canonical events of the graphic novels and mentions going on several other adventures in the years afterwards. The experience doesn't show in his maturity but it definitely shows in just [[TheJuggernaut how difficult he is to beat]]. |
| 437 | * HeWhoFightsMonsters: After he and Ramona had a rough patch he took it as their relationship ending and basically divorced her, trying to use time travel to stop his younger self from dealing with having Ramona in his life. He essentially became the ''eighth'' Evil Ex. |
| 438 | * IfICantHaveYou: A particularly odd case because he's essentially committing this to himself. If he can't be with Ramona anymore then he'd rather have never been with her at all. |
| 439 | * LaboriousLaziness: |
| 440 | ** When it comes down to it he basically looked into time travel because he would rather have his past self fix things for him than actually work on his relationship with Ramona. |
| 441 | ** After his initial plan fails, instead of swallowing his pride and asking Future Ramona for help after Old Wallace [[GetOut kicks him out]] Old Scott chooses to move into his roommate's old place and spend ten years in isolation training to kill his past self and everyone he knew back then. |
| 442 | * LoveMakesYouCrazy: As hard as he's trying to erase his relationship, he's still pining for Ramona, and when he learns their separation was based on a misunderstanding he genuinely asks if they can get back together. Ramona isn't having it. |
| 443 | * NeverMyFault: |
| 444 | ** Old Scott adamantly refuses to believe he did anything to strain his and Ramona's relationship and throws a tantrum when Scott suggests just telling him what to do to avoid any strife in the future with his version of Ramona. It's ultimately this mindset that makes Future Ramona refuse to get back together with him until he admits he went too far. |
| 445 | ** Even Older Scott takes this to another level as he isolated himself for 10 years doing nothing but training which clearly further drained his mental health and sanity. But when called the BigBad by Scott he takes offense to it, claiming he's been living like a [[DramaticallyMissingThePoint "freakin']] [[ComicallyMissingThePoint monk"]]. |
| 446 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: His attempt to disrupt the events of the original timeline ended up creating an even more positive EarnYourHappyEnding timeline where the League of Evil Exes all manage to find proper closure with Ramona and are (more or less) in full support of her new relationship while Scott and Ramona grew even closer and manage to iron out the issues between them earlier thanks to this experience. |
| 447 | ** It's implied that him confronting everyone in the present in response to his anti-kiss plan failing was a StableTimeLoop that directly led to circumstances that thwarted it. |
| 448 | * PoorCommunicationKills: He claims he and Ramona divorced before recognizing it's more like a separation. Future Ramona reveals that it wasn't even that; she just wanted some space and he took it as a break-up. Though after everything he did she really is over him now. But as Super Ramona she admits that she’s willing to give him one more chance to reconnect with her after Scott comes to terms with the fact that ultimately he was the one responsible for things getting so bad. |
| 449 | * PsychopathicManchild: Even worse than his younger self as he's 37, still living in his roommate's house and having made a game to document his failing relationship. Later, when he comes back as 47 years old he's even ''worse'' somehow as in his InsaneTrollLogic he's come to the conclusion that the only way to solve his life's problems and his troubles with Ramona is to practically ''kill'' himself and everyone associated with him. |
| 450 | * RogueProtagonist: Old/Even Older Scott is a version of Scott Pilgrim that underwent the same events (or at least [[WhatIf a close enough approximation]]) to the comics and movie and got to live HappilyEverAfter with Ramona and even married her... until a HappyEndingOverride due to a bad case of [[PoorCommunicationKills communication problems]] ended in separation. In retaliation the future Scott Pilgrim underwent a FaceHeelTurn as a brand new Evil Ex and decided to take {{revenge}} on his past self to avoid ever getting in a relationship with Ramona in hopes of [[NeverBeHurtAgain avoiding all of the hardships he faced after his falling out with his wife]]. |
| 451 | * SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: {{Zigzagged}}. His initial objective seems to be this on paper and to him; when he decides to train alone for ten years he definitely switches it to [[MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight the other direction]]. |
| 452 | * StillWearingTheOldColors: Non-uniform and non-military example with symbolism playing on it. Old Scott still wears the exact same clothes his younger version wore in the last book of the graphic novels, 13 years after the events, only a little more worn and dirty, symbolizing that he never got over his last "moment of glory" of defeating the Evil Exes and rescuing Ramona, meaning that he remained an absolute and pathetic {{Manchild}}. By contrast Even Older Scott wears a really patched-up and broken version of his iconic jacket and tattered jeans but not his iconic star shirt, the shirt he wore when he got The Power of Understanding, symbolizing he regressed even further and is absolutely drowning in his self-delusions that [[NeverMyFault he thinks none of what happened was ever his fault]]. |
| 453 | * TerminatorTwosome: Both versions are up against future versions of Ramona from the same futures. |
| 454 | * TimePassageBeard: Older Scott has a rugged, salty beard to signal the passage of time and his [[BeardOfSorrow sadness]] at being split from Ramona. Even Older Scott has an [[SeriouslyScruffy even scruffier]], [[PrematurelyGrayHaired completely gray]] beard to mark the time skip and his complete neglect of personal grooming from wallowing in his obsession. |
| 455 | * TimeShiftedActor: Voiced by Will Forte instead of Michael Cera. |
| 456 | * VocalDissonance: Initially Will Forte's middle-aged but high-pitched voice is a great fit for a character meant to be an older version of a Michael Cera character. And then we see Even Older Scott and we hear a gigantic, musclebound mountain of a man with a high-pitched and nasally voice. He does initially sound more deep and gravelly, but it is implied that it is an act to threaten Scott and the others since he starts talking normally once Future Ramona confronts him. |
| 457 | * WalkingSpoiler: He is the one behind Scott's disappearance and responsible for diverging the timeline. As such he remains a mystery until the penultimate episode. |
| 458 | * WrongGenreSavvy: He seems to believe changing the past would overwrite his present and somehow land him in a happier timeline. He refuses to consider the possibility of {{alternate timeline}}s coexisting with his because that'd mean having to fix what's wrong with his life in his present. That said this is implied to be {{zigzagged}} as he mentions his memories are a bit scuffed when confronting Young Scott due to his alterations to the timeline being overwritten enough to call attention to them in the first place which hints at him being RightForTheWrongReasons. |
| 459 | * YoungerThanHeLooks: He's already getting gray hairs at 37 years old. And at 47 years old all his hair has turned gray and his teeth have turned black and uneven. Ramona even pulls out a hammer with a +10 damage bonus against elders, implying he's somehow old enough for the bonus to apply against him. His changing hair color could arguably be due to stress from his [[AwfulWeddedLife seemingly failed marriage]]. |
| 460 | |
| 461 | !!Old Scott |
| 462 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2023_11_21_at_64912_pm.png]] |
| 463 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Ha! The League of Evil Exes. That takes me back so many adventures ago."'']] |
| 464 | * BeardOfSorrow: He's got a big ol' bushy one grown through neglecting his physical appearance, which contrasts with how clean-shaven the current Scott is. Scott is at first amazed that he'll eventually be able to grow one. |
| 465 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Despite having gone psychotic in his attempts to prevent himself from ever dating Ramona, it’s clear Older Scott still pines after her and wants to get back together with his Ramona when he believes he has a chance to. |
| 466 | * FaceHeelTurn: Though he insists on being a good guy; with so much of Old Scott's character development having been anchored to Ramona, their separation causes him to relapse so far back to the point that he fights to eliminate his past and undo the life they lived together, in the hopes that it'd make him a happier person. |
| 467 | * FutureLoser: Scott considers him a loser for trying to prevent him from dating Ramona just because Old Ramona separated from him. It turns out she didn't even separate; they had one bad moment, she wanted space and he considered it a divorce. While present Scott is able to use this experience to become a better person and build a better relationship Future Ramona leaves him entirely to let him figure himself out. |
| 468 | * TerminatorTwosome: Kidnaps his past self to stop him from marrying Ramona but her future self writes a movie about their lives together intending to inspire the relationship ship to happen anyway. |
| 469 | |
| 470 | !!Even Older Scott |
| 471 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2023_11_21_at_65352_pm.png]][[caption-width-right:350:''"I explicitly told you to stay away from Ramona! But did you listen? '''[[BigNo NO!]]"']] |
| 472 | * AllYourPowersCombined: He says he's spent ten years studying everyone's strengths and weaknesses to confront them and what we're shown of this is him studying martial arts, eating vegan and practicing on a balance board, emulating Roxy, Todd and Lucas respectively at the least. When Gideon tries to use the Glow on him, he not only deflects it back but uses it himself. |
| 473 | * AxCrazy: He's definitely lost his mind at this point in his life. |
| 474 | * BadassBoast: When Knives attacks him. |
| 475 | -->"Oh, you want to fight old Scotty P?" |
| 476 | * BarefistedMonk: He describes himself as living like one and, in spite of developing vegan psychic powers, [[FightsLikeANormal fights like one too]]. Admittedly, [[OneHitKill it's not like he'd need any more than his fists]]. |
| 477 | * BarehandedBladeBlock: Performs one on [[McNinja Roxie's]] katana between his ''fingers'' and uses it to deflect throwing stars she then sends his way. |
| 478 | * BeardOfEvil: Compared to his BeardOfSorrow from 10 years prior there's certainly a difference. |
| 479 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: His new insane plan hinges on him killing everyone connected to his old life including the evil exes. He apparently completely forgot the exes just respawn whenever they're defeated as demonstrated in his very fight with everyone where they just wound up back in the theater. |
| 480 | * EvilIsBigger: Even Older Scott is HUGE, standing over everyone including Lucas Lee [[OneWingedAngel and can get even bigger]], all compared to the more modest Young Scott's height or even his own height ten years prior when he first abducted himself from the past. |
| 481 | * EvilIsPetty: When Ramona tends to Scott after he's punched by his future self, Even Older Scott taunts them by telling them to kiss, despite knowing full well about the AK fields preventing them from doing so. |
| 482 | --> "''Must be love! Hey, give us a kiss you two, let's see those sparks!"" |
| 483 | * EvilMakesYouUgly: Even Older Scott, compared to his more [[{{Bishonen}} boyish qualities]] in the present and SilverFox traits as Old Scott is ''horribly unkempt'' with ScaryTeeth, permanently intense eyes that border MadEye occasionally and has just generally kept himself unpleasant in appearance... which is {{justified|Trope}} as his obsessions and delusions had him neglect any kind of self care beyond purely training his abilities to be stronger for the last ten years and does a number on his physical wellbeing as much as his psychological one. Rather than being a [[TheHero real hero]] complete with a HeroicBuild he's become an Evil Ex himself, complete with a freaky-looking appearance. |
| 484 | * FlashSideways: He reveals that his alteration of the past ended up giving him new memories of everyone teaming up to defeat him in the new timeline, though they are fuzzy so he can't exactly pinpoint ''how'' they were able to. |
| 485 | * FlashStep: He's so fast he can disappear from sight. |
| 486 | * FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Yes, [[VillainHasAPoint he does have a point]] that Ramona has [[CommitmentIssues a terrible tendency of running away from her problems]] and due to [[PoorCommunicationKills poorly communicating]] her desire to have some distance Old Scott's worst fears were seemingly realized and he became an Evil Ex on the spot... but this is ignoring the fact entirely that the true collapse of the relationship came because of ''his'' fault due to majorly overreacting. Going to such an extreme that he'd invalidate both his happy times with his wife and his past self's chance to experience that happiness because of a simple hiccup leaves him entirely unsympathetic. |
| 487 | * FutureBadass: Old Scott is a washed-out, overweight loser but after ten years of training alone Even Older Scott is able to take on Scott, Ramona, Knives, Julie and the League of Evil Exes at the same time. |
| 488 | * FutureMeScaresMe: Even Older Scott has gone insane trying to ruin Scott and Ramona's relationship and then resorts to trying to kill them and everyone they know. [[EvilMeScaresMe Scott swears to never become like him]]. |
| 489 | * GoMadFromTheIsolation: Isolating himself in Wallace’s old place for ten years likely had a hand in his deteriorating sanity. Of course it's a bit of a [[ChickenAndEggParadox "chicken or the egg" situation]] considering the isolation was [[SelfImposedExile voluntary on his part]]. |
| 490 | * GottaKillThemAll: After his plan to stop Scott from dealing with Ramona fails he decides to just kill everybody Scott has ever known instead. |
| 491 | * HeroKiller: He successfully kills the League of Evil Exes, Sex Bob-Omb, Robot-01 and Julie (although it's debatable whether you'd call her or Gideon "heroes"). Fortunately they all simply respawn in the real-world present. |
| 492 | * HorrifyingTheHorror: He actually manages to get a [[EvenEvilHasStandards disturbed reaction]] out of his former ArchEnemy [[TheSociopath Gideon]] upon first punching his younger self. |
| 493 | * IHatePastMe: While this [[{{Downplayed}} wasn’t very pronounced]] 10 years earlier he definitely leaned into it fully later on. Exaggerated to the point that he wants to ''kill'' his past self. |
| 494 | * InsaneTrollLogic: After Scott returns to his original timeline and seemingly nothing changes Even Older Scott somehow comes to the conclusion that the only way he can fix things is to kill himself and everyone associated with him. |
| 495 | * TheJuggernaut: The combined forces of Scott, Ramona, Knives, Julie and all of the Evil Exes can't do anything but slightly inconvenience him before he destroys them all. It takes Ramona and Future Ramona [[FusionDance fusing]] to become [[SuperMode Super]] [[GoldenSuperMode Ramona]] to deal with him. |
| 496 | * KnightOfCerebus: Even Older Scott's arrival marks a drastic shift in the tone of the story with his threat being the only one to be played completely seriously. He's also responsible for the first instance of significant bloodshed in a show that hardly had any up until that point. {{Downplayed}} in that the menace [[MoodWhiplash immediately drops]] the moment Future Ramona from 24 years later shows up and chews him out for disappearing. |
| 497 | * MainCharacterFinalBoss: Played with in that Scott in this series is DemotedToExtra for Ramona to take center stage, but this is only because of his machinations to end their relationship before it really picks up, derailing how things would have gone. When that fails, he trains himself up to be FinalBoss to Present Scott and Ramona having a relationship. |
| 498 | * NoSell: He completely ignores Gideon's attempt to use [[BlackBugRoom The Glow]] and easily takes him out. |
| 499 | * NumerologicalMotif: Even Older Scott is Ramona's 8th Evil Ex and fights the cast in episode 8. |
| 500 | * ObliviouslyEvil: Even Older Scott takes horrible offense that his actions label him an Evil Ex as he still believes he's the good guy in spite of the fact he's blatantly ''the'' BigBad and made clear his intent to kill ''everyone'' related to Scott Pilgrim [[NeverMyFault rather than admit fault in his failing marriage]]. |
| 501 | * OneWingedAngel: After taking a series of attacks from Matthew, Roxie, Lucas and Todd, Even Older Scott undergoes a transformation that makes him even bigger and more muscular, get even spikier hair and constantly glowing red eyes. He becomes powerful enough to take out each of the Exes in single blows. |
| 502 | * PetTheDog: For whatever reason, despite vowing to destroy everyone important in his life, he leaves Wallace, Stacey, Envy, and [[TheCameo a girl that looks suspiciously like Lisa Miller]] out of his mass kidnapping. Whether it's because they had nothing to do with dissolving Old Scott's anti-kiss fields, or because he couldn't bring himself to kill them, or both, is unknown. |
| 503 | * PowerEchoes: Once he really starts using his vegan powers, his voice gains a reverb effect that really underscores his menace. |
| 504 | * ThePowerOfHate: His drive for revenge is so great that he was capable of reaching across time with vegan portal powers and pulling multiple people into his subspace. The only other being capable of something like that is Robot-01, who explicitly can only do that because as a robot he doesn't have human faults, and even then he was only shown transporting a single person. |
| 505 | * PrematurelyGrayHaired: He was reasonably only gray haired on the sides of his head the last time he was seen. Apparently the stress of isolating himself to train up his body and mind has completely grayed his hair and beard at only 47 years old. |
| 506 | * PsychicPowers: Downplayed since he'd rather beat his opponents to a pulp but it's implied (and confirmed in concept art) he became a vegan when his training montage showed him eating only vegetables, subsequently giving him psychic abilities much like Todd's but on a much higher scale. The SphereOfDestruction that swallowed the theatre was actually a massive vegan portal that teleported Scott, Ramona, their friends and the Evil Exes and when Gideon asks to send him and the others back Even Older Scott subjects him to a PsychicStrangle. |
| 507 | * PutThemAllOutOfMyMisery: His goal is to kill ''everyone'' to prevent Scott and Ramona from getting together. |
| 508 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: His sclera glow blood red during his fight with Scott, Ramona, Knives, Julie and the exes. It makes him look even more intimidating. |
| 509 | * SanitySlippage: Wanting to kill your past self and everyone who associated with him over ''marital issues" doesn't imply a very healthy state of mind. |
| 510 | * ScaryTeeth: Even Older Scott's teeth are gray and misshapen from spending an even longer time never grooming himself. |
| 511 | * SeriouslyScruffy: Personal grooming was not on his itinerary in his quest to train himself, so his hair and beard both are long and shaggy. His nails and toenails are also all visibly dirty and chipped. |
| 512 | * SinisterSuffocation: He [[Franchise/StarWars force chokes]] Gideon when he demands to be sent back to the present. |
| 513 | * SpittySpeaker: As if he couldn't get any more grotesque he often spews out saliva when he talks. |
| 514 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Is pretty much the closest thing the series has to [[EvilTwin Nega-Scott]]. Even Older Scott is a representation of Scott's fears and anxieties taken hold and gone awry much in the way Nega-Scott was an AnthropomorphicPersonification of Scott's internal issues. Tellingly, Even Older Scott has a very similar color scheme to Nega-Scott. Notably the [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]], darker skin and grey hair. To really hammer this in his theme [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kxm5ovvAY6o Big Bad]] has a touch of "The Dark One", Nega-Scott's theme in ''VideoGame/ScottPilgrimVSTheWorldTheGame''. |
| 515 | * TrueFinalBoss: He's basically this to the NewGamePlus of ''Scott Pilgrim Takes Off''. As detailed on the ShoutOut page he bears a remarkable resemblance to [[Franchise/StreetFighter Evil Ryu]], who takes a lot of cues from Akuma, a character who has played this role many times. |
| 516 | * UngratefulBastard: He is given a chance to turn his life around by Super Ramona and is sent back home. Although he is less than appreciative to put it lightly. |
| 517 | -->"[[SarcasmMode Oh well this is great!]] Not!" |
| 518 | * UseYourHead: He can headbutt with enough force to [[WreckedWeapon shatter the head]] of Ramona's sledgehammer. |
| 519 | * VillainHasAPoint: |
| 520 | ** Scott tries arguing that whether or not he dates Ramona is his own choice and Even Older Scott has no right to force his choice. Except as Even Older Scott says he IS Scott and he knows the consequences of his actions. |
| 521 | ** Even if he grossly misunderstood what Ramona meant when she said the two of them needed space he isn't wrong to call her out for never bothering to clarify the situation even after seeing how badly the exchange hurt him. |
| 522 | * VoiceOfTheLegion: His voice distorts as he exhibits more power. |
| 523 | * WeightTaller: Working out intensely for ten years has made him significantly bigger than either of his past selves, who are already fully grown adults. |
| 524 | * WhiteHairBlackHeart: His hair seems slightly gray but the effect still stands. |
| 525 | * WorldsStrongestMan: Even Older Scott is a Scott Pilgrim who has long since had his victory lap against the Evil Exes in the original unaltered story and has gone on many an adventure according to himself; not to mention he spent ''ten years'' in complete isolation to hone his skills and strength after finally being kicked out by Old Wallace out of a desire of revenge against himself which has easily made him TheJuggernaut who can take on practically everyone in the cast with little effort on his part whatsoever. |
| 526 | * WouldHitAGirl: Compared to his past self he's definitely dropped the sense of chivalry. Among the victims of his mass kidnapping are Ramona, Knives, Kim, Roxie and Julie, all of whom he attempts to kill. Sans Ramona he actually succeeds, [[DeathIsCheap although it doesn't seem to do much but make them respawn in the present]]. He's also the one who punches the highlights out of Knives's hair. |
| 527 | * YankTheDogsChain: After hearing Even Older Ramona state they were just having a rough patch in their relationship and Scott overreacted, Even Older Scott asks her if it's possible for them to be together again. Even Older Ramona crushes his hopes and states that while he had a chance that was ten years ago. Too much time passed since they separated thanks to Scott wallowing in misery instead of trying to mend things with Ramona, ruining any chance of them ever getting back together. Super Ramona however, reveals she’s still willing to give him another chance after he sorts himself out. |
| 528 | * YouAreWhatYouHate: He ironically becomes an Evil Ex of sorts by Episode 8 after his story had him face the League to win Ramona's heart. In both the graphic novel and movie, Ramona called him "another Evil Ex waiting to happen" during points their relationship was strained. |
| 529 | * YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Practically his reaction when the future half of [[FusionDance Super Ramona]] sends him back to figure out the issues he had that led to their relationship falling apart for himself if he wants to potentially reconnect with her. |
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| 531 | |
| 532 | [[folder:The Ghostwriter '''(UNMARKED SPOILERS)''']] |
| 533 | !!Future Ramona Flowers |
| 534 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MaryElizabethWinstead (English); Creator/FairouzAi (Japanese) |
| 535 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/futureramona.png]] |
| 536 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"The plan may have been misguided, I just... I had to try. I mean, he's the love of my life."'']] |
| 537 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click to see Future Ramona 24 years into the future]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2023_11_21_at_65810_pm.png ''"Ten years! And not even a text?!"''[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 538 | Ramona Flowers from fourteen years into the future, still working as a delivery girl. Separated from Scott after she fell back on bad habits and needed space. She travels back in time to ghostwrite a film script for Young Neil about Scott and Ramona's life together, in the hopes of preserving the memories of their relationship and preventing Old Scott's plan to undo it — because despite everything, she still loves him. |
| 539 | ---- |
| 540 | * AesopAmnesia: In the comic and the movie, part of Ramona's character development was learning to not run away from her relationships when it gets tough. This version of Ramona, when faced with hardship during her and Scott's relationship, runs away yet again. While Old Scott did [[PoorCommunicationKills horribly misunderstand their situation]], he [[VillainHasAPoint does have a point]] that she didn't try to patch things up when she knew something was wrong. Unlike Old Scott, though, she learns from this, and allows her past self to pursue a future with Scott, and this time remember to keep this lesson in mind. |
| 541 | * CruelMercy: Somewhat, as after becoming [[FusionDance Super Ramona]] with her past self, the future half of herself still expresses genuine love for her Scott despite the hiccup in their relationship... but rather than excuse him for his behavior or undo what he had done to himself with the snap of her fingers, she just teleports him back to the same place he's been living out for the last ten years as to figure out for himself his issues with the knowledge that it ''is'' his fault the relationship fell apart that bad [[PoorCommunicationKills beyond the initial issues of communication]], [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe and Even Older Scott is clearly miffed about where Ramona leaves him]]. |
| 542 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: She expected Old Scott to try some stunt where he changes the timeline so he and Ramona never got together, and sent Young Neil a screenplay of their original lives so that their memories can live on. As present Scott points out, though, if Old Scott succeeded, then he and Ramona would break up, but she expected him to be receptive to a movie about their lives from a completely different timeline. She even says it was a little misguided. |
| 543 | * DistaffCounterpart: In a roundabout way, she's functionally Ramona's own counterpart to Nega Scott. A doppelganger (in this case future self), that appears near the climax of Scott/Ramona's journey offering on last temptation (Scott- Give up on Ramona and hook up with Kim, Ramona- leave Scott without even trying to make the relationship work), forcing them to introspect and look back on their vices, concluding when Scott/Ramona accepts them as a part of themselves and merges with them as a result. |
| 544 | * DontAsk: In her caption under age it simply says "Don't ask", getting more emphasis "Seriously, don't ask" ten years later. |
| 545 | * DowntimeDowngrade: Slightly downplayed; this Ramona effectively lived through events more closely resembling the books and the movie, and reveals that after a decade of marriage, Ramona separated from Scott because she needed space. She still deeply loves Scott, though, by the time Even Older Ramona comes to stop Even Older Scott, she's ready to move on from him until she acknowledges that he can still clean up his mess. |
| 546 | * FusionDance: The present and even older Future Ramona fuse to create "Super Ramona", who sends Even Older Scott back to his home and her and younger Scott to their present timeline. |
| 547 | * GoldenSuperMode: Super Ramona is a golden, godlike version of Ramona. Scott even points out that she is just like Super Sonic, who provides the Trope Image. |
| 548 | * HartmanHips: The bodysuit 24-years-Future Ramona wears highlights she developed this into her old age with her initial pan-up [[MaleGaze also showing she has a perky butt to go with it as well]]. |
| 549 | * OlderThanSheLooks: Unlike the future Scott and Wallace who are going gray at 37/39 years old Future Ramona looks exactly the same as her present self, the only difference being her hair is longer. Downplayed with the Future Ramona of 24 years in the future who has gray hair (though she still dyes the rest) and noticeable wrinkles but still looks pretty good for... [[VagueAge however old she is]]. |
| 550 | * PoorCommunicationKills: She never bothered to clarify that she wasn't trying to divorce Scott and that she simply needed space for a while. This led to the events of the series and nearly caused Even Older Scott to kill everyone. |
| 551 | * TerminatorTwosome: She went back and wrote a movie about she and Scott's married lives, hoping to restart the relationship her husband was trying to prevent. |
| 552 | * TronLines: Her bodysuit she wears as Even Older Ramona has these prominently on her outfit. |
| 553 | * VagueAge: The character cards refuse to give her actual age like her present self though she is still around Scott's age. Unlike the other characters in the future she is referred to as "[[InsistentTerminology Future Ramona]]" instead of "Old/Even Older Ramona". Reminder that Ramona is one year older than Scott in the comics, so by the end of the established timeline she should be 48, assuming no adaptational age changes. |
| 554 | [[/folder]] |
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