"Sugar What?" is a quote and running gag that is featured in Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, which shows Scott Pilgrim questioning what a "sugar daddy" is when it is brought up in conversation by Ramona Flowers and Future Wallace Wells.
History[]
"Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life"[]
In the opening episode of the series, "Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life", Scott Pilgrim buys a DVD from Netflix with his roommate Wallace Wells' credit card.
When Ramona Flowers arrives at Scott and Wallace's Apartment with the DVD of The Game is Over 2, Ramona asks if Scott is Wallace, to which Scott tells Ramona that he is in fact Scott and that he used Wallace's credit card to buy the DVD.
Ramona then asks "Oh, like a sugar daddy situation?", to which Scott replies "Sugar what?"
"2 Scott 2 Pilgrim"[]
In "2 Scott 2 Pilgrim", when Scott is kidnapped and sent to the future by his older self, he goes to Wallace's Mansion and meets Future Wallace and asks him how he could afford such a house. Future Wallace tells Scott that "he can afford it" and that it was sort of like "a sugar daddy situation", to which Scott replies "Sugar what?"
Trivia[]
- The term "sugar daddy" is in reference to someone who is typically older and wealthier, who provides financial support or gifts to a younger, often romantic partner in exchange for companionship or other forms of relationships.
- Scott saying "Sugar what?" would always smash cut to a bird flying and leaving out dots.
