Coins and Rewards

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Sweet! Coins! — Scott Pilgrim

When Scott defeats the many enemies that he has to face (mainly members of the League of Ramona's Evil Ex-Boyfriends), they often leave behind a pile of coins and sometimes an item for Scott Pilgrim. This is a reference to many different video games.

What Scott does with these rewards is never specified. In fact, from Lucas Lee onwards, Scott is never seen picking up the coins he wins in battle.

Rewards

Dropped by	Book	Film	Game
Matthew Patel	$2.10 (Not enough for a train back to Scott's apartment)	$2.40 (Not enough for a bus back to Scott's apartment) 1000 points	$2.10
Lucas Lee	$~14 all in coins Mithril Skateboard (which Scott can't use)	Unknown amount of money 2000 points	$13.95 Mithril Skateboard which is a joke (it disappears before the player(s) can even touch it)
Lynette Guycott	A nice ornament to put on your bedroom wall	N/A	$2.50
Envy Adams	N/A	N/A	$2.60
Todd Ingram	Unknown amount of money Extra Life	Unknown amount of money 3000 points.	$15.95 Extra Life
Winifred Hailey Clones	Coupons for one free beverage at all participating mini marts that expire June 30th (the same day that the comic is set)	N/A	N/A
Roxie Richter	A variety of woodland creatures, akin to the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Prior to the fight though, Scott levels up by telling Ramona he loves her and gains a longsword he can use, the Power Of Love	Unknown amount of money 4000 points	Woodland Creatures (can be collected for a total of $24.95)
Mr. Chau	Mr. Chau's respect	N/A	Mr. Chau's assistance in battle
Kyle & Ken Katayanagi	Kyle: $79.95 Ken: $74.95 Twin Bonus: $2.00 for defeating them both Achievement: Defeated The Twins Simultaneously	Unknown amount of money 5000 to 6000 points Extra Life	Kyle: $14.95 Ken: $18.95 Twin bonus: $2.00 Achievement/Trophy: "Twin Dragons"
Nega Scott	Regained memories and courage to fight Gideon and get Ramona	A new friend	$12.60
Gideon Graves	$7,777,777 (which falls onto the audience painfully) Ramona Flowers	7000 points (when first defeated) 7,000,000,000 points (when finally defeated) Unknown (but huge) amount of money	$35.95 Win the game.

In The Game

A cheat in the Game (Up, Up, Down, Down, Up, Up, Up, Up) allows coin sprites to turn into animal sprites when defeating an enemy. This is an obvious reference to the Sonic the Hedgehog games.

Trivia

• The coins in the Movie and the game (pixelized) were in fact real Canadian Dollars. Actor Mark Webber (who portrays Stephen Stills) stated in his commentary that he had pocketed $24 from the Chaos Theatre scene after Gideon's defeat.
• The cheat code that transforms coins into animals in the game has the same button combination as the cheat code for Sonic 3 Scott asked Wallace about in Volume 2.
• Edgar Wrong is seen to spontaneously explode into coins in Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, but he can be seen alive and well in the season finale.