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Hillcrest Park is a park in Toronto, Canada.
History[]
Hillcrest Park is a notable location within the Scott Pilgrim series as it is the place where Scott Pilgrim and Ramona Flowers have their first date. Being a park, there wasn't much for them to do, so they spent the time playing in the snow, walking around the park and playing on the swingset. They also spent the time getting to know each other.
in Volume 1, when Ramona is seen waiting for Scott before their first date, Scott walks up a flight of stairs and asks Ramona why she is just standing at the top of them in the park, Ramona responds by telling him that she was waiting on him.
Scott learned that Ramona moved to Toronto after landing a job at Amazon.ca, did figure skating at age four and grew up in the mountains, whilst Ramona learned that Scott was "between jobs", shares an apartment with his cool gay roommate, Wallace Wells and was born up north.
Eventually, the snowstorm they were in got heavier, turning into a blizzard, forcing the two of them to retreat to Ramona's Apartment using a Subspace door.
In the Scott Pilgrim Takes Off episode, "2 Scott 2 Pilgrim", Scott notices the park when travelling on the Toronto Streetcar with his older self, which has been overgrown and left abandoned.
Trivia[]
- The location of Hillcrest Park was chosen for Scott and Ramona's first date due to direct inspiration from Bryan Lee O'Malley as he had his first date with his then wife, Hope Larson there.
- The dialogue from Ramona when she tells Scott that she was waiting on him on the steps are slightly different in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, where instead of saying "Dude, I'm waiting on you.", she says "Dude, I'm totally waiting on you."