Neil Nordegraf

Neil "Young Neil" Nordegraf
She's Obsessed with Captain Homo these days...
Age:	20
Occupation:	Unknown
Relationship:	Formerly with Knives Chau

Neil "Young Neil" Nordegraf is Sex Bob-omb's biggest fan. He is Stephen Stills' 20-year-old roommate and briefly dates Knives Chau (from volume 3 to volume 4). In Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe, he becomes angry at how isolated he has become from his friends and later becomes bitter and sullen, taking up smoking. His sister, Steph Nordegraf, played bongos and the viola in Scott's old band, Kid Chameleon. Young Neil's name is a tribute to Neil Young, a well known Canadian singer-songwriter, musician and film director (and occasional bandmate of the real Stephen Stills).

In Volume 6, "Young Neil" is referred to for the first time in the series as Neil, when Scott introduces Neil to Stacey Pilgrim. It is the greatest day of his life.

The Name

Neil's moniker "Young Neil" is naturally a play on the name of the renowned Canadian musician and singer "Neil Young." One group Neil was a part of in his beginning was Buffalo Springfield. One of the members of Buffalo Springfield was Stephen Stills for whom the character of the same name exists in the series. As Buffalo Springfield began to decline, Neil Young took it upon himself to go solo and sky rocketed immediately. One of the few people he took with him was Stephen Stills who became his backup for a time, and the two even launched an album together, "Long May You Run," as "The Stills-Young Band." Neil Young has been a huge influence on a variety of artists to this day including Nirvana's Kurt Cobain.

Reversing the name, we get "Young Neil" who seems to have the opposite influence throughout the series, he's the original groupie for Sex Bob-omb, meek, carries no musical influence or prowess as far as we can tell, and Stephen Stills is viewed as "the talent" rather than him. He is Sex Bob-omb's biggest fan until Knives comes along.

In vs. The World

Young Neil is played by Johnny Simmons, who's previous works include Jennifer's Body, Hotel for Dogs, and Evan Almighty.

Johnny Simmons as Young Neil in the film.

In the Movie, Young Neil is a kind of roadie/fanboy to Sex Bob-omb, going to rehersals and hanging out with the band despite not actually being in it. Neil strives to be just like Scott as he often repeats what Scott says, dresses in similar ways to Scott, knows how to play bass exactly like Scott, and ends up dating Knives just like Scott did. When Gideon wants to sponsor Sex Bob-omb Scott declines and leaves the band, and Neil steals his bass (but ends up just getting a new one that is black and similar as the old one), officially becoming Sex Bob-Omb's new bass player. On Scott's second life he apologises to all the members of the band and Scott tells Young Neil that the band sounds better with him on bass, and that from this day on he will be known as....Neil.

Like Steven Stills and Kim he does not have a that good friendship with Scott

In The Game

Neil acts as both a background character and a shop manager in the Game.

Neil in the Game with Wallace