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Scott plays a Fireglo Rickenbacker 4003 Bass Guitar, which has to be fixed with duct tape after the fight with Todd Ingram, even though he has a Sunburst Fender Jazz Bass Guitar in the back of the rehearsal room. After Scott refuses Gideon's offer to be the band's sponsor, [[Young Neil]] steals his bass but plays a Jetglo Rickenbacker 4003 Bass at the [[Chaos Theatre]]. |
Scott plays a Fireglo Rickenbacker 4003 Bass Guitar, which has to be fixed with duct tape after the fight with Todd Ingram, even though he has a Sunburst Fender Jazz Bass Guitar in the back of the rehearsal room. After Scott refuses Gideon's offer to be the band's sponsor, [[Young Neil]] steals his bass but plays a Jetglo Rickenbacker 4003 Bass at the [[Chaos Theatre]]. |
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- Disambiguation: For the song of the same name, see Scott Pilgrim (song).
Scott Pilgrim is the hero and main protagonist of the Scott Pilgrim series.
Character Development
Scott Pilgrim is named after the song "Scott Pilgrim" by Plumtree, one of creator Bryan Lee O'Malley's favorite songs. Scott's hobby is playing video games, strongly influenced by Mr. O'Malley. He lives in Toronto, in the Canadian province of Ontario and is the bassist for the indie rock band Sex Bob-Omb. In the books, Scott Pilgrim plays a Rickenbacker 4001c64. O'Malley chose this bass as it was the dream guitar that he could not afford.
Powers
Kim revealing Scott's renowned title
Scott is a highly capable fighter, using various moves and techniques derived from various games, most noticeably from the Street Fighter series. Scott's fighting prowess is said to be incredible; according to Kim Pine, it's earned him the title "the best fighter in the Province". Scott has also shown the ability to level up, doing so increases his stats, and grants him a sword to use in combat, Scott is as skilful with swords as he is at hand-to-hand combat, due to him taking a longsword proficiency in grade 5.
Scott's Evil Exes
Despite the main premise of the series being Scott's quest to defeat Ramona Flowers' seven evil exes and balancing it with his own day-to-day life, Scott has racked up his own "Evil Exes".
The first is Knives Chau, the 17-year-old Chinese school girl whom he dumped for Ramona. Despite her occasional interference to help Scott, since all she wants is for him to be happy, Knives has attacked Ramona twice and Knives' father has gone after Scott as well.
The other is Envy Adams, lead vocals for The Clash at Demonhead, former bandmate in university, and former girlfriend. Envy arrives on scene dating Ramona's third evil ex, Todd Ingram, the bass player for their group. Despite Todd being the evil ex, it could easily be argued that overcoming Envy is a greater challenge for Scott. At the end of Book 6, the antagonistic nature of his relationship with Envy ended with positive closure after he defeated Gideon and Envy saw the truth of the relationships she had recently had.
Kim Pine and Lisa Miller can be considered some of his 'evil' exes. However, Kim still holds strong feelings for him, though she does her best to hide them. Mainly she shows her annoyance at Scott's frequent ineptitude. Although Lisa and Scott never got in a relationship, they held mutual attractions in high school and Lisa (unintentionally) caused the most trouble with the relationship between Scott and Ramona.
Personality
Scott actually is a paragon. Just a paragon of idiocy.
Scott initially sees himself as flawless and perfect when it comes to relationships, blaming any problems in said relationships on the other and repressing any flaws he has, completely forgetting his mistakes and all the bad things he's done in a relationship. This unusual attitude means Scott usually gets over breakups very quickly, but unfortunately, his continued rejection of his flaws caused them to manifest themselves in the form of NegaScott
Scott undergoes major changes in the final book when he confronts himself via NegaScott. He realizes that throughout his life he hasn't been a "paragon of virtue" as Envy puts it, and that he too is flawed, and has his own issues which he inevitably must confront.
The events in the book and movie are seen through Scott's worldview. This is clear from Volume 1 with "Scott Pilgrim... Rating: Awesome". In addition, this places the accuracy of the flashbacks, and even the entire series, into question.
In vs. the World
Michael Cera as Scott Pilgrim
In the movie Scott Pilgrim is played by Michael Cera whose previous works include Superbad, Juno, Youth in Revolt, Year One, Nick and Norah' s Inifinite Playlist, and Arrested Development.
Scott plays a Fireglo Rickenbacker 4003 Bass Guitar, which has to be fixed with duct tape after the fight with Todd Ingram, even though he has a Sunburst Fender Jazz Bass Guitar in the back of the rehearsal room. After Scott refuses Gideon's offer to be the band's sponsor, Young Neil steals his bass but plays a Jetglo Rickenbacker 4003 Bass at the Chaos Theatre.
Scott's brain is shown as a gauge or a wheel with responses to say. At one point, Ramona asks about Knives and the wheel in Scott's head gets stuck between "I have to pee" and "Who her?" to which he says "I have to pee on her."
When he tries to tell Ramona that he is in love with her, he instead blurts out, "I'm in lesbians with you!"
After losing Ramona and his band to Gideon, Wallace tells Scott that he should give up on Ramona, and move out of their apartment. However, after overhearing Scott's phone conversation with Gideon, he changes his mind, telling Scott that Gideon is a "perfect asshole" and that Scott should destroy him.
After being asked why he's fighting for Ramona, Scott responds that he is in love with her, earning him the "Power of Love" sword. He loses the sword in a heated battle with Gideon. Knives swoops in to prevent Gideon from finishing off Scott, right before she focuses on a captive Ramona. As Scott tries to break up the fight, he accidentally reveals that he cheated on Knives with Ramona. In the midst of the emotional turmoil that followed, Gideon manages to stab Scott in the back, killing him.
He then finds himself in his dream-like action sequence. Ramona visits him, telling him that she literally can't get Gideon out of her head, as he implanted a chip in the back of her head, and that maybe she isn't the one Scott should be fighting for. Then Scott remembers he got an Extra Life from The Katayanagi Twins and rewinds back to when he arrived at the Chaos Theatre.
Scott makes up with his friends, giving Young Neil his spot as bassist, along with the even greater honor of being known simply as "Neil". When Gideon asks if Scott wants to fight him for Ramona, Scott replies that he is fighting for himself. This earns him the Power of Self-Respect. Scott, Knives, and Ramona defeat Gideon. Scott shortly afterwards confronts his evil doppelganger NegaScott, but instead of fighting they "shoot the shit" and make plans to meet for brunch.
Ramona intends to leave Scott to start her life over, but Knives tells Scott to chase Ramona instead. At the end of the film, Scott and Ramona renew their relationship and walk into a Subspace door holding hands.
In vs. The World: The Game
Enemies fall at the power of Knives' LOVE for Scott.
Scott's main art in the game.
Scott is one of the six playable characters you can choose from in the game. (This is his game after all).
Whenever Scott clears an area, he exits the screen by teleporting, a reference to the Mega Man series.
Scott's sprite from the game appears twice in the movie: the head is used as the extra life Scott obtains after he defeats the Katayanagis, and the sprite itself appears and beats up the "The End" logo before teleporting away after the credits.
Endings
thumb|350px|right|Happily ever after? Scott's ending in the game is much different than the movie and the books. After Gideon's defeat, Ramona leaves Scott. Sometime later, he begins to have a relationship among all three of his ex-girlfriends (Envy, Kim, and Knives). It is uncertain if he is truly happy.
Playing as other characters leads Scott to different fates:
- In Ramona's ending follows the comics with she and Scott together and about to jump through subspace.
- In Stephen Stills' ending, Sex Bob-Omb becomes famous, but its hinted that it's just a dream.
- In Kim's ending, she walks toward a nervous Scott's direction with a suggest smile, only to walk right past him and hook-up with Knives, while a confused Stephen Stills and Scott look on.
- In Knives' ending, she is getting married to a very confused Scott.
- In NegaScott's ending, Scott and his friends become NegaScott's slaves.
Game Sprites
In Other Media
Scott's cameo in Peng
Scott Pilgrim makes a cameo appearance another comic published by Oni Press, Peng. He appears as a substitute for the protagonists' team and is called to take Kurt's place. Scott refuses, not knowing why he is even there.