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"Is that The World Vs Scott Pilgrim the stunt double, or The World Vs Scott Pilgrim the character?".
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"This is a guest comic, so it's non-canon."
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The World vs. Scott Pilgrim is the eighth and final episode of Scott Pilgrim Takes Off. It was released on 17 November 2023 on Netflix along with the rest of the series.
Synopsis[]
Scott, Ramona and their friends face their toughest challenge yet in a knockdown epic showdown that could change everything.
Plot[]
"What the hell? No fights? No kissing? This finale sucks."
Over a loudspeaker, Matthew Patel announces that the play is about to begin. Todd orders popcorn with extra butter. Just as he leaves to take his seat, Ramona bursts through the door. Scott emerges from Ramona's Subspace Suitcase, and punches the popcorn bucket out of his arms. Scott attempts to fight him, but he says that he is vegan no longer. Scott concludes that he didn't create the Anti-Kiss field. Todd tells him that he is no longer interested in Ramona, because he is in love with Wallace Wells; he then realises that Scott was Wallace's roommate. From the balcony above, Wallace tells him that he is not interested in him, and he should move on. Todd tells him that there were sparks, but Wallace insists that "sparks" do not exist. Wallace leaves, and Todd chases after him.
Matthew Patel arrives with his Demon Hipster Chicks. Scott prepares to fight him, but Matthew refuses to fight, citing how important this night is to him. Gideon Graves and Julie Powers arrive. Scott asks him about the Anti-Kiss field. Gideon tells him that he has put his villainy behind him, and is now with Julie. Lucas Lee and Roxie Richter appear along with the Paparazzi Ninjas. After she quickly defeats the ninjas, Scott asks if they know anything about the Anti-Kiss field. Roxie says they didn't, and the two go to watch the play. Kyle & Ken Katayanagi arrive with Robot-01. Robot-01 has told them they are best friends in the future, and thus will not fight Scott. Ramona is confused; if all the Exes have been ruled out, then who put up the field? We then cut to the stage. The camera pans up to reveal that the stage has been rigged with dynamite.
"🎵We are the Evil Exes...🎶"
"I explicitly told you to stay away from Ramona. But did you listen?...NO!"
Scott and Ramona take their seats. Almost immediately, Lucas Lee appear, with him and the rest of the Exes urging the two to kiss. The play starts. Matthew Patel (dressed as Scott Pilgrim) appears on stage and begins singing. The play progresses rather well, with everyone in attendance seeming to enjoy it. During the scene of Knives and Stephen's "Bread Makes You Fat", Gideon pulls out a detonator. As he lowers his thumb over onto the button, a red ball of energy appears, transporting Scott, Ramona, their friends, Julie, Robot-01 and the League into the Dream Desert. Todd thinks the teleportation is part of the play and the special affects are incredible, but Matthew corrects him that it’s not and he needs get back to the play and sing the big finale. It's here that Gideon reveals his dynamite plan. Julie explains that it is to get back at Patel for stealing Gideon's fortune. Despite that fact that only the cast and crew will get hurt, Lucas still tells him it's not cool. Just then, they hear someone shout “Enough!” and a shadowy figure appears above them. Stephen and Kim recognize him as Scott, but older. Even Older Scott Pilgrim introduces himself.
"ANTI-KISS FIELDS!"
Scott greets him, but Even Older Scott punches him harder. He told him that he was warned to stay away from Ramona, and the two begin to fight. Ramona steps into fight. Even Older Scott tells the two to kiss, making Scott realise that he created the Anti-Kiss field. He reveals this was a back-up plan. When he gave Scott a drink in the last episode, he secretly laced with nanobots, built by the Twins, coded to Ramona's DNA. Unfortunately, the Anti-Kiss field is impenetrable. Since winning didn't change anything, he has arrived, deducing that Scott's friends will team-up at some in the future to destroy the Anti-Kiss field. Although his memories are still a little fuzzy, he learns that all his plans are too complicated. Before he tells Scott he needs what he should have in the first place, Gideon interrupts, telling him to send back everyone else, since they have no beef with him. Even Older Scott refuses and Force-Chokes him, before letting him down, calling him "pathetic".
"There's only one way to end this..."
Even Older Scott tells Scott that after Old Wallace kicked him out, he locked himself in a shack and spent the next ten years training, learning all of Scott's skills, abilities, powers and weaknesses. He tells him his only goal in mind now. destroy everyone. Ramona pulls out her Large Hammer (+10 against elders), and the fight begins. Even Older Scott attempts to punch Scott, but Ramona blocks the blow with her hammer, before swinging it upwards, knocking him down. She jumps up and hits him again; he crosses his arms to block the blow, before uncrossing them with enough force to destroy the hammer. Scott goes up against Even Older Scott, and lands several blows before he too is knocked down. Knives comes to Ramona's aid; Ramona gives her a twin set of daggers, before joining the fight. She manages to stab one into Even Older Scott's arm. Knives continues fighting, until he punches her hard enough to send her flying (and the red highlights out of her hair).
"GORDON!!!"
The Evil Exes join the fight: Matthew with his mystical powers, Lucas with his skateboard, Roxie with a sword and shuriken and Todd regaining his vegan powers after consuming a piece of broccoli. Matthew attacks him with his mystical powers, while Roxie manages to keep him occupied; with this distraction, Lucas hits him with his board, allowing Todd to pound him into the ground. Even Older Scott rises up again, besting the four, and destroying Robot-01. Gideon fires the Glow at him, in the form of a powerful laser; Even Older Scott redirects the blast towards the group, but they put up the Musical Shield to shield themselves. Even Older Scott unleashes the red energy blast, sending the League, Julie and all of Scott's friends back to the theatre.
"Ramona! Let's hit him together!"
"Why are you in the past fighting all of these people?"
Even Older Scott directs lightning towards Ramona, but she sends it into her Subspace Suitcase, causing it to expand and disappear. She and Scott attack him together; the pair's strength sends him flying. Scott follows him; after they lock heads, he tells Even Older Scott to let him live his life, but he refuses fearing that he will end up where he did. Scott tells that was his choice and he should have the right to make his own. The fly apart and crash into the ground. Ramona comes to Scott's side, asking that maybe Even Older Scott is right; after all he is Scott. Ramona tells him she doesn't want to date someone like that, and Scott tells her he doesn't want to be that person. She tells him that he doesn't know that for sure.
"So you're telling me I should just skate on? "
As Scott stares into a pool of Subspace, he sees another figure approaching. the figure stops in front of Even Older Scott. Taking off their mask, the figure unveils themself to be Future Ramona Flowers, but older. She tells him it has been ten years without even a text from him. She knows about what he planned to do (she heard it from Old Wallace), and she questions his choice, saying that instead of fighting everyone, he could have been fighting for her. He tells her that he thought that they're relationship was done; she corrects him, telling she only just needed space from him. He asked if she still loved him, and she says that, at the time, she did, but now she doesn't. Ramona asks her if she should just skate on, and she tells her that if she did, it should not come as any surprise.
"Super Ramona..."
When Even Older Scott tells both Ramonas to "run away from the that you love", Ramona reflects on how she treated her Exes when she dated each of them. She decides she is done running, and chooses herself. She hugs Future Ramona. She hugs her back, and the two merge, becoming "Super-Ramona". She tells both Scotts that one is an idiot, and the other, a complete mess. She says it's never too late to clean your messes, and she sends Even Older Scott back to the future, so he can get started.
"Well, this is great! Not!"
"Help me keep remembering that, okay?"
She states that both Ramona and Future Ramona are the same, all the same, and beautiful. Super Ramona swoops down in front of Scott, and destroys the Anti-Kiss field, allowing the two to kiss. She tells Scott that she loves him. And, although she runs away, she tells him that it doesn't have to define who she is. She asks him to help her keep remembering that, before disappearing.
"Sparks..."
Scott and Ramona end up back in the theatre, where Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Musical has ended. The audience applauds, making Matthew Patel happy. As their friends, and the League watch, Scott and Ramona look over at each other and kiss, causing sparks to appears. The Demon Hipster Chicks disarm the dynamite and bring Gideon and Julie in front of him. Matthew tells Gideon that, due to the stress of being a CEO, he has lost billions and offers it all back to him. Patel can keep the show, while Gideon takes everything else. This makes Gideon happy, and the two embrace, whilst Julie sheds a tear. Everyone leaves the theatre, with Scott and Ramona holding hands.
"🎵Hey! Hey! I feel fine!🎶"
Sex Bob-omb practices and Stephen's house. This time, someone else has joined the band. Due to her piano talents (shown in WHODIDIT), Knives joins the band, making their music sound much better than before. Ramona applauds, and Knives and Stephen leave, as they are late for something. Whilst Envy is in a recording studio, Ramona, wearing a fireproof suit, continues work as a stunt double, jumping out of a burning building, through a window and onto a mattress. Todd runs on a treadmill, consuming lettuce, while Roxie coaches him, yelling "Vegan Power!" through a megaphone. No-Account Video closes forever, so Hollie Hawkes and Kim Pine go for coffee at the Second Cup. Lucas Lee is working as a barista, whilst customers gather around him to watch his mad barista skills. He introduces himself to Kim, but she simply says "whatever" and leaves with Hollie. He stares in disbelief before smiling. Stacey Pilgrim is on the phone, saying how annoying it is working with him, but the tips are good and she gets to look at his butt all day. The camera pans out to show us that the Twins and a rebuilt Robot-01 are also in the store reading, with Kyle reading up on redemption.
"Yeah, I'm spending the money I got for starring as myself in this major Canadian motion picture that never got made."
With the money he made from the movie, Wallace goes to Paris. At a restaurant, he meets Mobile, and the two bond over their terrible ability to speak French correctly. At a canal, the two share a kiss; sparks appear, causing to Wallace to realise that sparks are real after all. Ramona dyes her hair again, before joining Scott and his friends.
"I've liked you for a thousand years, a thousand years..."
"Time for the real game to begin..."
In a credit scene, Gideon and Julie are sitting in twin chairs inside his evil lair. As they stare at large red monitor screen surrounding them, Gideon ominously states that it's "time for the real game to begin."
Cast[]
- Michael Cera as Scott Pilgrim
- Will Forte as Future Scott Pilgrim
- Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Ramona Flowers, Future Ramona Flowers and Super Ramona
- Kieran Culkin as Wallace Wells
- Mark Webber as Stephen Stills
- Alison Pill as Kim Pine
- Ellen Wong as Knives Chau
- Jason Schwartzman as Gideon Graves
- Aubrey Plaza as Julie Powers
- Satya Bhabha as Matthew Patel
- Chris Evans as Lucas Lee
- Brandon Routh as Todd Ingram
- Brie Larson as Envy Adams
- Mae Whitman as Roxie Richter
- Anna Kendrick as Stacey Pilgrim
- Johnny Simmons as Young Neil
- Stefan Johnson as The Announcer
References[]
Scott Pilgrim references[]
- The title for the episode is similar to the titles for the movie, comic book and video game.
- Even Older Scott even references this when he says "There's only one way to end this: ME VERSUS THE WORLD! I HAVE TO DESTROY ALL OF YOU!"
- Matthew Patel's play is titled "Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Musical", in reference to the title of the first volume of the comics, Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life.
- Knives and Stephen's "Bread Makes You Fat" song from the sixth episode reappears.
- The sub-boss theme from the game plays as the League prepares to fight Even Older Scott.
- Knives' phrase "Chau down!" returns. She speaks this phrase before she fights Even Older Scott.
- Even Older Scott punches Knives hard enough to send the red highlights out of her hair.
- The Musical Shield returns.
- Scott ties his shoelace before fighting Even Older Scott.
- Joseph, Comeau, Mobile and Lisa Miller all cameo at the end of the episode.
- Knives Chau's knives and Ramona Flowers' Large Hammer return, with the former sporting glowing blue blades, and the latter sporting a +10 Against Elders bonus.
- This episode also revealed that Knives' knives originally belonged to Ramona.
- Ramona accepting her past and merging with Future Ramona is similar to how Scott accepts his failures and merges with NegaScott in the final volume of the comics.
- Lucas' catchphrase from episode four, "Whatever!" returns, this time spoken by Kim Pine.
- The episode ends with Plumtree's Scott Pilgrim (which inspired the whole series!) playing over the final scene.
- If you look closely at Even Older Scott's wall, you can see pictures of the characters from the original graphic novels pinned on the wall.
- Roxie wears her white ninja outfit from Volume 4 at the end of the series.
Pop culture references[]
- The title card's font is modeled after the game Clash at Demonhead.
- Ironically, the game's name, as well as that of the English rock band The Clash, serve as the namesake for Envy Adams' band, The Clash at Demonhead.
- Even Older Scott bears resemblance to Ryu from the Street Fighter videogame series.
- Even Older Scott's last line, "Well this is great. Not!" may be in reference to a similar line that features in Borat, with the emphasis Future Scott uses on the latter part of the phrase being similar to the one featured in the film.
- The A.K. Field is a reference to the A.T. (Absolute Terror) Field from the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion.
- Even Older Scott grabs Gideon in a manner similar to a "Force-Choke", a move most notably used by Sith Lords from the Star Wars franchise.
- Super Ramona is a clear reference to Super Sonic, with both Scotts recognizing this.
- Simon Pegg and Nick Frost's studio security guards appear again, this time eating Cornettos, once again, in reference to their Three Flavors Cornetto trilogy.
- Nick Frost's line "Young Neil is off the chain!" could be a reference to the second movie in the trilogy, Hot Fuzz, where Simon Pegg tells him about a cheesy pun he made and Nick tells him, "You're off the ████ing chain!"
- The Mortal Kombat theme, Techno Syndrome, by the Immortals plays over the credits (but with a Scott Pilgrim-esque twist).
Quotes
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| Episodes in Scott Pilgrim Takes Off | |
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| Episodes | Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life | A League of Their Own | Ramona Rents a Video | Whatever | Lights. Camera. Sparks?! | WHODIDIT | 2 Scott 2 Pilgrim | The World Vs Scott Pilgrim |