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Quote1 I'm a rock star. I do what I want. Quote2
Todd

Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness

Todd Ingram (born 1980) is Ramona Flowers's third ex-boyfriend and the final boss of Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness. He was in a relationship with Envy Adams (cheating on Envy with Lynette Guycott) and the bass player for The Clash at Demonhead. He is also a Vegan, though known to cheat on both his vegan diet as well as his girlfriend, believing he can get away with mostly anything because he's a rock star.

History[]

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Todd knew Envy since they were eleven as they grew up together in Montreal. The two shared (in Envy's opinion) a deeply loving relationship until Todd's family moved out of Toronto.

Ramona dated Todd for the remainder of high school after she left Lucas Lee, saying they were the "bad kids" together. He vanished for two weeks while they dated, during which he went vegan and gained his telekinetic powers (having apparently been studied by scientists). Todd returned and took Ramona out of class to prove his love for her by blasting one of the two craters in the moon, causing what Ramona described as "About 30 pages of explosions and tidal waves".

Todd ended up going to the Vegan Academy while Ramona went to the The University of Carolina in the Sky, though, so the two decided to call it quits. It wasn't until later that he was reunited with Envy and the two started dating, at which point he once again punched another hole in the moon to prove his love for her this time. By Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness, the two are still dating while touring with their band. However unknown to Envy, he started cheating on her with the drummer of the band, Lynette Guycott (from his flashback inside Honest Ed's, we see that she seduced him into it). Envy then found out they were having an affair when Lynette and Todd came walking out of the bathroom after having an hour of sex with Lynette's underwear on his head and Todd zipping his pants. Their relationship ended abruptly after this.

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Todd fighting Scott.

Scott finds out about him when he, Ramona, and their friends catch The Clash at the Demonhead show at Lee's Palace. Envy invites them backstage for a little talk (mostly just flaunting her fame in their faces). Scott's memories of his time with Envy cause him to attack Todd in rage to which Todd reveals his Vegan powers and effortlessly sends Scott flying through a wall and into the alleyway. Scott tries again but finds he is indeed outclassed. The lateness of the hour has Envy calling the fight off till the next day. Both groups meet once again outside Honest Ed's where Envy sets up a race between the two through the store, with Todd forbidden to use his Vegan power. However the somewhat frantic nature of the store gets to Todd and he accidentally implodes the store and destroys it, forcing Envy to cancel the fight.

A day later Envy, Lynette, and he are having lunch and he orders Gelato as a dessert – Envy unaware that it has milk and eggs in it. It's here we find out about his cheating nature as he makes out with Lynette while Envy goes to the restroom. This is revealed to Envy later in volume 3 at another club the band is due to perform in when he comes out of a restroom with Lynette's Panties on his head in the midst of Envy's fight with Ramona. Envy kicks him in the groin not long after that and he retaliates in kind.

Scott goes on the offensive, even receiving help from the band The Boys!! and Crash! but it wasn't enough against his power. Luckily the Vegan Police show up due to Todd's two infractions of consuming non-vegan foods (Gelato, containing milk and eggs, and Chicken Parmesan), which Todd didn't realize they weren't really vegan. Todd was stripped of his powers via the Deveganizing Ray (despite trying to dodge their blast) and left helpless. Scott headbutted him afterwards, causing him to turn into a pile of coins, as well as an Extra Life.

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World[]

Todd Ingram is played by Brandon Routh, whose previous works include Superman ReturnsZack and Miri Make a PornoChuck and Stuntmen.

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Todd gets confronted by Scott in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.

Unlike the character in Volume 2, Todd seems loyal to Envy Adams, considering he did not cheat on her with Lynette. Furthermore, he is the one who punched Knives Chau so hard, her highlights were knocked out of her hair, instead of Lynette doing so. He only punches one hole in the moon, just for Ramona, rather than two holes.

His "3" shirt has, aside from the number three, three stripes on the arms, indicating his position as evil ex #3.

At the climax of the battle, Scott tricks Todd into drinking a cup of coffee with half and half, believing it contains soy milk. He pours half and half in his cup while thinking really hard about pouring it in the other cup. As a result, the Vegan Police bust in upon the scene. The two of them call Todd out on his violation of the Vegan Code, to which he responds. "But it's only my first offense, don't I get three strikes?" One of the police officers pulls out a ticket and reports Todd had previously eaten gelato (Todd: "Gelato isn't vegan?" Officer 1: "It's milk n' eggs, bitch.") and some Chicken Parmesan, which Envy gets offended by (Todd: "Chicken isn't vegan?!"), resulting in his powers being taken away with the Deveganizing Ray. With no Vegan powers, he is quickly defeated by Scott via headbutt.

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game[]

Todd Ingram is fought in World 3. After beating Envy Adams and Lynette Guycott, Todd attacks the player with a guitar blast sending them crashing into the backstage maze. The player must keep ahead of him and destroy the walls in their path as he advances on them. Once you reach the end, he challenges the player to a bass battle à la Guitar Hero though this is more of a joke as his bar is an extreme list of notes and the players is just one note that when hit has their character smack him with their guitar and break his streak. He retaliates by lifting them into the air with his power and throwing the character through the wall into the alley where the real boss battle starts.

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Todd in the game.

Todd flips the player off before starting the duel; in fact, he flips the player several times, his boss art is him flipping the bird! If the battle is played by more players, Todd will be accompanied by hipster enemies (named Mike in the credits). Todd's attacks range from shocking the player with psychic blasts, lifting up and choking anyone whose directly in front of him, throwing objects at the player with his powers, blocking punches and objects with a psychic shield and a major attack where he hulks out and turns his arm into a mishmash of vegetables then firing it at the players (a parody of Tetsuo from the anime movie, Akira and K9999 from the King of Fighters series). The player usually get a warning when this happens and after he returns to normal, the Vegan Police will show up and stun him briefly with the De-veganizing Ray, allowing the player to get his/her shots in.

For first time players who haven't leveled up, Todd can be quite difficult to deal with as normal attacks hardly chip at his HP, a Lvl of 12 or above is recommended to be on par with him and a good strategy to fighting him would be hit and run tactics as his shock move will prevent you from wailing on him for too long. Also make sure to block during the hulking out phase as even if you avoid his vegetable arm, the random vegetables that fly through can still hit you.

When he's beaten, he loses control of his powers and explodes into vegetables, leaving behind $15.95 and an Extra Life. In the game he also appears to be larger than other characters.

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off[]

Quote1 We're rock stars. We do what we want. And what we want right now is to be movie stars. Quote2
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"Lights. Camera. Sparks?!"

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Todd and Envy get interviewed in Scott Pilgrim Takes Off.

Todd shows up in the beginning of the show after Matthew Pattel defeats Scott Pilgrim in a gathering of the evil exes. It's mentioned that he's getting into acting and that, as a vegan, he has a photographic memory that can memorize a script in seconds. He is there to witness the battle between Matthew and Gideon.

In the fifth episode of Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, "Lights. Camera. Sparks?!", Todd is the focus of Ramona's investigation. Neil Nordegraf, also known as Young Neil, writes a movie called "Scott Pilgrims Precious Little Life". Todd is one of the actors and is taking the role of Scott Pilgrim in the movie, after Lucas Lee lost the role, with Envy Adams acting as Ramona Flowers. They are constantly making out in their movie takes, and the director is going crazy. Wallace Wells, who'd entered the set earlier and heckled the actor playing him until he managed to steal the role to play himself. He suggests to the director, "Hey buddy, it's not that bad. Maybe we just need to rethink the scene. This is the dumb version, but..." Wallace whispers into his ear, and the director seems fawned by the idea in scene 43 take 44, Todd and Wallace are are told to look at each other, deep into each other's eyes forgetting about Ramona. They "kiss like their life depends on it" as fireworks go off in the background, while Envy stares at the scene offended.

After that kiss, Todd becomes mesmerized and joins Wallace in his trailer for "running lines," meaning a hook-up. This leads to Todd gaining feelings for Wallace and cheating on Envy, but Wallace only sees Todd as an on-set fling and doesn't have genuine feelings for Todd. He got a tattoo of Wallace and broke up with Envy just for him, but Wallace rejects him, and Todd falls into depression and breaks his vegan edge.

In the beginning of the final episode, Todd is seen drowning his popcorn in butter. When Scott tries to challenge him to a fight for Ramona's heart, Todd refuses, stating he's gained a new "obsessive love interest" and begins asking Scott questions about Wallace, but when Wallace shows up to tell him to move on, Todd insists there were sparks, but Wallace denies it. It is unknown if Todd and Envy are still in a relationship at this point. They do not sit next to each other in the audience for Mathew Patel's play, and do not interact with each other. It's likely they have broken up for good.

In the epilogue, Todd is seen exercising and eating a bowl of greens to get his vegan edge back, with Roxie Richter as his personal trainer hyping him up. ("Vegan power!")

Appearance[]

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Vegan?

Todd is a tall fair skinned young man with a rather athletic build. He has a light blonde hair (orange in the game) with a hairstyle similar to that of the series' protagonist, Scott Pilgrim. Whenever Todd activates his powers, his hair goes up and his eyes glow.

Todd normally appears wearing a simple set of t-shirts and denim pants as well as a pair of striped armbands. His most iconic look (which is his standard appearance in the game) is the one worn in his first appearance, in which he wears a black t-shirt with a stylized skull on it, resembling the Punisher's symbol.

In his movie appearance, however, Todd wears a completely different shirt which is a white one with a print of the number 3 on it, as well as 3 stripes on each one of his shoulders, both referencing his Evil Ex number. Unlike in the comics, Todd's hair does not go up when he's using his powers in the movie, however, once he's hit by the Deveganizing Ray, his hair becomes shaggy and messy.

Powers[]

Being a vegan, Todd had massive telekinetic powers. With these powers intact, Todd was nearly invincible and Scott was barely able to even touch him until his powers were taken away by the vegan police for his violation of the vegan code. Use of these powers made his hair flare up which he would comb back down, as in the "Super Saiyan" power-up transformation of the Dragonball Z series. Coincidentally, all "Saiyans" from the Dragonball Z series have vegetable related names, and the word "Saiyan" itself is a Japanese pun on the words "Vegetable" and "People" (lit - vegetable race).

Personality[]

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He's a Rock Star

Todd was a composed and calculated, yet smug, arrogant, vain, and insensitive, as well as a horrible liar (Scott even calls him a "Cocky Cock"). He was also either a genius, or incredibly dim. Going through Volume 3 this can be seen again and again as half the stuff he says makes no sense unless he explains it, or requires some kind of explanation. His vegan powers are chalked up to the other 90% of a normal person's brain being "filled up with curds and whey" while a vegan is somehow able to exploit this which makes no sense. He defends the obvious holes in his Vegan powers explanation by simply stating "maybe if you knew the science..." Furthermore, his line "Tell it to the cleaning lady on Monday" makes no sense until he rationalizes the lady cleans up dust (he's going to be turning Scott into dust), and the cleaning lady gets the weekend off, so Monday. While that may be just goofy talk, it could also suggest his ability to think way ahead since the line appears to have come on the fly. Earlier in Vol 3, Todd acted rather laid-back and seemed to be a quiet guy. He would let Envy do the talking for him before he fought Scott. But his true personality is revealed as the story progresses.

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"I'm a Rock Star, losers!"

Todd had a personal belief that he had immunity over all moral standards due to his rock star status, allowing him to do what he wants with little caution. This was displayed by his retaliation at Envy after she kicked him in the crotch upon learning of him cheating on her. He used his psychic powers to throw her at the sound stage, and flipped off at a shocked crowd. However, this belief was proven false after losing his powers as punishment for breaking his vegan diet.

Todd also seemed to be a very sloppy kisser as seen in Ramona's flashback and with Lynette. While watching Todd and Lynette make out, Ramona stated that "You'd think he'd improve with age" implying he hasn't changed much since his teenage years. Todd's teen years seemed to be tumultuous for him and likely spawned his "evil" status as prior to that (as shown when he lived in Québec in Envy's flashback) he is shown to be quite good. Part of this may have been due to his tumultuous relationship to his father, whom he could never please and who never believed he had the willpower to be a vegan. In the end, Todd's father proved right. Overall Todd shows signs of being a Narcissist, due to his self-centeredness and lack of empathy for others. Often going unnoticed, some parts of Todd resemble Scott very much. Their full names resemble each other, they're both bassists and while Todd is Ramona's 3rd ex-boyfriend, Scott has 3 ex-girlfriends. It should also be noticed that Todd is the only evil ex that Scott was previously aware of due to the fact that Envy left him for Todd. Unlike the other evil exes, Todd shows very little resentment towards Ramona for their break-up. This makes his motivations for joining the League somewhat questionable. He may have been pressured into joining the League by Gideon because of his powers or rather joined for his own smug amusement, not even caring if Ramona is involved with his interaction with Scott being a mere coincidence.

Trivia[]

  • Todd's character has several references to the number 3. He wears a shirt with the number 3 on it, he and Ramona dated for 3 years, he is the 3rd evil ex, he and Scott fight 3 times before he's defeated, he only lasts 3 minutes inside Honest Ed's before losing control, he stops his first fight with Scott because it's 3:30 AM and he's part of a 3 piece band. Also, he was in a relationship with 3 girls, namely Ramona, Envy and Lynette. Additionally, he committed three offenses that got his vegan superpowers revoked and appears fond of flipping his middle finger at others—the third digit on his hand.
    • In the movie, his shirt also has 3 stripes on the sleeves and throws Scott through 3 walls after the Bass Battle. Also, the first time he throws Scott through a wall, Scott hits a trash can covered in 3s.
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    One of Todd's attacks in the game is a reference to the character Tetsuo Shima from the animated movie/manga series Akira. His arm mutates into various machinery and fleshy growths while firing a blue psychic energy blast, similar to how Tetsuo attacks Colonel Shikishima with his mutating arm in the final act of the movie, as he goes through his transformation.
    • The fact that Todd punched the moon might also be a reference to a scene in the movie where Tetsuo flies up towards an artificial satellite in Earth's orbit and uses his powers to destroy it.
    • In Volume 3 on page 70 of the Scott Pilgrim comics, Todd is seen falling to his knees and yelling at the top of his lungs, shouting "IT'S MY BRAIN!!! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!?!". This is a direct quote from the streamline 1989 dub of Akira in the scene where Tetsuo attacks the nursery.
  • Bryan Lee O'Malley has stated that Todd was the evil ex he had the most fun writing about and drawing, and that Todd was supposed to resemble Scott in some ways, as both of them play the bass in a 3 person band, wear sweatbands, and have similar names.
  • In the film, Todd is wearing a Punisher shirt during the Clash at Demonhead concert. Coincidentally, one of the Vegan Police that took away Todd's vegan powers was played by actor Thomas Jane who played The Punisher in the 2004 film of the same name.
  • Todd plays a red Fender Mustang bass with a white racing stripe, the same as the bassist from Canadian group Sloan.

Quotes[]

Quote1 'Sounds like someone wants to get... funky.' Quote2
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Quote1 'That's right, Pilgrim...I actually know how to play bass.' Quote2
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Quote1 'We have unfinished business, I and he.' Quote2
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Quote1 'Tell it to the cleaning lady on Monday.' Quote2
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Quote1 'Because you'll be dust by Monday.' Quote2
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Quote1 'Because you'll be pulverized in two seconds. And the cleaning lady, she cleans up dust. She dusts.' Quote2
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Quote1 'Well cause- It's Friday now. She has the weekends off so-- Monday, right?' Quote2
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Quote1 'Gelato isn't vegan?' Quote2
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Quote1 'Chicken isn't vegan?' Quote2
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Quote1 'NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!' Quote2
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Quote1 'Vegone? Quote2
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Quote1 Give it up, douchebag... Quote2
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Quote1 "Envy, I can't be with you anymore! I'm in love with Wallace Wells!" Quote2
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