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WHODIDIT is the sixth episode of Scott Pilgrim Takes Off. It was released on 17 November 2023 on Netflix along with the rest of the series.
Synopsis[]
Ramona arrives at Julie's doorstep with more questions and curiosity. A surprise visitor seeks forgiveness from Gideon. Knives taps into new talents.
Plot[]
Gideon, stripped of his fortune and living with Julie, is sitting on a couch, watching anime. The phone starts ringing, and on the other end is Lucas Lee. Graves answers as "Goose", confusing Lucas. He explains that his real name is "Gordon Goose", so Lucas tells him his real name is "Luke". Lucas tells him his current situation, and apologizes for leaving with Matthew. Lucas asks for his forgiveness, but Gideon sinisterly states that he has something "different" in mind. Lucas arrives at Julie's place with his bags, ready for something different: friendship! Gideon and Lucas spend their time playing video games, having paintball fights, playing Twister, whacking pinatas, spinning things on their fingers, sledding down the stairs, jumping on the furniture, baking, building a skateboard ramp and watching anime. Julie arrives with Ramona, carrying shopping bags, clearly angry. She chews them out for wrecking the house. She also asks what's with the robot. Robot-01 is hiding in the corner, disguised as a lampshade. In anger, he jumps out of the window.
Ramona dyes her hair, before heading off to Julie's house. Julie answers. Ramona attempts to talk with her, but Gideon, hearing the sound of her rollerblades, requests that she come in. Julie tells Ramona he is "Gordon Goose" now, not the "evil gazillionaire" she dated. She and Ramona go shopping.
Meanwhile, Knives and Stephen are practicing a song. Knives is on the piano, whilst Stephen is singing with her. The song is about bread, but neither one can find an verse that's not "vague" or "obvious". The two come up with verses that go "Bread ain't all that/Bread makes you fat", and they realise how well it works. When Kim asks how she got Patel to fund the project, she tells them about a pitch meeting she and Stephen had with with him. Knives learned of Patel's dreams to be a theatre actor, so she pitches it as an "off-Broadway musical", with Patel as Scott Pilgrim. Patel is excited for it, bringing up a small theatre role he had a few years ago. He happily gives it the greenlight.
Stephen tells Young Neil about this, and that they intend to respect his script. He tells Neil that like the movie, this is also fun. Young Neil reveals that he did not care much for the movie, angering Stephen. Young Neil reveals that he did not even write the script, claiming that his "sleep paralysis demon" wrote it. We see the group looking at a computer, when Knives points out something that shocks the group. They decide to tell Ramona about it.
At the coffee shop, Ramona gives Julie her notebook. She looks at it and finds her name and Gideon's on the list. Ramona asks Julie to explain the "Gordon Goose" thing. When Julie was in in high school, in North Bay, Ontario, Gordon happened to be one of the school's weirdest kids. Because he wore T-shirts that read "No Fear" on them, everyone started calling him "Fearless", a name he one day took a little too seriously. One day, he confronted the most popular girl in school with a 12-point business on why they should be dating. Unfortunately, she rejected him. causing the whole school to laugh at him. After that, he moved away, but Julie never forgot about him. Until he turned up at her doorstep, Julie didn't know who Gideon really was.
Ramona seems to accept that Julie and Gideon are happy, telling her how Gideon was when they were dating. Julie states that he sucks now: when he came to her, he was ready for revenge, but after a few days, he softened up. Ramona refuses to believe this, as Gideon is a plotter, so it could be smokescreen to concealing his kidnapping of Scott. Julie denies this, calling him a loser. Ramona crosses them off. Meanwhile, Stacey, who overhead the conversation, contacts Wallace and fills him in.
Ramona and Julie go back to Julie's house, with shopping bags, finding out it has been wrecked by Lucas and Gideon. After chewing them out, she tells Robot-01 to leave; he jumps out of the window, does a superhero landing and leaves the property. Julie is furious with what they've done to the house and refuses to let Lucas live with them. This prompts a fight between Julie and Gideon and Lucas, but Ramona breaks it up before it can even start. Ramona tells Lucas to live somewhere else, but he tells her he is flat-broke and can't even afford a first-class flight back to LA. She tells him to " open his mind to other opportunities", and tells Gideon to treat Julie better than he treated her. She notes that she has seen Robot-01 before: Lucas tells her it was on the movie set. Lucas tells her that they were made by the Twins. With that, Ramona skates off and goes through Subspace. After Lucas leaves, Gideon reveals that this has all been an act, and he has something an elaborate plan to get revenge on Patel. Julie agrees to help him out.
Ramona arrives at Stephen's house, where she meets with Kim, Knives, Stephen and Neil, who all have important information for her "Scott case". First, she tells what she has learned thus far. She has already figured out the "who", the "why" and the "how". The WHO is: She has already questioned five Exes: Matthew, Lucas, Todd, Roxie and Gideon, leaving just Kyle and Ken. The WHY: they had the motivation. In her second college semester, Ramona was frustrated that they wouldn't leave her alone. She decided to play them against each other, by dating them both at the same time. Knives compares the situation to their relationship with Scott. The HOW was the vegan portal. Ramona concludes that Robot-01 created the portal, since, by technicality, it cannot eat. Ramona plays the tape from the Rockit, showing that this is true. To figure out the "where", she decides to ask the Twins.
Knives remembers the information they needed to give Ramona. The information was that Young Neil did not write the script. File data reveals that the script had actually been written fourteen years in the future. Just then, the doorbell rings. At the door is... Scott Pilgrim. Scott confirms that the Twins and Robot-01 were in on it, but someone else was the mastermind: Scott Pilgrim. With this new information, Knives faints again.
Cast[]
- Michael Cera as Scott Pilgrim
- Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Ramona Flowers
- 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
- Anna Kendrick as Stacey Pilgrim
- Johnny Simmons as Young Neil
- Stefan Johnson as The Announcer
References[]
Scott Pilgrim references[]
- The iconic "Bread Makes You Fat" line, from Volume 2, makes it's triumphant return, incorporated into the lyrics of Knives and Stephen's song (Bread ain't all that.../Bread makes you fat...)
- Meta reference: Lucas states that the only work he can get is "voicing an animated series", a reference to Chris Evans, who played Lucas in the live-action movie adaptation, returning to voice the character for the anime series.
Pop culture references[]
- The title card's font is modeled after Pac-Man.
- Lucas and Gideon are seen playing Guitar Hero.
- Ramona gets an exclamation mark over her head, a reference to Metal Gear Solid.
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 |