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Wallace Wells is Scott Pilgrim's gay roommate for the first 4 books. Although he and Scott are just friends, they share a double bed because they can't afford two beds. When their landlord gives them notice to move out, Wallace encourages Scott to take his relationship with Ramona to the next level of maturity; later he reveals that he has already signed a lease with his boyfriend Mobile so he is not available to be Scott's roommate even if Scott can't mature. His character is based on real-life Beguiling Manager Chris Butcher, who was Bryan Lee O'Malley's former roommate.
Personality
Wallace using the power of Chi to shake water off himself
Wallace is very easy going and calm, filling the role of Scott's voice of reason. However, he can get angry, and openly hates Envy Adams for breaking Scott's heart, calling her an "unbelievable bitch". He is also very open about his homosexuality often walking around his and Scott's apartment in his underwear and repeatedly declaring his "hotness". He occasionally ribs Scott by hinting that he fancies him - he says Scott is hot and "totally [his] bitch forever."
Although he sometimes finds Scott annoying, Wallace is very trusting of Scott and knows him so well as to plan his life with the knowledge that Scott will fix things on his own.
His ability to establish relationships and make friends stands out among the rest of the characters, since he appears to have the most friends in the series (most of whom Scott "isn't allowed to meet", according to him). This demonstrated in Book Three, when the reader is shown that Scott and Wallace became friends when Wallace asked Scott one question during a class in college and later began to show up at Scott's house unannounced so often that he became a fixture in Scott's life and eventually his close friend.
Wallace is shown to be heavy drinker. In Volume 6, he is shown to have gotten drunk at the Chaos Theater minutes after entering the building and has a habit of fixing himself drinks in the middle of the day and even during work. On one occasion in Book Four, he drinks at home with some friends before going dancing but gets so drunk before leaving the apartment that he falls asleep and forgets to go dancing altogether. Afterwards, the first thing he does after waking up from his drunken nap is fix himself a drink.
He has caused some guys to turn gay, like Stacey Pilgrims' boyfriend, Jimmy during the first concert in the Battle of the Bands. He also disapproved of Scott cheating on Knives saying that Scott knew what it was like to be cheated on, and he made Scott break-up with her.
The name given on his and Scott's mailbox in Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life is Wallace P. Weldon. Although Bryan Lee O'Malley admits that this was a mistake, as Wallace's last name was originally Weldon, but was later changed to Wells.
In vs. the World
Kieran Culkin as Wallace in the film adaptation
Wallace Wells is portrayed by Kieran Culkin, younger brother of Macaulay Culkin, and was in both 'Home Alone' and 'The Cider House Rules'. Kieran's other works include Igby Goes Down, Lymelife and Paper Man. In the film Wallace exhibits the uncanny ability to text information at high speed, informing Stacey about Scott's dating problems (Scott calls him a gossipy bitch) in an instant, even while barely conscious. He also eavesdrops on Scott's phone conversations on occasion. He does not train Scott or prepare Intel on his roommate's potential adversaries, but rather provides emotional support and advice from the sidelines, comforting Scott when his problems become difficult. In the movie his desire
Wallace's info in the movie
to throw Scott out of their apartment is more apparent and immediate, although in deleted scenes he offers to let him sleep on the floor (with blinkers and earplugs to avoid seeing Wallace with his boyfriends). Wallace seems to have an 'open' relationship with Other Scott as well as with Jimmy and another unnamed boyfriend (named Chris in the deleted scenes).
In the Game
Wallace in the Game with Young Neil.
Wallace is one of the many background characters in the game. You can also find him manning a secret shop found in world 1 that can sell you expensive items ($100 and up) which can massively boost your stats. His shop is the most useful as he sells Bionic Arms (Bionic Commando reference) which increase your power by half, and Speedy the Porcupine (Sonic the Hedgehog reference) which increases your speed by half, both items can be purchased twice. Playing the level over and over again four times is a surefire for easy bionic arms if you use the hidden Subspace routes. In an upcoming DLC, Wallace (as a playable character) will be paired with an online multiplayer mode. Its current release date is unknown.
Trivia
- Wallace seems to have a "thing" for guys with glasses. As in Book 1, when Knives asks him if he wants to know about someone in her class who's gay, Wallace quickly agrees and asks if he has glasses. And he was quickly attracted to Stacey's then-boyfriend, Jimmy, who also wears glasses. Additionally, his current boyfriend, Mobile wears glasses as well.
- Wallace owns nearly everything in the apartment. Additionally, anything he buys at the store is mostly for him and him alone.
- He apparently likes to show off his gayness.
- In a deleted scene of the movie Scott sees Wallace naked again (after using the Extra Life) and states that Wallace was his mentor. Moments afterward Scott calls Gideon after asking Wallace to put on a robe and hand him the phone. Unfortunately, when Wallace encourages Scott to "Kick (Gideon's) ass!" his robe flies open exposing him to Scott.
- Wallace is on one side of Scott and his friends, which only includes him and Stacey. They don't know much about his other friends, and are rarely shown interacting with them.