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Toons and animated characters are long gone since the [[The Golden Age of Animation|Golden Age]] of the 1940's, and instead [[Video Game Characters]] and [[Video Game Physics]] are today's cultural norm. Instead of [[Anvil on Head|falling anvils]], cartoon explosions, and [[Portable Hole|portable black holes]], we've got [[Boss Battle|Boss Battles]] and [[Pinata Enemy|Pinata Enemies]], [[Humongous Mecha|Giant killer Robots]], [[Reflecting Laser|Frickin Laser beams]], and [[Hyperspace Mallet|Subspace Mallets]]. But it's okay! Just like there was no clear way to kill a toon (except for the infamous Dip), [[One 1-Up|1-Ups]] are a common commodity for players. All that's missing are [[Roger Rabbit Effect|video game cameos]] from the [[Super Mario Bros.|moustached brothers]] themselves!

* Confirmed: Both the comic and the movie use both meanings. Not only did Scott come [[Back From the Dead]], he also "got a life" and started being a functional person.

Kim moved back into town not long before Ramona showed up. She joined the band with Scott, who she still had feelings for, but couldn't talk to him because of how intimidated she is by him. She inadvertantly creates a fantasy world based upon the things they loved growing up, like kung-fu, video games, and music.

{{quote| '''Scott:''' I'm sorry about ''me''!<br />

** [[Jossed]], he starts over with Ramona; Kim and him are still good friends though.

Think about it. Ramona FLOWERS and Gideon GRAVES. Ominous, ain't it?

This occured to me in volume 2, where Lucas Lee says if Scott paid him, he'd tell Gideon Scott beat him up. Makes it sound like they're not as dead as they seem, they could be all in some secret lair of the Chaos Theatre waiting for Gideon to make the final plans.

*** Semi-Jossed, the video game boss fight 2nd form has Gideon in a [[One-Winged Angel]] form.

* And note how she turned into animals instead of coins like every other Ex.

Both Scott and [[Cerebus]] are the protagonists of Canadian-created independent comic books that chronicle the lives of their title characters. The last issue of Cerebus (which ended with Cerebus dying and receiving an unseen fate) was published in 2004, the same year the first Scott Pilgrim graphic novel came out. Cerebus (and his creator Dave Sim) had some serious issues with women, Scott has issues with women too, but managed to sort them out in the end. So, in a sense, Cerebus evolved (or shall we say, leveled up) into Scott Pilgrim.

* Let's see: She has pitch black eyes, snow melts as she walks through, and terrible things happen around her. Her evil-ex's are evil because she corrupted them with her demon powers, and is using the form of a beautiful woman to seduce and corrupt Scott. Yep, it's only a matter of time before Scott really does become an evil Ex.

* Since parts of the story was about Scott learning that people have a life outside of his, this should seem right. Besides Scott, Ramona was the only non-villain character who's to blame for the conflict in the comics/movie. She's had a hand in most of the battles, and shared the victory when they defeated Gideon. Her plot could easily be built as "Ramona is trying to run away from her past and meets a boy who's willing to fight for her. But, when her past comes back to get her, she decided to finally fight for herself". She also happens to be the non-villain character who has what most resembles real superpowers.

Gideon had Todd prepped to be both a carrier of the one-up and the reactant to Subspace that trapped Ramona. Infection occured right when Scott headbutted Todd, as {{spoiler|Gideon was infected with it by Scott headbutting him in volume 6}}.

Similar to the Scott the Delusional Killer theory above, this one revolves around the premise of Scott perceiving things not as they really are. The aesop being that if you take life as a game, you'll screw it over many times and that unlike in a game, real life decisions are about consequences rather than scores and that you don't get a second chance. Of course, it then merrily becomes a [[Broken Aesop]] thanks to the {{spoiler|[[One 1-Up]]}}, but the rest stands: only when Scott started acting responsibly did he manage to break out of the situation his previous actions got him into.

* If he was a [[Jerk With A Hidden Heart Of Gold]] instead of an asshole, this would make sense, as the other six psychopaths would be taken care of even if the main goal of 'making them mature' didn't work.

Notice how people burst into coins just as people burst into glowing crystal when they get derezzed. Or the fact Scott has an evil doppleganger like Kevin Flynn does with Clu. Also notice how both of them have evil club owners; Castor and Gideon. Both of them feign being nice but are bad to the bone and use cane weapons. Both these evil club owners offer a drink to the portagonist. Or the fact that they have cold blonde hot women: Gem and Envy Adams. Both have some kind of chemistry with the main characters but work with the bad guys. Notice how Knives Chau has a similar haircut to Quora and both have some skill in martial arts. Or the fact that Chau and Scott fight side by side just like Quora and Sam. But aside from being similar in story and character elements both are clearly based on video games.

Due to the possibility of {{spoiler|Stephen Stills cheating on her with Kim's roomate Joseph during volume 4}}, she is definately a [[Woman Scorned]]. Add in that she was possibly expecting a "Team-Up" with the Katayanagi Twins 'till Scott killed them in volume 5 (And possibly {{spoiler|had and still might have a crush on him}}). This could make her into a [[Jerkass Woobie]] sort of [[Big Bad]] or alternatively a leader of a [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]] to help a future [[Big Bad]].

** Lucas Lee is Greed

** Lucas Lee is Greed

Scott Pilgrim notices this, and becomes wary, and Envy sees Scott’s wariness and becomes even more hurt. All the things she tried to do to secure his affections slowly begin to drive him away, and in her own pain, she starts taking over Scott’s band in an act of petty vengeance and cheats on him with another man. She is no longer the Natalie V. Adams who was a social and somewhat awkward recluse, but Envy Adams, aloof from the mere mortals.

Envy, after graduating from university, begins her music career. She is still plagued with her own insecurities, but meeting with Todd Ingram, again holds her issues at bay. Her happiness at Todd’s show of devotion by blowing up a giant crater on the Moon assures her that all will be okay, and that she finally has reached her happy ending. Her career blooms, and her band “The Clash at Demonhead” gains the attention of a certain wealthy and well-off producer named Gideon Graves.

Eventually, {{spoiler|Ramona leaves Gideon, using the Subspace Highway to leave Gideon behind. Her relationship with him was hell, and her realization of this entire relationship being some sort of sick experiment compels her to leave.}}

Scott Pilgrim wins his fight, and Wallace decides to use Scott Pilgrim to break Gideon Graves. He convinces Scott to break up with Knives in order to truly solidify Scott Pilgrim’s affections for Ramona (taking Knives out of Scott’s mind), and is the first one to tell Scott about Lucas Lee.

We all know that Ramona has her 7 evil exes, but let's look at Scott's.

* Envy: Went from hipster to horrible famous bitch after Scott. Is pretty much the epitome of every girl you hate.

* Knives: Went psycho and tried to kill everyone who got close to Scott romantically or was his enemy in an [[If I Can't Have You]] rage.

* After being dumped by Envy, Scott became kind of an asshole.

* Hurts people around him even if he doesn't see it.

* Was a complete ass to Knives

That can also explain why everyone kind of sucks in their own way. Everyone at that age in their lives has probably had a bad breakup, leading to them becoming an Evil Ex.

We all know that in our heads, we're far more bad ass than we really are. Same story with Scott. In his head, he's a [[Badass Abnormal]] who fights evil exes, saves "princesses", decodes an evil plot, has a ninja for an Ex, and everyone he meets has at the very minimum the potential for super powers. And yet, everyone is a pretty normal person aside from all that. No one exhibits weird alternate super hero personalities, because Scott is just picturing everyone in his head as they are with added bonus powers.

The powers he gives to the people around him vary on who there are as people. Knives was a ninja because he thought that she was cool enough and sneaky to be one; Todd got "vegan" psychic powers because Scott begrudgingly admired him for having the sheer brain and will power for giving up basically everything good in the food world; Mr. Chau was a knife wielding samurai because Scott was genuinely afraid of him; and the Twins got sound powers because of their huge DJ status.