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# ''Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour'' (2010)
[[The Film of the Book|The film version]], ''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World]]'', was directed by [[Edgar Wright]] and starring [[Michael Cera]] and [[Mary Elizabeth Winstead]] and released on August 13, 2010. (The trailers can be viewed [http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/universal/scottpilgrimvstheworld/ here].)
[[Scott Pilgrim (video game)|It was also adapted into a side-scrolling beat-'em-up by Ubisoft]], with sprite work by Paul Robertson and music by [[Anamanaguchi]]. The author, Bryan Lee O'Malley, was heavily involved in both adaptations.
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** Gideon Graves can come off as this as long as you ignore the fact that his invitation to Scott was mostly to gloat.
** Matthew Patel sent a nice email letting Scott know in advance that he was coming, and explaining the situation.
* [[Anticlimax Boss]]: Lucas Lee. Scott asks Lucas to show off his skateboarding skills. Lucas wipes out and hits the curb. Scott wins by default.
** Scott even comments afterwards, "That was the worst fight ever!" - though it's mainly because he couldn't pick up the Mithril Skateboard Lucas leaves behind.
* [[Anti-Villain]]: The Evil Exes are mostly this (except for Gideon of course, and Todd), bordering between Type II and Type IV.
* [[Arc Number]]: 7. It becomes a little more obvious in Volume 6 (ironically) when {{spoiler|Gideon is revealed to have 7 exes of his own -- they're all innocent victims [[People Jars|sealed away in tubes]], but anyway... And when Gideon is finally defeated he explodes into $7,777,777.00 CAD}}.
** Gideon's initials are also all G's -- G is the seventh letter of the alphabet. (Though co-incidentially all three of his names are [[Number of the Beast|six letters long]]).
** Rotate Gideon's Triforce clockwise and it becomes three 7's instead of three G's.
* [[Appropriated Title]]: The adaptations take their name from ''Scott Pilgrim vs. The World'', the second book in the series.
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* [[Auto Erotica]]: It's revealed in volume 2 that Scott lost his virginity to Kim in the back of a car.
* [[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other]]: Near the end of volume 6, it's revealed that {{spoiler|Ramona spent her time away from Scott pretty much the exact same way he did -- by moping, slacking, and sleeping all day. Scott's friends declare them a perfect couple.}}
* [[Adults Are Useless|Authority Figures Are Useless]]: [[There Are No Therapists]]. [[There Are No Police|Or police.]] Professors have long since faded into the background. [[Adults Are Useless|Parents]] are pretty much useless, except for a vigilante ninja dad obsessed with "avenging" his daughter. Any sign of law, order, or stability is ''completely'' absent... which makes for a pretty entertaining [[World of Ham]], until you consider its [[Fridge Horror|nightmarish implications]]... which manifest themselves on-page, several times over.
** The Vegan Police, however, are fairly strict in [[Deus Ex Machina|enforcing their own little set of rules.]]
* [[Badass]]: [[World of Badass|Damn near everybody.]]
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* [[Basement Dweller]]: Sort of. Scott and Wallace's apartment is actually the basement of some house O'Malley was using as a model. [[Truth in Television|Truth In Comic Books]] in the real Toronto's college burbs.
** Scott begins playing this straight for a bit in volume 6.
* [[Bastard Boyfriend]]: Gideon. And Todd.
** {{spoiler|Scott may have been more of this than he previously thought, due to Gideon tampering with his memories. Especially in the case of Kim, when he beat up her current meek Asian boyfriend in order to go out with her back in high school.}}
*** Scott is also like this toward Knives, {{spoiler|with him dating her for very shallow reasons, then becoming emotionally unavailable for her the moment Ramona skates into his life, and then finally cheating on her and dumping her in a pretty dickish way.}}
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** Also Todd Ingram {{spoiler|right after being deveganized and right before Scott headbutts him to oblivion.}}
* [[Black and Grey Morality]]: It's pretty obvious from day one that Scott is kind of an asshole, but you still root for him, seeing as how his enemies, with one or two possible exceptions, are way more unpleasant than he is.
** And because Scott gradually grows out of being an asshole.
* [[Black Bra and Panties]]: Ramona is revealed to wear these in the first volume.
* [[Black Bug Room]]: {{spoiler|Gideon's money-maker is a basically a method to induce this chronically within a person.}} It has the added side-effect of allowing access to subspace.
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* [[Captain Obvious]]: Wallace is actually helpful most of the time, but once a fight actually starts..."Scott, watch out! I think that guy might be Gideon!"
** [[Stop Helping Me!|OKAY, THANK YOU WALLACE!]]
* [[Captain Ersatz]]: A hot chick who's [[Crazy Awesome|hyper capable]], uses head portals, dating the younger protagonist, and has [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|odd colored hair]] and a thing for [[The Goggles Do Nothing|goggles...]] Am I describing Ramona Flowers or [[FLCL|Haruko Haruhara]]? Or [[Tank Girl]]?
* [[Casanova]]: Scott and Ramona of course.
* [[Cast Full of Gay]]: Wallace Wells (and his various friends and sexual conquests), his boyfriend Mobile, Roxanne Richter, "Other Scott", Joseph, {{spoiler|Stephen Stills}}...
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{{quote|'''Stephen Stills''': Whatever, they ordered at 10:55. They're getting a salad.}}
** Played straight with Stephen Stills, who had his cooking moment with the vegan shepherd's pie scene in book 2, and is seen later working at the same restaurant as Scott and being complimented by customers for his cooking.
* [[Christmas Cake]]: Played straight in a bizarre fashion. In Vol. 4, Scott is sitting on a bench looking for some drink money right before he meets Lisa. Two girls walk by, one remarking that Scott is kind of cute, and the other responds, "Ew, he's like 25."
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Scott has shades of this from time to time.
{{quote|'''Wallace''': Can you be serious for ''one'' second?
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** Lampshaded several times: For example in Volume 2, when Ramona rips a metal pole off the ground to fight Knives, Stacey exclaims, "Are you crazy? You can't just tear up giant metal art objects like that!"
* [[Crazy Prepared]]: Gideon: "Yes! I had a sword built into Envy's dress in case of emergency! [[Invoked Trope|THAT'S JUST THE KIND OF GUY I AM!]]"
* [[Critical Existence Failure]]: Scott gets thrown through brick walls, beaten up by a giant robot, etc. and manages to come out relatively unscathed.
* [[Crossover]]: Scott makes a one panel cameo in another Oni Press graphic novel entitled PENG (which is NOT by Bryan Lee O'Malley, but rather by Corey Lewis, who also did the graphic novel series Sharknife, which takes place in the same continuity as PENG).
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Scott Pilgrim may be an idiot, but he's also the "best fighter in the province".
* [[Cryptically Unhelpful Answer]]: Ramona's "three or five evil exes". <ref>not ex-boyfriends</ref>
* [[Cue the Sun]]: At the end of volume 3.
* [[Dark Is Evil]]: Both Roxy and Envy dress in a dark, somewhat gothic-inspired style, the latter to accentuate her [[Femme Fatale]] persona.
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: {{spoiler|Nega-Scott. His purpose is to make Scott accept and learn from his mistakes instead of ignoring them all the time and going through a cycle. Rather than beat him up like the Exes, Nega-Scott is absorbed into Scott, so he can stop tuning out the negative impacts he had on Kim, Lisa, Envy, Knives, and finally, Ramona.}}
* [[Darkest Hour]]: In Volume 6, ironically titled "Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour"; the entire first half of the story is devoted to the aftermath of Scott's breakup with Ramona and his attempt to forget about his past and move on.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Just about everyone, but especially Kim Pine and, to a lesser extent, Wallace.
* [[Death Glare]]: Just about everyone in The Clash At Demonhead gives one to Knives when she tells them what a huge fan she is of them.
* [[Deface of the Moon]]: Todd Ingram punched two craters in the moon with his Vegan powers, one for Ramona and one for Envy.
* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: Some of Scott's insults take the form of [[Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs]].
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* [[Evil Diva]]: Envy Adams.
* [[Expressive Shirt]]: Scott's ''[[Dragon Quest]]'' slime T-shirt changes its expression as he does.
* [[Expy]]: Julie Powers, meet [[Daria]].
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: {{spoiler|For all of her insults towards Scott & Ramona in the preceding five volumes, Julie is visibly shocked & horrified when Gideon kills Scott & runs Ramona through with a katana, a reaction shared by Envy. Averted with Joseph, as he simply doesn't seem to care.}}
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: {{spoiler|Gideon for Scott. In the last volume, it is shown that he represses memories in the same fashion that Scott does, [[Self-Serving Memory|self-editing to favor himself]], and Scott recognizes the similarity, gaining the [[Cool Sword|Power of Understanding]] from it.}}
** To lesser degrees, Joel MacMillan [http://www.flickr.com/photos/radiomaru/4987451994/ ("sweat bands -- biting Scott's style?" "Note: Scott doesn't like him. Ask Scott about this [maybe]")] and Todd Ingram, both bassists for other bands.
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{{quote|'''Knives''': I'm a Scottaholic!}}
* [[Fan Service]]/[[Fetish Fuel]]: A few to count, namely the saucy romantic sessions Scott has with some of the girls as well as some fanservice scenes. The rather hot and heavy moment in Volume 5 and not to mention the part where he jumped into Ramona's mind. Although pre-art change Scott Pilgrim had at least one sex scene per volume, relatively work-safe of course
* [[Femme Fatale]]: Parodied with Ramona, Envy and Knives. Scott seems to be a magnet for the type. Though it should be noted that Envy and Knives didn't fit the trope when they first started dating Scott and only became that way later.
** "What kind of idiot would knowingly date a girl named [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Knives]]?"
* [[Fetish]]: Wallace has a ''big'' fetish for guys wearing glasses.
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* [[Homage]]: see [[Shout-Out]].
* [[Hotblooded Sideburns]]: One of Ramona's many hairstyles.
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: When Ramona gets annoyed about Scott staying with Lisa for a night, it turns out that {{spoiler|Roxanne}} stayed at her place for the night. She defends herself by saying that they didn't even make out that much.
** When Wallace is complaining about Scott calling him at work. You can see that he is playing solitaire on the computer.
* [[Idiot Hero]]
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* [[In the Name of the Moon]]: Scott gives Gideon a variation of this before defeating him once and for all.
* [[Invincibility Power-Up]]
* [[It Runs on Nonsensoleum]]: Defeating enemies causes them to explode into coins. Also, being a vegan gives one telekinesis.
{{quote|Stephen: "Uh... Hey. How does not eating dairy products give you psychic powers, anyway? I've been wondering."
Todd: "You know how you only use ten percent of your brain? Well, it's because the other 90 percent is filled up with curds and whey!"
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* [[Jack of All Stats]]: In the Free Comics Day comic, Scott tries to select drinks based on their stat boosts being complimentary.
* [[Jerkass]]: Todd Ingram qualifies as this one, as he is very insensitive towards people, claiming that because he is a rock star, he is better than other people. He even cheats on his girlfriend Envy Adams with the drummer of their band. To top it all off, he telekinetically throws Envy across the room when she confronts and lashes out at him over his infidelity. (Although to be fair, she ''did'' successfully [[Groin Attack]] him immediately before he did that.)
** Gideon Graves. [[Complete Monster|Gideon Graves]]. [[Overly Long Gag|GIDEON GRAVES.]] A manipulating, sexually domineering [[Living Doll Collector|creep]]. His first subtitle is even "Gideon Graves (31 Years old) Occupation: Asshole".
{{quote|Gideon stole {{spoiler|the Power of Love}}. What a dick.}}
*** Played with in the case of our almost [[Jerkass]] protagonist. Scott is undeniably likable and sympathetic, but a big part of the story is exposing and dealing with the fact that he's also kind of a dick.
** Julie Powers. Her main personality quirk is being an absolute bitch to everyone.
* [[Jerkass Woobie]]: Envy. Especially in Volume 6 after she reveals {{spoiler|that her and Scott's break-up was a mutual occurrence and Scott simply whitewashed his role in it out of the flashbacks seen by the reader in Volume 3}}.
* [[Jerk Jock]]: Subverted with Lucas Lee, who turns out to be quite the decent fellow, and is easily the [[Friendly Enemy|nicest]] of Ramona's evil exes, going so far as to offer to throw the fight (for a fee) when it becomes clear that Scott is completely outclassed. However, played completely straight with Todd (who, if he isn't a jock, at least ''dresses'' like one...)
** Until Scott accidentally pressed Lucas' [[Berserk Button]], that is...
{{quote|'''Lucas (calm):''' Okay, look. Give me all your money, and I'll let you live. I'll tell Gideon you beat me up.
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* [[Look Behind You!]]: When Scott is on a pay phone and gets creeped out when Knives starts describing his outfit to him. Turns out she happens to be standing nearby.
* [[Love Chart]]: The third book opens with one.
* [[Love Dodecahedron]]: Let's just say it would take more than half the page to properly explain everything.
* [[Love Makes You Evil]]: As evidenced by Ramona's seven evil exes. {{spoiler|This almost happens to Scott as well, but was averted through some [[Epiphany Therapy]] in Vol. 6.}}
** Subverted with Knives, who in Volume 2 appears to make a [[Face Heel Turn]] by ambushing Ramona in a jealous rage, but she later settles down and goes back to being simply [[Yandere (disambiguation)]].
* [[Magic Skirt]]: Averted. Ramona's skirt flies up and reveals her tights in one panel.
* [[Man Child]]: This is Scott's principle character flaw. While the first few books seem to embrace and even flatter his childishness, it's only upon looking back after reading the whole series and witnessing his entire character arc that you realize how harshly it was actually [[Deconstruction|mocking his immaturity]].
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* [[Medium Awareness]]
* [[Mecha-Mooks]]: The first two robots the Twins deploy against Scott.
* [[Mechanical Monster]]: The third robot the Twins send after Scott.
* [[Minus World]]: Spoofed in the video game.
* [[Mirror Match]]: Scott versus Nega-Scott.
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* [[Mistaken Identity]]: {{spoiler|Mr. Chau goes after Scott because Knives' aunt mentioned that she saw Knives dating a white guy (Young Neil) and he drew the wrong conclusion from her [[Stalker Shrine]].}}
** Scott: "'''[[Running Gag|GIDEON!!]]'''" *kicks someone who only resembles Gideon in the face*. ''Even his'' '''''own brother.'''''
* [[Mundane Fantastic]]: The story is a pretty normal, funny comic about relationships, until someone busts out the [[Functional Magic|mystical powers]] or [[I Know Karate|implausible kung-fu skills]], or uses your dreams as a [[Teleporters and Transporters|travel shortcut]].
* [[Mook Chivalry]]: Discussed.
* [[Money Spider]]: The villains explode in a shower of coins, for no apparent reason other than that's what happens when someone gets killed. Lampshaded when people comment on how it ends up being barely enough to handle cab fare, a coffee, etc.
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* [[Motivational Lie]]: Kim tells Scott one to help him beat the twins.
* [[My Friends and Zoidberg]]: The Boys and Crash.
* [[My Hair Came Out Green]]: When Knives dyes her hair after breaking up with Scott, it turns bright red.
{{quote|'''Knives''': It looks like my head is bleeding!
'''Tamara''': [[Comically Missing the Point|Your head is bleeding?]] }}
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* [[Olive Garden]]: Scott's fairly ridiculous impression of Italy. For one thing, he seems to think the Leaning Tower of ''Pisa'' is in Rome. Also qualifies as [[Anachronism Stew]].
* [[One Steve Limit]]: Averted. Lucas Lee/Lucas Wilson/Luke Wilson, much to Scott's confusion. There's also "Other Scott" and Ramona's cat Gideon.
* [[
* [[One-Winged Angel]]: {{spoiler|[[Shout-Out|Echoing]] the end of ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'', Gideon transforms into a sixty foot tall barely-clothed and brutishly muscular version of himself surrounded by his fawning (and brainwashed) ex-girlfriends. [[Anticlimax Boss|Scott literally headbutts him]] [[Brought Down to Normal|back to normal]] [[Anticlimax Boss|one page later]]}}.
** Also happens in the game, with the girls replaced with the heads of the other Evil Exes (or at least some of them).
* [[Only Six Faces]]: Many characters look very similar. Possibly [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] by Knives when she says she only went out with Young Neil because he looks exactly like Scott.
** This gets confusing when Ramona cuts/dyes her hair every so often (the book is in black and white).
*** Hell, not just Ramona, a lot of characters change hair styles between volumes.
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* [[Overprotective Dad]]: Knives' dad.
* [[Painting the Fourth Wall]]: Scott apparently learns that Knives has turned 18 the same way that the reader does: by reading the caption above her head.
* [[People Jars]]: {{spoiler|Gideon keeps his ex-girlfriends cryogenically frozen and hooked up to some sort of ominous-looking machine that he draws his power from. There are [[Arc Number|seven]] tubes attached to the machine. Six are occupied, one stands empty and waiting for Ramona}}.
* [[Papa Wolf]]: Mr. Chau.
* [[Phrase Catcher]]: "Gideon Graves: What A Dick."
* [[Pyrrhic Victory]]: The end of Volume 5. {{spoiler|Scott defeats the Twins but Ramona still leaves him.}}
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* [[The Power of Love]]: {{spoiler|In the form of a flaming sword...}}
** It might have protected Wallace, Jimmy, and those in the immediate vicinity from the effects of "Last Song Kills Audience" in book 1 as well.
*** The song isn't ''that'' good, usually it jut knocks the audience unconscious for a few minutes.
* [[Precision F-Strike]]: Perhaps surprisingly for a series about the relationships of a group of twentysomethings, there's almost no swearing in the series. When somebody ''does'' swear, you know that things are serious.
* [[Product Placement]]: Scott Pilgrim's three months of depression brought to you by the [http://turbo.inquisitr.com/wp-content/2009/10/psp_go-480x362.jpg PSP Go].
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* [[Psycho Ex-Girlfriend|Psycho Ex-Boyfriends]]: The League of Evil Exes, the antagonists of the series. ({{spoiler|[[The Smurfette Principle|Includes one]] [[Psycho Lesbian|girl]]!}})
** Gideon in particular seems to take rejection really badly, what with the whole {{spoiler|plot to cryogenically freeze his ex-girlfriends so he can date them at his leisure later.}}
** Knives gets [[Yandere (disambiguation)|a little psychotic]] for a while after Scott breaks up with her.
* [[Psychopathic Manchild]]: Gideon. His psychopath and manchild sides are quite firmly divided, and it's only near the end, {{spoiler|after he reveals his ex-girlfriend-containing [[People Jars]]}}, that they start to bleed together.
* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: <s>Luke Wilson</s> Lucas Lee. He seems like a genuinely nice guy, engages in small talk with the group, and even offers Scott some baby carrots and Ritz. Right after throwing him into Casa Loma's tallest tower. <ref>He's actually considered evil because he's [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?|a sellout]].</ref> <ref>Or... he sold out because he's evil....</ref>
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'''Ramona''': Uhhh... [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall|About thirty pages]] of {{spoiler|explosions and tidal waves.}} }}
* [[Real Life Writes the Plot]]: Bryan Lee O'Malley was dating an American woman (cartoonist/comic book creator Hope Larson, currently his wife) and in a garage band when he started the series.
* [[Red Herring]]: In volume two, Wallace shows Scott that Mobile taught him some psychic skills, making Scott think he could learn them as well to help him against Todd. {{spoiler|Turns out he never does. Instead [[Deus Ex Machina|the vegan police show up to strip Todd of his powers.]]}}
* [[Reference Overdosed]]: The comic, the film, and the video game all embody this trope magnificently.
* [[Refusal of the Call]]: Scott deletes all the messages that Matthew Patel sends him. Big mistake.
* [[Retcon]]: Simon Lee looks remarkably like Gideon in volume 2. Later, this is explained away as Gideon messing with Scott's memories... {{spoiler|except that he looks ''exactly the same'' in ''Kim's'' dream in the same volume, which never gets explained. Looks like the author's original intention was to make Simon and Gideon the same person, but he later changed his mind.}}
* [[Retraux]]... About that video-game, ''Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game'' is a curious case. It's about as old-school beat'-em-up as you can get. Featuring [[Chiptune|chiptunes (by Anamanaguchi)]], 8-bit spriting ,and so on. So much so that it's frequently likened to [[River City Ransom]], and/or [[Streets of Rage]]/[[Final Fight]], almost to the point of looking like a [[Spiritual Successor]] of them. This on a [[PlayStation 3]] (and [[Xbox 360]])... only. As a downloadable game. With none of the annoyances of a NES/SNES-era games. There is good reason to why a lot of people are interested in this one game. It's very much an old-school gamer's love letter.
* [[Rogues Gallery]]: Ramona's league of evil exes are part of Scott's rogue gallery. They are Matthew Patel, Lucas Lee, Todd Ingram, Roxie Richter, Kyle and Ken Katayanagi, and Gideon Graves. Envy Adams also serves as part of the rogue's gallery {{spoiler|for books 3 and 6, but makes a Heel Face Turn after realizing how much Gideon used her.}}
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* [[Sigil Spam]]: Gideon's triple G inverted Triforce logo appears all over the place in Volume 6. Scott even ends up sporting a triple G shirt (much to his chagrin) for the first round of his fight with Gideon.
* [[Single-Minded Twins]]: Kyle and Ken.
** A deliberate choice on their part; Ramona played them against each other, and they vowed to work in tandem forever after that.
* [[Single-Stroke Battle]]: At the end of the fourth book.
* [[The Slacker]]: Most of the characters, but especially Scott [[Up to Eleven|a slacker amongst slackers]]. He starts to change his ways, though, particularly in volume 4, "Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together".
* [[Slasher Smile]]: Near the end of volume 5, Scott's reflection in the mirror while brushing his teeth at Stephen Stills's place is split into a normal, tired-looking Scott, then this...
** Even better, that half is {{spoiler|Negascott, an embodiment of Scott's tendency to repress painful memories instead of learning from his mistakes}}.
* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]: Messed with, severely. It slides back and forth all over the place throughout the course of the series.
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: The video game adaptation could be considered as a love letter to Technos Japan Corp's [[River City Ransom|Kunio-Kun]] games.
* [[Spit Take]]: Scott does it after chugging an (alcoholic) drink at the Chaos Theatre.
* [[Stalker Shrine]]: Knives has one for Scott.
* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: A very common theme in this series.
** Most prominently displayed by Knives "I'm a Scottoholic!!!" Chau.
** And Scott.
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** The part in Volume 4 when {{spoiler|Scott sees Nega-Scott, a darker, more malevolent version of himself, after he learns that Roxanne, Ramona's evil ex-girlfriend, had been staying over at Ramona's apartment could have been this, but gets subverted as he quickly disperses it and goes back.}}
*** {{spoiler|He confronts it again in Vol 6, realizing it's his own repression working against him and trying to fight it only makes it worse. After he comes to terms with himself and decides to stop running from painful memories, it stops attacking him.}}
** {{spoiler|Gideon}}'s is exposited near the end of Volume 6. {{spoiler|He always was a bit of a brilliant but psychologically-stunted prick, but when Ramona dumped him, he went right out of his mind. He then went on a bender and posted a drunken ranting ad on Craigslist, which was then discovered by the other six exes.}}
* [[Stealth Pun]]: Ramona's [[Bag of Holding]]. Gee, you think this girl's got a lot of baggage? {{spoiler|It's destroyed in the climactic showdown with Gideon, showering its contents everywhere. Afterward, Ramona isn't interested in gathering up her old stuff. It's hard not to interpret it as a good sign for her relationship with Scott.}}
** How can one describe Scott's fight with Matthew Patel? {{spoiler|An Indian versus a Pilgrim.}}
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{{quote|'''Stephen Stills:''' '''''Five!''' Add the fake meat stuff! '''Six!''' Add the gravy stuff! '''Eight!''' Add some soymilk and stir so everything's a bit saucy!''}}
* [[Straight Gay]]: Wallace (who is the most prominent gay character shown) but also his boyfriend Mobile, his friend "Other Scott", Hollie's roommate Joseph, and his new boyfriend {{spoiler|[[Suddenly Sexuality|Stephen Stills]]}}.
* [[Strange Minds Think Alike]]: Ramona going on a "wilderness sabbatical."
{{quote|'''Wallace:''' You see, Scott? WILDERNESS!}}
*** Though in truth, Ramona spent most of her time at her dad's house, watching old X-Files episodes on the internet.
** The entire gang of evil exes all agreeing to the idea of killing Scott so that they can have Ramona is a darker version of this trope.
*** This could be the result of Gideon's manipulations, though.
* [[Stylistic Suck]]: Scott's terrible song that he writes for Ramona and sings for her on the bus. Most of the lyrics are ... "Ramona".
* [[Subspace or Hyperspace]]: Subspace is some kind of realm that connects different locations in the world as well as providing pathways into peoples' dreams. They don't teach it in Canadian schools.
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** "Would ''you '''LOOK AT YOURSELF!''"'''
* [[Those Two Guys|Those Two Girls]]: Sandra and Monique.
* [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]]: Very much averted, as Scott has absolutely no issues with causing humans to explode into coins, even ones who are at his mercy.
** Considering that Scott Pilgrim runs on video game logic, it makes perfect sense. Has Mario ever felt guilty about stomping on Goombas?
* [[Tomboyish Sidetails]]: Ramona has them.
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** None of the characters have verbal tics when they're in denial. <small>Yes they do.</small>
* [[Verb This]]: Envy while fighting Ramona.
* [[The Verse]]: Kim Pine started out as a character in series of comic strips that started years before ''Scott Pilgrim'' debuted.
** To clarify, Bryan Lee O'Malley did three short comic strips called "Style" which featured characters named Kim Pine and Lisa Miller. You can read them at his site under "Best of My Online Comics" [http://radiomaru.com/ here]. The Kim Pine and Lisa Miller in the "Style" strips look NOTHING like their Scott Pilgrim namesakes, and aren't really given distinct personalities, so they are probably better classified as Proto-Kim and Proto-Lisa, much like rabbits from Warner Bros. cartoons from the late 1930s predating the 1940 [[Tex Avery]] directorial effort "A Wild Hare" are considered prototypes for [[Bugs Bunny]].
** Also, Scott made a cameo in Corey Lewis's graphic novel PENG, which is in continuity with Lewis's series Sharknife.
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** When Lynette punched the highlights out of Knives' hair, she was so badly (and socially) injured that a doctor said she will never be cool again.
** Another is when Wallace and Kim dance in the beach at book four. Kim was smiling.
** The third volume's cover art was going to be the main characters standing in the middle of Toronto, the fourth volume's cover art was going to feature Lisa Miller winking in a blue fluffy background, and the fifth volume's cover art was going to be Ramona in a pink sweater looking down at the ground on an empty white background.
* [[What Does She See in Him?]]: Various [[Deadpan Snarker]] characters question how Scott attracts these girls. Honestly, it's a good question.
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: Volume 6: The "greatest day" of Young Neil's life was when {{spoiler|Scott simply called him "Neil".}} ...Kinda sad, isn't it?
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*** Or maybe {{spoiler|Scott just felt weird introducing him as Young Neil because Stacey is}} ''{{spoiler|even younger.}}''
* [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?]]: Averted with Scott gaining a flaming sword from the power of love and {{spoiler|the power of understanding, a frigging big [[Bleach]]-like sword}}.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]:
{{quote|'''Scott''': Are you okay now?
'''Envy''': Am I...? You just headbutted my best friend so hard he ''burst,'' Scott. }}
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** {{spoiler|If she's one of Ramona's evil exes and trying to cut him to pieces, he ''will'' [[Diagonal Cut|use a sword]] on her, though. Well, after leveling up.}}
* [[Write Who You Know]]: By O'Malley's own admission, Scott's life is based on the lives of [[Author Avatar|himself]], his wife, and his peers when he was a young twentysomething. He was in a garage band, obsessed with video games, and fell in love with (and eventually married) an American woman who had several ex-boyfriends whom he jokingly thought were all in some kind of League together.
* [[X Meets Y]]: [[Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist]] meets [[Friends]] meets [[No More Heroes]] and [[River City Ransom]].
** Alternately, [[Blue Monday]] meets [[Love Hina]] meets [[Super Mario Brothers]] meets [[Kill Bill]]. Really.
** Or maybe it could be viewed as [[Chasing Amy]] (with no cursing and less prominent homosexual themes) meets ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]''.
*** And Book 6 adds a hefty dash of [[Revolutionary Girl Utena|Utena]] into the mix.
** It's like [[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?|Roger Rabbit]] for video game nerds.
** [[FLCL]] meets [[Final Fight]]: With its fast pace, mile-a-minute pop culture references, and how Ramona Flowers resembles Haruko in her appearance, fighting skills, and nasty disposition.
** Probably the most accurate description of the series can found at [http://www.amazon.com/review/R1R98Y867NZW54/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B003L20IDS&nodeID=&tag=&linkCode= this review of the film at Amazon]: "Picture Tenacious D, Kick-Ass, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Clerks, and Kung-Fu Hustle having an orgy on top of a pile of old Nintendo Power magazines, and you'll have some idea of what to expect when you see Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. SOME. "
* [[Yandere (disambiguation)]]: Knives didn't take her break up with Scott too well. It's normal to stalk your ex and attack his new girlfriend with daggers, right? Right? Hello? Is this thing on?
* [[You Fight Like a Cow]]: Ramona says the line, [[Monkey Island|verbatim,]] in a fight with Knives.
{{quote|'''Knives''': But look at your face! I totally [[Stealth Pun|grazed]] you!<br />
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