The Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World movie is based off of the comic series of the same name, which follows titular protagonist Scott Pilgrim as he fights off seven Evil Exes from his new girlfriend’s past. However, due to the series having a grand total of 6 volumes and the fact that the final book was released after the film was finished shooting, the movie made many noticeable changes.
While the first half of the movie is virtually identical to the comics, it introduces some major plot changes after Scott Pilgrim defeats the first of Ramona Flowers’ Exes. Despite their differences, both the film and the comics are fun video-game inspired experiences.
10 Changed: Scott Jumps Out Of A Window To Avoid Knives Chau
In easily the most iconic scene in the movie, Scott asks his roommate, Wallace Wells, to answer the door for him. As Wallace tells Knives that Scott’s not home, Scott dives out of the window in the background. Wallace closes the door a little more, although Knives obviously saw and heard Scott throwing himself through glass. Even worse, it’s still immediately apparent that Scott is there, since he reaches back in to grab his coat. This scene wasn’t in the comics, but it does an excellent job of showing how much Scott wants to avoid confronting her.
9 Straight Out Of The Comics: Scott Brags About Dating Knives Before Losing Interest
Scott is first seen bragging about his high school girlfriend to his fellow band members, and they make fun of him for it. Scott seems invested in the relationship at first, bringing Knives to rehearsal and making her into a fan of their band.
However, the relationship doesn’t last long, as he soon meets and falls for Ramona Flowers. Before breaking up with Knives, he starts to emotionally distance himself, and even starts to date Ramona. Eventually his friends convince him to break it off, which he does…right after Knives tells him she loves him.
8 Changed: Lucas Lee Has A Stunt Team
Lucas Lee, an actor and a professional skateboarder, is Ramona’s second Evil Ex. In the comics, Scott takes the initiative to confront and fight Lucas, but is promptly thrown into a building. Lucas is nice enough to offer a break, during which the two talk and Lucas reveals that Ramona cheated on him. He offers to let Scott go for some money, but Scott refuses.
In the movie, Scott goes to Lucas’ film set without knowing his identity. Lucas still throws him into a building in this version, but he’s much more merciless, as he has his stunt team fight Scott for him. He also offers Scott a break, but he uses the opportunity to get a cheap shot in.
7 Straight Out Of The Comics: Knives Dyed Her Hair After Seeing Scott With Ramona
In both versions, Knives catches Scott with Ramona when she’s looking in on them through a window. She doesn’t take it well at all, rushing to get some hair dye and complaining about Ramona to her sister. She dyes a portion of her hair while continuously calling Ramona fat and old. This, coupled with her decision to date Neil Nordegraf, was an attempt to make Scott jealous. However, the plan didn’t work, as Scott was only mildly surprised.
6 Changed: Todd Ingram Didn’t Know Gelato And Chicken Parmesean Weren’t Vegan
In the comics, Todd Ingram was even more terrible than his cinematic counterpart. He went to Vegan College to gain his psychic powers, but this power combined with his rock star status made him feel that he could do anything he wanted to.
He cheated on his girlfriend, used the same tactic of punching a crater in the moon on Envy and Ramona, and violated his vegan diet. This resulted in the loss of his powers. In the movie, Todd had no idea gelato and chicken parmesean weren’t vegan, making him less of a malicious cheater and more of a dunce.
5 Straight Out Of The Comics: Ramona’s First Ex Attacks Scott During Sex Bob-Omb’s Performance
Matthew Patel was the first of Ramona’s Evil Exes to come after Scott. He sends Scott an email warning him about the seven exes that he’d have to defeat, but Scott quickly gets bored and deletes the email. Matthew bursts into the club where Scott’s band is playing and challenges Scott there, much to Scott’s confusion. He flies into a rage upon learning that Scott did not read his email and summons Demon Hipster Chicks to fight with him.
4 Changed: Scott Doesn’t Make Mr. Chau Fight Roxie Richter
Mr. Chau is a character who exists only in the comics, failing to make any appearance in the film. In the comics, he pursues Scott with a sword, fueled by anger that Scott is still supposedly dating Knives, but Scott tricks him into fighting Roxie, who was defeated by both Ramona and Scott early on in the film. Scott confesses his love to Ramona and unlocks his Power of Love sword, which he uses to fight and defeat Roxie, who explodes into fluffy animals instead of coins. In the film, Scott unlocks this perk during his climactic fight with Gideon Graves.
3 Straight Out Of The Comics: Lucas Lee Destroyed Himself Doing A Skateboard Trick
After realizing that he could not defeat Lucas Lee in a fair fight, Scott noticed a nearby staircase rail. He decided to ask Lucas to show him a skateboard trick, which Lucas claims would be impossible. After some pressure from Scott, though, Lucas takes up the challenge and grinds down the rail on his skateboard. Unfortunately for him, he accelerates so fast that he explodes into coins, clinching Scott’s victory. Scott’s only regret was that he wasn’t able to get an autograph first.
2 Changed: The Katayanagi Twins Have A Much Smaller Role
Kyle and Ken Katayanagi are twins who both dated Ramona at the same time, making them the last opponents Scott has to defeat before he confronts Gideon. In the comics, they control various robots, which they send after Scott. They even kidnap Kim Pine after they realize that she’s Scott’s friend, but Scott manages to beat the both of them on his own.
In the film, the twins have far fewer lines and fight Sex Bob-omb in an amp versus amp battle, and their summoned dragons are defeated by the giant monster summoned by Scott’s music.
1 Straight Out Of The Comics: Scott Meets Ramona In A Subspace In His Head
Scott first meets Ramona in a dream, and when he sees her in real life, he tells her this. This initially scares her off, but they eventually clear up the misunderstanding. It turns out Ramona uses the Subspace Highway that exists in Scott’s head because it gets her from place to place in an instant, making it ideal for her job delivering packages. Over the course of both the film and the comics, they continue using this as a means to travel.
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