Ultra Death Battle and Screwattack blogs: Character Analysis: Scott Pilgrim

Background

A young Canadian man in his mid 20s. Scott is kind of an asshole and spends most of his storyline trying to resolve a pseudo love triangle between himself, a girl he dated briefly named Knives and the Enigmatic Ramona Flowers. With Scott having essentially cheated on Knives with Ramona while they were still going out.

Scott is dating Knives https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Scott-Pilgrim/Issue-1?id=19830#6 Scott meets Ramona https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Scott-Pilgrim/Issue-1?id=19830#52
Scott asks Ramona out https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Scott-Pilgrim/Issue-1?id=19830#74
Scott is a scumbag who still dates knives while wanting Ramona https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Scott-Pilgrim/Issue-1?id=19830#111 https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Scott-Pilgrim/Issue-1?id=19830#112
Scott admits to cheating on knives with ramona https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Scott-Pilgrim/Issue-5?id=19836#104

This kind of sets up a drama about Ramona and Scott’s relationship, where it’s shown he’s kind of been a dick to the previous woman in his life and has to re-examine his behavior as it’s shown that Ramona also has several “evil exes” he has to fight for her love. As well as the fact he’s kind of a mooch off the people around him.

Scott broken after breaking up with Envy https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Scott-Pilgrim/Issue-3?id=19832#21
It’s implied Scotts been a jerk to multiple woman https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Scott-Pilgrim/Issue-3?id=19832#34
Ramona explains her evil ex Matt https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Scott-Pilgrim/Issue-1?id=19830#132
Scott is told he needs to defeat Ramona’s evil exes https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Scott-Pilgrim/Issue-1?id=19830#147
Scott’s roommate Wallace pays for everything https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Scott-Pilgrim/Issue-1?id=19830#12
Scott doesn’t have a job https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Scott-Pilgrim/Issue-1?id=19830#81

This culminates in him realizing a lot of his own flaws and merging with “Nega Scott”, an evil counterpart of himself that contained repressed memories of his own negative actions towards other people.

Scott’s Hazyness with his memories is first hinted at https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Scott-Pilgrim/Issue-3?id=19832#84
Scoot’s inconsistencies with his memories is shown https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Scott-Pilgrim/Issue-6?id=19837#72
Scott merges with Nega Scott and regains his memories https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Scott-Pilgrim/Issue-6?id=19837#89

As well as eventually fixing his relationship with Knives, Ramona and others, before moving forward with his relationship with Ramona specifically.

Scott and Ramona end up together https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Scott-Pilgrim/Issue-6?id=19837#239

Abilities

Special attacks

Scott has two special attacks in his game. Including a sliding punch and a powerful upwards energy punch.

Scott has an upwards energy punch https://youtu.be/LX460GDVem4?t=1
Scott has a sliding punch https://youtu.be/LX460GDVem4?t=4

The glow

The glow is a biological weapon created by the character Gideon Graves. It essentially causes characters to fade into a location called subspace, a parallel dimension that runs parallel with people's subconscious. Carries of the glow can pass it onto others.

Scott exhibits the glow https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Scott-Pilgrim/Issue-6?id=19837#74
Ramona enters subspace via the glow https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Scott-Pilgrim/Issue-5?id=19836#141
It’s stated you can ride the glow into subspace https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Scott-Pilgrim/Issue-6?id=19837#159
It’s stated Gideon made the glow, a weapon that seals people in thier own head https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Scott-Pilgrim/Issue-6?id=19837#160
Caries of the glow can pass it onto others https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Scott-Pilgrim/Issue-6?id=19837#218

Subspace

As previously stated subspace is a parallel dimension that runs parallel to peoples subconscious. It’s possible to enter people's dreams through it or travel long distances near instantly via it. While it’s possible to enter subspace via the glow, doors to subspace also exist in several places in the real world.

Ramona’s goes through Scotts head in subspace https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Scott-Pilgrim/Issue-1?id=19830#36

Ramona in Scotts dreams again https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Scott-Pilgrim/Issue-1?id=19830#71

Scott Travels into a subspace door and sees part of Ramona's mind https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Scott-Pilgrim/Issue-4?id=19835#157

Scott and Ramon travel through a subspace door https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Scott-Pilgrim/Issue-1?id=19830#86 #background

Entrances to subspace just exist in multiple places https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Scott-Pilgrim/Issue-4?id=19835#114

Energy projection

Scott Pilgrim characters can project energy in the form of barriers and/or create giant animal energy constructs via sound waves.

Scott and his friends create a barrier https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Scott-Pilgrim/Issue-1?id=19830#139
Scott and co are able to form a giant monster with music to fight the twins https://youtu.be/gTdoIAGgOLg?t=252

Arsenal

Power of love

A flaming sword Scott earned after realizing his love for Ramona. It can heal wounds and create sword beams.

Scott levels up and gets the power of love, a flaming sword https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Scott-Pilgrim/Issue-4?id=19835#181
The power of love can heal wounds https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Scott-Pilgrim/Issue-6?id=19837#190
Scott uses the power of love, which can make sword beams. https://youtu.be/dtW6SVHw57A?t=4987
Scott earns the power of love and uses it to fight Gideon https://youtu.be/tPzqLqBF8GU?t=140

Power of Self respect

A more powerful blue flaming sword Scott gained in the movie after realizing his own internal self-respect.

Scott earns the power of self respect https://youtu.be/_7vyrudcgOQ?t=68

Power of understanding

Scott’s most powerful weapon. He gained it after coming to understand Romona’s evil Ex Gideon and realizing how his own toxic behavior was similar. It’s a giant cleaver sword.

Scott gains the power of understanding, a giant cleaving sword https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Scott-Pilgrim/Issue-6?id=19837#197
Ramona and Scott perform an X slash https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Scott-Pilgrim/Issue-6?id=19837#207

Extra life

An extra life. It can revive Scott from death. In the movies it also rewinds time to before when a fight first occurred.

Scott gets an extra life https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Scott-Pilgrim/Issue-3?id=19832#166
Scott uses his extra life to revive https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Scott-Pilgrim/Issue-6?id=19837#141
Scott can hold up to 9 lives in the game https://youtu.be/dtW6SVHw57A?t=5048
Scott uses his one up, allowing him to go back in time and fight Gideon a second time https://youtu.be/_7vyrudcgOQ?t=6

Feats

Strength

Scott kicks a person dozens of feet away https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Scott-Pilgrim/Issue-2?id=19831#27
Scott kicks a person dozens of feat away https://youtu.be/BitByGeWGxU?t=178
Scott can survive being hit by meteors summoned by Gideon https://youtu.be/dtW6SVHw57A?t=4865

Speed

Scott hits Matt 64 times in rapid succession https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Scott-Pilgrim/Issue-1?id=19830#128
Scott hits Roxy despite her moving faster than sight https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Scott-Pilgrim/Issue-4?id=19835#94
Scott can dodge meteors summoned by Gideon https://youtu.be/dtW6SVHw57A?t=4865
Scott fights a giant subspace Gideon. He can also dodge lightning summoned by him https://youtu.be/dtW6SVHw57A?t=4987
Scott jumps dozens of feet into the air and fights Matt https://youtu.be/RFopPccCcMY?t=187

Endurance

Scott is thrown into the side of a building by Lucas Lee https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Scott-Pilgrim/Issue-2?id=19831#111
Todd blows up a convenience store with Scott in it https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Scott-Pilgrim/Issue-3?id=19832#72
Lucas throws Scott into the side of a building https://youtu.be/YyFGnad27yw?t=82
Scott is knocked through several walls https://youtu.be/7Dj-kwDTisg?t=358
Scott is hit into some metal girders, bending them while fighting Roxy https://youtu.be/lifFRKLNMkU?t=176

Scaling

Scott is “generally” the best fighter in the series bar a few characters, so he should reasonably scale their feats.

Lucas Lee dies from crashing into the ground at over 309 kmph https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Scott-Pilgrim/Issue-2?id=19831#120
Knives jumps between multiple balconies https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Scott-Pilgrim/Issue-2?id=19831#146
Knives father cuts a bus in half https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Scott-Pilgrim/Issue-4?id=19835#67
Roxy cuts through a train https://youtu.be/dtW6SVHw57A?t=2519
Lucas dies from crashing at 306 mph https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyFGnad27yw

Scott also “could hypothetically” scale to Todd, one of Ramona’s evil exes. Though this is dubious as he’s shown to be stronger than Scott physically in all their encounters and he only beat him via deus ex machina. Granted they can fight directly in the game.