Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Character Analysis: Scott Pilgrim

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Background


Scott Pilgrim is kind of a loser. He lives in Canada and mooches off his roommate Wallace. At the beginning of his story he’s dating a highschooler named Knives (because wanted an easy relationship after a terrible breakup with a prior girlfriend) and doesn’t have a job.


The majority of his series centers around a potential new romantic relationship with a girl named Ramona. Scott actually cheats on Knives with Ramona, before breaking up with her formally.


Scott also has to fight all of Ramona’s “evil exes” before he can fully form a relationship with her. These exes include 7 individuals whom Ramona dated and dumped throughout her life.


It’s also revealed that Scott has himself wronged several women and has been repressing his memories of his past mistakes to avoid confronting them. Scott eventually reconciles this aspect of himself by fighting the personification of his evil self, Nega Scott.


At the end of his story Scott defeats all of Ramona’s evil exes, undergoes more character development and they seemingly have a happy ever after.


That said, in the recent anime reboot of the series the story continues, sorta. In the anime Scott is seemingly killed during his fight against the first evil ex Matther Patel.


It’s later revealed that Scott was brought into the future by an older version of himself. This older version of Scott aimed to use time travel to prevent his younger self from ever getting together with Ramona. Supposedly, Older Scott’s relationship with Ramona failed at some point.

  • Anime ep 7 1:00 Scott is flung into the future 

  • Anime ep 7 3:59 Scott was brought into the future by his future self 

  • Anime ep 7 6:30 Scott has his potential future explained by his older self. He’s told that his relationship with Ramona doesn’t work out. 

  • Anime ep 7 13:06 Older Scott sends a robot back in time to capture his younger self 

  • Anime ep 8 8:50 Older Scott is mad Ramona and Scott are still together  


After a battle with his Older self, Scott again reconciles with Ramona, and the series end on a happy note. 

  • Anime ep 8 17:56 Ramona fuses with her older self and reconciles with Older Scott 

  • Anime ep 8 24:33 Scott and Ramona continue their relationship 

Abilities

Reversal

A block and counter move.


Sliding punch

A sliding punch attack.


Whirlwind Kick 

A whirlwind kick.


Juggle

A jumping combo punch attack


Energy manipulation

Scott can seemingly harness some form of life energy and utilize it during attacks.

  • Anime ep 8 13:49 Older Scott has an aura of energy around him   


Energy Uppercut

A powerful energy uppercut.


Energy projectiles

Nega Scott can fire energy projectiles. Scott should be able to do the same.


Energy shield

Scott and his allies can generate energy shields.


The Glow

The glow is a government weapon created by gideon graves. It can be used to trap those infected within an alternate reality known as subspace(which intersects with the subconscious of normal people). Some characters can control it to enter subspace as a retreat tactic.


Teleportation

Older Scott in the anime was able to teleport himself or others. 

  • Anime ep 8 7:06 A warp portal opens pulling Scott, Ramona and their allies inside 

  • Anime ep 8 8:16 Even older Scott pulled Scott and his allies into a battle arena 

  • Anime ep 8 12:00 Older Scott teleports 

  • Anime ep 8 14:10 Older Scott creates a blast of energy that sends Scott’s allies back to their original time placement 


Arsenal


Extra life

A video game extra life power up. In the comic books it can instantly revive Scott from death. In the movie it can rewind an entire battle, allowing Scott to redo a fight with prior knowledge.


Guitar 

A guitar used by Scott to play in his band. It can be used as a melee weapon and can even project energy. When played with other members of Scott’s band it can summon an energy avatar of a monster.


The power of love

A flaming sword created by the love Scott feels for Ramona. It can create sword beams and heal wounds like impalation.


The power of self respect 

A sword Scott earns in the movie after deciding he needed to fight Gideon graves not for Ramona, but for himself.

  • Movie 1:39:21 Scott earns the power of self respect 


The Power of understanding

A broadsword Scott earned after understanding the motivations of Gideon Graves.


Misc melee weapons

Feats


Strength


Speed


Endurance

Scaling

It’s shown in the recent anime series that an older Scott can eventually take on and defeat all the major characters in the series single handedly. This implies Scott overall is one of the strongest characters in the series. The anime also states every evil Ex is stronger than the last and Scott defeated most of them outright in his original series.

Experience

General


Comic


Game


Game

  • Anime ep 8 11:40 Scott and Ramona fight Older Scott 

  • Anime ep 8 14:50 Scott holds his own against Older Scott 


Movie

  • Movie 31:18 Scott fights Matts 

  • Movie 47:36 Scott fights Lucas Lee and his stunt doubles 

  • Movie 1:04:47 Scott fights Todd 

  • Movie 1:17:14 Scott fights Roxy. Scott is punched into and bends some steel rafters  

  • Movie 1:39:50 Scott fights Gideon

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2 comments:

  1. RodrigoDecember 7, 2023 at 5:34 AM

    Now Scott scales to Todd...

    Then the VS Travis boat hasn't sailed yet!

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  2. CoolDecember 16, 2023 at 6:58 AM

    WE ARE SEX BOB-BOMB!!!

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