Top 10 Scott Pilgrim Takes Off Moments

With Scott missing, it’s up to Ramona to take the role as lead character and figure out the mystery. Her search leads her to one of her evil exes, Roxy, and the two inevitably battle it out because there’s still a lot of bad blood between them. It’s a wild fight from start to finish with the two leaping between movie scene after movie scene. While the original battle between Roxy and Scott ended with her getting punched in the boob, this one has a more sentimental bow wrapped around it. Ramona actually apologizes for the way she treated Roxy and the two reconcile.

Scott’s sudden “death” in episode one certainly raised a lot of eyebrows, and while many of us were wondering what on earth happened, the show threw this ludicrous scene our way. All the main faces turn up here but it’s about as somber as you’d expect from this wacky adaptation. What little sentiment there was is thrown out the window when Scott’s Ex, Envy Adams, shows up. Then the singing starts. It’s not long before everyone forgets Scott’s even gone. Everyone except Ramona of course.

It’s gotta be said, the fight choreography in this show is insane. We only wish there was more of it! One of the standouts is when Lucas Lee turns his fists against the pesky ninja photographers that are plaguing the set of the Scott Pilgrim movie. Lee’s skateboard skills are on full display here as he drops pap after pap until pretty soon the set is flooded with coins. How this guy’s movie career is suffering we’ll never know because we couldn’t take our eyes off this scene!

The bizarre subplot of Scott’s life in the original timeline being adapted into a performance all culminates into this finale which sees all the leads turn up for the show. It’s Matthew Patel’s turn to take on the mantle of Scott and what little we see of this stage play had us begging for more. As it was originally pitched by the new Sex Bobomb formation of Stephen Stills and Knives Chau, it includes a few off-camera melodies depicting some of the events of the original series.
Best of all being the musical edition of Scott Pilgrim’s most iconic quote “bread makes you fat”.

If there’s one thing we wanted and the show delivered on, it was Wallace Wells being Wallace Wells. As he did in the comic book, he essentially serves as an agent of chaos; stirring rumors and throwing hilarious insults. His snark even earns the affections of Todd Ingram after he ends up starring as himself in the Scott Pilgrim movie. But over everything, Wallace once again proves himself to be an unconventional but great friend to Scott, even letting him live with him in the future. Kieran Culkin absolutely steals the show throughout.

With the relationship ending threat out of the way, it’s up to our characters to convene their normal lives, albeit with a few changes. Sex Bobomb is back together as a four member band. Wallace has found his new partner while traveling overseas. The evil exes are picking their lives back up again, including Lucas Lee who actually took Julie’s advice and started working at Second Cup… and was that a potential Kim Pines infatuation we picked up from him at the end of the scene? But honestly it’s those closing moments that got us.
Can you really call yourself a fan if you didn’t choke up the second you heard the first chords of Plumtree’s “Scott Pilgrim”? We’re still mad it cut off abruptly!

After a long absence from the show, we finally discovered the real reason why Scott disappeared. He was actually kidnapped by… himself. After the events of the original Scott Pilgrim timeline, Scott and Ramona got married but eventually fell out. This heartbreak leads to old Scott, now voiced by Will Forte, to concoct a plan so that he and Ramona never got together in the first place: kidnapping Scott so that he never fights the evil exes. It’s hard to believe Scott could ever sink this low and even harder to think that Ramona and Scott didn’t work out the way they should have.

One of the show’s highlights actually comes really early on in its run. When Matt Patel’s ego gets out of control after taking down Scott Pilgrim, he sets his sights on the throne of leader of the Evil Exes. What follows is possibly the most exciting battle in the show as we genuinely don’t know who’s going to win as they tussle around G-Man headquarters. Patel makes full use of his mystical powers, while Gideon powers through with whatever he can get his hands on. Shockingly though, it’s not the head honcho who walks out on top - it’s Patel. Thus begins the spiral of Gordon Goose…

When going into the show blind you’re treated to a near flawless adaptation of the first book.
Not to sound ungrateful, but if this is what the show could’ve been then we’d be overjoyed. Scott and Ramona’s first meeting… Their first date together at Hillcrest Park… The showdown with Matthew Patel… right up until that sudden twist it was pitch perfect. We’d be lying if I said it didn’t bring a tear to our eyes to see this comic book cultural touchstone finally come to life in animated form. Hey, it was nice when it lasted - maybe someday we’ll get that 1:1 adaptation we crave.

They were saving the best for last, that's for sure. When his plan to split his younger self away from Ramona falls apart, Future Scott comes back and this time he’s absolutely jacked, angry, and ready to throw down. It’s awesome to see the heroes teaming up with the league of exes to try to stop him. Alas it’s useless, and so Ramona and Scott are left to face him on their own.
Their desperate struggle to protect their love for one another is everything we love about the two come to life in the form of a beatdown.
Ultimately it’s up to Ramona to put a stop to the madness, and she does so in pretty dramatic fashion.

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