Scott Pilgrim
Scott Pilgrim is a series of graphic novels by Canadian author and comic book artist Bryan Lee O'Malley. The original edition of the series consists of six digest size black-and-white volumes, released between August 2004 and July 2010, by Portland-based independent comic book publisher Oni Press. It was later republished by Fourth Estate, an imprint of HarperCollins. Full-colour hardback volumes, coloured by Nathan Fairbairn, was released from August 2012 to April 2014. The series revolves around the titular Scott Pilgrim, a slacker and part-time musician who lives in Toronto and plays bass ‍in a band. He starts a tentative romance with American delivery girl Ramona Flowers, but soon discovers that Ramona harnessed the power of subspace that has granted her superhuman abilities, and that her seven supervillain exes also hold this power. In order to date her in peace, Scott must also wield this power and defeat her exes in combat after they are manipulated into targeting Scott by the most recent ex, Gideon Graves, forcing both Scott and Ramona to come to terms with their respective pasts, relationships, and behaviors. The Scott Pilgrim series received highly positive reviews and boasts a large fanbase. A film adaptation of the series titled Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, directed by Edgar Wright, was released in August 2010. A video game adaptation developed by Ubisoft for PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade was released the same month. An animated series adaptation titled Scott Pilgrim Takes Off is set to release on Netflix in November 2023, with the cast of the 2010 film reprising their roles, O'Malley writing the script, and Wright serving as an executive producer. Because each adaptation in the franchise covers the same story as the graphic novels, but with slight changes between each of them, Scott Pilgrim has been widely discussed as an example of transmedia storytelling. Development

Creator Bryan Lee O'Malley was inspired to create the series and eponymous character of Scott Pilgrim after listening to Canadian band Plumtree's 1998 single "Scott Pilgrim", a song then-Plumtree singer Carla Gillis describes as "positive, but...also bittersweet." In particular, O'Malley was inspired by the lyric, "I’ve liked you for a thousand years." O'Malley wanted to write a shōnen-style comic book series, although he had only read one such series at the time, Ranma ½; in the early 2000s, Japanese manga had not yet achieved significant popularity in North America. O'Malley gained inspiration from the book Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga by Koji Aihara and Kentaro Takekuma. In 2002, O'Malley's roommate, who worked in a comic book store, brought the book to him while O'Malley was working on Lost at Sea and was planning Scott Pilgrim. Upon reading the book O'Malley realized that, despite the satirical tone, it could be an effective guide to how the Japanese comic book industry worked. O'Malley said that Ranma ½ was the strongest influence and Atsuko Nakajima, the character designer of the Ranma ½ anime and other anime, was an influence to a lesser extent. He added that the "exploded page layouts" of Koudelka, a work by Yuji Iwahara, directly influenced the "full-bleed layouts" of Scott Pilgrim. O'Malley said that Osamu Tezuka began influencing his work as he created Volumes 3 and 4. He said, "You can see his influence start to creep in here and there but he's a larger inspirational figure to me than just his drawing style." In regards to the FLCL anime, O'Malley said that while it was an influence, it was "not as much of a direct influence on Scott Pilgrim as people seem to think." O'Malley used black and white because it was less expensive than creating the series in color, and so O'Malley said that he "embraced the B&W manga aesthetic". When writing the series, O'Malley's first step was developing the direction of the story by creating notes in notebooks, sketchbooks, and computer text files. His second step was to create an outline. His third step was to write a script. His fourth step was to develop thumbnails. His final step was to develop the finished comic book page. To ink, O'Malley usually used brushes, including No. 2 and No. 3 brushes. He mostly used computers to build the screentone; he stated that he encountered difficulty finding screentone in North America. O'Malley himself created most of the Scott Pilgrim material. When production on Volume 6 had begun, O'Malley had hired two assistants. The backgrounds in Volume 6 are more detailed than the backgrounds in the previous volumes (O'Malley said that "[m]ost fans don't seem to notice the change"). O'Malley stated that he wanted to create a "hybrid" work that received inspiration from American and Japanese comics, and that he "wanted to reach towards the japanese comics from my own starting point." When asked if he considers Scott Pilgrim to be a manga, O'Malley responded by saying "Um… No, I think I was just thinking about that today. I guess I was just thinking about the whole OEL thing. I think it's influenced… I like the term 'manga-influenced comics,' but I only like it because no one else likes it." O'Malley said that he expected Scott Pilgrim to sell around 1,000 copies. He did not expect the series to sell millions of copies and to produce a film adaptation. O'Malley cited the United States comics industry and how it differs from the Japanese comics industry; the United States comic book companies specialize in superhero comics and many newer concepts originate from underground comics. The United States also lacks weekly and monthly comic book magazines and American comic companies generally do not have the system of story editors and assistants that Japanese comic companies have. O'Malley said that the most difficult portion of Scott Pilgrim to write was the ending. O'Malley deliberately did not consider constructing the ending until he began writing Volume 5. He intended for Volumes 5 and 6 to reflect one single story, with 5 being the "darkest hour" and 6 being "the redemption arc." O'Malley said "there was a lot of stuff to juggle, a lot of plot lines to tie up, and I just had to try and focus on the stuff that mattered most in the time I had." In addition, he wanted to create an ending that would "compete[...] a little" with the ending of the film version; he was aware of "how BIG the finale was". About the ending, O'Malley said, "I think the stuff with the girls and the relationships works pretty well and the stuff with Gideon and the glow is weaker. But hey, some people love it warts and all, and it's not like I'm gonna go back and change it." To illustrate his reasoning for eventually ending the Scott Pilgrim series, O'Malley used a quote from famed Belgian comics writer and artist Hergé, creator, writer, and illustrator of the well-regarded The Adventures of Tintin comic book series, from 1929 until his death in 1983. Hergé told his wife, "And right now, my work makes me sick. Tintin is no longer me. And I must make a terrible effort to invent (him)… If Tintin continues to live, it is through a sort of artificial respiration that I must constantly keep up and which is exhausting me." O'Malley said, "If I was still doing Scott Pilgrim in ten years, I would be dead inside." O'Malley said that he did conceive of a continuation centering on Scott and Ramona and involving the other major characters, except for Gideon and the other evil exes of Ramona. He said, "maybe in a few years I'd think about playing with Scott Pilgrim some more" and although "there doesn't need to be more Scott Pilgrim", he agreed that "more would be fun". The cover of the third Japanese Scott Pilgrim volume, which includes content from the original volumes 5 and 6, was based on an illustration from Street Fighter Alpha 2 (Street Fighter Zero 2). O'Malley used the font Swiss 721 Bold Condensed, which was also used in the film. In later books, the regular weight and italic versions of this font were also used. M04 FATAL FURY is the pixel font used in Book 4 and beyond. Plot

Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life (Volume 1)
Scott Pilgrim is a charming and confident 23-year-old Canadian slacker living in a video-game-style Toronto with his sarcastic gay roommate Wallace Wells. He has started "dating" a Chinese-Canadian high-school girl, Knives Chau. Although his friends think it's scandalous, since she is only 17, Scott doesn't consider it a big deal as all they do is chat about her school life. It is implied during a phone conversation with his sister, Stacey, that this relationship is Scott's attempt to get over an ex. He is the bass player in the band Sex Bob-omb, along with his friends Stephen Stills (guitar), Kim Pine (drums) and "Young" Neil Nordegraf (who lives in the house they rehearse in), but Stephen is the only member who is recognized as being "the talent" and the other members rarely take the endeavor seriously. One night, Scott dreams about a girl on rollerblades whom he has never met before and whom he later glimpses in real life, delivering a package to the library. Her repeated presence in his dreams and a coincidental meeting at a party thrown by Stephen's on-off girlfriend Julie Powers prompts him to become obsessed with finding out more about her. He discovers that she is Ramona Flowers, a girl who works for Amazon.ca and has recently come to Toronto from New York after a rumored messy break-up with someone named Gideon. Scott orders a few CDs from Amazon.ca as a pretext to meet her again, and receives an email from a person named Matthew Patel, challenging him to battle, but Scott pays it little heed and promptly deletes it. After another dream about Ramona, in which she is carrying his package, Scott wakes to find her at his door. She explains that she uses subspace portals as part of her job to cross long distances in seconds; one such route passes through Scott's brain, hence his dreams. Realising she caused his obsession, Ramona is convinced he isn't a weirdo after their previous encounters, and they go on a date eventually going back to her house due to a heavy snowstorm. After blundering into her bedroom while she is changing, Scott and Ramona kiss and sleep together, but don't have sex. The next day, Scott goes home. Wallace informs him that he needs to break up with Knives if he plans to pursue a serious relationship with Ramona, but when he meets her later in preparation for their gig at Club Rockit, Knives is considerably more forward than usual and kisses him, and Scott fails to tell her. He also receives a letter from Matthew, which he again discards. Scott accidentally invites both Knives and Ramona to a performance and tries to prevent them from finding out about each other. After an opening performance by rival band Crash and the Boys, Sex Bob-omb prepares to begin their set when Matthew descends upon the stage and engages Scott in a video game-style duel. He introduces himself as Ramona's first evil ex-boyfriend, and has mystical powers that allow him to summon "demon hipster chicks". Unbeknownst to Matthew, Scott took long sword proficiency as a child and is one of the best hand-to-hand fighters in Toronto, easily matching him in the fight. Scott prevails, with his friends joining him in a dance number which overwhelms Matthew and allows Scott to obliterate him into a few coins. On the subway home, Scott and Ramona decide to become a couple, on the proviso that Scott agrees to defeat her other evil exes. When Scott asks if Gideon is one of them, Ramona's head glows and she starts acting distant. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Volume 2)
Part 2 opens with a flashback to Scott's high school days, where he meets and befriends a girl named Lisa Miller, and gains a crush on Kim. Kim is kidnapped by a rival school led by Simon Lee and, after Scott fights them all to save her, they start to date. Scott, Kim and Lisa start a band called Sonic & Knuckles, with their friend Lauren, until Scott moves to Toronto. In the present, now early Spring, Wallace issues Scott an ultimatum, telling him he must break up with Knives or he'll tell Ramona about her. Scott goes to meet Knives and awkwardly breaks it off right after she tells him she loves him, but is cheered by thoughts of Ramona. Later, Wallace fills Scott in on Ramona's second evil ex: movie actor Lucas Lee. Meanwhile, Kim dreams about a scenario where Simon killed Scott, but she isn't bothered. She goes around her daily routine, where she hates her roommates and only gets along with Hollie, her co-worker. Ramona and Stacey meet and become friends, worrying Scott. Knives attempts to stalk Scott's house, but is stopped by Wallace. While watching Lucas's movies with Ramona, her head glows again, but it quickly subsides and the two embrace and kiss before going to sleep. Ramona is extremely impressed with Scott's cooking skills as he makes an entire dinner for themselves. Later, she introduces Scott to her pet cat, whom she also named Gideon. Scott goes to meet Lucas at his filming location, the Casa Loma. Lucas immediately beats Scott up, after which they take a lunch break and Lucas tells Scott about the League of Evil-Exes who have organized themselves to come after Scott. He also expresses sadness over Ramona cheating on him and breaking his heart. Initially, Lucas offers to let Scott go if the latter would give him all his money. Scott counter-offers, daring Lucas to grind the handrail on the stairway down from Casa Loma. Lucas, though reluctant, accepts the challenge, but dies, leaving behind a prize of a mithril skateboard which Scott cannot access as he never progressed to that level. Knives, shaken from the breakup, spies on Ramona making dinner with Scott, Kim, Stephen and Neil. She goes home and gives herself a total makeover in an effort to get Scott's attention and win him back from Ramona. She finds her chance to attack Ramona and Stacey at the reference library, but Ramona overpowers her and she leaves. Scott gets a phone call from his ex-girlfriend Envy, inviting Sex Bob-omb to open for The Clash at Demonhead, a band fronted by her. The call causes Scott to go comatose until Wallace arrives home. Scott reluctantly tells the others about the offer, and they instantly agree to it. On the night of the gig, it is revealed that Knives is now dating Young Neil, Stephen's roommate, to Stephen's horror. As The Clash at Demonhead plays, Ramona realises that the bassist, Todd Ingram, is her third evil ex. Scott Pilgrim and the Infinite Sadness (Volume 3)
After the show, Sex Bob-omb meets up with the Clash at Demonhead backstage. Clash at Demonhead's drummer, Lynette, punches the highlights out of Knives's hair, provoking Scott to try and punch out Todd right then and there, but is stopped by Todd's telekinetic powers, which he and Envy attribute to his being vegan. Envy eventually gets bored of the fight and tells everyone to go home. Flashbacks throughout the story show the timeline of Scott meeting Envy (then known as Natalie), Stephen and Julie in college. Natalie was a nerd who, unlike the present, was hated by Julie, but had a good relationship with Scott. The couple begins a romantic relationship and start a musical group alongside Stephen. However, as time passed, Natalie expanded the band by recruiting additional members and, ultimately, secured a record deal without obtaining consent, leading to both Scott and Stephen resigning from the group. Natalie begins cheating on Scott and, when Wallace and Scott became friends, refused to acknowledge his presence and started a rivalry. On the day of their breakup, Scott only remembers he got a haircut and nothing about what happened, although he insists that the breakup was her fault. Meanwhile, Todd punched a hole in the moon for Ramona when they dated, but they broke up when he went to vegan academy. In the present, Wallace starts dating a psychic named Mobile. Envy proposes a challenge for Scott and Todd: a fight to the death at Honest Ed's—whoever reaches the end of the store first wins. Scott and Todd dash through the store, the contents of which are reminiscent of a haunted house, and Todd is mentally tormented by his past until he goes berserk and causes Honest Ed's to implode. Neither Scott nor Todd win the challenge, but plan to fight again the following night. However, Ramona and Scott instead skip it to go on a date. In the interim, Knives cries on top of a huge sign about her situation and Todd cheats on Envy with the band's drummer Lynette, and on his vegan diet with gelato (which contains milk and eggs). Scott allows Ramona to give him a haircut, something which only he did ever since his and Envy's break up. Stephen panics over another potential breakup with Julie and ends up throwing up from nerves about a show. At Lee's Palace, Envy and Scott talk backstage, and Scott attempts to apologise to Knives, who believes this means they can get back together. While Sex bob-omb performs, Ramona and Envy get into an argument and begin to fight, Ramona armed with a giant mallet. Envy gains the upper hand, but before she can deliver the final flow, Ramona is saved by Knives. Scott then incapacitates Envy. Envy catches Todd and Lynette leaving the bathroom together—Lynette's panties on Todd's head. Lynette disappears before Envy can swing Ramona's mallet at her, leaving behind Lynette's robotic arm. Todd tries to get back in Envy's good graces, only to receive a swift knee to his crotch. Enraged, Todd uses his psychic powers to fling Envy to the front of the sound stage, then shamelessly flips off the shocked audience. Todd and Scott then proceed to have a Bass Battle, and Scott is aided by the powers of Crash and the Boys, who now have the ability to control sound. Todd almost wins the battle until the vegan police show up and strip him of his powers for multiple vegan offenses, such as eating the gelato earlier. Scott headbutts the powerless Todd, who is reduced to a pile of coins. Afterwards, Scott receives an extra life. Finally, Sex Bob-omb gets to play, while the audience comments on their performance (some consider them amateurish compared to the now-defunct Clash at Demonhead). As they play, the audience gives mostly positive critiques, except for an indifferent man with a shadowy profile wearing glasses who merely says "No comment" and walks away. Scott notices the man briefly as he leaves. Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together (Volume 4)
Scott, Ramona and their friends go to Julie's beach hut for the Summer. Knives has stopped pretending she likes Young Neil, upsetting him, while Julie and Stephen break up again after an argument. Knives and Kim accidentally out themselves as bisexual and make out whilst blackout drunk, with only Scott remembering it. Scott and Wallace's landlord reminds them that their rent is due soon, and Wallace is struggling to support them both. Kim moves out of her flat and in with Hollie and Joseph, her gay roommate. She is helped by her boyfriend, Jason Kim, who everyone has met, but always forgets. Learning that Joseph has a recording studio, Stephen becomes obsessed with recording an album, causing a rift within the band. Scott reunites with Lisa Miller, who seems to have a crush on him, and they meet Ramona, who seems unbothered by Lisa. Ramona prompts Scott to find a job to earn his share. He eventually gets a job as a prep cook at Stephen's workplace, a vegan restaurant called the Happy Avocado. Kim and him are attacked by an older katana-wielding man, but escape through subspace. Scott forgets to tell anyone he has a job, Young Neil starts smoking, Stephen cancels all band practices to start the album and Wallace and Scott learn their lease is ending. Lisa continues to hang out with the group, and her advances on Scott start becoming more obvious. When Jason assumes Lisa is Scott's ex, he becomes worried about her presence. Scott is attacked by a half-ninja named Roxanne 'Roxie' Richter who retreats after being punched. Whilst at work, Scott sees Ramona and Roxie eating together and eventually realises that Roxanne is Ramona's fourth evil ex. Not wanting to fight her, Ramona does instead and hides Scott in her subspace bag, Roxanne also enters subspace but retreats when Ramona hurts her feelings. Ramona and Scott decide to move in together whilst Wallace moves in with his boyfriend Mobile. After Lisa flirts with Scott too many times, Ramona becomes suspicious that they were a couple. Seeing Ramona's lack of confidence causes Scott's head to glow. He cannot go back to his and Wallace's apartment and is fired due to the fight with Roxie. He ends up staying over at Lisa's who admits her feelings, but Scott instead declares his love for Ramona and the pair eat pizza. Roxie attacks Scott in his dream, but he awakens before she can kill him. Scott leaves, but chooses to get his job back before confronting Ramona. He learns that the man is Knives's father seeking revenge, and has to flee from him. Scott learns that Roxie is staying with Ramona whilst she's in Toronto and the pair have an argument. He goes to walk it off, but collapses, looking up to see an evil version of himself, before running off again. Scott pits Roxie and Mr. Chau in battle against each other, but Ramona tells him that was a terrible move. Scott finally tells Ramona he loves her and will do anything to keep their relationship going. On this act of courage, Scott earns a sword of his own, the "Power of Love", which he uses to defeat Roxie. Mr. Chau watches in silence, then goes home to tell Knives that dating a "white boy" wouldn't be so bad in Chinese, although his dialogue actually translates to a commentary on the Chinese language. Lisa moves to Los Angeles to start her acting career, Stephen continues his self-destructive behaviour by making the album and Ramona declares her love for Scott as well. Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe (Volume 5)
Scott turns twenty-four and moves in officially with Ramona. At a Day of the Dead party, Ramona spots her next two evil ex-boyfriends, Japanese twins Kyle & Ken Katayanagi, who were invited to the party by Julie. Scott approaches them and prepares to fight, but instead is forced to fight their robot, Robot-01. Whilst Scott is fighting the robot, Kim and Ramona talk on the balcony about Stephen's album recording having destroyed the band and Knives talks to Stephen, who reveals that he and Julie have broken up again; he then tells Knives that Scott cheated on Knives with Ramona, which shocks Knives. Scott then defeats Robot-01 and "wins the party." Scott endures battles with other robots throughout the story. Ramona becomes paranoid over Scott's history of ending relationships and forgetting all about them, and the band performs but is terrible now. Knives confront Ramona at the gig where they fight until Knives realises it is Scott's fault she was cheated on and not Ramona's, telling Ramona as such. The pair find Scott has just defeated a robot, and Ramona tells Scott they should have time apart. Kim and Scott orchestrate a meeting between the three of them, where Kim reveals that Hollie is sleeping with her boyfriend. This causes Ramona's head to glow, and the pair attempt to convince her it is happening, but she doesn't believe them. Julie holds several more parties, causing everyone to become tired and angry at each other. Scott continues to get attacked by robots whilst the twins mock Ramona. Later at a party, Kim takes a picture of Ramona's glowing head and shows it to her, but refuses to explain. After a nightcap with Scott and Ramona, Kim goes home on the subway, but is kidnapped by the twins. Scott and Ramona seemingly make up, until she confronts Scott about cheating on her with Knives. When Scott tries to pass it off as him cheating on Knives instead, her head starts glowing and she calls him "another evil ex waiting to happen". Scott acknowledges his mistakes and expects Ramona to break up with him, but finds she is still there in the morning. Scott receives a text from Kim, and goes to rescue her despite his hangover. Waiting for him are the twins, who battle him at once. Scott tries to call this out as 'cheating', but twins reveal that 'cheating' is what Ramona did to them, by dating both of them at the same time and turning them against each other. It is with Kim's help that Scott defeats the twins. Scott comes home to find that Ramona has cut and dyed her hair, Scott tells Ramona he doesn't care about her past and loves her. She thanks him as the glow around her head grows brighter and brighter until she disappears altogether, leaving behind a letter addressed to Gideon. Scott, heartbroken, accidentally locks himself out of Ramona's house and Gideon the cat runs away. Scott moves around his friends' houses, who are all also struggling. Later, Scott moves into a new apartment paid for by his parents. Kim moves up north to live with her parents after Hollie sells most of her belongings. With Gideon the last evil ex to battle, Scott grows paranoid, mistaking anyone with glasses to be Gideon—even his own brother and Mobile. He also has to return his bass to his brother, as he was just borrowing it. Scott reads Ramona's letter to Gideon, and receives a threatening phone call from Gideon shortly after. Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour (Volume 6)
Scared to face Gideon, Scott spends most of his time alone in his apartment, playing video games, quitting his job after being kicked out of Sex bob-omb. He is also plagued by dreams of Ramona and his other ex-girlfriends. When he is finally convinced to go outside, he tries to reconnect with Knives, who has turned 18 and is college-bound and offers to simply kiss him, but they both find it to be horrible. Scott goes to a party, assuming it to be Julie's, but discovers she moved to Montreal and Envy is at the party. Envy meets Scott for coffee, but he refuses to make amends with her. Scott finds and reunites with Gideon the Cat. Scott and Envy meet again and she tries to convince Scott that Gideon, who has produced her solo album, isn't all that bad. She also discovers that Scott cannot remember anything about their relationship, despite the impact it had on the both of them. It is implied the reason they broke up is because of his drinking problem, despite insisting in every comic he doesn't drink. Gideon appears in the distance, exchanging intimidating stares with Scott, but it is Scott who chickens out and runs away. Wallace forces Scott to leave town for a "wilderness sabbatical" in hopes of getting Scott to clear his head and train for his battle with Gideon. Scott is reluctant but eventually heads north and stays with Kim and her parents. In the woods, Kim reveals to Scott that their high school days were not as exciting and life-threatening as Scott remembers them as: Simon Lee was Kim's boyfriend whom Scott attacked unprovoked one day and stole Kim from. Scott's head begins to glow and he once again spots his evil twin, Nega-Scott. A fight ensues between the two, during which Kim tells him that Nega-Scott is a representation of his mistakes, and will not go away until he stops forgetting them and accepts them. The words hit Scott hard as he suddenly remembers Ramona, and realizes he has been repressing his love for her to escape reality. Nega-Scott stops its assault and merges back into him as Scott remembers all of his mistakes and acknowledges them, commenting he doesn't deserve Ramona back. Kim gives him encouragement and tells him to fight and earn her back. She gives him one last kiss before Scott returns to Toronto. Scott arrives at Gideon's venue, the Chaos Theatre, for the final confrontation. There is Wallace, Stacey, Stephen, Julie, Young Neil and Knives. Envy, who is performing, warns Scott about Gideon and they argue. Gideon is surprised that Ramona is not present, as he believed Scott and Ramona were still together and planned the nights events around her, he offers Scott a position in the league, but he refuses. Gideon stuns Scott with a punch, pulls Scott's "Power of Love" sword from his chest and impales him with it, killing him. In limbo, Scott reunites with Ramona and they reconcile, Ramona apologizes for leaving him, but admits she has only returned to confront Gideon not to restart their relationship. Scott uses his extra life from Part 3 to bring himself back to life, bringing Ramona with him. Gideon reveals he started the League through a drunken rant on Craigslist after Ramona dumped him and was shocked that she hurt her exes enough that they replied. He also invented the glow as a way to contain one's emotions, and used subspace to embellish Scott's duller memories and remove others; his ultimate goal being to marry Ramona and his ex-girlfriends together. He blasts everyone with the glow, causing them to start arguing and Ramona decides to run away, but is killed by Gideon before she can teleport fully. Scott and Gideon fight in Ramona's mind where a part Ramona is still subservient to the latter, however present Ramona and other versions of herself appear revealing that these parts of herself are over him. Ramona sacrifices her subspace bag to return the three to the real world. Scott sees Gideon objectifying Envy, prompting him to realize how badly his relationships with Knives, Kim and Envy ended, thus winning a new sword—the "Power of Understanding". Ramona wields the "Power of Love" sword, which heals her injuries, and they deliver the final blow to Gideon. Gideon bursts into $7,777,777 worth of coins which rain down painfully on the crowd. Envy hugs Scott, bringing their relationship to a proper close, and Gideon's ex-girlfriends are released from their capsules. Afterward, Scott and Ramona meet up with the others, who mention the club getting shut down after that night. Ramona reveals that, after leaving Scott, she too went up north for a "wilderness sabbatical", but was not as successful as Scott's. Leaving the club, Scott and Ramona reaffirm their relationship and agree to give it another shot. Scott gets his job back and is promoted to a cook, and after work he finds out that Stephen is gay and is currently dating Joseph. Scott and Kim start a new band called Shatter Band, but only play covers and for fun. The next day, Scott sees Knives off to college. Finally, Scott meets up with Ramona, who is waiting for him at a subspace door, ready to begin their relationship anew. With that, they hold hands and disappear into subspace together. Publications  
The main graphic novel series is:

Other appearances
 Comics Festival (40-page anthology including a one-page Scott Pilgrim comic; released on Free Comic Book Day 2005)
 PENG (72-page one-shot comic book by Corey Lewis where Scott Pilgrim appears in one panel; released in 2005)
 Free Scott Pilgrim No. 1 FCBD 2006 Edition (32-page comic book featuring a 17-page original Scott Pilgrim story; released on Free Comic Book Day 2006) This story is available for free online at the Scott Pilgrim Website
 Comics Festival 2007! (40-page anthology including a half-page Scott Pilgrim comic and a 4-page Wonderful World of Kim Pine comic; released on Free Comic Book Day 2007)
 Scott Pilgrim: Full Colour Odds & Ends 2008 (collects Free Scott Pilgrim #1 – newly coloured by Dean Trippe, Wonderful World of Kim Pine four-page story, Now Magazine Best of Toronto two-page strip in black-and-white, the Comics Fest 07 sushi strip, and various watercolours, pin-ups, and advertisements)

All of these ancillary stories are available to read on the Scott Pilgrim Website. A collector's box containing all six volumes and a fold-in poster was released in North America on November 3, 2010. Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life was re-released in color in August 2012, with the others being released on an irregular schedule, the last in May 2015. The hardcover color editions contain bonus content such as original sketches and creator notes. The entire series was re-released in color again in July 2019 as the Scott Pilgrim Color Collection, collected into 3 larger-format paperback volumes. These three books were released individually and as a box set. Critical reception  
Publishers Weekly ranked the third volume, Scott Pilgrim & The Infinite Sadness, as one of the best comic books of 2006 in a critics' poll. Scott Pilgrim was ranked 85th on Wizard magazine's 2008 list of the "200 Greatest Comic Characters of All Time". In 2007, O'Malley was interviewed by The A.V. Club for the fourth volume. Written by Jason Heller, the article states that Gets It Together is "his best to date." The article goes on to praise O'Malley's consistent bold stylistic choices, saying that he "has raised the bar, art-wise: His deceptively basic style is suddenly deeper, richer, and more mature, while his eye for dynamics and graphic economy has gotten even keener." In 2011 Scott Pilgrim was ranked 69th in IGN's list of the top 100 comic book heroes. Japanese comics author Kentaro Takekuma said in an interview that the structure and style of Scott Pilgrim initially did not match the structure and style of Japanese comics, but when he read the battle scenes "it feels very much like a Japanese manga, especially in how you structured the panels. It develops into a very strange, neither American nor Japanese atmosphere." Comics author Koji Aihara added that "I did feel the inspiration from Japanese manga, but it did not strike me as a ripoff of manga style, but a very unique way of expression, I found it a very interesting work. I appreciated you using your own style of expression. Also, I thought your use of solid blacks was very skilled and attractive." Awards
In 2005, O'Malley won the Doug Wright Award for Best Emerging Talent for the first volume of Scott Pilgrim and was nominated for three Harvey Awards (Best New Talent, Best Cartoonist and Best Graphic Album of Original Work). In 2006, O'Malley was awarded Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Cartoonist (Writer/Artist) in the Joe Shuster Awards. He was previously nominated in the same category in 2005. O'Malley was nominated for a 2006 Eisner Award in the category Best Writer/Artist—Humor, for Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, but lost to Kyle Baker. O'Malley and Scott Pilgrim were also nominated for two 2006 Eagle Awards, and nominated for a second Wright Award (for Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World). In 2007, O'Malley won the Harvey Award. The series was also awarded a spot in Entertainment Weekly's 2007 A-List. In 2010, O'Malley won his first Eisner Award in the "Best Humor Publication" category for Scott Pilgrim Vs. The Universe. In other media

Film

The film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World was released on August 13, 2010. It is based on all six volumes of the graphic novel series with the final book being released after original filming wrapped; this led to a new ending being filmed to match the books before the film's release. The film is directed by Edgar Wright and stars Michael Cera and Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Scott and Ramona, respectively. The film was a critical success, but did not fare well commercially in cinemas. However, its commercial fortunes improved after being released on Blu-ray and DVD. The DVD includes extras including bloopers, outtakes, deleted scenes, storyboards (which include the ending provided by the comics), and trailers. The 2-disc edition includes soundtracks, animation (when Scott dates Kim), and a making-of. Scott Pilgrim vs. The Animation
At the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con, Alison Pill (who plays Kim Pine in the movie), revealed that her character's past relationship with Scott will be explored in other media. "There will be a little something-something that will air on Adult Swim," she said. Creator Bryan Lee O'Malley elaborated by stating "It's gonna be like a series of short animations (to promote the movie). One of them will be the Volume 2 high school stuff with Kim and Lisa Miller. I don't know how long it will be but the rough they showed me was like 5 minutes. The stars of the movie will do the voices for the cartoons." Michael Cera and Alison Pill reprise their roles of Scott Pilgrim and Kim Pine from the movie, whilst Mae Whitman and Jason Schwartzman, who play Roxanne Richter and Gideon Graves in the movie, provide voices for Lisa Miller and Simon Lee respectively. The animated short, entitled Scott Pilgrim vs. the Animation, was produced by Titmouse, Inc. and aired on Adult Swim on August 12, 2010, later being released on their website. The short is based on the flashback from the second graphic novel, elaborating on Scott's adventures in high school. The animation features the songs "Post Acid" and "Beach Demon" by Wavves, though it is replaced with the film's soundtrack in the version included on the DVD/Blu-ray release of the film. Video game

A video game based on the series, also titled Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, was announced during San Diego Comic-Con 2009 and was developed by Ubisoft Montreal, released alongside the film. The game is a four-player side-scroller influenced by 8-bit and 16-bit video games, with players able to play as Scott Pilgrim, Ramona Flowers, Kim Pine and Stephen Stills (Knives Chau and Wallace Wells were added later as downloadable characters; in the base game, they are respectively an assist character and a shopkeeper). After the player completes the game with Scott, Ramona, Stephen Stills, and Kim, they unlock NegaScott. Mr. Chau (Knives Chau's father), is also an unlockable assist character. The game features music by chiptune punk band Anamanaguchi and art direction by Paul Robertson. The game was released on PlayStation Network on August 10, 2010 and Xbox Live Arcade on August 25, 2010. On December 30, 2014, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game was delisted from the Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network. This follows the earlier delistings of the video games Uno and Marvel vs. Capcom Origins. The game was delisted due to the licenses running out. On September 10, 2020, Ubisoft announced that the game would finally be re-released in honor of its 10th anniversary titled  Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game - Complete Edition. The game was released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC, and  Stadia, on January 14, 2021, with all downloadable content packaged into the game. Mobile comic
A mobile adaptation of the comic book was produced by HarperCollins and Robot Comics. The app uses movement, sound and vibration to create an original reading experience and includes extra material hidden in the scenes of the comic. It was available for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and Android. Animated series

An animated series based on the comics was announced to be in development by Universal Content Productions for Netflix on January 7, 2022 with O'Malley writing and executive producing alongside BenDavid Grabinski, Japanese studio Science Saru providing the animation, Eunyoung Choi serving as producer, and Abel Góngora as director. Edgar Wright, Nira Park, Marc Platt, Jared LeBoff, Adam Seigel, and Michael Bacall will also receive executive producer credits for the series. On March 30, 2023, it was announced that the original cast from the movie will reprise their roles for the television series, with Anamanaguchi providing original music for the series. References

Further reading
  - This is Chapter #15, in Part III: Translations, Transformations, Migrations

External links

 Bryan Lee O'Malley's website
 ScottPilgrim.com
 Scott Pilgrim on Ning
 Scott Pilgrim vs. The World The Game at Ubisoft
 

 
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