Calling Scott Pilgrim vs. the World an indie hit would be a huge understatement. It might not have done well in theaters but it certainly developed a devoted fan base after that. Still, its indie pedigree started as a graphic novel series, then evolved into a movie and a classic video game.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game was designed as a classic beat 'em up sidescroller released in 2010, but was then delisted in 2014. It recently came back digitally with a physical release on the way from Limited Run Games. It's a great game that's a lot like a movie in some surprising and important ways.
10 Wallace Wells Just Barely Cares
Throughout the movie, there are a lot of people giving a Scott Pilgrim a hard time and rightfully so. His own sister is generally tired of his crap and is constantly trying to get him to be a better person. The only friend who always has his back is Wallace Wells.
To be fair, Wallace doesn't really care all that much about what Scott does or doesn't do. He just barely cares enough to get involved in Scott's shenanigans, something that comes through in both the video game and the movie.
9 Has A Killer Soundtrack
One of the standout features of the movie is the music. Both the original score and soundtrack are exceptional, the latter featuring performances by Brie Larson in character as Envy Adams. Beck was heavily involved in the soundtrack, as well.
The soundtrack for the game is different in many ways, but also equally exceptional. It was composed and performed by Anamanaguchi, and was virtually universally acclaimed by fans and critics alike.
8 Knives Chau Is A Badass
After Scott's heart was broken by Envy Adams, he reputedly went on a bit of a tear dating various women around Toronto. By the point the movie starts, he's dating a high school girl named Knives Chau who is in awe of the older Scott.
While Knives thankfully moves on with her life, that doesn't change the fact that she is a born and bred butt kicker. In both the movie and the game, Knives is an absolute legend, whupping anyone who gets in her way.
7 NegaScott Is A Good Dude
On more than one occasion in the movie, Knives and Scott are seen playing a fictional video game called Ninja Ninja Revolution. It's an obvious parody of Dance Dance Revolution, except the dance moves are used to fight ninjas.
Scott can never defeat NegaNinja in the fictional game, which is why Gideon Graves throws NegaScott at him. But in the movie and the game, NegaScott just turns out to be a nice guy who makes friends with Scott. He's really quite helpful.
6 Heading Into Subspace
The concept of subspace plays a much bigger role in the original graphic novels than it does in either the movie or the video game. In the graphic novels, there are even three distinct types of subspace in play; transport, mind, and storage.
Despite being so important in the original source material, the subspace concept only comes up on a cursory level in the movie and game. It still gets used but is downplayed quite a bit, and it only comes up in very specific situations.
5 Kim Pine Doesn't Get Enough Love
As an ex-girlfriend and bandmate of Scott Pilgrim's, Kim Pine is in a rough place. She harbors a big grudge from the old days due to the way Scott treated her during their short relationship. Kim isn't the only woman in Toronto who has that problem, though they don't have to see him every day.
Despite being a standout character in the movie and a playable character in the game, Kim Pine sometimes feels underdeveloped in both cases. Too much of her character revolves around Scott, which is part of the reason why she's so bitter at him.
4 Fighting The Evil Exes
The film's narrative is essentially constructed like a video game with different levels and bosses. Each level, or scene in the case of the movie, has a final boss that Scott must defeat before he can move on.
This structure is more formalized in the game, which makes sense. The levels are more distinct and there are a lot more henchmen to defeat before getting to the final boss. But Scott has to beat each Evil Ex before he continues, just like the movie.
3 Gideon Graves Is The Final Boss
Speaking of Gideon Graves, he is the final boss of both the movie and the game. That makes sense as he's the one who put the League of Ramona's Evil Exes together in the first place.
While Graves is Scott's final opponent in both cases, things get a lot more intense in the game. Graves does a bit of shapeshifting, changing into other forms to take Scott on. It makes for a more difficult battle.
2 Extra Lives
Movie characters collecting extra lives as they make their way through the story is an absolute rarity. That goes double for a movie that isn't specifically based on a video game, keeping in mind that there are more than a few game references in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.
But that happens in the movie when Scott picks up an actual extra life. It saves him at the end of the movie when he is initially defeated by Graves, then gets to come back for round two. Not surprisingly, there are extra lives in the game, as well.
1 Collecting Coins From Fallen Enemies
Another video game trope that comes up frequently in the movie is collecting coins from fallen enemies. Each time Scott defeats an Evil Ex, they leave coins behind for him to collect. Even Graves' henchmen leave them behind when dispatched.
Naturally, this continues in the game. Honestly, it would have been weird if it didn't as it's such a key aspect of many video games. That being said, it works as a gag a lot better in the movie because it isn't expected in that environment.
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