Graphic novel → Film · Direct adaptation

Scott Pilgrim → Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)

Edgar Wright's film condenses six graphic novels into 112 minutes, keeps all seven evil exes and 19 of 28 mapped source units, and reaches the same Scott-and-Ramona reunion as the then-unfinished sixth volume through a climax reshot about three months before release.

Source

Scott Pilgrim · Graphic novel · 2004–2010 · 6 volumes

Bryan Lee O'Malley (writer and artist)

Oni Press

Adaptation

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World · Film · 2010 · 1 theatrical cut, 112 minutes

Edgar Wright (director and screenwriter), Michael Bacall (screenwriter)

Universal Pictures

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Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (2023, Netflix) is a separate animated work with a different plot and its own creative team, not a version of this film. It is not scored on this page. See related_edges.

The theatrical ending was reshot about three months before release, after test audiences rejected an earlier cut in which Scott ends up with Knives Chau. That earlier cut exists only as a deleted or alternate scene on home video, not as a released cut, so it appears in the change log and creator stance rather than as a second scored cut.

Edgar Wright has described a never-filmed alternate ending in which Scott is revealed as a spree killer. It was a writing-stage idea rather than a shot alternate, and is not scored here.

Volume 6 (Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour) was unfinished when the film's ending was rewritten. Bryan Lee O'Malley worked on the new ending, but no pages or dialogue from the finished sixth volume appear on screen. The two endings match in shape by design, not because one copies the other.

Fidelity

Higher = more of the source is still true. Fidelity is not quality.

Plot structure58Across 28 length-weighted mapping rows, 13 are kept and 6 are condensed, and all seven evil exes appear in the comics' order, ending at the same Chaos Theatre. Of the six rows carrying the heaviest weight, three are replaced and one is omitted, and all four sit in Volumes 5 and 6: the Katayanagi twins' robots and parties become one onstage music battle, Scott's second sword is renamed and re-motivated, Ramona's own sword and her share of the final fight are cut, and the Nega Scott reckoning that closes Scott's amnesia thread is dropped. Five rows are omitted outright, three of them from Volumes 5 and 6.strong evidenceN = 28 beats, source weight 55

Character77The four leads score Gideon 90, Scott 80, Ramona 80, and Knives 75. Among the five supporting characters, Wallace Wells and Envy Adams keep every attested trait and score 100, Kim Pine sits at 50 because her unresolved feelings for Scott and her part in the cut Nega Scott arc do not carry over, and Stephen Stills and Todd Ingram sit at 75, each losing one attested trait: a boyfriend, and knowing dishonesty about veganism. Lisa Miller does not appear in the film and stays in the table at 0 under the census rule, which lowers the weighted mean.strong evidenceN = 10 people, weight 23

Dialogue & voice78Of 9 inventoried voice markers, 7 are preserved: Scott's deadpan video-game literacy, Ramona's clipped speech, Wallace's blunt one-liners, Knives's breathless teenage diction, the Vegan Police's bureaucratic deadpan, Gideon's theatrical patter, and the onscreen retro-game graphics that stand in for the comic's manga-influenced page conventions. The comic's spare prose captions and chapter-opening narration have no screen equivalent. The band material is altered: the film uses newly composed songs, several of them written by Beck, in place of the on-page lyrics and chords for Sex Bob-omb and Clash at Demonhead.partial evidenceN = 9 voice markers

Theme & tone71Of 7 inventoried thematic claims, 5 are preserved, among them that jealousy and possessiveness in dating are staged as literally violent, that stringing Knives along has costs for her, and that a relationship begun in denial works only once both people take responsibility. One is omitted along with the Nega Scott confrontation that carries it: that growing up means being honest about your own past rather than erasing it. One is altered: the comic's climax is a matched, joint effort by Scott and Ramona, while the film's differently named Power of Self-Respect sword and its Scott-and-Knives partnership place the same beat on Scott's individual self-respect.partial evidenceN = 7 thematic claims

Coverage68Of 28 mapping rows built from the six volumes, 19 appear on screen in kept or condensed form. The other 9 are absent: 5 never appear (Lisa Miller's subplot, the Katayanagi twins' kidnapping of Kim Pine, Scott's job-hunting thread, the Honest Ed's footrace rematch, and the Nega Scott reckoning) and 4 are replaced by a different mechanism (the Katayanagi confrontation, the Glow, the second sword, and the joint Gideon takedown), which the coverage formula does not count as present.strong evidenceN = 19 of 28 source units present

Additions restraint90Against 19 surviving source beats, the change log records 2 invented beats: Scott's silent window-dive to avoid Knives, and Knives's climactic interruption, in which she attacks Ramona and then fights Gideon alongside Scott. Neither has a counterpart in the comics. No new characters, subplots, or outcomes are added; every other change restages, drops, or swaps a beat that exists on the page.strong evidenceN = 19 source beats, 2 invented

Ending

Side by side, in our words.

On the page · Scott Pilgrim

After confronting and accepting Nega Scott, the manifestation of his own unresolved guilt, Scott manifests a second sword, the Power of Understanding, during the fight with Gideon at the Chaos Theatre. Ramona, wielding her own Power of Love sword, fights alongside him, and together they defeat Gideon. Having both owned their mistakes, Scott and Ramona choose to try dating again and leave together through a subspace door.

On the screen · Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

During the Chaos Theatre fight, Knives Chau interrupts, attacks Ramona, and exposes that Scott has been seeing them both; Gideon kills Scott, who returns using his extra life. Motivated by self-respect rather than romance, Scott manifests a different sword, the Power of Self-Respect, apologizes to both Ramona and Knives, and joins forces with Knives, not Ramona, to defeat Gideon. Ramona, freed from Gideon's implanted mind-control device, begins to leave; Knives releases Scott, telling him she's too cool for him anyway, and he goes after Ramona so the two can try again. This ending was reshot about three months before release, replacing an earlier cut in which Scott ended up with Knives instead.

The shape matches: Scott earns a second, differently named sword, Gideon falls, and Scott and Ramona choose to try again. The route to it changes. In the comic Ramona fights beside Scott with a matching sword she earns by facing her own past; in the film she is freed from Gideon's device and leaves, Knives takes her place in the fight, and Scott's turn is framed around self-respect rather than around Ramona's arc. The ending is also a late substitution: the released version was written and reshot after test screenings rejected an earlier Scott-and-Knives ending, and it was worked out from outlines for Volume 6 rather than from the finished book, which had not yet been published.

Mapping

28 rows. Every source unit, including the ones that never appear.

Source unit	What happens there	On screen	Notes	Tag	Evidence
Volume 1: Scott dating Knives Chau while noticing Ramona Flowers	Scott, 23 and unemployed, is dating high-schooler Knives Chau when he meets Ramona Flowers, who begins appearing in his dreams and cutting through his head as a subspace shortcut.	Film, opening act	kept; Scott's stated age is lowered to 22 on screen, the one identity change in this beat.	primary	strong
Volume 1: Matthew Patel's warning email and battle-of-the-bands attack	Patel, Ramona's first evil ex, emails Scott a warning, then crashes through the ceiling during a Sex Bob-omb gig to fight him.	Film, opening act, Sex Bob-omb gig	kept, close to the page, including the ceiling entrance and the sung villain-song staging.	primary	strong
Volume 1: Scott defeats Patel, who shatters into coins	Scott beats Patel in combat; Patel dissolves into a shower of coins.	Film, opening act	kept; the coins-on-defeat convention established here carries through every later fight.	primary	strong
Volume 1: Wallace Wells as Scott's roommate	Wallace, Scott's openly gay roommate, shares a bed with him, works retail, and dispenses blunt relationship advice.	Film, throughout	kept		strong
Volume 2: Scott breaks up with Knives Chau	Scott ends things with Knives, who is blindsided; he admits he has already been seeing Ramona.	Film, early second act	kept	primary	strong
Volume 2: flashback to Scott and Kim Pine's high school relationship	Flashbacks reveal Scott dated Kim Pine in high school and quietly abandoned the relationship when his family moved to Toronto.	Film, brief flashback	condensed; the film keeps the fact of the relationship and its unresolved ending but drops most of the surrounding detail the comics build across several chapters.	primary	strong
Volume 2: Lucas Lee confrontation	Lucas Lee, Ramona's second evil ex and a movie-star skateboarder, negotiates with, then physically fights, Scott one-on-one.	Film, skate park sequence	condensed; the film replaces Lucas's one-on-one fight and negotiation beats with a stunt-team brawl before the same skateboard-trick defeat.	primary	strong
Volume 2: Lucas Lee's fatal skateboard stunt	Scott dares Lucas into an impossible skateboard trick; Lucas attempts it and explodes into coins.	Film, skate park sequence	kept nearly verbatim	primary	strong
Volume 2: Envy Adams reveals Todd Ingram as the third evil ex	Envy, Scott's ex-girlfriend and now the singer fronting Clash at Demonhead, invites Sex Bob-omb to open for her; her bassist boyfriend Todd Ingram is revealed as Ramona's third evil ex.	Film, Clash at Demonhead gig	kept	primary	strong
Volume 3: university-years flashback to Envy and Stephen Stills	Flashbacks show Scott's university-era band with Envy (performing then as Natalie) and Stephen Stills, and the breakup that followed.	Film, brief flashback	condensed		partial
Volume 3: Todd Ingram's vegan telekinetic powers and the Honest Ed's bass battle	Todd, secretly dishonest about his vegan diet, has telekinetic powers; he and Scott fight it out in a psychic bass duel at the Honest Ed's department store.	Film, bass duel sequence	kept, but Todd's dietary violation (gelato and chicken parmesan) becomes an accident he doesn't realize, where the comic shows him knowingly cheating; see change_log.	primary	strong
Volume 3: the Vegan Police strip Todd of his powers	The Vegan Police arrive to revoke Todd's powers on the spot once his dietary violation is confirmed, and Scott wins by default.	Film, bass duel sequence	kept		strong
Volume 3: a second Todd rematch, a footrace through Honest Ed's that ends in a draw	A separate footrace between Scott and Todd through the Honest Ed's store ends in a draw when Todd demolishes part of the building.	omitted	omitted; the film keeps only the bass-duel confrontation.		strong
Volume 4: Roxanne "Roxy" Richter, the fourth evil ex	Roxy, a half-ninja former girlfriend of Ramona's with subspace abilities, confronts Scott in a duel.	Film, third act sequence	kept	primary	strong
Volume 4: Lisa Miller flirts with Scott, unsettling Ramona	Scott's old friend Lisa Miller, visiting from out of town, flirts with him and provokes Ramona's jealousy over his dating history.	omitted	omitted; Lisa Miller does not appear in the film.	primary	strong
Volume 4: Nega Scott confrontation, which Scott refuses	Scott meets Nega Scott, a manifestation of his own unresolved guilt over past relationships, and refuses to fight or engage with him.	Film, brief cameo/sight gag	condensed; Nega Scott appears on screen only as a quick visual joke, without the confrontation or its meaning.		strong
Volume 4: Scott declares his love for Ramona, gains the Power of Love sword, and defeats Roxy	After an honest declaration of love, Scott manifests the Power of Love sword and wins the fight.	Film, third act sequence	kept	primary	strong
Volume 5: the Katayanagi twins send robots and throw parties rather than fighting directly	Kyle and Ken Katayanagi, the fifth and sixth evil exes, mostly avoid personal combat, instead sending robots after Scott across a run of parties.	Film, battle-of-the-bands sequence	replaced; the film substitutes a single onstage amp-versus-amp battle, with each side's music summoning a giant creature, for the comics' separate robot attacks and parties.	primary	strong
Volume 5: the twins kidnap Kim Pine and use her to reveal Ramona's infidelity to Scott	The twins kidnap Kim Pine and use the leverage to expose that Ramona cheated on them with Scott while still dating them.	omitted	omitted; no kidnapping occurs in the film.		strong
Volume 5: Ramona's guilt intensifies and she vanishes, leaving a note for Gideon	Ramona grows increasingly paranoid and withdrawn as her unresolved history catches up with her, and eventually disappears, having left a note addressed to Gideon.	Film, before the climax	condensed; the film keeps Ramona pulling away and being drawn back toward Gideon before the final act, without the extended paranoia build-up.		partial
Volume 5: Scott's unemployment and deteriorating living situation as the confrontation approaches	With his lease running out and no job, Scott's day-to-day life falls apart in the run-up to the final battle.	omitted	omitted; the film's compressed timeline drops this thread entirely.		partial
Volume 6: Scott confronts and accepts Nega Scott with Kim Pine's help	In the woods, with Kim Pine's encouragement, Scott finally faces Nega Scott and accepts his own past mistakes, resolving the amnesia thread that has run through the series.	omitted	omitted; without the earlier confrontation, the film has no equivalent scene of Scott reckoning with his past.	primary	strong
Volume 6: the Glow is revealed as Gideon's psychological weapon	The Glow, a subspace ability that has been slowly consuming Ramona, is revealed as a device of Gideon's for trapping people in despair and control.	Film, climax setup	replaced; the film substitutes a literal implanted mind-control device on the back of Ramona's head for the comic's metaphysical Glow.	primary	strong
Volume 6: Scott gains a second sword, the Power of Understanding, during the climax	After accepting his own past mistakes through the Nega Scott reconciliation, Scott manifests a second magic sword, the Power of Understanding, during the fight with Gideon.	Film, climax	replaced; the film gives Scott a differently named and differently motivated second sword, the Power of Self-Respect, earned by apologizing to Ramona and Knives for cheating rather than by resolving the Nega Scott arc, which the film cuts.	primary	strong
Volume 6: Ramona wields the Power of Love sword and helps land the final blow on Gideon	Ramona manifests her own Power of Love sword and fights alongside Scott; together they defeat Gideon.	Film, climax	replaced; in the film, Ramona is freed from Gideon's implanted device and leaves rather than fighting him, and Scott instead partners with Knives Chau, who has no role in the comic's final battle, to land the finishing blow.	primary	strong
Volume 6: Gideon Graves is defeated	Gideon, the seventh evil ex and League founder, is beaten and dissolves into coins like the exes before him.	Film, climax	kept	primary	strong
Volume 6: Scott and Ramona reconcile and leave together through a subspace door	After both acknowledge their own faults, Scott and Ramona choose to try again and walk off together through a subspace doorway.	Film, final scene	kept; the same reconciliation and exit beat survives, though it was reshot late in production to replace a test-screening ending in which Scott ended up with Knives Chau instead. See ending and change_log.	primary	strong
Volumes 2 through 6: Kim Pine's unresolved feelings for Scott and her role in Sex Bob-omb	Kim Pine, Scott's high-school ex turned Sex Bob-omb drummer, is written across the series as sardonic on the surface but still carrying feelings for Scott, culminating in her role in his acceptance of his own past in Volume 6.	Film, throughout	condensed; Kim Pine's deadpan presence and drumming role carry over, but her deeper arc, and her role in the cut Nega Scott confrontation, do not.		partial

Change log

The argument. The mapping above is the evidence.

Condensed
The comics' year-plus timeline, with visible seasonal changes across six volumes, becomes a span of weeks.
Volumes 1-6 → Film, entire runtime
The compressed calendar removes the gradual development of the relationship and the friend group, and leaves no room for the job-hunting and paranoia threads, both of which are omitted.
Attribution: unknown / production decision
Invented
Scott dives out a window in the background to avoid Knives Chau, a sight gag with no counterpart panel in the comics.
no source counterpart → Film, early scene
One of the two invented beats counted in additions_restraint; no source beat corresponds to it.
Attribution: unknown / production decision
Invented
Knives Chau interrupts the climactic fight, attacks Ramona after learning Scott has been seeing them both, then fights Gideon alongside him. Neither beat appears in the comic's finale.
no source counterpart → Film, climax
The climax runs on a Scott-and-Knives partnership in place of the comic's joint Scott-and-Ramona victory. It is the second of the two invented beats counted in additions_restraint.
Attribution: unknown / production decision
Ending changed
The theatrical ending, in which Scott and Ramona reconcile and Knives releases him with a line about being too cool for him, replaces an earlier test-screening ending in which Scott ends up with Knives Chau.
Volume 6 ending → Film, reshot final scene, filmed roughly three months before release
The released ending arrives at the same reunion as Volume 6, but it was written from outlines rather than from the finished sixth volume, and reshot only after test audiences rejected the original cut.
Attribution: Edgar Wright, working with Michael Bacall and Bryan Lee O'Malley, per Wright's 2021 Collider interview
Omitted
Scott's confrontation with and acceptance of Nega Scott, the end point of the comics' amnesia and guilt thread, does not appear; Nega Scott is reduced to a brief visual gag.
Volumes 4, 6 → Film, brief cameo
Removes the thread that resolves Scott's unreliable memory of his own past relationships, and with it one theme claim and Kim Pine's plot function.
Attribution: unknown / production decision
Omitted
Lisa Miller, and the jealousy subplot between Scott and Ramona that she sets off, do not appear.
Volume 4 → omitted
Removes an attested complication in Scott and Ramona's relationship; Lisa Miller scores 0 in the character table.
Attribution: unknown / production decision
Condensed
Gideon's psychological hold over Ramona, the Glow, becomes a literal implanted mind-control device.
Volumes 5-6 → Film, climax
Replaces a subspace ability that builds across two volumes with a single object that is removed on screen.
Attribution: unknown / production decision
Omitted
Ramona's own Power of Love sword and her share in defeating Gideon do not appear; the film has her freed and leaving while Scott and Knives land the decisive blow.
Volume 6 climax → Film, climax
Changes the climax from a matched, joint effort by the two leads to a rescue followed by a reunion, and omits Ramona's arc trait.
Attribution: unknown / production decision
Omitted
The Katayanagi twins' robot attacks and their kidnapping of Kim Pine, which exposes Ramona's infidelity, do not appear; a single onstage music battle stands in.
Volume 5 → Film, battle-of-the-bands sequence
Removes a confrontation involving Kim Pine and folds the twins' two mapping rows into one set piece.
Attribution: unknown / production decision
Tonal shift
Todd Ingram's break from his vegan diet changes from a knowing lie to an accident he does not notice.
Volume 3 → Film, bass duel sequence
His defeat follows from carelessness rather than from being caught in a lie.
Attribution: unknown / production decision
Omitted
Stephen Stills's boyfriend, and the story's other matter-of-fact same-sex relationship beats among the band's circle, do not appear on screen.
Volume 3 → omitted
Leaves Wallace Wells as the only queer character the film depicts.
Attribution: unknown / production decision
Kept, unflinching
Scott is kept as an unreliable lead who strings Knives Chau along and is confronted for it on screen.
Volumes 1-6 → Film, throughout
His self-absorption and his avoidance of responsibility, two attested traits, are preserved rather than softened.
Attribution: Michael Bacall and Edgar Wright, per Bacall's 2010 CinemaBlend comments on the characters as already "strongly written"
Kept, unflinching
All seven evil exes and the League of Evil Exes conceit appear, in the comics' order.
Volumes 1-6 → Film, entire runtime
No ex is dropped or merged, though the Katayanagi twins' two rows are replaced by one music battle and the Lucas Lee confrontation is condensed.
Attribution: Michael Bacall, per his 2010 CinemaBlend comments on drawing material from every volume

People

Trait score = attested traits kept ÷ attested traits shown. Unstated traits are not rows.

Scott Pilgrim · Michael CeraleadAltered8/10 attested traits kept80

Of ten attested traits, eight are preserved, including the unemployment, the double-dating premise, and the seven-fight structure. His stated age drops from 23 to 22, and the Nega Scott arc is omitted along with the confrontation that carries it.

Identity	Twenty-three years old, living in Toronto.the film ages him down to 22 · Volume 1	alteredstrong
Vocation / role	Unemployed; plays bass in the band Sex Bob-omb.Volume 1	preservedstrong
Body / ability	An unremarkable fighter who gains video-game-style abilities, including an extra life and magic swords, once he starts confronting evil exes.Volumes 1, 3, 4, 6	preservedstrong
Personality	Self-absorbed and largely oblivious to how his casual dating hurts other people, particularly Knives Chau.Volumes 1-2	preservedstrong
Moral code	Initially avoids taking responsibility for his own past relationships and mistakes.Volumes 1, 4, 6	preservedpartial
Relationships	Dates high-schooler Knives Chau while beginning to fall for and pursue Ramona Flowers.Volume 1	preservedstrong
Relationships	Previously dated Kim Pine in high school and left the relationship unresolved when he moved away.kept as a stated fact but condensed on screen; see mapping · Volume 2	preservedstrong
Voice	Speaks in a flat, deadpan, video-game-literate register, treating extraordinary events matter-of-factly.Volumes 1-6	preservedpartial
Arc	Must come to terms with Nega Scott, a manifestation of his own guilt over past relationships, before he can defeat Gideon.Volumes 4, 6	omittedstrong
Plot function	Must defeat Ramona's seven evil exes in single combat to keep dating her.Volume 1	preservedstrong

Ramona Flowers · Mary Elizabeth WinsteadleadAltered8/10 attested traits kept80

Eight of ten traits are preserved, including her subspace travel, her changing hair color, and her function as the relationship the plot is built around. One is altered: Gideon's Glow becomes an implanted device. One is omitted: she does not manifest her own sword or fight in the climax.

Identity	An American expatriate delivery courier living in Toronto, vague even with others about her own backstory.Volume 1	preservedstrong
Appearance	Frequently changes her hair color, to the point where she no longer remembers its natural shade.Volumes 1-6	preservedstrong
Body / ability	Can travel through a personal "subspace," cutting through walls and the backs of people's heads as a shortcut.Volume 1	preservedstrong
Personality	Guarded and noncommittal, slow to open up about her past relationships.Volumes 1, 5	preservedpartial
Moral code	Has cheated on past partners and avoids reckoning with the hurt she's caused until forced to.Volume 5	preservedpartial
Relationships	Has seven "evil exes" bound into a League who violently vet anyone she dates.Volume 1	preservedstrong
Relationships	Gideon Graves, her most recent ex before Scott, keeps psychological control over her through the Glow, a subspace ability, even after their breakup.the film substitutes a literal implanted mind-control device for the comic's metaphysical Glow · Volumes 5-6	alteredstrong
Vocation / role	Works as a bike and subspace delivery courier.Volume 1	preservedpartial
Arc	Only fully reckons with her own past once she manifests her own sword and fights alongside Scott to defeat Gideon.in the film she is freed from Gideon's device and leaves rather than fighting him herself · Volume 6	omittedstrong
Plot function	The love interest whose unresolved dating history structures the entire plot.Volumes 1-6	preservedstrong

Knives Chau · Ellen WongleadAltered6/8 attested traits kept75

Six of eight traits are preserved, including her devotion, her knife skill, and her blessing in the final scene. Her father's confrontation with Scott is omitted, and her growth toward self-respect is altered: the film holds it until the climax, where she also takes an invented role in the fight against Gideon (see change_log).

Identity	A seventeen-year-old Chinese-Canadian high school student.Volume 1	preservedstrong
Personality	Devoted and naive, a self-described "Scott-aholic" who idolizes Scott.Volume 1	preservedstrong
Moral code	Initially defines her own self-worth almost entirely by Scott's approval.Volumes 1-2	preservedpartial
Body / ability	Skilled with twin knives, capable of throwing them accurately in a fight.Volume 2	preservedstrong
Relationships	Dyes her hair and starts dating Neil Nordegraf to make Scott jealous after their breakup.Volume 2	preservedstrong
Relationships	Her father, a former ninja, confronts Scott with a sword over the breakup.Volume 2	omittedstrong
Arc	Grows across the story from clinging to Scott toward genuine self-respect and moving on.the film keeps her largely static until the climax rather than building this arc across the story · Volumes 2-6	alteredpartial
Plot function	Ultimately steps back and gives Scott and Ramona her blessing at the story's end.Volume 6	preservedstrong

Gideon Graves · Jason SchwartzmanleadAltered9/10 attested traits kept90

Nine of ten traits are preserved. The one alteration is his hold over Ramona, changed from the Glow to an implanted device.

Identity	Founder of the League of Evil Exes and owner of a Toronto talent-management empire, including the Chaos Theatre venue.Volume 6	preservedstrong
Appearance	Wears glasses and dresses with understated, expensive menace rather than an overt villain look.Volumes 3, 6	preservedpartial
Personality	Composed, manipulative, and theatrical, favoring psychological control over open aggression.Volume 6	preservedpartial
Moral code	Controls former partners through the Glow, a subspace ability that traps them in depression and dependence.replaced on screen by a literal implanted mind-control device · Volumes 5-6	alteredstrong
Relationships	Ramona Flowers's seventh and final evil ex, and her most recent relationship before Scott.Volume 6	preservedstrong
Relationships	Currently dating pop star Envy Adams, a relationship built on mutual professional advantage rather than affection.Volume 6	preservedpartial
Vocation / role	Head of the League of Evil Exes and the story's final antagonist.Volume 6	preservedstrong
Voice	Verbose and theatrical, treating the final confrontation as a performance staged in his own venue.Volume 6	preservedpartial
Arc	Appears only in silhouette or as a background cameo in earlier volumes before his reveal as the final boss.Volume 3	preservedpartial
Plot function	The seventh evil ex; Scott's final fight is against him at the Chaos Theatre, and his defeat ends the story.Volume 6	preservedstrong

Wallace Wells · Kieran CulkinsupportingSame4/4 attested traits kept100

Identity	Scott's openly gay roommate, one of the only consistently out characters in Scott's circle.Volume 1	preservedstrong
Relationships	Shares a bed platonically with Scott despite Scott nominally having his own room.Volume 1	preservedstrong
Personality	Blunt, sardonic, and unbothered, freely dispensing relationship advice Scott mostly ignores.Volumes 1-2	preservedstrong
Vocation / role	Works a low-wage retail job while maintaining an active dating life.Volume 1	preservedpartial

Kim Pine · Alison PillsupportingAltered2/4 attested traits kept50

Two of four traits are preserved: her drumming in Sex Bob-omb and her history with Scott. Her unresolved feelings for him are altered to the deadpan surface alone, and her part in the Nega Scott reckoning is omitted along with that scene.

Vocation / role	Drummer in Scott's band, Sex Bob-omb.Volume 1	preservedstrong
Relationships	Scott's high-school ex-girlfriend, whom he left without explanation when he moved away.kept as a stated fact but condensed on screen; see mapping · Volume 2	preservedstrong
Personality	Deadpan and sarcastic on the surface, still carrying unresolved feelings for Scott underneath.the film keeps the deadpan sarcasm but does not develop the unresolved feelings the comics build toward · Volumes 2, 6	alteredpartial
Plot function	Provides the support that lets Scott finally confront and accept his own past mistakes in the Nega Scott reckoning.Volume 6	omittedstrong

Stephen Stills · Mark WebbersupportingAltered3/4 attested traits kept75

Vocation / role	Leader, guitarist, and de facto manager of Sex Bob-omb.Volume 1	preservedstrong
Personality	Anxious and controlling about the band's image and prospects.Volumes 1-2	preservedpartial
Identity	Gay, and in a relationship with a boyfriend over the course of the story.Volume 3	omittedstrong
Relationships	Bandmate and close friend to Scott, Kim, and Young Neil.Volumes 1-6	preservedpartial

Envy Adams · Brie LarsonsupportingSame5/5 attested traits kept100

Identity	Formerly performed as "Natalie"; reinvented herself as the frontwoman of the successful band Clash at Demonhead.Volume 3	preservedstrong
Relationships	Scott's university-era ex-girlfriend, whose breakup with him still shapes his self-image.Volume 3	preservedstrong
Relationships	Dates Todd Ingram, then later Gideon Graves, in relationships built more on mutual career advantage than affection.Volumes 2, 6	preservedpartial
Personality	Ambitious and image-conscious, but capable of real warmth once the performance drops away.Volume 3	preservedpartial
Plot function	Gives Scott a measure of closure once Gideon is defeated.Volume 6	preservedpartial

Todd Ingram · Brandon RouthsupportingAltered3/4 attested traits kept75

Vocation / role	Bassist for Clash at Demonhead and Ramona's third evil ex.Volume 2	preservedstrong
Body / ability	Gains telekinetic powers from strictly following a vegan diet.Volume 3	preservedstrong
Moral code	Knowingly and repeatedly cheats on his vegan diet while claiming otherwise.the film has him break his diet by accident rather than through deliberate deception · Volume 3	alteredstrong
Relationships	Envy Adams's boyfriend.Volume 2	preservedstrong

Lisa Miller · absentcameoOmitted0/3 attested traits kept0

Does not appear in the film. All three attested traits are omitted, along with the jealousy subplot they set up.

Identity	One of Scott's friends from his post-high-school circle, an actress visiting from out of town.Volume 4	omittedstrong
Relationships	Flirts with Scott, unsettling Ramona and stirring jealousy over his dating history.Volume 4	omittedstrong
Plot function	Represents an unresolved thread in Scott's past that Ramona reacts to.Volume 4	omittedpartial

Creator stance

Time-stamped. Co-creators are never collapsed.

Bryan Lee O'Malley

writer and artist of source

2021-04-23

Participating adapter

Per Edgar Wright's account, O'Malley worked directly with Wright and Michael Bacall over a weekend to rewrite the film's ending after test audiences rejected the original Scott-and-Knives version, and contributed the line giving Knives her closing line to Scott.

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Bryan Lee O'Malley

writer and artist of source

2010-07-20

Consulted, mixed

Around Volume 6's release, O'Malley said he had originally planned a sadder, more ambiguous ending for the book itself, with Scott and Ramona going their separate ways, but chose the reunion because the sadder version "wasn't fair to anyone."

This stance concerns O'Malley's own ending for the comic rather than the film specifically; it explains why the film's reshot ending could converge with the book's without being drawn from the finished volume.

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Edgar Wright

director and screenwriter

2021-04-23

Participating adapter

Wright said the original test-screening ending, where Scott ends up with Knives, scored well overall but drew strong negative reaction to the ending specifically, and said he prefers the reshot theatrical ending "by miles."

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Michael Bacall

screenwriter

2010-08-13

Participating adapter

Bacall said the writers were "extremely faithful" to Volume 1 as the film's first-act blueprint, and described the rest of the process as condensing six books into one screenplay by pulling material from every volume rather than concentrating on any single one.

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Planned: scott-pilgrim-comics-to-2023-anime.

Sources

Every score note points here. Wikipedia is a lead, not an authority.

referenceWikipedia: Scott Pilgrim
Volume titles, publication dates, and per-volume plot summaries for the six graphic novels
referenceWikipedia: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Cast list, runtime, release dates, production timeline relative to Volume 6, and the detailed climax sequence (Power of Self-Respect sword, Knives's role, Ramona's mind-control device and departure)
secondaryCBR: 5 Major Changes That The Scott Pilgrim Film Made (& 5 Moments That Were Straight Out Of The Comics)
Scott's window-jump invention, Lucas Lee's stunt team, Todd Ingram's accidental vs. deliberate cheating, Mr. Chau's omission, the Katayanagi twins' reduced role
secondaryYahoo Entertainment: The Biggest Changes in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Compared to the Comics
Timeline compression, Lisa Miller's omission, the Glow-to-mind-control-device change, Nega Scott's reduced role, Stephen Stills's cut boyfriend, and the Katayanagi twins' kidnapping subplot
primaryCollider: Edgar Wright on Scott Pilgrim vs. the World's Endings, the Re-Release, and More
Wright's account of the test-screening reaction, J.J. Abrams's advice to rewrite the ending, O'Malley and Bacall's work on the new ending, and the timing relative to the still-unfinished comic
secondaryCollider: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World's Alternate Ending Made a Character Change That Fans Would Have Hated
Details of the unused test-screening Knives ending and the unused serial-killer alternate ending Wright considered
secondaryBad Reputation: Scott Pilgrim Vs. The Rewrite
The reshoot timeline, and the critical case that Ramona loses her active role in Gideon's defeat while Knives's arc is left incomplete
productionCinemaBlend: Interview: Scott Pilgrim Creator Bryan Lee O'Malley and Writer Michael Bacall
Bacall's account of condensing six books into one film and staying extremely faithful to Volume 1
primaryComics Alliance: 'Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour' Arrives for Bryan Lee O'Malley [Interview]
O'Malley's account of choosing the reunion ending for Volume 6 itself, published the same month as the film's release

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