Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (2023) created by BenDavid Grabinski based on the comics by Bryan Lee O'Malley
This animated version of Scott Pilgrim's life starts off like the movie and graphic novels, where he discovers the literal girl of his dreams Ramona at a party in his hometown of Toronto, Canada. Her seven evil exes mobilize to fight him before he can date her. In the first fight, Scott loses--a major plot twist in the very first episode and the exact opposite of what happens in the previous versions. The story then plays out as Ramona tries to figure out what happened. Their friend Young Neil mysteriously writes a screenplay for a Scott Pilgrim story where he beats all the evil exes, which goes into production and stars many of those evil exes. So at least they show up in Toronto and Ramona does not have to go far to interrogate them.
I was happy to see that this was not just another faithful adaptation into another format (i.e. a cash grab). The plot twists open up new possibilities, most of which work well, and are fun. The show has the same lighthearted tone and visual style. Toward the end I figured out what was going on before the characters did. The whole series is quite entertaining. All the cast from the movie came back to voice their characters and they do a great job. This is a labor of love and whimsy and will be very enjoyable for fans of the other Scott Pilgrim stuff.
Recommended, highly if you are a Scott Pilgrim fan.
As I write (November 2025), this is only available streaming on Netflix.
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