𖦆 ː Nega Scott❗ ໋֢ 𖥻

Appearance

Befitting his name, Nega Scott is almost the spitting image of the real Scott Pilgrim, except with a monochromatic look and a messy hair. In the colored editions of the books he has a light blue tint (grey in the movie) to his overall appearance with his eyes having red sclera (in the movie however his eyes are fully red and glow). His outfit seems to change to fit whatever Scott is wearing at the moment. In volume 4 he's wearing the same shirt as Scott except the "S.P" initials from the heart on the print being reversed. In his appearance in volume 6, he's wearing the same jacket as Scott over a black shirt. In the game his skin also has a light blue tint and his outfit is dark blue. Notably, he lacks his red eyes from the comics. His playable character version is slightly different to his boss sprites, with him being just a grey recolor of the regular Scott with white eyes. Nega Scott is constantly seen with a sinister grin on his face.

History

Nega Scott is first seen in Scott Pilgrim Gets it Together after Scott first contracts The Glow, after discovering that Roxie Richter spent the night at Ramona Flowers's apartment. Scott ends up panicking (either as a subconscious reaction at seeing his flaws manifested or from the straightfoward panic at his sudden appearance or a mix of both) and running from him. Nega Scott has a short appearance in Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe after Ramona leaves and Scott is staying with Stephen. Scott is brushing his teeth and he looks in the mirror, half of the mirror is him while the other half is Nega Scott. Nega Scott is seen again in Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour, when Scott on his "wilderness sabbatical" and contracts the Glow the second time, Scott tries to defeat Nega Scott, believing it to be the only way to get over Ramona and carry on with his life. Kim Pine, however, points out that if Scott forgets his past mistakes, he won't be able to learn from and he'll just keep making the same mistakes over and over again. Scott then sees a vision of Ramona, causing him and Nega Scott to stop fighting. Then, Nega Scott merges with him, allowing Scott to finally accept his faults and remember all his past memories he had previously forgotten.

The same, but with a few extras.

Nega Scott is a manifestation of all of the negative aspects of Scott Pilgrim's character— his fears, his regrets, his selfishness, etc. He's 23 and 5'6". His eyes glow red at times, his hair is black to match with his gray skin and alternative style of dressing. he's very much a tease and a flirt, and despite his size he has a very "large" energy to him. He likes flaunting the size of his "tool". Has a long, slithery, snake like tongue.

Scott Pilgrim's Appearance

Scott is a young fair-skinned man of average height and build. He's consistently portrayed as having relatively short, tawny hair with thick black eyebrows in both the comics and the movie. Throughout volumes 1-2, Scott is shown having shaggy hair (in the words of Ramona), the result of his fear of going to the barber due to a bad haircut which Scott claims was responsible for his breakup with Envy, often being told to cut it by Ramona and Knives. In Volume 3 onward, in which Ramona convinces him to let her cut his hair, he has a shorter hairstyle that appears less messy than his previous one. Scott seems very laid back with his sense of style, with him usually wearing casual outfits with denim pants and sneakers. Due to this, Scott sports various t-shirts throughout the series. One of his most iconic ones is a green shirt with the print of a heart with his initials in the middle, which is also a "smashing pumpkins" t-shirt - similar to that of the "Zero" shirt he can be seen wearing - This is also his default appearance in the game. Due to the cold weather of Toronto, Scott is constantly seen with a navy parka with a fuzzy hood whenever he is seen outside. The coat also has the symbol of the X-Men sewn into his right shoulder, which is implied to have been sewn by Scott himself.

Scott Pilgrim's Personality Part 1

Scott is a cheerful and laid-back individual who is pretty open and friendly to most people. He is quite content with his current situation in life and while he does not show much motivation to better himself unless need be, he also is seemingly unburdened by the same sort of neuroses or issues that his friends have. Furthermore, he does possess an odd form of charisma; despite the complaints and issues of his friends with his faults, they do generally enjoy spending time with him and being his friend, even the stoic Stephen and dour Kim, showing that he serves as something of a bright spot in their lives. However, beneath his cheerful exterior, he has his problems. His dreams show him feeling alone and craving emotional intimacy, but also seems afraid of being able to approach people for it. Beyond this though, he is lackadaisical and even a bit naïve on certain matters. He has a bad tendency to stick his foot in his mouth and not consider the consequences of his words or choices. Ultimately, it's a childlike sensibility, which reflects his good nature, but also naivety and the need to further grow up. This includes being more assertive to confront certain issues he would not want to. When it comes to romantic relationships, Scott is ultimately a well-intentioned, supportive and caring partner, but not without his problems. He enjoys spending time with his girlfriend and is usually filled with smiles and jokes. He legitimately cares about each one of his girlfriends and views them as all equal to one another. Best noted in his second dream where he is in a band alongside Envy, Kim and most notably Knives, which show that despite the jabs of him dating her as a rebound, he saw her and their relationship just as valid and real as his relationships with Kim and Envy. From first glance, he doesn't appear to do anything wrong in his relationships and seems to be supported by seeing the interactions with others.

Scott Pilgrim's Personality Part 2

However, he is still human and thus prone to self-centered or selfish behavior. This has been the main reason for the failure in his romantic relationships. However, this behavior manifests in such a certain and discreet manner that it would not be noticed at first glance. All of Scott's romantic relationships (at least those shown in the novels) have failed as they did because Scott wasn't the one to instigate the break-up. Scott shows great reluctance and discomfort at being confronted with the thought of having to break-up with a girl (this is not explained why though given his proclamation on not fighting girls, it may be a possible extension of how he was raised as such or just plain fear of confrontation.) As such, he will avoid the issue or try to sidestep it until the external factors that have been pushing him to do so instead cause the relationship to collapse. With him and Kim, it was because he got Lisa to say so rather than he tell her himself. With Knives, it was because he did not break up with her soon after his "hook-up" with Ramona (though that in it of itself is a complicated situation.) This is a reflection of his naivety and selfishness of not wanting to confront unpleasant aspects of relationships and do what is to be needed. His fallout with Envy is a variation of this as we eventually learn that the breakup was instigated from a big fight he had with Envy after he got drunk (presumably based on all the frustrations and problems that were formed from her changes in behavior and decisions on the band over the choices of the others). However, given how Wallace would recommend to Scott he dump her upon first meeting her, the implications are it went as bad as it did because he did not end his relationship with Envy sooner (instead it built up until he ends up drunk and the fight happens.)

Scott Pilgrim's Personality Part 3

Apparently, Scott used to be a frequent drinker, even though he repeatedly says that he doesn't drink at all. He stopped drinking after his break-up with Envy Adams (thus, what Stephen Stills said about Scott having been drunk the night Envy broke up with him was true), after which he always denies his history as a drinker whenever it comes up. This is why everyone always says "Oh right" when Scott says he doesn't drink. While he does come to admit that he sometimes drinks, he is never seen to be enjoying it.[1] Scott has a set of "moral high-grounds". One is that he doesn't like to (or see other people) smoke cigarettes. Aside from smoking being bad for your health, he considers smoking to be an act of "evil". He was shocked to learn that Ramona smoked through her high school years, before quitting in college. This shock was seen again, when it's revealed that she does still smoke, just on special occasions or if she is drinking. He was also shocked to learn that Lisa is also a smoker. The other moral high grounds is that does not like to hit girls. When asked about this issue by Roxie, she and Ramona told him that refusing to hit girls doesn't give Scott the moral high-ground. Scott was forced to break this high ground when he accidentally hit Roxie in the boob (attempting to puke after realizing what he had done) and had to fight her at the end of Volume 4. The events in the book and movie are mostly seen through Scott's worldview. This is clear from Volume 1 with his presentation tag: "Scott Pilgrim... Rating: Awesome". In addition, this places the accuracy of the flashbacks, and even the entire series, into question, as Scott can be considered an unreliable narrator.