Todd Ingram

TODD INSGRAM

⼀Todd Ingram is Ramona's 3rd Evil Ex.⼀ ★Age: 24 Occupation: Rock star ★Relations: Ramona's 3rd Ex Envy Adams (girlfriend) Mr. Ingram (father) ★Affiliates: League of Former Evils The Clash at Demonhead ★Powers: Vegan psychic powers ★First apparition: Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness (Volume 3) ★Frase: “I'm a rock star. I do what I want." ⼀TODD Todd Ingram is Ramona's third evil ex. He is involved in a relationship with Envy Adams (whom he is cheating on with Lynette Guycott) and is the bassist for The Clash at Demonhead. He is also a vegan, although he is known to cheat on both his vegan diet as well as his girlfriend, believing that he can get away with everything just because he is a rock star.

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★History: ⼀Relationship with Envy and Ramona: Todd and Envy have known each other since they were eleven, growing up together in Montreal. According to Envy, the two shared a deep loving relationship until Tood moved with his family outside of Toronto. Ramona dated Todd for the rest of high school after breaking up with Lucas Lee, saying that they were the "bad boys" together. He disappeared for two weeks while they dated, during which he became a vegan and gained telekinetic powers from him (having apparently been studied by scientists). Todd returned and took Ramona out of one of her classes to demonstrate his love for her by exploding one of the two huge craters on the moon, causing what Ramona described as "about 30 pages of explosions and tidal waves." ". Todd ended up attending a vegan college while Ramona went to Carolina University in Heaven, though, so the two decided to call it quits. It wasn't until later that he met up with Envy and the two began dating, at which point he once again punched another hole in the moon to prove his love for her this time. During Volume 3, the two are still dating while he was on tour with his band. However, unknown to Envy, he began cheating on her with the band's drummer, Lynette Guycott (from the flashback sequence of her inside Honest Ed's, it is seen that she seduced him).

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Envy discovered they were having an affair when Lynette and Todd were walking out of the bathroom after an hour of sex, with Lynette's underwear still on his head and Todd putting on his pants. Their relationship ended abruptly after this. ⼀Meeting with Scott: Scott finds out about him when he, Ramona, and his friends attend The Clash at Demonhead's show at Lee's Palace. Envy invites them backstage for a little chat (mostly just flaunting his fame on their faces). Scott's memories of his time with Envy cause him to attack Todd in rage, to which Todd reveals his vegan powers and effortlessly sends Scott flying through a wall into the alley. Scott tries again, but finds that he is, in fact, outmatched. The late hour makes Envy suspend the fight until the next day. Both groups meet once again outside Honest Ed's, where Envy sets up a race between the two through the store, and Todd is prohibited from using his vegan power. However, the somewhat frantic nature of the store gets to Todd and he accidentally implodes the store and destroys it, forcing Envy to call off the fight.

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A day later, he, Envy and Lynette are having lunch and he orders Gelato for dessert; Envy doesn't know that it contains milk and eggs. It is here that the reader discovers his unfaithful nature when he makes out with Lynette while Envy goes to the bathroom. This is revealed to Envy later during Volume 3 at another club the band will be playing at when he comes out of the bathroom with Lynette's panties on his head in the middle of Envy's fight with Ramona. Envy kicks him in the groin soon after and he responds in kind. ⼀Defeat: Scott goes on the offensive, he even gets help from the band The Boys!! and Crash! but it was not enough against his power. Fortunately, the Vegan Police show up due to Todd's two violations of consuming non-vegan foods (Gelato, which contains milk and eggs, and Chicken Parmesan). Todd was stripped of his powers via the Deveganizing Ray (despite trying to dodge his blast) and was left helpless. Scott headbutted him afterwards, causing him to crumble into a pile of coins, as well as leaving an Extra Life.

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⼀Powers: Being a vegan, Todd had enormous telekinetic powers. With these powers intact, Todd was nearly invincible and Scott could barely touch him until the vegan police stripped him of his powers for violating the vegan code. Using these powers caused his hair to light up and stand up from below, like in the "Super Saiyan" transformation from the Dragon Ball franchise. Coincidentally, all of Dragon Ball's Saiyans have vegetable-related names, and the word "Saiyan" itself is a Japanese pun on the words "vegetable" and "people" (literally, plant race).

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⼀Personality: Todd was arrogant, vain, and insensitive, as well as a terrible liar (Scott even called him a "cocky cock"). He was either a genius or incredibly dumb. Going through Volume 3, this can be seen over and over again as half the things he says don't make sense unless he explains them or requires some kind of explanation. His vegan powers are attributed to the other 90% of a normal person's brain being "full of curds and whey", while a vegan can somehow exploit this, which makes no sense. He defends the obvious holes in his explanation of vegan powers by simply stating "maybe if you knew the science..." Also, his line "Tell it to the cleaning lady on Monday" doesn't make sense until you rationalize that the cleaning lady cleans the dust (he's going to turn Scott into dust), and the cleaning lady has the weekend off, so Monday. While that may just be silly talk, it could also suggest his ability to think ahead, as the line seems to have come on the fly. Previously in Volume 3, Todd acted quite relaxed and seemed to be a calm guy. He would let Envy speak for him before fighting Scott. But his true personality is revealed as the story progresses.

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Todd also seemed to be a very sloppy kisser as seen in Ramona's flashback sequences and with Lynette. As she watched Todd and Lynette kiss, Ramona said that "you'd think he'd get better with age," implying that she hasn't changed much since her teenage years. Todd's teenage years seemed to be tumultuous for him and likely spawned his "evil" status since before that (as shown when he was living in Quebec during Envy's flashback sequence) he is shown to be quite good. Part of this may be due to his tumultuous relationship with his father, whom he could never please and who never believed he had the willpower to be vegan. In the end, Todd's father was proven right. Overall, Todd shows signs of being a narcissist, due to his self-centeredness and lack of empathy for others. Parts of Todd that often go unnoticed are a lot like Scott. Their full names are similar, they are both bassists and although Todd is Ramona's third ex-boyfriend, Scott has 3 ex-girlfriends. It should also be noted that Todd is the only evil ex that Scott previously knew due to the fact that Envy left him for Todd. Unlike the other evil exes, Todd shows very little resentment toward Ramona for her breakup. This makes his motivations for joining the League somewhat questionable. Gideon may have pressured him to join the League of Evil Exes due to his powers.

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★Representation in adaptations: ⼀In the movie: Todd Ingram is played by Brandon Routh in the film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, whose previous works include Superman Returns, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Chuck and Stuntmen. Unlike the Volume 2 character, Todd seems loyal to Envy, considering that he did not cheat on her with Lynette. Plus, he's the one who hit Knives so hard that the highlights were ripped out of his hair, instead of Lynette doing it. He only makes a hole in the moon, just for Ramona, instead of two holes. His "3" jersey has, in addition to the number three, three stripes on the arms, indicating his position as former evil #3.

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At the climax of the battle, Scott tricks Todd into drinking a cup of coffee with half and half, believing it contains soy milk. He pours half and half into his cup while he thinks hard about pouring it into the other cup. As a result, the Vegan Police burst onto the scene. The two call Todd out on his violation of the Vegan Code, to which he responds. "But it's only my first offense, don't I get three strikes?" One of the police officers pulls out a ticket and reports that Todd had previously eaten ice cream (Todd: "Isn't ice cream vegan?" Officer 1: "It's milk and eggs, bitch") and some chicken parmesan, which he envies. is offended. by (Todd: "Isn't chicken vegan?!"), resulting in his powers being taken away with the Deveganizing Ray. Without Vegan powers, Scott quickly defeats him with a headbutt.

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⼀In the video game: Todd Ingram is faced in World 3 of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game. After defeating Envy and Lynette, Todd attacks the player with a guitar lick, causing them to crash into the maze behind the stage. The player must stay ahead of him and destroy the walls in his path as he advances over them. Once you reach the end, it challenges the player to a Guitar Hero-style bass battle, although this is more of a joke as its bar is an extreme list of notes and the player is just a note that, when hit, makes his character hit him. his guitar and break his streak. He retaliates by lifting them into the air with his power and launching the character through the wall into the alley where the real boss battle begins.

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For first time players who haven't leveled up, Todd can be quite difficult to deal with as normal attacks barely affect his HP, a level of 12 or higher is recommended to be on par with him and a good strategy to fight against He would use hit and run tactics as his crash move will keep you from crying over him for long. He also be sure to block during the hulking phase, because even if he avoids his vegetable arm, the random flying vegetables can still hit him. When he is defeated, he loses control of his powers and explodes into vegetables, leaving behind $15.95 and an Extra Life. In the video game he also appears to be larger than other characters.

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⼀Curiosities •Todd's character has several references to the number 3. He wears a shirt with the number 3, he and Ramona dated for 3 years, he is the third evil ex, he and Scott fight 3 times, it only lasts 3 minutes inside Honest Ed's before losing control, he stops his first fight with Scott because it's 3:30 AM and he's part of a 3-piece band. Furthermore, he was in a relationship with 3 girls, namely Ramona, Envy and Lynette. • Additionally, he committed three crimes that caused his vegan superpowers to be revoked and it seems that he likes to show others his middle finger, the third digit of his hand. •In the movie Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, his shirt also has 3 stripes on the sleeves and he throws Scott through 3 walls after the Battle of Bajos. Also, the first time he throws Scott through a wall, Scott hits a trash can covered in several number 3s.

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•One of Todd's attacks in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game is a reference to the character Tetsuo Shima from the manga series Akira and its animated film. His arm mutates into various machines and fleshy growths as he fires a blast of blue psychic energy, similar to how Tetsuo attacks Colonel Shikishima with his mutant arm in the final act of the film, as he undergoes the transformation of he. • The fact that Todd hit the moon could also be a reference to a scene in the movie in which Tetsuo flies to an artificial satellite in Earth's orbit and uses his powers to destroy it.

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•Bryan Lee O'Malley has stated that Todd was the evil ex he had the most fun writing and drawing about, and that Todd was supposed to be similar to Scott in some ways, as they both play bass in a 3-person band , they wear sweatbands, and have similar names. •In the film, Todd wears a Punisher t-shirt during The Clash at Demonhead concert. Coincidentally, one of the vegan police officers who took away Todd's vegan powers was played by actor Thomas Jane, who played The Punisher in the 2004 film of the same name. •Todd plays a red Fender Mustang bass with a white racing stripe, as does Canadian band Sloan's bassist.