Kim Pine

Gender

Female

Also known as

The Drummer

Species

Human

Age

23

Friends

Scott Pilgrim (ex-boyfriend, crush) Stephen Stills Neil Nordegraf Knives Chau Lisa Miller Ramona Flowers

Enemies

Trasha Ha (drummer rival) Sara, Emily and Tracy (former roommates) Kyle & Ken Katayanagi (kidnappers) Matthew Patel

Relatives

Unnamed parents

Relatives

Scott Pilgrim (ex-boyfriend) Jason Kim (ex-boyfriend) Unnamed other ex-boyfriend

Occupation

Clerk at No-Account Video

Affiliations

Sonic & Knuckles (formerly) Sex Bob-omb (formerly) Shatter Band

Appearances

List of appearances

Kimberly "Kim" Pine (b. October 1981) is the drummer for Sex Bob-omb, Stephen Stills' and Scott's band, and one of the seven main characters of the Scott Pilgrim franchise. During gigs (or even just when practicing at home) Kim counts in the band, usually by screaming some variation of: "We are Sex Bob-omb!!". She is 23 years old (24 in Volume 5 onwards) and was Scott's first girlfriend, whom he "saved" from Simon Lee back when they met in high school.The two broke up when Scott's family moved away to Toronto, and when Kim moved to Toronto herself, they formed Sex Bob-omb with Scott's former bandmate, Stephen Stills. Kim is employed at No-Account Video throughout the series, working alongside Hollie Hawkes.

Biography

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off In "Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life", Kim is first seen performing with Sex Bob-omb. She sarcastically tells Scott that his life is interesting, something which Scott acknowledges but later realises that she was indeed being sarcastic. Kim, along with Scott and Stephen later prepare for Sex Bob-omb's performance, Kim unintentionally causes Stephen much anxiety as Crash and the Boys pull out, with Stephen believing that they did so because they thought Sex Bob-omb sucked. Kim and the rest of the band perform "Orange Shirt" shortly before Matthew Patel breaks in and challenges Scott to a fight. Kim, along with the others, are shocked when Scott gets "defeated" at the hands of Matthew. In "A League of Their Own", Kim attends Scott's funeral. Kim sits next to Young Neil and tells him "nobody wins forever" in response to him stating that Scott always won. Young Neil responds back by saying "the house [always wins]", Kim is later seen moving away from Young Neil immediately afterwards. In "Ramona Rents a Video", Kim tells Stephen that the only thing Scott contributed to the band was "bass" after he reels from his loss. Kim later performs with Knives Chau for four hours before realising that she was late for work at No-Account Video. Ramona enters hoping to meet Kim, to learn more about Scott's background as she started to investigate Scott's disappearance after discovering that he was not dead, and instead was grabbed into a portal by a mysterious figure. Ramona tells Kim that Scott was actually alive, after she intially thought that Scott faked his death in order to avoid paying for his late fees are being charged $3,500. After Kim is told by Ramona that he is alive, Kim reiterates Young Neil's "the house [always wins]" line from the funeral, citing that it was "a dumb thing that a dumb person once said".

After seeking further information, Kim reveals to Ramona that Scott was her first boyfriend and that they met in high school before saving her from Simon Lee and the Benvie Boys. Kim goes on to tell Ramona that they broke up after Scott moved to Toronto. During Ramona and Roxie's fight, Kim and Hollie watch them battle. Kim rewinds the film that Ramona and Roxie are fighting in, which results in Roxie coming out and destroying the remote. After they make amends, Ramona and Roxie sit with Kim, and Roxie and Kim kiss one another, to which she stated that there were no sparks. After Roxie leaves, Kim is flabbergasted that Ramona used to date Lucas Lee. Kim later appears in "WHODIDIT" where she, along with Stephen, Knives and Young Neil update Ramona with information on her ongoing investigation to find out what happened to Scott. Ramona tells all three of them that she had managed to crack the case wide open, telling her that the Katayanagi Twins created a portal and took Scott from the gig at the Rockit. Kim, along with the others are shocked when Scott arrives back on the doorstep of Ramona's Apartment, telling them all that he was behind the whole disappearance. In "2 Scott 2 Pilgrim", Kim watches on as Future Ramona arrives. She takes pictures of the both of them, and later watches Future Ramona return to the future. Kim is later amused when Scott and Ramona are unable to kiss as a result of the AK-Field. After Knives' suggestion that the League of Evil Exes may have been behind the AK-Field, Kim, along with the others attend the opening night of Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Musical. In "The World Vs Scott Pilgrim", Kim states that she is only attending the premiere to support Stephen who had worked on the production of the musical along with Knives. During the show, Kim is transported to the Dream Desert along with Scott and his friends, and the Evil Exes. There, she witnesses Even Older Scott fight Scott and Ramona.

Shortly afterwards, she is transported back to the theatre. When Scott and Ramona get sent back by Super Ramona, Kim smiles as Scott and Ramona share a kiss. Kim is later seen closing No-Account Video with Hollie. Afterwards, they visit Second Cup where they find Lucas Lee working as a barista. After Lucas tries to entice Kim and Hollie, Kim tells him "whatever" as she leaves. Kim is later seen performing with Sex Bob-omb who have reunited following Scott's return from the future. Kim goes back on her word that she thought the band sucked, by stating that they were actually good since Knives joined the band, playing the keyboard. She last appears hanging out with Scott, Stephen, Knives and Young Neil where they meet up with Ramona at her apartment, and they all begin to go and hang out together.

Personality

Kim has a sarcastic personality and is known to be a misanthrope. A common character trait of Kim's is usually cracking sarcastic comments and jokes at the expense of her friends, mainly Scott. In the earlier books, Kim was also shown to have not much hope for Sex Bob-omb, often pointing out that they suck. Some of Kim's aforementioned comments include, "Scott, your life is so interesting...", "Are you really evil or are you really happy?" and "I'm tragically sorry to have woken you up so tragically early, Sara" Another Kim trait was her patience for people she views as (and is usually right about) being moronic, i.e. Scott Pilgrim, her roommates, and Julie Powers, even telling Jason about the latter that they are "tragically not" her friends. She also makes gestures that most would consider rude or unwelcome, such as flipping off Stephen and doing finger-guns when hanging out with Ramona and her band. Bryan Lee O'Malley hinted that Kim may have an inferiority complex, noting how she isn't necessarily less attractive, but believes so, hinting at insecurity about her beauty. The biggest example of this is how she depressingly laments Envy's beauty when compared to her own, noting how she's on the cover of a magazine with makeup. O'Malley responded with saying that by delving deep, there's more to it than having the reader just assuming that is Envy is pretty and Kim is sad and ugly. Kim "dislikes many people (possibly everyone)", as such, her relationships with the other characters is an interesting topic: while it may seem on the surface that she does not hold them in very high regard, she enjoys their company and cares about them all. Kim's most known relationships would be those of Hollie Hawkes, her roommates, and Scott Pilgrim. Towards her roommates, Kim is annoyed by their existence, often doing things to spite them (such as stabbing a voodoo doll) or thinking violent thoughts about them. As seen in The Wonderful World of Kim Pine, her relationship with them is

Hollie and Kim, due to being co-workers at No-Account Video have a professional and friendly relationship. In the first scene we see them share, Kim insults Hollie, telling her how she hates everyone, with Hollie responding by calling her a "holy terror". Aside from this scene, Kim doesn't display much hostility towards her, even inviting her to Sex Bob-omb's event at Lee's Palace. While at work, Hollie is shown to laze around, eating nuts and watching TV, forcing Kim to deal with the customers, though this may have just been exclusive to the anime. After the store closed, they maintained their friendship and went for coffee, only to leave after seeing Lucas Lee working there. However, Kim's friendship with Hollie was most likely ended after her boyfriend, Jason, cheated on her with Hollie. When asked about this by Scott, Kim told him and Ramona that Hollie was "dead to me". However, her greatest relationship seems to be with Scott. Like with her roommates, she expresses annoyance towards his idiocy and was one of many people who mocked him for dating Knives Chau. Despite how she usually acts towards Scott, she is willing to help him out and is a fiercely loyal friend who will do anything for him. She helped him find a job, encouraged him to play for Ramona, and when Ramona disappeared, she let him crash at her place and helped him with his emotional issues. All in all, while Kim may act sarcastic and hostile, she loves her friends deeply and truly cares for them, willing to help them out and offer advice.

Appearance

Kim is a fair skinned young girl of average height with three freckles on each one of her cheeks, though in the earlier comics she has more. She has red hair, styled in a bob shoulder-length haircut. In Scott's flashback, however, we see that her hair was long and tied back into a ponytail during her high school years. Although much like the other characters, Kim changes her outfit frequently. She’s mostly seen sporting various kinds of tracksuit jackets and skirts with varying colours. In the game, she wears a black and white tracksuit with a skirt.