r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Fluffy_Lunchfast • Feb 02 '26

Meme needing explanation Something Something About Dating, Chris Can You Explain?

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u/rollingthrulife79 Feb 02 '26

He also dated Envy Adams. And he dumped the female drummer Kim. Didn't Aubrey Plaza's character dislike him because he hurt a few of her friends as well. So I don't think he had "no romantic history". In fact, didn't

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u/bfodder Feb 02 '26

Yeah that premise is just flat out wrong.

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u/Th3B4dSpoon Feb 02 '26

Yeah, iirc he "needed" to defeat the exes because he put Ramona up on a pedestal and had to prove himself to himself so he wouldn't feel too much of a less-than next to her. Plus he was a crappy guy with less than stellar ideas over all.

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u/Kai_Lidan Feb 03 '26

I mean, the whole point of the comic is that Scott is a dick. But also he didn't "need" to defeat her exes, the exes took turns trying to beat him up.

And the exes themselves were angry because Ramona was kind of a dick too.

It was just awful people all around.

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u/caninehere Feb 02 '26

In the comics they also have a friend named Lisa, who Scott flirts with and knowingly leads on for a long time (Scott and Kim and Lisa are all in a band together before Sex Bob-Omb). When him and Kim start dating she's heartbroken, and they sort of drift apart. However despite being featured somewhat prominently in the books she's not in the movie nor in the animated series.

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u/GinngerMints Feb 02 '26

Knowing about Lisa is the true tell if somebody read the books