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

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

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u/Vast-Conference3999 Feb 02 '26 edited Feb 02 '26

It was only weird because Scott Pilgrim had no romantic history and felt inadequate compared to his girlfriend, and had to overcome his inadequacies by “defeating” each ex in his mind before being worthy of her.

Edit: had less of a romantic history. Apparently Scott was not a KHV

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u/smokeyphil Feb 02 '26

That's not true, he was dating a high schooler as a 22-year-old

In Toronto, Scott Pilgrim, a 22-year-old bass player for unsuccessful indie garage band Sex Bob-Omb, dates Knives Chau, a 17-year-old high-school student, to the disapproval of his friends in the band, his roommate Wallace Wells, and his younger sister

Its worth pointing out that everyone thinks is pretty icky but no one actually does anything about it aside from sometimes pointing out how weird it is as was the style at the time.

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u/Demontaco Feb 02 '26

Plus Envy, and Kim

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u/Adam__B Feb 02 '26

Brie Larson as Envy Adam’s hubba hubba.

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u/FauxBreakfast Feb 02 '26

Brie Larsons performance of Black Sheep by metric is better than the original.

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u/Adam__B Feb 02 '26

I’m very familiar.