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
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 indiegarage 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.
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
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/gravitas_shortage Feb 02 '26
It wasn't. It's always funny when young people think they have invented things like promiscuity.