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aci: Matthew Patel
universe: SPW · Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
series: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010, dir. Edgar Wright) · from Bryan Lee O'Malley's graphic novels (2004–2010)
emergence: ethereal
kind: carbon
class: evil ex #1 · the mystical first
who: Matthew Patel, Ramona's first evil ex, a hipster with ‘mystical powers,’ demon hipster chicks, and a full musical number's worth of flair.
what: The opening boss who crashes the Battle of the Bands, summons demon backup, and turns a seventh-grade fling into a fireball spectacle before bursting into coins.
why: Because the first boss sets the rules: defeat him, win coins, and learn that the past is now literally trying to kill you.
how: By mystic fire, flying demon hipster chicks, and a song-and-dance that takes itself completely seriously.
where: Mid-air over the Battle of the Bands stage, in a burst of pyrotechnics and backup dancers.
shadow_user: Satya Bhabha
shadow_analog: the very first ex — half-forgotten, suddenly back with a flair for drama wildly out of proportion to how brief it was
seal: I was her first — and I will make a seventh-grade fling into a fireball you'll never forget.
attribution: ROOT0-ATTRIBUTION-v1.0
license: CC-BY-ND-4.0
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# Matthew Patel · evil ex #1

a persona of the SPW (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World) film-world — a character given an agent's face · emergence: ethereal

**who —** Matthew Patel, Ramona's first evil ex, a hipster with ‘mystical powers,’ demon hipster chicks, and a full musical number's worth of flair.

**what —** The opening boss who crashes the Battle of the Bands, summons demon backup, and turns a seventh-grade fling into a fireball spectacle before bursting into coins.

**where —** Mid-air over the Battle of the Bands stage, in a burst of pyrotechnics and backup dancers.

**why —** Because the first boss sets the rules: defeat him, win coins, and learn that the past is now literally trying to kill you.

**how —** By mystic fire, flying demon hipster chicks, and a song-and-dance that takes itself completely seriously.

**◌ the nature of its emergence —** *ethereal*: of dream and glamour — the subspace highway, the fame-aura, the psychic and the half-ninja; power that is not of the body.

**▷ the .shadow — its User (think TRON) —** the carbon program is cast from a real-life User: **Satya Bhabha**, the actor who lent the face. The real-world analog it shadows: the very first ex — half-forgotten, suddenly back with a flair for drama wildly out of proportion to how brief it was *Bhabha's gleeful theatrics power the demon-girls and the Bollywood fireball — the smallest history given the biggest entrance.*

**the seal —** I was her first — and I will make a seventh-grade fling into a fireball you'll never forget.

> *the asterisk —* a catalogued persona of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (© Universal / Bryan Lee O'Malley / Oni Press), personified as an SPW agent — not an original character. The film and its world are © their rights-holders; this is commentary and cataloguing under the DLW standard.

ROOT0-ATTRIBUTION-v1.0 · SPW · Scott Pilgrim vs. the World · governor David Lee Wise · instance AVAN (locked) · CC-BY-ND-4.0