Matthew Patel

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“	P...Pirates are in this year!	„
	~ Matthew Patel to Scott Pilgrim

Background

Matthew Patel is Ramona's first evil ex-boyfriend and the final boss of Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life. Matthew is the first evil ex whom Scott battles and despite his embarrassing defeat by Scott, he plays the important role of introducing the League of Ramona's Evil Exes to Scott, who promptly ignores his messages.

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Relationship with Ramona A former boyfriend from the seventh grade. Ramona Flowers and Matthew dated for only a week and a half, during which Ramona pretty much used Matthew and his mystical powers to ward off flocks of jocks interested in her. She dated Matthew, according to her own story, because he was the only non-white and non-jock kid at her school. The two only kissed once, and it ended shortly after due to Matthew's pre-adolescent capriciousness. Afterward, Matthew turned evil during his high school years and by that time had moved far, far away. He also apparently took the break-up very badly, looking much more evil than most of the exes... Encounter with Scott No sooner than when Scott started to become close with Ramona after they met, Matthew started sending messages warning Scott that the Evil Exes were coming for him. All of these, however, were ignored. Eventually he comes calling just as Sex Bob-omb are about to play at a local club. Scott is initially confused about the whole encounter but, after Patel explains the situation for a third time, proceeds to fight him in hand-to-hand combat. Scott is able to hold his own long enough to ask Ramona how she ended up dating Matthew. When Ramona reveals how she briefly dated and dumped Matthew in seventh grade, Matthew becomes furious and summons his Demon Hipster Chicks and engages Scott, who is being aided by Wallace, Kim, Stephen, Stacey, Knives, and Young Neil, in a music/dance style battle to the tune of "Slick". Defeat While the two sides sing back and forth, Matthew and his Demon Hipster Chicks hurl fireballs at Scott and his friends. Scott and the others conjure a protective Musical Shield around themselves by assuming video game style defensive poses, deflecting the fireballs. Scott then counters with his own song about friendship, courage, and whatever. When Matthew protests that the song doesn't even rhyme, Scott yells, "Shut up!" This somehow stuns Matthew long enough for Scott to defeat him with a single flying punch. Matthew explodes into coins, leaving behind $2.10 in Canadian currency.

General Information

Name: Matthew Patel

Origin: Scott Pilgrim

Sex: Male

Age: Around 23-24 (Should be around Ramona Flowers' age)

Classification: Human, First Evil Ex-Boyfriend

Status: Alive (Characters within the Scott Pilgrim universe cannot die due to how death works)

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral (Despite proclaiming to be evil in his encounter with Scott Pilgrim, he only chooses to fight Scott as payback and closure with Ramona Flowers)

Codex Statistics

Key: Regular | Subspace Avatar

Grade: B | A

Tier: 8-A, Higher with Demon Hipster Chicks | Varies from 8-A to 6-A

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: City District level (Casually busted through the top of a roof. Should be comparable to Scott Pilgrim), Higher with Demon Hipster Chicks (Shot fire powerful enough to where Scott and friends had to put up a forcefield) | Varies from City District level to Continent level (Has a subspace avatar that he can make as strong as he wants)

Durability: Multi City Block level (Can take multiple hits from Scott) | Varies from City District level to Continent level (Has a subspace avatar that he can make as durable as he wants)

Striking Strength: Multi City Block Class | Varies from City District Class to Continent Class

Lifting Strength: Peak Human (Can physically wrestle with Scott) | Peak Human

Travel Speed: Superhuman (Should be around the same speed as Scott Pilgrim) | Superhuman

Attack Speed: Superhuman | Superhuman

Reaction Speed: Superhuman (Can react to Scott Pilgrim) | Superhuman. Can't be blitzed while in subspace due to the way space-time works

Stamina: Unknown

Range: Standard Melee, Dozens of Meters with Fire Manipulation, Multiversal with Subspace Manipulation (The size of subspace expands this large, summoning Demon Hipster Chicks is an extension of his subspace powers)

Intelligence: Genius Intelligence (Seemingly as skilled as Scott Pilgrim in martial arts and knows how to use Subspace efficiently)

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Powers and Techniques

Innate AbilitiesWithin Subspace

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Martial Arts (Could fight equally with Scott Pilgrim in martial arts. Matthew is implied to have gone, and still currently work, in the military), Acrobatics, Magic (Matthew's powers are described as mystical by Ramona Flowers) Flight (Flew alongside the Demon Hipster Chicks he summoned), Fire Manipulation & Curtain Fire (His demon hipster chicks along with himself can shoot out a multitude of fire balls to overwhelm the target), Invulnerability (The Demon Hipster Chicks must be targeted and defeated before one can target Matthew), Law Manipulation (Subspace can shape reality to the user's liking. An example being Scott Pilgrim and the various video game-like aspects of the world, which are a result of Subspace and its perspective-based abilities), Perspective Manipulation and Observation (Unconscious Manifestation; Potent Subspace users can use the perspective-based powers of Subspace to overwrite reality to fit how they view it in the real world), Avatar Creation (Has an avatar in subspace he unconsciously creates), Immortality (Life and Death Immunity; Death is treated as an inconvenience in the universe withy nobody actually dying), Space-Time Manipulation (3+1-D, Defensive) & Dimensional Travel (Characters can manifest doors directly to subspace, or even move between subspace and the real world through sheer force. Breaking the walls between subspace and the main universe), Mind Manipulation (Entering Subspace directly accesses one's mind and subconscious thoughts), Irreversible Damage (Can kill ones subspace avatar and kill their true form in the process), Attack Reflection (Scales to Scott Pilgrim who gave Gideon the Glow), Sheer Will (Those who can access the powers of Subspace in the real world naturally require a strong will and determination to control them), Subjective Reality & Dimensional Storage (Whatever the user can imagine will be created in subspace. For instance, Scott manifested his love for Ramona as the Power of Love, which he can pull from and store in Subspace), Portal Creation & Summoning (As the powers of the characters originate from Subspace, they can create portals or summon beings and objects from their subspace), Resistance to Mind Manipulation (Should naturally resist conventional mind manipulation as his mind harbors subspace)

All previous powers and abilities to an unknown extent. Abstract Existence (Idea, Primordial Source), Regeneration (Low-Godly; Subspace avatars are avatars of pure cognition of one's true self and by extension can be restored by the true form at will), Immortality, Supernatural Resilience, and Unconditional Time Travel (Life and Death Immunity; Concepts such as death are irrelevant to subspace avatars/dwellers as even if one dies they will just be sent into subspace, with spirits being able to freely pass through and from Subspace. Immortal Metaphysical Aspect; All damage done to a subspace avatar means nothing to their true self. Someone like Scott could lose his limbs in subspace and be cut in half and would still be perfectly fine. Reliance; True Self/Person; As the creation(s) in subspace ultimately have no major consequences on the real world self, the subspace avatar can be endlessly created. Even if subspace itself is destroyed, the true self can simply restore it as well. Subspace avatars are avatars of pure cognition created by one's true self and by extension can be restored by the true form at will, regardless of the damage they succumb to) Alternate Replacements (Due to Subspace being an entire space-time continuum directly tied to the user's mind mind subspace is therefore directly linked to the user's entire life, allowing for numerous versions of the same being to exist simultaneously. Furthermore, psychic energies can traverse through the timestream to the present era, further suggesting that mental figments of one's past self can travel through the timestream), Acausality (Irregular Causality; Subspace is a different space-time where all rules are different (including death), thus it should by extension be a different system of causality), Enhanced Perspective Manipulation and Observation (Unconscious Manifestation and Conscious Manifestation; Perception is Law. People, items, and Mind Subspace itself are based on the nature of the person's mind, therefore, however, a person imagines Subspace is how it will appear. A good example is Scott's Dream Desert: this location is repeatedly used as a metaphor for Scott's loneliness but also is his projected image of Subspace at that time which Ramona is able to pass through), Law Manipulation (One’s subspace operates under their rules and systems which can extend even to the real world with characters like Gideon affecting Ramona’s Subspace), Reality Warping and Mind Manipulation (Mindshifting; While Mind Subspace allows for others' own projected images of themselves to take on other forms, the individual whom the Subspace resides in retains all power and control within said mind. Through this, the character can shape themselves and Subspace to their liking all through their thoughts, perspectives, and desires), Power Nullification (A user of Subspace can completely nullify any connection an opponent has in that Subspace, regardless of if they're more powerful or not. This is how Ramona was able to expel Gideon despite him being a master of Subspace and able to manipulate it inside anyone's mind), Dimensional Travel and limited Possession (Subspace users can unconsciously and consciously enter their subspace avatars, even after dying), Power Manifestation (Gideon Graves was able to create the Glow from subspace and use it to directly counter mind subspace)

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Equipment

• Demon Hipster Chicks: Matthew summons four flame-engulfed demon hipster chicks who help fire fireballs alongside Matthew Patel.

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  Demon Hipster Chicks

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Other

Standard Tactics: Matthew will go for hand-to-hand combat along with summoning his Demon Hipster Chicks to shoot a wide array of fireballs at the opponent. The opponent must defeat the Demon Hipster Chicks before they can attack Matthew.

Weaknesses: Nothing notable.

Explanations

For further explanation of subspace, read this blog.

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Battle Records

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