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| ==Introduction== | | [[File:Valere Sea of Stars Official Render.png|right|425px]] |
| As of now, a majority of people have this idea that Todd is the most powerful Scott Pilgrim character and that nobody scales to him. This blog is here to debunk this idea since it's getting increasingly annoying facing the same arguments over and over again. If anyone has any disagreements with this blog, '''please''' share your thoughts and refutes in the comments.
| | {{Quote|I wouldn’t overthink it. Prophecies are not swayed by the attention we give them.|Valere to [[Zale (Sea of Stars)|Zale]]}} |
| | ==Background== |
| | '''Valere''' is one of the main protagonists of ''Sea of Stars'' and is a Solstice Warrior. Born on the Winter Solstice, Valere trained most of her life to become a follower of Luana and would become a lunar monk. Upon finishing their training, Valere and [[Zale (Sea of Stars)|Zale]] were sent to Wraith Island to meet up with fellow remaining Solstice Warriors, [[Headmaster Moraine]], [[Erlina (Sea of Stars)|Erlina]], and [[Brugaves (Sea of Stars)|Brugaves]], to defeat the Dweller of Woe. |
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| ===Clash at Demonhead Extras=== | | ! style="text-align:left;" |This dropdown contains the synopsis of Valere's story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise! |
| To start, we have [http://imgur.com/gallery/TCms2HM Todd's character draft description]. This comes from the extra content pages in volume 2 about the Clash At Demonhead (It basically shares Bryan's thoughts during development and how he envisioned the characters).
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| | <font size=5> '''Early Life''' </font size> |
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| | Valere was born on the Winter Solstice that took place shortly after the battle between the Solstice Warriors and Dweller of Strife, and was one of two Solstice Children born. Valere grew up and was raised for nearly the first decade of her life in the secluded town of Mooncradle, where she would train with Zale and Garl around the town in preparation for their Solstice Training. |
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| {{Quote|He turned out to be bigger, stronger, and more powerful than Scott, but equally dumb, or even dumber.|Bryan}}
| | After an expedition outside of Mooncradle, [[Brugaves (Sea of Stars)|Brugaves]] and [[Erlina (Sea of Stars)|Erlina]] greet Valere and Zale and test their physical and magical growth before meeting with [[Headmaster Moraine (Sea of Stars)|Headmaster Moraine]]. This encourages Valere, Zale, and Garl to approach the Forbidden Cavern Gate and open it with their small amount of magic. |
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| | Having successfully opened the gateway entrance, the three children enter the cavern with the hopes of impressing the Headmaster. This unfortunately proved to be a big mistake, as monsters swarmed and overwhelmed the three. In an attempt to protect Zale while he tried to use offensive magic, Garl was impaled in the eye by one of the hostile creatures, permanently blinding his left eye. |
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| | ==General Information== |
| | '''Name:''' Valere |
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| Now there are several issues with this that I feel a lot of people blatantly ignore or just don't understand. For starters, the actual context of this statement refers to Todd's [http://imgur.com/gallery/HmS0ZUI telekinetic-based] [http://imgur.com/gallery/KvZHbaf ranged] [http://imgur.com/gallery/Rq2xxO0 abilities]. Todd doesn't actually ever fight Scott physically (Except at Honest Eds) and just uses his vegan powers from a safe distance. In both instances shown here, Scott misses and Todd responds by throwing him with his telekinesis. At best, this proves Todd has superior lifting strength, which means nothing in comparison to both's raw attack potency.
| | '''Origin:''' [[The Messenger#Sea_of_Stars|Sea of Stars]] |
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| | '''First Appearance:''' Sea of Stars |
| File:Todd Fight 1-1.jpg|Scott begins to throw a punch
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| File:Todd Fight 1-2.jpg|Todd dodges and activates his vegan powers
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| File:Todd Fight 1-3.jpg|Todd telekinetically restrains Scott
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| File:Todd Fight 1-4.jpg|Then he begins to lift Scott in the air, choking him
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| File:Todd Fight 1-5.jpg|Todd then proceeds to throw Scott through the wall
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| File:Todd Fight 1-6.jpg|He explains how vegan powers work to Scott and co
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| Secondly, as shown in the first scan, Todd goes out of his way to dodge Scott's punches. While this could be because he finds getting hit annoying/inconvient (A common argument used to dismiss this), [http://imgur.com/gallery/q4jB6cM several other instances in the] [http://imgur.com/gallery/2TdifLw volume show otherwise]. Him dodging these attacks are because he is more than aware of how strong Scott and co is, which directly affects how he chooses to fight Scott (Something Scott even says himself).
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| | '''Company:''' Sabotage Studio |
| File:Todd Fight 3-1.jpg|Envy kicks Todd in the balls
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| File:Todd Fight 3-2.jpg|Todd then blasts Envy back with an energy beam
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| File:Todd Fight 3-3.jpg|Scott then lands a successful blow on Todd with his guitar
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| Another thing to point out about the second statement is that O’Malley compares them to Ryu and Ken, who are rivals around the same level of power, so all this would imply is that Todd is somewhat more powerful, but not to an extent that would put him above Scott’s league by entire tiers, which is shown towards the ending of volume three.
| | '''Creator:''' Bryce Kho |
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| ===Bryan's Tumblr Statement===
| | '''Sex:''' Female |
| Next off, we have [https://radiomaru.tumblr.com/post/46266669758/how-come-todd-ingram-didnt-kill-scott-in-the Bryan's statement from tumbler which is fairly similar to the first one]
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| {{Quote|Matthew went all-out because he sucks. Todd would never go all-out. If he went all-out, he wouldn’t be Todd. Todd is a smarmy jerk who wants to toy with Scott and feel cool and superior without trying. That’s the point of Todd.|Bryan's Answer}}
| | '''Sexuality:''' '''Unknown''' |
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| | '''Pronouns:''' She/Her |
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| First off, let's take a look at the original question here.
| | '''Story Role:''' Hero/Main Protagonist |
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| {{Quote|''"How come Todd Ingram didn't kill Scott in the beginning of volume 3? If he can punch a hole in the moon, couldn't he have finished off Scott the moment they met? At least Matthew Patel made the effort to go all-out in their first meeting.|Original Question}}
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| So based on the way the commenter views Todd, it's clear he doesn't see Scott or Matthew as any more than an average joe (Less in Matthew's case) who happens to know martial arts, which Bryan seems to follow along with. So by accepting what Bryan says about Todd, you alternatively accept Scott and Matthew as an average human martial artist.
| | '''Residence:''' Mooncradle |
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| ''"That's a massive assumption on your end. We don't know what either Bryan or the reader are thinking."'' | | '''Classification:''' Lunar Monk, Luana |
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| To a degree, this is true. However, we are expecting a casual reader and author to understand vs debating rules such as tiers, area of effect, scaling, and outliers. Of course they're going to say the dude who makes massive explosions is stronger. Heck, our [https://debatesjungle.fandom.com/wiki/Creation_vs_Destruction#Disclaimer Creation vs Destruction page paints this notion very clearly]. They don't even bother to mention some of the feats Matthew does that no normal person could physically do (We'll cover those later). Instead he decides to mock Matthew for it.
| | '''Species:''' Human, Winter Solstice Child |
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| Furthermore, even if Bryan was right about his character's stats, his answer directly contradicts Todd's character (And the previous statement from the character extras). He's never shown to act cocky to the point of [http://imgur.com/gallery/q4jB6cM holding back to Scott's level] [http://imgur.com/gallery/JnNS3Ko or to torture Scott for fun], nor has this been stated by him or anyone else (There are even times where Todd is putting a significant amount of effort into competing against Scott).
| | '''[[State of Being]]:''' '''Regular''' prior to her ascension, '''[[Enlightenment]]''' after her ascension |
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| | '''[[Physiology]]:''' '''Humanoid Physiology''' |
| File:Todd Fight 3-6.jpg|Crash and the Boys block Todd's attack
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| File:Todd Fight 3-7.jpg|Scott then jumps forward and strikes at Todd
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| File:Todd Fight 3-8.jpg|Todd blocks the attack and sends a shockwave, sending everyone flying flying
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| Funny enough, who Bryan was really referring to in this question was Envy, who wanted to torment Scott for the sake of pleasure at their first meeting. It even says at the beginning of the volume that Todd [http://imgur.com/gallery/MogzfCc doesn't want to make Scott suffer and just wants to end the fight as soon as possible]. And as shown later, this is not because Todd thinks Scott is a joke in terms of physical abilities.
| | '''Occupation:''' Solstice Warrior, Lunar Monk, Follower of Luana |
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| So not only is Bryan's answer a bad representation of the character's physical stats and mockery to some of his characters, he outright contradicts the morality of the antagonist for this volume and previous answers, which is blatant [https://allthetropes.fandom.com/wiki/Death_of_the_Author Death of the Author], moving on.
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| ==Arguments against Scott Scaling== | | '''[[Status]]:''' Has been both '''Alive''' and '''Deceased''' ([https://youtu.be/jIUMZfTeMh8?si=nRLDJFGA_CZny2nd&t=7465 Due to] [[Resh'an]] [https://youtu.be/nIJ0kak0PdY?si=YQb1KyxLbcOPDVMd&t=7129 having split the timeline into an infinitely expanding plethora of alternate timelines], [https://youtu.be/jIUMZfTeMh8?si=nRLDJFGA_CZny2nd&t=7356 there exist countless worlds where Valere and Zale failed to defeat the Dweller of Strife in combat], [https://youtu.be/nIJ0kak0PdY?si=YQb1KyxLbcOPDVMd&t=6645 with them only having stalemated it due to Resh'an getting involved in their conflict], [https://youtu.be/e8xp0hONji0?si=G24e0QJJ7W6PYFVf&t=4801 which furthered their journey and allowed them to ascend into Solen and Luana]) |
| ===Todd is only continental with his Vegan Powers=== | |
| I honestly have no idea where this idea spawned from (Pretty sure it originated from vsbw). It's established in the flashbacks that Todd [http://imgur.com/gallery/eyHqZVQ went to vegan academy in order to learn the vegan techniques we see him use in volume 3].
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| | '''[[Alignment]]:''' '''Neutral Good''' ([https://youtu.be/7fFx6Emvdso?si=cDUp0hI055anwhV0&t=2826 Valere is one who follows the path of Luana], [https://youtu.be/7fFx6Emvdso?si=yt25TjUED2156qJN&t=2252 and thus follows her intended destiny as a Solstice Warrior to forever protect her world]. [https://youtu.be/jIUMZfTeMh8?si=nKXV1qxXoER6B2WV&t=7349 She will often put her own life on the line in order to save others], [https://youtu.be/dZGEilGoCn4?si=aErqTjYD0haZIEPB&t=6459 and even crossed the Sea of Stars in order to save Seraï's world and face the Fleshmancer]. [https://youtu.be/oKXutBL0UL8?si=x6afaj92MG9MrOJA&t=5310 Helped relocate the people of Port Town of Brisk when the Dweller of Strife was resurrected and saved countless lives]. [https://youtu.be/6yI1OII1AW4?si=IjDPepe3z_O66svM Defeated every dweller] [https://youtu.be/G-5Jn_zGys4?si=QrtcQ82dc92wvTme in her own world] [https://youtu.be/19pAsZ8VrDY?si=2yVdd8Y6VrFh8w3o and Seraï's world], [https://youtu.be/jIUMZfTeMh8?si=nKXV1qxXoER6B2WV&t=7349 therefore saving the lives of everyone from their terror had they turned into World Eaters]. [https://youtu.be/dZGEilGoCn4?si=AGcE9dmxZGoL5cws&t=720 Alongside Garl in his dying moments], [https://youtu.be/dZGEilGoCn4?si=-YyZchWq8ulHVATV&t=5119 Valere helped wake and pacify The Sleeper from its destructive ways]) |
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| ''"But we see the energy from Todd's vegan powers when he punches the moon, that makes your previous argument irrelevant."'' | | ==Codex Statistics== |
| | '''Key:''' '''Child''' | '''Pre-Awakening''' |'''Post-Awakening''' | '''Luana''' |
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| No we do not. We see the shockwave created from his punch before it hits the planet. And why are we suddenly throwing out the already established timeline and events for this incredibly headcanon? The only thing established in the flashbacks hinting this is that Todd was [http://imgur.com/gallery/2crSdK4 already a vegan], which is what's '''required''' to even get into Vegan Academy in the first place.
| | '''[[Tiering System|Tier]]:''' '''10-C''', '''Higher''' with Magic | At least '''9-B''', '''Higher''' with Magic, '''Unknown''' when empowered by a solar eclipse | '''5-B''', '''Higher''' when transformed | '''Unknown''' |
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| Furthermore, the vegan powers have to be manually acquired from outside sources. This was the [http://imgur.com/gallery/2WbCGFL entire reason why he had his powers taken away from the Vegan Police]. So even if he went to Vegan Academy to screw around, he still couldn't have had them in high school. Heck, even if he did, we see [https://youtu.be/vqqGZBRBLcM?t=1m08s his hair isn't even standing up during the process] as shown in the movie (The movie is just as credible as the original, as the feat is a direct recreation of the comic's take and was [https://scottpilgrim.fandom.com/wiki/Bryan_Lee_O%27Malley#:~:text=He%20is%20currently%20writing%20the,and%20published%20by%20Image%20Comics.&text=O'Malley%20also%20helped%20Edgar,as%20Lee's%20Palace%20Bar%20patrons directed by Bryan]).
| | '''[[Attack Potency]]:''' '''Below Average Human level''' ([https://youtu.be/7fFx6Emvdso?si=7HCM7disgtYJe8AF&t=900 At this point in her life], [https://youtu.be/7fFx6Emvdso?si=RkRmvjJoOqw8qENM&t=748 Valere has only just begun using magic and is physically just a young girl]), '''Higher''' with magic ([https://youtu.be/7fFx6Emvdso?si=3_tRn6ZJXiZUuRx0&t=5943 Magic in Sea of Stars can amplify the user's power output in combat]) | At least '''Wall level''' ([https://youtu.be/7fFx6Emvdso?si=obFIGt2ZUwvsggA9&t=1764 Valere and Zale have now trained for nearly a decade of their lives] [https://youtu.be/7fFx6Emvdso?si=YqU0wBa9j3LSF9yV&t=6677 and have grown far stronger to the point of being deemed Solstice Warriors by the Elder Mist], [https://youtu.be/7fFx6Emvdso?si=oNYBcMmcqS7N9MJc&t=3412 and were able to fight and defeat the Bosslug which can shake the entire cavern]. [https://youtu.be/7fFx6Emvdso?si=vxUII2VjU4D7Bqsl&t=4142 Alongside Garl], [https://youtu.be/aj8RttIxhfE?si=Lzc6eoJlMzqVmUXd&t=5860 Valere and Zale were able to best Malkomud and his pet salamander Rockie], [https://youtu.be/aj8RttIxhfE?si=RIjvgpIBQyGYiAOh&t=4447 the latter of which can burrow through rock at high speeds]. [https://youtu.be/e8xp0hONji0?si=nHkDRgAVx0i-hNWH&t=1646 Can destroy reinforced metal walls with little difficulty]), '''Higher''' with [[Magic|magic]] ([https://youtu.be/7fFx6Emvdso?si=XlBnPMK2TSlobjF0&t=5786 After learning how to "Use magic without using magic"], [https://youtu.be/7fFx6Emvdso?si=3_tRn6ZJXiZUuRx0&t=5943 Valere learned how to physically empower and amplify her power in combat]) | '''Planet level''' ([https://youtu.be/e8xp0hONji0?si=8dbuGU9CuyR7Kqcb&t=4799 By this point in her journey], [https://youtu.be/e8xp0hONji0?si=4Q0Is0mgIlm6KKgv&t=3912 Valere and Zale have become fully connected to their potential and are powerful enough to best the Dweller of Dread without an eclipse to increase their power]. [https://youtu.be/e8xp0hONji0?si=BxkaT68s_UQV4tsK&t=4822 She and Zale together were able to pull the moon out of the ocean and back into space]. [https://youtu.be/f5-AWPdiMfQ?si=SYF5RpRRKmyo-IlF&t=4210 Defeated the Fleshmancer in the form of a World Eater], [ which are capable of consuming entire planets]) | '''Unknown''' ([ It is stated that once a Solstice Warrior ascends], [ their timeline is permanently saved with no force being able to oppose them], [ with the only known exception being to weaken their influence through the people's belief]) |
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| File:Vegan Police 1-1.jpg|The Vegan Police show up
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| I don't really see how this debunks Scott scaling when it's shown that him and others can damage Todd. I'm assuming that this debunk hinges on those incidents being outliers which we'll touch later. So the first reason for the two not scaling is the difference in destructive radius. Now if we assume that area of effect damage equates to higher power, we are now accepting bullets being weaker than a human punch. Confused? Look no further than our [https://debatesjungle.fandom.com/wiki/Attack_Potency Attack potency Page].
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| Real world logic debunks this mindset. But even if this wasn't the case, this argument would debunk 90% of arguments that involve scaling. Son Goku wouldn't even surpass planet since he doesn't destroy a planet, or effortlessly destroy the battlefield while fighting his opponents. Same with [[Mario]] being Low 2-C.
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| This is easily the most common argument against the scaling, and it mainly comes from people who have no understanding of what an outlier is. For a quick summary, outliers are abnormal inconsistencies commonly used in math (Surprise, this term wasn't invented by vs debaters). What people don't know is that feats [https://debatesjungle.fandom.com/wiki/Outlier#Common_Misconceptions_of_Outliers higher than utter casual feats demotes the outlier argument], since it's no longer an abnormal feat. I'll pull up a few feats in the volumes to prove this
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| The first feat comes from the first evil exe, [[Matthew Patel]]. In his introduction, he is seen [http://imgur.com/gallery/7vBr9xY breaking through the ceiling of Club Rockit by pointing his finger]. Mind you, Scott proceeds to body Matthew Patel, who wasn't even in a mood to fight during this time.
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| File:Matthew Fight 1-1.jpg|Matthew effortlessly taps and destroys the ceiling of the Rockit
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| File:Matthew Fight 1-3.jpg|He then kicks Matthew, leading into a combo
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| Next, we have Scott [http://imgur.com/gallery/gGhiPBV punching someone around the planet] (A feat that was [https://debatesjungle.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:GiverOfThePeace/Standard_Calc_for_Punching_Someone_Around_the_World calced to be 8-B by] [[User:GiverOfThePeace|GiverOfThePeace]]), which Stephen Stills confirms to be true. This was done by a very early Scott Pilgrim, who treated the incident as something unimpressive (You'll notice this pattern throughout the next few feats).
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| Ramona [http://imgur.com/gallery/YhyNG3B rips a steel beam from its hinges]. Yet another utter casual feat. Even Stacey Pilgrim and random civilians aren't surprised with Ramona's strength. And Stacey was more upset with Ramona damaging the building (Another reason why these characters aren't dropping nuclear explosions consuming all of Toronto).
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| File:Knives Pre-Fight 1-1.jpg|Ramona spots Knives in an extremely calm manor
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| File:Knives Pre-Fight 1-2.jpg|She tears the steel beam and walks back to where Knives will land
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| Moving on, we have Knives [http://imgur.com/gallery/BhYkxyo jumping several stories with no visible difficulty or strain]. Basically the same as Ramona's feat, only she had taken several physical blows from Ramona that visibly stunned her, thus she was physically weakened while doing this.
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| File:Knives Escape 1-1.jpg|Knives gets hit by Ramona, stunning her.
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| ===Scott was losing the whole time=== | | ===Notable Techniques=== |
| Even if we play devil's advocate and assume Scott was losing to Todd in a physical one-on-one, this only suggest Scott would downscale (Something we do for countless characters here, and in vs debating in general), which still puts him in the same range of AP as Todd. Regardless, it's directly stated why and how Scott was losing, which came down to Todd's [http://imgur.com/gallery/JnNS3Ko range which Scott says is why he can't land any blows].
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| {{Quote|I can't even get near him! I need some kind of...like...last minute, poorly-set-up Deux Ex Machina!|Scott Pilgrim}}
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| Add on that Scott, and characters like Envy, managed to physically harm Todd and tank attacks from him. Lastly, character such as [[Gideon Graves]] are directly implied to have [http://imgur.com/gallery/78s3dYH power capable of nuking the entire west coast of Canada], along with even being called an "Ultradimensional super villain" which is [http://imgur.com/gallery/Zpsuzii directly supported by his battle in Subspace], which further proves that Todd isn't just some oddball character who's leagues greater than the rest of the cast.
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| | ==Miscellaneous Feats== |
| File:Scott Pilgrim Character Bios.jpg|Gideon's bio alludes to his destructive potential
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| File:Gideon Subspace 1-1.jpg|Scott enters Ramona's Subspace.
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| File:Gideon Subspace 1-2.jpg|Gideon mocks Scott's inferiority.
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| File:Gideon Subspace 1-3.jpg|He explains how he's unbeatable in Subspace
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| File:Gideon Subspace 1-4.jpg|Along with Ramona making him stronger based on what she wants.
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| ==Analyzing each of Todd's interactions with the cast==
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| ===Scott no-sells a vegan nuke from an enraged Todd===
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| Ignoring the other times Scott is fighting and tanking attacks from Todd, this is the first major blow Scott endures from Todd, which is his [http://imgur.com/gallery/kNZykhE vegan nuke that destroyed Honest Eds].
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| File:Todd Fight 2-5.jpg|Todd drops his weapon and begins to have a mental breakdown.
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| File:Todd Fight 2-6.jpg|He then experiences multiple flashbacks, causing him distress.
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| File:Todd Fight 2-7.jpg|Todd starts unleashing his attack causing the building to shake.
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| File:Todd Fight 2-8.jpg|The outside of Honest Eds is shown with the energy from Todd pouring out.
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| File:Todd Fight 2-9.jpg|The building collapses with Scott and Todd completely unharmed.
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| ===Envy Kicks Todd in the balls=== | | {{!}}-{{!}}Reaction Speed= |
| Next up, we have Envy [http://imgur.com/gallery/q4jB6cM delivering a kick to Todd after she caught him cheating].
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| Here we have Scott [http://imgur.com/gallery/q4jB6cM hitting Todd hard enough to make him bleed] (Which was right after he hit Envy and started getting pissed). This is another solid feat that commonly gets dismissed for laughable reasons.
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| With that, the only plausible explanation for something as dumb as a durability drop this massive is if his vegan powers were like Ki and amplified his stats on command, and nowhere has something as extraordinary as this ever been established in the universe, and would contradict the original moon punch feat which had nothing to do with his powers.
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| ===Scott headbutts and defeats Todd=== | | ==Battle Records== |
| At the end of the battle, Scott [http://imgur.com/gallery/2TdifLw headbutts Todd and defeats him].
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| File:Todd's Defeat 1-1.jpg|Todd loses his powers and has a meltdown.
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| File:Todd's Defeat 1-2.jpg|Scott headbutts Todd, defeating him.
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| File:Todd's Defeat 1-3.jpg|Scott receives a 1-Up from Todd's place.
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| A completely baseless claim with no real evidence supporting it. Especially since the [http://imgur.com/gallery/2WbCGFL De-Veganizing Ray was made purely to remove vegan-based powers] which was also addressed prior. Only other argument against this could be Todd having his guard down, which doesn't prevent Scott from scaling.
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| ===Extra feats and scaling=== | |
| ====Envy tanks an enraged Todd's energy beam==== | |
| There are several instances of Scott no-selling and clashing with Todd's attacks with the number one refute being Todd was holding back.
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