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Hank:

Preferred - V1 (Ultrakill)

Alts - Nothing

Fine - Nemesis (Millarworld), Lobo (DC) MT Foxtrot (Cruelty Squad), Postal Dude (Postal), Jack Cayman (MadWorld)

Meh - Nothing

Nah - Doom Slayer (DOOM), Samus (Metroid)

Unsure - Killer Bean (…)

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Jebus:

The One - Gabriel (Ultrakill)

Alts - Eirin Yagokoro (Touhou Project)

Fine - Nothing

Meh - Nothing

No - The Batter (OFF), The Judge (OFF)

Unsure - Samuel Hayden (DOOM)
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Tricky

The One - Skitzo the 1920’s Killer Bear (COMICK)

Alts - The Violator (Spawn), The Mask (Dark Horse Comics), Art the Clown (Terrifier) ((Guilty Pleasure))

Fine - Needles Kane (Twisted Metal), Bugs Bunny (The Angry Video Game Nerd), Papi (Poppe the Performer), Devil Mario (Power Star), Carnage (Marvel Comics)

Meh - Nothing

Nah - Merasmus (Team Fortress 2), Flowey the Flower (Undertale)

Unsure - Gamzee Makara (Homestuck), The Dark Lord (AVA)
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The Auditor

Preferred - Uhhhhhh

Alts - Calypso (Twisted Metal), Aku (Samurai Jack)

Fine - You get the idea

Meh - Megatron (Transformers), Black Hat (Villainous)

Nah - Dr. Eggman (Sonic the Hedgehog), Bowser (Super Mario), Dr. Zomboss (Plants vs. Zombies)

Idk - Okina Matara (Touhou Project), Father (Codename: Kids Next Door), HATE (Glitchtale)

Hi, so I didn’t make this matchup. My friend, Jade did but they’re banned off Reddit and can’t make any new accounts so I’m posting this for her. So if the writing here comes off as odd or not like something I’d say that’s why. With that being said enjoy!

Scott Pilgrim vs Jeff Winger (Scott Pilgrim VS The World/Community)

CORE THEME: Jeff Winger and Scott Pilgrim are both the main characters of media noticeably paying homage to genres that over the course of their series reflect on their selfish actions and with the help of their friends and love interests change for the better.

THE CONNECTIONS:

Jeff Winger and Scott Pilgrim are both protagonists from series that came out in the 2000s/2010s that exists as homages to forms of media (Community is a meta deconstruction of sitcoms and pop culture & SPVTW is defined by its videogame aesthetic with references to anime, films, comic, and other NERD stuff).

Both Jeff Winger and Scott Pilgrim, despite their genuinely likeable qualities and traits, are total assholes to their partners and are incredibly selfish.

Both Jeff Winger and Scott Pilgrim are repeatedly called out in jokes for their behaviors and traits, while still going on a serious redemption arc trying to better themselves.

The silly ensemble cast (The Study Group & Sex Bob-Omb) within their series are the people that while can get on their nerves at times and in general are dysfunctional, care a lot for them and have their backs no matter what.

But within the cast are the two defining relationships they have involving two women that highlight their toxic male manipulative ways (Britta Perry and Annie Edison & Ramona Flowers and Knives Chau).

Britta Perry and Ramona Flowers are subversions of the typical manic pixie dream girl, while they still try to be cool and confident, they have just as many problems as Jeff and Scott and don't exist to just make their lives magically better.

Both Jeff and Scott meeting these women would kick off the plot of their series, leading to them forming a group of 7/having to deal with a group of 7 (Jeff making The Study Group/The Greendale 7 so Britta could hang out with him & Scott having to battle The Seven Evil Exes to date Ramona).

Britta would be one of the main people that pushes them to redemption because they're so much like them, having a lot of the same ego problems and manic personality traits and insecurities. It gave what originally was a shallow reason Jeff and Scott pursued these girls far more depth and sincerity.

Annie Edison and Knives Chau are both bubbly YOUNG women who had a huge crush on Jeff and Scott, which they would temporarily humor in the heat of the moment (Jeff kissing Annie after Britta confessed that she loved him & Scott dating Knives as a rebound from Envy, and then getting interested in Ramona).

Both Jeff and Scott would be rightfully called out for how terrible doing this was in a fiery squabble (Annie getting so angry she punched Jeff & Knives fighting Ramona for Scott). But most all were called out for the age gap in these relationships (“Annie's pretty young we tend to not sexualize her” & “She's seventeen Scott”). These moments also highlight how despite the caring and good hearted nature of these girls, they have their breaking points.

Despite this interaction Annie and Knives would accept Jeff and Scott's apologies and become good friends with them. These moments are pivotal points in Jeff and Scott's redemption arcs.

The reason Jeff and Scott were the way that they are was due in part to a past relationship with someone they had (Jeff’s father constantly belittling him throughout his youth, making Jeff close himself off from people & Scott's ex Envy Adams switching up on him and breaking up to pursue stardom, making Scott feel betrayed and depressed).

Both Jeff and Scott’s series tackle vivid mental realities the characters experience (stuff like Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas, Jeff's coma, and the Gasleak year & Subspace, with Scott seeing Ramona in his dreams because of it).

Jeff and Scott would be confronted with a funny but douchey rich guy that served as a mirror to what they could become if they don't change (Pierce Hawthorne & Gideon Graves).

But Jeff and Scott would literally just meet an evil version of themselves (Evil Jeff Winger & Even Older Scott).

Jeff Winger and Scott Pilgrim overall wouldn't have been able to be better people and redeem themselves if not for both the help of their friends and their supposed manic pixie dream girl. Despite their pasts, they end up with far brighter futures in the end.

And this is where I would put some connection discussing plot details of the Community movie! IF IT CAME OUT!

HOW WOULD THE FIGHT WORK?:

A question you might be asking is “Isn't Jeff just a fucking guy? What's stopping him from just being decapitated?!”. Now this is an understandable criticism, but the nature of Community as a series makes it so that it's not unreasonable to have them fight.

The thing about Community is that the show is very weird, it's not at all like your average sitcom, outside of the fact that the cast have gotten into multiple skirmishes before, the series is willing to have off the wall artistic changes. Ranging from stuff like a stop motion special, zombie apocalypse, a whole muppets parody, but most appropriately action oriented stuff like an anime foosball parody, Matrix parody, an GI Joe parody, and a literal video game style episode.

I bring all of this up because it highlights how Community isn't a normal grounded sitcom at all, so depicting Jeff battling a character like Scott who exists in an insane video game isn't as insane as Community already is. With that outta the way let's get into the actual fight potential!

I imagine the fight takes place during a break from college with Jeff going on a trip to Canada, and crossing paths with Scott Pilgrim at a music venue and so fighting. Part 1 of the fight would be Jeff and Scott having a fist to fist level fight with some kicking, reminiscent of the Mathew Pattel vs Scott fight just without the demon ghost crap.

Eventually though the fight starts ramping up with Scott using the Power of Love while Jeff starts using stuff paintball guns to blind Scott, and eventually the Power of Respect vs the cane Jeff was given in the First Chang Dynasty. And [though this is impossible to naturally add] you could have the fight go to Subspace and give Jeff his Wingman form and the form he took when The Study Group was playing that video game similar to the Ramona vs Roxie fight if you wanna push it.

I think this mixed with some really funny dialogue due to Jeff's suave snark in comparison to Scott's dorkiness and some genuine heartfelt moments of them acknowledging how lame they both are as people and some cool shots referencing action movie scenes and animes there and there and I think you could have a really fun time here.

While I can see you preferring Scott’s alts like Naota and Travis from a fight dynamic perspective, I think you still do some cool and interesting stuff with this, combine that with the really good connections and this at least is a good alt man.

Madness Combat has been my most recent hyperfixation so here’s a tier list mini dump (Hank J. Wimbleton, Jebus, Tricky the Clown and The Auditor)

Mario Matchups I like :p