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| publisher       = [[Oni Press]]
| date            = August 17, 2004
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| main_char_team  = {{ubl|[[Scott Pilgrim]]|[[Ramona Flowers]]|[[Knives Chau]]|[[Matthew Patel]]}}
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| writers         = [[Bryan Lee O'Malley]]<ref>Hudson, Laura. "[http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/07/14/bryan-lee-omalley-manga/ Bryan Lee O'Malley Talks 'Monkey Manga' with the Men Who Influenced 'Scott Pilgrim' Exclusive] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818113307/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/07/14/bryan-lee-omalley-manga/|date=August 18, 2011 }}." ''[[ComicsAlliance]]''. July 14, 2011. Retrieved on September 6, 2011.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url-status=dead|url=http://www.gordonmcalpin.com/writing/interview-bryanomalley.html|title=An Interview with Bryan Lee O'Malley|last=McAlpin|first=Gordon|date=May 24, 2006|access-date=October 11, 2010|archive-date=July 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711112903/http://www.gordonmcalpin.com/writing/interview-bryanomalley.html }}</ref><ref>[[Bryan Lee O'Malley|O'Malley, Bryan Lee]]. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20100912230424/http://radiomaru.com/2008/11/25/herg-quote/ Hergé quote]." Radiomaru.com. Retrieved on November 13, 2010.</ref>
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'''''Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life''''' is a [[graphic novel]] written and illustrated by [[Bryan Lee O'Malley]] that was released in 2004 by [[Oni Press]] as the first volume of the [[Canadian literature|Canadian]] [[comic book]] series ''[[Scott Pilgrim]]''. The series revolves around the titular Scott Pilgrim, a [[slacker]] and part-time musician who lives in [[Toronto]] and plays [[Bass guitar|bass]] ‍in a band, dating a [[high school]] student while recovering from a traumatic breakup. He starts a tentative romance with American delivery girl Ramona Flowers, soon discovering that Ramona possesses superpowers. It transpires that her seven [[supervillain]] exes have similar abilities. They are manipulated into targeting Scott in combat by her most recent ex boyfriend, Gideon Graves, forcing both Scott and Ramona to come to terms with their respective pasts, relationships, and behaviors.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://twitter.com/radiomaru/status/1136430154|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131003090804/https://twitter.com/radiomaru/status/1136430154|url-status= dead|archive-date= October 3, 2013|title=Bryan Lee O'Malley on the subject of 'evil exes'|author= Bryan Lee O'Malley|access-date=January 21, 2009}}</ref>

O'Malley won the [[Doug Wright Award]] and was nominated for three [[Harvey Awards]] for ''Precious Little Life''; it was followed by the story arc ''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (comics)|Scott Pilgrim vs. The World]]''. In 2010, the volume was loosely adapted as the first twenty minutes of the feature film ''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World]]'', and in 2023, as [[Scott Pilgrim Takes Off#ep1|the first episode]] of the animated series ''[[Scott Pilgrim Takes Off]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Vary|first=Adam B.|date=2023-11-21|title=Inside ''Scott Pilgrim Takes Off'': The Makers and Stars Explain Their 'Alternate-Reality Sequel,' and Why They Kept It a Secret|url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/scott-pilgrim-takes-off-interview-spoilers-1235802924/|access-date=2023-11-21|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref>

The series has received a universally positive critical reception.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2005/10/27/scott-pilgrim-vol-1-2-review|title=''Scott Pilgrim'' Vol. 1 & 2 Review|last=Goldstein|first=Hilary|date=October 27, 2010|work=[[IGN]]}}</ref>

==Plot==
Twenty-three year old Canadian slacker [[Scott Pilgrim (character)|Scott Pilgrim]] lives in [[Toronto, Canada]]. He lives in a cheap apartment with his gay roommate [[Wallace Wells|Wallace]], performs in the band "[[Sex Bob-Omb]]" along with his best friend [[Stephen Stills (character)|Stephen Stills]] and ex-girlfriend [[Kim Pine]], and is casually dating a seventeen-year-old high school girl named [[Knives Chau]]. Kim, Wallace, and Scott’s sister [[Stacey Pilgrim|Stacey]] resent this idea, but Stephen and his roommate, [[Young Neil|"Young" Neil Nordegraf]], support it, especially when Knives becomes obsessed with their band.

One night, Scott begins to have recurring dreams of a pink-haired girl, whom he falls in love with. After seeing the same girl at the library, he becomes determined to go out with her; his obsession causes him to spend less time with Knives and put less effort into the band. Later, at a party hosted by Stephen’s girlfriend [[Julie Powers]], Scott discovers that the girl's name is [[Ramona Flowers|Ramona]]. Scott awkwardly interacts with her, then secretly stalks her until she leaves the party. Julie and Stephen inform him that Ramona just had a bad breakup with someone named [[Gideon Graves|Gideon]], motivating Scott to pursue her. After learning she works at Amazon, he buys multiple CDs in an attempt to see her.

On Scott's next date with Knives, she kisses him, causing him to freak out. The next day, Stephen informs the group that Sex Bob-Omb will play in a battle of the bands with another popular band called Crash and the Boys. Later that day, Ramona delivers Scott's package. She reveals that she can travel quickly over long distances using a "subspace highway", an interdimensional transitway that passes through people’s minds; Scott's mind is so empty that he is able to see her in his dreams. Scott awkwardly asks her out, and she accepts. They end up at Ramona’s house and almost have sex, but decide not to. While there, Scott notices a mysterious letter from Gideon. Ramona agrees to come to Scott’s battle of the bands, and they officially start dating. When he informs Wallace about this, Wallace forcefully tells him to break up with Knives.

At the battle of the bands, Crash and the Boys knock the audience unconscious with a song so they can win the battle of the bands by default. When Sex Bob-Omb begins to play anyway, a mysterious man crashes through the ceiling and attacks Scott, introducing himself as [[Matthew Patel]], Ramona's first "Evil Ex-Boyfriend". Ramona explains that they barely dated in middle school. Scott and Matthew fight, initiating a music battle between Sex Bob-Omb and Matthew's "Demon Hipster Chicks". Scott defeats Matthew, shattering him into $2.10 in Canadian currency. On the bus ride home, Ramona informs Scott that he must fight her seven evil exes to date her, but they agree to continue their relationship. When Scott asks if Gideon is one of the evil exes, Ramona’s head begins glowing and she doesn't answer.

==Collected editions==
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| '''''Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life''''' || {{ISBNT|978-1-932664-08-9}} (original)<br>{{ISBNT|978-1-62010-000-4}} (color hardcover) || August 18, 2004 (original)<br />August 8, 2012 (color hardcover)
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://comicbookclublive.com/2020/04/22/the-stack-scott-pilgrims-precious-little-life ''Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life''] at [[Oni Press]]

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