Villains Wiki

Hi. This is Thesecret1070. I am an admin of this site. Edit as much as you wish, but one little thing... If you are going to edit a lot, then make yourself a user and login. Other than that, enjoy Villains Wiki!!!

READ MORE

Villains Wiki
Register
Advertisement

Stop hand

Riddler8

This Article Contains Spoilers - WARNING: This article contains major spoilers. If you do not wish to know vital information on plot / character elements in a story, you may not wish to read beyond this warning: We hold no responsibility for any negative effects these facts may have on your enjoyment of said media should you continue. That is all.

Villain Overview

I'm sorry, but that's pathetic!
~ Envy Adams.
I was going to say, but it never came up... when we were in New York last week, we played a show at the Chaos Theatre. I believe you're familiar with it? I hear what they're saying about you, Ramona. Building up your own legend a bit? Of course in Toronto they'd believe you. The big shot New Yorker. Of course she's Gideon's girl. She's not just some floozy who thinks a little attention equals eternal love!
~ Envy, to Ramona.
Well, well, Wells. I guess now it's time for you to fight your own fight. But not against me. Against Ramona!
~ Envy Adams pits Wallace Wells against Ramona Flowers in combat.

Natalie V. "Envy" Adams is the secondary antagonist of the graphic novel series Scott Pilgrim and its 2010 movie adaptation, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. She also serves as a major antagonist in the 2023 anime reimagining adaptation Scott Pilgrim Takes Off.

She is Scott Pilgrim's ex-girlfriend before Knives Chau, and the current date of Ramona Flowers' third ex, Todd Ingram.

In the film, she was portrayed by Brie Larson in her first villainous role. Larson returned to the role in the anime, with lead singer of Canadian indie band Metric, Emily Haines providing her singing voice.

Personality[]

Envy was said to be a laid-back, friendly person before the fame blinded her. When dumped, she became malicious and vengeful, vowing to humiliate Scott and defeat him internally, as well as take out whoever's dating him, not much differently from the League of Evil Exes. However, after Gideon is defeated and she apologizes, Natalie becomes humble and sympathetic once again, asking for Scott's forgiveness rather than humiliating him further.

Biography[]

Comics[]

Natalie was introduced to Scott when she and Julie Powers were still roommates at the University of Toronto. They began dating after thinking Julie was tired of her, and along with Stephen Stills, created the band "Kid Chameleon". Introduced as a dork with many anime-related dolls and toys, she began selling them to buy expensive clothing, change her name to "Envy" (which is a play with her inicials "N" and "V") and to produce merchandise of the band, along with signing with major record labels, something Scott and Stephen didn't want at the time. Scott, however, still sought a relationship with her to the point of writing a song to her, but fame blinded Envy beyond any understanding and he broke up with her when she signed them with a famous label. There is a theory explaining that Scott broke up with Envy in a fit of drunken rage, and after the breakup, tried to repress such memories, which resulted in the creation of Nega Scott.

In the comics, Scott meets Envy at Lee's Palace where Clash at Demonhead is performing, and is shocked to see her dating Todd Ingram, Ramona's third ex-boyfriend. She calls the Sex Bob-omb and Ramona into the backstage, just to show them she is better than them. Todd reveals his "vegan powers" and throws Scott into an alley, but Envy calls off the fight due to being too late of night. They meet again at another stage, and Envy sets a race between Scott and Todd, but he accidentally implodes the place with his powers, forcing Envy to delay the fight again. The band is called into another club, and she again meets Scott at an alley and they have a formal conversation, but Envy dismisses him again. She finds Ramona at a bar and they argue, eventually fighting each other with the crowd cheering for Envy, who almost kills Ramona with her own hammer until Knives helps her. Angered, she seeks Todd's help, but Ramona tells her he was cheating on her back with the band's drummer, Lynette Guycott. Her suspicion is cleared when Todd leaves the restroom with Lynette's panties.

Seeing this, Envy flies into rage and tries to kill Lynette with Ramona's hammer, but only manages to take off her robotic arm before she teleports away. She then kneels Todd in the groin and leaves in anger, only to return and watch in sadness while Scott headbutts Todd into 3000 points and some coins. She is not seen again until the last chapter, this time dating Gideon. When he's defeated, she reverts back to her "Natalie" self and apologizes to Scott and Ramona. What happens to her after that is left unknown.

Film[]

In Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Envy is blonde instead of red-haired and there is no fight between her and Ramona, or even Lynette, because the plot about Todd cheating on her with the drummer never happens. Envy is hinted by Scott many times in the movie, but it is only later on that she calls Scott on the phone, telling him and his band to watch the Clash at Demonhead show. Envy is only fully seen when Scott is about to fight Ingram. After his defeat, Scott tells her they're even and calls her by her true name, causing her to reflect if it really was a good idea to leave him. And much like in the comic, she is never seen again after her realization.

Video game[]

Envy is a sub-boss along with Lynette in World 3, before the boss battle with Todd. When she in critical health, she and Lynette will fight each other until both are defeated.

Anime[]

This version takes place in an alternate timeline created by an Older Scott Pilgrim who attempted to prevent his past self from meeting Ramona in the first place. Envy first appears in Episode 2 during Scott's funeral, where she arrives to sing a song in his honor, despite claiming to barely remember their time together. When she exits the funeral place, practically the entire house follows her.

Eventually Envy is cast as Ramona in Scott's Precious Little Life, an alternate telling of events based off the alternate universe where Scott defeated the League. To make things more confusing, Ramona herself is cast as Envy's stunt double, while Todd is cast as Scott. During the production, Todd is seduced by Wallace, who is playing himself. When Todd reveals this to Envy, she forces him to confess this to Wallace, who proclaims their relationship was only a fling, sending Todd into a depression. Envy then attempts to get revenge on Wallace by having her stunt double (Ramona) fight Wallace's army of stunt doubles. Eventually they attempt to talk to Todd, so Ramona can figure out if he was responsible for the vegan portal that took Scott, which Envy debunks by saying it was too good for Todd.

Trivia[]

  • Envy's appearance is based on that of Emily Haines, the lead vocalist of the Canadian indie rock band Metric. Consequently, the song that Clash at Demonhead performs in the film, "Black Sheep," was also written and originally performed by Metric.
  • Envy's hairstyle was largely inspired by the character Asuka Langley from the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise.
  • According to Brian Lee O'Malley, Envy was originally envisioned to be the fourth evil ex in his original draft of the comics, which would have been the source of additional drama between Scott and Ramona, but Roxanne Richter was created instead. In the film this is made more obvious as Roxanne has a similar appearance to Envy's comic design.
  • Unlike Ramona's evil exes, Envy never burst into coins in the comics or movie when defeated, but she leaves behind $2.60 when defeated in the game.

External Links[]

Navigation[]

           Scott Pilgrim logo Villains

League of Evil Exes
Gideon Gordon Graves (Film) (Anime) | Matthew Patel (Anime) | Lucas Lee (Anime) | Todd Ingram | Roxie Richter (Anime) | Kyle Katayanagi | Ken Katayanagi

The Clash at Demonhead
Envy Adams | Todd Ingram | Lynette Guycott

Scott Pilgrim
Older Scott | Nega Scott

Others
Knives Chau | Mr. Chau | Robot-01 | Katayanagi Twins' other Robots | Julie Powers

Advertisement