The original concept for “Scott Pilgrim” is based around 2 premises. First, what if, after a life of playing fighting games, someone confronted you and you actually had the ability to fight like a “Street Fighter” character. And second, Bryan Lee O’Malley was dating his future wife, Hope Larson, when he learned she had dated three different guys named Matthew. This led to the idea of a League of Matthews. This idea developed into the League of Evil Exes and Matthew Patel is the only Evil Ex to keep the name Matthew.