Having a villain that's treated like a joke for so long suddenly make an unexpected comeback and gain enough confidence to fight their way to the top is my favorite.
A lot of their strength levels feel at least partially subjective, but Gideon’s biggest strength has always been his mastery over “The Glow” which amplifies his opponent’s negative traits. Normally that’s very useful in a lot of fights, introducing doubts, making them reckless and highlighting weaknesses. But in the fight against Matthew it would be a hindrance because it most likely would just enhance the overconfidence that drove him to make this challenge in the first place. At that point it just becomes a straight fight. (Also I’m pretty sure Matthew may have leveled up when he beat Scott and that’s where those Shiva Stand arms came from) We’d have to see him go against some of the others for a clearer picture of the power levels, since most of them have more traditional forms of strength.
He was basically given the Spot treatment. He was treated like a joke in the comics and movie. And then the show gives him a bigger, more significant role.
I mean Spot was only treated like a joke by Spiderman fans, in the comics he was always a serious threat, and when he fought Daredevil he even got horror movie villain status.
Considering Patel's genuine psychic powers and "hipster demon chicks" its not a surprise that once he has the confidence boost from beating Scott hes one of the most powerful members of the League.
@@floricel_112 oh here i see you once again todd fan i agree with you if we speak about magic/psyquix powers todd is by far the most broken on that(which proves to be a full counter to physical fighters and would actually might be able to outclass matthew pattel in a fight with that alone since matthew is a perfect balance of both but wont be able to exploit his physical techniques on him)
Todd is OP. He has unbound strength, durability, and energy projection via portals and barriers. Also as far as feats go, he teleported to the moon and punched a hole through it which is just insane lmao@@MouthlessChocomint
I love what the show does for Matthew. He was always the most iconic Ex to me despite his lack of time to really do anything. His stage presence was all he had, but this show gave him the confidence and grace to actually accomplish shit and I love every second of it.
It reminds me a lot of Seto Kaiba’s voice in Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged. At any moment I’m half-expecting Matthew to suddenly shout, “Screw the rules! I have money!” 😂
It’s funny how the very first Evil Ex which didn’t have much development actually gets a lot of screen time and love in this show. Seriously I never really cared much for Matthew Petal and Lucas Lee until this show. And this coming from a long time fan of the OG comics and Movie
I love this alternate timeline where scott actually doesn't defeat the evil exes. Also Unpopular Opinion, Matthew And Roxy and the best evil exes, prove me wrong
yeah like don't get me wrong, the comics, movie and game aren't going anywhere. all 3 were phenomenal, but I'm just saying that anime feels like its one crappy made fan au if it was not crappy @@Grim.Doctor
I think i alsl hard agree specially with matthew god as for roxy too i am not to sure either her or lucas lee since poor guy got cucked and turned into the most cool version of himself possible being such a chad eventually on this timeline
I absolutely love how this series redeemed Matthew as a character, but also as an avatar of the author's own insecurities with his own identity at the time he wrote the original comic, even including new powers that tie into Bryan's own heritage (the water arm powers especially).
i've seen the movie and i wasn't planning on watching the anime but this singlehandedly made me change my mind edit: it's been about a week and i've since seen Takes Off, Matthew is still the best character hands down. i don't care that he's not real i love him forever
Dang, if you had told me before this anime came out that Matthew Patel would literally dunk on Gideon Graves in a fight, I wouldn't know what you were talking about because I only really got into Scott Pilgrim after this came out. But if I proceeded to read the comic and/or watch the movie after you altered the timeline I'd probably think that was pretty surprising.
Matthew Patel taking over the League of Evil Ex's makes me imagine that's what Sho Minamoto would do if he's eventually powerful enough to overthrow Joshua as the composer for shibuya
This reminds me of kingdom where the old general is forced to fight his old rival from his youth that defeated him every single time. He used everything he had to win then retired so his rival would never be able to reclaim victory.
Since the netflix adaptation i consider myself a huge pattel fan like he was always a funny char and i loved him already but now he glows with an unique spotlight here he is the best!
I noticed the twins didn't get alot of spotlight.. Even during the fights.. No giant robot or music dragon... Nothing... I wonder if they are holding out for season 2
I never liked to much that in the original series (either intentionall or not) Matthew being indian was such a "weak" figther and once defeated he had such a low "coin value", im glad that O'Maley fixed that.
Interesting how Matthew didn't even care about Scott being alive. His true motivation was being an actor and when he accomplished that he wanted to keep it that way and leave the past behind
tbf he admitted it himself, going and killing scott was a pointless venture, he didnt get the girl and he just killed some random innocent guy, might as well chase his dreams since he inherited gordons empire after beating his ass
I get the feeling the writers knew Satya Bhabha’s performance was too good for a bottom-tier jobber and had to give Matthew the glow up of his life to compensate.
When he first showed up I thought he was a loser (which he is), then he beat Gideon which I thought was cool And then he showed up in this awesome black and red suit, fired everyone refusing to elaborate, gave Ramona some helpful information, and didnt even really care that Scott's alive because hes already found confidence and moved on? Instantly became my favourite in that scene, he IS still a loser though, but thats the best part
I guess they were just in chronological order in dating Ramona, it is just like those goofs not to realize that doesn't necessarily follow their actual strength lol
tbf, gideon doesnt actually have powers, hes just a dude with a lot of money and a lot of tech, whereas im pretty sure mathew never actually got the chance to pull out his way heavier-hitting powers before he got iced, not to mention the other members have gimmicks and get seriously nerfed if you target them (Lucas's skateboard, the twins bot, etc) whereas mathew can just summon his demon girls and extra arms without doing a thing, so really gideon was screwed from the start.
@@maribelrocha3814 i mean yeah, he IS gideon, so it makes sense, but neither scott or gideon actually have powers so them both 1v1ng and gideon killing him made sense
Don't ask me why, since he didn't had much screentime, but I already loved Matthew in the movie. So I am very happy about the treatment he got from the series!
Kinda fucked up that the whole League was founded on the idea that they could just beat up Ramona's boyfriend and she would instantly lose all agency and go with the winner. Like I know the notion was always 'there', but the fact that Matthew was so invested in the notion that it fomented his rebellion is nuts.
Having a villain that's treated like a joke for so long suddenly make an unexpected comeback and gain enough confidence to fight their way to the top is my favorite.
It's like seeing a Metal Slime or a Level 99 Scumbag
The first thing that came to my mind was Spot
He's no longer a Villain of the Week.
@@overdragoon4757 He literally kicked Spot ass and took everything from him.
First thing that came to mind for me was the Spot from across the spiderverse, who is funnily enough played by Jason Schwartzman
Making Matthew a theater kid was probably the best decision I’ve ever seen with a character
It genuinely makes sense as well lol
It’s also funny from an out of universe perspective too, since the actor is a Broadway actor
He was kinda Bollywood star in the movie. Don't forget that SLICK song
I love him
In the movie it was hinted that he took theater classes when he started singing and dancing
“Ramona has 7 evil exes, each more powerful than the last-“
Matthew really invalidated that statement when he kicked Gideon’s ass
Matthew was through being a Villain of the Week.
I funnily enough I could never imagine Ramones 4th ex being more powerful then Todd given what he's done.
@@Spicystachegameri mean Scott could not BEST todd mostly because he he could not get Closer to him without getting telekinesis
A lot of their strength levels feel at least partially subjective, but Gideon’s biggest strength has always been his mastery over “The Glow” which amplifies his opponent’s negative traits. Normally that’s very useful in a lot of fights, introducing doubts, making them reckless and highlighting weaknesses.
But in the fight against Matthew it would be a hindrance because it most likely would just enhance the overconfidence that drove him to make this challenge in the first place. At that point it just becomes a straight fight. (Also I’m pretty sure Matthew may have leveled up when he beat Scott and that’s where those Shiva Stand arms came from)
We’d have to see him go against some of the others for a clearer picture of the power levels, since most of them have more traditional forms of strength.
@@Spicystachegamerroxie is harder for scott to defeat because he couldn't hit a woman
He was basically given the Spot treatment. He was treated like a joke in the comics and movie. And then the show gives him a bigger, more significant role.
I mean Spot was only treated like a joke by Spiderman fans, in the comics he was always a serious threat, and when he fought Daredevil he even got horror movie villain status.
Added bonus for him defeating someone actually voiced by the Spot.
I'm the main character
Considering Patel's genuine psychic powers and "hipster demon chicks" its not a surprise that once he has the confidence boost from beating Scott hes one of the most powerful members of the League.
Both him and Todd have the potential to be the strongest among the exes, given that they're the only ones with actual powers
@@floricel_112 oh here i see you once again todd fan i agree with you if we speak about magic/psyquix powers todd is by far the most broken on that(which proves to be a full counter to physical fighters and would actually might be able to outclass matthew pattel in a fight with that alone since matthew is a perfect balance of both but wont be able to exploit his physical techniques on him)
Todd is OP. He has unbound strength, durability, and energy projection via portals and barriers. Also as far as feats go, he teleported to the moon and punched a hole through it which is just insane lmao@@MouthlessChocomint
@@l3ftie578the problem is nobody seems to remember he punched a hole in the moon *before* he went to vegan academy
I love what the show does for Matthew. He was always the most iconic Ex to me despite his lack of time to really do anything. His stage presence was all he had, but this show gave him the confidence and grace to actually accomplish shit and I love every second of it.
@@SteveoDeMayoReturn to your cave, neanderthal.
the evil villain voice satya gave to him is so so good
Even when he's a dork he's rad, amazing acting
It reminds me a lot of Seto Kaiba’s voice in Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged. At any moment I’m half-expecting Matthew to suddenly shout, “Screw the rules! I have money!” 😂
Then he says this 😂 4:28
Why is he low key fine in this version and cool af
"Low key"? Nonsense. You mean HIGH key.
He really rocks the black coat and the suit. I think the pirate shirt might have been holding him back.
Fr-the live version was a sore sight
HIS CARTOON VERSION IS SO HOT THO 😭
@@LustzyGutzytbf most actors were… it’s not that well casted
It’s funny how the very first Evil Ex which didn’t have much development actually gets a lot of screen time and love in this show. Seriously I never really cared much for Matthew Petal and Lucas Lee until this show. And this coming from a long time fan of the OG comics and Movie
No longer a Villain of the Week.
Yeah whatever
Same
This is the Indian representation I never knew I needed
Fr broo
I love this alternate timeline where scott actually doesn't defeat the evil exes. Also Unpopular Opinion, Matthew And Roxy and the best evil exes, prove me wrong
The only thing unpopular about your opinion is the way you stated it was unpopular
HARD AGREE WITH YOU.
yeah like don't get me wrong, the comics, movie and game aren't going anywhere. all 3 were phenomenal, but I'm just saying that anime feels like its one crappy made fan au if it was not crappy @@Grim.Doctor
I think i alsl hard agree specially with matthew god as for roxy too i am not to sure either her or lucas lee since poor guy got cucked and turned into the most cool version of himself possible being such a chad eventually on this timeline
Idk man I’m loving Lucas Lee. He feels so cool. Like genuinely cool.
Scott Pilgrim was written by an teenager, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off was written by a grown man.
I absolutely love how this series redeemed Matthew as a character, but also as an avatar of the author's own insecurities with his own identity at the time he wrote the original comic, even including new powers that tie into Bryan's own heritage (the water arm powers especially).
I need him
now
he will never never walk again
We're sharing him😂
count me the fuck in!!
OH MY GOD YES I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE 😭
Hot take: After seeing a bit more of his powers I honestly think he could've beat Scott Pilgrim
Its actually odd that scott could beat him in the movie
In the comics he usually gets some kind of back up from his friends or others helping him
i've seen the movie and i wasn't planning on watching the anime but this singlehandedly made me change my mind
edit: it's been about a week and i've since seen Takes Off, Matthew is still the best character hands down. i don't care that he's not real i love him forever
“I hand delivered it during a BLIZZARD” the delivery of that line is so good HAHHAA
I love how his relationship with his demon hipster chicks is 100% professional.
Matthew has the coolest powers out of the evil exes, when he pulled out the extra hands and the trishul I l was going crazy.
Matthew Patel decided to no longer be a Villain of Week in the Scott Pilgrim franchise.
we're evil exes... we dated ramona... evil .eeeevil...
Giving Matthew time to shine was fantastic. Definitely slept on as far as the evil exes go.
FINALLY! A VIDEO!! THE HERO WE NEEDED, BUT DIDNT DESERVE
AHHHH I LOVE MATTHEW PATEL HAHA
i love his voice so much😭
DEAR GOD I'VE WAITED FOR THIS
GOD HIS CHARACTER IS SO....JUST PERFECT
3:50 probably the best part of the anime😤
Matthew dunking on gideon⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞
He be ballin
Everyone’s favorite emo pirate boi
Dang, if you had told me before this anime came out that Matthew Patel would literally dunk on Gideon Graves in a fight, I wouldn't know what you were talking about because I only really got into Scott Pilgrim after this came out. But if I proceeded to read the comic and/or watch the movie after you altered the timeline I'd probably think that was pretty surprising.
Matthew Patel taking over the League of Evil Ex's makes me imagine that's what Sho Minamoto would do if he's eventually powerful enough to overthrow Joshua as the composer for shibuya
Patel was my favorite character for so long I didn't expect him to randomly get so much attention lmao
Matthew is the personification of the "bro thinks he's the main character 💀" meme
I was searching his entrance with the helicopter with Sharped Dressed man 😎
i love this man
Can you imagine he's just a first stage boss.
All his line deliveries are just fantastic
best glow up of 2023, scrap that, of the decade.
This reminds me of kingdom where the old general is forced to fight his old rival from his youth that defeated him every single time. He used everything he had to win then retired so his rival would never be able to reclaim victory.
I live laugh love Matthew Patel everyday 24/7
Ah yes Chadew Patel the rising superstar! Definitely my favorite unexpected Arc of the series.
I love this show gave him a way more prominent role especially bc he's my favorite Evil Ex
it’s true.
He is the main character.
Never thought I’d see this dude run Gideon’s pockets. Or have 3 powers
Him arriving in the helicopter makes me think of that "I WOKE UP IN A NEW BUGATTI!!" meme
i felt sad they didn't show that much despair that scott died
"If you want to fight me
Ha! You're not the brightest!"
Back in my day it used to just be 'boss'
Man what I wouldn’t do to be able to summon hot cheerleaders on command by dancing
Im the main character
-Matthew Patel
3:26 Go go Mathew go
I'm a simple man, I see scott pilgrim, I click
Since the netflix adaptation i consider myself a huge pattel fan like he was always a funny char and i loved him already but now he glows with an unique spotlight here he is the best!
Looks like Matthew Patel got The Spot Treatment.
Matthew Patel is the Buggy the Clown of this series. No, I won't elaborate.
Or burner man exe
"I'm the main character!"
He’s a cutie patootie
Matthew won against Gideon with the power of having an harem
He feels so much like a villain from the Pokemon anime. Just not one from Team Rocket.
Indian matpat.
HEAR. ME. OUT.
I'm listening 😌
@@PillBABYI simp for this man.
4:43 i love this song, whats the name?
Sharp Dressed Man
That is my malewife😖
I noticed the twins didn't get alot of spotlight.. Even during the fights.. No giant robot or music dragon... Nothing... I wonder if they are holding out for season 2
I LOVE HIM AHAHAHAHAH
4:28 😂
1:32 I’m having Tokyo ghoul root A ptsd
First time i saw this and he one i was like yeeeessss!!! Hes always my fave evil Ex and the continueation of it all i was just like yeeess Matthew!
hes so sfunckinf cute 😍😍😍
I love the energy Satya brings to his performance for this series.
Best character in the show
super sayajin
Bro is a stand user
3:38 he balling
He's like me fr 😄
4:39 its that a reference of korean racism/discrimination toward indians?
the twins are japanese
@@jacm4150 Japanese don't like gaijins all that much neither.
I never liked to much that in the original series (either intentionall or not) Matthew being indian was such a "weak" figther and once defeated he had such a low "coin value", im glad that O'Maley fixed that.
Another character that was the only good part of the anime tbh
4:43 😃😃😃
I like how his goth demon chicks are never considered as GFs to him. It’s a strict professional relationship with them.
they homies frfr
Platonic relationship then.
Respect his ethics frfr
@@hggs4466that’s why he’s the goat
his emotional support lesbians
Interesting how Matthew didn't even care about Scott being alive. His true motivation was being an actor and when he accomplished that he wanted to keep it that way and leave the past behind
he only wanted to know if he was mad at him 😭😭😭😭
tbf he admitted it himself, going and killing scott was a pointless venture, he didnt get the girl and he just killed some random innocent guy, might as well chase his dreams since he inherited gordons empire after beating his ass
I get the feeling the writers knew Satya Bhabha’s performance was too good for a bottom-tier jobber and had to give Matthew the glow up of his life to compensate.
THIS IS HONESTLY SO REAL BECAUSE SATYA BHABHA IS REALLY TALENTED AND IM SUPER HAPPY TO SEE MATTHEW GET A BIGGER ROLE!!
impressive that it was just his first voice role too
YESS
He really made his role on the live action movie as memorable as he could, and this show did him and the character justice
Probably the only time in the history of fiction that a villain said "I'm the main character" and it worked out for them.
I just can't take him serious when he said that 😂
WILL WOOD REFERENCE RAHAHAHAHSHDGDGDGDGF
" Ramona has 7 evil exes, each more powerful than the last-"
The 8th evil ex was truly a power house to recognize at the end of the series...
And he wasn't even officially an ex until HE HIMSELF decided to be one
Mathew has Gundam Tanaka energy and you can't tell me otherwise. They would be best friends
Oh yeah- I have a thought of him being similar to Gundam
And yes
I like to think every demon hipster chick would each get a deva of destruction to babysit while Mathew and Gundham hung out
Deva of gwain saga!?
MATTHEW PATEL IS BALLIN
Matthew Patel could never be...
OH DAYUM!
MATTHEW PATEL IS STRAIGHT BALLIN
he’s honestly a cool character lol. loved when the arms came out of his back during the gideon fight.
bro really shined in the anime
When he first showed up I thought he was a loser (which he is), then he beat Gideon which I thought was cool
And then he showed up in this awesome black and red suit, fired everyone refusing to elaborate, gave Ramona some helpful information, and didnt even really care that Scott's alive because hes already found confidence and moved on? Instantly became my favourite in that scene, he IS still a loser though, but thats the best part
FINALLY A MATTHEW PATEL COMP!!!!
YIPPEE!!!!
idk how i feel that this show has made me say "matpat is hot'
He's so dramatic I adore him and his backup crew
Matthew became one of my new favorites after this show! They made him so cool with his new powers!
So your telling me the weakest boss was the final boss
I guess they were just in chronological order in dating Ramona, it is just like those goofs not to realize that doesn't necessarily follow their actual strength lol
tbf, gideon doesnt actually have powers, hes just a dude with a lot of money and a lot of tech, whereas im pretty sure mathew never actually got the chance to pull out his way heavier-hitting powers before he got iced, not to mention the other members have gimmicks and get seriously nerfed if you target them (Lucas's skateboard, the twins bot, etc) whereas mathew can just summon his demon girls and extra arms without doing a thing, so really gideon was screwed from the start.
@@BitrateBilly you know for a guy who had just a sword he was still doing pretty well in the fight
@@maribelrocha3814 i mean yeah, he IS gideon, so it makes sense, but neither scott or gideon actually have powers so them both 1v1ng and gideon killing him made sense
@@BitrateBillyhe's also adequate with a sword, but I can't imagine he's on Roxie's level
I am liking the development of the villains here.
Don't ask me why, since he didn't had much screentime, but I already loved Matthew in the movie.
So I am very happy about the treatment he got from the series!
Kinda fucked up that the whole League was founded on the idea that they could just beat up Ramona's boyfriend and she would instantly lose all agency and go with the winner. Like I know the notion was always 'there', but the fact that Matthew was so invested in the notion that it fomented his rebellion is nuts.
“Each more powerful than the last” Then how the hell did you manage to BODY GIDEON FUCKING GRAVES??- i mean Gordon Goose >:)
Wow going from a easily Defeated 1st evil ex to the boss of the exes was crazy.
Nice character development though for him.
I remember during the gideon matthew fight, when his two ghost arms showed I gasped and whispered “shiva” bro unlocked the powers of hinduism
number 1 is truly number 1