"Neil", which is described as the best day of his (Neil's) life. The dust jacket front fold-over sleeve of volume 5 calls him a "hanger on" and the author himself says that Young Neil is written as dopey because his eyes are covered by his hair. It was easier to write Neil as dopey than to portray him differently given his lack of eyebrows. His nickname is a reversal of Neil Young, a frequent collaborator of musician Stephen Stills. In regards to his hair colour, when a Tumblr user asked O'Malley why the character's hair colour was "light brown-nearly blond" in the colour section of Scott Pilgrim Gets it Together but in the new colour editions had a brown colour that is darker than Scott's colour, O'Malley replied saying that "the reason is that I don't care what color Young Neil's hair is. (laughs) Who's Young Neil even?" His sister, Stephanie "Steph" Nordegraf played bongos and the viola in Scott's old band, Kid Chameleon. Stephanie was a roommate of Stephen Stills while they attended university. After Stephanie moved out to pursue further education, Neil moved in and became a part of Stephen Stills's social circle. O'Malley said "That's about as far as I thought it through. It was really just an explanation for why they'd have a younger friend, and this sister/roommate setup was based on an IRL ["in real life"] friend." Film adaptation Young Neil is played by Johnny Simmons in the film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. In the film, he replaces Scott as the bass for Sex Bob-Omb when Scott refuses to play for Gideon's theater. Supporting characters Envy Adams Natalie V. "Envy" Adams is Scott's ex-girlfriend who devastates Scott by breaking up with him in college previous to the events of the book. Initially a quiet, mousey girl, she decides to change herself and her image, becoming more callous and aggressive, eventually taking over Scott's band and dumping him. She later reappears, introduced in the series as the lead singer and keyboardist for the popular emerging band "The Clash At Demonhead". Scott describes her original personality as being "nice" and does not understand what she has since become. Envy was in a relationship with Ramona's ex-boyfriend Todd Ingram and claims to know about Ramona's past. She later begins a relationship with Gideon, who helps promote her new solo album in Chaos Theatre. She tries to help