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This is a page for Kim Pine's relationships with the other notable characters in the series.
Romantic relationships[]
Scott Pilgrim[]
Kim first met Scott in Northern Ontario, when he transferred to St. Joel's High School and into her geography class. At the time, Scott and Lisa Miller had already met and the two had already decided to start a band. Both members thought Kim would be a great drummer for their group, "Sonic & Knuckles", having seen her perform in the school band. Unfortunately, on the day of their geography presentation, Kim was kidnapped by the boys of Benvie Tech High School, and Scott had to fight through them all and defeat their leader Simon Lee (a reference to the NES game River City Ransom). After rescuing her, Scott invited her to be his girlfriend and join the band, which she accepted.
Scott and Kim became very close, to the point of even having sex in her car (as in the flashback in Volume 2 when the panel shows Scott and Kim in a car and she tells him, "Listen to the song. This is a good song."). However, the relationship ended when Scott's family moved to Toronto. It was revealed later on that the whole incident with Simon was false as Gideon had tampered with Scott's memories by "spicing them up." In reality, Simon was just a "Chinese kid" who hugged Kim once and that Scott had beaten up (though it's hinted it may have been a misunderstanding). However, we also learn the crux of the complications between Scott and Kim. Rather than tell Kim herself that he was forced to move, he told Lisa and let her do it. Kim was understandably hurt by this while Scott himself was ashamed when she confronted him. This caused a strain between both Kim and Scott, and also Kim and Lisa. Due to that, she becomes even more bitter than she already was, almost to the point of pessimism.
After high school, Kim attended Nipissing University. Eventually, she moved to Toronto, about a year before the series begins. There she reunited with Scott. Together with Stephen Stills, they formed the band Sex Bob-omb.
Kim kisses Scott one last time.
In the modern story, Kim expresses annoyance at Scott's many faults and generally tries to forget that she dated him. However, it also becomes clear that she still cares greatly about him and not just in the platonic sense either. She helps Scott score a job, is the drummer of their current band "Sex Bob-omb" and is recognized as important to Scott by Ken and Kyle Katayanagi, who kidnap her in order to lure Scott. He later comes to her rescue. While he initially struggles (namely because of their psychological attacks on his and Ramona's failing relationship), she comes up with a motiviational lie that allows him to get up and crush the twins. At the end of volume 5, Kim decides to move back home to Northern Ontario and accepts Scott's apology for everything that's happened between them.
In volume 6, Scott takes Wallace's advice (forcefully) and goes on a wilderness sabbatical up north while also visiting Kim. He stays with Kim and while going out in the woods, Scott kisses Kim, admitting that everything with Ramona had been complicated and that Kim was the one constant in his life. Very notably, Kim initially indulges in the kiss and it's hinted that she's quite tempted to get back together with him. However, she rejects him noting their past mistakes (though also implied because she believes he's better with Ramona). Scott ends up with the glow while fighting Nega Scott in order to forget the whole ordeal. Kim pleads with Scott that he can't keep forgetting his mistakes without them following him, telling him to live with it and to hold on, so he won't repeat them again. Scott suddenly remembers everything, including Ramona and accepts Nega Scott as a part of him. As Scott leaves to fight Gideon back in Toronto, Kim gives him one last kiss for luck, but states "it'll never happen again."
Kim appears during the final battle between Scott and Gideon, somehow aware of the battle even though she is still in Northern Ontario. When Kim comes back to Toronto, she and Scott form a new band, "Shatter Band". They do a live performance in front of Knives Chau and Neil (who's no longer called "Young"), neither of whom are very impressed. Having lost their only two potential fans, Scott and Kim decide they don't really care and continue playing for Ramona's cat.
Jason Kim[]
Kim and Jason were dating for an unknown amount of time before he first appears in Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together. The two seem happy together and Jason appears throughout the comics with Kim and her group of friends. However, he cheats on her with Kim's roommate Hollie Hawkes causing her to dump him. Kim complains about hearing the two in Hollie's bedroom above and Hollie selling a lot of their stuff because of this situation. Kim ends up moving away because of this, along with the destruction of other parts of her life.
Friendships[]
Kim teases Stephen Stills
Stephen Stills[]
As her other bandmate, Kim also is good friends with Stephen, although she always seems to pick on him and make him the target of her sarcastic comments. By the end of volume 6, Stephen leaves the band, but it's most likely they're still friends. It's also unknown if she heard of his coming out as she was at her parents' hometown during the final battle at Chaos Theatre.
Kim and Ramona's drunk conversation
Ramona Flowers[]
As Scott's closest female friends, Kim and Ramona have slowly forged a friendship despite their initial hesitance (and Kim's lingering feelings for Scott). While Ramona shows interest in getting to know Kim during the first 4 books, the two really click in the fifth. Ramona decides to get some alone time from Scott while he deals with the twin's robots and Kim joins her.
While hanging out, Kim snaps a shot of Ramona's head while it's glowing and asks what it's all about. Ramona tells her she'd rather not go into it. The night ends with all three of them drunk, semi-conscious on a bed, and contemplating what to major in if they want to go back to school: dating, rugby, zoological anthropology, shopping, and tequila. Kim admires Ramona and drunkenly tells Scott & Ramona "You guys... I seriously love you."
Knives Chau[]
Kim first learns about Knives after Scott tells her, Young Neil and Stephen Stills that he is dating her, Kim's reaction is one of disappointment, as she finds the concept of a 23 year old dating a 17 year old somewhat creepy. Earlier in the series, Kim wasn't a big fan of Knives hanging out with the band claiming she "cramped her style" by dressing like her.
Knives Chau. Kim Pine. Drunk & Making Out.
Kim and Knives made out briefly while drunk at the start of Volume 4 before Knives says "I've kissed the lips that kissed you," referring to Scott. The kiss between the two of them has also been referenced multiple times in the game, both in Kim's ending where she begins dating Knives much to Scott and Stephen's surprise and her summoning attack where Knives jumps in and kisses her before blushing and jumping away which causes all enemies on the screen to take damage. This does not reflect how they feel towards each other, as Knives still liked Scott at the time and Kim was dating Jason Kim. In Volume 4, when Lisa asks about Kim, Scott says "Kim? She's a laugh a minute! Making out with girls... and, uh, stuff...".