History Heartwarming / WreckItRalph

** Bonus points for this line coming from [[Franchise/StreetFighter Zangief]], who genuinely isn't a villain, but is a [[Film/StreetFighter frequent]] [[WesternAnimation/StreetFighter target]] of AdaptationalVillainy.

*** Speaking of Zangief, WordOfGod is that the reason he's at Bad-Anon despite not being a villain is that he feels bad about constantly defeating players. Adding a meta layer to it, screenwriter Phil Johnston has admitted he put Zangief in the scene because he couldn't get past him as a kid... but instead of treating Zangief with resentment, [[PunchClockVillain he wrote him as a remorseful guy just doing his job]]. Awww.

* Blink and you'll miss it, but when Felix and Calhoun are about to enter Sugar Rush, there's a MeaningfulBackgroundEvent depicting Q*bert and his friends sitting on a bench when [[VideoGame/BurgerTime Peter Pepper]] appears and [[ThrowTheDogABone serves them a quality meal on the house]]. Screen cap [[http://i1.wp.com/screencaps.us/201/2-wreck-it-ralph/full/wreck-it-ralph-disneyscreencaps.com-3745.jpg here]].

*** Speaking of Zangief, WordOfGod is that the reason he's at Bad-Anon despite not being a villain is that he feels bad about constantly defeating players. Adding a meta layer to it, screenwriter Phil Johnston has admitted he put Zangief in the scene because he couldn't get past him as a kid... but instead of treating Zangief with resentment, he wrote him as a remorseful guy just doing his job. Awww.

* It's REALLY hard to hear, but when Ralph saves the day, Felix kisses Calhoun on the cheek and she picks him up, looking like she's ready to kill him. Felix stutters, "[[{{Adorkable}} Uhmm, excuse me]] --" -- and then she [[ShutUpKiss shuts him up with a kiss on the]] ''[[ShutUpKiss mouth]]''. The two of them melt into the kiss, leaving no doubt, that, yes, TheyDo.

** To top it all off [[IncrediblyLamePun with a cherry]], Ralph and Felix hacked their game's code to include a Bonus Level, with Q*Bert and his friends making cameo appearances as Nicelanders and Ralph's minions in the bonus level. This boosts the game's popularity enormously and gives it a new lease on life. Q*Bert and company even finally get their own homes to live in where the dump used to be.

* Vanellope is showing off her cart to the other racers, which they immediately start breaking and taunting and insulting her. Ralph can be seen looking on from over a hill, initially intending to get his medal back from Vanellope, but when he sees Vanellope crying and trying to get the others to stop, topped off with Taffyta shoving her into a mud puddle, what does he do? He charges down and scares them away, telling them to get away from her. While Ralph is still mad and doesn't trust Vanellope, he knows what it's like to be treated like that.

* Something about watching Ralph and Felix riding on the back of Vanellope's cart together just seems so adorable.

** Adding to that, when he goes to break them out? He breaks out Felix first. Sure, that may have been partly because he needed him to fix the cart, but up till that point, he hadn't been thinking of anything other than helping Vanellope. And yet he still goes to help the guy who's been painfully oblivious to him for 30 years first. That right there shows that he cares about Felix too.

* In a strange way, Ralph's destroying Vanellope's cart has a sweet undertone, for all its TearJerker KickTheDog elements. There's no malicious intent; he's genuinely afraid that something bad will happen to her if she races. It's clearly an unbearably painful thing for him to do -- destroying the first thing he ever created, something he never thought was even possible because he was programmed to "break things," and he knows the best friend he's ever had is going to hate him for it -- but he's willing to do whatever it takes to protect her, no matter how much it hurts.

* The way Felix assumed “Ralph fell asleep in the men’s room at Tappers again” while one of the nice landers realizing they’re doomed without Ralph the others panicked about their game sooner. While small it can say that particular situation had happened before. The heart warming kicks in when you realize how Felix is aware of that situation if he didn’t take time to help and look for Ralph.

** It's shown that Pac-Man himself leaves the game during Bad-Anon meetings, implying that Clyde, the host and leader of the meetings, talked to him, and Pac-Man agreed to leave when meetings where in session, to let the group have some space.

** Ralph repeats the Bad Guy affirmation during his HeroicSacrifice by divebombing headfirst into Mentos on Diet Cola Mountain as a MeaningfulEcho.

Ah, [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney canon]], you have it all: [[Franchise/TheLittleMermaid Lil' Mermaids]], [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchBackOfNotreDame Hunchbacks]], [[Franchise/TheLionKing leonine royals]], [[{{WesternAnimation/Mulan}} girls who changed their fate and that of the entire nation of China]]... you name it.

* Another that doubles as a TearJerker is when Ralph explains how the medal would win him respect and make the other game characters treat him right, and Vanellope responds that racing would do the same for her. It's sad, but the way her face lights up when she realizes that they're NotSoDifferent after all.

* Vanellope is showing off her cart to the other racers, which they immediately start breaking and taunting and insulting her. Ralph can be seen looking on from over a hill, initially intending to get his medal back from Vanellope, but when he sees Vanellope crying and trying to get the others to stop, topped off with Taffyta [[NotSoDifferent shoving her into a mud puddle]], what does he do? He charges down and scares them away, telling them to get away from her. While Ralph is still mad and doesn't trust Vanellope, he knows what it's like to be treated like that.

* When Ralph and Vanellope find out that they're NotSoDifferent in their roles in their games. Once Vanellope states that she can't leave the game like Ralph can to escape the taunts, Ralph says nothing. He just punches out a track for Vanellope to practice driving.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWLvB4HxTA4 The end credits.]] It gives ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'' a running for most heartwarming end credits.

* Ralph smashes into the candy prison where Felix is trapped. Felix gives the big guy a hug. D'awww.

** The way Vanellope says "Top shelf!" when she and Ralph fist bump. She just sounds so excited to finally have a real friend and a chance at happiness and...d'aawwww...

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0AIkQFEIMM THIS.]] Never has a failed attempt at being scary been so cute.

** The sequence where Vanellope is learning to drive the kart. Tell me you weren't instantly reminded of your own mom or dad teaching you to ride a bike watching that scene.

* The scene where Ralph sneaks into Hero's Duty shows us that when you play a first-person shooter, the characters really ''are'' talking to you!

Ah, [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney canon]], you have it all: [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid Lil' Mermaids]], [[Disney/TheHunchBackOfNotreDame Hunchbacks]], [[Disney/TheLionKing leonine royals]], [[{{Disney/Mulan}} girls who changed their fate and that of the entire nation of China]]... you name it.

And now, we have VideoGames with [[Disney/WreckItRalph this movie!]] Sure, [[Creator/RogerEbert some people]] say Video Games aren't art, but even then, some also say toys aren't art either, and that didn't keep {{Creator/PIXAR}} from [[Heartwarming/ToyStory showing us the heart behind toys.]]

Oh and by the way, this movie was directed by Rich Moore. Who also did [[Heartwarming/TheSimpsons And Maggie Makes Three.]

** Ralph repeats the Bad Guy affirmation [[spoiler: during his HeroicSacrifice by divebombing headfirst into Mentos on Diet Cola Mountain as a MeaningfulEcho.]]
*** [[spoiler:Said HeroicSacrifice is one all by itself, albeit crossed with TearJerker.]]

* [[spoiler: Ralph smashes into the candy prison where Felix is trapped. Felix gives the big guy a hug. D'awww.]]
** [[spoiler: Which leads into a double subversion when Felix is understandably ''upset'' with Ralph for game-jumping, and attempts to scold him, but quickly reconciles with him after discovering how hard of a life Ralph has had, even after-hours, when no one played the game.]]

** When [[spoiler: Ralph enters Vanellope's prison cell with the fixed car; she's surprised and gets him to insult himself as a little payback, but it's clear she has already forgiven him and it's a reprisal of their playful VolleyingInsults from earlier.]]

** At the very end, Felix yells, "You did it, Ralph! Way to go, brother!" Felix may have spent most of the film being strikingly oblivious, but unlike [[spoiler: Turbo]] he doesn't grudge Ralph his well-earned glory.
* The ending with [[spoiler: Ralph and Vanellope seeing each other through their respective games' monitors and smiling.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Ralph:''' Turns out, I don't need a medal to tell me I'm a good guy. Because if that little kid likes me, how bad can I be?]]
** Oh man, the way that [[spoiler: Ralph is able to say that being thrown off the top of the apartment is his favourite part of the game because it lets him look out and see Vanellope being happy brings to mind one of the greatest heartwarming moments in Western animation: the famous [[Heartwarming/TheSimpsons "Do it for her"]] ending of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "And Maggie Makes Three". The way a man can find happiness even in something that's supposed to be unpleasant and degrading just by being reminded of his daughter/best friend brings a lump to the throat. Considering the movie was directed by Rich Moore, best known for his work on ''The Simpsons'' (just not that particular episode), this may well have been intentional.]]

** [[spoiler: The fact that Ralph sounds noticeably happier and is smiling when getting tossed off the rooftop]]

* At the end of the movie, [[spoiler: Ralph gets more respect from the Nicelanders, getting a cake with him on top that has a medal on it, for 'Our Favorite Bad Guy', and Felix uses the bricks and his fixing powers to make him a real house.]]
** To top it all off [[IncrediblyLamePun with a cherry]], [[spoiler:Ralph and Felix hacked their game's code to include a Bonus Level, with Q*Bert and his friends making cameo appearances as Nicelanders and Ralph's minions in the bonus level. This boosts the game's popularity enormously and gives it a new lease on life. Q*Bert and company even finally get their own homes to live in where the dump used to be.]]
* [[spoiler: Calhoun gets her wedding, finally. One during which her fiancé is NOT devoured by Cy-bugs. Sure, he may not be Mr. Long, Tan and Handsome, but he thinks she's a dynamite gal, too, and that's enough for her. It would seem Felix really can fix anything, including a broken heart.]]
** [[spoiler: Oh, and Felix chose Ralph as the best man. Sweet, right?]]
** [[spoiler: Vanellope is also there in her princess dress. In her rightful place as an official character, she can visit other games.]]
*** [[spoiler:Even better? Vanellope is the '''Maid of Honor'''. She and Calhoun must have really hit it off.]]
** Even better, [[spoiler: some of the Nicelanders (including Gene), and characters like Zangief and Sonic have attended the wedding.]]
** Blink and you'll miss it, [[spoiler: Chun-Li and Ryu are sitting together in the back. Awww.]]
** [[http://draqua.tumblr.com/post/45695529076/just-a-little-side-note-building-off-my-previous Someone pointed out]] that it's exceptionally heartwarming that the spoilered event went through without either Felix or Calhoun having to change physically. They're such an OddCouple -- the short, cartoony handyman and the tall, "realistic" soldier -- that you'd expect there to be some transformation [[spoiler: before the two of them could be together.]] Nope. Felix and Calhoun fell in love with each other in their current forms, and that's how [[spoiler: they got married.]]
** Doubles as Funny, but when [[spoiler:their gaze turns to the window, where the Cy-Bug came in last time, dozens of laser sights are instantly trained on it. Cut to the bride's side, which is filled entirely with armed marines ready to dust any bug that tries to crash the party. It shows that her soldiers want her to have her happy ending and will do anything to ensure it. Aww!]]

* "To Stinkbrain, [[spoiler:You're my hero!]]"
** [[spoiler: Heartwarming in and of itself, there's more. This is the medal that Ralph keeps in the end. He throws away the other one because he doesn't feel like a hero. The one gets from Vanellope is the one that he wanted from the start. ]]
* [[spoiler: Vanellope finally crosses the finish line, and doing so resets all of the changes King Candy/Turbo put in the game. This also lets Vanellope become what she was supposed to be... the real ruler of Sugar Rush. Also, this lets everyone remember who she really is (and they realize to their horror that they were ''monsters'' to their princess). After a joke about executing them, Vanellope forgives them for being mean. After all, it was never their fault that they were antagonizing.]]

* At the end, after [[spoiler: Moppet Girl wins a race in Sugar Rush using Vanellope's glitching abilities, not only does Vanellope win a trophy for herself, but when she poses with her fist in the air, Moppet Girl also fist-bumps her. Aww.]]
** [[spoiler:Vanellope being embraced by players as a {{Good Bad Bug|s}}.]]
** [[spoiler: The context of that scene is even better, truly a [[TearsOfJoy Joyful]] TearJerker. The ending implies that ever since his adventure, Ralph looks at the Sugar Rush cabinet every time he's about to fall down the building now, and in that scene, he looks at Vanellope.]]
*** [[spoiler: After the reset, one expects to see that Vanellope has her own designed car but instead [[http://i.imgur.com/4BtZ0dd.jpg she uses the car that she made with Ralph.]] ]]
*** [[spoiler: It gets better than that. Some viewers expected an ending where Ralph does wind up in another game as a good guy, since trying to be more than a bad guy is his central conflict in the movie! But nope. He goes back to the role he always had for 30 years, but he's fine with it now because not only did his departure make Felix and the Nicelanders realize just how important the Villain is to the game, but now he's got the love of one little girl who calls him her hero! The fact that the movie enforces StatusQuoIsGod while still giving a happy ending to everyone makes this a more realistic happy ending than most of Disney's previous films!]]
*** And it gets even better still when you remember that Ralph's quest was never really about becoming the good guy, per se. He had no real problem with the bad guy role itself. As he said in the very beginning of the movie, what he truly wanted was a friend. Or a medal. Or a piece of pie once in a while. Basically, he wanted more out of life. [[spoiler:And he got all of the above.]]
* Q*Bert & Co in general. Their game was unplugged presumably because either there was a glitch or because it was unpopular/did not get enough play time to warrant it being there. However, as the [[spoiler: retro secret level shows]], just because you don't have a successful/long tailed game, doesn't mean you aren't beloved since said spoiler only increases the popularity of [[spoiler: Fix-It Felix Jr.]]

* Just the way [[spoiler: Litwak goes "Ralph's back!" when he comes with the repairman is heartwarming. He doesn't just care about his customers; he cares about the games he populates the arcade with.]]

* What Ralph mutters to King Candy after he explains to him the reason [[spoiler:Vanellope can't race]].

** And at the end of the film, [[spoiler: he turns out to be correct: Vanellope becomes the most popular character.]]
* While lodged within a Tear Jerker, [[spoiler: just look at how incredibly happy Vanellope is when she's ''finally chosen to race'' within King Candy's apocalyptic warning to Ralph. Fridge Heartwarming, perhaps, because you just ''know'' she must have been that darn happy when she was REALLY chosen for the first time.]]

* When Ralph has [[spoiler:resigned himself to the fate of permanent death by hot cola, Vanellope saves him at the last second.]] The look of joy on Ralph's face when he realizes what happened is just so great.

* It's REALLY hard to hear, but when [[spoiler: Ralph saves the day, Felix kisses Calhoun on the cheek and she picks him up, looking like she's ready to kill him]]. Felix stutters, "[[{{Adorkable}} Uhmm, excuse me]] --" -- and then she [[ShutUpKiss shuts him up with a kiss on the]] ''[[ShutUpKiss mouth]]''. The two of them melt into the kiss, leaving no doubt, that, yes, TheyDo.

* In a strange way, [[spoiler: Ralph's destroying Vanellope's cart]] has a sweet undertone, for all its TearJerker KickTheDog elements. There's no malicious intent; he's genuinely afraid that something bad will happen to her [[spoiler: if she races. It's clearly an unbearably painful thing for him to do -- destroying the first thing he ever created, something he never thought was even possible because he was programmed to "break things," and he knows the best friend he's ever had is going to hate him for it -- but he's willing to do whatever it takes to protect her, no matter how much it hurts.]]
** [[spoiler: Plus as noted above, he later has her kart fixed before he saves her]].
* King Candy telling Ralph the true reason of why Vanellope cannot race, calling him a hero and giving him the medal. It seems that, in the inside, the king really cares about her... [[spoiler: [[BaitTheDog then it turns out that this is an utter lie]], as King Candy is Turbo and a remorseless ManipulativeBastard]].
* The role of Q*Bert in the movie (a gameless character) was originally supposed to be filled by Taizo Hori, the main character from VideoGame/DigDug and his adversaries. Namco, however, denied them putting him in that position--because the main character of Dig Dug canonically has a huge video game family (with the hero of ''VideoGame/MrDriller'' being his son, for example) and they said that none of his family would let him be out in the cold, and all would take care of him in their own games. ''D'awww!''

* In the [[QuicksandSucks Nes-Quik sand scene]], there's something very sweet that Calhoun is apprehensive about hitting Felix and only does so when he demonstrates that he can heal his injuries. Yes the scene is PlayedForLaughs but she clearly is uncomfortable with slapping someone for no reason.

* ''Wreck it, Wreck-it Ralph'', the song written for the movie by Bruckner and Garcia, encapsulates the game and both main characters while giving them both their due and not putting either down at the expense of the other.

** [[spoiler:Vanellope being embraced by players as a GoodBadBug.]]

* Vanellope is showing off her cart to the other racers, which they immediately start breaking and taunting and insulting her. Ralph can be seen looking on from over a hill, initially intending to get his medal back from Vanellope, but when he sees Vanellope crying and trying to get the others to stop, what does he do? He charges down and scares them away, telling them to get away from her. While Ralph is still mad and doesn't trust Vanellope, he knows what it's like to be treated like that.