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* After hearing King Candy's explanation (which later proves to be a deception) about the danger Vanellope could possibly bring to herself and the rest of their world by being a glitch, Ralph, [[CruelToBeKind wanting what's best for her, forces himself to demolish the car he helped her build]] which brought them together.

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* After hearing King Candy's explanation (which later proves to be a deception) about the danger Vanellope could possibly bring to herself and the rest of their world by being a glitch, Ralph, [[CruelToBeKind wanting what's best for her, forces himself to demolish the car he helped her build]] build which brought them together.together]].



-->'''[[TheWoobie Vanellope]]''': ''[[BreakTheCutie You really are]] [[BrokenPedestal a bad guy...]]''

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-->'''[[TheWoobie --->'''[[TheWoobie Vanellope]]''': ''[[BreakTheCutie You really are]] [[BrokenPedestal a bad guy...]]''



** The ''agonizing'' way Vanellope cries as she's ForcedToWatch Ralph wreck her car. Creator/SarahSilverman genuinely (and jarringly) sounds like a poor little girl whose heart is breaking over the thing she loves most, and she does a [[SugarWiki/SheReallyCanAct GREAT job at that.]]

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** The ''agonizing'' way Vanellope cries as she's ForcedToWatch Ralph wreck her car. Creator/SarahSilverman genuinely (and jarringly) sounds like a poor little girl whose heart is breaking over the thing she loves most, and she does a [[SugarWiki/SheReallyCanAct GREAT job at that.]]that]].

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*** Ralph says, "but it's actually fine." It's like he's such a humble and good-natured guy that he really just doesn't like to complain. His speech at the Badanon meeting is so reserved and restrained when, considering what he's been putting up with for '''thirty years''', he has EVERY right to be thoroughly pissed off. He's such a NiceGuy that he doesn't even like to complain about sleeping under a pile of bricks. And that's just sad.

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*** Ralph says, "but "But it's actually fine." It's like he's such a humble and good-natured guy that he really just doesn't like to complain. His speech at the Badanon meeting is so reserved and restrained when, considering what he's been putting up with for '''thirty years''', he has EVERY right to be thoroughly pissed off. He's such a NiceGuy that he doesn't even like to complain about sleeping under a pile of bricks. And that's just sad.




* Ralph's near-HeroicSacrifice by divebombing head first into Mentos, planning to be boiled alive in Diet Cola Hot Springs, all while stating the Bad-Anon Affirmation and looking at Vanellope's message of "You're my Hero" as he whispers the last line.

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\n* Ralph's near-HeroicSacrifice by divebombing head first into the Mentos, planning to be boiled alive in Diet Cola Hot Springs, all while stating the Bad-Anon Affirmation and looking at Vanellope's message of "You're my Hero" as he whispers the last line.
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** The scene where Taffyta and the other racers bully Vanellope and destroy her car is devastating on its own, but what finally pushes Ralph over the edge and prompts him to run over, screaming, "LEAVE HER ALONE!"? Seeing Vanellope get shoved in the mud. Considering he gets tossed in the mud every single day in his own game, it makes sense that seeing it happen to someone else, even a bratty kid he doesn't like (at least at that point), would ''really'' upset him.

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** The scene where Taffyta and the other racers bully Vanellope and destroy her car is devastating on its own, but what finally pushes Ralph over the edge and prompts him to run over, screaming, "LEAVE HER ALONE!"? Seeing Vanellope get shoved in the (chocolate) mud. Considering he gets tossed in the mud every single day in his own game, it makes sense that seeing it happen to someone else, even a bratty kid he doesn't like (at least at that point), would ''really'' upset him.
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** Dr. Eggman looks particularly distraught during the meeting, especially during the oath. It's a background element, but it's still rather harrowing to see ''Ivo Robotnik'' of all people looking like he's genuinely depressed over his life.
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* The entirety of Ralph's monologue at the Bad-Anon meeting. He just sounds so miserable and exhausted, as anyone in his shoes[[note]][[DoesNotLikeShoes Figuratively speaking]].[[/note]] would surely feel.

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* The entirety of Ralph's monologue at the Bad-Anon meeting. He just sounds so miserable and exhausted, as anyone in his shoes[[note]][[DoesNotLikeShoes Figuratively speaking]].shoes[[note]]Figuratively speaking.[[/note]] would surely feel.

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-->'''Ralph:''' My name's Ralph, and I'm a bad guy. Uh, let's see...I'm nine feet tall, I weigh six hundred and forty three pounds, got a [[{{Understatement}} little bit of a temper on me]],[[note]] "Hey! You moved my stump! ''(growls angrily)''"[[/note]] my passion bubbles very near the surface, I guess, not gonna lie. Anyhoo, what else? Uh, I'm a wrecker. I wreck things, professionally.[[note]] "I'M GONNA WRECK IT!"[[/note]] I mean, I'm very good at what I do. Probably the best I know. Thing is, fixing's the name of the game. Literally. ''Fix-It Felix Jr.''[[note]] "Fix it, Felix!" "I can fix it!"[[/note]] So, yeah, naturally, the guy with the name Fix-It Felix is the good guy. He's nice enough as good guys go. Definitely fixes stuff really well. But, uh, if you've got a magic hammer from your father, how hard can it be? If he were a regular contractor, carpenter guy, I guarantee you, he would not be able to fix the damage that I do as quickly. And when Felix does a good job, he gets a medal. But, are there medals for wrecking stuff really well? To that, I say, "Ha!". And no, there aren't. For thirty years I've been doing this, and I have seen a lot of other games come and go. Kinda sad. The thing about those guys at ''VideoGame/{{Asteroids}}''? Boom, gone. ''VideoGame/{{Centipede}}''? Who knows where that guy is, you know? Look, a steady arcade gig is nothing to sneeze at, I'm very lucky. It's just, I gotta say, it becomes kinda hard to love your job when no one else seems to like you for doing it.

-->I don't know...maybe I wouldn't be feeling this way if things were different [[PunchClockVillain after work]]. But...it is what it is, you know. Felix and the Nicelanders go hang out in their homes...which he's just fixed and everyone, you know...They go to their homes, I go to mine, which just so happens to be...a dump. And when I say a dump, I don't mean, like, a shabby place. I mean, an actual dump, where the garbage goes...and a bunch of bricks and...smashed building parts; that's...that's what I call home. I guess I can't bellyache too much; I've got my bricks, I've got my stump...it looks uncomfortable, it's actually fine. I-I'm good. But, if I'm really honest with myself...I see Felix up there, getting patted on the back, people giving him pie and thanking him and so happy to see him all the time... Sometimes I think, "''Man''...it sure must be nice, being the good guy."

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-->'''Ralph:''' My name's Ralph, and I'm a bad guy. Uh, let's see...I'm nine feet tall, I weigh six hundred and forty three pounds, got a [[{{Understatement}} little bit of a temper on me]],[[note]] "Hey! You moved my stump! ''(growls angrily)''"[[/note]] my passion bubbles very near the surface, I guess, not gonna lie. Anyhoo, what else? Uh, I'm a wrecker. I wreck things, professionally.[[note]] "I'M GONNA WRECK IT!"[[/note]] I mean, I'm very good at what I do. Probably the best I know. Thing is, fixing's the name of the game. Literally. ''Fix-It Felix Jr.''[[note]] "Fix it, Felix!" "I can fix it!"[[/note]] So, yeah, naturally, the guy with the name Fix-It Felix is the good guy. He's nice enough as good guys go. Definitely fixes stuff really well. But, uh, if you've got a magic hammer from your father, how hard can it be? If he were a regular contractor, carpenter guy, I guarantee you, he would not be able to fix the damage that I do as quickly. And when Felix does a good job, he gets a medal. But, are there medals for wrecking stuff really well? To that, I say, "Ha!". "Ha!" And no, there aren't. For thirty years I've been doing this, and I have seen a lot of other games come and go. Kinda sad. The thing about those guys at ''VideoGame/{{Asteroids}}''? Boom, gone. ''VideoGame/{{Centipede}}''? Who knows where that guy is, you know? Look, a steady arcade gig is nothing to sneeze at, I'm very lucky. It's just, I gotta say, it becomes kinda hard to love your job when no one else seems to like you for doing it.

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it. [...] I don't know...maybe I wouldn't be feeling this way if things were different [[PunchClockVillain after work]]. But...it is what it is, you know. Felix and the Nicelanders go hang out in their homes...which he's just fixed and everyone, you know...They go to their homes, I go to mine, which just so happens to be...a dump. And when I say a dump, I don't mean, like, a shabby place. I mean, an actual dump, where the garbage goes...and a bunch of bricks and...smashed building parts; that's...that's what I call home. I guess I can't bellyache too much; I've got my bricks, I've got my stump...it looks uncomfortable, it's actually fine. I-I'm good. But, if I'm really honest with myself...I see Felix up there, getting patted on the back, people giving him pie and thanking him and so happy to see him all the time... Sometimes I think, "''Man''...it sure must be nice, nice being the good guy."




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** After Ralph leaves, you can see Mary dejected over her destroyed cake as Felix tries to comfort her.



* In a blink-and-you-miss-it moment from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LEY2rO5Sl4 this]] faux-90s commercial for ''Sugar Rush'' at Litwak's, about 10 seconds, the player chooses a character. The cursor goes over Vanellope and she gets excited and [[YankTheDogsChain starts winding up]] for a celebratory jump. - then moves on to Snowanna and Taffyta.

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* In a blink-and-you-miss-it moment from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LEY2rO5Sl4 this]] faux-90s commercial for ''Sugar Rush'' at Litwak's, about 10 seconds, the player chooses a character. The cursor goes over Vanellope and she gets excited and [[YankTheDogsChain starts winding up]] for a celebratory jump. - jump...but then it moves on to Snowanna and Taffyta.



-->'''[[TheWoobie Vanellope]]''': ''[[BreakTheCutie "You really are]] [[BrokenPedestal a bad guy..."]]''

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-->'''[[TheWoobie Vanellope]]''': ''[[BreakTheCutie "You You really are]] [[BrokenPedestal a bad guy..."]]'']]''



-->'''Ralph:''' I'm Bad, and that's good. I will never be Good and that's not bad. There's no one I'd rather be... than me.

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-->'''Ralph:''' I'm Bad, bad, and that's good. I will never be Good good and that's not bad. There's no one I'd rather be... than me.



* Turbo/King Candy's death. [[AssholeVictim Yes, he deserved it,]] but you gotta admit that the recurring cheery theme as he is almost to the coke volcano sounds like good bye music to one of the best Disney villains ever made.

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* Turbo/King Candy's death. [[AssholeVictim Yes, he deserved it,]] but you gotta admit that the recurring cheery theme as he is almost to reaches the coke volcano sounds like good bye music a farewell to one of the best Disney villains ever made.



** Some of the other bad guys should have definite issues. Think of Bowser, Clyde and M. Bison, three other bad guys who've been plugged in for years. Wreck-It Ralph may be programmed to commit an astounding amount of property damage, but Bowser has to kidnap a princess and enslave a kingdom, Clyde and his siblings have to [[EvilVersusOblivion constantly hunt and try to kill]] what is to them a ravenous predator while simultaneously [[MookHorrorShow living in fear that they'll get eaten by said predator]] [[PrimalFear should it touch a Power Pellet and charge back]], and M. Bison is a murderer and terrorist leader. These guys have to be screwed up with that kind of reality. Those jobs have to be rough on the mind. The only thing Bowser, Clyde, and M. Bison have over Ralph is that they have henchmen (or in Clyde's case, a family) who in-game they have the respect of, and they've also been going to Bad Anon for years. Ralph is *all* alone in the world of Fix-it Felix Jr. and it took him being plugged in 30 years to finally join Bad Anon.

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** Some of the other bad guys should have definite issues. Think of Bowser, Clyde and M. Bison, three other bad guys who've been plugged in for years. Wreck-It Ralph may be programmed to commit an astounding amount of property damage, but Bowser has to kidnap a princess and enslave a kingdom, Clyde and his siblings have to [[EvilVersusOblivion constantly hunt and try to kill]] what is to them a ravenous predator while simultaneously [[MookHorrorShow living in fear that they'll get eaten by said predator]] [[PrimalFear should it touch a Power Pellet and charge back]], and M. Bison is a murderer and terrorist leader. These guys have to be screwed up with that kind of reality. Those jobs have to be rough on the mind. The only thing Bowser, Clyde, and M. Bison have over Ralph is that they have henchmen (or in Clyde's case, a family) who in-game they have the respect of, and they've also been going to Bad Anon for years. Ralph is *all* ''all'' alone in the world of Fix-it Felix Jr. and it took him being plugged in 30 years to finally join Bad Anon.



* The scene where Taffyta and the other racers bully Vanellope and destroy her car is devastating on its own, but what finally pushes Ralph over the edge and prompts him to run over, screaming, "LEAVE HER ALONE!"? Seeing Vanellope get shoved in the mud. Considering he gets tossed in the mud every single day in his own game, it makes sense that seeing it happen to someone else, even a bratty kid he doesn't like (at least at that point), would ''really'' upset him.
** Even worse: they're making fun of her the same way a bully makes fun of someone with a physical or mental disability, i.e. sarcastically mimicking it.
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** This scene especially hits hard for those who have been either grounded or scolded by either their parents or teachers in real life. Ralph in this scene is that of an enraged father finding out his daughter has or is about to fatally put herself in danger by breaking the rules, and no matter how immoral his punishment may be, still goes through with it to ensure her own safety. Vanellope's tearful and heartbreaking reaction to being disciplined is exactly how we'd all feel if we were to be on the receiving end of retribution in the real world.
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* The moment where Felix is imprisoned in the "fungeon." It hurts to see Felix mad and upset when we typically see him as an happy, acclaimed hero/winner. He now had to experience the same torment Ralph faced at the beginning of the movie the hard way - left in the garbage, and treated like a wanted criminal. And all of this adds on the stress he was ALSO feeling when he had to deal with finding Ralph and fixing the damage he had caused.
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** You can even see the utter shock and heartbreak on Ralph's face when he notices the "Out of Order" notice obscuring the window to the rest of the arcade. All that Ralph truly wanted was to overcome his envy, and actually be loved and supported for once (he was, after all, an absolutely integral part to the game just as much as the Nicelanders and Felix were, so he had every right to feel upset that he wasn't getting as much appreciation compared to his contemporaries). The look on Ralph's face just shows he knew he went too far to achieve his biggest desire; he genuinely did not want to drive everyone away from him like this, and knew the blame solely rested on him for giving in to his ill-fated promise.
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*** This also adds way more emotional weight to the "you're my hero" medal she bestowed upon Ralph just moments before he smashed her racing cart. Imagine being alone throughout your entire life, ever since the game got plugged in, and being treated with immense scorn; you finally meet someone who's willing to stick up for you and help you achieve your dreams. That is why Ralph meant so much to Vanellope, and why she called him "her hero" - because Ralph was the first person in god knows how long to actually support her after living alone for years in the gutter. And that's why it especially hurts mere moments later when Ralph smashed her cart into little pieces.
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-->'''Ralph:''' No, '''I'M NOT!' ''(smashes the cake, shocking everyone)''

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-->'''Ralph:''' No, '''I'M NOT!' NOT!''' ''(smashes the cake, shocking everyone)''



->'''[[TheWoobie Vanellope]]''':''[[BreakTheCutie "You really are]] [[BrokenPedestal a bad guy..."]]''

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->'''[[TheWoobie Vanellope]]''':''[[BreakTheCutie -->'''[[TheWoobie Vanellope]]''': ''[[BreakTheCutie "You really are]] [[BrokenPedestal a bad guy..."]]''

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* Sergeant Calhoun's tragic backstory. Her fiance was eaten by a Cy-Bug ''at the altar on their wedding day'' because she forgot to do a perimeter check.
** It might even be worse than this: Unless this actually takes place in flashback in a cutscene in the game, ''it's just a memory the game developers programmed into the character''.
*** If it ''does'' take place in a cutscene, then she has to relive her fiance's death ''every time someone plays the game''.
*** Moreover, since cutscenes in arcade games are usually part of its AttractMode, looping whenever a game ''isn't'' in play, it's also possible that Calhoun has to relive said death, or at least have it on display, even when the game's not in action.
** It gets worse. Calhoun has flashbacks of several dates with her betrothed!
*** The minigun part of her flashback does not at all lessen the tearjerker value. Look at the pain in her eyes! It may have come off as a little funny ''and'' tragic in the movie, but ''her eyes''. At no other point do we see her that frightened.
*** This was after Felix [[TraumaButton accidentally set her off by calling her]] [[InnocentlyInsensitive a "dynamite gal"]]. He was trying to be kind... but being called by her betrothed's AffectionateNickname for her made her FreakOut.
** Also, remember what happens to things Cy-Bugs eat. They are assimilated. She knows this. So not only did she watch her fiance die, but she has to kill him again.
** It gets worse. Calhoun has MediumAwareness. She knows this is a game. Brad likely didn't even exist outside of her memories/cutscenes, and her wedding-that-should've-been didn't technically happen... and she ''knows this''. But she still gets all the PTSD that would come from having been through such a traumatic event. Even when everything's fine, and she understands that on a logical level, she has a flashback to what happened. She just can't help it. Anyone who's ever had an anxiety attack set off by a seemingly innocuous thing (or, worse, an anxiety attack where they're not sure ''what'' triggered it) can probably relate.
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*** Then there's Ralph's efforts to let her down gently and try to simply talk her out of racing, which she just laughs off as an annoying joke. But once she realizes he's being serious, [[WhamLine it hits her like a ton of bricks]]: she glitches and stands up perfectly straight in shock, at a loss for words.
*** The ''agonizing'' way Vanellope cries as she's ForcedToWatch Ralph wreck her car. Creator/SarahSilverman genuinely (and jarringly) sounds like a poor little girl whose heart is breaking over the thing she loves most, and she does a [[SugarWiki/SheReallyCanAct GREAT job at that.]]

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*** ** Then there's Ralph's efforts to let her down gently and try to simply talk her out of racing, which she just laughs off as an annoying joke. But once she realizes he's being serious, [[WhamLine it hits her like a ton of bricks]]: she glitches and stands up perfectly straight in shock, at a loss for words.
*** ** The ''agonizing'' way Vanellope cries as she's ForcedToWatch Ralph wreck her car. Creator/SarahSilverman genuinely (and jarringly) sounds like a poor little girl whose heart is breaking over the thing she loves most, and she does a [[SugarWiki/SheReallyCanAct GREAT job at that.]]



*** King Candy's line about "heroes [having] to make the tough choices" makes the whole thing even more painful, ''especially'' after we find out that King Candy/Turbo was goading him on to advance his plan.

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*** ** King Candy's line about "heroes [having] to make the tough choices" makes the whole thing even more painful, ''especially'' after we find out that King Candy/Turbo was goading him on to advance his plan.
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->'''[[TheWoobie Vanellope]]''':''[[BreakTheCutie "You really are]] [[BrokenPedestal a bad guy..."]]''
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* As for the other game characters in ''[=TurboTime=]'', [[UncertainDoom it's unknown what happened to them]] after the game was unplugged courtesy of Turbo's actions. It is possible they were either rendered homeless like Q*bert and stranded in Game Central Station, or worse, they were all killed when they all couldn't evacuate their game in time. Since no one sees them in Game Central Station, it's very likely they were killed (although they could have been in some other places we are never shown onscreen but still homeless).
** Not to mention the ''[=RoadBlasters=]'' characters, who not only had their game unplugged as well, but whom Turbo deliberately '''murdered''' by running them off the road out of pure envy and spite. And they wouldn't even have known who the grinning white-faced maniac driver was.

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* As for the other game characters in ''[=TurboTime=]'', [[UncertainDoom it's unknown what happened to them]] after the game was unplugged courtesy of Turbo's actions. It is possible they were either rendered homeless like Q*bert and stranded in Game Central Station, or worse, [[InferredHolocaust they were all killed when they all couldn't evacuate their game in time.time]]. Since no one sees them in Game Central Station, it's very likely they were killed (although they could have been in some other places we are never shown onscreen but still homeless).
** Not to mention the ''[=RoadBlasters=]'' characters, who not only had their game unplugged as well, but whom Turbo deliberately '''murdered''' by running them off the road out of pure envy and spite. And they wouldn't even have known who the grinning white-faced maniac driver was.was before they, along with the rest of their world, ended.

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* The entirety of Ralph's monologue at the Bad Anon meeting. He just sounds so miserable and exhausted, as anyone in his shoes[[note]][[DoesNotLikeShoes Figuratively speaking]].[[/note]] would surely feel.
-->'''Ralph:''' My name's Ralph, and I'm a bad guy. Uh, let's see...I'm nine feet tall, I weigh six hundred and forty three pounds, got a little bit of a temper on me,[[note]] "Hey! You moved my stump!"[[/note]] my passion bubbles very near the surface, I guess, not gonna lie. Anyhoo, what else? Uh, I'm a wrecker. I wreck things, professionally.[[note]] "I'M GONNA WRECK IT!"[[/note]] I mean, I'm very good at what I do. Probably the best I know. Thing is, fixing's the name of the game. Literally. ''Fix-It Felix Jr.''[[note]] "Fix it, Felix!" "I can fix it!"[[/note]] So, yeah, naturally, the guy with the name Fix-It Felix is the good guy. He's nice enough as good guys go. Definitely fixes stuff really well. But, uh, if you've got a magic hammer from your father, how hard can it be? If he were a regular contractor, carpenter guy, I guarantee you, he would not be able to fix the damage that I do as quickly. And when Felix does a good job, he gets a medal. But, are there medals for wrecking stuff really well? To that, I say, "ha!". And no, there aren't. For thirty years I've been doing this, and I have seen a lot of other games come and go, how sad. The thing about those guys at ''VideoGame/{{Asteroids}}''? Boom, gone. ''VideoGame/{{Centipede}}''? Who knows where that guy is, you know? Look, a steady arcade gig is nothing to sneeze at, I'm very lucky. It's just, I gotta say, it becomes kinda hard to love your job when no one else seems to like you for doing it.

-->I don't know...maybe I wouldn't be feeling this way if things were different [[PunchClockVillain after work]]. But...it is what it is, you know. Felix and the Nicelanders go hang out in their homes...which he's just fixed and everyone, you know...They go to their homes, I go to mine, which just so happens to be...a dump. And when I say a dump, I don't mean, like, a shabby place. I mean, an actual dump, where the garbage goes...and a bunch of bricks and...smashed building parts; that's...that's what I call home. I guess I can't bellyache too much; I've got my bricks, I've got my stump...it looks uncomfortable, it's actually fine. I-I'm good. But, if I'm really honest with myself...I see Felix up there, getting patted on the back, people giving him pie and thanking him and so happy to see him all the time...Sometimes I think "''Man''...It sure must be nice, being the good guy."

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* The entirety of Ralph's monologue at the Bad Anon Bad-Anon meeting. He just sounds so miserable and exhausted, as anyone in his shoes[[note]][[DoesNotLikeShoes Figuratively speaking]].[[/note]] would surely feel.
-->'''Ralph:''' My name's Ralph, and I'm a bad guy. Uh, let's see...I'm nine feet tall, I weigh six hundred and forty three pounds, got a [[{{Understatement}} little bit of a temper on me,[[note]] me]],[[note]] "Hey! You moved my stump!"[[/note]] stump! ''(growls angrily)''"[[/note]] my passion bubbles very near the surface, I guess, not gonna lie. Anyhoo, what else? Uh, I'm a wrecker. I wreck things, professionally.[[note]] "I'M GONNA WRECK IT!"[[/note]] I mean, I'm very good at what I do. Probably the best I know. Thing is, fixing's the name of the game. Literally. ''Fix-It Felix Jr.''[[note]] "Fix it, Felix!" "I can fix it!"[[/note]] So, yeah, naturally, the guy with the name Fix-It Felix is the good guy. He's nice enough as good guys go. Definitely fixes stuff really well. But, uh, if you've got a magic hammer from your father, how hard can it be? If he were a regular contractor, carpenter guy, I guarantee you, he would not be able to fix the damage that I do as quickly. And when Felix does a good job, he gets a medal. But, are there medals for wrecking stuff really well? To that, I say, "ha!"."Ha!". And no, there aren't. For thirty years I've been doing this, and I have seen a lot of other games come and go, how go. Kinda sad. The thing about those guys at ''VideoGame/{{Asteroids}}''? Boom, gone. ''VideoGame/{{Centipede}}''? Who knows where that guy is, you know? Look, a steady arcade gig is nothing to sneeze at, I'm very lucky. It's just, I gotta say, it becomes kinda hard to love your job when no one else seems to like you for doing it.

-->I don't know...maybe I wouldn't be feeling this way if things were different [[PunchClockVillain after work]]. But...it is what it is, you know. Felix and the Nicelanders go hang out in their homes...which he's just fixed and everyone, you know...They go to their homes, I go to mine, which just so happens to be...a dump. And when I say a dump, I don't mean, like, a shabby place. I mean, an actual dump, where the garbage goes...and a bunch of bricks and...smashed building parts; that's...that's what I call home. I guess I can't bellyache too much; I've got my bricks, I've got my stump...it looks uncomfortable, it's actually fine. I-I'm good. But, if I'm really honest with myself...I see Felix up there, getting patted on the back, people giving him pie and thanking him and so happy to see him all the time... Sometimes I think think, "''Man''...It it sure must be nice, being the good guy."



** After giving his introduction, it's mentioned that this is the first time Ralph has attended Bad Anon and when he's asked why he finally decided to come he initially tries to claim he didn't have any particular reason before offhandedly mentioning that today happens to be the 30th anniversary of his game. Reading between the lines it's obvious that the real reason he came to Bad Anon was so he didn't have to spend his [[OnePersonBirthdayParty anniversary alone]]

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** After giving his introduction, it's mentioned that this is the first time Ralph has attended Bad Anon and when he's asked why he finally decided to come he initially tries to claim he didn't have any particular reason before offhandedly mentioning that today happens to be the 30th anniversary of his game. Reading between the lines it's obvious that the real reason he came to Bad Anon was so he didn't have to spend his [[OnePersonBirthdayParty anniversary alone]]
alone]].



-->'''Ralph:''' No, I'm not!

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-->'''Ralph:''' No, No. I'm not!not.



-->'''Ralph:''' No, '''I'M NOT!' ''(smashes the cake)''

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-->'''Ralph:''' No, '''I'M NOT!' ''(smashes the cake)''cake, shocking everyone)''



-->'''Gene:''' Yes, you are.

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-->'''Gene:''' Yes, you are. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Yes. You. Are.]]



* Once he gets to ''Sugar Rush'', Vanellope steals his medal, and it's inadvertently destroyed, Ralph totally loses it and proceeds to wreck anything he can smash in a fit of rage! It's a bit narmy and maybe hilarious to some until you really consider his situation. After a life of neglect from being a bad guy ''and'' finally doing the impossible and proving a bad guy can get a medal, he LOSES it before he can show anybody he knows! This was probably his ''only'' chance to get a medal the hard way, and now he's just back to face a life of utter torment! The look on his face screams, "Because I wreck stuff!! That's all I exist for, right, World, you piece of crap!!!??" It's more than a few peoples' dream to be worth something, and even more people have given up on it already.

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* Once he gets to ''Sugar Rush'', Vanellope steals his medal, and it's later on inadvertently destroyed, destroyed. [[UnstoppableRage Ralph totally loses does]] ''[[UnstoppableRage not]]'' [[UnstoppableRage take this well]], to put it and proceeds to wreck anything he can smash in a fit of rage! lightly. It's a bit narmy and maybe hilarious to some until you really consider his situation. After a life of neglect from being a bad guy ''and'' finally doing the impossible and proving a bad guy can get a medal, he LOSES ''LOSES'' it before he can show anybody he knows! knows. This was probably his ''only'' chance to get a medal the hard way, and now he's just back to face a life of utter torment! The look on his face screams, "Because I wreck stuff!! That's all I exist for, right, World, you piece of crap!!!??" torment. It's more than a few peoples' the dream of several people to be worth something, and even more people have given up on it already.



** But wait! There's more: this all immediately follows Vanellope giving Ralph a medal she made herself out of a cookie with the words "You're my hero" written on the back in icing. He may be trying to keep her safe, but he's also hurting the one person who saw him as more than a villain. It makes her heartbroken sob of "You really are a bad guy" even more gut-wrenching.

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** But wait! There's But, there's more: this all immediately follows Vanellope giving Ralph a medal she made herself out of a cookie with the words "You're my hero" written on the back in icing. He may be trying to keep her safe, but he's also hurting the one person who saw him as more than a villain. It even makes her heartbroken sob of "You really are a bad guy" the quote below the picture above even more gut-wrenching.''more'' heartbreaking.



*** The ''agonizing'' way Vanellope cries as she's ForcedToWatch Ralph wreck her car. Creator/SarahSilverman genuinely (and jarringly) sounds like a poor little girl whose heart is breaking over the thing she loves most. [[SugarWiki/SheReallyCanAct Holy shit, can she act!]]

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*** The ''agonizing'' way Vanellope cries as she's ForcedToWatch Ralph wreck her car. Creator/SarahSilverman genuinely (and jarringly) sounds like a poor little girl whose heart is breaking over the thing she loves most. most, and she does a [[SugarWiki/SheReallyCanAct Holy shit, can she act!]]GREAT job at that.]]



-->'''Ralph:''' I'm Bad, and that's good. I will never be Good and that's not bad. There's no one I'd rather be... than me."

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-->'''Ralph:''' I'm Bad, and that's good. I will never be Good and that's not bad. There's no one I'd rather be... than me."



** A bit of FridgeBrilliance and extra tearjerker, Ralph is reciting the creed to comfort himself in the wake of his impending death. Look at his face as he's reciting it, he's trying to keep from breaking down.

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** A bit of FridgeBrilliance and extra tearjerker, Ralph is reciting the creed to comfort himself in the wake of his impending death. Look at his face as he's reciting it, it: he's trying to keep from breaking down.



* During the finale while Calhoun and Felix are trying to evacuate the residents of Sugar Rush due to the Cy Bug invasion, Ralph desperately tries to take Vanellope with him but her glitching doesn't allow her to follow. Vanellope then proceeds to tell Ralph "It's okay. Just go. Go without me." Cue the waterworks.

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* During the finale while Calhoun and Felix are trying to evacuate the residents of Sugar Rush due to the Cy Bug invasion, Ralph desperately tries to take Vanellope with him but her glitching doesn't allow her to follow. Vanellope then proceeds to tell Ralph Ralph, "It's okay. Just go. Go without me." Cue the waterworks.



** Also note that her words of "It's okay. Just go. Go without me" aren't spoken in a manner typical to the situation in a movie. It isn't an anxious urgent shouting. It's soft. It's calm. It's the voice of someone at peace with the situation. With dying as long as someone they love is safe. She's a 9 year old girl facing a death in a literal Apocalypse ''and she's somehow okay with it.'' That's how much torment she's been through. That's how much it meant to her that Ralph was her friend.

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** Also Also, note that her words of how she does, "It's okay. Just go. Go without me" aren't spoken in a manner typical to the situation in a movie. It isn't an anxious urgent shouting.anxious. It's soft. It's calm. It's the voice of someone at peace with the situation. With dying as long as someone they love is safe. She's a 9 year old 9-year-old girl facing a death in a literal Apocalypse ''and she's somehow okay with it.'' That's how much torment she's been through. That's how much it meant to her that Ralph was her friend.



* The other racers breaking Vanellope's kart while mocking her as she helplessly tells them to stop. And when it's revealed that it was all King Candy's doing when he locked up everyone's memories, they all get a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment for what they did to Princess Vanellope Von Schweetz.

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* The other racers breaking Vanellope's kart while mocking her as she helplessly tells them to stop. And [[note]]And when it's revealed that it was all King Candy's doing when he locked up everyone's memories, they all get a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment for what they did to Princess Vanellope Von Schweetz.
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** The scene where Taffyta and the other racers bully Vanellope and destroy her car is devastating on its own, but what finally pushes Ralph over the edge and prompts him to run over, screaming, "LEAVE HER ALONE!"? Seeing Vanellope get shoved in the mud. Considering he gets tossed in the mud every single day in his own game, it makes sense that seeing it happen to someone else, even a bratty kid he doesn't like (at least at that point), would ''really'' upset him.
*** Even worse: they're making fun of her the same way a bully makes fun of someone with a physical or mental disability, i.e. sarcastically mimicking it.



-->'''Gene:''' [[NoSympathy Well now you can live alone, in the penthouse.]]

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-->'''Gene:''' [[NoSympathy Well Well, now you can live alone, in the penthouse.]]



* The scene near the end where Vanellope, who has regained her status as the game's princess, makes all the other racers who tormented her earlier [[EverybodyCries break down in tears]] after decreeing that they be executed seems to come off as a bit cruel and mean-spirited. Sure, she revealed that she was just joking about it moments later, and, to be fair, the other racers KINDA deserved it, but during that brief moment they bawl their eyes out.

* The fact that Bad Guy Anon even needs to ''exist''. A bunch of video game bad guys meet up every week to work through their issues with [[PunchClockVillain their jobs]]. It makes you wonder if [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer Ralph's situation]] is really so unique...

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* The scene near the end where Vanellope, who has regained her status as the game's princess, makes all the other racers who tormented her earlier [[EverybodyCries break down in tears]] after decreeing that they be executed seems to come off as a bit cruel and mean-spirited. Sure, she revealed that she was just joking about it moments later, and, to be fair, the other racers KINDA deserved it, but during that brief moment where they bawl their eyes out.

out...that's kind of debatable.

* The fact that Bad Guy Anon Bad-Anon even needs to ''exist''. A bunch of video game bad guys meet up every week to work through their issues with [[PunchClockVillain their jobs]]. It makes you wonder if [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer Ralph's situation]] is really so unique...



* The entire scene where Taffyta and the other racers bully Vanellope and destroy her car is devastating on its own, but what finally pushes Ralph over the edge and prompts him to run over, screaming, "LEAVE HER ALONE!"? Seeing Vanellope get shoved in the mud. Considering he gets tossed in the mud every single day in his own game, it makes sense that seeing it happen to someone else, even a bratty kid he doesn't like (at least at that point), would ''really'' upset him.

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* The entire scene where Taffyta and the other racers bully Vanellope and destroy her car is devastating on its own, but what finally pushes Ralph over the edge and prompts him to run over, screaming, "LEAVE HER ALONE!"? Seeing Vanellope get shoved in the mud. Considering he gets tossed in the mud every single day in his own game, it makes sense that seeing it happen to someone else, even a bratty kid he doesn't like (at least at that point), would ''really'' upset him.
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** Some of the other bad guys should have definite issues. Think of Bowser, Clyde and M. Bison, three other bad guys who've been plugged in for years. Wreck-It Ralph may be programmed to commit an astounding amount of property damage, but Bowser has to kidnap a princess and enslave a kingdom, Clyde and his siblings have to [[EvilVsOblivion constantly hunt and try to kill]] what is to them a ravenous predator while simultaneously [[MookHorrorShow living in fear that they'll get eaten by said predator]] [[PrimalFear should it touch a Power Pellet and charge back]], and M. Bison is a murderer and terrorist leader. These guys have to be screwed up with that kind of reality. Those jobs have to be rough on the mind. The only thing Bowser, Clyde, and M. Bison have over Ralph is that they have henchmen (or in Clyde's case, a family) who in-game they have the respect of, and they've also been going to Bad Anon for years. Ralph is *all* alone in the world of Fix-it Felix Jr. and it took him being plugged in 30 years to finally join Bad Anon.

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** Some of the other bad guys should have definite issues. Think of Bowser, Clyde and M. Bison, three other bad guys who've been plugged in for years. Wreck-It Ralph may be programmed to commit an astounding amount of property damage, but Bowser has to kidnap a princess and enslave a kingdom, Clyde and his siblings have to [[EvilVsOblivion [[EvilVersusOblivion constantly hunt and try to kill]] what is to them a ravenous predator while simultaneously [[MookHorrorShow living in fear that they'll get eaten by said predator]] [[PrimalFear should it touch a Power Pellet and charge back]], and M. Bison is a murderer and terrorist leader. These guys have to be screwed up with that kind of reality. Those jobs have to be rough on the mind. The only thing Bowser, Clyde, and M. Bison have over Ralph is that they have henchmen (or in Clyde's case, a family) who in-game they have the respect of, and they've also been going to Bad Anon for years. Ralph is *all* alone in the world of Fix-it Felix Jr. and it took him being plugged in 30 years to finally join Bad Anon.
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** Some of the other bad guys should have definite issues. Think of Bowser, Clyde and M. Bison, three other bad guys who've been plugged in for years. Wreck-It Ralph may be programmed to commit an astounding amount of property damage, but Bowser has to kidnap a princess and enslave a kingdom, Clyde and his siblings have to constantly hunt and try to kill what to them is a ravenous predator while simultaneously [[MookHorrorShow living in fear that they'll get eaten by said predator should it touches a Power Pellet of which they're helpless against]], and M. Bison is a murderer and terrorist leader. These guys have to be screwed up with that kind of reality. Those jobs have to be rough on the mind. The only thing Bowser, Clyde, and M. Bison have over Ralph is that they have henchmen (or in Clyde's case, a family) who in-game they have the respect of, and they've also been going to Bad Anon for years. Ralph is *all* alone in the world of Fix-it Felix Jr. and doesn't come to Bad Anon until he's been plugged in 30 years.

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** Some of the other bad guys should have definite issues. Think of Bowser, Clyde and M. Bison, three other bad guys who've been plugged in for years. Wreck-It Ralph may be programmed to commit an astounding amount of property damage, but Bowser has to kidnap a princess and enslave a kingdom, Clyde and his siblings have to [[EvilVsOblivion constantly hunt and try to kill kill]] what is to them is a ravenous predator while simultaneously [[MookHorrorShow living in fear that they'll get eaten by said predator predator]] [[PrimalFear should it touches touch a Power Pellet of which they're helpless against]], and charge back]], and M. Bison is a murderer and terrorist leader. These guys have to be screwed up with that kind of reality. Those jobs have to be rough on the mind. The only thing Bowser, Clyde, and M. Bison have over Ralph is that they have henchmen (or in Clyde's case, a family) who in-game they have the respect of, and they've also been going to Bad Anon for years. Ralph is *all* alone in the world of Fix-it Felix Jr. and doesn't come to Bad Anon until he's been it took him being plugged in 30 years.years to finally join Bad Anon.
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** Some of the other bad guys should have definite issues. Think of Bowser, Clyde and M. Bison, three other bad guys who've been plugged in for years. Wreck-It Ralph may be programmed to commit an astounding amount of property damage, but Bowser has to kidnap a princess and enslave a kingdom, Clyde and his friends have to constantly try to kill Pac-Man while simultaneously [[MookHorrorShow living in fear that they'll get eaten if he touches a Power Pellet of which they're helpless against]], and M. Bison is a murderer and terrorist leader. These guys have to be screwed up with that kind of reality. Those jobs have to be rough on the mind. The only thing Bowser, Clyde, and M. Bison have over Ralph is that they have henchmen (or in Clyde's case, a family) who in-game they have the respect of, and they've also been going to Bad Anon for years. Ralph is *all* alone in the world of Fix-it Felix Jr. and doesn't come to Bad Anon until he's been plugged in 30 years.

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** Some of the other bad guys should have definite issues. Think of Bowser, Clyde and M. Bison, three other bad guys who've been plugged in for years. Wreck-It Ralph may be programmed to commit an astounding amount of property damage, but Bowser has to kidnap a princess and enslave a kingdom, Clyde and his friends siblings have to constantly hunt and try to kill Pac-Man what to them is a ravenous predator while simultaneously [[MookHorrorShow living in fear that they'll get eaten if he by said predator should it touches a Power Pellet of which they're helpless against]], and M. Bison is a murderer and terrorist leader. These guys have to be screwed up with that kind of reality. Those jobs have to be rough on the mind. The only thing Bowser, Clyde, and M. Bison have over Ralph is that they have henchmen (or in Clyde's case, a family) who in-game they have the respect of, and they've also been going to Bad Anon for years. Ralph is *all* alone in the world of Fix-it Felix Jr. and doesn't come to Bad Anon until he's been plugged in 30 years.
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** Some of the other bad guys should have definite issues. Think of Bowser and M. Bison, two other bad guys who've been plugged in for years. Wreck-It Ralph may be programmed to commit an astounding amount of property damage, but Bowser has to kidnap a princess and enslave a kingdom, and M. Bison is a murderer and terrorist leader. These guys have to be screwed up with that kind of reality. Those jobs have to be rough on the mind. The only thing Bowser and M. Bison have over Ralph is that they have henchmen who in-game they have the respect of, and they've also been going to Bad Anon for years. Ralph is *all* alone in the world of Fix-it Felix Jr. and doesn't come to Bad Anon until he's been plugged in 30 years.

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** Some of the other bad guys should have definite issues. Think of Bowser Bowser, Clyde and M. Bison, two three other bad guys who've been plugged in for years. Wreck-It Ralph may be programmed to commit an astounding amount of property damage, but Bowser has to kidnap a princess and enslave a kingdom, Clyde and his friends have to constantly try to kill Pac-Man while simultaneously [[MookHorrorShow living in fear that they'll get eaten if he touches a Power Pellet of which they're helpless against]], and M. Bison is a murderer and terrorist leader. These guys have to be screwed up with that kind of reality. Those jobs have to be rough on the mind. The only thing Bowser Bowser, Clyde, and M. Bison have over Ralph is that they have henchmen (or in Clyde's case, a family) who in-game they have the respect of, and they've also been going to Bad Anon for years. Ralph is *all* alone in the world of Fix-it Felix Jr. and doesn't come to Bad Anon until he's been plugged in 30 years.
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** For added FridgeSadness: destroying Vanellope's car is exactly what the other racers did earlier in the film. So not only did Ralph betray Vanellope's trust, now she thinks he's just like everyone else who was ever mean to her.
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Creator/RogerEbert once said that VideoGames were not art to him. Never mind the gaming community's backlash, ''this'' is what will make anyone with that idea change his or her mind. Because, just as ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' did with [[TearJerker/ToyStory toys]], ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' will do with TearJerker/VideoGames: showing the heart that lies within such things.

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Creator/RogerEbert once said that VideoGames were not art to him. Never mind the gaming community's backlash, ''this'' is what will make anyone with that idea change his or her mind. Because, just as ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' ''Franchise/ToyStory'' did with [[TearJerker/ToyStory toys]], ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' will do with TearJerker/VideoGames: showing the heart that lies within such things.
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*** According to the game trailer, ''Sugar Rush'' came out in 1997. Assuming the movie takes place in 2012 (which is when it came out), that means Vanellope has been living this way for '''''fifteen years'''''. Ouch.

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*** According to the game trailer, ''Sugar Rush'' came out in 1997. Assuming the movie takes place in 2012 (which is when (i.e. the year it came out), that means Vanellope has been living this way for '''''fifteen years'''''. Ouch.
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-->'''Ralph:''' My name's Ralph, and I'm a bad guy. Uh, let's see...I'm nine feet tall, I weigh six hundred and forty three pounds, got a little bit of a temper on me,[[note]] "Hey! You moved my stump!"[[/note]] my passion bubbles very near the surface, I guess, not gonna lie. Anyhoo, what else? Uh, I'm a wrecker. I wreck things, professionally.[[note]] "I'M GONNA WRECK IT!"[[/note]] I mean, I'm very good at what I do. Probably the best I know. Thing is, fixing's the name of the game. Literally. ''Fix-It Felix Jr.''[[note]] "I can fix it!"[[/note]] So, yeah, naturally, the guy with the name Fix-It Felix is the good guy. He's nice enough as good guys go. Definitely fixes stuff really well. But, uh, if you've got a magic hammer from your father, how hard can it be? If he were a regular contractor, carpenter guy, I guarantee you, he would not be able to fix the damage that I do as quickly. And when Felix does a good job, he gets a medal. But, are there medals for wrecking stuff really well? To that, I say, "ha!". And no, there aren't. For thirty years I've been doing this, and I have seen a lot of other games come and go, how sad. The thing about those guys at ''VideoGame/{{Asteroids}}''? Boom, gone. ''VideoGame/{{Centipede}}''? Who knows where that guy is, you know? Look, a steady arcade gig is nothing to sneeze at, I'm very lucky. It's just, I gotta say, it becomes kinda hard to love your job when no one else seems to like you for doing it.

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-->'''Ralph:''' My name's Ralph, and I'm a bad guy. Uh, let's see...I'm nine feet tall, I weigh six hundred and forty three pounds, got a little bit of a temper on me,[[note]] "Hey! You moved my stump!"[[/note]] my passion bubbles very near the surface, I guess, not gonna lie. Anyhoo, what else? Uh, I'm a wrecker. I wreck things, professionally.[[note]] "I'M GONNA WRECK IT!"[[/note]] I mean, I'm very good at what I do. Probably the best I know. Thing is, fixing's the name of the game. Literally. ''Fix-It Felix Jr.''[[note]] "Fix it, Felix!" "I can fix it!"[[/note]] So, yeah, naturally, the guy with the name Fix-It Felix is the good guy. He's nice enough as good guys go. Definitely fixes stuff really well. But, uh, if you've got a magic hammer from your father, how hard can it be? If he were a regular contractor, carpenter guy, I guarantee you, he would not be able to fix the damage that I do as quickly. And when Felix does a good job, he gets a medal. But, are there medals for wrecking stuff really well? To that, I say, "ha!". And no, there aren't. For thirty years I've been doing this, and I have seen a lot of other games come and go, how sad. The thing about those guys at ''VideoGame/{{Asteroids}}''? Boom, gone. ''VideoGame/{{Centipede}}''? Who knows where that guy is, you know? Look, a steady arcade gig is nothing to sneeze at, I'm very lucky. It's just, I gotta say, it becomes kinda hard to love your job when no one else seems to like you for doing it.
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-->'''Ralph:''' My name's Ralph, and I'm a bad guy. Uh, let's see... I'm nine feet tall, I weigh six hundred and forty three pounds, got a little bit of a temper on me,[[note]] "Hey! You moved my stump!"[[/note]] my passion bubbles very near the surface, I guess, not gonna lie. Anyhoo, what else? Uh, I'm a wrecker. I wreck things, professionally.[[note]] "I'M GONNA WRECK IT!"[[/note]] I mean, I'm very good at what I do. Probably the best I know. Thing is, fixing's the name of the game. Literally. ''Fix-It Felix Jr.'' So, yeah, naturally, the guy with the name Fix-It Felix is the good guy. He's nice enough as good guys go. Definitely fixes stuff really well. But, uh, if you've got a magic hammer from your father, how hard can it be? If he were a regular contractor, carpenter guy, I guarantee you, he would not be able to fix the damage that I do as quickly. And when Felix does a good job, he gets a medal. But, are there medals for wrecking stuff really well? To that, I say, ha! And no, there aren't. For thirty years I've been doing this, and I have seen a lot of other games come and go, how sad. The thing about those guys at ''VideoGame/{{Asteroids}}''? Boom, gone. ''VideoGame/{{Centipede}}''? Who knows where that guy is, you know? Look, a steady arcade gig is nothing to sneeze at, I'm very lucky. It's just, I gotta say, it becomes kinda hard to love your job when no one else seems to like you for doing it.

-->I don't know... maybe I wouldn't be feeling this way if things were different [[PunchClockVillain after work]]. But... it is what it is, you know. Felix and the Nicelanders go hang out in their homes... which he's just fixed and everyone, you know... They go to their homes, I go to mine, which just so happens to be... a dump. And when I say a dump, I don't mean, like, a shabby place. I mean, an actual dump, where the garbage goes... and a bunch of bricks and... smashed building parts; that's... that's what I call home. I guess I can't bellyache too much; I've got my bricks, I've got my stump... It looks uncomfortable, it's actually fine. I-I'm good. But, if I'm really honest with myself... I see Felix up there, getting patted on the back, people giving him pie and thanking him and so happy to see him all the time... Sometimes I think "''Man''... It sure must be nice, being the good guy."

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-->'''Ralph:''' My name's Ralph, and I'm a bad guy. Uh, let's see... I'm nine feet tall, I weigh six hundred and forty three pounds, got a little bit of a temper on me,[[note]] "Hey! You moved my stump!"[[/note]] my passion bubbles very near the surface, I guess, not gonna lie. Anyhoo, what else? Uh, I'm a wrecker. I wreck things, professionally.[[note]] "I'M GONNA WRECK IT!"[[/note]] I mean, I'm very good at what I do. Probably the best I know. Thing is, fixing's the name of the game. Literally. ''Fix-It Felix Jr.'' ''[[note]] "I can fix it!"[[/note]] So, yeah, naturally, the guy with the name Fix-It Felix is the good guy. He's nice enough as good guys go. Definitely fixes stuff really well. But, uh, if you've got a magic hammer from your father, how hard can it be? If he were a regular contractor, carpenter guy, I guarantee you, he would not be able to fix the damage that I do as quickly. And when Felix does a good job, he gets a medal. But, are there medals for wrecking stuff really well? To that, I say, ha! "ha!". And no, there aren't. For thirty years I've been doing this, and I have seen a lot of other games come and go, how sad. The thing about those guys at ''VideoGame/{{Asteroids}}''? Boom, gone. ''VideoGame/{{Centipede}}''? Who knows where that guy is, you know? Look, a steady arcade gig is nothing to sneeze at, I'm very lucky. It's just, I gotta say, it becomes kinda hard to love your job when no one else seems to like you for doing it.

-->I don't know... maybe I wouldn't be feeling this way if things were different [[PunchClockVillain after work]]. But... it is what it is, you know. Felix and the Nicelanders go hang out in their homes... which he's just fixed and everyone, you know... know...They go to their homes, I go to mine, which just so happens to be... be...a dump. And when I say a dump, I don't mean, like, a shabby place. I mean, an actual dump, where the garbage goes... and a bunch of bricks and... and...smashed building parts; that's... that's...that's what I call home. I guess I can't bellyache too much; I've got my bricks, I've got my stump... It it looks uncomfortable, it's actually fine. I-I'm good. But, if I'm really honest with myself... I see Felix up there, getting patted on the back, people giving him pie and thanking him and so happy to see him all the time... time...Sometimes I think "''Man''... "''Man''...It sure must be nice, being the good guy."

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