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1Ralph and his friends have woken up in a strange place, though luckily for them, it's not an unfriendly one. However, the Magic Kingdom holds dangers all its own and Ralph will find something as simple as meeting the new boss is easier said than done. ''Like Dreamers Do'' is a 2013 ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' fanfic written by Creator/{{Finmonster}}, in which Wreck-It-Ralph, his friends- [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and one enemy, Turbo]]- wake up in [[Film/{{TRON}} the Grid]] to find that they have been invited to take up residency in the Magic Kingdom with other Disney characters now that their film is over. While Ralph's friends start making acquaintances in the Kingdom, however, Ralph himself is led astray trying to find his way to a meeting with Mickey Mouse, thanks to a certain grinning cat... The Fic was completed on June 30, 2015, and can be viewed on Fanfiction.net [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9567820/1/Like-Dreamers-Do here]]. A sequel got published in 2015 titled FANFIC/FrozenHeartsFinmonster.
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3Not to be confused with ''As Dreamers Do'', a {{biopic}} of Creator/WaltDisney.
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6!!''Like Dreamers Do'' provides examples of:
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8* AbsurdlyYouthfulParent: Absurdly Youthful ''Grandparent'', in Snow White's case. She has the appearance of her animated self (who's canonically 14), but she has a grown daughter in the form of [[Series/OnceUponATime Emma Swan]], who has a son of her own.
9* BackFromTheDead: Turbo at the start, and quite a few Disney characters who died in their respective films, mainly villains, but also TRON and Kevin Flynn from ''Film/TronLegacy''.
10* CatsAreMean: Downplayed with the Cheshire Cat, who's just a trickster. Subverted by the Catbus.
11* {{Crossover}}: Combines the worlds of different Disney properties.
12* CompletedFic: This ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph''-based story was completed on June 30, 2015.
13* CrossoverCameo: Mr. Gold from ''Series/OnceUponATime'', Loki from ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'', and Totoro from ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro''.
14* DeadPersonConversation: After arriving in [[PlaceWorseThanDeath the Wasteland]], Ralph meets [[spoiler:the spirit of Creator/WaltDisney himself]], and has a chat with him before he leaves. Ralph doesn't learn that [[spoiler:Walt died years ago]] until after he meets up with Mickey Mouse.
15* DealWithTheDevil: Sort of. Vanellope makes a bargain with Mr. Gold, aka. Rumpelstiltskin, to get Ralph back, in exchange for a favor she will carry out for him on a later date. In return, he teleports Ralph back to her via his cupboard.
16* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Shortly after being introduced, Jack Sparrow rubs Sergeant Calhoun and Fix-It Felix up the wrong way by initially [[SamusIsAGirl mistaking Calhoun for a man]] and Felix for [[TinyGuyHugeGirl Calhoun's son instead of her husband.]]
17* EasilyForgiven: Presumably, in Loki's case. In ''Film/{{Thor}}'', he tried to destroy Jotunheim upon learning he was a Frost Giant. Here, he's living on Jotunheim when Ralph meets him, so presumably the Frost Giants forgave him for it.
18* EqualOpportunityEvil: Hades cites this upon finding out that [[TheNapoleon Turbo]] is the villain he's there to collect, instead of [[GentleGiant Ralph]]. [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory3 Lotso Huggin' Bear]] is the example he uses.
19* FateWorseThanDeath: For Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and other forgotten toons, being confined to the Wasteland is this. [[spoiler:Subverted in the end when Disney's wizards get together to release the Wasteland's occupants into the Magic Kingdom.]]
20* FriendlyRivalry: Vanellope and [[Franchise/{{Cars}} Lightning McQueen]], after she beats him in a race by using her glitching while driving [[TheAllegedCar Mater]].
21* GenderEqualsBreed: Averted with WesternAnimation/LolaBunny, the [[RelatedInTheAdaptation daughter]] of [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Roger and Jessica Rabbit]]. She's female, but she's a rabbit by birth, like her father.
22* HeelFaceTurn: Ultimately, Ralph convinces [[spoiler:Turbo]] to bury the hatchet with him, working out that [[spoiler:Turbo's]] role in their film as the villain isn't so different from Ralph's role in his video game as a PunchClockVillain.
23* InterspeciesFriendship: Winnie-The-Pooh and Totoro.
24* MythologyGag: Yet [[Film/TheAvengers2012 again]], Loki finds himself being grabbed by the ankles and held upside down by an enraged giant. He comments on how familiar it feels. Thankfully, Ralph ''doesn't'' subject Loki to MetronomicManMashing.
25* NotSoDifferentRemark: [[spoiler: Ralph realizes this about himself and Turbo in their roles as villains- Turbo to their film, Ralph to his own game.]]
26* OffWithHisHead: Ralph shows up in the world of ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'', where he is subjected to their "This Is Halloween" number, making him increasingly jumpy and nervous, until Jack Skellington rounds it off by saying "Boo!" to him. [[GoodOldFisticuffs Ralph's]] response is to [[ReflexiveResponse punch Jack's head right off]]. Thankfully, Jack's uninjured, due to being undead.
27* OhCrap: Mike Wazowski, when he realizes that he's sent Ralph through the wrong door to get back to Mickey Mouse.
28* OneWingedAngel: Turbo retains his Cy-Bug form as a special ability. Comes in handy for impressing the Disney Villains.
29* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: Turbo says this word-for-word upon meeting up with the heroes in the Grid.
30* ShipTease: [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Jack Sparrow]] is introduced making rather flirty comments to [[WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet Sarah Hawkins]]. Her son Jim is not impressed.
31* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Turbo's reaction to realizing the villain he's going to sit next to is [[BearsAreBadNews Mor'du]].
32* TitleDrop: The Disney cast do this while singing "When You Wish Upon A Star" at the end of the fic.
33* TooMuchAlike: In a brief meeting with Donald Duck, it becomes clear that he and Ralph are this, on account of their HairTriggerTemper.
34* TheTrickster: Loki, obviously. And the Cheshire Cat, who leads Ralph astray on his first day at the Magic Kingdom.
35* VillainousFriendship: The Disney Villains, obviously. While Turbo fears that they may think him unimpressive- and initially, they do- once he shows off his OneWingedAngel form, they all get along a lot better with him- apart from [[BearsAreBadNews Mor'du]], obviously.

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