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2[[caption-width-right:350:If [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] can engage in GoKartingWithBowser, then anything's possible.]]
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4Ah, [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney canon]], you have it all: [[Franchise/TheLittleMermaid Lil' Mermaids]], [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchBackOfNotreDameDisney Hunchbacks]], [[Franchise/TheLionKing leonine royals]], [[{{WesternAnimation/Mulan}} girls who changed their fate and that of the entire nation of China]]... you name it.
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6And now, we have VideoGames with [[WesternAnimation/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.]]
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8So, thanks to {{Heartwarming/Disney}}, let's see which SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments lie behind Heartwarming/VideoGames.
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10Oh and by the way, this movie was directed by Rich Moore. Who also did [[Heartwarming/TheSimpsons "And Maggie Makes Three".]]
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15* Doubles as a TearJerker, but there's something about Felix trying to help out his buddy Ralph when Ralph tries to crash Felix's 30th anniversary party while the Nicelanders just act like jerks to him as usual, even ''after'' he loses his cool and smashes the cake.
16** Even before the cake, [[NiceGuy Felix]] helps out Ralph even after he ([[NiceJobBreakingItHero unintentionally]]) [[OneHitPointWonder kills]] him just by [[EpicFail entering]] the party. Notice how quickly he reassures the other Nicelanders that he's "okay" after Ralph does it.
17* 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 not so different after all.
18* Ralph passing one of his cherries pilfered from the ''Pac-Man'' game to a group of Q*Bert characters at the Game Central Station, whose game has been unplugged and thus are unemployed, begging for food.
19-->'''Ralph:''' Here you go, buddy. It's fresh. Straight from ''Pac-Man''.
20* The idea of baddies helping each other out is a nice one. A ''[[VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead zombie]]'' has the intelligence to explain how labels don't define who you are.
21-->'''Zombie:''' Zangief saying labels not make you happy. Good! Bad! [''groans''] You must love ''you''.
22** Bonus points for this line coming from [[Franchise/StreetFighter Zangief]], who genuinely isn't a villain, but is a frequent target of AdaptationalVillainy. WordOfGod is that the reason he's at Bad-Anon despite not being a villain is that he feels bad about constantly defeating players.
23--->'''Zangief:''' You are bad guy, but this does not mean you are bad ''guy''.
24** The bad guy affirmation. Say what you will about the villains of video games, but you can't deny that they really know that their labels as baddies don't define who they really are.
25--->'''Villains:''' I am 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.
26** This also works together with the above mentioned moment in which Q*Bert and his enemies sit together, further enhancing the feeling that outside of their games, the heroes and villains are on friendly terms.
27** When the bad-guys are boarding the Pac-Man-o-rail after the Bad-Anon meeting at the start of the film, Zangief pats a spot next to him, offering the seat to Ralph.
28** And who's on the car across from Ralph and Zangief, sitting and chatting like old friends? Bowser and Eggman. The Console Wars truly are over.
29** Ralph repeats the Bad Guy affirmation during his HeroicSacrifice by divebombing headfirst into Mentos on Diet Cola Mountain as a MeaningfulEcho. Even more so when he looks at the medal Vanellope gave him, giving him the confidence necessary to smash through the Mentos.
30*** Said HeroicSacrifice is one all by itself, albeit crossed with TearJerker.
31** It's also mentioned that the other bad guys have been trying to get Ralph to go to Bad-Anon for ''years'' now. As in, it's very possible they realized Ralph was depressed a long time before this, and genuinely wanted to help him. They ''do'' care!
32** 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 were in session to let the group have some space.
33* Felix and Calhoun's protectiveness toward Vanellope as the Cy-bugs are destroying ''Sugar Rush''. [[JerkWithaHeartofGold Calhoun]] even reaches down to grab her hand as they retreat.
34** Even more heartwarming? When Felix and Calhoun make it out of Sugar Rush and see that Vanellope can't get out, what do they do? Stay and protect her from the Cy-bugs. Then you remember how Calhoun said earlier that they needed to close the portal of Sugar Rush that leads to the Game Central Station.
35** Adding a sweet layer to this, when Ralph races off to wreck the mountain, he tells Vanellope to "stay with Felix." He trusts his old frenemy enough that, before dying, [[TakeCareOfTheKids he leaves him the care of his first real friend]].
36*** This [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/wreckitralph/images/a/a9/Calhoun_Felix_and_Vanellope_01.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130612205406 picture of them]] just captures the moment even more.
37* Even if the other Nicelanders only care that without Ralph, their game will get unplugged, Felix seems to be genuinely worried when Ralph goes missing.
38** Felix even tells them that he thinks Ralph is at Tapper's, showing that he's familiar with where Ralph hangs out.
39* And if Ralph wasn't adorable enough already, there's his response to Sgt. Calhoun's line about it being time to "make your mamas proud".
40--> ''[[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas "I love my mama!"]]''
41* "I'm not leaving you here alone." You may not be a Good Guy, Ralph, but you're a hero all the same.
42* Ralph smashes into the candy prison where Felix is trapped. Felix gives the big guy a hug.
43** 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.
44** Felix's reaction to Ralph ''finally'' pouring out his frustration about how things have been going for the last thirty years. Hearing [[NiceJobBreakingItHero how badly he helped wreck things]] could not have been easy, but he readily accepts it. Then, when Ralph finally finishes and begs him again to fix Vanellope's kart, Felix raises his hammer with a little smile as if to say, "Well, why didn't you just say so in the first place?"
45* Ralph and Vanellope have a beautiful Crowning Friendship of Heartwarming. Highlights include:
46** The two of them signing their names on the race car they built together.
47** The scene where Ralph and Vanellope bake a kart together. You could see the both of them are having a special and fun bonding moment together while playing the mini-games. But if that wasn't heartwarming and adorable enough, after they finish baking the kart, which is functional but rather misshapen from Ralph's destructive decorating, Ralph tries to apologize to a [[MyNewGiftIsLame shocked-looking Vanellope]]. Rather than be disappointed, though, she bursts into happiness, squealing and jumping up and down with joy at the fact that she finally has a real kart. As Vanellope does this, Ralph makes a subtle sigh as his heart melts along with the audience.
48*** Ralph's attempt at an apology was a genuinely selfless moment, yet when she said he loved it, Ralph's theme started playing. He had done something right finally.
49** The baking a kart scene is mostly comedic, but the dialogue is reminiscent of [[LikeBrotherAndSister an older sibling]] trying to help his younger sibling struggling at a video game.
50** When she's worried about what the players will think of her, Ralph gives her some encouragement.
51--->'''Vanellope:''' Ralph, what if the gamers don't like me?\
52'''Ralph:''' Who doesn't love a brat with dirty hair? [''Vanellope sulks''] Come on, those people are going to ''love'' you, you know why? [''lifts her chin''] Because you're a winner.\
53'''Vanellope:''' I'm a winner!\
54'''Ralph:''' And you're ''adorable.''\
55'''Vanellope:''' I'm adorable!\
56'''Ralph:''' And everyone loves an adorable winner.
57** Their fist bump (AKA fist pound or brofist).
58** 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.
59** The medal she makes for him, especially how he treasures it from then on.
60*** Instead of saying "hero" like the one from ''Hero's Duty'', it says "you're my hero", and it is presented to him by his surrogate little sister instead of an impersonal hologram. That's Ralph's character development in a nutshell.
61** When 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.
62--->'''Ralph:''' I know, I know, I know, I'm an idiot.\
63'''Vanellope:''' And...?\
64'''Ralph:''' A real numbskull.\
65'''Vanellope:''' [[RuleOfThree And...?]]\
66'''Ralph:''' A selfish diaper-baby.\
67'''Vanellope:''' ''[[OverlyLongGag And...]]''\
68'''Ralph:''' ...A stinkbrain?\
69'''Vanellope:''' The stinkiest brain ever.
70** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0AIkQFEIMM This promotional animation,]] seen here in a Disney Channel Russia ident (which is also projected on the castle during Disney World's "Happily Ever After" fireworks show). Never has a failed attempt at being scary been so cute.
71** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dSTSVTYudg The beginning]] of the "Olympic Vault" TV spot. Vanellope does a vault over Ralph's head and he awards her a perfect score. Look at the adorable smile he gives her afterwards. '''LOOK AT IT.'''
72*** Vanellope's fist pump after seeing her score was adorable, too.
73** Why don't we all just say that these two simply are one of the best examples ''ever'' of a genuinely platonic LikeBrotherAndSister pair ever put to the animated screen. Everything they do together even from their rocky start, to their classic BigStupidDoodooHead send off will melt any heart.
74** The sequence where Vanellope is learning to drive the kart. It can easily remind you of your own mom or dad teaching you to ride a bike.
75** Towards the end, when Ralph is getting ready to head back to his own game, he shares one last hug with Vanellope and they have this little exchange.
76--->'''Vanellope:''' [''tearing up''] [[PleaseDontLeaveMe You know, you could just stay here and live in the castle.]] You'd have your own wing where no one would complain about your stench or treat you bad ever again. You could be happy.\
77'''Ralph:''' I'm already happy. I've got the coolest friend in the world.
78** Vanellope's winsome smile after Ralph says that was as heart-melting as the tears in her eyes were.
79* When Ralph gets the Hero's Medal in ''Hero's Duty'', he is surrounded by holograms of soldiers that all congratulate him for his "heroics." [[SequenceBreaking Even though he just climbed up there to get the medal rather than actually doing anything heroic]], he's still overjoyed to actually be praised for once in his life.
80** He beat the game ''on his own terms'', using his two main skills (climbing up buildings and smashing windows).
81** Even better, [[{{Foreshadowing}} everything the hologram says about his heroics is true of Ralph by the end of the movie]]. This also includes the bits praising his dignity and grace (despite comically lacking both earlier). When Ralph is diving fist first down to the Mentos/Diet Cola volcano to save Sugar Rush and Vanellope, he knows full well he's facing a scalding hot death. What does he do? Glance at the "You're my hero!" medal Van gave him, and recite the [=BadAnon=] affirmation. That right there is the textbook definition of dignity and grace under pressure.
82-->'''Ralph:''' I'm bad, and that's good. I'll never be good, and that's not bad. There's no one I'd rather be.....than me.
83* Felix calling Ralph "brother" a few times throughout the movie.
84** There's even a progression, as Felix initially asks people if they've seen his "colleague", then his "friend", and then later "brother".
85** 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 Turbo he doesn't grudge Ralph his well-earned glory.
86* The ending with Ralph and Vanellope seeing each other through their respective games' monitors and smiling.
87-->'''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?
88** Oh man, the way that 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.
89** That line must surely be one of the most heartwarming last lines ever seen in any movie. The fact that the credits immediately afterward start with the uplifting "When Can I See You Again?" by Music/OwlCity helps this.
90** The fact that Ralph sounds noticeably happier and is smiling when getting tossed off the rooftop.
91* Vanellope is showing off her kart 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.
92** It says something about Ralph's character that he's willing to defend someone who, at this point in the film, has done nothing but pester and inconvenience him.
93* At the end of the movie, 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.
94** To top it all off [[{{Pun}} 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.
95* 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.
96** Oh, and Felix chose Ralph as the best man. Sweet, right?
97** Vanellope is also there in her princess dress. In her rightful place as an official character, she can visit other games.
98*** Even better? Vanellope is the '''Maid of Honor'''. She and Calhoun must have really hit it off.
99** Even better, some of the Nicelanders (including Gene), and characters like Zangief and Sonic have attended the wedding.
100** Blink and you'll miss it, Chun-Li and Ryu are sitting together in the back.
101** [[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 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 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 they got married.
102** Doubles as Funny, but when 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.
103*** When Felix first meets Calhoun and compliments her two of the marines look at each other behind Calhoun's back and grin. They approve of their boss' finding new love.
104* "To Stinkbrain, You're my hero!"
105** 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.
106* 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.
107** Moreover, Vanellope even gives Ralph a chance to stay with her in Sugar Rush. He declines it, but this shows how close the two have become in the end.
108*** In the same breath, she says that he smells bad and that she doesn't anyone to treat him badly again and in such a sincere and tearful voice. It's heartmelting.
109* At the end, after 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.
110** Vanellope being embraced by players as a {{Good Bad Bug|s}}.
111** 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.
112*** 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.]]
113*** 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!
114*** 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. And he got all of the above.
115* 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 retro secret level shows, just because you don't have a successful/long tailed game, doesn't mean you aren't beloved since said level only increases the popularity of Fix-It Felix Jr.
116* The end credits. It gives ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'' a running for most heartwarming end credits.
117** If you pay attention to the ''Tapper'' part of the credits, you'll see that the person getting a drink next to Ralph requires two hands, and has a turquoise shirt. That's Ralph and Vanellope drinking root beer together.
118** Not to mention the entirety of the end credits is enough to make a good part of gamers cry happy tears, since it includes a lot of homages to famous games such as ''Street Fighter'', ''Doom'' and ''Sonic the Hedgehog''. Some people even called the film "a love letter to gamers everywhere", and the end credits is probably the biggest love declaration in it...
119* Just the way 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.
120** Veers into FridgeBrilliance when you remember that ''Fix-It Felix Jr.'' has been in his arcade for '''30 years'''. It's all but ''family'' at that point.
121** Throughout the film, in fact, Litwak refers to Ralph and Felix equally, showing he at least views them as equally important, and cares about the characters of the games just as much as the games themselves. This also explains why he celebrates Ralph's return specifically instead of the game being fixed.
122* [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ryu and Ken]] going out for a root beer together.
123* What Ralph mutters to King Candy after he explains to him the reason Vanellope can't race.
124-->'''Ralph:''' You don't know that. The gamers could ''love'' her.
125** And at the end of the film, he turns out to be correct: Vanellope becomes the most popular character.
126* While lodged within a Tear Jerker, 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.
127* 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 [[https://i0.wp.com/img.screencaps.us/201/2-wreck-it-ralph/full/wreck-it-ralph-disneyscreencaps.com-3745.jpg?ssl=1 here]].
128* Something about watching Ralph and Felix riding on the back of Vanellope's kart together just seems so adorable.
129* The fact that Q*Bert went out of his way to warn Felix what Ralph is doing. Both out of concern for him and his arcade as well as to repay the kindness Ralph showed him.
130* When Ralph has 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.
131** Then he falls into a pool of chocolate, which he has said he hated twice in the movie. But this time he yells that he loves chocolate and practically takes a bath in it. Probably because he's so happy to be alive.
132* 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 about their relationship.
133* When Ralph and Vanellope find out that they're not so different 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.
134* In the Post Movie book One Sweet Race, it is revealed the racers really are nicer to Vanellope now. What's heartwarming is that Vanellope comforts Rancis when he sells everything he owns to win a race, and even helps him make a kart. This is particularly heartwarming given that Rancis was one of the three who most bullied Vanellope (along with Candlehead, under the leadership of Taffyta), but she's forgiven him to the extent that there is a possible ToyShip in the making.
135** Also, at the very end of the actual film itself, right after Vanellope and Ralph have their goodbye, you can see Vanellope and Taffyta exchange friendly smiles and thumbs-ups, then Candlehead takes hold of Vanellope's hand as she and the other sugar racers walk off together.
136** [[http://ashleybenlove.tumblr.com/post/44705890798/hpreducedto1-vederlicht-lumiguin There's also the fact that Rancis is apparently smitten with Vanellope at the end.]] Let the ShipTease commence.
137* When Sour Bill tells Ralph that Vanellope is in the dungeon "with Fix-It Felix," Ralph is obviously surprised. Part of it is obviously just surprise at the fact that they have the guy locked up, but it's quite likely that there was also some surprise that Felix really did come looking for him, and even ended up in the right place. Combine it with the look of shock when Felix hugs him later, and it becomes pretty clear that Ralph never realized that Felix actually does give a damn, which has to feel good after thinking that no one in your game even tolerated you.
138** 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 kart, 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.
139* The [[BookEnds first and last lines]] of the movie, when put together.
140-->'''Ralph:''' My name's Ralph, and I'm a bad guy.\
141'''Ralph:''' If that little kid likes me, how bad can I be?
142* In a strange way, Ralph's destroying Vanellope's kart 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.
143** Plus as noted above, he later has her kart fixed before he saves her.
144* 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... [[BaitTheDog then it turns out that this is an utter lie]], as King Candy is Turbo and a remorseless ManipulativeBastard.
145* 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.
146** He does, however, make a cameo appearance in one scene alongside Konami's Frogger and Sega's Angel Kids.
147** Speaking of Q*Bert, he's got a new game coming in real life, thanks mostly to his popularity in this movie!
148* The scene where Ralph sneaks into Hero's Duty shows us that when you play a first-person shooter - or really, ''any'' game that uses a first-person view - the characters really ''are'' talking to you!
149* 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. This explains it [[https://draqua.tumblr.com/post/45680067954/so-lets-talk-about-the-nesquick-sand-scene-in very well]].
150* ''Wreck it, Wreck-it Ralph'', the song written for the movie by Buckner 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.
151* The way Felix assumed “Ralph probably just fell asleep in the washroom at Tappers again” while the Nicelanders realize they’re doomed without Ralph and panic about their game. While small, it indicates that particular situation had happened before. The heartwarming kicks in when you realize how Felix is aware of that situation being a possibility if he doesn’t take time to help and look for Ralph.
152** Another implication of this scene is that Felix was trying to help Ralph avoid embarrassment from the Nicelanders. Given Ralph's struggles and the fact that ''Tapper'' is a bartending game, he likely wasn't "asleep" there when he was missing in the past. Either Felix didn't want to provide the Nicelanders with more excuses to give Ralph a hard time, or he had asked his coworker where he'd been, Ralph had replied that he'd "fallen asleep", and Felix didn't question him further out of privacy.

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