Line #83 Trivia/WreckItRalph


1	* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: The game characters are shown to travel between games via the electrical wires. This means, essentially, that data is being transferred through the power cord. While this may seem unrealistic to anyone moderately computer-savvy, even disregarding the nature of the "data" in question, it is actually very possible for electronics to communicate with each other through the electrical wiring, and there are real devices that do this; the most well-known application is "Powerline" adapters, which extend a computer network over existing electrical wiring instead of running Ethernet cables or using less-reliable Wi-Fi.
2	* AccentDepundent: The scene where Vanellope hears "Hero's Duty" as "[[ToiletHumor Hero's]] "[[ToiletHumor Doody]]''" relies on the actors' American accents. In English dialects that don't exhibit [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flapping flapping]], "duty" and "doody" are nonhomophonous and the pun doesn't work.
3	* ActorSharedBackground: Ralph and his pursuits to shed off the bad guy cred can draws parallels to his voice actor John C. Reilly's acting career as like Ralph, Reilly similarly initially garnered recognition by playing {{Mook}} henchmen in ''Film/CasualtiesOfWar'' and ''Film/TheRiverWild'', but later on underwent LeslieNielsenSyndrome in order to branch his ability to do other roles besides being just remembered for his initial roles, also what Ralph is trying to do.
4	* CelebrityVoiceActor:
5	** Creator/JohnCReilly, Creator/SarahSilverman, Creator/JackMcBrayer and Creator/JaneLynch are among the featured voices, though Jack and Jane have done a good amount of voice work before.
6	** Vanellope is voiced in the Mexican dub by a talented and versatile actress who has been involved in radio, film, television and voice acting in Mexico since the '60s. Latin American audiences probably know her: María Antonieta de las Nieves; that's right, Vanellope is ''La'' freakin' ''[[Series/ElChavoDelOcho Chilindrina]]''.
7	** In Brazil, the main four aside from Calhoun, with actor Thiago Abravanel as Ralph, comedian Rafael Cortez as Felix, and MTV VJ Marimoon as Vanellope.
8	* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: Though most of the video game references in the movie are completely accurate, Zangief's the one exception. His name is pronounced incorrectly (Zan-gi-ev, not Zan-Geef), and putting him in with the villains almost caused a counterattack, as outside of [[Film/StreetFighter some]] adaptations, Zangief is one of the series' heroes. Screenwriter Phil Johnston says it's entirely his fault -- ''not'' because of not doing the research, but because Zangief was a HighTierScrappy to Johnston during his ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII''-playing days. "I don't care what anybody says, he was bad to ''me''."
9	* DawsonCasting: 42 year-old Creator/SarahSilverman as 9 year-old Vanellope.
10	* {{Defictionalization}}:
11	** Disney designed, programmed, and constructed a working arcade machine of ''Fix-It Felix Jr.'' for the 2011 D23 Expo (and yes, it ''does'' look like it was made in 1982)! You can even play the game at Disneyland's Starcade in Tomorrowland, no quarters needed![[note]]It was also available at [=DisneyQuest=] at Walt Disney World in Florida, but that required separate paid admission.[[/note]]
12	** You can play ''Fix-It Felix Jr.'' via the movie's website, and on the iPad and mobile phones. However, there was once a "beta code" version on the movie website, so the [[http://lol.disney.com/games/wreck-it-ralph-fix-it-felix-jr Disney.com Games version]] and, by extension, the [[http://www.facebook.com/WreckItRalph/app_419450928095726 Facebook version]] was made more faithful to that in the movie.
13	** ''Hero's Duty'' and ''Sugar Rush'' were also made playable as UsefulNotes/{{Unity}} 3D-based games in the [[http://games.disney.co.uk/wreck-it-ralph Disney UK website]].
14	** Ralph himself made his "game jump" into ''[[VideoGame/SegaSuperstars Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed]]''. So yes, game jumping is being defictionalized, too. The presence of the ''Wreck-It Ralph'' characters in ''VideoGame/DisneyHeroesBattleMode'', ''VideoGame/DisneyMagicKingdoms'', and ''VideoGame/DisneyDreamlightValley'' are contextualized as game-jumping as well, and ''VideoGame/DisneySpeedstorm'' adds Sugar Rush as a track.
15	** Taking cues from Pixar, Disney made a series of TV commercials for Litwak's Arcade, each set in a different year. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF_LJfwFsE4 The first]], set in 1982 and featuring the ''Fix-It Felix Jr.'' arcade game, is also made to look like it's ripped from a 1980s VHS tape, poor quality and all! The other two commercials feature ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LEY2rO5Sl4 Sugar Rush Speedway]]'' (circa 1997) and ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBzNSMdcm2w Hero's Duty]]'' (circa 2012), with a bit of SerialEscalation involving birthday giveaways.
16	** [[http://1morecastle.com/2013/10/the-homebrew-corner-fix-it-felix-jr-for-the-sega-genesis/ Someone ported Fix-It Felix Jr to the Genesis]]. [[https://youtu.be/mRotw7NaHGk?feature=shared Someone else ported it to the Commodore 64.]]
17	** A New Jersey based arcade chain called Yestercades also has a physical, functioning ''Fix-It Felix Jr.'' arcade game, and its out-of-order signs are the same as the ones from the movie.
18	* DevelopmentGag:
19	** Vanellope was originally designed with a grayish-green skin tone to make her look more "glitchy", but was instead given a human skin tone. In the film proper, an image of her face with green skin appears on the "No Glitches" sign on the kart bakery's door.
20	** One of the pieces of graffiti that can be seen in Game Central Station says "Extreme EZ Livin'", which was the name of a game planned to appear in the film before being scrapped
21	* DuelingMovies: In a manner with Creator/DreamWorksAnimation's ''WesternAnimation/{{Turbo}}'' thanks to that film taking cues from Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog, who appears in ''Wreck It-Ralph'', and because that film and the title character share a name with a character in this film [[spoiler:that turned out to be the BigBad]]. Also, DWA's film, too, was scored by Henry Jackman. ''Wreck-It Ralph'' won since it did well while ''Turbo'' bombed and got DWA and former Disney boss Jeffrey Katzenberg sued by his stockholders (this helped towards a sale to Comcast that takes Katzenberg out of the picture on a heavy basis). Both franchises, however, are still alive, with an online show from [=DreamWorks=] Animation's ''Turbo'' and ''Wreck It-Ralph'' getting a sequel (said sequel is set to duel another video game film from Katzenberg's [=DreamWorks=] founding partner, Steven Spielberg, who also directed Disney's ''Film/TheBFG'').
22	* EditedForSyndication: The Creator/{{Freeform}} print takes a hack-saw to the movie and either shortens or out-right cuts out ''many'' scenes and gags (even plot-important ones) to fit the run-time, such as Ralph teaching Vanellope to drive at the Diet Cola Hot Springs, [[RunningGag Ralph's dislike of chocolate]], Felix in the castle prison in ''Sugar Rush'', and Ralph's apology to Vanellope. It's especially noticeable with the scene wherein Ralph and Vanellope make Vanellope's kart, as the scene awkwardly cuts to the completed kart being revealed after the base of the kart is baked in the oven, leaving out the next two steps in the process (and thus leaving out the explanation for why it is so wildly decorated and why it comes out in an avalanche of candy).
23	* FanCommunityNickname: "Wrecklings" or "Wreckers".
24	* GodNeverSaidThat: Many people on the Internet insist that Mario didn't get a cameo because Nintendo's price was too high. In a [[http://www.firstshowing.net/2012/video-interview-wreck-it-ralph-director-rich-moore-on-mario-more/ video interview]] (around 15:30) with [=FirstShowing.net=], director Rich Moore clearly states ''this is false.'' He thinks the rumor grew out of a joke John C. Reilly made at the [[FanConvention San Diego Comic-Con]], saying "Luigi wants more money than Mario," which the rumor mill morphed into an "official" statement by Moore himself.
25	* HeyItsThatSound: Too many to list. The movie's like a pop quiz for gamers if they can recognize all the classic video game sound effects.
26	* KidsMealToy: Subway had a set of six tote bags, each one featuring at least one of the film's characters; Ralph, Sgt. Calhoun, Vanellope Von Schweetz, Ralph in his ''Hero's Duty'' suit, Taffyta Muttonfudge, and Ralph, Vanellope, Sgt. Calhoun, and Fix-it Felix Jr. together. Each bag included two collectible coins featuring the characters, as well as codes that could unlock bonus content in the Disney.com game ''Hero's Duty''.
27	* MarthDebutedInSmashBros:
28	** Some of the video game characters cameos are from a series that has [[NoExportForYou never been released to a particular state or country]].
29	** In the UK, Ralph himself debuted in ''[[VideoGame/SegaSuperstars Sonic & All-Stars Racing: Transformed]]'' (released November 2012) rather than the movie itself (released February 2013).
30	* TheMerch: Excluding the palette-swaps and Minty Sakura, all of the ''Sugar Rush'' racers are available in plushie form.
31	* MissingTrailerScene:
32	** There's a scene in which Ralph is chased by a swarm of Cy-Bugs while he is riding on Calhoun's cruiser to Diet Cola Mountain. In actuality, while riding to the mountain, he's not chased at all. The clip was most likely cut because it comes across as lightheartedly humorous (with Ralph flailing around and screaming), which would've been out of place in what is otherwise a serious climactic scene.
33	** Another missing trailer scene; there's a clip from ''Hero's Duty'' where one of the soldiers tells to Ralph "Get outta this game, buddy!" in the midst of the Cy-Bug attack.
34	** A third missing scene depicts Ralph, with no armor, hiding behind a wall in ''Hero's Duty'' and saying "Everything changes, ''now''."
35	* OrphanedReference: Ralph and Vanellope break into the kart bakery through a door with a "No Glitches" sign, showing Vanellope's face on it with grayish-green skin. She was originally designed to look like that before her design was changed to give her a more human skin tone.
36	* TheOtherDarrin:
37	** Zangief here is voiced by director Rich Moore rather than Anthony Landor, his current official voice actor since ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV''.
38	** On the subject of international releases, the United Kingdom release dubs Brad with ''Series/NeverMindTheBuzzcocks'''s and Creator/TheBBC's Nick Grimshaw.
39	** In the Japanese dub, no characters from the Japanese-developed games keep their original voice actors except Sonic The Hedgehog. Funnily enough, instead of Creator/HirokiTakahashi, Ryu is voiced by Creator/{{Taketora}}, who voices Akuma in ''Street Fighter''.
40	** In video games, Brian T. Delaney fills in for John C. Reily as the voice of Ralph.
41	* PlayingAgainstType:
42	** All of the main cast are well known for appearing in films and TV shows that no self-respecting parent would let their kids watch until they reach at least 13 years old (''Series/TheSarahSilvermanProgram'', ''Series/TimAndEricAwesomeShowGreatJob'', ''Chicago'', ''Series/ModernFamily'', ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', ''Series/{{Glee}}'', etc.).
43	** The villainous King Candy[[spoiler:/Turbo]] is a far cry from Creator/AlanTudyk's usual heroic/anti-heroic roles. [[HilariousInHindsight Funnily enough]], he would end up getting TypeCast as that type of character in the [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 following Disney]] [[WesternAnimation/BigHero6 movies after]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}} this one]] [[WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil along with one TV show]] (and then came ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'', where he voiced a dumb chicken sidekick; said movie came out just before his heroic role in Lucasfilm's ''Film/RogueOne: A Franchise/StarWars Story'').
44	* PlayingWithCharacterType: Foul-mouthed comedienne Creator/SarahSilverman playing a snarky, BrattyHalfPint? Not out of the ordinary. [[spoiler:And then we find out that said half-pint is an IronWoobie demonized by the other characters of her game because she was nearly RetGone out of it. Then the [[BreakHerHeartToSaveHer kart breaking]] [[BreakTheCutie strips]] [[TearJerker away]] the Iron...]]
45	* ReferencedBy:
46	** ''Webcomic/KnightsOfBuenaVista'' is a CampaignComic for {{Creator/Disney}} works, and this film is the second one covered (after ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'').
47	** In ''Film/TheDuff'', Wesley tells Bianca, "You need to start dressing more like you, and less like Wreck-It Ralph."
48	* ReleaseDateChange: Originally Scheduled for March 22, 2013, the production proved so smooth that Disney decided to shift the release to November 2, 2012 because it was done ahead of schedule, with Creator/DreamWorksAnimation's ''WesternAnimation/TheCroods'' occupying ''Wreck-It Ralph'''s previous release date.
49	* RoleReprise:
50	** Gerald C. Rivers once again voices [[Franchise/StreetFighter M. Bison]] in his cameo appearance.
51	** Also, Creator/RogerCraigSmith returns as Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog in his cameo.
52	** Creator/KyleHebert and Creator/ReubenLangdon return as [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ryu and Ken]] as well.
53	** In the Mexican dub, [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]] is voiced by Yamil Atala, reprising his role from the Mexican dub of ''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground''.
54	** In the European French dub, Sonic is voiced by Olivier Korol, reprising his role from the European French dub of [[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog all three]] [[WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM American cartoons]] [[WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground from the 90's]].
55	** In the Japanese dub, Sonic is voiced by Creator/JunichiKanemaru, reprising his role from the video games.
56	* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: The first traces of the premise appeared as early as the late 1980s (during Katzenberg and Frank Wells' careers at Disney) when it had the WorkingTitle ''High Score''. Then it was revived in the 1990s, dropped again, and re-revived in the early 21st century into what it is now. It was supposed to be screened before ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'', and then after it, and then it was {{Cancelled}}, and then UnCancelled and so on. Once production finally started, it zipped as fast as Sonic to get ahead of a 2013 release date (DWA and Katzenberg took the release date ''Wreck-It Ralph'' vacated for ''WesternAnimation/TheCroods'').
57	* ThrowItIn: All of the actors, many of whom were experienced with improv, were recorded together, resulting in a lot of ad-libbing.
58	* {{Typecasting}}: Personality-wise, Calhoun is a somewhat more intense version of ''Series/{{Glee}}'''s Sue Sylvester (Creator/JaneLynch's StarMakingRole), albeit with a PG-rated vocabulary and a fondness for similes.
59	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/WreckItRalph Has its own page]].
60	* WordOfGod: Achieving the Nicelanders' deliberately choppy animations was much harder than it looked, as the animators, who were trained to make graphics and animation as smooth and cutting edge as possible, were suddenly asked to downgrade the quality of their work in order to achieve the retro-looking effect.
61	* WordofSaintPaul: According to Sarah Silverman, Vanellope is Jewish.
62	* WorkingTitle: Was originally called ''High Score'', ''Reboot Ralph'' and ''Joe Jump''. (Though it should be noted that those versions of the film, other than involving video game characters, had somewhat different premises).
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