History Headscratchers / WreckItRalphSugarRush

* There's no ArtShift for ''Sugar Rush'' as there is for ''Fix-it Felix Jr'' when viewed from outside the consoles. Instead, ''Sugar Rush'' has the same "high definition" as ''Hero's Duty''. ''Sugar Rush'' was supposed to come out in 1997. Shouldn't the graphics of ''Sugar Rush'' resemble the UsefulNotes/Nintendo64's graphics or even the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super NES]]? I wouldn't have minded seeing the characters in a low-polygon "blocky" art style.

** It's not just that his name isn't a pun that makes it suspicious. It's that it's boring and on-the-nose compared to the names of all the other racers. You've got Taffyta Muttonfudge, Rancis Fluggerbutter, Vanellope Von Schweetz, Jubileena Bing Bing, and...King Candy. At the very least, it sounds like a character who was DummiedOut and never actually developed, but it's still a subtle sign that ''something'' about him doesn't belong.

** The game probably uses a modified version of the Sega Model 3 board, as this was the board used to power Scud Race and VideoGame/{{Daytona USA}} 2. Scud Race came out in 1996. One year before Sugar Rush came out, and Daytona USA 2 came out one year after in 1998. It is possible for other companies to use Sega's boards. As Tecmo used the Model 2 board to make the first {{Dead or Alive}}, so the graphics are not impossible. Although the faces should really be more blocky.

*** Alan Tudyk [[WordOfGod came out and said]] that had King Candy been present for the destruction of the Lickity Split, [[KickTheDog he would have cheered them on and pointed out bits they'd missed.]] Failing that, look at how the candy audience reacts when she shows up at a race. They're actually ''scared'' of her.

* Kinda just noticed this: Middle of the flick, Ralph has destroyed Vanellope's cart (and their friendship, and her dream of finally racing). She give him the ArmorPiercingLine, and runs off crying to Diet Soda Mountain. Ralph sadly heads back to his game, gets the bad news from Gene, throws his medal, we get the big reveal. He goes back to Sugar Rush, and after a few [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique "simple questions"]], we find out Van's in the Fungeon. Here's my problem: How'd they find her? It was already established that King Candy and his minons didn't know about the dummied out level, and I refuse to believe Van just trudged up to the castle, knocked on the door and said, "You win. *sniff* Lock me up." So how'd she get caught?

** It's doubtful King Candy ''really'' left Ralph and Vanellope alone after he drove o affected.]]

** That's all thanks to the game's programmed physics. They function like regular karts as long as they're in Sugar Rush. Notice that when [[spoiler: the Cy-Bugs invade and everyone flees,]] the racers leave their karts behind. That's likely because the karts wouldn't hold if they were outside the game.

** Every game seems to have something within its universe that serves as that game's side of the screen - In ''Fix-It Felix, Jr.'''s case, it's just that - the other side of the screen, due to it being an older game. In ''Hero's Duty'', it's the First-person shooter, which features a monitor that allows characters within the game to see the gamer playing it. As for Sugar Rush, it appears to be the little marshmallow/camera guys in conjunction with the Jumbotron, whose cameras we're never told aren't two-way and may very well be in this instance.

* Keeping real video games in mind, why are the other racers so predisposed against Vanellope racing because she's a glitch if glitching is actually something that can happen to any character in a game? I was once racing on Rainbow Road in ''Mario Kart'' and ended up glitching my way back onto the track after I fell off, so who's to say the same thing couldn't happen in ''Sugar Rush''? After all, no game's programming is perfect, and Vanellope only started glitching ''majorly'' when she was bombarded with cherry bombs.

*** As for how he didn't recognize her, it's probably because this is the first time he's actually paid attention to the Sugar Rush console. All he knew about Sugar Rush prior to entering it was that it was the "candy go-kart game over by the Whack-A-Mole." Now that he's actually seen Vanellope, seeing her picture on the side of the console makes him suspicious. She doesn't have to be 'important' but it does imply that she's totally meant to be there. Dummied out? Let's go check with Bill on that...

* If Turbo was able to delete the original king completely, why couldn't he do the same to Vanellope? And if he had just overtaken the king's code or merged himself into it, then where is the original king after the game resets?

* The whole Pay to Play aspect of the Random Roster Race. Candy says you need one gold coin from previous winnings to participate. But if you do participate and had only one gold coin to start with, then lose, you're out of coins. Does that mean you can't run the Random Roster Race again? Candy further says the pot goes to the winning racer - singular. So even if 9 qualify, does only 1 get back what they paid in? And presumably there aren't gold coins just lying around as pick-ups in the Sugar Rush environment, or Vanellope would have tried to qualify for the race beforehand.

** It's referencing the Diet Coke/Mentos reaction, which creates a fountain/geyser. As for the heat, it's a video game with living candy and candy makes up the entire world. This is one instance where you just have to chant the MST3KManta .

** Here's a [[WatsonianVersusDoylist Doylist]] answer. The ending probably would have been a lot less [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming heartwarming]] if we saw Vanellope with a blocky look rather than seeing her as we know and love her.

** Because they don't want to glitch or be glitches. There's a difference between having a glitch happen to you and ''being'' a glitch. You can see one of them look horrified when Vanellope grab her and glitches them both out for a second.

* After Vanellope crosses the finish line, the game resets, during which everything related to King Candy should be either returned to normal or deleted. However, in a later scene, we see the place in the grandstands where he was speaking from earlier still has the initials "KC" plastered on the front, as well as an effigy of his face on the ground before it. Shouldn't both of these things not be there anymore?

** If Turbo was able to delete the original king completely, why couldn't he do the same to Vanellope? And if he had just overtaken the king's code or merged himself into it, then where is the original king after the game resets?

** Maybe they did. But then again, it's just a game. They drop it as LadyNotAppearingInThisTrailer.

** Textured polygons weren't uncommon in 1997. Just to give two examples, ''Ridge Racer'' was released in 1993 and ''SanFranciscoRush'' came out in 1997.

** The game probably uses a modified version of the Sega Model 3 board, as this was the board used to power Scud Race and {{Daytona USA}} 2. Scud Race came out in 1996. One year before Sugar Rush came out, and Daytona USA 2 came out one year after in 1998. It is possible for other companies to use Sega's boards. As Tecmo used the Model 2 board to make the first {{Dead or Alive}}, so the graphics are not impossible. Although the faces should really be more blocky.

** While the dynamic camera pans and higher resolution were unheard of in 1997, something close to ''Sugar Rush'' would have been very doable for a 1997 arcade game. Namco's ''VideoGame/RidgeRacer'' (textured polygons) came out in 1993, Midway had ''Cruisin' USA'' (prerendered sprites) in 1995, and [[{{Atari}} Atari Games]] had ''VideoGame/SanFranciscoRush'' (textured polygons) in 1997.

*** Which is oddly reminiscent of how actual tyrants stay in power. Oust the real ruler(s) and turn them into a boogeyman, EG ''AnimalFarm''.

* There's no ArtShift for ''Sugar Rush'' as there is for ''Fix-it Felix Jr'' when viewed from outside the consoles. Instead, ''Sugar Rush'' has the same "high definition" as ''Hero's Duty''. ''Sugar Rush'' was supposed to come out in 1997. Shouldn't the graphics of ''Sugar Rush'' resemble the {{Nintendo64}}'s graphics or even the [[SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super NES]]? I wouldn't have minded seeing the characters in a low-polygon "blocky" art style.