History TearJerker / WreckItRalph

* Sergeant Calhoun's backstory. Dear God, her backstory. Her fiance was eaten by a Cy-Bug ''at the altar on their wedding day'' because she forgot to do a perimeter check.

** And regardless of how lore-wise inaccurate it is, even Zangief's explanation of his HeelRealization can count. He feels that because of his 'job' as a wrestler, he smashes people and breaks people's skulls with it, something he alone considers to be a bad thing. And he's been doing that for years because it's his job and while some considered it normal, seeing that they don't really count him as a bad guy, Zangief still feels horrible to the skulls he broke, that's why he's a regular in the Bad Guy Anon. This means that Zangief is a good guy landed with a neutral to good job position, yet beats himself up and considering himself bad. Maybe that's why probably in [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV the future]], the developers tried to 'mitigate' that by making Zangief a national hero and a heroic character on his own, but... who's to say that Zangief still beats himself up over his job after that kind of promotion?

* [[spoiler: Ralph, after hearing King Candy's explanation (which later proves to be a deception) about the danger Vanellope could possibly bring to herself with her glitch status, decides to destroy the very car he and Vanellope bonded over. Worse, he's not doing this because he made the selfish choice of choosing his medal, he immensely worries for the worst for Vanellope. The devastated cries of Vanellope over the object that would finally make her dream come true is heartwrenching. We don't blame her when she cries, "you really are a bad guy."]]

** During it, we get a glimpse of how the inner world of ''Fix-It Felix Jr.'' looks. All the Nicelanders go inside the front apartment entrance to relax after another hard day of work and are greeted by Felix at the door. Ralph picks himself up, covered in mud, and walks past them... right in time for the last tenant to rush in frightened, and for Gene to give him an angry glance before shutting the door behind him. ''[[FridgeLogic This has been happening in that game every single day for 30 years at most!]]''

*** Of course, now we know that King Candy[[spoiler:/Turbo was goading him on to advance his plan]], making this worse.

** [[http://youtu.be/VoPhViGKvEY?t=2m23s The track that plays underneath this moment, here]], with a sweeping chorus, makes this a ''severe'' tear-jerker to many!!

Creator/RogerEbert once stated that VideoGames were not art to him.[[note]][[http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2010/07/okay_kids_play_on_my_lawn.html He did eventually backed away from this opinion.]][[/note]] Nevermind the gamers' community's InternetBackdraft, ''this'' is what will make anyone with that idea change his or her mind. Because, just as ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' did with toys, ''Disney/WreckItRalph'' will do with VideoGames: showing the heart that lies within such things.

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Creator/RogerEbert once stated that VideoGames aren't art to him.[[note]][[http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2010/07/okay_kids_play_on_my_lawn.html He did eventually backed away from this opinion.]][[/note]] Nevermind the gamers' community's InternetBackdraft, ''this'' is what will make anyone with that idea change his or her mind. Because, just as ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' did with toys, ''Disney/WreckItRalph'' will do with VideoGames: showing the heart that lies within such things.

Creator/RogerEbert once stated that VideoGames aren't art to him.[[note]][[http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2010/07/okay_kids_play_on_my_lawn.html He's since backed away from this opinion.]][[/note]] Nevermind the gamers' community's InternetBackdraft, ''this'' is what will make anyone with that idea change his or her mind. Because, just as ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' did with toys, ''Disney/WreckItRalph'' will do with VideoGames: showing the heart that lies within such things.

** 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. Bad Anon is definitely needed.

-->'''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,[[hottip:*: "Hey! You moved my stump!"]] my passion bubbles very near the surface, I guess, not gonna lie. Anyhoo, what else? Uh, I'm a wrecker. I wreck things, professionally.[[hottip:*: "I'M GONNA WRECK IT!"]] 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 ''Asteroids''? Boom, gone. ''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.

*** And note that her voice actor is '''SARAH SILVERMAN'''. SheReallyCanAct, indeed.

** Again, her cries [[spoiler:as Ralph destroys the car]] are absolutely ''agonizing,'' because it doesn't sound like a voice actor playing her role. It genuinely (and jarringly) sounds like a poor little girl's heart breaking over the one thing that was gonna help improve her life.

* [[spoiler: 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 a good bye music to one of the best Disney villains ever made.

** Again, her cries [[spoiler:as Ralph destroys the car]] are absolutely ''agonizing,'' because it doesn't sound like a voice actor playing her role. It genuinely (and jarringly) sounds like a poor little girl's hear breaking over the one thing that was gonna help improve her life.

** Again, her cries are absolutely ''agonizing,'' because it doesn't sound like a voice actor playing her role. It genuinely (and jarringly) sounds like a poor little girl's hear breaking over the one thing that was gonna help improve her life.

-->'''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, my passion bubbles very near the surface, I guess, not gonna lie. Anyhoo, what else? Uh, I'm a wrecker. I wreck things, professionally. 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 ''Asteroids''? Boom, gone. ''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.