History YMMV / WreckItRalph

** And freakin' ''[[Music/PacManFever Buckner & Garcia]]'' do the ''Fix-It Felix Jr./Wreck-It Ralph'' theme, in the style of their one hit, "Pac Man Fever". Garcia [[TearJerker didn't live to see the song finalized]], but Buckner kept his name in as a tribute.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:
** The ''Sugar Rush'' racers. [[spoiler:Are they really alright kids who were just mean to Vanellope because Turbo took away their memories, and are genuinely apologetic for what they've done once they've gotten their memories back?]] [[spoiler:Or are they still [[FantasticRacism fantastic racists against glitches]] and they're only apologizing because they realize Vanellope has the power to punish them for their actions?]] [[spoiler:Even if fear of punishment doesn't play a factor into the racers regretting being mean to Vanellope, there's also the possibility it's because she wasn't actually a glitch and they will still display FantasticRacism against "real" glitches]].
** The Surge Protector. Harmless? Very powerful? Game Central Station's only way to interact with game characters? Capable of actually enforcing any protocols or just a "cardboard" authority figure? Secretly a fun guy?
** [[spoiler:Was Turbo...]]
*** [[spoiler:A JerkWithAHeartOfGold who took losing popularity the wrong way]],
*** [[spoiler:A [[TheSociopath psychopathic]], [[AttentionWhore attention-seeking]], and destructive program who crashed two games in a fit of [[GreenEyedMonster petty jealousy]]]], or
*** [[spoiler:A [[PsychopathicManchild bratty]], [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish]] [[SmallNameBigEgo egotist]] who gradually [[JumpedOffTheSlipperySlope jumped down a slippery moral slope]]?]]
*** [[spoiler:Yet another interpretation: if ''[=TurboTime=]'' had become unpopular enough it's likely it would have been unplugged, especially as the arcade had another driving game in ''VideoGame/RoadBlasters''. So did Turbo game-jump for the attention like everyone thought, or was he simply trying to save his own life and find a new home before it was too late?]]
** Fans criticize the film for portraying Zangief as a bad guy when he's quite the opposite in the ''Street Fighter'' franchise. Maybe going around, beating people senseless, covered in scars and not particularly close to anyone... maybe Zangief just '''felt''' like a bad guy and that's why he goes to Bad Anon.
*** It's a crowning moment of funny since making Zangief a "bad guy" was the writer's version of revenge for always losing to Zangief in the original Street Fighter II arcade games.
** Some fans have interpreted [[{{Jerkass}} Gene]] as being the owner and/or founder of the Nicelanders' hotel. It would certainly explain why he seems so protective of the other Nicelanders, and why [[FreudianExcuse he hates Ralph so much]] for destroying the building and throwing him off the roof. If you had to watch someone destroy a building that was your pride and joy for thirty years over and over again, wouldn't ''you'' feel a tiny bit of resentment towards that person? Of course this still plays off Gene as a {{Jerkass}} since it would mean [[{{Hypocrite}} he's responsible for tearing down Ralph's own home]] [[MoralMyopia to make the apartment in the first place]].
** When Vanellope first meets Ralph, is she pestering him with annoying, occasionally insulting questions and annoyingly mimicking him because she's a BrattyHalfPint who's enjoying bullying someone else instead of being bullied? Or is she, in her own way, trying to make a friend with someone who looks like he might be a kindred spirit (and being insulting because that's the only way she knows how to relate to people, thanks to being an outcast in her own game)?
** Related: When Vanellope asks if Ralph is a hobo, is she mocking his sloppy dressing or genuinely curious because she herself lives like a hobo?
** A number of people see the Nicelanders' behavior towards Ralph not so much as hatred but as jealousy, since Ralph is an important part of the game while the Nicelanders are just nameless palette-swapped [=NPCs=], and the reason they shun and exclude him so much is to feel better about themselves and their own comparative lack of importance. This interpretation is supported by the way that Gene reacts when Ralph points this out to him.
** In-universe: The first verse of "Wreck It, Wreck-It Ralph" treats Ralph as the hero, trying to get back his stolen land, but the second verse treats Felix as the hero, trying to protect his building.
** Gene: TooDumbToLive JerkAss bigot picking a fight with a monster of a man that can utterly wreck him? Or a TragicBigot whose lack of fear stems from the fact that Ralph can't really threaten him with anything that he doesn't already do on a regular basis as part of his job?
*** Adding to the above point, when Ralph finds Gene [[DrowningMySorrows alone at the bar]] when everyone's cleared out after [[spoiler:the game has been decommissioned]], Gene is [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness abnormally calm and respectful]] to Ralph. Is he just [[TranquilFury too angry with him to raise his voice?]] Is he just too emotionally burned out, exhausted, and grieving from [[spoiler: the loss of his home]] to pick a fight with Ralph? Or does he actually [[HeelRealization recognize his own culpability]] in the issue, and feel guilty because he [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone knows he's partially responsible?]]

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The Japanese have taken a liking to Vanellope, especially since she bears a resemblance to [=AKB48=]'s Maeda Ami.

** One of the graffiti on the Game Central Station reads "[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Aerith Lives]]" after [[UrbanLegendOfZelda rumors]] persisting for years that Aerith could be revived after her death in ''Final Fantasy VII'', [[spoiler: fast forward to the [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRebirth second installment]] of the FFVII ''Remake'' trilogy and while Aerith's fate seemingly plays out as it does in the original game(albeit due to timeline distortions than directly at Sephiroth's hands), her fate is [[AmbiguousSituation handled]] in a way that makes it quite possible to argue that Cloud did actually save her life this time along depending on how one interprets the [[GainaxEnding ending]].]]

** ''Vanellope.'' Between her design, enthusiasm for racing, interactions with Ralph and [[spoiler:the "you're my hero" candy medal she made for him]], she is just ''oozing'' adorable-little-sister. Even the bratty-ness can come off as endearing (adorable-yet-annoying-little-sister).

** Calhoun has a fanbase comprised of women/girls who identify themselves as lesbians.

* AwardSnub: It lost to ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'' in the 85[-[[superscript:th]]-] Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature, which ''Ralph'' fans decry as having an inferior story, and say that the only reason it won was because {{Creator/Pixar}} made it, and that [[ConsolationAward the Academy was bowing to the first female director to win the award after she got replaced.]] It's also plausible that the Academy judges balked at giving the award to "[[VideoGameMoviesSuck a movie about video games]]" as opposed to a movie considered to be a strong feminist tale. The snub is made all the more significant as ''Ralph'' had won the UsefulNotes/AnnieAward (basically the Oscars/Golden Globes for animation) for Best Animated Feature, the winner of which almost always goes on to win the Oscar in the same category.

** Remember those old [[UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast Dreamcast]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3k0yJB6IVE commercials for the U.S]]? Well hey, they moved to an arcade, added more characters and made a movie about it!

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HthczxPTRM Wreck It, Wreck-It Ralph]] for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-MONIvP6kI Pac-Man Fever]]; the former was even written by one of the writers of the latter. Also, the movie theme tune (which plays when the movie's title appears on the screen) is similar to the title music from ''VideoGame/BoulderDash''.

** Mario was originally intended to appear in this movie. 13 years later, the plumber would get [[WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie his own movie]].

* AccidentalAesop: Based on the Nicelanders' treatment of Ralph and how their hostility to him prompts him to leave the game to retrieve a medal so that he can be treated with respect, it most likely has a hidden message to treat your co-workers with respect because the lack of which can end up quitting their jobs, especially since what they do is important.

* BrokenBase: Sadly, a lot of members of the WIR Fandom on Website/DeviantArt, Website/{{Tumblr}}, and Website/FanFictionDotNet are not getting along at the time of typing. The base is split between the people who pair Turbo with their OC(s)/Roleplay/Cosplay/Worship Turbo, and the fans who think that Turbo shouldn't be having all the attention and there should be more focus on the main characters and the ''Sugar Rush'' racers as well. This is ironic since Turbo [[AttentionWhore wanted A LOT of attention during the movie.]]

* DesignatedVillain: Wreck-It Ralph, or rather, his ‘in-game’ portrayal. Even if you ignore how he is [[BeingEvilSucks in reality]], the story of his game makes him out to be the bad guy when he really isn't. Ralph's home was the forest in the game he originates, which was torn down in favor of Niceland Apartments. At least one Website/YouTube comment said:

** Some feel this way about Sarah Silverman as Vanellope, saying that her [[VocalDissonance voice (as high-pitched as it is) doesn't fit a nine year-old girl]] and that they would have sympathized with her more if she was voiced by [[ChildrenVoicingChildren an actual child]] instead of [[DawsonCasting a 40+ year-old woman]].
** For similar VocalDissonance reasons, some have criticized Jane Lynch's voice work on Calhoun as sounding too old, as Lynch was in her early fifties at the time of recording, and Calhoun looks much younger.

** Vanellope may be a snarky, BrattyHalfPint who stole a medal from Ralph and regularly screws with others for fun, but it's easy to feel sympathy for her given how much she's been abused [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer by the other racers]], considered a "mistake" and unable to leave her game for somewhere better.

* WTHCastingAgency:
** Some feel this way about Sarah Silverman as Vanellope, saying that her [[VocalDissonance voice (as high-pitched as it is) doesn't fit a nine year-old girl]] and that they would have sympathized with her more if she was voiced by [[ChildrenVoicingChildren an actual child]] instead of [[DawsonCasting a 40+ year-old woman]].
** For similar VocalDissonance reasons, some have criticized Jane Lynch's voice work on Calhoun as sounding too old, as Lynch was in her early fifties at the time of recording, and Calhoun looks much younger.
** [[VocalDissonance In another similar case]], the people behind the Latin American dub decided it was a good idea to cast Maria Antonieta de las Nieves, better known for her character [[Series/ElChavoDelOcho La Chilindrina]], as Vanellope. This did not sit well with lots of viewers who complained about it due to Maria being too old for the character and giving her an unfitting voice that was indistinguishable from La Chilindrina. This led to Vanellope being recast with Creator/LilianaBarba in [[WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet the sequel]].

*** By contrast, many later Disney films after Wreck-It Ralph had a bad tendency to use a twist villain without properly setting things up, or making it incredibly vague and difficult to get a pin on the characterization of said villain's reasoning and motives that didn't feel contrived or just wasn't well thought out.

** In the English version, Felix says "I'm hopless, this is hopeless!" when drowning in chocolate with Calhoun. However, in the Swedish dub, "jump" and "hope" is the same word, "hopp" in any definition. So they would be the same word; "Jag är hopplös, det här är hopplöst", which is the exact translation of the English line, but more fitting and with more alike words.

*** In Swedish, the word for "dungeon" is "fängelsehåla", and "kola" is a type of candy, so he says "fängelsekola" ("candy dungeon").
*** In Icelandic, the word for "dungeon" is "dýflissa", while "flissa" means "to giggle", so he says "dý-flissa".