| “ | I'm gonna wreck it! | „ |
| ~ Ralph's catchphrase |
| “ | I'm 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 | „ |
| ~ Ralph's speech about being a villain as well his final words before sacrificing himself |
| “ | Never better, Garfield. | „ |
| ~ Ralph in Once Upon a Studio |
Wreck-It Ralph is the titular main protagonist of Disney's 52nd full-length animated feature film of the same name as well as its sequel: Ralph Breaks the Internet.
He is a well-meaning yet irritable man who had grown to resent his role as a villain, which comes to conflict with most when he wasn't invited to his game's 30th anniversary party despite him having a major role in his game's success. This results in him to commit game-jumping or "Turbo", an act that is frowned upon in the arcade. He secretly sneaks inside "Hero's Duty" after hearing that he could win a medal there, which he believes will earn him the respect he deserves. After meeting Vanellope however, and saving the arcade from Turbo, Ralph begins to embrace his own role as a villain and ultimately reformed himself thanks to Vanellope's positive influence on him.
He was voiced by John C. Reilly.
His Good Ranking[]
What Makes Him Close to Being Pure Good?[]
Wreck-It Ralph[]
- Although he does regularly destroy the Nicelander's hotel, he is required to do this so that the game can properly function, meaning this cannot be considered a corrupting quality.
- Furthermore, while he was created to do this role, he has a clear personality and moral agency, wanting to do more out of will instead of simple obligation.
- Additionally, it is shown later in the movie that without Ralph destroying the building the game cannot properly operate as there is nothing to for Felix to fix, with Ralph's absence even making the game go out of order, showing just how vital it is for him to play his role.
- When he saw Q-Bert and the other homeless characters that were in need, he gives them one of his Pacman cherries.
- Although he endangered the citizens of Sugar Rush while chasing Vanellope for his medal, he didn't seem to be aware of his actions since he was covered in candy goo and other sweets were stuck to his body.
- Even so, it's never specified that he killed anyone during his rampage and even if by the worst-case scenario that he did, it wouldn't have been permanent since they would regenerate back to normal shortly after.
- Once he saw the other racers bully Vanellope by destroying her handmade race kart and even hurled her in chocolate mud, he drove them off by scaring them away despite Vanellope having stolen his medal from him and getting him caught by the authorities.
- Although he nearly attacked Vanellope after she refused to help him out since she couldn't participate in the race without a kart, he resists hurting her and instead takes his anger out on a tree and by breaking a jawbreaker instead.
- He helps Vanellope build her first ever racecar by breaking in a factory so that she could finally participate in the race.
- Upon realizing that he and Vanellope were in similar situations, he decides to build her a makeshift track and teach her how to drive himself instead of giving up on her.
- He encouraged Vanellope that the gamers would love playing as her when she began to have doubts that she would belong due to her glitching.
- Although he threatened King Candy when the latter tried to reason with him, this is justified given the latter chased him and Vanellope off and was repeatedly getting in their way due to his obsession on preventing Vanellope from racing.
- Even though he destroyed Vanellope's car, he only did so because of King Candy's manipulation. Plus, he also did it because he thought it was the only way to protect Vanellope since she was stubborn about racing despite him warning what would happen and it's very clear that he didn't want to crush her dream by destroying her car and felt remorseful after doing so.
- Upon finding out that King Candy lied, he confronts Sour Bill and interrogates him for answers. Afterwards, he goes to rescue Fix-It Felix so that he could repair Vanellope's racecar and broke them both out of King Candy's Fungeon.
- He protected the Sugar Rush citizens and the finish line from the Cy-Bugs' invasion.
- When confronted by Turbo at the Diet Cola Mountain, Ralph primarily focused on setting the volcano off to create a beacon that would save the arcade instead of fighting King Candy personally.
- He drops himself from a great height to deal the final punch to set the volcano off with full intent on sacrificing his own life. This put an end to Turbo and the Cy-Bugs once and for all, retroactively saving the Sugar Rush along with the rest of the arcade.
- He comes to accept his role as his game's antagonist after realizing how important he is in Fix-It Felix Jr.
- He gave the homeless game characters spots in bonus levels for Fix-It Felix Jr and worked together with Felix to build them a new hometown, making their game massively more successful and giving the other game characters a place to stay.
Ralph Breaks the Internet[]
- He builds a new secret track for Vanellope after she told him that she wanted something new in her game.
- While he did end up killing Fun Bun in the Pancake Milkshake game by overfeeding them, it was completely accidental as he was only committing to the game's rules. Plus, since game characters respawn so long as they're in their own game, Ralph didn't kill Funny Bunny permanently. The scene was also played for a comedic effect and wasn't meant to be taken seriously.
- Quickly realized his mistake after releasing Arthur (the virus) on Slaughter Race and felt remorse for doing so and even admitted his involvement to Vanellope instead of hiding it from her.
- While it is true that he did temporarily endanger the entire internet after releasing Arthur, it was an honest mistake he did after feeling very distraught upon seeing Vanellope neglecting him and not acknowledging his efforts enough to help her in fixing her game.
- While he was partially obsessive towards Vanellope, he was right to scold her for attempting to abandon her responsibility in Sugar Rush entirely and neglecting him purely just out of her selfish desire to remain in Slaughter Race, only because she found the former game more fun than her own.
- Tried to stop Ralphzilla alongside Vanellope to save the internet.
- Accepted the fact that Vanellope wanted to move games and allowed her to leave despite personally objecting to it.
- Admitted his obsessive nature towards Vanellope in front of Ralphzilla which played a crucial part in the latter redeeming himself and saving the internet.
What Prevents Him From Being Pure Good?[]
- Although he subverts most of his corrupting qualities by the end of both films, he is still shown to be fairly reckless:
- He makes a track for Vanellope to race on her own so that she rebels against the player and releases a virus across the internet.
- In the mid-credit scene of Ralph Breaks the Internet, when he and Vanellope enter a game called Pancake Milkshake and starts giving a lot of pancakes to one of its characters - a bunny named Fun Bun. When Vanellope notices that Fun Bun ate so much food that it literally inflated and told Ralph that they should stop and focus on feeding the cat instead, he ignores her and gives Fun Bun the last stack of pancakes, causing the latter to explode, horrifying even the kid playing the game showing how much that wasn't supposed to happen. While Fun Bun is a game character, meaning that he was likely revived after this, it still counts as involuntary manslaughter.
Trivia[]
- Ralph is one of three characters in Wreck-It Ralph to be Near Pure Good, alongside Tamora Calhoun and Fix-It Felix. Coincidentally, he and the latter display opposite roles in their own game since Fix-It Felix is considered the hero while Wreck-It Ralph is the villain.
- He originally had a page on the Villains Wiki, but because he only played a villain role in his game and not the movie, he was removed from there.
- Ralph was originally considered IA, due to his preventions being considered too strong. However, due to his immense remorse for allowing Arthur to run wild and almost destroying Slaughter Race and trying his best to fix his mistake, it was decided that his preventions were no longer too heavy for Near Pure Good.
- Coincidentally, the first film's main antagonist, King Candy/Turbo who was considered Near Pure Evil and was switched over to Pure Evil many times, is currently Near Pure Evil due to relying on Fridge Horror.
- It is highly likely that Ralph would've legitimately been Pure Good if his second installment had never released or was written differently, as that was the film that gave him his biggest corrupting factor. But it is announced that there will be a third fim, which could affect his moral scaling. It might even restore his Pure Good status.
- Wreck-It Ralph is the Icon of the Plagiarism template.
- He is the Wreck-It Ralph franchise's most admirable hero.
- Although Fix-It Felix and Sergeant Calhoun do not have any corrupting factors (the latter having subverted all of them), they are both insufficiently admirable.
External Links[]
- Wreck-It Ralph on the Heroes Wiki
- Wreck-It Ralph on the Villains Wiki
- Wreck-It Ralph on the Disney Wiki
- Wreck-It Ralph on the Wreck-It Ralph Wiki
- Wreck-It Ralph on the Kingdom Hearts Wiki
- Wreck-It Ralph on the Ultimate Good Wiki
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