Wreck-It Ralph

Wreck-It Ralph is a 2012 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 52nd Disney animated feature film, it was directed by Rich Moore (in his directorial debut), written by Phil Johnston and Jennifer Lee from a story by Moore, Johnston, and Jim Reardon and executive produced by John Lasseter. The film features the voices of John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer and Jane Lynch and tells the story of the eponymous arcade game villain who rebels against his "bad-guy" role and dreams of becoming a hero.

Wreck-It Ralph premiered at the El Capitan Theatre on October 29, 2012,[6] and went into general release on November 2. The film was a critical and commercial success, grossing $471 million worldwide against a $165 million budget and winning the Annie Award for Best Animated Feature, as well as receiving nominations for the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.[7][8][9] The sequel, Ralph Breaks the Internet, was released on November 21, 2018.

Plot

Whenever Litwak's Arcade closes, the various video game characters leave their in-game roles and socialize via a power strip. At a support group, Wreck-it Ralph, the villain of Fix-it Felix, Jr., expresses frustration with his assigned role, as he is mistreated by his game's NPCs while Felix is celebrated. When Ralph is excluded from the game's thirtieth-anniversary party, he determines to win a medal and earn some respect.

Overhearing that players in the first-person shooter Hero's Duty can earn medals, Ralph sneaks in and steals one while the game's characters are fighting Cy-Bugs, an insectoid enemy. Ralph accidentally launches himself in an escape shuttle with a Cy-Bug inside and crash-lands in the candy-themed kart racing game Sugar Rush. With Ralph gone, his game is labeled out of order. Felix leaves the game to find Ralph, allying with Sergeant Calhoun, the heroine of Hero's Duty, as she tracks the Cy-Bug, which may become a virus.

In Sugar Rush, Vanellope von Schweetz steals Ralph's medal and uses it to buy her way into the nightly race that determines which characters are playable the next day. King Candy forbids her to race, as she has a glitch that causes her to move and teleport erratically. Other racers destroy her kart until Ralph intervenes. Vanellope promises to get the medal back if Ralph helps her win; he reluctantly helps her build a new kart and teaches her to drive inside Diet Cola Mountain.

Calhoun and Felix arrive in Sugar Rush, and Felix explains that long ago, the titular hero of Turbo Time became jealous of the new racing game RoadBlasters, and tried to sabotage it, causing both games to be unplugged. Felix fears Ralph might be "going Turbo", too. Calhoun and Felix fall into Nesquik-sand, work together to escape, and begin to fall in love.

Meanwhile, King Candy hacks into Sugar Rush's source code and retrieves the medal, giving it back to Ralph. He warns that, if Vanellope becomes a playable character, her glitching might cause someone to unplug the game as 'broken'. Ralph decides he cannot allow Vanellope to race and destroys her kart. She runs away, labeling Ralph a true "bad guy". Calhoun abandons Felix when he inadvertently reminds her of her late fiance. Felix is captured at the palace by King Candy's assistant, Sour Bill, while Calhoun wanders the game alone, discovering the Cy-bug has multiplied exponentially.

Heartbroken, Ralph returns to Fix-it Felix, Jr. and finds it abandoned. He angrily throws his medal, then notices that the Sugar Rush cabinet displays Vanellope as a playable character. Returning to Sugar Rush, Ralph interrogates Sour Bill, who admits that King Candy disconnected Vanellope's code and locked away the memories of the Sugar Rush characters so that no one knows her actual role. He explains that if Vanellope completes a race, all of King Candy's changes will be deleted and the game restored to normal.

Ralph frees Felix from King Candy's prison, fixes the kart, and reconciles with Vanellope, who enters the race. The Cy-Bugs emerge and start destroying the game; Calhoun, Felix, and Ralph help evacuate the characters. Unaware of this development, King Candy attempts to ram Vanellope off the track, causing her to glitch. She reveals King Candy to be Turbo, who took over Sugar Rush when his game was unplugged. Vanellope flees as Turbo is eaten by a Cy-Bug, which fuses with him into an insectoid monster.

Everyone but Vanellope evacuates, as glitches cannot leave their games. Remembering from Hero's Duty that a beacon will draw and destroy the Cy-Bugs, Ralph battles Turbo and collapses the Mentos roof of Diet Cola Mountain, creating an eruption which destroys Turbo and the Cy-Bugs. Vanellope rescues Ralph and crosses the finish line. The game resets, revealing her as the ruler of Sugar Rush, though she keeps her glitching ability, considering it an advantage.

Ralph returns to his game, content with his role as "villain" and respected by his fellow characters. Felix and Calhoun marry, and Ralph watches Vanellope become Sugar Rush's favorite character.