![]() Their quest splits them in different directions. What begins as a search for obscure replacement parts broadens into an exploration of online life as we know it through eyes as innocent as babes and as overwhelmed as great-grandparents. Thanks to the recent installation of a mysterious thingie called “Wi-Fi”, the digital duo soon finds themselves with access to a whole new world: the Internet. If it can’t be repaired, the entire game - along with Vanellope and her fifteen opponents - are doomed to be unplugged forever. ![]() ![]() ![]() Their idyllic routine is disrupted when a major part breaks on Vanellope’s obsolete “Sugar Rush” driving game, one that may be too expensive to fix. Short version for the unfamiliar: Ralph and his best friend, scrappy racer/princess Vanellope von Schweetz (Sarah Silverman’s best role ever), still enjoy everyday life at ye olde video arcade - by day, playing their parts for the customers by night, hopping from game to game and hanging out and doing best-friends stuff. Even as I dwell on the phrase “direct-to-video Disney”, memories of Dan Castellaneta’s Genie, Princess Ariel’s daughter, and The Fox and the Hound 2 return and make me wince. I would have to see Aladdin and the King of Thieves again to decide between the two. Someone up high decided it was time to break the streak with Ralph Breaks the Internet, which, to be fair, tops very nearly every direct-to-video Disney sequel ever. Disney Animation hasn’t released a theatrical sequel since Fantasia 2000 graced IMAX screens 18 years ago. 2012 was a fun year for me in a lot of ways, and it tickles me to remember that Ralph was no small part of that.Īlas, with great success comes the threat of sequels. Reilly’s layered performance hit me squarely in the heart with that big act of would-be noble sacrifice in the climax, but it later inspired me to write a jokey Top Ten-style follow-up that remains one of the site’s most enduring “evergreen” entries to this day. ![]() I’ve always had a soft spot for the original Wreck-It Ralph. Fun in-joke scene for the eight people over 40 who ever loved AskJeeves. ![]()
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