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Ralph Breaks the Internet (originally Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 or with Wreck-It Ralph 2) is a 2018 American 3D computer-animated comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture. It is the sequel to the 2012 film Wreck-It Ralph, it's the second installment of the Wreck-It Ralph series, as well as Disney's 57th feature-length animated film. It is Walt Disney Animation Studios' first computer-animated film sequel and is the first sequel from the studio to be created by the original film's writing and directing team. The film premiered in Los Angeles on November 5, 2018, and was released in the United States on November 21.
Plot
Video game bad guy Ralph and fellow misfit Vanellope von Schweetz must risk it all by traveling to the World Wide Web in search of a replacement part to save Vanellope's video game, "Sugar Rush." In way over their heads, Ralph and Vanellope rely on the citizens of the internet -- the netizens -- to help navigate their way, including an entrepreneur named Yesss, who is the head algorithm and the heart and soul of trend-making site BuzzzTube.
Qualities That Broke The Internet (In A Bad Way)
- The main problem with the film is that it doesn't understand how the Internet works as a system and instead mistranslates many of the sources and information that it contains and what it does with its interaction with the user and the algorithms that are usually associated with it that make up the entire software in its entirety. The Internet is depicted as a virtual world that uses websites as shops, offices or festivals with people that are AI controlled, even though that is not how the Internet works since websites are normally found with search engines, and most of them contain boxes and contents that are saved within the search history of an internet program like Google Chrome, Opera GX or Internet Explorer, and some places like EBay are depicted incorrectly and aren't very faithful to their original versions that have a different function due to the way they're programmed, as EBay has a money changing system that changes the site's bidding into a gambling minigame despite not being like that in real life, and having a shop check-out that only allows for a credit card number despite requiring a sign in for those who don't have an EBay account considering that Ralph and Vanellope are video game characters and have never heard of EBay at all and the movie is pretty much their first time in the Internet overall, making this depiction of the Internet from the movie's perspective seem like insulting to nerds and programmers alike.
- There's also a scene where Ralph wrecks an eBay ad sign and destroys Miranda Sings' Wi-Fi, which is illogical and is not how the Internet and the Wi-Fi system function (though some could say it was deserved since Colleen Ballinger a.k.a Miranda Sings was exposed as a pedophile in recent years, but still, see WIBTI(AIABW) #17.)
- The film also treats the advertisements by Ralph from BuzzzTube as Pop-Up Ads despite them being phased out from the internet since the late 2000s due to how annoying they were, and most modern sites don't use them anyway, which makes this plot point as dues-ex machine since BuzzzTube is meant to be a modern video site and it wouldn't make any sense for them to use Pop-Up Ads in the modern version of the Internet at all, which becomes another example of the movie's incorrect depiction of the Internet.
- Yesss is meant to be an algorithm for BuzzzTube but is more of an AI system since most video sites don't have algorithms that function on their own, making her character feel like an insult on YouTube for not having a unique algorithm of their own despite clearly being a video site, which shows that Disney are hypocrites since they have YouTube channels themselves for all of their divisions and subsidiaries they own, proving that the writers behind this film knew nothing about the Internet and were only using the Internet as a plot device for the film to happen in a forced way with zero context and is made worse by the bad writing.
- Mediocre third act, which hinders it all being a King Kong reference.
- The scene where the Ralph clones keep saying "Friend..." over and over again can get old and very annoying, as well as disturbing for some as time goes on.
- The main characters are either flanderized or not written as well as in the first film:
- Ralph, while likable, has been seriously dumbed down here, being made into a one-dimensional oaf that behaves like a child, and some of his dialogue is absolutely horrendous and even out of character. His actions against Vanellope in this film are even worse than what he did in the first film. However, he was right about Vanellope going to Turbo. His obsessiveness towards Vanellope was so bad some viewers even made unfair comparisons between him and pedophiles. The thing with his personality switch is that his relationship with Vanellope could’ve worked had Ralph acted more like an overprotective father towards her than a clingy, insecure idiot.
- While still likable, Felix and Calhoun are pretty much reduced to supporting cameo appearances and only get about five minutes of screentime in the film and are forgotten about, which is weird since the film did hint at a subplot with the two raising the Sugar Rush racers. There were to be more scenes featuring them, however, which were sadly cut.[1]
- Shank, despite the advertising and being likable, doesn't have any development or much of a role beyond furthering Vanellope's plot. There's a strong argument that it would have made much more sense for her and her crew to be the ones to rescue Ralph at the climax, she would see that Ralph was willing to fix his mistakes, and he would see that she and her friends are good people he can trust to take care of Vanellope.
- For whatever reason, Vanellope comes off as extremely selfish with very little concern about her actions facing consequences and completely ignores how Ralph feels, and she literally goes Turbo in the ending, which is annoying since Vanellope broke the rules of going Turbo (if you've never seen the first film, there was an arcade character named Turbo (later King Candy) that tried to take over another game and ended up crashing it, putting both games out of order).
- Speaking of Turbo, he is never seen or mentioned once in this movie, nor is the term "going Turbo" ever mentioned at all in this movie. Ralph leaves his game again and it's very likely that during the film, the arcade was open, so it's like he learned nothing from what happened in the first movie.
- The Yesss sinusitis, while likable, can get pretty annoying.
- One of the biggest problems with the movie is the excruciating amount of product placement, dated pop culture references, and even some shameless self-promotion for the company that made this movie themselves. One example is how Ralph is shown to be flossing in one scene and the use of websites such as Instagram, Facebook, eBay, Amazon, and even IMDb (which was owned by Amazon) and Rotten Tomatoes.
- In fact, this was one of The Emoji Movie's biggest problems, aside from simply being a bad idea, to begin with, and having poor characterization. This makes this film look like Disney's version of that film. Though thankfully, it's not as bad as that film.
- The Oh My Disney scene simply serves as shameless self-promotion for Disney themselves, and an excuse to sell more Disney Princess merch but with this film's outfits, making this look like a shameless 2-hour ad for Disney. This issue would later be seen in Space Jam: A New Legacy, where the self-advertising takes up almost the whole movie, unlike here, where only two scenes were dedicated to such a thing. Recently, Disney did it again with The Simpsons in Plusaversary, where it's one big 3-minute self-promotion advertisement for Disney+.
- Speaking of shameless advertising, the whole plot revolves around eBay, making this feel like a feature-length eBay commercial.
- As of 2022, some parts of this film have been outdated due to Disney's acquisition of 20th Century Fox in 2019, the launch of Disney Plus the same year, the shutdown of the Oh My Disney blog & 2 new princesses were introduced in 2021 (Raya & Mirabel), plus a princess was technically acquired as part of Disney’s acquisition of Fox, Anastasia.
- Also, the Twitter product placement hasn't aged well due to the site's rebranding to X thanks to Elon Musk.
- The Pixar characters tend to look quite uncanny when compared to their original counterparts. For example, Buzz Lightyear (who makes a brief cameo) appears with a rather unfinished design that doesn't seem accurately translated from Pixar's model of the character, and Merida's round-faced and doe-eyed appearance, while a good update, does feel a little uncanny due to her original design being jarringly different from the rest of the princesses.
- This is likely due to WDAS in Burbank not having the original 3D models of Pixar, based in Emeryville.
- The infamous scene where Rapunzel makes a feminist preach to Vanellope who says: "Do people assume all your problems got solved because a big strong man showed up?" which in fact, ultimately shockingly destroyed her character in the 2010 film Tangled. This also has the same feminist preach scene in The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part,[2] which of course would not give kids or adults the right idea.
- This is also hypocritical as there are several Disney Princess films, even predating Tangled, where many of the problems aren't solved by a man or men, most notably Mulan, where Mulan disguises herself as a man, rather than relying on one.
- The comedy is rather mediocre (aside from the Bob Ross joke, the Pancake Bunny joke, and the Wreck-rolling post-credits scene), mostly when it comes to jokes and references regarding the internet or Disney.
- It used the movie clichés, such as the "misunderstanding" cliché, which feels off-putting.
- Cringe-inducing moments, such as the scene where Ariel wiggles her toes at Vanellope, which can give off foot fetish undertones for some.
- The ending is downright awful, as Vanellope goes Turbo and game hops to Slaughter Race, leaving both Sugar Rush and Ralph behind. She gets away with it too receiving zero consequences or any forms of repercussions whatsoever, apart from Ralph bringing this up to her once during their big argument scene. In the first film, going Turbo is heavily frowned upon and game hopping can put either their or other characters' games in danger, but here, they simply flat out ignore the rules established there up until Shanks assures that she has coded Vanellope into the game.
- Several plot holes and inconsistencies are everywhere in the film. For numerous examples like:
- Why do BuzzzTube and KnowsMore in this film's universe even exist when there are already Google, Yahoo, Bing, YouTube, and DailyMotion that are the same concept as those fan-made sites and both sites themselves are rip-offs of YouTube and Yahoo, as the only reason why they exist is to serve their purpose as main plot-devices for the main film to pad its runtime which is already a bad sign due to the film's plot itself already being bad to begin with.
- Heck, both BuzzzTube and Knowsmore could be removed from the film and nothing would be lost, YouTube and Google would've taken their place and it would still be the same movie as before.
- How on earth does Sonic the Hedgehog know so much about the Internet despite being a video game character and never entering the Internet at all?
- The film doesn't even acknowledge how old the Felix-It-Felix Jr arcade game is in the franchise's universe, as the previous film stated that it was the 30th anniversary of the game, but here Ralph says during the end of the movie that he was a loser for 27 years without any friends until he met Vanellope, which is true only to some extent since he wasn't a loser for 27 years as the original Felix-It-Felix Jr game was released in 1982 and celebrated it's 30th anniversary in the previous film as stated before since it was confirmed by Disney themselves before in a few short videos promoting the film itself, making this error seem baffling at best.
- It isn't explained why the other Sugar Rush racers suddenly hate Vanellope again despite them rekindling their relationship at the end of the previous film and becoming friends since they were reprogrammed by Turbo back when their game was released. They would often insult her and still don't like for being a glitch which doesn't make sense anymore since their memories were restored in the previous film and mostly come out of nowhere.
- For some reason, Ralph is in Sugar Rush during the day although he's meant to be in Felix-It-Felix Jr doing his job to wreck the building as he was meant to be programmed for, and he makes a custom track for Vanellope that harms the game. In the previous film, Fix-It-Felix Jr was put on the unplugging stage when Ralph was gone from the game in the day and it would've meant doom for the citizens in the game, but in this film, Fix-It-Felix Jr is likely running or being played yet hadn't gotten unplugged, making this plot-hole seem illogical for the most part.
- Why do BuzzzTube and KnowsMore in this film's universe even exist when there are already Google, Yahoo, Bing, YouTube, and DailyMotion that are the same concept as those fan-made sites and both sites themselves are rip-offs of YouTube and Yahoo, as the only reason why they exist is to serve their purpose as main plot-devices for the main film to pad its runtime which is already a bad sign due to the film's plot itself already being bad to begin with.
- The title of the film, Ralph Breaks the Internet, is terrible and outdated, since it's a reference to the infamous celebrity, Kim Kardashian, who is one of the most hated celebrities and not to mention that it missed the mark to use "Wrecks" instead of "Breaks" as the previous film was called Wreck-It-Ralph, and even one of the trailers pointed this out since Ralph thinks the film should be called Ralph Wrecks the Internet with Vanellope backing him up, which didn't even appear in the final film itself, making the movie's title look stupid and corny as a result.
- There's a brief scene that mentions lingerie, which is highly inappropriate, even for a PG-rated film and a Disney film.
- For some reason, the fact that Ralph and Vanellope visited an ad via Spamley may give out the wrong message of how safe clicking on ads is even though they are not always safe. And who could not forget the scene where Ralph also went to the Dark Web?
- The story is rather messy and confusing since it's about Ralph and Vanellope trying to get a wheel on eBay for Sugar Rush after the game goes out of order thanks to Ralph hijacking the game. They don't have enough money to buy one when they get there, so they make random attempts to get money by having Ralph become an Internet star. At the same time, Vanellope discovers Slaughter Race and loves it more than Sugar Rush, while Ralph is trying to become more popular while Vanellope is planning to move to Slaughter Race as her new home after she got bored of Sugar Rush, and after that, the film goes nowhere and thanks to bad writing, it makes the film come off as rushed and overall disjointed in general.
- It also feels part-way like a cross-over, due to multiple Disney characters making an appearance, with the Disney Princesses taking up the lead, which is somewhat out-of-place in a film that was previously about video games.
- As said above in WIBTI(AIABW) #1, The movie even had the gall to include a well-known YouTuber and social media personality Colleen Ballinger, also known as her online persona Miranda Sings (formerly known as PsychoSoprano), a casting decision that hasn't aged well because of her controversies that came into the light in June 2023, following the allegations against EDP445 on April 18, 2021, four years later after the film's release.
- This also makes the film not being edited very ironic, as The Simpsons season 3 episode "Stark Raving Dad" is still banned from Disney+ in the wake of Leaving Neverland, despite the late Michael Jackson's child sexual abuse allegations being debunked multiple times over the years.
- Unlike other film sequels, Ralph Breaks the Internet doesn't expand upon the lore or themes of its predecessor nor does it improve some of the flaws from the last movie that could've been fixed or try to introduce new characters that are important to the story and help the characters from the previous film grow into better people, neither does it answer any questions that went unsolved in the last film's context. Instead, this movie did the opposite of that and played things too safe since it retcons some parts of the last film (as mentioned below) and doesn't continue the video game theming that made Wreck-It-Ralph so good in the first place as most of the film is based on the internet and about Ralph and Vanellope going into the internet to fix Sugar Rush and save it from independent doom by going viral on Buzzztube, which is a terrible idea since the internet nowadays has become infamous for its corporate pandering, toxic userbase, dangerous malware ads and outdated memes that are often considered by some to be offensive (the 9/11 and the Roshan Ice Age Baby memes are a perfect example of this), and considering that this movie came out in 2018 when the internet was at one of it's lowest points back then, it causes the movie to feel dated and lack the charm of the first Ralph movie.
- There was also some missed potential for a sequel to be based around Console or Online gaming like how the first movie was based around Arcade gaming since it could've explained the decline of Arcade gaming and that most people nowadays play Console, PC and Mobile games at home, and could've shown Ralph and Vanellope going into Console games and meeting characters like Mario, Crash Bandicoot, Master Chief, Lara Croft, Duke Nukem, Mega Man, Jill Valentine, Earthworm Jim, and Bomberman, and even going into popular games franchises like Minecraft, Halo, Banjo-Kazooie or Call of Duty and trying to avoid becoming irrelevant and abandoned by many gamers alike, and could've combined 3D animation with 2D visuals in an attempt for the film to resemble an actual video game, which could've expanded upon the lore of the previous film and would've been a great idea overall. Instead, they went with the more dated internet concept and caused the film to be the way it is.
- Not to mention that the film feels more generic and doesn't feel like a Disney film at all, due to its generic kiddy film feel and overusing many cliches from other bad animated films in the 2010s and 2020s, likely as a result of Executive Meddling from Disney trying to pander towards modern audiences and wanting to cash-in onto the nostalgia of their Direct-To-DVD Sequel days (despite being despised by fans alike) which can explain why the film is so mediocre to begin with.
- It contradicts the themes and message of the previous film, since the original film established that it's gone to go turbo as it can cause the character's game to get unplugged along with the game that said character has jumped into and could likely get that character killed since Turbo (the main villain of the previous film) game jumped a lot due to his jealously of other racing games at Litwack Arcade, and according to the director Rich Moore on Reddit, he hid away from others and began digging into the code of a video game and the programming a game overall, which is what led him to go into Sugar Rush and cut Vanellope out of the game and turn himself into King Candy, which would only backfire 15 years later when Ralph himself game jumped and grew a friendship with Vanellope while at the same time unleashing a cyber-bug into Sugar Rush itself, and during the race in the climax, King Candy starts attacking Vanellope and she starts glitching which in turn reveals who he really is, and he tries to kill Vanellope which she actually saves herself and glitches to safety and Turbo gets eaten by a cyber-bug and merges with it, and by the boss level stage of the climax, he prevents Ralph from saving Sugar Rush and is shown to be a far more cruel and selfish person than how he was portrayed by most people before, but Ralph does destroy Coke-Cola mountain and all of the cyber-bugs and Turbo are killed, thus bringing the speech that was said by Sonic during the beginning of the film that game jumping is a bad thing and should never be done ever again. This sequel on the other hand ignores the message since it shows Vanellope at the end of the film moving to Slaughter Race and abandoning Sugar Rush despite it being established that game jumping is bad and could get their respective characters killed and never regenerated at all outside of the games they are meant to be programmed in and play a major role in, since Vanellope is only doing this to "pursue her dreams" even though she became content with being playable in Sugar Rush and wanted to be a racer there for a long time since she was supposed to be the main character until Turbo took that away from her and made her into a glitch because of it, and because of this problem, it results in several plot-holes and serves as an insult to the previous film since the lore behind it was so established that it made the film work because of it's good writing and mature tone that helped it stand out from other Disney films at the time, something that this sequel removed entirely as a result of Disney's executive meddling that ruined the chances of this film being any good.
- As mentioned above in BQ#3.4.1, Turbo is never mentioned at all and the term "going Turbo" isn't talked about in the movie that much despite him being an important part of the previous film and serving as the main villain that showed a reflection of what Ralph could've been if he followed in the same steps as Turbo did when he game jumped to an unrelated game he wasn't programmed in and destroyed and nearly got himself killed because of it.
- The pancake-milkshake scene, while funny, is rather disturbing and overall dark for a kids' film since Ralph is shown to have fed the bunny so much that he later explodes and is implied to be dead, and the little girl playing the game is shown screaming in fear.
- This is also very similar to the infamous Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island "Still the Big One" Commercial.
- John C. Reilly's performance as Ralph is far weaker than the previous film since he sounds less charming and endearing than he did last time due to Ralph being flanderized into almost being the main villain of the film, and his dialogue is just horrible for all of the wrong reasons imaginable like the way how he pronounces eBay as "Eboy" or his infamous temper tantrum after he leaves eBay and not getting the stirring wheel for Sugar Rush to fix the game, overall wasting his talent and making Ralph sound derpy and dumb due to his poor acting.
- The film is a clear example of how out-of-touch Disney is when creating sequels to their most popular and beloved films since they usually don't follow up on the themes and messages of their predecessors and instead only exist just for money as proven by their many Direct-To-DVD sequels to their classic films and this film, as even the solid Frozen 2 had suffered from production issues and also with Pixar's Sequels, as while good movies, aren't as good as their predecessors and suffered from mixed feedback from fans with Cars 2 being universally hated by many Pixar fans alike and being considered to be their worst film to date. It has only gotten worse by them announcing even more sequels to their other films and even having made spin-offs like Lightyear and a few material exclusive to Disney+, and considering that many fans are given tons of negative feedback to the announcement of Toy Story 5 and The Incredibles 3, it's given a bigger picture for most Disney fans upon the fact that this film has ruined the reputation of the company and has put them into another dark age again with bad films like Wish and Strange World, with them even having plans to release Moana 2 that was originally going to be a TV Series and a third Frozen film along with a Zootopia sequel, it's safe to say that Disney is unlikely to recover from their dark age anytime soon.
- The animation, while a massive improvement over the last film and is extremely beautiful, seems over-saturated at times with the over usage of blue and purple color palettes that tend to look jarring and dull at times, and since most of the film takes place in the internet and BuzzzTube for the entire 112-minute runtime, the sequel loses its colorful aesthetic and makes it far less appealing than it's predecessor overall since the last film was very colorful with its video game aesthetic and beautiful imagery, something that this sequel lacks.
- There's also a reused model of Baby Moana from Moana in the post-credits scene, just with different clothes, which is just lazy overall. This is, however, lampshaded, as her name is "Mo".
- It's considered to be a major downgrade from the previous film, due to the aforementioned flaws above and the missed potential that a Wreck-it Ralph sequel could've had since some ideas would've been good for a sequel such as exploring the realms of console and online gaming and having other video game characters make cameos too such as Mario, Master Chief, Kratos, Crash Bandicoot, Bowser (although he already made an appearance in the first film) and other iconic video game characters too, and since the movie ruined Disney's reputation after a huge comeback with The Princess and the Frog to Moana, proves how much missed potential this film truly has overall.
Qualities That Still Wreck In A Good Way
- The animation is an improvement from the last film and mixes different styles in one; the normally 2D designs for most of the Disney Princesses also translate perfectly into computer animation.
- The Rick-roll post-credits scene is a stunning shot-for-shot remake of the original.
- KnowsMore's eyes are also animated impressively.
- Even the backgrounds in the Internet world can be incredibly beautiful at times when it isn't overusing an oversaturated blue color palette.
- Also similar to in the previous film, the voice acting and casting choices for the characters are spot-on for the most part (aside from John C. Reilly as Ralph).
- Some of the voice actresses who played characters in prior Disney films have returned to reprise their roles as those characters in this film, including Paige O'Hara, who reprises her role as Belle, after having retired from the role seven years prior.
- Great cameo of Eboy was voiced by DanTDM (A Popular Minecraft YouTuber) in the UK cinema version and Sean Giambrone (Jeff from Clarence and Benny from The Loud House) in the US version.
- Just like the first movie also, there are some places that aren't product placements, like a fictional online game called Slaughter Race, which is pretty cool to look at and could have given the film potential to focus more on Internet gaming being the future to the irrelevance of the arcade rather than the Internet in general.
- Felix and Calhoun are still likable characters and retain their personalities and charm from the first movie, despite being reduced to lame parenting jokes.
- The scene in which Vanellope meets up with the Disney Princesses is very funny and original, pointing out many outdated clichés and making fun of some classic stereotypes, despite it being the main selling point of this movie.
- For the most part, the beginning of the movie retains the charm of what made Wreck it Ralph good.
- Amazing score by Henry Jackman.
- "A Place Called Slaughter Race" is a decent and jam-packed song, and the number itself is a good sendup of the typical Disney musical number. Shank’s verses in the song are the best parts of the song.
- "Zero" by Imagine Dragons is also a banger to listen too.
- While not as good as the ones in the previous movie, the new characters are pretty good, such as Shank and Yesss.
- Despite a majority of the attempts at humor being rather mediocre, there are at least some hilarious moments that are worth a laugh, such as one scene where Ralph is portrayed as the late Bob Ross, the Disney Princess stereotypes satire, and the above-mentioned Rick-roll post-credits scene.
- The late Stan Lee's brief tribute cameo.
- Despite the quality of the third act, the way the climax ended was a nice surprise: Ralph gave Ralphzilla therapy and made it fine with letting Vanellope go instead of tricking it into going into the gate and getting destroyed.
- Aside from Arthur the virus, it avoids the "twist villain" cliche. You see, Arthur isn't a villain and is more of an obstacle rather than a villain. In other words, there is no villain in the movie that happens to be a twist villain.
- Unfortunately, Arthur was only used as a plot device for Ralph to sabotage Slaughter Race and let the film have a climax like other animated films at the time. Making his appearance in the movie just resorts to nothing but character flanderization for Ralph in general.
Reception
Box office
As of December 30, 2018, Ralph Breaks the Internet has grossed $175.7 million in the United States and Canada, and $174.7 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $350.4 million, against a production budget of $175 million.
Critical response
Although Ralph Breaks the Internet received mostly favorable reviews from critics and audiences, who called it a "worthy successor" and praised the animation, humor, characters, and plot, as well as the vocal performances of Reilly and Silverman, although some say it's not fresh as the first film, the film received a mixed reception from fans alike, who pointed out flaws found within the movie later on, especially within several plot holes connecting to the first Wreck-it-Ralph movie, causing some to turn against this film as a result, likely as to why this movie ended up at the Awful Movies Wiki at one point, before returning here, and it again becomes a negative side page for now on due to the number of bad qualities (e.g. plot holes, product placement, etc.). On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 88% based on 223 reviews, with an average rating of 7.3/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Ralph Breaks the Internet levels up on its predecessor with a funny, heartwarming sequel that expands its colorful universe while focusing on core characters and relationships.". Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 71 out of 100 based on 43 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews." Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale, down from the "A" earned by the first film, and those at PostTrak gave the film four stars out of five.
Awards
Ralph Breaks the Internet was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 91st Academy Awards, 76th Golden Globe Awards, and 24th Critics' Choice Awards, losing all three to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
Sequel
John C. Reilly (Ralph’s voice actor) says that he has an idea if a third film was to be made, he would like to see Ralph and Vanellope "beaming themselves right out into space".
Spin off
Rich Moore and Phil Johnston said that the second film would have a spin-off film focusing on the Disney Princesses could be made depending on the audience's response, and "If there's a good story to be told.".
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Trivia
- Ever since chapter 2 of Deltarune was released, both Deltarune and Ralph Breaks the Internet became a subject of the meme community due to various comparisons such as most notably Spamton and Spamley.
- There was considerable backlash after the official trailer was released, as it featured Pocahontas, Tiana, and Mulan with lighter skin colors than how they looked in their original respective films. While Tiana's was fixed, Pocahontas and Mulan's remained unchanged in the final product.
- When the first trailer was released, there were memes related to the pancake bunny.
- When the movie first stated that it may not have a villain. Some fans theorized that Yesss would be the twist villain but it was debunked.
- The first look of concept art for the movie (released in 2016) featured parody versions of popular websites. In the final film, real websites were used.
- A defunct Disney Infinity website was going to appear in the movie but was replaced with Oh My Disney.
- There were plans to have a villain in the movie at one point, but this was scrapped in favor of a narrative in which Ralph served as his antagonist. The villain was named B.E.V. and was an AntiVirus-inspired cop who lived on the Internet, which would later be seen in the now-lost VR tie-in game, Ralph Breaks VR.
- Kylo Ren, The Golden Girls, Mario, and the late John Madden were planned to appear in the movie but they were all cut.
- In an early version of the script, the movie began with a funeral for Tapper. During this, Ralph and Vanellope were to give a eulogy, though they instead spent the time talking about themselves. To that, the gathered mourners would rebuke the duo by throwing food and starting a food fight.
- Some versions of the movie had Felix and Calhoun joining Ralph and Vanellope on their journey to the Internet. This was partially altered to keep the arcade relevant, and due to the belief that having too many characters adventuring through the Internet would overwhelm the story.
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