‘Wreck It Ralph’ (2012) Featured a Wholesome Friendship. ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’ (2018) Was Just Creepy.

Nishna Makala
4 min readMar 19, 2021

Something about an old man being possessive of a twelve year old girl is disconcerting.

Considering they put “Never Gonna Give You Up” by Rick Astley in the trailer, I was never fully convinced that “Ralph Breaks the Internet” was going to be a cinematic masterpiece.

Boy, was it much worse than I expected.

The sequel to “Wreck It Ralph” does not just provide the audience with a two hours worth of 2010 memes, but it also seems to misrepresent the characters that made the original movie so captivating in the first place. Overall, “Ralph Breaks the Internet” seemed more like a Wattpad fanfiction than a $175 million project by Pixar.

So bring out the emojis, the snapchat filters, and the hilariously embarrassing attempts to relate to today’s youth. Let’s dive into it.

Fix-It-Felix Jr. and Sergeant Calhoun

Who? These two lovebirds:

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