Much like the world of gaming, Wreck-It Ralph has introduced us to a wide range of characters,
from candy-themed racers to burly but kind hearted video game villains. In the
two Disney films that have been released so far, we have a look at the characters
that make up Litwak’s Arcade as well as the entire internet. But which one of
these characters has no strength to speak of and who is a true powerhouse?
I’m Brad with WickedBinge and this is Wreck-It Ralph characters, Weak to Powerful.
Starting our list with the weakest character… We’re actually giving it to multiple people,
the citizens of Ralph’s and Felix’s game, the Nicelanders. True to their in-game role of NPCs,
the Nicelanders are shown to do nothing other than plead for Felix to fix their apartment
building after Ralph damages it whenever a player pops in a quarter to play the
game. Even when the arcade closes, these people really show no signs of having any strength or
power outside the range of a normal person. While some do seem to have the role of Mayor and others
shown to be an excellent baker, since we don’t see much of these skills really being applied,
the Nicelanders get the top spot. Much like the Nicelanders, our next
slot is going to multiple NPCs as well, at least to an extent, the Sugar Rush Racers. While whoever
decided to play their game controls whichever character they choose, the rest simply act as NPC
opponents during the duration of the race. And when the arcade closes, a race is held to make
up the next day's roster for players to choose from. And while next to nothing is known about
these characters, since all of them are seen as being pretty good at racing by themselves,
they have at least some skills to their credit. Coming up next might be a surprise as he is King
Candy’s right hand man, Sour Bill. So why is someone that is closely connected with the
main villain from the first movie this low on our ranking? Well, Sour Bill really has no power by
himself. Yes, he is left in charge while King Candy leaves temporarily, but Sour Bill isn’t
shown to do much while in this position. Yes, he does have Felix arrested when he comes looking for
Ralph, but that’s about it. Sour Bill is aware of the fact that something is off in Sugar Rush and
that Vanellope was never meant to be a glitch, but due to his and the other citizens' memories being
locked away, he does not act on this knowledge. Plus, it really does not take much for Ralph to
get him to talk and Sour Bill isn’t really shown to have grown much on Ralph Breaks the Internet,
though he is now firmly in the good camp. And speaking of Ralph Breaks the Internet, we
have our first character introduced in the movie next, the friendliest pop-up provider ever, J.P
Spamley. Known to provide those lovely ads such as ‘Get Rich Playing Video
Games’ among others is what Spamley does for a living within the internet.
While this might seem annoying at first, Spamley is actually a pretty friendly guy
and helps Ralph and Vanellope in finding a way to earn money to purchase the replacement steering
wheel for Sugar Rush. But outside providing others with options, albeit somewhat shady
methods for some assignments, and helping Ralph with the deep web, Spamley doesn’t really have
much going for him in terms of strength or powers. The next spot in our ranking is another character
introduced in Ralph Breaks the Internet, KnowsMore. Like his name suggests,
KnowsMore is a living search engine with an encyclopedic knowledge of pretty much everything.
And while he can be a little aggressive in his recommendations, KnowsMore is just doing
his job and trying to help others out. When the clones of Ralph are causing widespread damage to
the internet,. KnowsMore is able to deduce what is causing their behavior and tries to help Ralph and
Vanellope to get rid of them. While he needs the user of his search engine to make the first move,
KnowsMore knowledge outside his job is what gives him a ranking above the others.
Helpful contractor and hero of his game, Fix-It Felix is coming up next. Unlike other hero
characters in their respective games, Felix is a genuine nice guy, though a bit ignorant when it
comes to how Ralph feels in the first movie. Also, whatever physical damage that Felix comes across,
he is able to repair it with his magic hammer, both in his own game and outside it,
such as repairing the racetrack in Sugar Rush. And while he does seem to have some
pretty good jumping skills to boot, we do have to question how strong Felix would
be without his hammer. Seeing how much he can and has repaired with it though, we are giving
Felix a slightly higher spot in our ranking. From Slaughter Race comes our next entrant, Shank.
It goes without saying, Shank is an exceptional racer, as well as being a boss character in her
game. When she is first encountered, she more than gives Vanellope and Ralph a run for their money
and is deeply impressed with Vanellope’s skills. Shank is knowledgeable about other websites,
as she points Ralph and Vanellope to Buzztube in order to earn money to pay for Sugar Rush’s
replacement steering wheel. Later in the movie, Shank helps Vanellope in making
her decision on staying in Slaughter Race or to leave back to Litwak’s Arcade. After Vanellope
chooses to remain as a Slaughter Race character, Shank is able to rewrite her code to ensure that
she will always regenerate. We do wish we got to see a better scope of Shank’s skills, for
what is shown, we gotta give her this placement. Everyone’s favorite glitch and rightful ruler
of Sugar Rush and now Slaughter Race resident, Vanellope takes this spot. Really, between Shank
and Vanellope, it is kinda hard to say who is the better racer. Sure, in the first movie, as she
was prevented from racing, Vanellope had no idea how but after she began training, she took to the
skill like a duck to water. Much like her racing skills, Vanellope is also able to get control of
her glitch and use it to her advantage both on the racing track and off it. Even in a new environment
such as Slaughter Race, Vanellope is very quick to adapt to the new challenges that were presented.
While being able to teleport via her glitch is a great power, keep in mind,
it was a skill that Vanellope was never supposed to have but as she makes the best of hand she was
dealt, we feel pretty good with her ranking. The no nonsense but kind commander at heart is
up next, Sergeant Calhoun. Being surrounded by a world seemingly overruled by horrifying mechanical
insects is definitely no picnic. But that is the world that Sergeant Calhoun plays a role in for
the arcade game Hero’s Duty by leading the player. Outside her game however, is where her skills are
shown more. Being able to track down the escaped Cy-Bug, as well as being a more than capable
fighter, Calhoun sees it as her responsibility to keep others safe, while helping them fight.
She and Felix even become pretty decent adoptive parents to the Sugar Rush racers in the second
movie. Seeing as Calhoun is both on and off the battlefield lands her a pretty high spot.
Coming into our next spot, we have the head of Buzztube, Yesss. Even though she runs Buzztube
like a business, Yesss is a pretty kind woman. While her top priority is to make her website
as popular as possible, Yesss is also pretty knowledgeable about the inner workings of the
internet. She is pretty in touch with whatever the users of Buzztube want and is able to provide the
content for them. And while her method of doing this is very much in the fashion of Pied Piper,
Yesss does seem to care about those who create content for Buzztube. And even though her power
is kinda limited to just Buzztube, seeing how easily she can influence others and is in
charge of a pretty large video sharing website are reasons enough to give her this high of a ranking.
Our favorite kind-hearted burly bad guy, Ralph is next. Alright, might seem like we are giving
Ralph this high of a spot simply because of his immense physical strength. And since he is able
to destroy a building with just his fists, we could see why you’d think that. But we are also
taking into account of Ralph’s emotional strength more than anything. While he is a great guy,
Ralph is a flawed character in both movies. Believing that simply having a medal would
make him a hero in his game and going to extreme limits to obtain one before
realizing in the first movie before realizing what truly defines being a hero. In the second movie,
when his friendship with Vanellope becomes borderline toxic, the virus he accidentally
unleashed destroys the internet, Ralph finally acknowledges how he was acting. After being able
to repair his friendship with Vanellope and get rid of his clones the virus created, Ralph further
grows by overcoming his insecurities.Seeing how much progress Ralph is able to make in
both movies lands gives him some huge points. Time for another group ranking, since we are
giving this slot to the hostile species in the first movie, the Cy-Bugs. Huge. Scary.
And absolutely mindless. These machine/bug hybrids are the antagonistic army in Hero’s Duty. However,
unlike others within Hero’s Duty, the Cy-Bugs are unaware that they are simply characters,
attacking whatever and whoever they come across both during gameplay and outside it. And we gotta
acknowledge that whatever Cy-Bugs eat becomes part of their bodies which they can use. During
the climax of the first movie, Sugar Rush is nearly destroyed due to the Cy-Bugs invasion.
Thankfully all are destroyed after Ralph is able to create a fiery pillar from Diet Cola
Mountain and all of them are drawn to the light before being evaporated by the heat.
Ralph really does put it best with ‘candy-coated heart of darkness’ when it comes to Turbo AKA King
Candy. Our Bronze Medal of Power Winner. First off, we gotta admit that we love the homage to
Ed Wynn where King Candy is concerned. That being said though, even before Turbo became King Candy,
he was known for being an exceptional racer. When he is able to hack into Sugar Rush,
King Candy was able to both rewrite both his and Vanellope’s codes, in order to make him
the ruler of the game and causing Vanellope to have her gitch. During the climax of the movie,
after fusing with a Cy-Bug, King Candy admits that he can take over any game within the arcade due to
his newly acquired additional skills, as well as being able to beat up Ralph pretty easily.
And if he also hadn’t also gained the Cy-Bugs fatal flaw of being drawn to any light source
and being burned up by the geyer from Diet Cola Mountain, it is no stretch to say that he was
the biggest threat to the arcade. Our Silver Medal of Power goes
to the only non video game or internet resident, the owner of the arcade Mr. Litwak. Even though
Mr. Likwak does not directly interact with any of the characters in either movie,
we have our reasons for placing him this high. As he is the proprietor of his arcade, Litwak
has the power to remove and install any game he chooses. And yeah, when you come right down to it,
that is just the basic duty of any arcade or electronics owner. But as we see that unplugging
a game as well as plugging it in both can destroy the world within the game as well as giving the
world and characters within the game life respectively. If we look at Litwak through
the viewpoint of most of the characters, comparing Litwak to a God isn’t that far off. But there is
one entry that is the strongest of the bunch. And finally, our Gold Medal of Evil has to
go to Arthur AKA the Ralph Clones. And finally at the top of our list we have
the virus that caused the internet to crash for multiple people, as well as doing widespread
damage. Arthur is an insecurity virus and after sensing Ralph’s insecurities spawns
thousands of his clones which wreck multiple websites during their chase of Vanellope.
They are kinda like the Cy-Bugs but on a much larger scale. While whatever they damage can
reboot and be repaired, the simple fact of how reliant we are with using the internet
for anything and not knowing the extent of what damage they did automatically gives them major
points. Major thanks to Ralph for overcoming his issues, not only because it helped both himself
and Vanellope but also because it was able to stop and destroy the virus in its tracks.
And that’s our list. Let us know if you agree with our rankings. Remember to hit that notification
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