History Fridge / RalphBreaksTheInternet

* There are some Disney Princess films involving someone (often a strong male character) letting their loved one go to set off on a new adventure (e.g. [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 King Triton]] learning not to be an OverprotectiveDad to Ariel, [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast the Beast]] getting redeemed after he lets Belle go to see her father, and [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} the Sultan]] letting his daughter choose who she wants to marry so she'll be happy). Ralph learns that he has to let Vanellope go to live her best life.

** This isn't really too important to the stories in either of these movies anyway, but while Calhoun in particular seems to have some knowledge of reproduction ("Doomsday and Armageddon just had a baby, and it is '''UGLY'''!!!") and human nuptials programmed into her, neither she nor Felix seem to have or need any actual reproductive organs, though they do some foster parenting for Vanellope's fellow racers in this movie; neither do they seem particularly heartbroken about lacking these attributes. In plain fact, with the exception of games altered by filthy-minded [[GameMod game hackers]] and [[VideoGamePerversityPotential games made by pornographers]], all video game characters probably are, like [[VideoGame/TombRaider Lara Croft]], just flesh textures overlaid on a BarbieDollAnatomy wireframe under their clothes. They can do all the kissing and hugging they want, but actual sex acts are a foreign concept to them. Ralph and Vanellope not only lack these attributes, but don't even seem to have or need any of Calhoun and Felix's capacity for romance.

* The difference between Ralph game-hopping in the first movie and Vanellope doing the same here is a good example of "The Bus Factor"--what's the minimum number of employees that can get hit by a bus before things go to hell in a handbasket in the workplace? The higher the number, the better. For "Fix-It-Felix Jr.", if it's not a generic Nicelander, it's one--if either Ralph or Felix leave, the game is toast. For "Sugar Rush", accounting for the random roster(meaning there have to be some extra characters to be swapped in and out so no-one suspects anything), it'd be around five--While some long-time players might miss the racer with the GameBreaker power, as long as nine racers are on the character selection screen, the game can still function, and unless someone goes to the arcade every single day for a while, players are likely to think they just keep missing Vanellope being an option. Bonus points for the fact that the game survived a long time without Vanellope before the events of the first movie, which could be another reason why Vanellope doesn't think twice about abandoning her game and Ralph doesn't think to use that to talk her out of it; it's been fine without her before, after all.

* There are some Disney Princess films involving someone (often a strong male character) letting their loved one go to set off on a new adventure (e.g. [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 King Triton]] learning not to be an OverprotectiveDad to Ariel, [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast the Beast]] getting redeemed after he lets Belle go to see his father, and [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} the Sultan]] letting his daughter choose who she wants to marry so she'll be happy). Ralph learns that he has to let Vanellope go to live her best life.

* When [[ItMakesSenseInContext taken out of context]], Ralph's clinginess to Vanellope has some [[PaedoHunt pretty worrying implications...]]

** Merida's slightly irked reaction to Snow White's singing might be because her own film, ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'', has no in-universe musical numbers. Or it could be because [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall Snow White is now blocking her in the shot]]. Or both. Sadly, the only other character who could reveal the answer to this, [[Disney/{{Moana}} Moana]], has her head completely blocked by Snow White in the shot.

** Of course the Princesses are not as perfect as they're made up to be by Disney. They're AnimatedActors who have to keep up their "perfect" appearances for the majority of the time they're in public. Moreover, many of the problems they have (i.e. Jasmine being allergic to cats and Snow White needing glasses[[note]]In [[Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs her original film]], Snow White's eyes appear half-closed a lot of the time. ''Ralph Breaks...'' would cleverly suggest it was because back then she was squinting because she couldn't wear her glasses while shooting her scenes.[[/note]]) were never actually addressed within the worlds of their own movies, so any knowledge of said problems would only be kept among themselves.

* There are some Disney Princess films involving someone (often a strong male character) letting their loved one go to set off on a new adventure (e.g. [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid King Triton]] learning not to be an OverprotectiveDad to Ariel, [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast the Beast]] getting redeemed after he lets Belle go to see his father, and [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} the Sultan]] letting his daughter choose who she wants to marry so she'll be happy). Ralph learns that he has to let Vanellope go to live her best life.

** A bit of brilliance ''and'' horror on this subject: video game characters like Ralph, Vanellope, Calhoun, and Felix are a case of EmotionalMaturityIsPhysicalMaturity and a science fiction version of AnimalsLackAttributes writ large. While Vanellope chides Ralph for "lying to a child" in the first movie, we're not told exactly what apparent age (as compared to a real flesh-and-blood human child) she and the other "child" racers in ''Sugar Rush'' are supposed to be; estimates range from about seven to eleven. This isn't really too important to the stories in either of these movies anyway, but it's also worth remembering that video game characters never age physically, only (perhaps) emotionally... and while Calhoun in particular seems to have some knowledge of reproduction ("Doomsday and Armageddon just had a baby, and it is '''UGLY'''!!!") and human nuptials programmed into her, neither she nor Felix seem to have or need any actual reproductive capacity, though they do some foster parenting for Vanellope's fellow racers in this movie; neither do they seem particularly heartbroken about this. In plain fact, with the exception of games altered by filthy-minded [[GameMod game hackers]] and [[VideoGamePerversityPotential games made by pornographers]], all video game characters are, like [[VideoGame/TombRaider Lara Croft]], flesh textures overlaid on a BarbieDollAnatomy wireframe. They can do all the kissing and hugging they want, but actual sex acts are a foreign concept to them.

* Some have complained that the traditionally animated Disney Princesses [[YouDontLookLikeYou don't look like themselves]] in this [[ArtShift computer-generated animation]], especially if you compare them to their appearances to other CGI works like ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'' and ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts''. Well, remember that in-universe, these are digital versions of the Disney Princesses, so of course they're stylized, kind of similar to ''VideoGame/DisneyInfinity''.

* It's not just Ralph's insecurities Arthur takes advantage of. It's been established during the movie, even after taking control of it last movie, Vanellope's own insecurities cause her to glitch out. In addition, Vanellope's insecurity percentage is much lower than Ralph's because she was trying to keep it under control, whereas Ralph wasn't.

* Of course an Internet-focused adventure would have [[RickRoll "Never Gonna Give You Up"]] in the second theatrical trailer. The Rick Astley song was made that well-known through the Internet. And it would be an appropriate way to end the actual movie.

* Website/YouTube savvy viewers will easily know that the "sneak peek" for Frozen 2 at the end of the credits is a fake, the title font is not the official one and instead one that is typical and easily made by fans on Website/YouTube and fan arts.

** It's also not unheard-of for mature-rated games to include vehicles and/or characters from other popular franchises. ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'', for instance, includes {{Expy}} versions of [[Series/KnightRider KITT]], [[Anime/SpeedRacer the Mach 5]], [[Film/Batman1989 the Batmobile]], a few cars from the ''Film/JamesBond'' movies...

* When the wifi router is first plugged in, who gets to play MrExposition and explain what the internet is like to all the '80s and '90s video game characters present? Sonic the Hedgehog, the one video game character in the crowd that has his own official Twitter account.

** There's also the simple fact that Shank is a ''boss'' racer. A lot of racing games give boss [=NPCs=] more aggressive RubberBandAI to give the player a harder race, regardless of what car the boss or the player is driving.

*** That and [[BreakingTheFourthWall she's from]] [[TakeThat the other studio]].[[note]]Pixar's ''Brave'' beat out the first ''Wreck It Ralph'' for Best Animated Oscar. Also, Pixar is known for [[ShownTheirWork going the extra mile when doing research for their movies]], and they went so far to give Merida a Gaelic accent whereas the other Princesses had none despite having been explicitly said to belong to specific nationality (i.e. Belle being French although she doesn't have a French accent). [[/note]]

* Of course an Internet-focused adventure would have [[RickRoll "Never Gonna Give You Up"]] in the second theatrical trailer. The Rick Astley song was made that well-known through the Internet.