Earlier this year Disney announced that they will be making a sequel to "Wreck-It Ralph". One thing that has been confirmed so far is that the sequel will see the characters interacting with the internet, or in John C. Reilly's words; "Ralph leaves the arcade and wrecks the internet". The film will also take place six years after the original and it's been confirmed that King candy/Turbo is definitely dead, so no return from him.
Based on the information we have so far, I have some predictions for what may happen in the sequel. I think we can assume that Ralph will gain access to the internet via a router that is plugged in in the arcade, allowing him to travel through the wires the same way he enters other game cabinets. Well, that or he wrecks his way in, it's what he does, after all. And if we've learned anything from the first film, it's that Ralph is not a bad guy. I mean, he's a badguy but he's not, you know, a bad guy, so we'll most likely see Ralph wrecking things for good. So when he "Wrecks the internet", what exactly might he do?
Taking place six years later, it could be that the arcade just isn't as popular anymore and Ralph literally tries to destroy the internet to bring popularity back to the arcade... but that's unlikely. Surely the film would have a more meaningful message than "get off the internet and play more video games". Plus, there's a lot more the creators want to explore. Another thing that's been discussed is the exploration of different versions of the games in the arcade across other platforms; so what would happen if Ralph met other versions of himself from a mobile game? What about a smash brothers style fighting game? Ralph might end up having an identity crisis and become jealous of the other Ralphs... I mean, it would work into one of those modern day bitter sweet Disney messages we've been getting. Something along the lines of "You're not special, but you're you and that's not bad, I guess."... Hooray?
(I'm not special, and that's not bad...)
The director of Wreck-It Ralph, Rich Moore, has said that the film will see Vanellope and Ralph's relationship "tested by the getting to the internet". The two may stumble across fandoms for their games and things turn into a popularity contest. Maybe Ralph goes wrecking the obnoxious amount of memes there may be about him. I'm joking. I'm hoping the writers are above using too much internet humour, but admittedly Ralph's short fuse would make seeing him deal with trolls quite interesting... Anyway, going back to the MultiRalph theory, I'm assuming Ralph's interactions with other versions of himself may be the very thing that tests his friendship with Vanellope. He and Vanellope may even find versions of each other they like better, eventually playing into the not so sugar coated moral I previously mentioned. Or what if Ralph wrecks the internet to protect the others from a bad Ralph (or a virus?) that tries to replace him? I feel like if Ralph had to wreck something this time around, he'd need a good reason for doing it and protecting the arcade would fit the bill. This could also play into Vanellope and Ralph being stuck in the internet if the router is removed, assuming they manage to reach another device before the plug is pulled. This would open a lot of possibilities for the film as they traverse the internet to try and get back to the arcade.
So, for the moment I'm leaning towards them getting trapped in the internet and the possibility of an impostor Ralph, but what about the other characters? Not much has been mentioned about Fix-it Felix or Sgt. Calhoun for the moment, even Jack McBrayer doesn't know about the situation with his character yet, but it's more than likely that Felix and Calhoun will return. Plus, the game Ralph and Felix are from is Fix-It Felix Jr (suggesting it's a sequel like Donkey Kong Jr, though it may just be a reference), so maybe they'll come across their predecessors. Felix got his magic hammer from his father, suggesting his father is the original Fix-it Felix. The origin of Felix Jr's hammer is in his code, so does Felix Senior know he exists? That could be interesting... Personally, I'd like to see the characters encounter a modded version of Fix-It Felix where everything is Gene. Felix, Ralph, even the bricks. All Gene.
(A Geneius joke)
Well, that's all I've got without rambling more or repeating myself too much. It'll be interesting to see where the sequel will take the characters. The movie is said to be released in 2018.
