Is Ralph Breaks the Internet Really THAT Bad?

Added: 2026-05-12

[00:00:00]Why does everyone hate the second Wreck-It Ralph movie? Wreckit Ralph is not only a silly, heartfelt movie loved by millions, but it's also just like super duper popular for some reason.

[00:00:10]Ironically, despite it getting outshined by two other animated movies during its release year, what's that Disney? You can't even reach $500 million. Kind of pathetic. Wreck-It Ralph still gains worldwide acclaim, making it one of the most memorable movies in animated history. But this video isn't about the first movie. It's about the second movie. Everyone seems to hate the second movie. Turns out this thing is kind of hot garbage. People hate it for many different reasons. The constant brand references, the performances from the voice actors, the lack of emotional depth and/or character growth. The original Wreck-It Ralph had immaculate vibes, and the second movie just kind of doesn't. But surely it's not all bad. I have seen some people compliment it, calling it peak. Oh, wait, no, wait, that was a typo. Okay, yeah, he fixed it. Never mind. The truth is, a lot of people hate this movie. The amount of one-star reviews on Letterbox is actually astonishing. And some of these are extremely hateful. But in an attempt to give this thing a fair shot, I'll be doing what I usually do by watching and recapping the entire Wreckit Ralph sequel movie in full to see if it's really that bad. I watched the original movie for the very first time just a couple weeks ago. It's fresh in my brain. It's up there. Okay, I can see it. But now I'm ready to get severely depressed. People are saying Disney fell off with this one. Is it true? Have they fallen off? That's what we're going to find out today. So, grab your copy of Modern Warfare 2 for the Xbox 360 and let's watch what may be Disney's worst sequel ever, Wreck-It Ralph 2, also known as Ralph Breaks the Internet.

[00:01:33]Also, you're probably wondering why like I'm outside right now. I actually don't know. I'm probably going to go inside.

[00:01:39]There's a guy coming. I'm going to go inside now. Also, I'm not going to shove an ad in your face here. All I ask is that you like the video if you enjoy what you're watching and subscribe to the channel if you want to see more. On to the video. The movie begins with Ralph and Vanelope just hanging out, being friends. Almost immediately, there's a scene where these two share a root beer together, only for Ralph to set the tone for the rest of the story.

[00:01:58]Think I want to chamer.

[00:02:01]I want to preface this video by saying, yes, this movie was probably made with children in mind. Poopy farty burp burp, says the lead executive at Disney.

[00:02:09]Probably. I do have some valid criticisms when it comes to this movie's structure and execution. However, the comedy in this film is something else entirely. Like, I don't know. It's all fun, I guess. Who cares how loud the burp is? It's really loud. It's funny, guys. Anyway, Ralph explains that Vanelope is his best friend, and his life literally could not get any more perfect. When he says this, there's a bit of hesitancy from Venelope on this because she's actually getting kind of bored of doing the exact same thing over and over again every day. It's called Life, Sweetie, and you'll do it until you die. Out of nowhere, a new game is plugged into the power strip, which means everyone can access it now. except it's not a game at all, but actually a Wi-Fi router, which I guess means this arcade didn't have any internet connection before. I know the owner of this place is old, but it's like 2018 or something. Dude, come on. What are we doing here? My favorite part of this scene is when every character is completely oblivious to what the internet even is, but for some reason, Sonic knows. And he hits them with the M actually for a minute straight.

[00:03:04]>> Wiffy, >> it's actually pronounced Wi-Fi. Ralph, Wi-Fi is the internet, which is an online community where human beings >> I'm guessing this is a nod to Sonic's infamous internet presence. You know what I'm talking about. Disney is not above this. Anyway, everyone's excited to explore the internet, but this blue guard who's actually called Surge Protector. How adorable. He doesn't let anybody in because, quote, "It's new and different, so people should fear it." I guess that's kind of funny because he's an anxious guy and I can relate to him, I guess. But he kind of says this for no reason at all. I thought that maybe this would be the beginning for Surge Protector's backstory where he has like a spooky experience with the internet and explains why he hates it, but no, he literally just hates it because he's an anxious guy. I guess you know those Sur protectors, they're always so jittery.

[00:03:48]Before everyone returns to their games, Vanelope explains to Ralph yet again that she's bored of always doing the same thing. And instead of being there for her, Ralph for some reason takes this as an insult or something and gets really scared at the thought of arguing with Venelopey.

[00:04:01]>> Agree to disagree. Wait, I don't want to disagree.

[00:04:04]>> Why does he seem so concerned about something that's clearly a joke?

[00:04:07]>> We're arguing. I don't want to argue.

[00:04:10]>> Am I tripping? Or is Ralph acting like an idiot all of a sudden? I personally hate this scene a lot. And as we'll soon learn, it's essentially reframing a character's entire personality to something completely different than what it was in the first movie. And that character just so happens to be the main character that everyone loves. So, you know, that's not good. Ralph at the end of the first movie was kind of a confident guy. He found his own purpose or he he made his own purpose, I should say. But then we see him in this movie and he feels oddly dependent on Venelopey all the time. I wonder if his obsession will grow larger, says the clueless viewer. Let's find out. So, the arcade opens up and kids in the real world are playing the games. We find out that Venelope is super OP in her game because of her glitch power, which low-key bends the fabric of spacetime.

[00:04:53]Remember that? That was that was important. Penelope always wins, which is probably why she's so bored here, which is when we see Ralph in her game building her a new racetrack by hand to make her happy. And on the surface, this looks like a sweet thing, right? Like, my friend is depressed, so I'm going to do something to make them smile or whatever. But oh my god, if this isn't the most selfish thing in this entire movie. You see, Venelope sees the track and rides on it, which makes the girl in the real world lose control. So, I guess both the actual video game character and the real life person control the actions. Like these two are fighting for control of the cart and eventually the girl just breaks the machine since Vanelope wasn't giving her any slack.

[00:05:34]And as I stated, this scene is extremely selfish for two main reasons. First, it's the middle of the day and Ralph is literally in another game. This was the whole conflict of the first movie where Ralph wasn't there, so the machine was going to get shut down. Well, Ralph isn't there again, so I can only assume that he doesn't care about his game or the people in it, since if he did, he'd at least show up to work to stop them from dying. And second, this isn't really a selfish thing, but it's more of a bad writing thing. But isn't one of the main deterrents in Wreck-It Ralph something about going turbo, entering other games when the arcade is open and changing them to cause havoc? Isn't Ralph here literally going turbo by definition? Like sure, he's not insane that we know of at least, but he's straight up entering a different arcade game and altering it for his own pleasure. And he does this during the day. Like, can't you just wait to do this at like, I don't know, it's it's a weekday, probably 8:00 p.m. or something. Anyway, the owner of the arcade tries to fix the machine, but accidentally breaks the steering wheel in half. And when he looks at the price to buy a new one on eBay, it's just too expensive for him. So, unfortunately, Sugar Rush is most likely going to get shut down permanently. Ralph and Venelopey hear all about this and no one notices that he's right there listening to them in a completely different graphic style quality than his actual game. How is no one alarmed by this?

[00:06:47]>> Lit Wax's going to unplug the game.

[00:06:49]>> Okay, someone told me that if you are in the game when it's unplugged, you die, but if you're not in the game when it gets unplugged, you're just technically homeless. I still haven't forgotten about how they treated Cubert in the first movie. This franchise hates homeless people, man. So, everyone from this game escapes and needs to find a new place to stay. Later that night, when Vanillaope is being all depressed, Ralph is completely ignorant to his best friend losing her home and thinks that this is all a good thing somehow. I swear Ralph wasn't this obliviously stupid in the first movie. Rose is pushing 40 and still doesn't have the foresight to show empathy towards a friend he claims to care deeply about.

[00:07:22]>> I can't believe I don't have a game anymore.

[00:07:24]>> We can make an igloo out of pillows.

[00:07:26]>> During this, there's a bit where Felix and Calhoun adopt the other 15 racers from the game. And this is basically the only screen time these characters get at all in this movie. They're essentially relegated to what feels like a Family Guy cutaway gag. It's just there to give you a quick haha and to remind you that Felix loves being dominated by his Ria Ripley GF. So, while Venelope is still being very depressed, Ralph comes up with a great idea to go through the Wi-Fi tunnel and find a way to get their own steering wheel shipped to the arcade and fix the game. Penelope is immediately down to do anything because she's very depressed and wants to do literally anything else. How many times do I have to say it? She's very sad. And so the two sneak into the router. And again, this movie wants you to believe that Ralph is stupid so bad that any downtime between these two is spent reminding you of this fact.

[00:08:08]>> This is a shockingly sound, well thoughtout idea for you, Ralph. No offense.

[00:08:11]>> I know.

[00:08:11]>> The two travel to the router, which at first is very empty and boring, but then they travel to the internet, which is very colorful and filled with recognizable brands. Did you know Snapchat is on the internet? What about Amazon or YouTube? Have you guys heard of YouTube before? This is the internet.

[00:08:26]Obviously, I'm being slanderous on purpose. I don't think having brands in your movie automatically makes it bad or intrusive. I think having them here actually makes a lot of sense. And it especially beats making up fake brands that no one's ever heard of that just sound fake all the time. It's a good thing this movie at least doesn't do that, right?

[00:08:44]>> Mother of monkey milk.

[00:08:45]>> Ralph and Vanelopey find this search bar guy who knows everything. I'm not sure why, but I like this guy. I just think he's a cool looking fellow. This guy points them in the direction of eBay.

[00:08:53]So, we get a little travel montage where we see very iconic internet moments.

[00:08:57]things like Kenny has cheeseburger or girl putting on a dog filter and of course everyone complaining on Twitter probably. These two arrive at eBay and as they walk in there's a bunch of pop-up ads represented by these colored dudes holding signs. I wasn't aware that eBay had so many pop-up ads. I was like extremely surprised when I went to go check it out myself and turns out literally they don't have pop-up ads.

[00:09:17]This movie lied. It has no pop-up ads at all. So was this just meant to make eBay look bad? They already passed the eBay entrance by this point. So, visually, this movie is telling me that this is the eBay experience. If I was eBay, I' I'd be kind of mad about this. That's a good bit. We I'm only half joking. We have a good time around here. So, Ralph and Penelope see a bunch of auctions going on, and they almost immediately find the one for this specific arcade machine steering wheel. They show up and clearly don't understand that they're bidding with actual money. So, they both just start saying obscene numbers and out bidding themselves.

[00:09:48]>> 17 >> 18 >> 20 >> 23.

[00:09:50]>> BRO, where are these guys going to get thousands of dollars? And like, how are they going to get the product to the arcade? Do they even know the address?

[00:09:57]Thinking about this logically actually hurts my brain. Do not do this at home.

[00:10:01]Ralph tries to check out, but since he's got no money, he can't have the item.

[00:10:04]So, he's told that he has exactly 24 hours to come up with the payment method, or else he forfeits the steering wheel. The next 2 minutes of the movie is just Ralph being grumpy like a baby without his bottle. There's this ongoing joke where Ralph pronounces eBay as E boy because I guess he misheard the word when someone first said it to him. I can't tell you if this joke was funny in 2018, but in 2026, it's kind of hilarious actually because the words e boy evoke a completely different image in my head. It is what it is. My brain is mush at this point. Brain rod is real. After leaving this place that Ralph really doesn't like anymore.

[00:10:34]>> Hey buddy, you going to e boy? Well, I got some free advice for you. Don't.

[00:10:38]>> These two start coming up with ways to make money online. And I have to preface this by saying that the amount they need is just over $27,000.

[00:10:45]Listen, I don't care how many online surveys you fill out. You will literally never make that kind of money by clicking an ad ever. And speaking of ads, shout out to no one. This video isn't sponsored. So yeah, please leave a like and on the video and and a comment maybe. Here's three random Pokémon codes that you guys can have. I like this part where Ralph is so broke that he actually starts getting aggressive because he's so angry and he literally kills a person.

[00:11:13]Eventually, Ralph and Vanilla P click on one of those pop-up ads, and the guy is like, "If you find this car in a video game, I'll give you $40,000." Which, first of all, don't click ads. You will not make $40,000. This movie is lying to you. And second of all, how does this even work? Someone in real life placed a 40k bounty on this digital item. And if Ralph gets it, where does the money go?

[00:11:34]Does he have to open a PayPal account?

[00:11:35]Do video game characters secretly obey the laws of capitalism? I love the idea of Sonic secretly sitting on like 50 Bitcoin and not telling anyone ever.

[00:11:43]This movie is crazy. So, they go to this game and they find the $40,000 car.

[00:11:47]Turns out it belongs to this character named Shank who has some very questionable line delivery.

[00:11:52]>> Imagine a game without challenges. The same predictable thing every single time.

[00:11:58]>> These two steal the car and there's a very long chase scene which is actually pretty cool. This game is a lot more dangerous than the sugar rush game that Vanilla is used to. Plus, there's a breaking bad filter over it which is epic. However, before they can get away, they get cornered because Shank is actually kind of a pro. Ralph explains their money problem to which Shank doesn't let them take the car. However, she does kind of feel bad, so she forces Ralph to film a funny video and post it online without his consent. Obviously, this is like a weird thing. But Shank explains that there's better ways to make money online than stealing a car, such as becoming a Buzz Tube star. Yes, of course, it's that easy. Buzz Tube.

[00:12:31]Yes. So, the idea is that Ralph is going to make a couple wacky viral videos and then just make like a bajillion dollars.

[00:12:37]As an annoying YouTuber myself, I have a couple gripes with this premise right away. First of all, literally no, you can't just record and post a 15-second clip and make millions of dollars. Even if it does go viral, I promise you, you aren't making anything close to that amount, especially if your video is 15 seconds. Telling kids you should do stupid stuff for views because you could become rich, is pretty harmless most of the time. But it's also something I would probably never tell someone. And statistically, it's just kind of a lie.

[00:13:03]I've personally had decent success on this app, and I'm barely surviving, man.

[00:13:06]Okay, someone tell me where the infinite money glitches. I need it. I've also worked so hard on this channel for the past 10 years, trying so many different types of content and editing styles, and I finally found something that worked 10 years after trying. So, yeah, if figures it out on his very first video, I'm sorry if I'm annoyed. Anyway, it doesn't matter, dude. Who cares? It's It's a movie. It's not real. Anyway, these two walk around for a bit trying to find a way to make more money. And this is when we find out that there's only 8 hours remaining for them to pay for the steering wheel. So, I guess this entire racing thing went on for a whopping 16 hours somehow. How on earth has 2/3 of your time already expired? This makes no sense. We're not even halfway through the movie yet. Anyway, eventually these two head to Buzz Tube to see how their video is performing. There's cat videos, baby videos, movie trailers. It's basically just YouTube, but they call it Buzz Tube. I'm not sure why this very important plot point is called Buzz Tube since they literally are allowed to show the actual YouTube multiple times already in this movie. I'm sure it's got something to do with the licensing or something. I don't know anything about that. It's it's just very silly to me.

[00:14:05]Like imagine if you had a giant Google logo and brand name on a building or something and you just weren't allowed to say it even though you showed it multiple times. Wouldn't that be kind of silly? Of course it would. And that's exactly what happens.

[00:14:16]>> Guess we know where to go if we ever need a pair of goggles. Anyway, Ralph's video is going viral because of course it is. He meets the girl in charge of Buzz Tube and she makes him do a bunch more viral videos so they can both become rich or something. They make him eat spicy food. They make him do makeup tutorials. At one point, he does this Bob Ross impersonation. And it's actually one of the only parts in the movie that's made me smile. They also make him do whatever the hell this is.

[00:14:39]Seriously, what is going on? And just like that, Ralph is now an internet sensation and he's closing in on $27,000. Vanelopey takes on a side role as she becomes one of those spam pop-up ads. Except her ad brings people to Ralph's videos, I guess. So, she's helping out that way. As she's about to leave, Ralph gets all sad and anxious again because, as we found out, he's extremely dependent of Venelope.

[00:15:00]>> I just want to get out there and be useful >> without me. What if he >> It's kind of weird seeing a grown guy like Ralph be obsessed with someone like Vanelopey. I know the relationship is supposed to be a fatherdaughter type of thing, but it kind of comes across like Ralph has some sort of intellectual disability. They just made him act so oblivious all the time. It's not great.

[00:15:20]I I hope that it gets fixed, but I don't think it will. Anyway, hanging out with Venelopey now. She ends up in the Disney corner of the internet. Since Disney obviously owns this movie, there's like a million references in every frame. I could literally not talk about them all if I tried. There's jokes about personality quizzes, online forums. We even get a Stan Lee cameo, who actually died in real life just 9 days before this movie released to theaters. My personal theory is that Stanley saw an early screening of this movie, and it was so bad it actually killed him.

[00:15:48]Eventually, Venelope ends up in a room with all the Disney princesses. And I'll admit, this is probably the coolest scene in the entire movie. I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure every Disney princess in this scene is actually voiced by their original voice actress, which alone honestly makes it a notable scene for me. We get this cool scene where all these recognizable characters are interacting with each other. The princesses make fun of themselves for always needing a strong man to save them, which ironically is also true with Vanillaope low key. I think what's important here is that all of these interactions actually make sense, albeit they do kind of feel a little forced.

[00:16:18]But every princess here actually feels like an accurate representation of themselves. Pocahontas is calm and wise.

[00:16:24]Rapunzel is excited. Aurora is cautious.

[00:16:27]Ariel is just kind of moving her feet around and stuff. My point is, even with a very limited interaction, I feel like they actually did a really good job on these princesses, which makes it all the more baffling how they somehow made Ralph feel completely different despite almost 2 hours to not do that. Like, why does Ralph feel so weird? But the princesses are like spot on. How does that make sense? Venelope teaches these princesses how to dress in casual clothing, and in return, the princesses teach her how to break out into song.

[00:16:53]More on that later. Meanwhile, Ralph tries to steal a bunch of views from other videos because it's been 20 minutes and he's already fallen off, which is when he makes the mistake of reading the comments. Of course, there's a couple negative ones which sends him into a full-fledged depression. I'll be honest, that feeling does kind of suck.

[00:17:09]There's like thousands of nice comments and then one guy will just write something bad and then that comment sticks with you for days. You honestly just have to assume that every negative comment is written by someone who's like 12 years old or is just extremely miserable in every way. No normal person types out hate comments randomly. Okay, regular people just click off videos, dog. Anyway, Ralph just made 30 grand in less than a couple hours. I guess Buzz Tube pays out every 5 minutes or something. He calls Venelope to let her know, but she's secretly very sad about this because, believe it or not, she doesn't want to go back to her lousy sugar rush game. It's just not stimulating enough for her. She wants to hang out in the deadly Breaking Bad erasing game because it's cool. No, Mom.

[00:17:45]I don't want a kids meal made for babies. I want a burger combo made for adults. But also, no pickles. This is when Vanelope breaks out into song because she's officially recognized as a Disney princess, I think. And this song is kind of catchy. I'm a sucker for anything musical, to be honest. So, I don't know. This goes hard. She sings about wanting to move homes, about how this new game feels more exciting for her. And the old one just isn't cutting it anymore. There's also this random clown. I actually don't know why they did that.

[00:18:11]>> Happy dreams, not creepy clown dreams.

[00:18:14]>> Um, excuse me. What the actual >> By the end, Venelope talks to Shank about how much she loves this world.

[00:18:19]Ralph secretly overhears this and you'll never guess gets really depressed. This is when Ralph attempts to sabotage this entire game because he wants Vanelope all to himself. Listen, I'm not kidding here, okay? This part actually is kind of crazy. Because he wants to keep Vanilla Pee to himself, Ralph releases a virus in the game. It's explained that this virus finds insecurities in any game and then just copies it to other objects that are around. So, like the virus spots Vanelope and it copies her glitch ability to a bunch of stuff, essentially crashing the game.

[00:18:46]Thankfully, Ralph can be a hero one more time because he actually saves Venelope from dying here. Wow, he's such a nice guy. Don't you love him? But then the good times are cut short when Vanelopey realizes Ralph released the virus in the first place. And the tone of this scene switches drastically within the span of like 20 seconds.

[00:19:04]>> I messed up so bad.

[00:19:07]Why would I ever spend another second with you? used to argue, which is when the virus somehow survives and copies Ralph onto everything on the internet because he's insecure and this thing finds insecurities. Remember that's what it does. Pretty soon there's a million Ralphs and they're all chasing after Vanelope because he's obsessed with her.

[00:19:25]It's kind of weird. The internet in general is ruined and no one can access it anymore because there's so many Ralphs running around. I'm pretty sure a global shutdown of the internet for even a moment would cause millions of deaths around the world. But, you know, let's not think of that. Penelope and the real Ralph team up while being chased by all the obsessive copies of Ralph. And just in case you didn't understand the message behind this movie, Ralph makes it a point to literally explain what's going on. You know, just in case you had the movie on mute or something, >> I can see how I do come across as needy and clingy and self-destructive like knows more said.

[00:19:57]>> Thank you for explaining that, Ralph.

[00:19:58]The babyifying of this franchise needs to be studied because what do you mean?

[00:20:02]in the first movie is a morally complex work of art, while the sequel literally just spells everything out for you.

[00:20:08]Eventually, all the Ralphs merge into one giant Ralph. Everyone tries to fight this giant Ralph, but ultimately none of that works. Venelope admits defeat and says she'll spend all day with giant Ralph because that's basically the only thing that he really wants. Through this experience, the real Ralph realizes that he's been way too clingy and that Vanelope deserves to live her own life if she wants to. This makes Giant Ralph come to the same realization. So, just like that, he like stops the chaos and then he drops them. He's like, "He's done being obsessive now." I guess the virus doesn't exist anymore. There's this cool scene where all the princesses save Ralph from falling to his death.

[00:20:40]It's funny because the princesses saved the strong man in the story. Get it?

[00:20:43]It's the opposite. Haha. Very cool.

[00:20:45]Ralph and Vanelope now coming to terms with being apart, give each other a hug, and say their final goodbyes. That's it.

[00:20:51]Venelope wants to be in this game, and Ralph has to accept that. Ralph ends up purchasing the steering wheel somehow.

[00:20:57]So, Sugar Rush is essentially the same.

[00:20:59]Felix and Calhoun are officially recognized as the racers's parents, which is weird. I don't know even why are they in the movie? I don't get it.

[00:21:05]Even though he's having a hard time, Ralph does learn to make new friends instead of being obsessed with just one.

[00:21:10]We also learned that Vanilla is still chilling in her internet game having a good time. I guess she'll just stay in there until she inevitably gets bored of this one, too, and then needs to find another game. Let's be honest, dude.

[00:21:19]She's not going to stay in this one forever. She's already switched once.

[00:21:21]The two stay in contact, though, over the internet. And then Ralph enters his own game yet again, and the movie just ends.

[00:21:29]And that was the entire movie. Ralph Breaks the Internet. Was it actually that bad? I want to like this movie. I really do. And I get that hating on it is overdone at this point, but the truth is this movie just kind of falls flat.

[00:21:40]As a standalone thing, I think it's pretty inoffensive and low stakes, so it's probably all right things considered. However, when you think of this thing as a sequel, it just doesn't work at all. This movie has some good things going for it. Some characters are pretty funny or interesting. I don't hate the singing scene or the racing scene. I think it's all very cool looking, but to take what fundamentally makes Ralph the hero we all know and love and then change him to fit some other story you wrote feels shallow and incomplete. Like, not only was this character people loved for years changed for no real motive or reason, but the decisions made in the first film are basically ignored entirely. No one cares about going turbo. No one cares about their games possibly shutting down forever. Like, Venelope was just ready for it to never come back. She didn't care. It's the classic case of a sequel rewriting the history behind what made the original so successful. And whether you enjoy this movie or not, you can't lie. It kind of leaves a bitter taste in your mouth. I don't want to blindly hate on this. It's just not as good. That's the It is what it is, man. Or maybe you think it's better than the original, and you can you can think that. Whatever. Go ahead. That's awesome. Whatever, dude.

[00:22:42]I'm just a guy who watches movies and talks about them online. You can listen to me or not. It's your choice, I guess.

[00:22:47]But that's the end of the video. If you made it this far and enjoyed, please leave a like and comment. You can also hype the video if you're watching on your phone. All of that helps me out a bunch. If you want to support me further so I can make more videos like this, you can become a channel member for only $1.

[00:23:00]All members get their name here at the end of all my videos and also get access to exclusive emotes and even a Discord server I'm opening up. A big thank you to all my current members. You guys help out a bunch and I'm extremely appreciative of all of you. Seriously, thank you, thank you, thank you. Paul Abdul scores this one a solid Disney IP out of five. And yeah, thanks for watching.

[00:23:27]another second with you.

[00:23:29]>> Advice for you. Don't