What's the good word, brother?Ralph Breaks the Internet · 2018 — Chapter 17 of 21 · 3'01" · B1
Vanellope Wants a New Home, Explained: a kick in the face
Vanellope admits to Shank that Slaughter Race feels like home, and Shank offers the lesson in the title: "There is no law saying best friends have to have the same dreams." When Ralph learns she wants to stay, he takes it as a betrayal and starts scheming.
What happens
In the car, Vanellope confides in Shank that Slaughter Race feels more like home than Sugar Rush, and that she cannot go back. Shank tells her that best friends do not need identical dreams and that she is always welcome. Later, Ralph learns of this and feels betrayed.
Listen for
a kick in the facehold it against someonewhite knightShank you
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Phrase of the scene
a kick in the face
当头一棒；狠狠的一击
拉尔夫得知云妮洛普想留在这个游戏后，用这句话形容被最信任的人抛下的打击。
Losing that job felt like a kick in the face.
Also in this scene
- hold it against someone
to resent someone for something over time
- white knight
someone who charges in to rescue others, often uninvited
- Shank you
a name-based pun on thank you
Everything marked in this scene
36 notes across 66 lines
and we are going home.liaison
and we are going home.Hey, have you seen Vanellope anywhere?Hope she's not lost.Let me try to reach her on this doohickey.See over there? Over that mountain?liaison
See over there? Over that mountain?It's gonna be unlocked next month.Hey, what are you doing in that awful game with her?I know it sounds crazy...but the second I walked into this game, it felt...the second
but the second I walked into this game, it felt...Well, it felt like home.more than
I mean, more than Sugar Rush ever did.Oh, yeah? How so?'Cause it's like my dream.It's full of weirdos...and the racing is super dangerous...and you never know what's gonna happen next.Here's something I wish I'd learned years ago.There is no law saying best friends have to have the same dreams.there's no law saying
There is no law saying best friends have to have the same dreams.You are a very wise person, Shank.you are always welcome here.But that's the thing, I want this to be my normal.But that's the thing, I want this to be my normal.You know, where I come from, that's called a kick in the face.A straight-up donkey kick to the teeth.She's supposed to be my best friend.No, she's been brainwashed.someone who charges in to rescue others, often uninvited
Shank warns Ralph not to storm in and play the rescuing hero.
but you charge in there like some white knight...elision
but you charge in there like some white knight...to resent someone for something over time
Shank warns Ralph that forcing the issue could make Vanellope resent him.
she's liable to hold it against you.be liable to
she's liable to hold it against you.Then how do I make her leave?Vanellope Wants a New Home, explained
What's really going on
The scene is where the film stops being a comedy about the internet and becomes a story about growing apart. Vanellope admits what she cannot say to Ralph: the new game feels like home, and she wants it to be her life. Shank does not push her either way; she gives her the sentence that defines the movie — "There is no law saying best friends have to have the same dreams" — and leaves the door open. Then the film cuts to Ralph, who can only hear it as abandonment, and calls it "a kick in the face." He refuses to accept that Vanellope might want something different, and his hurt turns straight into a plan to control her. The scene sets up the choice the ending has to resolve: love someone, or hold on to them.
Theme
FriendshipShank teaches that best friends can want different things without the friendship ending.
IdentityVanellope realizes the dangerous new game feels more like home than the one she came from.
What you'll learn
- Notice how "Shank you" changes the exchange.
- Listen for the attitude carried by "Shank you".
- Try the phrase in a comparable conversation.
Listen for
- going home — liaison
- over there — liaison
- white knight — elision
There is no law saying best friends have to have the same dreams.The film's thesis: closeness does not require wanting the same life, and friendship can survive difference.
But that's the thing, I want this to be my normal.Her real request: not a visit or a game, but a whole life in the place that finally feels right.
You know, where I come from, that's called a kick in the face.Ralph's blunt way of saying her choice feels like a deliberate blow from the person closest to him.
She's supposed to be my best friend.His sense of betrayal rests on an expectation of loyalty he thinks she has broken.
Because the Vanellope I know would never abandon me like that.He explains her wish away as brainwashing rather than accept that she has changed.
Questions about this scene
Why does Vanellope want to stay in Slaughter Race?
She says it feels like home, more than Sugar Rush did, because it is full of weirdos, the racing is dangerous, and she never knows what will happen next.
What does Shank tell her about friendship?
She says there is no law that best friends have to have the same dreams, and she makes clear that Vanellope is always welcome there.
Why is Ralph so upset?
He hears her wish to stay as abandonment and calls it a kick in the face, insisting the Vanellope he knows would never leave him like that.
What does Ralph decide to do about it?
He refuses to let her stay and starts looking for a way to make the game boring so that she will want to leave it.
Ralph Breaks the Internet · 21 chapters
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Up next · Chapter 18keep a low profileBuying a Virus in the Darknet
Chapter 1riddle me thisRiddles on the Rooftop
Chapter 2agree to disagreeThe Arcade Gets Wi-Fi
Chapter 3go out of businessRalph Breaks Sugar Rush
Chapter 4That's the stuffVanellope Asks Who She Is
Chapter 5beggars can't be choosersFelix and Calhoun Adopt the Racers
Chapter 6on the houseRalph Mishears eBay
Chapter 7Not on my watchRalph and Vanellope Enter the Internet
Chapter 8put Humpty Dumpty together againKnowsMore Finishes Your Sentences
Chapter 9going once, going twiceRalph and Vanellope Win the Auction
Chapter 10I got a guySpamley Pitches Loot Hunting
Chapter 11mess with the bullStealing Shank's Car in Slaughter Race
Chapter 12go viralShank Offers to Make Them Viral
Chapter 13saturate the marketYesss Explains Hearts Are Money
Chapter 14like shoes and socksRalph and Vanellope Say Goodbye
Chapter 15the million-dollar questionThe Princesses Vet Vanellope
Chapter 16bring out the worst in someoneRalph Reads the Comments
Watching · Chapter 17a kick in the faceVanellope Wants a New Home
Chapter 18keep a low profileBuying a Virus in the Darknet
Chapter 19an empty gestureRalph's Clones Chase Vanellope
Chapter 20hold someone backRalph Says Let Her Go
Chapter 21don't be a strangerRalph and Vanellope Say GoodbyeChapter 17 of 21 · about 12 min to go