We are so sorry about the way we treated you.Wreck-It Ralph · 2012 — Chapter 19 of 19 · 1'42" · B1
Vanellope Rejects the Crown, Explained: a nice ring to it
On the surface it is a coronation: the crowd remembers their princess and lines up to apologize. Underneath, she is rewriting the script. She toys with revenge, then turns down the throne altogether, saying "I'm a racer with the greatest superpower ever," and proposes a democracy instead.
What happens
The crowd suddenly recognizes the glitch girl as their long-lost princess and rushes to apologize. She milks the moment with a mock execution order, then drops it and refuses the crown. When someone asks who will lead them, she offers herself as president of a constitutional democracy.
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along the lines ofa nice ring to ithereby decreepardon me for asking
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Phrase of the scene
a nice ring to it
听起来顺耳、好听
范罗佩给自己取了总统的头衔，还问大家这个称呼是不是听起来很顺耳。
Team captain has a nice ring to it.
Also in this scene
- along the lines of
大致类似于；差不多是
- hereby decree
特此宣布；正式下令
- pardon me for asking
恕我冒昧问一句
Everything marked in this scene
27 notes across 34 lines
I was just doing what Taffyta told me to do!Tut-tut.As your merciful princess, I hereby decree that everyone who was ever mean to me shall beAs your merciful princess, I hereby decree that everyone who was ever mean to me shall berelative clause with who
As your merciful princess, I hereby decree that everyone who was ever mean to me shall beliaison
As your merciful princess, I hereby decree that everyone who was ever mean to me shall beThis place just got interesting.I'm just kidding. Stop crying, Taffyta.So this is the real you. Princess.Aw, Ralph, what are you, nuts? Come on. This isn't me.Look, the code may say I'm a princess.may for concession
Look, the code may say I'm a princess.But I know who I really am, Ralph, I'm a racer with the greatest superpower ever.superlative with ever
But I know who I really am, Ralph, I'm a racer with the greatest superpower ever.I was glitching through the walls.liaison
I was glitching through the walls.I'm not giving that up.Um, pardon me for asking, but without a princess, who's going to lead us?Me. I'm thinking more along the lines of a constitutional democracy.Me. I'm thinking more along the lines of a constitutional democracy.Has a nice ring to it, don't you think?Has a nice ring to it, don't you think?Fix-It, Wreck-It, the arcade's about to open.be about to
Fix-It, Wreck-It, the arcade's about to open.elision
Fix-It, Wreck-It, the arcade's about to open.Let's move 'em out.Vanellope Rejects the Crown, explained
What's really going on
The scene is about who gets to define a person. The crowd flips from cruelty to flattery the moment the title surfaces, eager to say "We are so sorry about the way we treated you." The girl plays along just long enough to scare them, then makes her real point: the crown is data, not identity. Ralph assumes the princess is the true her, but she answers that the code can call her whatever it likes—she still calls herself a racer with the greatest superpower ever. Her answer to "who's going to lead us?" is a joke that is also a manifesto: she keeps the role's authority but rewrites its name, trading a throne for a presidency.
Theme
IdentityThe crowd's memory of her title changes nothing about who she chooses to be.
PowerShe refuses a throne but keeps the authority, renaming her rule as an elected presidency.
What you'll learn
- Separate a label from your identity.
- Use hereby decree for mock formality.
- Hear nuts as an informal shocked question.
- Use nice ring to it for pleasing wording.
Listen for
- hereby decree — liaison
- glitching through — liaison
- about to open — elision
But I know who I really am, Ralph, I'm a racer with the greatest superpower ever.She defines herself by what she can do, not by the title the code assigns her, and treats her glitch as a gift.
Me. I'm thinking more along the lines of a constitutional democracy.She answers the leadership question by seizing the role but changing its form, swapping a crown for a vote.
Has a nice ring to it, don't you think?She is fishing for approval of her new title, half joking and half really wanting them to like it.
So this is the real you. Princess.He assumes the royal title reveals the true her, setting up the identity argument she is about to reject.
Questions about this scene
Why does the crowd suddenly apologize to her?
Once her title as princess surfaces, they remember who she is and switch from mockery to apology, blaming each other for the past.
Was she serious about executing everyone?
No. She lets the threat hang long enough to frighten them, then admits she is kidding and tells one of them to stop crying.
Why does she refuse to be a princess?
She says the code may label her a princess, but she sees herself as a racer and won't give up the glitching power that comes with it.
Who leads Sugar Rush at the end?
She does—not as a princess but as a president, since she proposes a constitutional democracy and offers herself for the job.
Wreck-It Ralph · 19 chapters
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Chapter 1name of the gameRalph's Opening Monologue
Chapter 2come to terms withRalph Shows Up to Bad-Anon
Chapter 3the end of the worldRalph Crashes the Anniversary Party
Chapter 4a four-letter wordCalhoun's Hero's Duty Briefing
Chapter 5out to pastureFix-It Felix Jr. Breaks Down
Chapter 6state your businessFelix Searches Hero's Duty for Ralph
Chapter 7a ticket to a better lifeVanellope Outsmarts Ralph
Chapter 8a smoking huskCalhoun Explains the Cy-Bug Threat
Chapter 9wipe the slate cleanVanellope Crashes the Roster Race
Chapter 10another thing comingKing Candy Threatens Ralph
Chapter 11an accident waiting to happenVanellope Makes a Deal
Chapter 12stole Turbo's thunderCalhoun Explains the Turbo Warning
Chapter 13outside your comfort zoneRalph Bakes a Kart in a Minute
Chapter 14in the bagRalph Learns to Drive a Kart
Chapter 15talk a little sense intoKing Candy Visits Ralph
Chapter 16go down with the shipRalph Betrays Vanellope
Chapter 17take it to my graveRalph Licks Sour Bill for Answers
Chapter 18pull yourself togetherRalph Pleads With Felix in the Dungeon
Watching · Chapter 19a nice ring to itVanellope Rejects the CrownThat's all 19 chapters of this film