Doomsday and armageddon just had a baby and it is ugly!Wreck-It Ralph · 2012 — Chapter 18 of 19 · 1'41" · B2
Ralph Pleads With Felix in the Dungeon, Explained: pull yourself together
Two friends reunite in a cell, one furious and one desperate for a favor. The argument keeps circling back to rejection, until one line flips it: “Yes, I do. That's every day of my life.” What looks like a repair job is really a plea for help.
What happens
Locked in King Candy's dungeon, Ralph finds Felix, who is angry and refusing to talk. Felix rants about being rejected and thrown in jail, until Ralph cuts in and admits he knows the feeling. Ralph then asks Felix to fix the go-kart that a little girl's only hope depends on.
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potty mouthcross with youpull yourself togethersomething awful
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Phrase of the scene
pull yourself together
振作起来；稳住情绪
菲力越说越激动，拉尔夫让他振作起来，别再沉浸在委屈里。
Pull yourself together, we have work to do.
Also in this scene
- potty mouth
爱说脏话的嘴
- cross with you
生你的气
- something awful
强烈得不得了
Everything marked in this scene
28 notes across 31 lines
Somebody! Anybody! Please let me out!elision
Somebody! Anybody! Please let me out!Why do I fix everything I touch?rhetorical why-question
Why do I fix everything I touch?But you have to fix this go-kart for me pronto.I don't have to do boo! Forgive my potty mouth.I don't have to do boo! Forgive my potty mouth.I don't have to do boo! Forgive my potty mouth.I'm just so, so cross with you!liaison
I'm just so, so cross with you!Do you have any idea what you put me through?I ran higgledy-piggledy all over creation looking for you.participle phrase
I ran higgledy-piggledy all over creation looking for you.I almost drowned in chocolate milk-mix!And then... I met the most dynamite gal.She gives me the honey glow something awful.She gives me the honey glow something awful.adverbial something awful
She gives me the honey glow something awful.But she rebuffed my affections.And then I got thrown in jail!Felix, pull yourself together.liaison
Felix, pull yourself together.No! Ralph. You don't know what it's like to be rejected and treated like a criminal!Yes, I do. That's every day of my life.Which is why I ran off and tried to be a good guy, but I'm not!There's a little girl whose only hope is this kart.will for promise
And I promise I will never try to be good again.Ralph Pleads With Felix in the Dungeon, explained
What's really going on
Felix's monologue is a comic detour that hides the real subject: both men have been defined by rejection. He's upset because someone rebuffed his affections, but Ralph one-ups him with “That's every day of my life,” and suddenly the pity turns mutual instead of one-sided. The plea that follows, “I'm just a bad guy, and I need your help,” is Ralph at his most unguarded — he stops arguing that he's good and simply asks a friend to do what only he can do. The broken go-kart is the excuse; the real ask is forgiveness.
Theme
IdentityRalph stops trying to prove he's good and calls himself a bad guy, yet the scene shows how much that label costs him.
FriendshipA fight between two friends turns when one admits he knows the other's pain, and the ask becomes a favor built on trust.
What you'll learn
- Use pull yourself together to tell someone to regain composure
- Say be cross with someone when you are angry
- Catch higgledy-piggledy as playful, exaggerated chaos
- Ask sincerely with I need your help
Listen for
- let me out — elision
- cross with you — liaison
- pull yourself together — liaison
Why do I fix everything I touch?Felix's complaint about his own gift: his instinct to repair things keeps pulling him back, even when he'd rather stay angry and do nothing.
Yes, I do. That's every day of my life.Ralph's quiet counter to Felix's self-pity: he isn't dismissing it, he's proving he has lived it every single day.
I'm just a bad guy, and I need your help.Ralph gives up the argument about being good and asks plainly. It's a confession and a request at once.
And I promise I will never try to be good again.The cost of the favor: Ralph offers to trade away his own hope of changing if it will get the little girl's kart fixed.
Questions about this scene
Why is Felix so angry at Ralph?
He's furious about everything that went wrong after Ralph left, including his own arrest. He refuses to talk to Ralph at first, even while he's being asked to fix a go-kart.
Why does Ralph say rejection happens every day of his life?
Because in his own game he's treated as the bad guy who wrecks things, so being disliked and pushed away is his normal existence. The line tells Felix that his pain isn't unique.
What does 'potty mouth' mean here?
It's a joking term for someone who swears. After a swear word, apologizing for your 'potty mouth' is a light way to acknowledge the slip, which keeps the rant playful.
What does Ralph ask Felix to do?
He asks Felix to fix a broken go-kart, because a little girl's only hope depends on it. It's the real reason he's begging his friend for help.
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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
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