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Wreck-It Ralph · 2012 — Chapter 2 of 19 · 2'38" · B1

Ralph Shows Up to Bad-Anon, Explained: come to terms with

At a support group for video-game villains, one attendee finally shows up and admits, "I don't want to be the bad guy anymore." The others answer with sympathy, but also a warning: wanting more out of life is exactly what they call "going turbo" — the one thing a bad guy must never do.

What happens

Ralph attends Bad-Anon, a support group where video-game villains gather to accept their roles. He confesses he no longer wants to be the bad guy. A fellow villain describes his own epiphany, another greets him with an anniversary wish, and the group warns him not to "go turbo" before closing with their affirmation.

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Phrase of the scene

come to terms with

接受一件难接受的事

坏人们告诉刚来的拉尔夫，他们早已接受自己是坏人这件事，并劝他也认命。

She is still coming to terms with the move.

Also in this scene

  • moment of clarity

    突然想通的瞬间

  • going turbo

    越界乱来；抢别人的地盘

  • One game at a time

    一次先顾好一件

Everything marked in this scene

27 notes across 54 lines

Phrase · B2come to terms with somethingAnd we've come to terms with it.
Soundcome to terms with

weak form

And we've come to terms with it.
Phrase · B2hit bottomI relate to you, Ralph. When I hit bottom, I was crushing man's skull like sparrow egg between my thighs.
Phrase · B1relate to someoneI relate to you, Ralph. When I hit bottom, I was crushing man's skull like sparrow egg between my thighs.
Soundhit bottom

flap

I relate to you, Ralph. When I hit bottom, I was crushing man's skull like sparrow egg between my thighs.
Phrase · B2a moment of clarityThen I have moment of clarity.
Phrase · B2lose someone thereRight. I'm sorry. You lost me there.
Phrase · B1show upAnd tonight you finally show up.
Phrase · B1feel like doing somethingI just felt like coming.
Phrase · B1have something to do with somethingI mean, I suppose it has something to do with the fact that...
Slang · B2SatanThanks, Satan.
Phrase · B1here's the thingGot it. But here's the thing.
Phrase · B1be the bad guyI don't want to be the bad guy anymore.
Phrase · B1mess with somethingYou can't mess with the program, Ralph.
Grammar · B1You can't mess with the program

modal can't

You can't mess with the program, Ralph.
Phrase · B2go turboYou're not going turbo, are you?
Grammar · B2You're not going turbo, are you?

tag question

You're not going turbo, are you?
Slang · B2going turboYou're not going turbo, are you?
Phrase · B1every once in a whileOr a piece of pie every once in a while?
Soundonce in a while

liaison

Or a piece of pie every once in a while?
Phrase · B2get more out of somethingIs it turbo to want more out of life?
Phrase · B1change who someone isBut we can't change who we are.
Phrase · B1be better offthe better off your game and your life will be.
Grammar · B2the better off your game and your life will be

comparative result

the better off your game and your life will be.
Phrase · B1one something at a timeHey. One game at a time, Ralph.
Grammar · B2There's no one I'd rather be than me

would rather A than B

There's no one I'd rather be than me.
Phrase · A2hang in thereHang in there, Ralph.

Ralph Shows Up to Bad-Anon, explained

What's really going on

Under the jokes, this scene is about whether a person can change a role they were written into. Ralph insists his wants are ordinary — "Is it turbo to want more out of life?" — but the group treats that question as proof he's already sliding. Their answer, "we can't change who we are," is delivered kindly and is arguably exactly Ralph's problem: everyone around him has made peace with a flaw the film will spend its running time letting him reject. The comedic exaggeration, a villain mourning "sparrow egg" skulls, hides a real sting: the people who care about you most may be the ones telling you to stay small.

Theme

IdentityRalph wants to stop being the 'bad guy'; the group insists his label is fixed.
FriendshipThe villains gather as a support group, offering acceptance that also limits him.

What you'll learn

  • Use come to terms with for accepting reality.
  • Understand hit bottom as reaching a low point.
  • Use the sooner..., the better... pattern.
  • Hear go turbo as a comic identity warning.

Listen for

  • come to terms with — weak form
  • hit bottom — flap
  • once in a while — liaison
I'm bad, and that's good.

The group's closing affirmation: being the villain is a role, not a moral failure, so accept it and move on.

Is it turbo to want more out of life?

Ralph asks whether ordinary wishes — friendship, recognition, a slice of pie — really count as the forbidden "turbo."

But we can't change who we are.

The group's gentle verdict: your assigned role is fixed, so stop trying to rewrite it.

There's no one I'd rather be than me.

The affirmation's final line: accept yourself as you are, even as a bad guy.

Questions about this scene

Why does the group tell Ralph he can't change who he is?

They've all made peace with being villains and see his restlessness as a threat to the games. Their warning reflects the film's world, where a character leaving its own game can wreck it.

What does "going turbo" mean?

It refers to Turbo, a character who abandoned his own game and invaded others. In Bad-Anon it means breaking your role and messing with another game, with disastrous results.

Is Ralph wrong to want a friend and a medal?

The scene frames his wish as understandable. The others' rejection says more about their fear than about Ralph, and the rest of the film tests whether their rule really holds.

Why do the villains greet each other with "Hi, zombie"?

Bad-Anon is a parody of a real support group, complete with a check-in ritual. The absurd greetings play the joke straight: these are monsters doing ordinary group-therapy business.

Wreck-It Ralph · 19 chapters

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Up next · Chapter 3the end of the worldRalph Crashes the Anniversary Party
Chapter 1name of the gameRalph's Opening MonologueWatching · Chapter 2come to terms withRalph Shows Up to Bad-AnonChapter 3the end of the worldRalph Crashes the Anniversary PartyChapter 4a four-letter wordCalhoun's Hero's Duty BriefingChapter 5out to pastureFix-It Felix Jr. Breaks DownChapter 6state your businessFelix Searches Hero's Duty for RalphChapter 7a ticket to a better lifeVanellope Outsmarts RalphChapter 8a smoking huskCalhoun Explains the Cy-Bug ThreatChapter 9wipe the slate cleanVanellope Crashes the Roster RaceChapter 10another thing comingKing Candy Threatens RalphChapter 11an accident waiting to happenVanellope Makes a DealChapter 12stole Turbo's thunderCalhoun Explains the Turbo WarningChapter 13outside your comfort zoneRalph Bakes a Kart in a MinuteChapter 14in the bagRalph Learns to Drive a KartChapter 15talk a little sense intoKing Candy Visits RalphChapter 16go down with the shipRalph Betrays VanellopeChapter 17take it to my graveRalph Licks Sour Bill for AnswersChapter 18pull yourself togetherRalph Pleads With Felix in the DungeonChapter 19a nice ring to itVanellope Rejects the Crown
Chapter 2 of 19 · about 44 min to go