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Where's Ralph? He should be wrecking the building.Wreck-It Ralph · 2012 — Chapter 5 of 19 · 1'47" · B1
Fix-It Felix Jr. Breaks Down, Explained: out to pasture
When the Fix-It Felix Jr. machine stops working and Ralph is nowhere to be found, the arcade owner refunds a customer and admits, "we're out of order." What looks like a small glitch becomes an existential crisis for the game's cast: with their star missing, they fear they'll be unplugged for good.
What happens
The arcade's Fix-It Felix Jr. cabinet breaks down mid-game, and Ralph, its supposed villain, has vanished. The owner tells a customer the machine is out of order and may need to be retired if it can't be fixed. Inside the game, the residents panic that they'll be shut off for good.
Listen for
a quarter backout to pastureStick with the programout of order
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Phrase of the scene
out to pasture
让年老的人或过时的东西退休、淘汰
老板对小女孩说，要是修不好，也许是时候让拉尔夫和菲力这款老游戏退休了。
The company put its oldest server out to pasture.
Also in this scene
- a quarter back
把二十五美分退还给你（说快时与 quarterback 同音）
- Stick with the program
按原定计划来
- out of order
出故障；暂停使用
Everything marked in this scene
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Shh! Stick with the program.Ralph! Quarter alert! Game on!Ralph! Quarter alert! Game on!liaison
Ralph! Quarter alert! Game on!Just act natural. I'll fix it.liaison
Just act natural. I'll fix it.Oh my land! Where is he?Oh my land! Where is he?What's the trouble, sweetheart?The game's busted.Oh boy.Looks like the game's gone cuckoo, like my nana.looks like-clause
Looks like the game's gone cuckoo, like my nana.Sorry, sweetie. Here's your quarter back.But if he can't fix it, it might be time to put old Ralph and Felix out to pasture.But if he can't fix it, it might be time to put old Ralph and Felix out to pasture.if-clause
But if he can't fix it, it might be time to put old Ralph and Felix out to pasture.Ladies and gentlemen, we're out of order.Sweet mercy! Without Ralph, we're doomed!Sweet mercy! Without Ralph, we're doomed!They're going to pull our plug!going to future
They're going to pull our plug!liaison
Ralph probably fell asleep in the washroom of Tapper's again.Fix-It Felix Jr. Breaks Down, explained
What's really going on
The comedy is about a machine failing, but the fear underneath is about obsolescence and being replaced. The arcade owner delivers the verdict gently — "it might be time to put old Ralph and Felix out to pasture" — and the characters hear a death sentence. "They're going to pull our plug!" one of them cries. Their whole world runs on human coins and human attention, so a broken cabinet isn't an inconvenience; it's the end of their existence. The scene sets up Ralph's later desperation: a character who isn't needed by his own game has every reason to go looking for somewhere he matters.
Theme
SurvivalWith Ralph missing and the machine broken, the characters fear being unplugged and erased.
IdentityRalph's role is what keeps the game running; without him, he and Felix are disposable.
What you'll learn
- Use Stick with the program in the same situation
- Hear act natural as pressure, not small talk
- Catch who the line is aimed at
Listen for
- Game on — liaison
- act natural — liaison
- fell asleep — liaison
Looks like the game's gone cuckoo, like my nana.The owner's folksy way of saying the machine has gone haywire, casually comparing it to his confused grandmother.
Ladies and gentlemen, we're out of order.The formal announcement that the arcade game is temporarily closed because it's broken.
Sweet mercy! Without Ralph, we're doomed!A panicked character declares that Ralph's absence means the whole game is finished.
They're going to pull our plug!The characters' worst fear: the humans will shut their machine down and end them.
Questions about this scene
Why does the arcade owner refund the girl?
The Fix-It Felix Jr. machine has broken down and won't play properly, so he gives her quarter back and promises to have someone look at it tomorrow.
What does it mean to put Ralph and Felix "out to pasture"?
It's a folksy way of saying they'd be retired and scrapped. The owner means the old game might be removed if it can't be repaired.
Why do the game characters panic about being unplugged?
Their world only exists while the machine runs on coins. A broken cabinet that gets retired would erase all of them, so Ralph's disappearance is an emergency.
Where has Ralph actually gone?
He's wandered off instead of doing his job as the game's villain. The scene ends with someone spotting him, and the others assume he simply fell asleep somewhere.
Wreck-It Ralph · 19 chapters
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Up next · Chapter 6state your businessFelix Searches Hero's Duty for Ralph
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
Watching · 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
Chapter 19a nice ring to itVanellope Rejects the CrownChapter 5 of 19 · about 36 min to go