It's better when you realize Turbo only did this to the one Sugar Rush unit. Meaning, there is exactly one unit that had a character, King Candy, who exists in no other copies of the game, cannot be found by rom-hacking, and the developers have zero notes about this character. King Candy is a living creepypasta in this setting and should be bringing in more business of people who just want to see the character who doesn't exist.
I really love this, and I never thought of it that way. I kinda wish this was a little more of a concept in the movie. Even if it was just a passing comment by the two kids shown playing it at one point.
I had a start on this thought but didn't think through it fully, that's actually fucking amazing to think about. Imagine someone hacked a arcade unit do add oddities like this, to freak people out and get rumors spreading. If it didn't happen, this might as well inspire someone.
that's what i kept thinking about too! the devs obviously didn't add him so i would love to see their point of view on it. cause by 2012 idk how they wouldn't have heard about it
One thing I noticed: "What are you, the guy that makes the donuts?" might take him off-guard because... the turbotime track is one loop. Turbo DID make donuts, or at least perform them. He WAS the guy that did the donuts.
Also, a common victory celebration in racing is to do donuts while burning out. Since Turbo was all about winning, and from his game, it seems like he was routinely the winner, he must've done an awful lot of donuts.
Also, the fact that the cops are donuts may add to this, because he did (symbolically) make the donuts. Lemme explain: He took away all source of memory for all the characters in sugar rush, and since King Candy was the only source of power and information, he was able to make the donuts into his loyal henchman without the donut cops suspecting a thing. Thus, this now not only has a double meaning, but a TRIPPLE MEANING: Ralph just being mad at King Candy and insulting him, a reference to the donut track from Turbo’s original game, AND the fact that King Candy did, in fact, figuratively “make the donuts”, because he molded them into being what he wanted them to be - and therefore “making the donuts” into something else. Also, another foreshadowing reference in plain sight :)
The most terrifying part of King Candy’s deception isn’t that he fooled an entire game but that he fooled an entire arcade for 15 years when the main character of the game is on the side of the machine in the same car he drives. Any player could have gone to another arcade with the machine in it and have a very real chance to find Vanellope playable in that arcade with no King Candy in sight. Players would be digging around majorly about this mysterious character. One more side note notice how Turbo’s alias also does not fit in with the other racers’ elaborate names based off of candy, it’s just one more tiny detail to point out this massive lie.
Maybe they thought it was an arg meant for the played to figure out why there’s only one king candy character or they thought it was a bug and liked it
I think the whole "new racers daily" gimmick of sugar rush and the rotating roster of characters did a lot to cover king candy's tracks. You'd have to have played two different consoles multiple times each over different days to notice anything was amiss
How dumb IS turbo to not realise he still exists in other arcades though? He knows how to code he can hack his own consciousness into a different turbo, but NO he chooses the ‘ruin a 9 year old girls life for 15 years because she cant code like you’
As a passionate game modder, King Candy is one of my favorite villains of all time because he is both a game modder and a modded game character. -Often when a new character is modded into a game, they feel out of place, like King Candy in the pink throne room or being an old guy among a lot of young characters. -Code in game mods are often excessive and inefficient compared to the main game, which would explain his massive code box -Modded characters are generally modified versions of existing characters and if the mod breaks, the character reverts to its vanilla counterpart. Such as King Candy reverting to Turbo when he touches Vanelope -Many racing games have limited character slots, so modded characters have to replace an existing character. Like what King Candy did to Vanelope
I would theorise that King Candy's enlarged code box isn't just to represent ego but because it's full of spaghetti-code: it's hugely ineffecient and runs badly because he is not a programmer.
Or, that since he was programmed on a older system, with different specifications (those old cabinets have boards bigger than modern laptops), there was a need for an emulator to be added.
I thought it was also enlarged because he put so much stuff in it. like it's "bloated" because he keeps taking things from other places and putting it in his own code so he can have it for himself
"Ralph... You're not going Turbo, are you?" You ever notice how he holds back a smile when he says that? You can see the dimples start to form at multiple points in that sentence and there are a few frames where the corners of his mouth are turned upwards.
@@GayAnnabeth You could think of it that way. Or he's secretly proud that someone else is following in his footsteps, even if he's wary of those footsteps leading to where the game he's in now. Notice how King Candy only commented on the game jumping after Ralph mentioned Hero's Duty, not with the fact that he's in Sugar Rush. Might lend some credence to this.
I think what scares me most about the reveal of Turbo's Cybug form is the fact that he's laughing and giggling throughout the ENTIRE FIGHT. He's absolutely *ECSTATIC* to be in a form where he could truly be the perfect virus he always wanted to be, and all he can do is just laugh, and laugh, and laugh, and laugh.
I had an awful fear of this movie because of Cybug King Candy. Watching the end of the movie for the first time horrified little me beyond belief. That smug bastard
The best part was when he gets defeated by the Cybug's own nature. His laughter stops, warning the Cybugs to not go to the light, only to then fall into it while part of him tries to resist... and then he dies screaming.
I'd also like to add how ironic it is how King Candy is killed off. The whole point of his character is that he goes against his programming, making himself into something he is not supposed to be by becoming King Candy. He does this again when he is turned into a sci-bug, rejecting his original programming further. But it is the programming of the sci-bug, their instictive need to go towards light, he fuses with that causes him to die, having him killed off by the very thing he had been running from for 15 years. His programming. He had rejected and changed his programming so much over his life, and he finally went over the limit with the sci-bug transformation.
Fun fact: back in sixth grade, I had such a huge hyper fixation with this movie, that I even memorized all the names of the sugar rush racers and their cars. I can still recount most of them today. Turbo really went and isolated/tortured a little girl for a whole 15 YEARS. Like at least Ralph could leave his game to go mingle with his other bad guy friends. Vanellope literally had NO ONE. It’s a miracle she didn’t end up going insane
@@WobblesandBeanThere were parts of the movie that felt like it was a genuine promo for a rollercoaster, (including one part where it intentionally makes the 'clk clk clk' sound before going down fast a bit of road) i really wish it existed.
One thing I always think about when rewatching the movie is that if Turbo had only like, even pretended to care about Venelope, he might've never lost. Like if he had just given her a home, and told her "You cannot race due to being a glitch, but here, have a comfortable house, your own side track to race on" and told the citizens to treat her with respect, he would've won. All he had to do is not be a prick!
@@iceheap9422 I mean, there is no reason she couldn't race with the other racers off the clock for fun. He just needed to keep her off the roster while the arcade is open, like a curfew.
Could've even made her "princess" thus created loyalty through paternal love of his poor disabled daughter who only races on special after hours events. It'd been hard for her to turn to Ralph against her own dad.
PLUS: he could've just done what Q'bert did at the end of the movie and be included on Vanellope's behalf. He could've just ASKED to be included! But no, he didn't his narcissism had the better of him and he had to make himself king.
"The kart Vanellope stole was left behind by.... uh...." Me who memorised all the Sugar Rush racers when I was 12: "I am ten parallel universes ahead of you"
naming all the Sugar Rush racers by heart is my party trick, and by "party trick" i mean "proof i'm not neurotypical and never was, even at age 12." i wanted Sugar Rush to be a real game SO BAD.
@@TheWayOfTheWott Literally. I used to be obsessed with wreck it ralph because of sugar rush. Disney dropped the ball when it comes to the official sugar rush games and other wreck it ralph games they released. We should've gotten sugar rush on the 3ds
You have single handedly created an entire fanbase for turbo. I went on tumblr after watching this and the spike in turbo fanart, AU's etc has spiked since this video came out. Genuinely insane how it takes one well made video to spark so much interest in a underrated villain. Turbotastic 👍
FUN FACT: As king candy he talks with a lisp, but when he goes back to turbo and when his secret is revealed, he losses the lisp. I think that’s cool little detail, and it shows just how thought out his plan was where he even put on a new voice.
omg I just listened to the voices back to back. Its true. Although he loses it its not a complete loss. From what I hear, he has a subtle lisp left with the rest of his speech being rather normal for the most part.
@@RandomDragonEXEprobably a bit of a remnant from the time he spent in the voice. Although I’m guessing the voice actor might just have a bit of a lisp himself
2:04:05 Friend of mine from high school was a MASSIVE Wreck it Ralph fan and super involved in the fandom back in the day, and this was her favorite character. She sadly passed away from some chronic health issues in 2015 when she was only 17 and would have absolutely fucking adored this video. Thank you so much for making this. Feels like I'm hanging out with her again :')
Reading this made me cry, thank you for sharing something so human and vulnerable. 🥺I feel so incredibly honored that this silly video made you feel connected to your friend and her memory❤I'm sure she's resting well.
We need more twist villains where the twist isn’t that they're a villain, the twist is that their motives are different. Like, Turbo is so great just because you think he's just a silly guy who wants to be the best racer in a candythemed game. But then you find out he wants to be the best racer, period, and he'll hurt/kill anyone to do it. I will forever be tormented by the fact that Hans from Frozen would be a better villain if we knew he wanted power from the start. We think he's a sleazy dude, but then we find out hes willing to kill to get what he wants
I will not understand why they didn't have the duke of welston be the main villian considering he was already trying to kill elsa and to make it worse he didn't get any punishment for it
DOR-15 from Meet the Robinsons is also another good example of what you are talking about (as at first she seems to be just a villainous sidekick for Bowler Hat Guy when in actuality she was just using him as a pawn to brainwash and enslave the city).
As an artist who loves obscure game info, I've always wondered HOW Turbo was able to change his appearance. My closest guess is that he found the King Candy character deep within the games files, like a husk because he's a deleted character with no important code attached to him. A looooot of games have a bunch of unused assets, from characters to whole ass world maps. It'd also explain why Candy has a codeable node in the game to begin with. Which would make Turbo even more of a parasite, because he didn't even make his own disguise, he's wearing a dead body. A dead body filled with spaghetti code. ...maybe I'm just overthinking it.
Could Turbo have taken bits and pieces of the appearances of other characters in Sugar Rush to build his new appearance? Venelope created a new outfit for her, did she not? So, Turbo could have done the same(ish).
Has to be that way. His code box is named "King Candy" and not "Turbo," and if Turbo could port his code from his home game, then he would likely be able to respawn in Sugar Rush. I definitely believe Turbo just heavily modified an existing node, whatever it was.
I personally think that Turbo escaped roadblasters because Litwak didn’t immediately unplug roadblasters, he put the sign on it, which means he was going to call someone to fix it like he did when Ralph left his game, because why have a sign nobody could see, which means Turbo had a WHOLE DAY AT LEAST to leave roadblasters, and find a good hiding spot to do his coding and not dying.
It's perceived as comical until you see the bigger picture....he resents her for being a younger character who has everything before she begins her life since she's a princess of a kingdom with her own race track that's a thousand times bigger than his race track ever was It's really no different than Scar from "The Lion King" wanting to kill off Simba so he can take over the throne He resents this pure child for having everything he's strived for
My mom worked on this movie and decided to not tell me the twist the whole time and I was so flabbergasted. THATS a good twist villain if I could see so much of the movie for over a year and he STILL GOT ME. Yeah. I was nine lol.
Bonus* when making this they had arcade machines for tapper, wreck it Ralph, and Qbert in the studio, as well as piles of candy (that I wasn’t allowed to eat) and I played Qbert A LOT while spending time at moms job whenever I got sick. I got pretty good. Best part of it is when he falls off the screen, the arcade machine has an actual ball inside that it drops. All this to say, your Qbert edit hit very hard for me.
@@aggiemoon3208 ❤ WOW!!!! It must’ve been so cool watching the movie knowing your mom worked on it!!! They probably didn’t want you eating the candy because they were using it as reference for sugar rush and using it to make dioramas !! That is BEYOND cool I’m so jealous LOL
@@Randomalistic also thanks for the pin! this video is amazingly edited and made me actually laugh out loud with the memes and get very excited at your analysis! great work! (I especially liked the alphys music when you explained the parasite vs virus part, she would)
I believe it's implied Felix absolutely knew Turbo personally in the past because he makes subtle indications when explaining to Calhoun. When he says that Turbo loved the attention, you can hear him stress/draw out the "loved" part in a disgusted and exasperated tone since you can imagine how much Turbo would brag constantly. And then again when he mentioned Turbo's jealousy, he specifically remarks "oh boy was he jealous" in a low whisper as if he witnessed first-hand his friend's fury towards Road Blasters. I can imagine that Felix and Turbo became acquaintances at first but it slowly became a one-sided relationship because of Turbo's egotistical personality. Turbo would be that one person who just goes on and on about himself, making the conversation about him, or rant about his life while the handyman would just politely endure it all. Felix likely grew increasingly frustrated at Turbo's pride and self-centered ego that he distanced himself or broke it off. Maybe that could have sparked the racer's downfall... who knows. I hope they made a tragic backstory for these two, it's clear Felix knows a lot more than he seems.
One detail that has haunted me from this movie, even back from when I watched it as a kid, is actually the flashback to calhoun's wedding, which actually foreshadows Turbo's transformation. In Calhoun's flashback, her husband isn't just killed by the bugs, but EATEN by them, which can imply that he transformed into a bug, even further horrifically implying that Calhoun was forced to kill her own husband (or whatever was left of him). The idea of having to see someone you love get changed into something almost entirely unrecognizable - a monster you are trained to fight and kill, and ultimately have no option but kill them for survival, or even as an act mercy for the other person by freeing them from this change -actually just broke my 10-year old brain Of course, this hinges entirely on the assumption that the bugs' "change into what they eat" nature applies to people, and Turbo isn't the exception but the rather the rule, but this has always been my assumption. idk just a terrifying detail that often gets overlooked
@@IsaacRondina best part is how the fact the bug isn't shown after eating the guy both works to leaving that thought for imagination, which can do much more terrifying visuals than any horrible transformation in a family movie, AND how it doesn't give spoilers about how king candy would come back later after being eaten Just the doubt of "wait, the monsters transform into what they eat… will he…?" is already perfect enough
This basically gives the whole, "Dynamite Gal" a new meaning because Calhoun had her gun out for awhile as she shot at the CyBug, meaning that her now Cybug Husband probably said that to her in that monstrous form adding to her trauma with such a phrase and that's just disturbing to imagine....😃👌
What's worse is that in this interactive Hero's Duty comic app, we learn that Brad Scott (Calhoun's dead husband) was the creator of the cy-bugs, and he didn't intend for them to be modified for violent/military use (they were supposed to be sort of like robotic pets)
I also remember hearing someone (don't remember who, but credit goes to them, sorry) point out that King Candy's design doesn't really fit the art style of the rest of Sugar Rush. Most character designs seem more anime inspired, for lack of a better term, whereas King Candy is pretty much straight from 1940s-50s western Disney.
That would also fit because Turbo is from an older game, meaning he probably has an older idea of what is "cute" so he's basically trying to blend into the game as best as HE can
My favorite part about the king candy manipulation scene, is that the logic he's using is actually good logic, which hides the lies more. Sure, we know the gamers end up loving her, but the idea that they would hate the glitching and the game would get unplugged is a very real possibility, maybe even the more likely one. And we know that Vanelope really can't leave, even if her glitching is artificially created by him. It's all things that are, pretty much true, and lies close to the truth are always more believable.
I love this because they could've gone with the whole "Ralph is a dumb meathead who can be easily manipulated" thing (cough cough Wreck it Ralph 2) but they didn't. It makes total sense that Ralph would believe what King Candy said in that scene and be so fearful of it that he would sabotage his best friend
I believed King Candy when I first saw that scene. And when I rewatch Wreck it Ralph I skip both the manipulation scene and the cart break scene because it hurts to much. 😭
one subtle thing that you also dont notice unless you're really paying attention to his whole speech about her being a glitch and shutting the game down, king candy calls the other characters and npcs in sugar rush his "subjects", when referring to the machine being unplugged and everyone going homeless. it's at around 1:04:19
GOD, this is gonna be one of those legendary youtube video essays, I can FEEL IT. This is the multi-phase final boss of media-analysis-based entertainment. Never, never before in my life, have I seen a video essay so fucking good that it becomes, like... required viewing for fans of the original art in the way this one did. This isn't iust a video about Turbo, it's a goddamn sequel to Wreck-It Ralph in it's own right. The recreation of his death, the bird breaks, the MUSIC VIDEO IN THE ENDING, that analysis of him manipulating Ralph -- it's like 5 am and I'm exhausted but watching this has made me feel more alive than I have in years. It's new. It's innovative. I like the eyebags that the bird has sometimes -- it's a small detail, but it's so, so good. I was always super attached to the idea of Turbo, and it made me super sad as a kid that he died right after he showed up... you revealing things like that godforsaken poster or the SINGLE FRAME made me feel like this little goblin had so much Presence, like he had been with me the whole time, as if he was some fucked up opposite of a guardian angel. Seriously, that poster or graffiti or whatever is so good, especially with that shot you did outlining it in red -- because what the hell is it FOR?? It's just this horrible close up of his face -- not an advertisement for his game, it's an advertisment for HIM placed right outside his kingdom. HE PUT UP A FUCKING POSTER FOR HIMSELF. In conclusion, I am very tired and this video has genuinley changed my life.
I just realized the 'The guy who makes donuts' line from Ralph was a double entendre, because Donut, the sweet, and Donut, the driving Maneuver that's usually done to show off, which Turbo/King Candy does in fact do a lot of.
Also:The argument the King Candy constructed bears *uncanny resemblance* to the story *HE* went through: When he started racing (in Roadblaster), players saw him (along with entire game) glitching out, umplugging the game forever. He used his own experience to construct the skeleton of the argument.
Uhm...HELLO THERE BIRD CREATURE??? The video is amazing, and am moreso very excited by amount of details other commenters point out bringing even more attention and detail to this amazing analysis. EDIT:I also realized him talking about glitches not being able to leave can come from his interaction with Roadblaster...likely seeing characters from the game being unable to leave. *Much like someone else we know*
What i appreciate most about Turbo is how early they revealed him being evil He’s the one twist villain that the audience knows is evil before the main characters do for a good bit of the movie but meanwhile the twist for the audience was that King Candy was Turbo
This film is a great example of one of the best ways to set up a twist! By setting up and revealing a more minor twist, the audience believes that they’ve worked out/been shown the twist already and are far more likely to relax and stop looking for any more twists 😅
When King Candy first meets Ralph he laps two doughnuts around him. Turbotime's course is a doughnut course. There's just so many hints and yet when I saw this in theatres it comPLETELY surprised me. I was DELIGHTED to FINALLY not predict a villain being someone else.
One thing I always found interesting is how cybug King Candy is utterly manic and insane, like, far more than he was before, even though it wouldn’t bring him anything in the long term. He talks about taking over the arcade and so on, despite the fact that, if he did, he probably would have just died when they get rid of every machine. Best case scenario he escapes, but he would eventually just have no where to go and no game to rule over. We often talk about how King Candy took over the cybug, but what if he didn’t really? What if the cybug had more of an influence on him than simply being drawn to the beacon, what if it was having him mindlessly pursue a goal that, really, would most likely just result in him being worse off? I imagine that, when he was eaten, King Candy didn’t just take over the cybug, heck, another commenter pointed out that he might be dead and the cybug was simply absorbing his memories and personalities, but, assuming they actually fused or something, then perhaps the cybug stripped King Candy of his calculating tendencies and replaced them with a hunger and instinct.
@@Randomalistic i love how everyone talks about turbo like he’s herobrine except felix who’s like the only person who told the story more like a sad tragedy cause he knew him better than most people being his cabinet neighbor. The way he tells the story is a lot more sympathetic and despite the visuals on screen he never describes him with any truly terrible traits, saying that he “loved the attention” rather than just saying he was egotistical, prefacing that he was upset and jealous as a reason for why he game jumped rather than just skipping to the part where he committed this unforgivable sin or whatever. And the cherry on top is he’s the only one to acknowledge that it was sad that (they thought) he died. It’s been so long since turbo was around that his story was just stripped down to a cautionary fable about a bad man who did a bad thing. It’s sweet that felix still saw him as a person, even if he doesn’t really deserve it. felix is too good for this world bro 😭😭😭
@@Randomalistic oh but i have more mweheheheh……. bc i think felix might have actually understood more than anybody why turbo did that. Turbo time and fix it felix were theoretically plugged in at roughly the same time, since they were both there when the arcade first opened. felix said specifically that when the arcade *first* opened, turbo time was the most popular game. on opening, turbo time was immediately the best game and the talk of the town. now. think about this. some characters like calhoun are programmed in with intricate backstories and previous life experiences from before they were plugged in. but lets be honest here, those characters in the earlier games that didn’t really have lore definitely didnt have anything that complicated. felix’s backstory for example is that he got a magic hammer from his dad and now he helps fix this building. thats it. he never lived anywhere else, he’s never known anyone else. thats it. its why he’s calling ralph “brother” by the end of the movie. these people who were created with him in the game are far more tangible than his “real,” programmed in family. or just. hypothetical dad really. the vast majority of his identity comes from the real life he lived after the game was plugged in. so now (get ready) consider: what happens when you take a character with virtually no pre-programmed identity other than being a racer, and then the literal moment the game is played for the first time, the first thing he ever does, he gets told that he’s #1. the main character. the winner. the BEST game in the arcade is the one with his name in it and his pictures (and his pictures ONLY) plastered on every side. its really no surprise he’d base his self worth off of attention and superiority because that *is* his self. its all he ever was from the moment he began existing, and if he isn’t that, then what is he? god forbid he isnt racing either if his games not being played. turbo time going out of fashion completely undermines turbo as a person, and since hes the type of person who gets angry instead of sad, seeing another game essentially usurp his place and his identity as “the best” would completely engulf him with jealous rage. this isnt like going up to someone and telling them youre better at something they do, its like going up to someone and telling them that youre better at *being them* and that theyre obsolete because of it. THATS why turbo was driven to such extents as trying to take over the other game. (side note: you could also use this point to argue that turbo does to other people what he thinks was done to him: having your very place in existence usurped, and replaced by an intruder) now think about this from felix or ralphs perspective, but especially felix, since turbo apparently frequented the penthouse and got invited over by. presumably felix. felix is a nice guy who genuinely tries his best to empathize with people. i wouldn’t be surprised if he saw this happening and deliberately tried to make friends with turbo to try and get him to form some kind of sense of self outside of the popularity of his game. however, this (obviously) didnt work. i know this is like reaching now but like hear me out cause why would felix keep inviting turbo back when he had a presumably bad rap with the nicelanders due to his lack of manners and egotistical personality. why else would felix deliberately hang out with someone like that?? felix is an upstanding citizen he knows rudeness when he sees it. i think felix was trying to help before it was too late. and failed. perchance. 😼 (oh also edit, i think felix would’ve seen this coming the fastest and understood the most because he too like turbo is the protagonist and sole playable character of his game. the only difference is that felix’s goal in the game is helping others to win, while turbos is beating others to win. its shown in the movie that felix is definitely no stranger to receiving excessive praise and even he sometimes fails to see past his own ego at times, like in the fungeon scene where he was so appalled having a tiny taste of how ralph is treated all the time. but hes more emotionally intelligent than turbo and can identify when when he does it once hes called out, and can probably recognize it in other ppl too.) (edit again sorry lol: ALSO UH. one last thing maybe turbos lack of a stable identity could be why he was so easily able to slip into a new persona as king candy. okay thats all thays my film theory)
I need a sequel/short/show exploring what would happen to a game that was a victim of "going Turbo!" Or a character/npc dying outside their game. Like what happens when a Retro Game reseller restores a game? Videogame Necromancy? Would factory resetting the gaming system restore the actual NPC? Or a clone that has no memories? Hacking the broken game to restore the missing characters?
One thing that always intrigued me about this movie is how no one in the outside world seemed to notice that King Candy wasn't original to the game. I mean, Sugar Rush had been around for fifteen years, and no one realized that the girl on the side of the game was missing, but somehow, there's this guy that doesn't even appear in other game copies? Anyways this video is fantastic, i would love to see you come up with more stuff like this!!!^^
In his last moments, he tried to shed his stolen skin in order to save himself, but at that point, being a fraud had become so entrenched in his persona that he couldn't.
50:50 It also means that nobody from outside the game could ever compete. Meaning that his only competition is LITERALLY under his control, because he has access to the source code.
Maybe the reason why King Candy’s memory card is so large compared to everyone else’s is because he’s from an older game and his memory isn’t compatible with the new, modern format, taking up more space as it isn’t optimized for Sugar Rush.
I personally like that idea! While I think it was probably intended to showcase how he was the “leader” of the game and thereby needed more space for his memory, it would make sense that it could also be due to him having an older format. The game Turbo is from looks a lot like it’s from the 80’s with its 8-bit design, and we all know how giant those hard drives were lol
47:55 The darkest shade that salmon meat can be is orange and the lightest shade that salmon meat can be is ivory. Saying his castle is "salmon" is the closest he can get to representing his true colours (red and white) without giving himself away (I could also be grasping at straws here)
The thing I find the most horrorfying about Turbo/King Candy's transformation into a Cy-Bug is this... Cy-Bugs mimic what they eat. That isn't Turbo/King Candy in the body of a Cy-Bug. That's a copy of Turbo/King Candy in the body of a Cy-Bug. The Cy-Bug mimicked Turbo/King Candy's mind and personality, but the real Turbo/King Candy died inside the maw of a Cy-Bug. . . . That being said that does mean that Turbo/King Candy died twice both in pretty fucked up ways so... Yippie!
This reminds me of the theory of how a theoretical teleporter might rip you apart atom by atom, then reassemble you on the other side. Would that teleported person still be you? Or would it be a soulless yet exact copy of you, so no one would ever know the difference?
@@flounderingfish2480 I personally find the idea of being torn apart piece-by-piece, one limb at a time, ever so slowly over days, weeks, months, years, to be more terrifying than teleporters. Teleporters are instant, right? Or they appear near-instant with only a second's delay. A ship of theseus situation takes place over years. I mean, at least with the teleporter it's easy to tell what was destroyed and what was new. To have your body picked apart and replaced ship of Theseus style is to ask to wonder when you stopped being "you."
@@Teagan04 Not to give you an existential crisis but that's how humans work normally. Besides a few things, all the cells in your body are continually replaced over time.
I know this is kind of late, but I'm watching this in the hospital right now to kind of cheer myself up, and you've had me going from laughing my ass off to sobbing and even feeling chills. I've never felt words convey across a movie analysis TH-cam essays so beautifully in a way that almost conveys the same magic The movie did seeing it for the first time. Thank you so much for bringing justice to one of my favorite childhood masterpieces that now might get the recognition it's so desperately deserves, thanks to you💚‼️
Fun fact: The cybug was not seen by anyone until it’s eggs hatched after crashing into chocolate That means it was mating in chocolate, lived in chocolate, had it’s babies born in chocolate, probably copied the attributes of chocolate with it’s powers, then decided to try other sweets later when it could suddenly swarm Sugar Rush It really liked chocolate…
What’s even worse about King Candy’s manipulation of Ralph is that it also works really well on the audience. When I had watched the movie for the first time, I thought that what King Candy was saying was his genuine fear of what would happen. I trusted that he had pure intentions and that he was a good guy. But he was not. And that’s what make his manipulation even more scary. Is that it is so plausible. And that is what is so interesting and amazing about his character.
The first bit of foreshadowing is actually the moment we see him, because he's not designed like any of the other racers His head is shaped more balloon like and is larger than the other racers. His legs are thinner and so are his arms. His nose is larger and his eyes are smaller. He's stylistically different, as if he belongs to a different game entirely. Which is just brilliant on behalf of the designers
'Since the movie lacks a director's commentary' wait, does it? I could have sworn I had it on Blu ray and they had a commentary. I remember them talking about their initial plans to redeem King Candy, and Turbo being an unrelated character in the beginning.
this is immediately enough for me to subscribe. this is one of the best video essays ive ever seen and it's about this weird guy who becomes a bug and then DIES ON SCREEN
You know what I hate about the sequel? They had such a great opportunity to confront a fact from the first movie: there are millions of versions of all of these characters, as there are arcades everywhere around the world. There is no way Ralph wouldn't have come across iterations of himself, or Vanellope, having an identity crisis. Doesn't that sound like a better conflict than the weird obsessive thing we got?
Would've been interesting to see if there are versions of Ralph who relishes in being the bad guy, versions of Felix who is the one tired of the same routine, or perhaps the excessive praise, and versions of Vanellope that are what the programming meant for her to be at first aka a regular princess
@@DuskoolOooh imagine the jealousy especially that last point would produce, Venellope seeing another version of her live the life she never got to live, the life that was SUPPOSED to be her's. I would've loved to see something like that being explored
Maybe the small arcade could have been bought out, and the arcade games are brought to another larger arcade with multiple copies of games. Perhaps they could have a copy of Turbo’s game, and this copy of turbo has to wrestle not with only with the fact that there are copies of him, but what that copy did.
@anonomooose Imagine being some alternate Turbo who's fairly well adjusted and then these new games get brought in and you find out that their slang for game-jumping is literally your name
When I was younger, I'd cry because of Turbos bug design so much that i needed to sleep with my Weeping Angel toy next to me, but now I cry because of Ralphs "it's okay to be bad" speech
I love the symbolism of King Candy's/Turbo's transformation. He literally parasitized a parasite, he is *that* much of a leech to everything and everyone.
This is about the fifth time I’ve rewatched this video and I wanted to leave a little fun fact. My mother went to school with Jack (the guy who plays fix it Felix) and still is good friends with him, I remember her telling me how he said how much of a joy it was to voice act in this especially cause he formed some genuine friendships with the other voice actors! :)
The scene in which Ralph breaks the kart hurts me more than a lot of actual character deaths in a lot of other animated works. It makes me cry literally every time, you didn’t even play the whole clip together and i still cried. Just genuinely one of the most heartbreaking scenes in a movie I think.
Oh my gosh absolutely. The kart itself is like its own character by that point, and the fact it’s left running as Ralph crushes it is like it was alive💔AND YEAH I CRIED WHILE WRITING THAT SECTION
Something even more heartbreaking in the For Your Own Good scene is when Vanellope gives Ralph her handmade medal she says "in case WE don't win... not that i think there's even a remote chance WE'RE not gonna win" - she considers her and Ralph a unit, even when she's the one that's going to be racing... waaaa this movie
I never thought the video of me asking Rich Moore about Turbo would surface like this! I was very lucky and excited to be called on. Only THREE people got picked for questions, I was number 2. It was one of the best moments of my life. I was just a super happy Wreck It Ralph fan and a big King Candy/Turbo fan!
OH MY GOD, IT'S YOU!!!! First of all that is such an AWESOME life experience to have, and I'm so glad you were able to see this video :)) and second of all, THANK YOU FOR ASKING ABOUT TURBO ALL THOSE YEARS AGO. YOU WERE OUT ON THE FRONT LINES!!!!!!!!
@@RandomalisticI really was!! I asked because I was really disappointed with the lack of information on Turbo in both the art book (other than the last page of the art book showing some concept art) and lack of Turbo in deleted scenes, but there was tons of King Candy, so I really wanted to know what lead to his creation and the choice to merge him with King Candy. I got my answer, and a bonus answer from Big Gene😆
I'm not usually one to comment on videos, but this is the BEST Wreck It Ralph video I have ever seen. I've written countless papers on this movie and it's symbolism, and I've watched counless analysis videos. Your clear passion for the subject matter makes this video both entertaining and informative. Keep it up!! Watching this was 2 hours of my life VERY well spent!!
The scariest part of King Candy's manipulation is that from Ralph's perspective, it actually could have happened. Ralph did not know that Vanellope was actually supposed to be the ruler of Sugar Rush, or that she was on the side of the game. For all he knew, Vanellope's glitch actually COULD have caused the game to be unplugged. Its absolutely devious.
Even better, it did actually cause her to be locked to Sugar Rush. And Turbo may or may have not know that. So he really took a chance revealing that considering he reprogrammed the game, but Turbo really knew that Ralph would do anything for Vanellope.
@@iantaakalla8180 I think it's likely that Turbo knew that, because Vanellope knew that. I can believe that in at some point in the 15 years that Sugar Rush was plugged in, Vanellope tried to leave at least once, and was observed by Turbo or his subjects. Or he tried to kick her out himself.
Fun fact, this video sparked a love for both this movie and the characters inside it. I used to repress all my interests and seeing someone make a video about one movie focused on one character changed the way I thought. Im now convinced to make a video of my own surrounding my own interests because this video taught me that someone will care about my dumb little video essay about my favorite little silly. I also just genuinely love your storytelling and structure. You are an absolute inspiration to truly follow through with your passions ans psychoanalyze my favorite little goobers. So with that I give a thank you. Thank you for making me obsessed with Turbo/King cand Turbotastic!
Oh my GOD this is top tier writing, video editing, and structure. I love this movie beyond belief and I've ALWAYS thought that Turbo was a PERFECT villain. Gonna be rewatching this forever
This is genuinely, no hyperbole, one of the best video essays I've ever seen. The editing, the analysis, the script, all of the little gags, every single aspect really came together here and I can tell that you poured every ounce of passion you have into this! This video is SO good that it made me appreciate and love Wreck-It Ralph (which was ALREADY my favorite Disney movie) is ways I didn't even know were POSSIBLE. Despite the fact that this video was over TWO HOURS LONG I might just watch it AGAIN just to catch all of the minor gags and edits that I missed. You should be really proud of this! ^^
This is it bro. This is THE video about Turbo. Nothing's gonna beat this. You won. SUMMONING 10 BILLION PEOPLE TO WATCH THIS VIDEO NOW!!!!! GET THEIR ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@Randomalistic With all the unseen storyboards and stuff just NOW getting released combined with the nostalgia for the movie which is now… What? 11 years old?? There’s hope for more videos to be made about this wet-eyed freak, THERE’S HOPE!!!!!!
Commenting after a rewatch because of the INCREDIBLE work on display here! Your analysis of Turbo’s character, not only as a villain, but as Ralph’s twisted funhouse mirror, is one of the best analyses of ANYTHING I’ve seen on TH-cam. I can really tell how much you love this movie, going into various bits of behind-the-scenes material and occasionally interjecting with your own stories. It really bolstered your aside about art with humanity in it being powerful from being just a nice sentiment to genuinely inspiring (and, honestly, thank you for putting it in. As someone who, for various reasons, is questioning whether I should continue pursuing art seriously, I did kinda need to hear it). And, if you’ll excuse the sweet-themed expression, the CMV to ‘Cabinet Man’ was truly the icing on the cake. Overall, I rate this video Turbotastic/10, made me start rotating Turbo around in my brain so much I had a dream about him. P.S. as a tumblr user, I cannot believe this video is how I found out there was a worst sexyman competition AND that Turbo won…
39:41 I think Turbo also made countless alterations to the game, because Turbo wasn’t really the best racer. Remember, all his game required him to do was drive in a single loop, while Sugar Rush has plenty of different terrain to tread. He probably made changes like “King Candy’s cart doesn’t lose traction on ice” or “King Candy’s cart does not lose speed on oil slicks”, “King Candy’s cart will always clear this gap”, stuff like that. He probably would’ve written these amendments in as failsafes before a race, so when the time came for him to actually race, it would go as smoothly as possible. That’s why they’re all haphazardly there. It’s him brainstorming, “what could go wrong in a race and jeopardize my control? Oh, this! Better add it to the code.” Hell, with how ruthless he gets ramming into Vanellope’s cart in the final act, I’d argue he’s also got “King Candy’s cart is immune to collision damage with other racers” in there too, so there’s no concern of his breaking as he decimates her cart.
DUDE. Just finished watching the whole video yesterday and I can only say: You didn't need to go that HARD on the "Into the light" segment. The fact you did is so awesome and emphasized how Turbo got his fitting end. A man driven by avarice and ego getting the spotlight he always wanted. And one he could never leave. Your entire video is GOLD. The humor, the psychoanalysis, and the PRESENTATION! Even if it had its tangents, they were used to add context to the video and don't take away from it. This is one of the greatest character analysis videos on the internet, hands down. Hats off to you and your hard work!
Just checking in to make sure you saw the hardest part of the whole video, that ENDING... I almost clicked off the video since it was sorta post-credits and seemed unsettling-it's 5 am and I am susceptible to nightmares-but I am *so* glad I stuck around
Videos like these are what TH-cam is made for in my eyes. passionate and nerdy people researching and analyzing stuff that most people would barely ever think about in a movie-long video that I didn't know I needed. Just thank you for that :D
My personal head canon for the reason king candy had a huge code box is because king candy (not turbo king candy) was an unused character or asset that didn't make it to the final version and was just lingering around in the code. It always seemed weird that turbo was able to make a relatively faithful "model" to disguise himself from scratch. I know Ralph and other characters can switch to 3d/2d depending on the game but they are actual people so I assumed that's how games operate in this world. Turbo took on an entirely different appearance from scratch which is a larger step so there had to have been some model in the files that he used to help his appearance. He also probably isn't the best coder so his way of changing his model is probably extremely inefficient and "spaghetti code".
Could also be why Vanellope's glitch was enough to unravel his disguise, at least while it was active. The code to make it was rather fragile, and prone to falling apart if tampered with.
Imagine if the sequel had done something like shown us a new game set in the series of Sugar Rush, and King Candy was not only a real person, but a genuinely kindly and caring man. Possibly even Vannellope’s father! (I mean if she’s the Princess it stands to reason her father is the King)
They don't switch between 2D and 3D, that's just how they look when viewed from outside the cabinet through that game's screen. In the world of Wreck-It Ralph, every game is actually 3D under the hood.
Honestly the scene where Turbo attacks Vanellope on the track and she learns to "control" the glitch is honestly kind of a perfect moment for her. Discovery of a glitch in a game followed by slowly learning how to recreate it and eventually using it to your advantage is an essential part of the collective experience of playing games, especially in the case of speedrunning. It's a well considered little detail that ties the movie back to gaming culture as well as a very nice character moment for a super competitive-minded person like Vanellope. I never really thought too much about that part of the scene until now, thanks for the great video that got me thinking!
AHAHA That's such a cool connection! Seriously it is A TRAVESTY that the sequel didn't play around with the idea of speedrunning, or anything new and gaming-related at all. But thank you so much for sharing :))
Honestly, it would have made so much sense that Vanellope would have been like a speedster, or like Link from the N64 games in that she is basically able to solve any game by specific movements to glitch how she wants. It would have given her a bunch of cool scenes.
I love how Veneloppe probably never even knew who Turbo was. Like who would have told her? The other racers? They hate her. King Candy? Lol no. Ralph never does so on screen so probably never did. After the movie, Vaneloppe was probably like "Sooooo who was the Turbo guy?"
one thing I loved loved loved about this analysis is hearing the passion and dramaticism in your voice!!! really kept it compelling and also your editing is so so sick!!! keep it up!!!!
So here’s I thought I had after rewatching this for the upteenth time. Turbo’s selfish “all about me” behavior could be an effect of how his own game worked. From the look of things, he was the only playable character in Turbotime, with two blue drivers that he seemed to push down and belittle. So from the moment he was plugged in, Turbo was always the center of attention, and he ate it up. Also I just realized that his car in TurboTime had eyes…it was alive…and he rammed it into the RoadBlasters car.
His car was his side kick and he sidelined it in the name of fame ? Gee. Darker. Much darker. And it was in the other game too, so you know It didn't came back.
Regarding the notion that the portrayal of Turbo possibly contradicts the film's message about being yourself and accepting who you are, I actually disagree. To me, the visual design of turbo is more meant to evoke the idea of him being a corpse. Aside from your mention of references to skeletons evoked not only by the other characters but also his helmet, there are also a few other things there. For one, his skin is pale, to the point where it looks way too much like a freshly deceased person without any circulation. Secondly, his eyes almost look rotted [and his teeth certainly are], again playing into that corpse motif. And of course, there's also that see-through aspect of him, with the ghost imagery you brought up. In my opinion, Turbo's design is more meant to emphasize the fact that Turbo as a concept is dead. Nobody remembers him outside of ghost stories and a few turns of phrase, and thus he visually reflects that. Sure he always looked like that, but that never caused him any trouble, it was his endless desire for more that put him into a world where his appearance would take on that meaning. Otherwise, Turbo just looked like a normal person back in his home game. Also I think they may have rejected the idea of final form turbo because his final form being based on king candy adds even more to that theme of wanting to be something you're not. It's literally a bug mimicking a man mimicking another man, it is quite literally symbolism squared [Yes I know Turbo is technically in control but I also like the idea that King Candy is the Cybug and Turbo is the only part that is still himself].
Let’s not forget the obvious fact that Turbo refused to let Vanellope be herself, and he’s also a fraud as well as an illegitimate ruler. 18:00 Also nice use of the Deltarune Chapter 1 Castle songs. 22:51 Nice visual pun. Always thought of it when I first watched Turbo, the movie. 45:00 Deltarune Chapter 2 Mansion music. 1:38:07 That has to be sarcasm. 1:39:25 Metroid Prime Second Phase Theme. Also, Cy-Bugs are about as depraved as xenomorphs. Fuck them hoes, too.
I really wish Wreck-It Ralph 2 was about Felix and Ralph going on an adventure and realizing they still have baggage with each other, that would've been so much better. Maybe that hypothetical movie would have two antagonists who are threatening to put the arcade out of business just by fighting each other across games.
it still could've been about the internet too!! maybe it's just because i'm a sucker for old web shit, but there's a well of potential with internet stuff that nobody really played on. give us some Y2K crash shit
well, I feel like a sequal overall is just a bad idea. ralph and felix never ACTUALLY had problems with each other as individuals, the problem was their societal position. Ralph wasn't envious of felix the person, he was envious of felix the hero. the same could be said vice versa
OH MY I simply LOVE to hear neuro-diveergent people talk and talk about their special interests. But your essay was amazingly written, viewer-friendly, and metal af Thank you for pouring your soul into it, and letting us get this present I loved it 100 %
King Turbo when he transforms into a Candy-Turbo-Cybug Hybrid: “At last! My semblance matches my Inner-Beauty!” Also anyone notice when he first talks to Ralph in his new 3rd form, he says *”Because of You, Ralph,* I’m now the most Powerful Virus in the Arcade!” How did he know Ralph brought that Cybug to Sugar Rush? THEY FUSED MINDS! That’s how he could control them and how he could be affected by their Light weakness.
26:10 "And now it's 1987! Which was also the year of an incident at some random pizza chain nearby-" Me, who was currently in the middle of drawing Michael Afton while watching this: "..."
NO YOU'RE RIGHT I noticed Wrong Way was gone, but for some reason I never thought that maybe that was because he didn't make it out... As for the balls I didn't consider them alive
The energy that you put towards everything from the script to the editing is so sincere and unhinged in the best way possible. I can't wait to see what else you might create in the future.
10/10 still find Vanellope princess joke to be the best “As princess you shall be…. Executed.” 😂 Edit: I auto spelt her name as Penelope so corrected that
@@Annonimous1000 Here's the genuine question though. Why is her outfit like that? What I mean is, her outfit on the Arcade machine is white with green. But when she reverts back to 'normal' her outfit is super pink and frilly. And both designs don't 'match' her character like how all the other characters are, with the colors and accessories being themed around their 'dessert'. I presume Venellope is based of a 'Party Mix' with her Licorish hair and the varied candies scattered through it, and being the benevolent ruler of Sugar Rush it makes sense for her to be more encompassing in her theme. But there's just... none of that outside of her casual/'glitch' wear. Her Racing uniform is a stereotypical streamlined racing uniform with no accessories, and her princess outfit is a stereotypical frilly pink dress (which is especially weird with the prominent green in the other two designs). It's always peeved me as a background detail.
@@ForgottenFafnir The dress was definitely just for the bit. “Oh it would be funny to put her in typical princess wear because its not her style.” Sort of joke. As for her og design being different I can only say she probably had a completely different food theme originally. Something plane like maybe gum or something before her being disconnected caused her to glitch and turn into a party mix. Like its not official information i can’t provide that, but feels like a reasonable theory.
@@ForgottenFafnir A lame explanation (what I’m about to say not what you said) but it could simply be them keeping the bow cause its a key feature to her design. Sometimes things are done to make it harder for a character to be mistaken as another character. Also not me trying to be mean but just curious why you chose my comment to ask this question on. All i said was I liked the execution joke so I wasn’t expecting a design analysis.
Honestly, since I saw this movie the thing that most interested me and confused me about Turbo's story is not just how in the world did he infect the cybug, but the strange simbolism of how he manages to use someones nature against themselves. Turbo didn't really survive the attack, but at the same time the cybug saved him from actually dying, somehow abusing the fact that it's copy ability is only used on inanimates to make the cybug copy a person instead of an item, forcing the cybug to replicate his will and consciousness. He found an oversight, a weakness on the cybugs nature and abused it to make the cybug counter itself, strangely similar to how he used Ralph's or Vanellope's nature against themselves
Btw, now that I read my coment again I just noticed how badly I wrote it, I'm glad you managed to understand it, but I literally fell asleep as I was finishing to write it XDDD
I NEVER saw that frame of him looking at us, that is actually insane. He's so well written. Also the game's name being 'Sugar Rush' is so clever as to why Turbo was first intrigued to go into SR in the first place. He never saw the game itself, he saw the title. Sugar Rush was his Adrenaline Rush.
1:33:30 No, no cut that out TURBO IS A CREEPYPASTA, he literally breaks games and lives, and has split frames where he breaks the fourth wall and tricks the audience, players, characters and the mechanics of the games! He's creepy, ghostly, sickly unlike his arcade painted design and associated with skulls and red colors. He's a living urban legend in the arcade! Turbo is an official disney creepypasta story! You're onto It!
1:58:26 Ayo they got kurene calcium's hatsune miku infection bug eye ball game going on here. Even the bone jaw and the mandibles are there! Horror vocaloid King Candy when? Ending sequence was hype.
Editing my 2 hour analysis video on why Randomalistic is from Tumblr, she has even more clues and foreshadowing than Turbo does. (Affectionate) I have NOT seen the cunts fucked and Peace and love on planet earth in any other website.
Hey um thank you for making this. When this movie came out, i was a young undiagnosed autistic kid. I hyperfixated on this movie SO HARD. My previous fixation was sonic the hedgehog, and although i got bullied for it, people still respected it as an interest. But when i tried talking about Wreck it Ralph, i was met with sneers of "You watched a movie made for babies?!" aaaand you can imagine the infantilization that spiraled from there. My brain pretty much bottled my emotions on the film, stuck a cork in it and threw them away. Your video essay popped that cork and showered my brain in all sorts of dopamine. So uh. Thanks for opening me back up to exploring my facination with animated film.
That is so incredibly touching to me, thank you for sharing❤️❤️ I know it can be overwhelming when you repress something you feel so strongly about and it returns out of nowhere (that same phenomenon sparked this entire video honestly) But i am more than glad this silly video was able to respark your interest in the movie❤️ I hope you've been able to rediscover the joy :')
If you think about it, arcades are like different multiverses, meaning this arcade is a multiverse where turbo took over sugar rush which also means most arcades are multiverses where the game was never interfered by turbo
I offer a headcanon that is 100% not canon and only appeals to my specific tastes in horror CyBug King Candy/Turbo is not King Candy/Turbo. King Candy/Turbo died when he was eaten. The creature that fights Ralph is a CyBug that thinks it’s King Candy/Turbo because it absorbed all his memories and personality, a la SOMA or Fern The Human. He’s spend so long wearing someone else’s skin, but now something is wearing his skin, whether it realizes or not. (Loved this video! Glad someone appreciates Wreck it Ralph and Turbo as much as I do)
Oh this video is wonderful. Structured-rambles about every king candy scene. Pointing out all the brilliant layers of foreshadowing and sneers king candy gave the camera. Breaking down the manipulation scene. And the midpart of the finale! Its so good! The VA work is cozy/sincere too.
I ADORE the use of cursed King Candy merch photos in the editing!!! Everytime a new unholy gremlin crawls out of the void it hits like a ton of bricks. Also I love how the tone oscillates between moments of comedy gold to what feel like god damned true crime and back again at the drop of a hat. Unhinged, which is fitting for a rancid elf like this man.
I just finished the video and NEIL CICIEREGA?!? I THOUGHT HE WAS TAS ONLY?!?! Seriously though, fantastic video! I always loved Wreck It Ralph as a kid, and think of it often, but had no clue just how throughly integrated all the themes and threads into every piece of this movie. Every single moment is so well set up and always earned. I think the best media analysis can do is show us how much more there is to love in our favorite stuff, and how much care and love the artists all put into it. And you highlighted all that so well! Amazing work! (And now to the detriment of everyone I am going to reblogging all the Turbo fanart I can on tumblr…) Also, even if you didn’t reference The Bite, I probably would have guessed you had a history with FNAF. No one does arcade glitch horror better than the FNAF fandom. (Seriously though the ending was straight up fantastic, or should I say, TURBOTASTIC!!! Thank you so much for making this!)
1:26:05 She's doing the exact opposite of going turbo, actually. Rather than destruction, sabotage and hijacking, she made this life without stealing from anyone, simply being herself and existing.
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I like how much you seem to enjoy drawing your little parrot thingy on the screen with how many doodles of them there are
Was not expecting the semi-anthropomorphic parrot rantsona.
2:54 Nice use of that horror sound effect for Oncie.
But being nice simply isn't enough! I must be lovely and delightful. Curse you, you wonderful rainbow chicken!
@@DanialTarkiITS A GREAT SOUND EFFECT
@@zealotoftheorchard9853the mspaint doodles were my favorite :)c and also a late addition
It's better when you realize Turbo only did this to the one Sugar Rush unit. Meaning, there is exactly one unit that had a character, King Candy, who exists in no other copies of the game, cannot be found by rom-hacking, and the developers have zero notes about this character. King Candy is a living creepypasta in this setting and should be bringing in more business of people who just want to see the character who doesn't exist.
I really love this, and I never thought of it that way. I kinda wish this was a little more of a concept in the movie. Even if it was just a passing comment by the two kids shown playing it at one point.
@@kaithompson2876 babe wake up, new creepypasta material just dropped
Every copy of Sugar Rush is personalized 💀
I had a start on this thought but didn't think through it fully, that's actually fucking amazing to think about. Imagine someone hacked a arcade unit do add oddities like this, to freak people out and get rumors spreading. If it didn't happen, this might as well inspire someone.
that's what i kept thinking about too! the devs obviously didn't add him so i would love to see their point of view on it. cause by 2012 idk how they wouldn't have heard about it
One thing I noticed: "What are you, the guy that makes the donuts?" might take him off-guard because... the turbotime track is one loop. Turbo DID make donuts, or at least perform them. He WAS the guy that did the donuts.
Also, a common victory celebration in racing is to do donuts while burning out. Since Turbo was all about winning, and from his game, it seems like he was routinely the winner, he must've done an awful lot of donuts.
Also, the fact that the cops are donuts may add to this, because he did (symbolically) make the donuts. Lemme explain:
He took away all source of memory for all the characters in sugar rush, and since King Candy was the only source of power and information, he was able to make the donuts into his loyal henchman without the donut cops suspecting a thing.
Thus, this now not only has a double meaning, but a TRIPPLE MEANING: Ralph just being mad at King Candy and insulting him, a reference to the donut track from Turbo’s original game, AND the fact that King Candy did, in fact, figuratively “make the donuts”, because he molded them into being what he wanted them to be - and therefore “making the donuts” into something else.
Also, another foreshadowing reference in plain sight :)
omg
I had a similar idea, but instead because racers will do donuts to show off.
Also, he did donuts literally 20 seconds before that.
The most terrifying part of King Candy’s deception isn’t that he fooled an entire game but that he fooled an entire arcade for 15 years when the main character of the game is on the side of the machine in the same car he drives. Any player could have gone to another arcade with the machine in it and have a very real chance to find Vanellope playable in that arcade with no King Candy in sight. Players would be digging around majorly about this mysterious character.
One more side note notice how Turbo’s alias also does not fit in with the other racers’ elaborate names based off of candy, it’s just one more tiny detail to point out this massive lie.
Maybe they thought it was an arg meant for the played to figure out why there’s only one king candy character or they thought it was a bug and liked it
I think the whole "new racers daily" gimmick of sugar rush and the rotating roster of characters did a lot to cover king candy's tracks. You'd have to have played two different consoles multiple times each over different days to notice anything was amiss
On your point about Turbo's alias - what about Candlehead? I find that to be an equally unelaborate name.
It's like he asked himself "what's a candy-themed name" and just said fuck-it, King Candy.
How dumb IS turbo to not realise he still exists in other arcades though? He knows how to code he can hack his own consciousness into a different turbo, but NO he chooses the ‘ruin a 9 year old girls life for 15 years because she cant code like you’
As a passionate game modder, King Candy is one of my favorite villains of all time because he is both a game modder and a modded game character.
-Often when a new character is modded into a game, they feel out of place, like King Candy in the pink throne room or being an old guy among a lot of young characters.
-Code in game mods are often excessive and inefficient compared to the main game, which would explain his massive code box
-Modded characters are generally modified versions of existing characters and if the mod breaks, the character reverts to its vanilla counterpart. Such as King Candy reverting to Turbo when he touches Vanelope
-Many racing games have limited character slots, so modded characters have to replace an existing character. Like what King Candy did to Vanelope
wait I love that smmm
Now I wonder how the heck did Turbo learn to mod...
I would theorise that King Candy's enlarged code box isn't just to represent ego but because it's full of spaghetti-code: it's hugely ineffecient and runs badly because he is not a programmer.
It could also be that his original Turbo code is the same size as everyone else's but he had to add more code making it larger than the rest.
Or, that since he was programmed on a older system, with different specifications (those old cabinets have boards bigger than modern laptops), there was a need for an emulator to be added.
I thought it was also enlarged because he put so much stuff in it. like it's "bloated" because he keeps taking things from other places and putting it in his own code so he can have it for himself
turbo worked on tf2 confirmed
He got that yandere dev coding
"Ralph... You're not going Turbo, are you?"
You ever notice how he holds back a smile when he says that? You can see the dimples start to form at multiple points in that sentence and there are a few frames where the corners of his mouth are turned upwards.
AHHH
Naaaawwee
there's a part of him that feels joy at having something named after him like that
@@GayAnnabeth You could think of it that way. Or he's secretly proud that someone else is following in his footsteps, even if he's wary of those footsteps leading to where the game he's in now. Notice how King Candy only commented on the game jumping after Ralph mentioned Hero's Duty, not with the fact that he's in Sugar Rush. Might lend some credence to this.
@@ShTHfan1 honestly, I think Ralph being in sugar rush is the only reason king turbo candy cares. otherwise, he'd prob be proud of ralph's actions
I think what scares me most about the reveal of Turbo's Cybug form is the fact that he's laughing and giggling throughout the ENTIRE FIGHT. He's absolutely *ECSTATIC* to be in a form where he could truly be the perfect virus he always wanted to be, and all he can do is just laugh, and laugh, and laugh, and laugh.
I had an awful fear of this movie because of Cybug King Candy. Watching the end of the movie for the first time horrified little me beyond belief. That smug bastard
The best part was when he gets defeated by the Cybug's own nature. His laughter stops, warning the Cybugs to not go to the light, only to then fall into it while part of him tries to resist... and then he dies screaming.
Also he's not actually the bug so much as a worm thing bursting out of its neck and using it as a puppet. He's literally a parasite at this point.
@@beastwarsFTW Kinda fitting due to what he's done.
I'd also like to add how ironic it is how King Candy is killed off. The whole point of his character is that he goes against his programming, making himself into something he is not supposed to be by becoming King Candy. He does this again when he is turned into a sci-bug, rejecting his original programming further. But it is the programming of the sci-bug, their instictive need to go towards light, he fuses with that causes him to die, having him killed off by the very thing he had been running from for 15 years. His programming. He had rejected and changed his programming so much over his life, and he finally went over the limit with the sci-bug transformation.
And at the very same time he always chased the spotlight. Until it killed him. P:
@@sollyraptor6421 good one on that, lol!
Fun fact: back in sixth grade, I had such a huge hyper fixation with this movie, that I even memorized all the names of the sugar rush racers and their cars. I can still recount most of them today.
Turbo really went and isolated/tortured a little girl for a whole 15 YEARS. Like at least Ralph could leave his game to go mingle with his other bad guy friends. Vanellope literally had NO ONE. It’s a miracle she didn’t end up going insane
AUGHH IKR… Vanellope’s sheer tenacity is mind boggling. AND YOURE A REAL ONE FOR MEMORIZING THE SUGAR RUSH RACERS
@@Prototype-357 Right? I wish they had, although I doubt Nintendo would play nice on that.
@@WobblesandBeanThere were parts of the movie that felt like it was a genuine promo for a rollercoaster, (including one part where it intentionally makes the 'clk clk clk' sound before going down fast a bit of road) i really wish it existed.
Fun fact indeed
Tell me all the names!!
One thing I always think about when rewatching the movie is that if Turbo had only like, even pretended to care about Venelope, he might've never lost. Like if he had just given her a home, and told her "You cannot race due to being a glitch, but here, have a comfortable house, your own side track to race on" and told the citizens to treat her with respect, he would've won. All he had to do is not be a prick!
Idk about this, bc I think Penelope would have always wanted to race no matter what. It's in her programming.
Besides, its assuming Turbo is even capable of thinking this way for more than manipulation tactics
@@iceheap9422 I mean, there is no reason she couldn't race with the other racers off the clock for fun. He just needed to keep her off the roster while the arcade is open, like a curfew.
Could've even made her "princess" thus created loyalty through paternal love of his poor disabled daughter who only races on special after hours events. It'd been hard for her to turn to Ralph against her own dad.
PLUS: he could've just done what Q'bert did at the end of the movie and be included on Vanellope's behalf. He could've just ASKED to be included! But no, he didn't his narcissism had the better of him and he had to make himself king.
"The kart Vanellope stole was left behind by.... uh...."
Me who memorised all the Sugar Rush racers when I was 12: "I am ten parallel universes ahead of you"
I'M NOT WORTHY
It’s Crumbelina’s kart!
naming all the Sugar Rush racers by heart is my party trick, and by "party trick" i mean "proof i'm not neurotypical and never was, even at age 12." i wanted Sugar Rush to be a real game SO BAD.
@@TheWayOfTheWott Literally. I used to be obsessed with wreck it ralph because of sugar rush. Disney dropped the ball when it comes to the official sugar rush games and other wreck it ralph games they released. We should've gotten sugar rush on the 3ds
You have single handedly created an entire fanbase for turbo. I went on tumblr after watching this and the spike in turbo fanart, AU's etc has spiked since this video came out. Genuinely insane how it takes one well made video to spark so much interest in a underrated villain. Turbotastic 👍
Less created and more awakened from the dead with fresh faces now, im so glad we can all thirst over this gremlin together again lol
“Wreck it Ralph came out 12 years ago” I’m withering, my bones are turning black and my skin is melting off. I scream. For I am 26 years old.
ITS OKAY YOU'RE STILL YOUNG
@@Randomalisticit be too late, for they are wither skeleton now... they embrace the rattly bones
@@gh0ul2559hand em the stone sword
Same
I feel this comment in what’s left of my rotting bones.
"Lets watch her die together, shall we?" Is such a hardcore fucking line, I legitimately can't understand how it got greenlit.
FUN FACT: As king candy he talks with a lisp, but when he goes back to turbo and when his secret is revealed, he losses the lisp. I think that’s cool little detail, and it shows just how thought out his plan was where he even put on a new voice.
NOT THE FAKE WHIMSY
omg I just listened to the voices back to back. Its true. Although he loses it its not a complete loss. From what I hear, he has a subtle lisp left with the rest of his speech being rather normal for the most part.
@@RandomDragonEXEprobably a bit of a remnant from the time he spent in the voice. Although I’m guessing the voice actor might just have a bit of a lisp himself
@@Upbreaker he doesn't
@@rattyeely Ah, I see.
2:04:05 Friend of mine from high school was a MASSIVE Wreck it Ralph fan and super involved in the fandom back in the day, and this was her favorite character. She sadly passed away from some chronic health issues in 2015 when she was only 17 and would have absolutely fucking adored this video. Thank you so much for making this. Feels like I'm hanging out with her again :')
Reading this made me cry, thank you for sharing something so human and vulnerable. 🥺I feel so incredibly honored that this silly video made you feel connected to your friend and her memory❤I'm sure she's resting well.
We need more twist villains where the twist isn’t that they're a villain, the twist is that their motives are different.
Like, Turbo is so great just because you think he's just a silly guy who wants to be the best racer in a candythemed game.
But then you find out he wants to be the best racer, period, and he'll hurt/kill anyone to do it.
I will forever be tormented by the fact that Hans from Frozen would be a better villain if we knew he wanted power from the start. We think he's a sleazy dude, but then we find out hes willing to kill to get what he wants
Seriously they fumbled Hans so bad. Although its hard to fumble if they never had a grip on him 😭
I will not understand why they didn't have the duke of welston be the main villian considering he was already trying to kill elsa and to make it worse he didn't get any punishment for it
@@jskywalker58 I think Hans and the Duke should've been a scheming duo. Hans betrays the Duke, plot twist, then be betrays Anna, double twist
@@jskywalker58All we got was “we won’t be trading with you”
DOR-15 from Meet the Robinsons is also another good example of what you are talking about (as at first she seems to be just a villainous sidekick for Bowler Hat Guy when in actuality she was just using him as a pawn to brainwash and enslave the city).
As an artist who loves obscure game info, I've always wondered HOW Turbo was able to change his appearance.
My closest guess is that he found the King Candy character deep within the games files, like a husk because he's a deleted character with no important code attached to him. A looooot of games have a bunch of unused assets, from characters to whole ass world maps.
It'd also explain why Candy has a codeable node in the game to begin with. Which would make Turbo even more of a parasite, because he didn't even make his own disguise, he's wearing a dead body. A dead body filled with spaghetti code.
...maybe I'm just overthinking it.
Could Turbo have taken bits and pieces of the appearances of other characters in Sugar Rush to build his new appearance? Venelope created a new outfit for her, did she not? So, Turbo could have done the same(ish).
King Candy could have been from somewhere else, he kind of looks like Tiny Wario from the end of Mario Land 2.
corpsewalker would definitely fit the MO
Has to be that way. His code box is named "King Candy" and not "Turbo," and if Turbo could port his code from his home game, then he would likely be able to respawn in Sugar Rush. I definitely believe Turbo just heavily modified an existing node, whatever it was.
@@drbuni Or Vanellope *found* a new outfit.
“It’s like Kirby, but with a horrendous and lovecraftian twist…
Actually that’s just regular Kirby.”
Truer words have never been spoken
the difference is that kirby is the bad guy here,
I personally think that Turbo escaped roadblasters because Litwak didn’t immediately unplug roadblasters, he put the sign on it, which means he was going to call someone to fix it like he did when Ralph left his game, because why have a sign nobody could see, which means Turbo had a WHOLE DAY AT LEAST to leave roadblasters, and find a good hiding spot to do his coding and not dying.
It’s almost comical how much this full grown man hates this 9 year old
Like bro is balding yet also willing to beat up a preteen
It's perceived as comical until you see the bigger picture....he resents her for being a younger character who has everything before she begins her life since she's a princess of a kingdom with her own race track that's a thousand times bigger than his race track ever was
It's really no different than Scar from "The Lion King" wanting to kill off Simba so he can take over the throne
He resents this pure child for having everything he's strived for
Reminds me of some gravity falls fans lol
@@D3viant517 a bit older than 9 but close enough, unless your not talking about the character i think you are
@@Geckoreo I think we’re on the same wavelength
Sounds like the "ok boomer" thing lol
My mom worked on this movie and decided to not tell me the twist the whole time and I was so flabbergasted. THATS a good twist villain if I could see so much of the movie for over a year and he STILL GOT ME. Yeah. I was nine lol.
Bonus* when making this they had arcade machines for tapper, wreck it Ralph, and Qbert in the studio, as well as piles of candy (that I wasn’t allowed to eat) and I played Qbert A LOT while spending time at moms job whenever I got sick. I got pretty good. Best part of it is when he falls off the screen, the arcade machine has an actual ball inside that it drops. All this to say, your Qbert edit hit very hard for me.
@@aggiemoon3208 ❤ WOW!!!! It must’ve been so cool watching the movie knowing your mom worked on it!!! They probably didn’t want you eating the candy because they were using it as reference for sugar rush and using it to make dioramas !! That is BEYOND cool I’m so jealous LOL
@@Randomalistic she said that and that it had been sitting there for at least a couple years hahah
@@Randomalistic also thanks for the pin! this video is amazingly edited and made me actually laugh out loud with the memes and get very excited at your analysis! great work! (I especially liked the alphys music when you explained the parasite vs virus part, she would)
Out of curiosity, do you know what she worked on?
I believe it's implied Felix absolutely knew Turbo personally in the past because he makes subtle indications when explaining to Calhoun. When he says that Turbo loved the attention, you can hear him stress/draw out the "loved" part in a disgusted and exasperated tone since you can imagine how much Turbo would brag constantly. And then again when he mentioned Turbo's jealousy, he specifically remarks "oh boy was he jealous" in a low whisper as if he witnessed first-hand his friend's fury towards Road Blasters. I can imagine that Felix and Turbo became acquaintances at first but it slowly became a one-sided relationship because of Turbo's egotistical personality. Turbo would be that one person who just goes on and on about himself, making the conversation about him, or rant about his life while the handyman would just politely endure it all. Felix likely grew increasingly frustrated at Turbo's pride and self-centered ego that he distanced himself or broke it off. Maybe that could have sparked the racer's downfall... who knows. I hope they made a tragic backstory for these two, it's clear Felix knows a lot more than he seems.
i’m inventing yaoi in my mind😊
Felix is a bi-con?
Okay so now im cooking yaoi fanart
@someone-pe3yt Will you post once done?
that’d be crazy to see something similar like that in a short lol
I spent two hours of my life listening to a whimsical and silly parrot talking about their favorite movie
Today was a good day
One detail that has haunted me from this movie, even back from when I watched it as a kid, is actually the flashback to calhoun's wedding, which actually foreshadows Turbo's transformation. In Calhoun's flashback, her husband isn't just killed by the bugs, but EATEN by them, which can imply that he transformed into a bug, even further horrifically implying that Calhoun was forced to kill her own husband (or whatever was left of him). The idea of having to see someone you love get changed into something almost entirely unrecognizable - a monster you are trained to fight and kill, and ultimately have no option but kill them for survival, or even as an act mercy for the other person by freeing them from this change -actually just broke my 10-year old brain
Of course, this hinges entirely on the assumption that the bugs' "change into what they eat" nature applies to people, and Turbo isn't the exception but the rather the rule, but this has always been my assumption. idk just a terrifying detail that often gets overlooked
YEAH THAT MOMENT HAS SOME REALLY DARK IMPLICATIONS
@@IsaacRondina best part is how the fact the bug isn't shown after eating the guy both works to leaving that thought for imagination, which can do much more terrifying visuals than any horrible transformation in a family movie, AND how it doesn't give spoilers about how king candy would come back later after being eaten
Just the doubt of "wait, the monsters transform into what they eat… will he…?" is already perfect enough
This basically gives the whole, "Dynamite Gal" a new meaning because Calhoun had her gun out for awhile as she shot at the CyBug, meaning that her now Cybug Husband probably said that to her in that monstrous form adding to her trauma with such a phrase and that's just disturbing to imagine....😃👌
What's worse is that in this interactive Hero's Duty comic app, we learn that Brad Scott (Calhoun's dead husband) was the creator of the cy-bugs, and he didn't intend for them to be modified for violent/military use (they were supposed to be sort of like robotic pets)
@@fishdude2954:(
I also remember hearing someone (don't remember who, but credit goes to them, sorry) point out that King Candy's design doesn't really fit the art style of the rest of Sugar Rush. Most character designs seem more anime inspired, for lack of a better term, whereas King Candy is pretty much straight from 1940s-50s western Disney.
@@Damon_Blue OOOH THATS A GOOD POINT
And don’t forget the fact king candy’s name sounds very basic & uninspired while the other racers have clever & creative names
@@AgentsofPRIDE Yep, that too!
That would also fit because Turbo is from an older game, meaning he probably has an older idea of what is "cute" so he's basically trying to blend into the game as best as HE can
@@chrisbacon1275 He's an out of touch old man who doesn't quite understand anime.
My favorite part about the king candy manipulation scene, is that the logic he's using is actually good logic, which hides the lies more. Sure, we know the gamers end up loving her, but the idea that they would hate the glitching and the game would get unplugged is a very real possibility, maybe even the more likely one. And we know that Vanelope really can't leave, even if her glitching is artificially created by him. It's all things that are, pretty much true, and lies close to the truth are always more believable.
ABSOLUTELY. This is one scene that just blew me away with how nuanced it was
I love this because they could've gone with the whole "Ralph is a dumb meathead who can be easily manipulated" thing (cough cough Wreck it Ralph 2) but they didn't. It makes total sense that Ralph would believe what King Candy said in that scene and be so fearful of it that he would sabotage his best friend
I believed King Candy when I first saw that scene. And when I rewatch Wreck it Ralph I skip both the manipulation scene and the cart break scene because it hurts to much. 😭
Yess. It sounds so believable. It's understandable why Ralph fell for it.
one subtle thing that you also dont notice unless you're really paying attention to his whole speech about her being a glitch and shutting the game down, king candy calls the other characters and npcs in sugar rush his "subjects", when referring to the machine being unplugged and everyone going homeless. it's at around 1:04:19
GOD, this is gonna be one of those legendary youtube video essays, I can FEEL IT. This is the multi-phase final boss of media-analysis-based entertainment.
Never, never before in my life, have I seen a video essay so fucking good that it becomes, like... required viewing for fans of the original art in the way this one did. This isn't iust a video about Turbo, it's a goddamn sequel to Wreck-It Ralph in it's own right. The recreation of his death, the bird breaks, the MUSIC VIDEO IN THE ENDING, that analysis of him manipulating Ralph -- it's like 5 am and I'm exhausted but watching this has made me feel more alive than I have in years. It's new. It's innovative. I like the eyebags that the bird has sometimes -- it's a small detail, but it's so, so good.
I was always super attached to the idea of Turbo, and it made me super sad as a kid that he died right after he showed up... you revealing things like that godforsaken poster or the SINGLE FRAME made me feel like this little goblin had so much Presence, like he had been with me the whole time, as if he was some fucked up opposite of a guardian angel. Seriously, that poster or graffiti or whatever is so good, especially with that shot you did outlining it in red -- because what the hell is it FOR?? It's just this horrible close up of his face -- not an advertisement for his game, it's an advertisment for HIM placed right outside his kingdom. HE PUT UP A FUCKING POSTER FOR HIMSELF.
In conclusion, I am very tired and this video has genuinley changed my life.
DUDE JUST READING THIS GOT ME HYPED UP?? I'M SO GLAD YOU LIKED IT THAT MUCH :))❤
I just realized the 'The guy who makes donuts' line from Ralph was a double entendre, because Donut, the sweet, and Donut, the driving Maneuver that's usually done to show off, which Turbo/King Candy does in fact do a lot of.
MY GOD... THIS MOVIE....
He even does a donut around Ralph before he leaves.
Holy heck...
😧
@@aquafox_x And when he enters.
Also:The argument the King Candy constructed bears *uncanny resemblance* to the story *HE* went through:
When he started racing (in Roadblaster), players saw him (along with entire game) glitching out, umplugging the game forever.
He used his own experience to construct the skeleton of the argument.
OHHHHHHHHHHHH
Uhm...HELLO THERE BIRD CREATURE???
The video is amazing, and am moreso very excited by amount of details other commenters point out bringing even more attention and detail to this amazing analysis.
EDIT:I also realized him talking about glitches not being able to leave can come from his interaction with Roadblaster...likely seeing characters from the game being unable to leave.
*Much like someone else we know*
@@Crazylom OH MY GOD. OHHH MY GOD this is making me Unwell
@@Madisongs Hi there
@@Crazylom Thank you for writing this I will be rotating it in my mind forever
What i appreciate most about Turbo is how early they revealed him being evil
He’s the one twist villain that the audience knows is evil before the main characters do for a good bit of the movie but meanwhile the twist for the audience was that King Candy was Turbo
This film is a great example of one of the best ways to set up a twist! By setting up and revealing a more minor twist, the audience believes that they’ve worked out/been shown the twist already and are far more likely to relax and stop looking for any more twists 😅
When King Candy first meets Ralph he laps two doughnuts around him. Turbotime's course is a doughnut course. There's just so many hints and yet when I saw this in theatres it comPLETELY surprised me. I was DELIGHTED to FINALLY not predict a villain being someone else.
Ough the fact that he assumes Ralph was there to come and take over his game at first because thats EXACTLY what turbo did himself.
One thing I always found interesting is how cybug King Candy is utterly manic and insane, like, far more than he was before, even though it wouldn’t bring him anything in the long term.
He talks about taking over the arcade and so on, despite the fact that, if he did, he probably would have just died when they get rid of every machine. Best case scenario he escapes, but he would eventually just have no where to go and no game to rule over.
We often talk about how King Candy took over the cybug, but what if he didn’t really? What if the cybug had more of an influence on him than simply being drawn to the beacon, what if it was having him mindlessly pursue a goal that, really, would most likely just result in him being worse off?
I imagine that, when he was eaten, King Candy didn’t just take over the cybug, heck, another commenter pointed out that he might be dead and the cybug was simply absorbing his memories and personalities, but, assuming they actually fused or something, then perhaps the cybug stripped King Candy of his calculating tendencies and replaced them with a hunger and instinct.
OH MY GOD YOUR LAST SENTENCE. THAT IS SO REAL
I think he amalgamation of cybug and candy king, our personality is our memories and cybug became turbo after he ate him
Baldurs gate mindflayers moment
holy shit this colors everything so much differently, that's hardcore as hell
Omg a giant virus/bug using a CADAVER absorbing his memories and personality and just increasing his instints and desire of Power?????? Amazing
Turbo does feel ahead of its time, in his unique horror. almost like he's an analog horror ghost
I KNOW ❤️❤️he’s so captivating for that reason alone. God
@@Randomalistic i love how everyone talks about turbo like he’s herobrine except felix who’s like the only person who told the story more like a sad tragedy cause he knew him better than most people being his cabinet neighbor. The way he tells the story is a lot more sympathetic and despite the visuals on screen he never describes him with any truly terrible traits, saying that he “loved the attention” rather than just saying he was egotistical, prefacing that he was upset and jealous as a reason for why he game jumped rather than just skipping to the part where he committed this unforgivable sin or whatever. And the cherry on top is he’s the only one to acknowledge that it was sad that (they thought) he died. It’s been so long since turbo was around that his story was just stripped down to a cautionary fable about a bad man who did a bad thing. It’s sweet that felix still saw him as a person, even if he doesn’t really deserve it. felix is too good for this world bro 😭😭😭
@@penntopaper9305 Oh my god that is a great observation and NOW YOU'RE MAKING MY HEART ACHE MORE... FELIX CARED SO MUCH
@@Randomalistic oh but i have more mweheheheh……. bc i think felix might have actually understood more than anybody why turbo did that. Turbo time and fix it felix were theoretically plugged in at roughly the same time, since they were both there when the arcade first opened. felix said specifically that when the arcade *first* opened, turbo time was the most popular game. on opening, turbo time was immediately the best game and the talk of the town. now. think about this. some characters like calhoun are programmed in with intricate backstories and previous life experiences from before they were plugged in. but lets be honest here, those characters in the earlier games that didn’t really have lore definitely didnt have anything that complicated. felix’s backstory for example is that he got a magic hammer from his dad and now he helps fix this building. thats it. he never lived anywhere else, he’s never known anyone else. thats it. its why he’s calling ralph “brother” by the end of the movie. these people who were created with him in the game are far more tangible than his “real,” programmed in family. or just. hypothetical dad really. the vast majority of his identity comes from the real life he lived after the game was plugged in.
so now (get ready) consider: what happens when you take a character with virtually no pre-programmed identity other than being a racer, and then the literal moment the game is played for the first time, the first thing he ever does, he gets told that he’s #1. the main character. the winner. the BEST game in the arcade is the one with his name in it and his pictures (and his pictures ONLY) plastered on every side. its really no surprise he’d base his self worth off of attention and superiority because that *is* his self. its all he ever was from the moment he began existing, and if he isn’t that, then what is he? god forbid he isnt racing either if his games not being played. turbo time going out of fashion completely undermines turbo as a person, and since hes the type of person who gets angry instead of sad, seeing another game essentially usurp his place and his identity as “the best” would completely engulf him with jealous rage. this isnt like going up to someone and telling them youre better at something they do, its like going up to someone and telling them that youre better at *being them* and that theyre obsolete because of it. THATS why turbo was driven to such extents as trying to take over the other game. (side note: you could also use this point to argue that turbo does to other people what he thinks was done to him: having your very place in existence usurped, and replaced by an intruder)
now think about this from felix or ralphs perspective, but especially felix, since turbo apparently frequented the penthouse and got invited over by. presumably felix. felix is a nice guy who genuinely tries his best to empathize with people. i wouldn’t be surprised if he saw this happening and deliberately tried to make friends with turbo to try and get him to form some kind of sense of self outside of the popularity of his game. however, this (obviously) didnt work. i know this is like reaching now but like hear me out cause why would felix keep inviting turbo back when he had a presumably bad rap with the nicelanders due to his lack of manners and egotistical personality. why else would felix deliberately hang out with someone like that?? felix is an upstanding citizen he knows rudeness when he sees it. i think felix was trying to help before it was too late. and failed. perchance. 😼
(oh also edit, i think felix would’ve seen this coming the fastest and understood the most because he too like turbo is the protagonist and sole playable character of his game. the only difference is that felix’s goal in the game is helping others to win, while turbos is beating others to win. its shown in the movie that felix is definitely no stranger to receiving excessive praise and even he sometimes fails to see past his own ego at times, like in the fungeon scene where he was so appalled having a tiny taste of how ralph is treated all the time. but hes more emotionally intelligent than turbo and can identify when when he does it once hes called out, and can probably recognize it in other ppl too.)
(edit again sorry lol: ALSO UH. one last thing maybe turbos lack of a stable identity could be why he was so easily able to slip into a new persona as king candy. okay thats all thays my film theory)
I need a sequel/short/show exploring what would happen to a game that was a victim of "going Turbo!" Or a character/npc dying outside their game. Like what happens when a Retro Game reseller restores a game?
Videogame Necromancy? Would factory resetting the gaming system restore the actual NPC? Or a clone that has no memories?
Hacking the broken game to restore the missing characters?
One thing that always intrigued me about this movie is how no one in the outside world seemed to notice that King Candy wasn't original to the game. I mean, Sugar Rush had been around for fifteen years, and no one realized that the girl on the side of the game was missing, but somehow, there's this guy that doesn't even appear in other game copies?
Anyways this video is fantastic, i would love to see you come up with more stuff like this!!!^^
"i strongly encourage you to minimise your support of disney" HELLO BASED DEPARTMENT lets get into this
HELL YEAH-
What do you mean "get into this"? You want to talk about it?
@@anonymouslucario285probably into the video
I want to agree, but I'm skeptical of this women's reasoning.
@@lordmew5woman's
My favourite part of the beacon scene is how he flashes to his original Turbo form to resist, and always swaps to the King Candy form when entranced.
YES!!!!!!!!! THE ALTERED SELF CANNOT RESIST ITS FATE
In his last moments, he tried to shed his stolen skin in order to save himself, but at that point, being a fraud had become so entrenched in his persona that he couldn't.
@@WobblesandBeanDANG 👏POETRY
@@quirkyc “no-! Yes-! No-! Yes-! Noyesss…no! …dooo…go into the L-i-*i-i-AAAAGHT!”*
@@Randomalisticnot to mention the one thing he wanted was attention, and he dies by paying attention to the entrancing light of the diet cola.
I love finding unhinged movie analysis youtubers, arguably the best genre there is
Yeah, gotta be one of my favorite genders
Yesss
50:50 It also means that nobody from outside the game could ever compete. Meaning that his only competition is LITERALLY under his control, because he has access to the source code.
Maybe the reason why King Candy’s memory card is so large compared to everyone else’s is because he’s from an older game and his memory isn’t compatible with the new, modern format, taking up more space as it isn’t optimized for Sugar Rush.
Or maybe he just codes like Yandere Dev
@@Em-bq3gs😂
@@Em-bq3gs THAT'S FOWL
(DuckTales 2017 reference)
I think the opposite would be the case if data from an old game was put into a new game. Old games were much much smaller
I personally like that idea! While I think it was probably intended to showcase how he was the “leader” of the game and thereby needed more space for his memory, it would make sense that it could also be due to him having an older format. The game Turbo is from looks a lot like it’s from the 80’s with its 8-bit design, and we all know how giant those hard drives were lol
47:55 The darkest shade that salmon meat can be is orange and the lightest shade that salmon meat can be is ivory. Saying his castle is "salmon" is the closest he can get to representing his true colours (red and white) without giving himself away (I could also be grasping at straws here)
Alsooo, red and white mix to be pink/salmon! So his turbo colors were always there but hidden!!! 🤯
Probably grasping at straws, but I like those straws... keep graspin
The thing I find the most horrorfying about Turbo/King Candy's transformation into a Cy-Bug is this... Cy-Bugs mimic what they eat. That isn't Turbo/King Candy in the body of a Cy-Bug. That's a copy of Turbo/King Candy in the body of a Cy-Bug. The Cy-Bug mimicked Turbo/King Candy's mind and personality, but the real Turbo/King Candy died inside the maw of a Cy-Bug. . . .
That being said that does mean that Turbo/King Candy died twice both in pretty fucked up ways so... Yippie!
This reminds me of the theory of how a theoretical teleporter might rip you apart atom by atom, then reassemble you on the other side. Would that teleported person still be you? Or would it be a soulless yet exact copy of you, so no one would ever know the difference?
@@seththeblue3321Ah! Ship of Theseus conundrum!! Very interesting, but honestly the teleporter way of looking at it sounds way more terrifying.
@@flounderingfish2480 I personally find the idea of being torn apart piece-by-piece, one limb at a time, ever so slowly over days, weeks, months, years, to be more terrifying than teleporters. Teleporters are instant, right? Or they appear near-instant with only a second's delay. A ship of theseus situation takes place over years. I mean, at least with the teleporter it's easy to tell what was destroyed and what was new. To have your body picked apart and replaced ship of Theseus style is to ask to wonder when you stopped being "you."
@@Teagan04 Not to give you an existential crisis but that's how humans work normally. Besides a few things, all the cells in your body are continually replaced over time.
@@accelleratiiincredibus446 that excludes the brain btw, brain cells don't regenerate as you age
Which brings the question, are we our brain?
I know this is kind of late, but I'm watching this in the hospital right now to kind of cheer myself up, and you've had me going from laughing my ass off to sobbing and even feeling chills. I've never felt words convey across a movie analysis TH-cam essays so beautifully in a way that almost conveys the same magic The movie did seeing it for the first time. Thank you so much for bringing justice to one of my favorite childhood masterpieces that now might get the recognition it's so desperately deserves, thanks to you💚‼️
Oh my gosh that means so much to hear, THANK YOU❤🥺 I’m glad it was able to help a little, and I hope you have a swift recovery!!
Fun fact: The cybug was not seen by anyone until it’s eggs hatched after crashing into chocolate
That means it was mating in chocolate, lived in chocolate, had it’s babies born in chocolate, probably copied the attributes of chocolate with it’s powers, then decided to try other sweets later when it could suddenly swarm Sugar Rush
It really liked chocolate…
This sounds like a description of an e621 video
@@JonathanNormandyYou like sincastermon don't you?
@@defective7340 guilty as charged...
@@defective7340who is sincastermon again?
@@bestboisoupsoupit involves the cursed numbers so I’m pretty sure you DONT want to know
What’s even worse about King Candy’s manipulation of Ralph is that it also works really well on the audience. When I had watched the movie for the first time, I thought that what King Candy was saying was his genuine fear of what would happen. I trusted that he had pure intentions and that he was a good guy. But he was not. And that’s what make his manipulation even more scary. Is that it is so plausible. And that is what is so interesting and amazing about his character.
The first bit of foreshadowing is actually the moment we see him, because he's not designed like any of the other racers
His head is shaped more balloon like and is larger than the other racers. His legs are thinner and so are his arms. His nose is larger and his eyes are smaller. He's stylistically different, as if he belongs to a different game entirely. Which is just brilliant on behalf of the designers
Oh, which reminds me: he looks more stylistically like Ralph and Felix, hinting that he comes from an 8-bit game originally
He's also not named like them, the other racers have obnoxiously specific pun-based names, and their ruler is just "King Candy"?
Exactly and the fact that the movie is in CG hides it to an extent.
@@redtailarts101 Or an older game
'Since the movie lacks a director's commentary' wait, does it? I could have sworn I had it on Blu ray and they had a commentary. I remember them talking about their initial plans to redeem King Candy, and Turbo being an unrelated character in the beginning.
this is immediately enough for me to subscribe. this is one of the best video essays ive ever seen and it's about this weird guy who becomes a bug and then DIES ON SCREEN
why did i forget that almost all disney villains die onscreen 😔 oopsies
@@aquariumgirlsnot anymore they don’t 😭
The way “glitch” is throw around like a slur in Cracker Barrel is crazy
LOL
A cranky old man won't let go of the dame curse words...lol
I'm using that.
Exactly 666 likes..... Perfect vibes on this comment, Satan approves.
Gligga💀
You know what I hate about the sequel? They had such a great opportunity to confront a fact from the first movie: there are millions of versions of all of these characters, as there are arcades everywhere around the world. There is no way Ralph wouldn't have come across iterations of himself, or Vanellope, having an identity crisis. Doesn't that sound like a better conflict than the weird obsessive thing we got?
Would've been interesting to see if there are versions of Ralph who relishes in being the bad guy, versions of Felix who is the one tired of the same routine, or perhaps the excessive praise, and versions of Vanellope that are what the programming meant for her to be at first aka a regular princess
Omg YES
@@DuskoolOooh imagine the jealousy especially that last point would produce, Venellope seeing another version of her live the life she never got to live, the life that was SUPPOSED to be her's.
I would've loved to see something like that being explored
Maybe the small arcade could have been bought out, and the arcade games are brought to another larger arcade with multiple copies of games. Perhaps they could have a copy of Turbo’s game, and this copy of turbo has to wrestle not with only with the fact that there are copies of him, but what that copy did.
@anonomooose Imagine being some alternate Turbo who's fairly well adjusted and then these new games get brought in and you find out that their slang for game-jumping is literally your name
When I was younger, I'd cry because of Turbos bug design so much that i needed to sleep with my Weeping Angel toy next to me, but now I cry because of Ralphs "it's okay to be bad" speech
You being scared of Turbo while simultaneously having a WEEPING ANGEL plushie is paradoxical to me. Good on you
A Weeping Angel sleep guardian no less.
post credit scene actually SO PEAK
Autistic hyperfixations are the lifeblood of true creativity. Needless to say the work you put into this was absolutely turbotastic. Bravo!
I am a simple woman, I see a two hour video about a Disney villian I've never cared about, I click.
You will care. Soon ❤️
@@Randomalistic is that a threat
@@purplecobra52a nice one
YOU DIDN'T CARE ABOUT KING CANDY?
@@genericname2747 I didn't care about Wreck It Ralph period.
I love the symbolism of King Candy's/Turbo's transformation. He literally parasitized a parasite, he is *that* much of a leech to everything and everyone.
This is about the fifth time I’ve rewatched this video and I wanted to leave a little fun fact. My mother went to school with Jack (the guy who plays fix it Felix) and still is good friends with him, I remember her telling me how he said how much of a joy it was to voice act in this especially cause he formed some genuine friendships with the other voice actors! :)
@@lilslicelive WHAAAT?? THATS SO COOL LOL
@@Randomalistic I know right!!! I’ve met him and he is genuinely so sweet like omg he is the same type if silly little guy irl
The scene in which Ralph breaks the kart hurts me more than a lot of actual character deaths in a lot of other animated works. It makes me cry literally every time, you didn’t even play the whole clip together and i still cried. Just genuinely one of the most heartbreaking scenes in a movie I think.
Oh my gosh absolutely. The kart itself is like its own character by that point, and the fact it’s left running as Ralph crushes it is like it was alive💔AND YEAH I CRIED WHILE WRITING THAT SECTION
He's not just breaking the kart, he's breaking their friendship
I wince before the scene happens every single time I rewatch the movie
Sarah Silverman’s voice acting really sells the scene, it just rips your heart out
I remember from somewhere that the way the shots are, it's reminiscent of how off-screen deaths are shot
Something even more heartbreaking in the For Your Own Good scene is when Vanellope gives Ralph her handmade medal she says "in case WE don't win... not that i think there's even a remote chance WE'RE not gonna win" - she considers her and Ralph a unit, even when she's the one that's going to be racing... waaaa this movie
I never thought the video of me asking Rich Moore about Turbo would surface like this! I was very lucky and excited to be called on. Only THREE people got picked for questions, I was number 2. It was one of the best moments of my life. I was just a super happy Wreck It Ralph fan and a big King Candy/Turbo fan!
OH MY GOD, IT'S YOU!!!! First of all that is such an AWESOME life experience to have, and I'm so glad you were able to see this video :)) and second of all, THANK YOU FOR ASKING ABOUT TURBO ALL THOSE YEARS AGO. YOU WERE OUT ON THE FRONT LINES!!!!!!!!
@@RandomalisticI really was!! I asked because I was really disappointed with the lack of information on Turbo in both the art book (other than the last page of the art book showing some concept art) and lack of Turbo in deleted scenes, but there was tons of King Candy, so I really wanted to know what lead to his creation and the choice to merge him with King Candy. I got my answer, and a bonus answer from Big Gene😆
WINGS OF FIREE
The moment you were mentioned in the video I was hoping you'd have left a comment here too.
I'm not usually one to comment on videos, but this is the BEST Wreck It Ralph video I have ever seen. I've written countless papers on this movie and it's symbolism, and I've watched counless analysis videos. Your clear passion for the subject matter makes this video both entertaining and informative. Keep it up!! Watching this was 2 hours of my life VERY well spent!!
OH MY GOSH?? That means so much coming from an EXPERT like you. THANK YOU!! ❤
The scariest part of King Candy's manipulation is that from Ralph's perspective, it actually could have happened. Ralph did not know that Vanellope was actually supposed to be the ruler of Sugar Rush, or that she was on the side of the game. For all he knew, Vanellope's glitch actually COULD have caused the game to be unplugged. Its absolutely devious.
@@lasercraft32 the best way to lie to someone is by telling the truth
Even better, it did actually cause her to be locked to Sugar Rush. And Turbo may or may have not know that. So he really took a chance revealing that considering he reprogrammed the game, but Turbo really knew that Ralph would do anything for Vanellope.
@@iantaakalla8180 I think it's likely that Turbo knew that, because Vanellope knew that. I can believe that in at some point in the 15 years that Sugar Rush was plugged in, Vanellope tried to leave at least once, and was observed by Turbo or his subjects.
Or he tried to kick her out himself.
I like that at the end of the day, every single attribute of Vanellope is exploited to make sure he wins the Sugar Time races.
"and no, I'm not neurotypical!" Honey, no one would dare accuse you of such. You're among friends here. 💜
The title and length of the video told me everything I needed to know 😭💗
@@Woahufoundmenot to mention the amount of amazing enthusiasm
@@The-Busy-Beeeee right? One of my special interests is listening to other people hyperfixate on theirs 😆
As someone not neurotypical I sensed it by the length and topic of the video, and I love it anyway.
Oh my god ALL OF YOU 🥹🥹❤️❤️ STAAWUUUPPPP
"You're not gonna imprison a nine year old, are you Candy?"
"Yeah, in the fungeon, why?"
This killed me! 😂
Fun fact, this video sparked a love for both this movie and the characters inside it. I used to repress all my interests and seeing someone make a video about one movie focused on one character changed the way I thought. Im now convinced to make a video of my own surrounding my own interests because this video taught me that someone will care about my dumb little video essay about my favorite little silly. I also just genuinely love your storytelling and structure. You are an absolute inspiration to truly follow through with your passions ans psychoanalyze my favorite little goobers. So with that I give a thank you. Thank you for making me obsessed with Turbo/King cand
Turbotastic!
Oh my GOD this is top tier writing, video editing, and structure. I love this movie beyond belief and I've ALWAYS thought that Turbo was a PERFECT villain. Gonna be rewatching this forever
THANK YOUU!! 🥹🥹❤️HE IS AMAZING
@@Randomalistic
I can’t wait for more of your videos because this is absolutely stellar stuff that I’m watching so far!
@@chai.tealeaves oh 100% I wish I could be this funny 😆
You might even say he’s… turbotastic-
@@corpsenymph4644your reply has filled me with life.
This is genuinely, no hyperbole, one of the best video essays I've ever seen. The editing, the analysis, the script, all of the little gags, every single aspect really came together here and I can tell that you poured every ounce of passion you have into this!
This video is SO good that it made me appreciate and love Wreck-It Ralph (which was ALREADY my favorite Disney movie) is ways I didn't even know were POSSIBLE. Despite the fact that this video was over TWO HOURS LONG I might just watch it AGAIN just to catch all of the minor gags and edits that I missed. You should be really proud of this! ^^
FAX
the amount of times i’ve watched this video already is insane
iam glad i'm not the only one to have watched this video more than once. eye twitches /pos /i have only watched this video 3 times by now
This is it bro. This is THE video about Turbo. Nothing's gonna beat this. You won.
SUMMONING 10 BILLION PEOPLE TO WATCH THIS VIDEO NOW!!!!! GET THEIR ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@Qephyr I hope this video sparks 100,000 MORE TURBO VIDEOS
@@Randomalistic With all the unseen storyboards and stuff just NOW getting released combined with the nostalgia for the movie which is now… What? 11 years old?? There’s hope for more videos to be made about this wet-eyed freak, THERE’S HOPE!!!!!!
@@RandomalisticNo you just covered the whole topic
I guess it's time to fire up the cloning machine.
@@stellviahohenheim Nuh uh! More than just the topic can be covered! Anything is possible!! >:]
Commenting after a rewatch because of the INCREDIBLE work on display here! Your analysis of Turbo’s character, not only as a villain, but as Ralph’s twisted funhouse mirror, is one of the best analyses of ANYTHING I’ve seen on TH-cam.
I can really tell how much you love this movie, going into various bits of behind-the-scenes material and occasionally interjecting with your own stories. It really bolstered your aside about art with humanity in it being powerful from being just a nice sentiment to genuinely inspiring (and, honestly, thank you for putting it in. As someone who, for various reasons, is questioning whether I should continue pursuing art seriously, I did kinda need to hear it). And, if you’ll excuse the sweet-themed expression, the CMV to ‘Cabinet Man’ was truly the icing on the cake.
Overall, I rate this video Turbotastic/10, made me start rotating Turbo around in my brain so much I had a dream about him.
P.S. as a tumblr user, I cannot believe this video is how I found out there was a worst sexyman competition AND that Turbo won…
He not only won worst sexyman he was a solid 20-30% ahead against every opponent. I’m glad u enjoyed :)
39:41 I think Turbo also made countless alterations to the game, because Turbo wasn’t really the best racer. Remember, all his game required him to do was drive in a single loop, while Sugar Rush has plenty of different terrain to tread. He probably made changes like “King Candy’s cart doesn’t lose traction on ice” or “King Candy’s cart does not lose speed on oil slicks”, “King Candy’s cart will always clear this gap”, stuff like that. He probably would’ve written these amendments in as failsafes before a race, so when the time came for him to actually race, it would go as smoothly as possible. That’s why they’re all haphazardly there. It’s him brainstorming, “what could go wrong in a race and jeopardize my control? Oh, this! Better add it to the code.” Hell, with how ruthless he gets ramming into Vanellope’s cart in the final act, I’d argue he’s also got “King Candy’s cart is immune to collision damage with other racers” in there too, so there’s no concern of his breaking as he decimates her cart.
This is so in character and would actually do a lot to explain the code bloat
@@migaud7789right?! It’s failsafes and damage control, just haphazardly thrown together.
an extremely hyperfixated narrator, beautiful insight on the smallest of details, toby fox music, hilarious jokes, birds- this video has EVERYTHING
DUDE. Just finished watching the whole video yesterday and I can only say: You didn't need to go that HARD on the "Into the light" segment. The fact you did is so awesome and emphasized how Turbo got his fitting end. A man driven by avarice and ego getting the spotlight he always wanted. And one he could never leave.
Your entire video is GOLD. The humor, the psychoanalysis, and the PRESENTATION! Even if it had its tangents, they were used to add context to the video and don't take away from it.
This is one of the greatest character analysis videos on the internet, hands down. Hats off to you and your hard work!
THAT IS SO UNBELIEVABLY KIND.. thank you so much ❤️🥺 :))
Just checking in to make sure you saw the hardest part of the whole video, that ENDING... I almost clicked off the video since it was sorta post-credits and seemed unsettling-it's 5 am and I am susceptible to nightmares-but I am *so* glad I stuck around
Videos like these are what TH-cam is made for in my eyes. passionate and nerdy people researching and analyzing stuff that most people would barely ever think about in a movie-long video that I didn't know I needed. Just thank you for that :D
My personal head canon for the reason king candy had a huge code box is because king candy (not turbo king candy) was an unused character or asset that didn't make it to the final version and was just lingering around in the code. It always seemed weird that turbo was able to make a relatively faithful "model" to disguise himself from scratch. I know Ralph and other characters can switch to 3d/2d depending on the game but they are actual people so I assumed that's how games operate in this world. Turbo took on an entirely different appearance from scratch which is a larger step so there had to have been some model in the files that he used to help his appearance. He also probably isn't the best coder so his way of changing his model is probably extremely inefficient and "spaghetti code".
Could also be why Vanellope's glitch was enough to unravel his disguise, at least while it was active.
The code to make it was rather fragile, and prone to falling apart if tampered with.
Especially because in the flashback when Turbo breaks into Roadblasters, he still remains as an 8bit sprite despite the game being 16 bit
oh i love this but thats horrifying to realize hes wearing skinsuit essentially.
Imagine if the sequel had done something like shown us a new game set in the series of Sugar Rush, and King Candy was not only a real person, but a genuinely kindly and caring man. Possibly even Vannellope’s father! (I mean if she’s the Princess it stands to reason her father is the King)
They don't switch between 2D and 3D, that's just how they look when viewed from outside the cabinet through that game's screen. In the world of Wreck-It Ralph, every game is actually 3D under the hood.
Honestly the scene where Turbo attacks Vanellope on the track and she learns to "control" the glitch is honestly kind of a perfect moment for her. Discovery of a glitch in a game followed by slowly learning how to recreate it and eventually using it to your advantage is an essential part of the collective experience of playing games, especially in the case of speedrunning. It's a well considered little detail that ties the movie back to gaming culture as well as a very nice character moment for a super competitive-minded person like Vanellope. I never really thought too much about that part of the scene until now, thanks for the great video that got me thinking!
AHAHA That's such a cool connection! Seriously it is A TRAVESTY that the sequel didn't play around with the idea of speedrunning, or anything new and gaming-related at all. But thank you so much for sharing :))
OH MY GOD UR BRAIN, YES YES
Honestly, it would have made so much sense that Vanellope would have been like a speedster, or like Link from the N64 games in that she is basically able to solve any game by specific movements to glitch how she wants. It would have given her a bunch of cool scenes.
It fits, but I doubt that's what the film crew was thinking about when making this scene.
I love how Veneloppe probably never even knew who Turbo was. Like who would have told her? The other racers? They hate her. King Candy? Lol no. Ralph never does so on screen so probably never did.
After the movie, Vaneloppe was probably like "Sooooo who was the Turbo guy?"
“Oh, so that’s why he was glitching like me! What a hypocrite.”
one thing I loved loved loved about this analysis is hearing the passion and dramaticism in your voice!!! really kept it compelling and also your editing is so so sick!!! keep it up!!!!
So here’s I thought I had after rewatching this for the upteenth time. Turbo’s selfish “all about me” behavior could be an effect of how his own game worked. From the look of things, he was the only playable character in Turbotime, with two blue drivers that he seemed to push down and belittle.
So from the moment he was plugged in, Turbo was always the center of attention, and he ate it up.
Also I just realized that his car in TurboTime had eyes…it was alive…and he rammed it into the RoadBlasters car.
OH THAT POOR CAR WHAT
His car was his side kick and he sidelined it in the name of fame ? Gee. Darker. Much darker. And it was in the other game too, so you know It didn't came back.
Ur telling me he m*rdered a car who his side kick..... I know the movie is dark and all that but holy crap this way too deeper and scarier
Regarding the notion that the portrayal of Turbo possibly contradicts the film's message about being yourself and accepting who you are, I actually disagree. To me, the visual design of turbo is more meant to evoke the idea of him being a corpse. Aside from your mention of references to skeletons evoked not only by the other characters but also his helmet, there are also a few other things there. For one, his skin is pale, to the point where it looks way too much like a freshly deceased person without any circulation. Secondly, his eyes almost look rotted [and his teeth certainly are], again playing into that corpse motif. And of course, there's also that see-through aspect of him, with the ghost imagery you brought up.
In my opinion, Turbo's design is more meant to emphasize the fact that Turbo as a concept is dead. Nobody remembers him outside of ghost stories and a few turns of phrase, and thus he visually reflects that. Sure he always looked like that, but that never caused him any trouble, it was his endless desire for more that put him into a world where his appearance would take on that meaning. Otherwise, Turbo just looked like a normal person back in his home game.
Also I think they may have rejected the idea of final form turbo because his final form being based on king candy adds even more to that theme of wanting to be something you're not. It's literally a bug mimicking a man mimicking another man, it is quite literally symbolism squared [Yes I know Turbo is technically in control but I also like the idea that King Candy is the Cybug and Turbo is the only part that is still himself].
@@the8626 Ooh ur right!! This is a great addition, thank you!! >:)c
Is it okay if I pin this for a short while?
@@Randomalistic I'm cool with that if you want to.
When I was a kid I used to think turbo is a Ghost
Let’s not forget the obvious fact that Turbo refused to let Vanellope be herself, and he’s also a fraud as well as an illegitimate ruler.
18:00 Also nice use of the Deltarune Chapter 1 Castle songs.
22:51 Nice visual pun. Always thought of it when I first watched Turbo, the movie.
45:00 Deltarune Chapter 2 Mansion music.
1:38:07 That has to be sarcasm.
1:39:25 Metroid Prime Second Phase Theme.
Also, Cy-Bugs are about as depraved as xenomorphs. Fuck them hoes, too.
It's almost like he's HAUNTING THE NARRATIVE
I really wish Wreck-It Ralph 2 was about Felix and Ralph going on an adventure and realizing they still have baggage with each other, that would've been so much better. Maybe that hypothetical movie would have two antagonists who are threatening to put the arcade out of business just by fighting each other across games.
But if they did that where could Disney put in all those scenes jacking themselves off?
it still could've been about the internet too!! maybe it's just because i'm a sucker for old web shit, but there's a well of potential with internet stuff that nobody really played on. give us some Y2K crash shit
@@gardenagnostic wreck it ralph has to escape club penguin as the servers are finally shut down.
well, I feel like a sequal overall is just a bad idea. ralph and felix never ACTUALLY had problems with each other as individuals, the problem was their societal position. Ralph wasn't envious of felix the person, he was envious of felix the hero. the same could be said vice versa
@@ItsNothingRichy Well, what I'm saying is that 30 years of Felix the Hero and Ralph the Villian might not go away overnight
OH MY
I simply LOVE to hear neuro-diveergent people talk and talk about their special interests.
But your essay was amazingly written, viewer-friendly, and metal af
Thank you for pouring your soul into it, and letting us get this present
I loved it 100 %
King Turbo when he transforms into a Candy-Turbo-Cybug Hybrid: “At last! My semblance matches my Inner-Beauty!”
Also anyone notice when he first talks to Ralph in his new 3rd form, he says *”Because of You, Ralph,* I’m now the most Powerful Virus in the Arcade!” How did he know Ralph brought that Cybug to Sugar Rush? THEY FUSED MINDS! That’s how he could control them and how he could be affected by their Light weakness.
YES
Emperor Calus when did you get here…
26:10 "And now it's 1987! Which was also the year of an incident at some random pizza chain nearby-"
Me, who was currently in the middle of drawing Michael Afton while watching this: "..."
You should've drawn a parrot next to them just saying that specifically phrase
WAS THAT THE BITE OF '87!?
Nice
I'm surprised no one says, "Caught you at a bad time?"...lol...
what makes Quburt being unplugged more sad is how the enemies Wrong Way & Bad Ball are completely absent
OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD??!!!?
NO YOU'RE RIGHT
I noticed Wrong Way was gone, but for some reason I never thought that maybe that was because he didn't make it out...
As for the balls I didn't consider them alive
I guess Wrong Way went *the Wrong Way* am I right!1?!1,>?@? [Insert comically bass boosted laugh track and the Seinfeld theme here] (this joke sucks)
@@icemast2390 and then It just Distorts unsettlely, as you realize you made a Joke about a Dead character that couldn't escape their Fate.
@@TheDimensionalArtist *Gloomy sfx. plays*
The energy that you put towards everything from the script to the editing is so sincere and unhinged in the best way possible. I can't wait to see what else you might create in the future.
10/10 still find Vanellope princess joke to be the best
“As princess you shall be…. Executed.” 😂
Edit: I auto spelt her name as Penelope so corrected that
@@Annonimous1000 Here's the genuine question though. Why is her outfit like that? What I mean is, her outfit on the Arcade machine is white with green.
But when she reverts back to 'normal' her outfit is super pink and frilly. And both designs don't 'match' her character like how all the other characters are, with the colors and accessories being themed around their 'dessert'. I presume Venellope is based of a 'Party Mix' with her Licorish hair and the varied candies scattered through it, and being the benevolent ruler of Sugar Rush it makes sense for her to be more encompassing in her theme. But there's just... none of that outside of her casual/'glitch' wear. Her Racing uniform is a stereotypical streamlined racing uniform with no accessories, and her princess outfit is a stereotypical frilly pink dress (which is especially weird with the prominent green in the other two designs). It's always peeved me as a background detail.
@@ForgottenFafniri can't explain...i never worked on this
@@ForgottenFafnir The dress was definitely just for the bit. “Oh it would be funny to put her in typical princess wear because its not her style.” Sort of joke. As for her og design being different I can only say she probably had a completely different food theme originally. Something plane like maybe gum or something before her being disconnected caused her to glitch and turn into a party mix. Like its not official information i can’t provide that, but feels like a reasonable theory.
@@Annonimous1000 Maybe, but she already had the Licorish Bow and assorted candy in her hair in that design. So it's just confusing tbh.
@@ForgottenFafnir A lame explanation (what I’m about to say not what you said) but it could simply be them keeping the bow cause its a key feature to her design. Sometimes things are done to make it harder for a character to be mistaken as another character.
Also not me trying to be mean but just curious why you chose my comment to ask this question on. All i said was I liked the execution joke so I wasn’t expecting a design analysis.
Honestly, since I saw this movie the thing that most interested me and confused me about Turbo's story is not just how in the world did he infect the cybug, but the strange simbolism of how he manages to use someones nature against themselves. Turbo didn't really survive the attack, but at the same time the cybug saved him from actually dying, somehow abusing the fact that it's copy ability is only used on inanimates to make the cybug copy a person instead of an item, forcing the cybug to replicate his will and consciousness. He found an oversight, a weakness on the cybugs nature and abused it to make the cybug counter itself, strangely similar to how he used Ralph's or Vanellope's nature against themselves
OH MY GOD
Btw, now that I read my coment again I just noticed how badly I wrote it, I'm glad you managed to understand it, but I literally fell asleep as I was finishing to write it XDDD
Omg thats. Such a good way to imagine why King zcandy did fuse and any other victims does not. Wow!
I NEVER saw that frame of him looking at us, that is actually insane. He's so well written. Also the game's name being 'Sugar Rush' is so clever as to why Turbo was first intrigued to go into SR in the first place. He never saw the game itself, he saw the title. Sugar Rush was his Adrenaline Rush.
1:33:30 No, no cut that out TURBO IS A CREEPYPASTA, he literally breaks games and lives, and has split frames where he breaks the fourth wall and tricks the audience, players, characters and the mechanics of the games! He's creepy, ghostly, sickly unlike his arcade painted design and associated with skulls and red colors. He's a living urban legend in the arcade! Turbo is an official disney creepypasta story! You're onto It!
1:58:26 Ayo they got kurene calcium's hatsune miku infection bug eye ball game going on here. Even the bone jaw and the mandibles are there! Horror vocaloid King Candy when?
Ending sequence was hype.
So technically speaking. Turbo is a exe but he more friendly looking
Going to sleep ❌️
Two hour Reck It Ralph video essay ✅️
Hush... it's 5:30am... this mindset has turned me nocturnal T-T
she gives off incredible tumblr girl vibes and i for one am here for it
TEEHEE… YOU ALREADY KNOW
Editing my 2 hour analysis video on why Randomalistic is from Tumblr, she has even more clues and foreshadowing than Turbo does. (Affectionate)
I have NOT seen the cunts fucked and Peace and love on planet earth in any other website.
Hey um thank you for making this. When this movie came out, i was a young undiagnosed autistic kid. I hyperfixated on this movie SO HARD. My previous fixation was sonic the hedgehog, and although i got bullied for it, people still respected it as an interest. But when i tried talking about Wreck it Ralph, i was met with sneers of "You watched a movie made for babies?!" aaaand you can imagine the infantilization that spiraled from there. My brain pretty much bottled my emotions on the film, stuck a cork in it and threw them away.
Your video essay popped that cork and showered my brain in all sorts of dopamine. So uh. Thanks for opening me back up to exploring my facination with animated film.
That is so incredibly touching to me, thank you for sharing❤️❤️ I know it can be overwhelming when you repress something you feel so strongly about and it returns out of nowhere (that same phenomenon sparked this entire video honestly) But i am more than glad this silly video was able to respark your interest in the movie❤️ I hope you've been able to rediscover the joy :')
This movie is an absolute showcase of brilliance. If those people don't try to be supportive of your passion for it, then it's on them.
dude i was the same way, i’m so glad you’re able to be your authentic self now!!!
If you think about it, arcades are like different multiverses, meaning this arcade is a multiverse where turbo took over sugar rush which also means most arcades are multiverses where the game was never interfered by turbo
That segment where you described Turbos downfall and then the flashing “G A M E O V E R” gave me literal chills.
I offer a headcanon that is 100% not canon and only appeals to my specific tastes in horror
CyBug King Candy/Turbo is not King Candy/Turbo. King Candy/Turbo died when he was eaten. The creature that fights Ralph is a CyBug that thinks it’s King Candy/Turbo because it absorbed all his memories and personality, a la SOMA or Fern The Human.
He’s spend so long wearing someone else’s skin, but now something is wearing his skin, whether it realizes or not.
(Loved this video! Glad someone appreciates Wreck it Ralph and Turbo as much as I do)
Fern mention…
OH GOD THATS HORRIFIC I LOVE IT
I think you would like Spiders-Man, the cluster of spiders that ate that universe’s Peter Parker and now think they are him
And then said abomination was burned to death, because disney writers take out their frustration on the villains!
At that point, I have to ask if that counts as Turbo, then. Memories and personality are what makes people themselves after all.
Villains having petty, salty, and jealous backstories are the best as the lesson and cautionary tale is to NOT let fame and pride get into your head.
Oh this video is wonderful.
Structured-rambles about every king candy scene. Pointing out all the brilliant layers of foreshadowing and sneers king candy gave the camera.
Breaking down the manipulation scene.
And the midpart of the finale!
Its so good!
The VA work is cozy/sincere too.
I ADORE the use of cursed King Candy merch photos in the editing!!! Everytime a new unholy gremlin crawls out of the void it hits like a ton of bricks.
Also I love how the tone oscillates between moments of comedy gold to what feel like god damned true crime and back again at the drop of a hat. Unhinged, which is fitting for a rancid elf like this man.
I just finished the video and NEIL CICIEREGA?!? I THOUGHT HE WAS TAS ONLY?!?!
Seriously though, fantastic video! I always loved Wreck It Ralph as a kid, and think of it often, but had no clue just how throughly integrated all the themes and threads into every piece of this movie. Every single moment is so well set up and always earned. I think the best media analysis can do is show us how much more there is to love in our favorite stuff, and how much care and love the artists all put into it. And you highlighted all that so well! Amazing work! (And now to the detriment of everyone I am going to reblogging all the Turbo fanart I can on tumblr…)
Also, even if you didn’t reference The Bite, I probably would have guessed you had a history with FNAF. No one does arcade glitch horror better than the FNAF fandom. (Seriously though the ending was straight up fantastic, or should I say, TURBOTASTIC!!! Thank you so much for making this!)
RANCID ELF!!!! the image choices are the funniest part of this video i adore them so much
"playing god does not come without consequence" THAT LINE GOES SO HARD OMG
1:26:05 She's doing the exact opposite of going turbo, actually. Rather than destruction, sabotage and hijacking, she made this life without stealing from anyone, simply being herself and existing.