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Wreck-It Ralph and Vanellope von Schweetz were best friends. Ralph was the Bad Guy in the popular game Fix-It Felix, Jr., and Vanellope was the best racer in Sugar Rush. After work, they would meet in Game Central Station and goof around until the sun came up, playing games like I spy .

Just as they were about to head back to work one day,they heard something. “That's a plug-in alert. Litwak hasn't plugged in a new game in forever. Let's go see what it is!”

They watched as the game's sign lit up: wi-fi. It wasn't a game at all! Vanellope was disappointed it wasn't a new racing game. She wanted some new and different tracks.

As they parted, Ralph had an idea.

For Vanellope's next race, Ralph made her an off-road track inside Sugar Rush, filled with dangerous jumps and candy-cane-tree obstacles.

As usual, Vanellope was winning the race until . . .

The girl playing the game accidentally yanked too hard on the steering wheel, and it snapped right off!

Mr. Litwak found a replacement steering wheel on a website called eBay, but he couldn't afford it. Mr. Litwak didn't have a choice: he’d have to retire Sugar Rush.

Ralph's eyes went wide. “Litwak's gonna unplug the game. Go!Go! Run, run, run!”

Mr. Litwak reached for the plug, and a stampede of Sugar Rush residents raced into Game Central Station.

Feeling low, Vanellope went home with Ralph. She wondered what she would do all day without her game.

Ralph tried to cheer her up. “You sleep in, you do no work. I've literally just described paradise.”

Vanellope didn't want to hurt his feelings, but that didn't sound like enough. She loved racing. “I think maybe I just need to be alone right now.”

Ralph watched as Vanellope sadly walked away.

Later that evening, Ralph came up with a plan. He rushed off to find Vanellope.

“We're goin'to the Internet.” Ralph had it all figured out. “We go there, get the steering wheel, we have it delivered to Litwak before Friday. He’ll fix your game. Everything goes back to the way it was. Boom. Happily ever after.”

Vanellope loved the idea!