Ralph Breaks the Internet debuts never-before-seen footage at New York Comic Con

Ralph Breaks the Internet is looking to be just as humorous and entertaining, if not more so, than its predecessor Wreck It Ralph.

At New York Comic Con, a crowd of lucky fans was treated to 20 minutes of never-before-seen clips from Ralph Breaks the Internet. In the sequel, Ralph and Vanellope venture from their small arcade universe to the world wide web in an effort to save Vanellope’s own game, Sugar Rush, from becoming obsolete.

The panel also featured behind-the-scenes footage, concept art, and a host of new details and insight on the film from directors Rich Moore and Phil Johnston along with Head of Story, Josie Trinidad.

Fair warning: As the footage previewed today is from several different moments throughout the movie, those who read further than this point will come across mild spoilers.

If you’re not ready just quite yet to know how Ralph and Vanellope will break the internet, then hold tight until it comes out in theaters on November 21 this year.  We’ll place a fun spoiler-free GIF here just in case your eyes scan any further.

Okay, for those who stuck around, here’s what Ralph Breaks the Internet has to offer.

Vanellope is unsure of her future

The sequel comes fairly soon timeline-wise after Wreck It Ralph. A child playing Vanellope’s game, Sugar Rush, somehow breaks off the steering wheel to the game (an incredibly strong child, the panel joked). The arcade’s owner, Stan Litwak (Ed O’Neill), is unsure what to do but have no fear — children with mobile phones are here. One of them is able to find a replacement steering wheel on eBay for $200, which shockingly is more than what Sugar Rush makes in a whole year. With that, Litwak feels he’s really only left with one option — shut down Sugar Rush for good. Ralph (John C. Reilly) tries as best he can to cheer up Vanellope (Sarah Silverman), adorably putting together a little pillow fort he calls a “pigloo.” When Vanellope doesn’t find this all too amusing, Ralph reminds her she was just complaining about how the tracks were too easy.

But Vanellope laments that no matter the small kinks in her game, it was her game and her world. Now she’s unsure of who she is, asking Ralph if she isn’t a racer, who is she? Ralph remarks that at least she’s his best friend, to which she replies “that’s not enough.”

Ouch.

Ralph and Vanellope try (and fail) at online auctions

Litwak brings major change to his arcade when he decides to set up a Wi-Fi router. Remember Game Central Station, the industrial power strip that works as a hub, connecting all of the arcade’s games? Well, a new game pops up at the station called “WiFi.”

Sonic apparently gives Ralph and Vanellope the heads up that the internet is the place to head to, as they can apparently check out eBay for the broken Sugar Rush part. They enter WiFi and as soon as Litwak turns the router on, Ralph and Vanellope are able to shoot off into the world wide web.

The internet world honestly gave me Fifth Element vibes, seeing layers and layers of “buildings” and “roads” with the world’s inhabitants zipping by at lightning speed. Josie Trinidad explained the actual inspiration for this movie’s take on the internet came from a fairly average-looking building in Los Angeles, One Wilshire. Trinidad shared that “the incredible thing about this building is that houses all of the Internet connections for all the Internet communication in all of North America.” Not such an average building now, right?

As Ralph and Vanellope enter the internet world, they see names recognizable to all of us, such as Snapchat and The National Geographic. There are a few fictionalized destinations such as BuzzTube, which is pretty much what it sounds like. We’ll come back to this place in a bit.

Upon arriving, Ralph and Vanellope meet KnowsMore (Alan Tudyk), a search engine embodied as a little purple man with a graduation cap and glasses (because as Ralph says, that’s how you know he’s smart). A hilarious exchange occurs between Ralph and KnowsMore. Before Ralph can get more than a syllable out for what they want to search for, KnowsMore spews outs options. He apologizes to Ralph, saying his autofill is acting up. Vanellope gets the gist, and asks specifically for her Sugar Rush steering wheel. The two are quickly zipped off to eBay, which appears as a huge auction house.

Famous real-life auctioneer Brian Curless is the voice of the Netison auctioneers, while we see Net Users (real-life people) bidding on a mix of items, including a potato chip that looks like Beyoncé. Somehow we’re not surprised that could be a real thing?

Poor Ralph and Vanellope don’t understand how online bidding works, assuming that the biggest number is how you win at this “game.” The two find the Sugar Rush steering wheel they need, and the current bid is in the low hundreds. Ralph and Vanellope start shouting out some steep numbers, starting at $1,000 and ending with a grand sum of $27,001.

When these two realize they actually have to pay that amount for the wheel (at this point, they could buy a whole new game for Vanellope to play in), they go in search of ways to make money on the internet. (As the panelists joked, they do this the clean, fun way — it is a Disney movie, after all.)

Vanellope vs. Shank

An action-packed scene fans got to view at the Ralph Breaks the Internet panel was Vanellope racing against Gal Gadot’s character in the movie, Shank.

Ralph and Vanellope learn that one quick way they can earn money is by selling digital goods from a video game — consider how much money people reap in from selling items in World of Warcraft?

While it would be hilarious to see these two in WoW or maybe now, Fortnite, trying to nab items, the two enter a game perfect for Vanellope — Slaughter Race. Sure, this is a fiercely intense version of Grand Theft Auto and Vanellope’s game oozes pink with a name like Sugar Rush, but she did just tell Ralph her game’s tracks had become predictable. In Slaughter Race, there are no tracks.

The two’s goal is to nab a car featured in the game that Shank drives. As hard as Vanellope tries to drive the essential car out of the game, Shank is difficult to beat. Despite Vanellope trying to steal her car though, our girl V impresses Shank with her skilled driving. Perhaps we’ll get to see these two race once more in the game, or if Vanellope truly can’t get Sugar Rush back on, maybe she’s got a spot in Slaughter Race?

She may need to lose the candy in her hair though…

Ralph breaks the internet’s number one rule

Ralph and Vanellope discover a new way to make some major cash on the internet — something many of us try to do and only a few succeed. Viral videos.

The woman — well Netison in this case — to help them with this goal is Yesss, voiced by Empire‘s Taraji P. Henson. Henson herself popped in a quick video for the NYCC audience, describing her character as a superfan of the internet.

Yesss is super blue and super trendy — cosplayers are going to have a ton of fun with her many lewks. She’s an algorithm for the social video site BuzzTube, and she helps Ralph make a series of videos featuring his persona, and they immediately get all the likes (well hearts, in this case).

Ralph unknowingly comes across a room that shows all the comments people are leaving. The panel’s audience really felt this triggering scene, with many voicing “aaws” and “oh no’s” as Ralph read truly nasty comments about how people hate him or think he was ugly and fat.

This may be one of the most poignant scenes of the film, because in this moment, I for one can imagine both children and adults feeling a connection to the hurt Ralph has in this scene. We’ve all been there to some degree — whether it be a debate on Facebook, a negative Twitter thread, or a chatroom that gets negative really quick.

Yesss discovers Ralph and explains to him that while yes, the internet can “bring out the worst in people” it can also do wonderfully incredible things. For one, Ralph’s viral videos end up raising more than enough money for the Sugar Rush steering wheel — $30,000 to be exact.

Phil Johnston expressed near the end of the panel that this scene, as well as the film as a whole, was meant to “portray the internet as not all good, not all bad, it just is.” He added that the film’s team felt it was important to have this scene, as it added a touch of reality to the whole experience of Ralph and Vanellope exploring what the internet really is.

Vanellope teaches Disney princesses how to kick back

We already know a bit about Vanellope’s time with the Disney princesses thanks to trailers, photos and previous press coverage. During 2017’s D23 Expo, it was revealed that Disney princesses would come face to face with another universe, Star Wars.

The clip previewed today at New York Comic Con didn’t offer thay much more new information, except for maybe a few extra jokes exchanged between the Disney princesses and Vanellope.

The princesses ask her what kind of danger or trouble she is in, relating to their own experiences like nearly being poisoned or actually being kidnapped or enslaved. Vanellope is shocked, asking if these poor girls need help or the police. You have to admit the slew of things Disney princesses have experienced is pretty traumatizing.

Vanellope’s casual clothes catch the eye of the princesses, and Cinderella’s mice swiftly get to work recreating comfy clothes for them all. With that, we’re given totally new looks for these iconic characters — and honestly, I for one am ready to buy all of them. Princess Athleisure, anyone?

Ralph Breaks the Internet will hit theaters Nov. 21, 2018.