One of the elements that totally sold audiences for Disney’s 2012 animated film Wreck-It Ralph was a key animation visual depicting the titular main character as participating in a videogame villains’ support group meeting, surrounded by other digital baddies, many of which come from famous gaming franchises with multiple installments.
The “Bad-Anon†group became breakout favorites in the film due to their quirky personalities reinforcing the “reality†of the setting that videogame antagonists are only acting the part of villains, hence their affirmation: “I’m bad, and that’s good. I will never be good, and that’s not bad. There’s no one I’d rather be, than me.”
For those who have trouble recalling who they are, here’s a list of members for Wreck-It Ralph’s Bad-Anon support group. Note that some of the characters are named generic names on the credits list; they will be pointed out here:
- Wreck-It Ralph (main character)
- “Satine†(Satan – pronounced Satine – from Satan’s Hollow)
- “Shinobi” (Smoke from Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3)
- Bowser (VS. Super Mario Bros. arcade game, as the original Super Mario Bros. was only for consoles)
- Zangief (Street Fighter II) – presented as a “bad guy†in the movie because the screenwriter always got beaten by the CPU character in the game
- Dr. Eggman (Sonic the Fighters, or Sonic Championship in the US)
- M. Bison (Street Fighter II)
- Clyde the orange Ghost (Pac-Man) – the support group chairman
- 1011001 (Yellow Robot from Cyborg Justice)
- Sorceress (original character with no real-life arcade game basis)
- Neff (Altered Beast)
- Cycloptopus (original character with no real-life arcade game basis)
- “Cyborg” (Kano from Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3)
- “Zombie” (Cyril from House of the Dead) – “Labels not make you happy. Good, bad, ugh; you must love you.â€
Cut Character
- Dr. Wily (Megaman: The Power Battle arcade game) – was part of the original key animation visual; replaced by Shinobi in the actual movie release (below, next to Bison)
