Yup. Tapper (in which he's serving beer) and Root Beer Tapper.

Yeah, when we first see King Candy mucking around in the code, and see Vanellope's code drifting around and sparking off to the side, I had one of those moments where the whole rest of the movie rolls out in front of you — clearly Fix It Felix was going to end up going into the code and fixing Vanellope, and that's…

Yeah, when we first see King Candy mucking around in the code, and see Vanellope's code drifting around and sparking off to the side, I had one of those moments where the whole rest of the movie rolls out in front of you — clearly Fix It Felix was going to end up going into the code and fixing Vanellope, and that's…

You aren't alone. The sober, grim, humorless critics in my screening SHRIEKED with laughter at that one.

You aren't alone. The sober, grim, humorless critics in my screening SHRIEKED with laughter at that one.

Oh, interesting. Websters Unabridged just says "A trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a pretty thing." But a survey of dictionaries on Onelook.com (which I love) shows most of them pointing to in the "cheap and useless" definition. I'll keep that in mind in future.

Oh, interesting. Websters Unabridged just says "A trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a pretty thing." But a survey of dictionaries on Onelook.com (which I love) shows most of them pointing to in the "cheap and useless" definition. I'll keep that in mind in future.

@avclub-8ff4a061e94d139f016b2ca7dd0a1541:disqus Yep. IIRC, Ralph even says, looking through the window, "Aw, Pac-Man got invited!" or something to that effect.  And then there's a visual joke of him chomping his way through a series of things.

@avclub-8ff4a061e94d139f016b2ca7dd0a1541:disqus Yep. IIRC, Ralph even says, looking through the window, "Aw, Pac-Man got invited!" or something to that effect.  And then there's a visual joke of him chomping his way through a series of things.

They're co-credited directors on IMDB.

They're co-credited directors on IMDB.

Man, this is going to be my biggest PR failure since that time I told everyone THE NEVERENDING STORY didn't actually end, and came with free lines of coke.

Man, this is going to be my biggest PR failure since that time I told everyone THE NEVERENDING STORY didn't actually end, and came with free lines of coke.

Pac Man has, as I said, a prominent cameo. Mario was apparently way too expensive and difficult to license, so they gave up trying.

Pac Man has, as I said, a prominent cameo. Mario was apparently way too expensive and difficult to license, so they gave up trying.

Heh. I wasn't even aware we were advertising it. I don't see the ads, and there's no crossover between editorial and the ad sales department.

Heh. I wasn't even aware we were advertising it. I don't see the ads, and there's no crossover between editorial and the ad sales department.

Oh, it absolutely does. But it pretty quickly moves away from the shared world where they hang out. It doesn't just try to coast on nostalgia, so much as it throws in in-jokes mostly at the beginning.

Oh, it absolutely does. But it pretty quickly moves away from the shared world where they hang out. It doesn't just try to coast on nostalgia, so much as it throws in in-jokes mostly at the beginning.

It hadn't even occurred to me, but there's also a parallel there in that he's an amalgam personality who in the end becomes more powerful because of overlaid identities, but also loses himself as a result.