'Wreck-It Ralph' video characters get their game on

USA TODAY's Brian Truitt gets the rundown on who's who in Disney's video-game-centric animated film 'Wreck-It Ralph' (opening Friday) from director Rich Moore. Ralph (voiced by John C. Reilly) is the bad guy of the 'Fix-It Felix Jr.' game who leaves his surroundings to be a hero. Originally conceived as more of an animal like Donkey Kong, he instead became a pastiche of Ralph Kramden, Moore–s assorted bosses and the big apes of 'King Kong' and 'Mighty Joe Young.' “Everyone thought that they were bad but in experiencing them with another character, we find out that they really have this gentle heart to both of them,” Moore says. “If we were going to make the bad guy the hero of the story, he did have to be more than a cartoon character " that he be somebody who we actually care about and are rooting for.”