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Ralph is greeted at the bar by a napkin. "Late for what?" he asks, and gets another napkin in reply. "Me? But why?" Napkin. "What kind of 'special occasion'?" Napkin, eyeroll. "Fine, fine, don't tell me." He sighs and heads around behind the bar. "Could I get a few drink suggestions? To go with the theme?" The specials board fills itself out:

SONIC: THE FIGHTERS
Miles "Tails" Prower
Sonic the Hedgehog

STREET FIGHTER II
Blankatini
Bloody Bison
Chun-Li ice tea
Flash Kick!
Hadouken!
Shoryuken!
Spinning Piledriver
Yoga Flame

SUPER MARIO BROS. (on PlayChoice-10)
Boo Shot
Bowser
Goomba
Princess Peach
Warp Pipe

TEKKEN
Kuma's Furry Cup
Nina Colada
Paul Phoenix Rising
Yoshimitsu's Poison Breath

"...all righty then." He turns to face the customers and tries to look happy to be there. "What'll it be?"

[In honor of his canon now being in Japanese cinemas, have a tending Ralph! Open to new threads until it scrolls, and to new tags until your brainmeats can't do it anymore.]

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"Isn't it amazing? And this is just the ones that're both on the website Miss Bar's working from and in my arcade. So what'll it be, little missy? One of these, or something else?"

Hey, she's not that little. (But on the other hand, this guy's huge. So she doesn't protest.)
"...I think I'll stick with what I know," she says, after eyeing some stray food stains on her clothes. "Gonna have enough to explain when I go home without being drunk on top of it. Mountain Dew, please."

"That sounds easy enough." He goes to a soda dispenser and carefully pours. "I'm Wreck-It Ralph, by the way. From the game Fix-It Felix Jr." With that, he places the soda in front of her.

"Well, that explains the arcade comment easily enough. Claudia Donovan. Good to meetcha."
She's... not from an arcade, but they can get to that in a moment.

"Good to meet you too, Claudia. It's really Mr. Litwak's arcade; my home's there, that's all."

Claudia nods. "I'm not from a game, but I've played a few in my time."

"I figured you were a player. The only characters we have as high-definition as you are Sarge and her squad. They're from a rail shooter, Hero's Duty. Have you played that one? What's the appeal, exactly?"

"...Can't say I've heard of that one, but it sounds a lot like Halo. And if they're anything alike, the appeal is 'shoot the crap out of some aliens.'"
Some customers are easy to please.

"Halo... that's a console game, so I wouldn't know how alike they are. But I've been to Hero's Duty, and let me tell you, if the aliens in Halo are anything like Cy-Bugs? Blasting the crap out of them is not as appealing when you're up close and personal. I'm amazed Markowski took a whole week to crack up."

Claudia winces. "I can imagine. I'm not much of a first-person-shooter type, so I can't really tell you why people bother."

"I like you even better. So what is your favorite type of game? Platformers? Racing? Puzzles? Beat-em-ups? Rhythm games?"