A.N. This is the first of a series of Wreck-It-Ralph oneshots I'm going to be posting. However I won't be posting all of them at once because some take place after certain other stories that I've written. Also I'm going to leave this collection as In-Progress for now, in case I get more oneshot ideas in the future.
Suggestions are welcomed but please make them as 'canon' to my stories as you can, otherwise I won't use it. At least not in this collection, if I like the suggestion enough I might put it into a different oneshot collection but I'm not making any promises. Also be patient if I don't use your suggestion right away, because sometimes I get writer's block about an idea and put it off for a long time.
Ralph's dad, Wreck-It-Raeburn, had been a wrecker who was respected. Raeburn had worked in demolition, using his hands instead of tools. Ralph, when he was a kid, admired his father and wanted to grow up to be like him. He even took up his dad's nickname. Sadly Ralph didn't become the kind of wrecker his dad was, but he was glad that his dad didn't live long enough to see that happen. Raeburn had died in a demolition accident a few months before Ralph got his role as the bad-guy in Fix-It-Felix Jr.
As for Ralph's mom Bake-It-Brenda, she and Felix's mom Cook-It-Kimberly were cooks who owned the same bakery. In fact they had even been partners and characters in a previous game: Cook 'n' Bake. The purpose of the game was to follow a recipe until you created the called-for dish. It had been one of the first games and obviously had been created by the same company that created Fix-It-Felix Jr: TobiKomi. While Kimberly's role was to read the recipe and interact with the player Brenda's role was to get ingredients, but she had a secondary role too. If you messed up the recipe too much she would lose her temper and toss the ruined batter away, allowing you to start over. Each level had limited ingredients, so you could only play each level a certain number of times before Game Over.
However it wasn't a well known game because it had never actually been released. The limited graphics made it hard to do well in the game, mostly because you sometimes couldn't tell what was what. This caused test audiences to make mistakes like adding salt instead of sugar and vice-versa, which made them frustrated. So the game was scrapped and TobiKomi worked on new game ideas.
Fix-It-Felix was the second one and was more successful, successful enough to spawn a sequel even. The purpose of Fix-It-Felix was a dual-player role. One player played Raeburn and demolished condemned buildings while another player played Felix Sr and tried to fix the condemned buildings before they could be demolished (the buildings used were special old buildings that Felix Sr wanted to turn into historical landmarks).
Fix-It-Felix Jr was the sequel of course, and also the third game TobiKomi made. In honor of their first two games they made Felix Jr and Ralph the sons of Kimberly and Felix Sr and Brenda and Raeburn respectively. Outside those who worked for TobiKomi, only those who looked up the info online or had the manual for the game actually knew about the moms.
The original Fix-It-Felix games never lost popularity, but the consoles wore out and had to be scrapped. Old fans who could afford them did buy some old consoles and fixed them up though. Mr. Litwak was one of the ones who had an old console in his house, in fact it was the very one that used to be in his arcade before it wore out. His daughter Atara, who was really good with electronics and could fix or update a game within minutes, was the one who restored the old console. However only she, her kids, and Litwak were allowed to play it so that it would last longer, no one outside the family even knew they still had it. Litwak couldn't call Atara for updates and repairs in his arcade all the time though because it wasn't her job, it was more of a hobby. Meaning she was often busy with her own job and so didn't have time to visit the arcade a lot.
As for what happened to the Felix Sr in Fix-It-Felix Jr, well...that will be explained in a future story.
Vanellope got her royalty status from her dad Candiel, her mom Maltina had not come from a royal family at all, not even a noble family (at least not by title). She had been the daughter of the man who used to own the auto parts store where everyone got their kart supplies. Despite knowing about auto parts Maltina's father had not been into racing at all, which was where she got her indifference towards racing from. They weren't even into driving karts for any reason since they preferred riding horses and even owned a few. One of Maltina's jobs back home when she was old enough was to muck out the stables, which she hated. She taught herself to laugh the chore off by joking about it, like saying that cleaning the stables was one of her 'doodies'.
When Candiel was six he visited her dad's store for the first time, having loved kart racing since he first saw one in action. He and Maltina became fast friends, and the friendship blossomed into love when they got older. Especially since Candiel had visited the store in simple clothing, meaning Maltina had no idea that he was a prince until after they had fallen in love and he told her his ancestry. Maltina didn't care about his ancestry at all unlike a lot of girls, which made Candiel love her even more.
Despite Maltina not being interested in racing she still had learned a lot about auto parts from her father, which allowed her to help Candiel repair his own kart now and then. Candiel did learn how to do minor repairs, but the more complicated ones just went right over his head. And even though Maltina didn't care for the high society life and would rather not wear fancy clothing, when Candiel proposed she accepted because she loved him that much.
They were very happy, and later on Maltina inherited her dad's store and the horses, which meant Candiel ended up owning them too. They had stables built for the horses and hired Maltina's dad's assistant to watch the store. They even decided not to accept any of the profits and allowed the assistant to have all the profits.
They became even happier when they discovered that they were going to be parents, but sadness soon came to the family: when Vanellope was born Maltina died from the childbirth. Candiel was devastated but despite this he tried really hard to be a good father to Vanellope. He even ended up putting her before everything else, though still made sure that he wouldn't neglect his responsibilities as ruler. He also kept the horses in honor of Maltina's memory, but when the last one died of old age Candiel closed the stables and never bought any new horses. It was too painful for him.