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Ralph's adventure in the vast world of the Internet and shenanigans follow in "Ralph breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2."

Online culture can be difficult to describe accurately for the entertainment world, but "Ralph Breaks the Internet" is the perfect example.

Disney managed to shoot an entire movie on the Internet (in theaters Wednesday) without complying with stereotypes. The references feel authentic and intelligent while avoiding the critical factor that the critics who commented "The Emoji Movie" knew too well.

The five most relevant descriptions of social media and viral videos in "Ralph Breaks the Internet":

1. YouTube is not just a place for stupid cat videos – it's a platform where people earn their living legally.

Okay, the online video site of the universe "Ralph" technically calls BuzzzTube, but we are talking about the same thing here. Yesss (voiced by Taraji P. Henson), BuzzzTube's "BuzzzTube Head Algorithm," tells Ralph (John C. Reilly) that he can earn a tremendous amount of money back there. can produce a handful of viral videos.

Yesss (voiced by Taraji P. Henson, center) shows Ralph (John C. Reilly) and Vanellope (Sarah Silverman) in cyberspace in the animated sequel "Ralph Breaks the Internet". (Photo: DISNEY)

And that's true for YouTube's real-life stars: Lilly Singh, one of the site's leading content creators, has more than 14 million subscribers and earned about $ 10.5 million last year.

Bonus: Hardcore fans may notice the appearance of an animated version of the animated version of YouTube star Colleen Ballinger (better known online as her wacky alter ego Miranda Sings).

2. But make no mistake, some pretty idiotic stuff is still viral.

Before Ralph can make a viral video, he has to learn what topics are generally doing well online. Among them: the challenge of the ghost chili, the goats and "Chewbacca Dad: It's like Chewbacca Mom, but a dad", as one of the assistants of Yesss said.

Ralph (voiced by John C. Reilly, center-left) and Vanellope (Sarah Silverman) are seduced by the World Wide Web in "Ralph Breaks the Internet". (Photo: DISNEY)

3. Obviously, eBay would look like a huge IRL auction house.

Ralph and Vanellope (Sarah Silverman) wander through a handful of social media and online sites while visiting the World Wide Web, and Disney has become creative with the way these digital forums have manifested themselves in physical places.

Instagram, for example, is a roomy art museum with user posts hanging on all the walls, while eBay is a huge warehouse for individual auctions. Twitter is literally a group of birds chirping in the trees.

Ralph and Vanellope also meet the physical embodiment of a contextual advertisement: a guy by the name of J.P. Spamley (played by an uncredited Bill Hader), who brings the duo home to his depressed home. He claims that his "anti-virus guy was right here" as something that looks like the digital version of a cockroach rushes by.

4. do. Do not. Lily. The. Comments.

At one point, Ralph walks innocently in a part of BuzzzTube: the comments section. He begins to read a few kind words from enthusiastic users with the idea of ​​seeing it in videos and naively remarks that the Internet is "so positive!"

But then, some super-villains – but ridiculously clean as comments, because it is an animation classified by PG – prove it to the contrary. Ralph is called "stupid", "fat and ugly" and a "worthless tramp".

Avoid comments, Ralph. They will only annoy you and none of them is as valuable as this one.

5. The vine may be dead, but the references remain

Vine, a popular application that allowed users to download six-second videos, was closed in 2017, but fans of fast, zany and irreverent videos have since moved their favorites to YouTube.

Just a wink, but a child playing an online video game has a large orange "Road Work Ahead" sign hanging on the wall of his room. Our fingers intersect to indicate that the writers wanted to wink at a popular vineyard, in which a youngster sees a sign saying "Road Work Ahead" and jokingly expresses his concern: "Uh, yes, j & Is hoping that's the case! "

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