Hidden Mickey Monday ºoº - Wreck-It Ralph - Double U Dee's Hidden Mickey & Hidden Disney

Wreck-It Ralph, the 52nd animated feature from Walt Disney Studios, famously features dozens of arcade game character cameos. Sticking true to Disney Animation's tradition of hidden gags and inside jokes, Wreck-It Ralph also contains several Disney-themed Easter Eggs and at least one Hidden Mickey.

A Double U Dee's Billboard Hidden Mickey from Disney's Wreck-It Ralph (2012) © Walt Disney Animation

A full picture of Mickey Mouse has been hidden on a cleverly worded billboard for Double U Dee's or WD's for Walt Disney. Found in external shots of the arcade, the billboard is located just behind the red-roofed Litwak's Family Fun Center.

A lost Bolt appears on a bulletin board flyer, visible during the Bad Guys Anonymous meeting - Wreck-It Ralph (2012) © Walt Disney Animation

A bit of Hidden Disney appears during Ralph's first Bad Guys Anonymous meeting. The lost dog flyer posted in the Bad Anon meeting room is a nod to Walt Disney's Bolt (2008), a reference to the flyers Penny made while her beloved American Shepherd was missing.

Tiny the Tyrannosaurus Rex from Disney's Meet the Robinsons (2007) makes a random dinosaur cameo in Wreck-It Ralph (2012) © Walt Disney Animation

Most of Wreck-It Ralph's character cameos take place in the busy and bustling Game Central Station. Mixed in with video game icons are a few Hidden Disney references, including Tiny the Tyrannosaurus Rex from Meet the Robinsons (2007). One of the Bowler Hat Guy's ill-conceived henchmen, Tiny's enormous body and small arms weren't very useful while trying to grab Lewis, the little pre-teen inventor.

Played at the very end of the credits, the Wreck-It Ralph kill screen pays homage to Pac-Man and 80s arcade games. © Walt Disney Animation

Keep those eyes open for more Hidden Disney and stay to the end of the credits for a little surprise. Wreck-It Ralph has one last game inspired bit of bonus content, as the movie ends with a Pac-Man-style kill screen. Due to hardware limitations, glitches or programming errors, elite gamers learned certain arcade games from the 80s had kill screens instead of proper endings. The famed Pac-Man bomb screen appeared as the game's 256th level, since the system's limited processing could only account for values 0-255. Since kill screens could only be reached after hours of gameplay, some developers left them in the code and hardcore gamers sought them out as badges of honor.

Comments

[Sarahb]

I was happy when I found my first hidden mickey all by myself! It was Cinderella and Belle walking in the game central Station. They're on the right just chit chatting with prince charming.

[Big Fan]

Look at the sign one of the Q-bert characters is holding. Also a sign by a door, Ralph is near. Also, look at a lot of the pictures on the wall in the tavern's hall...Possibly Animators? And also look around Venelope's collectibles in her makeshift little room. :)

[Admin]

We're itching to get a better look at those caricatures in Tapper's. From what we've seen, several of them are famous video game characters like Sonic, Q-Bert and Street Fighter's Chun Li.

[m p]

In that "crash" screen after the credits I see "D23" and see "1928". 1928 was the year Mickey first appears so could this be yet another hidden Mickey?

[Brielle]

When Vanellope is wearing her princess outfit, some of the sprinkles in her hair form a classic hidden Mickey

[jackson]

in one of the photos it says happy 5th b rthday svzy, maybe thats one of the animators daughters

[Heather]

I notice in the Game cewntral station you can see the back side of a Viking character, could this be from How to Train your Dragon?? (around the same time you see the T-Rex)