
Somewhere within the world of Wreck-It Ralph there’s an original Fix-It Felix arcade game, and I’m sure it’s a crucial part of that world’s fictional videogame history. I write about videogames, too, and have been playing them since… well, long ago, and if I ever came across a real game called Fix-It Felix Jr. now just run the company? What’s the situation? What’s Felix’s immediate family situation right now? Is there a dad? Who could play the dad? What would he be like? Does Felix have daddy issues? Is that why he’s always like ‘I can fix it!’ Is he a middle child? I’m a middle child, and we’re always like, ‘is everything okay, is everybody happy, how I can help?’” On a phone call from London Jack McBrayer, the Georgia-born comedian and actor who voices Felix, asks, “Is Fix-It Felix Sr. Nobody even knows if there’s a Fix-It Felix Sr. Despite appearing in two movies, 2012’s Wreck-It Ralph and 2018’s Ralph Breaks the Internet (which is out now on 4K, Blu-ray and Digital), the ever-helpful, always friendly repairman’s background remains shrouded in secrecy.

is a mystery, even to the man who plays him.
