Therapist Reacts to WRECK-IT RALPH

Jono: He's assigned the role of the villain.

Ralph wants a different role than what's been assigned to him.

Telling the truth and then dealing with it in the moment

is always better, because even if they don't like what you have to say,

they trust that you will be honest with them.

Ralph was created to destroy.

He was programed with these giant hands so he could smash.

Alan: Smash things. Being a bad guy is being a good guy.

Jono: Our gifts, our talents are to be used the way we choose for them to be used.

The thing about being treated as the bad guy is you start to believe it and act accordingly,

when you can actually be something different.

Alan: This is how I be a good bad guy.

Jono: And not everybody's going to see it. Not everybody's going to accept it.

The only thing that really matters is if you see it and accept it here,

because you're the one who makes that change.

Alan: This episode was filmed before the writers and actors strike.

Without their labor, our show wouldn't exist.

We support their strike efforts.

If you'd like to support them as well,

go to www.EntertainmentCommunity.org and donate.

Alan: Hello everyone and welcome to Cinema Therapy.

My name is Alan Seawright. I'm a professional filmmaker who needs therapy.

That guy is...

Jono: Jonathan Decker, licensed therapist who loves...

...original video games from the 80s, like classic 8-bit stuff, and movies.

Alan: Well, I've got a treat for you, my friend.

Jono: Oh, boy. Howdy.

Alan: We're going to talk about Wreck-It Ralph. Jono: Nice.

Alan: One of the best Disney movies of all time.

Jono: Okay, well... Alan: I'm going to... Yeah. Bold statement.

Jono: That's a bold statement. I mean, have you considered Return to Oz?

Alan: I have, and... I still have nightmares about it.

King of Nomes: Poison... to... Nomes.

Jono: All right. So I'm reacting to Wreck-It Ralph.

Alan: You are reacting to Wreck-It Ralph. Is he a villain?

Jono: No. Alan: No, he's not.

Jono: No, not in the classical sense. He's assigned the role of the villain.

The same way families do when they have, like, someone who's the bad guy,

so everyone else can be good?