Arcade AU

Arcade AU is a fairly new AU (Alternate Universe) within the Rise of the Brave Tangled Dragons fandom. In the AU, the Big Four are characters from their own, individual arcade games in Litwak's Arcade from Disney's Wreck-It Ralph.

About the AU
Though this concept was talked about in forums and blogs, it was never fully realized until the Icebreaker pairing was made.

In this AU, Jack, Merida, Hiccup, Rapunzel and other such characters found in different arcade games in the arcade, sharing the same digital universe as Ralph and his friends. Whether or not the games they came from are video-game adaptations of their own respective films (from our real world or not) differs from story to story.

The most common scenario in this AU places the characters as super-deformed versions of themselves as racers in Sugar Rush.

Spinoff Game AUs

 * Assassin's Creed
 * BioShock
 * Dragon Age
 * Dramatical Murder
 * Dungeons and Dragons
 * Final Fantasy
 * Fire Emblem
 * Gears of War
 * Halo
 * Journey
 * Jumanji
 * Kingdom Hearts
 * Lego Video Games
 * Mario
 * Mass Effect
 * Mortal Kombat
 * Overwatch
 * Pokémon
 * Portal
 * Sonic
 * Sword Art Online
 * Tomb Raider
 * The Last of Us
 * The Legend of Zelda
 * Tron
 * Warcraft
 * Uncharted
 * League of Legends
 * Golden Sun
 * The Order 1886
 * The Last Guardian
 * Splatoon
 * Farcry
 * Mirror's Edge

AUs of the WiR/RBTI Cameos

 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Super Mario Bros
 * Tron
 * Star Wars
 * Mortal Kombat
 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtels
 * Tangled
 * Frozen
 * Brave
 * Moana
 * Beauty and the Beast
 * Snow White
 * Sleeping Beauty
 * Aladdin
 * Pocahontas
 * The Little Mermaid
 * Mulan
 * Peter Pan
 * Zootopia
 * Marvel
 * Big Hero 6
 * Toy Story
 * WALL-E
 * The Princess and the Frog

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III
When Hiccup is cast as Sugar Rush Racer, he sometimes has both of his legs or is given a sugary-food version of his prosthetic. That is based on and made to look like the sugary theme that he is given. There have also been fans that have cast Hiccup as a Vanellope von Schweetz-like character, due to how his friends first treated him, before he met Toothless and ended Berk's war with the dragons, and the Dragon Racing that was used in How to Train Your Dragon 2, the video game version of it and Dawn of the Dragon Racers.

The second Wreck-It Ralph film featuring the physical world within the real-life Internet, has Vanellope meeting the Netizen versions of Merida, Rapunzel, Elsa, Anna and Moana (which are cameos of them), could have Hiccup as the "Netizen Hiccup" from the How to Train Your Dragon online game, School of Dragons, or from the mobile app game Rise of Berk. As well as other online/mobile games and websites that are connected to the HTTYD franchise.

Jack Frost
When Jack is featured as a Sugar Rush Racer, his sugary theme is of icy sweets and treats. It is sometimes of a frosting style theme on his Sugar Rush clothing, Go-kart and racing name, due to his name (when it is changed to "Jack Frosting"), or of a candy cane theme (that is blue striped instead of red) when his staff is made to look like one.

Merida DunBroch
When Merida is featured as a Sugar Rush racer her theme is sometimes of green gumdrops or of sweet buns, as a pun to her last name when "Dun", in DunBroch, is replaced with "Gum" or "Bun" to make it GumBroch and BunBroch. Her bun theme could even be connected to the cake form of the fate changing spell, that the witch gave her.

In the second Wreck-It Ralph film, Ralph Breaks the Internet, a cameo of Merida (that is a Netizen version of her) is seen in the film. Which could have fans portray Merida as her online-avatar cameo, for fun. That is from the Disney website, On My Disney, or any other website, an online game or a mobile game that is connected to Brave.

Wreck-it Ralph
Since Ralph is someone that lives and works in a arcade game, he is commonly portrayed as himself (much like how Hiccup is portrayed as himself in the Viking AU).

Vanellope von Schweetz
Since Vanellope is someone that lives and is part of an arcade game, she is commonly portrayed as herself (much like how Jack is portrayed as himself in the Seasons Guardians AU).

King Candy
Since King Candy/Turbo is someone that lived and "was" part of two arcade games, he is commonly portrayed as himself (much like how Gothel is portrayed as herself in the Rapunzel AU).

Sergeant Tamora Jean Calhoun
Since Calhoun is someone that lives and is part of an arcade game, she is commonly portrayed as herself (much like how Maui is portrayed as himself in Wayfinder AU).

Fix-It Felix, Jr.
Since Felix is someone that lives and is part of an arcade game, he is commonly portrayed as himself (much like how Flynn Rider is portrayed as himself in Rapunzel AU).

The Once-ler
Fans have cast the Once-ler as Vanellope's big, caring brother, King Once-Lick (due to the Vaniller pairing), that became King Greed-Pop (which is based on his Greed-er side) when a virus took over and filled him up with greed. He can also be the Bad Guy in his own game, that is based on The Loax film; bad and mean for when the arcade is opened and later becomes his kind and helpful self when the arcade is closed for the night. Much like Ralph.

Queen Elsa
Elsa's original role as the main antagonist, in one of the early drafts of Frozen, and the original design of Evil Elsa is commonly used in Dark AU, it could have her as the "Bad-Guy" of her home game and attends the Bad-Anon: One Game at a Time meetings with the arcade's other bad guys. It could also cast her as a Wreck-It Ralph-like character, as the Icebreaker pairing sometimes has Elsa and Ralph switching clothes for fun, it is the same with the Elsanellope pairing; which can portrayed Elsa as a older version of Vanellope von Schweetz. Or have a younger version of Elsa for the role.

Fans also have Elsa as a Sugar Rush Racer, with a icy treat food, like ice-cream or snowballs, as her sugary theme. On her Sugar Rush clothing and Go-Kart. Some of her Sugar Rush clothing is made to look like her blue snow queen dress or of the clothing that she wore at her coronation, with her gloves as racing glove and her crown as a accessory in her tieback hair.

In the second Wreck-It Ralph film, Ralph Breaks the Internet, a cameo of Elsa (that is a online-avatar/Netizen version of her) is seen in the film. Which could have fans portray Elsa as her online-avatar cameo, for fun. That is from the Disney website, On My Disney, or any other website that is connected to Frozen; or from an online or mobile game of the film.

Hiro Hamada
Sometimes for the Vaniro pairing, when Hiro is placed in Vanellope's clothes for fun, could have fans portray him as a older, taller, male version of Vanellope von Schweetz. Fans also have Hiro as a Sugar Rush Racer, sometimes with gummy bears as his sugary theme; while Baymax's white body has him as a Sugar rush civilian that is made out of marshmallows.

Princess Anna
When Elsa is placed as a Wreck-It Ralph-like character and the "bad-guy" of their home game (that is based on Frozen), Anna can be cast as a Fix-It Felix-like character and the "good-guy" of their game.

In the second Wreck-It Ralph film, Ralph Breaks the Internet, a cameo of Anna (that is a online-avatar/Netizen version of her) is seen in the film. Which could have fans portray Anna as her online-avatar cameo, for fun. That is from the Disney website, On My Disney, or any other website that is connected to Frozen; or from an online or mobile game of the film.

Mr. Peabody
Since Mr. Peabody is one of the inspirations for one of the Netizen characters from Ralph Breaks the Internet, he could be cast as the know-it-all Netizen that powers The Searchbar, KnowsMore. As they both wear glasses and bowties, and knows many useful things and facts.

Fanfiction

 * Rise of the Sugar Rush Racers by SiaCatGirl
 * Being the Villain by LovelyGucci
 * Sub Zero-bit Temperatures by ElectricPixie410
 * Breaking the Ice by keep-me-posted
 * Monsters and Bad Guys by lazybunnbunn
 * First Impressions by Wings Of Sanguine
 * Chews your Racer! by SmilesBerry
 * The New Game in Town by hijackboysroleplay

Videos

 * HTTYD - Wreck it Ralph Trailer by thefanvideoer2