Hero's Cuties

Hero's Cuties is the het ship between Sgt. Calhoun and Fix-It Felix Jr. from the Wreck-It Ralph fandom.

Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
Felix and Calhoun are technically neighbors, Felix is the protagonist of Fix-It Felix Jr., while Calhoun is the tutorial unit for Hero's Duty.

Felix first ventured into Hero's Duty when he was informed that Ralph "went Turbo" (game-jumped) into that game. Due to the noises he makes while he's jumping, Calhoun mistook him for a Cybug and told her men to open fire. Felix just barely averted being permanently killed and stumbled forward into Calhoun's grasp, who immediately declared him a false alarm. While Felix tried to explain why he entered her game, he got lost in Calhoun's eyes and her "high definition" and could only stammer an explanation. After she tells him to snap out of it, he manages to ask if any of them had seen Ralph, but Ralph entered the game disguised as an NPC, so they claim that they didn't. However, one of Calhoun's men informs her that someone had entered the beacon tower and within a few moments, Felix and Calhoun see Ralph and an infant Cybug being shot out of the game inside a spaceship. Both being roughly equally alarmed, they give chase and leave the game.

Calhoun asks the Surge Protector about the spaceship and he tells them that he saw it fly into Sugar Rush, after bumping into the entire Game Central Station. Felix is not concerned at all, having never heard of Cybugs, but Calhoun treats the situation with extreme severity. She explains to him that Cybugs are like viruses, non-sentient unlike Player characters and NPCs and will completely devour Sugar Rush before moving on to the rest of the Game Central Station. When Calhoun prepares her venture to Sugar Rush, Felix loudly wonders what made Calhoun so stone-cold and humorless, with one of her men informing him that she was programmed with "the most tragic backstory ever": Her beloved fiancé was eaten by a Cybug at the altar, all because of a little slip-up on her end. Right before Calhoun could enter Sugar Rush, Felix asks her if he could join. Calhoun wonders why, but Felix tells her that it is his responsibility to "fix everything Ralph wrecks", which convinces Calhoun and she lets him hitch her ride.

Having entered the game, Calhoun expresses her frustration at the lack of signal she has due to the amount of sugar in the air. While they're searching, Calhoun asks Felix about Ralph and what made him leave his game. Felix worries that he had gone Turbo, which he has to explain to her, her being from a modern game that was plugged in a week ago: In the 80's TurboTime was one of the most popular games in the 80's, until Road Blasters eclipsed it with its more fluid gameplay and better graphics. Turbo was so jealous that he jumped into Road Blasters in order to get the attention of the gamers he thought he deserved. But one he crashed into the player's car, he ended up causing a glitch that rendered the game completely unplayable, since he was absent from his own game, both gamed got unplugged for good. Calhoun now understands why Felix is so desperate to find Ralph, since Fix-It Felix Jr. is in real danger of getting unplugged without him. But while they are talking, they end up stepping on a double-striped candy cane, unaware that those are the ones that break. Felix and Calhoun end up falling into a pit of NesQuik-Sand and Calhoun watches Felix struggle to jump out, telling him that he will only sink faster the more he struggles. Felix starts having a panic attack, so Calhoun is forced to slap him to help him snap out of it. They hear laughter from above, which turns out to be a group of Laughy Taffy descending the more they laugh. Felix tells her to hit him again, but Calhoun is reluctant to do so, finding it wrong to hit him after he had been so nice to her and being well aware that one strong enough hit could kill him permanently outside of his game. Felix however convinces her by fixing his face with his magic hammer and the Laughy Taffy end up pulling them them out of the quicksand. As they stand safely on another candy cane branch, they gaze into each other's eyes while the Laughy Taffy serenade them. Calhoun however has none of it and chases the Taffy away by shooting her gun into the air a couple times and telling Felix to keep moving.

As they stumble across the ship Ralph crashlanded, Calhoun asks Felix to fix it. Felix swells with confidence, he won't turn down a chance to impress her. As Calhoun takes Felix flying to get a better view of Ralph and the Cybug, Felix stares at Calhoun dreamily throughout it, causing her to tell him off. Felix apologizes, explaining that Calhoun is a "dynamite gal". However, these words end up triggering a panic attack in Calhoun, as those were the exact same words that her fiancé used to describe her, which only ended up reminding her of his gruesome death. She safely lands the ship, but then tells Felix to get out. Felix is confused, but accepts her request and leaves without another word. They begin searching for Ralph and the Cybug independently, but Felix attempt to go to King Candy's castle to look for him only gets him arrested and thrown into the king's "Fungeon", while Calhoun got more than she bargained for and finds out that the Cybug had been multiplying underground.

Felix and Calhoun reunite when Vanellope is driving him and Ralph to her first race, but Calhoun stops them, telling them about the Cybug army about to devour Sugar Rush. Everyone evacuates, with Vanellope having to interrupt the race shortly before making it to the finish line, while King Candy gets devoured by a Cybug. Since Vanellope is a glitch and can't leave her game since she wasn't meant to be part of it to begin with, Ralph tasks Felix and Calhoun with protecting her, since they are the only people around who can actually fight the Cybugs while he is trying to make an improvised beacon to wipe them all out at once. Vanellope ends up slipping away from them when she realizes that Ralph is in mortal danger, so Felix and Calhoun can only keep the Cybugs at bay while they watch Vanellope save his life. Felix is so happy at Ralph's victory that he hops up to Calhoun's face and kisses her on the cheek. Felix realizes what he had done, but Calhoun grabs him by the shirt, making an angry face and... passionately kisses him on the lips.

As Vanellope resets the game by crossing the finish line, she ends up restoring the game to its original state and regains her title. Calhoun then calls Ralph and Felix back to her, telling them that the arcade will open soon. As everything turned out better than anyone expected, Felix ends up choosing Ralph as his best man for his wedding with Calhoun, with Vanellope as Calhoun's maid of honor. The wedding is held in the same church as Calhoun's previous wedding, but this time, she brought her entire squad to make sure no Cybug ruins it for her.

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Though there were complaints about how quickly their relationship developed, Hero's Cuties quickly became the most popular Wreck-It Ralph ship. Despite the weird set-up of "Mario-esque handyman falls for Samus Aran-esque space marine and they get married", many have pointed out that the ship is actually genuinely compelling.

Many appreciate that Felix is not portrayed as creepy and entitled, but genuinely respectful of Calhoun's feelings and her personal space. In turn, many love that Calhoun's PTSD (in a Disney movie) does not deter Felix whatsoever, or make her any less desirable, only adding to her sympathy points and emphasizing that she's deserving of love and comfort. Finally, some have pointed out that the movie takes their relationship incredibly seriously, it could've easily stretched Felix's proportions to make the wedding less awkward, or could've shrunken Calhoun to Nicelander size to make her seem like his equal. Instead, they get to marry each other as themselves and stay themselves.

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