Gene (Wreck-It Ralph)

Gene is the overarching antagonist in Disney's 52nd animated feature film Wreck-It Ralph. He's the mayor of Nicetown, and the leader of the Nicelanders.

Why He's Loathsome

 * 1) He thinks that villains of video games (especially Ralph) only exist to cause trouble, and didn't realize how important they are for games to have a plot.
 * 2) Idiotic Move- Insulting a bad guy who could pound him to the ground in one punch? Check. Dares Ralph to go on a life-threating medal-hunting quest outside his game, where the villain's presence is essential to everyone's livelihoods? Double check.
 * 3) Even when he realized how important villains were, he still called out Ralph for abandoning the game.
 * 4) Because of him, Ralph has been an outcast for 30 years. He forced Ralph to live in a pile of garbage, while Felix and the Nicelanders got to live in a penthouse. Ralph is technically their co-worker.
 * 5) In-Game example: He and the Nicelanders destroyed Ralph's forest, so they could build their penthouse, causing Ralph to become the baddie he is now.
 * 6) At least the Sugar Rush Racers have good reason to give Vanellope the same treatment (King Candy tried to erase her from existence but instead, he reduced her from an all-powerful princess ruler, to a pointless glitched Scrappy). But the Nicelanders have complete control, and are completely aware of Ralph's role in the game, but they treat him like garbage anyway.
 * 7) His personality doesn't improve in Ralph Breaks The Internet. When the Sugar Rush characters are rendered homeless and the video game characters start adopting each of them, Gene adopts Sour Bill not out of consideration and goodness out of his heart, but because he thinks Sour Bill will make a nice decoration, and considers Sour Bill as nothing but a condiment.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) He's "a man of his word". He kept his promise and allowed Ralph to stay in the penthouse, when he saw Ralph's medal.
 * 2) Gene has a point when he called him "the bad guy who wrecks things", as he left the building wrecked without even an apology.
 * 3) Gene and the Nicelanders got a taste of their own medicine when they got put "out of order" and during gameplay when Ralph mistreats them back.
 * 4) He learns about villains' importance, and gives Ralph the respect he deserves.
 * 5) He and the Nicelanders actions are somewhat justified:
 * 6) He and the Nicelanders had a good reason not to invite Ralph to the 30th anniversary. Ralph's technically a walking disaster, and if he kills any of the crossover characters at the party- even by accident- those characters would die and stay dead.
 * 7) Gene called him out for escaping a game during the arcade's operating hours just to get a medal. Yes, it was his fault for pushing him too far, but Ralph did not consider that the game would be declared Out-of-Order and put at risk of being unplugged, making everyone in his game homeless, so he's not entirely at fault.