Taffyta Muttonfudge

Fix-It Felix Jr. (adoptive father)

Fix-It Felix Sr. (adoptive grandfather)

Unnamed adoptive grandmother

**Taffyta Muttonfudge** is a minor character in Disney's 2012 animated feature film, *Wreck-It Ralph* and its 2018 sequel. She is a prominent racer from the game *Sugar Rush* and a rival to Vanellope von Schweetz. She drives a pink, hard candy kart called "Pink Lightning", and her racing theme seems to be strawberry hard candy.

## Appearance

Taffyta is a small girl with Chibi-like proportions: she has a large head with a small body. She has tan skin, rosy cheeks, glossy pink lips, and short platinum lightly blonde hair in a bob-cut with low front bangs covering her dark brown eyebrows. She has a small rosy jellybean-like nose. Her deep periwinkle eyes are large and animesque. She has dark thick upper and lower lashes that are varnished in mascara. She is almost always seen sucking on a strawberry lollipop.

Taffyta's ensemble is almost entirely comprised of shades of pink. She wears a frosted magenta strawberry-themed cap (resembling that of *Strawberry Shortcake*'s, who is possibly the inspiration for her design) or helmet on her head that doubles as a visor when she's racing. Underneath her hot pink racing jacket, she wears a lighter frosted pink dress and white-and-pink-striped leggings with matching sneakers. She tops her outfit off with white racing gloves.

## Personality

Taffyta is Vanellope's former rival and nemesis that works closely with Candlehead and Rancis Fluggerbutter. Under King Candy's rule, she acts rude and brash to others, particularly Vanellope. She is the ringleader of the Sugar Rush gang, so the other racers always follow her because of her abrasive personality. Since she is second only to King Candy, she is also very boastful and cocky about her driving skills. After her memory is restored, she reverts to being more friendly and accepting.

She is first seen on the racetrack, flaunting her abilities. When Vanellope uses Ralph's medal to enter the Random Roster Race, Taffyta is intent on getting Vanellope disqualified. She and the other racers are later seen bullying Vanellope in the junkyard, destroying the Likkity-Split and is where Taffyta pushes Vanellope into a chocolate puddle. She is later chased off by Ralph along with the other racers.

Near the climax, she and her friends see Vanellope in the race and try to sabotage her by telling Candlehead to light up cherry bombs to slow her down. Their plan fails, however, and they are the ones to fall out of the race.

Taffyta takes it upon herself to stop Vanellope from racing, and even influences the other racers to join her endeavors, bullying Vanellope in a truly cruel and abusive manner.

At the end of the movie, when Vanellope is revealed to be the rightful ruler of *Sugar Rush*, Taffyta is truly remorseful and immediately apologizes for her actions. She shows that despite her attitude, she is mature enough to admit her mistakes. Taffyta is also very dramatic in her emotions, especially in fear, sadness, or anger; she is prone to wailing and bursting into tears whenever she is upset. In the tie-in book, One Sweet Race, which takes place after the movie, Taffyta still apparently enjoys teasing others, which hints that she is just programmed to be arrogant.

By the time of *Ralph Breaks the Internet* six years later, Taffyta is openly mocking and hostile towards Vanellope as a result of their competitive roles, but is now unable to act against her, thus being more of a competitive rival than a bully to Vanellope, like she used to be. She appears envious of Vanellope's position as the most popular racer.

## Trivia

* "Taffyta" is actually a portmanteau of "Tabitha" and "Taffy".
* Her name is made up of 3 different foods: taffy, mutton, and fudge. However, her last name sounds like "muffin", so she can also be considered a muffin-themed racer.
* Though her role in the film is relatively small, Taffyta was one of the most heavily marketed characters from the film.
* During the time of the film's release, Taffyta's voice actress, Mindy Kaling, used a promotional image of Taffyta as her Twitter icon.
* Taffyta is the only racer known to wear makeup. This is seen when she is crying about being executed, and mascara is seen running down her face.
* When Vanellope pulled Taffyta away from smashing her crudely made kart, if you look close enough, Vanellope made Taffyta glitch briefly.
* Taffyta is the only female *Sugar Rush* racer who wears a dress beneath her racing jacket; all the other female racers wear a top and a miniskirt.
	+ She's also the only racer that wears gloves.
* Taffyta is also the only racer to say Roary's catchphrase, "Light 'em up!".
* In the film, she and Maxi share a similar role with Gene, who antagonizes Ralph, telling him that he will never be a hero as his only purpose is to wreck the building. Comparatively, Taffyta tells Vanellope she will never be a racer because she is nothing more than a glitch, whereas Maxi tells Roary that he is nothing more than a little squirt. At the end of the movie, both Gene, Maxi and Taffyta make peace with Ralph, Roary and Vanellope, although Taffyta and Vanellope had developed a new hostile rivalry by the time of the sequel, while Roary and Maxi's rivalry changed back into its friendly nature.
* Taffyta is the only returning character from the original film to get recast for its sequel.

## Quotes

* **Stay sweet!**
* **The Glitch!**
* **There's no way that I am racing with a glitch. Rancis, Candlehead, come on.**
* **You will never be a racer, because you're a glitch, and that's all you'll ever be!**
* **The Glitch! Light 'em up, Candlehead!**
* **I remember. She's our princess!**
* **We are so sorry about the way we treated you.**
* **(Crying) We don't wanna die!**
* **(Eyes streaming) I'm trying, but... it won't stop!**