Something that you may have missed in Wreck-It Ralph

You may have watched Wreck-It Ralph because you have children, or because you like entertaining animated films, or maybe you you have a thing for candy people, but whatever the reason, you may have missed this one detail.

In the scene where the arcade owner, Litwak, is opening up, and welcoming the customers, a small sign on the door is briefly visible.

“NO MINORS ALLOWED AFTER 10 PM”

I have questions.

What the hell goes on in this arcade after ten?

Okay, it's not illegal. If there were illegal shenanigans going on after hours there's no way the owner would advertise those shenanigans on the door to his establishment. Cops would be all, “Uh, dude? What are you doing in here after hours?” Also, who puts up legal postings for illegal activities? Probably no one.

But that only excludes stuff like cock fights and snuff films. There are a lot of perfectly legal activities that require the exclusion of minors, and a lot them can be pretty unsuitable for a kid's movie.

The tamest explanation that I can come up with is that the arcade starts selling alcohol after ten so that adults can come in a get lit while getting in touch with their inner child. That's not too bad, really. Except that I did a little digging to try and get a location on Litwak's Arcade. Apparently it's off Highway 83. There are a lot of states on that highway, and I looked up the liquor laws for those states. In Texas, for example, minors are allowed where alcohol is sold as long as they have no intention to imbibe (as far as I can tell, anyway). Oklahoma and Kansas are stricter with their liquor laws, even preventing the allowance of drinking games where alcohol is sold. I doubt Litwak would be able to sell alcohol at his arcade in either of those states. It seems that in Nebraska minors would need to be out by nine or earlier, so that's not it. North and South Dakota do not seem to have alcohol restrictions that would require to have minors out by ten. The sign is not about adults drinking on the premises.

So we come to gambling. I checked on the gambling laws for the aforementioned states, and the sign is not about gambling. Litwak either could not have gambling in his property, or he could, but in a separate room, and he would not need to limit age on the whole property. Even if he could operate a gambling casino type premises, what would they do, push the games against the walls and set up tables? That's a lot of work. Is there a back room set up for for poker or slots or something? No. Again, it would only need to be that area that is free of minors while the rest of the arcade operates normally. The sign does not pertain to gambling.

So then what would require entirely banning minors from the whole property from 10 pm on? It must be super inappropriate for kids, yet legal for adults.

It's probably not violent, because fight clubs and cock fights are not going to be kosher in the eyes of the law. That really just leaves sex stuff. There are a lot of options here. Maybe it's a swingers club, or they have orgies. Maybe Litwak hosts the BDSM community, or furry grooming fests. Perhaps he films amateur porn night in the arcade. There's no way of telling.

The specifics of what goes down in there after hours are less important than the fact that something happens there sans kiddos. The mere suggestion of adult-only activities in this arcade from a kid's movie is a disturbing.

Whatever it is, all I can think about is what all those game characters must see after the kids leave. No wonder that when it finally closes the for the night they all go to Tappers and drink to forget.

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