Taffyta Muttonfudge

"Stay Sweet!"

- Taffyta's catchphrase

Taffyta Muttonfudge is a character from the film Wreck-It Ralph. She is a prominent racer from the game Sugar Rush and drives a pink, hard candy kart called Pink Lightning. Her racing theme seems to be strawberry hard candy. She is voiced by Mindy Kaling.

Official Disney Bio
Taffyta Muttonfudge: Serious Competition

The lollipop-lickin' Taffyta Muttonfudge is a top-notch racer in the game Sugar Rush. She is a fierce competitor who keeps her eyes on the prize and isn't afraid to derail anyone who gets in her way. Though King Candy is Sugar Rush's reigning racing champion, Taffyta always manages to give him a run for his money with her wicked driving skills.

Personality
In the movie, Taffyta Muttonfudge is a character from the game Sugar Rush, where she is known to be an accomplished racer, second, only to King Candy, who she adored greatly. Taffyta's title as the second greatest racer on the track, has apparently blown up her ego and has made her rather arrogant. She is notably the leader of the young racers, with Candlehead and Rancis Fluggerbutter being her closest friends. Though she has a negative outlook on things, Taffyta is unquestionably loyal, as seen when she decides to stop Vanellope from racing when King Candy's minions fail to do so, showing her loyalty for the king. However, when Vanellope is revealed to be the rightful ruler of Sugar Rush, Taffyta immediately apologizes for her actions, showing that she's mature enough to admit her mistakes, although she is prone to wailing when she's upset. In the tie-in book, One Sweet Race, which takes place after the movie, Taffyta still likes to tease others a bit, even Rancis because he's never won a race.

Wreck-It Ralph
After a grand day of racing, the arcade closes and the racers of Sugar Rush prepare to pay their fee (one gold coin) to race in the daily Random Roster Race. The first racers across the finish line in the race will represent Sugar Rush as the following day's avatars. Being the second most successful racer in the game, Taffyta deposits her coin after King Candy. Suddenly, Vanellope, in disguise, uses a gold medal from a game jumping video game villain named Wreck-It Ralph, to get herself into the race. King Candy's security team, Wynchel and Duncan, try to capture her, but Ralph's interference allows Vanellope to escape. When Taffyta notices this, she puts it into her hands to prevent the glitch from racing. The young glitch heads to the junkyard where she puts the finishing touches on her makeshift, peddle bound kart. Taffyta gathers the other racers arrive and commands Vanellope to drop out, as King Candy told her glitches can't race.

Vanellope refuses and Taffyta begins to destroy her kart. The other racers start destroying the car as well along with Taffyta. In an attempt to make her stop, Vanellope pulls Taffyta away from the kart, but this angers her and she jabs her and pushes her into a mud puddle. Ralph comes and sees this and, even though Vanellope stole his medal, he can't stand Taffyta's bullying and chases her and the other racers away. Taffyta is later seen at the race and is in second place with Candlehead and Rancis Fluggerbutter. They see Vanellope with a new kart and try to run her off the track with cherry bombs. However, Vanellope glitches in front of them and this ends up knocking them off the track instead. Rancis is shocked, Candlehead freaks out over her candle being blown out, and Taffyta starts crying. When the Cy-Bugs attack, Taffyta and the other citizens of the game retreat to Game Central Station. After King Candy is revealed as Turbo and is defeated, Vanellope crosses the finish line and Taffyta's memory is restored, turning out that King Candy messed with Vanellope's programming and she is actually the princess of Sugar Rush.

Horrified at what they have been doing, the racers apologize, blaming Taffyta for making them bully her. Taffyta apologizes as well, but Vanellope says she will have them executed, driving them into panic and causing Taffyta to cry. Vanellope reveals she was just joking and accepts her apology. Shortly after, Taffyta and the other racers gather around Vanellope and they become friends and give each other a fist-bump. Taffyta makes a final appearance with the rest of the film's characters at the wedding of Fix-It Felix, Jr. and Sergeant Calhoun.

One Sweet Race
Taking place after the film, Taffyta is one of the best racers and has won cups for it, and teases Rancis because he never won a race. Rancis sells all of his possessions to buy the fastest kart the bakery can make, and Taffyta finds it interesting, but he ends up losing control of it and several racers are hit by it, but Taffyta avoids the kart and wins the race. Rancis and Vanellope then build a kart themselves, and Rancis drives next to Taffyta, who taunts the kart. But the kart proves to be much better than his previous one, and Rancis ends up knocking Taffyta's kart into the mud and wins the race.

Memorable Quotes

 * "See, you're an accident just waiting to happen."
 * "The rules are there for a reason Vanellope, to protect us."
 * "The Glitch!"
 * "You will never be a racer, because you're a glitch, and that's all you'll ever be!"
 * "Light 'em up, Candlehead!"
 * "There's no way, that I am racing with a glitch."
 * "Yeah, well King Candy says glitches can't race."
 * "Stay sweet!"
 * "We don't want to die!"
 * "We are so sorry for the way we treated you."

Trivia

 * Though her role in the film is relatively small, Taffyta is 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, alongside the other Sugar Rush Racers, could be considered the second (bunch of) characters that redeems after a restorage, after Foxy Loxy from Chicken Little, if well the last one was bad since the beginning of the story while the first ones were bad because a previous restorage, in this case, made by King Candy.
 * Taffyta apparently wears mascara, as seen when she starts crying about Vanellope's execution joke (it runs down her face).
 * During the movie, she shows some similarity with Gene, because he is faced with Ralph, telling him that he will never be a hero because he is the only villain who destroys things, while she tells Vanellope will never be a racer, because she is a glitch that will always exist.