| Baymax | |
|---|---|
| Big Hero 6 character | |
 Walt Disney Animation Studios re-imagining of Baymax | |
| First Episode Appearance | Big Hero 6 (2014) |
| Character played by | Scott Adsit |
| In-universe information | |
| Nickname | The Red Panda (by Karmi)[1] Hugs (by Trina) |
| Gender | Male (masculine pronouns) |
In Big Hero 6, Baymax is voiced by Scott Adsit.[2][3] In the film, he is depicted as an inflatable robot with a carbon fiber skeleton built by Hiro Hamada's older brother Tadashi to serve as a personal healthcare provider companion. Co-director Don Hall said "Baymax views the world from one perspective—he just wants to help people, he sees Hiro as his patient." Producer Roy Conli said "The fact that his character is a robot limits how you can emote, but Scott was hilarious. He took those boundaries and was able to shape the language in a way that makes you feel Baymax’s emotion and sense of humor. Scott was able to relay just how much Baymax cares."[3][4][5] The film was released under the title Baymax in Germany and Japan.[6] Baymax's design in the film drew influence from Japanese anime and Shogun Warriors toys.[7] Mecha designer Shigeto Koyama, who previously did design work for mecha anime such as Gunbuster 2, Eureka Seven, Gurren Lagann and Rebuild of Evangelion, worked on the concept design for Baymax in the film.[8][9]
Baymax is immediately activated from his charging bay at the sound of a person experiencing pain. Due to being a personal "healthcare companion" Baymax is calm and nurturing, and one of Baymax's functions is that located on his chest is a small chip port. Any chip can be inserted into it and give Baymax large amounts of knowledge. His healthcare chip instructs him with "10,000 different medical procedures". Hiro later gives him a battle chip that instructs him on numerous forms of martial arts. It is shown that when his healthcare chip is removed, Baymax becomes deadly and slightly uncontrollable. To coat his easily deflatable body, Baymax wears bright red armor with purple accents. The suit has wings that allow him to fly and his fists can detach like rockets. Baymax's armor also has small magnets attached to his back that allow Hiro to stick to him in flight.
Television[]
Baymax appears in Big Hero 6: The Series with Adsit reprising the role.[10] The first episode, "Baymax Returns" takes place during the last part of the movie where Hiro rebuilds Baymax. Hiro changes his battle chip to a superhero chip so that Baymax won't turn evil like in the film. Later, Yama manages to copy his designs and creates evil versions of him though he and the Big Hero 6 destroy them.[11] Baymax is also shown to have, slightly, developed some self-awareness capabilities as he caught on to Wasabi's implication of urinating in fear.[12] Baymax is further shown to be versed in psychological evaluation and has even grasped the concept of emotional stress as seen in "Mr. Sparkles Loses His Sparkle".[13] Hiro later builds two other Max's that aid the Big Hero 6. The first are introduced in "Mr. Sparkles Loses His Sparkle" called Skymaxes.[13] They are six individually colored drones that contain and deliver the team's costumes where ever they are.[14] The other is a miniature version of Baymax called Mini-Max (voiced by John Michael Higgins) that watches Fred whenever the rest of the team is in class. Fred himself seems to view him as a sidekick, and the team never corrects him.[15] The episode "Portal Enemy", reveals that the original Baymax is still floating in the portal dimension.[16]
Video games[]
The Disney version of Baymax, in his armored form, appears in Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes, Disney Infinity 3.0 and Kingdom Hearts III.[17] According to Square Enix and the film's producer Roy Conli, the story of Big Hero 6's world is set as an alternate sequel to the events of the film.[18]
References[]
- ↑ Juwono, Ben (director); Jenny Jaffe (writer) (August 18, 2018). "Fan Friction". Big Hero 6: The Series. episode 15. season 1. Disney XD.
- ↑ "Disney Gives Marvel Fans First Look at Big Hero 6 Animated Film". IGN. 9 August 2013. https://www.ign.com/articles/2013/08/10/disney-gives-marvel-fans-first-look-at-big-hero-6-animated-film. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Truitt, Brian (July 13, 2014). "Meet the saviors of San Fransokyo in 'Big Hero 6'". USA Today. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Yamato, Jen (July 14, 2014). "Maya Rudolph, James Cromwell, More Join Disney's Marvel Animation 'Big Hero 6′". Deadline. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Baymax" (PDF). xprizechallenge.org. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Baymax" . Disney Film Official Website. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "How anime inspired Disney’s ‘Big Hero 6’". New York Post. November 1, 2014. https://nypost.com/2014/11/01/will-disneys-japanese-anime-big-hero-6-get-lost-in-translation/.
- ↑ "Interview: Shigeto Koyama Talks About Baymax, GAINAX And Kill la Kill". superadrianme.com. 17 September 2015. https://www.superadrianme.com/event-2/interview-shigeto-koyama-baymax/.
- ↑ "Designer Reveals "Big Hero 6" Anime Connection". Crunchyroll. October 24, 2014. https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/10/24/designer-reveals-big-hero-6-anime-connection.
- ↑ "'Big Hero 6': Maya Rudolph & More Reprise Roles for Disney XD Animated Series". Deadline. November 3, 2016. https://deadline.com/2016/11/big-hero-6-maya-rudolph-jamie-chung-reprise-roles-disney-xd-animated-series-1201847587/. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
- ↑ Heneveld, Stephen and Ben Juwono (director); Sharon Flynn and Paiman Kalayen (writer) (November 20, 2017). "Baymax Returns". Big Hero 6: The Series. episode 1. season 1. Disney XD.
- ↑ Heneveld, Stephen (director); Sharon Flynn (writer) (June 10, 2018). "Fred's Bro-Tillion". Big Hero 6: The Series. episode 4. season 1. Disney XD.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Good, Kathleen (director); Paiman Kalayen (writer) (July 14, 2018). "Mr. Sparkles Loses His Sparkle". Big Hero 6: The Series. episode 10. season 1. Disney XD.
- ↑ Juwono, Ben (director); Sharon Flynn (writer) (August 4, 2018). "Kentucky Kaiju". Big Hero 6: The Series. episode 13. season 1. Disney XD.
- ↑ Good, Kathleen and Kenji Ono (director); Paiman Kalayeh (writer) (August 25, 2018). "Mini-Max". Big Hero 6: The Series. episode 16. season 1. Disney XD.
- ↑ Heneveld, Stephen (director); Sharon Flynn (writer) (January 11, 2020). "Portal Enemy". Big Hero 6: The Series. episode 20. season 2. Disney Channel.
- ↑ "Kingdom Hearts 3 will feature Disney's Big Hero 6". Polygon. 16 August 2015. http://www.polygon.com/2015/8/16/9162009/kingdom-hearts-3-news-disney-d23-square-enix. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ↑ "Kingdom Hearts III to Include Big Hero 6". Disney Interactive. August 16, 2015.
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