FILM · 2014 · USA
Big Hero 6
- Directed by
- Don Hall, Chris Williams
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Studio
- Walt Disney Animation Studios
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A special bond develops between plus-sized inflatable robot Baymax, and prodigy Hiro Hamada, who team up with a group of friends to form a band of high-tech heroes.
136 Interesting Facts About Big Hero 6
Interesting Facts (66)
- #001
According to Scott Watanabe, the film is set in an alternate future in which San Francisco, after the 1906 earthquake, was rebuilt by Japanese immigrants using techniques that provide movement and resilience in a seismic event. Once the city's reconstruction was complete, it was renamed San Fransokyo because it became a city formed from a blend of Japanese and American architecture.
- #002
Baymax's movement and pose were modeled after studying the motion of a baby wearing a diaper.
- #003
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The statue Baymax destroys when he first tests his new rocket fist at Fred's mansion is the statue of Hans from Frozen (2013).
- #004
Contains a major spoiler — show
In Fred's mansion, a portrait of Marvel Comics Honorary Chairman Stan Lee can be seen as Fred's father (and in the post-credits scene). As with all Marvel-related films, part of the contract was to feature him in some way.
- #005
When Hiro falls between his desk and his bed after activating Baymax, the face of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit can be seen on Hiro's ceiling. Oswald was Walt Disney's first animated character before Mickey Mouse.
- #006
More than 200 different signs were created for San Fransokyo's advertisements.
- #007
The "world" created by the animators is larger than that of Tangled (2010), Wreck-It Ralph (2012) and Frozen (2013) combined.
- #008
Go Go is Disney's first Korean character. Lead character designer Shiyoon Kim drew on his experience with 'tough' sibling stereotypes while blending it with San Francisco's bike messenger/courier culture.
- #009
In Hiro's room, next to the computer monitor, there appears to be a robot head resembling E. V. E. from WALL·E (2008).
- #010
This is the first Disney film to show its title only at the end rather than at the beginning.
- #011
The idea of combining the skylines of San Francisco and Tokyo came from John Lasseter, who suggested creating a new and different legendary city for the film.
- #012
According to Lorelay Bove, Go Go Tamago's supersuit is yellow because it matches her name Tamago, which means "egg" in Japanese.
- #013
When Hiro presents the Microbots at the science fair, there are two brief shots showing Alistair Krei evaluating another competitor's project. The competitor is wearing something that closely resembles the Brain Wave Analyzer Dr. Emmett Brown created in Back to the Future (1985).
- #014
While designing Baymax's super suit, there is a drawing that resembles the upper half of Iron Man's helmet.
- #015
The design of Baymax's eyes was taken from a traditional Japanese bell called Suzu. Director Don Hall says he was inspired when he visited a temple in Japan.
- #016
Don Hall chose San Francisco as the city to blend with Tokyo because Los Angeles is not a dense city and New York is too common a base for the Marvel comic book world. San Francisco also has many distinctive features not found in Los Angeles or New York.
- #017
The portal test laboratory was supposed to be located deep in the catacombs of Alcatraz, but it was replaced with an alternate version of Angel Island called Akuma Island. Akuma means "demon" or "devil" in Japanese.
- #018
Two important characters from the Big Hero 6 comic book, Silver Samurai and Sunfire, could not appear in the film. This is because 20th Century Fox owns both characters due to their connection to the X-Men. However, Tadashi's hat bears an SF emblem written in the same typeface as the Sunfire comic book.
- #019
Before deciding that Baymax would have a blank, expressionless face, the character was originally meant to have a face capable of only five different expressions.
- #020
When Honey Lemon's supersuit was created, a miniature version of the periodic table of elements is displayed in her bag.
- #021
Contains a major spoiler — show
Initially the film was to feature more villains besides Yokai. One of them was a group called the Fujitas. According to the Big Hero 6 art book, they would have been three deadly geisha women, each with a different weapon, whose movements were inspired by the motions of snakes or koi fish. The second villain was to be a Japanese TV talk show host named Bay Sparkles, a childish man devoted to conquering the world. The last was a group of jet pack pilots called the Banzai Bombers.
- #022
Baymax's inflatable, vinyl and genuinely huggable design was inspired by 'soft robotics' research at Carnegie Mellon University.
- #023
Jin Kim, Walt Disney Studios' top animator and the head of character design on Big Hero 6, later revealed that the main characters were initially designed as Koreans, even though they were eventually given Japanese names.
- #024
HIDDEN MICKEY: During the car chase in the middle of the film, the emblem of the brand of car the heroes are driving is a stylized Mickey made of three overlapping circles (at around the 47th minute).
- #025
The clock in Hiro's room reads 2:15 throughout the entire film.
- #026
Like Marvel Studios films, this film has a post-credits scene, but it is not connected to the same Cinematic Universe as the other existing Marvel films.
- #027
According to Jin Kim, when creating GoGo, Kim and his team initially had South Korean actress Bae Doona in mind and then combined independent and athletic traits after Korean short track speed skaters.
- #028
At the back of Fred's room there is a display case containing two mannequins wearing the costumes of two Marvel Comics supervillains. The blue mannequin on the left belongs to Sub-Mariner's villain "Orka," while the chicken-themed one on the right belongs to the voodoo priest villain known as "Black Talon."
- #029
Honey Lemon is the only character who does not pronounce "Hiro" with an American accent.
- #030
When Hiro receives a video message from his friends on his computer, a Nintendo 8-bit controller can be seen on the desk below the screen.
- #031
In the opening robot fight, Hiro faces Yama, a very large man controlling a battle robot. When Yama turns and shows his back, the Japanese character for "mountain" ("yama") is worked into his jacket as a joke about his large, mountain-like body.
- #032
In the first overhead shot of the interior of the building where the SFTT showcase is held, characters resembling Steve Jobs and John Lasseter can be seen in the left corner talking with a blonde woman with a ponytail. According to the Blu-ray's features, the man resembling Steve Jobs is actually Ed Catmull, co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios and president of Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios. To his left is Pixar co-founder and Big Hero 6 executive producer John Lasseter, and to his right is Andrew Millstein, president of Disney Animation Studios.
- #033
The wave shown at the end of the title sequence that lists the lighting supervisors is a reference to a famous work of art by Hokusai: The Great Wave off Kanagawa.
- #034
When Hiro stops on the stairs and talks with Aunt Cass about wings, right after pushing Baymax up, pictures hang on the wall behind him. Over his left shoulder you can see the cat Mochi dressed like Stitch from Lilo & Stitch (2002).
- #035
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The words "Big Hero 6" are never spoken in the film.
- #036
Baymax's movement was so limited that the production studio gave him the code name "UNimating."
- #037
Akuma Island was originally going to be an abandoned military base where Yokai would steal a nuclear submarine to power the Gate. At one point a monster named Varlık was going to emerge from the portal and destroy San Fransokyo. In the end, however, the production decided that the Portal's only purpose was teleportation.
- #038
On the desk of the police officer at the police station, a photograph of the woman from the shelter in Bolt (2008) can be seen in a frame.
- #039
The look of the San Fransokyo Institute of Technology is based on the Presidio because of its university-like atmosphere.
- #040
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In the film's final scene, when Hiro puts his robot hand on his shelf, a large yellow book with "McMaster-Carr" on its spine sits on the shelf. McMaster-Carr is a supply company with a catalog of more than 550,000 electrical, hardware, mechanical and other products. The annual catalog is yellow, and the 2014 edition is about 4,000 pages long.
- #041
The robotics lab is based on the architectural designs of Santiago Calatrava, Renzo Piano and Shin Takamatsu.
- #042
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In Hiro's bot fight against Yama, Megabot (Hiro's robot) is seen using Yama's robot's arm, which it has torn off, to make it attack Yama's bot itself. Megabot is then seen rapidly punching Yama's robot in the head. This resembles the scenes in The Incredibles (2004) where Syndrome's robot is destroyed by its own arm and where Dash rapidly punches a villain in the face.
- #043
When the six heroes first enter Fred's large room, the Torpedo statue (the statue in the middle) can be seen to the left of the door. Torpedo is an old Marvel villain (mostly against Daredevil) and later a hero (mostly alongside Rom Spaceknight). He wears a blue suit and has turbines on his ankles and wrists. His face is never shown in close-up. The last Torpedo, Brock Jones, died fighting the Dire Wraiths, the evil alien enemies of Rom Spaceknight.
- #044
Fred's red shirt bears the word "Kaiju," which means strange monsters in Japanese and is used to describe monsters like Godzilla. Fred's outfit is also a nod to Japanese monsters.
- #045
Although it was made by Disney, the film's characters are from Marvel Comics.
- #046
The Police Officer appears to take his name from Daniel Gerson, the animator who voiced him.
- #047
The most challenging part of designing Baymax's super suit was the wings.
- #048
In the post-credits scene, two differently shaped shield emblems can be seen hanging on the wall. These shields were modeled after the faction emblems of the Alliance and the Horde in the MMO game World of Warcraft.
- #049
While the group is in Fred's room and they are all sitting on the couch, if you look above Wasabi's head, you can see the Sateen statue from Wreck-It Ralph (2012) in the display case.
- #050
One of the comics in Fred's collection is Marvel Premiere #32 (October 1976), which features Monark Starstalker, created by Howard Chaykin.
- #051
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One of the life-size figures in Fred's room is Sleepwalker, a Marvel comic that ran for 33 issues between 1991 and 1994. The Mindscape that Sleepwalker speaks to strongly resembles the spiritual plane on the other side of the portal where Abigail Callaghan is trapped.
- #052
The pencil holder Hiro draws a pencil from in Fred's room is the head of Orka, the undersea villain, who also appears in Fred's figure box.
- #053
Baymax's charging station looks just like his final suit, but on a smaller scale.
- #054
When Hiro blames Mochi for Baymax's commotion upstairs, he says "That darn cat!" to Aunt Cass. His exclamation is the same as the title of two previous Disney releases: the original That Darn Cat! (1965) and its remake That Darn Cat (1997).
- #055
The window of the university laboratory is a clear homage to the design of a Pokeball. Pokemon was released in Japan, which also reflects the setting of the entire film: San Fransokyo.
- #056
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In the first scene in the university laboratory, each of the main characters is working on something that will help them in the battles in this film. Gogo is building a fast bicycle, which is later added to her costume to make her faster, Wasabi is working on lasers that become arm blades, Honey is working on chemical spheres that later become her main weapon, and Fred shows off his sign by spinning it, which helps him in the final battle.
- #057
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When Hiro meets Honey Lemon, he kisses her on the cheeks. As revealed in the original concept art, Hiro was going to fall in love with Honey Lemon, who closely resembled the original Marvel Comics version. However, this was later cut, possibly because it would not have worked well in a computer-animated Disney film and possibly for time reasons.
- #058
When the team is at Fred's house, the painting in the hallway depicting him and his family shows that Stan Lee is Fred's father.
- #059
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Early in the film, while Hiro is trying to come up with an idea for the showcase, Tadashi tells him to "look for a new angle." At the film's climax, when it becomes clear that the team will be defeated by the Microbots, Hiro tells them to "look for a new angle."
- #060
After Dinosaur (2000), Bolt (2008), Tangled (2010), Wreck-It Ralph (2012) and Frozen (2013), it is the sixth Walt Disney Animation Studios computer-animated film to be rated PG by the Motion Picture Association (MPA).
- #061
It is the last Disney animated film to feature Mel Shaw and Glen Keane respectively: Keane left the studio after the premiere of Frozen (2013) and during the production of this film, and Mel Shaw died after the premiere of Wreck-It Ralph (2012) and during the production of this film and Frozen (2013).
- #062
The film states that supercapacitors are better than lithium(-ion), but while this is often true because they charge faster, last longer, hold more power and operate across a wider temperature range, not all the technical problems have been solved: they are far more expensive and not as efficient as gradual energy dischargers.
- #063
Big Hero 6 is Walt Disney Animation Studios' tenth film to be rated PG by the ACB (Australian Classification Board), following The Black Cauldron (1985), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), Tarzan (1999), Dinosaur (2000), Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), Treasure Planet (2002), Chicken Little (2005), Wreck-It Ralph (2012) and Frozen (2013).
- #064
Miller, who voices T. J. Fred (Monster), also appears in another monster film, Cloverfield.
- #065
Miller, who voices the character T. J. Fred (Monster), also appears in Transformers 4. Its main characters, like Baymax, are robots.
- #066
Big Black's album "Atomizer" can be seen among Hiro's belongings.
Production Story (55)
- #067
According to Scott Watanabe, the film is set in an alternate future in which, after the 1906 earthquake, San Francisco was rebuilt by Japanese immigrants using techniques that allow movement and flexibility in a seismic event. After the city's reconstruction was completed, it was renamed San Fransokyo because it became a city formed from a blend of Japanese and American architecture.
- #068
Baymax's movement and pose were modeled after studying the movement of a baby in a full diaper.
- #069
The statue that Baymax destroys when he first tests his new rocket fist in Fred's mansion is the statue of Hans from Frozen (2013).
- #070
To create the thousands of civilians living in San Fransokyo, the production team invented a program called "Denizen Factory," which allowed them to create a series of background characters each with a different design.
- #071
When Hiro falls between his desk and his bed after activating Baymax, you can see the face of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit on Hiro's ceiling. Oswald was Walt Disney's first animated character before Mickey Mouse.
- #072
Gogo is Disney's first Korean character. Lead character designer Shiyoon Kim drew on his experience with 'tough' sibling stereotypes while blending it with San Francisco's bike messenger/trick culture.
- #073
When Hiro shows the microbots at the science fair, there are two brief shots showing Alistair Krei evaluating another competitor's project. The competitor is wearing something very similar to the Brain Wave Analyzer created by Dr. Emmett Brown in Back to the Future (1985).
- #074
The nervous tic Hiro develops when he catches his own reflection on the side of a building actually came from Ryan Potter's own body language in the recording booth. Potter said he was surprised to see it incorporated into the animation.
- #075
In designing Baymax's supersuit, there is a drawing resembling the upper half of Iron Man's helmet.
- #076
The design of Baymax's eyes was taken from a traditional Japanese bell called a suzu. Director Don Hall says he was inspired when he visited a temple in Japan.
- #077
The portal test laboratory was supposed to be located deep within the catacombs of Alcatraz, but it was replaced with an alternate version of Angel Island called Akuma Island. Akuma means "demon" or "devil" in Japanese.
- #078
Two important characters from the Big Hero 6 comic book, Silver Samurai and Sunfire, could not appear in the film. This is because 20th Century Fox owned both characters due to their connection to the X-Men. However, on Tadashi's hat there is an SF emblem written in the same typeface as the Sunfire comic book.
- #079
Before it was decided that Baymax would have an expressionless face, he was actually supposed to have a face capable of only five different expressions.
- #080
When Honey Lemon's super suit was created, a miniature version of the periodic table of elements is displayed in her bag.
- #081
Initially there were going to be more villains in the film besides Yokai. One of them was a group called the Fujitas. According to the Big Hero 6 art book, they would have been three deadly geisha women, each with a different weapon, with movements inspired by the movements of snakes or koi fish. The second villain was going to be a Japanese TV talk show host named Mr. Sparkles, a childish man devoted to conquering the world. The last was a group of jet pack pilots called the Banzai Bombers.
- #082
Miller, who voiced T. J. Fred, improvised most of his character's exclamations.
- #083
Baymax's inflatable, vinyl and truly huggable design was inspired by 'soft robotics' research at Carnegie Mellon University.
- #084
Jin Kim, Walt Disney Studios' top animator and Big Hero 6's head of character design, and the first Korean to hold that role, later explained that the main characters were initially designed as Koreans, even though they were later given Japanese names.
- #085
Fred says of himself that he loves making films in which he stomps on boxes in a plastic dress. This is a nod to his original power: the ability to transform into a giant monster capable of destroying houses.
- #086
HIDDEN MICKEY: In the car chase in the middle of the film, the emblem of the brand of the car the heroes use is a stylized Mickey made of 3 overlapping circles. (at about the 47th minute).
- #087
The clock in Hiro's room shows 2:15 throughout the entire film.
- #088
According to Jin Kim, when creating GoGo, Kim and his team initially thought of South Korean actress Bae Doona and then combined independent and athletic traits after Korean short track skaters.
- #089
At the back of Fred's room there is a display case with two mannequins wearing the costumes of two Marvel Comics supervillains. The blue mannequin on the left belongs to Sub-Mariner's villain "Orka," while the chicken-themed one on the right belongs to the voodoo priest villain known as "Black Talon."
- #090
When Hiro receives a video message from his friends on his computer, you can see a Nintendo 8-bit controller on the desk below the screen.
- #091
In the opening robot fight, Hiro faces Yama, a very large man controlling a battle robot. When Yama turns and shows his back, the Japanese character for "mountain" ("yama") is embroidered on his jacket, as a joke about his large, 'mountain-like' body.
- #092
According to the Big Hero 6 art book, the cat Mochi was initially going to have rocket pads attached to its paws. A cat resembling Mochi wears rocket pads in the background of the science laboratory.
- #093
In the first overhead shot of the interior of the building where the SFTT show is held, characters resembling Steve Jobs and John Lasseter can be seen in the left corner talking with a blonde woman with a ponytail. According to the Blu-ray's features, the man resembling Steve Jobs is actually Ed Catmull, co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios and president of Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios. To his left is Pixar co-founder and Big Hero 6 executive producer John Lasseter, and to his right is Andrew Millstein, president of Disney Animation Studios.
- #094
The wave shown at the end of the title sequence, in which the names of the lighting supervisors are given, is a reference to a famous work of art by Hokusai; The Great Wave off Kanagawa.
- #095
Right after Hiro pushes Baymax up the stairs while stopping to talk to Aunt Cass about the wings, there are pictures hanging on the wall behind him. Over his left shoulder, you can see the cat Mochi dressed like Stitch from Lilo & Stitch (2002).
- #096
Akuma Island was initially going to be an abandoned military base where Yokai would steal a nuclear submarine to power the Portal. At one point, a monster named the Entity was going to emerge from the portal and destroy San Fransokyo. In the end, however, the production decided that the Portal's only purpose was teleportation.
- #097
On the desk of the police officer at the station, a photo of the woman from the shelter in Bolt (2008) can be seen in a frame.
- #098
Hans from Frozen (2013) can be seen on the police station's most wanted board.
- #099
The green color scheme of Baymax's prototype suit is a nod to his counterpart in the comic book.
- #100
The short film Feast (2014), a special feature on the video, is referenced many times throughout the film. At 30 minutes and 46 seconds, two "Adopt a dog today!" posters can be seen in an overhead view of a street market, and at 44 minutes and 36 seconds, a graffiti version of the Feast title is shown on an alley wall as the Greek letters "phi" and "st" (pronounced "feast"), along with 4 paw prints and the parsley garnish that features prominently in the short.
- #101
In the film's final scene, when Hiro puts his robot hand on his shelf, there is a large yellow book on the shelf with "McMaster-Carr" written on its spine. McMaster-Carr is a supply company with a catalog of more than 550,000 electrical, hardware, mechanical and other products. The annual catalog is yellow, and the 2014 edition is about 4,000 pages long.
- #102
In Hiro's bot fight against Yama, Megabot (Hiro's robot) is seen using Yama's robot's own arm, which it has torn off, to make it attack Yama's bot itself. Megabot is then seen rapidly punching Yama's robot in the head. This resembles the scenes in The Incredibles (2004) where Syndrome's robot is destroyed by its own arm, and the scene where Dash rapidly punches a villain in the face.
- #103
When the six heroes first enter Fred's large room, we can see the Torpedo statue (the statue in the middle) to the left of the door. Torpedo is an old Marvel villain (mostly against Daredevil) and later a hero (mostly alongside Rom Spaceknight). He wears a blue suit and has turbines on his ankles and wrists. His face is never shown in close-up. The last Torpedo, Brock Jones, died fighting the Dire Wraiths, the evil alien enemies of Rom Spaceknight.
- #104
According to Jin Kim, Baymax has a balloon-like face with eyes connected by a thin line that evokes the image of the "moktak," a wooden percussion instrument often used by Buddhist monks.
- #105
Mochi is Aunt Cass's cat, named after a sticky Japanese sweet rice cake.
- #106
At the end of the film, when Hiro opens the box containing Baymax's rocket fist, there is a McMaster Carr catalog on his bookshelf. McMaster Carr is an important engineering resource.
- #107
In the post-credits scene, two differently shaped shield emblems can be seen hanging on the wall. These shields were modeled after the faction emblems of the Alliance and Horde in the MMO game World of Warcraft.
- #108
When the group is in Fred's room and they are all sitting on the couch, if you look over Wasabi's head you can see the Saitine statue from Wreck-It Ralph (2012) in the display case.
- #109
One of the comics in Fred's collection is Marvel Premiere #32 (October 1976), featuring Monark Starstalker, created by Howard Chaykin.
- #110
One of the life-sized figures in Fred's room is Sleepwalker. Sleepwalker is a Marvel Comic published for 33 issues between 1991 and 1994. The Mindscape that Sleepwalker calls home strongly resembles the spiritual plane on the other side of the portal where Abigail Callaghan is trapped.
- #111
Aunt Cass watches a movie on television in which a character frantically repeats the words: "It's alive!" This is a reference to Dr. Frankenstein's cry in the original Frankenstein (1931) when his monster comes to life.
- #112
During the car chase in the city, Wasabi shouts, "we are not gonna make it, we are not gonna make it! We made it!" This is a reference to the Disney World attraction "Dinosaur".
- #113
The pen holder Hiro takes a pen from in Fred's room is the head of the undersea villain Orka, who also appears in Fred's figure box.
- #114
Among the images in the final title sequence are the Victorian houses called the "Painted Ladies" at 710 to 720 Steiner Street, across from Alamo Square park, as seen in the opening sequence of the series Full House (1987).
- #115
The window of the university laboratory is a clear homage to the design of the Pokeball. Pokemon was released in Japan, and this also reflects the setting of the entire film: San Fransokyo.
- #116
In the first scene in the university laboratory, each of the main characters is working on something that will help them in the battles in this film. Gogo is building a fast bicycle, which is later added to her costume to make her faster, Wasabi is working on lasers that turn into arm blades, Honey is working on chemical spheres that will later become her main weapon, and Fred demonstrates his sign by spinning it, which helps him in the final battle.
- #117
When Hiro meets Honey Lemon, he does not kiss her on the cheeks. As revealed in the original concept art, Hiro was going to fall in love with Honey Lemon, who closely resembled the original Marvel Comics. However, this was later cut, probably because it would not work well in a computer-animated Disney film and possibly for time reasons.
- #118
This is the second time James Cromwell plays a character who invents the 3 laws of robotics, having previously done so in I, Robot (2004). In fact, the plots of the two films are quite similar. An army of seemingly harmless robots is hijacked by an unknown third party. Early in the film, the hero's 'older brother' is killed and he is left with a robot friend. The unknown 3rd party then uses the robot army to gain power and take over the city. The hero and his robot friend gradually discover that this 3rd party is not who they initially suspected, but someone they actually met early in the story but thought nothing of. Some character roles are swapped, but the plot is very similar.
- #119
When the team is at Fred's house, the painting on the wall in the hallway depicting him and his family shows that Stan Lee is Fred's father.
- #120
In addition to the Marvel comic book, the film shares similarities with the 1980s Marvel title "Spitfire and the Troubleshooters." Like the film, the comic book was about a group of college students who fight crime and have superpowers thanks to special exo-suits. Baymax's red armor also makes him look very similar to the main character Spitfire (coincidentally classified as the Man Amplified Experimental, or M.A.X., costume).
- #121
The film states that supercapacitors are better than lithium (ion) — but this is generally true because they charge faster, last longer, have more power and operate over a wider temperature range; not all the technical problems have been solved — they are much more expensive and not as efficient as gradual energy releasers.
Behind the Scenes (1)
- #122
T. J. Miller, who voices Fred, improvised most of his character's exclamations.
Characters & Cast (2)
- #123
In I, Robot (2004), James Cromwell played Dr. Alfred Lanning, the creator of the robot Sonny, who was portrayed by Alan Tudyk. In this film, Cromwell plays Dr. Robert Callaghan, the rival of Alistair Krei, who is also portrayed by Tudyk.
- #124
Kevin Hart, Anthony Mackie and Will Smith were considered for the role of Wasabi.
Easter Eggs & References (9)
- #125
Contains a major spoiler — show
Big Hero 6 (2014) contains numerous hidden "Easter eggs" from other Disney animated features: Hiro's cat Mochi is wearing a Stitch costume in the picture hanging on the staircase of his house, from Lilo & Stitch (2002). On Hiro's computer monitor there is a figurine of Wreck-It Ralph (2012). The arcade game Sugar Rush is seen in an arcade. A digital billboard featuring a chicken may be a nod to Chicken Little (2005). At the police station, on the officer's shoulder, there is a wanted poster featuring not only Hans from Frozen (2013) but also one of the misdrawn photos of Flynn Ryder from Tangled (2010). Stan Lee also makes his obligatory Marvel cameo not only in the family portrait but also in the post-credits scene. Bolt (2008) can be seen in a picture (as noted above). Also, the statue destroyed by Baymax's rocket fist is the statue of Prince Hans from Frozen (2013).
- #126
In Fred's library/museum, one of the small figurines on the bookshelf in the background is Elastigirl from The Incredibles (2004).
- #127
Fred says he likes making movies of himself stomping on boxes in a plastic dress. This is a nod to his original power: the ability to transform into a giant monster capable of destroying houses.
- #128
According to the Big Hero 6 art book, the cat Mochi was originally going to wear rocket pads on its paws. A cat resembling Mochi wears rocket pads in the background of the science lab.
- #129
The green color scheme of Baymax's prototype suit is a reference to his counterpart in the comic book.
- #130
The short film Feast (2014), a special feature on the video, is referenced many times throughout the film. At 30 minutes 46 seconds, in an overhead view of a street market, two "Adopt a dog today!" posters are visible, and at 44 minutes 36 seconds, a graffiti version of the Feast title is shown on an alley wall as four paw prints with the Greek letters "phi" and "st" (pronounced "feast") and the parsley garnish that features prominently in the short.
- #131
In the film's credits, the painted poster on the train references a Japanese anime titled Gundam.
- #132
Aunt Cass watches a film on television in which a character frantically repeats the words "It's alive!" This references Dr. Frankenstein's cry in the original Frankenstein (1931) when the monster comes to life.
- #133
During the car chase through the city, Wasabi shouts, "we are not gonna make it, we are not gonna make it! We made it!" This references the Disney World attraction "Dinosaur."
Deeper Meaning (3)
- #134
The production team watched videos of fire ants as inspiration for the movement of the Microbots.
- #135
The nervous tic that appears when Hiro catches his own reflection on the side of a building actually came from Ryan Potter's own body language in the recording booth. Potter said he was surprised to see it included in the animation.
- #136
At the end of the film, as Hiro opens the box containing Baymax's rocket fist, there is a McMaster Carr catalog on his bookshelf. McMaster Carr is a major engineering resource.
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- Frozen — Big Hero 6 comes up in the facts on that page
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