Wait. What are the giant, cuddly and medically-qualified marshmallow and his team of college scientists/superheroes doing in a blog about Marvel? Well, believe it or not, but Baymax and the Big Hero 6 squad are actually property of (and created by) Marvel Studios. In recent data leaks and rumors about the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which have been rampant with the upcoming and current depictions of Wandavision, Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Spider-Man: No Way Home, along with the X-Men and the Fantastic Four joining the MCU’s ranks, a surprising detail has been announced. The Big Hero 6 team is reportedly going to be a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe! Whether this is in an animated area, or live-action (which would be a dream come true), having Baymax in the same universe that Deadpool and Iron Man are in is something of pure nerdy fantasies and I am all for it. So in celebration (or wishful thinking) of the alleged news, this post will be centered around the solo movie, Big Hero 6, and it’s robotic lead Baymax who could have easily defeated Thanos all by his lonesome. 
Big Hero 6 is a group consisting of five college students, Hiro Hamada, GoGo, Honey Lemon, Fred, and Wasabi, along with their robotic pal Baymax. The group was formed in the legacy and honor of Tadashi Hamada, who died trying to save his old professor Robert Callaghan from a fire at the university. Before his death, Tadashi was attempting to get Hiro to be productive with his life, and use his brain to invent groundbreaking technology. Hiro invented microbots that could build structures as tall as a skyscraped in a matter of instants, working like builder ants, latching onto each other to perform insane feats. Hiro presented these at the Technology Fair that claimed his brothers life. After mourning and cutting himself off from the rest of the group, Hiro encounters Baymax again. Baymax is a revolutionary medical robot that was able to detect allergies and injuries within seconds. Baymax alerts Hiro that the only microbot left from the fire was trying to lead somewhere. Baymax follows it to an abandonded factory where a man in a Kabuki mask attacked them with Hiro’s microbots. Hiro assembles his old friends and builds them suits with powers similiar to their scientific studies, and as “Immortals” by Fall Out Boy plays, Baymax is programmed and suited to be the bulky (but yet still lovable) superhero that we know and love today. Formatted with wings and training, Baymax and Hiro fly around their home city of San Fransokyo and trace the DNA of the Kabuki man with one of the most powerful bio-medical scanners ever thought of. Big Hero 6 follows the trace to a facility with two stargates, one heavily damaged, along with security feed from the destruction. The Kabuki man tries to foil their plans again but is defeated by Hiro and Baymax. The man is unmasked to be Callaghan, who caused the fire that killed Tadashi, in order to steal Hiro’s microbots. Hiro becomes infuriated and rips out Tadashi’s healthcare chip, leaving him to be a crazy ninja hitman. The rest of Big Hero 6 prevents Baymax murdering Callaghan, but the professor gets away. He goes to torture his rival, Alistair Krei. Krei had employed Callaghans daughter as test pilot for a wormhole device, but she was lost between dimensions. Callahagn rebuilds the portal to steal everything Krei ever worked for, and then him. After Big Hero 6 destroys all the microbots and they are absorbed into the wormhole. Callahagn is arrested as Baymax senses a life form from inside the portal. Hiro and Baymax go in to save the lifeform after realizing it is Callahagn’s daughter in cryostasis. Baymax is hit by debris and is unable to make it back to the portal which is closing soon. After a sad exchange, Baymax sacrifices himself and uses his rocket fist to power Hiro and Callahagn’s daughter to safety. When Hiro returns, he uses his brothers notes and work to recreate Baymax. The movie ends with the establishment of Big Hero 6, and the revelation that Fred’s dad is actually a superhero and is actually Stan Lee. Interesting.
Big Hero 6 is honestly one of the best movies I have ever seen, and there is nothing I want to see more then a Baymax “Ba-la-la-la” handshake in live action. There is not too much detail or comic comparison with the two entities, except that Fredzilla, Fred’s superhero persona, is a 10 mile high dragon, not a costume worn by Fred. I am intensively excited to see what Disney and Marvel Studios have in mind for Big Hero 6. I will update this post immediately following any new information.
“We jumped out a window…!” -Baymax
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