Big Hero 6: The Series

This article is about the television series. For other uses, see Big Hero 6 (disambiguation).

Big Hero 6: The Series
File:Big Hero 6 The Series logo.jpg
Based on	Big Hero 6 by Man of Action Big Hero 6 by Don Hall and Chris Williams
Developed by	Mark McCorkle Bob Schooley Nick Filippi
Written by	Sharon Flynn Paiman Kalayeh
Directed by	Stephen Heneveld Ben Juwono
Voices of	Ryan Potter Scott Adsit Jamie Chung Genesis Rodriguez Khary Payton Brooks Wheelan Maya Rudolph
Composer	Adam Berry
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	11
Production
Executive producers	Bob Schooley Mark McCorkle Nick Filippi
Production companies	Disney Television Animation Man of Action Studios
Original release
Network	Disney Channel TXN (TV Tokyo
Release	November 20, 2017 – present

Big Hero 6: The Series is an American animated television series, produced by Disney Television Animation and developed by Kim Possible creators Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley. The series is based on Disney's 2014 film Big Hero 6, which itself is loosely based on the comic book series Big Hero 6 published by Marvel Comics. The series is a sequel as it takes place after the events of the film and uses traditional hand-drawn animation. It premiered with a 43-minute episode titled "Baymax Returns" on Disney XD on November 20, 2017. In 2018, the series was moved from Disney XD to Disney Channel before the series premiere. The series formally premiered with two new episodes on Disney Channel on June 9, 2018.

Plot

The series is set after the events of the feature film Big Hero 6 and continues the adventures of 14-year-old tech genius Hiro Hamada and the compassionate, cutting-edge robot Baymax created by his late brother Tadashi. Along with his friends Wasabi, Honey Lemon, Go Go and Fred, they form the superhero team Big Hero 6 and embark on high-tech adventures as they protect their city from an array of scientifically enhanced villains. Hiro also faces academic challenges and social trials as the new prodigy at San Fransokyo Institute of Technology (SFIT).

The show slightly retcons the ending of the movie. Among the differences are Aunt Cass knowing about Baymax, the Big Hero 6's team identities still being secret from the public, and Hiro attending SFIT as if everything is back to normal (and though Tadashi's death is acknowledged, they do not erect a building in his honor and Hiro does not receive a grant from the Institute). Hiro also does not come up with the name "Big Hero 6" like it is implied at the end of the movie, instead Fred comes up with the name after having "brainstormed an epic list of team names" and testing them with himself.

Cast

Returning

• Ryan Potter as Hiro Hamada, a 14-year-old robotics prodigy whose brother Tadashi Hamada was killed in an explosion at the San Fransokyo Institute of Technology (SFIT) and member of Big Hero 6; he serves as the team's unofficial leader.
• Scott Adsit as Baymax, an inflatable robot originally built by Tadashi as a medical assistant, but reprogrammed by Hiro to also use martial arts as a member of Big Hero 6; wears a suit of armour with a jetpack and wings.
• Jamie Chung as Go Go Tomago, a tough, athletic student at SFIT and member of Big Hero 6 who specializes in electromagnetics; uses two large discs as wheels/skates when in action, and also uses smaller discs as weapons.
• Genesis Rodriguez as Honey Lemon, a student at SFIT, chemistry enthusiast, and member of Big Hero 6; she uses chemical 'bombs' that produce a variety of effects.
• Khary Payton as Wasabi, a smart, slightly neurotic student at SFIT and member of Big Hero 6 who specializes in lasers, and has two laser-like blades on his arms when in action. He appreciates order and control in his life and work environment. Wasabi was voiced by Damon Wayans Jr. in the film.
• Brooks Wheelan as Fred, a comic book fan and slacker who is also team mascot at SFIT and member of Big Hero 6, using a suit that gives the appearance of a monster; he lives in a large mansion. Fred was voiced by T.J. Miller in the film.
• Maya Rudolph as Aunt Cass, Hiro's aunt and guardian. She is obsessed with cooking new and strange dishes and is oblivious to Hiro's double life.
• David Shaughnessy as Heathcliff, Fred's family butler, who assisted the team in their training efforts.
• Alan Tudyk as Alistair Krei, a pioneer entrepreneur and CEO of Krei Tech. He is revealed to know the Big Hero 6's identities after they saved his life in the film.
• Paul Briggs as Mr. Yama, a notorious gangster working under Obake and Hiro's arch-nemesis.
• Stan Lee as Boss Awesome / Frederick Frederickson III, Fred's Dad and a former superhero from back in the 70's. While his real name has never been said, his son is revealed to be Frederick Frederickson IV, hinting at his actual name.
• Laura Silverman as Krei's Assistant, a capable and sarcastic woman who is always at Krei's side. She was a silent character in the movie, but speaks for the first time in the series.
• Christy Carlson Romano as Trina, a bot-fighter. She was a silent character in the movie, but speaks for the first time in the series.
• Daniel Henney as Tadashi Hamada, Hiro's late older brother who built Baymax and was killed by Professor Callaghan. He appears as a recording in "Baymax Returns" and "Failure Mode".
• James Cromwell as Yokai / Professor Robert Callaghan, the former head of SFIT turned criminal. He is currently incarcerated.

Introduced in the series

• Jenifer Lewis as Professor Granville, the new head of the robotics program at SFIT. A stern woman who despises procrastination and deep down sees potential in Hiro.
• Andrew Scott as Obake, a mysterious villain who has a strange obsession with the Big Hero 6. He is actually a former student at SFIT.
• Andy Richter as Globby / Dibs, a pathetic thief who steals Honey Lemon's chem purse and an experimental neurotransmitter, before the accidental release of a series of chemicals transforms him into a slime monster.
• Diedrich Bader as Bluff Dunder, a news reporter for San Fransokyo. Known for his somewhat pompous delivery.
  • Bader also voices Felony Carl, a recurring former criminal who possesses a very insightful mind. His nickname was apparently given to him by his mother and he is 42 years old.
• Susan Sullivan as Mrs. Frederickson, Fred's wealthy socialite mother who is embarrassed by her son's antics, but loves him nonetheless.
• Sean Giambrone as Richardson Mole, an eleven year old fanboy and Fred's arch-rival in pursuing pop culture artefacts. He has an open crush on Go Go.
• John Ross Bowie as Dr. Mel Meyers, a scientist working under Krei and who also despises him for misusing his creation.
• Haley Tju as Karmi, a biology student at SFIT who is jealous of Hiro, but is in love with his alter ego.
• Jeff Bennett as Baron Von Steamer, a steampunk based villain and arch-enemy of Boss Awesome.
• Katy Mixon as Barb, the mother of Juniper and part of the electricity powered duo High Voltage.
• Sophie Reynolds as Juniper, the daughter of Barb and part of the electricity powered duo High Voltage.
• Naoko Mori as Momakase, a professional thief and chef who uses cooking blades as weapons.
• Gordon Ramsay as Bolton Gramersi, an arrogant chef and Cass' rival/idol.
• Alton Brown as Yum Labouché, a famous chef and judge in the underground cooking competition.
• Jon Rudnitsky as Ned Ludd, a former real estate developer who turned against technology and now lives in the Muirahara Woods.
• Rob Riggle as Jack / Greg, the leader of the Mad Jacks, a team of high-octane black ops all named Jack. He is Caucasian with blonde hair.
• Kevin Michael Richardson as Jack, a member of the Mad Jacks, a team of high-octane black ops all named Jack. He is African-American.
• Kerri Kenney as Jaq, a member of the Mad Jacks, a team of high-octane black ops all named Jack. She is a brunette.
• John Michael Higgins as Mini-Max, Fred's robot sidekick. Hiro actually built him to make sure Fred does not get into any trouble.
• Lucas Neff as Noodle Burger Boy, the fast food mascot of Noodle Burger.
• Mara Wilson as Liv Amara, a self made billionaire.

Development and production

In March 2016, Disney announced that a Big Hero 6 television series was in development and premiered on Disney Channel in 2017. The series takes place immediately after the events of the film and is created by Kim Possible's Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley, and executive produced by McCorkle, Schooley and Nick Filippi. Talking to Leonard Maltin for the podcast Maltin on Movies, Scott Adsit suggested an early 2018 release date.

In March 2016, it was revealed that Jamie Chung reprises her role as Go Go and that following November, it was revealed that most of the cast members from the film would reprise their roles, including Ryan Potter, Genesis Rodriguez, Scott Adsit, Alan Tudyk, and Maya Rudolph. Khary Payton replaced Damon Wayans Jr. as Wasabi and Brooks Wheelan replaced T. J. Miller as Fred. On January 6, 2017, Disney Channel released an official teaser trailer for the series.

The first season will consist of 21 half-hours.

On March 14, 2017, it was renewed for a second season, ahead of the series premiere.

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	US viewers (millions)
1	"Baymax Returns"	Stephen Heneveld, Ben Juwono	Written by : Sharon Flynn, Paiman Kalayeh Storyboard by : Trey Buongiorno, Christopher Copeland, Monica Davila, Michael Fong, Stephanie Stine, David Vantuyle, Young ki Yoon	November 20, 2017 (2017-11-20)	1.11
After the events of Big Hero 6, Hiro discovers Baymax's personality chip and proceeds to rebuild his skeleton. Meanwhile, Fred tries to convince the reluctant group to return to crime fighting as the superhero team Big Hero 6. Elsewhere, Yama is hired by the mysterious Obake to steal an unusual paperweight from Professor Granville, the new dean at SFIT and Hiro's professor. Hiro rushes the rebuilding process and the skeleton malfunctions and escapes and is captured by Yama and his crew. Yama pressures Hiro to retrieve the paperweight in exchange for the skeleton. With Fred's help they get it, but Yama double crosses them. Wasabi, Go Go and Honey Lemon arrive and save them and make off with the skeleton and paperweight, but Yama manages to create duplicates of the skeleton and sends them out to attack the city. They also steal the paperweight which is revealed to have powerful magnetic energy that affects electric appliances including a train that Aunt Cass is riding on. The Big Hero 6 stop the train and Hiro tosses the paperweight into the sky where it safely explodes. The next day, Granville gives Hiro Tadashi's old lab, so he can have a familiar environment to work in, and he joins his friends in becoming the Big Hero 6. Meanwhile the villain Obake contemplates his next move.
2	"Issue 188"	Ben Juwono	Written by : Bill Motz & Bob Roth Storyboard by : Trey Buongiorno, Ben Juwono, Max Lawson, Stephanie Stine	June 9, 2018 (2018-06-09)	0.65
Professor Granville sets Hiro up with Karmi, a student studying biology. Karmi despises Hiro for replacing her as the youngest student to join SFIT, yet ironically, she has a crush on Hiro's alter ego which she somehow cannot seem to recognize. Meanwhile, the Big Hero 6 take on Barb and Juniper, known collectively as the electricity and pop music powered duo High Voltage. In order to help, Fred has to visit his arch-nemesis, Richardson Mole who has in his possession issue 188 of Captain Fancy. In the end, Fred's mission turned out to be in regards to Hiro's identity not being noticed and the team take out High Voltage easily. Hiro realizes that Granville set him up with Karmi to help her become more social. Karmi gains some respect for Hiro, but now thinks that he "has it bad" for her.
3	"Big Roommates 2"	Kathleen Good	Written by : Jeff Poliquin Storyboard by : Aldina Dias, Kathleen Good, Jay Oliva, Kenji Ono, Alan Wan	June 9, 2018 (2018-06-09)	0.67
After accidentally freezing her apartment and roommate, Honey Lemon asks to stay at Go Go's place causing the latter to become annoyed at the former's positive personality. While moving in, a pathetic criminal named Dibs steals Honey's chem-purse. He soon discovers Alistair Krei's latest invention, a rip-off of Hiro's microbots transmitter, and tries to steal this too. An accident with both gizmos transform him into a glob monster, later dubbed Globby, and he begins to upset San Fransokyo. Honey refuses to believe that someone stole her purse, but upon meeting Globby becomes moody and downtrodden. When Big Hero 6 finally confront Globby, who had kidnapped Krei, Go Go convinces Honey to give positive advice to him and becomes happy again. However, Globby mistakes Honey's advice and decides to become a super villain instead.
4	"Fred's Bro-Tillion"	Stephen Heneveld	Written by : Sharon Flynn Storyboard by : Stephen Heneveld, David Vantuyle, Young Ki Voon	June 10, 2018 (2018-06-10)	0.67
Fred is worried about his upcoming Bro-Tillion due to past mishaps involving his mother and billionaire rival Beverly Samantha "Binky" Mole whom Mrs. Frederickson keeps trying to impress. The gang help Fred get prepared and Hiro manages to get Aunt Cass to serve as a caterer after the other one cancels. During the celebration however, Mr. Frederickson's rival Baron Von Steamer arrives attempting to kidnap Fred as revenge from Mr. Frederickson's days as Boss Awesome. He kidnaps Wasabi instead and the rest of the team end up contacting Mr. Frederickson for advice. They find Steamer's hideout and Fred uses what he has learned to defeat Steamer who escapes. Afterwards, they hold Fred's Bro-Tillion at Aunt Cass' diner and Mrs. Frederickson overcomes her insecurity about Binky.
5	"Food Fight"	Kathleen Good	Written by : Noelle Stevenson Storyboard by : Aldina Dias, Teny Issakhanian, Max Lawson, James Shur, David Vantuyle	June 10, 2018 (2018-06-10)	0.73
Ninja-chef Momakase steals a gravity device from Krei. While the Big Hero 6 investigate, Hiro accidentally indicates that he is not studying to Cass who goes to Good Luck Alley to look for him. She finds herself at an underground cooking competition against her mean idol Bolton Gramersi and actually wins, taking his knives in the process, and becomes addicted to the competition. Meanwhile, Momakase's employer Yama, reveals that she only stole half of the gravity device. She steals the other half, but turns against Yama to sell the device on the Black Market. Hiro becomes concerned for Cass' late night runs and discovers her secret. Cass goes up against Momakase who begins to fight Big Hero 6 as well. Cass and Big Hero 6 become victorious and Bolton apologizes with Cass returning his knives from her now large collection.
6	"Muirahara Woods"	Stephen Heneveld	Written by : Sharon Flynn Storyboard by : Monica Davila, David Vantuvle, Young Ki Yoon	June 16, 2018 (2018-06-16)	0.62
Go Go heads off for some alone time which bothers Hiro, so he, Fred and Baymax decide to follow her. They discover that she goes to the Muirahara Woods to go bird watching, but they end up getting lost when all their technology including Baymax begin to malfunction. Hiro and Fred encounter Ned Ludd, a real estate developer who went missing after a magnetic meteorite, which he named Bessie, crashed in front of him. Taking it as a sign to turn from technology, he has lived in the woods since. After seeing Baymax, Ludd kidnaps him in an effort to throw him off a cliff. Go Go learns from Wasabi and Honey about Hiro and Fred's predicament and the three meet up with the two to help rescue Baymax. They manage to outsmart Ludd, who injures himself, and have Baymax fix him, though he tells them to leave immediately.
7	"Failure Mode"	Kathleen Good	Written by : Kenny Byerly Storyboard by : Travis Blaise, Max Lawson, Matthew O'Callaghan, Kenji Ono, James W. Suhr	June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23)	0.67
Hiro is assigned a project by Granville that involves creating a structure that could withstand an earthquake. Due to procrastinating, Hiro fails and is humiliated. He is given another chance by Granville, but he considers giving up. Meanwhile, Globby returns with the intent of stealing a painting called "City Rises". The Big Hero 6 stop him at every turn, until Globby accidentally discovers that he can transform himself into any matter (e.g. water, acid, metal, chocolate etc.). Before fighting him again, Baymax shows Hiro a video of Tadashi almost giving up on creating him which surprises Hiro. The Big Hero 6 return to battle Globby, but this time, he actually makes off with the painting, though Hiro has learned to deal with failure and manages to improve his project. Globby delivers the painting to Obake who reveals a blueprint behind it.
8	"Aunt Cass Goes Out"	Stephen Heneveld	Written by : Jeff Poliquin Story by : Joe Ansolabehere Storyboard by : Trey Buongiorno, Monica Davila, David Vantuyle, Young Ki Koon	June 30, 2018 (2018-06-30)	N/A
Hiro, concerned about Cass finding out about his place in Big Hero 6, decides to set her up on a date with no success. Meanwhile, Krei introduces his new defense drone which Hiro points out could potentially be flawed due to some bugs. Dr. Mel Meyers, the creator of the drone, is upset over how Krei is using them and swears revenge. Krei and Cass end up meeting and decide to go out, much to Hiro's consternation. While Hiro spies on them, the rest of the team discover that when the drones get wet, they attack everyone regardless. Mel uses the drone technology to pose as Krei and and get his plans back. The Big Hero 6 stop him, but the drones once again malfunction and attack with Mel running and putting Cass in danger. Hiro and Baymax defeat the drones and Krei has Mel arrested. Cass breaks up with Krei after seeing him for who he is.
9	"The Impatient Patient"	Kathleen Good	Written by : Bob Schooley, Mark McCorkle Storyboard by : Monica Davila, Aldina Dias, Karen Guo, Tenny Issakhanian, James W. Suhr	July 7, 2018 (2018-07-07)	N/A
The high octane black ops group, the Mad Jacks, attempt to steal a chip recently bought by Krei. Hiro and Baymax arrive to rescue him, but Hiro suddenly becomes sick. At the advice of his friends, he is forced to stay in bed while the rest go out on night patrol. Hiro sets out on his own, but is picked up by one of the Jacks and dropped into a dumpster, breaking his leg in the process. The Mad Jacks manage to get the chip from Krei and deliver it to their employer Obake. When the Big Hero 6 sans Hiro arrive, Obake has the Jacks hang onto it. Hiro quickly creates a robotic replica for him to control and they defeat the Jacks and get the chip back to Krei. This turns out to be part of Obake's plan, as Krei searches the chip to find nothing, but Obake gets information from Krei including the identity of Hiro Hamada.
10	"Mr. Sparkles Loses His Sparkle"	Kathleen Good	Written by : Paiman Kalayen Storyboard by : Aldina Dias, Max Lawson, Naomi Hicks, Kenji Ono, Teny Issakhanian, James W. Suhr	July 14, 2018 (2018-07-14)	N/A
Crazy game show host Mr. Sparkles threatens to hurt Hiro's cat Mochi so as to force Go Go to join a game, but she is afraid of public appearances.
11	"Killer App"	Ben Juwono	Written by : Daniel Dominguez Storyboard by : Trey Buongiorno, Michael Fong, Maria Nguyen	July 21, 2018 (2018-07-21)	N/A
Wasabi's need for order clashes with Hiro's chaotic work style when they collaborate on a school project.
12	"Small Hiro One"	Stephen Heneveld	Written by : Jenny Jaffe Storyboard by : David Vantuyle, Monica Davila, Young Ki Yoon	July 28, 2018 (2018-07-28)	N/A
Hiro becomes frustrated when he is deemed too young to attend a science workshop hosted by SFIT's most famous alumnus, Dr. Trevor Trengrove.
14	"Kentucky Kaiju"	Unknown	Unknown	August 4, 2018 (2018-08-04)	N/A
Hiro decides to upgrade himself with super strength, but his new tech backfires and causes problems at home and at school.
15	TBA	Unknown	Unknown	August 11, 2018 (2018-08-11)	N/A
16	TBA	Unknown	Unknown	August 18, 2018 (2018-08-18)	N/A
17	TBA	Unknown	Unknown	August 25, 2018 (2018-08-25)	N/A

Shorts

A series of short-form episodes began airing on the Disney Channel YouTube channel on May 31, 2018.

No.	Title	Original release date
1	"Baymax and Fred"	May 31, 2018 (2018-05-31)
Fred tries to create an alter ego for Baymax, with increasingly ridiculous results.
2	"Baymax and Go Go"	June 1, 2018 (2018-06-01)
Go Go tries to teach Baymax how to roller-skate which somehow escalates into a downhill chase.
3	"Baymax and Wasabi"	June 6, 2018 (2018-06-06)
Wasabi tries to get Baymax into yoga, but things end up becoming stressful for the former.
4	"Baymax and Hiro"	June 14, 2018 (2018-06-14)
Hiro gives Baymax a battery boost chip to allow for easier charging. However, the chip also makes Baymax hyperactive
5	"Baymax and Mochi"	June 18, 2018 (2018-06-18)
Aunt Cass asks Baymax to look after Mochi while she is out and soon things get messy.
6	"Baymax and Honey Lemon"	June 20, 2018 (2018-06-20)
Honey Lemon tries to get Baymax into tennis though his large, slow body ends up being an issue.

Broadcast

Baymax Returns premiered on Disney Channel channels in Canada on November 20, 2017 and in the UK and Ireland on November 30, 2017.

The series formally premieres with two new episodes on Disney Channel on June 9, 2018, followed by two more new episodes on June 10, 2018, with weekly premieres every Saturday through September starting on June 16, 2018.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2018	Annie Award	Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production	Mark Taihei, Ben Plouffe, Chris Whittier, Sylvia Filcak, Amy Chen	Nominated

External links

• Official website
• Big Hero 6: The Series at IMDb
• Big Hero 6 Baymax Returns at IMDb