- “We've invited all these people. Might as well give them a show.”
- ―Abigail Callaghan[src]
Abigail Callaghan is a minor character in Disney's 2014 animated feature film Big Hero 6. She is Robert Callaghan's daughter.
Background[]
Abigail Callaghan is the daughter of world-renowned roboticist Robert Callaghan, and a pilot working for Krei Technologies. Abigail means the world to her father, and he is willing to do anything for her sake — even if it means throwing away his identity and forsaking his colleagues and friends.
Personality[]
Not much is seen of Abigail, but from her father's dedication to her, she appears to have been a good daughter a dad would be willing to fight for, and she and her father were very close. As a child, she might have had a wild streak due to wanting to participate in bot-fighting and an interest in technology. She is very brave and dedicated to her job and science, willing to go where no one has gone before.
Physical Appearance[]
Abigail is a beautiful young woman with large blue eyes that resemble her father's and chestnut brown hair that she keeps in a simple ponytail. (Very similar to Belle's) She is only seen in her pilot suit, a skin-tight white garment with red accents and white armor on her chest and shoulders, along with a matching white pilot's helmet. On the side of her helmet is her last name, printed in all caps.
Appearances[]
Big Hero 6[]
Abigail first appears in footage of recordings at what used to be a testing facility for Alistair Krei's teleportation technology. In those recordings, she is seen hugging her father Robert Callaghan and going into a shuttle for a test transport by use of two portals: one for entering and another for exiting. However, the system began to glitch; nevertheless, the test went forward and Abigail was sent into the portal, but the second portal that she was supposed to exit out of exploded, leading to the shutdown of the facility while stranding Abigail in a mysterious void within the portal.
Following the events of Abigail's disappearance, Robert continued his days as a professor at the San Fransokyo Institute of Technology, mentoring a group of intelligent individuals. Amongst his prodigies is the esteemed Tadashi Hamada, whose younger brother, Hiro, greatly desires acceptance into the school. To do so, Hiro invents the Microbots — miniature bots capable of manifesting anything their host commands — and presents them at the school's annual science fair. After witnessing Hiro's creation, Robert steals the inventions and covers his tracks by setting the school's showcase hall ablaze; the fire causes an explosion that kills Tadashi, who entered the burning hall intending to rescue Robert. Meanwhile, Robert is presumed dead (with the world believing he was also killed in the fire) and abandons his true identity, becoming a stoic, ruthless villain by the name of Yokai, and uses the Microbots to reassemble the portal that took Abigail, in hopes of using it to kill Alistair Krei as revenge for the former's demise.
Meanwhile, Hiro, his robot companion, Baymax, and Robert's students, rally together to form a superhero team to capture Yokai and bring him to justice. After defeating Yokai, whose true identity is eventually revealed, Baymax senses life within the portal and reveals it to be a living female in hyper-sleep. Knowing it has to be Abigail, Hiro travels inside with Baymax to rescue her, and finds her with help from Baymax's scanners. When Baymax's armor is damaged during their way back, Baymax sacrifices himself to save Hiro and Abigail, who both then make it back to earth. As Abigail regains consciousness, she is wheeled towards a waiting ambulance, while her father Robert is arrested for his crimes.
Big Hero 6: The Series[]
In the episode "Mini-Max", a picture of Abigail is seen in Robert's prison cell. She is also mentioned by her father, who thanks Hiro for rescuing her.
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Trivia[]
- According to Baymax's scan, her blood type is B-, and she weighs 113 pounds.
