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Name: Panda
Age: 27
Contact:
EMAIL: amandaleewilliams@gmail.com
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Other Characters Played: n/a
Character Information:
Name: Tadashi Hamada
Canon: Big Hero 6 (Film)
Canon Point: As he's talking to Hiro after the student showcase.
Age: 21
Reference Links: Disney Wiki
Setting:
The story of Big Hero 6 takes place in the year 2032 in the city of San Fransokyo, a culture mash-up of San Francisco and Tokyo. Imagine a world where Japanese immigrants played a huge part in the rebuilding of San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake. Imagining it? Now exaggerate the hills by about eighty percent and you'll have a basic idea of what San Fransokyo looks like. The city is a futuristic epicenter of culture, the arts, and technology, and much of that technology is centered around two very prominent organizations. The first is Krei Tech, a pioneering technology company headed by the ambitious Alister Krei. Very well known, very successful, and with just the right amount of less-than-completely-moral shenanigans around the edges. Nothing too horrible, but sometimes you have to sweep a few things under the rug to get ahead. The second, though far less corporate, is no less prominent. The San Fransokyo Institute of Technology houses some of the brightest young minds the current generation has to offer, all of them working side by side with leaders in their fields to push the boundaries of current technologies and give the world a better future. It's all very inspiring. Every city has a shady side, however, and San Fransokyo is no exception. Hang out in the wrong neighborhood and you might stumble across illegal bot fighting rings, or even gang activity, but you have to take the good with the bad in a big city like San Fransokyo. There might even be roller skating ninja geisha. You know, the usual.
Overall it's a pretty awesome place, and it just happens to be where Tadashi Hamada lives, along with his brother, Hiro, and their aunt. Tadashi's a brilliant student, excelling in his studies at SFIT and acting as the perfect role model for his little brother... not that it really sticks most of the time. Hiro, being a child genius, is pretty sure he knows everything about the world and how he wants to get along in it. It's pretty safe to say that Tadashi's spent most of his time since Hiro graduated high school trying to keep the little nerd in check. Making sure he doesn't sleep all day, encouraging him to apply to college, rescuing him from back alley bot fights gone wrong... and it's after one of those bot fights that Tadashi makes a decision that gets the plot of the movie going. After lying about their intended destination, he drags Hiro to the SFIT labs, introduces him his awesome circle of friends and their equally awesome work (magnets and lasers and tungsten carbide, oh my!), and caps the whole trip off by showing off Baymax (a robotic healthcare companion and Tadashi's personal project) and introducing him to Robert Callaghan (Tadashi's mentor and pretty much the founder of modern robotics). Hiro's mind is sufficiently blown, and thus begins a montage of late nights and frantic inventing so that the younger Hamada can earn himself a place at SFIT. All goes well when the student showcase comes around, Hiro's accepted into the institute, and every decides to head off for a celebratory dinner. Awesome.
Tadashi's pull point is after Hiro's acceptance, as the brothers wander off for a brief moment of bonding. Of course, this means that he's missing out on a few things. Like the fact that the exhibition hall bursts into flames not five minutes later. And that the fire was set by Callaghan so that he could steal Hiro's invention ("Microbots") in order to use them to get revenge on Alister Krei, whom he blamed for the death of his daughter after some Krei Tech experiments went wrong. Informed that Callaghan is still inside the burning building, Tadashi rushes back insidelike a giant idiot to help him and dies when the building blows up about ten seconds later. Hiro's left with Tadashi's baseball cap and Baymax as he spends the rest of the film discovering the truth behind the fire, coming to terms with his loss, and eventually becoming a superhero.
This effing movie. My heart still hurts.
Personality:
Have you ever met someone who's just too nice to be real? The kind of person that makes the rest of the human race look bad by just existing? No one can be that sweet with no hidden motivation. That guy that stops to help an old lady carry her groceries when he's already running late, or who'll walk for blocks in the pouring rain without an umbrella because he gave his to someone else who forgot their own. They're so sincere it's almost annoying. A person like that can't really exist outside of a cheesy romantic comedy, right?
Wrong. That person does exist and his name is Tadashi Hamada.
... Alright, that's not completely true, but just roll with me for a few minutes.
Orphaned at a young age, Tadashi had to grow up very fast in order to take care of his younger brother. Now, that's not to say that their aunt, Cass, is an unfit or absent guardian. Not by any means, but when a young woman running a business on her own takes on the sudden responsibility that comes with two small boys? Well, that's a classic recipe for overworked single parent. Being the older of the brothers, Tadashi took on the responsibility of caretaker for Hiro very early, and over time he grew to be exactly the type of role model that Hiro needed. Responsible, understanding, and calm the majority of the time, he's not afraid to voice his displeasure whenever Hiro stubbornly heads down the wrong path, nor does he have any qualms with some minor manipulation if it means setting his little brother straight. It's really only in reaction to Hiro that we get to see some of Tadashi's less positive emotions, and even then, any anger or frustration he expresses isn't so much at Hiro, but on his behalf. Anger because of the dangerous situations Hiro has a tendency to get himself into, frustration at Hiro's lack of motivation.
It's not all serious-after-school-special in the Hamada household, though. While he does take on the part of the male role model for Hiro, they're still brothers, and as such Tadashi has no issues with being, well... a huge dork. He's the kind of guy whose idea of "shaking things up" is to pick you up by the ankles and literally shake you around. Optimistic and ever encouraging, he doesn't believe in dead ends or giving up. Worked yourself into a corner and can't figure your way back out again? Tadashi's the guy you turn to. He's also prone to bouts of unabashed excitement, whether in response to his own accomplishments or those of others. This one has very little shame when it comes to expressing what others might consider embarrassingly positive emotions, even when out in public. Moody teenagers, you have been warned.
Hard-working and very intelligent, he definitely has the brains to back up all that dorky optimism. Hiro's prodigious abilities seem to outshine his older brother's in the film (and even act briefly as a source of jealousy during their early years), but one doesn't get into SFIT just by being a nice guy. Heck, it was Tadashi's interest in robotics that drew Hiro to the field in the first place. Way to get the ball rolling, man. His personal robotics project, Baymax, is the chief example of those brains at work. A learning healthcare companion that Tadashi built and coded on his own from the ground up, Baymax is made with cutting-edge technology and programmed with over 10,000 medical procedures. That's a pretty impressive sounding number, even more so when you consider things on Tadashi's end of the process. Millions of lines of code split between diagnosing injuries and illness, choosing one or more of thousands of available medical procedures, and carrying said procedures out. Tadashi's practically stuffed his head with a whole extra profession in order to channel that knowledge into a robot meant to revolutionize healthcare and better mankind.
He's still a young man, but he's spent the majority of his short life teaching himself how to care for people, and not just through his work in robotics. Tadashi is brave, selfless to a fault, and incredibly protective of the people he's closest to. And pretty much everyone else, actually. Nearly everything he does is done with the well-being of others in mind. Whether he's bowling through back alley thugs on his scooter to pull Hiro out of a rough situation, coming home from the lab early to help Cass in the cafe, or losing sleep over the amount of people Baymax will be able to help if only he could just fix that last glitch, he's rarely looking inward... and that's where that whole "not completely true" thing I mentioned before comes in.
It's a great thing, wanting to help people, and it's something Tadashi genuinely wants to do, but that perfect person described in the first paragraph of this section? No one's really like that, at least not all the time. Human beings have flaws. They get cranky, they don't feel like doing the dishes, and they come with a general assortment of messy emotions that aren't always easily corralled. The film doesn't really give us much of a look at Tadashi's younger years, and it provides nothing at all about his life before Hiro was born, but the prequel manga adaptation gives a little more to work with (not much, though, and the story line deviates from that of the movie, so I'm marking much of this as headcanon). Tadashi lived the first seven years of his life as an only child, and the news that he was to become a big brother was exciting... at first, but with new babies comes a division of attention and a potential source of jealousy. Manga canon states that jealousy outright, especially after Hiro's incredible intellect first began to show. Who wouldn't be jealous of the new wiggly thing hogging all the praise? Whatever envy may have existed, however, changed after their parents died. Such a traumatic experience can really bring things into perspective for a person, and Tadashi was no exception. He set aside his own emotions to focus on Hiro's comfort and care, dismissing those negative feelings from before as unnecessary and unfair. With Hiro quite suddenly Tadashi's only remaining family, what sort of brother would he be if he kept focusing on himself? A horrible brother, that's what kind.
And so began a lifelong trend of setting his own needs aside for the sake of other people. Mostly Hiro, let's not fool ourselves, but life in general is so much simpler that way. If he's looking outward, then he doesn't have to focus on his own issues. Helping others is used as a way to alleviate his own distress (a sort of selfish selflessness, as stupid as that sentence sounds. A need to be needed?), even downplaying his own importance as an individual to instead fulfill the needs of others. Taking into consideration the most extreme action he takes in the film (running into a burning building to try and save his mentor, because apparently someone skipped Fire Safety 101), I'd go as far as to say his case qualifies as a type pathological altruism. Sounds like it should be a good quality to have, but it's possible to have too much of a good thing, and in this case? Too much kindness killed the Tadashi.
ANYWAY, setting aside the possibility of dangerously prosocial behavior, Tadashi is kind, dependable, innovative, and (usually) wise beyond his years, but above all other things? He's a loving and supportive big brother. Every bit of energy that isn't invested in Baymax is focused pretty squarely on his little brother, his best friend and the most important person in his life. They know each other better than anyone else, and Hiro's health and happiness are paramount in Tadashi's eyes. Hiro is his everything, and for all his plans to change the world for the better, nothing makes Tadashi happier than his little brother's success.
Appearance:
Abilities:
Tadashi doesn't have any supernatural powers. He's pretty physically fit for a giant nerd, but he's as human as they come if you don't count the absolutely insane amount of coffee he's capable of consuming during any given day. He took a few years worth of karate when he was younger, leaving him pretty proficient at self-defense when he needs to be... or Hiro-defense. Let's be real, mostly Hiro-defense. Tadashi is incredibly intelligent and a quick study, especially in situations relating to his chosen fields, and he's no stranger to hard work. He specializes in robotics engineering, meaning he can design, build, and code robots from the ground up. It follows that he must be pretty awesome with computers and general future tech as a result. His primary project, Baymax, is a learning healthcare companion built with the ability to diagnose illness and injury by scanning a patient's physical and biochemical state, as well as apply any of the 10,000 medical procedures he's coded with to said diagnosis. So, yeah... smart guy. Innovative. Has also been known to build hovercraft out of shopping carts and cardboard boxes. Ah, youth.
He speaks a decent amount of Japanese. Not enough for complete fluency, and he's not the best at writing it, but he can speak enough for a rough, every day sort of conversation. San Fransokyo is the sort of place where everyone probably understands at least a little Japanese as a part of the mixed culture, and Tadashi was learning the language from his parents before they died. He's tried at points to pick it back up and re-familiarize himself, but other interests/concerns have always kept him from following that path too far.
The presence of a surfboard in his room in the film also suggests that he likes surfing. Not really a shocker considering he lives pretty much right on the coast of sunny California.
Inventory:
Tadashi's coming in pretty bare bones from this canon point, with just the clothes on his back and what he's got in his pockets. Dorky t-shirt and a gray cardigan under a dark green blazer, plus a brown pants and what look like mint-green Converse sneakers. A reasonable assumption of the contents of his pockets include a set of house keys, a cell phone, and a wallet containing some money/bank cards, school and state ID, and some pictures of Hiro and Cass.
Suitability:
Tadashi's whole world is about helping people. Being dropped into a whole new worldsings loudly and off-key is going to toss him through a loop, especially without his younger brother around as someone to focus on. Without friends or family or anything of the life he grew up in to rely on, he'll subconsciously start searching for a place he's needed. He's the sort likely to automatically care for small creatures/people in need of help or guidance, and his calm, rational attitude makes him a natural mediator. He's not really an overly political kind of guy, but he knows right and wrong and isn't afraid to speak up for a cause he thinks is right. I can guarantee that most of his focus will be on rebuilding efforts, though, with a specific focus on the improvement and development of new technology. He's a guy who thinks outside of the box, doesn't believe in dead ends, and has not just a wealth of knowledge, but a need to share it.
He's going to help, gosh darn it, and everyone's just going to have to deal with it.
In-Character Samples:
Third Person (Prose):
A bright red moped roars down mostly empty streets, the young man at the wheel driving with one hand and holding onto a phone with the other. It's likely impossible for the average passerby to spot, but there's a flashing dot on the screen. Something (or someone) being tracked in a custom GPS app. He's getting close.
Tadashi sticks out like a sore thumb in this part of town, moving quickly past boarded up doorways and flickering neon and stopping only briefly to question a small group of women lingering beneath one of the few working streetlamps. From the top of his helmet down to the wheels of his vehicle of choice, everything about about him screams "I don't belong here". His clothes, his posture, the alert, wary expression on his face as he glances down every street and alley he passes. Hiro's the one who was always comfortable roaming these back alleys between shady looking bars and even shadier looking clubs, and while Tadashi isn't afraid, he's far from comfortable.
He'd be slightly more comfortable if he knew where Hiro was. His tracker's stopped moving (something that brings both relief and trepidation. Did he just reach his destination, or is something wrong?), and Tadashi's once again grateful for the GPS chips he'd sewn into his brother's clothing. Not exactly the most ethical way of doing things, no, but if it meant being able to pull Hiro out of nasty situations he was constantly getting himself into before the worst could happen? Then it was worth it.
The moped skids a little as he rounds the next corner, and that's when he hears it. The muffled cheers and jeers of a crowd. Tadashi knows the sound of a bot fight in progress by now. Clashes of metal, screams of frustration, the constant shuffling of onlookers as they pass bets and money back and forth. The fight's still going on. He made it in time.
He cuts his speed and takes one last glance at his phone, confirming his location before tucking the device away. He can see the back of the crowd from here, gathered around a lone spotlight at the end of a narrow alley. Tadashi doesn't have to be ale to see the ring to know who's inside it, but he hangs back. Barreling in now will only start problems where there aren't yet any, and he won't risk Hiro's safety. Instead he shuts off his headlight and rolls his scooter into the shadows provided by the mouth of the alley, gripping his handlebars and listening intently for the shift in tone that means he's needed.
If he's very lucky he won't be needed at all, but either way? He's ready.
Network:
[CONSOLE | VIDEO]
[The young man on screen looks to be in his early twenties, with dark hair poking out from underneath an old baseball cap. He's got kind of a nerd chic thing going. Or maybe an "I'm-a-college-kid-and-I-think-"formal"-means-putting-a-blazer-on-over-my-normal-clothes" thing. Either way, he doesn't stay silent for long. He got the whole newbie spiel already. City on the back of a giant turtle, less-than-friendly locals, weird soul jewelry... it's all pretty hard to swallow, but since his brain has so far refused to wake up and prove that this is all some sort of bizarre dream, he might as well give the consoles a try. Gauge the current level of tech around here, and maybe inquire after some pretty important information that the welcoming committee couldn't help him with.]
Uh... hi! My name is Tadashi Hamada, and I just arrived. That's probably pretty obvious, though...
[Focus, Tadashi. Stay on track. He smiles awkwardly, reaching up to tug briefly at the brim of his hat before forcing that hand back down and straightening up in his seat a little.]
I was actually wondering if there's anyone else here from San Fransokyo? You see, I'm looking for my brother. His name is Hiro. He's fourteen years old, about five feet tall, messy black hair? Usually wearing shorts and a hoodie? He was with me before, but I haven't seen him at all since I woke up here and I was wondering- [Wondering if something happened to him. Wondering if maybe his baby brother didn't make the jump between worlds with him. Worrying what that could mean and if this is all actually for real and time really does stop in his world...] Well, if anyone spots a kid that matches that description, I'd really appreciate it if you'd let me know.
[Have another smile, friends, thought a bit less awkward than before.] I guess that's all for now.
Name: Panda
Age: 27
Contact:
EMAIL: amandaleewilliams@gmail.com
Plurk:
Other Characters Played: n/a
Character Information:
Name: Tadashi Hamada
Canon: Big Hero 6 (Film)
Canon Point: As he's talking to Hiro after the student showcase.
Age: 21
Reference Links: Disney Wiki
Setting:
The story of Big Hero 6 takes place in the year 2032 in the city of San Fransokyo, a culture mash-up of San Francisco and Tokyo. Imagine a world where Japanese immigrants played a huge part in the rebuilding of San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake. Imagining it? Now exaggerate the hills by about eighty percent and you'll have a basic idea of what San Fransokyo looks like. The city is a futuristic epicenter of culture, the arts, and technology, and much of that technology is centered around two very prominent organizations. The first is Krei Tech, a pioneering technology company headed by the ambitious Alister Krei. Very well known, very successful, and with just the right amount of less-than-completely-moral shenanigans around the edges. Nothing too horrible, but sometimes you have to sweep a few things under the rug to get ahead. The second, though far less corporate, is no less prominent. The San Fransokyo Institute of Technology houses some of the brightest young minds the current generation has to offer, all of them working side by side with leaders in their fields to push the boundaries of current technologies and give the world a better future. It's all very inspiring. Every city has a shady side, however, and San Fransokyo is no exception. Hang out in the wrong neighborhood and you might stumble across illegal bot fighting rings, or even gang activity, but you have to take the good with the bad in a big city like San Fransokyo. There might even be roller skating ninja geisha. You know, the usual.
Overall it's a pretty awesome place, and it just happens to be where Tadashi Hamada lives, along with his brother, Hiro, and their aunt. Tadashi's a brilliant student, excelling in his studies at SFIT and acting as the perfect role model for his little brother... not that it really sticks most of the time. Hiro, being a child genius, is pretty sure he knows everything about the world and how he wants to get along in it. It's pretty safe to say that Tadashi's spent most of his time since Hiro graduated high school trying to keep the little nerd in check. Making sure he doesn't sleep all day, encouraging him to apply to college, rescuing him from back alley bot fights gone wrong... and it's after one of those bot fights that Tadashi makes a decision that gets the plot of the movie going. After lying about their intended destination, he drags Hiro to the SFIT labs, introduces him his awesome circle of friends and their equally awesome work (magnets and lasers and tungsten carbide, oh my!), and caps the whole trip off by showing off Baymax (a robotic healthcare companion and Tadashi's personal project) and introducing him to Robert Callaghan (Tadashi's mentor and pretty much the founder of modern robotics). Hiro's mind is sufficiently blown, and thus begins a montage of late nights and frantic inventing so that the younger Hamada can earn himself a place at SFIT. All goes well when the student showcase comes around, Hiro's accepted into the institute, and every decides to head off for a celebratory dinner. Awesome.
Tadashi's pull point is after Hiro's acceptance, as the brothers wander off for a brief moment of bonding. Of course, this means that he's missing out on a few things. Like the fact that the exhibition hall bursts into flames not five minutes later. And that the fire was set by Callaghan so that he could steal Hiro's invention ("Microbots") in order to use them to get revenge on Alister Krei, whom he blamed for the death of his daughter after some Krei Tech experiments went wrong. Informed that Callaghan is still inside the burning building, Tadashi rushes back inside
Personality:
Have you ever met someone who's just too nice to be real? The kind of person that makes the rest of the human race look bad by just existing? No one can be that sweet with no hidden motivation. That guy that stops to help an old lady carry her groceries when he's already running late, or who'll walk for blocks in the pouring rain without an umbrella because he gave his to someone else who forgot their own. They're so sincere it's almost annoying. A person like that can't really exist outside of a cheesy romantic comedy, right?
Wrong. That person does exist and his name is Tadashi Hamada.
... Alright, that's not completely true, but just roll with me for a few minutes.
Orphaned at a young age, Tadashi had to grow up very fast in order to take care of his younger brother. Now, that's not to say that their aunt, Cass, is an unfit or absent guardian. Not by any means, but when a young woman running a business on her own takes on the sudden responsibility that comes with two small boys? Well, that's a classic recipe for overworked single parent. Being the older of the brothers, Tadashi took on the responsibility of caretaker for Hiro very early, and over time he grew to be exactly the type of role model that Hiro needed. Responsible, understanding, and calm the majority of the time, he's not afraid to voice his displeasure whenever Hiro stubbornly heads down the wrong path, nor does he have any qualms with some minor manipulation if it means setting his little brother straight. It's really only in reaction to Hiro that we get to see some of Tadashi's less positive emotions, and even then, any anger or frustration he expresses isn't so much at Hiro, but on his behalf. Anger because of the dangerous situations Hiro has a tendency to get himself into, frustration at Hiro's lack of motivation.
It's not all serious-after-school-special in the Hamada household, though. While he does take on the part of the male role model for Hiro, they're still brothers, and as such Tadashi has no issues with being, well... a huge dork. He's the kind of guy whose idea of "shaking things up" is to pick you up by the ankles and literally shake you around. Optimistic and ever encouraging, he doesn't believe in dead ends or giving up. Worked yourself into a corner and can't figure your way back out again? Tadashi's the guy you turn to. He's also prone to bouts of unabashed excitement, whether in response to his own accomplishments or those of others. This one has very little shame when it comes to expressing what others might consider embarrassingly positive emotions, even when out in public. Moody teenagers, you have been warned.
Hard-working and very intelligent, he definitely has the brains to back up all that dorky optimism. Hiro's prodigious abilities seem to outshine his older brother's in the film (and even act briefly as a source of jealousy during their early years), but one doesn't get into SFIT just by being a nice guy. Heck, it was Tadashi's interest in robotics that drew Hiro to the field in the first place. Way to get the ball rolling, man. His personal robotics project, Baymax, is the chief example of those brains at work. A learning healthcare companion that Tadashi built and coded on his own from the ground up, Baymax is made with cutting-edge technology and programmed with over 10,000 medical procedures. That's a pretty impressive sounding number, even more so when you consider things on Tadashi's end of the process. Millions of lines of code split between diagnosing injuries and illness, choosing one or more of thousands of available medical procedures, and carrying said procedures out. Tadashi's practically stuffed his head with a whole extra profession in order to channel that knowledge into a robot meant to revolutionize healthcare and better mankind.
He's still a young man, but he's spent the majority of his short life teaching himself how to care for people, and not just through his work in robotics. Tadashi is brave, selfless to a fault, and incredibly protective of the people he's closest to. And pretty much everyone else, actually. Nearly everything he does is done with the well-being of others in mind. Whether he's bowling through back alley thugs on his scooter to pull Hiro out of a rough situation, coming home from the lab early to help Cass in the cafe, or losing sleep over the amount of people Baymax will be able to help if only he could just fix that last glitch, he's rarely looking inward... and that's where that whole "not completely true" thing I mentioned before comes in.
It's a great thing, wanting to help people, and it's something Tadashi genuinely wants to do, but that perfect person described in the first paragraph of this section? No one's really like that, at least not all the time. Human beings have flaws. They get cranky, they don't feel like doing the dishes, and they come with a general assortment of messy emotions that aren't always easily corralled. The film doesn't really give us much of a look at Tadashi's younger years, and it provides nothing at all about his life before Hiro was born, but the prequel manga adaptation gives a little more to work with (not much, though, and the story line deviates from that of the movie, so I'm marking much of this as headcanon). Tadashi lived the first seven years of his life as an only child, and the news that he was to become a big brother was exciting... at first, but with new babies comes a division of attention and a potential source of jealousy. Manga canon states that jealousy outright, especially after Hiro's incredible intellect first began to show. Who wouldn't be jealous of the new wiggly thing hogging all the praise? Whatever envy may have existed, however, changed after their parents died. Such a traumatic experience can really bring things into perspective for a person, and Tadashi was no exception. He set aside his own emotions to focus on Hiro's comfort and care, dismissing those negative feelings from before as unnecessary and unfair. With Hiro quite suddenly Tadashi's only remaining family, what sort of brother would he be if he kept focusing on himself? A horrible brother, that's what kind.
And so began a lifelong trend of setting his own needs aside for the sake of other people. Mostly Hiro, let's not fool ourselves, but life in general is so much simpler that way. If he's looking outward, then he doesn't have to focus on his own issues. Helping others is used as a way to alleviate his own distress (a sort of selfish selflessness, as stupid as that sentence sounds. A need to be needed?), even downplaying his own importance as an individual to instead fulfill the needs of others. Taking into consideration the most extreme action he takes in the film (running into a burning building to try and save his mentor, because apparently someone skipped Fire Safety 101), I'd go as far as to say his case qualifies as a type pathological altruism. Sounds like it should be a good quality to have, but it's possible to have too much of a good thing, and in this case? Too much kindness killed the Tadashi.
ANYWAY, setting aside the possibility of dangerously prosocial behavior, Tadashi is kind, dependable, innovative, and (usually) wise beyond his years, but above all other things? He's a loving and supportive big brother. Every bit of energy that isn't invested in Baymax is focused pretty squarely on his little brother, his best friend and the most important person in his life. They know each other better than anyone else, and Hiro's health and happiness are paramount in Tadashi's eyes. Hiro is his everything, and for all his plans to change the world for the better, nothing makes Tadashi happier than his little brother's success.
Appearance:
Abilities:
Tadashi doesn't have any supernatural powers. He's pretty physically fit for a giant nerd, but he's as human as they come if you don't count the absolutely insane amount of coffee he's capable of consuming during any given day. He took a few years worth of karate when he was younger, leaving him pretty proficient at self-defense when he needs to be... or Hiro-defense. Let's be real, mostly Hiro-defense. Tadashi is incredibly intelligent and a quick study, especially in situations relating to his chosen fields, and he's no stranger to hard work. He specializes in robotics engineering, meaning he can design, build, and code robots from the ground up. It follows that he must be pretty awesome with computers and general future tech as a result. His primary project, Baymax, is a learning healthcare companion built with the ability to diagnose illness and injury by scanning a patient's physical and biochemical state, as well as apply any of the 10,000 medical procedures he's coded with to said diagnosis. So, yeah... smart guy. Innovative. Has also been known to build hovercraft out of shopping carts and cardboard boxes. Ah, youth.
He speaks a decent amount of Japanese. Not enough for complete fluency, and he's not the best at writing it, but he can speak enough for a rough, every day sort of conversation. San Fransokyo is the sort of place where everyone probably understands at least a little Japanese as a part of the mixed culture, and Tadashi was learning the language from his parents before they died. He's tried at points to pick it back up and re-familiarize himself, but other interests/concerns have always kept him from following that path too far.
The presence of a surfboard in his room in the film also suggests that he likes surfing. Not really a shocker considering he lives pretty much right on the coast of sunny California.
Inventory:
Tadashi's coming in pretty bare bones from this canon point, with just the clothes on his back and what he's got in his pockets. Dorky t-shirt and a gray cardigan under a dark green blazer, plus a brown pants and what look like mint-green Converse sneakers. A reasonable assumption of the contents of his pockets include a set of house keys, a cell phone, and a wallet containing some money/bank cards, school and state ID, and some pictures of Hiro and Cass.
Suitability:
Tadashi's whole world is about helping people. Being dropped into a whole new world
He's going to help, gosh darn it, and everyone's just going to have to deal with it.
In-Character Samples:
Third Person (Prose):
A bright red moped roars down mostly empty streets, the young man at the wheel driving with one hand and holding onto a phone with the other. It's likely impossible for the average passerby to spot, but there's a flashing dot on the screen. Something (or someone) being tracked in a custom GPS app. He's getting close.
Tadashi sticks out like a sore thumb in this part of town, moving quickly past boarded up doorways and flickering neon and stopping only briefly to question a small group of women lingering beneath one of the few working streetlamps. From the top of his helmet down to the wheels of his vehicle of choice, everything about about him screams "I don't belong here". His clothes, his posture, the alert, wary expression on his face as he glances down every street and alley he passes. Hiro's the one who was always comfortable roaming these back alleys between shady looking bars and even shadier looking clubs, and while Tadashi isn't afraid, he's far from comfortable.
He'd be slightly more comfortable if he knew where Hiro was. His tracker's stopped moving (something that brings both relief and trepidation. Did he just reach his destination, or is something wrong?), and Tadashi's once again grateful for the GPS chips he'd sewn into his brother's clothing. Not exactly the most ethical way of doing things, no, but if it meant being able to pull Hiro out of nasty situations he was constantly getting himself into before the worst could happen? Then it was worth it.
The moped skids a little as he rounds the next corner, and that's when he hears it. The muffled cheers and jeers of a crowd. Tadashi knows the sound of a bot fight in progress by now. Clashes of metal, screams of frustration, the constant shuffling of onlookers as they pass bets and money back and forth. The fight's still going on. He made it in time.
He cuts his speed and takes one last glance at his phone, confirming his location before tucking the device away. He can see the back of the crowd from here, gathered around a lone spotlight at the end of a narrow alley. Tadashi doesn't have to be ale to see the ring to know who's inside it, but he hangs back. Barreling in now will only start problems where there aren't yet any, and he won't risk Hiro's safety. Instead he shuts off his headlight and rolls his scooter into the shadows provided by the mouth of the alley, gripping his handlebars and listening intently for the shift in tone that means he's needed.
If he's very lucky he won't be needed at all, but either way? He's ready.
Network:
[CONSOLE | VIDEO]
[The young man on screen looks to be in his early twenties, with dark hair poking out from underneath an old baseball cap. He's got kind of a nerd chic thing going. Or maybe an "I'm-a-college-kid-and-I-think-"formal"-means-putting-a-blazer-on-over-my-normal-clothes" thing. Either way, he doesn't stay silent for long. He got the whole newbie spiel already. City on the back of a giant turtle, less-than-friendly locals, weird soul jewelry... it's all pretty hard to swallow, but since his brain has so far refused to wake up and prove that this is all some sort of bizarre dream, he might as well give the consoles a try. Gauge the current level of tech around here, and maybe inquire after some pretty important information that the welcoming committee couldn't help him with.]
Uh... hi! My name is Tadashi Hamada, and I just arrived. That's probably pretty obvious, though...
[Focus, Tadashi. Stay on track. He smiles awkwardly, reaching up to tug briefly at the brim of his hat before forcing that hand back down and straightening up in his seat a little.]
I was actually wondering if there's anyone else here from San Fransokyo? You see, I'm looking for my brother. His name is Hiro. He's fourteen years old, about five feet tall, messy black hair? Usually wearing shorts and a hoodie? He was with me before, but I haven't seen him at all since I woke up here and I was wondering- [Wondering if something happened to him. Wondering if maybe his baby brother didn't make the jump between worlds with him. Worrying what that could mean and if this is all actually for real and time really does stop in his world...] Well, if anyone spots a kid that matches that description, I'd really appreciate it if you'd let me know.
[Have another smile, friends, thought a bit less awkward than before.] I guess that's all for now.
