Big Hero 6 was a wild step for Disney, one that had fans raving about it for some time. The film featured a wildly colorful cast of characters, weird heroics, and the type of tragedy that plagues all good heroes and villains alike. It was a fun movie with a little something for everyone.
Considering Disney also owns the MCU and the fact Big Hero 6 was inspired by a Marvel comic of the same name, it wouldn't be a huge leap to assume that there were going to be more superhero-inspired movies hitting the shelves courtesy of the House of Mouse. Superheroes aren't dead yet, so maybe Disney can still do something with them.
10 Anyone Else Want To See A Superpowered Miss Piggy?
The Muppets series has included a number of generic superhero references, but they're overdue for a good new movie along the lines of Muppet Treasure Island. These awesome little puppets already do so much parody that a lively flick focused on a superhero story would just be fun.
Besides, anything with a super-powerful Miss Piggy is always a trip, so why not parody the MCU full-scale with a Muppet superhero movie? It could even help revitalize those areas of Disney's parks.
9 Superhero Princesses Should Be Added To The Lineup
Disney got pretty close to including a superpowered princess in their canon with Rapunzel in Tangled, who had magic hair for the majority of the movie, though she lost that power in the end. Elsa from Frozen is also pretty close with her ice magic and she actually grew up as royalty, as opposed to Rapunzel.
Magic is really common already in these universes, so it wouldn't be a stretch to have a superhero princess. Imagine a vigilante princess who plays the part of a royal goody-two-shoes by day and fights crime by night. It'd also make for way too many toys with reversible outfits, but maybe they'd be cute.
8 Fans Want More Slice Of Life Stories Like The Incredibles
The Incredibles was a pretty powerful duology of superhero movies that simultaneously parodied a range of superhero stories themselves, namely Fantastic Four and The Flash. These films do something so few other superhero stories do: spending a lot of screen time on their main characters' lives outside of their daring-do days.
This sort of series could even be a little Disney Channel or Disney+ release to test the waters for a higher-scale production, a simple story that focuses more on the regular lives of their superheroes, using their powers for day-to-day things, and turning around for a big climactic fight scene.
7 A Super Genius In A Super World Would Make A Fun Protagonist
There's always that one character in a superhero movie who's just an absolute genius but isn't considered to be super until they make a suit or some other flashy apparatus. Big Hero 6 was full of it, Iron Man does it to Tony Stark, and Syndrome in The Incredibles also had this issue.
It wouldn't be hard to make a fluffy Disney movie starring a person whose story is all about proving they're super with their genius mind in a world of flashier abilities. Especially since a lot of things can nullify superpowers in these universes, but can rarely dull their minds. It could make for a fun twist.
6 Just Animate More Marvel Comics
Spider-Man was able to release its own animated movie recently that added more layers to its cinematic universe. It's actually pretty strange that Disney hasn't hopped on board that train since Into the Spider-Verse was so well-received.
Disney seems to have such a chip on their shoulder about not having much access to the famed Peter Parker that it really feels like they would have tried to combat that by now with their own rendition starring a different hero. Disney loves getting involved with the same concepts that have gone over well with other companies, so what's stopping them from making animated MCU movies in the same vein?
5 Audiences Can't Get Enough Of Superpowered Kids Saving The World
A good chunk of Disney movies are aimed at children and families, so it makes sense that a lot of their protagonists are young. In Big Hero 6, the protagonist is Hiro Hamada is a 14-year-old child prodigy, and Violet, Dash, and Jack-Jack are all children in The Incredibles, though the majority of the actual saving goes to their parents. Having more instances of superpowered children in the movies could make for some interesting plotlines.
4 Take Inspiration From Characters Who Get Less Attention
One thing Disney loves doing is only vaguely drawing on inspirational source material. They did it with Frozen and The Snow Queen, for example. Taking a character from a series with a ton of characters, such as X-Men, along with a handful of background characters who aren't already in a constant spotlight, would make a great springboard to start the brainstorming for a new story.
A character with power-stealing abilities trying to make their way as a hero with their vague significant other who grew up in the streets and has weird mind powers sounds exactly like something Disney would do. It's only one step up from Zootopia, after all.
3 Revamp Stories From Classic Literature
Disney already does this so it's not a huge leap to imagine they'll look to classic literature and myths for superheroic inspiration. They've got the Thor films and Loki series going, which basically started out the same way. Plenty of classics have heroes capable of amazing feats that can easily be translated into special powers and put into a universe where superheroes are a thing. Think of Frozen but with more people besides just Elsa having special powers.
2 Let Special Snowflakes Find Other Superheroes
Frozen 2 almost made it so that Elsa wasn't the only special snowflake, but then fell short saying that the people within the Enchanted Woods were just borrowing magic from the spirits there.
Why not have a special snowflake of a superpowered character go on an adventure, where they eventually find others like them and learn how to use their abilities for good? It would really make for a good origin story adventure. Then if it did well, Disney could make a ton of questionable sequels until they run that particular series into the ground.
1 When In Doubt, The Reluctant Hero Trope Never Fails
There's a reason that the archetype of the reluctant hero keeps getting used. It's an easy plot hook and has proven to make for some really enjoyable characters such as Bilbo Baggins from The Hobbit and Jack Frost from Rise of the Guardians.
Even having a troublemaker main character realize the value of helping the people around them would make for some interesting narrative arcs, if done well. If not, at least they'd make for some interesting memes. Besides, these reluctant heroes always going to be someone's favorite character because they're really easy to relate to.