| “ | You mean the vigilantes? No city with a skilled police force needs them. A problem I plan to correct. | ” |
Chief Cruz is a character who appears in Big Hero 6: The Series. He is the recently inducted head of the San Fransokyo Police Department and the father of Megan Cruz.
He was the former main antagonist of the second half of Season 2, after Big Hero 6 were declared figutives for defending Globby, who was falsely accused due to Nega-Globby taking control of him. However, after the season 2 finale, "Legacies", Cruz became an ally of the team instead.
Background[]
Diego Cruz used to live in San Fransokyo years ago; during his childhood, he was a friend of Cass and both visited Joe's Diner frequently. One night, Cruz and his father went to watch a film, but on their way home, a villain attacked them. Cruz's father was able to save his son but was killed while trying to protect him. Boss Awesome showed up at the scene too late, and because of this, Diego developed a hatred toward superheroes.
Cruz later moved away from the city (presumably because of his father's death) but years later he moved back with his daughter Megan. Cruz soon enlisted into the San Fransokyo police force as the newest chief. However, this increased Cruz's protective instincts towards Megan; at one point, when Megan did not arrive home, he sent the entire police force looking for her when in reality, Megan's commute had made her seven minutes late.
Personality[]
Chief Cruz is stalwart and no-nonsense; as the newest head of police, he holds great aspirations for the police force to answer to every injustice San Fransokyo has to offer. However, he holds a negative opinion towards superheroes (whom he snidely labels as vigilantes) and believes they should not meddle with legal affairs if a police force is around to take care of them. While he does love his daughter, Cruz expresses his love in an extremely protective way. However in the episode "Legacies", he finally no longer hates superheroes as he accepts Big Hero 6 after helping them saving San Fransokyo from Trina.
History[]
Sometime after Cruz has moved back to San Fransokyo, he learns from his old friend Cass that she has a nephew Hiro Hamada, who is in the same age group as his daughter Megan. At Cass's suggestion, Megan is invited to Lucky Cat Café to meet Hiro for lunch.
One night, a fight between Big Hero 6 and High Voltage breaks out at a school dance hosted at Megan's high school. Shortly after the battle, Cruz arrives with the rest of the police and finds Megan with Hiro. He immediately goes to Megan to check if she is okay, and Megan introduces Hiro to her father, whom he recognizes as Cass's nephew. Megan tells her father about Big Hero 6, which Cruz scoffs at. When Hiro asks why Cruz hates superheroes, Cruz explains that they are vigilantes interfering with law enforcement, which he sees as a problem he intends to correct.
Cruz later endorses Megan's task in journalism in uncovering the true identities of Big Hero 6. He permits Hiro to visit Megan, guiding him to her room. According to Cruz, his team of best detectives had gotten nowhere on the team's whereabouts or the identities of its members but is confident that Megan will eventually have a breakthrough. He then goes to fetch some cookies for the two teenagers.
Later, when Hiro checks on Megan again, she reveals to him that she has marked a Big Hero 6 spotting on her map with dots and finds that the team appears most often at Krei Tech, SFIT, and Lucky Cat Café. At that moment, Cruz enters to commend "Super Sleuth Megan Cruz" for her work and snaps a photo of Megan's map to obtain his first step to unmasking Big Hero 6.
In "Legacies", he finally realizes the error of his ways and helps Big Hero 6 save San Fransokyo from Trina, and afterwards he learns of their true identities.
He is never seen or heard from in Season 3; while his daughter was briefly mentioned once in "Big Chibi 6", it's unknown what happened to them.
Trivia[]
- Nester Carbonell voiced Señor Senior, Junior in Kim Possible, another series created by Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley. He also voiced King Raul in the Disney Channel show Elena of Avalor.
- His voice actor is the one of the three to be on the show that is created by Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley. The first was Christy Carlson Romano and the second was Will Friedle.
Appearances[]
| Big Hero 6: The Series - Season 2 | |||
| 1. "Internabout": | Absent | 14. "Mini-Maximum Trouble": | Appears |
| 2. "Seventh Wheel": | Absent | 15. "El Fuego": | Absent |
| 3. "Prey Date": | Absent | 16. "The Globby Within": | Appears |
| 4. "Something's Fishy": | Appears | 17. "Hardlight": | Appears |
| 5. "Nega-Globby": | Absent | 18. "The Present": | Absent |
| 6. "The Fate of the Roommates": | Absent | 19. "Hiro The Villain": | Appears |
| 7. "Muira-Horror!": | Absent | 20. "Portal Enemy": | Appears |
| 8. "Something Fluffy": | Absent | 21. "Fred the Fugitive": | Appears |
| 9. "Supersonic Sue": | Absent | 22. "Major Blast": | Absent |
| 10. "Lie Detector": | Absent | 23. "Fear Not": | Appears |
| 11. "Write Turn Here": | Absent | 24-25. "Legacies": | Appears |
| 12-13. "City of Monsters": | Absent | ||
Gallery[]
Screenshots[]
| Something's Fishy |
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 Chief Cruz arrives at the scene  Chief Cruz meets Hiro Hamada |
| Mini-Maximum Trouble |
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 "You have a visitor. A boy visitor."  "Got those cookies, kids!"  Cruz snaps a photo of Megan's map "This is the first step to unmasking Big Hero 6." |
| The Globby Within |
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 Chief Cruz arrives at Lucky Cat Café  "Am I that predictable?"  "Once superheroes make an appearance, it's only a matter of time before the supervillains follow."  "Put him down!"  "You're coming with us, Globby!"  Confusion after Globby disappeared down the drain  ("The criminal known as Globby attempted to rob Joe's Diner.") Bluff Dunder: "Home of the beloved Joe Dog."  "He was here."  "You are not going anywhere!"  "Big Hero 6, you are under arrest!"  Cruz vexed over Big Hero 6 and Globby's escape |
| Hardlight |
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 Knocking on the counter to get Aunt Cass's attention  Hiro: "Diego? When did that happen?"  "What's that? Some kind of food fort?"  (Hiro: "Chief Cruz? He's the buyer?") "Today is better."  Krei: "Right. Love that!"  Chief Cruz summons Buddy Guards to deal with Hardlight  Hardlight has shot down Buddy Guards (Hardlight: "Ah, points for effort!")  Hardlight: "So, do me a solid and pass that on to the superheroes, m'kay?"  "We're working with an outside consultant to provide more effective countermeasures."  "...we'll take them down, too!" Chief Cruz vents his frustration over Big Hero 6 evading arrest earlier  "Let me go!" (Hardlight: "I think you do kinda need their help, noob.") Hardlight takes Chief Cruz captive  Hardlight: "You like?"  Big Hero 6 vs. Hardlight   Wasabi: "Heights cannot hurt me! Heights cannot hurt me! Heights cannot hurt me!"  "Gotcha!" Chief Cruz using Hiro's magnetic glove against Hardlight  Detective Kato: "Sir, I think Big Hero 6 saved you." (Only for a vexed Cruz to say "That changes nothing.") |
| Hiro The Villain |
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 Momakase: "The police seem to be under the impression that you are."  Chief Cruz arrives at San Fransokyo Prison  "This is Chief Diego Cruz."  "As part of my investigation into the fugitives known as Big Hero 6..."  "During your attack on Mr. Krei, you fought them. There's clearly some connection."  "I believe the term is vigilantes." (Callaghan: "Those vigilantes...")  Callaghan: "I'm paying for my mistake, an unforgivable mistake."  Callaghan: "You're wrong about Big Hero 6."   "The district attorney is releasing this criminal early in return for information about the fugitive Momakase." |
| Portal Enemy |
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 "Home for dinner?" (Megan: "Definitely.")  "Megan? What are you doing here? What happened?"  Chief Cruz confused over what has happened |
| Fred the Fugitive |
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 Diego and Megan arrive at Lucky Cat Cafe     Chief Cruz receives a call from an officer     "Surrender, fugitive!"  Fred: "Just like Ranger Stranger."    "It's stuck!"    Baymax: "Hello, officers. Thank you for your service."  Pilot: "He's too fast." Chief Cruz: "Our buddies will slow him down."   "You are under arrest! I order you to land!"   Chief Cruz ends up in Muirahara Woods  "Ever since I came out here for an internship project, I fell in love with the woods."  Bessie finds Hiro and Chief Cruz  Hiro: "Mud! Nice!"  Hiro and Chief Cruz stay still to hide from Bessie  Hiro: "Why do you hate Big Hero 6 so much?"  A silhouette of young Diego with his father "One night, on the way home from a movie..."  "...my dad and I got in the way of a super-villain. Dad saved me..."  "...but he paid the ultimate price." An unidentified supervillain takes Diego's father away from him  "Boss Awesome showed up too late. I lost everything."  "Superheroes can't save everyone."  "...and I'll do whatever it takes to protect Megan and all the citizens of San Fransokyo."  Hiro and Chief Cruz find some cubs  Chief Cruz picks up one of the cubs  Hiro and Chief Cruz approach Bessie  Hiro sets the cub down as Chief Cruz watches  Hiro and Chief Cruz watch Bessie leave with her cubs  Chief Cruz: "We make a pretty good team, Hiro." Hiro: "Yeah. I guess we do."  "I can see why Megan likes you." |
| Fear Not |
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 Krei: "I give you my word that I will have my team come up with something bigger, better..."  Chief Cruz: "I don't know about the expensive part." Krei: "Oh, you heard that?"  Mini-Max: "Listen to him, and look at me!"  Supersonic Stu: "He was a ghost?! How was he a ghost?!"    Chief Cruz oversees the arrests of Supersonic Sue and Stu  Chief Cruz receives a call from Krei    |
| Legacies |
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   Chief Cruz vexed over Big Hero 6 again escaping    "Hey! Who's in here?!"  Chief Cruz assisting an elderly lady (unaware that she is Globby in disguise)        Chief Cruz now more vexed than ever after "Hiro" escapes    "It's over, big heroes."  "I knew you couldn't stay away."  "That's four down. Two to go."   Fred: "You gotta stop squeezing me so hard, 'cause I might hurl again."  Chief Cruz: "Load these heroes up." Detective Kato: "My pleasure, sir."  Trina shows Big Hero 6 being brought to justice by Chief Cruz to Hiro  "Big Hero 6 finally brought to justice."  "Megan, you should not be here. Go home!"  "You are a child!"  Megan: "You're the one acting like a child!"  Chief Cruz: "Megan Amelia Isabella Cruz, you are grounded for a week!" Megan: "Fine with me!" Chief Cruz: "TWO WEEKS!!"   "Hey! Where are you going?!"  "The Buddy Guardians have gone rogue!"  "I order you to stop in the name of the law!" Chief Cruz confronts Trina  "It gets the point across."  "You don't know me very well. I'm not going anywhere."  "Megan? How'd..."  Trina: "Daughter, huh?" Trina takes Megan captive  Chief Cruz left to realize the error of his actions after Trina kidnaps Megan  Chief Cruz arrives back at SFPD  "Trina has my daughter. I need your help!"  Megan: "I'm so sorry. I just..." Chief Cruz: "Yeah. Me too."  Chief Cruz and Megan reconcile  "Thank you for saving my daughter."  Chief Cruz offers a handshake, showing his newfound acceptance of Big Hero 6  "Hiro!" Chief Cruz surprised to see Hiro  Hiro: "Hey."  An invisible Fred shakes hands with Chief Cruz Fred: "Frederick Frederickson the Fourth."  Fred: "Bestie!"  Fred: "I called it."  "So what's the plan?"  "All of us."   "All right, listen up! We will provide tactical support to the superheroes."  "It just, uh, took me a little while to learn that."  Wasabi: "Uhhhh..."  Honey Lemon: "Hi, everyone! You look great!"  Honey Lemon: "Because you are great. Everything is going to be great."  Chief Cruz places his hand on the WANTED poster for Big Hero 6...  ...and takes it down to Megan's satisfaction   |