Mbita (episode)

"Mbita" is the fourth episode of the Disney+ series Baymax!.
==Synopsis==
Mbita is happily serving up his family's favorite fish soup in his food truck when he finds himself at a crossroads. Baymax pushes (and pushes) him to change for his own good—but for Mbita, change is hard.
==Plot==
Mbita runs a food truck called "Just Fish Soup", due to it being the only menu item he has, after inheriting it from his parents. He has a crush on apple vendor Yukio but is too nervous to ask him out. While preparing food for a customer, his hand suddenly breaks out in a terrible rash. Baymax arrives and, after scanning Mbita, determines that the proprietor has a fish allergy, which shocks him, especially since he's been working the food truck for basically his entire life. Baymax explains that allergies like this can develop at any point in a person's life, even if that person happens to already be well into adulthood. Mbita tries to sell to some customers during the lunch hour, but Baymax's information scares them away. Baymax then tries to remove the fish after Mbita's rashes worsen, followed by him preparing an antihistamine to inject him with. Mbita instead kicks Baymax out of his truck and drives away.
Baymax chases after Mbita, who's driving recklessly down the streets of San Fransokyo. His rashes continue to swell and Baymax pulls him out of the truck and prevents it from crashing before injecting him with the antihistamine. Later on, Mbita admits to Baymax that he's really scared about having to give up his livelihood due to his newfound allergy and doesn't know what to do with himself. Baymax admits that change can be hard, but he encourages Mbita to be brave like his parents were when they first started their food truck. Inspired by this, Mbita (with Baymax in tow) returns to the farmer's market and tries a wide variety of different foods to get a better idea of what to sell at his food truck. Mbita runs into Yukio again and, with newfound confidence, finally asks him out on a date.
When Hiro returns home in the post credits scene, he notices a weird smell and asks Baymax about it. Baymax reveals that he brought home one of the dead fish from Mbita's food truck so they can make sushi out of it.
==Cast==
*Scott Adsit as Baymax
*Ryan Potter as Hiro Hamada
*Jaboukie Young-White as Mbita
*Brian Tee as Yukio
===Additional voices===
*Alex Davis
*Carlos Ferro
*Dichen Lachman
*Angel Parker
*Sarah-Nicole Robles as Kara
== Trivia ==
*This is the first Walt Disney Animation Studios production to feature LGBTQ+ characters in a major role.
*One of the stands is named "Del Vecho's Farm", a reference to Disney producer and executive Peter Del Vecho.
** The stand next to it is called "Pie in the Sky", which is the name of an episode of Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers.
*The business suit people seen approaching Mbita's truck are reused model assets of the customers seen in the episode "Cass".
*Near the end, when Mbita asks Yukio on a date, Baymax notes his pulse is raising. This is similar to when he asked Alistair Krei about his pulse after seeing Cass in a dress in the Big Hero 6: The Series episode "Aunt Cass Goes Out".
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