Abigail "Abby" Park is a main character in Disney•Pixar's 2022 animated feature film Turning Red. She is one of Mei's best friends.
Personality[]
Abby is a fun-loving, yet wild and chaotic teenager who is very supportive of her friends. She can also be quite aggressive, as shown when she confidently punches Mei when she requested it. Abby can also be very angry at herself if she makes a mistake. However, she isn't the brightest in terms of intelligence, as she sometimes gives misinformation by remembering things wrongly, although she does take responsibility for her mistakes. Abby likes to help Mei as she is willing to cheer her up when she's distressed or keep secrets from her mom. She loves to hug Mei whenever she is in red panda mode since she is very fluffy, and she loves to stick with Mei anytime the whole way which makes her want to give up her 4★Town ticket for Mei. Abby is constantly energized and moody, and can get mad more easily than Mei, which can sometimes distract her.
Physical appearance[]
Abby is a short, heavyset, Korean-Canadian 13-year-old girl with light olive skin, brown eyes with bright purple eyeshadow, and straight waist-length black hair that forms a brown-to-honey blonde ombré. She wears a glittery purplish-pink headband, golden and orange heart earrings, a purplish-pink turtleneck sweater with purple overalls that feature different colored (mostly in the palette of dark pink and orange) flowers on it. She also has the word "cool" in hot pink, stitched on one leg above the flower, and a smiley face on the other. She also wears white socks and cherry red clogs with black laces and brown soles, while she has a lavender watch on her right arm and a rainbow friendship bracelet on her left.
Abby's gym clothes consist of a white t-shirt that has dark green lines on the collar and sleeves and a "Lester B. Peason Phys Ed" logo on the top right of her shirt. She wears green and white shorts.
During the 4★Town concert, Abby wears a purplish-pink t-shirt that reads "4★Town" in orange and blue with orange and blue stars and markers-made tattoo with hearts, stars and saying "Tae Young", "4 Townie" and "4" on her cheeks, hands and t-shirt.
Trivia[]
- Abby is represented by the color purple. Negative traits of the color are being overly emotional, arrogant, and mostly immature. However, just like the rest of Mei's friends, she is very supportive of her. She also has some pink in her color scheme to signify her playfulness and concern for her friend.
- Just like Jin Lee, Abby shares her last name with her voice actress.
- According to Abby, her mother works at a hair salon.
- Domee Shi debunked the theory that Abby and Boo from Monsters, Inc. were the same person, but did suggest that they could be related.
- As is described on the Pixar website, Abby is raised by strict parents, which may explain why she gets upset and angry when she makes a mistake.
- In an interview, Domee Shi said that Abby's character was based on her voice actress Hyein Park, who is best friends with Domee and was her roommate in college.