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[[Image:mack.jpg|frame|Mack Mackenzie]]
Michael Jordan Mackenzie is "Mack" to everyone except [[Kevin Thompson]], who calls him "Mack Daddy," to Mack's eternal annoyance. An African-American classmate of [[Daria Morgendorffer]] and [[Jane Lane]], Mack attends school at [[Lawndale High]] with his girlfriend, [[Jodie Landon]]
==General Notes on the Character==
Mack is the only recurring male character of Daria and Jane's age at Lawndale High who acts with intelligence and integrity, and as such enjoys their respect. Ironically, in interviews with [[Kara Wild]], two of the driving forces behind the show stated that this was because Mack was never developed fully, as the show's staff never cast him to their satisfaction. Because Mack wasn't fully developed, he wasn't given flaws.
Mack is quite popular at [[Lawndale High]]. Aside from being the football team captain, he has been elected several times running as the Homecoming King for the school's homecoming parade, with [[Jodie]] always as the Homecoming Queen ("[[I Loathe a Parade]]"). When serving as a football game announcer, Upchuck calls Mack "Mad Mack" (a play on Mad Max of ''The Road Warrior''), which might be his team nickname ("[[A Tree Grows in Lawndale]]"). Though Jodie says everyone at school calls him "Mack" ("[[Gifted]]"), he signs his class papers as "Michael Mackenzie" ("[[Murder, She Snored]]").
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We know little about Mack's family, though in "[[The Misery Chick]]" he reveals his name was originally "Michael James Mackenzie, but Dad went to a Bulls playoff game when I was twelve and then he changed it." Jodie in "[[Partner's Complaint]]" describes him as being "bad with money," being overdrawn on his allowance since third grade. (Mack finally pays his father back during ''[[Is It Fall Yet?]]'', and also has enough money from his summer job to take Jodie to [[Chez Pierre]] "once.")
The only other vaguely negative aspect of his character is a tendency to be cynical to a strong degree when referring to the school, Ms. Li's policies, and some of his classmates and football team members. "I'm the only one on the team who can count by halves," he tells [[Ms. Li]] in "[[Fizz Ed]]." His sharp-edged sarcasm is completely missed by most of those listening to him, particularly Kevin Thompson. An example from "[[I Don't]]":
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Mack participated in the betting pool on [[Mr. DeMartino]]'s upcoming roller-hockey battle in "[[The Big House]]", but so did everyone else, so gambling is not likely one of his vices, if he has any. Fanfic writers have noted that writing an "evil Mack" story is nearly impossible, as there is so little in [[canon]] on which to hook it.
===Mack and Jodie===
The series generally portrays [[Joma|Mack's and Jodie's relationship]] in a positive light, though Jodie
Mack is clearly and specifically portrayed as
[[Image:saintmack.jpg|frame|"Saint Mack" ("[[Write Where It Hurts]]")]]
==Fanfic Stereotypes==
===Saint Mack===
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===Mack-Who-Belongs-With-Someone-Else===
Debate has arisen on a number of occasion over the issue of why Mack dates Jodie (see [[Joma]]). Is it because they are among the very few black students at [[Lawndale High]], a situation implied several times in the series? Couldn't they find anyone else to date? This is the late 1990s in the series, after all. Worse, [[canon]] depicts their relationship as riddled with conflict and frustration
The few true-blue '[[shipper]]s left in ''Daria'' fandom have taken pains to hook Mack up with other characters in [[alternate-universe]] or [[post-canon]] tales. Picking Mack's "best possible" girlfriend is almost a cottage industry in the fandom. Among those usually chosen as his new mate are [[Jane Lane]] (a popular one), [[Brittany Taylor]] (also popular, though she did irritate him in the series), and [[Daria Morgendorffer]] (a more difficult mix).
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