Macaron

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**Macaron** is one of the protagonists in Hi-Fi Rush. A former Head of Department of Vandelay Technologies, Macaron joins Chai's team to stop their plans before its too late.

Starting with Track 4, Macaron can be summoned as an Assist for close-range combat, utilizing his strength to break barriers.

## Profile

"*MACARON

Disillusioned by the Megacorp's latest tactics, Macaron joins Chai's cause to bring the organization down before it's too late!

With a heart as big as his mighty arms, Macaron abhors violence but does everything he can to protect his friends. With the right encouragement, Macaron will help you break down obstacles - both in Chai's path and the actual armor on enemies!*"
―Character profile on the Hi-Fi Rush website

## Appearance

Macaron is a tall, dark-skinned man with black hair and black eyes. He dons a beard with grey glasses (with a pen hanging from his right side). Macaron has several robotic implants for both his arms and legs, having green highlights.

In his default appearance, Macaron wears a dark blue jacket with orange strips and a white V-neck t-shirt. Wearing a yellow belt, Macaron also has light brown jeans with dark yellow shoes. Attached to his belt is a cyan-and-purple notebook that he uses to jot down notes.

## Personality

Macaron is said to have a heart as big as his mighty arms, as such he is both a pacifist and a gentle giant. Although he abhors violence, he will do everything to his ability to protect his friends. He may be nervous and shy, he has a good natured personality which makes him difficult to be disliked, whenever his friends are in a pinch, he'd be there to help, thus making the most reliable member in the crew, not to mention a good voice of reason when Peppermint's short temper gets the better of her. While he is a pacifist, when Zanzo is brought up he can forget his peaceful nature, and go berserk.

## History

Macaron was Head of Research and Development at Vandelay Industries for many years, having been employed while it was still called Vandelay Solutions. Though his projects took time, he had a good relationship with Roxanne and other employees, and had a hand in much of the company's workings. However, not all of his projects were sucesses, as the Vandelay Smart Fridge line was considered a failure even with its Premium edition for being too judgemental and invasive.

Realizing their traits came from his own assumptions about what others wanted, Macaron went on to create a design that would help his own self-improvement; and at an unknown period before the events of the game, created CNMN to keep himself in check.

Though he was still Head of R&D when Kale Vandelay took over the company, that didn't last, as he was demoted in favor of Zanzo and left to develop projects with increasingly smaller staff because of Zanzo's whims and wasteful development. Believing something was amiss but too pacifistic to act by himself, Macaron anonymously took his frustrations online, and eventually came in contact with Peppermint. In their partnership, he informed her of the mysterious project SPECTRA that was being kept a secret from most of the company, allowing her to have a way to get back at her brother and eventually start the events of the game.

Unknown to Peppermint, Macaron didn't push his own efforts to strike back at new management any further, instead using his knowledge of R&D's systems to constantly bother Zanzo, even during Chai's incursion into the sector. But, after a HG-0G punched Chai into Macaron's office, he was forced to confront the harmlessness of his antics, and convinced by Chai and Peppermint to put aside his pacifism and truly stand up against Vandelay Technologies.

## Powers and Abilities

Macaron's hulking physique and arm implants grant him incredible physical strength. As such, he can break through materials made with Z-Shielding, punch giant stones away, and much more. His implants can also be charged to generate a temporary gravity well that immobilizes enemies, and he carries holographic barriers that can be deployed if Chai is in need of defense.

### Regular/Combat

* *"Switch it up!"/"Macaron!"/"Here we go!"/"Macaron, sock 'em!"/"You got this, Mac!"/"Get 'em, Macaron!"*
	+ "Let me at them!"
	+ "Here's the ol' one-two!"
	+ "Got eyes on 'em."
	+ "You called?"
	+ "No prob, little guy."
	+ "Gonna roll up my sleeves!"
	+ "Got 'em, Chai."
* "Alright, here I go!" (first time using Assist)
* *"Do it!"*
	+ "Take a SEAT!" (Love Tap)
	+ "Lay off my buddy!" (Love Tap)
	+ "Take this!" (Love Tap)
* "You ready for this?" (Track 9 Boss)
* "Lay off the little guy!" (Track 9 Boss)
* "Roquefort! Stand down!" (Track 10 Boss)
* "You don't scare us!" (Track 10 Boss)
* "Hang in there!" (Track 12 Boss Part 1)
* "Don't give up, 808!" (Track 12 Boss Part 1)
* "Chai, don't let him get to you!" (Track 12 Boss Part 2)
* "SPECTRA's finished, Kale!" (Track 12 Boss Part 2)
* "Kale, just give it up!" (Track 12 Boss Part 2)
* "Let's finish this, Chai!" (Track 12 Boss Part 2)

## Trivia

* Macaron is the designer of both Smidge and Pmidge.
* When replaying stage 3, the player is able to break the normally impervious Z-Shielding at the end of the stage as Macaron is unlocked. If the player defeats the enemy this way, CNMN will appear and state that he will "play the cutscene as usual".
* Macaron's namesake comes from the dessert of the same name.
* Macaron appears to have contributed to the creation of Security Wing 1, as he has blueprints in his office of its structure.
* In the same office, he also has strenuous exercises listed on a whiteboard, suggesting both his arm and leg implants also allow him greater resistance.
* If Macaron is wearing alternate costumes with glowing parts (such as the Mimosa and CNMN costumes), they will appear when he's briefly in darkness at the end of Track 3.
* In the game's initial design phases, Macaron had dreads, and his arms were entirely robotic.

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/GabeKunda/status/1618356958502981633
2. ↑ https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Hi-Fi-RUSH/