Hacky Zak

## Background Information

### Featured Films

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and Jake and the Never Land Pirates - Briar Beauty Strikes Back
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and Jake and the Never Land Pirates - The Amber Crew's New Members
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and Jake and the Never Land Pirates - The Rise of Lucinda the Witch
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and Jake and the Never Land Pirates - Bouncing Around the World

### Video Games

Papa's Donuteria
Papa's Freezeria To Go!
Papa's Wingeria HD
Papa's Pizzeria To Go!
Papa's Cheeseria
Papa's Cupcakeria HD
Papa's Cupcakeria To Go!
Papa's Bakeria
Papa's Bakeria To Go!
Papa's Taco Mia HD
Papa's Taco Mia To Go!
Papa's Sushiria
Papa's Sushiria To Go!
Papa's Pancakeria HD
Papa's Pancakeria To Go!
Papa's Pizzeria HD
Papa's Hot Doggeria HD
Papa's Hot Doggeria To Go!
Papa's Scooperia
Papa's Scooperia HD
Papa's Scooperia To Go!
Papa's Wingeria To Go!
Papa's Donuteria To Go!
Papa's Cheeseria To Go!
Papa's Pastaria To Go!
Papa's Mocharia To Go!
Papa's Cluckeria To Go!
Papa's Donuteria To Go!
Papa's Freezeria Deluxe

## Character Information

### Other Names

Hacky Zak
Hacky

### Appearance

Fair skin, shoulder-length brown hair, black bandana with a green trim, a black undershirt, red, orange, yellow and green-toned baja hoodie black pants, brown shoes with red lining, yellow laces, orange, yellow and green side rims

### Occupation

Papa's Paleteria Worker
Lead vocalist and rapper of the Rainbooms
TV Host
YouTube Personality

### Allies

The Mane 10, Nahwan Nafisah, Nahwan Nadhirah, Paisley, Watermelody

### Dislikes

Long lines

**Zachary John Charles Mendoza**, commonly known as **Hacky Zak** or **Hacky** for short, is a character featured in the film Briar Beauty Strikes Back. He is the second lead vocalist and rapper of the Mane 10 prior to his pal Greg.

## Appearance

Hacky Zak has fair skin and shoulder-length straight brown hair covered by a black bandana with a green trim, a black undershirt, a red, orange, yellow and green-toned baja hoodie and black pants. He also wears brown shoes with red lining, yellow laces and orange, yellow and green side rims.

## Depiction In MLP: FIM x Jake and the Never Land Pirates

#### Briar Beauty Strikes Back

Hacky first appeared in the film Briar Beauty Strikes Back in which he and Greg joins the Rainbooms after Sebastian and Gordon left the band all the way to Kalispell, Montana in order to start a new life. When Hacky notices the 8 women wearing masks and gloves, a boastful Sunset Shimmer claims that the masks and gloves are their signature trademark and emulate Norwegian DJ Alan Walker.

#### The Amber Crew's New Members

Hacky returns in the film The Amber Crew's New Members in which he is seen having breakfast with the rest of the band until Greg starts to spread news about the Amber Crew's new members Dipper and Mabel Pines from the Disney Channel TV show Gravity Falls. He and the others also departs for Ottawa, Canada in order to see the Amber Crew performing live onstage.

#### The Rise of Lucinda the Witch

Hacky returns in the film The Rise of Lucinda the Witch in which he and Greg invites 4 sisters: Jade, Lucinda, Ruby and Trixie on a trip to the North Pole in order to face the Midnight Sun and Polar Night.

Throughout the film, Greg, Hacky, Jade, Lucinda, Ruby and Trixie took a row boat from Canada's Newfoundland and Labrador province to Nuuk in Greenland, then Iceland, into Norway and enter Sweden's Lapland region. During their journey, the 6 pals eats cashew nuts on the boat and Japan's most expensive wagyu steak for dinner. In the ensuing scenes, the 6 pals are picked up by an aspiring blonde woman named Jonna Jinton and her husband Johan after crossing the borders of Norway and Sweden by foot until they see all of Jonna's paintings after arriving at their house in a small village called ***Grundtjärn***. In addition, Greg, Hacky, Jade, Lucinda, Ruby and Trixie are having fun at Finland's Santa Claus Village until Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Starlight Glimmer, Sunset Shimmer, Twilight Sparkle, Cooper, Nadhirah, Nafisah, Nevada, Prudence, Trishna, Utah, Scootaloo, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Babs Seed, Diamond Tiara, Silver Spoon, Vivian and Yippy showed up, reuniting each other. Towards the end of the film, Greg, Hacky and the rest of the crew sings to the Daryl Hall and John Oates song Out of Touch and during the first half of the film's post credits, he and Greg explains his long story exploring the North Pole to Fleur de Lis and Potion Nova.

#### Bouncing Around the World

Hacky returns in the film Bouncing Around the World in which he, Greg and his band members become heartbroken when Twilight falls ill of a leukemia disease. When Twilight dies afterwards, the Mane 9 becomes heartbroken and depressed after Twilight died until Nevada shows up. After hiring Utah to permanently become the band's backing vocal singer due to leaving Papa's Pastaria behind, Hacky is among the characters to be aware when Nafisah is on the run to Nigeria cleaning up the sewage system and decontaminate the country.

## Trivia

* Hacky Zak's name is a pun on Hacky Sack, a game in which one tries to repeatedly bounce an item (whether it be a bean bag or a small ball) on their ankle.