Zachary Zatara

## Description

Zachary Zatara is a magician from DC Comics.

## Season History

### Character Elimination: Superstars

Zachary was not one of the starting 50 contestants, as he was a surprise joiner who joined in Episode 32. He was sent to join Mal and the Malicious Viruses.

In Episode 34, a huge brawl occurred between the Malicious Viruses and Luka Doncic's team, the Choking Hazards, due to the rivalry between Mal and Doncic reaching a tipping point. Zachary participated in the brawl and fought against the Choking Hazards and Doncic's summoned non-contestants. Zachary first murdered Nightwing by casting a spell that made a car crash into him after the latter blamed Zachary for the Teen Titans' failures. Later, Zachary would make Nikola Jokic's reverse card disappear before making a boulder crash into Jokic, Stephen Curry, Rob Gronkowski, Jacob Lawson, LeBron James, and Victor Wembanyama, killing them all. Afterwards, Zachary saw Evie, who was summoned by Mal, have his cousin, Zatanna Zatara, who was summoned by Doncic, captured. Evie asked Zachary to murder Zatanna, but Zachary backed off, claiming that it was too much before demanding that his cousin be freed. Bloody Mary Averie, a fellow member of the Malicious Viruses, threatened to kill Zachary by igniting a lightsaber, but Zachary made the lightsaber leave Bloody Mary Averie's hands and strike Evie, killing her. Bloody Mary Averie then grabbed Zachary and vowed to kill him, but Zachary used his magic to unbind Zatanna. Together, the Zatara's defeated Bloody Mary Averie and turned her into a diamond. Although Zachary was heavily penalized for his actions in the brawl, he did not get eliminated the next episode, thus making him the first contestant to not get eliminated despite holding a "Do not vote for me to get the prize" sign.

In Episode 35, Zachary explained to Hatsune Miku why he had to switch sides in the brawl. Zachary would make it all the way to the finale, where he tied with Doncic for most win votes in the final vote-off with 9 votes, marking the first time a tie for first place occurred in the finale. The host, Black Mage (who was an emergency host due to all the Ninja's being murdered in the brawl that occurred in Episode 34), opted to have Ariana Greenblatt, the last booted contestant, also vote in to break the tie. Ultimately, Ariana voted for Doncic to win, triggering Zachary because he thought that it should've been handled through a second vote-off while believing that Ariana might've been biased in favor of Doncic since the two were teammates before. Doncic responded by telling Zachary to shut up before shouting various insults at Zachary. Enraged at the insults directed at him, Zachary called Doncic the "Big Donchoke", a derogatory nickname of Doncic previously used by Mal and her allies, prompting Doncic to cast a spell that inflicted severe pain on Zachary. Zachary ultimately finished as a runner-up to Doncic and placed 2nd. After the season, Zatanna comforted an upset Zachary.

## Trivia

Zachary Zatara is the younger cousin of Zatanna Zatara, a fellow magician from DC Comics.

Had Zachary won Character Elimination: Superstars, not only would he have been the 5th joiner to win a character elimination season, but he also would've been the first surprise joiner to win a character elimination season.