Andi Mack

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*This page is about the character. For the series of the same name, click here.*

**Andi Mack** is the daughter of Bex Mack, who Andi thought was her sister. Celia and Ham Mack raised her until she was 13 years old, after which Bex took over. She, Buffy Driscoll, and Cyrus Goodman are all best friends.

## History

### Bex's Return and The Secret

During her 13th birthday, Andi was excited that Bex was returning back home.

As a birthday gift, Bex took Andi to a park, where she got Andi lessons with Jonah Beck. After Andi did some frisbee lessons with Jonah, she learned that he had a girlfriend and made a fool out of herself. She grew angry at Bex because she embarrassed herself, but Bex told her that was good because she would tell these stories when she met someone new, and that she would learn from them. Andi told Bex that wasn't her. Bex said she was trying to help Andi realize that she doesn't have to be perfect but Andi said that she was only a girl she sent scarves to and nothing more.

As Andi was sleeping, she heard Bex moving around and saw that Bex was beginning to pack up. Andi told Bex that she took back what she said at the park. Bex proceeded to tell her about the mistakes she made over the entire course of Andi's life. Andi said to Bex that she was getting scared but Bex said that she should be. Bex got a picture of them together when Andi was born. She told Andi that she was actually her mother and not her sister. After Celia and Ham came into the room, all of the adults started bickering, but Andi stopped all three of them and said nobody got to be upset but her because they have been lying to Andi for her entire life.

Bex later found Andi at AndiShack and began to apologize. However, Andi stopped her and said that it was too weird. Andi had always envisioned Bex as her cool sister traveling the world, not her mother who abandoned her. Bex tried to explain that wasn't what happened, but Andi stopped her again. Bex said to Andi that whenever she was ready, Bex would tell her everything. As Bex left, she told Andi that she should probably hate her, but Bex will always love her, and always has. Andi will have that whether she wanted it or not.

### Adjusting to Her New Life and Meeting Her Father

As Andi dealt with the news, Bex took over parenting. It was a big change for Andi because was Bex was free-spirited with the parenting while Celia was more strict.

When Amber asked where Andi's dad was during the party, Andi began to have an increased desire to meet her father. She asked Bex when she'd be able to meet her father, and Bex said that she'd get to later.

After they got busted by Ham and Celia, Bex said that Andi shouldn't be in trouble and make it clear that Andi was against the party. Andi said that she wanted to take responsibility and wanted people to think that it was her party. Andi thanked Bex for helping her.

Soon after, Andi realized that she liked boundaries and wasn't too happy with Bex's way of parenting. For a while, she began to separate herself from Bex and hide in the bathtub with a book and some animal crackers. Bex found her with the intention of hanging out but then realized that Andi didn't want to hang out, which attributes to the fact that she was hiding from Bex, who was hurt by that and distanced herself from Andi too, though they quickly reconciled when Bex invited Andi to read in the tub with her and had animal crackers.

Andi finally met her father, Bowie, when he showed up at the Mack house, after which Bex told Andi and Bowie that they were daughter and father.

Shortly after, they spent the day together and they were excited how much they had in common, including a love for the environment and reducing their carbon footprint. They walked in the park and played drums together. While enjoying their day, Bowie asked Andi if he was what she was hoping for as a father. Andi replied back that she just wanted to meet her father. She didn't really envision her father.

Their day was cut short by Andi's desire to find Jonah, and Bowie was supportive of that. He said that Jonah was crazy if he didn't like her back and to follow her heart. Andi said that she really liked meeting him and Bowie said he liked meeting her too. They hugged and Andi went off to find Jonah.

Later, Bowie returned and said that Andi was more important than the tour. He persuaded Celia to let him stay for a few days and Andi was excited that he'd be staying.

Bowie later got involved with Andi's personal life and friends. Andi vented to Bex about how she was glad that Bowie was in her life, but she wished he was a little less embarrassing. Bex said to her that it was a father's job to embarrass their daughters.

Andi later caught Bowie on her laptop, which was the last straw for her. She thought he was going through her pictures and said how she didn't know what is going to say or do around her and it was too much. Bowie tried to explain but Andi didn't let him. However, Bex and Andi saw that he was making a slideshow of him and Andi together. They tried to find him downstairs to apologize but he had already left.

### Cyrus' Bar-Mitzvah and Meeting Walter

Walker was paid by Bex for him to do a caricature of her and Andi. However, when Bowie wanted to join the picture, Bowie and Bex began to argue with Walter watching. When they left, leaving Andi alone, she apologized that he had to see that and he said he was sorry too.

Later, Walter caught up with her and handed her a drawing that wasn't a caricature. Andi thanked him and they had some fun together until he had to go back to his station for caricatures.

## Relationships

### Romantic

#### Jonah Beck

Andi first met Jonah when Bex set up a frisbee lesson with him. She quickly because flustered around him and accidentally admitted her feelings for him, but she quickly took it back and soon learned that he had a girlfriend.

Later that day, Andi received a text from Jonah. It was a picture of him and his frisbee, and the text read "WE MISS YOU!".

Andi later came to frisbee practice. Jonah gave her a jersey that said "Andiman 13." Andi said that only one person called her that, but Jonah said that now it's two.

During frisbee practice, Jonah held Andi's hand to adjust her grip. Andi was clearly tickled by that and began to laugh, but she passed it off as allergies.

Their relationship hit a rough patch when Andi was the one to tell Jonah that Amber cheated on him. After Amber harassed her on how quickly she met him when she was texted by him which was why she'd lie about her cheating on Jonah. Andi had enough and walked away.

Jonah found her in the auditorium and wanted to check if she was okay. Andi gave him a sarcastic response. He said that Amber was insecure, which was the cause of what happened. Jonah felt bad about what happened and Andi then asked if he believed Amber. Jonah said to her that maybe she didn't see what she thought she saw. Andi then said to him that he was a great boyfriend to Amber, but not a great friend to her. Jonah tried to apologize but Andi apologized too and then asked him to go after wishing that she never said anything to him.

Andi got caught by Jonah watching some of his videos in her pajamas and yelled at him to get out.

The next day, Jonah "ghosted" her, meaning that he ignored her and pretended that Andi wasn't there. However, he dropped it within a short period of time because he acknowledged her within the same day and they made up.

Later, Jonah enlisted Andi's help to pick out a birthday gift for Amber. When Andi was trying on makeup samples, Jonah said that she looked really pretty.

### Familial

#### Bex Mack

Andi has always admired Bex and thought of her as her big sister traveling the world.

After making a fool out of herself during frisbee lessons with Jonah, she became angry at Bex because she set the lessons up. Bex told Andi that she was only trying to help, but Andi shot back at her and said that Andi wasn't one of those people in her memory box and she was only a girl Bex sent scarves to.

After finding out that Bex was packing, Andi told Bex that she took everything back. Bex then said that she made too many mistakes over the course of Andi's life. Bex then revealed to her that she wasn't Andi's sister and was her mother.

During an argument with Celia, Bex tried to get Andi to admit that she was a better mother. However, Andi quickly picked up on it and refused to choose, stating that they were the adults and needed to figure it out and then walked off.

After Bex was hesitant to contact and identify Andi's father, Andi began to isolate herself from Bex. After Bex realized that Andi was intentionally avoiding her, Bex began to avoid her too. They quickly reconciled, though, eating animal crackers and reading books with pillows in the tub.

After Celia hinted that she wanted Bex to move out, Andi defended Bex and said that her coming back was the best thing that ever happened to her, and to not make her leave again. Celia misinterpreted this and they got into a fight about whether Bex left on her own accord or she kicked Bex out.

#### Bowie Quinn

Andi had expressed lots of desire to meet her father and was excited when Bowie showed up and turned out to be her father.

They later had a father-daughter day, where he showed her his car which ran on used vegetable oil and learned how to play drums. While enjoying their day, Bowie asked Andi if he was what she was hoping for as a father. Andi replied back that she just wanted to meet her father. She didn't really envision him.

Their day was cut short by Andi's desire to find Jonah, and Bowie was supportive of that. He said that Jonah was crazy if he didn't like her back and to follow her heart. Andi said that she really liked meeting him and Bowie said he liked meeting her too. They hugged and Andi went off to find Jonah.

He came back and explained that he wasn't doing the tour. Andi was more important. She was excited that he was staying and successfully persuaded Celia to let him stay.

After returning, he began to get a little too involved with Andi's friends and team. Later, he was on Andi's computer and Andi began to berate him over him invading her privacy. He left, but Andi and Bex found out that he wasn't invading her privacy, he was just making a slideshow of him meeting Andi. When they tried to find him and apologize, they saw that he had already packed up and left.

After he left, Andi missed him terribly and watch the video many times after he left.

#### Celia Mack

Celia raised Andi as her daughter until she was 13, after which Bex took over the parenting. She was very protective of Andi and restricted her on the things she could eat, wear, and do.

After Bex told Andi that she was her mother, Andi and Celia hit a rough patch on what to call Celia, as she wasn't Andi's mother anymore. They later settled on calling her CeCe.

During an argument with Bex, Celia tried to get Andi to admit that she was a better mother. However, Andi quickly picked up on it and refused to choose, stating that they were the adults and they needed to figure it out.

#### Ham Mack

Andi was raised by both Ham and Celia until she was thirteen.

When Andi expressed a desire to get to know her real father, Ham said that in the meanwhile, she had him.

### Friendships

#### Buffy Driscoll

Buffy is Andi's best friend. While Cyrus encouraged her to go for Jonah, Buffy was against it and didn't like that Andi was making a bracelet for Jonah. Buffy told Andi that she can lie to herself but not to her. Andi assured her that making Jonah a bracelet meant nothing, but Buffy told Andi that she's in extreme denial.

When Buffy was moving, Andi devised a plan where Buffy would stay at Celia's house until the end of the year. Buffy liked the plan but after her mother and Buffy both realized they wanted to be with each other, the plan didn't go through, leaving only a short amount of time for Buffy to spend with Andi and Cyrus.

#### Cyrus Goodman

She is best friends with Cyrus. Andi introduced him to Jonah, which started their friendship and Cyrus' eventual crush on him.

At Cyrus' bar-mitzvah, he came out to Andi and told her about his feelings for Jonah. Andi was acceptive of that and they then began to share their common frustrations about having a crush on Jonah.

#### Walker Brodsky

Walker met Andi at Cyrus's bar-mitzvah. They bonded and had fun together at the bar-mitzvah until he was called back to his station.

### Others

#### Amber

Andi met Amber while doing frisbee lessons with Jonah. Andi then realized that Amber was Jonah's girlfriend and immediately began to feel intimidated by Amber.

After hearing that Andi told Jonah about Amber cheating on him, she used Jonah's phone to text her and made a case about how fast she arrived and tried to make a case that Andi likes Jonah and which is why she could have lied about Amber cheating so that Andi could get together with Jonah.

## Personality

Andi has a quirky and crafty personality. She is able to make everything out of anything. She's loyal to her friends but she doesn't like it when she isn't in the loop regarding what is going on in her friend's lives.

Unlike her mother Bex, Andi was more introverted and needed some pushing to have fun and be free given the strict lifestyle she was raised in for the past thirteen years. After Bex was in her life fulltime, Andi began to be more free-spirited but still liked having a constant and predictable lifestyle with rules.

## Notes and Trivia

* The character's original name was Andi Marcus before the writers chose Andi Mack.
* She has a motor-bike.
* At Celia and Ham's house, she has a shed which she titled AndiShack, where she usually makes crafts or hangs out with her friends or by herself.
* She created memory games for her, Celia, and Ham to play during dinner. Some of the games included state capitals in alphabetical order and the periodic table in order of their atomic number.
* She likes to make bracelets and can make them out of anything. She even made some out of soda tabs, straws, as well as her old retainer.
* She's all about reducing her carbon footprint and has a deep love for the environment.
* She loves baby-taters.
* She has a sewing machine which she named Cristiano.
* She likes turnip cakes.
* Her first word was Mama.
* The name of her favorite stuffed animal is Baba.
* She doesn't like condiments.

## Important Episodes

These episodes are Andi-centric or are otherwise very informative about her life.

* 13
* Outside the Box
* Dancing in the Dark
* She Said, She Said
* Terms of Embarrassment
* Home Away From Home
* Hey, Who Wants Pizza?
* There's a Mack in the Shack
* You're the One That I Want
* Crime Scene: AndiShack!
* Andi's Choice

## Memorable Quotes

**Andi:** You don't get to be upset! You don't get to be upset! Nobody here gets to be upset but me! Because you all have been lying to me for my whole life!

**Andi (about Jonah):** Why is it so hard to stop liking someone when there's a zero percent chance he'll ever like you back?

**Bex:** Andi, I'm so, so sorry-
**Andi:** Stop! I can't, it's too weird. When I look at you, I see my cool sister out in the world having adventures on her motorcycle. But that's not who you are. You're my mother, who abandoned me.
**Bex:** That's not what happened. Do you wanna know what happened?
**Andi:** No. Not right now.
**Bex:** Whenever you're ready, I'll tell you everything, whatever you wanna know.
**Andi:** Just- I wanna think about my text from Jonah for a while.
**Bex:** That's a great idea.

**Andi (about Bowie):** I'm glad he's here, but I just wish he was a little less full of surprises.

## References

1. ↑ 13, 1x01
2. ↑ Shhh!, 1x03
3. ↑ Dancing in the Dark, 1x04
4. ↑ It's Not About You, 1x05
5. ↑ She Said, She Said, 1x06
6. ↑ Dad Influence, 1x07
7. ↑ Terms of Embarrassment, 1x08
8. ↑ Cyrus' Bash-Mitzvah!, 2x13
9. ↑ 13, 1x01
10. ↑ Outside the Box, 1x02
11. ↑ She Said, She Said, 1x06
12. ↑ Terms of Embarrassment, 1x08
13. ↑ She's Turning Into You, 1x09
14. ↑ 13, 1x01
15. ↑ Shhh!, 1x03
16. ↑ It's Not About You, 1x05
17. ↑ She's Turning Into You, 1x09
18. ↑ She Said, She Said, 1x06
19. ↑ Dad Influence, 1x07
20. ↑ Terms of Embarrassment, 1x08
21. ↑ She's Turning Into You, 1x09
22. ↑ 13, 1x01
23. ↑ Shhh!, 1x03
24. ↑ Shhh!, 1x03
25. ↑ 13, 1x01
26. ↑ It's Not About You, 1x05
27. ↑ Outside the Box, 1x02
28. ↑ Better to Have Wuvved and Wost, 2x14
29. ↑ Cyrus' Bash-Mitzvah!, 2x13
30. ↑ Cyrus' Bash-Mitzvah!, 2x13
31. ↑ 13, 1x01
32. ↑ She Said, She Said, 1x06
33. ↑ 13, 1x01
34. ↑ 13, 1x01
35. ↑ 13, 1x01
36. ↑ Outside the Box, 1x02
37. ↑ Outside the Box, 1x02
38. ↑ Dad Influence, 1x07
39. ↑ Dad Influence, 1x07
40. ↑ Dad Influence, 1x07
41. ↑ Chinese New Year, 2x02
42. ↑ Mama, 2x04
43. ↑ Cookie Monster, 3x06
44. ↑ Cookie Monster, 3x06