Zatch Hakton

Max Hakton (Cousin)

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## General

Zatch Hakton is a character that appears during Season 2 of *The Story*. He is Zack's cousin who becomes his Hacking assistant, learning the ways of Hacking from him before later betraying him and using what he learned in his own attacks and schemes.

## Personality

Zatch starts off as being very much like Zack- quiet, innocent-looking, and extremely unpredictable. He doesn't say or do too much at first, but later starts voicing his opinions on some of Zack's plans, becoming something of a "voice of reason" that tells him why certain things are bad and shouldn't be done. Eventually, it's revealed that Zatch was actually quite malicious when he betrays Zack and tries to kill him. From then on, he was portrayed as a wicked soul who only wanted to defeat his cousin. At one point though, he was seen taking a vacation which proves he does enjoy relaxing from time to time.

## Appearance

Zatch is a young man of average height and build. He has longer black hair with one particular bang that hangs between his eyes. His eyes are black and his teeth are sharp, usually drawn as two "fangs" that poke out of the top his mouth. His shirt is red with blue hems but this blue is much darker than the other two Hakton characters.

## History

Zatch was first introduced during Season 2's *O Cousin of Mine, Where Have You Been?*. While in Anime Castle, Zack reveals that he has a cousin, saying that he was on his way to join in on the adventure. Not long after, while opening various doors during her time to narrate, Amber discovered a room that contained someone who looked exactly like Zack and was so traumatized that she abandoned her narration duties. Zack then introduced this person as his cousin Zatch, but Zatch didn't do much until the two started harassing FlamDawg in the next chapter. Upon realizing that Zatch was rather unskilled when it came to Hacking, Zack enrolled him in his "Hacker-Training Master Class" to teach him everything he needed to know. Even though he had no aptitude for Hacking whatsoever, Zatch went on to become his assistant, standing mostly in silence while he did things like interrogate Mr. Destro in MapleWay. Nine chapters after his debut, he suddenly attacked Zack claiming that his whole goal was to destroy him. He was defeated after a big fight scene, but continued with his plots to defeat his cousin.

From here, he wasn't seen much aside from a few random appearances here and there. He appeared briefly during Season 3's play as a general annoyance, but this wasn't anything noteworthy since most of the other Season 2 characters appeared for this as well. Throughout Season 3, he appeared a few more times as a contestant during Princess Sarah's big sack race, as one of the counselors for Sarah's anger management session, as one of the character's attending FlamDawg's big wedding, and as a participant during the Pants Swap show. In Season 5, he was seen in the "reject characters group" when Nathan took them to McDonald's over spring break.

## Trivia

* He states that he has OCD, only he calls it "CDO" because he feels the letters should be in alphabetical order.
* His pointy teeth are said to be an "endearing character trait", but nobody really understands what that means.

## Gallery

Zatch as he appears in the novel.Zatch laughing maniacally.Zatch preparing to drop a safe on Zack during Season 3's play.