Gina and Mack

**Mina** is the friendship/romantic pairing between **M**ack Alana and G**ina** Porter. They are portrayed by Matthew Sato and Sofia Wylie.

## History

As a child Gina Porter had a Celebrity Crush on Mack Alana from her comfort show *Mark and Spark.* Gina was a huge fan of Mack and had a cutout of him that she would kiss it every night.

In High School Musical 4, both Gina and Mack are performing *High School Reunion* with the original cast for *High School Musical 4: The Reunion*. At the end of the song, Mack kisses Gina unexpectedly while filming a scene that wasn't in the script. Then the director Quinn Robbins yells at Mack for kissing Gina unexpectedly because that is not what they rehearsed during blocking rehearsal.

#### Two Months Earlier

Gina gets excited at the Pep rally when she sees Mack who is one of the stars of *High School Musical 4: The Reunion* because her comfort show was *Mark and Spark* growing up that Mack starred in as Mark. Gina tells Ashlyn and Ricky that she had a cardboard cutout of Mack in her room growing up that she would kiss every night before going to bed. Later that day Gina gets assigned to show Mack around East High School. Gina walks into a dressing room where she sees Mack in the middle of changing who is just in his underwear and shirtless. Then Mack asks Gina "Can I help you?" and Gina covers her eyes being embarrassed for walking in on Mack who is half naked when she first meets him in person. Later that night Gina gets a notification on her phone from Mack who just started following her on Instagram.

## Moments

### Season 4

#### High School Musical 4

* Mack kisses Gina unexpectedly while filming a scene that wasn’t in the script.
* Mack tells Gina while they are rehearsing a scene that he loves her in character as Sam.

##### Two Months Earlier

* Gina gets excited at the Pep rally when she sees Mack who is one of the stars of *High School Musical 4: The Reunion* because her comfort show was *Mark and Spark* growing up that Mack starred in as Mark.
* Gina tells Ashlyn and Ricky that she had a cardboard cutout of Mack in her room growing up that she would kiss every night before going to bed.
* Gina walks into a dressing room where she sees Mack in the middle of changing who is just in his underwear and shirtless. Mack asks Gina "Can I help you?" and Gina covers her eyes being embarrassed for walking in on Mack who is half naked.
* Gina gets a notification on her phone from Mack who just started following her on Instagram.

## Quotes

### Season 4

#### High School Musical 4

Gina: Knock, knock. Oh, my!

Mack: Can I help you?

Gina: I'm so sorry. I am a real student here. I only have one credit on IMDb, and I was kind of assigned to give you a hand.

Mack: Yeah, I'd love to know who assigned you to interrupt my costume fitting.

Gina: No, no. That part was accidental. If I had known that you were in your boxers, I would've come way sooner. Oh, my gosh, I would've come later. I'm still talking. And looking.

Mack: You are. Hey, would you mind turning around?

Gina: Okay. So, I do have to ask, do you still keep in touch with the dog from the show?

Mack: There were seven of them over the years. They all retired to a farm upstate.

Gina: That sounds so...

Mack: They're dead. The "farm" is heaven.

Gina: Okay, I'm just gonna leave now. And we can pretend that we never met.

Mack: Oh, I'm way ahead of you.

Gina: Good luck on the movie, Mack.

Mack: Good luck with your life, superfan.

Gina: Actually, my name is Gina Porter.

## Trivia

* According to Matthew Sato who plays Mack Alana said in a interview about Season 4 that "Mack develops a really interesting relationship with Gina as the season progresses."
* According to the creator of the series Tim Federle in a interview said about Gina and Mack’s relationship in Season 4 "Mack gets a little thing going on for Gina."
* Gina had a cutout of Mack in her room growing up and she would kiss it every night before she goes to bed.
* Mack is Gina’s Childhood Celebrity Crush.

## References

1. ↑ https://people.com/high-school-musical-the-musical-the-series-season-4-first-look-exclusive-7505109
2. ↑ https://youtu.be/M4hrzJ7vBgg