Zachary John Charles "Hacky Zak/Hacky" Mendoza 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. He represents the Element of Bravery.
Portrayers[]
Hacky is played by Zachary Gordon.
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.
Equestria's Taxi Madness[]
Hacky returns in the film Equestria's Taxi Madness in which he is seen watching Starlight Glimmer leave the band in order to spend more time with her husband and her daughter.
Throughout the film, Hacky and his bandmates welcomes Perri to the band playing her role as a keyboardist, plays the song Empire of Angels together, gets an unexpected visit from Nevada and her husband Sebastian, who is the band's former member bringing a trio of men from Malaysia such as Muhammad Syamim, Nazz Abdullah and Professor Muhammad Hasbullah bin Padzillah, having creamy spinach spaghetti cooked by Utah for dinner and gets an unexpected visit from Greg's big brother Cooper, his wife Prudence and her parents Espen and Yuko the next morning. Even so, Greg, Hacky, Perri, Utah, Cooper, Prudence and her parents Espen and Yuko becomes speechless when Applejack, Fluttershy, Nevada, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Sebastian and Sunset Shimmer are able to speak Malay. After he travels to Equestria, he and his bandmates had an explosive dance fight showdown with evil magician Boswell and during the film's post credits, he and his bandmates explains the long story at Papa's Paleteria.
The Abandoned Kingdom of Enchancia[]
Hacky returns in the film The Abandoned Kingdom of Enchancia in which he and Liezel become workers at Papa's Paleteria in San Francisco, California during her narration. He then appears the next morning with his bandmates where Liezel gets a mysterious wine bottle with a roll of paper inside until Greg finds out that Cedric writes the letter and he gives Liezel a DVD of the old Disney Junior TV series Sofia The First, leaving Liezel shocked. Also, Sunset Shimmer mentions Nazz Abdullah to Liezel about who he is, where he comes from and taught them to say the words STRATEGY, FIGHT, CONQUER, leaving Liezel fascinated. And thus, Liezel and the Mane 10 places hands in a circle and departs for Enchancia.
Throughout the film, Hacky introduces Nazz Abdullah to his co-worker Liezel inside Fluttershy's Apex Blue Pearl Acura MDX Type-S Advance sitting in the 3rd row seats and explains that the whole crew are off to Enchancia due to Liezel getting a wine bottle with a letter written by Cedric. After reaching Enchancia, Hacky is frightened of the dilapidated castle, but he ended up sleeping in Princess Amber's old bedroom all night. After finding Amber's old W222 Mercedes-Benz S-Class lying forgotten under the castle's basement car park for years, Hacky spent more than 1,000 hours, days, months and years of rejuvenating Amber's old car until Alvin Bradley, Ardini Williamson and Dorothy Rebecca "Doo Wop/Dolly" Parkinson showed up, prompting the trio to join. In the ensuing scenes, Hacky spent almost every single day renovating the abandoned castle, but to no avail due to massive costs and lack of skilled workers until a white 7-seater Range Rover P400 SE SUV ridden by team Flash Drive (Flash Sentry, Brawly Beats, Ringo, Prince James, Prince Zandar, Oona and Watermelody) and a Titanium Silver Metallic 2001 BMW 750iL E38 V12 ridden by the Eco-Kids (Captain Planet, Paisley, Sandalwood, Starlight Fitzgerald and Sweet Leaves) shows up as well. Also a Nero Noctis Lamborghini Urus with Toola Roola, Coconut Cream, Cedric, Cordelia the Conjuror and Calista attempted to help as well, prompting Hacky to continue the task.
After renovating Enchancia's old castle, a red RAM 1500 TRX and a Chrysler Pacifica Pinnacle minivan shows up to reveal Jake, Moondancer, Sofia, their 2 kids Laura and Sean, Giselle, Morgan and Robert. Only to be aware that their clothes are dirty due to all the hardwork done, Hacky and the whole crew took a bath and change out for some nice clothes. Towards the end of the film, Hacky is last seen gazing at the night sky with Liezel, Toola Roola and Coconut Cream from Sofia's old bedroom with cups of iced lemon tea in their hands.
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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.