Marco
Biographical information
Gender	Male
Eye color	Black
Hair color	Brown
Born	1985
Family	Eva (mother), Peter (father), Nora Robbinette (stepmother),
Affiliation	Animorphs
Behind the scenes
First appearance	The Invasion
Last appearance	The Beginning
Portrayer	Boris Cabrera
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Marco is the resident comedian of the Animorphs. He is best friends with Jake.

BiographyEdit

Throughout the war he always maintains a sense of humor, able to crack jokes and make sarcastic remarks in the midst of battle as easily as when he is chilling in the barn with his best friend Jake and the others. Marco is also very clever, and is good at thinking strategically. He was also the one who came up with the name "Animorphs" in the first book.

Marco is forever the cautious one, and at the start of the series he was the most reluctant to fight in the war. A major reason was he felt his dad was still suffering over the loss of Eva (Marco's mom), and wouldn't be able to bear it if he lost his son as well. Marco stayed in the war in honor of Jake's brother, but the stress began to get to him. He soon decided that he would quit, that is until he made a tragic discovery. Marco's mother was infested by the Yeerk Visser One. Her death had been faked so that the Visser could use her body as a host. Marco's desire to save his mother and reunite his family was more than enough to make him continue the fight.

Marco has been called the most ruthless member to the Animorphs, often looking at the big picture and willing to make sacrifices in order to secure a win. This is in contrast with Cassie, who always considers emotions and morals in the equation, even when it comes to her enemies. They sometimes get on each other's nerves because of this. However Cassie has gotten through to Marco on occasion, sensing that he sometimes uses his humor to mask the pain he feels over his family situation. Marco desperately wants to save his mother, and yet he knows that in order to win the war he may have to put down his own mom. Later in the series, when Marco's dad remarries he is affected so much that his morphing goes wrong, causing him to become weird hybrid creatures. He recovers after he comes to terms with this.

Late in the series Marco's father (an engineer) gets in to some work involving Z-space which attracts the attention of the Yeerks. Despite knowing the consequences of saving his father from becoming a Controller, Marco cannot bring himself to let it happen. He makes a difficult decision and rescues his dad, revealing everything about the Animorphs and the war, including his mother's existence. It is this action that sets the wheels in motion for the end of the war.

The Chee fake Marco and his father's death. Soon after, the Animorphs are able to save Marco's mother from an execution, during which Marco kills Visser One. Marco's family is reunited. After the war, Marco goes on to become a rich celebrity, writing books, appearing on talk shows and doing commercials.

Relationships with the other AnimorphsEdit

• Jake: Jake and Marco have been friends since their childhood.  Though their friendship is tested at times, they generally retain a strong bond.  Towards the end of the series this begins to deteriorate, as Jake sinks into depression and Marco regains his family.  After the war, Marco and Jake seem to be no longer close, though Marco is concerned for Jake and attempts to reach out to him. Even then there are several instances in the last book where Marco takes Jake's side - during the war especially. However, when they leave to rescue Ax from The One, it appears that their old friendship has been restored.
  *Tobias: At the beginning of the series the two aren't close, with Marco hassling Tobias occasionally, but eventually a strong camaraderie between them develops. 
  *Rachel: Rachel and Marco's relationship is characterized by their playful insults and banter.  However, they also support each other in times of need, such as when Rachel visits Marco at the end of #30.  They generally side together on group votes, as both are more interested in pragmatism than ethics.  They dated in the alternate universe of Megamorphs #4.
  *Cassie: Cassie describes Marco as cute, but not her type.  The two don't directly interact often in the series.  Though they are generally on good terms, Marco is often impatient with Cassie's moralism. 
  *Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill: At first Marco dislikes and distrusts Ax, but as time goes on the two develop a close relationship.  After Marco's cover is blown and he has to leave his regular life, he goes to live with Ax at his scoop, and the two bond over electronics and soap operas.

MorphsEdit

• Battle Morph(s): Silverback Gorilla, Wolf
• Raptor Morph: Osprey

Books Narrated By MarcoEdit

• #5 The Predator
• Megamorphs #1 The Andalite's Gift
• #10 The Android
• #15 The Escape
• Megamorphs #2 In the Time of Dinosaurs
• #20 The Discovery
• #25 The Extreme
• Megamorphs #3 Elfangor's Secret
• #30 The Reunion
• #35 The Proposal
• #40 The Other
• Megamorphs #4 Back to Before
• #42 The Journey
• #45 The Revelation
• #51 The Absolute
• #54 The Beginning

TriviaEdit

• He has the WAA username Cassie98, which he uses to annoy Jake in instant messaging by pretending to be Cassie, although he likely has another account for primary use.
• Marco has utilized 52 different morphs (the most of all Animorphs) in the series though it is implied he has obtained many more. This is ironic in that originally, Marco was the least willing of the Animorphs to be drawn into the war, yet he has acquired the greatest number of morphs overall.
• Marco is one of the characters whose battle morph is often forgotten for merchandising and illustration purposes; although he very rarely uses anything besides his gorilla morph in regular battle, he was illustrated morphing into a wolf on the cover of Megamorphs #1, and a cobra in Megamorphs #4, while the other characters were all shown morphing into their preferred battle morphs.
• In the Animorphs TV series, he was usually portrayed morphing into a wolf (Cassie's usual battle morph), rather than a gorilla.
• In 1999, four different Transformers toys of Marco were made. Two of the larger ones that were sold in stores turned into a Gorilla and a Fire Beetle, while the third was one piece of the Tyrannosaurus rex made up of Jake, Cassie, and Marco figures. The smaller transformer was part of a Taco Bell children's meal promotion and turned into a hammer head shark.
• Marco frequently uses the word "insane."
• Marco has a strained relationship with the other animorphs.
• He is the only Animorph to update his re-release profile.

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