

He also argues that they are simply kids and that this is not their battle.

Marco is reluctant to fight because he knows that his father would be devastated by his death. He and Jake have been best friends since they were babies. He is slightly conceited about his good looks, dubbing himself the "cute Animorph", but he is self-conscious about his height. Marco's sense of strategy proves essential to the Animorphs' missions, although his methods can be somewhat ruthless, tending towards philosophy of the end justifying the means. He's also the one who coined the word "Animorphs", a portmanteau of "animal morphers". Marco is the self-proclaimed comic relief in several books, he states it's a responsibility. 2 Relationships with the other Animorphs.
