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* DeceptiveLegacy: While researching his Irish heritage, he calls his mom and learns that their family is actually [[spoiler:Dutch and his father's real last name is Vandross]].
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* FightingIrish: He is a very hot-blooded and confrontational Irish-American.
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* FightingIrish: He is a very hot-blooded and confrontational Irish-American. However, "The Gang Goes to Ireland" reveals that Mac is in fact [[spoiler:Dutch]], which makes him go through an identity crisis as he'd always prided himself on being this trope.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: He believes that due to his realization that he's gay, God can't possibly be real. After surviving the boat sinking, he flips it around, claiming to be straight because God supposedly saved them from drowning.
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* SerialRapist: It's stated early on that he took part in sexually assaulting Cricket during the Gang's teen years (where they would hunt him down and tea-bag him), which he outright points out is rape when Dennis performs it on him during his sleep, and he's actively assisted Dennis in his predatory pursuit of women (and would then "'''M'''ove-in '''A'''fter '''C'''ompletion", as he put it). He's not ''quite'' as much a monster as Dennis, though, as he's actively disturbed by Dennis' more extreme and explicit sexual assaults/harassment, but he's still so much a predator that his problematic behaviour was outlined in "Time's Up for the Gang".
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* SerialRapist: It's stated early on that he took part in sexually assaulting Cricket during the Gang's teen years (where they would hunt him down and tea-bag him), which he outright points out is rape when Dennis performs it on him during his sleep, and he's actively assisted Dennis in his predatory pursuit of women (and would then "'''M'''ove-in '''A'''fter '''C'''ompletion", as he put it).sleep. He's not ''quite'' as much a monster as Dennis, though, as he's actively disturbed by Dennis' more extreme and explicit sexual assaults/harassment, but he's still so much a predator that his problematic behaviour was outlined in "Time's Up for the Gang".
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** Mac's intelligence is another attribute that is subject to variation. Some episodes depict Mac as being fairly crafty while others portray him as a hopeless ditz.
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** Mac's intelligence is another attribute that is subject to variation. Some episodes depict Mac as being fairly crafty while others portray him as a hopeless ditz.ditz, sometimes with less common sense than even Charlie.
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* TheDitherer: In "Frank Retires", he switches between siding with Dennis/Dee and Charlie, and later Charlie/Dee and Dennis, depending on which side he thinks will benefit him the most.
-->'''Mac:''' I'm playing ''both'' sides so that I always come out on top.
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* PlayingBothSides: In "Frank Retires", he switches between siding with Dennis/Dee and Charlie, and later Charlie/Dee and Dennis, depending on which side he thinks will benefit him the most.
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* ButtMonkey: The later seasons play up his patheticness and self-delusion to such extremes that [[LampshadeHanging even the other characters begin to discuss what a loser he is]], often [[ImStandingRightHere directly in front of him]]. It has reached a point where he now regularly contends with Dee for the spot of TheFriendNoOneLikes, a title that she held uncontested for most of the show's run.
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* ButtMonkey: The later seasons play up his patheticness and self-delusion to such extremes that [[LampshadeHanging even the other characters begin to discuss what a loser he is]], often [[ImStandingRightHere directly in front of him]]. It has reached a point where he now regularly contends with Dee for the spot of TheFriendNoOneLikes, TheFriendNobodyLikes, a title that she held uncontested for most of the show's run.
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* TheFundamentalist: More so as the series progresses. Dialed UpToEleven in "Mac Day", where he openly admits he's using his day to try and convert the rest of the group to his faith. He scales it back after finally coming out in Season 12.
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* TheFundamentalist: More so as the series progresses. Dialed UpToEleven in "Mac Day", where he openly admits he's using his day to try and to convert the rest of the group to his faith. He scales it back after finally coming out in Season 12.
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'''Charlie''':"Look, I think you're getting, like, too worked up about this thing. Can we just drink the beer and hang out, you know?
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* TheStoolPigeon: Mac was a drug dealer in high school, and would clear the market of other drug dealers by snitching on the competition. This earned him the unfortunate nickname of "Ronnie the Rat".
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* StraightGay: Played with. While Mac doesn't ever display any stereotypically camp behavior, his uncanny ability to constantly spout out homoerotic innuendo still makes his attraction to men obvious. After finally coming out, he expresses pride in the fact that he shows no outward signs of his homosexuality, and gets angry when Dennis implies otherwise. Downplayed in Season 14, when he starts to act more effeminate, though still not enough to qualify as CampGay either.
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* StraightGay: Played with. While Mac doesn't ever display any stereotypically camp behavior, his uncanny ability to constantly spout out homoerotic innuendo still makes his attraction to men obvious. After finally coming out, he expresses pride in the fact that he shows no outward signs of his homosexuality, and gets angry when Dennis implies otherwise. Downplayed in Season 14, when where he starts to act more effeminate, though still not quite enough to qualify as CampGay either.
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* TheDitherer: In "Frank Retires", he switches between siding with Dennis/Dee and Charlie, and later Charlie/Dee and Dennis, depending on which side he thinks will benefit him the most.
-->'''Mac:''' I'm playing ''both'' sides so that I always come out on top.
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* SoreLoser: The Gang has to nail their Chardee [=MacDennis=] game board to the bar because Mac will always try to flip it once he inevitably starts losing.
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* AttentionWhore: Much like Dennis and Dee, Mac is an attention-seeker who desperately craves the attention of others in order to feel pleased with himself.
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* EverybodyKnewAlready: The Gang's nonplussed reaction to him finally announcing he's gay.
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* EverybodyKnewAlready: The Gang's nonplussed nonchalant reaction to him [[TransparentCloset Mac]] finally announcing that he's gay.
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-->'''Dennis:''' What, that you're gay?
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-->'''Mac:''' Oh, you guys knew this already?
-->'''Dennis:''' What, that you'regay?gay? Yeah...
-->'''Dennis:''' What, that you're
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* HereditaryHomosexuality: Mac, whose ArmoredClosetGay status is a longstanding RunningGag for most of the series, has two gay cousins. The first one appears as an easily forgotten BitCharacter from the pilot. The other one, "Country Mac", is presented as a {{Foil}} who acts like Mac but without all his bad qualities (including being open and confident with his sexuality). Mac's father has also displayed bisexual tendencies, although that [[SituationalSexuality might be a result of having spent years in prison]].
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* {{Fetish}}: A recurring trend with Mac is his interest in various niche fetishes, such as older women and transexuals. The staff describes him as "spinning around, trying out different things, but inevitably ending up on a dick".
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* {{Fetish}}: A recurring trend with Mac is his interest in various niche fetishes, such as older women and transexuals.women. The staff describes him as "spinning around, trying out different things, but inevitably ending up on a dick".
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* ExtremeDoormat: Not initially, but he does gradually become one over time. Mac was never as tough as he claims to be, although, to his credit, he was more assertive in the show's earlier seasons. Over time, however, Mac has become more meek and docile, namely towards those he craves approval from, like his father or Dennis. Compare his regular bickering and fighting with Dennis from the earlier episodes to his more submissive demeanor in the later ones. [[RealityEnsues Justified]] in that years of living with a man like [[ToxicFriendInfluence Dennis]] have gradually eroded Mac's self-esteem, making him less confident and more susceptible to Dennis's domineering ways.
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* ExtremeDoormat: Not initially, but he does gradually become one over time. Mac was never as tough as he claims to be, although, to his credit, he was more assertive in the show's earlier seasons. Over time, however, Mac has become more meek and docile, namely towards those he craves approval from, like his father or Dennis. Compare his regular bickering and fighting with Dennis from the earlier episodes to his more submissive demeanor in the later ones. [[RealityEnsues Justified]] Justified in that years of living with a man like [[ToxicFriendInfluence Dennis]] have gradually eroded Mac's self-esteem, making him less confident and more susceptible to Dennis's domineering ways.
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* EgocentricallyReligious: Only ever seems to remember that he's Catholic when he needs to rub it in his friends' faces. Otherwise, he's perfectly fine with completely going against the teachings of his religion. Likewise, whenever he prays it's always for fulfillment of his own selfish, ugly desires (typically in the form of asking for divine retribution against his so-called friends).
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* EgocentricallyReligious: Only ever seems to remember that he's Catholic when he needs to rub it in his friends' faces. Otherwise, he's perfectly fine with completely going against the teachings of his religion. Likewise, whenever he prays it's always for fulfillment of his own selfish, ugly desires (typically in the form of [[PrayerOfMalice asking for divine retribution against his so-called friends).friends]]).
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* ChewbaccaDefense: He tunes out scientific findings that conflict with his beliefs by pointing out that the "facts" are continuously being corrected as science develops (Earth being the center of the universe, tide theory, the medicinal properties of mercury, etc.) whereas the claims of his religion have never been empirically disproven.
-->''"Science is a lie sometimes."''
-->''"Science is a lie sometimes."''
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* {{Uke}}: No matter how fat or muscular or regular he gets, a power bottom Mac is not, and he displays consistent and needful servile behavior whilst anally pleasuring himself when he's alone with such implements as pool drains and a customized exercise bike that fists him as he pedals called the Ass Pounder 4000. That is not to say that he is harmless or docile, as he's sexually blackmailed at least one priest and he is not beyond engaging in some MunchausenSyndrome in his ceaseless quest to be useful.
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* EverybodyKnewAlready: The Gang's nonplussed reaction to him finally announcing he's gay.
-->'''Dee:''' No shit.
-->'''Mac:''' Oh, you guys knew this already?
-->'''Dennis:''' What, that you're gay?
-->'''Frank:''' From the day we met.
-->'''Charlie:''' Yeah, always.
-->'''Dee:''' No shit.
-->'''Mac:''' Oh, you guys knew this already?
-->'''Dennis:''' What, that you're gay?
-->'''Frank:''' From the day we met.
-->'''Charlie:''' Yeah, always.
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** While Mac's homoerotic obsession with muscles and Dennis was always a thing, it steadily increases across the series, to the point where he is outright confirmed to be [[TransparentCloset a closeted gay man]] in the later episodes and his repressed sexuality has become one of his defining character traits. Charlie lampshades this in "Time's Up For The Gang", where he struggles to define Mac's role in the group before settling on him being "just, like, our gay guy now".
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** While Mac's homoerotic obsession with muscles and Dennis was always a thing, it steadily increases across the series, to the point where he is outright confirmed to be [[TransparentCloset a closeted gay man]] in the later episodes and his repressed sexuality has become one of his defining character traits. Charlie lampshades this in "Time's Up For The Gang", where he struggles to define Mac's role in the group before settling on him being "just, like, our gay guy now".now."
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One of the co-owners of Paddy's Pub and its self-proclaimed head of security. He is Charlie's [[ChildhoodFriends childhood friend]], and Dennis' high school friend and later roommate. The son of a convicted felon, Mac is frequently trying to demonstrate his toughness and refers to himself as the "sheriff of Paddy's". He also often brags about his hand-to-hand combat skills, although he typically flees any type of physical confrontation.
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One of the co-owners of Paddy's Pub and its self-proclaimed head of security. He is Charlie's [[ChildhoodFriends childhood friend]], and Dennis' high school friend and later roommate. The son of a convicted felon, Mac is frequently trying to demonstrate his toughness and refers to himself gain respect and admiration as the "sheriff of Paddy's". He also often brags about his hand-to-hand combat skills, although he typically flees any type of physical confrontation.
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/RobMcElhenneyCreator/RobMcElhenney, Preston Bailey (young, "[[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS06E13AVerySunnyChristmas A Very Sunny Christmas]]"), Anthony Hill (dream, "[[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS12E01TheGangTurnsBlack The Gang Turns Black]]")
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* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: He vocalizes his kicks and punches to make himself look more badass.
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* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: He vocalizes his kicks and punches to make himself look more appear badass.
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!!Ronald "Mac" [=McDonald=]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I gave him an ocular pat down."'']]
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/RobMcElhenney
!!!'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS01E01TheGangGetsRacist The Gang Gets Racist]]"
->''"The streets are flooded with the ejaculate of the homeless, and you people are counting on the police?"''
One of the co-owners of Paddy's Pub and its self-proclaimed head of security. He is Charlie's [[ChildhoodFriends childhood friend]], and Dennis' high school friend and later roommate. The son of a convicted felon, Mac is frequently trying to demonstrate his toughness and refers to himself as the "sheriff of Paddy's". He also often brags about his hand-to-hand combat skills, although he typically flees any type of physical confrontation.
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* AlliterativeName:
** Calls himself "Vic Vinegar" whenever he needs a pseudonym. Also, he's referred to as Ronald Reynolds in "The Gang Goes on Family Fight".
** His EmbarrassingNickname in high school was Ronnie the Rat.
* AmbiguousDisorder: In various episodes, Mac shows symptoms of Histrionic Personality Disorder; his rapidly shifting (and incredibly passionate) [[MoodSwinger mood-swings]], his tendency to attract everyone's attention, his gullibility, his lack of impulse control, his obsession with his appearance (maintaining his glamour muscles and false action-hero persona) and pathological lust for the approval of others (from Dennis and his dad especially). A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaIZ9EPrrQE real-life therapist even brings it up]] when observing "The Gang Gets Analyzed".
* AmbiguouslyGay:
** In earlier seasons (1-7), Mac regularly sleeps with women, but it's hinted that he's into men as well. He gushes over the male physique (particularly that of Chase Utley), enjoys a homoerotic friendship with Dennis, and while dating a pre-op MTF transgender woman (twice!) says that her penis makes him feel weird things.
** Later seasons throw the ambiguity out of the window, with Mac losing whatever attraction he felt toward the opposite sex: he gets aroused only by dudes, actively seeks situations where he can feel up beefcakes, fantasizes about a Heaven filled with sexy shirtless guy angels, and tries to kiss Dennis on two separate occasions. The creators have confirmed that Mac is, indeed, queer, and from Season 8 onwards he is firmly in ArmouredClosetGay territory (see below).
** As of Season 12, Mac no longer hides his sexuality.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: He abruptly confesses his love to Dennis when the Gang is held hostage by the [=McPoyles=]. The admission goes unreciprocated and is never mentioned again.
* AnythingThatMoves: Had sex with Margaret [=McPoyle=], a woman he's openly disgusted by, simply because she offered. In general, during the early seasons, if Mac has the option of having sex with something, he'll have sex with it. This is probably due to him being a closeted gay man; he was so adamant about proving his non-existent heterosexuality that he was willing to have sex with any woman who would accept him, regardless.
* ArmouredClosetGay: He tries to cover up his attraction towards men by being a HeteronormativeCrusader, up until finally admitting he's gay in the Season 11 finale... only to backpedal on it and claim that he's been "cured of it" at the very end. As of mid-Season 12, he's finally out for good, but even then he remains adamant that there were no hints he was gay prior to him admitting it.
** In "Mac Fights Gay Marriage," Mac uses homophobia as an excuse to be jealous that some guy married Carmen, a transgender woman. It is repeatedly pointed out that Mac had sex with Carmen back when she still had a penis, so his objections make even ''less'' sense.
** In "Mac Day", he apparently spent 5 hours lecturing the Gang about the evils of homosexuality (and at one point claimed that AIDS is God's punishment for gays). Everyone else just points out the [[RagingStiffie incredibly blatant boner]] he had the entire time. Later in the episode, he has himself and the Gang grease up male bodybuilders, during which the Gang notes he has a boner again.
* ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: A retroactive example. In "Charlie Got Molested" he's genuinely offended when he hears that the [=McPoyle=] Brothers and Charlie were molested by their elementary school gym teacher but he wasn't, seeing himself as being much more attractive than them.
* AuthorAppeal: The movie that he writes in "The Gang Makes Lethal Weapon 6" is so rife with homoerotic undertones that it gets confused for gay porn.
* BackFromTheDead: After Mac, Charlie and Dee fake their own deaths, they hide in the office of Paddy's. When Frank and Dennis come in, they run out -- carrying sparklers -- and Sweet Dee yells "Surprise, bitches! We're alive and it's blowing your MINDS right now!"
* BadassBeard: Considering he's in a perpetual state of trying to be a badass, this is most likely why he has a beard.
* BadassLongcoat: "It's not a jacket, it's a duster. It's like a jacket, only it's longer, thicker, and far more badass. I look like Lorenzo Lamas, and women find it irresistible." Subverted though, in that Mac is anything but a badass.
* BeardOfEvil: Has a beard and is a prejudiced ass.
* BerserkButton: He has many, usually relating to insults directed at him or his mother. A good example is when Dee says that Mac is "covered in stupid tattoos and has a cigarette for a mother", at which point Mac begins strangling her.
* BigEater: To the point of gaining a significant amount of weight in Season 7.
* TheBigGuy: Seems to think that he's this, what with his constant claims of being the sheriff of Paddy's, but everyone else is all too aware that he's anything but. In the episode where his role in the FiveManBand is determined, he fights for the position of "The Muscle" before settling on "[[TheSmartGuy The Brain]]", while in reality he's more or less TheLancer.
* BlatantLies: In "The Gang Misses the Boat", Mac hooks up with an attractive woman named Dusty (she's, in her own words, "super into angel dust") and spends multiple scenes with her in private. Towards the end of the episode, Dennis storms into Paddy's back office, from where everyone can hear Mac and Dusty having sex... except when he opens the door, Mac and Dusty are simply reading magazines while making sex noises.
-->'''Dennis:''' ''[barges through door]'' ... what the hell's going on in here? What is this?\\
'''Mac:''' Oh... we totally just banged or whatever.\\
'''Dennis:''' You're fully clothed, Mac! Have you been pretending to bang this chick the entire time?\\
'''Mac:''' ... no.\\
'''Dusty:''' [[TheLoinsSleepTonight He can't even get it up with me]].
* BoisterousWeakling: Mac's always eager to fight, but in the instances where he doesn't simply [[DirtyCoward run away]], his fights are always [[CurbstompBattle Curbstomp Battles]] in his opponent's favor. At one point he knocks ''himself'' unconscious when trying to remove Charlie from the bar.
** Of course, he eventually delivers one himself. Albeit on [[WouldHurtAChild a bunch of kids]], and with Charlie's help.
* {{Bouncer}}: His self-appointed position at Paddy's Pub, though he [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything rarely attempts to ever do anything relating to it]] and proves to be utterly incompetent at it during the few times when he does. When he tries to throw Charlie out as a demonstration of his skill he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuCcJfiIzbc fails miserably and somehow manages to choke ''himself'' out]].
* ButtMonkey: The later seasons play up his patheticness and self-delusion to such extremes that [[LampshadeHanging even the other characters begin to discuss what a loser he is]], often [[ImStandingRightHere directly in front of him]]. It has reached a point where he now regularly contends with Dee for the spot of TheFriendNoOneLikes, a title that she held uncontested for most of the show's run.
* {{Catchphrase}}:
** "What's up, bitches?"
** Many episodes start with Mac entering the bar and saying "Guys, I've got news!" or a variation thereof.
* CelebCrush: Has a thing for Chase Utley, to the point of writing him [[LoveLetter love letters]] (which he claims are platonic). "The Gang Gets Extreme: Home Makeover Edition" also reveals that he wants to impregnate Danica Patrick.
* CharacterDevelopment: Actually manages to accept his homosexuality for good in "Hero Or Hate Crime?". While coming to terms with being gay doesn't do anything to affect [[DirtyCoward his]] [[{{Jerkass}} horrible]] [[ManChild personality]], his insecurities about who he is are a defining part of his character, and so overcoming them, even if it's only slightly, is still a big step for him.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In earlier seasons, Mac is portrayed as straight (with a fetish for older women). In later seasons, he's a closeted, bigoted gay man. This is possibly an example of negative CharacterDevelopment: presumably, as Mac's attraction to men grows more pronounced and harder to deny, he becomes more [[TheFundamentalist reactionary and pseudo-religious]] in defense.
* ChurchgoingVillain: He's a member of the Gang but still regularly attends church.
* ComingOutStory: Over Seasons 11 & 12.
* CompetitionFreak: He finds opportunity for competition in the most ridiculous of things - e.g. proving that [[BlatantLies he is the least fond of smashing things up]] - and whenever he's excluded from said competition, he tries to foster rivalries between other members of the Gang, as seen in "The Gang Beats Boggs".
-->'''Mac''': Yeah. I need you to start a [=McGwire=]/Sosa-like rivalry with Dee.\\
'''Charlie''':"Look, I think you're getting, like, too worked up about this thing. Can we just drink the beer and hang out, you know?
* DesperatelyCravesAffection: As a result of growing up with an absentee father and an indifferent mother, Mac clamors for positive attention whenever he can get it.
* DependingOnTheWriter:
** While he's always presented as far, ''far'' less skilled of a fighter than he claims to be, the show switches between whether he is [[UnskilledButStrong physically pretty strong but lacking in any stamina or fighting ability]], or completely weak in every sense of the word. He can also range anywhere from showing explicit interest in women ([[NoAccountingForTaste and having no standards]]) to being in a TransparentCloset depending on what's funniest (this was dropped later on and he has officially been out of the closet since Season 12).
** Mac's intelligence is another attribute that is subject to variation. Some episodes depict Mac as being fairly crafty while others portray him as a hopeless ditz.
* DirtyCoward: Only Dennis can compare to him in terms of sheer cowardliness. In one instance, he decided to beat up Bruce Mathis but freaked out and bailed before confronting him; in another, he pushed Dee forward and ran away when threatened with a mugging.
* DoNotCallMePaul: Doesn't like being called by his real name, Ronald [=McDonald=].
* DumbMuscle: [[DependingOnTheWriter On the occasions where he actually is shown to have some strength]], he's still too dimwitted and unskilled to put it to much use.
* EatTheDog: Literally. After spending month [[SanitySlippage going insane]] from living in the suburbs and feeling like Dennis is neglecting his feelings, Mac spitefully allows their dog Dennis Jr. to starve to death and secretly feeds it to Dennis. When Mac reveals the truth, Dennis is appalled while Mac belts out an EvilLaugh far more terrifying than anything we've seen from him before.
* EatTheEvidence: He has eaten paper contracts in order to make them invalid. It hasn't always worked.
* EgocentricallyReligious: Only ever seems to remember that he's Catholic when he needs to rub it in his friends' faces. Otherwise, he's perfectly fine with completely going against the teachings of his religion. Likewise, whenever he prays it's always for fulfillment of his own selfish, ugly desires (typically in the form of asking for divine retribution against his so-called friends).
* EmbarrassingNickname:
** In high school, he was called Ronnie the Rat.
** When he joins TheMafia in "The Gang Gets Whacked", the gangsters take to calling him "Pussyhands".
%% * EpicFail: Mac thinks of himself and tough, strong, and a capable fighter, and he is none of these. Whenever his combat abilities are tested, the results are both pitiful and hilarious.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Mistreatment of mothers is one of the many things that set him off.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Mac is the only member of the Gang who is consistently openly affectionate with his parents. This is directly tied with his WellDoneSonGuy nature, as both Mrs. Mac and Luther generally respond to him with indifference or outright annoyance.
* EvenEvilHasStandards:
** He is typically the only one to protest a scheme that the Gang cooks up if it's too morally reprehensible and when he wants out, he sometimes just leaves and says "I'm washing my hands of the whole situation!" He normally comes back to their schemes after leaving, though.
** He finds Dennis's predilection towards DateRape disturbing, and once told Dennis and Dee off for their plan to go on welfare after their unemployment runs out.
-->'''Mac''': Welfare is for people who need it, like drug addicts and single mothers. It's not for over privileged pieces of shit who want to waste millions in taxpayer dollars.
* ExtremeDoormat: Not initially, but he does gradually become one over time. Mac was never as tough as he claims to be, although, to his credit, he was more assertive in the show's earlier seasons. Over time, however, Mac has become more meek and docile, namely towards those he craves approval from, like his father or Dennis. Compare his regular bickering and fighting with Dennis from the earlier episodes to his more submissive demeanor in the later ones. [[RealityEnsues Justified]] in that years of living with a man like [[ToxicFriendInfluence Dennis]] have gradually eroded Mac's self-esteem, making him less confident and more susceptible to Dennis's domineering ways.
* FakeBand: Chemical Toilet.
* FakingTheDead: "Mac and Charlie Die" Parts 1 and 2. [[spoiler: He and Charlie fake their death in order to escape from Mac's father, who they believe is trying to kill them.]]
* FatBastard: In Season 7, where he gains a rather grotesque amount of weight.
* FeigningIntelligence: Part of his [[OnTheRebound M.A.C. system]] involves posing as Dennis' approachable CuteBookworm roommate to lull women into running to him for comfort after Dennis inevitably breaks their hearts. If you've seen any episode of the series, you'd know he's anything but.
* {{Fetish}}: A recurring trend with Mac is his interest in various niche fetishes, such as older women and transexuals. The staff describes him as "spinning around, trying out different things, but inevitably ending up on a dick".
* FightingIrish: He is a very hot-blooded and confrontational Irish-American.
* {{Flanderization}}:
** While Mac's homoerotic obsession with muscles and Dennis was always a thing, it steadily increases across the series, to the point where he is outright confirmed to be [[TransparentCloset a closeted gay man]] in the later episodes and his repressed sexuality has become one of his defining character traits. Charlie lampshades this in "Time's Up For The Gang", where he struggles to define Mac's role in the group before settling on him being "just, like, our gay guy now".
** Similarly, Mac's DesperatelyCravesAffection side has steadily been played up more and more until, by the later seasons, he generally spends more time acting like a simpering puppy dog than he does playing up his usual pseudo-badass schtick.
* FreudianExcuse: His [[ParentalNeglect parents' neglect]] led him to constantly seek approval and attention in adulthood.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: He becomes this in "Mac Day" due to his repeated denial of who he really is. Later episodes show the Gang expressing more consistent frustration with him, to the point of openly stating that they hate him several times. Also hinted to be this in Season 1 before Dennis, Charlie, and Dee went through major {{Flanderization}}. Back then the Gang would never hesitate to point out what an asshole he was and people outside the Gang could never stand him.
* TheFundamentalist: More so as the series progresses. Dialed UpToEleven in "Mac Day", where he openly admits he's using his day to try and convert the rest of the group to his faith. He scales it back after finally coming out in Season 12.
* FunTShirt: Punny/funny T-shirts are a staple of his wardrobe.
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* GivenNameReveal: His full name goes unmentioned until "The High School Reunion, Part 1", which dramatically reveals it to be "Ronald [=McDonald=]".
* GlobalIgnorance: Apparently thinks Philadelphia and Detroit are states.
* GymBunny: Mac shows shades of this stereotype, e.g. his love of sports stems partly from his obsession with the male physique, and he only ever goes to the gym to ogle beefcakes and work on his glamour muscles.
* HairTriggerTemper: Intense, moody and aggressively passionate are some of the best traits to describe Mac and his case is a bit due to how violent and threatening he can be when he feels offended.
* HasAType: While he's not picky about who he has sex with (see AnythingThatMoves), he has consistently shown a preference for beefy hunks (making his attraction to unfit and waifish Dennis very ironic).
* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: When in the closet, Mac would vent his repressed homosexuality either with [[ArmoredClosetGay a sense of Catholic homophobia]] or would try and make his gay urges seem straight by roping his friends into it, such as when he tried making all his friends oil up body builders in "Mac Day" or insisting there be a shower scene (complete with an unnecessary ass-shot) in "The Gang Makes Lethal Weapon 6". After he officially comes out as gay in "Hero or Hate Crime?", he ends up [[InvertedTrope completely switching gears]] and frequently [[HaveIMentionedIAmGay bringing up his sexuality]] to justify things in his favor [[InsaneTrollLogic whether it actually makes sense or not]].
* HeavenSeeker: Much to the incredulity of his friends, Mac will occasionally refuse to participate in the Gang's schemes if he believes they compromise the likelihood of him getting into heaven (which, for him, is populated by hunky angels and a buff shirtless god). See RaisedCatholic, below. Played for ''extreme'' drama in "Mac Finds His Pride," when [[spoiler:Mac tries to communicate to his father the tension he feels between being gay and wanting to be accepted by God through a beautiful and genuinely moving contemporary dance routine, with a woman representing God as his partner.]]
* HeManWomanHater: While all the male members of the Gang are pretty misogynistic, Mac's the only one to explicitly state that he hates women. Out of the Gang, he also has the worst relationship with Dee. It's to the point that even Charlie of all people acknowledges that Mac has "really weird women issues".
* HeterosexualLifePartners:
** With Dennis, though "heterosexual" is debatable in this instance. The commentary for "Mac and Dennis Break Up" has the staff (perhaps jokingly) suggest that Mac and Dennis are possibly queer and in a pre-sexual romantic relationship that neither is completely conscious of.
** Mac plays the trope straighter (...ha ha) with Charlie, who he has known since childhood.
* HiddenDepths: He comes out to his father via an interpretive dance routine that's both technically impressive and genuinely moving. In general, there's an implication that most of what makes Mac a bad person is that he feels the need to obsessively live up to his ideal of masculinity and to look cool in front of the rest of the Gang.
* HighSchoolHustler: A negative example. He dealt weed in high school in a selfish bid to be popular, and ratted out his competition to clean up the market, earning him the nickname "Ronnie the Rat".
* HolierThanThou: Mac is prone to being very self-righteous, though he's definitely not a shining pillar morality.
* HotBlooded: He is quick to anger, and has a tendency to act first and think never (e.g. he offers to take a BloodOath and slices his hand before anybody actually agrees to it).
* {{Hypocrite}}: Mac considers himself to be a very devout Catholic but demonstrates a poor knowledge of the church's beliefs and rituals and lives by absolutely none of the church's teachings. Most notably, he joins an anti-abortion movement until he believes that he got a girl pregnant, then suggests that she get an abortion. Later on, he goes to confession with the intention of asking the priest to smite the rest of the Gang, even as the priest explains Mac is supposed to be repenting for his own sins.
* IAmBigBoned: In the seventh season, after putting on 50 lbs., he kept insisting that it was muscle, or that he was "cultivating mass", even after discovering he had become diabetic because of his weight gain. He finally admits that he is fat later in the season.
* IBangedYourMom: He sleeps with Dennis and Dee's mother, Barbara, in the appropriately titled "Mac Bangs Dennis' Mom". In Season 9, when Dennis jokes that Mac has never had an orgasm, Mac [[HairTriggerTemper immediately blows up]] and screams in Dennis' face: "I've had orgasms! I've had tons of orgasms! I’ve had one with your ''mom'', dude!"
* IJustWantToBeBadass: Mac possesses a desperate desire to emulate the tough-as-nails macho stars of the 80s action movies that he's obsessed with. Unfortunately for him, his DirtyCoward nature and lack of real strength makes that nothing but a distant dream.
* IJustWantToBeLoved: Along with his desire to be an ultra-badass, Mac is also deeply insecure about the possibility that his friends and parents don't care about him, and will pathetically do whatever he can to earn their affection. However, his actions tend to only lead to them disliking him even more.
* ImplausibleDeniability: Mac has a tendency of making ridiculous and blatantly false subconscious justifications for things about his life that he doesn't like (most commonly, his weakness, his cowardice, [[TransparentCloset his sexuality]] and his parents not caring about him).
* IncompatibleOrientation: He has a thing for Dennis, who is at least ostensibly straight and outright tells Mac that [[ShipSinking it's never going to happen]].
* IncrediblyObviousBug: When he and Charlie fake their own deaths, they hide in the air-vent during their joint funeral at Paddy's, talking at full volume. This alerts Dennis that they aren't actually dead.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Likes to hype himself up as an ultra-tough man's man, but is actually a deeply insecure person who constantly worries (and not without good reason) that his friends and family don't care about him.
* InsufferableImbecile: Despite his self-appointed position as the groups "Brains", Mac is an arrogant, HolierThanThou, misogynistic dimwit who desperately clings to a hopelessly untrue vision of himself as a respected badass and devout Catholic despite him barely understanding the religion and misinterpreting the bits he does know (it's usually Dennis, who is openly an Atheist, who corrects him). He likewise needs it spelled out to him why he shouldn't tell people in advance that he plans to manipulate them, or why he should keep quiet about important information, until after he's already done so.
* InstantExpert: Often believes himself to be this but he really, really isn't.
* IsThatCuteKidYours: After finding a baby in the dumpster behind Paddy's, Dee and Mac decide to raise it and put it into showbiz. When a passerby asks his name, Mac replies with D.B. -- which is short for Dumpster Baby.
* JerkassToOne: While Mac can be a pretty big jerk to the entire Gang, he’s generally at his most vicious towards Dee, and has no problems snapping at her and telling her to "shut the fuck up."
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While not as evident as [[TokenGoodTeammate Charlie]], Mac can come off as this occasionally. For example, underneath the overblown transphobia he seemed to genuinely have feelings for Carmen. Additionally, he has the best parental relationship out of the Gang (even if the affection is mostly one-sided), and multiple TheyReallyDoLoveEachOther moments with [[HeterosexualLifePartners Dennis]] and [[ChildhoodFriends Charlie]].
* TheKirk: Mac is temperamentally directly in between the mindlessly impulsive and aggressive Frank and Charlie and the rational-yet-calculating Dennis and Dee. It varies depending on the episode which one of these extremes he gravitates closer towards.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: With respect to religion, Mac likes to act like he's spiritually wise, but it's clear that most of his knowledge of faith is what he's gleaned from SmallReferencePools. He is utterly blindsided when Carmen's boyfriend manages to counter his attempts to cite the Bible to justify homophobia with a Biblical passage about beating slaves to death.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Mac tries to deliberately invoke this trope by dealing drugs, emulating his father's appearance and acting tough. Subverted in that Luther used to be a genuinely terrifying and capable criminal whereas Mac is a cowardly, incompetent small-time crook. See WellDoneSonGuy below. A later episode does reveal, however, that Luther is bisexual, further highlighting Mac's own repressed attraction to men.
* LikesOlderWomen: As a result of sleeping with Dennis and Dee's mother. He later tries to hook up with Barbara's sister ''at her husband's funeral''.
* LimitedWardrobe: Mac has been wearing the same black combat boots and blue Dickies chinos since Episode 1, with few exceptions beyond costumes. Rob [=McElhenney=] claims Mac only owns the one pair of pants, and that the wardrobe department has altered them for [=McElhenney=]'s various weight fluctuations.
* TheLoinsSleepTonight: By Season 10, he can't even get an erection while trying to have sex with a woman anymore, as Mac's current "fling", Dusty, reports in "The Gang Misses the Boat". Mac claims it's because she isn't hot enough, though [[TransparentCloset nobody's fooled]].
* LoveMartyr: Later seasons increasingly portray him as harboring romantic feelings for Dennis, who routinely abuses, belittles and demeans him.
* ManChild: While Dennis, Charlie, and Dee show shades of this as well, Mac is by '''far''' the biggest example. He's constantly doing childish stunts for his "Project Badass" videos, and notice how he acts anytime he shares the screen with his parents.
* ManlyGay: Played with. While Mac, who is attracted to men, has an obsession with the male physique and stereotypically masculine hobbies such as sports, extreme stunts and actions movies, his interest in these pursuits is distinctly framed as being the result of his extremely childish concept of manliness. So while he in reality isn't actually this trope at all, he very much ''wants'' to be.
* MartialArtsAndCrafts: Inserts arbitrary roundhouse kicks and karate chops into pretty much everything he does.
* MilesGloriosus: He brags about being a great martial artist. In reality, he's a DirtyCoward who knows nothing about fighting. He did block a punch from a black belt once, but only to get knocked out shortly afterward.
* MistakenForGay: Seen in the original pilot that was pitched to FX. (The scene didn't make it to the series proper, wherein he is, in fact, canonically gay).
* MistakenForMurderer: The episode "Mac is a Serial Killer." He's actually [[spoiler: banging Carmen the Transsexual. Again.]]
* MistakenForRacist: In "The Gang Gets Racist." Subverted as other episodes reveal him to have some pretty strong racist tendencies.
* MoodSwinger: In "The Gang Gets Analyzed.", Mac goes from angry ranting to depression to maniacal laughter in the space of about a minute at the beginning of his session. Lampshaded by the therapist, who asks him whether this is normal.
* MrExposition: Generally gets left with the duty of explaining the Gang's various rituals to Frank and the audience, as well as quickly informing the others of any events currently going on in Philly in order to get the plot rolling. Lampshaded in "Chardee Macdennis: The Game of Games".
* MrFanservice: Season 13 has him acquire an impressively chiseled physique, which is shown prominently in promotional ads for the season.
* MusclesAreMeaningful: In Season 13, his new muscular physique makes him strong enough to lift Dee up by the crotch one-handed.
* NeatFreak: Much like Dennis, he's very clean and organized where his living space is concerned. He even cleans [[ThePigpen Charlie's apartment]] when he moves in with him for an episode. He and fellow NeatFreak Dennis do, however, manage to trash Dee's apartment and the suburban home they buy to escape it.
* NeverMyFault: Whenever he fails to perform well in something he brags about, whether his fighting prowess, bouncer skills, religious knowledge or physical toughness, he always has an excuse. These range fron the light in his eyes to an undetected slope in the terrain, but often revolve around somehow being ''too'' strong, fast or smart to properly react to the problem. After coming out as gay, he blames his lack of a boyfriend on how "it's difficult out there."
* NoBisexuals: Despite showing overt interest in women in the first seven seasons, Mac is only ever described as being gay after his sexuality begins getting discussed in-universe. While the idea of the Gang simply being too ignorant to even consider the possibility of bisexuality is very plausible, Mac himself notably stops showing interest in women after this point. [[NoAccountingForTaste Given the kind of women he used to pursue]], however, it's not hard to imagine these were simply TheBeard.
* NoShirtLongJacket: Sports this look in "Make Paddy's Great Again" with his duster in order to show off his new physique.
* NotHelpingYourCase: Mac has a tendency to prove people right when they point out his character flaws. From "The Gang Dances Their Asses Off":
-->'''Frank:''' I put us all on a ranking system so you kids would care about your jobs.\\
'''Mac:''' What's my rank?\\
'''Frank:''' You're third.\\
'''Mac:''' What? Why am I third?\\
'''Frank:''' Too volatile.\\
'''Mac:''' '''''BULLSHIT!'''''
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: After finding out Dennis, his best friend, has been keeping letters from his incarcerated father from him (and ripping them up). Rather than become angry and trying to attack Dennis, like he normally would, Mac is totally quiet and sadly sits on the floor, despondent.
* OnlyOneName: Mac. Just Mac. It was believed to be his last name, because his parents are referred to as Mrs. Mac and Luther Mac to keep the gag going. But in "The Gang Cracks The Liberty Bell", in which Mac, Dennis and Charlie tell the story of The Gang's 1776 counterparts cracking the Liberty Bell, he is referred to as "[=MacDonald=]." "The High School Reunion" gives us the whole thing: Ronald [=McDonald=].
* OnlySaneByComparison: Despite his greed, overblown self-confidence, stupidity ''and'' cruelty, he can be the the OnlySaneMan at times. He's generally more rational and sensible than both Frank and Charlie while also being much less sociopathic and insensitive than Dennis and Dee, making him the closest thing the Gang has to a "regular guy" and allowing him to have a slightly greater amount of lucidity in certain situations. This is best shown during Dennis' infamous "implications" speech, which he reacts to with understated horror (compared to Dee, who is shown to not only approve of, but have her own variation of the scheme), and Charlie's assault on a mall Santa, where he attempts to restrain him. The last few episodes of Season 12 emphasize this in him.
* OralFixation: Has a habit of chewing/sucking on pens, probably as a manifestation of his repressed homosexuality. It gets so bad that Dennis has to keep all the pens in their apartment hidden.
* PaperTiger: To his credit, Mac ''is'' fairly impressively muscular, but Dennis claims that he only works out his "glamour muscles", meaning he only builds muscle to look good and is actually worthless physically. From what we see of Mac's athletic abilities, Dennis wasn't lying. Somewhat subverted in Season 13 in which he manages to lift up Dee by the crotch with one hand; however, despite his improved physical abilities, Mac is still a terrible fighter as in Season 14, Charlie manages to overwhelm him in a fight.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He's a homophobic fundamentalist. And he not only thinks {{Blackface}} can be done tastefully, but has done it himself. He has also referred to Italians as "dagos" at least twice onscreen, started going to a different church when his regular one become popular with Vietnamese people, and believes that Mark Zuckerberg "and his Jews" are involved in a conspiracy to topple various governments. He appears to have loosened up his homophobia considerably following the events of "The Gang Goes to Hell", to the point of not only calling Frank out for using homophobic hate speech against him, but being able to eloquently and effectively explain why the slur that Frank used should be considered as hate speech during the events of "Hero or Hate Crime?". At the end of that same episode, he finally accepts himself as gay, seemingly removing his homophobia entirely in the process.
* ProgressivelyPrettier:
** Inverted in Season 7, where he suddenly gains 60 pounds and becomes a lot less good looking. Rob [=McElhenney=] was actually really annoyed at the trend of ProgressivelyPrettier in television, especially for actors that play characters that would have no access to (blatantly obvious) plastic surgery or personal trainers, so he put on a ton of weight just to mock the practice.
** Played straight in Season 13, where he goes in the opposite direction and develops an extremely well-sculpted physique and becomes even more muscular than he ever had been previously. Rob [=McElhenney=] did this as another, more on-the-nose parody of this trope, noting the absurd number of male characters on television that possess perfectly chiseled abs, even when there is no logical reason for them to, for the sake of being able to do [[ShirtlessScene Shirtless Scenes]].
* PuppyDogEyes: One of his signature looks, which he flashes whenever he wants to get his way or is feeling sympathetic or confused.
* RagingStiffie: A recurring problem for Mac, who gets easily aroused when in close proximity to beefcakes.
* RaisedCatholic: PlayedForLaughs since he only remembers his Catholic faith when he wants to complain or to criticize other people.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: The only member of the Gang to be deservedly and accurately called out by the others on a regular basis. His constant fibbing and bragging tend to get on everyone's nerves pretty quickly.
-->'''Charlie''': Learn how to kick. Take ''one'' karate class, if you're so into karate!"
* RedOniBlueOni: The Red Oni to Dennis' Blue, though it's played with a bit. Mac is quick to get angry and resort to violence, but also tends to be one of the more reasonable and level-headed members of the group in times of crisis.
* ReligiousBruiser: Mac believes himself to be this. In reality, he's incredibly weak-willed and cowardly and is only ever particularly religious when it immediately benefits him.
* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: He vocalizes his kicks and punches to make himself look more badass.
* {{Schemer}}: When he was younger, he was a drug dealer in high school and ratted on all the other dealers to free up the market and he also created The M.A.C. system for seducing Dennis' castoffs: Move-in After Completion.
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Whenever he's really, ''really'' happy, he emits loud, high-pitched squeals of delight more befitting a five-year-old (best demonstrated in "A Very Sunny Christmas" when he's psyched about the Christmas gifts).
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Played with in his dynamic with Dennis. While Mac is obsessed with stereotypically "manly" pursuits such as body building, extreme stunts and martial arts, he's distinctly the more emotionally-vulnerable and submissive half of the duo.
* SerialRapist: It's stated early on that he took part in sexually assaulting Cricket during the Gang's teen years (where they would hunt him down and tea-bag him), which he outright points out is rape when Dennis performs it on him during his sleep, and he's actively assisted Dennis in his predatory pursuit of women (and would then "'''M'''ove-in '''A'''fter '''C'''ompletion", as he put it). He's not ''quite'' as much a monster as Dennis, though, as he's actively disturbed by Dennis' more extreme and explicit sexual assaults/harassment, but he's still so much a predator that his problematic behaviour was outlined in "Time's Up for the Gang".
* SevenDeadlySins: Pride and Gluttony.
** Pride: As a means of detracting from his homosexuality, Mac overcompensates by trying to make himself seem more badass than he really is. On multiple occasions he tries to make himself seem impressive and badass, building up his glamour muscles instead of physically useful muscles, trying to do martial arts moves that he does not know how to use and [[CompetitionFreak trying to turn everything into a competition that he himself thinks he could win]], only for his attempts at accomplishing them to fall flat and make him look like a weak loser.
** Gluttony: In Season 7, Mac gains 50 pounds, becoming gluttonous to the point of carrying an entire trash bag of chimichangas everywhere he goes. This was meant to be a DeconstructiveParody of sitcom characters never seeming to age or change over years of the show’s timeline.
* SlapSlapKiss: {{Invoked}} in "The Gang Tries Desperately to Win an Award", where Dennis forces him and Dee to have this dynamic to draw in customers a la [[{{Series/Cheers}} Sam and Diane]]. Unfortunately, rather than flirty sexual tension, Mac and Dee's tension is much more aggressive, violent and founded on mutual hatred rather than any sort of attraction.
* SleevesAreForWimps: Mac usually wears sleeveless t-shirts in order to appear more badass and show off his tats, and even makes the rest of the Gang do the same when they have to all listen to him for the day in "Mac Day".
* SmartBall: Easily the biggest victim of this. Depending on the episode, his intelligence can vary wildly from being [[OnlySaneMan the most rational member of the Gang]] to [[TooDumbToLive even dumber than Charlie]].
* SmugSnake: Mac is a self-righteous narcissist with an overinflated ego and delusions of grandeur and this obnoxious behavior often makes him disrespected by the rest of The Gang which is full of Smug Snakes like Dennis and Dee.
* STDImmunity: Averted. Mac never uses condoms during sex due to his Catholic beliefs, and accumulates diseases as a result.
-->'''Frank:''' Mac, you're too low-class. All those women are going to think they will catch something from you.
-->'''Mac:''' ''(happily)'' They will.
* StickyFingers: He often instinctively steals things he doesn't actually need (e.g. trying to pocket an ashtray in "The Gang Goes on Family Fight" despite having given up smoking by that time).
* TheStoolPigeon: Mac was a drug dealer in high school, and would clear the market of other drug dealers by snitching on the competition. This earned him the unfortunate nickname of "Ronnie the Rat".
* StoutStrength: This varies in Season 7 when he puts on 50 pounds.
* StraightGay: Played with. While Mac doesn't ever display any stereotypically camp behavior, his uncanny ability to constantly spout out homoerotic innuendo still makes his attraction to men obvious. After finally coming out, he expresses pride in the fact that he shows no outward signs of his homosexuality, and gets angry when Dennis implies otherwise. Downplayed in Season 14, when he starts to act more effeminate, though still not enough to qualify as CampGay either.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Later seasons have him slicking his hair back, making him resemble Luther more closely.
* TattooedCrook: He has a number of "tribal" tattoos on his arms which he likes to show off. Subverted, of course, in that Mac's not the hardened criminal he pretends to be (although much like the rest of the Gang he ''has'' done a lot of illegal things).
* TeenyWeenie: Dee and Charlie joke about him having one after he brags about "hanging dong" on the trolley in "Thunder Gun Express".
-->'''Dee:''' Looked like a button in a fur coat.
-->'''Charlie:''' It was more of a ding than a dong, really.
* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: Frequently greets the Gang with "What's up, bitches?!"
* ThrowTheDogABone: As Mac has become more of a ButtMonkey in later seasons, the show occasionally makes an effort to be nice to him:
** Downplayed in "Hero or Hate Crime?", when he finally comes out for good and the rest of the Gang is actually supportive. Of course, they all still hate him, but they decide to let him have this small victory and not ruin the moment for him until the next day.
** In "Mac Finds His Pride", he actually manages to impress Frank and a large group of prisoners with his dance performance. The episode treating Mac's feelings seriously is also throwing the dog a bone in and of itself, since his religion and sexuality had both been treated as punchlines up to that point.
* TokenReligiousTeammate: The only member of the Gang to profess any kind of religious faith.
* TooDumbToLive: He tells a mob boss's wife that he won't sleep with her because she's gross in "The Gang Gets Whacked".
* TookALevelInKindness: He's still violent, short-tempered and misogynistic, but he's ''slightly'' less of a jerk in the later seasons, especially after he comes to terms with his sexuality and tones down his TheFundamentalist tendencies accordingly. This is particularly notable due to it being the only instance of positive character growth in the series.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Blue Gatorade and Mac's Famous Mac and Cheese.
* TransparentCloset: By Season 9, Mac's sexuality is obvious to the rest of the Gang, even though he himself is still in denial. No longer the case as of Season 12's "Hero Or Hate Crime?", where Mac finally accepts his homosexuality for good, but he still insists that he [[HereWeGoAgain showed no outward signs of homosexuality before he came out.]]
-->'''Charlie''': I know we've never said this as a group, but Mac's gay, right?
-->''(the rest of the Gang agrees)''
* UnderdressedForTheOccasion: His idea of formalwear is a tie over a polo shirt. The occasions where he ''does'' dress up almost always have him ridiculously overdressed.
* UnfortunateName: Ronald [=McDonald=]. And his nickname was Ronnie the Rat for narcing on drug dealers in high school.
* VerbalTic: Tends to pepper his sentences with the word "bro" frequently.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Mac, still stuck on adolescence, desperately seeks the approval of his creepy wayward father Luther. While Luther is in prison, Mac tries unsuccessfully to show him that he's "hard." When Luther first gets out of prison, Mac becomes emotionally invested in getting his parents back together, sputtering, "This is about happy boys!" He even tries to bond with his father by driving him to the houses of everybody who was responsible for getting him convicted. In the end of "Mac & Charlie Die Part II," Luther leaves a note telling Mac that he still loves him, even though Mac has driven him away with his constant screw-ups.
* WhatTheFuAreYouDoing: On the occasions where he shows off his martial arts skills it becomes painfully obvious that he has none. He also consistently uses the term "roundhouse kick" to describe what's closer to a leaping version of a Taekwondo-style spinning hook kick. An actual roundhouse kick involves no spinning or jumping whatsoever.
* WimpFight: Frequently, given all the above tropes, but a highlight would be his "fight" with Charlie in "Frank Retires." Said "fight" consisted of Charlie going limp and Mac strangling himself into unconsciousness.
* WouldHitAGirl: Has no problems elbowing Dee in the face or punching her in the crotch.
* WouldHurtAChild: Definitely. After all, they can't really fight back that well, unlike their parents.
* YesMan: Mac can be a real sycophant who's desperate for approval and serves as a BumblingSidekick to both Dennis and Frank. Frank even calls him a follower.
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/RobMcElhenney
!!!'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS01E01TheGangGetsRacist The Gang Gets Racist]]"
->''"The streets are flooded with the ejaculate of the homeless, and you people are counting on the police?"''
One of the co-owners of Paddy's Pub and its self-proclaimed head of security. He is Charlie's [[ChildhoodFriends childhood friend]], and Dennis' high school friend and later roommate. The son of a convicted felon, Mac is frequently trying to demonstrate his toughness and refers to himself as the "sheriff of Paddy's". He also often brags about his hand-to-hand combat skills, although he typically flees any type of physical confrontation.
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* AlliterativeName:
** Calls himself "Vic Vinegar" whenever he needs a pseudonym. Also, he's referred to as Ronald Reynolds in "The Gang Goes on Family Fight".
** His EmbarrassingNickname in high school was Ronnie the Rat.
* AmbiguousDisorder: In various episodes, Mac shows symptoms of Histrionic Personality Disorder; his rapidly shifting (and incredibly passionate) [[MoodSwinger mood-swings]], his tendency to attract everyone's attention, his gullibility, his lack of impulse control, his obsession with his appearance (maintaining his glamour muscles and false action-hero persona) and pathological lust for the approval of others (from Dennis and his dad especially). A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaIZ9EPrrQE real-life therapist even brings it up]] when observing "The Gang Gets Analyzed".
* AmbiguouslyGay:
** In earlier seasons (1-7), Mac regularly sleeps with women, but it's hinted that he's into men as well. He gushes over the male physique (particularly that of Chase Utley), enjoys a homoerotic friendship with Dennis, and while dating a pre-op MTF transgender woman (twice!) says that her penis makes him feel weird things.
** Later seasons throw the ambiguity out of the window, with Mac losing whatever attraction he felt toward the opposite sex: he gets aroused only by dudes, actively seeks situations where he can feel up beefcakes, fantasizes about a Heaven filled with sexy shirtless guy angels, and tries to kiss Dennis on two separate occasions. The creators have confirmed that Mac is, indeed, queer, and from Season 8 onwards he is firmly in ArmouredClosetGay territory (see below).
** As of Season 12, Mac no longer hides his sexuality.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: He abruptly confesses his love to Dennis when the Gang is held hostage by the [=McPoyles=]. The admission goes unreciprocated and is never mentioned again.
* AnythingThatMoves: Had sex with Margaret [=McPoyle=], a woman he's openly disgusted by, simply because she offered. In general, during the early seasons, if Mac has the option of having sex with something, he'll have sex with it. This is probably due to him being a closeted gay man; he was so adamant about proving his non-existent heterosexuality that he was willing to have sex with any woman who would accept him, regardless.
* ArmouredClosetGay: He tries to cover up his attraction towards men by being a HeteronormativeCrusader, up until finally admitting he's gay in the Season 11 finale... only to backpedal on it and claim that he's been "cured of it" at the very end. As of mid-Season 12, he's finally out for good, but even then he remains adamant that there were no hints he was gay prior to him admitting it.
** In "Mac Fights Gay Marriage," Mac uses homophobia as an excuse to be jealous that some guy married Carmen, a transgender woman. It is repeatedly pointed out that Mac had sex with Carmen back when she still had a penis, so his objections make even ''less'' sense.
** In "Mac Day", he apparently spent 5 hours lecturing the Gang about the evils of homosexuality (and at one point claimed that AIDS is God's punishment for gays). Everyone else just points out the [[RagingStiffie incredibly blatant boner]] he had the entire time. Later in the episode, he has himself and the Gang grease up male bodybuilders, during which the Gang notes he has a boner again.
* ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: A retroactive example. In "Charlie Got Molested" he's genuinely offended when he hears that the [=McPoyle=] Brothers and Charlie were molested by their elementary school gym teacher but he wasn't, seeing himself as being much more attractive than them.
* AuthorAppeal: The movie that he writes in "The Gang Makes Lethal Weapon 6" is so rife with homoerotic undertones that it gets confused for gay porn.
* BackFromTheDead: After Mac, Charlie and Dee fake their own deaths, they hide in the office of Paddy's. When Frank and Dennis come in, they run out -- carrying sparklers -- and Sweet Dee yells "Surprise, bitches! We're alive and it's blowing your MINDS right now!"
* BadassBeard: Considering he's in a perpetual state of trying to be a badass, this is most likely why he has a beard.
* BadassLongcoat: "It's not a jacket, it's a duster. It's like a jacket, only it's longer, thicker, and far more badass. I look like Lorenzo Lamas, and women find it irresistible." Subverted though, in that Mac is anything but a badass.
* BeardOfEvil: Has a beard and is a prejudiced ass.
* BerserkButton: He has many, usually relating to insults directed at him or his mother. A good example is when Dee says that Mac is "covered in stupid tattoos and has a cigarette for a mother", at which point Mac begins strangling her.
* BigEater: To the point of gaining a significant amount of weight in Season 7.
* TheBigGuy: Seems to think that he's this, what with his constant claims of being the sheriff of Paddy's, but everyone else is all too aware that he's anything but. In the episode where his role in the FiveManBand is determined, he fights for the position of "The Muscle" before settling on "[[TheSmartGuy The Brain]]", while in reality he's more or less TheLancer.
* BlatantLies: In "The Gang Misses the Boat", Mac hooks up with an attractive woman named Dusty (she's, in her own words, "super into angel dust") and spends multiple scenes with her in private. Towards the end of the episode, Dennis storms into Paddy's back office, from where everyone can hear Mac and Dusty having sex... except when he opens the door, Mac and Dusty are simply reading magazines while making sex noises.
-->'''Dennis:''' ''[barges through door]'' ... what the hell's going on in here? What is this?\\
'''Mac:''' Oh... we totally just banged or whatever.\\
'''Dennis:''' You're fully clothed, Mac! Have you been pretending to bang this chick the entire time?\\
'''Mac:''' ... no.\\
'''Dusty:''' [[TheLoinsSleepTonight He can't even get it up with me]].
* BoisterousWeakling: Mac's always eager to fight, but in the instances where he doesn't simply [[DirtyCoward run away]], his fights are always [[CurbstompBattle Curbstomp Battles]] in his opponent's favor. At one point he knocks ''himself'' unconscious when trying to remove Charlie from the bar.
** Of course, he eventually delivers one himself. Albeit on [[WouldHurtAChild a bunch of kids]], and with Charlie's help.
* {{Bouncer}}: His self-appointed position at Paddy's Pub, though he [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything rarely attempts to ever do anything relating to it]] and proves to be utterly incompetent at it during the few times when he does. When he tries to throw Charlie out as a demonstration of his skill he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuCcJfiIzbc fails miserably and somehow manages to choke ''himself'' out]].
* ButtMonkey: The later seasons play up his patheticness and self-delusion to such extremes that [[LampshadeHanging even the other characters begin to discuss what a loser he is]], often [[ImStandingRightHere directly in front of him]]. It has reached a point where he now regularly contends with Dee for the spot of TheFriendNoOneLikes, a title that she held uncontested for most of the show's run.
* {{Catchphrase}}:
** "What's up, bitches?"
** Many episodes start with Mac entering the bar and saying "Guys, I've got news!" or a variation thereof.
* CelebCrush: Has a thing for Chase Utley, to the point of writing him [[LoveLetter love letters]] (which he claims are platonic). "The Gang Gets Extreme: Home Makeover Edition" also reveals that he wants to impregnate Danica Patrick.
* CharacterDevelopment: Actually manages to accept his homosexuality for good in "Hero Or Hate Crime?". While coming to terms with being gay doesn't do anything to affect [[DirtyCoward his]] [[{{Jerkass}} horrible]] [[ManChild personality]], his insecurities about who he is are a defining part of his character, and so overcoming them, even if it's only slightly, is still a big step for him.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In earlier seasons, Mac is portrayed as straight (with a fetish for older women). In later seasons, he's a closeted, bigoted gay man. This is possibly an example of negative CharacterDevelopment: presumably, as Mac's attraction to men grows more pronounced and harder to deny, he becomes more [[TheFundamentalist reactionary and pseudo-religious]] in defense.
* ChurchgoingVillain: He's a member of the Gang but still regularly attends church.
* ComingOutStory: Over Seasons 11 & 12.
* CompetitionFreak: He finds opportunity for competition in the most ridiculous of things - e.g. proving that [[BlatantLies he is the least fond of smashing things up]] - and whenever he's excluded from said competition, he tries to foster rivalries between other members of the Gang, as seen in "The Gang Beats Boggs".
-->'''Mac''': Yeah. I need you to start a [=McGwire=]/Sosa-like rivalry with Dee.\\
'''Charlie''':"Look, I think you're getting, like, too worked up about this thing. Can we just drink the beer and hang out, you know?
* DesperatelyCravesAffection: As a result of growing up with an absentee father and an indifferent mother, Mac clamors for positive attention whenever he can get it.
* DependingOnTheWriter:
** While he's always presented as far, ''far'' less skilled of a fighter than he claims to be, the show switches between whether he is [[UnskilledButStrong physically pretty strong but lacking in any stamina or fighting ability]], or completely weak in every sense of the word. He can also range anywhere from showing explicit interest in women ([[NoAccountingForTaste and having no standards]]) to being in a TransparentCloset depending on what's funniest (this was dropped later on and he has officially been out of the closet since Season 12).
** Mac's intelligence is another attribute that is subject to variation. Some episodes depict Mac as being fairly crafty while others portray him as a hopeless ditz.
* DirtyCoward: Only Dennis can compare to him in terms of sheer cowardliness. In one instance, he decided to beat up Bruce Mathis but freaked out and bailed before confronting him; in another, he pushed Dee forward and ran away when threatened with a mugging.
* DoNotCallMePaul: Doesn't like being called by his real name, Ronald [=McDonald=].
* DumbMuscle: [[DependingOnTheWriter On the occasions where he actually is shown to have some strength]], he's still too dimwitted and unskilled to put it to much use.
* EatTheDog: Literally. After spending month [[SanitySlippage going insane]] from living in the suburbs and feeling like Dennis is neglecting his feelings, Mac spitefully allows their dog Dennis Jr. to starve to death and secretly feeds it to Dennis. When Mac reveals the truth, Dennis is appalled while Mac belts out an EvilLaugh far more terrifying than anything we've seen from him before.
* EatTheEvidence: He has eaten paper contracts in order to make them invalid. It hasn't always worked.
* EgocentricallyReligious: Only ever seems to remember that he's Catholic when he needs to rub it in his friends' faces. Otherwise, he's perfectly fine with completely going against the teachings of his religion. Likewise, whenever he prays it's always for fulfillment of his own selfish, ugly desires (typically in the form of asking for divine retribution against his so-called friends).
* EmbarrassingNickname:
** In high school, he was called Ronnie the Rat.
** When he joins TheMafia in "The Gang Gets Whacked", the gangsters take to calling him "Pussyhands".
%% * EpicFail: Mac thinks of himself and tough, strong, and a capable fighter, and he is none of these. Whenever his combat abilities are tested, the results are both pitiful and hilarious.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Mistreatment of mothers is one of the many things that set him off.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Mac is the only member of the Gang who is consistently openly affectionate with his parents. This is directly tied with his WellDoneSonGuy nature, as both Mrs. Mac and Luther generally respond to him with indifference or outright annoyance.
* EvenEvilHasStandards:
** He is typically the only one to protest a scheme that the Gang cooks up if it's too morally reprehensible and when he wants out, he sometimes just leaves and says "I'm washing my hands of the whole situation!" He normally comes back to their schemes after leaving, though.
** He finds Dennis's predilection towards DateRape disturbing, and once told Dennis and Dee off for their plan to go on welfare after their unemployment runs out.
-->'''Mac''': Welfare is for people who need it, like drug addicts and single mothers. It's not for over privileged pieces of shit who want to waste millions in taxpayer dollars.
* ExtremeDoormat: Not initially, but he does gradually become one over time. Mac was never as tough as he claims to be, although, to his credit, he was more assertive in the show's earlier seasons. Over time, however, Mac has become more meek and docile, namely towards those he craves approval from, like his father or Dennis. Compare his regular bickering and fighting with Dennis from the earlier episodes to his more submissive demeanor in the later ones. [[RealityEnsues Justified]] in that years of living with a man like [[ToxicFriendInfluence Dennis]] have gradually eroded Mac's self-esteem, making him less confident and more susceptible to Dennis's domineering ways.
* FakeBand: Chemical Toilet.
* FakingTheDead: "Mac and Charlie Die" Parts 1 and 2. [[spoiler: He and Charlie fake their death in order to escape from Mac's father, who they believe is trying to kill them.]]
* FatBastard: In Season 7, where he gains a rather grotesque amount of weight.
* FeigningIntelligence: Part of his [[OnTheRebound M.A.C. system]] involves posing as Dennis' approachable CuteBookworm roommate to lull women into running to him for comfort after Dennis inevitably breaks their hearts. If you've seen any episode of the series, you'd know he's anything but.
* {{Fetish}}: A recurring trend with Mac is his interest in various niche fetishes, such as older women and transexuals. The staff describes him as "spinning around, trying out different things, but inevitably ending up on a dick".
* FightingIrish: He is a very hot-blooded and confrontational Irish-American.
* {{Flanderization}}:
** While Mac's homoerotic obsession with muscles and Dennis was always a thing, it steadily increases across the series, to the point where he is outright confirmed to be [[TransparentCloset a closeted gay man]] in the later episodes and his repressed sexuality has become one of his defining character traits. Charlie lampshades this in "Time's Up For The Gang", where he struggles to define Mac's role in the group before settling on him being "just, like, our gay guy now".
** Similarly, Mac's DesperatelyCravesAffection side has steadily been played up more and more until, by the later seasons, he generally spends more time acting like a simpering puppy dog than he does playing up his usual pseudo-badass schtick.
* FreudianExcuse: His [[ParentalNeglect parents' neglect]] led him to constantly seek approval and attention in adulthood.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: He becomes this in "Mac Day" due to his repeated denial of who he really is. Later episodes show the Gang expressing more consistent frustration with him, to the point of openly stating that they hate him several times. Also hinted to be this in Season 1 before Dennis, Charlie, and Dee went through major {{Flanderization}}. Back then the Gang would never hesitate to point out what an asshole he was and people outside the Gang could never stand him.
* TheFundamentalist: More so as the series progresses. Dialed UpToEleven in "Mac Day", where he openly admits he's using his day to try and convert the rest of the group to his faith. He scales it back after finally coming out in Season 12.
* FunTShirt: Punny/funny T-shirts are a staple of his wardrobe.
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* GivenNameReveal: His full name goes unmentioned until "The High School Reunion, Part 1", which dramatically reveals it to be "Ronald [=McDonald=]".
* GlobalIgnorance: Apparently thinks Philadelphia and Detroit are states.
* GymBunny: Mac shows shades of this stereotype, e.g. his love of sports stems partly from his obsession with the male physique, and he only ever goes to the gym to ogle beefcakes and work on his glamour muscles.
* HairTriggerTemper: Intense, moody and aggressively passionate are some of the best traits to describe Mac and his case is a bit due to how violent and threatening he can be when he feels offended.
* HasAType: While he's not picky about who he has sex with (see AnythingThatMoves), he has consistently shown a preference for beefy hunks (making his attraction to unfit and waifish Dennis very ironic).
* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: When in the closet, Mac would vent his repressed homosexuality either with [[ArmoredClosetGay a sense of Catholic homophobia]] or would try and make his gay urges seem straight by roping his friends into it, such as when he tried making all his friends oil up body builders in "Mac Day" or insisting there be a shower scene (complete with an unnecessary ass-shot) in "The Gang Makes Lethal Weapon 6". After he officially comes out as gay in "Hero or Hate Crime?", he ends up [[InvertedTrope completely switching gears]] and frequently [[HaveIMentionedIAmGay bringing up his sexuality]] to justify things in his favor [[InsaneTrollLogic whether it actually makes sense or not]].
* HeavenSeeker: Much to the incredulity of his friends, Mac will occasionally refuse to participate in the Gang's schemes if he believes they compromise the likelihood of him getting into heaven (which, for him, is populated by hunky angels and a buff shirtless god). See RaisedCatholic, below. Played for ''extreme'' drama in "Mac Finds His Pride," when [[spoiler:Mac tries to communicate to his father the tension he feels between being gay and wanting to be accepted by God through a beautiful and genuinely moving contemporary dance routine, with a woman representing God as his partner.]]
* HeManWomanHater: While all the male members of the Gang are pretty misogynistic, Mac's the only one to explicitly state that he hates women. Out of the Gang, he also has the worst relationship with Dee. It's to the point that even Charlie of all people acknowledges that Mac has "really weird women issues".
* HeterosexualLifePartners:
** With Dennis, though "heterosexual" is debatable in this instance. The commentary for "Mac and Dennis Break Up" has the staff (perhaps jokingly) suggest that Mac and Dennis are possibly queer and in a pre-sexual romantic relationship that neither is completely conscious of.
** Mac plays the trope straighter (...ha ha) with Charlie, who he has known since childhood.
* HiddenDepths: He comes out to his father via an interpretive dance routine that's both technically impressive and genuinely moving. In general, there's an implication that most of what makes Mac a bad person is that he feels the need to obsessively live up to his ideal of masculinity and to look cool in front of the rest of the Gang.
* HighSchoolHustler: A negative example. He dealt weed in high school in a selfish bid to be popular, and ratted out his competition to clean up the market, earning him the nickname "Ronnie the Rat".
* HolierThanThou: Mac is prone to being very self-righteous, though he's definitely not a shining pillar morality.
* HotBlooded: He is quick to anger, and has a tendency to act first and think never (e.g. he offers to take a BloodOath and slices his hand before anybody actually agrees to it).
* {{Hypocrite}}: Mac considers himself to be a very devout Catholic but demonstrates a poor knowledge of the church's beliefs and rituals and lives by absolutely none of the church's teachings. Most notably, he joins an anti-abortion movement until he believes that he got a girl pregnant, then suggests that she get an abortion. Later on, he goes to confession with the intention of asking the priest to smite the rest of the Gang, even as the priest explains Mac is supposed to be repenting for his own sins.
* IAmBigBoned: In the seventh season, after putting on 50 lbs., he kept insisting that it was muscle, or that he was "cultivating mass", even after discovering he had become diabetic because of his weight gain. He finally admits that he is fat later in the season.
* IBangedYourMom: He sleeps with Dennis and Dee's mother, Barbara, in the appropriately titled "Mac Bangs Dennis' Mom". In Season 9, when Dennis jokes that Mac has never had an orgasm, Mac [[HairTriggerTemper immediately blows up]] and screams in Dennis' face: "I've had orgasms! I've had tons of orgasms! I’ve had one with your ''mom'', dude!"
* IJustWantToBeBadass: Mac possesses a desperate desire to emulate the tough-as-nails macho stars of the 80s action movies that he's obsessed with. Unfortunately for him, his DirtyCoward nature and lack of real strength makes that nothing but a distant dream.
* IJustWantToBeLoved: Along with his desire to be an ultra-badass, Mac is also deeply insecure about the possibility that his friends and parents don't care about him, and will pathetically do whatever he can to earn their affection. However, his actions tend to only lead to them disliking him even more.
* ImplausibleDeniability: Mac has a tendency of making ridiculous and blatantly false subconscious justifications for things about his life that he doesn't like (most commonly, his weakness, his cowardice, [[TransparentCloset his sexuality]] and his parents not caring about him).
* IncompatibleOrientation: He has a thing for Dennis, who is at least ostensibly straight and outright tells Mac that [[ShipSinking it's never going to happen]].
* IncrediblyObviousBug: When he and Charlie fake their own deaths, they hide in the air-vent during their joint funeral at Paddy's, talking at full volume. This alerts Dennis that they aren't actually dead.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Likes to hype himself up as an ultra-tough man's man, but is actually a deeply insecure person who constantly worries (and not without good reason) that his friends and family don't care about him.
* InsufferableImbecile: Despite his self-appointed position as the groups "Brains", Mac is an arrogant, HolierThanThou, misogynistic dimwit who desperately clings to a hopelessly untrue vision of himself as a respected badass and devout Catholic despite him barely understanding the religion and misinterpreting the bits he does know (it's usually Dennis, who is openly an Atheist, who corrects him). He likewise needs it spelled out to him why he shouldn't tell people in advance that he plans to manipulate them, or why he should keep quiet about important information, until after he's already done so.
* InstantExpert: Often believes himself to be this but he really, really isn't.
* IsThatCuteKidYours: After finding a baby in the dumpster behind Paddy's, Dee and Mac decide to raise it and put it into showbiz. When a passerby asks his name, Mac replies with D.B. -- which is short for Dumpster Baby.
* JerkassToOne: While Mac can be a pretty big jerk to the entire Gang, he’s generally at his most vicious towards Dee, and has no problems snapping at her and telling her to "shut the fuck up."
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While not as evident as [[TokenGoodTeammate Charlie]], Mac can come off as this occasionally. For example, underneath the overblown transphobia he seemed to genuinely have feelings for Carmen. Additionally, he has the best parental relationship out of the Gang (even if the affection is mostly one-sided), and multiple TheyReallyDoLoveEachOther moments with [[HeterosexualLifePartners Dennis]] and [[ChildhoodFriends Charlie]].
* TheKirk: Mac is temperamentally directly in between the mindlessly impulsive and aggressive Frank and Charlie and the rational-yet-calculating Dennis and Dee. It varies depending on the episode which one of these extremes he gravitates closer towards.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: With respect to religion, Mac likes to act like he's spiritually wise, but it's clear that most of his knowledge of faith is what he's gleaned from SmallReferencePools. He is utterly blindsided when Carmen's boyfriend manages to counter his attempts to cite the Bible to justify homophobia with a Biblical passage about beating slaves to death.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Mac tries to deliberately invoke this trope by dealing drugs, emulating his father's appearance and acting tough. Subverted in that Luther used to be a genuinely terrifying and capable criminal whereas Mac is a cowardly, incompetent small-time crook. See WellDoneSonGuy below. A later episode does reveal, however, that Luther is bisexual, further highlighting Mac's own repressed attraction to men.
* LikesOlderWomen: As a result of sleeping with Dennis and Dee's mother. He later tries to hook up with Barbara's sister ''at her husband's funeral''.
* LimitedWardrobe: Mac has been wearing the same black combat boots and blue Dickies chinos since Episode 1, with few exceptions beyond costumes. Rob [=McElhenney=] claims Mac only owns the one pair of pants, and that the wardrobe department has altered them for [=McElhenney=]'s various weight fluctuations.
* TheLoinsSleepTonight: By Season 10, he can't even get an erection while trying to have sex with a woman anymore, as Mac's current "fling", Dusty, reports in "The Gang Misses the Boat". Mac claims it's because she isn't hot enough, though [[TransparentCloset nobody's fooled]].
* LoveMartyr: Later seasons increasingly portray him as harboring romantic feelings for Dennis, who routinely abuses, belittles and demeans him.
* ManChild: While Dennis, Charlie, and Dee show shades of this as well, Mac is by '''far''' the biggest example. He's constantly doing childish stunts for his "Project Badass" videos, and notice how he acts anytime he shares the screen with his parents.
* ManlyGay: Played with. While Mac, who is attracted to men, has an obsession with the male physique and stereotypically masculine hobbies such as sports, extreme stunts and actions movies, his interest in these pursuits is distinctly framed as being the result of his extremely childish concept of manliness. So while he in reality isn't actually this trope at all, he very much ''wants'' to be.
* MartialArtsAndCrafts: Inserts arbitrary roundhouse kicks and karate chops into pretty much everything he does.
* MilesGloriosus: He brags about being a great martial artist. In reality, he's a DirtyCoward who knows nothing about fighting. He did block a punch from a black belt once, but only to get knocked out shortly afterward.
* MistakenForGay: Seen in the original pilot that was pitched to FX. (The scene didn't make it to the series proper, wherein he is, in fact, canonically gay).
* MistakenForMurderer: The episode "Mac is a Serial Killer." He's actually [[spoiler: banging Carmen the Transsexual. Again.]]
* MistakenForRacist: In "The Gang Gets Racist." Subverted as other episodes reveal him to have some pretty strong racist tendencies.
* MoodSwinger: In "The Gang Gets Analyzed.", Mac goes from angry ranting to depression to maniacal laughter in the space of about a minute at the beginning of his session. Lampshaded by the therapist, who asks him whether this is normal.
* MrExposition: Generally gets left with the duty of explaining the Gang's various rituals to Frank and the audience, as well as quickly informing the others of any events currently going on in Philly in order to get the plot rolling. Lampshaded in "Chardee Macdennis: The Game of Games".
* MrFanservice: Season 13 has him acquire an impressively chiseled physique, which is shown prominently in promotional ads for the season.
* MusclesAreMeaningful: In Season 13, his new muscular physique makes him strong enough to lift Dee up by the crotch one-handed.
* NeatFreak: Much like Dennis, he's very clean and organized where his living space is concerned. He even cleans [[ThePigpen Charlie's apartment]] when he moves in with him for an episode. He and fellow NeatFreak Dennis do, however, manage to trash Dee's apartment and the suburban home they buy to escape it.
* NeverMyFault: Whenever he fails to perform well in something he brags about, whether his fighting prowess, bouncer skills, religious knowledge or physical toughness, he always has an excuse. These range fron the light in his eyes to an undetected slope in the terrain, but often revolve around somehow being ''too'' strong, fast or smart to properly react to the problem. After coming out as gay, he blames his lack of a boyfriend on how "it's difficult out there."
* NoBisexuals: Despite showing overt interest in women in the first seven seasons, Mac is only ever described as being gay after his sexuality begins getting discussed in-universe. While the idea of the Gang simply being too ignorant to even consider the possibility of bisexuality is very plausible, Mac himself notably stops showing interest in women after this point. [[NoAccountingForTaste Given the kind of women he used to pursue]], however, it's not hard to imagine these were simply TheBeard.
* NoShirtLongJacket: Sports this look in "Make Paddy's Great Again" with his duster in order to show off his new physique.
* NotHelpingYourCase: Mac has a tendency to prove people right when they point out his character flaws. From "The Gang Dances Their Asses Off":
-->'''Frank:''' I put us all on a ranking system so you kids would care about your jobs.\\
'''Mac:''' What's my rank?\\
'''Frank:''' You're third.\\
'''Mac:''' What? Why am I third?\\
'''Frank:''' Too volatile.\\
'''Mac:''' '''''BULLSHIT!'''''
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: After finding out Dennis, his best friend, has been keeping letters from his incarcerated father from him (and ripping them up). Rather than become angry and trying to attack Dennis, like he normally would, Mac is totally quiet and sadly sits on the floor, despondent.
* OnlyOneName: Mac. Just Mac. It was believed to be his last name, because his parents are referred to as Mrs. Mac and Luther Mac to keep the gag going. But in "The Gang Cracks The Liberty Bell", in which Mac, Dennis and Charlie tell the story of The Gang's 1776 counterparts cracking the Liberty Bell, he is referred to as "[=MacDonald=]." "The High School Reunion" gives us the whole thing: Ronald [=McDonald=].
* OnlySaneByComparison: Despite his greed, overblown self-confidence, stupidity ''and'' cruelty, he can be the the OnlySaneMan at times. He's generally more rational and sensible than both Frank and Charlie while also being much less sociopathic and insensitive than Dennis and Dee, making him the closest thing the Gang has to a "regular guy" and allowing him to have a slightly greater amount of lucidity in certain situations. This is best shown during Dennis' infamous "implications" speech, which he reacts to with understated horror (compared to Dee, who is shown to not only approve of, but have her own variation of the scheme), and Charlie's assault on a mall Santa, where he attempts to restrain him. The last few episodes of Season 12 emphasize this in him.
* OralFixation: Has a habit of chewing/sucking on pens, probably as a manifestation of his repressed homosexuality. It gets so bad that Dennis has to keep all the pens in their apartment hidden.
* PaperTiger: To his credit, Mac ''is'' fairly impressively muscular, but Dennis claims that he only works out his "glamour muscles", meaning he only builds muscle to look good and is actually worthless physically. From what we see of Mac's athletic abilities, Dennis wasn't lying. Somewhat subverted in Season 13 in which he manages to lift up Dee by the crotch with one hand; however, despite his improved physical abilities, Mac is still a terrible fighter as in Season 14, Charlie manages to overwhelm him in a fight.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He's a homophobic fundamentalist. And he not only thinks {{Blackface}} can be done tastefully, but has done it himself. He has also referred to Italians as "dagos" at least twice onscreen, started going to a different church when his regular one become popular with Vietnamese people, and believes that Mark Zuckerberg "and his Jews" are involved in a conspiracy to topple various governments. He appears to have loosened up his homophobia considerably following the events of "The Gang Goes to Hell", to the point of not only calling Frank out for using homophobic hate speech against him, but being able to eloquently and effectively explain why the slur that Frank used should be considered as hate speech during the events of "Hero or Hate Crime?". At the end of that same episode, he finally accepts himself as gay, seemingly removing his homophobia entirely in the process.
* ProgressivelyPrettier:
** Inverted in Season 7, where he suddenly gains 60 pounds and becomes a lot less good looking. Rob [=McElhenney=] was actually really annoyed at the trend of ProgressivelyPrettier in television, especially for actors that play characters that would have no access to (blatantly obvious) plastic surgery or personal trainers, so he put on a ton of weight just to mock the practice.
** Played straight in Season 13, where he goes in the opposite direction and develops an extremely well-sculpted physique and becomes even more muscular than he ever had been previously. Rob [=McElhenney=] did this as another, more on-the-nose parody of this trope, noting the absurd number of male characters on television that possess perfectly chiseled abs, even when there is no logical reason for them to, for the sake of being able to do [[ShirtlessScene Shirtless Scenes]].
* PuppyDogEyes: One of his signature looks, which he flashes whenever he wants to get his way or is feeling sympathetic or confused.
* RagingStiffie: A recurring problem for Mac, who gets easily aroused when in close proximity to beefcakes.
* RaisedCatholic: PlayedForLaughs since he only remembers his Catholic faith when he wants to complain or to criticize other people.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: The only member of the Gang to be deservedly and accurately called out by the others on a regular basis. His constant fibbing and bragging tend to get on everyone's nerves pretty quickly.
-->'''Charlie''': Learn how to kick. Take ''one'' karate class, if you're so into karate!"
* RedOniBlueOni: The Red Oni to Dennis' Blue, though it's played with a bit. Mac is quick to get angry and resort to violence, but also tends to be one of the more reasonable and level-headed members of the group in times of crisis.
* ReligiousBruiser: Mac believes himself to be this. In reality, he's incredibly weak-willed and cowardly and is only ever particularly religious when it immediately benefits him.
* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: He vocalizes his kicks and punches to make himself look more badass.
* {{Schemer}}: When he was younger, he was a drug dealer in high school and ratted on all the other dealers to free up the market and he also created The M.A.C. system for seducing Dennis' castoffs: Move-in After Completion.
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Whenever he's really, ''really'' happy, he emits loud, high-pitched squeals of delight more befitting a five-year-old (best demonstrated in "A Very Sunny Christmas" when he's psyched about the Christmas gifts).
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Played with in his dynamic with Dennis. While Mac is obsessed with stereotypically "manly" pursuits such as body building, extreme stunts and martial arts, he's distinctly the more emotionally-vulnerable and submissive half of the duo.
* SerialRapist: It's stated early on that he took part in sexually assaulting Cricket during the Gang's teen years (where they would hunt him down and tea-bag him), which he outright points out is rape when Dennis performs it on him during his sleep, and he's actively assisted Dennis in his predatory pursuit of women (and would then "'''M'''ove-in '''A'''fter '''C'''ompletion", as he put it). He's not ''quite'' as much a monster as Dennis, though, as he's actively disturbed by Dennis' more extreme and explicit sexual assaults/harassment, but he's still so much a predator that his problematic behaviour was outlined in "Time's Up for the Gang".
* SevenDeadlySins: Pride and Gluttony.
** Pride: As a means of detracting from his homosexuality, Mac overcompensates by trying to make himself seem more badass than he really is. On multiple occasions he tries to make himself seem impressive and badass, building up his glamour muscles instead of physically useful muscles, trying to do martial arts moves that he does not know how to use and [[CompetitionFreak trying to turn everything into a competition that he himself thinks he could win]], only for his attempts at accomplishing them to fall flat and make him look like a weak loser.
** Gluttony: In Season 7, Mac gains 50 pounds, becoming gluttonous to the point of carrying an entire trash bag of chimichangas everywhere he goes. This was meant to be a DeconstructiveParody of sitcom characters never seeming to age or change over years of the show’s timeline.
* SlapSlapKiss: {{Invoked}} in "The Gang Tries Desperately to Win an Award", where Dennis forces him and Dee to have this dynamic to draw in customers a la [[{{Series/Cheers}} Sam and Diane]]. Unfortunately, rather than flirty sexual tension, Mac and Dee's tension is much more aggressive, violent and founded on mutual hatred rather than any sort of attraction.
* SleevesAreForWimps: Mac usually wears sleeveless t-shirts in order to appear more badass and show off his tats, and even makes the rest of the Gang do the same when they have to all listen to him for the day in "Mac Day".
* SmartBall: Easily the biggest victim of this. Depending on the episode, his intelligence can vary wildly from being [[OnlySaneMan the most rational member of the Gang]] to [[TooDumbToLive even dumber than Charlie]].
* SmugSnake: Mac is a self-righteous narcissist with an overinflated ego and delusions of grandeur and this obnoxious behavior often makes him disrespected by the rest of The Gang which is full of Smug Snakes like Dennis and Dee.
* STDImmunity: Averted. Mac never uses condoms during sex due to his Catholic beliefs, and accumulates diseases as a result.
-->'''Frank:''' Mac, you're too low-class. All those women are going to think they will catch something from you.
-->'''Mac:''' ''(happily)'' They will.
* StickyFingers: He often instinctively steals things he doesn't actually need (e.g. trying to pocket an ashtray in "The Gang Goes on Family Fight" despite having given up smoking by that time).
* TheStoolPigeon: Mac was a drug dealer in high school, and would clear the market of other drug dealers by snitching on the competition. This earned him the unfortunate nickname of "Ronnie the Rat".
* StoutStrength: This varies in Season 7 when he puts on 50 pounds.
* StraightGay: Played with. While Mac doesn't ever display any stereotypically camp behavior, his uncanny ability to constantly spout out homoerotic innuendo still makes his attraction to men obvious. After finally coming out, he expresses pride in the fact that he shows no outward signs of his homosexuality, and gets angry when Dennis implies otherwise. Downplayed in Season 14, when he starts to act more effeminate, though still not enough to qualify as CampGay either.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Later seasons have him slicking his hair back, making him resemble Luther more closely.
* TattooedCrook: He has a number of "tribal" tattoos on his arms which he likes to show off. Subverted, of course, in that Mac's not the hardened criminal he pretends to be (although much like the rest of the Gang he ''has'' done a lot of illegal things).
* TeenyWeenie: Dee and Charlie joke about him having one after he brags about "hanging dong" on the trolley in "Thunder Gun Express".
-->'''Dee:''' Looked like a button in a fur coat.
-->'''Charlie:''' It was more of a ding than a dong, really.
* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: Frequently greets the Gang with "What's up, bitches?!"
* ThrowTheDogABone: As Mac has become more of a ButtMonkey in later seasons, the show occasionally makes an effort to be nice to him:
** Downplayed in "Hero or Hate Crime?", when he finally comes out for good and the rest of the Gang is actually supportive. Of course, they all still hate him, but they decide to let him have this small victory and not ruin the moment for him until the next day.
** In "Mac Finds His Pride", he actually manages to impress Frank and a large group of prisoners with his dance performance. The episode treating Mac's feelings seriously is also throwing the dog a bone in and of itself, since his religion and sexuality had both been treated as punchlines up to that point.
* TokenReligiousTeammate: The only member of the Gang to profess any kind of religious faith.
* TooDumbToLive: He tells a mob boss's wife that he won't sleep with her because she's gross in "The Gang Gets Whacked".
* TookALevelInKindness: He's still violent, short-tempered and misogynistic, but he's ''slightly'' less of a jerk in the later seasons, especially after he comes to terms with his sexuality and tones down his TheFundamentalist tendencies accordingly. This is particularly notable due to it being the only instance of positive character growth in the series.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Blue Gatorade and Mac's Famous Mac and Cheese.
* TransparentCloset: By Season 9, Mac's sexuality is obvious to the rest of the Gang, even though he himself is still in denial. No longer the case as of Season 12's "Hero Or Hate Crime?", where Mac finally accepts his homosexuality for good, but he still insists that he [[HereWeGoAgain showed no outward signs of homosexuality before he came out.]]
-->'''Charlie''': I know we've never said this as a group, but Mac's gay, right?
-->''(the rest of the Gang agrees)''
* UnderdressedForTheOccasion: His idea of formalwear is a tie over a polo shirt. The occasions where he ''does'' dress up almost always have him ridiculously overdressed.
* UnfortunateName: Ronald [=McDonald=]. And his nickname was Ronnie the Rat for narcing on drug dealers in high school.
* VerbalTic: Tends to pepper his sentences with the word "bro" frequently.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Mac, still stuck on adolescence, desperately seeks the approval of his creepy wayward father Luther. While Luther is in prison, Mac tries unsuccessfully to show him that he's "hard." When Luther first gets out of prison, Mac becomes emotionally invested in getting his parents back together, sputtering, "This is about happy boys!" He even tries to bond with his father by driving him to the houses of everybody who was responsible for getting him convicted. In the end of "Mac & Charlie Die Part II," Luther leaves a note telling Mac that he still loves him, even though Mac has driven him away with his constant screw-ups.
* WhatTheFuAreYouDoing: On the occasions where he shows off his martial arts skills it becomes painfully obvious that he has none. He also consistently uses the term "roundhouse kick" to describe what's closer to a leaping version of a Taekwondo-style spinning hook kick. An actual roundhouse kick involves no spinning or jumping whatsoever.
* WimpFight: Frequently, given all the above tropes, but a highlight would be his "fight" with Charlie in "Frank Retires." Said "fight" consisted of Charlie going limp and Mac strangling himself into unconsciousness.
* WouldHitAGirl: Has no problems elbowing Dee in the face or punching her in the crotch.
* WouldHurtAChild: Definitely. After all, they can't really fight back that well, unlike their parents.
* YesMan: Mac can be a real sycophant who's desperate for approval and serves as a BumblingSidekick to both Dennis and Frank. Frank even calls him a follower.
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