Zack and Melissa's Relationship

Zack Underwood and Melissa Chase are close friends, having met one another through Milo Murphy on Zack's first day at Jefferson County Middle School. As Milo's best friends, they share in the difficulties of dealing with Murphy's Law and often make bets with each other over whether events will play out the way they're supposed to.

More often then not they end up working together for Milo's sake, whether he gets separated due to Murphy's law, or he requests their help while he goes on ahead. The two of them work well together in these situations and do their best to make sure everything goes smoothly without Milo's guidance.

Zack's opinion of Melissa

Zack considers Melissa a close friend and enjoys spending time with her alongside Milo. He often looks to her for level-headedness and logic when it comes to Murphy's law, although, being less open to chaos, he questions her casual attitude in the face of disaster.

Zack often shares friendly banter with Melissa, occasionally exchanging jokes and pestering her as they go about their day. When she keeps pointing out the fun of being on a quest, Zack pushes her playfully away and tells her to stop making up words. He pushes a toy badger into her back multiple times when he wants her to tell her secrets until she shows mild annoyance. Unperturbed by this, he asks her if it's working. 

He tends to find Melissa's forgetfulness frustrating and often makes a monotonous comment when she forgets her belongings. At one point, he made an attempt to help her with the problem, only growing more annoyed when she carelessly decided that his method didn't work without actually considering it. 

Melissa's opinion of Zack

Melissa considers Zack a close friend and enjoys spending time with him. As the other member of their trio without Murphy's law, Melissa often relates to Zack as a representation of normalcy in the face of constant disaster. Being the more reckless of the two, however, she often encourages him to move out of his comfort zone when he succumbs to his nerves.

She expressed amusement upon finding out he'd been part of a lumberjack-themed boy band. In spite of her teasing, Melissa admitted that it was cool that he'd been in a band.

Occasionally, Melissa catches Zack up on what it means to be Milo's friend, often telling him stories about the past and explaining different circumstances when they become relevant. When he's first finding out about the spontaneity of Murphy family vacations, Melissa shows him an old Murphy photo album, naming a number of the disasters that had occurred because of Murphy's law, much to his shock.

Having more experience around Murphy's law, she's quick to remind him of the potential for disasters whenever he underestimates their situation.

She often leaves Zack to his fate when it comes to spending time around Milo, keeping her distance as the two of them are chased away by a concrete drainage pipe and looking at Zack when Milo asks for a volunteer during science class. Otherwise, Melissa enjoys spending time with Zack outside of Milo's sphere of influence; when the Murphys went on vacation, Melissa and Zack happily spent their time in a pool, enjoying the peace while they watched Diogee.

Melissa found it offputting when Zack changed his personality in order to impress Jackie and reminisced to Milo about the days when Zack used to worry about danger.

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Quotes

“Excited, and confused. I'm... exfused.” “And I'm concited?” —Melissa and Zack

“No, it's not over! When we signed up to by Milo's friend, we knew it wouldn't be easy!” “I don't remember signing anything.” —Melissa and Zack

“Journalist "slash" queen of the universe?” —Zack Underwood

“I remember when Zack used to say stuff like that.” —Melissa Chase

“Oh. I, uh, you know, chops. Maybe they have chopped salad. Ha ha. I don’t know, do you want a chopped salad? I don't, I don't want a chop salad. Do you want one?” —Zack Underwood

“Ok, we have to win this now for Zack. Poor poor Zack.” “I'm fine, Just win this thing already!” —Melissa and Zack

“Come on, tell me your secrets. Tell them to me! Tell them to Mr. Badger.” “What are you doing?” “I'm... I'm badgering you. I'm a badger... Is it working?” “Actually, it kind of is.” —Zack and Melissa

“Unless we just look up "Lumberzacks, Chop Chop Chop" on the Internet.” —Melissa Chase

“I say your new friends show your old friends you don't need their Singing Saw.” —Melissa Chase

“Okay, do you want a quest or not? Because if not, there's a chair right there with your name on it! Literally, in a heart.” —Melissa Chase

“That's what makes it questy!” “Stop making up words!” —Melissa and Zack

“Did you have fun on the "quest"?” “You mean the quest, no quotes. Yes, I did.” —Melissa and Zack

“You're really into semantics.” “And you have too many chinchillas.” —Melissa and Zack

“I don't get it. Where is he? Should we be worried?” “I don't know... yet.” —Zack and Melissa, wondering about Milo's whereabouts

“I know what you mean. Why'd you stop?” “I told you I'd be lost without him. And I'm without him. So I'm lost, right now, in this sewer.” —Melissa and Zack

“Wait, you sleep in curlers?” “And you sleep dressed as a meal-worm?” —Zack and Melissa

“Milo and the time machine.” “I betcha that ends badly.” —Melissa and Zack