History Webcomic / AxeCop

* VillainByDefault: Bad Guys.

* XMeetsY: ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'' combined with ''DragonBall'' and [[{{FLCL}} every]] [[GurrenLagann major]] {{Gainax}} [[HanamaruKindergarten production]] sans ''NeonGenesisEvangelion''.

** BlackAndGreyMorality: The protagonist is a borderline maniac, and the only way anyone knows how to solve problems is through violence. On the other hand, the bad guys are all either [[CardCarryingVillain Card Carrying Villains]] or [[CompleteMonster Complete Monsters]].

** Each time the Bad Guy can be killed with specific item only, [[AssPull one person on Axe Cop's team will have exact this item]]. Or will be buying it in the shop right now.

** [[http://axecop.com/index.php/acask/read/ask_axe_cop_43/ Ask Axe Cop #43]] has young Axey chopping the head off a rabbit]] "who had been breaking all the rabbit rules". All the other rabbits hailed him as a hero, inspiring him to give up his heretofore-unmentioned dream of being a fireman to take up a career as a police officer instead.

* MultipleChoicePast: Since Axe Cop is written by a 6-year old, there will obviously be some inconsistencies in Axe Cop's backstory. In Episode 0, Axe Cop apparently became a cop to avenge his parents' death from overeating candy canes... ([[spoiler:or so he thought]].) However, Ask Axe Cop #21 says that Axe Cop was inspired to be a police officer after he killed a bad guy with a poisonous apple and realized he could kill bad guys all day and night, and yet another origin story involves [[http://axecop.com/index.php/acask/read/ask_axe_cop_43/ chopping the head off a rabbit]] "who had been breaking all the rabbit rules". All the other rabbits hailed young Axey as a hero, inspiring him to give up his heretofore-unmentioned dream of being a fireman to take up a career as a police officer instead.

** Wolver Man is half [[XMen Wolverine]] and half {{Superman}}.

[[caption-width-right:330:[[GIJoe A real American hero]].]]

Axe Cop made its internet debut in January of 2010. Originally created just for a select group of family and friends, the Axe Cop comics comprised then 5-year-old Malachai's raw ideas, formatted and illustrated by 29-year-old Ethan. The first four episodes chronicled the adventures of the eponymous hero, starting from the moment he discovered the perfect fireman axe and following him as he quickly grew into a larger than life legend. The strips proved insanely popular, and it was not long until tales of a webcomic written by a 6-year-old and illustrated by a 29-year-old began to spill over on to the internet at large. So popular, in fact, that weeks after its debut, he began taking [[FourthWallMailSlot viewer questions for the side series "Ask Axe Cop"]] which introduced so many more insane concepts and characters that it has become as popular as the main comic, if not more so. Now, Axe Cop is to be published by Creator/DarkHorseComics, with a collection of most of the web material. A three-part miniseries in color, named ''Bad Guy Earth'', was released in March 2011 and features Axe Cop and Dinosaur Soldier fighting the regular police and the army, who are fed up with Axe Cop's extreme methods. And a crossover with (who else?) [[Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja Dr. McNinja]] titled "Stolen Pizza, Stolen Lives" ended in August 2010. An Axe Cop-themed ''TabletopGame/{{Munchkin}}'' set was released in late 2011. And now it's been greenlit for [[http://io9.com/5904789/a-7+year+old-now-has-his-own-television-show-axe-cop-is-coming-to-tv an animated TV series]].

Since then, Axe Cop has become a veritable phenomenon. In just a matter of months, Axe Cop had accomplished more than this page could possibly recount and a number of the comic's fans -- sorry, the comic's number of fans has exploded.

[[RuleOfFunny It's hilarious]]. [[RuleOfCool It's badass]]. [[PlanetEris It's beautiful]]. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome It's awesome]]. It's Axe Cop.

* AllThereInTheManual: Ask Axe Cop.

* AndThatsTerrible: Turned up in a guest strip: "All he did all day was eat planets. [[http://axecop.com/index.php/acguest/read/guest_episode_33 It wasn't nice]].
* AndThenWhat: Axe Cop is subject to a heroic version of this. He has mused several times in Ask Axe Cop that if he ever did succeed in killing every bad guy, he'd get bored with nothing left to do.

** "The Moon Warriors Go Camping" was written by Ethan and drawn by Malachai, causing a very divergent art style.

** Another one is his fondness for teams consisting of two brothers, probably because ''Webcomic/AxeCop'' started out as him playing with Ethan. Examples include Axe Cop and Flute Cop, the Moon Warriors, the Secret Agent Brothers, and the villainous Psychic Brothers in ''Bad Guy Earth''.

** The first half of ''TheDogs'' barely features Axe Cop at all, as he is celebrating his birthday for a month by eating cake and sleeping while the dogs have their own adventure.

* BatmanGambit: Alien King Evilfatsozon threw Uni-Baby down to the Earth so that the humans would think she's an alien and want to fight her, which they did. (Nobody said this was going ot make sense.)

* BatmanGambit: In episode 128, [[spoiler:it is revealed that the Siberian Witch Doctor Cats allowed themselves to get anticlimactically killed at the hands of the dogs last episode. They were resurrected as mummies and fatally poisoned Fwinky Dog in the dead of night as he went out on patrol on his own.]]

* TheBadGuyWins: In part 14 of "The Dogs", [[spoiler: the mummy cats succeed in killing the titular dogs and turning them into monster mummies]].

** Mr. Stocker is explicitly described this way, although he never gets to do anything before being bitten by a tiny flying robot.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Subverted (in RealLife), as seen [[http://www.facebook.com/axecopfanpage/posts/10150165144328947 here]]. "Well I just spent a month with Malachai writing "Axe Cop VS. Al Qaeda" for nothing!" [Lots of people take suggest they go ahead with it anyway, in spite of OsamaBinLaden's just having been killed.] "Okay, I was kidding."

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The next planned storyline was [[http://www.facebook.com/axecopfanpage/posts/10150165144328947 Axe Cop vs. Al Qaeda]]. Then OsamaBinLaden's death was announced to the world on 1 May 2011.

Axe Cop made its internet debut in January of 2010. Originally created just for a select group of family and friends, the Axe Cop comics comprised then 5-year-old Malachai's raw ideas, formatted and illustrated by 29-year-old Ethan. The first four episodes chronicled the adventures of the eponymous hero, starting from the moment he discovered the perfect fireman axe and following him as he quickly grew into a larger than life legend. The strips proved insanely popular, and it was not long until tales of a webcomic written by a 6-year-old and illustrated by a 29-year-old began to spill over on to the internet at large. So popular, in fact, that weeks after its debut, he began taking [[FourthWallMailSlot viewer questions for the side series "Ask Axe Cop"]] which introduced so many more insane concepts and characters that it has become as popular as the main comic, if not more so. Now, Axe Cop is to be published by DarkHorseComics, with a collection of most of the web material. A three-part miniseries in color, named ''Bad Guy Earth'', was released in March 2011 and features Axe Cop and Dinosaur Soldier fighting the regular police and the army, who are fed up with Axe Cop's extreme methods. And a crossover with (who else?) [[Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja Dr. McNinja]] titled "Stolen Pizza, Stolen Lives" ended in August 2010. An Axe Cop-themed ''TabletopGame/{{Munchkin}}'' set was released in late 2011. And now it's been greenlit for [[http://io9.com/5904789/a-7+year+old-now-has-his-own-television-show-axe-cop-is-coming-to-tv an animated TV series]].

* AbnormalAmmo: Axe Cop's three least favorite guns use flowers, carnivorous brains and rabbits for ammo.
* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Axe Cop hoovers up a whole planet of poo, then flushes it down the toilet. Since [[spoiler: "everyone was happy"]], it has to be assumed that the sewer was spacious enough not to burst.

* AnAxeToGrind: Guess who? Dinosaur Soldier/Flute Cop/Avocado Soldier/Viking Cop also gets into the groove on occasion.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: [[http://axecop.com/index.php/acask/read/ask_axe_cop_10/ AXE COP 2012]]. Although, as he points out, [[AndThenWhat it's probably for the best he doesn't]].
** However, in ''Bad Guy Earth'', [[spoiler:he becomes President of All Presidents, apparently giving him authority over all other presidents.]]

* TheBadGuyWins: In part 14 of "The Dogs", [[spoiler: the mummy cats succeed in killing the titular dogs and turning them into monster mummies]].

* BlackBestFriend: Axe Cop had one in college, who went on to become the superhero "Super Axe".

* DaChief: Parodied in [[http://axecop.com/index.php/acguest/read/axe_cop_guest_episode_2/ a guest episode]] with Axe Chief.

* CombatPragmatist: Axe Cop's favorite method of taking down his enemies is by poisoning them in various hilariously devious ways.
* CombinationAttack: Fire Slicer and Vampire Wolfer's Carmation attack.
* ContagiousPowers: A bit more literally than the usual trope: powers are downright ''infectious'', being transmittable by biting or getting someone/something's blood/juice splashed on you. Axe Cop actually takes deliberate advantage of this effect in Episode #14.
** Apparently, being held by ghost hands gives you teleportation powers.

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:The Moon Warriors are slain by the God of All Bears in the Malachai-drawn episode]].

* EasyAmnesia: Axe Cop and Flute Cop used to be brothers, but suddenly forgot everything (including their relation) when they ''walked backwards into each others' heads''.

* [[EvilCounterpart Good Counterpart]]: Bad Santa and Good Bad Santa.
* GambitRoulette: King Evilfastozon throws Uni-Baby at the Earth, certain that the Earthlings will fight her. [[http://axecop.com/index.php/acepisodes/read/episode_7/ Wait, What]]?

* FaceOfAThug: The good mermaids have evil-looking faces. [[spoiler:This oversight costs one of them her head when Axe Cop happens by their gathering. [[http://axecop.com/index.php/acask/read/ask_axe_cop_20/ Fortunately]], she gets better]].

* FriendlyFireproof: An InvokedTrope

* HumongousMecha

* ImAHumanitarian: [[spoiler:Axe Cop and his Mom as kids ate babies]].
* {{Inversion}}: [[http://axecop.com/index.php/acepisodes/read/mal1/ For one comic]], Malachai illustrated and Ethan wrote.
* InWorkingOrder: [[HumongousMecha Psydrozon]] becomes the property of Axe Cop and Dinosaur Soldier after they decapitate it and kill its pilot.
** After defeating King Evilfatsozon, he exploded into LudicrousGibs. One of those gibs was his skeleton, which was a stick. Which Axe Cop sharpened into a spear. Now he can ''stab people''.

* LiteralGenie: Sockarang uses a unicorn horn to wish for every weapon--and then asks Axe Cop to fetch a chainsaw. This only works once you remember that chainsaws are meant as tools.

* ManaMeter: Axe Cop's Ninja Meter fills when Dr. [=McNinja=] transfers some of his ninja powers to him.

* MeanwhileBackAtThe: Meanwhile, Inside A Nearby Swordfish
** [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment Meanwhile, On Some Cars]]

* NinetyPercentOfYourBrain: Uni-Man's horn sprouted shortly after his brain "grew all the way."

* NobodyPoops: Literally. Nobody on Poop Get Rid Of World has bowel movements. In fact, they can only eat Poopnevermaker food.
* NonIndicativeName: The "Funny Episode," where Axe Cop and Dinosaur Soldier are exceptionally cruel.
* NoodleImplements: "Right now, we need to get some helicopters, dinosaurs... and a ''chemist''."

* NonindicativeName: Flute Cop plays a recorder. Technically, it's a ''type'' of flute, but most people only think of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_concert_flute modern transverse flute]] when hearing the term.

* ProjectilePlatforms: [[http://axecop.com/index.php/acask/read/ask_axe_cop_11/ The awesome blade gun depicted here]].

* TooManyBabies: [[http://axecop.com/index.php/acepisodes/read/episode_81/ The Beautiful Girly Bobs]], identical decatuplet superheroes that are all denied service in Axe Cop's team.

* UpgradeArtifact: "The perfect fireman axe." How Axe Cop ever got by without it is anyone's guess (discounting the Ask Axe Cop segments).

* WeaksauceWeakness: Surprises cause Axe Cop to melt. It makes sense given that previous Ask Axe Cops suggest he's SeenItAll.
** His second weakness is even weaker sauce: Cherry Rainbow flavors.

* BLAMEpisode: Subverted: [[http://axecop.com/index.php/acepisodes/read/episode_24/ The return of Baby-Man came around with absolutely no context whatsoever]], (As the first comment on that page states, "[[FlatWhat wat]].") and was way over the top in its design, but it was eventually tied into the main storyline.

Since then, Axe Cop has become a veritable phenomenon. In just a matter of months, Axe Cop had accomplished more than this page could possibly recount and a number of the comic's fans -- sorry, the comic's number of fans has exploded.

[[RuleOfFunny It's hilarious]]. [[RuleOfCool It's badass]]. [[PlanetEris It's beautiful]]. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome It's awesome]]. It's Axe Cop.

** Similarly, Pretzel Head's powers. He "[[{{Technopath}} could]] [[BlessedWithSuck only]] [[{{Technopath}} use his mind to control robots]]. [[{{Exactly What It Says On The Tin}} He could also turn]] [[{{What Kind Of Lame Power Is Heart Anyway}} his head into a pretzel]]."

* {{Awesome McCoolname}}: The Moon Brothers are named Vampire Wolfer and Fire Slicer.

* TheCameo: Probably the two most badass cameos you could think off: ''ChuckNorris and {{Batman}}''. [[spoiler: Axe Cop defeats Chuck Norris, but even he concedes that Batman is actually someone you want to emulate if you want to become a crime fighter]].

** Aside from [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot having a lion's head]], Liborg bears an uncanny resemblance to ComicBook/{{Cable}}.

** And more recently he has teamed up with the Lolbat from ''{{PvP}}''.

* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: [[spoiler:Axe Cop sets ChuckNorris on fire and chops his head off]].

* FanDisillusionment:

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:''One episode'' after Sockarang's [[FaceHeelTurn Face Heel Turn]] is revealed, he immediately goes back to the good guys]].

* IGotARock: At once point the team visits Uni-Man for new weapons. Ghost Cop gets a gun that shoots [[AbnormalAmmo tornadoes and unicorns]]. Sockarang gets a gun that shoots anything you want, such as armour, onto you. Axe Cop gets a plunger. Later subverted; the plunger was [[spoiler:[[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Gun]]]].

** In the Axecop/[[PvP Lolbat]] crossover, by the second strip, Axey has mistaken Lolbat for a villain, knocked him out, called his superpowers stupid, and come up with a cooler concept for a bat/internet themed hero. Lolbat did not want.

* [[LetsMeetTheMeat Let's Meet The Meat]]: Every Thanksgiving, Uni-Man wishes for a magical forest filled with animals that allow themselves to be killed for food.

* ManlyTears: In Ask Axe Cop #15, [[spoiler:Axe Cop grieves after killing a mermaid, [[AlwaysLawfulGood who he didn't know are all good guys]]. A DownerEnding to be sure, written by a child, no less]].

* TheMole: In ''Bad Guy Earth'', [[spoiler:Sockarang's mom, who is really the [[BigBad Evil Magician Woman]] in disguise]].

** Liborg is a cyborg with a man/lion/cheetah brain.

** Army Chihuahua's squad partner who was killed by Chicken Head was named Sergeant T. Ethan chose to draw and write him as ''[[MrT Mr]]''. [[MrT T]].
* NoKillLikeOverkill: Ask Axe Cop #18 shows Axe Cop's Axe & Gun technique:
--> 1. Chop head off.
--> 2. Kick it.

* RetCon: Ask Axe Cop #5 explains that Axe Cop simply walked into a police station with his axe and filled out a form to become the cop. This contradicts episode 1, where he found the axe after becoming a policeman. This leaves us with a question: Was his first axe merely average?

* SequelEscalation: ''The Beginning'' consisted of four random incidents before Axe Cop became a proper webcomic series. Together with the ''evil, Evil, EVIL Planet Tinko!'' story, most of the main characters were established over 9 episodes. Chapter three, the ''Moon Warriors'' saga, ran for 14 episodes. The fourth chapter, appropriately named ''The Ultimate Battle'', [[CanonImmigrant integrated many Ask Axe Cop characters into the main story]] and lasted a whopping 48 episodes. The current saga, ''Bat Warthog Man Can't Find His Friend'', is currently 27 episodes long with no signs of slowing down.

** Bat Warthog Man [[http://axecop.com/index.php/acepisodes/read/episode_76/ wears his bat warthog mask to cover up the fact that every night, his head turns into that of a bat warthog]]. Justified: His mask is more stylized in comparison to his grotesque head.

** "PEGG!" and "[[{{MST3K}} Hai-Keeba]]!"

* SingleTargetSexuality: [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation Possibly]] Sockarang, since he's [[http://axecop.com/index.php/acask/comments/ask_axe_cop_52/P25/ in love with the Best Fairy Ever despite hating girls]].

* SunglassesAtNight: Everyone with the word "Cop" in their name, as well as Ralph Wrinkles and Wexter.

* TalkingPoo: Dr. Doo Doo, who wears [[HighClassGlass a monocle]] for some reason (presumably RuleOfCool).

* WeaksauceWeakness: Surprises cause Axe Cop to melt. It makes sense given that previous Ask Axe Cops suggest he's SeenItAll.

** Also when he and Uni-Avocado Soldier torture and kill an elephant just to try out their Psydrozon suit.

* XMeetsY: ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'' combined with ''{{Dragon Ball}}'' and [[{{FLCL}} every]] [[GurrenLagann major]] {{Gainax}} [[HanamaruKindergarten production]] sans ''NeonGenesisEvangelion''.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: First grade vocabulary has never been more so.
** '''''[[http://axecop.com/index.php/acguest/read/AC_MC2/ LET'S GO]].'''''
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous: Stealing groceries on Axe Cop's watch is punishable by death by shotgun/fire sword.
** [[http://axecop.com/index.php/acask/read/ask_axe_cop_43/ If you're a rabbit, break the rabbit rules and you'll pay for it with your head]].

* EleventyZillion: The number ''a jillion'' comes up quite often. All we know is that it is over 4000. There's also "tyranotillion", the so-called highest number in the universe, and "quadzillion", [[BeyondTheImpossible which is even higher]].

* FanDisillusionment: When Ethan Nicholle tweeted a picture of a wild-eyed terrorist caricture of the Prophet Mohammed on the official WebComic/AxeCop twitter account, fan outcry led to him apologizing for using WebComic/AxeCop as a soapbox, but not for the picture. On his personal twitter account he said "It's fascinating to see fans of Axe Cop stop reading when they find out I don't walk in lockstep with their way of thinking.".

** [[{{Highlander}} There can only be one Axe Cop]].

* [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's]] [[spoiler:[[ChekhovsGun Plunger]]]]: [[http://axecop.com/index.php/acepisodes/read/episode_37/ As]] [[http://axecop.com/index.php/acepisodes/read/episode_63/ seen]] [[http://axecop.com/index.php/acepisodes/read/episode_64/ in episode 37]].