History Webcomic / AxeCop

* 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/comic/ask-axe-cop-20/ Fortunately]], she gets better]].

* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Malachai's writing, if you think about it. There's an awful lot of head-chopping going on in this story written by a five-year-old, with occasional baby-eating and blasphemy. Subverted in that the cause is clearly because he's just too young to realize that such things are inappropriate, and as he gets older his writing clearly indicates an improving grip on morality.

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:The Moon Warriors]], thus far.

* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Axe Cop was born with an immunity to bad guy blood, ensuring that a phlebotinum-induced HeelFaceTurn is impossible for him.

* ButThouMust: Webcomic/DrMcNinja [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/19p6/ is obligated to join the team of anyone who presses the secret button]], [[ForcedIntoEvil even if a bad guy presses it]]. But don't worry, if that ever happens, Axe Cop will chop off his head and then the heads of the bad guys so that [[GoodThingYouCanHeal Dr. [=McNinja=] can heal himself with his doctor powers]].

* ButThouMust: Webcomic/Dr. McNinja [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/19p6/ is obligated to join the team of anyone who presses the secret button]], [[ForcedIntoEvil even if a bad guy presses it]]. But don't worry, if that ever happens, Axe Cop will chop off his head and then the heads of the bad guys so that [[GoodThingYouCanHeal Dr. [=McNinja=] can heal himself with his doctor powers]].

* ButThouMust: [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/19p6/ Dr. [=McNinja=] is obligated to join the team of anyone who presses the secret button]], [[ForcedIntoEvil even if a bad guy presses it]]. But don't worry, if that ever happens, Axe Cop will chop off his head and then the heads of the bad guys so that [[GoodThingYouCanHeal Dr. [=McNinja=] can heal himself with his doctor powers]].

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

* PaperThinDiguise: One [[http://axecop.com/comic/ask-axe-cop-72/ Ask Axe Cop]] has his him talk about his secret identities. One of them being disguising himself as a baby, yes a six foot tall axe-wielding baby.

** After Uni-Man [[TookALevelInBadass takes a level in badass]] and gets a LanternJawOfJustice, several fans have noted he looks like the [[{{Franchise/DCAU}} DC Animated Universe]] version of [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Jim Gordon]].

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Wolfer. Have you ever heard of a werewolf who ''lives'' on the moon?

* OverlyNarrowSuperlative: The Moon Warriors are described as the best fighters on the moon, despite being the ''only'' fighters on the moon.
* ParentalAbandonment: A recurring theme, justified because frankly, isn't that '''the''' biggest fear any 5-year-old has, no matter how stable their family is?

* BowtiesAreCool: [[http://axecop.com/comic/episode-82/ Chemist M wears one]]. In that episode's comments, Ethan writes that Malachai agrees with this trope to the point that he wears one in his school photo.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: [[http://axecop.com/comic/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.]]

* [[AxCrazy Axe Crazy]]: Yes, everybody and everything in the comic is crazy, but the eponymous character is the only one (so far) who, in addition to being crazy, has an ax(e).
** Even Ethan himself calls Axe Cop "borderline psycho" in the blog.

* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:The mermaid from Ask Axe Cop #15, as revealed in #20]].

--> '''Axe Cop''': Wait. So you can turn back into a man whenever you want?
--> '''[[spoiler:Army Chihuahua]]''': [[BloodKnight Only when I am not ready to fight...]] which is almost '''never'''.

* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: Fairly common in TheVerse.

* BrickJoke: In episode 3, Axe Cop became Axe Cop With Lemon after eating lemons at work. By episode 5, the concept was dropped unceremoniously. It reappeared fourteen episodes later.
* BrownNote: [[http://axecop.com/comic/ask-axe-cop-36/ Axe Cop's albums are toxic to villainous ears]]. In fact, many things are dangerously volatile when brought into contact with bad guys, or cause disguised bad guys to inadvertently reveal that they're bad guys, or are otherwise so foreign to bad guys that being a bad guy with some kind of superpower is really the only way for a villain to get ahead. Life for a vanilla bad guy in Axe Cop's world is kind of a raw deal.

* CaptainErsatz: After Uni-Man [[TookALevelInBadass takes a level in badass]] and gets a LanternJawOfJustice, several fans have noted he looks like the [[{{Franchise/DCAU}} DC Animated Universe]] version of [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Jim Gordon]].
** Another one, lampshaded: When Axe Cop gains Ninja powers from Dr. [=McNinja=], his mustache still shows over his ninja mask.
--> '''Dr. [=McNinja=]''': You look like my dad.

* CatchPhrase: '''I WILL CHOP YOUR HEAD OFF!'''
** Baby Man has his own - "Shake what your baby gave ya!" [[IceCreamKoan Whatever that means]].

* ChemistryCanDoAnything

* CombatPragmatist: Axe Cop's favorite method of taking down his enemies is by poisoning them in various hilariously devious ways.
** He also kills bad guys in their sleep.

* DecompressedComic: The Return of Baby Man.

** Incidentally, [[spoiler:reversed emotional cues]] are actually a traditional trait of mermaids and sea fairies. AccidentallyAccurate or a grade-schooler having ShownTheirWork? You decide!

** Later we have [[http://axecop.com/comic/ask-axe-cop-83/ Dr. Googleman vs. Dr. Yahoo]] who fight each other using search engine dwarves.

-->Axe Cop is not endorsed by Red Bull. Malachai is just convinced that Red Bull is an actual potion that makes you run super fast.

* RatedMForManly

* RealMenLoveJesus: Axe Cop, badass as he is, prays to God every night. Ask Axe Cop #17 shows his pleas to God to make sharks good so he can recruit them. And to throw Satan into the Lake of Fire.

* RoboticReveal: Turns out [[spoiler:the Evil Flying Book]] is a robot!

* RuleOfCool

* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler:Hasta Mia]].
** Book Cop accidentally roasted his parents as a baby with his fire powers.

* WorldOfBadass

* ProductPlacement: The NintendoDS and ''[[VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame LEGO Star Wars]]'' in Ask Axe Cop #29.
** If Axe Cop ever manages to kill every bad guy and retires, he wants to spend his time playing everyone in the world (and winning) on the [[{{Wii}} Nintendo Wii]].

** [[http://axecop.com/comic/episode-24/ Episode 24]] has who appears to be JhonenVasquez walking his dog in the background.

* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Malachai's writing, if you think about it. There's an awful lot of head-chopping going on in this story written by a five-year-old. Subverted in that the cause is clearly because he's just too young to realize that such violence is inappropriate, and as he gets older his writing clearly indicates an improving grip on morality.

* AuthorAvatar: Ethan appears as a large man who seems just a little unnerved to be in a comic strip with these kinds of lunatics. Malachai is living the dream.

** "The Moon Warriors Go Camping" was written by Ethan and drawn by Malachai, causing a very divergent art style. The plot Ethan comes up with is remoniscent of his other series ''{{Webcomic/Bearmageddon}}''.

** "The Moon Warriors Go Camping" was written by Ethan and drawn by Malachai, causing a very divergent art style. The plot Ethan comes up with seems to foreshadow his later series ''{{Webcomic/Bearmageddon}}''.

** You'd never really expect Flute Cop[[note]]Dinosaur Soldier's original identity[[/note]] to be able to perform {{Badass}} moves using his flute, but according to [[http://axecop.com/comic/ask-axe-cop-55/ Ask Axe Cop #55]], that's exactly what he's trained to do.

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 -- [[AwesomenessIsVolatile sorry, the comic's number of fans has exploded]]. And now it has [[WesternAnimation/AxeCop an animated TV series]] starring the voice of Nick Offerman on July 21, 2013.

[[RuleOfFunny It's hilarious]]. [[RuleOfCool It's badass]]. It's beautiful. [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome It's awesome]]. It's ''Axe Cop''.

Guaranteed to be [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative the best comic written by a kid that you'll ever read]].

* BritishRoyalFamily: [[http://axecop.com/comic/episode-58/ The Queen of England]] can grant biting powers.

* ForMassiveDamage: [[http://axecop.com/comic/episode-45/ Courtesy of the Axe Cop Fire Gang]]!