History Webcomic / AxeCop

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Axe Cop tells Lobsterman that he is the leader of his team because he is the best fighter.

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: And dinosaurs are better with guns. Axe Cop has a pet T. rex with chain guns for arms and for some time Flute Cop becomes Dinosaur Soldier.
** All but [[PlayingWithATrope invoked]] in one strip:
-->'''Axe Cop''': I don't know what's on Invisible King Bad Guy Planet 2...but whatever it is, I'm sure it can't beat '''dinosaurs'''.

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

* TheyFightCrime: He's a cop with an axe. He's a cop with a flute/a dinosaur soldier/an avocado soldier with a magic unicorn horn/a ghost/a dragontriceratopstyrannosaurusrexghost. They fight crime.

''[[http://axecop.com/ Axe Cop]]'' is a {{webcomic}} about a [[SuperCop police officer]] who uses his WeaponOfChoice to behead every evil he encounters while building an ever-expanding team of do-gooders. That in itself makes the comic notable enough, but there's another secret behind its success: although Axe Cop's adventures are brought to life by the trained hand of a professional comic book artist, the story and characters are directed completely by the overactive imagination of an initially ''5-year-old boy''.

%%* WeaponOfChoice: Guess.

* InvoluntaryTransformation: So far, Flute Cop has been transformed into Dinosaur Soldier, Avocado Soldier, Uni-Avocado Soldier, Dinosaur Soldier (again), back to Flute Cop, then Ghost Cop. As of the current storyline, he is now [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Drag-Tri-Ghostacops Rex]] He actually takes it rather well, as each form has its own special powers.
** This all makes a lot more sense when you learn that Malachai is a big fan of ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}''.

* AwesomeMcCoolname:
** The Moon Brothers are named Vampire Wolfer and Fire Slicer.
** Malachai Nicolle.
** Ralph Wrinkles.

* AuthorAppeal: Malachai ''really'' likes using baby-related concepts. When asked about it, Ethan said he'd actually managed to talk him out of using them [[UpToEleven even more]]. There was also a period in which he was obsessed with [[LightIsNotGood rogue angels]] and fighting {{Satan}}.

* FiveManBandConcert: In the [[AllThereInTheManual Ask Axe Cop]] 36th issue, Axe Cop reveals he is part of a band predictably called "The Axe". Ralph Wrinkles on the drums because AllDrummersAreAnimals, Wexter on the violin, a Chinese wrestler on the flute, a wrestler on a bear on the bass, Sock Aranga on the lead guitar, and Axe Cop on the... axe. As it turns out, if you flip his axe it turns into a string-less guitar.
Axe Cop's rock band, The Axe, consists of Axe Cop's main teammates, except the flutist is not Flute Cop but another random wrestler.

* FiveManBandConcert: Axe Cop's rock band, The Axe, consists of Axe Cop's main teammates, except the flutist is not Flute Cop but another random wrestler.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: [[http://axecop.com/2011/02/01/year-one-prints-are-here/ Axe Cop Year One]] is a testament to the versatility of Malachai's imagination.
** According to a Facebook post from Ethan himself, ''Bad Guy Earth'' introduces a total of over 60 characters.
** [[http://axecop.com/2013/06/04/the-return-of-super-charlotte/ During the wedding fundraiser,]] there was a MirroredConfrontationShot print available, and Ethan had to take reader suggestions on additional characters to include, since he knew he couldn't fit in ''everyone''.

* ProductPlacement: The UsefulNotes/NintendoDS and ''[[VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame LEGO Star Wars]]'' in Ask Axe Cop #29.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Axe Cop's band features the traditional rock and roll rig with, among other things, a flute and violin.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: [[http://axecop.com/comic/axe-cop-guest-episode-6/ Guest episode 6]], described by Ethan as "opposite anything an Axe Cop comic would ever, or should ever be."

* WeaponOfChoice: Guess.

[[WesternAnimation/AxeCop An animated TV series]] starring the voice of Nick Offerman as Axe Cop aired from July 21, 2013 to June 25, 2015.

** In Episode 2, a truck full of ninjas shows up. It is labeled TRUCK OF NINJAS.

* MoralDissonance: Axe Cop makes a living out of fighting bad guys, but has no issues with breaking into and robbing candy shops on Halloween, or murdering tons of people when he doesn't have a VERY specific candle on his cakes.

** Someone specifically asked Axe Cop how to tell a good guy from a bad guy. Answers included how high they front-kick (only bad guys kick high) and eye color (good guys have green eyes, [[RedEyesTakeWarning bad guys red]]; if you're part good and part bad, [[MismatchedEyes one of each]].)

* FiveManBand
** TheHero: Axe Cop
** TheLancer: Sockarang
** TheBigGuy: Dinosaur/Avocado Soldier
** TheSmartGuy: Uni-Man
** TheChick: Ralph Wrinkles
** TeamPet: Wexter

* FilkSong: A fan rendition of [[http://www.10eps.com/chicken.html Chicken Chicken Chicken Little]] appeared less than a day after its appearance in Ask Axe Cop #36.

* BadassBeard: Sockarang, after he gets splashed with some of Bad Santa's blood and becomes Good Bad Santa (while still being Sockarang somehow).

* BadassMustache: [[http://axecop.com/comic/ask-axe-cop-32/ With powers all its own]]!
** [[http://axecop.com/comic/ask-axe-cop-39/ And then there's his ancestor's gloriously pointy and curvy mustache]].

''[[http://axecop.com/ Axe Cop]]'' is a {{webcomic}} about a CrazyAwesome [[SuperCop police officer]] who uses his WeaponOfChoice to behead every evil he encounters while building an ever-expanding team of do-gooders. That in itself makes the comic notable enough, but there's another secret behind its success: although Axe Cop's adventures are brought to life by the trained hand of a professional comic book artist, the story and characters are directed completely by the overactive imagination of an initially ''5-year-old boy''.

* MrImagination: Malachai, and [[CrazyAwesome it shows]]. To quote [[http://www.nlcast.com/chop/chop-4-wa-poom/ the Chop! podcast]], "this kid's got so much creativity it hurts."

* HomoeroticSubtext: In one episode of ''Ask Axe Cop'', Axe Cop gets asked if he'd ever had a kid. He answered that, since he's his best friend, he'd turn Sockarang into a chick and have kids with him/her. This is either [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments absolutely hilarious]] or the stuff nightmares are made of. He does the same to UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln.

* HumongousMecha

* TheWorfEffect: Axe Cop is instantly melted as soon as the [[EldritchAbomination Night Monster]] scares him. He fets better.

* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: Axe Cop cites this as a reason to turn Wexter into a dragon so he can get to the Zombie Planet.

* TyrannosaurusRex: Axe Cop has one with [[GatlingGood gatling gun]] [[ArmCannon arms]], [[DinosaursAreDragons fire breath]], flight, and [[CoolShades sunglasses]]

* DownerEnding: In an inversion of the already unique premise of the comic, Malachai got an art kit for Christmas and was asked to draw a comic that Ethan wrote. Unfortunately, he doesn't like to draw, so the resulting comic was hastily wrapped up for the worse. WordOfGod claims that this ending is canon, so it remains to be seen how it will be undone.
** Later [[spoiler:[[http://axecop.com/comic/5-years-later/ averted here]]]]