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Big Mad

**"Big Mad"** is a two-part season finale special in Season 1 of *Power Players*. The special revolves around the Power Players fighting against Madcap who have become a giant overpowered toy.

## Synopsis

While Axel would like to grow up to be taken more seriously, MadCap creates a huge body that allows him to gain immeasurable strength. The Power Players seem destitute in the face of this immense threat. Action Axel will do everything to defeat Madcap who has become giant and overpowered. What if he asks Uncle Andrew for help?

## Episodes

The episodes, in order, are:

* Big Mad Part 1
* Big Mad Part 2

## Trivia

* The special made its worldwide premiere on January 6, 2021, on the official Ici TOU.TV website in Canada for the French viewers.
	+ As a result, this is the first special to premiered outside of the USA.
	+ The special was also released in Canada on Netflix prior to the USA on March 19, 2021.
* In the French version, the special is called "A Maxi Villain" ("Un maxi méchant").
	+ The French title seems to be a play on the word "villain" and the name "Maximilian". "Maximilian", in particular, is the name that is commonly associated with historical monarchs between the 13th to 19th century. This makes sense since the main antagonist of the special Madcap's goal is to become a tyrannical ruler after he became a giant overpowered toy.
* The special title refers to Madcap becoming a giant toy as a result of him creating a huge body that allows him to gain immeasurable strength. In addition, the phase "big mad" is an expression to indicate extreme anger in a situation.

## References

1. ↑ https://ici.tou.tv/axel-et-les-power-players
2. ↑ https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/whats-new/ca/whats-new-on-netflix-canada-this-week-top-10s-march-19th-2021/

**Future episodes**
*Saving Madcap* • *Impactful!* • *A Noise in the Night* • *When It Itches...* • *Broken* • *What is Happening to Uncle Andrew?* • *Seek!* • *Triple Game* • *Sergeant Lacharge* • *The All-New All Beautiful Power Players* • *Night Operation* • *A Good Spirit* • *No Pot* • *Pyrant Park* • *The Load* • *The Kings of the Jungle* • *Bad Track* • *The Funniest* • *A Maxi Villain - Part 1* • *A Maxi Villain - Part 2*

**Future specials**
A Maxi Villain
Ice Crusher's clones

Axel Mulligan/Action Axel • Bearbarian • Bobbie Blobby • Galileo • Masko • Sarge Charge • Slobot

Allies
Bot-Guy • Joyride • Thermometron 9000 • The Scratch Pack Cats • Zoe

Dr. Nautilus • Dynamo • Ice Crusher • Madcap • Orangutank • Porcupunk • Princess SugarSalt • Pyramid of Prediction • Pyrant

Other villains
**Ice Crusher's clones** • Minergy-infused plant • Rufin

Redeemed antagonists
Bot-Guy • Joyride • Luka's teddy bear collection • Madcap's Junior Genetic Spy Lizards army • Thermometron 9000 • The Scratch Pack Cats

Cleo LeBall • Craig • Luka • Zoe

Adults
Mr. and Mrs. Mulligan • Uncle Andrew • Zoe's father • Zoe's mother

Smart-toys
Baby • Sergeant Lacharge

Miscellaneous
Salto

Non-Canon characters
Axel's dog • Axel's grandfather
Axel's grandfather

Axel's grandfather is on the left.

**Axel's grandfather** was a character from the old, unused concept of *Power Players*. He existed in several concept arts, depicting an early version of "Unboxing Special". However, the concept was discarded, and so, Axel's grandfather never appeared outside of concept art, but he was replaced by Uncle Andrew for the final product.

As seen in concept arts, he was a retired toy inventor who worked at the Toy Store.

## Appearance

As seen in concept arts, Axel's grandfather was a chubby man with white hair and a bushy white beard.

### Physical appearance

He wore round eyeglasses, a plaid pattern shirt, and suspenders that's holding up his pants.

## Abilities

Axel's grandfather was a toy inventor and he could also experiment with creating "smart-toys", a small army of toys that could come to life.

## Relationships

### Axel Applerod

Unlike Uncle Andrew in the final product, Axel was always warned by his grandfather to never open the Toy Box, the secret lab where he's experimenting with creating the smart-toys. But after his grandfather retired from his career at the Toy Store, Axel's curiosity got the better of him and he broke the lab's seal, releasing a small army of living smart-toys into the world, and giving Axel the power to transform himself into a living action figure.

## Trivia

* It's unknown if Axel's grandfather was from his mother's or father's side.
* While Axel's grandfather and Uncle Andrew are similar to each other in terms of owning the Toy Store, there're several differences between the two.
	+ According to the early concept for the series, Axel's grandfather always warned Axel to never open the Toy Box. But in the final product, Uncle Andrew never warns him about opening the Toy Box since Axel recently moves in with him.
	+ Unlike Uncle Andrew, Axel's grandfather is said to retire from working at the Toy Store.
	+ Axel's grandfather is said to be a toy inventor while Uncle Andrew is both a toy inventor and a toy repairman.
* It's unknown if a different version of Axel's grandfather exists in the final version of the series.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://trello.com/c/w3Vw7Ww6/457-offair-reuni%C3%A3o-pecegueiro-power-players-globr015064

Axel Mulligan/Action Axel • Bearbarian • Bobbie Blobby • Galileo • Masko • Sarge Charge • Slobot

Allies
Bot-Guy • Joyride • Thermometron 9000 • The Scratch Pack Cats • Zoe

Dr. Nautilus • Dynamo • Ice Crusher • Madcap • Orangutank • Porcupunk • Princess SugarSalt • Pyramid of Prediction • Pyrant

Other villains
Ice Crusher's clones • Minergy-infused plant • Rufin

Redeemed antagonists
Bot-Guy • Joyride • Luka's teddy bear collection • Madcap's Junior Genetic Spy Lizards army • Thermometron 9000 • The Scratch Pack Cats

Cleo LeBall • Craig • Luka • Zoe

Adults
Mr. and Mrs. Mulligan • Uncle Andrew • Zoe's father • Zoe's mother

Smart-toys
Baby • Sergeant Lacharge

Miscellaneous
Salto

Non-Canon characters
Axel's dog • **Axel's grandfather**
Park

The **park** is an unnamed recreation park that's located somewhere in the city where *Power Players* takes place.

## Features

A playground is placed somewhere towards the center of the park.

## Trivia

* This is the first location other than Toy Store to be seen in the series.
* The Power Players are able to be out in the open at the playground whenever there aren't any civilians other than Axel and/or Zoe around.
* The park has been part of multiple villain attacks:
	+ In "Swing Set Jet Set", Princess SugarSalt destroys various trees with Bearbarian's World Breaker after Galileo traded it to her for a toy jet pack. Later, Bearbarian fixes the park by activating the World Breaker into a World Fixer.
	+ In "Sand Trap", Madcap and his army of Junior Genetic Spy Lizards attack the Power Players in the sandbox of the playground.
	+ In "The Best Team", Madcap, Porcupunk, and Dynamo all crash the annual soapbox derby race, so they can try to sabotage Axel and Luka from winning.
	+ In "Friends War", Orangutank destroys various lampposts and he (along with Princess SugarSalt) fight against the Power Players.
	+ In "To Tame the Perilous Skies!", Madcap and his army all take to the skies in toy airplanes for an aerial assault on the park.
	+ In "Return of Thermometron 9000", Ice Crusher and the other villains play a game of ice hockey after Ice Crusher stole Thermometron 9000 from Axel's room and froze a part of the park during a heatwave.
* The park hosts the annual soapbox derby race in "The Best Team".
* In "Joyride", a rummage sale is held at the park which Axel and Andrew both attended.
* Andrew went to the city park for an interview with the local news about his toy inventing in "Green with Envy".
Bringing Up Baby

**"Bringing Up Baby"** is the thirty-sixth episode of the first season of *Power Players*. It premiered on February 28, 2020, on the official Cartoon Network website.

## Synopsis

Zoe leaves Axel in charge of the school project - watching over an infant simulator doll - but when MadCap brings the doll to life, Axel and the team must stop the baby without damaging it or risk getting a failing grade!

## Characters

### Major Characters

* Axel Mulligan/Action Axel
* Masko
* Galileo
* Sarge Charge
* Bearbarian
* Bobbie Blobby
* Madcap
* Baby doll

### Minor Characters

* Slobot
* Zoe
* Civilians

## Trivia

* In the French version, the episode is called "L'impossible Monsieur Bébé", meaning "The impossible Mister Baby".

## References

1. ↑ https://fly-pow-bye.tumblr.com/post/611344005791383552/see-it-firsts-for-2282020
2. ↑ https://www.france.tv/france-4/power-players/power-players-saison-1/1360843-l-mpossible-monsieur-bebe.html
3. ↑ https://www.cartoonnetwork.com/video/power-players/bringing-up-baby-episode.html

**Future episodes**
*Saving Madcap* • *Impactful!* • *A Noise in the Night* • *When It Itches...* • *Broken* • *What is Happening to Uncle Andrew?* • *Seek!* • *Triple Game* • *Sergeant Lacharge* • *The All-New All Beautiful Power Players* • *Night Operation* • *A Good Spirit* • *No Pot* • *Pyrant Park* • *The Load* • *The Kings of the Jungle* • *Bad Track* • *The Funniest* • *A Maxi Villain - Part 1* • *A Maxi Villain - Part 2*

**Future specials**
A Maxi Villain
Minergy battery

The **Minergy battery** is a box that contains Minergy to bring a toy to life. In "Unboxing Part 2", Madcap stole the Minergy battery from Andrew's basement at the Toy Store and since then, he uses it to make toys come to life and forces them into joining his army.

## Appearance

The Minergy battery is a sphere-shaped box with red, black, and gray stripes.

## Abilities

The Minergy battery contains Minergy, a power that could bring toys to life when a toy touches it. Minergy is also a power source for the Power Bandz and for the Bandz' wearer to transform into a living action-figure.

## Trivia

* As revealed on the official Power Players website, the first toy that Andrew tested on for his first experiment with Minergy was Madcap (then known as Might Master). But after Might Master discovered what it meant to be played with, he started his path to villainy as Madcap.
* According to Zoe, she overheard her father talking to Andrew at a party that if anything ever happened to Andrew, he wants his next-door neighbor to find the Minergy battery and destroy it.
* When Madcap finds himself a secret lair in an abandoned warehouse, Orangutank and Porcupunk can be seen placing the Minergy battery onto a truck.
Agent Danger

**Agent Danger** is a non-sentient action figure prototype created by Andrew. In "Spies Like Us", he was stolen by Rufin, but Axel, Galileo, and Zoe all manage to recover him.

## Appearance

Agent Danger is a black action figure that resembles a robot with yellow designs.

## Trivia

* Agent Danger is referred to by "he/him" pronouns.
* Andrew can be seen working on Agent Danger in "To Tame the Perilous Skies!".
* Even though Agent Danger doesn't come to life yet, Galileo and Axel both initially thought he was when he got stolen. However, they later found out that the real thief is actually Rufin who uses a remote to control him.
Monster Jeep

The **Monster Jeep** is a toy jeep that serves as Bearbarian's mode of transportation.

## Appearance

The Monster Jeep is styled similar to that of a monster truck. It is a yellow and blue jeep with six oversized tires, yellow seats that's fit for two toys, two gray push-button seatbelts with the yellow Power Players team insignia, and a gray hood ornament. The hood of the jeep is styled like a monster's fangs.

## Trivia

* The Monster Jeep can be seen underneath Axel's bed in "Swing Set Jet Set".
* In "Gathering Dark", Slobot upgraded the Monster Jeep so it can have a new defense system to defend itself from any potential threats. However, after Dynamo caused a power outage in Axel's room, the power outage caused the Jeep's defense protocol mode to be switched to merciless predator mode and started chasing after everyone in the room.
	+ It's implied that after the incident of "Gathering Dark", Slobot had removed the defense system from the Monster Jeep since the Jeep isn't seen in its defense protocol mode in any other episodes.
* Masko and Bobbie Blobby are the only members of the Power Players who drove the Jeep aside from Bearbarian.
Ride'Em

## Video

**"Ride'Em"** is the fifteenth webisode of the series.

## Synopsis

One by one, the beaten up Power Players go and ask Slobot to fix them. What's going on?

## Plot

The webisode opens in Axel's room where Slobot is inventing something underneath the bed. But he stops when Sarge Charge arrives and asks him to put his arm back on which somehow fell off. After Slobot fixed Sarge and he's about to get back to work, Galileo arrives with his problem. Just after Slobot has fixed Galileo's tail and camera, Masko arrives with his problem as well. Slobot fixed Masko by pulling Masko's head back up and he wonders out loud what his friends are doing that makes him act as their nurse lately. Bobbie Blobby then arrives with her broken mecha-suit and asks him to fix it so she could take him to try something out. After fixing the mecha-suit, Slobot rolls himself to where his friends are and sees that Masko is riding on a hair-dryer as if he's riding a bull. Axel is looking at the timer from his phone and tells Masko is about to beat his record, just when Masko get launched off of the hair-dryer and crashes into the wall, much to Slobot's chagrin since he has to fix Masko again.

## Characters

* Slobot
* Sarge Charge
* Galileo
* Masko
* Bobbie Blobby
* Axel Mulligan
* Bearbarian (opening sequence)
* Madcap (opening sequence; US Cartoon Network website version)
* Orangutank (opening sequence; US Cartoon Network website version)
* Porcupunk (opening sequence; US Cartoon Network website version)
* Princess SugarSalt (opening sequence; US Cartoon Network website version)
* Dynamo (opening sequence; US Cartoon Network website version)

## Trivia

* In the French version, the webisode is called "Arrêt au stand", meaning "Pitstop".
* Aside from being in the opening sequence, Bearbarian is the only Power Player member who doesn't appear in this webisode.
* This webisode shows that aside from being the technician and handyman of the team, Slobot can help fix his teammates whenever one of their parts broke.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 view-source:https://www.cartoonnetwork.com/video/power-players/rideem-episode.html
2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQgck90HbrA
3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnAUVLk6LAI

**Future episodes**
*Saving Madcap* • *Impactful!* • *A Noise in the Night* • *When It Itches...* • *Broken* • *What is Happening to Uncle Andrew?* • *Seek!* • *Triple Game* • *Sergeant Lacharge* • *The All-New All Beautiful Power Players* • *Night Operation* • *A Good Spirit* • *No Pot* • *Pyrant Park* • *The Load* • *The Kings of the Jungle* • *Bad Track* • *The Funniest* • *A Maxi Villain - Part 1* • *A Maxi Villain - Part 2*

**Future specials**
A Maxi Villain
Bowling for Ballers

**"Bowling for Ballers"** is the twenty-seventh episode of the first season of *Power Players*. It first premiered on January 31, 2020 on the official Cartoon Network website.

## Synopsis

Axel and the team must intervene when Zoe's not-so-friendly bowling competition with Cleo LeBall gets interrupted by Madcap, Porcupunk, and their new cohort, the mischievously magnetic Dynamo.

## Characters

### Major Characters

* Axel Mulligan/Action Axel
* Zoe
* Cleo LeBall
* Bearbarian
* Masko

### Villains

* Porcupunk
* Dynamo
* Madcap

### Minor Characters

* Craig
* Civilians

## Trivia

* This marks the canonical introduction of Dynamo. But because this episode was released out of order, it takes place before the events of "The Dynamo Dynamic", "Porcupunk Rock", and "Gathering Dark" despite those three episodes were released first in the US.
* This episode revealed that Madcap has a robotic drone to spy on the Power Players.
* Before the episode made its worldwide premiere, it was first revealed when the official Power Players YouTube channel uploaded a teaser video for it on December 18, 2019.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.cartoonnetwork.com/video/power-players/bowling-for-ballers-episode.html
2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu7iAtY9S1Q

**Future episodes**
*Saving Madcap* • *Impactful!* • *A Noise in the Night* • *When It Itches...* • *Broken* • *What is Happening to Uncle Andrew?* • *Seek!* • *Triple Game* • *Sergeant Lacharge* • *The All-New All Beautiful Power Players* • *Night Operation* • *A Good Spirit* • *No Pot* • *Pyrant Park* • *The Load* • *The Kings of the Jungle* • *Bad Track* • *The Funniest* • *A Maxi Villain - Part 1* • *A Maxi Villain - Part 2*

**Future specials**
A Maxi Villain
Power Drone

The **Power Drone** is one of the three weapons of the Power Bandz, along with the Power Sword and the Power Shield.

The current owner of the Power Drone is Axel Mulligan, who uses it as the superhero Action Axel.

## Appearance

The Power Drone is red with two yellow jet engines on each of the flaps of its wings. The front of the drone has a black design, two green front lights, a black design on the front, and a pointed nose. The drone has two yellow claws at the bottom and each of the wings is attached by a yellow and blue piece.

## Abilities

The Power Drone is usually seen on the back of the Power Bandz's wearer's exoskeleton but to activate it, the wearer must press a button from the control panel of their exoskeleton that's located in its right arm. The Power Drone could help lift the wearer into the air so he could fly like it's a jetpack.

## Trivia

* "Unboxing Part 2" and "Attack of Thermometron 9000" both show Action Axel having trouble landing on the ground after flying with the drone on his back.
The Lost One's Weeping

## **About**

Lost One's Weeping was uploaded on , 2016.

The video has over 4,187,922 views.

## **Blurb**

I couldn't solve the problem.

Haha it seems that my future in scream singing is bleak.
I mean, I did my best, but I'm not all too confident. OTL
Even so, I really love this song and probably used
waaaay too many of my own words throughout.
Especially near the end. Okay, all of the end.
(Crazy enough, screaming those words was oddly refreshing)
So this is my version of Lost One's Weeping...hope you like it!

## **Credits**

CREDITS:
Music & Lyrics: Neru
Movie: 456
Tuning: 友達募集P

Original Video: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm20244918

## **Trivia**

* Juby comfirms that she loves this song, though she has not so confident in singing it.
* Juby also has created a piano version of it.
Kieran Walton

**Kieran Walton** is an American actor. He voices Axel Mulligan/Action Axel in the English dubbed version of *Power Players*.

## Biography

Kieran Walton was born in Seattle, Washington. In school, he enjoyed partaking in interactive and engaging activities, particularly those that garnered an audience. Upon reenacting scenes from Shakespeare in 9th grade, he began to take an interest in acting. He initiated himself into the world of performing arts through theatre, participating in his high school drama department, as well as the award-winning non-profit organization, Young Shakespeare Workshop. After graduating high school, Kieran started to pursue a career in acting.

## Gallery

### Screenshots

Kieran's name on the English ending credits.
## Trivia

* In both his Instagram and Facebook descriptions, he erroneously wrote that Axel is an "11 year old", despite many sources confirmed that he's actually nine.

## External links

* Kieran's IMDb page
* Kieran's Instagram
* Kieran's Facebook
* Kieran's Twitter

## References

1. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/2146933068890358/videos/vb.2146933068890358/2112513512376032/?type=3&theater
2. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B2U1ikmnRO2/

Jeremy Zag

Other crew members
Sean Aitchison • Axel Blanc • Nathanaël Bronn • Joe Casey • Jérôme Cointre • Julia Edelman • David Gasman • Tarik Hamdine • Matthew Géczy • Todd Haberkorn • Noam Kaniel • Joe Kelly • Colin McLaughlin • Angie Nasca • Duncan Rouleau • Shoshana Sachi • Dane Styler • Jeff Treppel • Steven T. Seagle

Zach Aguilar • Reba Buhr • Greg Chun • Paul Haapaniemi • Todd Haberkorn • Richard Horvitz • Neil Kaplan • Aleks Le • Landon McDonald • Sona Movsesian • Jamieson Price • Carolina Ravassa • Carlos Salazar • Steven T. Seagle • **Kieran Walton** • Scott Whyte

Scratch voice actors
David Gasman • Matthew Géczy • Steven T. Seagle

Singers
Cash Callaway • Noam Kaniel
Carlo Borromeo / Annunciazione 6c002

## PROPRIETÀ

Medaglia dedicata a san Carlo Borromeo e all'annunciazione di Maria.

## Descrizione

Appiccagnolo trasversale robusto parzialmente mancante, spezzato all'apice. Foro artefatto ad ore 13.

### Diritto

**• LA**[US] **• S**[ANCT]**I**[SSIMO] **• S**[ACRAMENTO] **• FAC**[IT] **• PIO**[S] **•**

Entro cornice perlinata, busto ampio di san Carlo Borromeo, con tonsura, nimbo circolare in prospettiva e mozzetta cardinalizia con cappuccio, di profilo destro, con le mani giunte in orazione davanti all'eucarestia rappresentata da un calice da cui spunta un'ostia raggiata.

### Rovescio

Anepigrafe.

Entro cornice perlinata, rappresentazione della scena dell'annunciazione. Sotto l'ispirazione dello Spirito Santo rappresentato da una colomba raggiante con le ali aperte, l'arcangelo Gabriele aureolato porge un ramo di giglio a Maria, anch'essa aureolata, inginocchiata su un inginocchiatoio in atteggiamento orante.

## Medaglie correlate

* Carlo Borromeo / Annunciazione 6c001
* Carlo Borromeo / Annunciazione 6c004

## Note

1. ↑ L'interpretazione dell'epigrafe è ancora un'ipotesi ed oggetto di discussione.
A Titan Showdown

## Video

**"A Titan Showdown"** is the first webisode of the series.

## Synopsis

The Power Players clash in Masko's ring... in a laughing contest!

## Plot

In Axel's room, Masko is holding a wrestling match to fight with his fellow Power Players teammates. After defeating Galileo, Slobot, Sarge Charge, and Bearbarian, it is Action Axel's turn to fight Masko. Before the fight starts, Action Axel boasts to Masko that the latter will have his last laugh which makes him question if Action Axel is funnier than him. Action Axel responds by pulling back Masko's bottom lip and makes it flaps up and down. The webisode ends with the Power Players all laugh when Action Axel jokes that Masko is really the funniest.

## Characters

* Axel Mulligan/Action Axel
* Masko
* Galileo
* Slobot (non-speaking)
* Sarge Charge (non-speaking)
* Bearbarian (non-speaking)
* Bobbie Blobby (opening sequence)
* Madcap (opening sequence; US Cartoon Network website version)
* Orangutank (opening sequence; US Cartoon Network website version)
* Porcupunk (opening sequence; US Cartoon Network website version)
* Princess SugarSalt (opening sequence; US Cartoon Network website version)
* Dynamo (opening sequence; US Cartoon Network website version)

## Trivia

* In the French version, the webisode is called "Duel de Titans", meaning "Duel of Titans".
* The webisode revealed that Masko wears more than one masks underneath his regular yellow mask. He also wears various masks that resemble his teammates' heads.
* In this webisode, Action Axel isn't seen transforming due to the webisode's short length.
* Aside from being in the opening sequence, Bobbie Blobby is the only member of the Power Players who doesn't appear in this webisode, and thus, she's the only Power Player who isn't seen wrestling Masko.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ONzEsBBDI
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 [view-source:https://www.cartoonnetwork.com/video/power-players/a-titans-showdown-episode.html]
3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAHanQbm6ic

**Future episodes**
*Saving Madcap* • *Impactful!* • *A Noise in the Night* • *When It Itches...* • *Broken* • *What is Happening to Uncle Andrew?* • *Seek!* • *Triple Game* • *Sergeant Lacharge* • *The All-New All Beautiful Power Players* • *Night Operation* • *A Good Spirit* • *No Pot* • *Pyrant Park* • *The Load* • *The Kings of the Jungle* • *Bad Track* • *The Funniest* • *A Maxi Villain - Part 1* • *A Maxi Villain - Part 2*

**Future specials**
A Maxi Villain
On Your Toes

**"On Your Toes"** is the twenty-fourth episode of the first season of *Power Players*. It first premiered on January 31, 2020, on the official Cartoon Network website and it later premiered on March 1, 2020, on Cartoon Network on TV.

## Synopsis

After a Porcupunk sighting, Axel leads a recon mission that slowly but surely proves to be a wild goose chase devised by Sarge, who's secretly pursuing a hobby that he's afraid to share with his teammates.

## Characters

### Major Characters

* Axel Mulligan/Action Axel
* Sarge Charge
* Bearbarian
* Bobbie Blobby
* Galileo
* Masko
* Slobot

### Minor Characters

* Porcupunk (mentioned)
* Uncle Andrew
* Civilians

## Trivia

* In the French version, the episode is called "Tu tires ou tu pointes?", meaning "Are you shooting or pointing?".
* This is the first episode in which there isn't a single antagonist appear. Although, Porcupunk is only mentioned throughout the episode.
* This episode revealed that Sarge secretly likes ballet, Bobbie likes art, Bearbarian likes to read books about tough warriors, and Masko likes cleaning.
* The episode title has a double meaning: "on someone's toes" means to ready for an alert; it also referring to the pointe technique, a classical ballet technique.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/power-players/listings/
2. ↑ https://www.france.tv/france-4/power-players/power-players-saison-1/1435815-tu-tires-ou-tu-pointes.html
3. ↑ https://www.cartoonnetwork.com/video/power-players/on-your-toes-episode.html

**Future episodes**
*Saving Madcap* • *Impactful!* • *A Noise in the Night* • *When It Itches...* • *Broken* • *What is Happening to Uncle Andrew?* • *Seek!* • *Triple Game* • *Sergeant Lacharge* • *The All-New All Beautiful Power Players* • *Night Operation* • *A Good Spirit* • *No Pot* • *Pyrant Park* • *The Load* • *The Kings of the Jungle* • *Bad Track* • *The Funniest* • *A Maxi Villain - Part 1* • *A Maxi Villain - Part 2*

**Future specials**
A Maxi Villain
Return of Thermometron 9000

**"Return of Thermometron 9000"** is the fifty-first episode of the first season of *Power Players*. It first premiered on April 24, 2020, on the official Cartoon Network website and it later premiered on June 14, 2020, on TV on Cartoon Network.

## Synopsis

During a brutal heatwave, Axel and his team must track down Thermometron 9000, stolen by Ice Crusher for two purposes - to keep his hockey rink from melting and to bait the good toys into a rematch!

## Characters

### Major Characters

* Axel Mulligan/Action Axel
* Galileo
* Bobbie Blobby
* Sarge Charge
* Bearbarian
* Masko
* Thermometron 9000
* Ice Crusher
* Madcap
* Porcupunk
* Orangutank
* Princess SugarSalt'

### Minor Characters

* Slobot
* Uncle Andrew

## Trivia

* In this episode, it reveals that Andrew made the toys with a special organic compound that regulates the plastic so it won't deteriorate, but those compounds can get moist as stated by Galileo. Since Galileo is from the *Junior Genetic Spy Lizards* toyline and Bearbarian is made out of plush, this meant the Power Players and by extension, any other Minergy-infused toys become part organic when they're brought to life by Minergy which gives them the ability to eat, sleep and behaves like actual organic lifeforms.
* This episode might have taken place around or during the summer because of the heatwave.
* This episode takes place after "Attack of Thermometron 9000" since a flashback of the aforementioned episode is seen.
* In this episode Galileo didn't struggle with low temperature in contrast to several past episodes with ice theme.
* It's eleventh time when a character's name is mentioned as a part of the title. It is also the second time with Therometron 9000's name, following "Attack of Thermometron 9000".

### Errors

* Some sources would incorrectly refer the episode title as "**Return of Thermometron 3000**".

## References

1. ↑ http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/power-players/listings/
2. ↑ https://cn-confessions.tumblr.com/post/613138330970996736/cartoon-network-and-adult-swim-323-329

**Future episodes**
*Saving Madcap* • *Impactful!* • *A Noise in the Night* • *When It Itches...* • *Broken* • *What is Happening to Uncle Andrew?* • *Seek!* • *Triple Game* • *Sergeant Lacharge* • *The All-New All Beautiful Power Players* • *Night Operation* • *A Good Spirit* • *No Pot* • *Pyrant Park* • *The Load* • *The Kings of the Jungle* • *Bad Track* • *The Funniest* • *A Maxi Villain - Part 1* • *A Maxi Villain - Part 2*

**Future specials**
A Maxi Villain
Pyrant

Pyrant

**Pyrant** (likely a portmanteau of "pyramid" and "tyrant") is a villain introduced in Side Kicked. He creates minions which are tiny pyramids who land on the heads of toys and control their minds.

He is created from the "Pyramid of Prediction" toy.

## Appearance

His head shares the appearance as the "Pyramid Of Prediction" toy, except he now has a gray robotic body. His body is attached on the middle part of the pyramid, with legs that have two toes. His arms are more attached to his pyramid head, each next to the body, with three fingers.

## Personality

Since he is a toy that answers questions, he is all knowing with a sinister, egoistic personality. However, despite his knowledge, he can quickly become upset when overwhelmed by questions, as seen in his debut episode.

## Abilities

* **Mind Control:** He can control his Pyramids to attach his enemies' heads and control them in a hive mind.
* **Regenration:** Since he is built to know every question, he can predict anything that can happen from an attack.
* **Flight/Levitation:**

## Relationships

### Madcap

Madcap brought all the Pyramids including Pyrant life and promise them freedom when they capture the Power Players.

## Trivia

* Pyrant's name can be mispronounce and mistaken as "Pirate".
* He is the only villain who only made three appearances in Season 1.

## Gallery

Axel Mulligan/Action Axel • Bearbarian • Bobbie Blobby • Galileo • Masko • Sarge Charge • Slobot

Allies
Bot-Guy • Joyride • Thermometron 9000 • The Scratch Pack Cats • Zoe

Dr. Nautilus • Dynamo • Ice Crusher • Madcap • Orangutank • Porcupunk • Princess SugarSalt • Pyramid of Prediction • **Pyrant**

Other villains
Ice Crusher's clones • Minergy-infused plant • Rufin

Redeemed antagonists
Bot-Guy • Joyride • Luka's teddy bear collection • Madcap's Junior Genetic Spy Lizards army • Thermometron 9000 • The Scratch Pack Cats

Cleo LeBall • Craig • Luka • Zoe

Adults
Mr. and Mrs. Mulligan • Uncle Andrew • Zoe's father • Zoe's mother

Smart-toys
Baby • Sergeant Lacharge

Miscellaneous
Salto

Non-Canon characters
Axel's dog • Axel's grandfather
Matthew Géczy

**Matthew Géczy** is an American movie and television actor, voice actor and voice director based in Paris, France. He is one of the scratch voice actors for the English version of *Power Players*, along with Steven T. Seagle and David Gasman.

## Career

He has acted in several films for television and cinema, with directors such as Brian De Palma and Thomas Vinterberg. He has been a voice actor in advertising campaigns, documentaries, video games, internet media and in the field of animation. He has provided voices for productions such as *Code Lyoko, Casper's Scare School, Ratatouille,* and *Persepolis*. He has also worked as the voice director for numerous animated television series including the Children's BAFTA-nominated series *Eliot Kid* (BBC, ABC Australia, Cartoon Network), *Mouk* (Disney Junior), *I.N.K. Invisible Network Of Kids* (Pop, ABC Australia), Season 2 of *Casper's Scare School* (Cartoon Network (US), and is currently in production for Season 2 of *The Mysterious Cities of Gold*, and *The New Adventures of Lassie* for DreamWorks Classics.

## Trivia

* Matthew have previously voiced many characters in two different ZAG-produced series:
	+ He voiced Toro, Onigiri, and Néko in the English dubbed version of *Kobushi*.
	+ And he voiced Pipo, Sammy, Lulu, Big Boss, and have provided additional voices in the English dubbed version of *Sammy & Co*.
* Matthew is also currently providing the scratch voices for *Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir*, another ZAG Heroez series. In addition, he voices Jagged Stone/Guitar Villain in the French version of the series.

## External links

* Matthew's IMDb page
* Matthew's Behind the Voice Actors page
* Matthew's Instagram

Jeremy Zag

Other crew members
Sean Aitchison • Axel Blanc • Nathanaël Bronn • Joe Casey • Jérôme Cointre • Julia Edelman • David Gasman • Tarik Hamdine • **Matthew Géczy** • Todd Haberkorn • Noam Kaniel • Joe Kelly • Colin McLaughlin • Angie Nasca • Duncan Rouleau • Shoshana Sachi • Dane Styler • Jeff Treppel • Steven T. Seagle

Zach Aguilar • Reba Buhr • Greg Chun • Paul Haapaniemi • Todd Haberkorn • Richard Horvitz • Neil Kaplan • Aleks Le • Landon McDonald • Sona Movsesian • Jamieson Price • Carolina Ravassa • Carlos Salazar • Steven T. Seagle • Kieran Walton • Scott Whyte

Scratch voice actors
David Gasman • **Matthew Géczy** • Steven T. Seagle

Singers
Cash Callaway • Noam Kaniel
Aleks Le

**Aleks Le** is an American actor and voice actor. He voices Luka in the English dubbed version of *Power Players*.

## Career

Some of his voice roles in animes include Kidow from *Cagaster of an Insect Cage*, Black Knight from *Carole & Tuesday*, Zenitsu Agatsuma from *Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba*, Caiman from *Dorohedoro*, Stola from *Gundam Build Divers Re:RISE*, Mario Zucchero from *JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind*, Alexis Doucet from *Record of Grancrest War*, Lilipilin from *Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of Underworld*, Ake from *The Rising of the Shield Hero*, and Ami Kirio from *Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun*.

## External links

* Aleks's IMDb page
* Aleks's Instagram
* Aleks's Facebook
* Aleks's Twitter

Jeremy Zag

Other crew members
Sean Aitchison • Axel Blanc • Nathanaël Bronn • Joe Casey • Jérôme Cointre • Julia Edelman • David Gasman • Tarik Hamdine • Matthew Géczy • Todd Haberkorn • Noam Kaniel • Joe Kelly • Colin McLaughlin • Angie Nasca • Duncan Rouleau • Shoshana Sachi • Dane Styler • Jeff Treppel • Steven T. Seagle

Zach Aguilar • Reba Buhr • Greg Chun • Paul Haapaniemi • Todd Haberkorn • Richard Horvitz • Neil Kaplan • **Aleks Le** • Landon McDonald • Sona Movsesian • Jamieson Price • Carolina Ravassa • Carlos Salazar • Steven T. Seagle • Kieran Walton • Scott Whyte

Scratch voice actors
David Gasman • Matthew Géczy • Steven T. Seagle

Singers
Cash Callaway • Noam Kaniel
Jérôme Cointre

**Jérôme Cointre** is a designer of *Power Players*. He self-describes his work as "develop[ing] the look and feel of feature films, animations, videos, and other types of productions."

## Biography

Cointre studied at Académie Bugeant-Begault in Poitiers, France from 1993 to 1996. He was a background color designer from 1997 to 2002 before diversifying into matte painting and eventually background design.

Cointre has worked on other ZAG projects such as *Popples*, *Zak Storm*, *Denver the Last Dinosaur*, *Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir*, and *Tales of Feryon*. Notable works on other television series include *Iron Man: Armored Adventures*, *Foot2Rue Extrême*, and *Baskup - Tony Parker*.

## Trivia

* Jérôme has worked in Tokyo, Japan before.
* In 2009-2010 and 2013, Jérôme was a speaker at Gobelins, l'École de l'image.
* He is credited under graphics for the music video "Les p'tits chiens" by Ignatus.

## External Links

* Jérôme's IMDb page
* Jérôme's concept art blog
* Jérôme's Japanese blog

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 https://fr.linkedin.com/in/jcointre
2. ↑ http://www.planete-jeunesse.com/forum219/viewtopic.php?t=8196&sid=cd3f5e8b748ba85a36beba4c206265a5
3. ↑ w:c:tales-of-feryon:File:Tales\_of\_Feryon\_village\_sketch\_by\_Jerome\_Cointre.jpg
4. ↑ http://jcointre.blogspot.com/
5. ↑ https://www.annecy.org/about/archives/2006/official-selection/film-index:film-20060123

Jeremy Zag

Other crew members
Sean Aitchison • Axel Blanc • Nathanaël Bronn • Joe Casey • **Jérôme Cointre** • Julia Edelman • David Gasman • Tarik Hamdine • Matthew Géczy • Todd Haberkorn • Noam Kaniel • Joe Kelly • Colin McLaughlin • Angie Nasca • Duncan Rouleau • Shoshana Sachi • Dane Styler • Jeff Treppel • Steven T. Seagle

Zach Aguilar • Reba Buhr • Greg Chun • Paul Haapaniemi • Todd Haberkorn • Richard Horvitz • Neil Kaplan • Aleks Le • Landon McDonald • Sona Movsesian • Jamieson Price • Carolina Ravassa • Carlos Salazar • Steven T. Seagle • Kieran Walton • Scott Whyte

Scratch voice actors
David Gasman • Matthew Géczy • Steven T. Seagle

Singers
Cash Callaway • Noam Kaniel
Canonizzazione 1671 6s001

## PROPRIETÀ

Medaglia dedicata ai santi canonizzati nel 1671: san Luigi Bertrando, santa Rosa da Lima, san Francesco Borgia, san Filippo Benizi e san Gaetano Thiene.

## Descrizione

### Diritto

**S**[ANCTUS] **LUDO**[VICUS] **B**[ERTRANDUS] **S**[ANCTA] **R**[OSA]

### Rovescio

**S**[ANCTUS] **FRA**[NCISCUS] **S**[ANCTUS] **PHILI**[PPUS] **S**[ANCTUS] **CAIET**[ANUS]
Power Players trailer

## Video

The ***Power Players* trailer** was one of the first CGI footage clips seen for *Power Players* while it was earlier in development.

On December 23, 2016, Vincent Doignon, the director of photography, uploaded the trailer on Vimeo.

## Description

The video mainly consists of Masko trying to escape from Axel Mulligan's dog.

## Characters

* Masko
* Axel's dog

## Trivia

* This is the second officially released footage of *Power Players* after the footage from the ZAG Heroez video.
* The trailer reveals that the show was originally going to be a CGI/live-action hybrid series with the characters be animated via motion capture behind a live-action background. Because of it, Masko is the only character animated in CGI while the rest of the setting is shot in live-action.
* This is the first animated appearance of Masko.
* Because the trailer was released when the series was in development, Masko has a different Power Players team insignia on his belt than in the final product.
* After the trailer was released, two known test footage videos have been uploaded in Vimeo during the production of the series which shows the process of the motion-capture animation. The first known test footage video was uploaded on one of the official ZAG Vimeo channels on July 1, 2017, but as of 2020, the video is no longer available. The second known test footage video was uploaded on the Fame Production Vimeo channel on January 16, 2018.
	+ It's currently unknown if there are any more test footages other than the two aforementioned videos.
* On July 3, 2017, Jeremy Zag uploaded two videos on his Instagram to show the crew members first testing out the motion-capture animation.
* In the trailer, Axel's dog is a chihuahua instead of a terrier as seen in one concept art.

## References

1. ↑ https://vimeo.com/196907824
2. ↑ https://vimeo.com/224058439
3. ↑ https://vimeo.com/251311924
4. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BWFwfByB2La/
5. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BWFxA01BrC7/

**Future episodes**
*Saving Madcap* • *Impactful!* • *A Noise in the Night* • *When It Itches...* • *Broken* • *What is Happening to Uncle Andrew?* • *Seek!* • *Triple Game* • *Sergeant Lacharge* • *The All-New All Beautiful Power Players* • *Night Operation* • *A Good Spirit* • *No Pot* • *Pyrant Park* • *The Load* • *The Kings of the Jungle* • *Bad Track* • *The Funniest* • *A Maxi Villain - Part 1* • *A Maxi Villain - Part 2*

**Future specials**
A Maxi Villain
Bad Apple!!

## About

Bad Apple!! was uploaded on Aug 28, 2016.

The video has reached over 498,771 views.

## Description

Juby says in the description,

A bad apple spoils the bunch.

So I asked my supporters on Patreon what songs they'd like me to sing and turns out lots of you wanted me to do this one!

Although this isn't Vocaloid or anime, I think its understood that this song from the Touhou series is especially classic. I mean, I probably heard it back in 2008 or something? I didn't even own a mic back then, but I still sang it like everyone else lol. Of course awhile after that I found Christina Vee's english cover and thinking back now, that was probably the first song dub I'd ever heard on YouTube! Because of how great those lyrics were, I wanted to borrow them this time.

So in respect and honor for that dub and those lyrics, here's my best go at it! Thank you very much!

## Credits

In her description she also lists the credits.

ORIGINAL CREDITS:

✦ Original: www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm8628149

✦ Music: Masayoshi Minoshima

✦ Silhouette PV: あにら

COVER CREDITS:

✦ Vocals/Mix/Subs: Juby

✦ Lyrics: Pat McCarthy

## Trivia

* People have speculated that the song is about a rotten person (Or a bad apple) that wants to change her actions and become a better person.
* Juby sang this before she even owned a mic.
Bearbarian (webisode)

## Video

**"Bearbarian"** is the ninth webisode of the series.

## Synopsis

Action Axel tells us all about Bearbarian.

## Plot

The webisode opens in Axel's room where Action Axel is about to interview Bearbarian. Action Axel allows Bearbarian to introduce himself to the camera, and Bearbarian starts talking about himself as a ruthless tough guy of the team. However, every time Bearbarian is trying to talk, his friends won't take him seriously and they would interrupt him by teasingly calling him soft and wants to tickle him; Bobbie Blobby hugged Bearbarian's left leg, Sarge Charge pulled onto his cheek, Masko kissed him on the cheek after complimenting his plush texture, and Slobot wanted to tickle him. Eventually, it gets to the point that Action Axel ends his interview with Bearbarian so he and Galileo could join in to tickle him.

## Characters

* Action Axel
* Bearbarian
* Galileo
* Masko
* Sarge Charge
* Bobbie Blobby
* Slobot
* Madcap (opening sequence; US Cartoon Network website version)
* Orangutank (opening sequence; US Cartoon Network website version)
* Porcupunk (opening sequence; US Cartoon Network website version)
* Princess SugarSalt (opening sequence; US Cartoon Network website version)
* Dynamo (opening sequence; US Cartoon Network website version)

## Trivia

* In the French version, the webisode is called "Barbarours".
* Throughout this webisode, Action Axel isn't seen in his civilian form.
* In this webisode, Masko kissed Bearbarian on the cheek after complimenting his plush texture.
* This is the fourth of the "interview" webisodes in the series after "Sarge Charge", "Galileo", and "Masko".

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 view-source:https://www.cartoonnetwork.com/video/power-players/bearbarian-episode.html
2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7axYvd6914
3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGjTipUZodk

**Future episodes**
*Saving Madcap* • *Impactful!* • *A Noise in the Night* • *When It Itches...* • *Broken* • *What is Happening to Uncle Andrew?* • *Seek!* • *Triple Game* • *Sergeant Lacharge* • *The All-New All Beautiful Power Players* • *Night Operation* • *A Good Spirit* • *No Pot* • *Pyrant Park* • *The Load* • *The Kings of the Jungle* • *Bad Track* • *The Funniest* • *A Maxi Villain - Part 1* • *A Maxi Villain - Part 2*

**Future specials**
A Maxi Villain
Memy Konwentowe

Teoria spiskowa, wymyślona przez Bycha. Mają jakoby powstawać na kolejnych Konwentach i być lepsze niż Memy Grotowe.

Bychu niestety nikomu nie chce ich pokazać, działając zgodnie z zasadą "Co na Konwencie, zostaje na Konwencie". Najprawdopodobniej po prostu nie istnieją.

Najnowsze badania mówią, że nawet inni uczestnicy Konwentu (np. Kammer), o nich nie słyszeli.
Bad Track

**"On the Wrong Track"** (translated from the French title "**Mauvaise piste**") is an upcoming episode of the first season of *Power Players*. Its worldwide premiere was on January 6, 2021, on the official Ici TOU.TV website in Canada for the French viewers.

## Synopsis

Slobot finds Sergeant Charge K.-O. in the garden; the latter had his new minergie tracker binoculars stolen. Who could have committed this crime? Axel is convinced he has the answer.

## Characters

### Major Characters

* Axel Mulligan/Action Axel
* Sarge Charge
* Galileo
* Masko
* Slobot
* Sergeant Lacharge

### Minor Characters

* Princess SugarSalt
* Rufin
* Cleo LeBall
* Civilians

## Trivia

* This is Sergeant Lacharge's second appearance after "Sergeant Lacharge".

## References

1. ↑ https://ici.tou.tv/axel-et-les-power-players

**Future episodes**
*Saving Madcap* • *Impactful!* • *A Noise in the Night* • *When It Itches...* • *Broken* • *What is Happening to Uncle Andrew?* • *Seek!* • *Triple Game* • *Sergeant Lacharge* • *The All-New All Beautiful Power Players* • *Night Operation* • *A Good Spirit* • *No Pot* • *Pyrant Park* • *The Load* • *The Kings of the Jungle* • ***Bad Track*** • *The Funniest* • *A Maxi Villain - Part 1* • *A Maxi Villain - Part 2*

**Future specials**
A Maxi Villain
Power Chef

## Video

**"Power Chef"** is the fourth webisode of the series.

## Synopsis

The Power Players do some cooking…in their own special way!

## Plot

The webisode opens in the kitchen of the Toy Store where the Power Players are baking a chocolate cake. First, Bearbarian tosses an egg to Masko and he catches it. Masko hovers himself above the bowl and drops the egg in it. Next, Bearbarian throws a bag of flour to Sarge Charge and he hits it with a shovel, opening it. Sarge shovels the flour into the bowl. Then, it is Bobbie Blobby's turn to apply the next ingredient: butter. Bobbie sculpts a butter sculpture of Galileo and the real Galileo arrives admiring the sculpture. However, before Galileo can take a selfie of himself, Bobbie blasts clay from her mecha-suit at him, saying that she always wanted to do it. Using a club made out of clay, Bobbie knocks the butter sculpture into the bowl. The last ingredient the toys need is chocolates, which they use actual chocolate bars instead of chocolate frosting. After Bearbarian smash the chocolate bars into pieces by using his World Breaker, the toys all toss the pieces to the bowl before they all start stirring the ingredients together. Axel arrives and sees the toys stirring in the bowl. He demands to know what they are doing in the kitchen, and Sarge reveals to Axel that the toys are baking a cake for his birthday. However, it turns out Axel's birthday is actually next week, much to the toys' chagrins and that would mean they have to clean up the mess they have made in the kitchen.

## Characters

* Axel Mulligan
* Bearbarian
* Masko
* Sarge Charge
* Slobot
* Bobbie Blobby
* Galileo
* Uncle Andrew (pictured)
* Madcap (opening sequence; US Cartoon Network website version)
* Orangutank (opening sequence; US Cartoon Network website version)
* Porcupunk (opening sequence; US Cartoon Network website version)
* Princess SugarSalt (opening sequence; US Cartoon Network website version)
* Dynamo (opening sequence; US Cartoon Network website version)

## Trivia

* Since Axel was initially nine at the beginning of the series, this webisode takes place a week before Axel's tenth birthday.

### Errors

* When the Power Players all get into the bowl to stir the ingredients, chocolate splatters can be seen on the walls of the kitchen. However, when Axel explains to the toys about his birthday being next week, the chocolate splatters disappear.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcHXsOK5HmA
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 view-source:https://www.cartoonnetwork.com/video/power-players/power-chef-episode.html
3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBil421QfaU

**Future episodes**
*Saving Madcap* • *Impactful!* • *A Noise in the Night* • *When It Itches...* • *Broken* • *What is Happening to Uncle Andrew?* • *Seek!* • *Triple Game* • *Sergeant Lacharge* • *The All-New All Beautiful Power Players* • *Night Operation* • *A Good Spirit* • *No Pot* • *Pyrant Park* • *The Load* • *The Kings of the Jungle* • *Bad Track* • *The Funniest* • *A Maxi Villain - Part 1* • *A Maxi Villain - Part 2*

**Future specials**
A Maxi Villain