Axel Mulligan

* Axel
* Action Axel

> I'm like a living action figure with all kinds of awesome.
>
> Axel

**Axel Mulligan** is the one of the main protagonists of *Power Players*. With the Power Bandz, Axel transforms into the superhero **Action Axel**. As Action Axel, he gains the power to stop Madcap from taking over the world with his army of evil toys. He is also the leader of the Power Players team.

## Appearance

Axel has light-blue eyes and blond hair. He wears a light-blue shirt with a picture of the Power Players team logo, a red sleeveless vest, blue jean, and a pair of red-and-white shoes on his feet.

As Action Axel, Axel's height would shrink down to about 17.78 centimeter (7 inches) tall. He is in a black robotic exoskeleton. He wears a red helmet with a black v-shaped comforter liner, yellow chinstrap, and yellow comfort sides. Over his black robotic exoskeleton, he has numerous robotic body parts that are red, yellow, and blue. On his robotic chest, he has a black circular emblem with a yellow logo inside.

## Personality

At the age of 9, Axel is a mischievous, adventurous, optimistic, and energetic kid. And as the newest leader of the Power Players, he is also confident, brave, and at times responsible. Axel looks after his smart-toy friends and often watch over them under his care to avoid having them get into trouble. This is because he is the one who accidentally reactivated them after he found them in his uncle's lab. Whenever there's a feud within his teammates, he often acts as a mediator to help find an alternative solution for them. With the powers from the Power Bandz to transform into a living action figure, Action Axel does everything in his power to set things right and protect his friends and family from Madcap and his army.

However, since Axel is still a kid, he can be a bit lazy at times and he would rather spend every minute of every single day playing instead of doing his chores at home. He is also very curious and likes to discover something new, even though his curiosity would often lead into trouble for him.

## Relationships

### Uncle Andrew

When Axel's parents have to leave for a diplomatic mission, he was forced to move in with Uncle Andrew at the Monkey Toys. Whenever he is with his uncle, Axel is shown to love him and views him as a substitute father figure. He found out from Zoe that Uncle Andrew used to be a toy inventor who created "revolutionary toys" before he opened the Monkey Toys to repair toys instead. Axel also found out that the "revolutionary toys" are actually smart-toys. These toys can come to life by using the Minergy battery Uncle Andrew created.

When Axel accidentally awoke the Power Players and Madcap in the "Unboxing Special", he is forced to hide their existence and his superhero alter-ego from his uncle, out of fear of being punish by him when he find out. He also is required to watch over the Power Players team and defeat Madcap and his minions whenever they invade his house before Uncle Andrew gets home.

### Zoe

Before Axel become a member of the Power Players team, he had known Zoe for five days after he moved in with Uncle Andrew. Zoe and Axel befriend each other, as revealed in "Unboxing Special". Since Zoe is the only one who's aware of Axel's secret identity and the existence of living toys, she's willing to help him and the team defeat Madcap's army whenever they invade his hometown. In return, Axel cares deeply to Zoe and he supports her as the team's ally despite lacking any superpowers herself.

### Madcap

Axel first met Madcap when he went down to Uncle Andrew's basement to fix Orangutank after he accidentally broke his arm. Since Axel wasn't aware of the existence of smart-toys at that time, Madcap manipulates him into opening the Toy Box and he sucks the Minergy from Axel's Power Bandz. Now that Madcap has become Axel's greatest enemy, Axel always works very hard to stop Madcap and his evil army of toys whenever they come to invade his house to prevent Madcap from taking over the world with his army of toys.