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1Character page for ''WesternAnimation/PowerPlayers''.
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5[[foldercontrol]]
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7!!Power Players
8
9[[folder:Axel Mulligan/Action Axel]]
10
11!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Kieran Walton
12
13The main character of the show. He is Andrew's nine-year-old nephew. After becoming the new owner of the Power Bandz and accidentally freeing Madcap & the Power Players from his uncle's workshop, he uses the Power Bandz to become Action Axel and helps the team stop Madcap.
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15* AlliterativeName: '''A'''ction '''A'''xel.
16* ArmCannon: Mounted on his right wrist.
17* CatchPhrase: "Game on!", said right before transforming.
18* {{Expy}}: Axel somewhat resembles [[WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug Adrien]] in appearance and voice, as well as being main characters of their own ZAG Heroez shows. The difference would be that Axel is the HeroProtagonist in his show, while Adrien is the {{Deuteragonist}} in ''Miraculous''. His face is also very obviously a copy of [[WesternAnimation/ZakStorm Zak Storm]] from the titular Zag show.
19* HeroesPreferSwords: Has a sword as part of his armor.
20* ImpostorForgotOneDetail: After switching bodies with Madcap, he tries to get the toy's evil goons to obey him with a rousing speech of unity... which clues said toys that he's not Madcap because the real Madcap would never say something that sentimental.
21* IncredibleShrinkingMan: Using the Power Bandz makes him shrink to the size of an action figure.
22* InnocentInaccurate: Assumes on many occasions that his heroic antics would get him punished forever. Justified as he's still young and being prone to hide things, would assume being Action Axel would get him in trouble with his uncle.
23* KidHero
24* MoralityDial: Should he be sick, his Minergy can get infected by the virus and turn him into a hot-blooded, self-absorbed and brutal toy, leaving him stuck as a threat until his team finds a way to cure him.
25* NoSell: Madcap tries to steal his Minergy during an episode... at a moment where Axel is in human form and thus has no Minergy to drain.
26* PoweredArmor: Created by the Power Bandz.
27* PrimaryColorChampion: In both of his forms, with some green as Action Axel.
28* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Has an "evil" armor that activates while he's sick, the Minergy mutating his cold into a virus that renders him brutal, mean and antagonistic. [[spoiler: He later temporarily reuses that armor when overcharged with Minergy in the finale, albeit without turning evil.]]
29* TransformationSequence: Has one when he transforms into Action Axel and has others for when he uses his powers.
30* YoungerThanTheyLook: Although Axel is nine-years-old, he sounds and looks more like a teenager.
31[[/folder]]
32
33[[folder:Sarge Charge]]
34
35!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/GregChun
36
37An army soldier action figure.
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39* {{BFG}}: Carries one as his standard weapon.
40* TheExpy: He bares a physical resemblance to [[Film/SmallSoldiers Major Chip Hazard]] albeit more benevolent and not at all xenophobic towards non-human toys.
41* TheLeader: Of the Power Players, until Axel joined the group.
42* RealMenWearPink: He is secretly fond of ballet.
43* RhymingNames: S'''arge''' Ch'''arge'''.
44
45[[/folder]]
46
47[[folder:Galileo]]
48
49!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/ToddHaberkorn
50
51A lizard spy toy.
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53* AgentPeacock: Is prone to theatrics in the middle of a fight.
54* AmbiguouslyGay: In the first episode, after Porcupunk knocks him away, a Galileo with SkewedPriorities comments that Porcupunk is "so green, [[DistractedByTheSexy it's kind of cute."]]
55* LizardFolk: Not just in appearance, he appears to be cold blooded too.
56* PretendToBeBrainwashed: Madcap captures him and sets him into a lizard spy toy mech after bombarding him with Minergy to corrupt him... which Galileo not only resists but exploits to force Madcap's forces to turn against him.
57* TheSocialExpert: Has a silver tongue for negotiating.
58
59[[/folder]]
60
61[[folder:Masko]]
62
63!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Carlos Salazar
64
65A Mexican wrestler stretchy toy.
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67* MaskedLuchador: True to his name.
68* TheLancer: To Sarge. They butt heads over shooting versus melee combat.
69* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Whenever Masko stops having fun wrestling, gets depressed or even shows any sign of distress is a good sign something important must be wrong.
70* RubberMan: His stretching powers have no defined limit.
71* ShoutOut: To the Stretch Armstrong toys, for his stretchy arms that he uses to fight.
72* TrademarkFavoriteFood: He adores eating goulash.
73
74[[/folder]]
75
76[[folder:Bearbarian]]
77
78!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/JamiesonPrice
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80A barbarian bear that wields a hammer known as the Worldbreaker.
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82* BearsAreBadNews: Being a bear and a barbarian will do that.
83* TheBigGuy: One of the most physically imposing of the toys.
84* PunnyName: "Bear" + "barbarian".
85* ShoutOut: Bearbarian can recall his hammer like [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]].
86* WorldHealingWave: Not unlike Ladybug's own power, his World Breaker can fix all the damage it caused in one swift hit to the ground.
87
88[[/folder]]
89
90[[folder:Bobbie Blobby]]
91
92!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/RebaBuhr
93
94A girl piloting a mecha suit that shoots clay.
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96* AlliterativeName: Has matching initials.
97* AmbiguouslyBrown: Since she's a toy, she doesn't have any kind of ethnic or racial background.
98* DeadpanSnarker: Her main trait. She can and will always have something blunt to say to others, with varying results of feeling hurt, ignoring her or being amused.
99* DishingOutDirt: A toy clay variant.
100* GirlyBruiser: While her demeanor is more tomboyish, her mecha has a skirt and they're colored in bright pink, purple, and cyan. She doesn't treat any of these girly traits as a problem.
101* MiniMecha: Pilots one which makes her size proportionally about the same as [[TheBigGuy Bearbarian]], but nevertheless it's still a toy.
102* RhymingNames: B'''obbie''' Bl'''obby'''.
103* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Parodied. Apparently, she majored in Orangutan Conquer language at school and can understand Orangutank perfectly.
104* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only girl in the Power Players, not counting Zoe occasionally joining in.
105* TomboyishName: Her name is usually used for guys.
106
107[[/folder]]
108
109[[folder:Slobot]]
110
111!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Landon [=McDonald=]
112
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114* BewareTheNiceOnes: Dynamo learned this the hard way. Trying to attack him then targeting his friends, he'd nearly succeed had Slobot not winded him down and allowed the Power Players to beat him up.
115* Expy: His facial design resembles Caramba's exo-suit face from Series/ZakStorm.
116* MeaningfulName: He moves and talks quite slowly.
117* MissedTheCall: Arrived late in the first episode.
118* MrFixit: The team's mechanic.
119* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Him speaking faster in his new suit in "That Slobot is No Bot of Mine" as well as being more provocative and aggressive is a dead ringer that something's wrong with his programming.
120
121[[/folder]]
122
123!!Madcap and his army
124
125[[folder:Madcap]]
126
127!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Paul Haapaniemi
128
129An evil toy created in the past by Uncle Andrew, hellbent on taking over the planet.
130* BigBad: He's the show's main villain.
131* CombatTentacles: Has four Dr. Octopus-like metal tentacles with claws on them. Bonus points for them also sprouting from his back.
132* EnemyMine: Teams up with Axel and the other toys in one episode to [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext stop Porcupunk from destroying the town]] [[GaleForceSound with his rock music]].
133* NotSoAboveItAll: [[ItMakesSenseInContext When stuck in a candy bag with Axel during Halloween]], he nearly resumes the battle but then gets distracted by the candy and peacefully eats caramels with Axel for a couple of minutes.
134* SicklyGreenGlow: Zigzagged. His "skin" is green, but the [[AppliedPhlebotinum Minergy]] he uses to bring toys to life is always green like when Axel transforms.
135* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: Drains his entire team from their Minergy during the finale, save for Nautilus who ran in late and witnessed what happened before warning the Power Players. Following that, they all disappear without a trace.]]
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137[[/folder]]
138
139[[folder:Porcupunk]]
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141One of the first toys Madcap brought to life, along with Orangutank. Can shoot out his spikes like a real porcupine.
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143* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: A light green porcupine with magenta-dye flesh. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] since he’s a toy.
144* EvilBrit: In the English dub, he has a British accent. And he's definitely evil.
145* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: A toy mutant porcupine cyborg.
146* RottenRockAndRoll: Enjoys rock 'n' roll, acts like a headbanger, even his name his named after a genre of rock music.
147
148[[/folder]]
149
150[[folder:Orangutank]]
151
152A mechanical gorilla/orangutan-like primate toy brought to life by Madcap along with Porcupunk.
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154* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Like Porcupunk above, he's a animal (gorilla) cyborg toy.
155* PunnyName: "Orangutan" + "tank".
156* TheUnintelligible: Only talks in grunts. Though it seems Porcupunk and Bobbie can understand him.
157[[/folder]]
158
159[[folder:Dynamo]]
160
161!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/ToddHaberkorn
162
163A wind-up toy that Madcap brings to life, first appearing in the episode "The Dynamo Dynamic", but chronologically debuting in "Bowling for Ballers".
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165* EvilCannotComprehendGood: He doesn't understand why the Power Players would let him go peacefully after a plan to trick them into empowering him goes wrong. It's implied he may have a nicer side deep down, but it's never explored beyond that scene.
166* PetTheDog: On the receiving end. After an entire episode of deceiving the Power Players, they let him go (much to his own surprise) as he still helped protect them out of his own volition.
167* PowerFloats: His power allows him to fly, though it's not very high considering he's a toy, reaching to approximately Axel's height in human form.
168* WeaksauceWeakness: Wind him down and you've got him beat in all but words.
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170[[/folder]]
171
172[[folder:Princess SugarSalt]]
173
174A fairy princess doll with a wand, brought to life by Madcap. Debuts in "Swing Set Jet Set".
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176* AmbiguousDisorder: She definitely seems to have some form of split personality disorder, accompanied by [[SplitPersonalityMakeover her colors inverting from green to pink/magenta and vice versa.]]
177* CharmPerson: It's suggested that she can influence people into doing things they wouldn't normally do, such as using a spell to make Axel and Cleo get along as well as the Power Players accept her into their games (to get them to obey her). It's never expanded whether her spell did work or if it was just a result of Cleo and Axel actually bonding with the Power Players merely bitter enough to believe her lies (though Zoe believes it's the former).
178* MasterOfIllusion: When charged with Minergy, her wand can summon her targets' worst fears, the illusions being both physical to the touch and vocal.
179* SugarAndIcePersonality: Played With. When her hair is pink, she's sickenly sweet and potentially annoying, and when it's green, she's downright chillingly violent.
180
181[[/folder]]
182
183[[folder:Ice Crusher]]
184
185A toy brought to life by Madcap. He debuts in "Porcupunk Rock".
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187* AffablyEvil: He serves Madcap and hinders the heroes, but he occasionally shows honor in defeat and wouldn't be all that bad of a fellow if he wasn't loyal to Madcap.
188* DumbJock: Many of the heroes' schemes involve fooling him in relatively simple manners.
189* AnIcePerson: He can shoot blasts of ice.
190
191[[/folder]]
192
193[[folder:Dr. Nautilus]]
194
195A green cephalopod-like monster toy Madcap brought to life. Made his debut in "Bobbie Not Blobby".
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197* TheBeastmaster: For the duration of an episode, he becomes this, forcing [[FaceMonsterTurn Bearbarian and Orangutank]] into acting like wild animals under his control.
198* TheStarscream: Despite being a member of Madcap's army, he holds no respect for him. Once he successfully takes over the city in "Thirst for Power", he makes Madcap his lackey.
199* VileVillainLaughableLackey: Though he can show himself to be a menace by stealing Bobbie's suit and grow unbeatable vines through the sewers, he can hardly stand his ground on his own without the Power Players or his fellow villains mocking him.
200[[/folder]]
201
202[[folder:Serge Cherge]]
203A Sarge Charge lookalike that was stuck in Madcap's box during the Origins and who had the misfortune of remaining there for a good half of the first season.
204* CorruptedCharacterCopy: If his design and named hadn't clued you in, he's this to Sarge. Take all the expertise and give it to a self-interested, resentful and bossy general, you have yourself an evil bootleg to Sarge.
205* FaceHeelTurn: While we're not exactly shown much of who he was before, being repeatedly imprisoned and shoved into areas he cannot escape from convinced him of seeing the Power Players as his enemies, even going as far as overthrowing Madcap in his second appearance.
206
207[[/folder]]
208
209!!Others
210
211[[folder:Andrew]]
212
213!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Scott Whyte
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215Axel's uncle. Once a renowned toymaker, he quit for unknown reasons, but continues to create and repair toys.
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217* ClassyCane: He walks around with a cane, one that he appears to have built himself.
218* CoolUncle: He makes revolutionary toys.
219* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Despite knowing about the toys' existence, he seems to be out of the loop on them being alive and free. [[spoiler: Or so we're led to believe.]]
220* SecretSecretKeeper: [[spoiler: Reveals himself in the finale to be aware of Axel's double life all along.]]
221
222[[/folder]]
223
224[[folder:Zoe]]
225!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/RebaBuhr
226
227The daughter of Andrew's neighbors, who are old friends of Andrew.
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229* AmbiguouslyBrown: Zoe is dark-skinned, but it's not clear what her ethnicity is.
230* GirlNextDoor: Zoe is the daughter of Andrew's neighbor. For whatever reason, she's allowed to hang at Andrew's house as if she were related to him, presumably due to her father's connection to him.
231* MuggleBestFriend: Though she has no powers of her own, she's this to Axel and the Power Players. In one episode, she tries to join the group by attempting to create her own suit, but it goes about as well as you'd expect.
232* NotSoAboveItAll: Her rivalry with Cleo is pretty much Zoe breaking out of her role as the responsible one just to teach her a lesson.
233** She also is all too giddy to join in with the Power Players be it as her own made-up persona Action Zoe or by recruiting all the secondary toys available to the rescue.
234* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Axel's red. She's usually the voice of reason whenever Axel is about to do something incredibly foolish and serves as damage control.
235* RefusalOfTheCall: When Axel gives her his Power Bandz in the midst of a battle, she doesn't feel confident enough to put them on and use them, and ends up returning them instead.
236* RousingSpeech: Manages to motivate the All-New-All-Different Power Players into saving Axel's team once they've formed, making her its leader.
237* SecretKeeper: In the first episode, Zoe learns about the living toys and helps Axel keep them a secret from his uncle.
238
239[[/folder]]
240
241[[folder:Luka]]
242
243!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/AleksLe
244
245A neighbor and friend of Axel and Zoe.
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247* BlackAndNerdy: He's African-American, wears glasses, and has a love for toys.
248* FriendlessBackground: Aside from Axel, he seems to lack real friends. When inviting other kids to his sleepover, Axel is the only one to show up, while all the other kids [[BlatantLies apparently got sick at the last minute]].
249* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Like Andrew, he's unaware of the toys being alive.
250* TokenBlackFriend
251
252[[/folder]]
253
254[[folder:Cleo [=LeBall=]]]
255A rival of Zoe who loves competition.
256* CompositeCharacter: Her name, blonde hair teasing attitude and rivalry with the main female character bring to mind [[WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug Chloé Bourgeois]], but her tendency to challenge others and friendlier side also bring to mind Kagami Tsurugi, albeit she's more socially apt and much younger than both girls.
257* DubNameChange: In the French dub, her last name is [=LaBalle=].
258* FriendlyRivalry: She has this with Zoe at times, and surprisingly also Axel. When she's not being too competitive or helps someone practice, there may be a few harsh words exchanged, but she can be nice when she tries.
259* GracefulLoser: Though she's pretty tough as an opponent, she's actually pretty impressed by Zoe and respects when she's given a good enough challenge.
260* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Teases and makes fun of Zoe and Axel whenever she faces them, but when not competing, she can actually be a pretty cool friend to hang out with.
261* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Just like Luka, she has no idea about Axel's double life as a toy hero.
262* TheRival: Considers herself this to Zoe.
263[[/folder]]
264
265[[folder:Joyride]]
266Zoe's favorite toy, a samurai robot tank.
267* DubNameChange: Is named "Ronin" in the French dub.
268* Expy: Appearance-wise, he seems like a samurai take on [[Franchise/Ben10 Upgrade]].
269* HazyFeelTurn: Initially against the Power Players, he decides to leave for a journey after realizing Madcap used him. He doesn't return to help out until much later.
270** HeelFaceTurn: Eventually after a couple of missions helping out, he finally decides to join the team.
271* HeroesPreferSwords: Has a power sword that can also function as a cannon.
272* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Takes a blow to protect Zoe and ends up drained of his Minergy after the fact in the season finale. TheStinger implies he'll get better after some fixing.]]
273* MeaningfulName: His French dub name "Ronin" is an allusion to rōnins, a type of samurai from medieval Japan lacking a master, mirroring his initial wish to be a free toy, without being owned by Zoe, Madcap or Axel.
274* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Minus the zombie, he's a robot samurai who can become a tank, and float on water like a boat.
275* UndyingLoyalty: To Zoe, once he remembers how much she cares about him.
276[[/folder]]
277
278[[folder:Rufin]]
279A schoolmate of Axel and Zoe who loves toys, to the point of stealing them from other kids. He dubs himself the Toy Thief.
280* TheBully: To Axel in human form. Because he's taller and physically stronger, he loves to intimidate him.
281* EarlyBirdCameo: Participates in the soapbox race in "The Best Team" with another kid.
282* EngineeredPublicConfession: With the use of the Power Bandz and his night suit, Axel tricks Rufin into confessing he steals from other children while at the flea market well after closing hour. This gets him caught by the security guard.
283* EntertaininglyWrong: He deduces that since Axel knows about him stealing one of Andrew's collector toys, and since his theft was slowed down by two very talkative toys... Axel must've been the ones controlling them. Justified as he ignores Galileo and Action Axel's true nature.
284* GadgeteerGenius: Uses remote control commands to steal toys, was able to reprogram a VR headset into sending hypnotic waves to distract Axel's uncle and has many other tricks in store.
285* ShadowArchetype: To Axel. While Axel loves toys, he'd never go as far as stealing them from anyone and doesn't mock them. Rufin on the other hand views taking toys by any means necessary as a challenge and won't hesitate to rob Luka from his entire teddy bear collection.
286* TokenHuman: the only actual human antagonist of the show and a minor villain.
287[[/folder]]
288
289[[folder:Bot-Guy]]
290A robotic superhero from Axel's favorite comic book, occasionally brought to life by Minergy.
291* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Downplayed on the kung-fu part, but he's pretty self-absorbed and isn't above snubbing Axel's admiration of him or following Madcap's lead if it gets him to the real world.
292* TheBusCameBack: Was a oneshot villain until Zoe used a Minergy battery to bring him out and make him join their temporary superhero team.
293* ButNowIMustGo: Returns to his world after he and the All-New-All-Different Power Players manage to save the main Power Players.
294* ItsAllAboutMe: Acts self-centered when meeting Axel for the first time, and if it weren't for Zoe motivating him into action, he'd remain reading his own adventures on Axel's copy of his comic book.
295* WasOnceAMan: His backstory in his comic book suggests he used to be a human but became a robot after an incident.
296[[/folder]]
297
298[[folder:The Scratch Pack Cats]]
299Three adorable cat plushies, known as Orange Cat (Super Stealthy) Brown Tabby (Little Wild) and Grey Scratch(The Grumpy One), owned by Zoe.
300* CatsAreMean: When brought to life by Minergy, they scratch Axel a couple of times and even try to steal his Power Bandz to cause trouble.
301* MindControlEyes: They can hypnotize opponents into singing their favorite lullaby and play along with them.
302* TokenHeroicOrc: Orange Cat, albeit it's only under Zoe's commanding when it's recruited to save the Power Players from Rufin.
303[[/folder]]

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