History WesternAnimation / PowerPlayers

** Sarge Charge bares a physical resemblance to [[Film/SmallSoldiers Major Chip Hazard]] albeit more benevolent and not at all xenophobic towards non-human toys.

Nine-year-old boy Axel is staying with his uncle Andrew while his parents are off on a diplomatic trip. Learning from his uncle's neighbor's daughter Zoe that his uncle used to be a famous toymaker, Axel snoops around in his workshop and comes across a pair of mysterious gauntlets known as Power Bandz that attach themselves to his wrists and a mysterious locked box. A voice inside the box persuades him to open it, only for an evil toy known as Madcap to be unleashed. Also freed from the box are a team of toys known as the Power Players tasked with stopping Madcap before he can use Andrew's Minergy batteries to rule over all humans. Using the Power Bandz to transform into the toy-sized superhero Action Axel, Axel works together with the Power Players to stop Madcap and his evil schemes.

%%* BlackAndNerdy: Luka
* CreatorThumbprint: Coming from Creator/ManOfActionStudios, does a show about a nine/ten-year-old boy staying with an adult relative and a sassy girl who is more loosely associated to them while his parents are away, he sneaks off doing something he shouldn't be doing and ends up finding a strange gauntlet that forcibly attaches itself to his wrist, gains powers and has trouble adjusting to them, and the gauntlet and the show's backstory are tied to his relative's secret past [[Franchise/Ben10 sound familiar]]? Also, Axel is only one year younger than Ben.

** Axel somewhat resembles [[WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug Adrien]] in appearance and voice, as well as being protagonists of ZAG Heroez shows.
** Zoe seems to be based on [[WesternAnimation/Ben10 Gwen]], except nicer.

** Zoë seems to be based on [[WesternAnimation/Ben10 Gwen]], except nicer.

* ShoutOut: Bearbarian can recall his hammer like [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]].

* ShoutOut: Bearbarian can recall his hammer like ComicBook/{{Thor}}.

* NotWhatItLooksLike: In the first episode, Axel tells Zoe to close all the doors and winsows in the house without explaining why. Shortly afterwards, he ends up in his room while properly introducing himself to the Power Players, which is the perfect moment for Zoe to check on him. Seeing him kneeling on the floor while surrounded by a toys, she accuses him of playing around while he makes her do all the work and continues doing his work. Though she comes back a second later to see that the Power Players are LivingToys and [[SecretKeeper lets herself in on the secret]].

** On the villain's side, there's Princess Sugar Salt.

* NotWhatItLooksLike: In the first episode, Axel tells Zoe to close all the doors and windows in the house without explaining why. Shortly afterwards, he ends up in his room while properly introducing himself to the Power Players, which is the perfect moment for Zoe to check on him. Seeing him kneeling on the floor while surrounded by a toys, she accuses him of playing around while he makes her do all the work and continues doing his work. Though she comes back a second later to see that the Power Players are LivingToys and [[SecretKeeper lets herself in on the secret]].

* NotWhatItLooksLike: In the first episode, Axel tells Zoe to close all the doors and winsows in the house without explaining why. Shortly afterwards, he ends up in his room while properly introducing himself to the Power Players, which is the perfect moment for Zoe to check on him. Seeing him kneeling on the floor while surrounded by a toys, she accuses him of playing around while he makes her do all the work and continues doing his work. Though she comes back a second later to see that the Power Players are LivingToys and [[SecretKeeper lets herself in on the secret]].

** Cleo [=LeBall=] is likely an Expy of Chloé Bourgeois, given the similarity of their first names and similar mannerisms, though Cleo seems to be a lot less of an AlphaBitch and more competitive.

* BlackAndNerdy: Luka
* BlackBestFriend: Luka

* DisqualificationInducedVictory: In "The Best Team", Zoe's partner wins the race, but since a racer needs their partner, she's disqualified. Leaving Zoe and Luka the victors.
* {{Expy}}:

** Cleo [=LeBall=] is likely an Expy of Chloé Bourgeois, given the similarity of their first names and similar mannerisms, though Cleo seems to be a lot less of an [[AlphaBitch Alpha Bitch]] and more competitive.

* PetTheDog: Inn "The Best Team", Axel allows Zoe to drive his race car with Luka when her partner ditched her when Zoe tried to help the boys.

** Zoë seems to be based on Gwen, except nicer.

* SlidingScaleOfLivingToys: Of the "I've Got No Strings" variant. The only LivingToys in the show are the Power Players, Hardcap, and Hardcap's toys, as they are all animate because of Minergy. At the end of the first episode, the Power Players also celebrate their victory against Hardcap with a pizza slice from Axel, though it's not clear if they can/need to eat and if they were just celebrating.

* CreatorThumbprint: Coming from Creator/ManOfActionStudios, does a show about a boy staying with an adult relative and a sassy girl who is more loosely associated to them while his parents are away, he sneaks off doing something he shouldn't be doing and ends up finding a strange gauntlet that forcibly attaches itself to his wrist, gains powers and has trouble adjusting to them, and the gauntlet and the show's backstory are tied to his relative's secret past [[Franchise/Ben10 sound familiar]]? Also, Axel is only one year younger than Ben.
* {{Expy}}: Axel kinda resembles [[WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug Adrien]]. Coincidentally, both shows are from Zagtoon.

In the U.S., it aired on Creator/CartoonNetwork, and airs on Creator/{{Teletoon}} in Canada.

* CreatorThumbprint: Coming from Creator/ManOfActionStudios, does a show about a boy staying with an adult relative and a sassy girl who is more loosely associated to them while his parents are away, he sneaks off doing something he shouldn't be doing and ends up finding a strange gauntlet that forcibly attaches itself to his wrist, gains powers and has trouble adjusting to them, and the gauntlet and the show's backstory are tied to his relative's secret past [[Franchise/Ben10 sound familiar]]?

* ShoutOut: Bearbarian can recall his hammer like ComicBook/{{Thor}}.

Axel is staying with his uncle Andrew while his parents are off on a diplomatic trip. Learning from his uncle's neighbor's daughter Zoe that his uncle used to be a famous toymaker, Axel snoops around in his workshop and comes across a pair of mysterious gauntlets that attach themselves to his wrists and a mysterious locked box. A voice inside the box persuades him to open it, only for an evil toy known as Madcap to be unleashed. Also freed from the box are a team of toys tasked with stopping Madcap before he can use Andrew's Minergy batteries to rule over all humans.