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"STOP IT. THIS IS NOT OKIE-DOKIE."

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“

I'll be right here waiting for you Melony, and bring me another drawing next time!

” —Axol promising to wait for Melony on the other side after she decides to go back to her friends, SMG4 Movie: REVELATIONS


Axol was a major character in the modern era of the SMG4 series.

He was a humanoid axolotl-creature who was the world's greatest manga artist, born in Inkopolis where he was bullied for his passion for anime, so he moved into Japan where he then rose to fame. He was armed with a magic pen called the Inkweaver, that he used to bring drawings to life for a temporary amount of time. He eventually met SMG4 and his friends, and joined them to convince Peach Toadstool to lift the anime ban and later defeat Francis on Anime Island.

He then moved to New Donk City in the Mushroom Kingdom where he joined his friends in multiple adventures.

Axol played a major role in SMG4 Movie: Meggy's Destiny, where Meggy’s pride is making her difficult to compete, and he was demoted to a recurring character in late Season 10 and Season 11 before again making major reappearances once more from late season 11 and The Genesis Arc until his death.

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During the events of SMG4: The Day HE Arrived, Axol was accidentally captured by Niles, the consciousness of Eldritch SMG0, when he was attempting to capture Mario in order to convert him into his own avatar. Despite getting the wrong person, Niles instead used the opportunity to do to Axol what he did to SMG0: assimilate into him as a means of getting to Mario without suspiscion. This resulted in Axol slowly falling under Niles' control until the latter fully assimilated him and became Eldritch Ax0l, resulting in Axol unwillingly becoming the secondary antagonist of the Genesis Arc.

Despite the best efforts of SMG4's Gang to save Axol from whom they believed was "SMG0", they were unsuccessful in freeing him from Niles' control and leaving Melony with no choice but to slay him in the climax of SMG4: War Of The Fat Italians 2021, which ultimately saved their universe and, unknowingly, caused Niles to not only fail in his plans but also freed the real SMG0 from the former's possession and was sent off along with the incomplete universe into the depths of the God Box.

Regardless, the demise of Axol left a huge impact on SMG4's Gang, especially Melony, which lead to her journey of moving on with her life and enrolling in Omnia Academy to master her deity powers to prevent another incident from happening ever again. He serves as one of the three posthumous overarching protagonists (alongside Spudnick and Fred) of the Revelations Arc.

He would return one final time in SMG4 Movie: REVELATIONS, speaking to Melony in purgatory in order to encourage her to continue living and to save the rest of the gang from Niles.

During the events of SMG4 Movie: WESTERN SPAGHETTI, Axol's image along with that of Desti, appear in the simulation as the hotel owner and bartender, created by a mysterious entity for Oneshot Wren.

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Born in Inkopolis, Axol faced mockery for his passion for anime. He later became a manga artist and moved to Akihabara, Japan, where he gained popularity as a celebrity. Axol was recognized for his amiable and supportive nature, and he played a significant role in legalizing anime and manga in the Mushroom Kingdom. His magic pen, the Inkweaver, capable of animating his drawings, also contributed to his fame.
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In the city of Inkopolis, Axol faced bullying because of his passion for anime, a genre not appreciated by the city's inhabitants. In response, Axol invented the Inkweaver, a special pen that could animate his drawings. Despite the adversity, his love for anime remained steadfast, leading him to relocate to Japan where he rose to prominence.
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Axol, an anthropomorphic axolotl character in the SMG4 series, is primarily inspired by Eiji Niizuma from the anime Bakuman. His scarred eye resembles those of Kratos from God of War and Weiss Schnee from RWBY. His outfit bears markings translating to 'manga artist', and he wields an Inkweaver as his weapon.
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Biography[]

He first appeared in SMG4: The Japan Trip. He was a famous manga artist living in Japan. He wielded a magic pen called Inkweaver which can animate the things he draws to life. He used it to amuse fans and stated he will use it to defeat the Anime Secret Service in the end of SMG4: The Japan Trip.

It is revealed on SMG4: The Mario Showdown that he had some relationships to the Inklings due to how he looked at Meggy and his mention to his place of birth which is Inkopolis.

In SMG4: The Splatfest Incident, Axol was accused of abducting numerous Inklings so that he could continue bringing his anime characters to life, but in SMG4: The Inkling Disappearances, he was revealed to be innocent and also kidnapped.

It is revealed that Francis had stolen the Inkweaver and was having his followers torment Axol, who tried to explain that Francis was using them. Presumably, Francis had gone mad with power, though he still expressed the desire to have waifus, more specifically an entire island of them.

After the events of the Anime Arc, he has become part of the main cast, since he would fill the gap since Desti's death in SMG4: World War Mario and was featured on the new channel banner on the channel.


Appearance (6 April 2019 - 28 August 2021, then 2 April 2022)[]

Axol appeared to be an anthropomorphic axolotl, an aquatic salamander. He wore a purple long-sleeved hoodie and cargo jeans, that went ragged, torn and turned navy following his trip to the Internet Graveyard, a belt that carried ink grenades and big black boots. His weapon of choice was an Inkweaver, a large pen with a red claw on top. During his time in the Internet Graveyard, he became more disheveled as he gained a large red scar over his right eye.

Eldritch Ax0l (first stage) 28 August - 11 September 2021[]

The left half of his face was covered with purple spots and his right eye became larger than the left, and his mouth became significantly wider and had more twisted and pointed teeth. In addition, he had intercepting horns that resembled the number 0 to show his possession, he no longer had the scar in his right eye, his skin color becomes more orangish, and he no longer his belt and ink grenades.

Eldritch Ax0l (second stage) 11 September[]

At the climax of the Genesis Arc, Niles mutates Axol into a far more horrific and twisted form. The right side of his head became blue like his shirt, with the right part of his face missing textures around his left eye, where the schlera had become red with a white 0-shaped iris, resembling Eldritch Zero's eye. In addition, his lower torso begun to disintegrate and consisted of exposed ribs and missing textures, and bones can be seen poking from his flesh to further resemble Eldritch Zero, and cracking has become visible on his skin, making it look much paler than before. In addition, the Inkweaver has been fused to his right arm, but further resembles Eldritch Zero's iconic arm.

Eldritch Ax0l (third stage) 11 - 18 September[]

The final possessed form of Axol was much larger than his second possessed form, while more closely resembling the true form of Eldritch Zero. First, his lower torso had disintegrated completely, to the point where he no longer has legs and instead levitates above the ground. Moreover, spokes had appeared in the space surrounded by his ring-shaped horn, resembling a 0.

With the release of his 3 possessed molds it turned out that the third mold was only that big because of the ragdoll resizer. In reality, the Third Form is just as big as Axol's actual upper body.

Personality[]

Axol was a famous manga artist. Despite being popular, he was not highly prideful, but he was very friendly and helpful towards others, including SMG4 and friends, whom he helped in making anime and manga legalized again in the Mushroom Kingdom.

When being kidnapped by Francis, he became very "remorseful" for what he did, by saying that he was responsible for Francis stealing his magic pen.

Axol really loved to share with everyone, as he shared his food with Mario in SMG4: Mario Works at Mcdonalds, However, he was rather insecure, as shown in SMG4: Treasure Hunt With The Bois.

SMG4: Mario Works at Mcdonalds shows that he hated being interrupted when he is eating, being annoyed at Ronald McDonald attacking Mario causing him to create a replica of Colonel Sanders to fight Ronald off.

After going insane in SMG4: The Internet Graveyard, he became obsessed with his new show "Two Piece" which apparently nobody aside from Luigi (he was forced to) and Melony (was also forced to but liked it later on) watched because it was so bad.

He became attracted to Melony in her human form. This obsession had been proved to be unhealthy, as shown in SMG4: The Intruder..., where he was willing to risk going back into the room with a bee in it to save Melony from the "danger". However, after "saving" her, it's revealed that Melony had taken the bee with her when she woke up, much to Axol and Bob's horror.

His obsession for Melony went too far in SMG4: The Melony Felony when he thought that Melony liked his character (Watermelon-Kun) more than him, causing him to create a fake episode where Watermelon-Kun got ran over by a truck and died, hoping that Melony would pay more attention to him. Obviously, this ended up doing the opposite, with Melony deciding that Axol wouldn't be her friend anymore.

When Melony decided that she would be friends with Bob instead, Axol showed visible concern for Melony's innocence, knowing that Bob would try to pull Melony into drugs and profanity. In the end, he swallowed his pride and convinced Melony to be his friend again, telling her that her favorite character would be fine.

In general, Axol had currently become more desperate as opposed to his initial eccentric yet confident personality, however he was still loyal to his friends.

Criminal Record[]

Being the most generous member of the SMG4 Gang, Axol has done the least amount of crimes in the series with only one crime he ever committed himself.

As himself[]

Possessed by Niles[]

  • Kidnapping: While possessed by Niles, he kidnapped SMG4, SMG3, and Mario in the Backrooms, and eventually trapped them in SMG3's Guardian Pod in SMG4: Mario and The Backrooms. He eventually used Mario to try and make a new universe in SMG4: The Final Piece.
  • Attempted murder: In the climax of the Genesis Arc, Axol (under Niles's complete control as a form known as Ax0l) attempted to kill Mario to serve Niles and create his new universe. This is thwarted when Axol sacrificed his life with Melony's help to destroy his outer beast.
  • Attempted omnicide: Since Mario is the Mushroom Kingdom's avatar, his death would have resulted in the absolute and total destruction of the Mushroom Kingdom, taking all life with it.

Powers and Abilities[]

  • Inkweaver Mastery: He created Inkweaver for the sole purpose of bringing anime characters to life. Thus, he is highly skilled with it and was the only one to create Ultra Instinct Shaggy. However, after Inkweaver broke from falling into the Internet Graveyard with Axol, he lost his sanity and lost most of his skill with drawing anime. He was unable to repair Inkweaver until Mario located the missing piece in the Internet Graveyard. He was then able to repair Inkweaver and use its powers again.
  • Chonku no Jiutsu: At some point in time, he acquired the ability to transform anyone into a Lil' Chonk with this technique. He first used it on Melony to carry her around with ease in the Dark Web and later on himself in order to snap Melony out of her trauma from seeing a disturbing Teletubby.
  • Staff combat: Without its full powers, Axol is still able to wield Inkweaver as a blunt weapon.

Trivia[]

  • Axol is the first original character introduced in 2019. The second is Greg The Alien and the third is Melony.
  • It was revealed by SMG4 that Axol was supposed to be the main villain of the Anime Arc, that he was supposed to unban anime to finally take over the world with his anime army, but with Axol having no motives to do this, Luke and Kevin decided that Francis would be the main villain instead of Axol.
    • Axol would later become an antagonist in the Genesis Arc, although it was against his will since Niles possessed him and used his body as this could possibly explain why he was so underutilized and killed off the they could’ve had no idea what to do with him or just didn’t really want him around.
  • After his death in War Of The Fat Italians 2021, his icon was inderectly removed from SMG4's background and replaced with mushrooms. Although it did occasionally accidentally reappear.
  • Axol is the second new original character introduced during an arc (The Anime Arc), the first being Tari in The Waluigi Arc.
  • Axol is the second character to be given a permanent appearance change, after Meggy Spletzer.
  • Like Meggy, he originated from Inkopolis.
    • Despite not being an Inkling himself, it actually makes sense because Inkopolis does not only have Inkling residents. It also has other aquatic creatures such as jellyfish and crustaceans, who appear there considering axolotls are aquatic creatures.
  • As Axol used to live in Japan, he is implied to be capable of speaking Japanese, thus making him one of the few characters, living or dead to be bilingual, as with Mario and Luigi (as they can speak Italian).
  • Axol's name comes from the axolotl, a species of an aquatic salamander native to Mexico, known for their regenerative abilities (they are capable of regrowing multiple body parts throughout their lives, even parts like the brain). It could also be a pun on the name "Axel".
  • Axol is not a vegetarian, as he is seen eating a hamburger at McDonalds. This does make sense because in real life, axolotls can be omnivores.
  • Axol makes a cameo appearance as a virtual mirror avatar in the first episode of Meta Runner, META RUNNER - Season 1 Episode 1: Wrong Warp
  • He has a knack for nicknames. When he first met the crew, he referred to Meggy and Desti as "Fish Girls" (Beanie Human Girl after Meggy transformed into a human), Mario as "Red Tomato", Luigi as "Pickle", Tari as "Duck Nerd", Bob as "Trash Bag-san", and Fishy Boopkins as "Green Frog".
    • This is most likely because Axol just met them, and didn't get to know their real names yet.
    • This is supported by the fact that he mostly dropped the nicknames when he got to know the gang more.
  • As of SMG4: Mario School Club, he developed a fear of Shroomy due to the latter's hunting habits.
  • If you listen closely, Axol speaks with an Australian accent, despite living in Japan for ages. This is due to him being voiced by Kevin Lerdwichagul, who is of Australian decent.
  • In Season 10, he appears much less than he did the prior season, with only seven speaking roles.
  • His memory flashbacks showed that he wore eyeglasses as a child.
  • Since SMG4: The Internet Graveyard, inside the mouth on his model is light blue in his current design.
  • Axol's scarred eye looks visually similar to that of the scarred eyes of Kratos from the God of War franchise and Weiss Schnee from the American webseries, RWBY.
  • Although this is not confirmed, he could be SMG4's interpretation of Rohan Kishibe from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable.
    • In one of their Q&As however, it was revealed that Axol was inspired by Eiji Niizuma, from the anime Bakuman.[1]
  • In SMG4: Mario's Mask Of Madness, Axol seemingly has an attraction to Melony's human form, which explains him staring at Melony with the heart effects around her. This is later confirmed when he wants Melony to be his valentine in SMG4: The Melony Felony, and later during the Genesis Arc, he admits to wanting to ask her out. This all culminates during the penultimate episode of the Genesis Arc, where he confesses his feelings to her by having her read a manga, he drew of them both where he confesses to her, before having his consciousness completely taken over by Niles, then she finally accepted his feelings before she had to kill him.
  • Currently, there is no known ragdoll model of Axol's scarred eye and washed up appearance. While his original appearance is still released, it is unknown if Glitch Production's staff will be releasing the model of said appearance. However, his post-internet Graveyard texture exists in the Genesis Arc Model Pack.
  • Axol is the seventh member to join the modern version of SMG4's Gang, after Fishy Boopkins, Bob Bobowski, Meggy Spletzer, Shroomy, Saiko Bichitaru, & Tari.
  • Axol is the second character to sport a facial scar, preceded by Chris.
  • Axol's Lil' Chonk variant curiously lacks his eye scar.
  • Axol's Corrupted possessed form in its first stage is reminiscent of an EXE. Horror figure. It has also since become a meme.
  • The third stage of Axol's possession by Niles is the largest model ever created for SMG4, at least until we see Eldritch Zero's full body completely which is likely larger.
  • Axol's Eldritch Form is now officially on Steam. [LINK]
    • The description officially says "Ax0l", which means "Ax0l" is no longer a fan name but an official name now.
    • Under the assumption that Niles is unlikely to possess Axol twice, this makes this the only instance where a "one time model" is released to the public, alongside Spudnick if his death is permanent.
  • Axol is the seventh character whose death was taken seriously, after Clone Mario, Desti, Francis, Greg The Alien, Spudnick and Auri Bori.
  • He is the fourth character to die in an arc, after Desti, Francis, and Greg The Alien.
  • Axol is the first member of the main cast to permanently die, having been killed by Melony in SMG4: War Of The Fat Italians 2021, as well as the only character introduced in a story arc to die in another one.
  • Axol is the first character for whom a ragdoll was published and later died. This created a metaphoric gap in the Steam workshop.
    • Due to the high rise in petitions and begging to bring Axol back, FM (FightingMario54321) confirmed on Twitter, Reddit and Discord that Axol will NOT be brought back in any form, his death is permanent, and that no petitions, campaigning or begging on the internet will change that.
    • Ironically, Axol was used later in the movie Western Spaghetti. Even thought it was a simulation of Axol.
  • After SMG4: Absolute Betrayal, many fans were upset due to the fact Niles came back to life and believed that Axol's death was pointless, But however, FM Did also mention in his statement moments after his death that the death was NOT in vain.[2]
    • This is actually accurate to a degree, since his death caused Zero to dispel and prevented him from trying to recapture Mario and continue with the universe's destruction, as well as enabling Melony the time she needed to grow strong enough to help fight him upon his return.
  • On January 26, 2023, YouTuber Vannamelon reacted to Melony after discovering her and wanting to find out who she is. Throughout the videos, she watched some of the Melony clips out of context while seeming very confused. In a clip from Into The Dark Web, she discovers Axol and nicknames him, "Talking Toothless" (Toothless from How To Really Train Your Dragon), apparently not knowing that he's actually an Axolotl.
  • Ironically, Axol serves as the ultimate foil of Niles despite being his victim. During WOTFI 2021, he gives Melony the resolve to kill him, stopping Niles from reseting the universe using Mario. In REVELATIONS, he motivates Melony to defeat Niles while knowing that he won't be able to live with Melony. This double sacrifice leads to Niles' ultimate defeat.

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References[]

  1. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/SMG4/comments/hdgjvp/hey_guys_its_luke_and_kevin_ask_us_anything_we/fvl222e/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
  2. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/SMG4/comments/pv0kj2/regarding_some_controversary_involving_axol_and/

Post Death Appearances[]

In the SMG4 Movie: Revelations, After Melony is swallowed by Eldritch Zero, Axol appears standing on what looks like a glass bridge, after taking a drawing from Melony's hands, he compliments it. Saying ''You've gotten so good.'' Proving that it really was him to Melony, causing her to run over and hug him. Afterwards, Axol explains to Melony that she can go back and save her friends, or she can stay with him in the afterlife, giving her full freedom of this choice. Melony ultimately chooses to go back and save her friends, and says goodbye to Axol before leaving.

In Western Spaghetti, Meggy runs into the dining area to check to see where Tari is, sighing in relief as she sees everyone okay, when she heads downstairs, she is greeted by Desti, and Meggy then requests a glass of warm milk. Desti strikes up the fact Meggy will be saving them from One Shot Wren. Meggy sighs and said she ''didn't ask for this though.'' Desti questions why they didn't just make her sheriff, then pulls out a gun and reckons she knows a thing or two about sharpshooting. Axol then comes over and asks ''What did we say about revolvers in the house?'' and then Desti complains that she didn't even fire it, but Axol said it would ''make the guests all rowdy.'' 'And he ''doesn't need that here.'' Desti then challenges Meggy to a duel, but Meggy declines, ending the conversation.

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