''Axe Cop'' is an American

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television series based on the

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of the same name that was created by

Ethan Nicolle Ethan Nicolle is an American comic book creator, artist, and writer. He created the Slave Labor Graphics comic '' Chumble Spuzz'' which has been released as two graphic novels so far. He also worked with his younger brother, Malachai, to create ...

and Malachai Nicolle. It premiered on Fox on July 21, 2013, as a part of the channel's Animation Domination HD programming block. The first season consists of 12 11-minute episodes. The second, broadcast in April—June 2015 on FXX consists of 10 episodes.

Plot

Similar to the webcomic, the series features the eponymous

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, his partner Flute Cop, and their allies Sockarang, Gray Diamond, Liborg, Bat Warthog Man, and Wexter as they fight various "bad guys" and avoid getting into conflict with the Normal Police.

Development

''Axe Cop'' is a popular webcomic that was created by

and his young brother Malachai (five years old at the time of its creation). In playing with Malachai, Ethan found that his brother had a vivid and disjointed imagination, and developed the comic by taking the stories that Malachai told, refining the story to some point without losing Malachai's inventiveness, and drawing the comic around it. The webcomic became very popular, leading to publishing deals with

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for larger comic-book-sized stories. The development of the ''Axe Cop'' series started from a conversation that

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had with the

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producer

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some years before the program's debut. Offerman talked with Weidenfeld about the ''Axe Cop'' comic and stated that if a show was to be made from it, Offerman wanted to participate. Weidenfeld took the idea to Phil Lord and Chris Miller, also fans of the webcomic, and they asked Weidenfeld to lead the project, stating that it "has to be emotional", in Weidenfeld's words. As Lord and Miller were working on ''

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'' at the time, they suggested Weidenfeld turn to Judah Miller for directional help. Weidenfeld and Miller arranged for a retreat along with writers and creators of ''

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'' Dave Jeser and Matt Silverstein, voice actors Ken Marino,

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, and Offerman, and the comic creator Ethan Nicolle, where the group discussed their favorite parts of the comic and how to translate it into a show, keeping all the moments that are "100-percent pure Malachai". As they started to write some of the show's plots, they found themselves with narrative dead ends; Ethan used these moments to contact Malachai, explain the story so far and have Malachai provide the missing narrative. Malachai also provided additional advice during the animation process for the shorts when he visited the studios, such as insisting that Zombie Island be set in space, a tangent that the writers and animators quickly agreed with for its illogical humorous value and included in the short.

Episodes

Season 1 (2013)

The initial episode order for the series was six. On August 1, 2013, Fox ordered six additional episodes, bringing the season to a total of 12 episodes.

Season 2 (2015)

Voice cast

– Axe Cop/Axey Smartist * Ken Marino – Flute Cop/Flutey Smartist, Fife Cop (ep. 3) * Rob Huebel – Gray Diamond/Mark Frankenstein *

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– Anita, Mrs. G. (ep. 1), Joanie (ep. 1), Isabella M. (ep. 2), Queen of England (ep. 2), Book Cop's Mom (ep. 3), Gobber Smartist (ep. 5), Tracy (ep. 8), Waitress (ep. 9) *

– Sockarang, Stockarang (ep. 3) *

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– Liborg, Chief of the Normal Police (ep. 7)

Additional voices

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– Book Cop's Dad (ep. 3), Magic Cop (ep. 4) * Jane Adams – Red-Headed Woman (ep. 8) * Dave "Gruber" Allen – *

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– Vampire Man Baby Kid (ep. 13),

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(ep. 15), Anita (ep. 22) * Jonathan Banks – Book Cop (ep. 3), Radio DJ (ep. 4) * Raymond J. Barry – Bad Santa (ep. 5) * Todd Barry – Dinosaur Horn Store Salesman (ep. 1), Todd (ep. 6) *

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– * Lake Bell – Axe Girl (ep. 20) * Beck Bennett – Boy's Father (ep. 6) * Andrew Daly – * Al Yankovic – *

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– Lobster Man (ep. 16) *

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– Beautiful Girly Bobs (ep. 12) *

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(ep. 21) * Jerrod Carmichael – Guy on Car (ep. 4) * Michael Chiklis – * Olivia Cooke –

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(ep. 21) * Charley Damski – Alien Lab Worker (ep. 1) * Sam Elliott – Axe Cop's Dad (ep. 19) *

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– Army Chihuahua *

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– Magic Show Audience Member (ep. 4) * Dennis Haysbert – Frog (ep. 8) * Jared Harris – King of England (ep. 3) * Ryan Hurst – * Dave Jeser – * Jewel – Tear Sparrow (ep. 16) * Vincent Kartheiser – Bat Warthog Man *

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– Water Queen (ep. 16) * Heather Lawless – Dr. Miles (ep. 22) * Al LeVine – President Towzerd (ep. 15, 22) * Luenell – Waitress (ep. 20) *

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– Baby Man * Hunter Maki – Young Flutey Smartist (ep. 11) *

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– Mr. Chicken Chickenslice (ep. 19) * Cullen McCarthy – Young Axey Smartist (ep. 11), Young Ray (ep. 11) * Jack McGee – Turkey Turkey (ep. 10) * Scoot McNairy – Scoot (ep. 9, 15) * Ben Mendelsohn – Ben (ep. 9, 15) *

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– Vampire Man Baby Kid's Father (ep. 13), Brilliant Evil Scientist (ep. 18) *

– Chubby Doll (ep. 4),

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(ep. 5) * Malachai Nicolle – Opening Narration *

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– Ray (ep. 11) *

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– Tutukaka Male (ep. 20), Science Corp Scientist (ep. 22), Secret President Larry (ep. 22) * Alex Rubin – Kid (ep. 6) *

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– God (ep. 19) * Peter Serafinowicz – Uni-Man, Dr. Doo Doo (ep. 2),

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(ep. 2), Chemist M. (ep. 2), Redcoat (ep. 3), Boy (ep. 6), Rabbit Ghost (ep. 6), King of All Time (ep. 16), Wizard Artist Rabbit (ep. 18) * Matt Silverstein – *

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– Tutukaka Female (ep. 20) *

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– Extincter (ep. 21) *

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– Refugee Woman (ep. 22) * Valery Summey – Poison (ep. 4) * Joe Unger – Police Officer (ep. 9), Farmer (ep. 10) * Deborah Ann Woll – Best Fairy Ever (ep. 12) * Dwight Yoakam –

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