„Maybe we could take him up in a hot-air balloon, but not have the air balloon part. So basically just take him up in a basket.
Axel Chains, usually referred to as Axel, is the drummer of Your Favorite Martian. He is a supporting character in YFMTS.
Appearance
Gen 1 (Phase 1)
Axel has long, shaggy, dark brown hair and a black shirt with a skull on it, alongside jeans. He has blue shoes as shown in Club Villain and in Bottles of Beer he has grey shoes. His hair covers his eyes and he is 6'2, making him the tallest in the band.
Gen 1 (Phase 2)
Axel's design didn't change much in the redesign, except for the fact that his hair was made darker and the skull on his shirt was made slightly smaller. His wristbands are now brown, as are his shoes, and his jeans are cuffed at the bottom. He has a tooth missing and is 6'2", making him the tallest in the band.[1]His appearance in HIGH VOLTAGE depicts him normally, but he is missing both arms, replaced by cybernetic limbs
Gen 2 (Phase 3)
Axel's design changed the most in phase 3. His hair is a lighter shade of brown and is styled differently so his eyes are now visible. He is a lot more muscular than before, and he also wears a gray Viking helmet. In Everyone Clapped, his hair was lowered a bit.
Personality
Axel is loud and perverted, which is most notably seen in YFMTS #6 and #4. He is also characterized as being quite stupid, as shown in YFMTS #2 where he is proposing outlandish ideas to kill off their new band member. While perverted, he is also quite childish, as he has a habit of using the word "has" incorrectly and says "I want my mom!" in YFMTS #7 after getting chicken pox. Axel seems to enjoy making movie references as well, as shown in YFMTS #2 where he references The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and in YFMTS #4 where he references Back to the Future.
Trivia
- Axel plays his Hi-Hat cymbal with his left hand almost always (when playing the drums you play the Hi-Hat with your dominant hand). He also holds the microphone with his left hand in Telescope, so Axel may be left-handed.
- His name is probably inspired to Axl Rose, the main singer of Guns N' Roses.
- Axel is the only member to not appear in Tig Ol' Bitties, which has led to many fan speculations.
- He owns an electric guitar as seen in YFMTS #4, but Benatar is the only person seen using it.
- Axel is the only member to not have his own solo song, as Benatar has Jupiter, DeeJay has Transphobic Techno, and Puff has most of the songs.
- The animation shows him drumming almost completely incorrectly in certain songs such as "ROAD RAGE."
- His Hi-Hat cymbal has no pedal.
- He has a pet hawk named Vincent, although DeeJay calls it a pigeon.
- As seen in the YFMTS intro, his drumsticks have his name on them.
- Until Telescope, Axel had never been audibly heard in any song.
- He also "sang" in Zombie Love Song, Bottles of Beer, Club Villain, The Stereotypes Song, Mr. DoucheBag, Santa Hates Poor Kids, White Boy Wasted, Fight For Your Right and Uno Reverse.
- He is the only band member to have never revealed their eyes until Gen 2/Phase 3, not counting We Like Them Girls.
- In JUPITER, his suit is the only one to not have a flag on the shoulder, instead having a skull.
- Axel briefly hosted Axl's Capsule, a short series within YFMTS.
- He misspells his own name, as seen above.
- Axel has a small phallus as shown in PITY F*CK (YFMTS).
- Axel is known to formally have herpes in the short Quarantine.
- Axel has a slight new design which is seen in Everyone Clapped and also seen as a Youtube Membership icon. His hair is the only thing that was changed.
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