Axem Black
| Axem Black | |
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| First appearance | Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996) |
| Latest appearance | Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) (2023) |
- “We live for disorder!”
- —Axem Black, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Axem Black is one of the Smithy Gang's Axem Rangers who appears in the game Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and the remake. Like all of the other Axem Rangers, he fights with a small axe. Additionally, Axem Black commonly utilizes bombs in combat and, due to his high speed, can attack twice in one turn or occasionally three times, like Geno.
After an Axem Ranger is defeated by Mario and his allies, they give an excuse for not being able to fight anymore. Axem Black's excuse is: "I broke my shades!" Axem Red's reply is: "Serves you right!"
Like the other members, Axem Black is later encountered as a mass-produced Machine Made clone in the Factory. Unlike the others', his clone is identical due to already being monochrome. Despite being modeled after Axem Black, he apparently wasn't actually a member of the Machine Made Axem Rangers yet in the SNES version, as can be implied by his Thought Peek quote. The remake clarifies that they hadn't actually decided the members of the new Axem Rangers team yet. He is also the only Machine Made Axem copy whose Thought Peek quote didn't reference either their excuses for quitting or, in the case of Red, their pre-battle introduction.
Profiles and statistics
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
| Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy | |||||||||
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| Axem Black | |||||||||
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HP | 550 | FP | 100 | Speed | 35 | |||
| Location(s) | Barrel Volcano | Attack | 140 | Magic attack | 4 | ||||
| Role | Boss | Defense | 120 | Magic defense | 40 | ||||
| Bonus Flower | None | Yoshi Cookie | None | Morph rate | 0% | ||||
| Evade | 30% | Magic evade | 0% | Spells | None | ||||
| Weak | Thunder | Strong | Fear, Sleep, Critical | Sp. attacks | Bomb Toss, Spritz Bomb (CS) | ||||
| Coins | 0 | Exp. points | 40 | Items | None | ||||
| Psychopath | "You're[sic] timing stinks!" | ||||||||
| Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy | |||||||||
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| Machine Made (Axem Black) | |||||||||
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HP | 120 | FP | 100 | Speed | 55 | |||
| Location(s) | The Weapons' World | Attack | 120 | Magic attack | 4 | ||||
| Role | Common | Defense | 110 | Magic defense | 40 | ||||
| Bonus Flower | Once Again! (30%) | Yoshi Cookie | None | Morph rate | 0% | ||||
| Evade | 30% | Magic evade | 0% | Spells | None | ||||
| Weak | Thunder | Strong | Fear, Sleep, Critical | Sp. attacks | Bomb Toss, Spritz Bomb (CS) | ||||
| Coins | 0 | Exp. points | 20 | Items | Max Mushroom (25%) | ||||
| Psychopath | "Will I make the team?" | ||||||||
Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)
| Super Mario RPG enemy | |||||||||
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| Axem Black | |||||||||
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HP | 550 | Weak Elements | 
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Drops | N/A | |||
| Exp. | 0 | Weak Statuses |  
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Rare Drops | N/A | ||||
| Found in | Barrel Volcano | ||||||||
| Monster List profile | He's cool and composed...but like all the Axem Rangers, something about him is a bit pathetic. He got his beloved sunglasses at a dollar store. | ||||||||
| Thought Peek | "Red's pose was off, wasn't it? Are we good?" | ||||||||
| Animations | |||||||||
| Super Mario RPG enemy | |||||||||
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| Axem Black (Machine Made) | |||||||||
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HP | 120 | Weak Elements |
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Drops | Max Mushroom | |||
| Exp. | 20 | Weak Statuses |
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Rare Drops | N/A | ||||
| Found in | Weapon World | ||||||||
| Monster List profile | This mass-produced version has mass-produced sunglasses too. He's glad not to have to go buy his own anymore. | ||||||||
| Thought Peek | "We still haven't decided on the members of the team!" | ||||||||
| Animations | |||||||||
Gallery
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)
Axem Black (Machine Made), Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ブラック[?] Burakku |
Black | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 黑战士[?] Hēi Zhànshì |
Black Warrior | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 黑戰士[?] Hēi Zhànshì |
Black Warrior | |
| Dutch | Zwartbijl[?] | Black Axe | |
| French | Klash noir[?] | Black Klash | |
| German | Schwarzbeil[?] | Black Hatchet | |
| Italian | Axem nero[?] | Axem black | |
| Korean | 블랙[?] Beullaek |
Black | |
| Spanish | Hachón Negro[?] | Black Big Axe |
Trivia
- In Black's Legend of the Seven Stars Thought Peek quote, he berates one of the other Rangers for having poor timing (explicitly mentioning Axem Red in the Switch remake). In at least the English version, it also has a grammar mistake by using "You're" instead of "Your."
- According to his monster list bio, Axem Black bought his trademark shades from a dollar store, and inferred that made him somewhat pathetic. The Machine Made version also alludes to this trait by revealing it's glad to no longer worry about buying his own shades due to being mass-produced alongside himself.
