Axel

Axel is a jock elephant villager in the who first appeared in  and has appeared in all subsequent games except  and. His name is likely a play on XL, as in extra large, which relates to his species. This is further evidenced by his Japanese name, which directly translates to XL. His catchphrase is a play on the word honk.

Appearance
Axel is a dark blue elephant with yellow tipped feet and trunk. He has a paintbrush-tipped tail (like all elephants), with a jade/emerald color. He has a white, round stomach that hangs out from underneath his clothes. The green on the end of his ears is the same green on his tail.

Personality
As a jock villager, Axel is energetic and has an interest in physical fitness and activity. He often talks about exercise or sports and may brag about his physical fitness. While often friendly to the player, he may comment on their fitness. During conversations with other villagers, he generally gets along well with peppy villagers due their similar hyper personalities and will also get along with smug villagers, while he may offend snooty villagers by critiquing their fitness and annoy cranky villagers with his hyper personality. In, Axel goes to sleep at 12:30 AM and wakes up at 6:30 AM.

In
Axel's house features the same furniture layout as Sunny's in.

In
In, if Axel is the one of the starter villagers, his house will have craftable items primarily from the Wooden Series.