Axem Red

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Axem Red
Artwork of Axem Red from the Nintendo Switch version of Super Mario RPG
First appearance Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996)
Latest appearance Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) (2023)
“This Star Piece gives people hope! It needs to be destroyed!”
Axem Red, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Axem Red is the leader of the Smithy Gang's Axem Rangers who appears in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and in the remake version. He is a balanced fighter, like Mario, and a tough opponent for Mario's party, having the highest HP out of all the Axem Rangers. Axem Red has the ability to power up his attack and defense.

During the events of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Axem Red spearheads the effort to collect the sixth Star Piece from Barrel Volcano. In fact, he swipes the Star Piece right before Mario is going to claim it. As they are escaping from Mario, Red accidentally drops the Star Piece, causing Axem Yellow to go back and retrieve it and call Red "all thumbs." Red apparently took this criticism to heart, as can be implied by his psychopath quote during the battle. Then, Axem Red flees to his battleship, the Blade, hoping to escape with the Star Piece. However, Mario follows right behind him. As a result, Mario and his party battle with the Axem Rangers.

Throughout the battle, if his comrades are defeated before him, Axem Red will reply to their excuses with admonishing remarks. If Axem Red is defeated before the other Axem Rangers, he will say: "Oh, my head is spinning!" Axem Red has balanced stats like Mario, who is the all-around of his group.

Eventually, all five Axem Rangers are defeated. However, Axem Red will not give up the Star Piece that easily. He rallies his companions and together they share their energies into the Blade's Breaker Beam. Axem Red personally takes command of the powerful energy beam. Ultimately, Axem Red's efforts are in vain, as Mario and his allies defeat the Axem Rangers a second time.

Later, he and the rest of his team can be found as mass-produced Machine Made copies in the Factory. The Machine Made copy's Thought Peek quote references the beginning of the Axem Ranger's speech before battle.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars[edit]

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy
Axem Red
Battle idle animation of Axem Red from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars HP 800 FP 100 Speed 30
Location(s) Barrel Volcano Attack 150 Magic attack 24
Role Boss Defense 100 Magic defense 80
Bonus Flower None Yoshi Cookie None Morph rate 0%
Evade 10% Magic evade 0% Spells None
Weak Ice Strong Fire, Fear, Sleep, Critical Sp. attacks Vigor up!, "Glowing Shot"
Coins 0 Exp. points 40 Items None
Psychopath "I'm all thumbs today!"
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy
Machine Made (Axem Red)
Battle idle animation of the Machine Made Axem Red from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars HP 180 FP 100 Speed 45
Location(s) Gate Attack 135 Magic attack 24
Role Common Defense 95 Magic defense 80
Bonus Flower Lucky! (20%) Yoshi Cookie None Morph rate 0%
Evade 10% Magic evade 0% Spells None
Weak Ice Strong Fire, Fear, Sleep, Critical Sp. attacks Valor Up, Vigor up!, "Glowing Shot"
Coins 0 Exp. points 50 Items Royal Syrup (25%)
Psychopath "Gotta fight for evil!"

Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)[edit]

Axem Red
Artwork of Axem Red from the Nintendo Switch version of Super Mario RPG
HP 800
Exp. 0
Weak Elements Ice
Weak Statuses PoisonMute
Drops N/A
Rare Drops N/A
Found In Barrel Volcano
Monster List profile
Though he is the de facto leader of the Axem Rangers, he's so careless that he often flubs his poses, intro speeches, and group formations.
Thought Peek
Ugh! I got the pose wrong.
Animations
Axem Red (Machine Made)
Image of Axem Red (Machine Made) from the Nintendo Switch version of Super Mario RPG
HP 180
Exp. 50
Weak Elements Ice
Weak Statuses PoisonMute
Drops Royal Syrup
Rare Drops N/A
Found In Weapon World
Monster List profile
Though he is the de factor leader of the Axem Rangers, he's so careless that he often flubs his poses, intro speeches, and group formations. Same for this one.
Thought Peek
I fight for evildoers everywhere!
Animations

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese レッド
Reddo
Red

Chinese (simplified) 红战士
Hóng Zhànshì
Red Warrior

Chinese (traditional) 紅戰士
Hóng Zhànshì
Red Warrior

Dutch Roodbijl
Red Axe
French Klash rouge
Red Klash
German Rotbeil
Red Hatchet
Italian Axem rosso
Rosso
Axem red
Red
Korean 레드
Redeu
Red

Spanish Hachón Rojo
Red Big Axe

Trivia[edit]

  • In the SNES version, individual color palettes for the teleportation animations used by the Axem Rangers exist in the game's coding, who inexplicably all use Red's color teleportation palette in the final game. The Switch remake rectifies this and gives the Rangers their own teleportation colors.
  • According to Pink's Thought Peek quote, Red was in the wrong position during battle. The Monster List bio further elaborates via both his own bio and that of his machine made that he was often careless and proceeded to confuse not just group positions, but also his own intro speeches and poses.
    • In the Switch remake, besides Pink's Thought Peek quote, Axem Black's Thought Peek quote has Black explicitly mentioning Red's pose being off (in the SNES version, he simply criticized an unspecified Axem Ranger member for having poor timing).
  • Based on Red's reply to Black's excuse for not continuing the fight, he was not fond of the latter's tendency to wear sunglasses during battle.