Axel

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Axel can refer to:

• Axel jump, a type of jump in figure skating;
• Axel is an anti-hero from the Kingdom Hearts video game series.
• Axel (Netherlands) a town in the municipality of Terneuzen, the Netherlands;
• Axel, a drama by Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam.
• "Axel F", the 1985 instrumental theme song of Beverly Hills Cop by Harold Faltermeyer, and later remixed by the Crazy Frog in 2005 (see "Axel F (Crazy Frog song)").
• Alex "Axel" Foley, the character in the aforementioned film, and where the instrumental's name was derived from.
• The character Axel Stone from a video game series called Streets of Rage.
• A character from the car combat video game series Twisted Metal.
• Axel is also the name of a character in the Suikoden game series that has appeared in Suikoden 4 and Suikoden Tactics.
• Axel Hawk from the video game series Fatal Fury.
• Axel is also the name of an enemy in Final Fight.
• Axel is also a playable character from the Crazy Taxi series.
• Axel is a Germanic also common in Scandinavia : My father is peace (from Absalom)

[edit] See also

• Axel Jensen, Norwegian author
• Axl, a character from Mega Man X. There is also Axle the Red, a maverick boss, from Mega Man X5.
• Axl Rose, the Guns N' Roses lead singer.
• Axl Low, a character from the Guilty Gear game series
• Krister Axel, songwriter.
• Axel Dark-Key, The Villain Of Ape Escape: Million Monkeys
• Axle Whitehead, Australian Idol contestant in 2003, Former Video Hits preseter