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This character sticks a banana in the exhaust pipe of a cop car (15[1])that follows him (15[1])to his hotel, and brings those police escorts to a strip club where they foil a robbery. Drugs smuggled in coffee grounds by Victor Maitland are exposed by this character after leaving his job in Detroit, (15[1])and he works with cops played by Joseph (-5[1])Gordon-Levitt and (*) Judge Reinhold in a 2024 sequel titled (10[1])for him. (10[1])Swedish teen Daniel Malmedahl remixed a song titled for this character (10[1])originally composed by Harold Faltermeyer. In the music video for that song titled for this character, a bluish animal that wears aviator (10[1])goggles repeats the words “ring ding ding ding”. For 10 points, Eddie Murphy plays what protagonist of the Beverly Hills Cop franchise who also titles a song by Crazy Frog? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Axel Foley [accept either underlined name; or Axel F; or Detective Alexander James “Axel” Foley; accept Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F]
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