Blitzwing (Animated)
| The name or term "Blitzwing" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Blitzwing (disambiguation). |
- Blitzwing is a Decepticon in the Transformers Animated continuity family.
Blitzwing not only has three modes (robot, jet, and tank) he also has three alternate personalities (a cold strategist, a short-tempered hothead, and a total nutcase) along with the faces rattling around in his head to go with them (sounds familiar). He's as liable to have a conversation with himself as he is to say a word to his fellow Decepticons. Pretty much the only thing that keeps him in line is that all three of his personalities are scared to death of Megatron.
Fiction
Transformers Animated cartoon
- Voice actor: Bumper Robinson (US), ? (Japan)
His cold personality is represented by a long, blue face with a monocle and talks with quiet disdain. His easily angered personality has a red face and is gap-toothed, making him look and sound like a certain Austrian musclehead. Finally, his crazy personality's face looks like nothing so much as a black jack-o'-lantern and just sounds hysterical. All three personalities have a German accent.
Blitzwing's special power is based on ice-rays, flame-rays, or laser-rays, depending on which personality is dominant at the time.
Blitzwing was aboard the Nemesis with the other Decepticons at the time of the All Spark's re-discovery. He partially froze Blackarachnia's arm, commenting on how her demeanor was as unpleasant as her accursed beast mode. Referring to him as Three-Face, Blackarachnia advised him to blow that insult out his actuator. Blitzwing switched to his angry face, shouting at Blackarachnia to refer to him by his proper name, but his insane face took over and decided to express his feelings in song. His out-of-tune rendition of "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" got all the Decepticons arguing until Megatron entered, which prompted Blitzwing to fall silent with the rest. When it became clear the Nemesis was going to crash into an exploding space bridge, Blitzwing fled in an escape pod. Transform and Roll Out!
After Megatron's disappearance, Blitzwing placed a bounty on Optimus Prime, intending to punish him for destroying Megatron. Fifty solar cycles later, the bounty hunter Lockdown contacted Blitzwing, saying he had Prime. Blitzwing promised that Lockdown would receive payment once Blitzwing received Prime—then asked if he could see Prime turn into a fire truck. Thrill of the Hunt
 Plot details for Lost and Found (Animated episode) follow. |
Blitzwing and Lugnut followed a beacon to the moon to find the wreckage of the Nemesis. The pair of them had similar problems determining the dominant species on earth as the Autobots did. After an encounter, Blitzwing struggled working out what exactly was going on, because Megatron opted to radio Lugnut exclusively during their first encounter. Blitzwing believed Lugnut was only listening to voices in his head, and had to be forcibly taken along with Lugnut. The pair of them scanned earth vehicles for disguises. Blitzwing's calculating persona wanted to scan a fighter jet, while his aggressive side wanted a tank. After arguing for some time, his crazy side won the argument, and scanned both.
The pair followed the Autobots to Lake Erie, Blitzwing froze the lake, and when the Autobots submerged followed them in tank form. Blitzwing was lured by the Autobots towards the Ark and blasted by one of its weapons systems. The pair of them were functional, but blasted to bits, and floated to the surface, only to be met by Starscream, who offered to repair them in exchange for a pledge of undying allegiance. Their response to this offer has not yet been revealed. Lost and Found
Toys
Animated
- Blitzwing (Deluxe?, 2008)
- Blitzwing transforms into a futuristic "Mech-Warrior"ish-tank with large, anti-aircraft-like guns and a squat jet with tracks. The robot mode has three faces, which can be switched around. He looks awesome.
Trivia
- Marty Isenberg originally envisioned a character who could change into anything. When that (obviously) proved unworkable in toy terms, the character of Blitzwing as a triple-changer was suggested for the role. [1]
- His helmet is an obvious nod to a World War II-era German Stahlhelm helmet and goggles. Given the overall design in robot mode, the nature of his personalities and even his name itself, this really isn't very surprising.
- Blitzwing's face-changing gimmick was in part inspired by Man-E-Faces from Masters of the Universe.[1] A toy with a similar gimmick is Ashuraman from Kinnikuman/Ultimate Muscle, who was in turn inspired by the many three-faced depictions of the Buddha and certain gods from the Hindu pantheon.
