Blitzwing (BB)

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 from the Bumblebee portion of the live-action film continuity family.

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Is Blitzwing a triple changer? Is he a Seeker? Or is he a familiar face? Regardless, Blitzwing is just another Decepticon who holds a grudge against Bumblebee, or more-so, Bee holds a grudge against him. Blitzwing sees all Autobots as traitors of Cybertron that deserve to be hunted and given the death penalty, in reality, he is the one being hunted by that yellow bot. An extremely violent one, he carries an Electron Spike Blade to silence any Autobot, something that can unknowingly lead him to eternal silence.

Fiction

Bumblebee Movie Prequel

"When the universe is broken, only one handyman can fix it!"

During the Great War, Blitzwing functioned as Diabla's handler during her stint as an Autobot spy, being the one who ultimately had her return to her faction. A later encounter with the Autobot Bumblebee ended in a humiliated Blitzwing being left for dead and swearing revenge on the scout. Several thousand years later, Blitzwing made his way to Earth during the Cold War and fell under the command of Malignus.

In 1964, Blitzwing reunited with Bumblebee in London and eagerly began exacting his revenge. Unable to match the Triple Changer's strength, Bumblebee was forced to detonate a gas main and flee underground. The encounter with his thought-dead foe led to Bumblebee erroneously believing that Blitzwing was in charge of the Decepticon forces on Earth, only realizing his error when Blitzwing appeared among Malignus's troops. Energon Is Forever

Unfortunately, Malignus' master plan began going sideways when Diabla suddenly turned on the Decepticons by saving Bumblebee from a Sharkticon. With Runabout butchered by Dead End and Astrotrain fleeing the battle out of disgust for Malignus' leadership, Blitzwing was the only one left to deal with the renegade Diabla. He was almost succeeded in killing her before Bumblebee tackled him, throwing off his aim and accidentally striking the nuclear warhead fired by Malignus. Blitzwing tried to use the chaos to fire at the unsuspecting Bumblebee only for P.R.O.G.R.A.M.M.E. agent David Reeve to warn his friend in time, the blast instead killing Dead End. Using Dead End's corpse as a shield, Blitzwing was able to survive the base's collapse and flew off into the night, being hunted by Bumblebee for the next two decades. From Cybertron with Love

Bumblebee film

Voice actor: David Sobolov (English), Haruo Yamagishi (Japanese), Frédéric Souterelle (European French)

You thought I was Starscream, BUT IT WAS I, BLITZWING!

When the Autobot scout B-127 was cornered by a brigade of Sector Seven troops led by Agent Burns, Blitzwing, in the form of an Air Force jet, took his chance to swoop in. While the humans were confused by the arrival of the Air Force, Bumblebee recognized the jet for a Decepticon, and warned the humans to run. Blitzwing didn't give them the chance, bombarding Autobot and humans alike with missiles before transforming to attack Bumblebee directly, assuring him that he will die screaming. While much larger and capable of flight, he lost their first clash when the nimbler Autobot damaged his thrusters and sent him crashing to the ground.

"Yup, that's me. You're probably wondering how I ended up in this situation."

This wasn't enough to down him, however, and the Seeker subdued the scout and dangled him over a cliff as he interrogated him about Optimus Prime's whereabouts. When the scout refused to answer and defiantly asserted that he would never speak, an enraged Blitzwing "[made] it official" by tearing his voice synthesizer out and throwing him off the cliff. The Decepticon then prepared to execute the "traitor", but was taken by surprise when the Autobot tore a missile from his arm and jammed it in his chest. Blitzwing only had a moment to comprehend this and try to pull the explosive out before B-127 kicked himself away from him and fired upon the missile, detonating it and blowing him to pieces. Bumblebee

Blitzwing's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novel "Transformers: Bumblebee: The Junior Novel".

Sector 7 Adventures: The Battle at Half Dome comic

Blitzwing and Soundwave made a bet to see who can reduce a human into at least one kilounit of water. Sector 7 Adventures: The Battle at Half Dome

Toys

Bumblebee

"The name's Lobo. That's L as in "Lacerate", O as in "Obliterate", B as in "disem- Bowel" and O as in, uh... Well, I guess I can use "Obliterate" twice, huh?"

• Blitzwing (Power Series, 2018)

Bumblebee Power Series Blitzwing is a redeco of the Megatron figure from the Energon Igniters line. The figure's head has been retooled to match the CGI design, but the choice of military-green for the tank mode makes for a rather inaccurate robot mode. As an Energon Igniter, he can interact with the Cores included with other toys in the line.

"Now the more ya move, the worse it'll hurt. So, feel free to go crazy!"

• Blitzwing (Nitro Series, 2019)

Bumblebee Nitro Series Blitzwing is a Voyager-sized mold that transforms from robot into a jet plane that is not the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II. He also comes with his own Igniter Core, which allows his jet to zip along smooth surfaces. Blitzwing also features a head-swapping gimmick, which gives him an alternate head that is reminiscent of his Animated counterpart's crazy face.

Generations

Studio Series

He thought he could hide, but the consumer cometh...

• Blitzwing (Voyager Class, 2020)
  • ID number: 65
  • Japanese ID number: ??
  • Japanese release date: ??, 2020
  • Accessories: Null-ray Blaster, Electron Spike Blade, left hand, right hand, 2 missile pods, "Canyon Attack" backdrop

Part of the tenth wave of Studio Series Voyager Class toys, Blitzwing transforms from robot into a generic fighter jet bearing little resemblance to a McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II jet in 27 steps. The missile pods under his wings require partforming between modes. He comes with a blaster based on the Null-ray Blaster the Seekers used in the movie, and a cardboard backdrop display depicting the canyon where he fought Bumblebee. His hands are connected with 5 mm peg, and can be removed and replaced with one the Electron Spike Blade he used tear-off Bumblebee's voice box. His hands or blaster can be stores into the two ports in the backs of his wings, while the spike blade stores on the toy's flight stand hole. By proxy, this allows him to wield any 5 mm port compatible weapon or accessory on his right arm. In jet mode, the spike blade stores under one of the tail fins, and the blaster stores inside the cavity next to the faux cockpit. Blitzwing also has a minor misassembly where the mini fins on each of his shoulders are inserted on the opposite sides, but this problem can easily be rectified by swapping them out since the hinges do not feature pins.

As an interesting addition, his right hand has a knuckle swivel joint, while the left hand is one static piece. The right hand cannot hold 5 mm handles, but it is the perfect size to grasp the neck of Studio Series Offroad Bumblebee.

Bizarrely, despite his initial renders depicting a movie-accurate black head, gray crotch, and a mostly white jet fuselage, stock photography of physical figures depict a completely different and movie-inaccurate deco consisting of a white head and crotch, as well as a gray overspray around the jet cockpit and fuselage. The final figure, while still containing the gray overspray (which is broken up by the light gray of the thighs), has movie-accurate colors of the stock renders.

Merchandise

ThreeZero

"DID YOU THINK YOUR WALLET CAN HIDE?!"

• 3A DLX Blitzwing (2019)
  • Accessories: display stand, 2 Alternate hand sets, Null-ray Blaster, Electron Spike Blade

3A DLX Blitzwing is a non-transforming figure based on his appearance in the Bumblebee movie, standing at 10.6 inches tall and made to scale with their DLX Bumblebee. He uses die-cast parts painted parts to match the character model.

Blitzwing requires assembly as the wings are detached from the figure in order to maintain packaging size. His right arm can be detached and replaced with a blaster piece based on the Seekers's weapon, and his hands can be replaced with a set of closed fists or grabbing hands, and his left hand can be replaced with the spike hand based on the weapon he used when he tore Bumblebee's voice box out.

Much like other 3A figures, Blitzwing comes with light-up eyes that can be activated using two LR-44 batteries.

• More information on 3A DLX Blitzwing at the official threezero website

"Let's make your need for nostalgia official."

• ThreeZero DLX Blitzwing (Vintage Inspired) (2021)
  • Accessories: display stand, 2 alternate hand sets, Null-ray Blaster, Electron Spike Blade

ThreeZero Vintage Inspired Blitzwing is a redeco of the original 3A DLX Blitzwing, the colors made to match the appearance of the Generation 1 namesake. He comes with the same parts as the original 3A figure, though each is recolored to match the figure's new color scheme.

Notes

• Let's not mince our words: Blitzwing really, really looks like Starscream. His design is based on the classic Generation 1 Seeker bodytype (used by multiple other characters in the film), and he's wearing the classic red and grey/white colours of the original Starscream. When the first trailer for the film was released, most viewers logically assumed he was Starscream, and a synopsis for the film posted on the official Viacom blog even referred to the treacherous Decepticon by name—only for the synopsis to be edited within hours to remove it. A month later, director Travis Knight then stated at San Diego Comic-Con 2018 that the Decepticon was, in fact, Blitzwing. It's not clear exactly what went on here—if perhaps the character was originally intended to be Starscream and had his identity switched (during the film's well-documented re-editing?); if it was consciously decided to reimagine Blitzwing as a Seeker; or if it was just a case of a generic Decepticon getting labelled with the "Blitzwing" name after the fact. Within the film, the character is never referred to by name in dialogue, and has little relation to the original Blitzwing, but subsequent toys and media went on to bridge that gap, depicting the movie character with triple-changing abilities, and even different rotating faces like Animated Blitzwing.
• Blitzwing was used as a "cover" name on concept art of Dark of the Moon Shockwave.
• In the final movie, it isn't made clear how Blitzwing tracked Bumblebee down, or even how he got to Earth in the first place. Even Shatter and Dropkick only found out Bumblebee was there when he accidentally broadcast a tracking signal at them, and at no point do they show any awareness that there had been another Decepticon on the planet.
  • The Battle at Half Dome has Soundwave mentioning that he made a bet with Blitzwing to see which of them can reduce a human into at least one kilounit of water; considering this, it's possible that Blitzwing was a crew member of the Nemesis.
• Like the others of his body type seen on Cybertron (with the exception of Starscream) Blitzwing has an apparatus resembling a flight helmet's oxygen mask on his face. While it was assumed this was simply the design of his mouth region, a more conventional mouth underneath can be seen when Bumblebee stabs him through the shoulder (00.09.27 on the Blu-ray).

Foreign names

• Japanese: Blitzwing (ブリッツウィング, ブリッツ・ウィング Burittsuwingu)