“ | Icy Blitzwing: [Freezes Blackarachnia's arm] As usual Blackarachnia, your demeanor is unpleasant as that accursed organic mode of yours. Blackarachnia: Blow it out your actuator three-face. [Hisses, clenches fist] Icy Blitzwing: [Switches face] Hothead Blitzwing: The name is Blitzwing, insect! Remember it! Cause it's the last thing you're gonna hear before I... [Switches faces] Random Blitzwing: ...Express my feelings in song. The itsy bitsy spider crawled up the water spout. [While being talked over by the other Decepticons] Down came the rain, and washed the spider out. |
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~ Blitzwing's first appearance. |
“ | Random Blitzwing: [Spots Bumblebee fleeing] Oh isn't that cute, they're twins. [Switches faces] Icy Blitzwing: [Scans the fleeing Autobots] Readings indicate that one of them has the Allspark fragment. [Switches face] Hothead Blitzwing: I will destroy them both! |
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~ Blitzwing's personalities on trying to capture the Allspark from the Autobots. |
“ | Hothead Blitzwing: [Spots the Autobots] Autobots! I will crush you into iron filings. [Switches faces] Icy Blitzwing: But my orders are to find the Constructicons. [Switches face] Random Blitzwing: Ooh, but I like iron filings. Especially sprinkled on top of servo-salad. |
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~ Blitzwing's personalities debating about whether to attack the Autobots. |
“ | No, we're fine. | „ |
~ Blitzwing to Megatron after witnessing Starscream's death. |
Blitzwing is a major antagonist in Transformers: Animated. He is one of megatron's loyal Decepticons.
He is voiced by Bumper Robinson, who has also voiced The Serpent in Record of Ragnarok.
Personality[]
Blitzwing has multiple personality disorder, with each of his three faces having a distinct personality of its own:
The first is Icy Blitzwing, he is cold-natured and analytical. He is shown to be an effective strategist and quick thinker: He (on the spot) improvises and manipulates the Constructicons into working for him, he hired Lockdown to hunt down Optimus Prime and bring him to the Decepticons, or when he dissuaded a fight between Lugnut and Starscream. Even in combat, his quick-thinking and strategy is shown when he counters several Autobot attacks, like when he froze the ground to trip Bumblebee, completely froze Ratchet to steal the Allspark key, or when he froze Bulkhead so he could chase Sari and Bumblebee uncontested.
The second personality is Hothead Blitzwing. He is impulsively hot-headed and bad-tempered, often shouting his words, and constantly making threats and insults at his enemies and allies. His passionate and devoted loyalty to Megatron, combined with his immense hatred for the Autobots leads him to be a ferocious fighter. While his temper makes him a fearless warrior, it also at times blinds him with arrogance: when he shot out a bridge, intending to drop it on top of Bumblebee, he only managed to hit himself with it; he was also tricked by Bumblebee into transforming mid-flight into a tank when Bumblebee insulted him; or he picks a direct fight with Omega Supreme, only to be knocked-out by the titan for the rest of the battle.
The third and final personality is Random Blitzwing, who is just plain crazy and passionately says random things or performs random acts. Like constantly laughing at everything or ironically pointing out others' insane actions. Despite his unpredictable nature, the only thing that seems to keep his personalities in check is Megatron, the only one he fears.
Biography[]
Long after the Great War ended and the Decepticons went into hiding, Blackarachnia experimented upon Blitzwing, rebuilding him into a Triple Changer and giving him the fractured mind he is known for today.
Blitzwing was aboard the Nemesis with the other Decepticons at the time of the AllSpark's re-discovery. He froze Blackarachnia's arm as he said her demeanor, as well her organic mode was unpleasant. When Blackarachnia insulted him, Blitzwing angrily demanded she to say his proper name. He then sang an out-of-tune rendition of "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" which got all Decepticons arguing until Megatron entered the room, prompting Blitzwing as the other to fall silent. When it became clear the Nemesis was going to crash into an exploding space bridge, Blitzwing fled in an escape pod.
After Megatron's disappearance, the Decepticons held a funeral at New Kaon. Blitzwing gave the eulogy, in which he vowed that they would destroy the Autobots responsible for their leader's demise...and then paint mustaches on their faceplates. Lugnut was angry with the service, declaring that Megatron was alive and would return. When Blitzwing pointed out evidence to the contrary, Lugnut destroyed the statue of Megatron that Blitzwing had built. This angered Blitzwing, who'd spent six deca-cycles building it, and initiated an exchange of fire between him and Lugnut. Blitzwing placed a bounty on Optimus Prime, intending to punish him for destroying Megatron. When Lockdown proposed that Blitzwing pay him for his services with Lugnut's "P.O.K.E.," Blitzwing agreed to the terms.
Fifty stellar cycles later, the bounty hunter contacted Blitzwing, saying he had Prime. Blitzwing promised that Lockdown would receive payment once Blitzwing received Prime — then his random side asked if he could please, please, please see Prime turn into a firetruck. His conversation was cut short however, when an enraged Lugnut slammed his face into the monitor for daring to commune with the bounty hunter. The pair began scrapping, and things were only made worse when Swindle showed up, taking the opportunity to sell each of them a wide variety of weapons so they could pummel each other. It eventually culminated in him selling the pair of them doomsday weapons and unbreakable nemesis shields. Realizing they were being played, Lugs and Blitz put aside their anger, beat the holy hell out of Swindle and made friends again.
Some time after this, Blitzwing and Lugnut followed a beacon to the Moon to find the wreckage of the Nemesis. Noting that Starscream was bad at parking, Blitzwing also remembered that this quadrant was the last time they received an update from Lockdown. Concluding that the Autobots responsible for killing Megatron were nearby, the duo went to Earth. Landing at a construction site, the two had similar problems determining the dominant species on Earth as the Autobots did, mistaking Earth's automatons and machines for sentient beings. Lugnut's attempt to interrogate a crane ended up getting Blitzwing hit by the wrecking ball, which convinced the Decepticons to do a more time honored tactic—blow stuff up and hope it forces the Autobots to come out. It worked.
During the battle with the Autobots, Bumblebee and Prowl were hard pressed to avoid Blitzwing's energy blasts, but his freeze beam did get Bumblebee off his feet. When Lugnut demanded information on Megatron's location, the Autobots mentioned that he had "turned into a fireball somewhere over Cleveland". Naturally, Lugnut was displeased, and he used his super-punch to floor the Autobots—and bury himself and Blitzwing under the rubble. When Blitzwing unburied himself, he irritably reminded Lugnut of his oft-repeated request for a little warning before the punch.
Having observed the battle over a live feed, Megatron opted to radio Lugnut exclusively, leaving Blitzwing struggling to work out what exactly was going on. Blitzwing believed Lugnut was only listening to voices in his head, so Lugnut had to take him along forcibly. Uncertain of the number and strength of the Autobots' "reinforcements" (the Detroit Police Department), the pair scanned Earth vehicles for disguises so they could lay low. Icy Blitzwing wanted to scan a fighter jet, while Hothead wanted a tank.
After a brief argument, Random suggested that they scan both. That evening, the two Decepticons followed the Autobots to Lake Erie, where Blitzwing froze the lake. When the Autobots submerged, he followed them in tank form. Blitzwing was lured by the Autobots towards their ship and blasted by one of its weapons systems. He and Lugnut were left fragmented but functional and floated to the surface, only to be met by Starscream, who offered to repair them in exchange for a pledge of undying allegiance.
Apparently, they chose to serve under Starscream, but still were bickering with each other. When Lugnut began receiving internal transmissions from Megatron again, Starscream was confused, and Blitzwing explained that it was a "technical glitch" that happened. A lot. When Starscream learned that Lugnut thought he was talking to Megatron, he felt threatened and scanned Lugnut, detecting the signals. Starscream ordered both Lugnut and Blitzwing to find the AllSpark Key while he himself tracked the transmissions.
At the moment, the AllSpark Key was in the hands of Ratchet. Blitzwing used his ice guns to freeze Ratchet and rip off the arm that was carrying the Key. Afterward, they went to Sumdac Tower to find Megatron. In the process of greeting him, Lugnut revealed Megatron's true Decepticon nature to Prof. Sumdac. Blitzwing, now understanding what had been going on with Lugnut, inserted the Key into Megatron's head, restoring their true leader.
As Megatron proceeded to beat up the Autobots, Blitzwing and Lugnut decided not to intervene and kept an eye on Professor Sumdac instead. When Megatron called his loyal troops to him, Blitzwing looked on as his leader made an example of Starscream. The Decepticons took to the air, locating and attacking the Autobots' ship as it traveled from the lake to the Tower, then from the Tower to Dinobot Island, where it was shot down. Blitzwing split off to tackle Prowl, Ratchet and Bumblebee, before being brought down by a combined EMP burst. As Blitzwing rolled around and shelled the Autobots, Prowl noticed that Blitzwing's personalities were connected to his alternate modes and powers. By this time, Blitzwing was back in the air, but Bumblebee taunted the Triple Changer enough that Hothead Blitzwing took over, transformed from jet to tank, and fell into the lake.
The Decepticons set up a base in a mine containing carbon deposits, which would block their energy signatures so they could recover from their encounter with the Autobots without detection. When Megatron announced his new plan to conquer Cybertron, Blitzwing felt the plan was crazy, as neither he nor Lugnut had any idea how they would get there. He changed his mind when Megatron explained that they would build their own space bridge using the specs Megatron had downloaded from Teletran-1 during one of the encounters with the Autobots. However, they would need the captured Prof. Sumdac to help them, as the specs were incomplete.
After Isaac Sumdac developed a device that shielded their energy signatures from Autobot sensors, Blitzwing and Lugnut went to retrieve a tachyon transmitter from the Elite Guard's ship. When they presented it to Megatron, Starscream appeared, tried to kill Megatron—and was killed by Megatron. However, Starscream appeared to survive, and Blitzwing spent the rest of the evening dumping Starscream's body into the river...repeatedly. The next day, Blitzwing and Megatron responded to an AllSpark energy signature which turned out to be a trap laid by Starscream. Blitzwing and Megatron then pursued the traitor, offlining him again.
Blitzwing was later sent by Megatron to track down an AllSpark fragment, with an oddly disappearing energy signature. He froze Bulkhead and much of the surrounding landscape, destroyed a bridge, Captain Fanzone's car, and Master Disaster's truck before Sari Sumdac managed to make him leave using Master Disaster's remote.
Blitzwing and Lugnut wound up stuck with the dirty work, collecting supplies for the construction of the space bridge. Foiled by the Autobots, they tried again the next day, hauling heavy trailers up a hill. Blitzwing's foot slipped, and he was nearly offlined by the trailer sending him careening towards a wall. Bracing for impact, his demise was interrupted by the intervention of Mixmaster and Scrapper. Seeing a good opportunity in the brawny "Constructibots", he tricked them into hauling the two trailers to the mine. Though Lugnut stated that Megatron would never stand for this, he reassured the huge Decepticon that the two newcomers would be offlined as soon as the work was done. True to his word, Blitzwing was about to have Lugnut dispatch the hapless bots when Megatron stepped in. He had bigger plans for them.
When Lockdown announced he had captured Starscream, or at least a robot that looked like him whose head Megatron had set a bounty on, Blitzwing was among the Decepticons who accompanied Megatron to collect the traitor and apprehended Prowl when he tried to intervene. However, when the Autobots arrived with another Starscream, it was revealed that both Starscreams were actually booby-trapped sparkless clones. Blitzwing followed Megatron in escaping forcibly through the ceiling. However, when Prowl used the upgrades given to him by Lockdown to send the clones into the air, the bombs exploded, not too far from the fleeing Decepticons.
When the Constructicons resurfaced, Megatron dispatched Blitzwing to bring them back to the mine, giving him some oil to entice them, and instructing the Triple Changer not to engage the Autobots. During his search, Blitzwing came across the Autobots. Although his Icy personality wanted to continue the search, his Hothead and Random personality decided to engage them. During the battle, Blitzwing utterly dominated the Autobots, and eventually took Ratchet hostage. At that point, Megatron ordered Blitzwing to disengage and resume his search. Finally locating the Constructicons, Blitzwing offered the two the oil barrels he was carrying, and led them back to base.
Soon after the space bridge was near completion, the Autobots found the Decepticons' hideout and attempted to stop them. Blitzwing and Lugnut attacked the Autobots invading their underground base, but they ended up getting stasis cuffed by Blurr. Blitzwing was later retrieved by Scrapper and joined in on the attack on Omega Supreme. His Hothead side was unimpressed with the gargantuan Autobot, and he vowed to damage Omega Supreme so badly he'd need a GPS locator to help him find his still-attached exhaust port. Omega was equally unimpressed with the verbal posturing and head-butted Blitzwing to the horizon.
When Sentinel Prime hired Lockdown to capture Decepticons for him, Blitzwing was one of the bounty hunter's early victims. He was subsequently locked up in the Elite Guard flagship alongside the sycophant Starscream clone and a mode-locked Swindle, and had mouth clamps placed on each of his faces to keep him quiet.
When the Autobots became trapped in Soundwave's virtual reality, Blitzwing was among the Decepticons who invaded and attack Detroit. Unfortunately for him, Bulkhead smashed through his leg as he attempted to stomp Prowl while Bumblebee pummeled his faces.
As the Elite Guard headed back to Cybertron with their prisoners, they navigated the ship through an energy storm in outer space, causing a stray bolt of energy to hit the ship and free Swindle, who had been left unrestrained. The greedy Decepticon immediately released Blitzwing and the others from their bonds and provided them with new weaponry. Led by Lugnut, the Decepticons defeated and captured the crew, only for Optimus Prime to transwarp into the ship and release them. The ensuing battle took place outside the ship, where Blitzwing froze Sentinel Prime and threatened to blast his head off if the other Autobots didn't surrender. The plan was a success, and the captured Autobots were led into their own decontamination unit to be frozen. (Blitzwing's crazy side also wanted them grinded up into snowcones.) However, this was the Autobots' plan all along, as Jazz had tampered with the freeze-gas pipes, causing Blitzwing, the sycophant Starscream, and the liar Starscream to be frozen instead. The three Decepticons were subsequently recaptured and brought to Cybertron, where Sentinel Prime displayed them during his Magnus-promotion parade.
Quotes[]
“ | Hothead Blitzwing: You have Optimus Prime?! Hand him over at once, that Autobot will pay for what he did to our leader! Lockdown: Yeah speaking of payment, I'm gonna need mine first. Icy Blitzwing: Patience my bounty-hunting friend, you will not be disappointed with your upgrades, provided I am not disappointed with your results. [switches face] Random Blitzwing: Ooh, I wanna see him turn into a firetruck. Can I? Can I? Ha ha, can I? [Laughs] |
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~ Blitzwing negotiating with Lockdown. |
“ | Hothead Blitzwing: Careful you cobble-clad klutz! You stepped in something. [Switches face] Random Blitzwing: But with a few dancing lessons, you'll be light on your stabilizing servos like me. Cha cha cha. [Shuffles] |
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~ Blitzwing giving Lugnut footwork advice. |
“ | Hothead Blitzwing: Hold still Autobot scum! Bumblebee: Nah, why don't you chill out. Hothead Blitzwing: [switches face] Icy Blitzwing: [Freezes the ground] As you wish. |
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~ Blitzwing fighting Bumblebee. |
“ | Hothead Blitzwing: Let go, you deranged Decepticon! Lugnut: No, our master calls. Hothead Blitzwing: [switches face] Random Blitzwing: [Chuckles] And they say I'm the crazy one. [Headbutts Lugnut] |
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~ Blitzwing freeing himself from Lugnut's grasp. |
“ | Hothead Blitzwing: What in sparks gotten into you?! Lugnut: I heard him. I heard our master's voice. Hothead Blitzwing: Maybe I should clean out your audio receptors with my fists! I didn't hear anything! |
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~ Blitzwing arguing with Lugnut. |
“ | Icy Blitzwing: I will choose this fighter jet. [switches face] Hothead Blitzwing: No, the assault tank! [switches face] Icy Blitzwing: Jet. [switches face] Hothead Blitzwing: Tank! [switches face] Icy Blitzwing: The jet. [switches face] Hothead Blitzwing: Tank! [switches face] Icy Blitzwing: Jet. [switches face] Hothead Blitzwing: Tank! [switches face] Random Blitzwing: [Chuckles] Why not scan both? |
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~ Blitzwing's personalities choosing an alt-mode. |
“ | Hothead Blitzwing: Cowards! Come out and face your inevitable fate! Bumblebee: Come in and make us, bucket head. Hothead Blitzwing: I WILL CRUSH YOU, CIRCUIT BY CIRCUIT! |
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~ Blitzwing attacking the Autobots. |
“ | Run you sniveling cowards! I'll hack your systems. I'll fry your hard drives. I'll crash your data. | „ |
~ Hothead Blitzwing chasing after the Autobots. |
“ | Help, give me a hand. Or a foot. How about a pelvis? | „ |
~ Random Blitzwing calling out for help. |
“ | Lugnut: Megatron lives! We must obey. Our supreme leader has spoken. Starscream: In case you're forgetting, I AM your supreme leader! Icy Blitzwing: Decepticons, Decepticons. Can't we all just get along? [switches face] Hothead Blitzwing: Or should I crush you into scrap metal?! |
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~ Blitzwing being the peacemaker. |
“ | Hothead Blitzwing: The key, Autobot. Ratchet: You'll have to pry it from my cold offline servo. Hothead Blitzwing: [Switches face] Icy Blitzwing: [Freezes Ratchet, Switches face] Random Blitzwing: Well, it's not exactly offline, but it's certainly cold. [Severs Ratchet's arm, Laughs] |
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~ Blitzwing disarming Ratchet. |
“ | Icy Blitzwing: So you didn't have voices in your head. [Switches face] Random Blitzwing: You had a head in your head. [Laughs] |
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~ Blitzwing to Lugnut after they find Megatron. |
“ | Icy Blitzwing: Curious, my electrical systems have gone offline. Which means... Random Blitzwing: I'm falling! [Cackling] |
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~ Blitzwing freefalling after being shot by Ratchet and Bumblebee's EMP. |
“ | The only one going down is you! [Shoots while spinning] Ooh wee, [Transforms into jet] I wanna try it in the air. | „ |
~ Random Blitzwing attacking the Autobots in his alt-modes. |
“ | [Switches face] Ooh, that sounds crazy. Even to me. | „ |
~ Random Blitzwing's opinion on Megatron's plan. |
“ | [Freezes Bulkhead] Chill out, Autobot. | „ |
~ Icy Blitzwing freezing Bulkhead. |
“ | Icy Blitzwing: [Wings scrap against the tunnel walls, then groans in pain] Hothead Blitzwing: [Transforms into tank mode] Curse this compact concrete. [Shoots out the bridge ahead] Ha! I will crush all that stands in my way. [Bridge collapses on top of Blitzwing] |
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~ Blitzwing chasing after Bumblebee. |
“ | Hothead Blitzwing: What is happening? Why can't I control myself? [Switches face] Random Blitzwing: Not that I ever could. [Laughs] |
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~ Sari using the Master Disaster's remote on Blitzwing. |
“ | Hothead Blitzwing:Never give up! Icy Blitzwing: Never surrender? Random Blitzwing: Nevermind. [Crashes into a building] |
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~ Blitzwing crashing into a building to dodge the Blue Racer. |
“ | Hothead Blitzwing: [Slams fists into ground] I will pound you into sheet metal! [Switches face] Random Blitzwing: [Chuckles] Ooh, oh wait. [Picks up sheet metal] We already got some. |
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~ Blitzwing being tripped by the Autobots. |
“ | Mixmaster: You okay, bro? Icy Blitzwing: [Switches face] Hothead Blitzwing: Do I look okay?! [Switches face] Random Blitzwing: Or do these wing struts make me look fat? |
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~ Blitzwing meeting the Constructicons. |
“ | Mixmaster: [Hears distant sirens] What's that? Icy Blitzwing: Why, that is... the quitting bell. Time for everyone to pack up their supplies and go home. Scrapper: But, we don't got a home. Icy Blitzwing: [Smiles] Then you can come with us, if you can haul these supplies for us. |
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~ Blitzwing manipulating the Constructicons. |
“ | Lugnut: We can not bring them back to the mines. Megatron would never allow such a breach of security. Icy Blitzwing: Patience, Lugnut. They will do our heavy lifting for us. And then we will take them... offline. |
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~ Blitzwing plotting to backstab the Constructicons. |
“ | Icy Blitzwing: We owe you two a huge debt. Mixmaster: Ohh c'mon, it was nothing. Scrapper: Nothing a little forty-weight motor oil couldn't make up for. Icy Blitzwing: Oh, we have something much stronger than that for you. |
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~ Blitzwing preparing to kill the Constructicons. |
“ | You wimpy malfunctions are going offline! [Throws tanker trucks] | „ |
~ Hothead Blitzwing attacking the Autobots. |
“ | [Transforms into tank] Let's see how tough you are without your big bolt-brained bruiser! [Shoots] | „ |
~ Hothead Blitzwing before incapacitating Bulkhead. |
“ | Hothead Blitzwing: Come back here! So I can pull your pistons out through your tailpipes! [Switches face] Random Blitzwing: Ooh, and void your warranty with excess wear and tear. [Laughs] |
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~ Blitzwing challenging the Autobots. |
“ | Your pitiful sparks are no match for my brawn, bug. | „ |
~ Hothead Blitzwing tanking Bumblebee's shots. |
“ | Optimus Prime: The area is clear, no sign of Decepticon energy signals. [Freeze canon fires, missiles explode] Icy Blitzwing: Unfortunately, the same can not be said for your energy signals, Autobots. |
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~ Blitzwing and Lugnut ambushing the Autobots. |
“ | [Switches face] Is it hot in here, or is it me? | „ |
~ Hothead Blitzwing attacking Optimus Prime. |
“ | Hothead Blitzwing: You overgrown Autobot! I will scramble your circuits so bad you'll need a GPS scanner to find your own exhaust port. [Headbutted by Omega Supreme] Oof. [Switches face] Random Blitzwing: [Freefalling] Mayday, mayday! Let's all dance around the maypole. |
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~ Blitzwing's attacking Omega Supreme. |
Powers and Abilities[]
In jet mode, Blitzwing can use a huge arsenal of missiles, in addition to his cannons. His "icy" personality appears to be in control of the jet, as he tends to use the "freeze" setting. The missiles can be launched in a huge swarm that can freeze entire areas or act as mere explosives.
Meanwhile in tank mode, "hothead" Blitzwing is in command, as he can switch the cannons between "fiery" attacks and standard firepower.
Blitzwing is a “triple-changer”—that is, he has three modes (one robot, two vehicles). Plus he has three faces, each with its own personality. His power depends on which face he’s showing. Heat/flame, cold/ice or completely random. Of course, the only power or capability that all three personalities have equally in common is forming his hands into blasters and bladed weapons.
In jet mode, Blitzwing possesses a huge arsenal of missiles, in addition to his cannons. As he tends to have his "icy" personality in control of the jet, he tends to use the "freeze" setting in jet mode, but he can also use them as conventional weapons. The missiles can be launched both individually or as a huge swarm, and can either freeze entire areas (either freezing the ground for a large distance, or creating massive ice walls) or merely acting as conventional explosives. In tank mode, with the "hothead" Blitzwing in command, Blitzwing employs his main tank cannons to great, destructive effect, and again the cannons can switch between "fiery" attacks and standard firepower.
In robot mode, "Icy" Blitzwing's monocle eye doubles up as a binocular targeting scope, with a selection of scans available.
Blitzwing has some limited control over his three faces - he can sometimes switch at will, but on other occasions he can be forced to switch, for example making him angry tends to bring out the "hot head" personality. Although there is a downside - Blitzwing's three personalities make it hard for Blitzwing to follow orders, especially considering how Random likes chaos and hothead likes fighting.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Due to the fact that his name comes from a German word, the creators of Transformers Animated gave his Icy face a German accent. His Hothead face has an austrian accent. His Random face has no particular accent but has a high pitched voice.
- According to the AllSpark Almanac, Blitzwing's split personality comes from him being a Triple Changer. In an experiment conducted by Blackarachnia to try to create a Triple Changer, his transformation cog was split. Not knowing how to process this, his body gave him three personalities to cope with the split cog.
- Also in the war, Blitzwing had destroyed one of the Omega Supremes.
- Hothead Blitzwing's voice is an impression of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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