Blitzwing & Blitzkrieg

[Slug]

Blitzwing & Blitzkrieg

On September 1st, 1939, Nazi forces stormed into Poland, revealing the enormous power of Hitler's blitzkrieg, or "lightning war". First, German planes bombed airfields, factories, towns, and cities, and screaming dive bombers fired upon troops and civilians. Then, fast-moving tanks and troop transports roared into the country. The Polish army fought back unsuccessfully...

Similarities?

1.) Blitzkrieg, or "lightning war": Doesn't Blitzwing have an electric blaster or something related to electricity, or am I being stupid again? XD

2.) Blitzkrieg: Uhm. Blitzwing and Blitzkrieg?

3.) German: Blitzwing has a German accent. (drools)

4.) Planes/Dive bombers and fast-moving tanks: Isn't Blitzwing a triple changer? A tank, a jet, and a mix from both for his three alt modes. Though Dive Bombers aren't Swing-Wing fighter jets, they're still an aircraft, right? xD

Thoughts: Is it possible that TFA Blitzwing is based off of the Blitzkrieg? Though their similarities are few and rather feeble, I couldn't help but wonder this when I stumbled upon the word Blitzkrieg.

Curious, I looked up Blitzkrieg, and was surprised to see that it was a War. Don't dis me, alright? I'm not the brightest person around here, but I feel pretty damn smart for noticing the similarities between the Blitzkrieg and Blitzwing.

Of course, maybe somewhere there is a site that says what Blitzwing is based off of, but I don't care. xD I really wanted to share this with y'all, so have fun~

(Post your thoughts on this thread, please.)

[nightstorm]

hmm... interesting....*ponders*

VAT? VE ARE NOT BAZED OFF OF STUPID ORGANIC AFFAIRS!*shoots screen*

OOH, ZEY SOUND ALIKE! I LIKE IT! *pokes*

[Fallout]

^^^^^^

Yes, I do believe that the name/character Blitzwing was inspired by Blitzkrieg. Also G1 Blitzwing.

The German accent just makes it more obvious. xD

(robot accents FTW)

[nachtsider]

Blitzy's got hyperfrost emitters and superheater cannons, Sluggy, but no electric weapons. That's a minor gadfly in an oceanful of ointment, though - his ice blasts do look somewhat like lightning, and every point you raise is a valid observation. Let's not forget Blitzy's physical appearance, too - Derrick Wyatt practically designed him to look like a mechanical Wehrmacht trooper, right down to the stalhelm, boots, and Colonel Klink-esque face for Icy.

[prowl]

Yep, there's definitely a lot of similarities. As for the Wehrmacht soldier, it's be a Wehrmacht Artillary Officer more likely, comparison:

Artillery Officer

Blitzwing

Note: the grey colour, the legs (blitzy's legs look similar to how the style of trousers of the officers were) and typically, they'd be wearing black gloves (though not in the image provided, evidently).

Asides from that, several of the other points are also totally valid: the monocle-like eye, the german accent, the name, you might even observe that the various Blitzwing personalities each represent what officers at the time generally were - either very violent, cunningly intelligent or absolutely insane. Blitzwing's fairly high-up-seeming position in the Decepticon ranks indicates only further to that he would be the equivalent of a german officer.

Of course, this is all the typical "GERMAN BAD. DECEPTICON BAD. MATCH." (not really, just "stereotypically" that seems to be how people see it, much with the whole russian-esq. badguy too.) But yeah, there's a lot of similarities, I believe I gave the idea of the Blitzkrieg a mild bit of thought when I first saw Blitzwing on the actual series, but kinda disregarded it unimportantly. Reason only really was because that was the only other time I'd heard the word "Blitz" aside from when he studies Blitzkrieg two years ago in history P: nice spot there though :3