Blitzwing
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| Decepticon | |
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| Information | |
| Sub-group | Triple Changer |
| Function | Ground and Air Commando |
| Rank | 7 |
| Motto | "Destroy first, think later." |
| Alternate modes |
MiG-25/Type 74 Main Battle Tank Cybertronian Tank/Jet Fighter |
| Series | Transformers: Generation 1 |
| English voice actor |
Ed Gilbert (Television series) David Boat (Transformers: Devastation) |
| Japanese voice actor |
Keiichi Nanba (Television series) Kenyū Horiuchi ("Triple Takeover" only) Yū Shimaka ("Cosmic Rust" & "Prime Target" only) Masashi Ebara (Movie, Transformers: 2010) |
| Decepticon | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Sub-group | Voyagers, Triple Changer |
| Function | Berserker, Ground & Air Commando |
| Rank | 7 (Takara) |
| Partner | Megatron, Lugnut, Starscream, Blackaracnia, Thundercracker, Skywarp, Sunstorm, Ramjet |
| Motto | "Whoooo, I'm freaking out!", "Three's a crowd!""Three strikes, and you're out!" |
| Alternate modes | Dual-Barreled Assault Tank/Swing-Wing Fighter Jet |
| Series | Transformers Animated |
| English voice actor | Bumper Robinson |
| Japanese voice actor | Chō |
| Decepticon | |
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| Information | |
| Sub-group | Triple Changer |
| Alternate modes | MiG-25/Type 74 Main Battle Tank |
Blitzwing is the name of several fictional characters in the various Transformers series. He is always depicted as a Decepticon with two alternate forms, that of a jet and that of a tank.
Blitzwing is a Decepticon triple changer, capable of transforming into a Type 74 main battle tank and a MiG-25 jet fighter. His fellow Decepticon triple changers are Astrotrain and Octane. He was named among the top selling toys in 1985 by Playthings magazine.
A battle-loving Decepticon warrior, Blitzwing frequently uses his jet mode to strafe land-bound Autobots, then quickly transforms to tank mode to finish them off with his powerful energy mortar. In robot mode, he prefers to use his electron scimitar to fight foes one on one.
Blitzwing would first appear in the Transformers comics in the Target 2006 arc of the U.K. comics. Along with the other Triple Changers, Macabre, the three Insecticons, and the seekers Dirge, Thrust and Ramjet, they are the Decepticons' most feared killers and have to be taken out before a major Autobot uprising can take place. Megatron inadvertently scuppered the plan by summoning the Insecticons to Earth.
Blitzwing's first appearance in the U.S. comics would be in issue 29, sent to Earth along with Astrotrain and Octane to retrieve a crashed shuttle which was carrying fuel for one of Ratbat's operations. However, the shuttle was infected with Scraplets, a plague of sentient micro-robots that ate metal and the dying pilot then accidentally infected them. After battling with Blaster and Goldbug, they became infected as well. Goldbug eventually found the cure — water, but Blaster refused to let Goldbug spray them, reluctant to save the Decepticons. The Scraplets took matters out of his hands, however, and formed into one huge creature. Options spent, Goldbug cured all four Transformers and let the heavily armed Decepticons deal with it. The three Triple Changers then escaped with the cargo. It should be noted that Blitzwing is portrayed as being mindlessly cruel.
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