Blitzwing was a Deception Seeker and sometimes Triple Changer. He was sent to Earth to kill the Autobot Bumblebee, but ultimately failed and was killed by his target.
History[]
Bumblebee Prequel Comic[]
The mini-series is very noticeably written based on an earlier script or incomplete outline of Bumblebee in which Bumblebee has been on Earth for decades. As a result it is entirely incompatible with the movie it was supposed to be promoting, which depicts the title character as having freshly arrived on Earth at the start of the film Bumblebee. Bumblebee Movie Prequel follows along with the continuity twist regarding Bumblebee's arrival on Earth that was established in The Last Knight, yet is incompatible with the Bumblebee film itself. The comic itself retconized the story of Bumblebee in IDW comics, while at the same time leaving home references to the friendship of Astrotrane and Shockwave in Foundation and Rising Storm.
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.
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.
Bumblebee []
Blitzwing was among the Decepticons under the command of Shockwave and Soundwave in their conquest of Cybertron in Megatron's absence. Sometime after the Autobots escaped, he travelled, alone, to Earth.
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.
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, Blitzwing, enraged, "[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.
Personality and Traits[]
Blitzwing was arrogant and sadistic, enjoying his attack on Bumblebee, and even mocking him for his courage, before ripping out his voice box. Blitzwing was shown to have no mercy, having no second thoughts on killing multiple soilders, or Bumblebee. He was also shown to toy with Bee, choosing to drop him from a cliff rather than straight up killing him. This arrogance proved to be his downfall, as Bee was able to outsmart Blitzwing and kill him in their fight.
Powers and Abilites[]
Blitwing was heavily armed, and possessed a range of missiles and explosives. As well as his vast cattily of weapons, Blitzwing could also fly in bot mode, able to slam Bumblebee from the air during their fight. He was also strong, as he could lift Bee up with ease, and was shown to be a fearsome combatant, easily defeating Bumblebee, but only being defeated by the sheer luck of the Autobot jamming his own missile into his armor.
Weapons[]
- Missile: Used to fire at Bumblebee and the Soldiers in alt mode, jabbed in his own armor.
- Hand needle: Used to rip Bumblebee's voice box
- Subsonic Gun: Shot at Bumblebee before his critical hit
- (Not Used) Secondary Gun: Seen under the subsonic gun.
Trivia[]
- Blitzwing is one of the Main Antagonists in the IDW Movie Prequel to the Bumblebee Movie.
- In the IDW Movie Prequel Comics to the Bumblebee Movie (more for a Verison that was more linked with Transformers 5: The Last Knight) Blitzwing is a Triple Changer.
- Blitzwing was very confusing at first to say the least. In the live action film "Bumblebee", he resembles the design of "Transformers Generation One" Starscream who is also a Seeker himself rather then the actual triple changer design used in the G1 series and it's movie "The Transformers: The Movie" (and similar designs used in other continuities). This had lead to most fan to assume he was Starscream when the first trailer was released, it wasn't until Travis Knight confirmed in San Diego Comic-Con that it was indeed, Blitzwing.
- Although was reimagine as a regular seeker or just a generic decepticon was just "Blitzwing" in name. Subsequent toys and comic would feel in the gap by portraying him with a tank mode and rotating face akin to Transformers Animated Blitzwing.
- His role in the film was not clear, about how did he tracked down Bumblebee, or how did he get to Earth in the first place. Not to mention about why didn't he communicate and being rendezvous with Shatter and Dropkick. However given the fact that he’s a Seeker, it’s possible he was able to track down Bumblebee very quickly and his arrogance made him believe he could handle the task on his own.
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