Blitzcrank/Trivia

General

• Rocket Grab's icon displays Blitzcrank's left hand even though he uses his right one in-game.
• His dance references the Macarena.
• Blitzcrank has been jokingly referred to as a girl by Tom 'Zileas' Cadwell.
• He resembles Zog from the 2009 Astro Boy movie.
• Riot's love of ducks has made it so Blitzcrank's feet resemble theirs.

Development

• Blitzcrank's hand will disappear if he moves after using Rocket Grab, given he is yet to retract it.
• Blitzcrank is the amalgamation of two words.
  • Blitz is German for 'lightning'
  • A Crank is an arm attached to a rotating shaft in turn attached to a circular piece that is to be rotated.

Lore

• Blitzcrank used to run a dating service called 'Blitzcrank's Fleshling Compatibility Services'. He determined the likelihood of a successful couple by way of an algorithm he devised.
• Blitzcrank's story seems to be based on The Bicentennial Man by Isaac Asimov.
• Blitzcrank has a loving fascination for Template:Moi, going so far as to protect them from Template:Moi stalking them.

Quotes

• "Exterminate" references the Dalek from Doctor Who as well as the tendency for movie evil robots to say the same.
• "A rolling golem gathers no rust" references the adage "A rolling stone gathers no moss".
• "The magic calls to me" is nearly identical to "The magic, it calls to me!"

Skins

Rusty Blitzcrank

• It is so far the only non-legacy skin to be removed from the store, most likely due to being a texture away from looking like Original Blitzcrank.

Piltover Customs Blitzcrank

• His license plate reads BLITZY1.
• He shares this theme with Hot Rod Corki and Piltover Customs Heimerdinger.

Boom Boom Blitzcrank

• This skin might be referencing Real Steel.
• His boxing gloves read LOL ('League of Legends') and PWN (a popularized typo for 'OWN', commonly 'pwned')

Goalkeeper Blitzcrank

• He celebrates the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
• He shares this theme with , Sweeper Alistar, Striker Ezreal, Superfan Gragas, Red Card Katarina, Goalkeeper Maokai, Striker Lucian, and Red Card Twisted Fate.

Definitely Not Blitzcrank

• He shares this theme with Definitely Not Udyr, and Definitely Not Vel'Koz.

iBlitzcrank

• He has 4 fingers in the artwork but 3 in-game.
• This skin references Apple Inc. 'iTech' (iPhone, iPad, and so on) and became available around the same time the game's Mac version did.
  • Amusingly enough, when Blitzcrank dies he displays the Red Ring of Death, red lights that indicate a technical failure in Microsoft's (Apple's main competitor) Xbox 360 game console.
• He resembles EVE from WALL-E.
• He can be seen in Program Lissandra splash art. That means he is a product of the program skins series.

Riot Blitzcrank

• Mana Barrier is shielding him from Lucian's shots.
• Riot Graves can be seen in the background.
• He appears in Riot Kayle's artwork.
• His recalling might be referencing Inspector Gadget's Gadget 'Copter.
• Blitzcrank shares this theme with Riot Graves, Riot Kayle, Riot K-9 Nasus, and Riot Squad Singed.

Battle Boss Blitzcrank

• The artwork references classic fighting game loading screens.
• His recalling has Blitzcrank withdrawing the cartridge on his back and blowing into it before putting it back in, referencing what was done to video game cartridges when they wouldn't work.
• He resembles a Dark Mechawful from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story and Infinity Mijinion from Megaman X6.
• Static Field references when either Mega Man himself or a Maverick boss die in Mega Man X.
• He shares this theme with Arcade Ahri, Arcade Corki, Arcade Ezreal, Arcade Hecarim, Arcade Miss Fortune, Arcade Riven, Arcade Sona, and Final Boss Veigar.

Sewn Chaos Blitzcrank

• He shares this theme with Sewn Chaos Amumu, and Sewn Chaos Orianna.

Relations

• Blitzcrank was originally created by Viktor but Professor Stanwick Pididly took all the credit (both are in good terms considering it wasn't Blitzcrank's fault)