History Characters / AzurLaneIronbloodMainFleet

* HonorBeforeReason: In Scherzo of Iron and Blood, [[spoiler:Bismarck is revealed to have rejected The Siren's power after the sinking of Hood, for she saw it as belittling the dignity and efforts of humankind. In the later scene when she successfully suppressed the berserking power of the Sirens within herself, she continued to fire at the Royal Navy even after losing the ability to aim, prompting the Royal Navy to give her [[MercyKill a warrior send off]]. ]]
* HopelessBossFight: She will inevitably defeat you and sink Hood in the tutorial.

* BonusBoss: Bismarck is the boss of the EX stage of "Scherzo of Iron and Blood". Her role in the story, however, brings her closer to a TrueFinalBoss.

* KickingAssinAllHerFinery: Invoked it with this line in her Floral Liberation Outfit.

* AmbiguousSituation: Whether or not she's the ''Kaiserliche Marine''[='s=] ''Friedrich der Grosse'', somehow resurrected in a new ship class and frame. Queen Elizabeth at first thinks she's the same person (while wondering how that's possible) and even in "Rondo at Rainbow's End" clearly has ''some'' suspicions about the whole thing; and according to the ''Kaiserliche'' girls who ''were'' revived as their original selves (albeit with some "updates" that make their riggings more in line with modern IB design), their first, immediate impression was that this Friedrich was indeed the Friedrich they knew, and they have to look closely to realize that isn't quite right and there are, apparently, some un-elaborated-on differences. Friedrich, for her part, asserts that she isn't "the Friedrich they know"... but her wording is still ambiguous enough to be open to a variety of interpretations (which is likely intentional, both on her part and the part of the writers). She ''does'' seem to know a damned lot about the "old" Ironblood for someone ostensibly so new, but whether it's simply the result of research or something more is, again, left ambiguous.

* DevelopersForesight: Well, illustrator in this case, but her maid skin showcases a pantyshot thru the reflection of the floor.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Her maid skin has her in a pose that is very reminiscent of situations involving hentai.

** Heavily averted in her Pure-Hearted Bad Girl skin where her new lines portray her tooth-achingly sweet and flustered about her date with the Commander.

* InfinityMinusOneSword: Friedrich der Grosse was unquestionably THE single most powerful ship in the game prior to the release of Ultra Rare battleships obtainable via construction. Nowadays, with New Jersey and Ulrich van Hutten able to best her in DPS against bosses, she is now merely "an extremely good S+ tier" instead of "the single undisputed best.". One of the main issue of this is Friedrich's ''zero'' luck stat that affects her accuracy and in turn, overall DPS [[note]]this basically tells that even with high accuracy stat, every salvo she shoots can be hit or miss even when the shells hit the target, which reduces her overal DPS. This is a unique quirk of the game in that backline ships with low Luck stats can still reliably hit (like Prince of Wales), but the ones with zero luck ''may not''. Time will tell if she ever gets a Fate Simulation to address this issue like Azuma and Drake do[[/note]]. She does have an edge over those two when it comes to fighting trash mobs, however [[note]]New Jersey's one very minor weakness is her ability to deal with high-level suicide and searchlight boats due to her lack of spread barrage damage, and being forced into DD gun secondaries. And Ulrich's signature DeathOfAThousandCuts skill absolutely floors her shelling damage when she is out of ammo, but without this skill she generally loses to Friedrich in overall DPS[[/note]]. She is overall more accessible to players than the previous two by virtue of not being a limited gacha character, but she is nonetheless difficult to acquire as it is overall more difficult to acquire Iron Blood faction tech points than the other majorfactions. This process is getting easier over time as previously limited Ironblood ships like Bismarck and Graf Zeppelin are now available permanently. And even after you get her, she needs over 500 blueprints to reach maximum power, and blueprints for Decisive rarity ships are more expensive and come in smaller quantities. You can easily get Monarch, Georgia, Odin, or even Marco Polo to maximum power before you're even halfway done with FDG. And to add insult to injury, FDG has the highest oil cost of any ship in the game -- though with the advent of clearing mode oil caps and Operation Siren, oil-cost-as-drawback is virtually completely obsolete.
* {{Irony}}: Her inspiration is considered the weakest of the Tier IX battleships in World of Warships (although a buff in 0.8.11 has somewhat saved her from this status).... and here she's one of the strongest ships in the game ''period'', with massive firepower (absurd FP stats + multiple offensive skills) and an equally absurd HP pool.

* {{Foil}}: to Formidable. Both are gold-rarity carrier shipgirls with a time motif, a TimeStandsStill skill, skill kits that buff themselves, noticeable bustlines, MegaTwintails as part of their long hair, party dress skins that get confused for oath skins, as well as being designed as a ShoutOut to Tokisaki Kurumi. Formidable, however, was introduced in an event that was focused on someone else (namely, Littorio and the Sardegnian shipgirls that debuted there), is quite temperamental beneath her ProperLady facade, and her default skin reveals cleavage while her party dress covers it. Peter Strasser was the star of her own event (which is entirely focused on Iron Blood ships), does not have a personality facade whatsoever, and her default skin covers cleavage while her party skin reveals it.
* MegaTwinTails: has her hair styled this way combined with long hair which extends all the way to her legs.

* {{Foil}}: to Formidable. Both are gold-rarity carrier shipgirls with a time motif, a TimeStandsStill skill, skill kits that buff themselves, [[BuxomIsBetter noticeable bustlines]], MegaTwintails as part of their long hair, party dress skins that get confused for oath skins, as well as being designed as a ShoutOut to Tokisaki Kurumi. Formidable, however, was introduced in an event that was focused on someone else (namely, Littorio and the Sardegnian shipgirls that debuted there), is quite temperamental beneath her ProperLady facade, and her default skin reveals cleavage while her party dress covers it. Peter Strasser was the star of her own event (which is entirely focused on Iron Blood ships), does not have a personality facade whatsoever, and her default skin covers cleavage while her party skin reveals it.

* BuxomIsBetter: Easily one of the bustiest light carriers around.

* EverythingsBetterWithPlushies: She carries a stuffed whale with her.

* WeaponOfChoice: Similar to the ''Graf Zeppelin'', having at least one German-made plane in her equipped planes boosts her aviation, reload, and efficiency stats of all planes.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: She and her sister ship were meant to be converted from passenger liners to aircraft carriers, but Elbe (then known as Potsdam) only got so far as having her passenger fittings removed before work was halted. She spent the rest of the war as a barracks ship, a British troopship and was later sold as a passenger liner first to England and later Saudi Arabia.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: She and her sister ship were meant to be converted from passenger liners to aircraft carriers, but Elbe (then known as Potsdam) only got so far as having her passenger fittings removed before work was halted. She spent the rest of the war as a barracks ship, a British troopship and later sold as a passenger liner first to England and later Saudi Arabia.

* MsFanservice: Both were drawn with various eye-catching traits and poses. Gneisenau's Halloween skin definitively leans on this as she is dressed as a [[HornyDevils succubus]], including wearing a very translucent one-piece leotard that shows a [[IntimateMarks womb tattoo]].

* HornyDevils: The basis for her Halloween skin, including the infamous cliche of [[IntimateMarks womb tattoos]] usually associated with hentai fanart, which surprisingly got past the censors in China even though initially the censored version was advertised there.

* HornyDevils: Her "hair clips" look very clearly like traditional devil horns... assuming they aren't really just horns, flat out.

* ShesGotLegs: Her new year skin shows just how tight her outfit fits around her legs and hips.

* MsFanservice: In a similar manner to Monarch, Weser is a [[BuxomIsBetter shapely]] [[ShesGotLegs woman]] dressed in form-fitting formal attire that showcases her body nicely (without being overly revealing).

* ShesGotLegs: All her skins provide the player with a nice view of her thighs.

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!!!Voiced by: Creator/AiKayano

!!!Voiced by: Creator/AiKayano

!!!Voiced by: Minami Tsuda

* HistoricalInJoke: She references a sister who served the Sakura Empire, referring to her sister ship Scharnhorst ([[NamesTheSame not that one]]) a passenger liner who was turned into the escort carrier Shinyo in Japan.

* SheCleansUpNicely: Her Chinese New Year skin has her wearing a {{Qipao}} with her hairstyle up in a ponytail. Scharnhorst looks positively stunning with the ensemble.