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* MadeOfIron: This is [[LampshadedTrope lampshaded a few times]], especially in ''The New Order'', to the relief of allies and pure, absolute shock by enemies. It's rather bizarre in that As a testament to this there's a sequence where a nazi ambushes B.J. is demonstrably immune as he's opening a door, grabbing him and stabbing him repeatedly. By that point in the level even without full health and armor B.J. can survive getting stabbed over two dozen times, while the nazi goes down in just two stabs to stab wounds.the chest from [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Terror Billy]]
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* TranquilFury: After confronting his father and hearing [[MoralEventHorizon that he sent his mother to a concentration camp]], he calmly expresses his hatred for the man before dismembering his left arm and burying his axe into his heart.
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* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:He kills the EldritchAbomination beneath Wulfburg by literally]] '''[[spoiler:shooting it in its goddamn face]]'''.
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* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:He kills the EldritchAbomination beneath Wulfburg by literally]] '''[[spoiler:shooting literally shooting it in its goddamn face]]'''.the face repeatedly.]]
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* SuperSoldier: May as well be, what with how unstoppable he is. [[spoiler:Finally truly becomes this in ''The New Colossus'' when his head is planted on the body of a type of Nazi Super Soldier, complete with mechanical upgrades.]]
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* ChildrenAreInnocent: As a child, BJ was a good-hearted, accepting child who - despite the prejudices of the time - saw nothing wrong with playing with an African-American child. Thankfully, this hasn't changed in his adulthood, going by his friendships with Grace, J, and Bombate.
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* AbusiveParents: His salesman father, Rip, was a bigoted asshole who only married B.J.'s mother, a Jewish woman, for her business connections. His introduction during a flashback in the ''New Colossus'' sees him getting downright furious at a young B.J. for being friends with an African-American girl, knocking his wife out cold for trying to protect their son from his wrath, chocking his son almost to unconsciousness, before forcing him to shoot the family dog, Bessie, to teach him to be "strong". [[Spoiler: [[MoralEventHorizon It's even mentioned in a Nazi propaganda film that BJ's father sent his mother to a concentration camp]].]]
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* AbusiveParents: His salesman father, Rip, was a bigoted asshole who only married B.J.'s mother, a Jewish woman, for her business connections. His introduction during a flashback in the ''New Colossus'' sees him getting downright furious at a young B.J. for being friends with an African-American girl, knocking his wife out cold for trying to protect their son from his wrath, chocking his son almost to unconsciousness, before forcing him to shoot the family dog, Bessie, to teach him to be "strong". [[Spoiler: [[spoiler: [[MoralEventHorizon It's even mentioned in a Nazi propaganda film that BJ's father sent his mother to a concentration camp]].]]
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* AbusiveParents: His salesman father, Rip, was a bigoted asshole who only married B.J.'s mother, a Jewish woman, for her business connections. His introduction during a flashback in the ''New Colossus'' sees him getting downright furious at a young B.J. for being friends with an African-American girl, knocking his wife out cold for trying to protect their son from his wrath, chocking his son almost to unconsciousness, before forcing him to shoot the family dog, Bessie, to teach him to be "strong". [[Spoiler: [[MoralEventHorizon It's even mentioned in a Nazi propaganda film that BJ's father sent his mother to a concentration camp]].]]
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* BerserkButton: Nazis, and bigotry in general, natch. Also, do ''not'' insinuate that he or his government was little better than the Nazis in ''The New Order''.Order''.
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** This comes back in the beginning of ''The New Colossus'', when he's bleeding out heavily from his wounds and believes his work is done. After he wakes up and learns that Engel has risen to power, he wheels into the fight with a wheelchair, a catheter, and two busted kidneys, determined not to give up the fight.
-->"Death at the gates again. Howling my name. Come on in, old buddy. Sorry I made you wait."
-->"Death at the gates again. Howling my name. Come on in, old buddy. Sorry I made you wait."
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* AbusiveParents: His salesman father, Rip, was a bigoted piece of shit. He even forced his son to kill his dog, Bessie.
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* LanternJawOfJustice: A truly massive one. Just look at the pictures! If he ever runs out of weapons, he could probably just beat Nazis to death with his chin.
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* PatrioticFervor: ''The New Order'' establishes him as a bit of a blind patriot toward the US. He gets angry when J compares pre-civil rights America to the Nazis and it looks like in ''The New Colossus'' he isn't to jazzed to have to listen to criticism of US capitalist society.
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* DeathSeeker: Becomes this in ''The New Order,'' as he is forced to face the horrors of the Nazi's impending victory. [[spoiler: Culminates in the climax, where he is heavily wounded in Deathshead's compound and gives the order to launch a nuke on his own position.]] This seems to be no longer the case in ''The New Colossus''.
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** In ''Return to Castle Wolfenstein'', he's got quite a shocked expression on his face after confronting the undead for the first time and surviving when an Allied plane comes to rescue him. He seems to quickly recover however, and goes back in business right away to infiltrate a German base.
** His experiences are starting to take their toll on his mind in ''The NewOrder''Order''.
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An OSA agent, Blazkowicz is the main protagonist of the saga. B.J. differs in appearance through various continuities (original ''3D'' universe, ''Return to Castle Wolfenstein'', ''Wolfenstein RPG'', and the timeline of the 2009 game, ''The New Order\The Old Blood'' and ''The New Colossus''), but the majority of his traits remain the same.
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An OSA agent, Blazkowicz is the main protagonist of the saga. B.J. He differs in appearance through various continuities (original ''3D'' universe, ''Return to Castle Wolfenstein'', ''Wolfenstein RPG'', and the timeline of the 2009 game, ''The New Order\The Old Blood'' and ''The New Colossus''), but the majority of his traits remain the same.
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* HesBack: In ''The New Order''. After spending fourteen years in a loony bin, all it took to bring B.J. back was the kind care of Anya and a Nazi pointing a gun in his face.
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--> '''Voiced in English by''': Matthew Kaminski (Return to Castle Wolfenstein ([=PS2=] version)), Peter Jessop (Wolfenstein 2009), Creator/BrianBloom (The New Order, The Old Blood, The New Colossus)
--> '''Voiced in Japanese by''': Creator/JojiNakata (The New Order)
An OSA agent, Blazkowicz is the main protagonist of the saga. B.J. differs in appearance through various continuities (original ''3D'' universe, ''Return to Castle Wolfenstein'', ''Wolfenstein RPG'', and the timeline of the 2009 game, ''The New Order\The Old Blood'' and ''The New Colossus''), but the majority of his traits remain the same.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Has his moments. One example in ''The Old Blood'' has him pulling an AlasPoorYorick on a skull he finds in Rudi's room, only accidentally drop it and awkwardly place it back on the desk he found it on. Then theirs him trying to use that coffee machine on the train...
* AndIMustScream: According to the cutscenes in ''VideoGame/WolfensteinTheNewOrder'', he was pretty conscious while catatonic. His narration notes it wasn't like this the entire time, however, noting things such as seasons passing in what seemed to be the blink of an eye.
* ArchEnemy: Deathshead in modern continuities, Adolf Hitler in classic 3D games.
* ArtShift: In ''Wolfenstein'', he looks almost nothing like his ''Return to Castle Wolfenstein'' incarnation (and, by extension, his classic ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D'' appearance), which is somewhat odd as all the other returning characters appear largely the same (other than a higher polycount and bump-mapping, of course). He seems to be based on the ''[=Wolf3D=]'' cover art rather than the actual in-game sprite. In ''The New Order'', however, his appearance is directly modeled after his in-game sprite in ''Wolfenstein 3D'', and bears a passing resemblance to Wrestling/BrockLesnar.
* AxCrazy: Downplayed but present, especially in ''The New Order.'' B.J is an oddly stoic version of this - he's quite intelligent on the whole, but he is rather... temperamental to the point of stupidity in some of what he does, like interrogating someone with a chainsaw or deciding to use his knife on Deathshead because shooting would be too good a death for him. [[spoiler: True to form, Deathshead takes advantage of the latter one to ([[NotQuiteDead almost]]) disastrous effect.]]
** Anyone familiar with Poland's military history won't be surprised that this American soldier of Polish blood mows down krauts by the hundreds.
* BadassFamily: It's been confirmed that William Joseph Blazkowicz II, a.k.a. "[[VideoGame/CommanderKeen Billy Blaze]]" is his grandson. And, in at least one continuity, the VideoGame/{{Doom}}guy is his descendant in the far future.
* BadassNormal: No amount of Nazi cyborgs or occult magic can take this guy down.
* BerserkButton: Nazis, natch. Also, do ''not'' insinuate that his government was little better than the Nazis in ''The New Order''.
* TheBigGuy: Bordering on HeroicBuild in ''The Old Blood''. The unlockable model for Blazkowicz in Nazi uniform notes that they had to get his uniform custom made by a tailor before they could send him off as an infiltrator.
* BondOneLiner: At the end of Episode 3 in ''3D'', after killing Hitler.
--> "Sieg heil, huh... Sieg Hell."
* ByronicHero: Blazkowicz has shades of these in ''The New Order''. Though charismatic, handsome and [[WarriorPoet eloquent in his monologues]], he's clearly damaged goods by all of the suffering he's endured throughout the war, whether it'd be all of the horrors committed by the Nazis or the deaths of those under his command. He even fears that once his fight with the Nazis will be over, that he may never be fit to live a normal life ever again.
* CharacterDevelopment: He goes from a blank slate in ''Wolfenstein 3D'' and ''Return to Castle Wolfenstein'', to a cocky badass in ''Wolfenstein (2009)'', to a shell-shocked fatalist in ''The New Order''.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: He is incredibly strong, implied to be because of his youth on an American farm, to the point he can carry around the [[{{BFG}} MG46]] (a heavy machine gun normally used by the Nazi [[SuperSoldier Super Soldiers]] -- or mounted on turrets) as a personal weapon and dual-wield automatic double-barreled shotguns and assault rifles.
* TheComicallySerious: Much of the humor in ''The New Order'' comes from B.J.'s growling whispers in response to utterly bizarre circumstances, and delivering the strangest lines in the same deadpan tone:
-->"You put a Nazi on the moon. Fuck you, moon."
* DeathSeeker: Becomes this in ''The New Order,'' as he is forced to face the horrors of the Nazi's impending victory. [[spoiler: Culminates in the climax, where he is heavily wounded in Deathshead's compound and gives the order to launch a nuke on his own position.]] This seems to be no longer the case in ''The New Colossus''.
* DeepSouth: Sports a thick Texas accent in ''New Order''.
* DentedIron: A major part of his characterization starting in ''The New Order'', as he delivers this line as Fergus gives him CPR.
-->'''B.J.''': [[DeathSeeker Death at the gates again]]. Howling my name. [[MilesToGoBeforeISleep Can't greet you today]]. I have a war to win.
* TheDeterminator: It seems that any attempt the Nazis make at throwing everything they have at him only make him ''more'' determined to wipe them all out.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:He kills the EldritchAbomination beneath Wulfburg by literally]] '''[[spoiler:shooting it in its goddamn face]]'''.
* TheDreaded: In ''The New Order'', Nazi soldiers will occasionally shout "Oh no, here he comes!" in German when they spot him.
* DualWielding: In ''The Old Blood'', he puts his massive size and strength to good use by carrying two versions of most of his guns -- the only ones he doesn't dual-wield are his Kampfpistole[[note]]a pistol-sized one-shot RPG-launcher[[/note]], Bombenschusse[[note]]a bolt-action sniper rifle[[/note]], knife (though he's shown using two of them at once in some Takedown animations), and the [=MG1946=][[note]]a heavy machinegun normally fixed into place or used by [[SuperSoldier Supersoldatens]][[/note]]. Also technically his pipe, which alternates between unscrewed format (where he uses it like a club/dagger combination) and screwed format (where he uses it as a shortstaff).
* DudeWheresMyRespect: In ''Wolfenstein'', Caroline Becker, the leader of the Kreisau Circle, "doesn't completely trust [him] yet" even after completing a number of dangerous missions for them, all of which involve the killing of dozens if not hundreds of Nazis. Dr. Leonid Alexandrov is also dismissive of his accomplishments, though it's justified in his case because [[spoiler:he was a mole all along]].
* GlassCannon: In ''3D'', given that on the default difficulty you can be killed by just 3 or 4 straight shots from a pistol at close range.
* GoodIsNotSoft: He's definitely TheHero but his methods are extremely visceral.
* GrandpaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave: He's 49 years old in ''The New Order'' but looks like he hasn't aged a day.
* GutturalGrowler: In ''The New Order''.
* HandicappedBadass:
** Having a piece of shrapnel lodged in his head may put him out of commission, but not for long ([[TimeSkip sort of]]). [[spoiler:The damage from the shrapnel even allows him to shake off a poison Bubi injects him with!]]
** In the reveal trailer for ''The New Colossus'', he appears to spend at least part of the game paralysed from the waist down and confined to a wheelchair if not wearing the Da'at Yichud PoweredArmor. This doesn't appear to have impeded his ability to massacre hordes of Nazis much.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Somewhat of a subversion. While Blazkowicz is a [[AxCrazy mildly unhinged]] mass-murdering Nazi hunter, he shows a lot of compassion and care for Anya as well as other members of the resistance.
* HeroicBuild: Growing up as a farmboy made this guy seriously ripped.
* HeroicMime: In ''Wolf-3D'', ''Spear of Destiny'' and most egregiously in ''Return to Castle Wolfenstein''. He is SuddenlyVoiced for further games in the series, though it takes until ''The New Order'' before he starts speaking outside of the occasional cutscene.
* HiddenDepths: Prevalent in ''The New Order.'' Who'd have thought he can play guitar?
** He also seems to understand Tekla's rapid-fire monologue on the nature of consciousness seconds after being woken up in the middle of the night, and briefly debates her a few minutes later on the subject of free will.
** He can understand German, of course, even if his accent is terrible, but one cutscene with Bombate toward the end of the Fergus timeline indicates he can understand at least one African language.
** In TNO, BJ repeatedly jury-rigs various electrical and electronic systems.
* IcyBlueEyes: Especially used to highlight his ThousandYardStare in ''The New Order''.
* InexplicablyAwesome: Easy to think of in ''The New Order''. Why can he fit himself into such small spaces? Why's he a OneManArmy? Why's he (almost) ImmuneToBullets and MadeOfIron? Who knows?
** In ''Spear of Destiny'', he defeated the Angel of Death and was deemed worthy of wielding the titular spear. Maybe that has something to do with it?
* {{Irony}}: B.J. looks for all the world like the Nazi idea of an Aryan... Except he's Jewish on his mother's side and Polish on his father's. It's hilariously ironic.
* JustAStupidAccent: [[JustifiedTrope Excused]] with the fact that he knows German fluently, but can't work out accents. [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in ''The New Order''. ''The Old Blood'' demonstrates that his use of verbal German is absolutely terrible and a friendly NPC even berates him for it.
* KnifeNut: Throughout the franchise always kept one in hand in the event he's out of bullets (except in ''Wolfenstein''), but this really shines in ''The New Order'' where he has some pretty ''creative'' ways in stabbing Nazis in the back (and the front). Not to mention he has access to throwing knives as well.
** He also believes shooting Deathshead would be too good a death for the Nazi - not wanting to rest until he's forced a surrender at knifepoint!
* LightningBruiser: In ''The New Order'', B.J. proves to be extremely agile and flexible, despite his considerable physique. He can make some impressively long jumps, fit through tight vents, slide under tiny gaps and generally outmaneuver his opponents and the environment. He also duel-wields ''everything'' (including assault rifles and automatic shotguns), and can tank ''several dozen'' enemy bullets before dying on Normal difficulty. In fact, with fully upgraded health and max armor he can survive about as many bullets as the prototype supersoldiers from ''Return to Castle Wolfenstein''.
* MadeOfIron: This is [[LampshadedTrope lampshaded a few times]], especially in ''The New Order'', to the relief of allies and pure, absolute shock by enemies. It's rather bizarre in that B.J. is demonstrably immune to stab wounds.
* MrFanservice: A tall, square-jawed soldier with a build that could rival an 80's action hero.
* NiceGuy: [[BerserkButton As long as you not a nazi, or had any previous alliances with them]].
* NoCutsceneInventoryInertia: In ''Wolfenstein'', he's always shown with an [=MP40=] in his hands in cutscenes, no matter what weapon the player had equipped when the cutscene was triggered. Furthermore, the [=MP40=] depicted is always unmodified, regardless of any upgrades the player has purchased for it.
* NotDistractedByTheSexy: He doesn't let tightly-clothed female guards distract him while he's mowing them down.
* NotSoDifferent: In ''The New Order'', B.J. is notably a very large individual, dual wields weapons, and is a borderline AxCrazy OneManArmy, much like [[spoiler:Hans Grosse]]. The only real difference is [[spoiler: they're on separate sides]].
* OlderThanTheyLook: In ''The New Order'', spending 14 years in catatonia has not changed him in any way physically, somehow even preserving his [[TheBigGuy considerable]] muscle mass.
* {{Omniglot}}: If ''The New Order'' is any indication, thought it's also subverted - He fluently speaks English, can speak and comprehend Polish, (Though he admits he's not very good) he's fluent in German, he can read Hebrew, and is evidently able to read French, Japanese and Chinese. That said, as of ''The Old Blood'', he's terrible at speaking German with a convincing accent.
* OneManArmy: He will singlehandedly destroy ''everything'' in his way, cutting through small ''armies'' of Nazi soldiers on his own.
* PapaWolf: In ''The New Colossus'' he's more than motivated to make sure his kids aren't born in a world run by Nazis.
* PipePain: In the first chapter of ''The Old Blood'', he picks up a busted pipe that he keeps with him from then on. Slotted together, it doubles as a short staff and spear, being useful in all manner of takedowns and as a makeshift crowbar. He can also unscrew it to use it as a combination of a shiv and a hand club.
* RatedMForManly: Particularly by ''The New Order'', B.J. is a OneManArmy of Nazi-crushing force with the broad shoulders, chiseled jawline, IcyBlueEyes, and tree trunk-like arms to match.
* RedBaron: By ''The New Colossus'', those who know him by reputation call him "Terror Billy".
* ShellShockedVeteran: His experiences are starting to take their toll on his mind in ''The New Order''
* SilentProtagonist: In ''Wolfenstein 3D'' and ''Return to Castle Wolfenstein''. The later games give him an actual voice and personality.
* SouthernFriedPrivate: {{Downplayed|Trope}} - he has a distinct southern accent in ''The New Order'' and ''The Old Blood,'' but he doesn't really display any of the associated stereotypes beyond [[HiddenDepths a fondness for country music.]]
* SurvivalMantra: A very mild example, with "Count to four, inhale. Count to four, exhale". He teaches it to Wyatt when he's going through a panic attack, and uses it himself at the end of New Order's prologue when making his SadisticChoice.
* TongueTied: His first night with Anya on the train had him simply saying "Yes" a few times, obviously at something of a loss for words.
* TranslationConvention: He's fluent in German, as demonstrated in ''Wolfenstein'' (2009). Germans speak accented English, peppered with German phrases. In combat, they speak only German. Similarly, readable documents are written in English.
* WarriorPoet: In ''The New Order''. You'd never guess B.J. can be quite eloquent when he wants to.
* WouldHitAGirl: In his eyes, a nazi is a nazi.
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!! William "B.J." Blazkowicz
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--> '''Voiced in English by''': Matthew Kaminski (Return to Castle Wolfenstein ([=PS2=] version)), Peter Jessop (Wolfenstein 2009), Creator/BrianBloom (The New Order, The Old Blood, The New Colossus)
--> '''Voiced in Japanese by''': Creator/JojiNakata (The New Order)
An OSA agent, Blazkowicz is the main protagonist of the saga. B.J. differs in appearance through various continuities (original ''3D'' universe, ''Return to Castle Wolfenstein'', ''Wolfenstein RPG'', and the timeline of the 2009 game, ''The New Order\The Old Blood'' and ''The New Colossus''), but the majority of his traits remain the same.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Has his moments. One example in ''The Old Blood'' has him pulling an AlasPoorYorick on a skull he finds in Rudi's room, only accidentally drop it and awkwardly place it back on the desk he found it on. Then theirs him trying to use that coffee machine on the train...
* AndIMustScream: According to the cutscenes in ''VideoGame/WolfensteinTheNewOrder'', he was pretty conscious while catatonic. His narration notes it wasn't like this the entire time, however, noting things such as seasons passing in what seemed to be the blink of an eye.
* ArchEnemy: Deathshead in modern continuities, Adolf Hitler in classic 3D games.
* ArtShift: In ''Wolfenstein'', he looks almost nothing like his ''Return to Castle Wolfenstein'' incarnation (and, by extension, his classic ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D'' appearance), which is somewhat odd as all the other returning characters appear largely the same (other than a higher polycount and bump-mapping, of course). He seems to be based on the ''[=Wolf3D=]'' cover art rather than the actual in-game sprite. In ''The New Order'', however, his appearance is directly modeled after his in-game sprite in ''Wolfenstein 3D'', and bears a passing resemblance to Wrestling/BrockLesnar.
* AxCrazy: Downplayed but present, especially in ''The New Order.'' B.J is an oddly stoic version of this - he's quite intelligent on the whole, but he is rather... temperamental to the point of stupidity in some of what he does, like interrogating someone with a chainsaw or deciding to use his knife on Deathshead because shooting would be too good a death for him. [[spoiler: True to form, Deathshead takes advantage of the latter one to ([[NotQuiteDead almost]]) disastrous effect.]]
** Anyone familiar with Poland's military history won't be surprised that this American soldier of Polish blood mows down krauts by the hundreds.
* BadassFamily: It's been confirmed that William Joseph Blazkowicz II, a.k.a. "[[VideoGame/CommanderKeen Billy Blaze]]" is his grandson. And, in at least one continuity, the VideoGame/{{Doom}}guy is his descendant in the far future.
* BadassNormal: No amount of Nazi cyborgs or occult magic can take this guy down.
* BerserkButton: Nazis, natch. Also, do ''not'' insinuate that his government was little better than the Nazis in ''The New Order''.
* TheBigGuy: Bordering on HeroicBuild in ''The Old Blood''. The unlockable model for Blazkowicz in Nazi uniform notes that they had to get his uniform custom made by a tailor before they could send him off as an infiltrator.
* BondOneLiner: At the end of Episode 3 in ''3D'', after killing Hitler.
--> "Sieg heil, huh... Sieg Hell."
* ByronicHero: Blazkowicz has shades of these in ''The New Order''. Though charismatic, handsome and [[WarriorPoet eloquent in his monologues]], he's clearly damaged goods by all of the suffering he's endured throughout the war, whether it'd be all of the horrors committed by the Nazis or the deaths of those under his command. He even fears that once his fight with the Nazis will be over, that he may never be fit to live a normal life ever again.
* CharacterDevelopment: He goes from a blank slate in ''Wolfenstein 3D'' and ''Return to Castle Wolfenstein'', to a cocky badass in ''Wolfenstein (2009)'', to a shell-shocked fatalist in ''The New Order''.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: He is incredibly strong, implied to be because of his youth on an American farm, to the point he can carry around the [[{{BFG}} MG46]] (a heavy machine gun normally used by the Nazi [[SuperSoldier Super Soldiers]] -- or mounted on turrets) as a personal weapon and dual-wield automatic double-barreled shotguns and assault rifles.
* TheComicallySerious: Much of the humor in ''The New Order'' comes from B.J.'s growling whispers in response to utterly bizarre circumstances, and delivering the strangest lines in the same deadpan tone:
-->"You put a Nazi on the moon. Fuck you, moon."
* DeathSeeker: Becomes this in ''The New Order,'' as he is forced to face the horrors of the Nazi's impending victory. [[spoiler: Culminates in the climax, where he is heavily wounded in Deathshead's compound and gives the order to launch a nuke on his own position.]] This seems to be no longer the case in ''The New Colossus''.
* DeepSouth: Sports a thick Texas accent in ''New Order''.
* DentedIron: A major part of his characterization starting in ''The New Order'', as he delivers this line as Fergus gives him CPR.
-->'''B.J.''': [[DeathSeeker Death at the gates again]]. Howling my name. [[MilesToGoBeforeISleep Can't greet you today]]. I have a war to win.
* TheDeterminator: It seems that any attempt the Nazis make at throwing everything they have at him only make him ''more'' determined to wipe them all out.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:He kills the EldritchAbomination beneath Wulfburg by literally]] '''[[spoiler:shooting it in its goddamn face]]'''.
* TheDreaded: In ''The New Order'', Nazi soldiers will occasionally shout "Oh no, here he comes!" in German when they spot him.
* DualWielding: In ''The Old Blood'', he puts his massive size and strength to good use by carrying two versions of most of his guns -- the only ones he doesn't dual-wield are his Kampfpistole[[note]]a pistol-sized one-shot RPG-launcher[[/note]], Bombenschusse[[note]]a bolt-action sniper rifle[[/note]], knife (though he's shown using two of them at once in some Takedown animations), and the [=MG1946=][[note]]a heavy machinegun normally fixed into place or used by [[SuperSoldier Supersoldatens]][[/note]]. Also technically his pipe, which alternates between unscrewed format (where he uses it like a club/dagger combination) and screwed format (where he uses it as a shortstaff).
* DudeWheresMyRespect: In ''Wolfenstein'', Caroline Becker, the leader of the Kreisau Circle, "doesn't completely trust [him] yet" even after completing a number of dangerous missions for them, all of which involve the killing of dozens if not hundreds of Nazis. Dr. Leonid Alexandrov is also dismissive of his accomplishments, though it's justified in his case because [[spoiler:he was a mole all along]].
* GlassCannon: In ''3D'', given that on the default difficulty you can be killed by just 3 or 4 straight shots from a pistol at close range.
* GoodIsNotSoft: He's definitely TheHero but his methods are extremely visceral.
* GrandpaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave: He's 49 years old in ''The New Order'' but looks like he hasn't aged a day.
* GutturalGrowler: In ''The New Order''.
* HandicappedBadass:
** Having a piece of shrapnel lodged in his head may put him out of commission, but not for long ([[TimeSkip sort of]]). [[spoiler:The damage from the shrapnel even allows him to shake off a poison Bubi injects him with!]]
** In the reveal trailer for ''The New Colossus'', he appears to spend at least part of the game paralysed from the waist down and confined to a wheelchair if not wearing the Da'at Yichud PoweredArmor. This doesn't appear to have impeded his ability to massacre hordes of Nazis much.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Somewhat of a subversion. While Blazkowicz is a [[AxCrazy mildly unhinged]] mass-murdering Nazi hunter, he shows a lot of compassion and care for Anya as well as other members of the resistance.
* HeroicBuild: Growing up as a farmboy made this guy seriously ripped.
* HeroicMime: In ''Wolf-3D'', ''Spear of Destiny'' and most egregiously in ''Return to Castle Wolfenstein''. He is SuddenlyVoiced for further games in the series, though it takes until ''The New Order'' before he starts speaking outside of the occasional cutscene.
* HiddenDepths: Prevalent in ''The New Order.'' Who'd have thought he can play guitar?
** He also seems to understand Tekla's rapid-fire monologue on the nature of consciousness seconds after being woken up in the middle of the night, and briefly debates her a few minutes later on the subject of free will.
** He can understand German, of course, even if his accent is terrible, but one cutscene with Bombate toward the end of the Fergus timeline indicates he can understand at least one African language.
** In TNO, BJ repeatedly jury-rigs various electrical and electronic systems.
* IcyBlueEyes: Especially used to highlight his ThousandYardStare in ''The New Order''.
* InexplicablyAwesome: Easy to think of in ''The New Order''. Why can he fit himself into such small spaces? Why's he a OneManArmy? Why's he (almost) ImmuneToBullets and MadeOfIron? Who knows?
** In ''Spear of Destiny'', he defeated the Angel of Death and was deemed worthy of wielding the titular spear. Maybe that has something to do with it?
* {{Irony}}: B.J. looks for all the world like the Nazi idea of an Aryan... Except he's Jewish on his mother's side and Polish on his father's. It's hilariously ironic.
* JustAStupidAccent: [[JustifiedTrope Excused]] with the fact that he knows German fluently, but can't work out accents. [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in ''The New Order''. ''The Old Blood'' demonstrates that his use of verbal German is absolutely terrible and a friendly NPC even berates him for it.
* KnifeNut: Throughout the franchise always kept one in hand in the event he's out of bullets (except in ''Wolfenstein''), but this really shines in ''The New Order'' where he has some pretty ''creative'' ways in stabbing Nazis in the back (and the front). Not to mention he has access to throwing knives as well.
** He also believes shooting Deathshead would be too good a death for the Nazi - not wanting to rest until he's forced a surrender at knifepoint!
* LightningBruiser: In ''The New Order'', B.J. proves to be extremely agile and flexible, despite his considerable physique. He can make some impressively long jumps, fit through tight vents, slide under tiny gaps and generally outmaneuver his opponents and the environment. He also duel-wields ''everything'' (including assault rifles and automatic shotguns), and can tank ''several dozen'' enemy bullets before dying on Normal difficulty. In fact, with fully upgraded health and max armor he can survive about as many bullets as the prototype supersoldiers from ''Return to Castle Wolfenstein''.
* MadeOfIron: This is [[LampshadedTrope lampshaded a few times]], especially in ''The New Order'', to the relief of allies and pure, absolute shock by enemies. It's rather bizarre in that B.J. is demonstrably immune to stab wounds.
* MrFanservice: A tall, square-jawed soldier with a build that could rival an 80's action hero.
* NiceGuy: [[BerserkButton As long as you not a nazi, or had any previous alliances with them]].
* NoCutsceneInventoryInertia: In ''Wolfenstein'', he's always shown with an [=MP40=] in his hands in cutscenes, no matter what weapon the player had equipped when the cutscene was triggered. Furthermore, the [=MP40=] depicted is always unmodified, regardless of any upgrades the player has purchased for it.
* NotDistractedByTheSexy: He doesn't let tightly-clothed female guards distract him while he's mowing them down.
* NotSoDifferent: In ''The New Order'', B.J. is notably a very large individual, dual wields weapons, and is a borderline AxCrazy OneManArmy, much like [[spoiler:Hans Grosse]]. The only real difference is [[spoiler: they're on separate sides]].
* OlderThanTheyLook: In ''The New Order'', spending 14 years in catatonia has not changed him in any way physically, somehow even preserving his [[TheBigGuy considerable]] muscle mass.
* {{Omniglot}}: If ''The New Order'' is any indication, thought it's also subverted - He fluently speaks English, can speak and comprehend Polish, (Though he admits he's not very good) he's fluent in German, he can read Hebrew, and is evidently able to read French, Japanese and Chinese. That said, as of ''The Old Blood'', he's terrible at speaking German with a convincing accent.
* OneManArmy: He will singlehandedly destroy ''everything'' in his way, cutting through small ''armies'' of Nazi soldiers on his own.
* PapaWolf: In ''The New Colossus'' he's more than motivated to make sure his kids aren't born in a world run by Nazis.
* PipePain: In the first chapter of ''The Old Blood'', he picks up a busted pipe that he keeps with him from then on. Slotted together, it doubles as a short staff and spear, being useful in all manner of takedowns and as a makeshift crowbar. He can also unscrew it to use it as a combination of a shiv and a hand club.
* RatedMForManly: Particularly by ''The New Order'', B.J. is a OneManArmy of Nazi-crushing force with the broad shoulders, chiseled jawline, IcyBlueEyes, and tree trunk-like arms to match.
* RedBaron: By ''The New Colossus'', those who know him by reputation call him "Terror Billy".
* ShellShockedVeteran: His experiences are starting to take their toll on his mind in ''The New Order''
* SilentProtagonist: In ''Wolfenstein 3D'' and ''Return to Castle Wolfenstein''. The later games give him an actual voice and personality.
* SouthernFriedPrivate: {{Downplayed|Trope}} - he has a distinct southern accent in ''The New Order'' and ''The Old Blood,'' but he doesn't really display any of the associated stereotypes beyond [[HiddenDepths a fondness for country music.]]
* SurvivalMantra: A very mild example, with "Count to four, inhale. Count to four, exhale". He teaches it to Wyatt when he's going through a panic attack, and uses it himself at the end of New Order's prologue when making his SadisticChoice.
* TongueTied: His first night with Anya on the train had him simply saying "Yes" a few times, obviously at something of a loss for words.
* TranslationConvention: He's fluent in German, as demonstrated in ''Wolfenstein'' (2009). Germans speak accented English, peppered with German phrases. In combat, they speak only German. Similarly, readable documents are written in English.
* WarriorPoet: In ''The New Order''. You'd never guess B.J. can be quite eloquent when he wants to.
* WouldHitAGirl: In his eyes, a nazi is a nazi.
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