History Main / DreadZeppelin

* Though its ominousness is mitigated a bit by being bright yellow, the blimp in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' makes for an effective scouting vehicle for the team of hunter players in WebVideo/FailRace's ''Survive the Hunt'' Series. In addition to relaying Alex's position to the others, whoever's piloting will also tend to dive-bomb intersections to check on cars.

* The ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'' has one such example in [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-5913 SCP-5913]], a ghostly airship from an alternate reality, whose crew are forced to sail the skies for all eternity due to a DealWithTheDeal.

There's something about airships that makes them the go-to flying vehicles for villains (at least when [[BlackHelicopter black helicopters]] aren't available). Want to establish that a villain is extremely powerful and wealthy in a way that even a [[EvilTowerOfOminousness personal skyscraper]] or [[CoolPlane private jet]] won't? Simple: show him looking down upon his puny subjects from an airship!

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'': [[MadScientist Dr. Eggman]] loves building flying battleships. He had the Wing Fortress in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'', the Flying Battery in ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'', the Sky Fortress in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog4'', the Egg Carrier (and backup Egg Carrier 2) in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'', and more. In chronologically later games, such as ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'', he has an entire ''fleet'' of airships.

* ''VideoGame/MetalSlug 4'': The first boss is the Brave Guerrier blimp deployed by the [[NebulousEvilOrganisation Amadeus Syndicate]]. It's armed with missiles, turrets, bouncing mines and plethora of fanatical soldiers.[[[[spoiler:The still burning aircraft returns to provide support to the Sea Satan submarine during the fourth boss battle.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/ActionMan2000'': Dr. X and his Council of Doom have a high tech airship that, among other things, can turn invisible. It originally belonged to Tempest, who used it to control the weather in his debute episode, but Dr. X made it his headquarters after accepting Tempest into the council.

* In ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel'', Sir Pentious have this.

[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Has nothing]] to do with Music/LedZeppelin. Or the [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly bizarre]] Led Zeppelin cover band that shares a name with this trope.

[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Has nothing]] to do with Music/LedZeppelin.

* ''WesternAnimation/ActionMan2000: Dr. X and his Council of Doom have a high tech airship that, among other things, can turn invisible. It originally belonged to Tempest, who used it to control the weather in his debute episode, but Dr. X made it his headquarters after accepting Tempest into the council.

* Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi: Ami's airships are a new technology to the people she shows it to, and her occupation is basically only comprised of evil people, except her, but they don't know that.

* Airlords of the Ozarks," an adventure for ''TabletopGame/{{Twilight 2000}}'', had the players, having returned to the U.S.A., recruited to investigate what turned out to be a neo-fascist movement using airships for raids to build a power base.

* In ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective'', BigBad Ratigan has a sinister-looking blimp with [[SpikesOfVillainy sharp, flaring metal tailfins]]... driven by a [[HamsterWheelPower pedal-powered]] propeller and rudder.
* ''Disney/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'' has the Gyro-Evac, essentially a cross between an EscapePod and a hot-air balloon -- shaped like a rocket and designed to go straight up very quickly, armed with gravity bombs and hidden in a tanker truck until the true villains of the movie reveal themselves and their plot to abscond back to the surface with the lost treasures of Atlantis.

* In ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2019'', Don Karnage returns from ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'' with an Iron Vulture that serves as an airship as well as a carrier for fighters. When Glomgold unites the villains in "Recap/DuckTales2017S2E22GlomTales," it becomes the de facto headquarters for his LegionOfDoom.

* The primary enemies of the ''VideoGame/BloonsTowerDefense'' series are the Bloons. While regular ones look like [[Balloonacy balloons]], the strongest ones resemble blimps. The blimps move slowly, but they're much tougher and are generally more resistant to [[StandardStatusEffects slow and stun effects]].