Edward Richtofen
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Intro:Appearance: Edward is dressed in a green uniform with a grayish tint — it is the uniform of an SS officer in Germany in 1941. He has gray and black hair, a rather large nose, expressive blue eyes, and slightly full lips. There are visible wrinkles on his face, which is not surprising, as he is likely around 53 years old.
Personality: Richtofen is a psychopath with a desire for violence, often laughing maniacally when killing.
He loves blood and death and thoroughly enjoys killing zombies (as shown by one of his lines -
"YES! YES, EXPLODE!"), and has a strange obsession for the spleen. He also has a strange suggestive feeling towards the zombies when killing them. Despite his insanity, he retains his knowledge of bodily organs, technology and Element 115. It's been noted when he is not killing the undead, he is on the calmer, quieter side, talking to himself alone quite a bit.
He is also adamant on completing his work quickly.
He despises Dempsey, likes Nikolai and has mutual feelings towards Takeo. He is a megalomaniac due to his plans on destroying the world with a zombie army which partly fails due to intervention from Ludvig Maxis. Post-Moon, he retains his insanity as the Demonic Announcer. After the Earth was destroyed he became focused in mending the Rift to eternally damn Samantha in the Aether world and to destroy Maxis once and for all as well as to partially repair the damaged Earth.
After regaining his physical body and being released from Groom Lake, he retains the same personality as before, which grates on Primis Nikolai. He is also seemingly totally willing to assist his World War I counterparts, and his former allies, in ridding the universe of Monty. As of Tag der Toten, Ultimis Richtofen seems to have calmed his demeanor to the point of being extremely similar to his Primis counterpart. He seems far more caring for his comrades, and can be heard sounding genuinely regretful when apologizing to Victis for abandoning them to be banished into the Dark Aether.
Trivia:
Richtofen developed what was thought to be schizophrenia after touching the Moon Pyramid Device, but it was really the Apothicons corrupting his thoughts.
• Richtofen is the creator of the Wunderwaffe
DG-2, the Monkey Bomb, Quantum Entanglement Device and the armoured suit worn by the Panzer Soldat. He also assisted in the creation of the Giant Robots. It is hinted that he created the Ray Gun, as he quotes that it came to him "in a dream" when he receives it from the Mystery Box.
• Richtofen likes Nikolai, who returned this respect up until Richtofen tricked the celebrities into getting the Vril Generator for him. After that, Nikolai grew suspicious of Richtofen.
• Ultimis Richtofen and Ultimis Dempsey have a mutual dislike for each other and hate each other but the Primis versions are shown to be strained friends throughout Call of Duty: Black Ops III.
• Richtofen despises killing the Hellhounds.
Some of his quotes question their merciless natures; also, some of his quotes about Hellhounds may also show that Richtofen likes dogs.
• He likes potato salad.
• He has a sister, as he used to crush her Matryoshka Dolls to make her cry.
• He had begun to hate Samantha and Ludvig Maxis after the latter had not mass-produced the Wunderwaffe DG-2 because he was being distracted by Sophia.
• Up until Black Ops Cold War, Ultimis Richtofen is the only playable Zombies character who has appeared in every Treyarch game featuring Zombies.
• In Ascension, Richtofen says Speed Cola has his favorite taste. And in Shangri-La, He states Juggernog has his favorite effect
• Richtofen's player indicator color in Call of Duty: World at War and Call of Duty: Black Ops is normally green (shared with Fidel Castro and Michael Rooker), but is randomized in Moon.
Under Richtofen's right eye is a scar. This scar is not seen in Shi No Numa.
• When the first letters of each sentence in the
four original characters biographies (from top to bottom) are put together, a message spelling out
"THEDRWANTSTHEULTIMATEPOWERBASTARD"
comes to light, referring and foreshadowing to Richtofen's actions during Moon.
• The color of Richtofen's hat is more like his jacket rather than being gray as in Black Ops.
• The room called "Doctor's Quarters" in Shi No Numa is probably Richtofen's quarters in Shi
No Numa.
• Sometimes when Pack-a-Punching, he hums the Double Tap jingle.
• Richtofen's hat is now gray now matching
General Amsel's hat.
• When subtitles are turned on, Richtofen's name is misspelled as "Richtofan" in the Kino der Toten cutscene on the Xbox 360 and PC versions. This error is fixed for the map's remake in Zombie Chronicles.
• Occasionally the player can hear the voices whispering in Richtofen's head.
• In Shangri-La and Moon, he still possesses the Golden Rod, if the Original Characters Trapped Easter egg has been completed.
• Richtofen refers to the P.E.S. as "pies".
• In the Kino der Toten Trailer, Richtofen's swastika is on his right arm when he fires the China Lake.
• In multiple multiplayer maps and campaign levels, a book with his name on it can be found.
• According to one of his quotes in Kino der
Toten, he has an MP3 player.
any player has just started playing Call of Duty Black Ops II: Zombies for the first time in any map, Richtofen, assuming the role of the Demonic Announcer will roar, then cough and splutter momentarily upon the player obtaining any power-up. He will then say "Excuse me, getting used to the Aether. Wreaks havoc on the pipes. *Ahem*" before announcing the particular power-up name 3 seconds later as normal.
• If the player is playing for the second time, Richtofen will always announce the power-up as normal, but will still cough and splutter before announcing the power up if one of the players within the party is playing for the first time. This will be audible to all players.
• He can be heard in Nuketown Zombies as the rounds go by, addressing various parts of the Richtofen's Grand Scheme. By round 25, it will be completed and he will gain control of the zombies.
He is the Demonic Announcer in Cell Block in the Italian, French, and German editions of the Uprising DLC.
• A cut item for Grief in Cell Block known as the Zombie Head would have been none other
than Richtofen's head. Quotes with Richtofen as the head have been found in the game's files, saying things such as "Get your fingers outta me!" when being held, or "Weeeee!" whenever being thrown. It would've acted identically to Zombie Flesh.
• In one of the ciphers in Origins, it is said that Primis Richtofen studied at Heidelberg University. It is unknown if he shares the same background with Ultimis Richtofen.
the reveal trailer for The Giant, Ultimis Richtofen is missing the swastika on his sleeve. He is also missing his scar under his right eye.
• The swastika change applies to his character model in Zombies Chronicles maps, as well as his Black Ops 4 model.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
• The frame within the intro cinematic of Tag der
Toten of a laughing zombified Richtofen is taken from a jumpscare within Shadows of Evil. New frames of Zombie Richtofen were drawn for the map's outro, however.
• Throughout the rest of the Aether story maps, both Primis and Ultimis Richtofen describe themselves or are described as "the nicest one". This is a reference to the Blood of the Dead ending, where a dying Richtofen says that "[he] was the nicest one".
• It is implied that his time as a zombie affected Ultimis Richtofen deeply, as he is notably more restrained during the Aether story cutscenes.
Doctor Edward Richtofen, also referred to as Ultimis Richtofen, was a major character in the Aether Story, serving as one of the main characters up until Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, and also a playable character in the Zombies game mode.
Richtofen first debuted in World at War as a playable character in the map Shi No Numa, then reappeared in Der Riese and all Zombies maps in Black Ops as a playable character (with the exception of Five where he has a photographic cameo, and Call of the Dead where he plays a supporting role in the main quest). In Call of Duty:
Black Ops II, Richtofen takes on the role of Demonic Announcer and appears in the maps TranZit, Nuketown Zombies, Die Rise, and Buried; the map Origins introduces a younger counterpart of Richtofen from Dimension 63, dubbed Primis Richtofen as a playable character, as well as a child counterpart from Dimension 2210, dubbed Eddie. In Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Richtofen only appears in the intro cutscene of The Giant while his Primis counterpart appears as a playable character for the majority of the maps. Ultimis Richtofen returns as a playable character in the Black Ops 4 maps Classified and Alpha Omega (the latter of which also features Primis Richtofen as an alternate playable character), and later appears for his final time in Tag der Toten as a non-playable supporting character.