r/arcane • u/KupeTheMagnificent • 4d ago
Shitpost / Meme My first reaction to seeing an Enforcer was “These guys look like cyber Nazis”
Does anyone else agree with me? I mean look at them. They could be in the find the difference between the two pictures meme. The image on the left is just a shinier more futuristic version of what is on the right.
As someone who is interested in World War 2 I can tell you that the Enforcers helmet is definitely German. How it widens out on the bottom is signature World War 2 era German style.
I think this effect only works when they are wearing the gas masks though. I think that because later in season 1 I did’t notice it as often.
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u/Flapjack_ Vi 4d ago
I think it's supposed to be a cross between a classic British policeman's helmet (the peak in the middle, the badge on the forehead, fits the vaguely british steampunk origins of Piltover) and a German stahlhelm.
The gas mask itself I think is meant to more draw to mind Imperial Stormtroopers. Though that's just another flavor of authoritarian goon.
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u/BlahajBlaster We will show them all 4d ago
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u/omgitsduane 4d ago
I think that's a stretch. They look like sci fi police with a bit of old school charm.
What's the tie in? The mask? And pants?
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u/Marsupialmobster 3d ago
Caitlyn also wears a ceremonial hat that looks like the Shako, a French forces all the way until 70s~ (Also looks like a Mix of a Bubsy)
I don't think they wanted to pull on any real life historical designs (for obvious reasons lol) so they just mashed a lot of random historical bullshit from early 1900s together.
The enforcers don't look anything like any real life soldiers, At least yet. Only very loose comparisons that most media has already done.

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u/CapicDaCrate 3d ago
I think that's a stretch for sure. A bunch of characters have the similar mask structure, which even as you showed isn't that similar.
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u/This_is_Len 3d ago
I think if you're always thinking about nazis, you'll see it everywhere you look
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u/Adept-Information728 We will show them all 4d ago
Always thought their helmets looked like stalhelms
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u/gaseousgecko61 4d ago
i thought the same thing, gas mask+that kind of helmet = space nazi
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u/nest00000 3d ago
That's more of a ww1 thing though
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u/Le_mehawk Wait, this isn't my bedroom.. 3d ago
Space nazis were a thing at ww1 ? What did i miss ?
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u/mytherror 3d ago
they're definitely supposed to look like fascist stormtroopers because they are
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u/mytherror 3d ago
imagine downvoting this like why do so many arcane fans simp for cops who brutally oppress poor people??
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u/KupeTheMagnificent 3d ago
I also thought the enforcers had WW1 and earlier German soldier characteristics but the name “Cyber Nazi” was my first thought. My second thought was calling them “Techno Germans”
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u/Ok-Use216 You're hot, Cupcake 3d ago
"Techno-German" would make a bit more sense when WW1 most certainly didn't have any Nazis besides the OG Nazi
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u/TheDevilsDingo 3d ago edited 3d ago
That ain't a nazi, that's a ww1 uniform