Commander Wienerschnitzel

"Hahahaha! There's only one monkey here, Mr. Vinnie and that is you."

Joe Barista

> «Ugh, I have had just about enough of your *uneducated* behaviour! I will take you down myself. **Personally**!» -Wienerschnitzel dropping his faux-affable act towards Vinnie
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**Commander Wienerschnitzel** is a high-ranking officer of a Special Wehrmacht unit and a Nazi Party official, serving as the secondary antagonist of *Guns, Gore & Cannoli 2*.

## Biography

Commander Wienerschnitzel was born in the 19th century, either in the German Empire, the German Confederation or a German kingdom, depending on his exact birth date and birth place, apparently originating from an upper-class nobility background. He eventually joined the Nazi Party and its military, reaching the rank of Commander by 1944.

## Guns, Gore & Cannoli 2

The German Commander (as he is simply known throughout the game) is a Nazi envoy and business partner to the Dark Don, after he came into contact with the Nazis with the promise of a new, potent and devastating chemical weapon.

Wienerschnitzel is shown escorted alongside German soldiers and the Dark Don in the sewers of Thugtown turned gang hideout, who had just arrived in a U-Boat, attentively inspecting the operations. However, the trade is cut short when Vinnie Cannoli entered and gunned down a gangster. Vinnie tries to pry some information out of the Dark Don, but Wienerschnitzel dismisses Vinnie's warning and threats, also revealing that he knows who he is and has been counting on him to show up. He orders Vinnie to enter the submarine, but Vinnie refuses to comply. Angered by his unwillingness to surrender, the Dark Don instructs the Nazis to take him by force, while he and Wienerschnitzel start up the U-boat, using its various turrets to attack Vinnie. Vinnie successfully destroys all of the vessels weaponry, forcing the remaining Nazis to retreat. Wienerschnitzel admits defeat, but promises that this wasn't their last meeting and that Vinnie hadn't seen the last of him.

## Death

After Vinnie fights his way through the German defences at Normandy, he finds the Commander and his battalion waiting for him in a barn while searching for his pilot Joe. Wienerschnitzel professes that his fate is now sealed, but Vinnie ignores him and demands to know where Joe is, with whom he lost contacted with after the plane was hit. Commander Wienerschnitzel reveals that Joe had been working for the Reich this whole time, purposely sending him to zombie plagued Thugtown and convincing him to go to Europe, intend on playing him into the Nazis hands. He gives one last ultimatum to Vinnie, to give himself up to Wienerschnitzel to avoid harm, but is met with stern refusal. Fed up with Vinnie's perceived ignorance, he fights Vinnie toe-to-toe in a bomber rear turret, probably salvaged from Barista's plane, along with his personal squadron of soldiers. Despite outnumbering and outgunning him, Vinnie manages to dispatch of Wienerschnitzel's entire garrison and blows up the turret he was using, killing the Commander.

## Personality

Wienerschnitzel appears to prefer verbal coercion and threats over physical actions, as he always tries to make Vinnie come with him peacefully, though this may just be save time and effort. He isn't above violence though, as he quickly drops the civility and switches to brute force when words fail.

He is mostly characterized by his chronic overconfidence and bloated sense of self-worth. He appears quite assertive and phlegmatic, since he is always accompanied by a well-armed detachment and seems extremely self-assured, repeatedly expecting the ever-defiant Vinnie to back down. On the other hand, he is also shown to have some sense of self-preservation, cowardly hiding after agitating Vinnie in Thugtown and generally operating from the shadows. A different side to him is shown after his maneuvers fail, revealing him to have a volatile temper, likely induced by Vinnie's indirect attack on his ego, which can take complete control over him, culminating in him leaving any kind of reason behind and instead blindly heading for his foe, though to his credit, he still chose to fight from relative distance in anticipation of a difficult altercation.

All in all, he comes off as very arrogant, from the way he speaks, his needlessly pompous choice of dress and viewing Vinnie as uneducated and lesser, further cementing his perceived sense of superiority. His prejudiced views may or may not have been influenced by Nazi propaganda, otherwise possibly being a result of his own privileged upbringing.

## Gallery

Commander Wienerschnitzel and "Dark Don""Ah, Mr. Cannoli! How convenient of you to invite yourself! This time, you will not escape..."Wienerschnitzel starting up the sentryThe German Commander's death
## Boss Fight (The German Commander)

> «I will turn you into a *Schnitzel*!»
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## Trivia

* A cap identycal to the one wear by Wienerschnitzel was seen on top of a table in Joe Barista's bar, when Vinnie returns there. As it wasn't there before, it may point than the commander had visited the place before Vinnie returns, probably to gave him orders directly to attract Vinnie to France, and may have forgotten it when leaving.
* Wienerschnitzel is a blend of characteristics and mannerisms associated with Nazis, most notably the stereotypical thick German accent, a Hitler-esque square mustache, implied aristocratic ancestry and a condescending attitude towards non-Germans.
* A *Wienerschnitzel* is a typical German and Austrian dish, a breaded filet, usually veal or pork, the name being derived from the native name of Austria's capital Vienna (*Wien*). This could mean that the Commander's family originates from there.
* Despite being identified as a Commander, Wienerschnitzel's shoulder insignia would suggest his rank to be a General Officer of sorts, seemingly a *Generalmajor*. Additionally, his title doesn't specify whether he is part of the *Kriegsmarine* (Navy), where the title *Kommandant* (Commander) would be appropriate, or the *Heer* (Army), as he appears with both a submarine and a troop of foot soldiers.
* Vinnie angrily calls Commander Wienerschnitzel "Fritz" during their barn confrontation. Fritz is usually a short form for the name Friedrich, but has been turned into a pejorative towards Germans in English-speaking countries. In this case, Fritz is used as a derogatory term of abuse.
* His boss battle, like Mickey the Rat, does not have a concluding cutscene, though his death is certain.
* Wienerschnitzel's OST is *Schnitzel Time!*