Wonder Weapons

Wonder Weapons are a series of powerful and unusual weapons featured in the Zombie Mode of Call of Duty: World at War and Call of Duty: Black Ops. Only 3 appear in Call of Duty: ZOMBIES for the iPod Touch and iPhone.

The ten weapons are the Wunderwaffe DG-2, Ray Gun, Monkey Bomb, Thundergun, Winter's Howl, Gersch Device, Matryoshka Dolls, Scavenger, V-R11 and 31-79 JGb215. The Ray Gun, Wunderwaffe DG-2, and Monkey Bomb were introduced in Call of Duty: World at War, while the Thundergun, Winter's Howl, Gersch Device, Scavenger, V-R11, and 31-79 JGb215 made their debuts in Call of Duty: Black Ops. The achievement/trophy "Acquire Waffle Weapons" is awarded in Call of Duty: World at War to any player lucky enough to have the Wunderwaffe DG-2, Ray Gun, and Monkey Bomb all at the same time.

The Monkey Bomb, Gersch Device and Matryoshka Dolls are special/tactical grenades and will replace one another when a new one is picked up. Each Wonder Weapon has a unique function that separates it from the rest of the available weapons. The unique abilities vary from weapon to weapon but are generally devastating to the zombies in the later rounds and help improve your chance of survival.

Ray Gun
The Ray Gun is a pistol-like weapon that was created by Group 935, appearing in every Nazi Zombies map, and as an Easter Egg in the Call of Duty: World at War mission Little Resistance. It has a magazine size of 20 rounds of some kind of plasma bolt, with a relatively fast reloading time. When Pack-A-Punched it becomes Porter's X2 Ray Gun (named for it's creator at Treyarch, Max Porter), the splash damage is reduced, the magazine is increased to 40 rounds, along with the standard damage, capacity and rate of fire boost. In the Call of Duty: Black Ops version of zombies, the reticle is different colors such as red, green, blue, purple, yellow and orange. It runs out of ammo very quickly, even when you Pack-A-Punch it, so at about rounds 20+, you'll find yourself running out of ammo very quickly and needing a Max Ammo and in later rounds it becomes extremely ineffective.

Wunderwaffe DG-2
The Wunderwaffe DG-2 appears in the later two Call of Duty: World at War Nazi Zombie maps (Shi No Numa and Der Riese) along with their Call of Duty: Black Ops remakes and in Call of the Dead by the easter egg and killing George after the easter egg. It fires blue lightning bolts from a three-round magazine, capable of killing up to 10 zombies at a time, and has infinite damage. It also has some of the slowest reload times in both games. When Pack-A-Punched it becomes the Wunderwaffe DG-3 JZ, which can shock up to 24 zombies at a time and shoots red lighting rather than blue. It electrocutes and weakens players if fired too close to them, thus taking less hits from a Zombie to kill them. It also cancels out the Juggernog effect should players be hit by the lightning when the weapon is Pack-A-Punched (this is not the case with Call of Duty: Black Ops), however it is very useful for obliterating hordes of zombies at once. In Call of Duty: Black Ops, it will turn golden when you pack a punch it. The Wunderwaffe DG-2 was created by Dr. Richtofen on Shi No Numa with Peter. The DG means "Die Glocke" which was a real-life series of Nazi Top Secret Projects involving tests on animals to try to make them stronger and bring back Wehrmacht soldiers. It is seen in the Kino Der Toten comic strip that shows the Wunderwaffe, which actually sent Tank and the others to the future, in a video from the main Wunderwaffe page, Richtofen says that the Wunderwaffe sent them into the future, establishing why it isn't available in any Black Ops Maps, aside of the remakes of the originals. Due to the spelling and the German name, players, as well as Tank Dempsey, refer to it as the Wonder waffle.

Monkey Bomb
The Monkey Bomb is an explosive weapon acquirable in all Nazi Zombies Maps in Call Of Duty: Black Ops (except Ascension and Call of the Dead) and in Der Riese from Call of Duty: World at War. It is a clockwork toy clapping-cymbal monkey (seemingly possessed) with sticks of explosive strapped to its back. When thrown it attracts zombies toward it with its accordion and cymbal music, glowing and dancing, then detonating amidst the cluster of zombies. The blast radius is rather small, so it is usually used to distract zombies while another player is revived.

Thundergun
The Thundergun is a weapon featured in the maps Kino der Toten and Ascension in Call of Duty: Black Ops. It also appears in the revamped version of Nacht Der Untoten featured in the hardened and prestige edition of Call of Duty: Black Ops. It shoots an astonishing amount of compressed air, with such force that it kills zombies and should be used only to push back zombies if the player(s) are crowded and cornered considering its low ammunition it starts out with. It becomes the "Zeus Cannon" when Pack-A-Punched. The Thundergun also appears in as an easter egg in the Call of Duty: Black Ops campaign level "Numbers".

Winter's Howl
The Winter's Howl is a weapon that is featured exclusively in "Five" and Zombie Verruckt, but only in Call of Duty Black Ops. It is able to freeze zombies on impact, lowering their health drastically and slowing them down. A second shot will encase the affected zombies in ice cubes which will shatter in about a second, killing the zombie. In later rounds, it seems to make zombies health go down and takes a couple of seconds to freeze. It has a 6 round magazine and 24 shots in reserve. When Pack-A-Punched, it becomes "Winter's Fury," and has a 9 round magazine and 36 shots in reserve.

Gersch Device
The Gersch Device is a weapon featured only in Ascension. It works as a special grenade, much like the Monkey Bomb, and creates a miniature black hole upon use that sucks nearby zombies in. Players may be able to jump into the black hole and teleport to a random location. It lasts around 4–5 seconds. When the device is activated, all zombies will be pulled toward it, unable to attack players. The device will take about 2–3 seconds to prime. Although space monkeys jump through them it does NOT kill them they just spawn randomly around the map for just extra time.

Matryoshka Dolls
The Matryoshka Dolls are a weapon introduced in Ascension and returned in Call of the Dead. It works as a special grenade, and acts as a cluster bomb. Once activated, the doll will explode, popping out another doll. This process is repeated five times. Space Monkeys do not toss Matryoshka Dolls back due to the fact that they explode upon contact with the floor. They can down the player in two explosions should they be unlucky enough to be in the vicinity and do not have PhD Flopper.

V-R11
The V-R11 is a weapon in Call of the Dead. It fires a green blast of energy similar to the Ray Gun and has a Siberia-like camouflage. It turns zombies back to humans. The new human will run to the nearest body of water and freeze. Zombies will pursue him, but only if he's the closest to them (meaning they will chase the player if he's closer).The player can also shoot another player with the V-R11, or the V-R11 Lazarus, giving them a red tinted screen and having zombies ignore the player for 10-15 seconds. The player appears to have red lightning coming out of his body, like George A. Romero, except different colored. It also appears to give the player Insta-Kill capabilities, allowing them to clear out groups of zombies or allowing them to revive downed players without interference.

Scavenger
The Scavenger is a weapon created by Group 935 and featured in the map Call of the Dead. It is a bolt-action sniper rifle that has ammunition similar to the explosive tipped crossbow, although with a much larger explosion. It has extremely high damage. When upgraded via Pack-a-Punch Machine, it becomes the Hyena Infra-Dead. It has higher ammunition capacity and higher damage, as well as an Infrared Scope with Variable Zoom.

It is left ambiguous to whether the Scavenger is an actual Wonder Weapon.

31-79 JGb215
The 31-79 JGb215 is a new weapon featured in the Zombies map, Shangri-La. It fires a blast of energy that shrinks zombies down for a couple of seconds. When upgraded via the Pack-A-Punch Machine, it becomes The Fractalizer, which results in zombies staying shrunk for longer periods of time.



Trivia

 * The Thundergun and the Ray Gun are the only Wonder Weapons to appear in the campaign.
 * The Thundergun, Scavenger, and the 31-79 JGb215 are the only Wonder Weapons that do not keep part of their name when Pack-A-Punched.
 * The Thundergun is the only Wonder Weapon to have an official pick-up icon.
 * The Ray Gun is the only Wonder Weapon that appears on every Zombies map.
 * The V-R11, and Matryoshka Dolls are the only Wonder Weapons that does not have a hint to who created those weapons.