Smokejumper

Smokejumper is a Decepticon from the 2001 Robots in Disguise continuity family.

"Efficient victories rely on effective information."

An intelligence analyst, Smokejumper has a meticulous eye for detail. He is so single-minded, he's unable to think outside of his current mission objective. His partner Dreadwind calls him a geek. Even his fellow Decepticons find him frustrating to relate to. Relatively unarmed and unpopular, he relies on Dreadwind to watch his back when he's wrapped up in his work.

Smokejumper and Dreadwind can combine in the form of Dreadwing, where Smokejumper's eye for detail and Dreadwind's lust for destruction join to create a dangerous force to reckon with.

Fiction

Universe comic

Smokejumper and Dreadwind were the subordinates of Megazarak Megazarak's profile in Viron 403.0 Beta. Members of the Destructicons, they battled against the Dinobots, the sole remaining Autobot resistance in their reality. Having conquered their reality, Megazarak decided to explore interdimenional conquest. He sent Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/11 Dreadwind and Smokejumper to Primax 1087.09 Alpha, where they trapped the Lunar Battle of 2011 in a time loop, prompting the Autobot Science Harmonium to develop the Challenge Blaster to combat them. The AllSpark Almanac II The duo brought Sunstorm back with them. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/11

They subsequently accompanied their leader to Aurex 304.0 Epsilon, where they allied with the local Decepticons. As part of this alliance, Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/11 Dreadwind and Smokejumper gained the ability to combine with Galvatron during the Unicron Battles, using the Spark of Combination to form the mighty MegaWing Galvatron. In this form, they were powerful enough to challenge Jet Convoy. They were further able to combine with Tidal Wave to form Dark MegaWing Galvatron. MegaWing Galvatron instructions However, once the Decepticons proved their use, the Destructicons wiped them out.

Following this, Unicron abducted the surviving Destructicons to fight for him in the Universe War. Sunstorm joined the Children of Primus and Smokejumper and Dreadwind, a mercurial duo, used this to make contacts on the other side. Once it was clear Unicron was losing, they just happened to defect Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/11 to the Children of Primus. Smokejumper's profile

Toys

Robots in Disguise (2001)

To combine, I cram my nose up my partner's butt!

• Dreadwind & Smokejumper (2004)
  • Accessories: 2 launchers, 2 missiles

Part of a Target-exclusive Ultra-sized two-pack in the United States (released well after Robots in Disguise had been replaced by Armada at retail), Smokejumper is a redeco and minor retool of the Generation 2 Smokescreen toy, transforming into a jet fighter of undetermined model that vaguely kinda-sorta resembles an F-22 Raptor. His jet mode fits in the back end of his partner Dreadwind's jet mode as well, forming a complete "flying wing" stealth bomber jet called Dreadwing. His twin spring-loaded missile launchers fit into slots on his legs, putting them under his wings in jet mode. His missiles have been slightly retooled, adding a groove running down their length, corresponding with a guide-rail added to the bottoms of the launching tubes of his cannons, as well as a nub at the very back end that helps lock them into both his and Dreadwind's launchers.

Packaging photography shows a very different deco for the pair, with numerous metallic silver paint applications, dark green launchers, bright red missiles and no Decepticon insignias.

Dreadwind and Smokejumper are notable for including a sheet of customer-applied decals, the first U.S. main-line toys to do so since the end of Machine Wars in 1997. While the instructions erroneously point to the stickers' placement on Smokejumper's wings, they are intended to adorn his tail fins which end up on his robot forearms. Trouble is, not only are the instructions telling you to put them in the wrong place, they also do not specify which of the two patterns (numbered 1 and 2 or 3 and 4 respectively on the sheet) go on which side of the fins. Box photography would have you apply them in contradiction to the image at the right. Which arrangement is actually correct is impossible to say as no official photography clearly shows the reverse of the fins and thus which way round the other pair of stickers would go...

Thanks to a screwhole which was new to this version of Dreadwind's mold, Dreadwind and Smokejumper can combine with Armada Galvatron (or any redeco of that mold) to form "MegaWing Galvatron". Instructions for this bizarre, but official mode appeared in the only issue of 3H's Official Transformers Collectors' Club Magazine. The instructions also included a note to check online for "Dark MegaWing Galvatron" directions, combining the whole shebang with Tidal Wave. Due to the disintegration of 3H, this never materialized.

This set was released in Japan as a Toys"R"Us-exclusive "USA Edition".

• More information on Smokejumper at TFU.info
• Instructions for MegaWing Galvatron Page 1
• Instructions for MegaWing Galvatron Page 2

Generation 2 mold: Smokescreen
Hasbro: Generation 2 Smokescreen Starscream (limited release) Robots in Disguise (2001) Smokejumper Takara: G-2 TRF-10 Smokescreen Beast Wars D-13 Starscream Robotmasters RM-13 Smokesniper Sonokong: Beast-War D-13 Starscrem [sic] Car Bot D-13 Stealth Saber

Notes

• The Dreadwind & Smokejumper set is unusual for having included a peel-and-apply decal sheet:At the time, apart from Generation 1 reissues, this was the only use of this feature since the end of Generation 2.
• Smokejumper and Dreadwind had apparently been slated to make a cameo in an issue of the Dreamwave Armada comic, but were replaced at Hasbro's insistence by Skywarp and Sideways.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Smokejumper (スモークジャンパー Sumōkujanpā)