Smokescreen is paired up with the much larger Decepticon Dreadwing, forming a deadly duo. Little is known about Smokescreen's past or origins, only that he can be very manipulative and has a bizarre hatred of both Autobotsand Decepticons. He takes great advantage of his partner Dreadwing's sheer strength.
"Megatron, look at me before Furman forgets I exist!"
Part of the new wave of Decepticon forces, Smokescreen was connected to Darkwing's vehicle form as they attacked the Rheanimum facility on the planet Tykos. Following this attack, he pointed Megatron towards Skullgrin's crashing shuttle. New Dawn
Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity
Wars manga
When the Fallen attacked Cybertron, Smokescreen took him as a master and accompanied him as he rampaged and took Vector Sigma into his possession. Train Wars Smokescreen was eventually taken care of by Goshooter and Shūta Gō, who used their teamwork to smash his face in. Train Wars 2
G-2 pack-in manga and story pages
When Smokescreen met the pacifist Dreadwing, he tricked the hulking brute into believing that the only way to end the war between the Autobots and Decepticons was to destroy the Autobots and the Decepticons. Smokescreen and Dreadwing initially sided with no one, but eventually joined the forces of Megatron. G-2 Part 3
During a decisive battle between Megatron and Optimus Prime, Megatron managed to gain the upper hand after a surprise attack by Hooligan crippled Prime's weaponry. Defenseless, Megatron ordered an aerial assault from Dreadwing and Smokescreen. The pair swooped down and bombarded Optimus Prime with missiles, nearly killing him. Their enemy virtually dead, they left the killing blow to Megatron. G-2 #10
Later, Smokescreen took part in Megatron's final assault on the Autobots. When he was defeated, Smokescreen and the rest of the Decepticons were driven into deep space. G-2 Part 6
Smokescreen served under the command of Turmoil when their second-in-command Deadlock violated orders. Deadlock attacked the Autobots when Turmoil ordered him not to, and then executed a fellow Decepticon who planned on reporting his insubordination. Deadlock tried to rally Smokescreen and several other soldiers from Turmoil's forces under his new leadership. Smokescreen and his comrades refused, and turned Deadlock over to Turmoil to answer for his attempted mutiny. Drift #1
Commercial appearances
Dreadwing and Smokescreen flew over an empty street to harass a pitiful young human, who fled in terror at the sight of them. Smokescreen contented himself to fly overhead and fire his blasters while Dreadwing transformed into his tank mode and smushed a parked car. Two Autobots responded to the boy's cries for help, only for Dreadwing and Smokescreen to assume their robot modes start tossing them around with ease. Dreadwing and Smokescreen commercial
Toys
Generation 2
No, we already made the rear entry joke.Dreadwing (Decepticon, 1994)
Japanese ID number: TRF-10
Accessories: Two launchers, two missiles
Available only with his larger partner Dreadwing, Smokescreen transforms into a fighter jet of undetermined (probably made-up) model. He has two side-mounted spring-loaded rocket launchers that become hand-weapons in robot mode. He can combine with Dreadwing's vehicle mode to form the large stealth bomber jet. For some reason he came with an Autobot-style instruction book that instructed you to put Smokescreen's forehead sticker on the center of Dreadwing's face.
Smokescreen's arms are misassembled, as his thumbs end up on the outside of his fists in robot mode and upper arms have an exposed screw on the exposed side.
Available exclusively at the Tokyo Toy Show 2010, this Dreadwing & Smokescreen set is a redeco of Revenge of the Fallen Voyager class Mindwipe and Scout class Skystalker respectively. TakaraTomy designer Masu Yoshi's inspiration for this set apparently stemmed from a desire to compete with BotCon 2010's Generation 2 theme for its exclusive toys.[1] Besides the obvious colour changes, the live-action movie Decepticon insignias have been replaced with Generation 2 Decepticon insignia.
Smokescreen transforms from a robot into a flying-wing-style stealth jet drone similar to the BAE Corax. Undocumented in the instructions, the two axes that peg into his palms as weapons for his robot mode can also clip directly to his forearms (giving them a superficial similarity to tonfa). For vehicle mode, they integrate into the stealth jet's wings. The robot mode feet are spring-loaded so the heels and toes collapse down and together when the feet are lifted off the ground.
The instructions include a "battle mode", which is essentially the vehicle mode with the robot legs untransformed, similar to the "alternate transformation" mode seen on Generation 1 Jetfire, which of course, was the "gerwalk" mode from the Japanese series The Super Dimension Fortress Macross.
Like the original Generation 2 toys, in vehicle mode, Smokescreen can attach on top of Dreadwing's alternate mode via two pegs.
The blue plastic that makes up most of Smokescreen is more fragile than most and will crack under stress, such as repeated removal and replacing of the hook weapons into the wings.
