- Smokescreen is a Decepticon from the Generation 2 portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Smokescreen is paired up with the much larger Decepticon Dreadwing, forming a deadly duo.
Fiction
Marvel comics continuity
Smokescreen was connected to Darkwing's vehicle form as they attacked the Rheanium facility. Following this attack, he pointed Megatron towards Skullgrin's crashing shuttle. He was never referred to by name, so it's possible he could've been a remodeled Dreadwind to go with Darkwing's new form.
Japanese Generation 2 story pages
Little is known about Smokescreen's past or origins, only that he can be very manipulative and has a bizarre hatred of both Autobots and Decepticons.
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.
During the final assault on the Autobots, the Decepticons were soundly defeated and driven into deep space.
Japanese Generation 2 mini-comics
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.
Japanese Teletraan Go! Go! comics
As Jetfire sought out Battle Convoy with Teletraan 15 and Steeljaw aboard, Smokescreen and his partner Dreadwing attacked them in the hopes of being led back to the other Autobots. Battle Convoy appeared and badly damaged Dreadwing, defeating the pair.
Toys
Generation 2
- Dreadwing (Decepticon, 1994)
- Japanese ID number: TRF-10
- 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.
- This mold was also used to make Beast Wars II Megatron and Starscream, Dreadwing, Smokejumper and Gigant Bomb, Smokesniper. It was going to be used again in Generation 2 as a new form of the original Starscream, but that toy was ultimately canceled.
The mold was later used as filler for the end of the Robots In Disguise line Dreadwind & Smokejumper (Target exclusive) as well as lastly being used in the Robot Masters line.
- There is also a rumor that the Smokescreen figure of this mold was used to design Energon Starscream. While the transformation is near-identical, they are noticably different in proportion and build.
Trivia
- Smokescreen's arms are misassembled with his arms below the pivot joint, as his thumbs end up on the outside of his fists in robot mode and upper arms have a exposed screw on the exposed side. Every release of the mold has this problem.
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