Smokescreen (Transformers) - Transformers: Prime - Animated Series

Animated Series

Smokescreen was a former student of Cybertron's Elite Guard during the Cybertronian War, and while he passed the training never had a formal graduation ceremony. He ended up becoming a guard at the Vault of Iacon where he guarded Alpha Trion during the final part of the war. Though initially unhappy with the assignment, he came to respect Alpha Trion's wisdom and considered him a valued mentor and friend. Trion apparently reciprocated the feeling of trust, as he shared with Smokescreen the knowledge that he had supported Optimus for the position of Prime, recommending him to the Autobot High Council. When it came to the attack on the Vault of Iacon, Smokescreen helped to fight the Decepticon attackers until everything went black and he was taken captive on a Decepticon ship. Smokescreen gave a Vehicon guard the slip and took a long-distance escape pod to Earth.

Smokescreen first appears in "New Recruit", where he came from a downed Decepticon escape pod and arrived to help the Autobots fend off the Vehicons and an Insecticon. He then introduces himself to Optimus Prime and ended up recapping his history to the rest of Team Prime. Ratchet and Arcee had some trust issues with Smokescreen. When Optimus Prime asked about Alpha Trion, Smokescreen said that he didn't know what happened to him. Optimus then suggested to Smokescreen that he needed to become accustomed with his surroundings. Jack then gives him full run of the base, where Smokescreen discovered the repaired Immobilizer, Phase Shifter, and the Spark Extractor, as well as Airachnid's stasis pod. Later, when Red Energon (which can make any Cybertronian faster) was first reported, Optimus Prime had Smokescreen obtain an Earth-based vehicle form and go through training. After picking the right vehicle, Smokescreen heard about Starscream attacking Optimus Prime and asks to be sent in, only to be denied. Smokescreeen simpy ignored him and joined the battle, using the Phase Shifter to get Starscream out of the Apex Armor. Optimus Prime tells Smokescreen standard procedure is required on the team.

In "The Human Factor", Smokescreen suggested using the Apex Armor to Bulkhead, but was violently turned down. He later fought alongside his new team when they learned about the Decepticons' plan to use the Damocles Satellite as a weapon at the time when M.E.C.H.'s field commander Silas (who had been merged with Breakdown's lifeless shell) in the form of C.Y.L.A.S. (short for Cybernetic Life Augmented by Symbiosis) collaborated with Megatron. Smokescreen helped Bulkhead battle and defeat C.Y.L.A.S. who ends up retreating on Megatron's orders. Bulkhead then gained a newfound respect for the newbie as Smokescreen mentioned that he also reviewed the fights of the Wreckers.

In "Legacy", Bumblebee and Smokescreen are driving on the road looking for the next Iacon artifact. When Bumblebee states to Smokescreen that he should obey the speed limit, Smokescreen states that the people who built his vehicle form should've made it to do that. Smokescreen ends up speeding and nearly causes a tough driver to be driven off the road. When the tough driver plans to dismantle Smokescreen, Smokescreen transforms and tells him to "bring it." Bumblebee intervenes as the old man takes their picture of them. Smokescreen ends up in trouble with the other Autobots as Optimus Prime states that they are all responsible for this incident. Optimus Prime then pairs up Smokescreen with Jack Darby in order to bring Smokescreen up to speed with Autobot operations on Earth. After Smokescreen leaves with Jack Darby, Optimus Prime tells Arcee that Smokescreen's spark is in the right place. After some time on the town with Jack which involved an incident with Vince, Arcee was not pleased with what Smokescreen did. When Optimus Prime is unavailable, Jack and Smokescreen end up heading to the where the next Iacon project is with the artifact being the Star Saber (a sword forged by Solus Prime that can wield the power of the Matrix) as Megatron, some Vehicons, and some Insecticons try to remove a part of the mountain that the Star Saber is embedded in (the Star Saber can only be removed from the rock by a Prime). When Jack states to Smokescreen that they have to wait for backup, Smokescreen states that "backup is not available" and attacks the Decepticons before Megatron can commence transport of the large rock that the Star Saber is in. When Smokescreen is unable to remove the Star Saber from the rock, the Vehicons surround Smokescreen upon knocking him down. While Jack flees from an Insecticon, Smokescreen is brought before Megatron just as Ratchet arrives with the other Autobots (who had been led astray by a Decepticon decoy trap). Smokescreen joins the other Autobots in fighting the Vehicons and Insecticons as Optimus Prime makes his way to the Star Saber. After Optimus Prime claims the Star Saber, Smokescreen was impressed with Star Saber's powers. Arcee was not pleased with Smokescreen putting Jack in danger and has him sent home. Smokescreen tries to apologize to Arcee as Optimus Prime tells Smokescreen that disregarding the human safety will not be tolerated.

In "Alpha: Omega," Smokescreen went with Arcee to Egypt to find the first of the Omega Keys. When he gets crashed onto the wall, Arcee laments that Smokescreen have died. But Smokescreen is alive and saw Megatron grabbing Optimus Prime by the neck.

In "Hard Knocks", Smokescreen and Bulkhead go to find another Omega Key. They are caught in a trap set by Dreadwing, and Smokescreen heads for the relic while Bulkhead fights with Dreadwing. He unearths the key, but is attacked from behind by Starscream, who takes the key. He is angered by the fact of losing the key and leaves to go drive. It is later revealed to the Autobots and the Decepticons in the Iacon Database that Smokescreen is the final Omega Key.

In "Inside Job," Smokescreen awakens on Knock Out's table after they Smokescreen was still unconscious. Ratchet states to Optimus Prime that Smokescreen was the container of the Omega Key and that Alpha Trion had knocked Smokescreen out so that he can place the final Omega Key in it before the Decepticons could get to it. Meanwhile, Knock Out begins to operate on Smokescreen using the Phase Shifter. After Megatron leaves, Smokescreen breaks free and fights Knock Out while confiscating the Phase Shifter. Smokescreen then runs off to find the Omega Key that the Decepticons have and manages to make off with the two Omega Keys right under Megatron's nose. Smokescreen is cornered by the Vehicons, but uses the Phase Shifter to trick the Vehicons into shooting themselves. Smokescreen makes it to the roof of the Nemesis as Megatron and the Vehicons arrive. Smokescreen then jumps off the Nemesis while Megatron sends the flying Vehicons after him. Smokescreen then contacts the Autobots asking for a Ground Bridge. While in free-fall, Smokescreen is attacked by Megatron and the flying Vehicons but manages to phase underground as Megatron and the Vehicons search for Smokescreen's body. Smokescreen then contacts Ratchet to set up the Ground Bridge and gives the two Omega Keys to the Autobots. Smokescreen then joins Arcee and Bumblebee into taking precautions at the Autobot base when Optimus Prime, Ratchet, and Bulkhead go to where Starscream is going to meet with them.

In "Regeneration", Smokescreen joins the other Autobots in the Battle of Cybertron. He uses his phase shifter to give himself an advantage over the Decepticons. He later uses the Spark Extractor to kill all of the Vehicons supporting Megatron. In the following episode, "Darkest Hour", as the Decepticons prepare to destroy the Autobot base, Smokescreen bridged to an unknown location in the U.S. to avoid capture.

In "Darkmount, NV", it is revealed that just as the Autobot base was being destroyed, Smokescreen returned back the base via the ground bridge, managing to keep the phase shifter on him. He manages to find Optimus Prime just before the Decepticons begin searching for Autobot bodies.

In "Scattered", Smokescreen decides to sneak into Darkmount to find the Forge of Solus Prime, with the intent on using it to repair Optimus.

In "Prey", Smokescreen returns to Optimus with the Forge in tow. However, it is reveled that Forge is running out of usable energy, and Optimus instructs Smokescreen to save all power to rebuild the Omega Lock. When Smokescreen protests, Optimus tells him, "The time for a new leader is upon us... And in all my Spark, I believe that new leader stands before me right now."

In "Rebellion", Smokescreen objects to Optimus' words, but Optimus informs him that it is the Matrix that chooses Primes. Later, when Optimus goes into limbo, Smokescreen uses the remaining energy inside the Forge to bring Optimus back in a powerful, new form. However, Smokescreen is knocked unconscious by this, and by the time he wakes up, the fighting is over. He later confesses to Ratchet that he only did what he thought was right, but Ratchet tells him he did fine.