Peacemaker

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Peacemaker
Real name	Christopher Smith
Alias(es)	Peacemaker World's Biggest Douchebag Douchey Captain America Showoff Guy with a Toilet Seat on His Head
Species	Human
Nationality	American
Gender	Male
Affiliation(s)	Task Force X
Status	Alive
Appearances
Film(s)	The Suicide Squad
TV series	Peacemaker (unreleased)
Actor(s)
Portrayed by	John Cena

"I cherish peace with all my heart. I don't care how many men, women, and children I need to kill to get it."

―The Peacemaker to Ratcatcher 2

Christopher Smith, also known as the Peacemaker, is a violent extremist who believes in achieving peace at any cost no matter how many people he has to kill for it in the process. He is also a member of the second Task Force X strike team sent on a mission to Corto Maltese.

Biography

Early life

Misguided pacifism

Christopher Smith was born to Auggie Smith, a powerful and cunning small-town racist whose views deeply scarred his son. When he grew up, Christopher became a mentally unstable pacifist diplomat who grew so committed to peace, he eventually decided to enforce it by becoming a vigilante and killing those who stand in its way. He donned a bright costume, an oddly-shaped chrome helmet with a dove engraved on it, and the moniker of Peacemaker. As the Peacemaker, Smith killed many people in the name of peace before he was captured by ARGUS and detained in Belle Reve.

There, he was recruited by Amanda Waller to join Task Force X, doing black-ops missions for the US government in exchange for time off his sentence. He was sent on a mission with Adrian Chase, the Vigilante, and the two formed a deep-seeded rivalry and intense hatred for one another.

Corto Maltese mission

In 2021, the Peacemaker was recruited by Amanda Waller to join Task Force X on a mission he was eager to carry out: destroying a Nazi-built facility in Corto Maltese called Jotunheim, as well as annihilating all traces of the mysterious Project Starfish.

Personality

"If this whole beach was completely covered in dicks, and somebody said I had to eat every dick until the beach was clean for liberty, I would say "no problemo"!"

―Peacemaker to Bloodsport

Christopher Smith is a man who believes in peace at any cost, no matter how many people he has to kill along the way, and a jingoistic patriot. He is obsessed with gaining everlasting peace and liberty, although he is self-righteous, egotistical, arrogant, sarcastic, obnoxious, and overconfident. He is willing to do anything to get peace and end all fighting, no matter how many people he needs to kill, hurt, maim, or emotionally destroy along the way, making him very hypocritical. He is also willing to humiliate himself for his cause. Due to Peacemaker's ego and hypocrisy, the other members of the squad tend to greatly dislike him and not take him seriously, not that he cares, as he views himself as better than them. Smith is more than willing to fight, kill, and even start a war, but in the end, every action he takes is in the name of ultimately keeping the peace.

Abilities

• Peak human condition: Peacemaker has achieved peak physical condition in his mission for global peace.
  • Peak human strength: Peacemaker is visibly very strong for a human; he is huge and hulking with "muscles on his muscles".
• Expert marksman: Peacemaker is a world-class marksman. He has trained his whole life to bring peace to the world, and he knows how to use and properly aim his pistol.
• Indomitable will: Peacemaker deeply believes in his version of peace.

Equipment

"You're gonna risk the entire mission for a mental defective dressed as a court jester!?"
"This coming from a guy who wears a toilet seat on his head?"
"It's not a toilet seat, it's a beacon of freedom!"

―Peacemaker and Bloodsport

Peacemaker with his suit and pistol

• Peacemaker helmet: Peacemaker wears an oddly-shaped chrome helmet with a dove engraved on the forehead to protect his skull and identity.
• Peacemaker suit: Smith wears a red, blue, and white suit as Peacemaker, tight-fitting to display his strength, with holsters for his guns, and a picture of a dove his chest, showing his message of peace to all.
• Pistol: Peacemaker uses a long-barreled pistol, sometimes fitted with a suppressor or a scope, as his main weapon to incapacitate and kill those he believes threaten peace or who get in his way.
• Sword: To be added
• Axe: To be added

Relationships

Family Auggie Smith - father Allies Task Force X - former teammates Abner Krill/Polka-Dot Man † Nanaue/King Shark Harleen Quinzel/Harley Quinn Adrian Chase/Vigilante - rival Maltese Resistance - assistance to Task Force X during Jotunheim mission Sol Soria Milton †

Enemies Belle Reve John Economos - jailer ARGUS Amanda Waller - manipulator and temporal ally Flo Crawley - mission coordinator Fitzgibbon - physician Emilia Harcourt Starro † - target Corto Maltese Armed Forces Silvio Luna † - target Mateo Suarez † Gaius Grieves/Thinker † - former manipulatee Rick Flag † - ally turned enemy, attempted assassinator Cleo Cazo/Ratcatcher 2 - ally turned enemy Robert Dubois/Bloodsport - ally turned enemy, rival and attempted assassinator

Unknown

• Leota Adebayo
• Clemson Murn
• Sophie Song
• Larry Fitzgibbon
• Locke
• Keeya
• Rip Jagger/Judomaster
• Jose
• Amber
• Evan
• Jamil

Trivia

• In DC Comics, Christopher Smith was a pacifist diplomat so committed to global peace that he takes on the superhero alter ego, Peacemaker, to ensure it by strictly using non-lethal weapons and combat techniques. Although, over time, he started to develop more into a violent vigilante that is willing to make sacrifices for peace.
• This is the first onscreen adaptation of the Peacemaker, though a version of Christopher Smith was mentioned but never seen in the Arrowverse.

Behind the scenes

• John Cena described Peacemaker as a "douchey Captain America". It is yet to be seen exactly what exactly this means in terms of Smith's persona in the film and series, but it is an eerily similar description to that most would give of his comic book counterpart.
• Dave Bautista was originally in talks for the role, but had to pass, because of his busy schedule. James Gunn later confirmed that he originally did write the role with Dave Bautista in mind.
• Spencer Thomas and Spencer Mulligan were stunts doubles for John Cena in the role of Peacemaker.
• John Cena had to eat 31 empanadas for one scene where all the members of Task Force X sit on a roof eating, and Cena wanted it to look cool for one seamless take.
• When DC rebooted their comics lineup in 2011 with The New 52! and later DC Rebirth initiatives, Peacemaker was dropped altogether. However, Christopher Smith returned, and thus was introduced into the new continuity, in the Suicide Squad comics in early 2021. This likely has to do with DC's confidence in Cena and Gunn's version of the character and the popularity he's likely to generate.

External links

• Peacemaker on DC Database
• Peacemaker on Wikipedia