Sea Phantom

Sea Phantom is a Predacon-allied Seacon from the Beast Wars II portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Soon to appear in a funky lawyer drama alongside James Woods.

Of all the Seacon space pirates, Sea Phantom (シーファントム Shī Fantomu) is by far the most rough-and-tumble. A brute above all else, he loves the swashbuckling action of a good fight and the satisfying screams of a surprise raid. Underwater, he's as fast as a torpedo, and loves using both his speed and his "Telephantom" ability to teleport short distances to get the drop on his enemies. He'll chow down on both food and foe alike with his powerful "Phantom Jaws", or slice them up with his "Phantom Fin."

Sea Phantom combines with his fellow Seacons to form God Neptune.

Fiction

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Japanese Generation 1 continuity family

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Beast Wars II cartoon

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Voice actor: Hiroaki Ichinowatari (Japanese){{#if: |, {{{2}}}}}
Sharkey ate George.

Sea Phantom was a member of the Space Pirate Seacons, often found in the crow's nest of their ship as lookout and spotter for the pirates. This also meant he was a bit of a backseat driver for Terrormander at the wheel. On the planet Gaia, the Seacons located the amazing power source called Angolmois Energy as their latest treasure. Their excavation at an underwater site was detected by the Maximals, who wished to stop the pirates from pillaging the seas. Sea Phantom and his mateys formed God Neptune to defend their booty, but they were distracted when Diver and Scuba commandeered their photon sailer and then blew up the Angolmois Energy already on board, greatly damaging the ship. The Space Pirate Seacons!

As the Seacons began repairs on their vessel, Sea Phantom noticed Scylla was avoiding work and later disappeared altogether when they were buzzed by unknown Cybertronians. He found her pining for the Maximal squid, Scuba, and tried to bring her back to the ship. The equally smitten Bighorn mistook his intentions, and started a fight with Sea Phantom. This eventually led into another battle between the Seacons and several Maximals, but also alerted the Space Pirates to the existence of a rival faction on Gaia, the Predacons. The Tentacular Scuba

Halfshell negotiated an Angolmois Energy bounty on the Maximals' heads from Megastorm, and dispatched his team to isolate and defeat the heroes individually. Sea Phantom targeted Diver for underwater combat. Their efforts were undone largely because Megastorm tried to cheat them out of the bounty by destroying the Maximals himself with bombs hidden in transmitters, only to have each and every bomb explode in his face instead at the battle sites. The final bomb, caught on Sea Phantom's dorsal fin, threw both Megastorm and Sea Phantom back into the sea. Megastorm's Reckoning

Galvatron goaded the Seacons into making a second (unpaid) attack on the Maximals. The Seacons concocted a plan that involved tricking at least Bighorn onto the dragon-headed cape and for Sea Phantom to cut off the dragon's head with his razorsharp dorsal fin, thereby trapping him on a floating rock in the sea where the Seacons could easily finish him off. As luck would have it, he got Tasmania Kid too for his efforts. The two were aided by the other Maximals, but the Seacons beat them and they had to regroup on the stone raft, which made them a convenient target for God Neptune. The Seacons were only driven off after the arrival of the Insectrons Bigmos and Tonbot, the Maximals' southern allies. Showdown in the Sea

When Scylla went missing, apparently shirking her duties again, Sea Phantom labored off to find her. While searching, Terrormander came by and alerted him to a transmission he intercepted between the Jointrons and Bighorn about some form of treasure. Sea Phantom and Terrormander decided to investigate and possibly steal the treasure for themselves. In actuality, the Jointrons had kidnapped Scylla as part of a complicated scheme to help Bighorn win her heart by rescuing her. Sea Phantom and Terrormander tried to steal the bagged "treasure" and, when a stray shot revealed Scylla was in the bag, fought back even harder to recover their lost teammate. Complications ensued, leading to a battle between God Neptune and Tripledacus, but ultimately Scylla was rescued and returned to her crew. Face the Setting Sun

Recognizing their poor fortunes on Gaia, Halfshell prepared his crew to depart. Learning of their intentions, Lio Convoy offered to give the Seacons the energy they needed to leave. Halfshell wouldn't take charity from the Maximal, but got Lio Convoy to agree to fight one-on-one for the energy. As Halfshell explained to Sea Phantom and his crew after the Maximal left, the "one" would be God Neptune! The Seacons arrived as God Neptune and battled Lio Convoy for the energy, but their duel was interrupted by Megastorm trying to kill Lio Convoy himself. His blast set off an Angolmois Energy chain reaction on the beach, leading the Seacons to depart, stealing Lio Convoy's energy as they ran. Sea Phantom and the crew readied the mast, and took off back into space. The Final Battle

As the Seacons left Gaia, they were confronted by the artificial planet, Nemesis. Nemesis completely overpowered the Seacons' vessel and brainwashed Sea Phantom and the Seacons into swearing loyalty to Galvatron with its evil energy. The Artificial Planet Nemesis

Sailing through space, the Seacons came across the Jointrons, and both teams fused into their respective combined forms. Their battle was interrupted by a mysterious spaceship that squarely collided with God Neptune and broke him up into the individual Seacons, who were sent flying off. Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger!

When the Maximals were on their way to reach the rapidly approaching Nemesis, the Seacons served as its first line of defense and forced the Maximals to crash on a nearby asteroid. There, they fought the confused Maximals. When Lio Junior, Santon, and Skywarp combined to form Magnaboss, the Seacons did their own combination in response and the two combined warriors battled. God Neptune gained the upper hand, but, with the other Maximals' help, Magnaboss was able to strike God Neptune with an Angolmois Ball, which knocked out the Seacons. Coming to, they regained their senses and Halfshell explained that the Nemesis's evil influence had made them aggressive. The Seacons saw the Maximals off and Halfshell declared the asteroid their new spaceship. Revenge of the Space Pirates

Beast Wars Neo cartoon

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After the defeat of Unicron, Sea Phantom as part of God Neptune came to Cybertron. There, the combiner surfed on the photon sailer. Graduation Ceremony!!

Generations Selects Special Comic

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During a heist with Duncan for proton energy, the Seacons were betrayed and left for dead. Seacons comic 5 An envoy for Primus appeared and made a deal with Halfshell: Play part in Primus's plan in the Precursor World and his crew would be revived. God Neptune comic 2 Joining forces with Turtler and his Seacons, Halfshell used the Angolmois Energy siphoned from Galvatron to revive the other pirates, Seacons comic 3 although the process was interrupted by the evolution of Galvatron into Super Megatron. Seacons comic 5 Nevertheless, their upgrade was completed. Super Megatron comic 2

Fulfilling Primus's plan, the Angolmois-powered Seacons went to the various colored worlds of the Precursor Universe to gather the Matrices of the Primus Vanguard's leaders. Sea Phantom in particular went to the Green Planet to rob Green Tender Convoy of his Creation Matrix, succeeding despite the Green Order's efforts. Gathering in outer space, the Seacons combined into God Neptune, who then possessed the power of five colored Star Powers. God Neptune comic 1 The followed battle faced God Neptune against Megatron Omega, who blasted the combiner apart with his own Angolmois Energy. However, encouraging words from White Gallant Convoy's spirit inspired Halfshell to form the pirate gestalt again with his crew. God Neptune comic 2 After all was said and done, the Seacons were returned to their proper time by Primus. Finale

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While the Seacons were stuck on Gaia because their photon sailer was out of energy, Sea Phantom and Terrormander observed Scylla's excitement over her upcoming marriage. Sea Phantom was surprised that any man could fancy her, but Halfshell told them to be happy for her and made the crew set up an elaborate wedding ceremony. The ceremony was interrupted when the Predacons attacked and to fight back the Seacons combined into God Neptune. He was quickly felled by Predacon firepower, but Bighorn, Scylla, and Scuba were able to send the attackers fleeing. After Scylla gave her goodbyes to her suitors, the Seacons left the planet. Realize the Forbidden Love!

2006 IDW Beast Wars continuity

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Sea Phantom was a thrill-seeker, oftentimes participating in dangerous recreational activities, chief among them sky surfing; diving from orbit and "surfing" into a planet's atmosphere before he would be pulled in by the planet's gravitational pull. Beast Wars Sourcebook #3

Games

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Transformers: Earth Wars

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This is totally what a shark looks like, trust me!

Sea Phantom is a master of the surprise attack, with the patience to lie in wait, motionless, for hours on end and then strike with sudden, trenchant purpose. It's all about the thrill of the hunt to him, and the more difficult or deadly his prey the more he relishes it.

With energy-absorbing armor that masks his presence and teleportation abilities, he can be on you before you know it, his shark 'beast' mode as lethal as the creature it's modeled on. No one sees him coming... until it's much too late.Sea Phantom Bio

  • Added: May 26, 2022
  • Autobot Counterpart: Whirl
  • Class: Gunner
  • Star Ratings: 2 - 5 stars
  • Abilities:
    • Ability 1: Acid Thrower - Spew acid in a conical area, dealing acid damage over six seconds.
      • Cost: 3 + 3 per reuse
    • Ability 2 (pre-2025 Balance Patch): Guided Rockets - Shoot out 4 rockets from long-range delivering damage to a single target.
    • Ability 2 (post-2025 Balance Patch): Flame-Guided Rocket - Shoot a single rocket from long range dealing fire damage.
      • Cost: 4 + 2 per reuse
    • Passive - Hits multiple targets with his minigun.
  • Compatible C.O.M.B.A.T.s:
    • Companion
    • Ranged
  • Combiner: God Neptune

Sea Phantom at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki


Toys

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Beast Wars

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His name is totally deserving of its own theme song by the Ventures.
  • God Neptune (Multi-pack, 1998)
  • ID number: D-21
  • Release date: August ??, 1998
  • Accessories: Left & right shark-arms
A redeco of the Generation 1 Seacon Overbite, Sea Phantom transforms into a robotic shark with limbs. However, he lacks the rifle and stand-pieces of the original version of the mold. Since he uses the Scramble City-style of combination, he can form the arm or leg to any combined robot of similar construction, but his nominal place is as the right arm of God Neptune.
He was available only as part of the God Neptune gift set with his teammates Coelagon, Halfshell, Skyulle, and Terrormander, sold in the seventh wave of Beast Wars II.
For unknown reasons, a great number of unboxed God Neptune sets—lacking all of their accessories, including combiner parts and Sea Phantom's shark-arms—ended up available on the secondary market. These went for considerably less than the "complete" releases, naturally.
This toy was also repurposed as Generation 1 Overbite in the Collectors' Club magazine comic arc Beast Wars Shattered Glass.
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Generations Selects

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  • Godneptune [sic] (Multi-pack, 2020)
  • Hasbro ID number: TT-GS10
  • Release date: October 31, 2020
  • Accessories: Rifle, sword, combiner hand, combiner hand gap filler
Generations Selects Sea Phantom is a redeco of Overbite from the same line (who himself is an extensive retool of Power of the Primes Deluxe Class Terrorcon Rippersnapper), transforming from a robotic shark monster to a robot.
He is also able to form a limb for God Neptune or any Combiner Wars-style interchangeable combiner, though the instructions that come with the set only detail how to transform him into arm mode. His rifle and sword combine with his teammates' weapons to form God Neptune's "Neptune Cannon" and "Neptune Sword" (respectively).
Sea Phantom can also assume "Targetmaster" mode like Overbite, but this is not mentioned anywhere on the packaging or instructions.
Sea Phantom was released as part of the God Neptune giftset, a TakaraTomy Mall exclusive in Japan. The God Neptune set was also available via Hasbro Pulse and other online retailers in the U.S. and Canada.
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Merchandise

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Seal Retsuden

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  • Sea Phantom #067 (sticker, 1998)
  • Sea Phantom #068 (sticker, 1998)
As part of their larger Seal Retsuden offering, Amada produced the Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers Seal Retsuden set of 102 stickers. Of these, two normal ones (#067 and #068) concern Sea Phantom.

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