Sea Clamp

Sea Clamp is a Predacon from the Beast Era of the Generation 1 continuity family.

"Wait, I've got a better plan to catch this big red lobster man! We'll toss him in a boiling pot, and when he's done we'll butter him up!"

General Sea Clamp is a member of the Tripredacus Council best known for his crushing grip, both literal and metaphorical. Nothing pleases him more than watching a hapless victim struggle for relief as he squeezes the life from them with his viselike pincers, but there is equally little escape from his far-ranging schemes and plans. Stoic and silent, Sea Clamp rarely spends a word when a gesture or a "message" will serve.

He combines with his fellow council members to form Tripredacus, or with them plus Ravage and Tarantulas to form Predacus.

Fiction

Beast Wars cartoon continuity

Beast Wars cartoon

"Do my worst, eh? Smithers, release the robotic Richard Simmons."

Voice actor: Ian Corlett (English), Jōji Yanami (Japanese)

After the transwarp wavefront was detected entering Cybertronian space, General Sea Clamp sent agent Ravage to track the wave back to its source, giving him the secretly-developed Transwarp cruiser. A meeting of the Tripredacus Council was then called to discuss the fact that the Transwarp wave had been matched with the energy signature of the Darksyde. The Agenda (Part 1)

Dreamwave Generation One continuity

Shell Game was never published. The following would have taken place in unpublished issues.

After sending Ravage out on his errand on prehistoric Earth, the Tripredacus Council tasked Magmatron with monitoring all Maximal channels, instructing him to report any communications that might show that the enemy faction had caught on to their secret plans. Shell Game #1

IDW Beast Wars comics

After recovering his sense of identity, Cicadacon looked around for others like him, deriving Sea Clamp from experiments on one of his "fellow" Decepticons. His previous sense of loyalty carried over, this time aimed at the "Cybertronian" cause, and he encouraged those like Ravage to follow the Tripredacus Council instead of the Decepticon cause. BotCon 2016 General Sea Clamp profile card

Sea Clamp went on to become the more serious-minded member of the Tripredacus Council. As the Great War drew to a close, Sea Clamp, Ramhorn, and Cicadacon were overseeing their latest batch of test subjects being treated with transwarp energy. They found that, when applied correctly onto Cybertronian anatomy, it could reduce Cybertronians to a "quantum state," and remake them into a "purer" form. Through this process, they hoped to unite all of Cybetron into a single "race." While they discussed their insidious plans, Tarantulas reported to the Council with startling news: both Optimus Prime and Galvatron had perished in combat! Though this noted a turning point in the Decepticons' conflict against the Autobots, the three generals found themselves giving the development little thought. When member of their army contacted them with plans to attack the demoralized Autobots, Sea Clamp, Cicadacon, and Ramhorn simply ordered him to stand down; they had more important concerns to focus on.

Sending Tarantulas to deal with with the upstart (as they correctly guessed he would not follow their orders) the Tripredacus Council readied to unleash a transmatter bomb onto Cybertron to reformat the entire planet all at once. But a ship happened upon the Coucil's secret base within Unicron's head, and accidentally deflected the bomb with its shield. Their lair discovered and their plan forcefully postponed, the Council headed down to Cybertron, and joined together with their agents into the gestalt Predacus, to put an end to the dissension in their ranks. After slaying Predaking, who had followed the upstart into battle, the Council surrendered to the Autobots on behalf of all Decepticons. The Pax Cybertronia was signed thereafter, and Sea Clamp helped form a new faction, the Predacons, in this newfound peacetime. Now free of distractions, Sea Clamp and his allies could once more focus on uniting all Cybertronians, and began their trans-matter experiments anew. Dawn of the Predacus

The Tripredacus Council ordered Magmatron to assure that no knowledge of the transwarp wavefront reached the Maximals. The Gathering #1 When their agent failed at his task of rounding up the rogue Megatron, the council sent Magmatron to complete the mission. The Gathering #2

Timelines

Sea Clamp, alongside Cicadacon and Ram Horn, was involved in an assassination plot, part of a ploy to take control of the Predacon army, and dispose of its then-current leader, Razorclaw. The plot was thought to have succeeded, but in truth they did not manage to extinguish Razorclaw's spark. Nonetheless, the Predacons' previous leader was forced into hiding, and while the world believed him dead, the Tripredacus Council took control of the Predacons. BotCon 2009 Razorclaw profile card

After a Predacon insurrection led by Flamewar in the guise of Megatron arose in the J'kozian sector, the Tripredacus Council discussed it and decided to leak the insurrection's presence on Nibari to the Maximals so they would take care of the Council's renegade problem. The Razor's Edge

Wings Universe

Man, blindpacking is so obnoxious.

Sea Clamp was one of four mysterious protoforms found by Sky-Byte in the laboratory of Jhiaxus while trying to save his associate's clones from the Autobots. A Common Foe Sea Clamp and his comrades pledged allegiance to the Predacons in suspiciously quick time.

Descent into Evil

Every table should have three "blow up Flamewar" buttons.

The Tripredacus Council employed Flamewar to check on Deathsaurus's operation on Ceti Alpha Seven. As Flamewar reported on the apparent success of Deathsaurus's Virulent Clones, Bumblebee hacked in the feed and informed everyone of the impeding failure built into the Clones. To rid themselves of an exposed agent, the Tripredacus Council remotely exploded Flamewar's ship with her in it. Descent into Evil

Toys

Beast Wars

ROCK LOBSTER!

• Tripredacus (1997)

Sea Clamp transforms into a grayish-purple crawfish. He has two blades that flip out of his claws, and a white missile launcher under his abdomen. He transforms into the legs of Tripredacus.

This mold was recolored and released in Japan as Gimlet.

• More information on Sea Clamp at TFU.info

Combiner Wars

He's been working on his posture.

• Dawn of the Predacus (BotCon 2016)

"General Sea Clamp" is a retool of Generations Combiner Wars Scattorshot (itself a heavy retool of Silverbolt) with a new head based on his appearance in the Beast Wars cartoon. He was available along with Ravage, Predacon Tarantulas, General Ramhorn, and General Cicadacon in the BotCon 2016 boxset.

The original version of this mold was used for Silverbolt and G2 Silverbolt, and was retooled differently into Cyclonus.

Combiner Wars mold: Silverbolt
Version 1: Hasbro: Combiner Wars Silverbolt Silverbolt (Generation 2) TakaraTomy: Unite Warriors UW-01 Silverbolt Version 2: Hasbro: Combiner Wars Cyclonus TakaraTomy: Unite Warriors UW-06 Tactican Cyclonus Version 3: Hasbro: Combiner Wars Scattershot Scattershot (Collection Pack) Fun Publications: Combiner Wars General Sea Clamp TakaraTomy: Unite Warriors UW-08 Scattershot

Notes

• Sea Clamp's name is a horrible, horrible pun.
• His name was misparsed as one word in some BotCon 2016 promotional material.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Sea Clamp (シークランプ Shī Kuranpu)
• French: Crampon (Canada, "Clamp")
• Italian: Chela
• Spanish: Almeja de Mar (Latin America, "Sea Clam")