Sea Clamp
- Sea Clamp is a Predacon from the Beast Era of the Generation 1 continuity family. His name has also been parsed Seaclamp.
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
Wings Universe
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.[1]
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
Beast Wars cartoon
- 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)
IDW Beast Wars comics
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
Descent into Evil
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
- 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.
Timelines
- 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 will be available along with Ravage, 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.
Notes
- Sea Clamp's name is a horrible, horrible pun.
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")
References
- ↑ Timelines Predacon Tarantulas bio
