Clench (BWU)

The name or term "Clench" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Clench (disambiguation).

Clench is a Decepticon Targetmaster from the Beast Wars: Uprising portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Manipulative and cynical, Clench is a political activist and the weapon part of the Decepticon Triple-Threat Master.

Fiction

Beast Wars: Uprising

Clench was a Cyberdroid colonist from the planet Rebirth, seven million years removed from Cybertron. He opposed the ruling Optimus triumvirate and formed the Malignus with his partner, Doomshot. However, their peaceful protests were driven underground by Optimus tyranny, leading to outright rebellion.

When the Decepticons arrived on the planet, the Malignus saw them as liberators. Nucleon convinced the Malignus leadership to bond with Galvatron, forming the first Triple-Threat Master, a combination of Head-, Target-, and Powermaster. Rebirth was renamed "Master" under Galvatron's iron fist, until the Decepticon leader and his partners challenged the Human Confederacy.

After the war, Clench was sentenced to indefinite incarceration alongside his fellow Master partners. A Brush With Infamy–Prologue

However, the Builder Assembly eventually found they didn't have the resources to continue holding them. Clench and his colleagues were released. He apparently did not survive the Targetmaster Extirpation, though. Not All Megatrons