Seaspray (G1)
- Seaspray is an Autobot in the Generation 1 continuity family.
Earth's ocean: an immense and drastically variable desert made of water, which hides a menagerie of the largest, the smallest, and the strangest creatures on the planet. Sunk in its dark and trackless depths lie ancient and forgotten relics, mingled with the spoils and remains of man. This ocean, this vast mystery, is Seaspray's element, and he loves it dearly.
Shooting across the wave crests like a gleaming bullet, Seaspray performs his job with a zest unmatched by any of his fellow Autobots. This is because for him the Earth is an even more unique experience than for his comrades - his domain, the vast ocean, has no counterpart on his native Cybertron. And he loves the ocean. He loves the galaxy of creatures that inhabit its depths and he loves the freedom of movement its near-limitless expanse allows. He is saddened whenever it is necessary to revert back to his robot form on land. He also loves the thrill of naval battle, despite knowing that a single hit by enemy fire could send him to the bottom of the sea forever. It is a risk Seaspray finds as invigorating as the ocean air.
As a hovercraft, Seaspray is capable of speeds up to 120 knots and has a 4000-mile range. He's equipped with various sonar and radar devices as well as underwater and surface-to-air laser cannons. He also has wheels that enable him to travel for short distances on land. He has also shown the ability at least in the cartoon to travel for breif periods underwater. In robot mode, he also has use of his laser cannons, which he can shoot through his hands.
Seaspray is neither very strong nor mobile in robot mode - he is a liability as a warrior on land.
- French-Canadian name: Embruns
- Greek name: Thalassolikos (Θαλασσόλυκος)
Fiction
Animated continuity
Voice actors: Allen Oppenheimer (US); Masashi Ebara (Japan)
Marvel Comics continuity
Seaspray was a member of Perceptor's resistance cell on Cybertron. He was transported to Earth, with some of his comrades, after the raid on Darkmount.
Later, after the catastrophic Underbase saga, Seaspray was seen aboard the Ark -- still functional, and helping to move damaged Autobots about.
If not an outright art error, this last appearance is still unusual. Though Seaspray was not shown being knocked offline, it is stated that only the partially organic Transformers -- which just so happened to form the bulk of the then-current toyline -- had survived Starscream's attacks. Elsewhere is some implication that everyone else was taken out, whether explicitly shown or not. Regardless, Seaspray was not shown again in the G1 book, and indeed virtually all of the "normal" Transformers disappeared from the book for quite some time after the Underbase saga.
Dreamwave comics continuity
Toys
Generation 1
- Seaspray (Mini Vehicle, 1985)
- Japanese ID number: C-64
Seaspray's G1 figure stands three inches tall and is one of the smaller figures of the line. The figure has a simple color scheme consisting of blue arms and feet, a white chest, and yellow legs as well as head and propeller system. The figures only real articulation is at the shoulder. Like all the minibots Seaspray came with no weapons and in a variety of variations. He was available with or without a rubsign and with or without a minispy figure. The mold has the Takara copyright stamp on the bottom of the feet portion.
Generation 2
- Seaspray (Mini Vehicle, 1993)
Seaspray's G2 release used the same mold as the G1 release but with the dark blue replaced with a dark blue chrome. It is otherwise identical in mold and color.
A rare variant exists that may have been a testshot run. These figures were apparently given out internally by Hasbro as Christmas ornaments, as they have been found bagged with a string attached and a card reading "Transformers Christmas ornament" on one side and "Merry Christmas from the Boys' Toys Marketing" on the other. The same treatment has been seen with a variant G2 Beachcomber as well.
Trivia
- Seaspray made an appearance in one of five original Generation 1 public service announcements, urging nautical children to wear life-preservers. In this PSA, he was voiced by Ken Sansom rather than Allen Oppenheimer, his usual voice actor.
