Sea Clamp

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

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

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 lie 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.

Fiction

Toys Bios

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 toy bio

The Razor's Edge

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

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

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

Toys

Beast Wars

• Tripredacus (1997)

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"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!"

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

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 (America, "Sea Clam")