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The name or term "Clampdown" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Clampdown (disambiguation).
Clampdown is an Autobot from the Generation 1 continuity family.
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The reason Red Alert is paranoid.

Assigned to an Earth police force as head of the Interplanetary Personnel Exchange Program along with his brother Deep Cover, Clampdown (クランプダウン Kuranpudaun, also Clamp Down) is a tough, dedicated cop[1] who works tirelessly along with his human partners. Uncomplicated in his way of thinking, the straightforward, sometimes black-and-white view he has taken thanks to the Autobot/Decepticon war occasionally clashes with the views of his new co-workers, not to mention the legal system.[2]

Operating with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, his human partner is Officer Miko Tezuka.[3]

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Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity

Toy bios


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As leader of the Interplanetary Personnel Exchange Program, Clampdown hoped to promote peaceful cooperation between humans and Transformers. To accomplish this, he paired several Autobots up with humans from different walks of life so that people could see how well the two races might interact. 2007 Takara timeline

Train Wars

Once Mach, Night, and Snow stopped Nightbird's attempt at hijacking G Liner and stealing their still unactivated brothers, Clampdown assisted in the cleanup efforts. The Train Wars: The Origin

Legacy VS500 Collection Special Comic

Clampdown attempted to police the conduct of the Speedia 500 race at Velocitron with Miko Tezuka. Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 1

Wings Universe

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At the dawn of the Machine Wars, Clamp Down was a security officer operating on Cybertron. Dedicated to law and order, Clamp Down had no qualms about imprisoning fellow Autobots such as Gunrunner, Mirage, and Electro when they violated Cybertronian law. When generals Obsidian and Strika ordered all prisoners released who were willing and able to take up arms against Jhiaxus and his clones, Clamp Down very reluctantly did so. Even still, he tried to force a confession out of Mirage and Electro about their smuggling activities first, and refused to arm Electro with the sword he needed to focus his forestonite powers.

Despite his myopia in the face of open warfare, Clamp Down was named one of the City Commanders of Cybertron in defense of the oncoming invasion force. Termination Clamp Down was later present at the signing of the Pax Cybertronia at Autobot City, where he shook Starscream's hand. A Common Foe

Precursor World

A Warrior of the Seven Lights resembling Clampdown was a member of the White Order of the Primus Vanguard. He stood at attention in their base on the White Planet as Prowl and their commander White Gallant Convoy discussed what to do about the conflict broiling between extradimensional warriors Star Convoy and Super Megatron on the Blue Planet. God Neptune comic 2

My Little Pony/Transformers

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Clampdown was one of the many Cybertronians who had been magically brainwashed by the evil King Sombra. During the final battle against Sombra and his minions, he deployed Clampdown and a number of other reserve soldiers to keep his attackers occupied while he charged up his next spell, but he didn't get far before Ravage and Applejack tripped him up. After Sombra had been defeated, all of his victims, including Clampdown, were returned to normal. Finale

2019 IDW continuity

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Red thighs, motherboarder!

Clampdown was a racer who participated in the Speedia 500 on Velocitron. They were attacked by dissidents from Mayhem on the speedway, leading to a fight between the racers and terrorists. Tread & Circuits Part 3 Later on, Clampdown attended the ceremony swearing in the new First Senator. Mayhem attacked again, but Clampdown and the civilian racers fought their way out of the trap. Tread & Circuits Part 4

Toys

Collector's Edition

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He probably wants to take down that criminal scum who took his name.
  • Clampdown (Autobot Car, 2003)
  • ID number: 91
  • Accessories: "Automatic handgun" rifle, launcher, 3 "Flashbang Grenade" missiles
Collector's Edition Clampdown is a repaint of the original Red Alert toy, based on the pre-Transformers "New Countach LP500S Police Car Type" Diaclone toy that became Red Alert. Recursive! He transforms into a Lamborghini Countach LP500S (obviously), using exactly the same base plastic colors as Red Alert, but with different paint and decal applications to make him into a Japanese police car. Several factory-applied decals on the original version were replaced by painted tampographs, like his headlamps. Some of the deco was also altered away from its Diaclone design to be Transformers-specific, namely putting the Autobot sigil in his hood/chest badge and replacing all instances of "Diaclone" text with "Cybertron". As he was released in Japan, his spring-loaded missile launcher is fully operational.
He was only available in an e-HOBBY exclusive set with Deep Cover; both toys were separately boxed but could only be bought as a pair. Pre-orders for the set closed on January 10, 2003, with the toys shipping out in March.
The base mold was also used for Sideswipe, Deep Cover, and Tigertrack.
The Transformers mold: Sideswipe/Red Alert

Version 1 (Sideswipe):

  • TakaraFight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 04 Lambor
  • Collector's Edition 04 Lambor
  • Figure ŌFight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 90 Tigertrack

Version 2 (Red Alert):

  • TakaraFight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 05 Alert
  • Collector's Edition 05 Alert

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Masterpiece

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