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Daniel Clamp is the eccentric billionaire and owner of Clamp Enterprises that Billy and Kate Peltzer works for.

History[]

Gremlins 2: The New Batch[]

Daniel Clamp owned and had built the Clamp Center, where Billy Peltzer and Kate Beringer worked. He also owned Clamp Enterprises. Clamp wanted to become wealthy by using his enterprise business to produce industry. At one point, he had even written a book about his success. He was introduced into the film when he walked into the Clamp building, much to the excitement of several of the employees, including Billy's boss, Marla Bloodstone (although he had been mentioned earlier in the film, most notably by Grandpa Fred, Marla, and Kate). Mr. Clamp appeared impressed with Billy's work after meeting him. Billy had currently been working on a beautiful drawing of his hometown, Kingston Falls which Mr. Clamp loved, except for the fact that he suggested the trees were taken out of one part of the drawing. Something Billy hadn't originally put in but then added at the demand of Marla.

Soon after, Mr. Clamp's business began to decline in progress when gremlins invaded the building and Clamp was attacked by a Secretary Gremlin, He then met Billy who explained the situation to him in his office while cleaning himself up after the Secretary Gremlin incident, even playing an 'end of the world' video from the building. He also watches Billy capturing the Electric Gremlin by putting it on hold in a telephone. When ready, Clamp leaves through a secret exit to get the plan to lure the gremlins out into sunlight in motion by blocking the front of the building with a large piece of cloth depicting the town at night; however, this plan gets ruined due to rain clouds showing up and darkening the sky. Afterwards, he and a group of N.Y.P.D officers ran in carrying rifles thinking that the gremlins were still alive after Billy, Murray Futterman, Gizmo, Marla, and Kate destroyed them with the Electric Gremlin and water. Afterwards, he promoted Grandpa Fred and Billy to high rankings of his business, and instead of choosing to produce industry, he decides to make a community of homes for people and make a merchandise based on Gizmo, who he thought was cute. He also showed that he may have shared romantic feelings with Marla Bloodstone, who he had briefly flirted with and promoted at the end of the film.

Near the end of the film, Clamp gets a phone call from his head of security Forster, Forster explains he is stuck on the top floors and is unable to get down since the elevators are broken and the doors are locked, Clamp tells him not to worry and he'll get him out soon, unknown to Clamp, the last surviving gremlin Greta is about to marry Forster.

Trivia[]

  • Daniel Clamp is a combined parody of Donald Trump, a famous New York real estate mogul in the 1980's and 1990's, and later 45th President of the United States, and Ted Turner, founder of TBS and CNN (which he later sold to TimeWarner, which is now WarnerMedia, because it was acquired by AT&T).
  • Contrary to the impression the higher ups give of Clamp, he's a well-meaning and kind man. He gives credits where it's due and seeks to have a sense of camaraderie with his employees; leading to him befriending Billy.
  • After the Gremlins incident, Clamp realized he needed to focus on community instead of industry; deciding to make a classic "back to the earth" town like Kingston Falls. He makes plans to create a duplicate of Kingston Falls with the aid of Billy, naming it "Clamp's Corners". Ultimately, this would provide the very human touch that was missing in his business.
  • In a deleted scene, while talking to his secretary about memo’s for her to write. He is seen playing with a yellow wind up dinosaur, showing a child-like quality to his personality
  • He doesn't like black and white movies, but has heard of Dracula; implying Clamp is at least well read in classic literature.

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