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People

* Sparky Adams (1894–1989), American Major League Baseball player *

Sparky Anderson George Lee "Sparky" Anderson (February 22, 1934 – November 4, 2010) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) player, coach, and manager. He managed the National League's Cincinnati Reds from 1970 to 1978 and the American League's Detroit Ti ...

(1934–2010), American Major League Baseball manager * Sparky McEwen (born 1968), American football player * H. F. Gierke III (1943–2016), North Dakota Supreme Court justice *

Mark Hughes Leslie Mark Hughes (born 1 November 1963) is a Welsh association football, football coach and former player who is the head coach of club Carlisle United F.C., Carlisle United. During his playing career he usually operated as a Forward (asso ...

(born 1963), former Welsh international football player and manager *

Eddie Lake Edward Erving Lake (March 18, 1916 – June 7, 1995), nicknamed "Sparky," was an American professional baseball player from 1937 through 1956. A shortstop, he appeared in 835 games in the Major Leagues over 11 seasons with the St. Louis Cardin ...

(1916–1995), American Major League Baseball player * Shelly Liddelow (born 1984), Australian field hockey player *

Sparky Lyle Albert Walter "Sparky" Lyle (born July 22, 1944) is an American professional baseball pitcher who spent sixteen seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1967 through 1982. He was a relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Texa ...

(born 1944), American Major League Baseball pitcher *

Sparky Marcus Sparky Marcus (born Marcus Issoglio; December 6, 1967) is an American former actor. Early life Marcus was born in Hollywood, California. Career Marcus was well known for playing the role of the precocious child but also worked extensively as a ...

(born Marcus Issoglio in 1967), American child actor *

Mark Matejka Vincent Mark "Sparky" Matejka (born January 2, 1967), is an American rock guitarist. He joined Lynyrd Skynyrd in 2006, replacing Hughie Thomasson who had left to reform Outlaws. He first played with the band on their '' Christmas Time Again'' a ...

, American Southern rock guitarist * Marv Olson (1907–1998), American Major League Baseball player *Mark Phillips, vocalist of the British band Demented Are Go * Charles M. Schulz (1922–2000), American cartoonist, creator of the ''Peanuts'' comic strip * Ronald Speirs (1920–2007), United States Army officer * Wilbur Stalcup (1910–1972), American college basketball coach * Melville Vail (1906–1983), Canadian hockey player *

Sparky Woods Phillip Perry "Sparky" Woods (born December 20, 1953) is an American college football coach. He was most recently a senior adviser for the football team at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Woods served as the head football coach a ...

(born 1953), American football college football player and coach

Fictional characters

* Sparky the Fire Dog, official mascot of the National Fire Protection Association *Sparky, Richie's

Pikachu Pikachu (; Japanese: , Hepburn: ) is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's ''Pokémon'' media franchise, and the franchise's mascot. First introduced in the video games ''Pokémon Red'' and ''Blue'', it was created by Atsuko N ...

in the ''Pokémon'' anime *Sparky, hero of the nicknames given by '' Drawn of Life'' series of video games. *Sparky, one of the nicknames given to Rygel XVI by John Crichton in the science fiction television series ''Farscape'' * Sparky, a gay dog on the animated television series ''South Park'' *Sparky, nickname for radio operator Sgt. Pryor on the television series ''

M*A*S*H ''M*A*S*H'' (an acronym for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) is an American media franchise consisting of a series of novels, a film, several television series, plays, and other properties, and based on the semi-autobiographical fiction of Richa ...

'' *Sparky, mechanic in the animated television series ''

Speed Racer ''Speed Racer'', also known as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tatsuo Yoshida. It was originally serialized in print in Shueisha's 1966 ''Shōnen Book''. It was released in form by Sun Wide Comics and later re-re ...

'' *Sparky, a firefly in the 1970s children's show ''

The Bugaloos ''The Bugaloos'' is an American children's television series, produced by brothers Sid and Marty Krofft, that aired on NBC on Saturday mornings from 1970 to 1972. Reruns of the show aired in daily syndication from 1978 to 1985 as part of the "Krof ...

'' *Sparky, a mechanic in the adventure game ''

Flight of the Amazon Queen ''Flight of the Amazon Queen'' is a graphical point-and-click adventure game by Interactive Binary Illusions, originally released in 1995 for Amiga and MS-DOS. The game was re-released as freeware in 2004 for use with ScummVM. In January 2022, a ...

'' *Sparky, an enemy type encountered in ''

Super Mario World ''Super Mario World'', known in Japan as '' is a 1990 platform game developed by Nintendo EAD and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). The player controls Mario on his quest to save Princess Peach and Dino ...

'' *Sparky the Wonder Penguin, character from the comic strip ''

This Modern World ''This Modern World'' is a weekly satirical comic strip by cartoonist and political commentator Tom Tomorrow (real name Dan Perkins) that covers current events from a left-wing point of view. Published continuously for more than 30 years, ''This ...

'' *Sparky, nickname for Clark Wilhelm Griswold, Jr. in the ''

National Lampoon's Vacation ''National Lampoon's Vacation'', sometimes referred to as simply ''Vacation'', is a 1983 American black comedy road film directed by Harold Ramis and starring Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Imogene Coca, Randy Quaid, John Candy, and Chris ...

'' movies *Sparky, protagonist of the children's audio story ''

Sparky's Magic Piano ''Sparky's Magic Piano'' is the second in a series of children’s audio stories featuring Sparky, an original character created for Capitol Records in 1947. (Sparky also appeared in comic books as a sidekick to Capitol’s other famous creation, ...

'' * Sparky (''Atomic Betty''), an alien starship pilot on the animated television series ''Atomic Betty'' *Sparky, the dog in the 1984 Tim Burton short film '' Frankenweenie'' and its 2012 feature-length stop-motion remake * Sparky (''Lilo & Stitch''), an alien experiment from the ''Lilo & Stitch'' franchise, also known as Experiment 221 * Sparky, super hero from the cartoon ''Static Shock'' * Sparky (''The Fairly OddParents''), a fairy dog featured in season 9 of ''The Fairly OddParents'' *Sparky, the electric siege machine as a legendary card found in the real-time strategy ''

Clash Royale ''Clash Royale'' is a real-time strategy video game developed and published by Supercell. The game combines elements from collectible card games, tower defense, and multiplayer online battle arena. The game was released globally on March 2, ...

'' *Sparky, a translated version of a nickname for Mikoto Misaka *

Sparky (Marvel Comics) The Vision is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Roy Thomas and artist John Buscema, the character first appeared in '' The Avengers'' #57 (published in August 1968). The Vision is loosely based o ...

, a synthezoid dog in Marvel Comics *

Sparky (DC Comics) Sabbac Vic Sage Salem the Witch Girl Salem the Witch Girl (Salem Nader) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She is the sidekick and apprentice of the original Doctor Fate, Kent Nelson. In ''Fl ...

, two different characters from DC Comics

Brands

* Sparky, an Indian

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brand by company JK Jain Sparky (India) LLP founded in 1998.

Other uses

* Sparky, nickname of a robot dog on ''MythBusters'' *

Sparky the Sun Devil Sparky the Sun Devil is the official mascot of Arizona State University. Originally the ASU athletic teams' mascot was an owl, then became a "Tempe Normal School, Normal" (because ASU was founded as a normal school). It was later changed to a bul ...

, Arizona State University mascot * Sparky the Eagle,

Liberty University Liberty University (LU), known simply as Liberty, is a Private university, private Evangelicalism in the United States, evangelical Christian university in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Conservativ ...

's team mascot * Sparky (comic), British comic book * "Sparky", a song from ''Images'' (Brotherhood of Man album) (1977) * "Sparky", a song by Lights from ''Pep'' (2022) * Sparky, a performing sea lion at the Como Zoo * Sparky's, a nickname for South Park Hospital, the setting for children's TV show ''

Children's Ward ''Children's Ward'' (retitled ''The Ward'' from 1995 to 1998) is a British children's television drama series produced by Granada Television and broadcast on the ITV network as part of its '' Children's ITV'' strand on weekday afternoons. It ai ...

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