{{Wiktionary|Sparky|sparky}} '''Sparky''' is a common nickname for people and animals. In the British Commonwealth, it can also be used to refer to an electrician.
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==People== *Sparky Adams (1894–1989), American Major League Baseball player *Sparky Anderson (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 (born 1963), former Welsh international football player and manager *Eddie Lake (1916–1995), American Major League Baseball player *Shelly Liddelow (born 1984), Australian field hockey player *Sparky Lyle (born 1944), American Major League Baseball pitcher *Sparky Marcus (born Marcus Issoglio in 1967), American child actor *Mark Matejka, 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 (born 1953), American football college football player and coach *Sparky Rucker, of musical duo Sparky and Rhonda Rucker
==Fictional characters== *Sparky the Fire Dog, official mascot of the National Fire Protection Association *Sparky, Richie's Pikachu 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'' *Sparky, mechanic in the animated television series ''Speed Racer'' *Sparky, a firefly in the 1970s children's show ''The Bugaloos'' *Sparky, a mechanic in the adventure game ''Flight of the Amazon Queen'' *Sparky, an enemy type encountered in ''Super Mario World'' *Sparky the Wonder Penguin, character from the comic strip ''This Modern World'' *Sparky, nickname for Clark Wilhelm Griswold, Jr. in the ''National Lampoon's Vacation'' movies *Sparky, protagonist of the children's audio story ''Sparky's Magic Piano'' *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'' *Sparky, a translated version of a nickname for Mikoto Misaka *Sparky (Marvel Comics), a synthezoid dog in Marvel Comics *Sparky (DC Comics), two different characters from DC Comics *Sparky, a rough older man in ''Knights of Guinevere''
==Other uses== * Sparky (Shameless), an episode of the American TV series ''Shameless'' * Sparky, nickname of a robot dog on ''MythBusters'' * Sparky the Sun Devil, Arizona State University mascot * Sparky the Eagle, Liberty University'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''
==See also== *Old Sparky, nickname for the electric chair in several U.S. states * Sparkie (disambiguation) * SparkyLinux, a desktop-oriented Linux distribution based on Debian
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