# Sparky

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'''Sparky''' is a common [nickname](/source/nickname) for people and animals. In the British Commonwealth, it can also be used to refer to an [electrician](/source/electrician).

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==People==
*[Sparky Adams](/source/Sparky_Adams) (1894–1989), American Major League Baseball player
*[Sparky Anderson](/source/Sparky_Anderson) (1934–2010), American Major League Baseball manager
*[Sparky McEwen](/source/Sparky_McEwen) (born 1968), American football player
*[H. F. Gierke III](/source/H._F._Gierke_III) (1943–2016),  North Dakota Supreme Court justice
*[Mark Hughes](/source/Mark_Hughes) (born 1963), former Welsh international football player and manager
*[Eddie Lake](/source/Eddie_Lake) (1916–1995), American Major League Baseball player
*[Shelly Liddelow](/source/Shelly_Liddelow) (born 1984), Australian field hockey player
*[Sparky Lyle](/source/Sparky_Lyle) (born 1944), American Major League Baseball pitcher
*[Sparky Marcus](/source/Sparky_Marcus) (born Marcus Issoglio in 1967), American child actor
*[Mark Matejka](/source/Mark_Matejka), American Southern rock guitarist
*[Marv Olson](/source/Marv_Olson) (1907–1998), American Major League Baseball player
*Mark Phillips, vocalist of the British band [Demented Are Go](/source/Demented_Are_Go)
*[Charles M. Schulz](/source/Charles_M._Schulz) (1922–2000), American cartoonist, creator of the ''Peanuts'' comic strip
*[Ronald Speirs](/source/Ronald_Speirs) (1920–2007), United States Army officer
*[Wilbur Stalcup](/source/Wilbur_Stalcup) (1910–1972), American college basketball coach
*[Melville Vail](/source/Melville_Vail) (1906–1983), Canadian hockey player
*[Sparky Woods](/source/Sparky_Woods) (born 1953), American football college football player and coach
*Sparky Rucker, of musical duo [Sparky and Rhonda Rucker](/source/Sparky_and_Rhonda_Rucker)

==Fictional characters==
*[Sparky the Fire Dog](/source/Sparky_the_Fire_Dog), official mascot of the National Fire Protection Association
*Sparky, Richie's [Pikachu](/source/Pikachu) in the ''Pokémon'' anime
*Sparky, hero of the nicknames given by ''[Drawn of Life](/source/Drawn_to_Life)'' series of video games.
*Sparky, one of the nicknames given to [Rygel XVI](/source/Dominar_Rygel_XVI) by John Crichton in the science fiction television series ''Farscape''
*[Sparky](/source/List_of_minor_characters_on_South_Park), 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](/source/M*A*S*H_(TV_series))''
*Sparky, mechanic in the animated television series ''[Speed Racer](/source/Speed_Racer)''
*Sparky, a firefly in the 1970s children's show ''[The Bugaloos](/source/The_Bugaloos)''
*Sparky, a mechanic in the adventure game ''[Flight of the Amazon Queen](/source/Flight_of_the_Amazon_Queen)''
*Sparky, an enemy type encountered in ''[Super Mario World](/source/Super_Mario_World)''
*Sparky the Wonder Penguin, character from the comic strip ''[This Modern World](/source/This_Modern_World)''
*Sparky, nickname for Clark Wilhelm Griswold, Jr. in the ''[National Lampoon's Vacation](/source/National_Lampoon's_Vacation)'' movies
*Sparky, protagonist of the children's audio story ''[Sparky's Magic Piano](/source/Sparky's_Magic_Piano)''
*[Sparky (''Atomic Betty'')](/source/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](/source/Frankenweenie_(1984_film))'' and its [2012 feature-length stop-motion remake](/source/Frankenweenie_(2012_film))
*[Sparky (''Lilo & Stitch'')](/source/Sparky_(Lilo_%26_Stitch)), an alien experiment from the ''Lilo & Stitch'' franchise, also known as Experiment 221
*[Sparky](/source/Soul_Power_and_Sparky), super hero from the cartoon ''Static Shock''
*[Sparky (''The Fairly OddParents'')](/source/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](/source/Clash_Royale)''
*Sparky, a translated version of a nickname for [Mikoto Misaka](/source/Mikoto_Misaka)
*[Sparky (Marvel Comics)](/source/Sparky_(Marvel_Comics)), a synthezoid dog in Marvel Comics
*[Sparky (DC Comics)](/source/Sparky_(DC_Comics)), two different characters from DC Comics
*Sparky, a rough older man in ''[Knights of Guinevere](/source/Knights_of_Guinevere)''

==Other uses==
* [Sparky (Shameless)](/source/Sparky_(Shameless)), an episode of the American TV series ''Shameless''
* [Sparky](/source/List_of_MythBusters_cast_members), nickname of a robot dog on ''MythBusters''
* [Sparky the Sun Devil](/source/Sparky_the_Sun_Devil), Arizona State University mascot
* Sparky the Eagle, [Liberty University](/source/Liberty_University)'s team mascot
* [Sparky (comic)](/source/Sparky_(comic)), British comic book
* "Sparky", a song from [''Images'' (Brotherhood of Man album)](/source/Images_(Brotherhood_of_Man_album)) (1977)
* "Sparky", a song by Lights from [''Pep''](/source/Pep_(album)) (2022)
* Sparky, a performing sea lion at the [Como Zoo](/source/Como_Zoo)
* Sparky's, a nickname for South Park Hospital, the setting for children's TV show ''[Children's Ward](/source/Children's_Ward)''

==See also==
*[Old Sparky](/source/Old_Sparky), nickname for the electric chair in several U.S. states
* [Sparkie (disambiguation)](/source/Sparkie_(disambiguation))
* [SparkyLinux](/source/SparkyLinux), a desktop-oriented Linux distribution based on Debian

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