Sparky
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Sparky is a common nickname for people and animals.
It is often used as a slang term (including military slang) for a radio operator, mechanic, or electrician. It may also reflect a particularly clever person, a sparkling personality, a personal anecdote involving electronic equipment, or other concepts related to the idea of sparks.
Famous people nicknamed Sparky include:
- Charles Schulz, the creator of the Peanuts comic strip
- Mark Hughes, a Welsh footballer and manager
- George Lee "Sparky" Anderson, a Major League Baseball manager
- Albert Walter "Sparky" Lyle, a major-league baseball pitcher
- Marcus Issoglio, child actor in the 1979 TV Series the "Bad News Bears"
Famous characters named Sparky include:
- Sparky is the name of Richie's Pikachu in the popular animated series, Pokémon.
- Sparky, the Arizona State University mascot
- Sparky, one of the numerous nicknames given to Rygel XIV in Farscape by John Crichton
- Sparky, the gay dog on the animated television series South Park.
- Sparky (real name: Sgt. Pryor), the usually unseen radio operator on M*A*S*H
- Sparky, the mechanic on the animated television series Speed Racer.
- Sparky, the mechanic in the point and click adventure game Flight of the Amazon Queen.
- Sparky, an enemy in Super Mario World, and also an enemy in Kirby's Dream Land
- Sparky the Wonder Penguin, a character from the comic strip "This Modern World"
- Sparky, the nickname for the character of Clark Wilhelm Griswold, Jr. in the National Lampoon's Vacation movies
- Sparkie, the elven character on Big Jon and Sparkie, a radio children's show from the 1940s and 1950s
- Sparky, the protagonist of the children’s audio story Sparky's Magic Piano
- Sparky, the alien starship pilot on the animated television series Atomic Betty
Other things named Sparky include:
- Old Sparky, a nickname for the state of Florida's electric chair
- Sparky, a British comic book
- Sparky is the name of a hippopotamus who lives in the Calgary Zoo
- Sparky, a Konami arcade game
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