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.

People nicknamed Sparky include:

• Earl John "Sparky" Adams, a Major League Baseball player
• George Lee "Sparky" Anderson, a Major League Baseball manager
• Albert Walter "Sparky" Lyle, a Major League Baseball pitcher
• Charles Schulz, the creator of the Peanuts comic strip
• Mark "Sparky" Hughes, a Welsh football (soccer) player, now manager of Blackburn Rovers.

Fictional characters (nick-)named Sparky include:

• Sparky, the name of Richie's Pikachu in the Pokémon series
• Sparky, the name given to Sergio Vastano by the beautiful girl down the street
• Sparky, one of the nicknames given to Rygel XVI by John Crichton in the science fiction television series Farscape
• Sparky, the gay dog on the animated television series South Park
• Sparky, the radio operator (Sgt. Pryor) on the television series M*A*S*H
• Sparky, the mechanic in the animated television series Speed Racer
• Sparky, the mechanic in the adventure game Flight of the Amazon Queen
• Sparky, an enemy in Super Mario World
• Sparky the Wonder Penguin, a character from the comic strip This Modern World
• Sparky, the nickname of the character Clark Wilhelm Griswold, Jr. in the National Lampoon's Vacation movies
• 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 electric chair in several U.S. states
• Sparky (Arizona State Mascot), the Arizona State University mascot
• Sparky_(Music_Artist), the music artist.
• Sparky (comic), a British comic book