Sparky is a common nickname for people, animals, and mechanical or electronic equipment. The name might reflect a tendency to emit sparks, a sparkling personality, a personal anecdote involving electronic equipment, or other concepts related to the idea of sparks.
Some well-known Sparkies include:
- Sparky, the Arizona State University mascot.
- Sparky, a British comic book.
- Sparky , the main character in Tom Tomorrow's This Modern World, a comic strip about politics. Sparky was a liberal until he was hit in the head by a falling toilet, causing him to become a staunch supporter of George W. Bush.
- Sparkies, creatures in the Nintendo video game, Paper Mario, the main one being Watt, who joins Mario on his quest to defeat the evil Bowser.
- Sparky , a Konami arcade game.
- Sparky, a robot art form by Austin Robot group and LMABTechnics.
- Sparky Anderson, a major-league baseball manager.
- Old Sparky, a nickname for the state of Florida's electric chair.
- 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, the gay dog belonging to the character Stan Marsh on the animated television series South Park.
- Sparky, Military slang for someone who deals with electronic things.
- Sparky Lyle, a major-league baseball pitcher.
- Sparky, a well-known nickname for Charles M. Schulz, the creator of the Peanuts comic strip.
- Part of the Big John and Sparky radio program from the 1940s and 1950s.
