Sparky is a common nickname for people and animals. In the British Commonwealth, it can also be used to refer to an electrician.
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