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Both he and and his son Spike seemed to be oil rig workers. The rig was destroyed [http://transformers.wikia.com/wiki/More_than_Meets_the_Eye,_Part_One] and later Sparkplug was seen operating a garage in [[New York]]. In the past he had worked as a ruby crystal miner in Burma, of all things. | Both he and and his son Spike seemed to be oil rig workers. The rig was destroyed [http://transformers.wikia.com/wiki/More_than_Meets_the_Eye,_Part_One] and later Sparkplug was seen operating a garage in [[New York]]. In the past he had worked as a ruby crystal miner in Burma, of all things. | ||
===Find Your Fate Junior=== | |||
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While tinkering in his lab, Sparkplug invented the [[Sun-Pak]], a powerful solar battery that threatened to change the balance of power between the Autobots and the Decepticons. ''[[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] spies forced them to flee the testing range through a series of caves, and Sparkplug later rescued [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] from [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]], using a gun that caused Kickback to short out and return to tiny size. | |||
''Sparkplug suffered memory damage, and was unable to re-create the Sun-Pak after the prototype was destroyed. | |||
===Dreamwave Comics continuity=== | ===Dreamwave Comics continuity=== | ||
Revision as of 22:12, 22 September 2006
| This article is about the human Generation 1 character. For the Armada Mini-Con, see Sparkplug (Armada). |
William (or Irving, possibly William Irving or Irving William) "Sparkplug" Witwicky led a very very interesting life for a working-class guy from Oregon.
He has an indeterminate number of sons (Spike, Buster and "Butch") which varies depending on the continuity. No mention ever seems to be made of him ever having had a wife.
Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
William "Sparkplug" Witwicky was a Sergeant in the US Marines. A P.O.W. during the Korean War, he was forced to repair the Koreans' equipment. However, he secretly sabotaged that same equipment, leading to personnel and materiel losses for the North Koreans. He was a mechanic and owned his own service station until it was destroyed by Ratbat and the Predacons. It is never established whether or not he rebuilt the station.
Sparkplug suffered a heart attack as a result of the Autobots [1], and was much less friendly with them thereafter.
Sometimes Sparkplug identified himself as William Witwicky, but other times he identified himself as Irving Witwicky. The most likely answer is that his full name is William Irving Witwicky (or Irving William Witwicky).
Animated continuity
Both he and and his son Spike seemed to be oil rig workers. The rig was destroyed [2] and later Sparkplug was seen operating a garage in New York. In the past he had worked as a ruby crystal miner in Burma, of all things.
Find Your Fate Junior
AOTI While tinkering in his lab, Sparkplug invented the Sun-Pak, a powerful solar battery that threatened to change the balance of power between the Autobots and the Decepticons. Insecticon spies forced them to flee the testing range through a series of caves, and Sparkplug later rescued Beachcomber from Kickback, using a gun that caused Kickback to short out and return to tiny size.
Sparkplug suffered memory damage, and was unable to re-create the Sun-Pak after the prototype was destroyed.
Dreamwave Comics continuity
Sparkplug was one of the humans chosen to accompany the Autobots back to Cybertron, but was killed in 1999 when the Ark II exploded.
