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*Sparkplug is clearly a homage to [[Sparkplug Witwicky]], patriarch of the [[Witwicky]] family from [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]]. And he's still wearing that hardhat. Why he talks like a frat boy in his second appearance is anybody's guess. | *Sparkplug is clearly a homage to [[Sparkplug Witwicky]], patriarch of the [[Witwicky]] family from [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]]. And he's still wearing that hardhat. Why he talks like a frat boy in his second appearance, and with a vaguely [[Australia]]n accent in his third, is anybody's guess. | ||
===Foreign names=== | ===Foreign names=== | ||
Revision as of 14:11, 7 September 2012
| The name or term "Sparkplug" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Sparkplug (disambiguation). |
- Sparkplug is a human from the Transformers Animated continuity family.
Sparkplug is a construction worker in New Detroit.
Whether or not he's related to any other citizens is unknown.
Fiction
Animated cartoon
- Voice actor: Bumper Robinson (1st appearance), David Kaye (2nd appearance), and John Mariano (3rd appearance)
Sparkplug was overseeing two construction bots in a mine, being paid by Isaac Sumdac to find something. Only problem was, that something found them...and it had friends. Sparkplug was attacked, and was presumed dead. Nature Calls
Except he got better. While the Autobots were looking for Scrapper and Mixmaster, the Autobot Bumblebee thought that Sparkplug's truck was Mixmaster, and fired several bursts from his stingers, which did nothing to damage the truck. Upon being attacked by another alien lifeform, Sparkplug displayed both calmness and familiarity with modern slang by asking "Dude, why you whaling on my truck?" after Bumblebee's attack. Guess that encounter in the mines wasn't as bad as we thought. Sari, No One's Home
He later was driving an oil tanker en route to, apparently, Sheboygan, Wisconsin when his truck was attacked by the Constructicons. Three's a Crowd
Notes
- Sparkplug is clearly a homage to Sparkplug Witwicky, patriarch of the Witwicky family from Generation 1. And he's still wearing that hardhat. Why he talks like a frat boy in his second appearance, and with a vaguely Australian accent in his third, is anybody's guess.
Foreign names
- Japanese: Sparkplug (スパークプラグ Supākupuragu)
