Major Sparkplug
| The name or term "Sparkplug" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Sparkplug (disambiguation). |
- Major Sparkplug is an Autobot-allied human from the Dark of the Moon portion of the live-action film series continuity family.
Where their colleagues Major Tungsten and Thunderhead are loud, Stanislas P. "Stan" Witwicky, codenamed Major Sparkplug, and his partner Whirl are quiet. While other human-Autobot teams live for the cacophony of a rolling barrage and the blare of AC/DC, he and his partner carry out their duties by the darkness of a moonless night and the quiet finality of a blade. A keen eye and clear plan are Sparkplug's tools for success.
His Primary Military Speciality is Marine Ground Air Task Force (MGATF) Intelligence Officer, along with a secondary speciality of mechanic.
Fiction
Ask Vector Prime
Born into a large family in Springfield, Missouri, Stan Witwicky followed his beloved older brother Ben into the United States Marine Corps. He was a mechanic for twenty years, rising to Gunnery Sergeant, and was awarded a Congressional Medal of Honor for actions in Afghanistan: when captured, he'd convinced the enemy he could fix their vehicles as long as they left his comrades unharmed, then earned their trust, and then sabotaged their kit before his crew escaped. He was pushed to become an Intelligence Officer in OCS for this and spent ten years here before joining NEST.
In his family life, his son Butch "Buster" Witwicky had become estranged. He'd joined a service, though not the Marines, and Major Sparkplug quietly used his influence to ensure 'Buster's' messes wouldn't hurt his career. When his son joined NEST (under the codename "Spike"), Sparkplug did too in order to get close to him again. Ask Vector Prime
Toys
Dark of the Moon
- Major Sparkplug / Autobot Whirl (Human Alliance Basic, 2011)
- Japanese ID number: DA26
- Part of the first wave of Dark of the Moon Human Alliance Triple Changer figures, Major Sparkplug comes packaged with Whirl and is compatible with any Human Alliance robot figure.
Notes
- Hey, remember how Backfire came with Spike Witwicky and everyone was like "wut lol"? Yeah. Well, here's Sparkplug too. Why not.
- "Ask Vector Prime" gave his biography in a glorious homage to G.I. Joe filecards.
- This bio uses elements of two G1 Sparkplug Witwicky's. Just like in Marvel Comics, he's a Marine mechanic who conned his captors and using his originally planned real name of Stanislas; like his IDW G1 self, he's an officer who kept his bratty son from getting into trouble. It also combines all three names for his sons in G1 into one kid!
Foreign names
- Japanese: Sparkplug (スパークプラグ Supākupuragu)
