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|image=[[File:SMA Spark Artwork.jpg]] | |image=[[File:SMA Spark Artwork.jpg]] | ||
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'' ([[List of games by date#1982|1982]]) | |first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'' ([[List of games by date#1982|1982]]) | ||
|latest_appearance=''[[Ultimate NES Remix]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]]) | |latest_appearance=''[[zeldawiki:Game & Watch: The Legend of Zelda|Game & Watch: The Legend of Zelda]]'' (2021, overall)<br>''[[Ultimate NES Remix]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]], ''Mario''-related media) | ||
|variants=[[Magnet Sparky]]<br>[[Wire Trap]] | |variants=[[Magnet Sparky]]<br>[[Wire Trap]] | ||
|comparable=[[Amp]]<br>[[Guriguri]]<br>[[Hothead]]<br>[[Lil Sparky]]<br>[[Motivational spark]]<br>[[Sparky (Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3)|Sparky (''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3'')]] | |comparable=[[Amp]]<br>[[Guriguri]]<br>[[Hothead]]<br>[[Lil Sparky]]<br>[[Motivational spark]]<br>[[Sparky (Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3)|Sparky (''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3'')]] | ||
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[[File:SparkComic.JPG|thumb|Three Sparks from "Bedtime for Drain-Head"]] | [[File:SparkComic.JPG|thumb|Three Sparks from "Bedtime for Drain-Head"]] | ||
Sparks are featured quite prominently in issues of ''[[Nintendo Comics System]]'', appearing in such stories as "[[The Legend]]," "[[Bedtime for Drain-Head]]," and "[[A Mouser in the Houser]]." Like most enemies featured in the stories, they are shown to be intelligent and fully capable of speech. | Sparks are featured quite prominently in issues of ''[[Nintendo Comics System]]'', appearing in such stories as "[[The Legend]]," "[[Bedtime for Drain-Head]]," and "[[A Mouser in the Houser]]." Like most enemies featured in the stories, they are shown to be intelligent and fully capable of speech. | ||
===''Yoshi's Island'' series=== | ===''Yoshi's Island'' series=== | ||
====''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' / ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''==== | ====''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' / ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''==== | ||
[[File:PiroGreen.png|thumb|A Piro Dangle without fire in ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'']] | [[File:PiroGreen.png|thumb|left|A Piro Dangle without fire in ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'']] | ||
In ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and its [[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|Game Boy Advance reissue]], Sparks are known as '''Piro Dangles'''.<ref name=guide>Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson. ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide. [[media:SMW2 Guide 128.jpg|Page 128]].</ref> They emit fire instead of electricity and have faces similar to that of [[Fryguy]]. Occasionally, their fire temporarily goes out, revealing that underneath they are white spheres. During this time, they are harmless. In ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'', Piro Dangles can only be found in a secret room in [[Burt The Bashful's Fort]]. There is also an [[List of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island pre-release and unused content|unused]] variant of [[Boo Blah]] that has a Piro Dangle on its head. In ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3'', they also appear in [[Endless World of Yoshis]] and can now be defeated with a [[ice watermelon|blue watermelon]]. | In ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and its [[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|Game Boy Advance reissue]], Sparks are known as '''Piro Dangles'''.<ref name=guide>Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson. ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide. [[media:SMW2 Guide 128.jpg|Page 128]].</ref> They emit fire instead of electricity and have faces similar to that of [[Fryguy]]. Occasionally, their fire temporarily goes out, revealing that underneath they are white spheres. During this time, they are harmless. In ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'', Piro Dangles can only be found in a secret room in [[Burt The Bashful's Fort]]. There is also an [[List of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island pre-release and unused content|unused]] variant of [[Boo Blah]] that has a Piro Dangle on its head. In ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3'', they also appear in [[Endless World of Yoshis]] and can now be defeated with a [[ice watermelon|blue watermelon]]. | ||
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In ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'', they are found in [[Beware the Boo Brigade]] and [[Fort Key Calamity]]. Both instances have them appear in a dark room. | In ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'', they are found in [[Beware the Boo Brigade]] and [[Fort Key Calamity]]. Both instances have them appear in a dark room. | ||
==Profiles | ===''The Legend of Zelda'' series=== | ||
[[zeldawiki:Spark|Spark]]s with the same wall-running behavior appear in multiple games in [[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda (Series)|the ''Legend of Zelda'' series]]. In ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda: A link to the Past|The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past]]'', Sparks flash between orange and blue and are completely invincible, appearing in a few dungeons. In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening]]'', ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons|The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons]]'', ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages|The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages]]'', and ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap|The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap]]'', Sparks are much more common than before. They can be destroyed with the boomerang, which turns they into fairies. | |||
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==Profiles== | |||
===''Super Mario'' series=== | ===''Super Mario'' series=== | ||
====''Super Mario Bros. 2''==== | ====''Super Mario Bros. 2''==== | ||
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|SpaM=Globe | |SpaM=Globe | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||