Editing Li'l Sparky

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:SMW Artwork Li'l Sparky.png|180px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario World''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'' ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]])
|variants=[[Hothead]]
|comparable=[[Amp]]<br>[[Buzzbite]]<br>[[Guriguri]]<br>[[Lemmington]]<br>[[Spark]]<br>[[Sparky (Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3)|Sparky (''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3'')]]
|notable=[[Watt]]<br>[[List of implied characters#Watt's mother|Watt's mother]]
}}
'''Li'l Sparkies''',<ref>{{cite|author=Nintendo Co., Ltd.|date=circa Jan. 2025|title=Super Mario Bros. Wonder|url=www.nintendo.com/jp/character/mario/en/history/wonder/index.html|publisher=Mario Portal|accessdate=23 Jan. 2025}}</ref> occasionally formatted as '''Lil Sparkies''' and also called '''Sparkies''',<ref>{{cite|title=Nintendo ''[[Mario Mania]]'' Player's Guide|date=August 1991|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|page=146}}</ref> are [[List of enemies|enemies]] introduced in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. They are little sparks that travel along platforms. They usually behave similarly to [[Spark]]s.

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario World''====
[[File:Li'lSparky_SMW.png|frame|left]]
Lil Sparkies are enemies in ''Super Mario World''. They move around platforms quickly and can be defeated by [[Invincible Mario]] or [[Cape Mario|Caped Mario]]'s Body Press. They are found in [[6 Wendy's Castle|#6 Wendy's Castle]] and [[Front Door]], specifically in rooms with [[Hothead]]s. 

====''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''====
Lil Sparkies are enemies in ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. They appear only in the [[World-e]] levels [[Swinging Bars of Doom]], [[A Sky-High Adventure]], and [[Puzzling Pipe Maze]]. Lil Sparkies can be defeated from [[Statue Mario]]'s stomp or [[hammer]]s thrown by [[Hammer Mario]].

====''Super Mario Bros. Wonder''====
[[File:SMBWColorSwitchDungeon.jpg|thumb|A Li'l Sparky in ''Super Mario Bros. Wonder'']]
Li'l Sparkies are enemies in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]''. They can now be defeated either with bubbles while the player is in [[Bubble Mario|Bubble form]] or by being crushed by a platform. The player characters now visually appear electrocuted when they take damage from contact with Li'l Sparkies, similar to [[Amp]]s in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' and its sequels.
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===''Super Mario Bros.'' (1993 film)===
A neon sign reading "Sparky" appears in [[Koopa Square]] in the 1993 [[Super Mario Bros. (film)|''Super Mario Bros.'']] film. 

===''Paper Mario''===
In ''[[Paper Mario]]'', a Lil Sparky (parsed '''Li'l Sparky''') named [[Watt]] was imprisoned in a lantern by the [[Big Lantern Ghost]]. After [[Mario]] defeats the Big Lantern Ghost, Watt joins Mario's party, making her the first playable Li'l Sparky.

===''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' / ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions''===
[[File:LilSparkySS.gif|frame]]
In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' and ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]'', Lil Sparkies, referred to as '''sparks''',<ref>{{cite|author=Thomason, Steve|title=''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' Player's Guide|page=95|isbn=1-930206-43-7|date=2003|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> make a cameo in three pseudo-sidescrolling levels to reach a [[mole (presenter)|mole]]. If [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] is attacked by them, he will get knocked back to the beginning. They exhibit several different patterns in this game, including bouncing and floating like [[Amp]]s.

===''Super Princess Peach''===
Lil Sparkies (formatted as '''Lil' Sparky''') are enemies in ''[[Super Princess Peach]]''. They behave similarly to how they act in ''Super Mario World'', and are invincible to everything [[Princess Peach|Peach]] can do. Lil' Sparkies are found in [[Shriek Mansion]] and [[Bowser's Villa]]. Unlike most other enemies in the game, they do not have a [[vibe]]-based counterpart.
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==Profiles and statistics==
===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
{{PBMCD profile
|name=ケセラン (JP) / Li'l Sparky (EN)
|artwork=[[File:Li'l Sparky Perfect.png|120px]]
|shuzoku=ゴースト{{ruby|族|ぞく}}
|seikaku=まじめ
|tojo_gemu=ワールド
|desc='''<big>いきなり{{ruby|進|すす}}まずちょっと{{ruby|待|ま}}て</big><br>
クッパ{{ruby|達|たち}}の{{ruby|砦|とりで}}や{{ruby|城|しろ}}に、いつのまにか{{ruby|住|す}}みついたゴースト。{{ruby|壁|かべ}}の{{ruby|表面|ひょうめん}}などにそってグルグルまわっている。ケセランのいる{{ruby|場所|ばしょ}}を{{ruby|通|とお}}るときは、ジャンプでやり{{ruby|過|す}}ごしてから{{ruby|進|すす}}もう。<ref>{{cite|date=November 20, 1994|isbn=4-09-259067-9|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|title=「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten'')|page=[https://i.imgur.com/ZswEyiq.jpeg 78]}}</ref>
|tribe=Ghost clan
|disposition=Serious
|game_appearances=World
|eng_desc='''''<big>Don't proceed abruptly; wait for a moment</big><br>
''Ghosts that have somehow taken up residence in Bowser and his friends' fortresses and castles. They are always circling along the surface of the walls and other surfaces. When you pass by Li'l Sparky's area, jump to get past them before continuing on.''
}}

===''Super Princess Peach''===
{{SPP enemy
|name=Li'l Sparky
|altname=Lil' Sparky
|image=[[File:SPPLilSparky.png]]
|levels=[[Shriek Mansion 3-3]]<br>[[Shriek Mansion 3-4]]<br>[[Shriek Mansion 3-5]]<br>[[Shriek Mansion 3-8]]<br>[[Bowser's Villa 8-5]]
|number=54
|glossary=Avoid it as it moves along the terrain.
}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMWGroupPoster.jpg|''Super Mario World''
Mario Puzzle Artwork.png|Artwork used for a ''Super Mario'' puzzle.
Mario Puzzle Artwork 2.png|Artwork used for a ''Super Mario'' puzzle.
Mario Christmas Puzzle Artwork 2.jpg|Artwork used for a ''Super Mario'' Christmas-themed puzzle
Mario Christmas Puzzle Artwork 3.jpg|Artwork used for a ''Super Mario'' Christmas-themed puzzle
1996 NCM sizechartC.png|A size chart for a 1996 ''Nintendo Character Manual''
LilSparkySMA4.png|''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''
SPP Lil Sparky Shriek Mansion.png|A Lil' Sparky in ''[[Super Princess Peach]]''
LilSparkySS+BM.png|A spark in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]''
Lil' Sparky SMBW.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]''
</gallery>

==Naming==
===Internal names===
{{internal names
|game1=''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]''
|file1=<tt>content0.game/romfs/Obj/FEtc.dat/_CA_INFO_/f_bsoul_ci</tt>
|name1=bsoul
|meaning1=B. Soul
}}

===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
|Jap=ケセラン
|JapR=Keseran
|JapM=Both this and [[Hothead#Names in other languages|Hothead]]'s Japanese name「パサラン」(''Pasaran'') are derived from「ケセランパサラン」(''Keseran Pasaran''), a legendary puff-ball creature in {{wp|Japanese mythology}}
|JapC=<ref>{{cite|author=Kagawa, Ryo ({{iw|wikibound|Ape|APE/Shigesato Itoi}}), Koichi Toda (100 Percent), Masaki Kuramochi (100 Percent), Shigeo Tanabe, Naomaru Asao, and Ryuji Osawa, editors|title="UNIT 2 CHARACTER" in『[[Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook Super Mario World|任天堂公式ガイドブック　スーパーマリオワールド]]』|date=1991|language=ja|location=Tokyo|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|page=31|isbn=4-09-104117-5}}</ref>
|Chi=电火球<ref>{{cite|author=无敌阿尔宙斯|date=August 28, 2013|deadlink=y|title=神游 超级马力欧世界 敌人官译|publisher=Baidu Tieba|language=zh-hans|accessdate=August 8, 2024|archive=web.archive.org/web/20170227153847/https://tieba.baidu.com/p/2560204606}}</ref>
|ChiR=Diànhuǒqiú
|ChiM=Electric Fireball
|Ger=Kleinschein
|GerM=Small Shine
|Ger2=Sparky<ref>{{cite|author=Menold, Marcus, Claude M. Moyse, and Andreas G. Kämmerer, editors|title=''Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater "Super Mario World"''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe GmbH]]|date=1993|page=20}}</ref>
|Fre=Sparky
|Fre2=Titebraise<ref>''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2'' end credits</ref>
|Fre2M=From ''petite braise'' ("small ember")
|Ita=Luccico
|ItaM=From ''luccicare'' ("to sparkle"); shared with [[Twinkle]]
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Electrical creatures]]
[[Category:Fire creatures]]
[[Category:Ghosts]]
[[Category:Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 enemies]]
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[[Category:Paper Mario species]]
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