Editing Spark

{{about|the enemies debuting in [[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]|other uses of the word Spark|[[Spark (disambiguation)]]}}
{{distinguish|Sparx|Sparkle}}
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:SMA Spark Artwork.jpg]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario Advance''
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'' ([[List of games by date#1982|1982]])
|latest_appearance=''{{iw|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom}}'' (2024, overall)<br>''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]], ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' franchise)
|variants=[[Magnet Sparky]]<br>[[Wire Trap]]
|comparable=[[Amp]]<br>[[Guriguri]]<br>[[Li'l Sparky]]<br>[[Motivational spark]]<br>[[Sparky (Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3)|Sparky (''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3'')]]
}}
'''Sparks''' are orb-shaped creatures that emit pulses and flashes of electricity continually. They are mostly found crawling around walls and ceilings and moving across wires. Sparks are the first in a series of enemies in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] that are balls of electricity, including [[Li'l Sparky|Li'l Sparkies]] and [[Amp]]s.

==History==
===''Donkey Kong'' series===
====''Donkey Kong Jr.''====
[[File:DKJrSpark1.png|frame|left]]
Sparks first appear in [[Mario's Hideout]] of ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'' Red Sparks (also known as '''Globes'''<ref>Instruction manual for Atari 8-bit and Atari 7800 conversions{{page needed}}</ref>) continue to circle their own platform, but blue ones can travel to other platforms through static particles. These Sparks are generated by [[Mario]] in order to shock [[Donkey Kong Jr.]], preventing him from saving [[Donkey Kong|his father]]. Blue Sparks do not appear in the Coleco Adam port, which alters the stage layout and replaces them with hazardous green water [[drop]]s instead.

====''Donkey Kong'' (Game Boy)====
[[File:DKGB Spark 6-4.png|frame|left]]
In the [[Game Boy]] version of ''[[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|Donkey Kong]]'', only one Spark<ref>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=August 20, 1994|isbn=4-09-102485-8|title=「任天堂公式ガイドブック　ドンキーコング」 (''Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Donkey Kong'')|page=59}}</ref> appears in [[Stage 6-4]], rotating clockwise at a medium pace around a small platform in the path of a [[Conveyor Belt]]. It has the same behavior as the [[Sniper]] and [[Sukōpī]] seen earlier in the game, except losing a life from the Spark displays an electrocution animation. Unlike other appearances, the Spark in this game lacks eyes. This game also introduces a more common [[Wire Trap|wire-crossing successor]].
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===''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario Bros. 2''===
[[File:DokiSpark.png|thumb|Artwork from ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'']]
Sparks appear in ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', usually underground or in buildings. Sparks circle platforms, though some can hover in the air if a [[Mushroom Block]] is pulled out from beneath them.  Sparks cannot be jumped on and damage the player character when touched. A Spark is defeated if either hit by an object or from a [[POW Block]] being used nearby. A Spark is defeated automatically if the screen scrolls while they are in a specific position.<ref>{{cite|url=64.media.tumblr.com/762f152f9bbcf81a0ced7fbf750b32dc/5f0b4fcbe4b4d7b1-97/s400x600/345f3f01430927dc8b63d0ce2976959fc0f44bfe.gifv|title=Video|publisher=Small Mario Findings|language=en|accessdate=July 4, 2024}}</ref> In original versions, Sparks have red outlines around their eyes; in the ''Super Mario All-Stars'' version and other subsequent remakes, they have yellow outlines as well as an orange outer body outline. In the [[Super Mario Advance|remake]], touching a Spark knocks the player back as the screen briefly pixelates, and an item named the [[Spark Chaser]] can expel them from [[jar]] interiors.

===''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''===
[[File:SparkCartoon.jpg|thumb||left|A Spark from ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'']]
{{quote|Spark on the warpath!|[[Mario]]|"[[On Her Majesty's Sewer Service]]"}}
A Spark only appears in the episode "[[On Her Majesty's Sewer Service]]" in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' It does not discharge any electricity. The Spark is encountered by Mario and [[Luigi]] in the [[Tunnel of Doom]] as they run from a [[Goomba]]. Both are avoided when Mario and Luigi create a grappling hook out of a super spy hose nozzle and mini plunger; apparently unable to stop moving, the Spark and Goomba subsequently crash into one another, causing an explosion.
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===''Nintendo Comics System''===
[[File:SparkComic.JPG|thumb|Three Sparks from "Bedtime for Drain-Head"]]
Sparks appear 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===
====''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' / ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''====
[[File:PiroGreen.png|thumb|left|A Piro Dangle without fire in ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'']]
Sparks are referred to as '''Piro Dangles'''<ref name=guide>{{cite|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=1995|author=Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson|title=''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide|page={{file link|SMW2 Guide 128.jpg|128}}}}</ref> in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and its [[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|remake]]. 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. Piro Dangles can be found only in a secret room in [[Burt The Bashful's Fort]], as well as in [[Endless World of Yoshis]] in the remake, where they can also be defeated from a [[ice watermelon|blue watermelon]]. 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.

====''Yoshi's New Island''====
In ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'', Sparks maintain their appearance and behavior from ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'', and appear only within dark rooms in [[Beware the Boo Brigade]] and [[Fort Key Calamity]].

===''The Legend of Zelda'' series===
{{main-wiki|ZeldaWiki|Spark|Zelda Wiki}}
Sparks appear with the same wall-running behavior in multiple games in [[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda (Series)|The ''Legend of Zelda'' series]]. In ''{{iw|zeldawiki|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 this game, they also share the same graphics as the segmented [[Fire Bar|fire bar]]s and {{iw|zeldawiki|Winder|Fire Snake}}s, which stay orange. Sparks are more common in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening]]'', ''{{iw|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons}}''/''{{iw|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages|Ages}}'', and ''{{iw|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap}}'', and can be destroyed with the {{iw|zeldawiki|boomerang}}, which turns them into {{iw|zeldawiki|fairy|fairies}}.
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==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Bros. 2''====
{{multilang profile
|type=manual
|Eng=He shines and moves in a circular motion around the walls and floors of the underground. He moves fast or slow.<ref>{{cite|language=en-us|date=1988|format=PDF|publisher=Nintendo of America|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/clv/manuals/en/pdf/CLV-P-NAADE.pdf|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2'' Instruction Booklet}}{{page needed}}</ref>}}

;Game Boy Advance
{{multilang profile
|type=manual
|EngE=You'll find Sparks circling blocks and steps. It's best to use POW blocks to turn off their power.''<ref>{{cite|language=en-gb|date=2001|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|title=''Super Mario Advance'' European instruction booklet|url=cdn02.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/game_boy_advance_8/Manual_GameBoyAdvance_SuperMarioAdvance_EN_DE_FR_ES_IT.pdf|format=PDF|page=11}}</ref>}}

===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
====''Donkey Kong'' series====
{{PBMCD profile
|name=スパーク (JP) / Wire Trap (EN)
|artwork=[[File:Spark Perfect.png|100px]]
|shuzoku=ウエポン{{ruby|族|ぞく}}
|seikaku={{ruby|一直線|いっちょくせん}}
|tojo_gemu={{ruby|ＪＲ|ジュニア}}、{{ruby|ＧＢ|ゲームボーイ}}ドンキー
|desc='''<big>{{ruby|火花|ひばな}}を{{ruby|散|ち}}らす{{ruby|電気|でんき}}のかたまり</big><br>
{{ruby|ＪＲ|ジュニア}}では、{{ruby|床|ゆか}}を{{ruby|走|はし}}り{{ruby|回|まわ}}っているので、すきを{{ruby|見|み}}て{{ruby|一気|いっき}}に{{ruby|走|はし}}り{{ruby|抜|ぬ}}けよう。{{ruby|ＧＢ|ゲームボーイ}}では、ロープの{{ruby|上|うえ}}を{{ruby|伝|つた}}ってやってくるからとにかく{{ruby|避|さ}}けよう。どちらも{{ruby|触|ふ}}れれば{{ruby|感電死|かんでんし}}してしまうぞ。<ref name=Spark/>
|tribe=Weapon clan
|disposition=Straight line
|game_appearances=Jr., GB Donkey
|eng_desc='''''<big>A lump of electricity that emits sparks</big><br>
''In JR, they are running around on the floor, so you have to run past them at once when you see a chance; in GB, they are moving over the ropes, so avoid them at all costs. In both cases, you will be electrocuted if you touch them.''
}}

====''Super Mario USA''====
{{PBMCD profile
|name=スパック (JP) / Spark (EN)
|artwork=[[File:Spark USA Perfect.png|200px]]
|shuzoku=ウエポン{{ruby|族|ぞく}}
|seikaku=あきらめが{{ruby|悪|わる}}い
|tojo_gemu={{ruby|ＵＳＡ|ユーエスエー}}
|desc='''<big>アメリカ{{ruby|生|う}}まれのスパック</big>'''<br>
スパックと{{ruby|同|おな}}じく{{ruby|電気|でんき}}のかたまりで、ブロックの{{ruby|回|まわ}}りを{{ruby|走|はし}}っている。ジャンプで{{ruby|避|さ}}けながら{{ruby|進|すす}}んでいこう。カギやキノコブロックがあれあば、これをぶつけて{{ruby|倒|たお}}せる。<ref name=USA/>
|tribe=Weapon clan
|disposition=Reluctant to give up
|game_appearances=USA
|eng_desc='''''<big>American-born Spark</big>'''''<br>
''Like Spark, it is a mass of electricity and runs around blocks. Jump to avoid them as you go. If you have a key or Mushroom Block, you can hit it with them to defeat it.''
}}

===''Yoshi's Island'' series===
====''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' / ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''====
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' 暗闇の中で、壁に沿って動いている。火が消えて白くなったときをねらって、通り抜けよう。<ref name=white/> (''They move along walls in the dark. Try to get by when their flames are extinguished and they turn white.'')
*'''[[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]:''' ''Mr. P.D. jealously guards a secret cache of coins in Burt the Bashful's Fort.''<ref name=guide/>
*'''Shogakukan guide ([[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|Game Boy Advance version]]):''' 暗やみの中で、かべに沿って動いている。火が消えて白くなったスキに、通りぬけよう。<ref name=Advance/> (''They move along walls in the dark. Get by when their flames are extinguished and they turn white.'')

===''Yoshi's New Island''===
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' 一定の間隔で光を放ち、ゆっくりと移動すろ。光を照明がわりにして暗い部屋を進もう。光ったときだけ、触れるとダメージを受ける。倒すことはできない。<ref name=YNI/> (''Emits light at regular intervals and moves slowly. Use the light as a light source to advance through the dark room. If you touch it, you will take damage only when it glows. It cannot be defeated.'')

==Gallery==
{{Main-gallery}}
<gallery>
DKJR Artwork Spark.png|''[[Donkey Kong Jr.]]'' ([[Family Computer|Famicom]])
DKJR Artwork Spark 2.png|''Donkey Kong Jr.'' (Famicom 40th Anniversary)
SMB2 Spark.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
DKJrSpark1.png|''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'' (arcade, red)
DKJ Arcade Blue Spark.png|''Donkey Kong Jr.'' (arcade, blue)
DKJrNESSpark1.gif|''Donkey Kong Jr.'' (NES, red)
</gallery>

===''Mario vs. Donkey Kong'' series===
====''Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis''====
Sparks (here known as '''Sparkies'''<ref>''Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis'' object graphics filename (data\anim\sparky_anim.bin)</ref>) appear in ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis]]''. This time, they only travel along magnetized objects. They specifically appear on the [[Magnet Mania (Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis)|Magnet Mania]] floor, where they slowly move clockwise from the red side of metal [[block]]s with an "S" engraving. If a Magnetic Block is disabled from underneath it, the Spark will vanish with it and another one will soon generate from the original block. They resemble their appearance from ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''.

====''Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!''====
[[File:MvsDK6-2.png|thumb]]
Sparks (now known as '''Magnet Sparkies'''<ref name=Mini-Land>''Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!'' Help Mode & Construction Zone</ref>) reappear once more in ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!]]'' They act much as they do in their previous appearance, except they move at a slightly faster speed and briefly retreat into their blocks (now known as '''Magnet Sparky Generators'''<ref name=Mini-Land/>) upon touching it rather than passing them by. They appear in [[Cosmic Adventure]], and are a solid blue rather than flash yellow.

==Names in other languages==
===Spark===
{{foreign names
|Jpn=スパーク<ref name=Spark>{{cite|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=November 20, 1994|title=''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''|isbn=4-09-259067-9|language=ja|page=[https://i.imgur.com/rMet0zG.jpg 96]}}</ref><ref name=white>{{cite|date=September 20, 1995|language=ja|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario: Yossy Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page={{file link|Super Mario Yossy Island Shogakukan P5.jpg|5}}|isbn=4-09-102523-4}}</ref><ref name=YNI>{{cite|language=ja|date=August 9, 2014|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「ヨッシー New アイランド 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Yoshi's New Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page={{file link|Yoshi New Island Shogakukan P20.jpg|20}}|isbn=978-4-09-106542-1}}</ref><ref name=Advance>{{cite|language=ja|date=November 20, 2002|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「スーパーマリオアドバンス3任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario Advance 3 Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page={{file link|Advance 3 Shogakukan P17.png|17}}|isbn=4-09-106701-4}}</ref><ref name=LANS>[https://triforcewiki.com/wiki/User:LTL/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Link%27s_Awakening_(2019)_enemy_glossary ''The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening'' (Nintendo Switch) enemy glossary]</ref>
|JpnN=''Donkey Kong'' series, ''Yoshi's Island'' series, and ''The Legend of Zelda'' series
|JpnR=Supāku
|JpnM=Spark
|Jpn2=スパック<ref name=Spark/><ref name=USA>{{cite|language=ja|date=1994|publisher=Shogakukan|title=''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''|page=[https://i.imgur.com/lVHkZlH.jpg 225]}}</ref>
|Jpn2N=''Super Mario Bros. 2''
|Jpn2R=Supakku
|Jpn2M=A corruption of "Spark"
|FreA=Spark<ref name=LANS/>
|FreAN=''The Legend of Zelda'' series
|FreE=Eclair<ref name=int>''Donkey Kong Junior'' Atari computer version manual (International){{page needed}}</ref>
|FreEM=From ''éclair'' ("sparkle")
|Ger=Funke<ref name=int/>
|Ger2=Pyro Head
|Ger3=Spark<ref name=LANS/>
|GerM=Spark
|Ita=Scintilla<ref name=int/><ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'' (3DS - [[Virtual Console]]) Italian e-manual|page=8}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''The Legend of Zelda: Enciclopedia di Hyrule''|page=205}}</ref>
|Ita2=Scarica elettrica<ref>''[[Donkey Kong II]]'' Italian manual</ref>
|Ita3=Spark<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' Italian manual|page=26}}</ref><ref>''The Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap'' figurine gallery: "080 - Spark"</ref><ref name=LANS/>
|Ita4=Favilla<ref>{{cite|language=it|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|date=2001|title=''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' manual|page=111}}</ref>
|Ita5=Sfavillotto<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=67}}</ref>
|ItaM=Spark
|Ita2M=Electrical charge
|Ita4M=Spark
|Ita5M=Li'l Spark; shared with [[Luma]]
|ItaN=''Donkey Kong Jr.'', ''The Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia''
|Ita2N=''Donkey Kong II''
|Ita3N=''Super Mario Bros. 2'', ''The Legend of Zelda'' series
|Ita4N=''Super Mario Advance''
|Ita5N=''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia''
|Spa=Chispa<ref name=int/><ref name=LANS/>
|SpaM=Spark
|SpaN=''Donkey Kong Jr.'', ''The Legend of Zelda'' series (NOA)
|SpaE=Spark<ref name=LANS/>
|SpaEN=''The Legend of Zelda'' series
|SpaEM=Spark
|Dut=Spark<ref name=LANS/>
|DutN=''The Legend of Zelda'' series
|Chi=火花<ref>From the ending scenes of ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' as localized by [[iQue]]. Reference: {{cite|language=zh-hans|author=无敌阿尔宙斯|date=August 28, 2013|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20170226161109/https://tieba.baidu.com/p/2559790043?red_tag=f0666802113|title=神游 超级马力欧2敌人官译|publisher=Baidu Tieba|accessdate=July 4, 2024}}</ref>
|ChiR=Huǒhuā
|ChiM=Spark
|ChiS=电球<ref name=LANS/>
|ChiSN=''The Legend of Zelda'' series
|ChiSR=Diànqiú
|ChiSM=Electric ball
|ChiT=電球<ref name=LANS/>
|ChiTN=''The Legend of Zelda'' series
|ChiTR=Diànqiú
|ChiTM=Electric ball
|Rus=Искрик<ref name=LANS/>
|RusN=''The Legend of Zelda'' series
|RusR=Iskrik
|RusM=Sparks
|Kor=스파크<ref name=LANS/>
|KorN=''The Legend of Zelda'' series
|KorR=Seupakeu
|KorM=Spark
|Por=Choquim
|PorM=Shock
|PorN=''The Legend of Zelda'' series
}}

===Globe===
{{foreign names
|Jpn=スパーク<ref name=Spark/>
|JpnR=Supāku
|JpnM=Spark
|Fre=Boulet<ref name=int/>
|FreM=Ball
|Ger=Feuerkugel<ref name=int/>
|GerM=Fireball
|Ita=Globo<ref name=int/>
|ItaM=Globe
|Spa=Globo<ref name=int/>
|SpaM=Globe
}}

==References==
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==External links==
{{NIWA|ZeldaWiki=1}}
*[https://zeldadungeon.net/wiki/Spark Spark on Zelda Dungeon Wiki]
*[https://triforcewiki.com/wiki/Spark Spark on Triforce Wiki]
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[[Category:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island enemies]]
[[Category:Super Mario Advance enemies]]
[[Category:Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 enemies]]
[[Category:Yoshi's New Island enemies]]
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