Sparks

Sparks is a blue and silver robot toy who appears as a supporting antagonist in Disney•Pixar's 2010 animated feature film Toy Story 3. He was one of Lotso's henchmen at Sunnyside Daycare, but in the end, he redeems himself.
==Background==
===Official Description===
:"Sparks will fly - literally - during electrifying playtimes with your new robot friend Sparks! This retro-inspired toy has flashing red LED eyes and a blaster cavity that actually spits out real sparks when he's rolled along on his sturdy rubber wheels. Sparks also sports telescoping arms with working pincers, and an elevator action that raises his entire body to new heights. Sparking action completely child-safe. Requires two AA batteries (not included)."
===Personality===
Sparks is first seen shaking hands with Buzz and greeting Andy's toys at Sunnyside, then later gambling with Lotso's gang in their secret hideout. After capturing Buzz (who eavesdropped on their conversation), Sparks unscrews the space ranger's back with a screwdriver so that Twitch can switch him into demo mode. He is later seen helping imprison Andy's toys and is seen for the remainder of the film patrolling Sunnyside. In those particular cases, these actions were mainly under Lotso's orders. Sparks and his cohorts are eventually convinced of their leader's evilness and treachery and turn on him. He is then living happily at Sunnyside Daycare during the credits, after Lotso's defeat.
==Appearances==
===Toy Story 3===
Sparks is a robot toy at Sunnyside Daycare. He has shown to be both blunt and sarcastic. Sparks' retro design has flashing red LED eyes and a blaster cavity in his chest that spits out real sparks when he's rolling around on his wheels (but is completely safe for children). He sports telescoping arms with working pincers and he can also elevate his body to make himself taller.
When Andy's toys first arrive at Sunnyside, he shakes hands with Buzz Lightyear. He starts out as one of Lotso's henchmen, but in the dumpster scene, when Ken states that Lotso put all of the toys in Sunnyside Daycare into a pyramid and placed himself on the top, he and Twitch (and likely Chunk and Stretch as well) start to doubt Lotso's leadership as both of them look at each other. Both of them are also in shock when Lotso shows his true colors and pokes Big Baby angrily in the stomach and witness Big Baby who retaliates by throwing Lotso into the dumpster, and he and the rest of his fellow henchmen let Andy's toys escape. Afterwards, Sparks and the rest of Lotso's henchmen reform for the better and become nicer. Sparks is later seen in the background during the disco in the Butterfly Room.
==Trivia==
*Sparks appears to be based on the sparking-action Transformers toys from the 1980s. These toys were considered dangerous, and are no longer able to be produced. None of the current Sparks toys made include the sparking feature; the only Sparks toy currently manufactured (the Thinkway Toy version, seen in the picture above) has a light in its chest replicating the sparking feature.
**The reason for the discontinuation of sparking toys was actually due to an instance of a Rollerblade Barbie doll released at the same time as the sparking Transformers that sported metal wheels which produce sparking effects when rolled, allegedly setting a child's underwear on fire.
*Sparks is similar to Andy's robot, particularly his robotic arms and treads.
*Unlike the other members, Sparks is almost always silent. He has only one line; when he points out Chunk's low intelligence, he says, "Neither are you, Chunk."
==Gallery==
===Screenshots===
Toy Story 3 - Buzz shaking hands with Sparks.jpg
Toy Story 3 - Lotso hugging Buzz.png
Toy Story 3 - Lotso's gang gambling inside vending machine.jpg
Toy Story 3 - Chunk, Sparks, and Stretch gambling.jpg
Toy Story 3 - Chunk happy.png|Sparks with Chunk and Big Baby
Toy Story 3 - Sparks elevating himself up.png|Sparks elevating himself up
Toy Story 3 - Lotso with his toy henchmen gang.jpg
Toy Story 3 - Chunk and Sparks dragging Jessie to the cells.jpg|Sparks and Chunk dragging Jessie to the cells
Toy Story 3 - Lotso addressing Andy's captive toys.jpg
Toy Story 3 - Twitch and Sparks in shock.png|Sparks and Twitch shocked after Lotso jabs Big Baby
Toy Story 3 - Big Baby about to throw Lotso in dumpster.jpg
===Miscellaneous===
Sparks2.jpg
Sparks3.jpg
Toy Story 3 Cine-Explore image (416).png
Toy Story 3 Cine-Explore image (423).png
Sparks by Thinkway Toys.jpg|The real-life toy version of Sparks by Thinkway Toys. Instead of sparks, there is a light bulb in chest that blinks when rolled.
Sparks Action Figure.jpg
Sparks Plush.jpg
Toy Story 3 Game Promo 1.jpg|Sparks in Toy Story 3: The Video Game
DVG Sparks.jpg
DVG Buzz Lightyear.png
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