Sparky Fritz

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 is one of the seven main characters of the series. He's introduced as a sporty yet reliable husky attending Hachiko High School when an apocalypse occurs.
==Appearance==
Sparky appears as a gray dog with dark gray hair and lighter gray paws, chest, tail, inner ears and eyebrows. His ears are pointy and stand upright and his tail is large and fluffy. He has thick blocky eyebrows and orange and blue eyes. In PA1 he wears a white button up, a pink tie with a yellow star, purple pants and a black watch. In PA2 he wears a black long-sleeved jacket over a white t-shirt and black pants. In PA3 he wears the same outfit at Coco's house. At school he wears a blue short sleeved t-shirt with white stripes over a white long-sleeved t-shirt, purple shorts and a black watch.
==Personality==
Sparky is introduced as an optimistic husky, interested in staving off the apocalypse and saving as many other students as possible. Though he has strength and size on his side, he refrains from using it against others unless absolutely necessary. This is what allows others to take advantage of him, as Patches does in various bad endings. Sparky turns a new leaf briefly after regaining control over his body in Purrfect Apawcalypse: Purrgatory Furever. He steals Coco's wand and tracks down Ginger Claret in an attempt to get revenge by banishing her. He is convinced otherwise by Olive, after which he returns to giving others the benefit of the doubt. He is however, more easily triggered to revenge as seen in Purrfect Apawcalypse: Patches' Infurno when Patches sabotages the baseball and injures Sparky, causing him to retaliate.
==Biography==
Sparky attends Hachiko High School and is captain of the Sports Team. He lives in a lower middle class household with his parents and two younger siblings, Stormy and Bolt. As the responsible eldest son of the family, he spends a lot of time caring for his siblings, likely contributing to his caring nature overall.
==Relationships==
*Olive Higgins: Olive is one of Sparky's close friends. The two meet in the gym during the first apocalypse. Sparky takes on a caretaker role for Olive most of the time, making sure they stay safe while also encouraging them to be brave and do what's right. Olive thinks Sparky is tall and handsome.
*Brownie Pembroke: Brownie is one of Sparky's friends, met through Olive. The two get along generally well. In Purrgatory Furever, Ginger's interference with Sparky's psyche leads to him threatening Brownie, scaring her into the bathroom, and later on breaking her leg. Because of this she's extremely distrustful of him throughout that game. Her trust is rebuilt a bit by Patches' Infurno.
*Ginger Claret: Ginger is Sparky's possessor and later on friend. In Purrgatory Furever Ginger uses her powers to widdle down Sparky's psyche enough to take over his body. She uses his body to terrorize his friends and break Angel's arm and Brownie's leg. After being forced out of his body, he hunts her down for either revenge or closure. In spite of their rocky start, the two become close friends.
*Rover Jackson: Sparky is the captain of the Sports Team, of which Rover is a member. He looks up to Sparky, following his whims even if they mean teaming up with an arrogant cat for a baseball game. Sparky is protective of Rover like he is all dogs. In Love at Furst Bite in the gym where Rover lays dead on the bleachers, Sparky laments not being able to save "the others" (the members of the Sports Team).
*Tigger Sugden: Sparky is Tigger's one-sided rival. Tigger is intent on proving cats are as strong if not stronger than dogs. Sparky's ignorance on the importance of cat-captainship drives Tigger's competitiveness even further. After seeing Sparky encourage Patches (in possession of a cat body), Tigger realizes Sparky's muscles aren't on the outside, they're on the inside, and becomes excited about playing sports with him.
==In-Game Appearances==
===Purrfect Apawcalypse/Purrfect Apawcalypse: Love at Furst Bite===
Sparky is found in the gymnasium of Hachiko High School, being attacked by a cat demon. Olive can choose to help him or hide. Upon helping him and introducing themselves, he reveals he'd been trying to fight off the demons all day whilst his fellow classmates were picked off one by one. It's implied that he'd been trying to protect his teammate Rover too. After discovering that the cat demons can be dissipated by water, he embarks on a plan to flood the school by breaking the pipes near the basement entrance. If he's left to carry this out alone, he will die. If Olive comes along, he will succeed in dissipating the ghosts as well as destroying Coco's magic circle. They can then confront the cats, who will mistake Sparky as Patches due to the similarities in their voices. 
===Purrfect Apawcalypse: Purrgatory Furever===
Sparky is found in the kitchen of the Grimalkin Estate, exhausted and insomniacal as a result of Ginger's attempts to possess him. It's revealed that he'd fallen asleep earlier and said some especially terrifying stuff to Brownie, leading to her hiding in the bathroom. If he and his friends seek help from Coco he will fall asleep, allowing Ginger to possess him fully and kill his friends. If the friends escape before he can do so, he will later on break Angel's arm and Brownie's leg in the hallway before finally being exorcised of Ginger. Traumatized by having hurt his friends, he steals Coco's wand and seeks revenge on Patches and Ginger. If he's left to confront her alone, he will die horribly at the cellar. If Olive accompanies him, they can convince him to spare her, allowing her to join their side and banish Patches.
===Purrfect Apawcalypse: Patches' Infurno===
Sparky is first seen in Coco's living room, chatting with Brownie about her new curfew. He is enlisted to help Coco host the Hachiko High x Kemono Woods Communal School Day to prove cats and dogs can get along, and dogs are worthy of healing. Sparky acts as team captain for one of the teams in the gym activity. He's eager for Ginger to be the other team captain, but due to her magical exhaustion opts out. Tigger steps in as a captain and is eager to prove that cats are stronger than dogs. Sparky is however, only interested in playing games and building camraderie, and encourages Rover, a member of the Sports Team, to play ball. Sparky is incredibly friendly towards Patches in spite of their history, consoling him after a failed homerun or congratulating him on a successful one. This act of kindness garners Tigger's respect. Though one of the kindest characters in the game, he is strict about Patches leaving the game early and will even kill Patches if he sabotages the baseball with tacks in order to injure Sparky. In the good ending of the game Sparky can be found chatting with Brownie and Coco, reminiscing about having milkshakes after the first day they met.
==Trivia==
*Likes: Ultimate frisbee, hockey, soccer, baseball, sports in general, power naps, passionate people.
*Dislikes: Rule breaking, violence, cowardice, criminals.
*According to Angel (in PA1 when he almost mistakes Sparky as his killer), Sparky and Patches have similar voice pitches.
*Generally referred to as a "Good boye" by fans.
*In Purrgatory Furever, Sparky mentions that although his family owns a big bathtub, they prefer to hose off in the yard, which is deemed 'cute' by Olive. 
*In a Q&A, it was revealed that he is heavily based on Andy, one of the developers.
*He is shown having 2 siblings (a younger sister named Stormy and a younger brother named Bolt) in Denny's Inktober #21 drawing. These siblings are now confirmed as canon! 
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==Character Sprites==
Sparky Uniform Angry Talk.png
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Sparky Uniform Happy Talk.png
Sparky Uniform Happy.png
Sparky Uniform Nervous Talk.png
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Sparky Uniform Neutral Talk.png
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Sparky Uniform Shock Talk.png
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Sparky Casual Angry Talk.png
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Sparky Casual Happy Talk.png
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Sparky Casual Nervous Talk.png
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Sparky Casual Neutral Talk.png
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Sparky Casual Shock Talk.png
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Sparky Sleepy Sad Talk.png
Sparky Sleepy Sad.png
Sparky Sleepy Shock Talk.png
Sparky Sleepy Shock.png
Sparky Evil Heart Talk.png
Sparky Evil Heart.png
Sparky Evil Neutral Talk.png
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Sparky Evil Smirk Talk.png
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Sparky Gym Angry Talk.png
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Sparky Gym Happy Talk.png
Sparky Gym Happy.png
Sparky Gym Nervous Talk.png
Sparky Gym Nervous.png
Sparky Gym Neutral Talk.png
Sparky Gym Neutral.png
Sparky Gym Shock Talk.png
Sparky Gym Shock.png
==Demo==
PA0 Sparky Sprite 01.png
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==Love at Furst Bite==
PA1 Sparky Blast Sprite.png|Coco blasts Sparky with her wand.
PA1 Sparky Dead Sprite.png|Sparky found dead in the gym or at the basement entrance.
PA1 Sparky Headless Sprite.png|Angel bites Sparky's head off.
PA1 Sparky Wet.png|Sparky is soaked after breaking the pipes by the basement.
==Purrgatory Furever==
PA2 Sparky Blasted Sprite.png|Angel sends a flash of blue light at Ginger who is possessing Sparky's body.
PA2 Sparky Skinned Sprite.png|Ginger skins Sparky and Olive with her magic.
PA2 Sparky Brains Sprite.png|Angel or Coco bash Sparky's brains out.
==Patches' Infurno==
PA3 Sparky Raises Paw Sprite.png|Sparky raises a paw to politely ask a question.
PA3 Sparky Baseball Hit Sprite.png|Patches throws a sabotaged baseball at Sparky's eye.
PA3 Sparky Eye Bloodied Sprite.png|Sparky stands with a bloodied eye.
PA3 Sparky Bat Hold Sprite.png|Sparky, about to put Patches down.
==Other Images==
Tiny Sparky.png|Tiny Sparky from the backgrounds of Purrgatory Furever.
PA2 Sparky Splayed on the Cellar Door.png|Patches dissects Sparky after he dares to seek revenge.
PA2 Sparky Set Ablaze.png|Patches burns Sparky using Coco's wand.
Sparky Casual Standing.png|Sparky in his casual outfit.
Sparky Gym Standing.png|Sparky in his gym uniform.
Sparky Icon.png|Sparky's happiness screen icon from Patches' Infurno.
Sparky Evil Icon.png|From the Purrfect Apawcalypse sticker sheet, doesn't appear in game.
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Category:Dogs
Category:Characters
Category:Body Switch Characters