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what happened to sparkplug

Postby maximus primus » Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:18 am

right now i'm watching megatron's master plan part 2 and it got me thinking about a question i've had for years. what ever happened to spikes father sparkplug. it season 3 he was missing and not even mentioned. was he mentioned or seen in the japanese subseqent series, did he die, does anyone know.
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Re: what happened to sparkplug

Postby zodconvoy » Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:35 am

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It's never been touched on in the cartoons or the 86 Movie.

In the Dreamwave comics he died in the Ark-2 explosion.
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Re: what happened to sparkplug

Postby Calvatron » Wed Mar 19, 2008 8:00 am

maximus primus wrote:right now i'm watching megatron's master plan part 2 and it got me thinking about a question i've had for years. what ever happened to spikes father sparkplug. it season 3 he was missing and not even mentioned. was he mentioned or seen in the japanese subseqent series, did he die, does anyone know.




Considering he was in his 40's in the 80's and the movie is supposed to be in 2005, my guess is that they just figured he would be too old (or possibly dead) to be involved in adventures. Not to many 7 year olds are into geriatric action stars.
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Re: what happened to sparkplug

Postby Savage » Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:33 am

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He shot himself when Daniel was born. :P
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Re: what happened to sparkplug

Postby lazerbrain » Wed Mar 19, 2008 4:45 pm

I thought I heard somewhere that he was supppose to have been killed by Ravage in the TFTM.. Don't remember where i heard that rumour though
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Re: what happened to sparkplug

Postby sto_vo_kor_2000 » Thu Mar 20, 2008 2:38 am

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Re: what happened to sparkplug

Postby Izanami » Thu Mar 20, 2008 8:56 am

Now that I think of it....has Sari's robo-dog in Animated (named, you guessed it, Sparkplug) ever shown up again?

Maybe it's a tradition.
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Re: what happened to sparkplug

Postby Deadpool. » Thu Mar 20, 2008 9:50 am

I think that he was simply written off the show to make way for new characters like Daniel... Just like how Omega Supreme never appeared again after Season2.
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Re: what happened to sparkplug

Postby Pot Bot » Thu Mar 20, 2008 12:07 pm

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i thought omega was in a season 3 episode?!?!?!?!?! I couldve sworn he did
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Re: what happened to sparkplug

Postby Stormwolf » Thu Mar 20, 2008 5:12 pm

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Den-O wrote:I think that he was simply written off the show to make way for new characters like Daniel... Just like how Omega Supreme never appeared again after Season2.


He appeared in "The Big Broadcast of 2006" :roll:
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Re: what happened to sparkplug

Postby maximus primus » Thu Mar 20, 2008 5:20 pm

wasn't omega also in five faces of darkness.
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Re: what happened to sparkplug

Postby sto_vo_kor_2000 » Thu Mar 20, 2008 7:27 pm

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maximus primus wrote:wasn't omega also in five faces of darkness.


No he wasnt.If I'm right he only had the one appearance mentioned in season 3.
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Re: what happened to sparkplug

Postby Deadpool. » Thu Mar 20, 2008 8:02 pm

Pottermus_Prime wrote:i thought omega was in a season 3 episode?!?!?!?!?! I couldve sworn he did

My bad.
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Re: what happened to sparkplug

Postby Pot Bot » Fri Mar 21, 2008 5:42 am

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Stormwolf wrote:
Den-O wrote:I think that he was simply written off the show to make way for new characters like Daniel... Just like how Omega Supreme never appeared again after Season2.


He appeared in "The Big Broadcast of 2006" :roll:



thank god, i thought i was going mad lol
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Re: what happened to sparkplug

Postby ThunderThruster » Fri Mar 21, 2008 6:31 am

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Savage wrote:He shot himself when Daniel was born. :P


lol, thats is to funny!

i was gonna say i thought omega was in Big Broadcast 2006!
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Re: what happened to sparkplug

Postby Outrider2000 » Fri Mar 21, 2008 6:43 am

I always got the vibe sparkplug was dead in the future(season 3)
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I'm still getting used to the fact that the 1986 movie takes place 3 years in the past now.
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Re: what happened to sparkplug

Postby Pot Bot » Fri Mar 21, 2008 8:18 am

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Savage wrote:He shot himself when Daniel was born. :P


lol, thats is to funny!

i was gonna say i thought omega was in Big Broadcast 2006!



i did titter to that myself, having said that, every time i listen to daniel (especially in the headmasters english dub) i want to kill myself lol
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Re: what happened to sparkplug

Postby MYoung23 » Fri Mar 21, 2008 10:13 pm

He was clearly written off the G-1 show as they decided to go the teen adventurers route with Spike, Chip Chase and Carly.

Sparkplug owned a garage in New York so he could have just worked their until his retirement and left the robot fighting to his kid.
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Re: what happened to sparkplug

Postby sto_vo_kor_2000 » Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:07 am

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MYoung23 wrote:He was clearly written off the G-1 show as they decided to go the teen adventurers route with Spike, Chip Chase and Carly.


"Clearly" you say??????The problem with this theory is that he was written off the show at about the same time that Chip and Carly were.

Carly only had two episodes in season 3 and in one of them said only two words.

Chip was never seen again after the two parter "Megatron's Master Plan" so Sparkplug out laster him.

Also by the time Sparkplug was written off the show Spike, Chip and Carly were no longer teenagers.

Sparkplug was written off at the start of season 3 and in season 3 both Spike and Carly were 20 years older then they were in season 2.


MYoung23 wrote:Sparkplug owned a garage in New York so he could have just worked their until his retirement and left the robot fighting to his kid.


I like this idea.
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Re: what happened to sparkplug

Postby skyshadowprimus » Sat Mar 22, 2008 1:03 am

Sorry to be so picky but Carly had 3 appearances in season 3.

Five Faces of Darkness (count as one episode)

Madman's paradise

Nightmare planet

(Was she in Surprise Party as well?? Can't recall so I've not counted)
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Re: what happened to sparkplug

Postby sto_vo_kor_2000 » Sat Mar 22, 2008 1:21 am

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skyshadowprimus wrote:Sorry to be so picky but Carly had 3 appearances in season 3.

Five Faces of Darkness (count as one episode)

Madman's paradise

Nightmare planet

(Was she in Surprise Party as well?? Can't recall so I've not counted)


Was she in "Nightmare planet" I didnt remember......and She may have been standing around in "Surprise Party" I'm to sleepy to remember right now.

But that wasnt really my point now was it.I dont doubt that Sparkplug's age may have been "A" reason for writting him out but it wasnt done in favor of teenage characters since carly was no longer a teenager.

If Sparkplug was in his mid 40's in season 1 [as he looked] he would have been in his mid 60's by season 3 and that might have been too old for a human to be running around with giant robots.
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Re: what happened to sparkplug

Postby NiteStar » Sat Mar 22, 2008 11:28 pm

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sto_vo_kor_2000 wrote:
skyshadowprimus wrote:Sorry to be so picky but Carly had 3 appearances in season 3.

Five Faces of Darkness (count as one episode)

Madman's paradise

Nightmare planet

(Was she in Surprise Party as well?? Can't recall so I've not counted)


Was she in "Nightmare planet" I didnt remember......and She may have been standing around in "Surprise Party" I'm to sleepy to remember right now.

But that wasnt really my point now was it.I dont doubt that Sparkplug's age may have been "A" reason for writting him out but it wasnt done in favor of teenage characters since carly was no longer a teenager.

If Sparkplug was in his mid 40's in season 1 [as he looked] he would have been in his mid 60's by season 3 and that might have been too old for a human to be running around with giant robots.



Yes she was in Nightmare Planet.
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Yeah Sprakplug Pretty much was too old or died. He was in 40's in Season 1 and 2 and and 20yrs later.... we could say he retired and moved Florida while Spike and Carly Got Married , Moved to Cybertron and had Daniel.
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