- "Now, boys, taking care of a living thing is a big responsibility. Dogs need food, exercise, training, belly rubs, and cuddles. And kisses between his little ears."
- ―Wanda Maximoff to Billy and Tommy Maximoff[src]
Sparky was a wire-haired Jack Russell terrier and the pet of Billy and Tommy Maximoff, who had found him outside their home in Westview.
Biography[]
Living with the Maximoffs[]
- "Waiter, what's this canine doing in my kitchen sink?"
- ―Wanda Maximoff[src]
Sparky in the sink
Sparky was found by Billy and Tommy Maximoff outside of their house. They brought him into the kitchen and were washing him in the sink, when Wanda Maximoff found them. They tried to hide him from her, causing her to become suspicious. Sparky sneezed and barked, leading Wanda to approach the sink and find him. She searched the dog for a collar to return him to his owner. Finding none, the boys became more determined to keep him. Vision came in, accepting the dog, and Agatha Harkness, under the name of "Agnes," arrived, carrying a dog house for him. She asked if the dog had a name and decided he needed one. They saw him sniffing the wall and Billy suggested naming him Sniffy. The dog then shocked himself on the outlet, and Agnes suggested Sparky. The family agreed and Wanda made a collar for him, which they then put on the dog. Wanda and Vision decided the children were not old enough to care for a dog until they were ten years old, prompting them to rapidly age themselves to be ten years old so they could keep the dog.
Sparky with Billy, Tommy, and Wanda Maximoff
Some time later, Billy played with Sparky in front of Wanda and Tommy. Wanda, Tommy, and Billy sat and talked at the couch as Sparky ran off and started barking at the door. They all went outside to see a drone flying above them, but Wanda stopped it.[1]
Death[]
- "And I killed Sparky, too!"
- ―Agatha Harkness[src]
Sparky is killed by Agatha Harkness
Sparky was poisoned to death by Ralph Bohner under Agatha Harkness' influence.[3] Wanda Maximoff and her children found Harkness outside her house, holding Sparky's corpse, wrapped in a blanket, in her arms. She told them that he had eaten leaves from her Azalea bush, and that she found him after he was already dead. The boys, devastated, asked Wanda to resurrect him, but she refused and told them that they needed to accept loss and move on.[1] It was only after Maximoff discovered "Agnes" true nature as Harkness that she admitted to having killed Sparky.[4]
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Trivia[]
- In the comics, Sparky was a canine Synthezoid created by Vision for his family, based on the brain patterns of Zeke, a neighboring dog who was electrocuted in Vision's backyard.
- Jac Schaeffer stated in an interview with Backstory Magazine that Peter Cameron proposed that Sparky's skeleton would be briefly resurrected to participate in the fight between Agatha Harkness and Death in the Agatha All Along episode Follow Me My Friend / To Glory at the End, but the idea was scrapped.[5]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 WandaVision: 1.05: On a Very Special Episode...
- ↑ Marvel Studios' The Marvel Cinematic Universe: An Official Timeline
- ↑ Agatha All Along: 1.06: Familiar by Thy Side
- ↑ WandaVision: 1.07: Breaking the Fourth Wall
- ↑ Agatha All Along's Final Battle Almost Featured This Dead WandaVision Character
