Sparky

Sparky
Characteristics
Species	Robot Raposa (Formerly)
Gender	Genderless Male (Formerly)
Age	Unknown
Fur Color	N/A Yellow (Formerly)
Information
Home	The Void
Story Role	Guardian
Occupation	N/A
Status	Alive
Game(s)

“Maybe we can send this one back up. Give him another shot in the next game.”

–Paint

Sparky, formerly known as Paint, is a Raposa created by GuyThatExists that appears in the short stories Blank Slates and Blank Slates 2 as a major character, and in Salem Rose Pt. 1 as a minor character.

He is a member of the Four Guardians and fought against both Shadow Mari and Drakon. Later, he was killed by Salem Rose during his attack on The Void, and was revived as Sparky by possessing the body of Robot. They would then go on to fight against the Tree King and the Jungle Creature.

Appearance

Paint has yellow fur and a thin, grey mustache. He wears a red beret, a green sweater with a white undershirt, and red shorts. He also carries a paintbrush and a palette.

Sparky is a top-heavy robot with long arms, long legs, and a small waist. It has bluish-grey eyes and similar gems in its hands. It notably doesn't have a mouth.

Story

Pre-Blank Slates

Paint, along with the rest of the Four Guardians, was commissioned by Joe to make decisions in The Void alongside the screeners Willham and Mayo. He was also tasked with lowering beings into the Void after they were cut or deemed unused. After the development cycle of each game, he would be deleted until the next game started development.

Blank Slates

During the development cycle for Drawn to Life: Two Realms, Joe called the Guardians to the Discussion Grounds to pick a character to revive for the upcoming game. Paint was the first Guardian to ask about Mildew, eventually leading the group to decide to send him up to the game, angering Shadow Mari. She attacks the group and threatens to bring life to the void if they didn't bring Mildew back down. Because the decision was irreversible, Shadow Mari ends up attacking the void, killing Willham and covering Ore in Shadow in the process.

After Shadow Mari's attack subsides, Paint, along with Flash and Hose, take Ore to the color vat in Lavasteam and revert him to his Raposa form. They return to the Discussion Grounds and find Joe, Franco, and Mildew. After looking around at the landscape, the devs ask about the Shadow Hole and ask how it came to be. After learning about Shadow Mari, Joe asks why she was in the void without the dev's knowing. Flash comments that only one other person they know could create life - Mayo.

Shortly after, Drakon and Dinofrog attack the Discussion Grounds. Drakon kidnaps Joe, Franco, and Mildew, leaving the Guardians to fight Dinofrog. During their fight, the Discussion Grounds are destroyed, and the Guardians are in a stalemate with Dinofrog. As Paint fights the beast, Hose gets Alana to go summon the Droogle Killer, and Flash gets Willham to delete Dinofrog. After this, Willham, Rocko, and Crawler continue on their journey to the Shadow Hole, and Mayo asks the Guardians if they want a ride. Paint tries to ignore her, suspicious of her involvement with Shadow Mari, but reluctantly agrees to a ride to the Shadow Hole.

When they arrive, Shadow Mari summons an army of Shadow and Ink creatures from the hole, forcing Paint to fight the horde of enemies, alongside the other three Guardians, Rocko, Crawler, Fiora, Nolan. After Drakon and the Droogle Killer jump into the Hole, Shadow Mari calls off her army, and Mayo urges Shadow Mari to kill Willham, which she does. This causes Paint, along with the rest of the void, to chastise Mayo's alliances and morality. Eventually, Mayo breaks down and begins to yell at the Guardians for seemingly hating her. After her outburst, she collapses to the ground and begins to cry. As Mayo cries on the ground, Paint, along with Ore, guard Mayo and keep other beings away from her. Eventually, Flash and Hose join them, and Flash tells Mayo to get up since Willham and Shadow Mari had left using the Shadow Hole.

Just then, Joe makes two announcements into the void. He grants Hose's request to keep the void full of life, and then says that he has to delete Mayo from the void due to her actions. Mayo begins to disappear, begging for help. After Mayo is deleted, Paint joins the rest of the beings of the void as they wish Alana, now known as Aly, luck in the next game. He is also part of the group that laughs when Fiora names Sandal, her new pet.

Salem Rose Pt. 1

Paint is first seen when Salem Rose, a corrupted version of Miles, comes to The Void. When Salem Rose jumps into the Color Vat and absorbs its power, Paint, along with the other Guardians, surround the vat, preparing to fight Salem Rose. Suddenly, the color erupts from the vat, knocking the Guardians down and covering them. He, along with the rest of the Guardians, were killed in this attack.

Blank Slates 2

After being killed, a cloud of blue smoke was released from Paint's body, and it shot off towards the Wii Village, possessing the body of Robot and waking up. Now awake, Sparky is in the middle of a fight against the Tree King's forces. It is attacked by Rata, Tat & Tat knocking it out of commission. After the battle subsides, the Tree King wakes Sparky up and tells it that they're going to the Color Vat. Remembering its former body and finding itself unable to speak, Sparky joins the group undercover.

When arriving at the Color Vat, Sparky watches as the Jungle Creature creates Shadow and Color beams that are sent through the void. Sparky decides to shed its cover and attack the Jungle Creature, starting a fight. As the fight eventually evolves to include the Tree King and Squid, Mill, Fiora, Lambert, and Sandal all arrive to help fight. Even later, Violet, Hoopz, Fox, Nolan, and Rocko join the fight.

After defeating the three bosses and having Lambert join the Guardians, Mill thinks that the two bosses haven't been defeated, so they go back to the Two Realms Plains to find a piece of the Jungle Creature. Once there, a fragment of the Jungle Creature absorbs some of the Shadow and Ink creatures it created, forming the Shadow Squid and reopening the Shadow Hole. During the battle, Sparky attacks the Shadow Squid with electricity, but it is unable to do much damage. The same is true for when the Guardians leave to fight the new Tree King in the Wii Village. However, Sparky keeps attacking the Tree King until he's eventually defeated by Willham, Lambert, and Mill. Sparky then works with the rest of the Guardians, the screeners, and various other characters to help clear the battlefield of injured and deceased characters. One week later, Sparky stays at the Guardians' HQ while the rest of the guardians check up on the villages after the fight.

Quotes

“Maybe we can send this one back up. Give him another shot in the next game.” –Paint “What’s his backstory? I remember him from preliminary testing in Lavasteam, but don’t remember a backstory. I voted yes for him last time, but it didn’t pass, so what would we do with him?” –Paint “I like the way you think! I vote yea on Mildew. Who’s with me?” –Paint “There’s no way we can beat this thing!” –Paint “The Droogle killer? We can’t! We need to save that for the Shadow, or at the very least that dragon!” –Paint “Who told you that Alana was dead?” –Paint “Nothing but sobbing.” –Paint

Relationships

Allies

• Joe - Superior
• David Franco/Franco Key - Former Colleague
• Four Guardians - Colleagues
  • Flash/Mill
  • Hose/Violet
  • Ore/Hoopz
  • Lambert
• Shadow Mari - Colleague and Former Enemy
• Repair Guy
• Fox
• Alana/Aly
• Nolan
• Fiora
• Crawler's LARPing Group
  • Crawler - Former Enemy
  • Rocket Vulture - Former Enemy
  • Rata, Tat & Tat - Former Enemies
  • Beta King † - Former Enemy
  • Tomohawk † - Former Enemy
  • Jinxy
  • Pot - Former Enemy
• Droogle Killer †
• Sandal
• Red Dragon - Former Enemy
• Gingerfre - Former Enemy

Enemies

• Mayo/Master of the Abyss - Former Colleague and Former Ally
• Droogle Leader - Former Colleague
• Drakon †
• Dinofrog †
• Miles/Salem Rose † - Killer
• Tree King - Victim
• Squid † - Victim
• Robot † - Thrall
• Jungle Creature/Shadow Squid - Victim

Trivia

• Although not explicitly stated in Blank Slates, Paint is able to control Color and use it to attack opponents.
  • This is how he fought Dinofrog and the cut Shadow and Ink monsters.
• The name Sparky is a reference to the Hero seen on the box art of Drawn to Life, as some fans called him Sparky.
• The Tree King's group is structured like Count Bleck's group from Super Paper Mario, with Sparky taking the role of Mr. L.
  • Both of them are heroes that act as villains, and both of them eventually rejoin the good side to fight the main antagonist.

Media

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  The image on Chern Fai's website Paint was first seen in.