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Mr. Sparkles

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“ Never give up on your dreams! ”

Mr. Sparkles is a character that was originally planned to appear as a villain in the Big Hero 6 film but was ultimately scrapped. He later made his first physical appearance in the first season of Big Hero 6: The Series.

Background[]

Frank Sparkles was the host of a popular live-action internet show called Maximum Insane Obstacle Challenge, where he called his fans "Sparkleheads". He was popular enough to have shirts of himself sold and his own cereal brand called "Mr. Sparkles' Sparkles".

His mother worked with him, albeit only by providing her voice to announce the challenges without physically appearing.

Personality[]

Initially, Sparkles was selfish, self-centered and hated having the spotlight taken from him. He threatened to launch Mochi to the sun simply because the cat had become more popular than him. He was also treacherous as he didn't keep his word and even double-crossed his allies.

After he became wanted by authorities for kidnapping Mochi, he was shown to become somewhat insane for popularity and became involved with other supervillains.

However, he eventually noticed that none of the villains he knew were truly happy, so this motivated him to change his ways during his time in jail, even being released early due to his good behavior. He finally quit the life of crime as he hoped to be happy and find good friends.

Physical Appearance[]

Mr. Sparkles is a noticeably short man. He is balding but wears a pink wig to cover it, and dyed his sideburns the same color. His usual clothing is a purple suit and pants, a purple bowtie, big buckle belt, and white boots. His eyes are blue and apparently, his natural hair color is black due to his eyebrows being this color.

When mutated with algae DNA, Mr. Sparkles' skin turns a sickly color, and he grows hair-like algae over his head and face. His eyes glow green as well.

The early version planned to appear in the film is slightly different from his final design: While he retains the same hairstyle, he is blond and wears a striped suit with a white shirt and red bowtie.

Powers and Abilities[]

Mr. Sparkles has no special abilities normally.

After making a deal with Di Amara he was mutated and gained new abilities, though he soon lost them after his biochip was deactivated by Bessie.

  • Mind control: With his algae mutation he can mind control the entire Mayoi population.
    • Extended senses: Through his control of the mayoi he is able to see and hear whatever they experience, effectively increasing his senses of awareness.

Equipment[]

  • Cane: Mr. Sparkles carries a cane with a ruby jewel on its tip during his show.
  • Chicken plane: A chicken-esque aircraft Mr. Sparkles owned in "The Fate of the Roommates". It drops large egg bombs on its targets which splatters on them, effectively blinding the target.

History[]

Season 1[]

Mr. Sparkles is seen briefly in "Baymax Returns" when Obake contacts Yama. The screen behind Yama is turned on and Sparkles can be seen for a moment until the channel is changed by Obake.

In "Baymax and Hiro", Hiro was seen eating "Mr. Sparkles' Sparkles" cereal. The box had Sparkles' face on it.

In "Mr. Sparkles Loses His Sparkle", Fred convinced Go Go Tomago to attend the Maximum Insane Obstacle Challenge program. She agreed only because she didn't want to be in Honey Lemon's sticker party. Mr. Sparkles was then introduced on the set and picked a random contestant to appear on stage and do challenges. The challenger was an old energetic man which annoyed Sparkles due to his excitement, but the man failed his first challenge. Sparkles then picked another contestant which turned out to be Go Go, but she refused to appear like an idiot in front of all the people watching. Next day, Sparkles saw on his phone a video of Mochi clapping going viral on the internet. While Sparkles' own program was number 1 in views, Mochi's video slowly gained popularity and people were becoming uninterested in Mr. Sparkles and his contest. This made him upset and the video eventually topped him, leaving him in second place. Sparkles continued to try different challenges to entertain people, but despite his efforts, he lost more audience until he went down to the 148th place.

He was noticeably getting mad at this but kept telling himself people still loved him and to "keep sparkling", until one of his crew members told him that Yaki Taco no longer presented their program, taking Mochi instead who was known as "Slow Clap Cat". He later tried getting into his hotel where he was stopped by the bouncer Felony Carl who told them they were at capacity, and soon Aunt Cass rode in her bike with Mochi in the basket. The people waiting in line started taking pictures of the cat and Carl told Sparkles that he was a nobody. Sparkles finally snapped and plotted revenge against Mochi out of jealousy. While Cass was interviewed by Bluff Dunder about Mochi, Sparkles sent out a robotic mouse that Mochi followed, then captured the cat. Sparkles put him in a rocket and made an announcement about a new challenge which he rebranded as "Totally Lethal Unfair Obstacle Challenge" where someone had to complete it in less than an hour or he would send Mochi to space. Holding the cat hostage in his show, the police tried to stop Mr. Sparkles but the whole set was filled with booby-traps that didn't allow the cops to go in. Fred, Honey Lemon, Wasabi and Go Go snuck into the set but were caught by him and realized the only possible way to save Mochi was completing the challenge.

Fred eagerly and immediately suited up in a broccoli costume for the challenge but failed right away. The next to try was Wasabi who managed to progress more than Fred but ultimately failed as well. Honey Lemon tried and easily avoided most of the obstacles, but Mr. Sparkles made an "unfair" trick by pulling a lever and dropping her. The last one to try was the reluctant Go Go who actually got through most of the challenge until Mr. Sparkles raised a giant "blender of affliction" as his last resort to stop her. Go Go continued and Sparkles threw watermelons with a cannon at her to increase difficulty, then dropping pineapples on her and biting one. Still, Go Go narrowly completed the challenge, but Mr. Sparkles still launched Mochi and then escaped on a giant mechanical chicken. Hiro appeared with his new invention, Skymax and saved Mochi.

Sparkles then saw his lethal challenge video had gotten 10 million views, which was the most he had ever gotten, and saw a "Wanted" image of himself, but was happy that he was receiving attention again despite the consequences, doing a maniac laugh.

Season 2[]

Much later, Mr. Sparkles, now a supervillain, allied himself with Mr. Yama to launch a new underground competition, "Maximum Insane Driving Challenge", consisting of the rich driving remote-control advanced cars throughout San Fransokyo to win a pair of cashmere driving gloves. The competition would serve as a diversion while Yama's forces committed crimes. Sparkles' obstacle challenge caused havoc among San Fransokyo civilians who were caught in the way, which prompted Big Hero 6 to send in Heathcliff posing as a wealthy competitor. Mr. Sparkles then double-crossed Yama and made off into one of the drone cars, intending to keep the money—and the gloves—for himself. Although he was tailed by Heathcliff and eventually Go Go, Mr. Sparkles escaped. Mr. Sparkles then visited Di Amara at Sycorax, seeking to "invest" with the earnings, having heard she could grant villains special abilities.

In "Something Fluffy", Mr. Sparkles was modified by Di with the ability to control the Mayoi as part of Di plot to gain the public's faith in Sycorax. After the Mayoi began causing disarray in the city, Mr. Sparkles pretended to be the creator of the monsters and all the previous mutated villains. Mr. Sparkles then mutated himself and took control of the Mayoi by turning them into their final form. However, Di arrived with a "cure" that reverted the Mayoi into their infantile state. Big Hero 6 used this cure, and soon enough, all the Mayoi were restored. The Mayoi rescued Mr. Sparkles and he retreated with the creatures, shouting that he would bring forth more mutants to further Di cover.

In "Lie Detector" Mr. Sparkles and the Mayoi, still under Di's employment, attempted to raid a freighter carrying gold. When Go Go, Hiro, and Baymax arrived to stop him, Mr. Sparkles had the Mayoi suit him up for an underwater retreat. Though he didn't get far once the heroes caught up to him, Mr. Sparkles briefly gained the upper hand thanks to the assistance of High Voltage, but even the mutated dancers were soon decommissioned. Mr. Sparkles mocked the pair for failing before they roared at him to do his part. Mr. Sparkles then telepathically commanded the Mayoi on the freighter to drop crates into the ocean, allowing the villains to escape at the cost of their mission.

In "City of Monsters", Mr. Sparkles had the Mayoi capture Wendy Wower at the Sciencetorium under Di's orders. As he traveled with Wendy in tow, Big Hero 6 intercepted his path at Torii Gate Bridge, but Mr. Sparkles revealed he didn't come alone, as he was subsequently joined by the mutated Momakase and mind-controlled Orso Knox. While the mutants engaged the heroes, Mr. Sparkles tried to ascend on the cables with Wendy but got frozen by one of Honey Lemon's chem-balls and descended down. However, the Mayoi thawed him out to help him escape with the other mutants. Back at Sycorax, Di scolded them for failure before ushering them away due to Karmi requesting to see her.

Mr. Sparkles was next seen attacking a restaurant when Go Go challenged him. Mr. Sparkles eventually overwhelmed Go Go with the Mayoi before Go Go had the rest of Big Hero 6 lure the monsters to Night Market Square. The plan worked, but a massive electromagnetic blast fired from Bessie disabled all of Big Hero 6's armors, rendering them powerless and forcing them to retreat. A little later, Ned Ludd arrived, having been alerted about Bessie by Mini-Max. Once Ned successfully tamed the meteoroid creature into rejoining his side, an enraged Sparkles tried to reclaim Bessie by force, only for Bessie to fire a blast at him. This deactivated his biochip and reverted him back to his normal form, much to his dismay. Upon realizing that he could no longer control the Mayoi, he kicked his leg up in frustration, only to lose his footing and stumble onto the street.

Season 3[]

In “Big Hero Battle”, he is briefly seen falling off the side of a cargo ship caused by Go Go throwing one of her discs at him. 4 2 Sing appear and take the credit for his defeat.

In "Go Go the Woweroo", Hiro looks at Big Hero 6's villain database to investigate who sent a threatening letter to Wendy Wower. Mr. Sparkles is among the suspects, but Hiro figures it can't be him since he is in jail.

Between this and his next appearance, Sparkles has a change of heart and decides to leave the life of crime behind. Due to his good behavior in prison and after revealing the location of Yama, he is released early and gets a job at the Pizza-Party-Torium.

In "A Fresh Sparkles", Fred and Mini-Max visit Sara when she is redecorating the Pizza-Party-Torium. Sparkles walks by with a crowbar to empty a slot machine and Fred believes he is trying to rob the restaurant, so he calls his friends to arrest Sparkles again. However, when they arrive Sara tells them that "Frank" is just doing his job, and they are surprised to learn his first name. Sparkles tells them that he has given up being a criminal, but Honey Lemon is the only one to believe him while everyone else is still skeptical.

At Big Hero 6's base, the heroes discuss that Sparkles may be planning something in secret, and Honey Lemon is told that she is too soft and forgiving with their enemies after she suggests that maybe he's being honest about becoming good. Because of this, she decides to prove to her friends that she's not soft, and becomes determined to expose Mr. Sparkles as a villain again. The team returns to the restaurant to spy on Sparkles, but fail to see him doing anything villainous. The following day, Sparkles is having breakfast at Lucky Cat Café, where he is confronted by Honey Lemon as she tells him she's not fooled by his act. Frank responds that he's not acting and truly wanted to change because none of his villain associates were truly happy. Though Honey believes him for a moment, she decides not to "fall for it", and leaves.

Later, Honey goes to the Pizza-Party-Torium to spy on him again, but notices he is absent and Felony Carl is replacing him. Carl tells Honey Lemon that Sparkles didn't show up for work, and after seeing in the news that a painting had been stolen and Sparkles' chicken aircraft was seen, she believes she finally caught him in the act. Big Hero 6 go to the warehouse where the chicken vehicle was located, but upon entering they see Sparkles tied up. Honey still thinks it's a trap from Sparkles himself, until Yama shows up to reveal it's his trap, as he escaped jail and wanted payback against Sparkles for ratting him out.

Yama fights the team with a new mech armor but he is defeated by Honey Lemon, who is angry after she sees that Sparkles had left with the painting, believing it was another double-cross. However, Sparkles soon returns to let them know he simply returned the painting to the museum. With this, Honey finally believes him and apologizes for the way she acted. Frank accepts her apology, but tells the heroes that he has to go because he's late for his shift at the Pizza-Party-Torium.

Concept[]

Mr. Sparkles was one of the many villains planned to appear in the movie at some point that ended up unused, along with The Entity, The Fujitas and Bonsai Bombers. However, Mr. Sparkles was the only one of them who made an appearance in the movie, in the form of a poster in Hiro's room (although the Bot Fight Ringleader is also a repurposed character, originally part of the Fujitas).

Art director Scott Watanabe mentions that for the film they wanted Yokai to be redeemable, so they came up with Mr. Sparkles. Initially, he was a Japanese TV talk show host who wanted to control the world. He was described as "a dumpy, little, kid-like man who was super creepy and weird".[1]

Trivia[]

  • Although Mr. Sparkles' final design and his show's name are different from their scrapped movie appearance, the poster used in the film can also be seen in the series. However, it's not too detailed so Sparkles' original design isn't seen, but his show's original name is still readable.
  • Mr. Sparkles can be seen briefly in the series intro for Seasons 1 and 2 in a small hexagon when Hiro expands his hands. Although he was replaced with Cobra in the intro for Season 3, most likely to foreshadow his redemption.
  • His first name was revealed to be Frank in "A Fresh Sparkles".

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