Me and Sparky/Tropes

Me and Sparky is an American animated series being created by for Disney Channel. This page shows the tropes for the series.

Tropes

 * Absurd Phobia:
 * Sparky has a weird fear of cucumbers, as revealed in TBD. Who does he think he is? Ocean?
 * Alien Animals: Sparky is one.
 * Annoying Younger Sibling: Slightly adverted since Matt's older sister, Haliee, is annoying. She even annoys her younger brother Matt.
 * Black Bead Eyes: Sparky has them.
 * Bland Name Product:
 * NQNN, the channel where Matt's father likes to watch, is based off CNN. It is shown that NQNN stands for New Queencester News Network.
 * Canine Companion: Sparky to Matt.
 * Dumb, but Diligent: [Haliee]
 * Dumbass Has a Point: [Haliee, at times]
 * Heel-Face Turn: [Duja]
 * Nice Guy: [Matt]
 * Parody: TBD
 * Shout-Out:
 * [Star Wars]
 * Skirts and Dresses: [Haliee wearing a denim skirt while Grace wears a sleeved dress]
 * Where the Hell is Springfield?: The location of New Queencester is not known.
 * Skirts and Dresses: [Haliee wearing a denim skirt while Grace wears a sleeved dress]
 * Where the Hell is Springfield?: The location of New Queencester is not known.
 * Where the Hell is Springfield?: The location of New Queencester is not known.

Trivia

 * Big Name Fan:
 * [Diana Uhlman]
 * [real creator]
 * God Does Not Own the World: Like the Disney Channel shows, the rights for the series are owned by The Walt Disney Company rather than Mitch Schauer himself.
 * Sleeper Hit: Disney and Mitch thought the series would not do well, because of TBD. It ended up becoming one of the successful DC series.
 * What Could Have Been:
 * The series was planned to have a November 11th, 2001 release date, but was then delayed to an another year due to difficulties. That particular date would go on to be the opener date for TFPWL.
 * Before Sparky was chosen, names like Gerrett, Neptune, Uranus, Greeny or Azrael were considered as his original names before that particular name is picked for the final.
 * Me and Sparky was originally planned to be called The Alien Dawg (later The Alien Dog).
 * At some point, it was originally aimed for a 2001 release date.
 * Before Sparky was chosen, names like Gerrett, Neptune, Uranus, Greeny or Azrael were considered as his original names before that particular name is picked for the final.
 * Me and Sparky was originally planned to be called The Alien Dawg (later The Alien Dog).
 * At some point, it was originally aimed for a 2001 release date.

YMMV

 * Fandom Rivalry:
 * Fans of this and The Face Paint'nimal Gang have a pretty big rivalry and flame war on each other.
 * Me and Sparky fans aren't in good terms with those of Pet Alien, mainly since the latter has a similar concept of that of the former.
 * The Secret Life of Pets and this show's fans do not go along with each other very well.
 * Friendly Fandoms:
 * Fans of The Angry Beavers and The Dinosaur Crew got along with Me and Sparky fans very well, since Mitch Schauer created the former and went on to create the latter.
 * Fans of many Disney Channel fandoms, such as Howie and Deena, The Proud Family, The Face Paint World Life, Penny the Penguin, Kim Possible, The Outback Snake, Lilo and Stitch, Dave the Barbarian, Kaylia: Space Avenger, Myth of the Monkey King, Brandy and Mr. Whiskers, American Dragon, The Freaky Tales of Freaky Mona, Phineas and Ferb/Milo Murphy's Law, Prince and the Porpoise, Wander Over Yonder, Star vs. the Force of Evil, DuckTales, Amphibia, The Owl House, and Ocean Depths get along with fans of this show really good.
 * Fans of this and The Cosmic Adventures of Stella get along with each other very well.
 * Fans of this and The Arachnid Friends get along with each other very well.
 * [Lilo and Stitch]
 * [Tadashi Tofuu]
 * Despite the on-going rivalry between those two, some The Face Paint'nimal Gang fans does tend to get along with this fanbase very well.
 * Fans of this and ALF adore each others' series.
 * Despite the rivalry, some The Secret Life of Pets fans do tend to go along with this show's fanbase very well.
 * [Kodiak, or that goes to Fandom Rivalry?]
 * [Spyro]
 * Fans of this and Wishbone has a rather healthy relationship with each other.
 * [Me and My Guardian Angel]
 * Memetic Mutation:
 * The scene in The Dog Contest where Sparky dances to a Mos Eisley Cantina-esque song during the contest has spawned a meme since 2020.
 * X Meets Y: Alien shows meet ALF meet Wishbone meet TBD.
 * Memetic Mutation:
 * The scene in The Dog Contest where Sparky dances to a Mos Eisley Cantina-esque song during the contest has spawned a meme since 2020.
 * X Meets Y: Alien shows meet ALF meet Wishbone meet TBD.
 * X Meets Y: Alien shows meet ALF meet Wishbone meet TBD.