Agatha with Billy and her coven (Image via Disney+)
Influencing the spirits of the dead is effortless for Agatha—but not in Agatha All Along. As seen in the latest MCU series, Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn) is trying to regain her powers after she loses them all at the end of WandaVision, leaving her to become weaker and more vulnerable.
Before Agatha All Along was released, fans were speculating if any dead character would return. Turns out, none of them appeared. But what if we tell you that the Maximoff family’s dog Sparky, who the titular witch killed, almost appeared in Agatha All Along?
Yes, the wire-haired Jack Russell terrier Sparky from WandaVision was initially planned to appear in Agatha All Along, but in the form of a skeleton. The dog was found by Wanda’s twin sons, Billy and Tommy Maximoff, near their house in Westview, and they decided to keep it as their pet.
Initially, Wanda didn’t want to keep the dog, but when she found no collar attached to him and Vision accepted the dog, she let the boys keep it. Now that the Maximoff family welcomed a pet, Agnes (Agatha) showed up with a doghouse.
Interestingly, it was Agatha who suggested the name Sparky when the dog shocked himself on an electrical outlet. The boys were incredibly happy with Sparky, but the dog’s life was short-lived.
Continue reading to know how Sparky died and was planned to appear in Kathryn Hahn’s show.
Sparky from WandaVision almost appeared in Agatha All Along
As mentioned earlier, Sparky met a tragic end in WandaVision, all thanks to Agatha Harkness. In the same episode, Billy and Tommy found out that their pet died when Agnes brought Sparky’s dead body wrapped in a blanket. She explained that Sparky ate leaves from her Azalea bush, resulting in his death.
However, that was entirely a lie. After Wanda Maximoff discovered Agnes’ real identity, Agatha Harkness confessed to killing him in WandaVision. But did Agatha kill Sparky? The witch wanted the Maximoffs to feel loss and pain and see how Wanda reacts to real-life consequences like death.
Though Sparky’s appearance was brief, it helped viewers understand the characters more. The series concluded with the end of Wanda’s hex, and it was time to create Agatha All Along.
Showrunner Jac Schaeffer talked about the initial idea of bringing back Sparky in the final battle of Agatha All Along in an interview with Backstory Magazine. However, the plan was to introduce Sparky’s skeleton, which rose from the backyard and joined the battle. Schaeffer said:
“The battle in 108 was excruciating. Poor Peter Cameron delivered so many versions of that that I didn’t want to do because I don’t really like the big battles.”
She continued:
“and he came up with really incredible ideas like Sparky’s skeleton coming up from the backyard and fighting everybody, it was really, really great…”
The showrunner praised the episode’s writer for including Sparky’s skeleton to add spooky and eerie vibes to the show. However, they eventually chose a different direction for the battle and focused on emotional moments like Agatha’s death and the final kiss.
Exploring Sparky’s comic book origins
Billy and Tommy found Sparky (Image via Disney+)Hardcore comic book fans might know Sparky wasn’t a random addition to WandaVision. The dog is a part of Marvel Comics and was introduced in Tom King’s Vision #6, which came out in 2016. Sparky was an android dog created by Vision to ease his loneliness.
Sparky became a part of Vision’s family, which included his wife Virginia and their kids Viv and Vin. While Sparky in WandaVison was a regular dog, the one in the comic books was created using the brain patterns of a real dog named Zeke from a neighbor.
He had abilities mirroring Vision as he was also created using brain patterns but of Wonder Man. Similar to the Disney+ show, the comic book dog’s life was also short-lived.
However, Sparky isn’t the only canine character in the MCU from Marvel comics, as fans have already seen Cosmo the Space Dog in Guardians of the Galaxy and Lockjaw in Inhumans. While these characters had limited screen time, their presence was a nod to the original characters from the comics.
