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| Mr. Sparkle (ミスタースパーコル Misutā Supākoru) is a Japanese dishwashing detergent mascot who bears a strong resemblance to Homer.
| | #REDIRECT [[Mr. Sparkle (The Simpsons)]] |
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| When Homer takes Bart and Lisa to the Springfield Dump to dispose of a Christmas tree, they find a Mr. Sparkle box. Homer thought that the company was using his likeness without his permission until a video from Mr. Sparkle's parent company explains it came from combining the logos of the companies who produced Mr. Sparkle as a joint-venture: a cartoon fish (representing Matsumura Fishworks) and a lightbulb (representing Tamaribuchi Heavy Manufacturing Concern), proving the resemblance was sheer coincidence. The whole thing is summed by what Bart tells his dad, "There's your answer, fishbulb."
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| Mr. Sparkle was voiced by [[Sab Shimono]] in the episode "In Marge We Trust". When the episode was dubbed in Japanese, Mr. Sparkle was voiced by Bin Shimada.
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| ==Trivia==
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| * The three dancing women in the commercial were fashioned after the three members of Japanese pop/rock band Shonen Knife.
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| * The Mr. Sparkle commercial was the inspiration for the Fruity Oaty Bar commercial in the movie Serenity.
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| * In one scene during the commercial, the audience sees a large grey toy aircraft whose design heavily resembles Thunderbird 2 from the popular British Sci-Fi puppet television series, Thunderbirds.
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| * There is a blade in the game Fruit Ninja named Mr. Sparkle.
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| * The visual programming software Grasshopper 3D has a component arrangement/distribution feature named Mr. Sparkle.
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| * In "Married to the Blob", [[Kumiko]] mentions Homer looks like Mr. Sparkle, and that the detergent is a popular means of suicide in Japan.
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| * [https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Mr._Sparkle_(mascot) Listing on Fandom]
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| [[Category: Entertainment]]
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| [[Category: Television]]
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| [[Category: The Simpsons]]
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