Sparkles the Dragon

Sparkles the Dragon is a sentient dragon that first appeared in the twentieth book in the Goosebumps Series 2000 series, Be Afraid — Be Very Afraid!

History[]

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Connor's friends insist on playing the game, despite his objections. Emily draws the cards needed to become a dragon. Kyle teams up with Emily, and they capture Connor's character (in the game), intending to finish him off. The kids then hear a roar outside. When they check, they see a massive red dragon, stomping and rampaging throughout their neighborhood. Connor does some quick-thinking and slides all the dragon's cards back into the box, which ends up defeating the dragon.

General information[]

Physical description[]

Sparkles has the almost the exact same appearance as most dragons in media. On the book's cover, the color of his body and wings are purple or magenta while in HorrorTown, his body and wings are a bit of a maroonish red. His eyes differ as well as in the book, they're orange. While in HorrorTown, they are yellow.

Weakness[]

His defeat in the book resulted when Conner slipped his card as well as all the other cards back into the packet box, causing him to suddenly disappear.

Appearances[]

"Be Afraid — Be Very Afraid!"
Goosebumps HorrorTown

Trivia[]

In the book, Sparkles is never called out by name as the characters simply refer to him as ''Dragon''.
Sparkles is one of those few villains in the Goosebumps franchise to not have much of a presence in their respective books besides the end.
His name was actually introduced in HorrorTown, despite not having a name before only being referred to as "Dragon". Though it's been debated whether or not "Sparkles" is his real name or not.
He could be based off the Red Dragon from the fantasy tabletop (RPG), Dungeons & Dragons.
His design was also heavily inspired by Charlock The Red Dragon (originally referred to as Sharlock) from the 2005 live action role-playing adventure game MagiQuest.
Another reference can be found as he was also inspired by Smaug, the main antagonist of the 1937 J. R. R. Toliekin's novel The Hobbit as well as the Peter Jackson's film adaptations of The Hobbit where he was voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch.

Sparkles the Dragon

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