Sparky the toy robot was a gift for a little boy's eighth birthday. But after Sparky gets lost and is transported all the way across New Los Angeles, he goes on an adventure trying to find his way back home and to his friend, the little boy. Along the way Sparky meets various people who each teach him a different human virtue, which Sparky can understand and that he adds to his personality. But before he finds his way back home Sparky is called upon to do something heroic and he draws upon the virtues he has learned to know to do the right thing.