Sparky

Sparky the Sun Devil is the official mascot of Arizona State University. The Sun Devils were originally an owl, then a "Normal" (because ASU was founded as a normal school). They changed to a bulldog in an attempt to appear more like Yale and other prestigious universities. But the students wanted a Sun Devil, and they voted to make the change in 1946. Two years later, Stanford Alum and Disney illustrator Berk Anthony designed Sparky, a devil holding a trident (colloquially referred to as a pitchfork). It's rumored that Anthony based Sparky's facial features on that of his former boss, Walt Disney.