Sprockets was a recurring fictional West German television talk show skit created by actor, writer and comedian Mike Myers for the American sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live. Myers played Dieter, a bored, dissolute West German expressionist and minimalist who would interview celebrities in whom he was barely interested and always bring the discussion around to his "limited" monkey Klaus. The sketch made fun of German art culture in the 1980s.

Are teeth like projections arranged on a wheel rim to engage the links of a chain.

Manufacturers supply sprockets for positive drive. These sprockets are generally cast from carbon or stainless steel, and are finished in sizes suitable for application.

The teeth on the film driving mechanism. These teeth link up with the sprocket holes on the film, those tiny perforations at the edge of the film, and transport the film forward at a designated rate. 35mm film has four sprocket holes for each frame, 16 mm film has only one, 70 mm has five.