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''The Munchables'' is a 3D PlatformGame developed by Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment for the Platform/{{Wii}}. The game combined elements from two of Namco's other series, ''VideoGame/PacMan'' and ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy''.

[[IncrediblyLamePun Star Ving]] is a planet with several islands that are all connected together by rainbows. The inhabitants of Star Ving are the titular Munchables. Led by the mysterious Great Elder, the Munchables are a race of gluttonous creatures who spend their days chowing down from an endless supply of food created by magical artifacts called Legendary Orbs. But one day, a fleet of [=UFOs=] appear from a hole in space and steal the Legendary Orbs, destroying the rainbows connecting the islands and cutting off the Munchables' food supply.

Then the [=UFOs=] deploy an army of creatures called "Tabemon Monsters" all over the islands to wreck havoc on Star Ving. It's up to the Great Elder and the game's protagonists, two Munchables named Chomper and Munchy, to traverse the islands of Star Ving, retrieve the Legendary Orbs, and defeat the Tabemon Monsters. And unfortunately for the monsters, they bear a rather uncanny resemblance to the various foods the Munchables love to sink their teeth into...

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!!This game provides examples of:
* AGodAmI: The Great Elder, who runs around Star Ving with a cardboard cutout of a halo and a cloud strapped onto him. He even goes by ''Kami-sama'' ("god" in Japanese) in the original version of the game. Why he does this is unknown, but it's either because he thinks he's god, or to come off as a benevolent leader to the Munchables and [[spoiler:hide the fact he's a Tabemon Monster from them]].
* AchillesHeel: On most of the bosses, the Legendary Orb sticks out of their bodies - usually in their backs or mouths - or have to be revealed by stunning them first, then must be slammed with a dash attack to harm them.
%%* AliensSpeakingEnglish
* AmbiguousGender: All of the Tabemon Monsters are referred to as "it", even ones who appear incredibly masculine or feminine, like Broco Lee.
* AnthropomorphicFood: Subverted: the Tabemon monsters look like walking food, but are actually aliens that resemble various fruits, veggies and candy.
* AsteroidsMonster: Weakening bigger enemies through repeated tackle attacks splits them into smaller versions with reduced levels. Great Grapy and Big Choco also spilt apart whenever their attacks are countered.
* BackgroundBoss: Both Great Grapy and Big Choco, who hang out of bounds until their projectiles are bounced back.
%%* BarrierChangeBoss: King Pumpkin.
%%* BigBad: Don Onion, though this isn't revealed halfway into the game.
%%* BigBoosHaunt: Ghost Mansion.
* BigEater: Chomper and Munchy are always hungry and eat anything and everything they can get their mouths on, even if it's not supposed to be edible, including part of the Great Elder on occasion. Every Munchable is [[PlanetOfHats explicitly described as doing nothing but eating and growing their whole lives]], to the point that hunger is literally their only drive in life.
* BossSubtitles: Every single boss battle begins with one of these, displaying the name of the boss and a title attributed to them.
%%* CollisionDamage
%%* ConvectionShmonvection: Level Two of Mount Brim.
* ConvenientWeaknessPlacement: The battlefield for Big Fishy is littered with giant sea shells, which damages and stuns it when it charges into one.
%%* CuteBruiser: Munchy. And depending on your tastes, Munchy and Robo (at least his first few forms before he [[StarfishRobots evolves]]) probably count, too.
* DieChairDie: Some crates contain nothing, while some contain power-ups.
* DissonantSerenity: It's rather off-putting how happy-looking the Tabemon Monsters are in their official art, despite the fact they're space pirates trying to take over Star Ving.
* EndgamePlus: Defeating [[spoiler:King Pumpkin]] unlocks a new character, a robotic Munchable called "Robo", and Mirror Mode.
%%* EveryBulletIsATracer: Enemy attacks.
* ExpositionBreak: Completing an island after meeting Don Onion will cause the Great Elder to expound his relationship with him; they used to be good friends, raising happy Tabemon monsters together, but the Great Elder discovered that Don Onion was secretly stitching Tabemon monsters together in an attempt to create powerful creatures to rule to universe with. The Great Elder left the planet and never looked back.
* ExcusePlot: Space pirates that look exactly like food invade a planet inhabited by [[ExtremeOmnivore Extreme Omnivores]] and cut off their only food supply. It goes as well for the space pirates as you'd expect.
* FeedItABomb: Inverted. The player character must be careful not to eat bombs, avoiding or ramming them.
* FlyingOnACloud: Parodied; the Great Elder looks like he gets around via flying cloud, but it's actually just a cardboard cutout of a cloud affixed to his chest.
%%* GreenHillZone: Star Ving Island.
%%* HailfirePeaks: Mount Brim.
* HeWasRightThereAllAlong: Every boss stage barring the final one will begin with the Great Elder, Chomper/Munchy/Robo, and the tag-along of that island (if there is one) walking into the scene and having a short conversation, before something happens and the boss rises out of the ground.
%%* HumanCannonball
%%* JungleJapes: Level One of Pot-Belly Ruins.
%%* LethalLavaLand: Mount Brim.
%%* LevelAte: ''Every'' level, but special mention goes to the Dessert Factory.
%%* LevelInTheClouds: Blue Blue Sky.
* MiniBoss: The second level of each world has a miniboss you need to find and eat. Level 2 of World 8 instead has you fight the Minibosses of the previous seven worlds.
* MirrorWorld: Every level can be played in reverse after defeating [[spoiler:King Pumpkin]].
%%* MushroomMan: Some of the enemies, as well as Mushroom Thriller, the boss of Ghost Manor.
%%* MultiStageBattle: King Pumpkin.
%%* NightOfTheLivingMooks: Most of the enemies in Ghost Mansion.
%%* OlympusMons: While you don't catch them (you eat them), the Tabemon Monsters.
* OurMonstersAreWeird: Both the Munchables and the Tabemon Monsters. The former are disembodied heads of various animal species with bottomless appetites, while the latter are technologically advanced aliens that look like human food.
%%* PalmtreePanic: Level One of Gulp Sea.
%%* PlotCoupon: Legendary Orbs and Acorns.
%%* PowerUpMotif: The same score for every power-up.
* PunnyName:
** The name of the planet, Star Ving, is just "starving" with a space, obviously referencing the Munchables being {{Big Eater}}s.
** The first boss, a giant, anthropomorphic broccoli, is called "Broco Lee".
%%* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The protagonists and most of the Tabemon Monsters.
%%* RuinsForRuinsSake: Level One of Pot-Belly Ruins.
%%* ShiftingSandLand: Level Two of Pot-Belly Ruins.
* ShoutOut: The name of the Ghost Mansion's boss is [[Music/MichaelJackson Mushroom Thriller]].
* SidetrackBonus: Many [[PlotCoupon Acorns]] require to go off the beaten path.
* SmashingSurvival: If hit, you'll become tiny. You can regrow by rapidly shaking the [[Platform/NintendoWii Wiimote]].
* SpaceZone: [[spoiler:Fort Entree, the Tabemon Monsters' space fleet and the final world of the game.]]
* StockSoundEffects: In some of the cutscenes, some of the cartoon sound effects (especially that of Creator/HannaBarbera) can be heard.
* TennisBoss: Great Grapy and Big Choco's projectiles (grapes and chocolate orbs, respectively) must be reflected back to break them apart into smaller enemies in order to do any real harm to them. What complicates matters is that they'll add in spiked weapons over time, to the point where only one object is safe to hit back.
* TimeTrial: Beating the game unlocks Mirror Mode, where every level is flipped to the opposite side in addition to you being timed.
* ToiletHumor: The Munchables appear to be crapping out acorns. And then there are the contrarily named Legendary Orbs, which are shaped more like... well, the common Japanese depiction of poop.
* TubeTravel: Going into holes in the sea floor of in level two of Gulp Sea will play a short animation and have you pop out of another hole.
%%* UnderTheSea: Level Two of Gulp Sea
%%* VentPhysics
%%* WalkDontSwim: Level Two of Gulp Sea.
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