History ReferencedBy / PacMan

* In the spoof film ''Film/TopSecret'', the TravelMontage of the heroes is shown as a set of dots working along a streetmap until [[RuleOfFunny they're eaten by Pac Man]].

** "Tubba-Bubba's Now Hubba-Hubba" - In a segment that parodies Pac-Man with ''Film/TheMatrix'', Pac-Man comes across a Morpheus-like Pac-Man who tells him that the world he is living in is a dream.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': In "Krusty Kleaners", [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick are briefly shown in a Pac-Man-like video game while engaging in a maze around the office.

* ''Series/ICarly'': In "iStage an Intervention", Spencer finds a ''Pak-Rat'' arcade machine in a garbage dump and becomes addicted to the game.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "Anthology of Interest II", Pac-Man appears as the general who leads the Planet Express crew through a ''Pac-Man''-like maze. During the Nintendian invasion of Earth, Lrrr's ship shoots Pac-Man, and he dies by dissolving like in the original games. Ms. Pac-Man cries over her loss, then Fry asks Amy to tend to the "widow Pac-Man".

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "Anthology of Interest II", Pac-Man appears as the general who leads the Planet Express crew through a ''Pac-Man''-like maze. During the Nintendian invasion of Earth, Lrrr's ship shoots Pac-Man, and he died disappearing by folding over like in the ''Pac-Man'' games. Ms. Pac-Man came and cried over him, then Fry asks Amy to tend to the "widow Pac-Man".

* In the UsefulNotes/GameGear version of ''VideoGame/SpiderManVsTheKingpin'', there's a well-hidden mini-game that plays very similarly to ''Pac-Man'', where Spider-Man is in a maze, has to collect webs, and avoid Venom.[[note]]To play this game, first select Nightmare mode. At the end of the third stage, after you defeat Electro, take the key from between the conductors, and jump down while holding left so you'll land on top of the Game Gear icon. You will be sent back to Peter's room, and have the option to press the 2 button to play the Game Gear, which starts the mini-game.[[/note]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTheMovie'' LicensedGame for the UsefulNotes/GameGear, one BonusStage plays very similarly to ''Pac-Man''. In it, Tom is in a maze where he has to collect hearts and then Jerry within the [[TimedMission time limit]].

** In his review of ''WesternAnimation/ToxicCrusaders'' games, when the nerd plays the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis version, he calls Blobby a "yellow Pac-Man ballsack".
** At the beginning of his review of Tiger Electronic Handheld Games, the Nerd brings up a game called ''Tax-Man'' for the UsefulNotes/AppleII computer, which is [[FollowTheLeader an exact copy of]] ''Pac-Man''.
** The Nerd has reviewed ''VideoGame/PacMan2TheNewAdventures'' for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis.

* ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'': "[=RoboCat=]" begins with Dale playing a ''Pac-Man''-like video game called ''Dogs and Cats'' where the player character is a cat trying to get through a maze without being caught by a dog. Sound effects from the UsefulNotes/Atari2600 ''Pac-Man'' game were used.

* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'': In "House of Bloo's", the Extremeasaur chases Bloo through the junkyard in a parody of ''Pac-Man''.

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* In [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13355771/14/Harry-Potter-and-the-Yellow-Quartet Chapter 14]] of ''Harry Potter and the Yellow Quartet'', the first house elves who served humans were named Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde.

* In the ''Animation/BreadBarbershop'' episode "Macaron's Day Off", Wilk brings Macaron to an arcade with a poster for a game called ''Panc-Man'' (a combination of ''Pac-Man'' and "pancake") on the wall.

** In "Website/EBay", a ''Pac-Man Fever'' lunch box is mentioned as one of the items purchased from the titular website.

** In [[https://www.offthemark.com/cartoon/holidays-seasons/halloween/2015-10-25 this strip]], Pac-Man attends a Halloween party dressed in a [[WesternAnimation/DespicableMe Minion]] costume. Turns out he's not the only one dressed that way.

Pac-Man is to [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Namco]] what [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] is to Creator/{{Nintendo}} and [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]] is to Creator/{{Sega}}. Like Mario and Sonic, Pac-Man has had many parodies and homages in media.