History Trivia / PacManAndTheGhostlyAdventures

* AdoredByTheNetwork: The Russian TV station STS Kids frequently advertises the show since 2019, despite its cancellation in 2015.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: ''Pac-Man Dash!'' was removed from stores due to the show's cancellation and Creator/BandaiNamco reverting back to the original series, meaning it's no longer possible to get it legally.

* WorkingTitle: The Adventures of PACMAN

** Series co-developers Tom Ruegger and Paul Rugg worked on many Warner Brothers shows of the 1990s, most notably ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' .
** Writer Jymn Magon worked on ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'', ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'', ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake'' (Berry Bitty Adventures), and much more.
* HeyItsThatSound: "Pac-Man's Park" from Pac-Mania is a recurring theme.

* KidsMealToy: Burger King sold a set of six figures in their Kids' Meals in 2013. These consisted of Pac, Blinky, Cylindrica, Spiral, Betrayus, and Ghost-Chomping Pac.
* ProductionPosse: Many of the show's voice actors work on ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' .

* TalkingToHimself:
** Creator/SamuelVincent provides the voice for Spiral, President Spheros, and Betrayus.
** Creator/IanJamesCorlett provides the voice for Sir Cumference and Blinky.
** Creator/GoShinomiya provides the voice for Danny Vaincori, Professor Pointybrains, Count Pacula, and Huge Foot, in the Japanese version.
** Also in the Japanese version, Kunpei Sakamoto provides the voice for Dr. Buttocks and Clyde.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: If the game ''VideoGame/PacManParty'' [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness that released 3 years earlier]] and this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5haKPXvtmA POC video]] is anything to go by, this show would have been massively different.
** According to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHDtslz-cp0 an early trailer]], a number of initial ideas were changed in the final product.
** The ghosts were originally going to be sealed in a giant glass orb in the Netherworld as opposed to simply being imprisoned in the Netherworld itself.
** Sir Cumference was originally going to be voiced by Creator/SamuelVincent and also filled TheMentor role for Pac-Man apart from providing him with equipment. Sir Cumference's original voice actor and role instead were given to President Spheros while Sir C became a DitzyGenius voiced by Creator/IanJamesCorlett.
** The berries in the series were originally going to retain being called power pellets as they were in the original game. This was changed to avoid connections to drugs, a common but humorous criticism of Pac-Man. Although if as mentioned above if ''VideoGame/PacManParty'' is anything to go by, the power pellets [[CallBack would have been cookies]].
** If the second video game based on the show had a better reception and sales, there would've been a third and final season where Pac-Man would find his parents and defeat Betrayus once and for all. However, the failure of that game as well as the positive reception towards Pac-Man reusing his Classic design for his appearance in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU'' all played a part in the show being LeftHanging.

** The main show itself is also about to end up in this trope, due to its removal from Netflix on January 1, 2023.

** If the second video game based on the show had a better reception and sales, there would've been a third and final season where Pac-Man would find his parents and defeat Betrayus once and for all. However, the failure of that game as well as the positive reception towards Pac-Man reusing his Classic design for his appearance in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros4'' all played a part in the show being LeftHanging.

* FranchiseKiller: The poor sales and lukewarm reception to ''Ghostly Adventures 2'' has all but killed off the ''Ghostly Adventures'' reboot, with Creator/BandaiNamco reverting back to the original series and its art style shortly afterward.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: If the game VideoGame/PacManParty [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness that released 3 years earlier]] and this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5haKPXvtmA POC video]] is anything to go by, This show would have been massively different.

** The berries in the series were originally going to retain being called power pellets as they were in the original game. This was changed to avoid connections to drugs, a common but humorous criticism of Pac-Man. Although if as mentioned above if VideoGame/PacManParty is anything to go by, The power pellets [[CallBack would have been cookies]].
** If the second video game based on the show had a better reception and sales, there would've been a fourth and final season where Pac-Man would find his parents and defeat Betrayus once and for all. However, the failure of that game as well as the positive reception towards Pac-Man reusing his Classic design for his appearance in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros4'' all played a part in the show being LeftHanging.

* HeyItsThatSound:
** Music from "Pac-Man's Park" in Pac-Mania is a recurring theme.

** If the second video game based on the show had a better reception and sales, there would've been a fourth and final season where Pac-Man would find his parents and defeat Betrayus once and for all.

** In the Japanese version, Mai Todo plays Inky. This invoked AmericanKirbyIsHardcore trope since Inky in Japanese version is given a woman's voice instead of a man's voice like in the English version.
* FranchiseKiller: The poor sales and lukewarm reception to ''Ghostly Adventures 2'' has all but killed off the ''Ghostly Adventures'' reboot, with Creator/BandaiNamco reverting back to the original series and it's art style shortly afterwards.

** Creator/GoShinomiya provides the voice for Danny Vaincori, Professor Pointybrains, Count Pacula and Huge Foot, in Japanese version.

* TheOtherDarrin: The TV show is recorded in Vancouver, Canada, whilst the voices of the video games based off the series are recorded in California.

** The berries in the series were originally going to retain being called power pellets as they were in the original game. This was changed to avoid connections to drugs, a common but humorous criticism of Pac-Man. Although if as mentioned above if VideoGame/PacManParty is anything to go by, The power pellets would have been cookies.

** The berries in the series were originally going to retain being called power pellets as they were in the original game. This was changed to avoid connections to drugs, a common but humorous criticism of Pac-Man.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: If the game VideoGame/PacManParty [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5haKPXvtmA that released 3 years earlier]] and this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5haKPXvtmA POC video]] is anything to go by, This show would have been massively different.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHDtslz-cp0 an early trailer]], a number of initial ideas were changed in the final product.

* GenreKiller: Besides killing off the reboot, ''Ghostly Adventures 2'' also ended up being the final nail in the coffin for what remained of the action-adventure platforming side of Pac-Man (after the ''Pac-Man World'' subfranchise was killed off by ''VideoGame/PacManWorld3''), with Bandai Namco having not made another platformer starring him since.

* GenreKiller: Besides killing off the reboot, ''Ghostly Adventures 2'' also ended up being the final nail in the coffin for what remained of the action-adventure platforming side of Pac-Man (after the ''Pac-Man World'' subfranchise was killed off by ''VideoGame/PacManWorld3'') and Bandai Namco hasn’t made another platformer with him since.

* GenreKiller: ''Ghostly Adventures 2'' was the final nail in the coffin for what remained of the action-adventure platforming side of Pac-Man (after the ''Pac-Man World'' subfranchise was killed off by ''VideoGame/PacManWorld3''), with Bandai Namco having not made another major platformer with him since (most major games afterwards have largely stuck to the classic maze gameplay).

* FranchiseKiller: The lukewarm reception and poor sales of ''Ghostly Adventures 2'' killed off the ''Ghostly Adventures'' reboot, with Bandai Namco reverting back to the original series and it's art style shortly afterwards.
* GenreKiller: ''Ghostly Adventures 2'' has all but killed what remained of the action-adventure platforming side of Pac-Man (after the ''Pac-Man World'' subfranchise was killed off by ''VideoGame/PacManWorld3'') with later games either being mobile games or revisions of the maze gameplay of the original arcade games and the ''Championship Edition'' series.

* GenreKiller: ''Ghostly Adventures 2'' has all but killed what remained of the action-adventure platforming side of Pac-Man (after the ''Pac-Man World'' subfranchise was killed off by ''VideoGame/PacManWorld3'') with later games either being mobile games or revisions of the maze gameplay of the original games and the ''Championship Edition'' series.

* GenreKiller: The lukewarm reception and poor sales of ''Ghostly Adventures 2'' has all but killed off what remained of the action-adventure platforming side of Pac-Man (after the ''Pac-Man World'' subfranchise was killed off by ''VideoGame/PacManWorld3'') with later games either being mobile games or revisions of the maze formula of the arcade games.

* FranchiseKiller: The two console games performed poorly, and 3D platformers involving ''Pac-Man'' have yet to be seen again since.
** It also put an end to Bandai Namco trying to knock the ball in the park as they haven't marketed the ''Ghostly Adventures'' series since the failure of the second game and for most merchandise and media have been [[Main/CanonDiscontinuity reverting]] back to Pac-Man's original ''Main/PieEyed'' design. This was driven home by Pac-Man's appearance in ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS'', which came out around the same time as ''Ghostly Adventures 2''.

* FranchiseKiller: The two console games did so poorly with the public in terms of sales (with a mediocre critical reception to boot) that it's killed off ''Pac-Man'' platform-adventure games once more, the first game to have put these types of ''Pac-Man'' games on ice being [[VideoGame/PacManWorld Pac-Man World 3]]. Since ''Ghostly Adventures 2'', Pac-Man [[Main/DorkAge has been stuck with either simple mobile spin-offs or basic takes on the arcade formula.]]
** It also arguably put an end to Bandai Namco trying to knock the ball in the park as they haven't marketed the ''Ghostly Adventures'' series since the failure of the second game and for most merchandise and media have been [[Main/CanonDiscontinuity reverting]] back to Pac-Man's original ''Main/PieEyed'' design.