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* AnimationBump: The episode "Hocus Pocus Pac-Man" had very basic animation throughout a majority of it, but the animation suddenly gets all smooth at the end.
* AssPull: At the end of "The Day the Forest Disappeared", Pac-Man says the Power Pellet-growing trees are "obidient", and the trees walk away when he asks them to. The trees being able to hear and walk comes out of nowhere.
* AssPull: At the end of "The Day the Forest Disappeared", Pac-Man says the Power Pellet-growing trees are "obidient", and the trees walk away when he asks them to. The trees being able to hear and walk comes out of nowhere.
* Dracula: The episode "Pacula" featured the eponymous pac-person, a vampire who would try to chomp other pac-people. Like many other vampires of the time, Pacula sounded like an imitation of Creator/BelaLugosi.
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* HalloweenEpisode: Oddly enough, the residents of Pac-Land knew about Halloween, but not Christmas, at least [[ChristmasSpecial until Santa showed up.]]
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* HalloweenEpisode: Oddly enough, the residents of Pac-Land knew about Halloween, but not Christmas, at least [[ChristmasSpecial until Santa showed up.]] up]].
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* PaperThinDisguise: Pinky often tries to change his shape in order to avoid being chomped. It never works.
* PityTheKidnapper: In "Pac-Baby Panic", when Mezmaron kidnaps Pac-Baby and tries to ransom him, this scenario happens quickly. When Pac-Man shows up to agree to Mezmaron's demands, the villain ''begs'' him to take his kid back.
* PityTheKidnapper: In "Pac-Baby Panic", when Mezmaron kidnaps Pac-Baby and tries to ransom him, this scenario happens quickly. When Pac-Man shows up to agree to Mezmaron's demands, the villain ''begs'' him to take his kid back.
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* PaperThinDisguise: OffModel:
** In one shot in "The Day the Forest Disappeared", Pac-Man suddenly loses his nose.
** In "Journey Into the Pac-Past" when Pac-Man is on a pirate ship he suddenly grows a third hand.
* PaperThinDisguise:
** Pinky often tries to change his shape in order to avoid being chomped. It never works.
** When Pac-Man tries to enter Mezmaron's place in "The Day the Forest Disappeared" he puts on a hat and a mustache and tells the ghosts he's from the power company. They let him in, but they see through his disguise shortly after he enters.
* PercussiveMaintenance: When Pac-Man tries fixing the washing machine in "Journey Into the Pac-Past", he at one point beats it with a hammer.
* PityTheKidnapper: In "Pac-Baby Panic", when Mezmaron kidnaps Pac-Baby and tries to ransom him, this scenario happens quickly. When Pac-Man shows up to agree to Mezmaron's demands, the villain ''begs'' him to take his kid back.
** In one shot in "The Day the Forest Disappeared", Pac-Man suddenly loses his nose.
** In "Journey Into the Pac-Past" when Pac-Man is on a pirate ship he suddenly grows a third hand.
* PaperThinDisguise:
** Pinky often tries to change his shape in order to avoid being chomped. It never works.
** When Pac-Man tries to enter Mezmaron's place in "The Day the Forest Disappeared" he puts on a hat and a mustache and tells the ghosts he's from the power company. They let him in, but they see through his disguise shortly after he enters.
* PercussiveMaintenance: When Pac-Man tries fixing the washing machine in "Journey Into the Pac-Past", he at one point beats it with a hammer.
* PityTheKidnapper: In "Pac-Baby Panic", when Mezmaron kidnaps Pac-Baby and tries to ransom him, this scenario happens quickly. When Pac-Man shows up to agree to Mezmaron's demands, the villain ''begs'' him to take his kid back.
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* WalkThePlank: In "Journey Into the Pac-Past", the pirate Pac-Beard forces Pac-Man to do this.
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* NamedByTheAdaptation: According to this cartoon, Clyde's full name is "Clyde [[MysteriousMiddleInitialQ.]] [[SpeciesSurname Ghost-Monster]]".
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* NamedByTheAdaptation: According to this cartoon, Clyde's full name is "Clyde [[MysteriousMiddleInitialQ.[[MysteriousMiddleInitial Q.]] [[SpeciesSurname Ghost-Monster]]".
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** In the second season premiere, "Here's Super-Pac", the Ghost Monsters come after Pac-Man with a tank armed with a "guk gun". Pinky tells Inky to load it; when Inky asks "With what?" Pinky replies, "With ''guk'', what else?" while holding up a can of something labeled "Guk".
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** In the second season premiere, "Here's Super-Pac", the Ghost Monsters come after Pac-Man with a tank armed with a "guk gun". Pinky tells Inky Blinky to load it; when Inky Blinky asks "With what?" Pinky replies, "With ''guk'', what else?" while holding up a can of something labeled "Guk".
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* NamedByTheAdaptation: According to this cartoon, Clyde's full name is "Clyde Q. [[SpeciesSurname Ghost-Monster]]".
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* NamedByTheAdaptation: According to this cartoon, Clyde's full name is "Clyde Q. [[MysteriousMiddleInitialQ.]] [[SpeciesSurname Ghost-Monster]]".
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* SpiritualSuccessor: Later games in the franchise take influence from this series. ''Pac-Land'', ''Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures'', and even the VideoGame/PacManWorld trilogy[[note]]Plus the kart racing game Pac-Man World Rally.[[/note]] seem at least partly based on this cartoon. A [=YouTube=] comment [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTmeclHdWp8 here]] sums it up.
--> '''Comment''': Keep in mind this cartoon established the "Pac-lore" of Pac-man. Such as why people worship trees in ''VideoGame/PacManWorld2'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/PacManAndTheGhostlyAdventures Ghostly Adventures]]''. The fact that it inspired the game ''VideoGame/PacLand'', and of course Pac-Man having a family in a small town.
--> '''Comment''': Keep in mind this cartoon established the "Pac-lore" of Pac-man. Such as why people worship trees in ''VideoGame/PacManWorld2'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/PacManAndTheGhostlyAdventures Ghostly Adventures]]''. The fact that it inspired the game ''VideoGame/PacLand'', and of course Pac-Man having a family in a small town.
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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: As Pinky was made male here, Sue is the only female ghost.
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For the characters in this series, see Characters/PacLand.
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* EyeBeams: One time Super-Pacn [[JustEatGilligan fries]] Pinky off the bat with them: "Now you'll see why the girls in the galaxy say I have ''the hottest eyes in town''!"
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* EyeBeams: One time Super-Pacn Super-Pac [[JustEatGilligan fries]] Pinky off the bat with them: "Now you'll see why the girls in the galaxy say I have ''the hottest eyes in town''!"
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* NonActionBigBad: Mezmaron seems incapable of actually fighting (and has lost quite a few of his dark, scary robes after confronting Pac Man), although he has led a few schemes personally. The show's flow seems to imply the worst thing that can happen to a pac-person is to be chomped which deflates them but they can recover. Exactly what Mezmaron could even do to them, is one the series never really explores.
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* NonActionBigBad: Mezmaron seems incapable of actually fighting (and has lost quite a few of his dark, scary robes after confronting Pac Man), although he has led a few schemes personally. The show's flow seems to imply the worst thing that can happen to a pac-person pac-people is to be chomped which deflates them but they can recover. Exactly what Mezmaron could even do to them, is one the series never really explores.
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* BigBad: Mezmaron is the only human in Pac-Man's world. He wants to take over the Power Forest, and the ghosts work for him. Pac-Man himself is the forest's Chief of Security, so he's the primary obstacle in Mezmaron's plan. It's never explained what he plans to do with all those power pellets. As the lone recurring human character, he's our lone reference point for scale. Several episodes have Mezmaron mention that by taking over the Power Forest, he'll control all the "pac-power" in Pac-Land, and thus easily conquer the populace.
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* BigBad: Mezmaron is the only human human(oid) in Pac-Man's world. He wants to take over the Power Forest, and the ghosts work for him. Pac-Man himself is the forest's Chief of Security, so he's the primary obstacle in Mezmaron's plan. It's never explained what he plans to do with all those power pellets. As the lone recurring human character, he's our lone reference point for scale. Several episodes have Mezmaron mention that by taking over the Power Forest, he'll control all the "pac-power" in Pac-Land, and thus easily conquer the populace.
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* AdaptationalDyeJob: In ''VideoGame/MsPacMan'', Sue is orange like Clyde, here she's dark blue. Also, the ghosts are purple when vulnerable instead of dark blue like the games, possibly due to Sue's colour.
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* AdaptationalDyeJob: In ''VideoGame/MsPacMan'', Sue is orange like Clyde, here she's dark blue.lavender. Also, the ghosts are purple when vulnerable instead of dark blue like the games, possibly due to Sue's colour.
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* DarthVaderClone: Mezmaron has a Darth Vader esque face mask, but no helmet.
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* AdaptationalBadass: Clyde and Sue in most incarnations of ''Pac-Man'' are considered the least threatening ghosts, due to their AI pattern causing them to break off a chase whenever they get close to their target. Here, they're treated as the leader and second-in-command.
* AdaptationalDyeJob: In ''VideoGame/MsPacMan'', Sue is orange like Clyde, here she's dark blue. Also, the ghosts are purple when vulnerable instead of dark blue like the games.
* AdaptationalDyeJob: In ''VideoGame/MsPacMan'', Sue is orange like Clyde, here she's dark blue. Also, the ghosts are purple when vulnerable instead of dark blue like the games.
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* AdaptationalBadass: Clyde and Sue in most incarnations of ''Pac-Man'' are considered the least threatening ghosts, due to their AI pattern causing them to break off a chase whenever they get close to their target. Here, they're treated as the leader and second-in-command.
second-in-command, respectively. This may have been inspired by the infamous "Clyde & Blinky error", where the two get their names (or AI patterns) swapped.
* AdaptationalDyeJob: In ''VideoGame/MsPacMan'', Sue is orange like Clyde, here she's dark blue. Also, the ghosts are purple when vulnerable instead of dark blue like thegames.games, possibly due to Sue's colour.
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* AdaptationalWimp: In the original game, Blinky is considered the hardest of the four ghosts, due to his AI pattern being the only one that focuses on simply beelining straight towards Pac-Man, and even growing faster as the game goes on. In the cartoon, he's the comedically incompetent coward, and panics if he so much as ''thinks'' someone has a Power Pellet.
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* AdaptationalWimp: In the original game, Blinky is considered the hardest of the four ghosts, due to his AI pattern being the only one that focuses on simply beelining straight towards Pac-Man, and even growing faster as the game goes on. In the cartoon, he's the comedically incompetent coward, and panics if he so much as ''thinks'' someone has a Power Pellet. This may also have been caused by the "Clyde & Blinky error".
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* AdaptationalWimp: In the original game, Blinky is considered the hardest of the four ghosts, due to his AI pattern being the only one that focuses on simply beelining straight towards Pac-Man, and even growing faster as the game goes on. In the cartoon, he's the comedically incompetent coward.
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* AdaptationalWimp: In the original game, Blinky is considered the hardest of the four ghosts, due to his AI pattern being the only one that focuses on simply beelining straight towards Pac-Man, and even growing faster as the game goes on. In the cartoon, he's the comedically incompetent coward.coward, and panics if he so much as ''thinks'' someone has a Power Pellet.
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* AdaptationalDyeJob: In ''VideoGame/MsPacMan'', Sue is orange like Clyde, here she's dark blue. Also, the ghosts are purple when vulnerable instead of dark blue like the games.
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* NamedByTheAdaptation: According to this cartoon, Clyde's full name is "Clyde Q. [[SpeciesSurname Ghost-Monster]]".
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* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Clyde and Blinky have their personalities switched in the cartoon from the games.
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: [[BigBad Mezmaron]] looks somewhat human, but his species isn't refered to directly.
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* DarthVaderClone: Mezmaron has a Darth Vader esque face mask, but no helmet.
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Power pellets only work for a limited time, and super power pellets leave their user unable to control themselves.
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* LogicalWeakness:
** Once a Power Pellet wears off, Pac-Man could be vulnerable to ghost monsters again. He needs a new one to regain ghost-chomping power.
** Once the threat that caused Super Pac-Man to use a super power pellet was dealt with by Super-Pac, Super-Pac [[TheJuggernaut can't STOP chomping]] through anything. Pac-Man must then use Super-Pac's "time-warp space hole" to neutralize the effects.
** Once a Power Pellet wears off, Pac-Man could be vulnerable to ghost monsters again. He needs a new one to regain ghost-chomping power.
** Once the threat that caused Super Pac-Man to use a super power pellet was dealt with by Super-Pac, Super-Pac [[TheJuggernaut can't STOP chomping]] through anything. Pac-Man must then use Super-Pac's "time-warp space hole" to neutralize the effects.
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* GenderFlip: Pinky is female in the franchise, but whoever was in charge of the cartoon series must've confused their gender, since all the ghosts in the original game looked the same save for color, and made Pinky a male here.
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* GenderFlip: Pinky is female in the franchise, but whoever was in charge of the cartoon series must've confused their Pinky’s gender, since all the ghosts in the original game looked the same save for color, and made Pinky a male here.
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* AdaptationalWimp: In the original game, Blinky is considered the hardest of the four ghosts, due to his AI pattern being the only one that focuses on simply beelining straight towards Pac-Man, and even growing faster as the game goes on. In the cartoon, he's the comedically incompetent coward.
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* AdaptationalWimp: In the original game, Blinky is considered the hardest of the four ghosts, due to his AI pattern being the only one that focuses on simply beelining straight towards Pac-Man, and even growing faster as the game goes on. In the cartoon, he's the comedically incompetent coward.
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* GenderFlip: Pinky is female in the franchise, but in this cartoon series, Pinky is male.
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* GenderFlip: Pinky is female in the franchise, but whoever was in this charge of the cartoon series, series must've confused their gender, since all the ghosts in the original game looked the same save for color, and made Pinky is male.a male here.
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* CanonForeigner: Mezmaron appears in the cartoon, but not in any of the games. Some have theorized that the Ghost Witch of Netor from ''VideoGame/PacMan2TheNewAdventures'' was a homage to Mezmaron. Pac-Man's boss Grump has also never reappeared, although the idea of other Pac-People besides the core yellow family ''did''.
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* CanonForeigner: Mezmaron appears in the cartoon, but not in any of the games. Some have theorized that the Ghost Witch of Netor from ''VideoGame/PacMan2TheNewAdventures'' was a homage and Spunky from ''VideoGame/PacMania'' were homages to Mezmaron. Pac-Man's boss Grump has also never reappeared, although the idea of other Pac-People besides the core yellow family ''did''.
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* ChristmasSpecial: Christmas Comes to Pac-Land
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* ChristmasSpecial: Christmas Comes to Pac-LandPac-Land, where Santa falls through the fabric of time and space into Pac-Land and introduces them to Christmas, which neither pac-people nor ghosts have never heard of before - despite several popular Christmas songs being known by the five ghosts under Mezmeron's claw.
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* DecompositeCharacter: Super-Pac is obviously a reference to Super Pac-Man; however, Super Pac-Man in his origin game was just an alternate form of Pac-Man, whereas Super-Pac is his own character with his own set of terrifying flaws.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: Later games in the franchise take influence from this series. ''Pac-Land'', ''Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures'', and even the VideoGame/PacManWorld trilogy[[note]]Plus the kart racing game Pac-Man World Rally.[[/note]] seem at least partly based on this cartoon.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: Later games in the franchise take influence from this series. ''Pac-Land'', ''Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures'', and even the VideoGame/PacManWorld trilogy[[note]]Plus the kart racing game Pac-Man World Rally.[[/note]] seem at least partly based on this cartoon. A [=YouTube=] comment [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTmeclHdWp8 here]] sums it up.
--> '''Comment''': Keep in mind this cartoon established the "Pac-lore" of Pac-man. Such as why people worship trees in ''VideoGame/PacManWorld2'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/PacManAndTheGhostlyAdventures Ghostly Adventures]]''. The fact that it inspired the game ''VideoGame/PacLand'', and of course Pac-Man having a family in a small town.
--> '''Comment''': Keep in mind this cartoon established the "Pac-lore" of Pac-man. Such as why people worship trees in ''VideoGame/PacManWorld2'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/PacManAndTheGhostlyAdventures Ghostly Adventures]]''. The fact that it inspired the game ''VideoGame/PacLand'', and of course Pac-Man having a family in a small town.
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* GenderFlip: Pinky is female in the franchise, but in this cartoon series, Pinky is male.
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* AdaptationalBadass: Clyde and Sue in most incarnations of ''Pac-Man'' are considered the least threatening ghosts, due to their AI pattern causing them to break off a chase whenever they get close to their target. Here, they're treated as the leader and second-in-command.
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* AdaptationalWimp: In the original game, Blinky is considered the hardest of the four ghosts, due to his AI pattern being the only one that focuses on simply beelining straight towards Pac-Man, and even growing faster as the game goes on. In the cartoon, he's the comedically incompetent coward.