History WesternAnimation / PacMan

* MyFavoriteSuit: Super Pac-Man ''[[BerserkButton really]]'' ''[[BerserkButton gets angry]] at the Ghost Monsters after their goo gun gets goo all over his superhero costume.

** Later on when Super Pac-Man eats a [[DesperationAttack super power pellet]]. Then Pac-Man realizes as Super Pac-Man is a NighInvulnerable [[TheJuggernaut Eating Machine]] who can't control his Super-Chomping, the only way to negate that and give Super Pac-Man some control again is to get him into his time-warp space hole (fortunately, Pac-Man can grab it and use the hole to do just that).

* MythologyGag: One episode had Pac-Man chase the ghost-monsters through a maze that was identical to the one in the original arcade game, and the episode "The Bionic Pac-Woman" began with Pac-Man and Pepper ordering two Wakka-Wakka Burgers, referencing the sound made when Pac-Man ate dots in the original game.
* NearVillainVictory: The episode "The Day the Forest Disappeared" had Mezmaron finally get the power forest, but Pac-Man defeated him at the last minute because the trees turned out to be sentient and Pac-Man told them to move to a new location where Mezmaron would never find them.

* ThemeNaming: Most of the landmarks, characters, etc. in the show had the word "Pac" or "chomp" in their names; for example, Pac-land's movie capital was "Pac-Hollywood", and Pac-Man's dog was named "Chomp-Chomp".

* CanonForeigner: Mezmaron appears in the cartoon, but not in any of the games. Some have theorized that the Ghost Witch of Netor from ''Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures'' was an homage to Mezmaron.

In 1982, Creator/HannaBarbera acquired the rights to produce a cartoon based on [[VideoGame/{{Pac-Man}} the eponymous game]] in America, as part of a 90-minute omnibus with ''TheLittleRascals'' and ''ComicBook/RichieRich''. Its characters are basically ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' and the plot is basically ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs''.

* RecursiveAdaptation: An arcade video game called ''Pac-Land'' was released in 1984, which was a side-scrolling platformer that was clearly based on the cartoon. Inky's lazy eye and Sue's purple cloak and [[TertiarySexualCharacteristics eyes]] survived into the design of the monsters in ''Pac-Mania''. But Blinky retains his speed and aggressiveness, whereas in the cartoon he was an asthmatic coward. In the ''Pac-Man World'' games, however, the cartoon is completely forgotten. There are only four ghosts, and Pinky is now female.
** However, for some time following the release of ''Pac-Man Arrangement'', Blinky and Clyde's names were swapped around for some time, making Clyde the red more aggressive ghost and leader of the gang, and Blinky the orange and more laid-back ghost. This continued even into the ''World'' games. Whenever or not this could be considered a homage to the cartoon or simply a mistake on Namco's parts is up to the viewer.

* FanVid: ''WebVideo/TheAdventuresOfDuaneAndBrandO'' gives a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp1etqyxBPY damned good rendition]] of a longstanding EarWorm.

* BadFuture: The episode "Pac Van Winkle" double-subverts this. The episode has Pac-Man drink a sleeping potion a witch gives him and end up waking 20 years in a future where Mezmaron succeeded in conquering Pac-Land without interference and the Pac-People have been forced to live underground. After the aged Pac-Man drinks a potion from the same witch to go back in time, Pac-Man wakes up and it appears the whole thing was AllJustADream, [[OrIsIt but then the witch appears and laughs at Pac-Man dismissing the event as a dream]].

* FacePalm: Mezmaron does this at the end of the season two opening.
* FiveBadBand

** Later on when Super Pac-Man eats a [[DespirationAttack super power pellet]]. Then Pac-Man realizes as Super Pac-Man is a NighUnstoppable [[TheJuggernaut Eating Machine]] who can't control his Super-Chomping, the only way to negate that and give Super Pac-Man some control again is to get him into his time-warp space hole (fortunately, Pac-Man can grab it and use the hole to do just that).

** EyeBeams: One time he [[JustShootGilligan 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''!"

* NearVillainVictory: The episode "The Day the Forest Disappeared" had Mezmarom finally get the power forest, but Pac-Man defeated him at the last minute because the trees turned out to be sentient and Pac-Man told them to move to a new location where Mezmaron would never find them.

* ThisMeansWar: When Super Pac-Man came in on the second season, the ghosts would do something that would anger him (though not enough to make him pull out a [[DespirationAttack super power pellet]] yet). They would soon find out why they should [[BewaretheSuperman Beware the Super Pac-Man.]]

* VoluntaryShapeShifting: Pinky all the time, but in "Picnic in Pac-Land", he could merge with Clyde, Blinky, and Inky to form items at times (once to a frisbee, then to a kite). [[spoiler:Neither worked. The frisbee got buried by Chomp-Chomp and they had to unbury themselves, spitting out dirt. The kite got hit by lightning.]] In other episodes, the ghosts assumed such forms as traffic lights and hubcaps.

* PowerUpFood: The power pellets, of course.

* CaptainObvious: In "A Bad Case of the Chomps", Pac-Man shows Chomp-Chomp a wrench, and says annoyed at him, [[LargeHam "THIS IS A WRENCH."]]

For the CGI adaptation, see ''WesternAnimation/{{Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures}}''.

In 1982, Creator/HannaBarbera acquired the rights to produce a cartoon based on [[VideoGame/{{Pac-Man}} the eponymous game]] in America, as part of a 90-minute omnibus with ''TheLittleRascals'' and ''ComicBook/RichieRich''. Its characters are basically ''TheFlintstones'' and the plot is basically ''TheSmurfs''.

In 1982, {{Hanna-Barbera}} acquired the rights to produce a cartoon based on [[VideoGame/{{Pac-Man}} the eponymous game]] in America, as part of a 90-minute omnibus with ''TheLittleRascals'' and ''ComicBook/RichieRich''. Its characters are basically ''TheFlintstones'' and the plot is basically ''TheSmurfs''.

* BabysittingEpisode: In the ''Pac-Man'' short "Hocus-Pocus Pac-Man", Ms. Pac-Man asks her husband to watch Pac-Baby while she goes shopping. Pac-Man tries to amuse Pac-Baby with some magic tricks, but one of them goes wrong and Pac-Baby seemingly vanishes.

* CaptainObvious: In one episode, Chomp-Chomp is shown a wrench, and Pac-Man then says annoyed at him, [[LargeHam "THIS IS A WRENCH."]]

* CanonForeigner: Mezmaron appears in the cartoon, but not in any of the games. Some have theorized that the Ghost Witch of Netor from ''[[PacMan2TheNewAdventures Pac-Man 2]]'' was an homage to Mezmaron.
* CaptainObvious: In one episode, Chomp-Chomp is shown a wrench, which Pac-Man then says annoyed at him, [[LargeHam "THIS IS A WRENCH."]]

* FanVid: [[TheAdventuresOfDuaneAndBrandO The Adventures of Duane and BrandO]] gives a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp1etqyxBPY damned good rendition]] of a longstanding EarWorm.

** ''Pac-Land'' not only used the theme song from the cartoon, the but U.S. version redesigned the sprites of Pac-Man and the ghosts to resemble their cartoon counterparts.

* VoluntaryShapeShifting: Pinky all the time, but could merge with Clyde, Blinky, and Inky to form items at times (once to a frisbee, then to a kite). [[spoiler:Neither worked. The frisbee got buried by Chomp-Chomp and they had to unbury themselves, spitting out dirt. The kite got hit by lightning.]]

For the CGI adaptation, see WesternAnimation/{{Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures}}

* TheDanza: Susan Silo played Sue.

* HeyItsThatVoice: The hero is Beegle Beagle (from ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatGrapeApe'') and Autocat; the villain is Uglor from ''WesternAnimation/SpaceStars''; the blue ghost is Clamhead from ''WesternAnimation/{{Jabberjaw}}'', and the red, pink and purple ghosts are characters from ''WesternAnimation/CBBears''.
** Pac-Man's cat is [[{{Transformers}} Optimus Prime]] and his dog is [[{{Transformers}} Megatron]]. And once again (or rather, once ''before''), they're in conflict. Only this time, PeterCullen voices the mean one.

* SpiritualSuccessor: The game ''Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures'' seems at least partly based on this cartoon.

In 1982, {{Hanna-Barbera}} acquired the rights to produce a cartoon based on [[VideoGame/{{Pac-Man}} the eponymous game]] in America, as part of a 90-minute omnibus with ''TheLittleRascals'' and ''RichieRich''. Its characters are basically ''TheFlintstones'' and the plot is basically ''TheSmurfs''.

For the CGI adaptation, see WesternAnimation/{{Pac-Man And The Ghostly Adventures}}

* BabysittingEpisode: In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Pac-Man}}'' short "Hocus-Pocus Pac-Man", Ms. Pac-Man asks her husband to watch Pac-Baby while she goes shopping. Pac-Man tries to amuse Pac-Baby with some magic tricks, but one of them goes wrong and Pac-Baby seemingly vanishes.

* CaptainObvious: In one episode, Chomp-Chomp is shown a wrench, which Pac-Man then says annoyed at him [[LargeHam "THIS IS A WRENCH."]]
* CatsAreMean: The family cat, Sourpuss ([[IncrediblyLamePun seriously]]), would constantly try to play {{Garfield}}-esque pranks on the dog, Chomp-Chomp. Of course, the cat would always [[HoistByHisOwnPetard fall victim to his own schemes]].

* DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch: Ms. Pac-Man's affectionate nickname for Pac-Man, "Packy", is very unfortunately and hilariously pronounced the same way as a racist slur against people from Pakistan in the UK.

* HeyItsThatVoice: The hero is Beegle Beagle (from ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatGrapeApe'') and Autocat; the villain is Uglor from ''SpaceStars''; the blue ghost is Clamhead from ''{{Jabberjaw}}'', and the red, pink and purple ghosts are characters from ''CBBears''.

** Dinky, the ghosts' nephew, needed Sue to help him get his spare suit when Pac Baby chomped him.

** Pac-Land not only used the theme song from the cartoon, the US version redesigned the sprites of Pac-Man and the ghosts to resemble their cartoon counterparts.
* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Ms. Pac-Man. One episode, "The Bionic Pac-Woman", even features Pac-Man disguising himself as Ms. Pac-Man to fool Mezmaron. Sue might fit this as well, being depicted with earrings and eyelashes, unlike the other ghost monsters (who wear hats).

* VoluntaryShapeShifting: Pinky all the time, but could merge with Clyde, Blinky, and Inky to form items at times too (once to a frisbee, then to a kite). [[spoiler:Neither worked. The frisbee got buried by Chomp-Chomp and they had to unbury themselves, spitting out dirt. The kite got hit by lightning.]]