Line #66 ReferencedBy/PacMan


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7	Pac-Man is to [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Namco]] what [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] is to Creator/{{Nintendo}} and [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]] is to Creator/{{Sega}}. Like Mario and Sonic, Pac-Man has had many parodies and homages in media.
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10	[[AC:{{Advertising}}]]
11	* A commercial for 7-up from 1984 features Pac-Man drinking the titular soda to power-up and eat the ghosts. In a later scene, the ghosts drink 7-up with Pac-Man.
12	* A commercial for Pizza Hut's $10.00 Tastemaker Pizza features Creator/CraigRobinson playing the tabletop arcade version of ''Pac-Man'' while hawking the titular pizza, questioning if Pac-Man got tired of eating the same Pac-Dots every day, and asking who else would eat Pac-Dots.
13	* A commercial for Reese's features a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup acting like Pac-Man and eating Resse's Pieces the way Pac-Man eats Pac-Dots. Actual music and sound effects from the ''Pac-Man'' game are also used in the commercial.
14	* A commercial for Subway Fresh Fit meals features a kid playing a ''Pac-Man''-like video game called "Snakka", where a boy named Snakka runs through a maze eating junk food, and the more junk food he eats, the fatter he gets. When he unlocks a sundae in what looks like the Ghosts' Nest, his fat [[HelpImStuck gets him stuck in it]], causing the kid to get a Game Over.
15	* Pac-Man appears in a 2023 ad for Wonderful Pistachios, where he eats the titular snack like Pac-Dots. Actual music and sound effects from the ''Pac-Man'' game were used in the commercial.
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17	[[AC:AnimeAndManga]]
18	* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'': In ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'', one of Telence T. D'Arby's games in his collection is called ''Pack-Laudy 2''.
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20	[[AC:AsianAnimation]]
21	* In ''Animation/BreadBarbershop'', the arcade has a poster for a game called ''Panc-Man'' (a combination of ''Pac-Man'' and "pancake") on the wall.
22	* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'':
23	** In Season 8 episode 22, Huo Haha reminds Big M. that Happy S. is still a candy cracker from Huo's magic, and there's a danger of him being eaten. As he says this, the accompanying visuals show Huo as Pac-Man, consuming Happy S., complete with sound effects from the original ''Pac-Man''.
24	** In Season 13 episode 1, Doctor H. briefly teleports to an 8-bit environment that features the ''Pac-Man'' ghosts in it.
25	* In the ''Animation/SimpleSamosa'' episode "Khelo Samosa", the townsfolk are trapped in an arcade game and Samosa and friends have to rescue them. The arcade machine they get sucked into is for a game called "Pakwanman" featuring a familiar yellow circular character.
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27	[[AC:ComicStrips]]
28	* The title panel of the April 24, 2011 ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' strip shows Garfield as Pac-Man chasing after a purple ghost.
29	* In one comic strip of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'', Kermit mentions that Robin earned a Frog Scout merit badge for playing ''Pac-Man''.
30	* ''ComicStrip/OffTheMark'':
31	** [[https://www.offthemark.com/cartoon/medical-health/diet/2017-06-08 OverPac Man]].
32	** In [[https://www.offthemark.com/cartoon/holidays-seasons/halloween/2015-10-25 this strip]], Pac-Man attends a Halloween party dressed in a [[Franchise/DespicableMe Minion]] costume. Turns out he's not the only one dressed that way.
33	** [[https://www.offthemark.com/cartoon/relationships/babies-kids/2017-01-02 Pac-Man hits a pinata stuffed with Pac-dots]].
34	** "[[https://www.offthemark.com/cartoon/relationships/marriage/2015-10-08 Watching Ghost Hunters again?]]"
35	** [[https://www.offthemark.com/cartoon/relationships/marriage/2011-07-18 Pac-man is busted]].
36	** [[https://www.offthemark.com/cartoon/relationships/parents/2016-02-15 The original Pac-Money]].
37	** [[https://www.offthemark.com/cartoon/business-finance/human-resources/1997-03-12 Pac-Man's lean years]].
38	** In [[https://www.offthemark.com/cartoon/medical-health/medicine-drugs/2004-07-18 this strip]], some cats play a ''Pac-Man''-like game called ''Eat Around the Pill'' at an arcade.
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40	[[AC:FanWorks]]
41	* 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.
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43	[[AC:[[AnimatedFilms Films — Animated]]]]
44	* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2''. The Furious Five hide in a Chinese dragon costume and proceed to haul wolf minions inside and beat them up, making it look to outsiders like they're being devoured. While this goes on the view switches to a top-down perspective of the maze of streets in an obvious Pac-Man allusion.
45	* ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'':
46	** A ''Pac-Man'' machine can be seen right next to the ''JustForFun/FixItFelixJr'' machine, which also provides justification for why Pac-Man and Clyde appear in the movie and why Clyde seems to be the head of the support group (being among the oldest still around).
47	** In the Surge Protector's first scene, Ralph is seen trying to smuggle cherries back from ''Pac-Man''. Ralph is later seen giving half of the cherry to VideoGame/QBert, who has become homeless and down on his luck since his game was unplugged.
48	** Blinky, Inky, and Pinky make cameos in Game Central Station.
49	** Pac-Man appears as a guest at Felix's 30th Anniversary party.
50	** the Disney VanityPlate at the end of the credits glitches out and becomes a kill screen because of all the characters meshing together, which itself counts as a ShoutOut to the same thing in ''Pac-Man''.
51	** ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet'' begins with Ralph and Vanellope playing I Spy. When Ralph tells Vanellope that he sees something yellow and round that eats dots, Vanellope guesses "Pac-Man", telling Ralph the answer is obvious and to name something other than Pac-Man that fits the criteria. Ralph tells her, "I can name two; Ms. Pac-Man and Baby Pac-Man!".
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53	[[AC:FilmsLiveAction]]
54	* In ''The One And Only Ivan'', a ''Pac-Man'' arcade machine can be seen in the Big Top Mall and Video Arcade.
55	* In ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'', Scott attempts to strike up a conversation with Ramona by mentioning that Pac-Man was originally called Puck-Man (as mentioned on the Trivia page).
56	* In ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'', Peter Quill, upon learning he can control matter immediately says he'll make some "weird shit" and while fighting Ego, makes a giant stone Pac-Man, complete with sound effects.
57	* 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]].
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59	[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
60	* In ''Literature/QueensOfGeek'', Pac-Man is one of the games at the arcade where Alyssa takes Charlie.
61	* In ''Literature/ElliottAndWin'', Win plays Pac-Man with Paul's amigo, Vinny Baca. Vinny is much better at it than he is.
62	* In ''Literature/PostHighSchoolRealityQuest'', Buffy sleeps in Pac-Man pajamas.
63	* ''Literature/MoojagAndTheAuticodeSecret'': Adam plays a holographic version of Pac-Man at a festival dedicated to [[TheBeforetimes life before the Surge]].
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65	[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
66	* ''Series/ICarly (2007)'': In "iStage an Intervention", Spencer finds a ''Pak-Rat'' arcade machine in a garbage dump and becomes addicted to the game.
67	* ''Series/WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSandiego'': Pac-Man appears in "The Unfair Exchange, or Stock Shock'', where he gives out a clue about the National Coin-Op and Video Arcade museum.
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69	[[AC:Music]]
70	* ''Music/WeirdAlYankovic'':
71	** One of Weird Al's songs is "Pac-Man", a parody of Music/TheBeatles' "Taxman".
72	** In "eBay", a ''Pac-Man Fever'' lunch box is mentioned as one of the items purchased from the titular website.
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74	[[AC:PuppetShows]]
75	* ''Series/SesameStreet'': In the ''Series/ElmosWorld'' episode about teeth, Elmo plays a computer game very similar to ''Pac-Man'', where he plays as a set of teeth that eats apples in a maze.
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77	[[AC:VideoGames]]
78	* In ''Bitcoin Billionaire'', Winky is a green ghost, occasionally turning blue and dreaming of Pac-Man eating a power pellet in a dark maze.
79	* ''Chalk Chase'', a flash game based on ''WesternAnimation/ChalkZone'' is essentially a clone of ''Pac-Man'', where you play as Rudy and run through a maze collecting pieces of chalk while avoiding enemies. Collecting magic chalk pieces temporarily makes Rudy invincible and allows him to attack the enemies.
80	* ''VideoGame/TheDarksideDetective'': One of the arcade games at the mall is a zombie-themed parody of ''Pac-Man''.
81	* In ''VideoGame/EverybodyEditsFlash'', the Purple Ghost DigitalAvatar appears as a BedsheetGhost close in appearance to that of a retro ''Pac-Man'' ghost, specifically Pinky.
82	* Pac-Man and a ghost can make an appearance in ''{{VideoGame/Grow}} Park''.
83	* ''VideoGame/Jak3'': One mission involves Daxter jumping into a data-grid to collect mini orbs in the style of a ''Pac-Man'' minigame.
84	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jellystone}}'' has a flash game on the Creator/CartoonNetwork website called ''Yogi's Hungry'', based on a scene from "Yogi's Tummy Troubles" that parodies ''Pac-Man''. In this game, you play as Yogi and eat various foods while avoiding the citizens of Jellystone. If Yogi collects the Nuclear Stomach, it temporarily allows him to eat the citizens of Jellystone.
85	* ''VideoGame/LittleNightmares: Complete Edition'' features a ''Pac-Man'' mask that can be unlocked by using Pac-Man's amiibo from ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''
86	* In ''VideoGame/MarioPartyStarRush'', the "House of Boos" mini-game plays very similarly to ''Pac-Man''; your character is in a maze and has to collect coins while avoiding being caught by Boos.
87	* ''Mutant Munchies'' is a flash game based on ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'' that is essentially a clone of ''Pac-Man''. In this game, you play as Michelangelo and run through a sewer maze eating dots and other food which give him bonus points, such as hamburgers and ice cream, while avoiding four droids; Mouser, Droido, Bitey, and Steve. When Mikey eats a pizza slice, it temporarily turns the droids blue, allowing him to eat them.
88	* ''VideoGame/NormysBeachBabeORama'': The fourth stage, "[[BigBoosHaunt Transylvania 1973]]" has Normy engage in a ''Pac-Man''-like video game, where he has to collect beach balls while avoiding the heads of Professor Warhol.
89	* ''VideoGame/SonicSuperstars'': One segment in the announcement trailer indicates that Sonic and his friends can turn into voxel-styled squids and swim through the air in a way that looks very similar to the ghosts from ''Pac-Man''. The fact that Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy's color schemes respectively match Inky, Clyde, Blinky and Pinky's respectively makes the reference clearer.
90	* In the Platform/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]]
91	* One of the bonus games in ''VideoGame/TinyToonAdventuresBusterBustsLoose'' plays very similarly to ''Pac-Man''. In it, Babs Bunny is in a maze and has to rescue her friends, including Fifi La Fume, Little Beeper, and Calamity Coyote, whilst avoiding enemies like Dizzy Devil.
92	* In the ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTheMovie'' LicensedGame for the Platform/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]].
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94	[[AC:WebAnimation]]
95	* ''WebAnimation/AnimatorVsAnimation'': In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kCePEEBjvc&ab_channel=AlanBecker Animation vs. Arcade Games]], Pac-Man is among the many arcade games Yellow creates when he uses his laptop to transfer the games into his arcade cabinet allowing his friends to play, as well as becoming disrupted by [[VideoGame/QBert Qbert]] who's messing with the arcade games. It also has the titular character, Pac-Man, fight against the main protagoinsts when he's being mind controlled by Qbert.
96	* ''[[WebAnimation/DorklyOriginals Dorkly Bits]]'':
97	** "Ms. Pacman's Secret Life" - The ghosts chase Ms. Pac-Man around the maze, wanting to make out with her, but it turns out that Ms. Pac-Man was really Pac-Man in drag.
98	** "Pacman Family Problems" - Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man get in a fight.
99	** "How Blinky Died" - When Pac-Man asks Blinky how he became a ghost, a flashback shows Blinky as a human, hanging himself on a ceiling fan. However, Blinky says [[BlatantLies he died by saving orphans from a burning church]].
100	** "Mario Meets With His Agent" - Pac-Man is seen in a framed picture.
101	** "Pac-Man Plays ''VideoGame/{{Skyrim}}''" - Ms. Pac-Man nags Pac-Man for doing nothing but playing ''Skyrim''.
102	** "Pac-Man's Pac-Wedding" - Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man get married and have a wedding party with a group of other Pac-People.
103	** "Why Video Game Minions Switching Places Would Be Pure Chaos" - Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde switch places with [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros the Boos]]. The Boos hide when Pac-Man sees them, which Pac-Man doesn't find challenging. Meanwhile, Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde attack Mario when he tries to look at them, hoping they'll leave him alone.
104	** "Power-Up Mix-Up" - At one point, Mario finds a Power Pellet and uses it to eat Bowser. At another point in the same video, Pac-Man finds the [[VideoGame/{{Contra}} Spread Gun]], and the ghosts flee when they see him use it.
105	** "6 Times You Were The REAL Villain In Video Games" - In the maze, Pinky ran away from Pac-Man (almost been eaten) and hides where Blinky is. Blinky is shocked to see how scared Pinky is and calls Pac-Man a "Pac-monster".
106	** "If Videogames Had Impossible Mode (Part 2)" - The ghosts go through the walls instead of around them, allowing them to surround Pac-Man, much to the latter's horror.
107	** "What Happens When Videogames Mix Up Their Power-Ups" - Blinky finds the [[Franchise/FinalFantasy Phoenix Down]] and gets revived as a human, only to get eaten by Pac-Man.
108	** "If Video Games Were 22% More Realistic" - Pac-Man becomes morbidly obese from eating 200 Pac-Dots in one sitting. When Blinky asks Pac-Man if he's eaten enough Pac-Dots today, Pac-Man accuses Blinky of just being jealous of him. Pac-Man then throws up and dies from his obesity, to which Blinky asks Pinky, Inky, and Clyde if this counts as a win for them.
109	** "Pac-Man Family Trouble" - When Jr. Pac-Man is delivered to Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man's house, Ms. Pac-Man is eager to spend some time with Junior, but Pac-Man sends him to the pellet maze, where Junior ends up getting killed by Blinky. When Ms. Pac-Man is dismayed to find out the bad news, she reveals to Pac-Man that she's been sleeping with VideoGame/QBert. Junior later reappears as a ghost who kills Pac-Man when he tries to hug him. Junior also tries to kill Ms. Pac-Man, but decides to spare Q*Bert because he likes how he jumps.
110	* ''Webanimation/StupidKids'': In ''És mind nekem tapsol'' (''And they all clap for me''), Bazsi and Wongie argue about who is the bigger geek. Bazsi says he is so geek he even does overtime in ''Pacman''
111	* WebAnimation/FazbearAndFriendsZamination: In "Glamrock Freddy's shredder incident..." the Pac-Man sound effect can be heard when Gregory starts throwing rubber chickens at Glamrock Freddy's shredders and Monty.
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113	[[AC:WebVideo]]
114	* ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'':
115	** At the beginning of his "Game Glitches" video, the Nerd tries to play the 1993 NES port of ''Pac-Man'', only to find it corrupted by the Glitch Gremlin.
116	** In his review of ''WesternAnimation/ToxicCrusaders'' games, when the nerd plays the Platform/SegaGenesis version, he calls Blobby a "yellow Pac-Man ballsack".
117	** At the beginning of his review of Tiger Electronic Handheld Games, the Nerd brings up a game called ''Tax-Man'' for the Platform/AppleII computer, which is [[FollowTheLeader an exact copy of]] ''Pac-Man''.
118	** The Nerd has reviewed ''VideoGame/PacMan2TheNewAdventures'' for the Platform/SegaGenesis.
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120	[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
121	* ''WesternAnimation/ActionLeagueNow'': In "What's Eating The Flesh?", The Flesh catches a body-eating virus from an infected guinea pig. When Bill shows the heroes video feed of what's happening to him, it is revealed to be a game of ''Pac-Man''.
122	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'': In "Operation: Rescue Jet Fusion", a clam chases Jimmy, Carl, and Sheen through a maze as 8-bit music plays.
123	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': In "Anne or Beast", Polly eats candies off the ground in a way that's very reminiscent of Pac-Man.
124	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'': In "Crime and Consequences", in the fair, one of the arcade machines is a parody of Pac-Man, called "Pac Dog".
125	* ''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 Platform/Atari2600 ''Pac-Man'' game were used.
126	* ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'': In "How Cleveland Got His Groove Back", Cleveland borrows a stool from a Ms. Pac-Man arcade machine, hoping no one wants to play the game. [[TemptingFate When he overhears someone saying that he wanted to play]] ''Ms. Pac-Man'', Cleveland imitates Pac-Man's death animation.
127	* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'': In "Game Over", while in Master Computer's domain, Dexter gets chased by a monster that looks like Pac-Man.
128	* ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'':
129	** The Creator/HannaBarbera cartoon version of Pac-Man appears in "Gay Bash", where he states that Ms. Pac-Man was just him in drag.
130	** In "Nipple Ring-Ring Goes to Foster Care", Captain Hero's room has a poster of Pac-Man.
131	** "Spelling Applebees" has a scene where Captain Hero imitates Pac-Man.
132	* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'':
133	** In "Stuck Together, Torn Apart", when Peter and Lois split up, Peter tells Lois that it didn't work too well for Pac-Man. What follows is a cutaway where [[PetTheDog three of the ghosts try to cheer Pac-Man up]], but to no avail.
134	** In "Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story", Stewie and Brian are seen playing the tabletop version of ''Pac-Man''.
135	** In "Meet the Quagmires", Peter plays a game called "Menstrual Ms. Pac-Man".
136	** In the opening credits for "Road to the Multiverse", Brian is seen playing ''Pac-Man'', showing Stewie as Pac-Man, and the rest of the Griffin family as the ghosts.
137	** In "Joe's Revenge", Peter mimics the death sound effect from ''Pac-Man''.
138	** In "Candy Quahog Marshmallow!", Peter describes Quagmire and Sujin as a cute couple, just like Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man. A cutaway implies Pac-Man performing oral sex on Ms. Pac-Man, accompanied by his munching sounds.
139	** In "Cutawayland", Pac-Man follows WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph into the restroom and is killed by the stench.
140	** In "A Wife-Changing Experience", Ms. Pac-Man accuses Pac-Man of sexual assault.
141	* ''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 game. Ms. Pac-Man cries over her loss, then Fry asks Amy to tend to the "widow Pac-Man".
142	* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'': In "[[WesternAnimation/HouseOfBloos House of Bloo's]]", the Extremeasaur chases Bloo through the junkyard in a parody of ''Pac-Man''.
143	* In the ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' episode "Fight Fighters", Soos says that ''Ghost Maze'', a thinly-veiled parody of ''Pac-Man'', taught him how to eat ghosts, which came in handy when his house was haunted.
144	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jellystone}}'': One portion of "Yogi's Tummy Troubles" has Yogi chasing the residents of Jellystone in a ''Pac-Man''-like sequence.
145	* In the ''WesternAnimation/LetsGoLuna'' episode "Loco for Cocoa!", Luna sings about Montezuma II, an Aztec king who loved chocolate. He is shown going through a ''Pac-Man''-like maze eating chocolate treats, complete with the sound effects.
146	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleRascals'' episode "Trash Can Treasures", Porky plays on Buckwheat's microcomputer a game similar to ''Pac-Man'', in which he controls a piranha eating pies in a simplified maze.
147	* ''WesternAnimation/{{MAD}}'':
148	** "Super 80's" - There is a scene where people are being chased by Pac-Man.
149	** "Diary of a Wimpy Kid Icarus" - Pac-Man is seen getting chased by the ghosts. Later, Ms. Pac-Man appears as a school teacher.
150	** "[=ParaMorgan=]" - The ghosts appear in this sketch.
151	* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': In "Watching and Dreaming", when The Collector begins playing games with Luz, King, and Eda, they are seen chasing Luz through a maze via a massive version of their head which is constantly opening and closing its mouth, mirroring ''Pac-Man''.
152	* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'':
153	** "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.
154	** "The Core, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover" - Pac-Man eats Sam Wheat from ''Film/Ghost1990''.
155	** "Fool's Goldfinger" - Pac-Man and the ghosts are among the video game characters appearing in a musical revolving around gay video game characters (in real life, Pac-Man is not gay).
156	** "Butchered in Burbank" - The life of Pac-Man's romantic relationship unfolds in three shorts.
157	** "Stone Cold Steve Cold Stone" - Pac-Man teaches sex ed to some Pac-Kids at a school.
158	** "Chipotle Miserables" - Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man appear in a parody of ''Film/ParanormalActivity''.
159	** "Hey I Found Another Sock" - Ms. Pac-Man serves Pac-Man Pac-Dots for dinner.
160	* ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'': In "[[Recap/RockosModernLifeS2E12SnowballsFrogsBestFriend Frog's Best Friend]]", Earl chases Ed through a maze of dots.
161	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
162	** In "I Married Marge", Mr. Burns is seen playing ''Ms. Pac-Man''.
163	** In "Lisa's First Word", Marge says Lisa first spoke at a time when Ms. Pac-Man struck a blow for women's rights.
164	** In "A Tale of Two Springfields", When The Who tell Homer that they don't know the words to ''Pac-Man Fever'', Homer tries to demonstrate by singing a verse of the song.
165	** "Homer and Ned's Hail Marry Pass" features a fictional scene from Super Bowl XVI, where Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man get married.
166	** The CouchGag for "Sorry Not Sorry" depicts Homer as Pac-Man and Marge, Bart, Lisa, Maggie, and Ned as the Ghosts. After the ''Pac-Man'' intro song plays, Homer eats Maggie, Bart, Lisa, and Marge in that respective order, but he doesn't succeed in eating Ned, then says, "Oh, Stupid Flanders!" before he mimics Pac-Man's death animation.
167	* ''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.
168	* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'':
169	** In "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS1E21GangBusters Gang Busters]]", Buster and Plucky pass the time in a dark jail cell by playing ''Pac-Man'' with their illuminated eyeballs. Plucky's eye takes on the form of Pac-Man, and Buster's eyes take on the forms of ghosts.
170	** In "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS2E8BusterAndBabsGoHawaiian Buster and Babs Go Hawaiian]]", Montana Max plays a spoof of ''Pac-Man'' called "Plane-Man", where Pac-Man is depicted a plane who eats clouds.

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