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* Clyde is the 'head' ghost-monster, instead of Blinky (who is the first one out of the monster pen at the beginning of each level in the games) this is probably a reference to 'Clyde' of the Ant Hill Mob from Wacky Races, another Hanna-Barbera series. * ' Super Pac-Man' (voiced by Lorenzo Music) is portrayed as a separate character who lives in a parallel dimension called the Super Time Warp Space Home (and is called 'Super-Pac'). Other changes from the video games include the following: It's interesting to note that when Pac-Man (or any other Pac-person, or Pac-animal) eats a power pellet, instead of turning blue (as in the video game series) the 'Ghost-Monsters' (known as simply 'monsters' in the original arcade game, and as simply 'ghosts' in the Atari 2600 version) turn 'purple with panic' after which they make an obvious note of their situation ('P-P-P-P-P-Pac Power!'). Although their primary purpose appears to be enabling the Pac-people to 'chomp' Ghost-Monsters, Power Pellets also seem to be the staple of their diet(as well as the city's source of power in general) In actuality, Power Pellets are plentiful and easy to find around Pac-Land. Power Pellets (which were previously called 'power pills', or 'energizers') seem to be the focal point of nearly every episode, as Mezmeron and the Ghost-Monsters are intent upon finding them. In a typical episode, the ghost-monsters are eaten in the beginning, and their eyes fly back to Mezmeron's lava-lair closet to get new ghost suits and plot something evil. Fact|date=February 2008) Pac-man himself is often referred to the nickname 'Packy' by Pepper as a term of affection which unintentionally sounds like the racist term 'paki'.

Pac man cartoon series#

This is reminiscent of ' The Smurfs' or ' The Snorks', both animated series which replaced or altered several existing words with 'Smurf' or 'Snork,' respectively.(In fact, the series was referred to as 'Pac-Smurfs' around the Hanna-Barbera studio. Everything from natural backgrounds to houses to cars to animals and even (or especially) the people assume the form of a ball.Īnother recurring theme is the common use of 'Pac-' as a prefix for verbs and famous or common existing nouns (an example: Pac-Hollywood, a town famous for its film studios). His sole mission is to locate and control the source of 'Power Pellets', which serve as the primary food and power source for the city, and also as the ' deus ex machina' in virtually every episode.įor whatever reason, nearly everything in Pac-Land takes the shape of a sphere (or is round, at the very least).

The leader of the Ghost Monsters is Mezmeron ( Allan Lurie), a mysterious figure bearing a likeness to Darth Vader. Most episodes of the series center around the ongoing battle between the Pac family and their only known enemies, the Ghost Monsters: Blinky ( Chuck McCann), Pinky ( Chuck McCann), Inky ( Barry Gordon), Clyde ( Neil Ross), and Sue ( Susan Silo).

The family lives in Pac-Land, a place in which the geography and architecture seem to revolve primarily around spheres and sphere-like shapes. They also had two pets, Chomp-Chomp the Dog (voiced by Frank Welker) & Sour Puss the Cat (voiced by Peter Cullen). Pepper Pac-Man (voiced by Barbara Minkus), and their child Pac-Baby (voiced by Russi Taylor). 'Pac-Man' follows the adventures of the title character Pac-Man (voiced by Marty Ingels), his wife Mrs. Also, the Tengen release of the original arcade game for the Nintendo Entertainment System features box art based on the cartoon. The arcade game ' Pac-Land' was based entirely on the cartoon, and '' drew significant influence from it as well. Later episodes featured normal commercial break times. During the first airing of the show, the large number of advertisers sponsoring it caused commercial breaks to be double their normal length.

Pac man cartoon tv#

'Pac-Man', also known as 'Pac-Man: The Animated Series', is an animated TV series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and based upon the popular ' Pac-Man' arcade game by Namco, which aired on ABC from Septemto September 1, 1984. Executive_producer = William Hanna and Joseph Barbera