| Games | Classic |
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| Shows | Ghostly Adventures |
Summary
Pac-Man, officially stylized as PAC-MAN or PACMAN, is the protagonist of the Pac-Man series. He is Namco's famed mascot and was created by Toru Iwatani. Since his first appearance in 1980, Pac-Man has become a legendary video game icon and is one of the most recognizable video game characters in the world.
He is a yellow Pac-Person, a circular creature with a large mouth, who defends his homeworld, the Pac-Land, from the cruel and mischievous Ghosts (most notably the four of them; Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde) while navigating through countless mazes and going to adventures outside Pac-Land to stop various other evil threats. Pac-Man is also the dedicated husband of Ms. Pac-Man, and the father of two children.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 8-A, higher with power-ups. Up to 5-B via Reality Warping/Toon Force | 7-B
Key: Base | Golden Fruits
Name: Puck-Man, Pac-Man
Origin: Pac-Man
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown, but confirmed to be an adult (Technically 44)
Classification: Pac-Person, Defender of Pac-Village
Powers and Abilities:
- Superhuman Physical Characteristics
- Vehicular Mastery (Is an experienced racer, who is capable of driving go-karts,[3][4] minecarts,[5] waterbikes,[6] piloting giant mechas[7] and submarines while fighting others at the same time[8])
- Weapon Mastery (Is skilled at using weapons such as guns,[4] bombs,[9][10] hammers,[11] swords and shields,[12] having presumably been trained in them as part of his training to become a knight by the Pac-Master[13])
- Expert Hand-to-Hand Combatant (Can perform punching combos[7] and flip kicks[8])
- Acrobatics (Hypermobility; Can consistently perform hypermobile[3] manoeuvrability[8] and jumping flips,[14] even while getting up from a ledge,[8] wall jumps and swing from poles[7])
- Fourth Wall Awareness (Addressed the player a few times and once knocked on the screen to check if they're present.[14][6] Winked at the camera[8])
- Self-Sustenance (Type 1; Can survive in outer space[5] with no oxygen[3])
- Underwater Breathing (Type 2; Can stay underwater indefinitely without needing oxygen[3][8])
- Dimensional Storage (Can consume any substance without injury, including items like keys, bells, Galaxian flagships,[2] cars[15][13] and diamonds.[9] Pulled out the Golden Fruits from nowhere[8])
- Perception Manipulation (Can slow down his perception of time when he is about to be hit, allowing him to react faster[9])
- Surface Scaling (Can move on walls and ceilings,[5] even clinging to whatever he's touching[10])
- Reality Warping and Toon Force (He took control of the Earth by replacing it with his body.[16] Through his Toon Force, Pac-Man can achieve Elasticity, what makes him capable of recovering[3] from being flattened[6])
- Immersion and Dimensional Travel (Can enter his home world by walking inside the television.[14] Jumped out of the LCD handheld console[2])
- Non-Physical Interaction and Extrasensory Perception (Can harm, see and interact with[3] intangible beings like ghosts. Can walk and jump on clouds[6])
- Weapon Creation and Explosion Manipulation (Can summon Pac-Dots into his hand at will[5] and launch them as explosive bullets by charging them[3])
- Shockwave Generation (Can summon shockwaves with his Butt Bounce,[3] able to create more potent ones that send enemies flying by bouncing three times in a row[7])
- Paralysis Inducement and Afterimage Creation (His Rev-Roll can leave afterimages and paralyze enemies for a few seconds[8])
- Size Manipulation (Can grow up in size by simply eating food[16])
- Attack Reflection (Can reverse shockwaves with his hammer[11])
- Limited Flight (Can slow his descent while falling,[17] fly in the trail of Pac-Dots by focusing on them and perform a hover/flutter jump[3])
- Body Control, Immortality (Types 2, 3, 4 and 7), Incorporeality and Resurrection (Can remove his body from the limbs unharmed.[18] Can survive without his arms and legs.[7] After being killed, Pac-Man will transform into a ghost and can revive himself by killing somebody else, taking over their body and turning it into his original in process[19])
- Regeneration (High-Mid; Can recover his body after being eaten by the Pac-Mobile with only eyes left[4])
- Danmaku (Can summon a explosion that launches omnidirectional beams after collecting 256 Pac-Dots in a row[20])
- Status Effect Inducement (His presence is enough to make Ghosts turn blue without even needing a Power Pellet.[21] The Power Pellet's additional effects are read in a power-up/equipment tabber)
- Summoning, Platform Creation and Sound Manipulation (Can summon the Ghosts like Pinky and Blinky to assist him, who can create platforms by negating invisible/intangible objects through touching them and shooting sonic blasts that obliterates enemies respectively[7])
- Light Manipulation, Enhanced Senses and Precognition (Can project light from his eyes to see in the dark.[17] His body can also generate light around himself.[3] Has a "Pac-Sense" that warns him of danger before it happens[7])
- Teleportation (Teleported himself away from the ghosts, even being able to vanish somewhere else in the maze with a Teleport power-up at 0:30[22])
Resistances to:
- Extreme Heat (Is unfazed by being in close proximity to lava.[5][8] Is unaffected by large flames standing inches away from each other[7])
- Ice Manipulation (Can withstand the cold temperatures of the icy tundra without feeling anything. Recovered from being frozen solid[8] by a Pac-Snowman power-up and Siria the Ice Dragon[4])
- Electricity Manipulation (Can endure being electrocuted.[5] Comparable to Ms. Pac-Man, who can survive being struck by a lightning bolt[23])
- Radiation Manipulation (Can survive taking a dip in toxic waste and take only normal damage from it.[7] Can move around in outer space unharmed.[3][5] According to Iwatani in a interview, is capable of eating nuclear weapons without suffering ill effects)
- Poison Manipulation (Can only be momentarily stunned when a cobra snake bites him[5])
- Inflation (Can survive being inflated like a balloon and popped out[14])
- Statistics Amplification with most power-ups
- Speed Amplification (Can boost up his speed with a Power Pellet,[2] Super Pellet,[22] Super-Pac Boost,[1] Red Ribbon Power Pellet,[7] Red Capsule,[12] Sneakers,[23] Speed Up,[24] Feathered Hat,[13] Yellow Star, Fire Ball,[25] Atomic Pellet,[4] Caffeine[26] and Speed Boost/Speedy Pac[27])
- Strength Amplification (Can increase his strength with a Power Pellet,[2] Power Bounce,[3] Super Stomp[7] and Super Pellets[22][10][14])
- Transformation, Invulnerability, Large Size (Type 1), Fissionism, True Flight and Explosion Manipulation (Can transform into a giant Super[22]/Mega Pac-Man,[3] being able to go through doors without unlocking them, split into a mob of normal-size selves of himself,[22] fly freely around in the air,[14] grow even larger than Toc-Man in his giant form and cause huge explosions.[3] He can also use this[10] and even a Power Pellet to split giant enemies into multiple smaller ones.[12] Can transform into a Pac-Mobile, able to eat racers by leaving them as eyes to stun them for a short period of time[4])
- Statistics Reduction, Durability Negation, Low-Godly Regeneration Nullification, Aura, Technology Manipulation and Limited Existence Erasure (Can turn enemies blue, make them slower and eat them whole with a Power Pellet,[2] even being able to defeat Ghosts without letting their eyes escape,[12] affect others of his own kind[28][19] and Spectral Monsters, who are stronger than Ghosts.[7] Can also surround himself in an aura,[8] power up machinery[3] and remove items/vehicles such as cars, planes, UFOs and pogo sticks[17] after eating a Power Pellet. Ghosts can return back later without using a chamber after being entirely eaten[12])
- Spaceflight, Energy Projection, Danmaku and Explosion Manipulation (Can use a Space Board to maneuver across space, able to fire energy beams from it's cannon, temporarily power it into a three-way shot with a Power Pellet and use Bomb Dots to take out all nearby enemies and obstacles[3])
- Underwater Breathing (Type 3; Can swim and dive underwater with the Bubble power-up[11])
- Enhanced Acrobatics (Can perform infinite jumps with the Magic Boots[17])
- Energy Manipulation and Projection (With Laser, Radar, Optics, Beam[20] and L.A.Z.E.R power-ups,[19] and Galaga Ship[4])
- Sound Manipulation and Fear Manipulation (Can create a sound wave to repel enemies by scaring them off with the Sonar power-up[20] and emit a vibration that disorients people with Sonic Bell[4])
- Metal Manipulation and Density Manipulation (Can turn his body metal to make himself impervious to damage and sink underwater with Chrome Power Pellet,[3] also allowing him to walk on molten lava.[8] The Knight Chocolate gives Pac-Man a helmet that allows him to break metal crates, move underwater and become invincible to arrow attacks and Golvis' guitar slams[13])
- Greater Resistance to Electricity and Poison Manipulation (The Chrome Power Pellet also allows him to be unaffected by electricity and poisonous gas[3])
- Magnetism Manipulation (With Magnet and Regen power-ups.[20] Can attract items like Power Pellets towards him in vicinity with a Magnetic Pac power-up.[24] Can also pick up enemies and carry them around as a weapon with Ghost Magnet[26])
- Elemental Manipulation
- Ice Manipulation (Can freeze enemies into snowmen[22] to a nigh-halt on a universal scale and summon stalagmites with Freeze and Shatter power-ups.[20] Can also fire ice beams/orbs to encase enemies in blocks of ice with Snowman,[15] Ice[25] and Pac-Snowman power-ups, and Siria the Ice Dragon[4])
- Fire Manipulation, Breath Attack and Aura (Can ignite himself and where he's standing through a trail, even using the fire spread with Fire, Pyro[20] and Chili Pepper power-ups.[26] Can also shoot fireballs from his mouth with Fireball power-up.[11] Can surround himself in a fiery aura to boost his speed, burn enemies and leap further distances with Fire Ball power-up[25])
- Earth Manipulation (Can cause earthquakes to slow down enemies[26])
- Air Manipulation (Can summon homing tornadoes with Tornado and Twinado power-ups[20])
- Electricity and Weather Manipulation (Can shoot electricity from his hands with the Electro-Shock Pellet,[7] zap enemies with Electric,[20] Lightning[26] and Electric Field power-ups,[19] even being able to create lightning bolts across the ground with a Lightning power-up.[23] Can summon lightning bolts to strike enemies from above with Storm Cloud[4])
- Size Manipulation from Small Size (Type 1) to Large Size (Type 0; Can grow himself up to a significant size with the Power Pellet,[2][28] Green Super Pellet,[26] Giant,[20] Giant Potion[25] and Cake power-ups,[23] and even shrink himself with the Shrink Pellet[8])
- Creation and Thread Manipulation (Can create random invisible one-use spike traps with the Trap power-up[20] and generate ropes to grapple/swing around[11])
- Additional Summoning (Can also summon various characters to temporarily protect him while racing such as Siria the Ice Dragon[4])
- Self-Destruction (Pac-Bombs can blow themselves up when hitting enemies, with Black Pac-Bombs being able to respawn[4])
- True Flight (With Jet Pack[25])
- Free Movement (Can float on water with Feathered Hat[13])
- Transmutation and Magic (Can automatically turn enemies into cherries with the Cherries power-up[20] and use a Magic Wand to change them into harmless presents[12])
- Shapeshifting and Explosion Manipulation (Can turn himself into a living bomb with Bomb, Boom,[20] Pac-Bomb, Cherry Bomb, Grape Grenade, Blueberry Blaster and Strawberry Striker power-ups.[4] Can also use real bombs to blast every enemy focused on him away.[9] Can summon falling missiles down from the sky to stun enemies with Air Strike[19])
- Enhanced Light and Explosion Manipulation (With Red Ribbon Power Pellet, can boost his speed to the point he leaves a trail of light behind him while running which when circled, close up around enemies and explode[7])
- Enhanced Vibration Manipulation (With Super Stomp[7] and Power Bounce Pellets[3])
- Smoke Manipulation (Can summon gas clouds that stuns enemies with the Rally-X Car[15] and use the Smoke Bomb to release a smoke explosion that slows down enemies[26])
- Mind Manipulation/Broadway Force (Can make enemies dance by shooting them with music notes from the Trumpet[15])
- Intangibility, Invisibility and Additional Reality Warping (Can turn himself invisible and pass through enemies with the Stealth power-up,[20] do so temporarily[17] and even use a Ghost Sheet.[26] Can cause the maze to turn invisible or change it's color to red by using a Trick[29] or Power Pellet[30])
- Duplication (Can summon duplicates of himself with Super Pellet[10] and Jammer[31] or smaller Pac-Men[15] with homing capabilities[20])
- Homing Attack (Can use his Yellow Pac-Marine to shoot a homing smart bomb.[8] While driving, can fire strawberry-shaped rockets with Strawberry Striker[4])
- Healing (Can heal himself with Health Wedges[3][8][7] and repair some of the damage dealt to his vehicle and himself with Health Pack[4])
- Forcefield Creation (With Pac-Shield,[4] Shield[27] and Hot Pepper, which surrounds himself in a flame shield and leaves behind a fire trail[23])
- Gravity Manipulation (Can create short tractor rays to stun enemies with the Galaxian Ship[15])
- Status Effect Inducement (Can stun enemies for a short time with a fake Pac-Dora Box,[4] Stun[22] and Strong Pac power-ups[24])
- Sleep Manipulation (Can put enemies like snakes to sleep for a short time with a flute[5])
- Empathic Manipulation (Can use the Ghost Attractor to make ghosts fall in love with enemies and pursue them[27])
- Fragrance Aura (Can scare ghosts away with a smelly aura by using the Ghost Repel[27])
- Portal Creation and Void/Spatial Manipulation (With Vortex Pellet[7])
- Sealing (With Pink Capsule, can pull everyone into a brown pot which holds them in place for a short period of time[12])
- Illusion Creation (Can create a duplicate that mimics and mirrors all of his actions with a Mirror Pac-Man power-up[22] and Cyan Capsule[12])
- Magic, BFR, Subjective Reality and Wall Creation (Can use the Magic Pen to bring drawings to life, create walls and trap enemies into a book[32])
All previous abilities to a higher degree, plus:
- Transformation and Empowerment (Upon absorbing the power from the five Golden Fruits, Pac-Man can transform into a more powerful, golden version of himself[8])
- Enhanced Damage Boost
- Greater Sealing and BFR (Once his opponent is weakened enough, Pac-Man can seal them underground where they will remain stuck for years, like how he sent Spooky underneath the Golden Fruit Tree)
- Resistance to Magic
Attack Potency: Multi-City Block level (Comparable to characters such as Toc-Man,[3] Golvis[13] and Erwin,[7] who can harm and damage him. Regularly defeats the Ghosts, who can pulverize large metal boxes[Statistics Value 1] and harms monsters, who can destroy large stone walls with relative ease.[Statistics Value 2][7] Can generate enough energy to power up an entire city[6]), higher with power-ups. Up to Planet level via Reality Warping/Toon Force (Took control of the Earth by replacing it with his body[16]) | City level (Defeated Spooky, who created a storm over Pac-Village[8])
Speed: Sub-Relativistic (Can circle around the whole planet in seconds.[Statistics Value 3][16] Can outrun and keep up with Ms. Pac-Man,[33] who can easily dodge lightning bolts.[23] Can dodge asteroids from Spooky,[8] even in space while steering a Space Board[3] or speeding asteroid[5]), higher with power-ups
Lifting Strength: Class M (Resisted a gravitational pull which was strong enough to pull in Spooky, who lifted a large chunk of Pac-Village.[Statistics Value 4][8] Broke out of the prison chains and shackles that kept him in place with brute strength, without using his limbs[34]), higher with power-ups. Class Y as the Earth
Striking Strength: Multi-City Block level, higher with power-ups. Up to Planet level via Reality Warping/Toon Force | City level
Durability: Multi-City Block level (Can survive being attacked by the Ghosts and monsters, who can destroy large stone walls. Tanked being in the epicenter of a large explosion which destroyed Erwin's death machine[Statistics Value 5][7]), higher with power-ups. Up to Planet level via Reality Warping/Toon Force. Immortality, Regeneration and Toon Force makes him hard to kill. | City level (Took numerous hits from a full-power Spooky[8])
Stamina: Superhuman (Traversed through multiple mazes,[2] active volcanoes and frozen tundras[8] with no fatigue. Fought against enemies like ghosts and Spectral Monsters across different terrains, realities[7] and time periods[11][5] without taking any rest)
Range: Standard Melee Range physically; Several Meters with Pac-Dot throws and shockwaves; Far Higher with abilities and power-ups (Varies from Tens of Meters to Infinite). Up to Planetary via Reality Warping/Toon Force
Standard Equipment: Power-ups, ice skates, flippers, roller skates,[8] etc.
- Optional Equipment: The Golden Fruits, Yellow Pac-Marine,[8] Toc-Man,[7] Gilgamesh's Hyper Armor, Shield and Excalibur,[12] Magic Pen[32]
- Can Create/Summon:
- The Ghosts[7]
- Black Pac-Bomb: A large black bomb with legs who circle around Pac-Man for a few seconds before blowing up whoever gets close enough. It will also respawn to blow up others who get close until it's time runs out.[4]
- Siria the Ice Dragon: A short blue dragon that flies around Pac-Man, freezing enemies close to him temporarily by breathing ice at them.[4]
- Sir Pac-a-lot: A large armored knight that protects Pac-Man by swinging his sword at an enemy close to him.[4]
- Galaga Ship: A white spaceship which circles around Pac-Man and fires energy projectiles at incoming enemies.[4]
Intelligence: Gifted (Is skilled at navigating through different mazes[2] even by jumping,[1] piloting different vehicles and outwitting opponents such as the Ghosts themselves, Toc-Man, Erwin and The Spectral Fiend by leading/tricking them into traps, getting sucked up into a energy beam from Erwin's own machine or jumping off a cliff into lava.[7] Claims that millennia old puzzles are his specialty and could easily solve them.[7] Can skillfully play a piano[14] and acted as the teacher,[18] having been trained to fight ghosts by the Pac-Master[13])
Standard Tactics: Pac-Man will start with hand-to-hand combat through punches and kicks, along with using his other abilities, shockwaves that span several meters and long range Pac-Dot throws, which he can also spam. He will eventually use his power-ups when the battle progresses or if he is being overwhelmed in a fight. If the opponent is a ghost, Pac-Man will start using his trump card, the Power Pellet (which he carries at least one with[3]), and attempt to destroy their soul by chomping them down.
Weaknesses: Most of his power-ups have short time limits, lasting for a few seconds.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
- Butt Bounce: Pac-Man performs a ground pound and lands butt-first into the grounded enemy, bouncing back up into the air as he summons a small shockwave. If done three times in a row, Pac-Man creates a more powerful shockwave that knocks enemies around him away.
- Rev-Roll: Pac-Man runs in place to build up momentum before launching himself towards the enemy, rolling on the ground like a ball. This also allows him to jump off of ramps.
Gallery
Notable Matchups
Victories:
Losses:
Inconclusive:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Pac-Mania (1987)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Pac-Man (1980)
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 Pac-Man World (1999) and Pac-Man World Re-Pac (2022)
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 Pac-Man World Rally (2006)
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 Pac-Man: Adventures in Time (2000)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Pac-Man Party (2010)
- ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 7.16 7.17 7.18 7.19 7.20 7.21 7.22 7.23 7.24 Pac-Man World 3 (2005)
- ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 8.16 8.17 8.18 8.19 8.20 8.21 8.22 Pac-Man World 2 (2002)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Pac-Man Championship Edition DX (2010)
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 (2016)
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 Pac-In-Time (1994)
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7 12.8 Pac-Man Arrangement (1996 and 2005)
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 Pac 'n Roll (2005)
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures (1994)
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 Pac & Pal (1983)
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 Pac-Man Geo (2020)
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 Pac-Land (1984)
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Professor Pac-Man (1983)
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 Pac-Man Party Royale (2019)
- ↑ 20.00 20.01 20.02 20.03 20.04 20.05 20.06 20.07 20.08 20.09 20.10 20.11 20.12 20.13 Pac-Man 256 (2015)
- ↑ Pac-Attack (1993)
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 22.5 22.6 22.7 Super Pac-Man (1982 and 2006; Mobile)
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness (2000)
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 Pac-Man All-Stars (2002)
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3 25.4 Mega Run Meets Pac-Man (2015)
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 26.4 26.5 26.6 26.7 Pac-Man Battle Royale CHOMPionship (2022)
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 27.3 Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle (2020) and Chomp Champs (2024)
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 Pac-Man Battle Royale (2010)
- ↑ Pac-Man Plus (1982)
- ↑ Pac-Man Championship Edition (2007)
- ↑ Pac-Man 99 (2021)
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 Pac-Pix (2005)
- ↑ Ms. Pac-Man (1982)
- ↑ Pac-Man Friends (2014)
Notes/Explanations
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