Pac-Man
Pac-Man
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Character Information
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Pac-Man was a classic arcade game made by Namco and licensed by Midway.
History[edit]
Homer once watched a recording of an old Super Bowl half-time show wherein a news reporter was announcing the wedding for Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man. The ghosts were there too as they danced to the song "Physical".[1]
When Homer joins The Who, he sings a verse from the song "Pac-Man Fever".[2]
When looking at a picture of The Poetess, Lisa told Homer that the yellow circle can represent the sun. Homer thought it could represent Pac-Man at rest.[3]
Comic Book Guy owns a shirt that says "I've got Pac-Man fever, give me a Tetris shot".[4]
At an arcade when Mr. Burns calls Homer a "Fat Round, Yellow Oaf", Homer thought he was referring to the Pac-Man machine he was standing by.[citation needed]
After the electricity gets cut out by Homer at the Conflict of Enemies world championship, Pac-Man is one of the games shown.[5]
When the family joins the couch gag for Christmas, Homer comes in the room as Pac-Man and eats them, when it comes to Ned Flanders, he tries to eat him, just to die due to the invincibility pallet running out.[6]
Behind the Laughter[edit]
Pac-Man has also been spoofed as other game titles in The Simpsons such as Pac-Rat and Prac-Man.
Appearances[edit]
- Episode – "A Tale of Two Springfields" (mentioned)
- Episode – "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass"
- Episode – "Sky Police" (mentioned)
- Episode – "Homer Is Where the Art Isn't" (mentioned)
- Episode – "E My Sports"
- Episode – "Sorry Not Sorry" (Homer as Pac-Man)
- Book – Comic Book Guy's Book of Pop Culture (mentioned)
- Comic story – The Geek Shall Inherit the Earth (mentioned)
- Comic story – Uncle Burn$ (arcade machine seen)
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