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Pac-Man (パックマン Pakkuman) is a Japanese-American animated film produced by Columbia. It’s distributed by Sony Pictures Animation and it’s a collaboration with Bandai Namco. Directed by Rich Moore with the collaboration of Toru Iwatani, Phil Drinkwater, and Bob Persichetti, the film mainly stars Martin T. Sherman as the titular character who returns as voicing Pac-Man and Clyde in Pac-Man World 3, John Guerrasio as Blinky, Max Mittleman as Inky, and Kira Buckland and Pinky. It premiered at the Fox Theater, Westwood Village on November 1 and released on December 24 of 2021. This is a crossover film between mainly Pac-Man and other classic 80s Namco games.

Cast

 * Martin T. Sherman as:
 * Pac-Man, a circular character who is known for eating ghosts and is a Family Man.
 * Clyde, an orange ghost
 * Wendee Lee as Mrs. Pac-Man aka Pac-Marie, Pac-Man’s wife.
 * Khoi Dao as Pac-Man Jr., the son of Mr. and Mrs. Pac-Man
 * John Guerrasio as Blinky, a red ghost who is the leader of the Ghost Gang
 * Max Mittleman as Inky, a blue ghost
 * Kira Buckland as Pinky, a pink ghost
 * Joe J Thomas as Professor Pac-Man, a Pac-Person who happens to be a professor hence his name
 * Mark Whitten as Pac-Master, the former hero of Pac-Land
 * Veronica Taylor as Pac-Master’s Wife, the wife of Pac-Master.
 * AmaLee as Idol Pac, a female Pac-Person who is an idol
 * John DiMaggio as Handy-Pac, a Pac-Person who happens to be a handyman.
 * Cam Clarke as Sir Pac-A-Lot, a knight who existed during the middle ages and happens to be an ancestor of Pac's past.
 * Cassandra Lee Morris as Miru, a green circular ghost who looks more like a Pac-Person.
 * Eric Bauza as Orson, a grey ghost who is a best friend of Pac-Man.
 * Kyle Hebert as Pac-Ranger, a Pac-Person who works as a ranger.
 * Michelle Ruff as Sue, a purple ghost
 * James Arnold Taylor as Funky, a green ghost.
 * Sam Riegel as Tim, a peach ghost that happens to be Clyde’s twin brother
 * Janice Roman Roku as Spunky, a grey ghost
 * Tom Kenny as Kinky, a ghost with glasses who can fuse with other ghosts.
 * Cindy Robinson as Krystal, one of the fairies.
 * Dorothy Elias Fahn as Mother Fairy, a beautiful fairy who is adult-human sized and is mothery
 * Fred Tatasciore as Dig Dug, the main character of Dig Dug who can easily dig through.
 * Yuri Lowenthal as Mappy, a police mouse who is the main character of Mappy
 * Jim Cummings as a King. This king appears in a classic Namco game King and Balloon.
 * Kyle McCarley as Gilgamesh, a main character of the Babylonian Castle Saga
 * Kaiji Tang as Clovis, the main character of Dragon Buster.
 * Brittany Cox as Valkyrie, the main character of Valkyrie
 * Rob Paulsen as Bravoman, the main character of Bravoman
 * Erica Lindbeck as Momo, the main character of Wonder Momo who is a superhero
 * Ben Diskin and Elise Lovelock as Pino and Acha, two dolls who are the main characters of Toy Pop
 * Lucien Dodge as Amul, the main character of Dragon Spirit who can transform into a dragon
 * Jennifer Hale and Allegra Clark as Kissy and Takky, the two main characters of Baraduke.
 * Joe Zieja and Nolan North as Red Baron and Blue Max, the two main characters of Sky Kid who happen to be anthropomorphic birds.
 * Paul Mercier as Albatross, the main character of Rolling Thunder who is an agent from The World Criminal Police Organization
 * Asher Bishop as Chap, the main character of Rompers who is a Gardner
 * Travis Willingham as the Runner, the main character of Metro-Cross
 * Josey Montana McCoy as Apolo, the main character of Phelios who is loosely based on Greek Mythology
 * Colleen O'Shaughnessey and Kate Higgins as Yūichirō Tomari and Sunday Chin, the main characters of Ordine
 * Kylen Deporter as Tarosuke, the main character of Yokai Dochuki who was banished to "Jigoku" for causing mischief in the world of the living
 * Erin Fitzgerald as Wagan, a little cute kaiju robot who is the main character of the Wagan franchise
 * Kirk Thornton as Herod, the mayor of Ghost Zone who has a strong hatred towards the Pac-People. He’s one of the original characters created for this movie. He’s a turquoise ghost
 * Stepanie Southerland as Ruyei, the main antagonist of the movie who appears to be this mean and wicked sorceress who caused so much commotion in Pac-World and threatens to be against both Pac-People and Ghosts alike. The movie portrays her as a sorceress whose real identity is a black ghost named Glitchy from Pac-Man 256.
 * Tom Scharpling as Pac-Mayor, a mayor of Pac-Land. Also an original character

Baby Pac-Man (a second-born child who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pac-Man) appears in this film albeit she’s silent. Chomp-Chomp (Pac-Man’s dog) is also silent.

Plot
Ever since the early days, both Pac-People and Ghosts were always enemies to each other given the nature of the ghosts and some folklore the Pac-People had read before. In the present day, the ghosts and Pac-People see each other as enemies albeit they had worked together before like in Pac-Man World 3. Pac-Man started to wonder to himself what if the ghosts were not bad guys. However, chaos happens when both Pac-Land and Ghost Zone were attacked which caused some of the Pac-People and Ghosts to have a hatred towards each other stronger than before that they wanted to go to war against each other. Pac-Man wanted to find out who caused this mess, but he is forced to team up with the 4 ghosts (Blinky, Inky, Pinky, and Clyde) they alongside Miru, Orson, and Mrs. Pac-Man wanted to join too as she was pretty worried about his husband not to mention that she has been the star of Mrs. Pac-Man before. There’s even a side plot where Jr. Pac-Man befriends Tim, Spunky, Funky, and Sue during the crisis. While both Pac-People and Ghosts are in a bigger conflict than before, there is one force that is against those two.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Much like some video game based movies like Sonic the Hedgehog (2020), Pokémon Detective Pikachu, and mh:awfulmovies:The Angry Birds Movie, this film does a good job with its source material. It mainly takes the world seen in the Pac-Man World games (and Pac N’ Roll) as well as adding some additional content that was never seen in the Pac-Man World trilogy like the Ghost Zone which is a city in the Spectral Realm or even new worlds that were never seen before like Pac-Central which is a city that combines both the cities you see in Japan and North America while giving off this retro vibe. No matter where the characters would travel too, the creators of the film can come up with such a breathtaking location that is fictional yet imaginative while staying true to the video game franchise Pac-Man comes from. Even some locations from the Pac-Man World trilogy, Pac-Man Monsters, and Pac-Man All-Stars make a return.
 * 2) Good voice acting. Martin T Sherman (a former voice actor for Thomas and Percy from Thomas and Friends) reprises his role as Pac-Man and Clyde since Pac-Man World 3 (though for some reason Clyde and Blinky had their names swapped) while John Guerrasio returns as voicing Blinky. Another thing worth mentioning is that it doesn’t heavily rely on Hollywood-tier celebrities as this movie wants to go all-out with it’s cast with voice actors like Max Mittleman, Wendee Lee, Eric Bauza, Kyle Hebert, Sam Riegel, you name it. The Japanese version of the film also has good voice acting since Pac-Man is a Japanese franchise.
 * 3) The animation is wonderfully crafted, colorful, imaginative, and beautiful as what you would expect from a typical good modern-day animated movie. The movie feels like an animated video game done right while also knowing that the movie itself is an actual movie rather than a video game.
 * 4) You don’t need to play Pac-Man games in order to understand the film. It explains the Pac-Man World series the right way without losing track such as the time when Pac-Man was sent to the Spectral Realm to defeat Erwin alongside the help of his friend Orson. This is one of those movies that have good continuity.
 * 5) The story extends even more in comparison to Pac-Man World, it explains why the Pac-People and the Ghosts hate each other as they once live in peace with each other and how they are seen as enemies. This makes the rivalry between the Pac-People and Ghosts look believable. There’s no denying that a proper backstory between the Pac-People and the Ghosts is a unique concept that fans would even compare to the backstory in Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures. Unlike the later show, the movie does not just copy and paste the backstory.
 * 6) Speaking of the story, it is well done to the point that it would please fans of Pac-Man. In fact, some would even claim that this is one of Pac-Man’s biggest story-driven adventures in good execution.
 * 7) The tone of the film is one of those films that while it’s kids and family film, it’s not afraid to tackle some serious concepts like Ruyei’s origin story. In other words, it can do a good job combining light and dark elements without being too sugary or too scary for both audiences. So be prepared for a film with an emotional adventure.
 * 8) It has some references that are not too shoved in like some nice nods to other Pac-Man related media. This includes but not limited too.
 * 9) *Pac-Man, Mrs. Pac-Man, Jr. Pac-Man, Professor Pac-Man, and Baby Pac-Man going out to eat at the Pac-Man Cafe which is a restaurant named after the short-lived Pac-Man restaurant from the 2000s as well as stuff like this
 * 10) *The arcade machines of various Pac-Man games including Pac-Man and Mrs. Pac-Man appeared in the movie during the arcade scene. Even some Namco arcade machines appear as well including many of the 80s Namco games, Ridge Racer, Mr. Driller, Taiko no Tatsujin, The IDOLM@STER, Soul Calibur, Time Crisis, and Tekken.
 * 11) *The hat that belongs to Klonoa from the franchise of the same name can be seen in a hat rack. It’s there mainly because Klonoa’s hat has a Pac-Man symbol on it.
 * 12) *Some scenes have a brief hilarious intermission scene that is not constantly shoehorned and pay homage to the intermission scenes in the old school Pac-Man games (they were also seen in Pac-Man Adventures in Time as well) complete with this music. The best part about it is that they are 8-Bit just like in those intermission scenes you see in the arcade games.
 * 13) *A Pac-Man themed store titled “Pac-Store” can be seen in the background as it references a chain of stores that has existed.
 * 14) *When Pac-Man introduces himself to the audience, he does mention that he has become a celebrity to Pac-Land that he is the reason why such things like Pac-Man related merchandise exist.
 * 15) *Jr. Pac-Man is seen eating Pac-Man Cereal as it is a callback to the General Mills Pac-Man cereal.
 * 16) *Pac-Man making Pac-Man Pasta as a nod to the Chef Boyardee Pac-Man Pasta foods back in the 80s.
 * 17) *The scene where Ruyei calls Pac-Man “Puck-Man” as an insult since Puck-Man was Pac-Man’s prototype name. It’s extremely funny.
 * 18) *One scene has Pac-Man saying “I hunger for battle” thus referencing his reveal trailer as a newcomer in Super Smash Bros. For 3DS and Wii U.
 * 19) *A brief scene where it makes fun of the movie Pixels with Pac-Man mentioning that he was never the bad guy.
 * 20) *One of Pac-Man’s quotes from the intro, “I do have a good chemistry with a best friend who is a famous Italian plumber, but that’s another story”. This alone references Mario as both Pac-Man and Mario have been on crossovers before.
 * 21) *The logo Sony Pictures Animation is 8-Bit (in a cool way) with 8-Bit versions of Pac-Man and the ghosts running
 * 22) *The fact that both Pac-Land and Ghost Zone were affected by powers that resemble the 256 Glitch which is a callback to the Map 256 Glitch from the original Pac-Man.
 * 23) *And some more.
 * 24) The character designs stay true to the original designs seen in most of the games. No, we are not talking about the designs seen in Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures, those are the designs seen in the Pac-Man World Games, Pac N’ Roll, Pac-Man Adventures in Time, etc.
 * 25) Likeable characters. Some characters do face character development mainly due to the story. Here are some examples.
 * 26) *Pac-Man is still the iconic likable character who despite not being an actual celebrity, he is a famous hero who does have a huge appetite. Even then, he still cares about his friends and family regardless if they’re ghosts or not. He also is willing to see both Pac-People and Ghosts not be against each other anymore albeit he does not feel right about his stance until later on he stands up for what is right and admits his belief to Mrs. Pac-Man and the 4 main ghosts.
 * 27) *Mrs. Pac-Man is a loving wife of Pac-Man who also shares the hero status. The movie portrays her as this mom who is able to go on an adventure. Of course, she is still likable and her portrayal as a female protagonist is handled well without being too feminine where even boys can relate to her.
 * 28) *Jr. Pac-Man has an interesting side plot that involves him befriending Spunky, Funky, Tim, and Sue. He starts to learn that not all ghosts are bad and the said characters get better with each other. In fact, most kids can relate to Jr. as he’s a kid protagonist.
 * 29) *Blinky, Inky, Pinky, and Clyde do provide some support and humor without going off guard as they have a purpose to be in the movie. Each ghost in the film has a clear personality including the 4 original ghosts. Blinky is the most determined of the 4 ghosts who are mischievous yet still willing to work with Pac-Man. Inky is the most comical of all the ghosts while being mostly cool about situations. Pinky is a feminine ghost who is cunning, but she also doesn't mind having to join Pac-Man despite being a ghost and her crush on Pac-Man is pretty funny (though she still understands that he’s already married to Mrs. Pac-Man). And finally, Clyde is a dim-witted ghost who may not be bright, but still has no problem with Pac-Man.
 * 30) *Orson is just as likable as he was in Pac-Man World 3 and is given a backstory that is expanded on.
 * 31) *Sue, Tim, Spunky, and Funky are given bigger personalities than before. Sue is a kind ghost who is still friendly with Jr. Pac-Man and loves fashion. Spunky is a tiresome but willing ghost who never lets down anyone, Funky is the smartest of the ghosts (but not in a non-stereotypical way), and Tim is an optimistic yet self-aware ghost. To sum it up, the ghosts and the Pac-people’s relationship get better later on.
 * 32) *Professor Pac-Man is a loving professor who knows any solution that can solve problems. He's here to help out the Pac-Family. This movie makes him a fun character that is easily likable. He also gets character development as he starts to realize that not all ghosts are bad due to Pac-Man’s experience.
 * 33) *The fairies from Pac-Land and Pac-Man Monsters make a return.
 * 34) *Ruyei is an entertaining and threatening villain. Of course, she’s nothing like an “I’m going to take over the world because I’m evil” as she has a reason as to why she made the Pac-People and the Ghosts seeded rebellion against each other. She also gets an impactful backstory that some could sympathize with her. Later on, she becomes a good guy.
 * 35) Characters from 80’s Namco arcade games make an appearance in the film. Even if they get to appear, the movie does not hog the spotlight for these characters as the film wants to be a Pac-Man movie. Yes, the movie is supposed to be a Pac-Man movie, but it knows how to incorporate the characters as to why these characters are simply cameos. This alone does make a good remark on the Namco Museum games. As a matter of fact, Pac-Man himself makes a comment on the Namco Museum he collaborated with.
 * 36) Funny jokes that will give some charm to both Pac-Man fans and those who are not familiar with the franchise. Especially the former.
 * 37) *The scene where Pac-Man and the 4 ghosts were chasing each other in the fast-paced style of Pac-Man (except even more faster) with the titular character eating the ghosts mainly because of an argument. Thankfully Orson prevented them from chasing them again and broke the fourth wall saying, “does this count as filler”?
 * 38) *The scene where Sue plays the “Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures” theme song only for Jr. Pac-Man to be paranoid (in a funny way). This is a humorous callback to the infamous television show Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures as it mocks the show.
 * 39) *The scene where Ruyei says in front of Pac-Man, “oh shoot, here comes Pac-Man” which is a joke involving this meme albeit she doesn't swear mainly because of the film’s demographic.
 * 40) *When Mrs.Pac-Man was reading an envelope that had Pac-Man’s name on it, she said “THEY INVITED PAC-MAN” as it made a nod to the Disney film Wreck-It Ralph. Except Mrs. Pac-Man was happy to see that Pac-Man was invited to a ghost party at the ending scene.
 * 41) *Before the credits start, there are even some bloopers as a throwback to the first Pac-Man World game. The new bloopers for the film are funny as usual.
 * 42) *Overall it knows how to be funny without trying to be funny. The humor isn’t forced or anything.
 * 43) Action scenes that are worth watching regardless if any of the characters fight or not. Yes, this still contains some maze action as you would expect from a Pac-Man film.
 * 44) Incredible soundtrack. Some songs from the games make an appearance in the film (even the songs from the existing games get a new arrangement created for the film). This includes games like Pac-Man Championship Edition (and its sequel). It still makes some new music for the film as well and they are just as good as what you would expect from Pac-Man. The songs are shown include Pac-Twin Attack, Pac-Sky Emotion, Pac Connection, Babylonian Rhapsody, Pac Jump Up, Horinesian Sundance, Pac Tronica, Pac Toy Box, Pac Baby, Pac Dimensions, Pac Avenue, Pac Step, and more.
 * 45) *Some 80s songs get to appear in the film as Pac-Man existed in that time period the first time it was released. This includes Take on Me by A-Ha!, The Final Countdown by Europe, Eye Of The Tiger by Survivor, Uptown Girl by Billy Joel, Footloose by Kenny Loggins, and the obvious one Pac-Man Fever by Buckner & Garcia. This overall gives a nostalgic tone to the film.
 * 46) *The original song “High Score” is beyond incredible to hear. Not to mention that it was sung by AmaLee due to her role as Idol-Pac.
 * 47) Pacing that is good and allows the audience to follow the plot well.
 * 48) Has a heartwarming message about loving your enemies and not judging others. You see, the film as seen before shows that the Ghosts and the Pac-People hate each other, but they start to rekindle their relationship. Pac-Man in the film starts to develop a better relationship with the 4 ghosts (even more so compared to Pac-Man World 3). Orson is proven to be a good guy despite being a ghost. Jr. Pac-Man starts to develop a friendship with the ghosts that he met. Mrs. Pac-Man becomes more trusting with the 4 ghosts.
 * 49) Entertaining, nostalgic, and impactful ending. Pac-Mayor decides to make a peace treaty with the Ghosts of Ghost Zone while Pac-Man at the end sets up a nice party and invites some 80s Namco characters along with him and enjoys the peace treaty that was created for Pac-Land and Ghost Zone after all these years.
 * 50) The younger versions of Pac-Man and Mrs. Pac-Man that appears in the brief backstory of the two were so cute.
 * 51) The scene where Orson rebuilds Toc-Man is anything but Iconic and awesome. Keep in mind that Toc-Man is a robot mech that Orson has used.
 * 52) Some of the characters who never appeared in a very long time such as Orson or did not have a huge role finally get a chance to shine for the audience.
 * 53) It comes with a nice short film simply called Klonoa which stars the titular character in his own short film albeit silent.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) There is only one product placement for Google. To be fair, however, it did showed that Google had a Pac-Man theme to it mainly because of this Google Doodle so it makes it practical for the most part and still looks cool.
 * 2) Though toned down, it was a little confusing to add 80s Namco characters in the film. Thankfully, however, they are minor characters and they know that it’s a Pac-Man movie.
 * 3) While the story is good, it can be a little off. But it’s nothing too big as the story is well crafted still.
 * 4) The joke where Pac-Man was about to say “Oh puck” (as a joke with his original name) is pretty shady right there. Thankfully, Blinky interrupts him and says “Not to the kid's munchie! I think I know what you’re going to say” and it’s still pretty funny despite all this.
 * 5) The infamous scene where Inky freaks out is pretty loud.

Critical Reception
The film received a 98% certified fresh rating for Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic gave the film universal acclaim. The film was praised for its story, characters, setting, tone, humor, and soundtrack. CinemaScore gave the film a grade of A+.

Awards and Nominations
The film won an Oscar for the best-animated feature film. It also won other rewards too such as Favorite Animated Film at the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards.

Trivia

 * Rick from Splatterhouse was originally going to appear in the movie, but he was scrapped due to his horror-style violent nature not fitting very well with the movie. Josh Keaton would’ve voiced him while Jim Cummings would've also voiced the Terror Mask that Rick uses.
 * Yum-Yum from Jr. Pac-Man was also planned to be in the film, but she was scrapped due to legal circumstances.
 * Erwin from Pac-Man World 3 was set to appear as the main villain in the film but was scrapped for unknown reasons as they wanted to create a new villain. Wandy from Pac-Man All-Stars was also considered as a villain role.
 * Some characters were originally going to be voiced by different voice actors which are as follows. It is most likely because of the decisions made by the voice director
 * Stephanie Sheh was considered as the voice of Ruyei.
 * Casey Mongillo, Debi Derryberry, and Erica Mendez were considered to voice Jr. Pac-Man
 * Karen Strassman was going to voice Mrs. Pac-Man. Karen was also considered as Pinky’s voice actor at one point.
 * Tara Platt was considered for the role of Sue.
 * Matthew Mercer was at one point decided as Bravoman. He was also considered as Pac-Master.
 * Bryce Pappenbrook and Julie Maddalena were going to reprise their roles and Inky and Pinky respectively due to their voices in Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures, they were cut due to how the film does not relate to Ghostly Adventures aside from a small reference that pokes fun of the show. So they are instead replaced by Max Mittleman and Kira Buckland.
 * Ruyei’s name comes from the word Yurei which is the Japanese word for Ghost.
 * The name of the city that the ghosts live in called Ghost Zone is named after the canceled Pac-Man game called “Pac-Man Ghost Zone”.
 * Spawned some memes like the scene where Blinky interrupts Pac-Man for almost saying “oh puck”, Inky screaming, Pinky’s face when she has a small crush on Pac-Man, Mrs. Pac-Man when she sees how she looks like in the original arcade cabinet of Mrs. Pac-Man, Professor Pac-Man quizzing the ghosts that Jr. Pac-Man befriended with.
 * There was a deleted scene where it features a dream sequence that involves Pac-Man fighting against various Tekken characters in an arcade-like fashion as he fights against various iconic Tekken characters with Heihachi Mishima being the final character Pac-Man faces off. It was scrapped as it felt like filler. The deleted scene was shown in public and it was praised.
 * Herod the ghost is named after King Herod who appears in the bible.