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[SolVanderlyn]

If he is organic, he is eating to sustain himself. If he is synthetic, he is collecting pellets for some other purpose, as if he were programmed to bring them to his creator for an unknown reason.

The answer to this question will reveal Pac-man's true nature. Is he merely providing for himself? Or is his endless "hunger" deeper than we were led to believe?

 

[Boney]

A synthetic machine couldn't get as pissed off as he does in Pac-Man 2.

Also the ghosts aren't really ghosts, they're little monsters with two legs that wear sheets

My life is a lie

 

[DeathoftheEndless]

Where is Pac-Man's penis? Does he keep it hidden inside his body when not in use? Or does it attach to his body like his arms.

That thing on his face is not his nose.

 

[Krejlooc]

Pac-man is nothing more than a series of chemical reactions in your brain.

 

[Sword Of Doom]

I'm gonna go with an organic central body, but with modular prosthetic limbs.

Nope!

Fuck!!!

 

[Inferno313]

If he is organic, he is eating to sustain himself. If he is synthetic, he is collecting pellets for some other purpose, as if he were programmed to bring them to his creator for an unknown reason.

The answer to this question will reveal Pac-man's true nature. Is he merely providing for himself? Or is his endless "hunger" deeper than we were led to believe?

What if the black background in every Pac-Man game is the blackness of space, and that Pac-Man is actually a sentient planet. The pellets are fuel and resources for the civilization that lives on his surface.

 

[Hot Coldman]

oh, also his facial expression is clearly some LED shit, seeing as his eyes are perfectly flat

his body probably just feels like a curved TV

 

[petran79]

He is an antivirus, like in the movie Tron

 

[Seik]

Organic

Oh, one other thing: somehow there's still only just two of Pac-Man: him and Ms. Pac-Man. I posit that they're both totally synthetic beings with mechanical innards that convert pellets and whatever crazy electromagnetic phenomena the ghosts consist of (because have you ever tried eating a ghost? It's really hard.) into power, and with modular body structure that lets them shapeshift to a degree and speed no organic creature ever could.

Wrong, Pac people can reproduce, so they are organic!

 

[Krejlooc]

Pac-Man is really more of a question than an answer

 

[Gai Murakumo]

He is organic. Pacman is essentially like a white blood cell trying to eat away bacteria (ghosts etc.).

 

[Puddington]

Pac-Man is biodigital jazz, man!

 

[Teknoman]

Also the ghosts aren't really ghosts, they're little monsters with two legs that wear sheets

What.

 

[redhood56]

This thread is making me think harder than I've ever thought before 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

 

[Rabbi_Vole]

Pac Man is the abbreviation for Pacemaker Man. The creator of Pac Man's father was the original recipient of the first pace maker. As tribute to his father's struggle, he created Pac Man.. The circle represents his father's life and how it's constantly haunted by the threat of heart failure (four ghosts=4 chambers of the heart). With enough energy (white balls) the pace maker is able to operate at peak efficiency and chase off death.

 

[thepenguin55]

So he's actually a Reaper from Mass Effect.

 

[Krejlooc]

In binary, is Pac-Man a 1 or a 0?

 

[DXB-KNIGHT]

 

[Common Knowledge]

When did Pacman even go from just being a ball to a ball with arms and legs?

 

[redhood56]

Wait, what if pacman evolved to have arms and legs? Wouldn't he be an organic being then?

 

[DrBretto]

I'm gonna go with an organic central body, but with modular prosthetic limbs.

WHAT IS THAT AND HOW DO YOU KILL IT!

As for the topic: IMO, Pac Man is just capable of manipulating dimensions. Take a 2D cutout of him right down the center, you lose the limbs and you get a floating 2D Pac Man head.

I declare this canon.

 

[Krejlooc]

When did Pacman even go from just being a ball to a ball with arms and legs?

He always had legs:

 

[Inferno313]

When did Pacman even go from just being a ball to a ball with arms and legs?

Since always?

 

[Hot Coldman]

Wait, what if pacman evolved to have arms and legs? Wouldn't he be an organic being then?

Only if the Pac-Man games take place over millions of years, each with a different Pac-Man

 

[Krejlooc]

Since always?

That's not pac-man, that's puck-man.

 

[Nicky Ali]

Wait, what if pacman evolved to have arms and legs? Wouldn't he be an organic being then?

This would mean that the Pac-Man that appears in Pac-Man World is a descendant of the original Pac-Man

 

[Galactic Specter]

I'm gonna go with an organic central body, but with modular prosthetic limbs.

That mouth game though

 

[Nicky Ali]

Fuck-Man is just an impostor; a failed clone of the original Pac-Man. At one point in the lore there may have been an organic Pac-Man, but he was taken, pulled apart and then thrown away so they could make an army of Pac-Clones. But who are "they"? Could it be the ghosts? Pac-Man World has shown that they are actually capable of using advanced technology. This may be a case of clones rising against their creators.

 

[hemo memo]

Also Ms. Pac-Man makes no sense.

 

[Spine_Ripper]

Also Ms. Pac-Man makes no sense.

Luigi Mario

 

[Xerotwo]

Heh, knew someone would post this picture.

 

[redhood56]

Also Ms. Pac-Man makes no sense.

Unless Pac-Man is just the last name.

 

[Zalman]

Also the ghosts aren't really ghosts, they're little monsters with two legs that wear sheets

This video ruined my life

 

[The Technomancer]

He is obviously a cyborg. He is half pac, half man

 

[FalsettoVibe]

I'm gonna go with an organic central body, but with modular prosthetic limbs.

NOPE

 

[World SkiFree]

Yup. Just speaking about the conception of the original Pac-Man. He is a "man" most likely haunted by crew members he abandoned on a top secret space station. And lots of drugs.

Due to technical limitations, the game's graphics couldn't convey this very well. Similar to the "wizard" in Centepede or the "hero" in the 2600's Adventure, who was essentially a yellow square who wielded an arrow-like sword.

 

[AppleSeason]

Pac-Man + Hormone Replacement Therapy = Ms. Pac-Man. Has to be organic, for a transgender Game character (wasn't Ms.Pac-man a "modification" of the original board?)

Ok, I admit it. Maybe I have had far too many beers today.

 

[Varth]

Real Pacman is actually a pizza.
So, in Europe, he's organic. In the US he's synthetic.

And the "reply of the month" award goes to...

 

[Nicky Ali]

Fuck-Man is just an impostor; a failed clone of the original Pac-Man. At one point in the lore there may have been an organic Pac-Man, but he was taken, pulled apart and then thrown away so they could make an army of Pac-Clones. But who are "they"? Could it be the ghosts? Pac-Man World has shown that they are actually capable of using advanced technology. This may be a case of clones rising against their creators.

Adding to this theory with a timeline of key events:

Pac-In-Time - In this we see the wastelands that the real Pac-Man inhabited during his youth. He's the only one of his kind - no other Pac-people to be found. In his vulnerable state, the ghosts took advantage of Pac-Man and sampled his DNA to create an army of clones. (This Pac-Man is clearly different from the others as he displays abilities that couldn't be replicated in the cloning process, such as fire-breathing)
Pac-Man Classic - This is where the uprising started. The original Pac-Man is long dead and it's now all out war between the clones and ghosts. The future of this world is being determined.
Pac-Man World - By this point it's clear that the clones won the war and the Pac-Clones have formed a civilization; forcing the ghosts to retreat to a state of solitude, living life in the shadows.

 

[WordAssassin]

I had a theory all worked out about how Pac-Man is a robot on a space station and he he has to eat the pellets to run (they're called POWER Pellets, hello) but since ghosts are made of some kind of electromagnet ectoplasm he runs in fear of them because they'll fuck up his circuits, unless he eats the special Power Pellet that upgrades his EMP shielding so he can trap the ghosts, but then EmCeeGramr had to go and post this

Also the ghosts aren't really ghosts, they're little monsters with two legs that wear sheets

and completely fuck up everything and turn my entire world up-side-down.

He is beyond our earthly comprehension.

What do you think his skin feels like? I've always imagined it as very "matte"

I figure it feels like smooth plastic, like those really big rubber balls they sell at Walmart and Target. Rub your hand over his face and it'll make that low squeaking sound.

I love this shirt so much and I'm so sad I'm too fat to wear mine anymore.

 

[tronic307]

they fucked.

I guess that blows the stork theory out of the water then?

 

[MCN]

Well that's me never sleeping again.

 

[besada]

Organic, but in the same family as Gleep from the Hervuloids.

 

[Krejlooc]

Adding to this theory with a timeline of key events:

Pac-In-Time - In this we see the wastelands that the real Pac-Man inhabited during his youth. He's the only one of his kind - no other Pac-people to be found. In his vulnerable state, the ghosts took advantage of Pac-Man and sampled his DNA to create an army of clones. (This Pac-Man is clearly different from the others as he displays abilities that couldn't be replicated in the cloning process, such as fire-breathing)

Pac-In-Time aint canon. Pac-in-Time is a doki-doki panic. It was originally called Fury of the Furries.

 

[Jaded Alyx]

Explain Q*bert

 

[Roshin]

Where is Pac-Man's penis?

Modular.

 

[Vampirolol]

Pac-Man is clearly a fungus that infected a radioactive candy.

 

[shiftplusone]

Explain Q*bert

Curses at church

not to be trusted

 

[Arkham]

In befo---

..SHIT!

 

[inky]

Also the ghosts aren't really ghosts, they're little monsters with two legs that wear sheets

*Allegedly.