PacMan The 10 Weirdest Origin Stories According To Fan Theories
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PacMan The 10 Weirdest Origin Stories According To Fan Theories
Pac-Man is a simple game from the outside but some fans have created elaborate origin stories for the character. One of the most popular games of all-time is Pac-Man. In the three decades since he was created, deep lore has been created for the hungry Yellow creature through games and an that explore his unique world. However, when he was first released into the world, his deceptively simple game didn't have any obvious narrative to it. This allowed, and still allows, fans to create their own ideas and theories of what's happening in the 2D arcade game. Here are ten particularly strange interpretations of what Pac-Man is, why he is devoted to eating everything in sight, and why there are netherworld creatures trying to stop him. THEGAMER VIDEO OF THE DAY Natural Born Killers
via: pinterest.com This fan theory was tweeted by Daily Show writer Dan McCoy and is a fun but dark take on the little pellet gobbler. He theorizes that Pac-Man and even Ms. Pac-Man are a serial killing couple, burying their victims underneath their maze. Then, the ghosts of their victims are coming after them for revenge, trapping them within their own structural trap. It's fun to imagine the ghosts aren't the villains since they are always going to come out on top. Pac-Man Is About Drug Use
via: microsoft.com While they differ in stance and tone, all over the internet are theories that Pac-Man is a game centered around doing drugs. Most of them imagine Pac-Man is taking pills by eating pellets, then hallucinating the ghosts, with the severity of the issue varying across the theories. Some think he's basically "having fun in a club," whereas some think he is going overboard, shown by Pac-Man turning inside out when a player hits a ghost. Pac-Man Is The Sequel To Pong
When Pac-Man hit arcades, it was a ground-breaking step for video games. A step that followed the previous gaming sensation, Pong. Pong was a simple game of hitting a ball back and forth until it fell off-screen, but what happened to all those missed balls? Come to think of it, where are all the balls that Pac-Man collects coming from? This theory by Reddit user gmkeros says that Pac-Man is simply tasked with the never-ending challenge of picking up all the balls dropped by the players of Pong. It's a fun theory that gives Pac-Man's mission more reason, while also connecting him to one of the other classic games of his time. Pac-Man Is Death Personified
A theory that has existed since Pac-Man was a hot commodity is that the whole game is just a metaphor for life. The idea, explained in detail back in 2008, is that Pac-Man is just doing what he can before his inevitable death, much like all of us are. The theory states that Pac-Man, at its core, is about eating, having some successes, then dying. This theory is derived mostly from the fact that in the original Pac-Man there was no way to ever win, so no matter how good you played, death was the only ending available. It s Underwater
While the original game of Pac-Man seems ultra-simple to the point of being abstract, Reddit user Benvincible thinks the game is much simpler than it originally seems. He notes that to him, the ghosts look far more like jellyfish, with their flowing bottoms. This builds to his theory that Pac-Man is actually an oyster, trying to recollect its pearls as jellyfish try to stop him. The dark maze of that makes up the map is the ocean floor, and the fruit is... well, he notes that the fruit is still just fruit, and maybe was thrown into the ocean at some point. Pac-Man Is A Squid Fisherman
Via smashbros.com While on the topic of the ocean, there's another similar theory that comes from the Youtube channel The Theorizer. This one claims Pac-Man to simply be a representation of a human, with the "ghosts" actually being squids. The man is simply fishing when he encounters dangerous giant squids. The defense for the squid claim is the name "Inky" and the fact that Pac-Man eats all of them except their eyes, which could be referring to actually eating squids in real life, since, unsurprisingly, you don't eat the eyes. It seems like this one takes some obvious ideas and makes some far reaches with them, but with over 100,000 views on the theory, it is worth mentioning. He Only Wants To Be Whole
via play.google.com In his book on video games, Trigger Happy, Steven Poole makes the argument that Pac-Man as a character is a virtual representation of consumerism. He theorizes that the creature is just out to become whole, filling that one section of him that stops him from being completely round, or complete. Of course, no matter how much he eats or consumes, he will never be whole, as he is on an endless journey without a satisfying end. Pac-Man Is A White Blood Cell
The Youtube account Lockstin and Gnoggin came up with this theory that claims Pac-Man is all taking place at a microscopic level inside a human body. It imagines that Pac-Man is a white blood cell rushing to destroy invading germs and protect its host. It notes that when Pac-Man completely clears a level, the ghosts vanish, meaning that as this cell clears all of the germs, he kills the viruses, portrayed by the ghosts. Speaking of the ghosts, the box in the middle of the map where the ghosts spawn is the spot of infection, spewing the destructive foreign the bodies. The theory is ridiculous but lines up cleaner than most. Pac-Man As A Lovecraftian Horror
One of the internet's favorite takes on Pac-Man comes from Zach Weinersmith's SMBC comics. is a horrifyingly dark exploration of Pac-Man as a horror that would make H.P. Lovecraft proud. He imagines a world where a person reduced to only a mouth consumes relentlessly as it is all it can do, all while being pursues by ghostly creatures that attack out of jealous hatred, as they can no longer eat. It paints no heroes or villains, but instead a dark world where every character is suffering. The Madness Of Mission 6
via sf.co.ua The general narrative of this theory can be pulled from the illustration, but the artist behind it, Travis Pitt, wrote a full theory to accompany his image. It follows a team of astronauts sent to a research facility, only to all be killed by radiation. Videos and distress calls sent back to the home base revealed that the last survivor of the team believed he was being chased through the maze-like facility by the ghosts of his former crew. The footage also shows that he took every medication on board, and went through their surplus of fruit far ahead of schedule, in an attempt to keep his strength up.