Explaining ALL The Pac-Man Ghosts!

From "Blinky" To "Spooky"... The Ghost Gang is ALL Here!!

[MichaelSouhoka]

Two more things about Blinky:
- Blinky never stays in the headquarters, always outside.
- Blinky is the most eaten ghost when turn blue.

[snowballkitty]

14. punky, the dark-green ghost who appeared in pac-maker and never again
15. Glitchy, the teleporting ghost who appears in pac-man 256
16. Creepy, the ghost-creeper hybrid from the pac-man-Minecraft crossover (yes, really, that’s a thing)
17. Itchy, I forgot the name of the game they appear in, but they apply debuffs to pac-man rather than killing him
18. The rainbow ghosts that appear in the championship editions. I don’t think they have an actual name, but given they link together into a chain, I think ‘linky’ is an appropriate name

[nicholaskane]

Simply:
Blinky is red and always goes to you during chase phase.
Pinky is pink goes tries to go infront of you to corner you during chase phase.
Inky is blue and his position depends on Blinky. Usually corners you with Blinky's aid during chase phase.
Clyde is orange and chases you until hes close. When hes close he does whatever the fuck he wants during chase phase.
Sue is purple and moves left to right. When she hits a wall she changes direction.
Pal is green and spherical and she helps Pacman by giving him fruit.
Yumyum is red, small and has a bow. Yumyum is girlfriend of Junior Pacman.
Tim is clyde.
Funky is green and acts like sue but he changes direction to move towards pacman.
Spunky is dark grey and sleeps. When pacman is near, she wakes up and gives chase, slightly slower than pacman. If pacman gets far enough, she goes back to sleep.
Kinky is yellow and upgrades the other ghosts when they touch another ghost.
Orson is darklime and is a boss in pacman world 1 and helps pacman in pacman world 3
Spooky is black, big and has horns and red eyes. He is the major antagonist in pacman world 2.

[IsaacsArt]

9:26

The reason is that Namco never owned the original arcade version of Jr. Pacman.

Bally Midway transferred the rights of Ms. Pacman over to namco, but Jr's rights were never transferred, meaning that GCC (the original developers for both Ms. Pac and Jr. Pac). Still holds the rights to the arcade game. However i think this doesnt effect the use of the character himself, which explains his prominent role throughout the 1990s and 2000s.

It almost did get a rerelease on the Super Pacman plug and play by Jakks pacific, but i think legal issues canned that idea.

[Quartzer.]

Sue was first portrayed as purple in the HB cartoon (and I think in Pac-Land as well)

[HypercatZ]

Sue got her purple color from the Hanna & Barbera cartoon of Pacman. I used to have a crush for that version of her because she was smarter and had more personality of the other ghosts.

[rhysbaker]

Blinky is called "shadow" because he follows right behind you like a shadow

[creativerealms]

"I don't want Pac-man to be the same thing over and over again."

Namco, "Okay here's a Metroidvania with Pac-Man as a trickster mentor named Puck."

[mateoBOI]

Original 4 movements described
-Blinky : tries to head straight for pac man PS gets faster as you eat more pellets (pac dots) and or ghosts
-Pinky : tries to ambush pac man and end his path
-Inky : tries to corner pac man with Blinky’s path
-Clyde : when far heads for you when .001 millimeters away goes away being rendered useless

[adtllp]

Now, this is the definition of underrated. This is so good! I’m subscribing.

[LBS]

This reminds me of early 2010s video essays!






Also I thought Yum Yum was a boy because I thought the bow was a propeller hat.

[leeeroyjenkins]

Inky isnt an idiot, he is laid back and cool.

[Cp-]

I don't like Clyde being portrayed as stupid, he's just timid and undecided.

[tonesdad]

9:20 It's because he was pretty much an unauthorized creation by Bally Midway. Either way, his association with Bally is why he gets no love.

[rex-rant]

I feel the same way about Blinky, I think he's the fastest. Inky is good at cutting off your paths. Clyde has his times where he'll chase after you, but most of the time if it's Clyde who gets me, it's because I'm cornered. It's a shame Sue doesn't get a lot of appearances. Hey maybe Tim is Clyde's kid! Like Yum-yum is Blinky's daughter.

[malcom]

The two top rival’s kids fall in love with each other, that’s crazy 😭🤣🤣

[leeeroyjenkins]

The relationship between PAC-MAN and Pinky is explored a lot more on Ghostly Adventures.

[DomLaBeau]

I interpret the original arcade pac-man as microorganisms competeing within some kind of maze-like structure found in nature such as an intestine/digestive tract

[milky]

This is the best video I have seen in a long time

[haidrs]

You know, even though Pinky's feelings for Pac-Man is plain to see in Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures, I never would have known that Junior would actually fall in love with Blinky's daughter! I could see a huge Romeo and Juliet situation between the two and their families!