- For other uses of Ms. Pac-Man, see Ms. Pac-Man (disambiguous).
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Ms. Pac-Man (ミズパックマン Mizu Pakkuman) (AKA "Pepper ") (ペッパー Peppā) is Pac-Man's beautiful wife and the mother of Jr. Pac-Man and Baby Pac-Man. She could be considered the deuteragonist of the series.
History
In Arcade Games
Ms. Pac-Man
Main article: Ms. Pac-Man (game)
Ms. Pac-Man looks almost exactly the same as Pac-Man in the arcade games, except she has a mole on her face and wears a red bow on her head and is sometimes shown wearing lipstick.
Jr. Pac-Man
Ms. Pac-Man only appears in the intermissions. She is seen in one trying to protect her son from Yum-Yum, who is a ghost that he has a crush on.
Pac-Land
Making her first official appearance in a Japanese game, Ms. Pac-Man appears as a supporting character in the game.
Pac-Man World series
Pac-Man World
In this game, Ms. Pacman is kidnapped, along with Pooka, Chomp-Chomp, Prof. Pac, Pac-Man Junior, and Baby Pac, by Toc-Man's ghost henchman. She is kidnapped in her house, and it is actually shown that she has a Pac-Cat. She is put into a sack and taken to Toc-Man's headquarters. The henchmen were sent to, and meant to capture Pac-Man, but realized their mistake when they got back to the HQ. Ms. Pac-Man was then put in a large cage in an level in the Graveyard Area. Pac-Man rescues her at last, and she, along with the other former captives, help out in the fight against Toc-Man by throwing out Health Wedges.
Pac-Man World 2
She appears at the end when Spooky is defeated.
Pac-Man World 3
In this game, Ms. Pac-Man appears as one of the main characters. She appears in the end and expresses her thoughts about Erwin and how he has been attacking Pac-Man using Gogekka. Pac-Man later defeats Erwin, and Ms. Pac-Man lets the whole thing go. She also mentions that she thinks raw power sucking machines are cute. She is annoyed to find Clyde and the other ghosts arriving (all except Orson) at their front yard, and Clyde says they had only been living with them for a few months. When he asks what is for dinner, she responds "You are," and Pac-Man's son gives him a power pellet and chases them off.
Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness
After a long absence from the spotlight, Ms. Pac-Man returns as the protagonist of her own game once more. In the game, she aids Prof. Pac-Man in saving Pac-Land and its princess from an evil force.
Pac 'n Roll
In Pac 'n Roll, Ms. Pac-Man's origins and her first meeting with Pac-Man is shown. In the story, Ms. Pac-Man had met Pac-Man as a child when he was training under her father Pac-Master on how to be a Pac-Knight, and both fell in love at first sight. However on the night of the Power Pellet Festival, Ms. Pac-Man, along with her father, her sister, her dog, and her mother were captured by Golvis, a powerful green ghost and the main antagonist of the story. In the end they were rescued by Pac-Man after he defeats Golvis.
Spin-Offs
Mario Kart Arcade GP:
Ms. Pac-Man is a playable character in this game.
Mario Kart Arcade GP 2:
Ms. Pac-Man is a returning character in the game's sequel.
Pac-Man World Rally
She appears as a playable character in Pac-Man World Rally. She is a middleweight character, but unlike the other medium-weight racers, she actually has balanced stats, and thus the highest top-speed. Despite her increase in top speed, she maintains decent acceleration and handling. For this reason she outclasses the other middleweights.
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Ms. Pac-Man appears in 8-bit form in the Pac-Land stage.
Sonic Dash
Ms. Pac-Man appeared as an unlockable character in Sonic Dash during the PAC-MAN Event celebrating the app's 5th anniversary. You could unlock her by Collecting 600 PAC-MAN items between 26 February 2018 and 4 March 2018.
Trivia
- Ms. Pac-Man, her mother, her sister and her daughter were the only female Pac-People to appear in the series prior to its Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures.
- In the Saturday morning cartoon series back in the 1980s, Ms. Pac-Man was always addressed as "Pepper" by her husband Pac-Man whenever he spoke to her. She in return would call him "Packy".
- The Saturday morning version of her was also the only incarnation of Ms. Pac-Man to ever have hair (brown).
- The ambiguous upcoming Pac-Store website and web-series has a character named "Pac-Marie", who bears a strong resemblance to Ms. Pac-Man. but it is still unknown if it's a reincarnation of the character or a whole different character entirely.
Gallery
Pac-Man Characters | |
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Main Characters | Pac-Man • Ms. Pac-Man • Jr. Pac-Man • Baby Pac-Man • Professor Pac-Man • Chomp-Chomp |
Other Characters | Miru • Sour Puss • Pac-Devil • Sir Pac-A-Lot • Pac-Master • Ms. Pac-Master • Krystal • Buttercup • Fairy |
Pac-Ghosts | Blinky • Pinky • Inky • Clyde • Sue • Funky • Spunky • Kinky • Tim • Orson • Yum-Yum |
Main Antagonists | Ghost Witch • Toc-Man • Mesmerelda • Mollusc • Spooky • Wandy • Erwin • Golvis • Ink Master • Mezmeron |
Minor Antagonists | Gobblin • Jack • Wormwood • The Fiend |
Pac-Man Party | Mr. Cookie • Patra • Roger • Woofa • Bearserk |
Ghostly Adventures | Pacster • Cylindria • Spiral • Betrayus • Fuzbitz • Sir Cumference • Spheros • Dr. Buttocks • Butt-ler |
Crossovers | Pooka • Fygar • Dig Dug • Mappy • Mr. Driller • The Prince • Mario |