Summary
The Ghosts are the main enemies and antagonists of the Pac-Man series, having antagonized the titular hero himself in their appearances, often trying to catch him relentlessly in multiple mazes and causing cruel, mischievous deeds like kidnapping the Pac-Family for Toc-Man, releasing Spooky from his imprisonment and many others. Despite this, they were sometimes portrayed as allies to him at times, especially when Erwin was syphoning the energy out of their home at Spectral Realm in order to take over both worlds, with Blinky and Pinky assisting him and a fellow ghost, Orson, in their journey to stop him from doing so.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 8-A
Name: Oikake/Chaser/Blinky, Machibuse/Ambusher/Pinky, Kimagure/Fickle/Inky, Otoboke/Stupid/Clyde
Origin: Pac-Man
Gender: Varies; male or female
Age: Unknown (Possibly has the same age as Pac-Man)
Classification: Ghosts, Monsters
Powers and Abilities:
- Superhuman Physical Characteristics
- Vehicular Mastery (Capable of driving cars,[1][2] minecarts,[3] bulldozers,[4] waterbikes,[5] piloting airplanes, UFOs,[1][4] giant mechas,[6] robots,[4] machines[7] and the Megawhale to face against Pac-Man's own submarine[7])
- Weapon Mastery
- Immortality (Types 1, 4 and 7)
- Incorporeality
- Flight (Can float in the air naturally by themselves, and even piloting aerial vehicles like airplanes and UFO saucers[1][4])
- Toon Force and Elasticity (Can recover from being flattened[5])
- Resurrection and Regeneration (Low-Godly; When eaten, the Ghosts' eyes can return to a chamber in the center of a maze to regain their original bodies.[8] Even after being eaten entirely with their eyes, the Ghosts can return back later without using a chamber[4])
- Transmutation (Can turn enemies into Ghosts by simply touching them[9])
- Statistics Amplification (Blinky can continuously increase his speed the longer the fight progresses or Pac-Man remains on the maze.[8] This also applies to other Ghosts in later titles[4])
- Reactive Evolution (Over time, the Ghosts can overcome the Power Pellet's effects by turning back to their original selves faster in a shorter time, eventually weakening it to the point they're no longer affected by it and only reverses their directions[8][10][11][12])
- Non-Physical Interaction and Platform Creation (Can move and jump on clouds.[5] Pinky can create platforms by negating invisible/intangible objects through touching them, able to interact with them without falling[6])
- Elemental Manipulation (Of Blinky's Fire, Inky's Ice, Pinky's Light and Clyde's Earth[13])
- Life-Force Absorption (Can absorb Pac-Man's life by touching him[14])
- Size Manipulation, Large Size (Type 0) and Duplication (Can grow themselves up to be much bigger than Pac-Man by himself[15][4] or fusing with their duplicates,[16] which they can summon lots of[17] and drop down at Pac-Man[1])
- Electricity Manipulation (Inky can send electric shocks from his helmet[4])
- Teleportation and Energy Projection (Pinky can teleport and shoot a energy beam towards the ground with her UFO saucer[4])
- Sound Manipulation and Breath Attack (Blinky's Sonic Boo attack allows him to shoot sonic blasts by screaming them out of his mouth, able to obliterate enemies[6])
- Fusionism, Bodily Weaponry and Body Control (When fused with Kinky, the Ghosts are granted new abilities to help them in hindering Pac-Man's process[4])
- Afterimage Creation (Blinky can use his bull horns to charge at Pac-Man, increasing his speed to the point he leaves blue afterimages behind himself)
- Acrobatics (Pinky's rabbit ears allows her to leap high distances, crossing to the other side of the maze)
- Illusion Creation (Inky can create a mirroring duplicate of himself that mimics his movements)
- Creation (Clyde can spit out larger Pac-Dots to slow down Pac-Man's movement and keep him longer in the maze)
- Ice Manipulation (Can recover themselves from being frozen solid[18])
- Mind Manipulation and Possibly Broadway Force (Can free themselves shortly after being forced to dance[18])
- Transmutation (Can come back from being turned into presents[4])
- Limited Resistance to Non-Physical Interaction (Their eyes cannot be eaten by Pac-Man, even if he has a Power Pellet[8])
- Inorganic Physiology (Type 2), Summoning/Duplication, Vibration Manipulation and Electricity Manipulation (With the Emperor Ghost mech, can summon multiple clones of themselves and the other Ghosts, create shockwaves by slamming the ground hard and shoot sweeping electric beams from the claw[4])
- Statistics Amplification (Can increase their driving speed with Atomic Pellet[2])
- Transformation and Invulnerability (Can transform into a Pac-Mobile, able to eat racers by leaving them as eyes to stun them for a short period of time[2])
- Enhanced Sound Manipulation (Can emit vibrating soundwaves that disorients people with Sound Bell[2])
- Weather Manipulation and Electricity Manipulation (Can summon lightning bolts to strike enemies from above with Storm Cloud[2])
- Summoning (Can also summon various characters to temporarily protect themselves while racing such as Siria the Ice Dragon[2])
- Self-Destruction (Pac-Bombs can blow themselves up when hitting enemies, with Black Pac-Bombs being able to respawn[2])
- Ice Manipulation (Can freeze enemies with Pinky's Blower,[7] a Pac-Snowman power-up and Siria the Ice Dragon[2])
- Explosion Manipulation and Homing Attack (Can blow up enemies with Pac-Bomb, Cherry Bomb, Grape Grenade, Blueberry Blaster and Strawberry Striker power-ups[2])
- Energy Projection (Can fire energy beam projectiles at enemies with Galaga Ship[2])
- Status Effect Inducement (Can stun enemies with a fake Pac-Dora Box[2])
Attack Potency: Multi-City Block level (Blinky can pulverize large metal boxes just by screaming.[6] All four can harm Pac-Man with their attacks,[8] who is capable of fighting monsters who can destroy large stone walls with relative ease, and even helped him defeat Erwin[6])
Speed: Sub-Relativistic (Regularly chases and keeps up with Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man,[19] who can circle around the whole planet in seconds and outrun and dodge lightning bolts[20] and asteroids[7][21][3])
Lifting Strength: Class M (Comparable to Pac-Man, who resisted a gravitational pull which was strong enough to pull in Spooky, who lifted a large chunk of Pac-Village[7])
Striking Strength: Multi-City Block level
Durability: Multi-City Block level (Comparable to Pac-Man and Erwin, who survived being in the epicenter of a large explosion which destroyed his death machine.[6] Can survive being chomped by Pac-Man while he uses a Power Pellet[8]). Toon force, non-corporeality, immortality, regeneration, and resistance to non-physical interaction for their eyes make them quite hard to destroy
Stamina: Superhuman
Range: Standard Melee Range physically; Extended Melee Range to Tens of Meters with abilites, power-ups and equipment
Standard Equipment: Cars, airplanes, pogo sticks, UFO saucers,[1] a electric helmet, a bulldozer,[4] power-ups
- Optional Equipment: The Emperor Ghost,[4] their machines, the Megawhale (submarine),[7] Toc-Man[6]
- Can Create/Summon:
- Black Pac-Bomb: A large black bomb with legs who circle around the Ghost for a few seconds before blowing up whoever gets close enough. It will also respawn to blow up others who get close until it's time runs out.[2]
- Siria the Ice Dragon: A short blue dragon that flies around the Ghost, freezing enemies close to him temporarily by breathing ice at them.[2]
- Sir Pac-a-lot: A large armored knight that protects the Ghost by swinging his sword at an enemy close to him.[2]
- Galaga Ship: A white spaceship which circles around the Ghost and fires energy projectiles at incoming enemies.[2]
Intelligence: Above Average, likely Gifted (Often makes strategies in the maze to capture Pac-Man, with Blinky being somewhat competent in leadership and Inky being declared the most unpredictable ghost, even using such methods.[8] Can control various machines/vehicles with ease, having presumably built them[7] and the Emperor Ghost[4] by themselves)
Weaknesses: Can turn blue and vulnerable if Pac-Man eats a Power Pellet.[8]
Notable Matchups
Victories:
Losses:
Inconclusive:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Pac-Land (1984)
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 Pac-Man World Rally (2006)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Pac-Man: Adventures in Time (2000)
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 Pac-Man Arrangement (1996 and 2005)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Pac-Man Party (2010)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Pac-Man World 3 (2005)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 Pac-Man World 2 (2002)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 Pac-Man (1980)
- ↑ Pac-Man Party Royale (2019)
- ↑ Pac-Man Championship Edition (2007)
- ↑ Pac-Man Championship Edition DX (2010)
- ↑ Pac-Man 99 (2021)
- ↑ Pac-Man Monsters (2014)
- ↑ Pac 'n Roll (2005)
- ↑ Super Pac-Man (1982)
- ↑ Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 (2017)
- ↑ Pac-Mania (1987)
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Pac & Pal (1983)
- ↑ Ms. Pac-Man (1982)
- ↑ Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness (2000)
- ↑ Pac-Man World (1999) and Pac-Man World Re-Pac (2022)
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