The Origins of PAC-MAN | Secret Level | Prime Video

[@jeffbrehove2614]

"Let's give dramatic lore to a game so simple." This whole episode is funny just for how seriously they took it.

[@MetalSonicReject]

And Bandai Namco gave the animators and writers their approval for this. 😂

[@Makareno94]

@@MetalSonicReject and then made the new game

[@Jerry-yr1en]

@@Makareno94 it’s perfect

[@Jerry-yr1en]

@@MetalSonicReject it’s the perfect lore

[@Jerry-yr1en]

@jeffbrehove2614 hey yall always on about character development this is it

[@biggestnerdalive8476]

Zack Snyder’s PAC-MAN

[@batomano99]

😂

[@florianogontijo6952]

​@@batomano99Nice...now let's see Paul Allen's Pac-Man 😂😂😂😂

[@SpideyfanX]

Pac-Man: Act Zero

[@shruthesh]

So, Here if he eats the Cherry everything will go to Slow-Motion?

[@misterchucky9409]

🤣🤣 After he done 5 lines of coke.

[@BibgyBC]

Well this was complicated origins for a simple video-game character

[@harryxyz2982]

It’s a prequel to shadow labyrinth

[@kazzoo8722]

I wonder if this will tell how he become yellow and and started eating ghosts.

[@LegendarySpaceRipper]

What about his wife and children?

[@kacpermajka5039]

It's worth noting that this is before he became Betrayus' opponent 🙂.

[@Jerry-yr1en]

@BibgyBC ya don’t get the lore then

[@KJR_Whatever]

The fact that this ended up being teaser for the new PAC-MAN is wild yet brillaint lol

[@Zach-ww2je]

If just one serious roundabout means to get that out there.

[@sieadestudio8378]

so he was the power pellet the entire time

[@LaserFont0103]

He was the ghost

[@Bunny2319b]

@@LaserFont0103what? What do u mean? Pac Man (gold ball that’s clearly dangerous) is trying to escape the Maze. Uses endless supply of clones (pellets) to guide them to the exit. But the gorilla monsters with glowing foreheads are too strong (ghosts). They’re the only thing in the maze that respawns and keeps Pac Man in the maze.

[@LaserFont0103]

@@Bunny2319b counter point, the clone is the only one with eyes and , and they put a lot of enfaces on them, plus he has a draping cloak. And I think the monsters are the pellets as they actually eat them, and there is a constant abundance of them. I think what Puck said about the eyes was a half truth, as she wasn’t referring to the “ghosts”, but rather the clone.

[@LaserFont0103]

@@Bunny2319b Also, the eyes leave the previous body and return home to find a new one.

[@matchablescommunitygaming3558]

The guy is the player, I figured he just keeps coming back cuz that’s what happens when you die in the game

[@KJR_Whatever]

The fact NAMCO was working on this game secretly and had PAC-MAN’s episode be a teaser for it is so bold and brilliant to me. lol😊

[@juliane.mfarias9285]

You had to give Pacman lore and you just decided to go DARK

[@N0AH7855]

I mean Pac-Man is about a gluttonous yellow circle that either gets killed by ghosts or eats them so it’s a little dark if you overthink it

[@SoutParl]

@@N0AH7855 same goes for everything if you overthink it

[@abbycollins]

This is technically a tie into a horror game involving pac man but the point still remains, why tf does pac man need a horror game

[@ThePowerLover]

@@SoutParl Now "overthink" what you said.

[@SoutParl]

@@ThePowerLover it's a little dark

[@anvy1231]

I let my kid watch this thinking it was kid friendly. Didn’t take me long to find out 😂

[@Wengk]

The trailer for Pacman did me dirty. I thought the human was pacman the entire time! The plot twist worked on me😂😂😂

[@cliff9887]

Thanks for sharing exactly the point of the trailer.

[@argo_real]

They're both technically 'pacman' if you think about it. Sure, Puck (the yellow ball) actually looks like pacman, but The Swordsman (noseless alien) is the one who actually fights all the monsters (ghosts...?), while Puck is the one who is trapped in the maze, as said by the Swordsman at the very end. You could say that Puck is the 'pac' and the Swordsman is the 'man'.

[@BigFruitful]

Yeah, like you can’t see Pac Man in the background the whole time

[@robertewans5313]

@argo_real All the ghosts are previous Swordsmen. When the Swordsmen die the "eyes" turn into those gorilla things at the center of the maze.

[@sonicguyver7445]

He looked like some sort of man...like some sort of PAC Man.

[@Iman-1710]

Say that again?

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

Warhammer: We will introduce the audience to the most robust and grim lore imaginable. Pac-Man: Sit down, lil bro.

[@cyberphysics2881]

Fr fr

[@Brasswatchman]

I see that they went for an... eclectic take on the source material.

[@VernonPiperSR]

From the trailer, I thought this was Abe's Odyssey.

[@ryansarenana2194]

It definitely gives that vibe

[@22espec]

I betthe origins of PONG is basically Prince of Tennis

[@HoxHax666]

I played Pac-Man when i was a child and now i saw this episode as an adult. What a great time to be alive.

[@JowawnWoods]

For people who don't know, there is a game called Shadow Labyrinth that this episode is based on. And yes, Pacman is in this game in this same role lol

[@ddeters07]

"Hi my name is PAC Man and I eat dots and fruit"

[@fortminor85]

There’s strength in repetition…. There’s strength in repetition…. There’s strength in repetition…. There’s *STRENGTH* in repetition….

[@MaxNMotion]

I loved it in the trailer when they said “She’s the PAC, and he’s the MAN.” Peak Cinema.

[@VancityMerc319]

This actually looks really good

[@orbitingdecay6797]

No 😂

[@Bunny2319b]

@@orbitingdecay6797yeah, it isn’t good. It’s very vague Like I’m not saying it’s bad. It’s just… an odd way to re-introduce Pac Man in a darker genre.

[@kitschydotpre4302]

Yeah it’s really good. I’m seriously considering buying the game when it comes out

[@mrgibbets34]

I thought it was a very interesting take

[@shinybelieve8320]

@@mrgibbets34 Same

[@Darklurkerr]

This is equivalent to the lore of my lego collection

[@NickTheNewbie]

I unironically love this

[@raeveii]

The way my jaw dropped at how dark this went lol

[@flashn00b]

When i first saw screencaps, I thought I was looking at a Tau from Warhammer 40,000, albeit when they were still a primitive species.

[@badreedinebedro]

I actually thought it was a whole different game

[@sizescomparasions7261]

That episode is very cool, the plotwist in the end got me out off guard

[@henokhsatrio8804]

"Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis The Wise? I thought not. It’s not a story the Jedi would tell you. It’s a Sith legend.....Ironic...."

[@andrewthefanboy1640]

Darth Plaguies in his early acolyte days

[@Chris_Thorndyke]

Pac is back

[@luckyexplorer1053]

For season 2 do the arcade game Joust.

[@NateKosub64]

this has the original mario bros movie written all over it

[@Project_415]

Given that there’s a game of this version coming out at some point, this episode’s existence makes much more sense

[@Tinyironfist]

The episode is a tie-in; not the game.

[@thatonelonelyanimator7196]

This episode was AMAZING

[@tristanferrer0192]

The Origins of Pac-Man hit the last nail on my coffin. Surely the creators behind this have already predicted my own death before I can predict it.

[@KalkiMaitreya]

"Moar Like. Mrs Pacman."

[@Mogget01]

Woulda been funnier if it was a pill popper running around his house being chased by the ghosts of his past.

[@arthurthebootleg6318]

Pac-Man, be the goofy yellow character or an eldrich horror entity.

[@nickotto-bernstein7267]

Reminds me of Pedro Pascal’s Mario Kart skit on SNL lol! 😂😂😂

[@joegrayii]

This was a gnarly episode

[@lyokocomicdubs]

I honestly vibe with this version. I don't care what anyone says.

[@eddydaniels9842]

Pretty sure that golden orb is Miss Pac-Man

[@ganzvv3726]

Christopher Nolan ahh backstory. Ridley Scott lookin ahh trailer

[@lucasthegamemasterporterfi84]

Imagine if this was animated by Studio Mir…

[@puffthecatpuff8931]

Reminds me of the Bomberman game that was not a Bomberman games; it also makes me think of Abe's Odyssey

[@puffthecatpuff8931]

It was on the 360, and awful....

[@xmisfit666x]

I remember buying that pos game thinking "ok cool we got a serious looking take on bomberman" and immediately regretting the purchase 2 hours later 🤣

[@Teamo86]

Not every character needs a origin story.

[@AlexanTheMan]

Missile Command must be a 5 minute drama about the Cold War.

[@lordthaps]

When Chris Nolan makes "Pacman: Begins"

[@Domn879]

I was binging secret level and didn’t clock the title of this one. I paused it to see what game it was as it was so harrowing. I was surprised.

[@youngblaze9404]

I thought this was Spector getting kidnapped 😂

[@CoreZeroPH]

Now I see why SHADOW LABYRINTH exists.

[@Raider231YT]

ALEKS LE!!!!!!!!

[@MorbiusOfArabia]

Looks like That dude that wielded Necrosword

[@nael2507]

This episode does Gorr the God Butcher justice

[@furiouslyscoped8185]

I was really expecting a really deep * WAKA WAKA M***********".

[@Ollyatlas]

A tau gets trapped on a jungle world to be tormented by a daemon:

[@doctoromega009]

They just DMCed PAC-MAN!!!

[@Megaspartan23]

Reminds me more of Bomberman: Act Zero

[@EdwardHaas-e8x]

I always saw it as a simple DnD type dungeon crawl with treasure and monsters LOL.

[@SaadNabil]

I'm gonna watch Secret Level only for Mega Man & Pac-Man!

[@Ogrimen]

Pacman Begins

[@Bruce_Yen_Jaa]

This is how they should of handle Gor the god butcher

[@_Y.J]

We got a dark take on PAC MAN before GTA VI

[@wamteng3790]

This is like saying that Pac man is descended from Africa...

[@Dnbray]

the episode did a good job of making me want to play Shadow Labyrinth when it comes out

[@realfitzmarker]

Hi Sung Jin-woo from Solo Leveling.

[@lil-nicco0610]

Ts feels like it was made by AI

[@benrozner]

Man pac man sure changed from last time 🤐

[@djjuice]

only changed to pacman out of japan due to the fear of changing the P in puckman to an F

[@mandinhapicles]

Gorr the Pac-Man

[@Lucifer-ll2sw]

so gorr is canon in pacman. cool

[@gigablaster4746]

I think an pac-man official movie will be more like pac-man party with ghostly adventures.

[@ajirizawa5743]

this looks more of a fanmade

[@alexsandrerennanserejo3667]

this is practically a dark reboot of zillion the anime that also had a game mascot as a secondary protagonist and drone Opa Opa from sega

[@samuelcarrasquillo4590]

Meanwhile In Heaven... Hanna Barbera Is Screaming.

[@y3ldarb2]

Am I the only one that thinks this should be made into a full game??! 😮 (And don’t you dare say “it already is.”) lol

[@mrgibbets34]

It’s supposed to come out next year

[@systemshocker2875]

I wonder how many people regretted bashing this after the real trailer came out for the game

[@undeadinside3571]

Are you saying theres a game version like this episode?

[@systemshocker2875]

@undeadinside3571 yes. Secret Labrynth

[@domenicksdesigns6417]

looks like the giant flower from Jumanji

[@ThatOneGuy6464-v9y]

Nah, it's the eating plant from Godzilla x Kong

[@sibamsaha786]

Gorr, is that you???!!!

[@EricJae.]

I’m too high for this

[@SOUPYT-fk9mm]

Pac-Man

[@GU__NI]

Taken more seriously than LOTR. Looks great though.

[@aj1412]

Weren't those the man eating plants from Jumanji?

[@Mei-dos]

I ended up liking this one a lot by how unhinged and demented it was

[@sikufox]

Terminalmontage did a WAAAAYYYYY better concept for what pac man is and he did it years ago!!!!

[@romeopanisales9783]

Game of Shadow labyrinth origins.

[@fugaziishime]

Is this the snyder cut?

[@Luciano24721]

La pelota amarilla con ESENCIA.

[@pranayk1234]

when voldemort goes poor af.

[@CrinklyStink]

Is anyone else getting Sonic Frontiers vibes from the robotic voice?

[@kazzoo8722]

Is this supposed to be the pacman that eats ghosts?

[@quietdemon8138]

Bruh why does this character look like the Marvel supervillain Gorr?

[@Howlabunga]

I don’t know how to feel on this

[@lauriewhite8153]

this one was seriously messed up. I never saw the end coming

[@ddutra]

Are you understand, Amazon!?...😂

[@flyingfire14]

no way this is canon

[@the-dark-angel]

We all know who voices him

[@IsaacArcos-i2k]

I think we owe patga an apology 😊

[@gaelrodregez321]

I really thought this was AI are a fever dream

[@dirtyduck10]

waiting on the synder cut

[@RealSpitz123]

Amazing

[@mrblusky6957]

Dangit, I had this idea of Pacman being some sort of eldritch monster and kids or teenagers dressed up as ghosts find their way through a maze to escape. Sadly Secret Level beat me to the horror pacman concept and I was just a kid with an overactive imagination and no money :|

[@anoxylitol]

ooo this looks so cool.