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<p>Popular <a href="/index.php?title=Namco" title="Namco">Namco</a>-developed arcade game <i><b><a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Pac-Man" title="wikipedia:Pac-Man">Pac-Man</a></b></i> has been referenced numerous times in the <a href="/index.php?title=Homestar_Runner_%28body_of_work%29" title="Homestar Runner (body of work)">Homestar Runner</a> body of work. | |||
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<ul><li><a href="/index.php?title=Main_Page_13" title="Main Page 13">Main Page 13</a> — The sound effect for <a href="/index.php?title=Atari_Strong_Bad" title="Atari Strong Bad">Atari Strong Bad</a> disappearing, as well as the sound for highlighting "<a href="/index.php?title=Downloads" title="Downloads">Downloads</a>", are taken from the <a href="/index.php?title=Atari_2600" title="Atari 2600">Atari 2600</a> version of Pac-Man. | |||
<ul><li>Email <a href="/index.php?title=ghosts" title="ghosts">ghosts</a> — The latter sound effect plays for the text that appears after "killing" the <a href="/index.php?title=Bad_Graphics_Ghost" title="Bad Graphics Ghost">Bad Graphics Ghost</a>. | |||
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Everything_Else%2C_Volume_3" title="Everything Else, Volume 3">Everything Else, Volume 3</a> — The latter sound effect is used on the "Other Features" menu. | |||
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</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=TROGDOR%21" title="TROGDOR!">TROGDOR!</a> — The intermission part with <a href="/index.php?title=Trogdor" title="Trogdor">Trogdor</a> chasing the <a href="/index.php?title=Peasants" title="Peasants">peasants</a> resembles the intermission from <i>Pac-Man</i> when he chases the ghosts. | |||
</li><li>Email <a href="/index.php?title=the_facts" title="the facts">the facts</a> — The tune that <a href="/index.php?title=Homestar_Runner" title="Homestar Runner">Homestar Runner</a> sings to in the <a href="/index.php?title=Easter_egg" title="Easter egg">Easter egg</a> is the same tune as the intermission theme from <i>Pac-Man</i>. | |||
</li><li>Email <a href="/index.php?title=web_comics" title="web comics">web comics</a> — The <a href="/index.php?title=Secret_Collect." title="Secret Collect.">Secret Collect.</a> cartoon is a parody of the <a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Pac-Man_%28TV_series%29" title="wikipedia:Pac-Man (TV series)">Pac-Man cartoon</a>. | |||
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Baddest_of_the_Bands" title="Baddest of the Bands">Baddest of the Bands</a> — The plot of the game is caused by Strong Bad's broken <a href="/index.php?title=FunMachine" title="FunMachine">FunMachine</a>, which causes his copy of <a href="/index.php?title=Limozeen%27s_Hot_Babelien_Odyssey" title="Limozeen's Hot Babelien Odyssey">Limozeen's Hot Babelien Odyssey</a> to show a glitched screen similar to Pac-Man's "kill screen". | |||
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=8-Bit_is_Enough" title="8-Bit is Enough">8-Bit is Enough</a> — When approaching the lake in <a href="/index.php?title=Peasantry" title="Peasantry">Peasantry</a>, Homestar will refer to various fruits and "power dots", the collectible items in Pac-Man. | |||
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Halloween_Safety" title="Halloween Safety">Halloween Safety</a> — In an Easter egg, <a href="/index.php?title=Crack_Stuntman" title="Crack Stuntman">Crack Stuntman</a> takes the form of Pac-Man while explaining he's the new spokesperson for HalloweenSafety.gov. | |||
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=The_Homestar_Runner_Enters_The_Spooky_Woods_Teaser" title="The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods Teaser">The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods Teaser</a> — Strong Bad describes <a href="/index.php?title=Silhouettes" title="Silhouettes">silhouetted</a> <a href="/index.php?title=The_Homestar_Runner_%28storybook%29" title="The Homestar Runner (storybook)">The Homestar Runner</a> as "Pac-Man with an underbite". | |||
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Latest revision as of 21:00, 18 July 2026
Popular Namco-developed arcade game Pac-Man has been referenced numerous times in the Homestar Runner body of work.
References
- Main Page 13 — The sound effect for Atari Strong Bad disappearing, as well as the sound for highlighting "Downloads", are taken from the Atari 2600 version of Pac-Man.
- Email ghosts — The latter sound effect plays for the text that appears after "killing" the Bad Graphics Ghost.
- Everything Else, Volume 3 — The latter sound effect is used on the "Other Features" menu.
- TROGDOR! — The intermission part with Trogdor chasing the peasants resembles the intermission from Pac-Man when he chases the ghosts.
- Email the facts — The tune that Homestar Runner sings to in the Easter egg is the same tune as the intermission theme from Pac-Man.
- Email web comics — The Secret Collect. cartoon is a parody of the Pac-Man cartoon.
- Baddest of the Bands — The plot of the game is caused by Strong Bad's broken FunMachine, which causes his copy of Limozeen's Hot Babelien Odyssey to show a glitched screen similar to Pac-Man's "kill screen".
- 8-Bit is Enough — When approaching the lake in Peasantry, Homestar will refer to various fruits and "power dots", the collectible items in Pac-Man.
- Halloween Safety — In an Easter egg, Crack Stuntman takes the form of Pac-Man while explaining he's the new spokesperson for HalloweenSafety.gov.
- The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods Teaser — Strong Bad describes silhouetted The Homestar Runner as "Pac-Man with an underbite".
