History VideoGame / TheMunchables

''The Munchables'' is a 3D PlatformGame developed by Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment for the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}. The game combined elements from two of Namco's other series, ''VideoGame/PacMan'' and ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy''.

* SmashingSurvival: If hit, you'll become tiny. You can regrow by rapidly shaking the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoWii Wiimote]].

%%* PlotCoupons: Legendary Orbs and Acorns.

* BigEater: Chomper and Munchy are always hungry and eat anything and everything they can get their mouths on, even if it's not supposed to be edible, including part of the Great Elder on occasion. Every Munchable is [[PlanetOfHats explicitly described as doing nothing but eating and growing their whole lives]], to the point that hunger is [[UpToEleven literally their only drive in life]].

%%* SpringsSpringsEverywhere

* AmbiguiousSituation: Considering how obvious it is from the very beginning that the Great Elder's a Tabemon Monster himself, one has to wonder why exactly he's okay with the Munchables cannibalizing his own race. It's eventually revealed, however, why he has no problem with it: the Tabemon Monsters he's having you eat aren't regular members of his race, but abominations created by Don Onion to take over the universe with.

* DissonantSerenity: It's rather off-putting how cute and happy-looking the Tabemon monsters are in their official art, despite the fact they're not only space pirates hellbent on taking over Star Ving, the Munchables mean to eat them all.

* OurMonstersAreWeird: Both the Munchables and the Tabemon Monsters. The former are all adorable round creatures of various animal species with bottomless appetites while the latter are anthropomorphic food.

* ExcusePlot: Space pirates that look exactly like they're AnthropomorphicFood invade a planet inhabited by ravenous gluttons.

[[IncrediblyLamePun Star Ving]] is a planet with several islands that are all connected together by rainbows. The primary inhabitants of Star Ving are the Munchables. Led by the mysterious Great Elder, the Munchables are a race of gluttonous creatures who spend their days chowing down from an endless supply of food created by magical artifacts called Legendary Orbs. But one day, a fleet of [=UFOs=] appear from a hole in space and steal the Legendary Orbs, destroying the rainbows connecting the islands and cutting off the Munchables' food supply. Then the [=UFOs=] deploy an army of creatures called "Tabemon Monsters" all over the islands to wreck havoc on Star Ving. It's up to the Great Elder and the game's protagonists, two Munchables named Chomper and Munchy, to traverse the islands of Star Ving, retrieve the Legendary Orbs, and defeat the Tabemon Monsters. And unfortunately for the monsters, they bear a rather uncanny resemblance to the various foods the Munchables love to sink their teeth into...

* AGodAmI: The Great Elder either thinks or presents himself as a god, running around with a cardboard cutout of a halo and a cloud strapped onto him. He even goes by ''Kami-sama'' ("god" in Japanese) in the original version of the game.

* AGodAmI: The Great Elder seems to think he is, if his running around with a cardboard cutout of a halo and a cloud strapped onto him is any indication. He even goes by ''Kami-sama'' ("god" in Japanese) in the original version of the game.
* AchillesHeel: The Legendary Orb on most of the bosses. The glowing dropping-shaped gems stick out of their bodies (usually in their backs or mouths) or have to be revealed by stunning them first, then must be slammed with a dash attack to harm them.

* AnthropomorphicFood: Averted, as the Tabemon Monsters just ''look'' like they are. Not that that'll stop the Munchables from eating them, though...
* AsteroidsMonster: Any enemy that's bigger than you. Weakening them through repeated tackle attacks splits them into smaller versions with reduced levels. Great Grapy and Big Choco also have this happen to them whenever their attacks are countered.

* BarrierChangeBoss: King Pumpkin.
* BigBad: Don Onion, though this isn't revealed halfway into the game.
* BigBoosHaunt: Ghost Mansion.

* ConvectionShmonvection: Level Two of Mount Brim.
* ConvenientWeaknessPlacement: Mostly Big Fishy, for the giant shells.
* CuteBruiser: Munchy. And depending on your tastes, Munchy and Robo (at least his first few forms before he [[StarfishRobots evolves]]) probably count, too.

* ExpositionBreak: Completing an island after meeting Don Onion will cause the Great Elder to expound his relationship with him; they used to be good friends, raising happy Tabemon monsters together, but the Great Elder discovered that Don Onion was secretly stitching Tabemon monsters together in an attempt to create powerful creatures to rule to universe with. The Great Elder left the planet in disgust and never looked back.

* GreenHillZone: Star Ving Island.
* HailfirePeaks: Mount Brim.

* JungleJapes: Level One of Pot-Belly Ruins.
* LethalLavaLand: Mount Brim.
* LevelAte: ''Every'' level, but special mention goes to the Dessert Factory.
* LevelInTheClouds: Blue Blue Sky.

* MushroomMan: Some of the enemies, as well as Mushroom Thriller, the boss of Ghost Manor.

* NightOfTheLivingMooks: Most of the enemies in Ghost Mansion.

* PurelyAestheticGender: Averted. Munchy (female) is faster and her roll lasts longer but is hard to control, while Chomper (male) is stronger and has a straightforward short roll.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The protagonists and most of the Tabemon Monsters.
* RuinsForRuinsSake: Level One of Pot-Belly Ruins.
* ShiftingSandLand: Level Two of Pot-Belly Ruins.
* ShoutOut: The name of the Ghost Mansion's boss, [[Music/MichaelJackson Mushroom Thriller]].

* TennisBoss: Great Grapy and Big Choco. Their projectiles (grapes and chocolate orbs) must be reflected back to break them apart into smaller enemies in order to do any real harm to them. What complicates matters is that they'll add in spiked weapons over time, to the point where only one object is safe to hit back.

* UnderTheSea: Level Two of Gulp Sea

* WalkDontSwim: Level Two of Gulp Sea.

* TennisBoss: Great Grapy and Big Choco.
%%* TimeTrial

* CuteBruiser: Munchy. And depending on your tastes, Munchy and Robo (at least his first few forms before he [[StarfishRobots evolves]]) probably count, too.

%%* AGodAmI: The Great Elder seems to think he is, if his running around with a cardboard cutout of a halo and a cloud strapped onto him is any indication. He even goes by ''Kami-sama'' ("god" in Japanese) in the original version of the game.
%%* AchillesHeel: The Legendary Orb on most of the bosses.

%%* AsteroidsMonster: Any enemy that's bigger than you.
%%* BackgroundBoss: Both Great Grapey and Big Choco.
%%* BarrierChangeBoss: King Pumpkin.
%%* BigBad: Don Onion.
%%* BigBoosHaunt: Ghost Mansion.

%%* BossSubtitles

%%* ConvectionShmonvection: Level Two of Mount Brim.
%%* ConvenientWeaknessPlacement: Mostly Big Fishy, for the giant shells.
%%* DieChairDie: Some crates contain nothing, while some contain power-ups.

%%* GreenHillZone: Star Ving Island.
%%* CuteBruiser: Munchy.
%%* HailfirePeaks: Mount Brim.

%%* JungleJapes: Level One of Pot-Belly Ruins.
%%* LethalLavaLand: Mount Brim.
%%* LevelAte: Every level, but special mention goes to the Dessert Factory.
%%* LevelInTheClouds: Blue Blue Sky.

%%* MushroomMan: Some of the enemies, as well as Mushroom Thriller, the boss of Ghost Manor.

%%* NightOfTheLivingMooks: Most of the enemies in Ghost Mansion.

%%* OurMonstersAreWeird: Both the Munchables and the Tabemon Monsters.

%%* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The protagonists and most of the Tabemon Monsters.
%%* RuinsForRuinsSake: Level One of Pot-Belly Ruins.
%%* ShiftingSandLand: Level Two of Pot-Belly Ruins.
%%* ShoutOut: The name of the Ghost Mansion's boss, [[Music/MichaelJackson Mushroom Thriller]].

%%* SpaceZone: [[spoiler:Fort Entree, the Tabemon Monsters' space fleet and the final world of the game.]]

%%* TennisBoss: Great Grapey and Big Choco.

%%* UnderTheSea: Level Two of Gulp Sea

%%* WalkDontSwim: Level Two of Gulp Sea.

%%* BubblyClouds: Blue Blue Sky.

* IncrediblyLamePun:
** The name of the planet, Star Ving, is just "starving" with a space, obviously referencing the Munchables being {{Big Eater}}s.
** The first boss, a giant, anthropomorphic broccoli, is called "Broco Lee".

%%* LevelAte: Every level, pretty much, but special mention goes to the Dessert Factory.

* AmbiguousSituation: The question of whether the Tabemon Monsters are either AnthropomorphicFood, or aliens that coincidentally look like food, is never answered.

* AmbiguousSituation: It's never outright confirmed if the Tabemon Monsters are either AnthropomorphicFood or aliens that coincidentally look like food.

* ExcusePlot: An armada of space pirates who look like/are AnthropomorphicFood invade a planet inhabited by ravenous gluttons and steal their food source. Go eat them, recover the orbs, and save the planet.

''The Munchables'' was a 3D PlatformGame developed by Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment for the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}. The game combined elements from two of Namco's other series, ''VideoGame/PacMan'' and ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy''.

* FlyingOnACloud: PlayedForLaughs. The Great Elder looks like he gets around via flying cloud, but it's actually just a cardboard cutout of a cloud affixed to his chest.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The Munchables appear to be crapping out acorns. And then there are the contrarily named Legendary Orbs, which are shaped more like... well, the common Japanese depiction of poop.

* AGodAmI: The Great Elder seems to think he is, if his running around with a cardboard cutout of a halo and a cloud strapped onto him is any indication. He even goes by ''Kami-sama'' ("god" in Japanese) in the original version of the game.
** Although it's probably just a ploy to fool the Munchables, and it apparently worked, since they made him their leader...
* AchillesHeel: The Legendary Orb on most of the bosses.
* AliensSpeakingEnglish
* AmbiguousGender: All of the Tabemon Monsters are referred to as "it", even ones like Brocco Lee who appear clearly male.
* AmbiguousSituation: It's never outright confirmed if the Tabemon Monsters are either AnthropomorphicFood or aliens that coincidentally look like food. There's also the question of why the Great Elder, who's a Tabemon Monster himself, has no problem with the Munchables cannibalizing his own race.
* AsteroidsMonster: Any enemy that's bigger than you.
* BackgroundBoss: Both Great Grapey and Big Choco.
* BarrierChangeBoss: King Pumpkin.
* BigBad: Don Onion.
* BigBoosHaunt: Ghost Mansion.
* BigEater: The protagonists, Chomper and Munchy.
** The planet Star Ving essentially has this as its [[PlanetOfHats hat]]. The Munchables are explicitly described as doing nothing but eating and growing their whole lives, to the point that hunger is [[UpToEleven literally their only drive in life]].

* BubblyClouds: Blue Blue Sky.

* ConvectionShmonvection: Level Two of Mount Brim.
* ConvenientWeaknessPlacement: Mostly Big Fishy, for the giant shells.
* DieChairDie: Some crates contain nothing, while some contain power-ups.
* EndgamePlus: Defeating spoiler: King Pumpkin unlocks a new character, a robotic Munchable called "Robo," and Mirror Mode.
* EveryBulletIsATracer: Enemy attacks.
* ExpositionBreak: Completing an island after meeting Don Onion will cause the Great Elder to expound his relationship with him; they used to be good friends, raising happy Tabemon monsters together, but the Great Elder discovered that Don Onion was stitching Tabemon monsters together in an attempt to create powerful creatures to rule to universe with. The Great Elder left the planet in disgust and never looked back.
* ExcusePlot: An armada of space pirates who look like or are AnthropomorphicFood invade a planet inhabited by ravenous gluttons and steal their food source. Go eat them, recover the orbs, and save the planet.
* FlyingOnACloud: The Great Elder gets around via flying cloud... but it's actually just a cardboard cutout of a cloud affixed to his chest.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The Munchables appear to be crapping out acorns. And then there are the contrarily named Legendary Orbs, which are shaped more like... something else entirely.
* GreenHillZone: Star Ving Island.
* CuteBruiser: Munchy.
* HailfirePeaks: Mount Brim.
* HeWasRightThereAllAlong: All of the bosses.

** The name of the planet, Star Ving.
** Brocco-Lee, the first boss.
* JungleJapes: Level One of Pot-Belly Ruins.
* LethalLavaLand: Mount Brim.
* LevelAte: Every level, pretty much, but special mention goes to the Dessert Factory.
* MiniBoss: In the second level of each world. Level 2 of World 8 has you fight the Minibosses of the previous seven worlds.
* MirrorWorld: Every level can be played in reverse after defeating [[spoiler: King Pumpkin]].
* MushroomMan: Some of the enemies, as well as Mushroom Thriller, the boss of Ghost Manor.
* MultiStageBattle: King Pumpkin.
* NightOfTheLivingMooks: Most of the enemies in Ghost Mansion.
* OlympusMons: While you don't catch them (you eat them), the Tabemon Monsters.
* OurMonstersAreWeird: Both the Munchables and the Tabemon Monsters.
* PalmtreePanic: Level One of Gulp Sea.
* PlotCoupons: Legendary Orbs and Acorns.
* PowerUpMotif: The same score for every power-up.
* PurelyAestheticGender: Averted. Munchy (female) is faster, while Chomper (male) is stronger.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The protagonists and most of the Tabemon Monsters.
* RuinsForRuinsSake: Level One of Pot-Belly Ruins.
* ShiftingSandLand: Level Two of Pot-Belly Ruins.
* ShoutOut: The name of the Ghost Mansion's boss, [[Music/MichaelJackson Mushroom Thriller]].

* SpaceZone: [[spoiler: Fort Entree, the Tabemon Monsters' space fleet and the final world of the game.]]
* SpringsSpringsEverywhere
* TennisBoss: Great Grapey and Big Choco.

* TubeTravel: Sort of. Going into holes in the sea floor of Gulp Sea, Level Two, will make you pop out of another hole.
* UnderTheSea: Level Two of Gulp Sea

* WalkDontSwim: Also Level Two of Gulp Sea.

* LevelAte: Every level, pretty much...

* BossSubtitles

* CollisionDamage

* HumanCannonball

* TimeTrial

* VentPhysics
* WalkDontSwim: Level Two of Gulp Sea.