The Pointy Heads, especially when Apex states that they have all the yellow Pac Worlders (except for Pac, of course). When the show first began, it was hinted that Betrayus and his army were responsible for killing off the yellow Pac Worlders, then Pacinator states someone hired him to eliminate the yellow Pac Worlders, though Apex could have been indirectly claiming responsibility for hiring him.
The all-powerful Supreme Overlords in "Cosmic Contest" claim to have been disturbed from a "space nap supreme" by a battle royale that took place between the Pac Worlders, the ghosts, and the Pointy Heads. They appear with absolutely no prior establishment and are never heard from again (despite verbally alluding to the possibility of Pac being able to challenge them one day).
For some action-packed scenes, a remix of Pac-Man's Park from Pac-Mania playsnote Oftentimes mistaken for being completely original to the show - and it is awesome.
The Japanese opening - "PAC THIS WORLD!!!", is considered better than the English opening in every conceivable way, from fitting the series better to being way more catchy (in a non-obnoxious way). It helps especially that it's by frickin' Hyadain!
Cult Classic: It wasn't really a popular show to begin with, but it still managed to obtain fans nonetheless who enjoy the characters, Saturday morning cartoon + Slice of Life anime pastiche humor and bizarrely dark lore.
Jerks Are Worse Than Villains: Skeebo tends to be viewed in this regard. Sure, LordBetrayus is the dictator of the Netherworld who in life plunged Pac-World into global war that ended with Pac being the Last of His Kind, Dr. Buttocks is an Evil Genius who isn't even above working behind Betrayus' back to further his own goals, and Apex is an alien who nearly won in a few attempts to invade Pac-World. Skeebo, however, constantly bullies Pac, is an Ungrateful Bastard whenever Pac saves his butt, and is prone to talking big only to embarrass himself immediately afterward. While the villains tended to have some charm and humor to balance out their nefariousness, Skeebo is just a two-dimensional bully with no charm or depth to him whatsoever.
Les Yay: Cylindria's fangirling over Spheria in "Pac-Pong Fever" was a little over the top.
Nerd Pac-ManExplanation The over-the-top dorky way Brainiac Pac moves in his introduction from "That Smarts" caught on as a gif, mainly used in the same kind of contexts as the nerd emoji often is.
The Pac is Back!Explanation In June 2022 (curiously not long after the aforementioned nerd Pac's rise as a gif), a mild resurgence of the fandom occurred after a Twitter post of the show's intro claimed "this is the worst opening of all time", with the phrase "the Pac is back" becoming especially notorious. The latter phrase's widespread use became veryHilarious in Hindsight when Bandai Namco soon revealed a full remake ofPac-Man World that would be coming within a mere two months — and that therefore Pac really was back.
"Is Zit You Or Is Zit Me" features Pac-Man's grotesque pimples, that only get worse as the episode goes on. (Not to mention when he lets out a horrendous fart on poor Spiral and Cylindria when they attempt to bring him down.)
There's also Pac-Man's tendency to eat anything (one of many, many, MANY Shout-Outs to the classic games). There are moments where he eats stuff like flowers and pet kibblenote Another shout out, since Jr. Pac-Man (from his game) ate stuff such as bicycles, kites, and drums, etc., but then you have moments where he eats eyeballsnote Even though he couldn't in previous incarnations, slime, and regurgitated food. And then there's the time he eats the Ghosteroid...rather messily. The Ghost Gang, even Pinky, are appropriately disgusted at the sight.
The redesigns for Pac-Man and the ghosts are not actually original to Ghostly Adventures, they have been used since Pac-Man Party back in 2010 (though the cartoon gives Pac-Man fingers and teeth, unlike the game).
This isn't the first time Pac-Man is depicted with pupils, teeth or fingers. The cartoon by Hanna-Barbera also depicted him with all of these back in the 80s.
One notable detractor was Masahiro Sakurai - He stated that if Namco forced him to use this design for Pac-Man's character in Super Smash Bros., he probably would've been cut entirely. Ironically, that decision helped play a part in the show’s cancellation.
Though they are slightly altered from the 2009 Party designs; Pac-Man was given more visible polygon-modeled anime-like details like eyelids and fingers. Their personalities are also considerably different.
The show as a whole could probably be its own universe without having anything to do with the franchise or featuring any Pac-Man characters at all (such as if all the characters were humanoid), although this sometimes depends on the episode.
Unintentional Uncanny Valley: Pac-Man's new design has attracted accusations of this (particularly when he shows his teeth).
Visual Effects of Awesome: The CGI animation is surprisingly top-notch, and the backgrounds are well detailed. Helps that the pilot episode at E3 2010 was shown in 3D.
What Do You Mean, It's for Kids?: The backstory gets really dark, with a Pac-World War in which the yellow Pac-people suffered a genocide and whose losing side was systematically rounded up, turned into ghosts, and sent to a Netherworld which is basically an expy of Hell.
Again, this is the plot of a cartoon based on the Pac-Man series of electronic games.
Anti-Climax Boss: The final boss of the first game, as all you have to do to beat him is just stand on platforms so that his laser will reflect off them and hit him.
Broken Base: Either you like the games for their more slower-paced, methodical, exploration-based gameplay, or you hate them for not being the Pac-Man World games. May overlap with Fandom Rivalry as well.
It's the Same, Now It Sucks!: A common complaint among critics was that the second game didn’t really change anything from the first, with some even saying it felt more like an expansion pack than a sequel.
The Problem with Licensed Games: The 3DS version of the original is a mediocre sidescroller. Arguably the only noteworthy thing about it is that it's where Pac-Man's hover ability that would later be introduced to Pac-Man WorldRePac originated.
So Okay, It's Average: While not bad, the console titles are generally regarded as being just “ok”, mostly for being simplistic design-wise, as well as not really doing anything that really made them stood out.
from Pac-Mania playsnote - and it is awesome.