Pac-Man (Short 2) Little Pac-Mares

"Little Pac-Mares" is the short of the live-action/stop-motion animated series Pac-Man, broadcast on 3 December 2023.

Based on the 2017 game "Little Nightmares" and 2021 its prequel game "Little Nightmares II", the short includes the footage and GIF animations of Mono and Six in the aftermath of its two video games, while featuring the clips of the entire Pac-Man franchise, notably the Hanna-Barbera series. The song, "Pac-Man Fever", is heard during the episode, by Buckner & Garcia (although it is mistakenly as "Bunker" instead due to the error reasons).

In the short, three Pac-Persons are having a dream while being chased by a large Pac-Man.

On 4 January 2024, Ralph Older Studios published a computer-animated CinemaScope film "Little Nightmares", which stars Six and Mono, the member of the Nightmates, in the full appearance who also co-directed that film. This was followed by multiple sequels, launching the introductions of Seven "the Runaway Kid", Five "a Girl in the Yellow Raincoat", Low and Alone, who all co-directed the projects "Sonic the Hedgehog vs. Little Nightmares" and "Coraline & Six: The Laikables".

BROADCAST:
3 December 2023

RUNNING TIME:
6 minutes

MUSIC FEATURED:
"Pac-Man Fever" (by Buckner & Garcia)

PLOT:
Inside a dream, Pac-Man and his brothers-in-arms Ice Pac and Metal Pac wakes up in the style of "Little Nightmares", a 2017 game, and the 2021 prequel, "Little Nightmares II". A large Pac-Man chases down three Pac-Persons, only for them to escape. A large Pac-Man charges at the little Pac-Man, but the latter barely runs away as the former crashes into the wall, seemingly injuring him.

Throughout the scene, while including the GIFs and footages of Pac-Man, the footage and GIFs opens up with Mono, a young boy with a paper bag on his head, and Six, a girl with a raincoat, who variously bond a romantic relationship.

In the end of the short, three Pac-Persons finds out that it was a dream and continues to sleep, as the short ends.