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Could Pac-Man eat the Ghost of Christmas Past? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Presume he had just ate a power pellet, of course.

Followup matchups for your consideration:

Slimer, from "Ghostbusters"
Sadako, from "The Ring"
Freddy Krueger, from "Nightmare on Elm Street"
The clown from "It"
A ring wraith from "Lord of the Rings"

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

This is grade AA, top tier shitpost which means over analyzing is my specialty.

First I read it as "Ghost of Chris Pratt" and the answer is yes, it would be a normal ghost.

Then I read it correctly as Ghost of Christmas Past, and my answer is - maybe, but the ghost is able to bring the victim into events of their past lives, I think he could take Pac-Man back to a time where he ate a ghost that he didn't realize what he had done, make him regret eating ghosts and prevent the ghost of Christmas past from being eaten at all.

Slimer - yes, regular ghost, just messy and he'll need a napkin.
Do you mean Samara? Or is this a different The Ring. If Samara - yes, seems to follow the same rules as the ghosts in Pac-Man.
Yes, he could, but that would imply Pac-man sleeps and dreams. If he doesn't do those things how will he interact with Freddy pointy hands?
No. The clown from "It" is an established demon, not a deceased person bound to this world.
No. The ring wraiths are a weird kind of undead in that they are multiplaner and still both men yet their bodies no longer exist in our plane, yet have some sort of magic clothing that gives them form in our world. Essentially they didn't die, so they aren't ghosts.

Over analyzing shitposts is my specialty

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Do you mean Samara? Or is this a different The Ring.

We can both be right on this one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadako_Yamamura

Sadako Yamamura (山村貞子, Yamamura Sadako), reimagined as Park Eun-seo (Korean: 박은서) and Samara Morgan for their respective adaptations, is the main antagonist of Koji Suzuki's Ring novel series and the film franchise of the same name.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

Oooooo neat!