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Ever wonder what Pac-Man’s skeleton would look like? Well apparently so did the artist that created this. What do you think, did he capture the spirit of the true Pac-Man or is it just a circle with teeth?
The Pac-Man skeleton was created by Le Gentil Garcon with help from paleontologist Francois Escuilie in 2002. They created it by observing the human skull and different predatory animal skulls.
It is 35cm in diameter and made of plaster. The artist has several works, all equally odd, but interesting nonetheless.
Pac-Man-skelett [via smidigt]
76 Responses to “Pac-Man’s skeleton”
Jim May 20, 2007
haha, that is hilarious :P
+2Vincent Nguyen May 21, 2007
I’m going to have nightmares tonight! Thanks a lot Abby.
+5Abby McVay May 21, 2007
Hey, that’s what I’m here for. :P
+1Chris May 21, 2007
So now all night Vincent is going to be running around chomping pills because he’s being chased by ghosts and can’t sleep!
+2Shawn May 21, 2007
Pac Man Didn’t have any teeth!
-1Abby McVay May 21, 2007
Hey he could have! Maybe the graphics were just so shotty that they were afraid showing the teeth might be too much detail. lol
-2Andrew May 21, 2007
Hahaha, thats fantastic, he should make molds and cast them to sell commercially, I am sure he would sell more than a few.
NeutralInky May 21, 2007
The cartoon series version might have teeth.
Either way, you can’t say that Pac-Man or Ms. Pac-Man doesn’t have teeth. Just because teeth aren’t seen on the side profile doesn’t mean that teeth aren’t inside its mouth. You could just as easily say Pac-Man doesn’t have a skeleton either.
Anyway… cool idea/art project.
+2johnny May 21, 2007
Yo where are his eye sockets??? I mean pacman had eyes didnt he???
+4Pacman May 21, 2007
no i dont.
+4Chris May 21, 2007
[quote comment="22457"]no i dont.[/quote]
You’re alive!!!!
NeutralAbby McVay May 21, 2007
omg, see you heard it straight from the source, pacman has no eye sockets!
+2Dean May 21, 2007
I wish packman has a tail!
-2pac-man vs frogger May 21, 2007
pac-man vs. frogger…who do you think would win in a fight? pac-man has his teeth and frogger has an indiana jones whip like tongue.
pac-man or frogger?
-2Chris May 21, 2007
that sorta reminds me of “Alien”…with a round skull :P
+2Malone May 21, 2007
I simply wonder, why I did not see something like that all the years before…
NeutralDer Klempner May 21, 2007
26 teeth?! No magic number :O( But funny, nevertheless!
Der Klempner
+2darthjure May 21, 2007
I agree with Johnny – he needs eye sockets!
+1dootzky May 21, 2007
absolutly AMAZING! :))
+2excellent stuff, keep it up! ;)
Qais May 21, 2007
Ahhh the good old days:)
+2Tristan May 21, 2007
Great, but where are the eye sockets?
+1Ian Power May 21, 2007
I can just imagine some archaeologist digging this up in the year 2500.
+2David May 21, 2007
Aren’t the recessed area’s above the jaw hinges the eye sockets?
+2Ian P. May 21, 2007
Where are the eye sockets indeed? And no, those ridges are not eye sockets. Under those ridges of “bone” would sit the “jaw muscles”, if pac-man ever had lived.
+2Espido May 21, 2007
Now in H.D. you are going to see hi’s teeths :P
+2The Pandora Effect May 21, 2007
i dont see holes for the eyes. hahaha! but still, nice piece of exhibit. worth musing over. =)
regards.
+2feedmashr.com May 21, 2007
rapid prototyping lives and grows
+2DonnyTX May 21, 2007
This got to go to museum with all the dinasour fosil
+2Deuteron May 21, 2007
From a Dentist’s perspective, I find it odd that all third molars are missing. Also, the lingual and mental foramen seem absent, indicating no nerve or blood penetration in to the mandible. I advise taking a panorex radiograph.
+2Melvingay May 21, 2007
wow… this is soo funny. i started to giggle like a little girl when i saw this. i almost peed my pants.
+2Charlie May 21, 2007
Where are the eyesockets?
NeutralOctagon May 21, 2007
the eye sockets are there just not visible.. If you look at the front profile carefully you can see the empty regions towards the rear of the skull where the eyes would be on pac-man, the angle of the side profile obscures this detail I believe and makes it appear that it is in fact a solid un-broken portion of skull back there.
Pac-man is like a bird or fish and his eyes point outwards looking to both his sides which means he probably uses those quick jerk like head movements to look around.. creepy.
-2Greywolf May 21, 2007
[quote comment="22461"]pac-man vs. frogger…who do you think would win in a fight? pac-man has his teeth and frogger has an indiana jones whip like tongue.
pac-man or frogger?[/quote]
Actually, if my local Petco will suffice as evidence, we have something here labeled a Pac-Man Frog.
So my guess is: “Both, and it looks like they got it on!”
+1Keith May 22, 2007
This is really funny. This looks like a prehistoric Pac-man in the “pac-urassic” times. Very interesting, indeed!
+2Vek May 22, 2007
Pacman has no eyes – as you can see here:
http://www.verrando.com/arcade/shots/puckman.gif
(Pacman was originally called Puckman, until they realised it was a crap name. Or there was some sort of translation error or something. I forget.)
+2jereman May 22, 2007
wow i don’t know why i looked at this and i don’t know why yuo people looked at it.
Why did yall looked at this?
+1Fraggert May 22, 2007
[quote comment="22559"]Pacman has no eyes – as you can see here:
http://www.verrando.com/arcade/shots/puckman.gif
(Pacman was originally called Puckman, until they realised it was a crap name. Or there was some sort of translation error or something. I forget.)[/quote]
They saw possibility for vandals to scratch out part of the P, turning it into an F.
Puckman -> F…
+2sylvain May 23, 2007
Where are holes for eyes ???? :) :) :)
+1Cador May 25, 2007
Excellent! I’ve drawn my share of PAC-MANs on scrap paper (original, ms.pac, super, the one that appears on the arcade cabinet, LED pac-mans, etc), so I can appreciate this form of art, especially in this case.
+2Ell May 27, 2007
and to think, I didn’t know Pac-Man had teeth!
Guess ya learn something new everyday! ;)
+1Pete Beat May 30, 2007
Very impressive :)
But why has Pacman got a hole in the bottom of his skull? Unlike humans he has no neck and thus no need for a hole in the bottom of his head – this soft patch would be a major point of weakness.
Unlike others, I think the lack of eye sockets might be correct – weakly attached eyes might detach when the rest of him was consumed by a ghost.
+3Ctrl+Alt+De1337 June 2, 2007
And how would he turn inside out when he dies?
+1That would be awesomely gross with that skeleton in there.
Larry June 3, 2007
haha, I love it :P
NeutralJ.Devon Mintuck June 12, 2007
I never really thought about what Pac-Man,s skeleton would look like. But, I guess,this is how it would look. Pretty funny.
Look 2,500 or more into the future and see the people think we had real live Pac-Men if you don,t clarify that this is a game one! Animals shaped like Pac-men. That,s what they could think if this isnt labelled properly.
NeutralBullethail June 12, 2007
Uh… aren’t those things near the back of his head eyesockets?
NeutralDaniel July 6, 2007
Ever wonder what REALLY happened to Pac-man? This video gives the inside scoop: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEIcNB-Wm78 . It should really be a VH1 special ;-)
NeutralTrauamHound October 23, 2007
[quote comment="22451"]Pac Man Didn’t have any teeth![/quote]
While the in-game Pac didn’t there was a rubber squeaker back in the day that did, indeed, include teeth which, realistically (?!) Paccy would need to chomp through monsters, dots, fruit, keys, the Galaxian and anything else that found it’s way in front of him.
NeutralTerry Bolo December 17, 2007
Since when Pac-Man have teeth? lol
NeutralMD December 19, 2007
Chomp Chomp
+1Free PS3 December 20, 2007
That’s great. I wish I was that creative.
Neutraldan December 23, 2007
those are some big teeth! did they find ms pac man?
-1Free XBOX 360 Elite December 23, 2007
HAHA!
NeutralI wonder if he has any cavities from eating all those berries?
Pac-Man January 1, 2008
I never got cavities.
NeutralKevin January 3, 2008
I used to love Pac Man
-1GHForum.Net January 7, 2008
Very nice skull :D
Neutralonthe5 January 8, 2008
It looks like pac-man had human teeth.
-1win a free ps3 January 12, 2008
Pac Man used to be my favorite game when i was a child. However i don’t remember him having those teeth?
-1Jakdin January 21, 2008
Unfortunately Pac-Man is NOT a 3 Dimensional being, he’s 2D… so this 3D skull is NOT really Pac-Man! ;)
+1bradley February 16, 2008
yes, pac man frogs do have teeth. I had one and it bit me, and its true you do have to kill it to get your finger out!
NeutralJoshua July 24, 2008
Chomp Chomp from MD reminded me about pac-man being a chain-chomp from Mario,
+2and chain-chomps look just like pac-man. And so:
SuperMario64
Chain-chomp’s job: Eat potato chips
Mario’s: save peach or act like a (Potato chip.
(peach: I see mario from here, and he’s looking like a potato chip! Don’t get eat’n mario! Lol. lol is like lolypops! and pop is popcorn! (LLLOOOLLL!)