- —Tagline
Yoshi VS Pac-Man is the 52nd episode of DBX, featuring Yoshi from the Super Mario series and Pac-Man from the Pac-Man series in a battle between voracious video game heroes.
Exhibition
As the sun begins to set on a bright field, the camera pans down to the ground to show a row of Pac-Dots, all of which are quickly devoured by Pac-Man (in his classic 2D wedge form), in a high-speed chase from the ghosts, Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde. At the end of the trail lies a Power Pellet, which Yoshi grabs with his tongue before eating it as he runs off, leaving Pac-Man completely powerless to defend himself as Inky collides him, complete with the classic Pac-Man death animation.
 |
Gavin Harrison by Gavin Harrison  
|
After respawning, the ghost chomper transforms into his anthropomorphic form before running straight ahead as Yoshi unsuccessfully attempts to climb a mountain using his Flutter Jump. Pac-Man spots him and, understandably upset about the Power Pellet, creates a trail of Pac-Dots to burrow through the ground. Yoshi braces himself as he hears the wall shake, only to be surprised when Pac-Man emerges from the wall and kicks him across the field.
Yoshi: Rah!
Getting back up, the green dinosaur prepares for battle as a diagonal split-screen of both combatants renders from Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U appears.
Encasing himself in a Yoshi Egg, Yoshi uses the Egg Roll and dashes towards his opponent. Pac-Man rather easily dodges the attack by jumping and grabs Yoshi, slamming him into the ground and punching him five times, knocking him away. Pac-Man then uses Bonus Fruit to summon various fruits that appear randomly on his hand, eventually spawning a melon which he throws at Yoshi. The green dinosaur recovers and counterattacks by rushing towards Pac-Man, grabbing the fruit with his tongue, and slamming it at him, which smacks him to the wall. He follows this by charging his fist with green energy and punching Pac-Man into the air. Pac-Man uses this to his advantage by creating another trail of Pac-Dots and dashing towards Yoshi mid-air; however, Yoshi thwarts the attack by jumping and axe kicking Pac-Man to the ground.
After successfully hitting him with Egg Roll, he attacks Pac-Man with a rapid series of punches and kicks. Regaining his footing, Pac-Man runs towards Yoshi, and the two exchange powerful blows. Pac-Man summons a fire hydrant which releases three streams of water at Yoshi. Yoshi absorbs the water with his mouth and spits it back at the fire hydrant, knocking it in the air. He seizes the opportunity to grab it with his tongue and slam it at Pac-Man before attempting to grab Pac-Man himself twice with his tongue, though he dodges using Pac-Jump. Annoyed, Yoshi manages to grab Pac-Man by the leg, spins him around, slams him into the wall once more, and delivers a barrage of rapid kicks in the air. He grabs Pac-Man by the leg once more, slams him into the ground, and devours him before laying an egg that expels him from his body with Egg Lay (accompanied by a farting sound).
Yoshi shatters the Yoshi Egg encasing Pac-Man, knocking the latter back. As a speechless Pac-Man looks at him with a shocked and confused expression, he uses Bonus Fruit again to create a key which he throws at Yoshi. Yoshi simply ducks to avoid the attack, but the key bounces from the wall and hits him in the head, causing him to bounce from the ground. Using the opening, Pac-Man creates several trails of Pac-Dots as Yoshi rushes in his opponent's direction. Yoshi looks at the Pac-Dots with curiosity before getting caught in Pac-Man's Final Smash, Super Pac-Man. An enlarged Pac-Man quickly gobbles all the Pac-Dots while biting into Yoshi piece by piece, drawing blood, and finally eating his head, which is accompanied by a "500" appearing.
Trivia
Production
- The core connections between Yoshi and Pac-Man are that they are both iconic video game heroes with the ability to devour their enemies and long prehensile tongues. Both also live among their races that look completely identical to them (the Yoshis of Yoshi's Island and the Pac-People of Pac-Land, respectively). In addition:
- Both of them have crossed over in the Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros. series.
- A costume of Pac-Man can be worn by Yoshi in Yoshi's Wooly World and Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World by scanning the Pac-Man amiibo.
- A Mystery Mushroom costume of Pac-Man is available to use in Super Mario Maker by scanning the Pac-Man amiibo.
Other
- This is the 22nd Video Game-themed episode, after Trish VS Jeanne, Amy Rose VS King Dedede, Ryu VS Lucario, Terry Bogard VS Jon Talbain, Greninja VS Espio, Link VS Meta Knight, Genji VS Raiden, Guile VS Paul Phoenix, Aigis VS Noel Vermillion, Cloud VS Guts, Mega Man VS Bomberman, Mario VS Luigi, Zero VS Strider, Ken VS Blaziken, Samus VS Master Chief, Wii Fit Trainer VS Dhalsim, Alucard VS Demitri, Noctis VS 2B, Kratos VS Dante, Captain Falcon VS Viewtiful Joe, Lara Croft VS Jill Valentine, and Chun-Li VS Tifa Lockhart, with the next ten being Juri VS Mileena, Vergil VS Hakumen, Chie VS Karin, Bendy VS Cuphead, D.Va VS Tron Bonne, Ezio VS The Prince, Shantae VS Shovel Knight, Lucario VS Blaziken, Ness VS Sans, and Goomba VS Koopa 2.