Character Analysis: Toc-Man

Background

Name: Orson | Toc-Man
Age: Likely similar to Pac-Man
Weight: 15 Tons
First Appearance: Pac-Man World (1999)
Likes: Having Friends, Pudding, Parties, Toc-Man
Dislikes: Pac-Man (Initially), Being lonely, Not being invited to Birthday Parties

All anyone wants is a friend, and for Orson, he’s no different. As it turns out, he actually grew up and was Childhood Friends with Pac-Man, however as the years went by, Pac-Man would grow in fame, making him jealous. He would try and copy everything Pac-Man does for a slice of that fame, whether it be his own games, cartoons, or even breakfast cereals!.. But unfortunately for him, the entertainment business was simply not for him. He would switch to manufacturing those Pac-Dots that we all know and love and make a fortune off of it. With his new riches, he would move to Ghost Island and build his castle lair there, but as time went on, his obsession with Pac-Man grew stronger. “If everyone loves Pac-Man, then I’ll BECOME Pac-Man” he thought. He would then come up with the plan to kidnap Pac-Man and become his replacement, essentially stealing his fame, however the Ghost Gang would screw up, leaving the actual Pac-Man free, leaving him to set out and stop his plans, ultimately defeating him.

After his defeat, Pac-Man would forgive Orson, and even invite him to his Birthday Party, along with the other Ghosts… except that he never showed up. As it turns out, he thought Pac-Man didn’t invite him, when in reality he used the invitation as toilet paper… Yeah. After clearing this little misunderstanding, Pac-Man and Toc-Man would have a little makeup party, becoming friends again.

With this rekindled friendship, Orson and Pac-Man would team up in World 3 in order to stop the plans of Erwin, a crazed alien who wants to syphon the energy of the Spectral Realm, which would cause it to collapse onto the Universe. With their teamwork, they would put a stop to his evil plans, and Orson would take it upon himself in order to fix up the Spectral Realm.

(Orson’s backstory was taken from this interview with Scott Rogers)

Before We Begin…

Welcome to the Toc-Man blog! For the record, this was the result of me not wanting to release a relatively small update to the Pac-Blog by itself, so I decided to release this alongside the update for a bonus. Read that blog here: https://burritosbattleblog.blogspot.com/2024/09/character-analysis-pac-man-v2.html

Keep in mind if you read that blog already, this isn’t gonna be any different really for stats, so that will mostly be consistent across the board, this is mainly for Toc-Man’s unique abilities and the such! Link to the updated Pac-Blog is here if you also want to read that! Alright here we go! Also SPOILERS FOR RE-PAC 2 AHEAD

Equipment

Toc-Man

The actual Toc-Man Mech itself, equipped with various pieces of tech. In order to minimize bloat, I will contain all pieces of equipment tied to the actual Mech to this section.

Jetpack: With these, Toc-Man can take flight! He’s able to fly deep in outer space with them, and can even use it offensively, such as using it to ram towards Pac-Man at fast speeds
Guns: Those giant hands aren’t just for show, he is able to deploy energy like bullets out of them, well over a few dozen in the span of a second.
Flaming Dot Attack: Toc-Man can shoot flaming balls at his enemies.
Forcefields: By deploying various stations around the battlefield, Toc-Man can generate himself a forcefield, preventing enemies from damaging him until they are destroyed
Pellet Generation: Toc-Man has various ways to generate Power-Pellets, such as being able to spawn them after doing a Super-Butt Bounce, or by killing his own summons to drop pellets.
Magnetism: Toc-Man can generate an energy ball that will magnetize nearby metal, such as the time he used it to create Krome Keeper
Rev-Roll: Toc-Man has his own version of the Rev-Roll, in the original, he will go into a ball shape and launch himself at Pac-Man at fast speeds. In Re-Pac, he will Rev-Roll in his giant form.
Butt Bounce: Similar to Pac-Man’s, but with a little more oomph as it generates shockwaves with each bounce. He also has a Super Butt Bounce variant, where he charges for a bit before leaping into the air and bouncing back down with huge force

Toc-Man V2

Orson built an upgraded version of Toc-Man, it should be able to replicate all the abilities of the previous unit, but with some new stuff as well!

Superspin Attack: Toc-Man can swing its arms like a propellor, smacking away all nearby enemies, however doing so for too long will cause the mech to overheat and break down.
Sonic Boom Attack: Toc-Man can shoot Sonic Booms, which are strong enough to blow up robots and crates.

Rocket Launcher

"This is my world. You are not welcome in my world."

Equipped with a brand new Rocket Launcher, Toc-Man can shoot rockets at his enemies, with a wide AoE. He will also take to the sky and rain rockets down onto his opponents. While I’m no arms expert, the Rocket Launcher resembles the Carl-Gustaf Recoilless Rifle given its bulky, yet portable design.

Axe

Bringing in a new trusty Axe, Toc-Man can hack away at his enemies by leaping in the air towards them. He can also use it as a sort of boomerang by throwing it, hitting anyone in its path, before it returns back to him.

Pellets

They aren’t just for Pac-Man! Toc-Man also has access to a few Pellets himself.

Power Pellet: The original Pellet itself, which throughout history has been used to weaken souls, allowing consumption. The Pellet itself can also be used as a weapon, like with the Pac-Dot Attack or Pac-Dot Bomb Attack.
Chrome Pellet: If he’s ever in a bind, Toc-Man can bust out the Chrome Pellet, turning his body Metal (wait, isn’t he already metal). This Pellet makes him so durable, Pac-Man also needs a Chrome Pellet in order to damage him.
Mega Pellet: By fusing 2 regular Pellets into a Mega Pellet, Toc-Man grows massively in size, allowing him to tower over Pac-Man. This giant form is so massive, simple steps can generate shockwaves. This form however also has a few weak spots, such as his shoes, and the top of his head.

Kart

Being a playable character in Pac-Man World Rally, Toc-Man would have access to all the abilities and power-ups the game provides

Pac-Mobile

In World Rally, racers have access to a special form called the Pac-Mobile. This is obtained after collecting enough Power-Pellets. This will turn them into said “Pac-Mobile.” This form also turns all opponents into Ghost, and by racing into them, it will consume their soul. This form, however, only lasts about 8 seconds.

Power-Ups

	Green Pac-Bomb	Similar to the Green Shell from Mario Kart, when launched at an enemy, they explode.
	Red Pac-Bomb	Like the Green-Pac Bomb, it explodes on contact when it hits an enemy. The main difference being that the Red-Pac Bomb follows enemies.
	Blue Pac-Bomb	Like the previous Pac-Bombs, but this one exclusively targets the player in first place.
	Pac-Dora Box	A fake item box, when collected by a tricked player, stuns them.
	Atomic Belly	Gives racers a small speed boost.
	Pac-Snowman	Tosses snowballs at nearby racers. When they get hit, they spin out and also freeze.
	Storm Cloud	Makes the road slippery for up head racers
	Black Pac-Bomb	Works exactly as the Green Pac-Bomb, but explodes with a larger radius
	Siria the Ice Dragon	A dragon that throws ice blocks that can freeze opponents.
	Sir Pac-a-Lot	Targets the racer in front of the player.
	Galaga Ship	Shoots the racer closests to the player up ahead.
	Banana Ram	A ram in the shape of a Banana, you must ram into players to deal damage to them.
	Blueberry Blaster	A blaster that shoots four rockets at a medium firing rate.
	Cherry Bombs	Bombs in the shape of a Cherry, will explode upon contact or by itself if left alone for a few moments.
	Grape Grenades	Shoots explosive grapes that damage those near its proximity.
	Pac-Dot Gun	A rifle that shoots up to 10 Pac-Dots, each shot has to reload.
	Sonic Bell	Sends out a shockwave which will damage nearby players.
	Strawberry Striker	Strikes players with great force.
	Watermelon Seed Spitter	A rapid fire weapon, can shoot repeatedly and chip away health.

Abilities/Skills

Ghost Physiology

At the end of the day, Toc-Man’s pilot is a ghost, and as a result, Orson will have the same physiology as a Ghost. An interesting note is that despite being a ghost, the Ghost in the Pac-Man Universe are not intangible, meaning in theory anyone can interact with them. There’s also a few resistances that this provides, which will be listed in the resistances section

Soul Regeneration: The defining trait of Pac-Man Ghosts, when consumed, they are able to regenerate after returning to their chambers, however Ghosts have shown the ability to regenerate their soul after it has been fully destroyed.
Life Force Absorption: As a ghost, he should have the ability to absorb the life force of anyone he comes into contact with.
Size Manipulation: Ghosts can make themselves much bigger, making them stronger.
Item Manipulation: Ghosts are capable of stealing tokens from players inventories.
Duplication: Ghosts have shown the ability to duplicate themselves several dozen times.

Life Manipulation

Toc-Man has shown the ability to give life to inanimate objects, like when he gave life to Windbag by punching its sails, or when he magnetized a bunch of metal in order to create Krome Keeper.

Necromancy

Toc-Man can re-animate skeletons from the ground, providing him with a small undead army to help him in his fight against Pac-Man.

Fourth Wall Awareness

Toc-Man has shown the ability to interact with the Fourth Wall, such as the time he was able to change the Pac-Man World Logo, as well as the Re-Pac logo. In addition, Toc-Man was literally able to push a flashback scene to the side

BFR

Orson was able to teleport Pac-Man around, and even send him to the Spectral Realm, a completely separate universe. He’s even removed limbs with this teleportation method, albeit accidentally.

Hacking

Orson was able to turn a Spectral Siphon into a virtual maze for ease of hacking, allowing Pac-Man to destroy the machine from the inside.

Resistances

Sealing: Comparable to other Ghosts, who can escape being sealed by the Pink Capsule. Ghosts are also unaffected by the Pac-Drone’s inhale.
Space: Can fly in outer space with no issue. This would grant him resistances to Radiation Manipulation, and a slight resistance to Temperature Manipulation due to Space’s freezing cold temperatures. This also means he can survive without oxygen.
Transmutation: Has Ghost physiology, which can come back from being turned into presents.
Ice Manipulation: Ghosts can be frozen in Pac-Man Party and be just fine moments later

Feats

Overall

Built two successful models of the Toc-Man mech
Is among one of the smartest characters in the Pac-Man Universe
Successfully kidnapped all of Pac-Man’s family and friends
Put up a good fight with Pac-Man, twice!
Discovered Erwin’s plans, and with Pac-Man’s help, was able to defeat him
Has the tools and tech to help restore the Spectral Realm after Erwin had nearly depleted it

Power

In his giant form, Is strong enough to generate shockwaves with his steps
The upgraded Toc-Man model can easily smash metal crates and robots
Can roll fast enough to catch on fire (83 Tons of TNT)
Cratered the moon into the shape of his face (242 Gigatons of TNT)
Orson is able to stabilize the Spectral Realm after it had been near fully drained

Durability

Orson survived his Toc-Man mech exploding with him in it
Can take multiple hits from Pac-Man and his higher forms outright don’t take damage from him (See Scaling Section)

Speed

Is fast enough to fly into deep outer space and back, beating Pac-Man back to Earth (36,821 c)
Is fast enough to contend with Pac-Man (See Scaling Section)

Scaling

Pac-Man

The Pellet Muncher himself! Toc-Man can contend near equally with Pac-Man, and his other forms require Pac-Man to use power-ups of his own to keep up, it’s safe to say that Toc-Man can scale to Pac-Man’s base feats.

Can defeat the Ghost Gang’s Mechs, which are directly empowered by the Golden Fruit, one of which instantly summoned a storm. (5.44 Megatons of TNT)
Tanked an explosion caused by the destruction of a Death Machine (315 Tons of TNT)
Survived crashing into the moon, which caused a giant explosion (84 Teratons of TNT)
Comparable to Ms. Pac-Man, who defeated Mesmerelda, who’s magic was strong enough to need the Gems of Virtue to dispel, which can sustain and power entire countries. (Country Level)
Can pilot and react with the Space Board, which can zoom past stars (78,887,908 c)
Can pilot an asteroid, which can traverse past stars and nebulas (388,651,471 c)
Can outrun The Glitch, which can consume entire mazes in an instant, including the Galaga Maze, which contains Stars (252 Billion c - 473 Billion c)

Ghost Gang + Other Villains

The Ghost Gang directly worked with Toc-Man before, and he’s even faired a lot better than the Ghosts in his Re-Pac 2 Boss Fight as he was able to fight Pac-Man on equal footing while the Ghost needed to amp their mechs with the Golden Fruit to keep up, in addition, he’s the Secret Boss that appears after beating every other boss in Re-Pac 2, implying that he’s even tougher than they are.

Blinky can pulverize a giant metal crate with his scream (278.87 Tons of TNT)
Their mechs are directly empowered by the Golden Fruit, which instantly cover the horizon with clouds (5.44 Megatons of TNT)
The Ghosts Can survive their mech exploding while weakened (4.3 Tons of TNT)
Spooky was going to destroy all of Pac-Land, Professor Pac even stated that Spooky would relegate Pac-Land Into ruin. (Country Level)
- Spooky also made a storm that covered Pac-Village (9.63 Megatons of TNT)
Wormwood was able to spread his roots from Ghost Island to Pac Village overnight (3.3 Kilotons of TNT)

QnA

Where’s Universal Pac-Man?

If you read my previous Pac-Blog, you may be seeing a lack of Universal feats here. That is because… I elected to simply leave it out. Ultimately I think it’s valid, but for ease and to focus on something more direct for Toc-Man I chose to leave it out. I recommend reading the Universal Section in the Pac-Man Blog for my full thoughts on Uni Pac-Man. There’s also other things I didn’t really go into depth here, like Pac-Land’s size, because I already covered it in the original blog.

Summary

Attack Potency: At Least Large Island (Cratered the Moon in a short timeframe) Country Level (Can Keep up with Pac-Man, who survived a moon sized explosion, and fought various enemies that threatened the entirety of Pac-Land)

Speed: MFTL+ (Flew into Space in a very short timeframe, can keep up with Pac-Man who can outrun the 256 Glitch)

Durability: Country Level (Can tank numerous hits from Pac-Man, who he is equal to in Strength)

Potential Matchup

Mimikyu (Pokemon)

“Nobody Loves a Ghost”

I really vibe hard with this matchup, both are Ghosts who only want to be loved, and in order to get noticed, they decided to design themselves after their series’ mascots (Pikachu and Pac-Man respectively). It would be really cool to see, whether it be a full episode or even a DBX, and I think both have enough for a full analysis, even if a bit on the shorter side probably. I also think Toc-Man wins as he matches and surpasses any ends you can do for WIld Pokemon, and even then Mimikyu doesn’t have a real way to put Orson down due to his regeneration.

Closing Thoughts

Hello, Burrito here. A few things. This is closer to a bonus blog than an actual Blog given a decent amount of stuff from here also applies to the original Pac-Man Blog, which if you already read, some sections here will be pretty much the same. As for this blog’s creation, I simply didn’t want to release a relatively small update to the blog, I wanted something to go with it, and given that Toc-Man appears in Re-Pac 2 with new stuff, I decided this was the best approach. Given that I’m treating this as a bonus blog, I didn’t make all the different graphics I normally do.

Pac-Man made it onto Champions Island! As the one who pitched Luigi Vs Pac-Man, seeing Pac-Man be this close to making it onto Death Battle makes me really happy. So, if you’re reading this, please Support Pac-Man!

I initially had an idea for my next main blog, but I think that’s being benched, good thing I never announce projects for this exact reason. I’ll think of a new one to do eventually. For now, go play Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac if you haven’t already, it’s really good!