Public Pac-Enemy No. 1 is a segment of the third episode of the second season (sixteenth overall) of the Pac-Man animated series. In it's original airing, it was the second segment; on the Season 2 DVD and re-airings, it is the first.
Synopsis[]
When notorious convict Pretty Boy Pac (a parody of the real-life criminal Pretty Boy Floyd) escapes Pacatraz, Pac-Man is mistaken for him and prepared to be sent off to Pacatraz. Meanwhile, Pretty Boy hides out at Pac-Man's house and masquerades as him, but the antics of Pac-Baby, Chomp-Chomp, and Sour Puss soon make him have second thoughts about living life on the lam.
Plot[]
Pretty Boy Pac.
Inside of Pacatraz, a prisoner with a close resemblance to Pac-Man makes his escape by putting a bear trap in his mouth, eating through the building and finally escaping via a boat. Back at Pac-Land, Pac-Man is watching a Pac-Bogart movie before it gets interrupted by an emergency broadcast on how Pretty Boy Pac has escaped Pacatraz but Pac-Man ignores it and instead chooses to prioritize Power Pellet cookies & milk. Pac-Man and Chomp-Chomp continue watching the movie. When the next day arrives, Chomp-Chomp is told to retrieve the paper but starts attacking Pac-Man after confusing him for Pretty Boy Pac, which startles the rest of the family who is unaware of such news.
Pac-Man drives off to work but makes a brief stop to the bank in order to get some cash. Pac-Man tells the bank teller how he needs to get some cash and make it quick, the poor choice of words he uses causes the bank teller to confuse him for Pretty Boy Pac and hand him loads of cash so he won’t hurt her. Once he is given the money, the bank teller rings the alarm and the confused Pac-Man gets arrested by security. Back at Pac-Man’s house, Pretty Boy Pac makes his move and goes into his house where Ms. Pac confuses him for Pac-Man due to their similar appearances but notes his hoarse voice which Pretty Boy brushes off as a cold. Pac-Baby wants to hear a story from his “dad” but Pretty Boy refuses which causes him to start crying so he decides to tell him a story about three bears. In the Pac-Police Station, they are getting mugshots of Pac-Man who is still unaware of Pretty Boy and gets escorted by police.
Pretty Boy is admiring the clothes Pac-Man wears but gets antagonized by Chomp-Chomp who knows something is off with him and scares Pretty Boy into running into the bathroom to hide from him but Chomp-Chomp gets in through the window and mauls him off screen before he bursts out of the door and continues fleeing from Chomp-Chomp. The police officer gives Pac-Man one phone call to which he dials the actual Pretty Boy who taunts him with a ghost chomping riddle that Pac-Man has difficulty answering before he gets sent behind bars and fails to convince the officer on his innocence. Tiny the Thug then confronts Pac-Man (and confuses him for Pretty Boy as well) and tells him that they are going to break out of prison and promptly do so.
Back at Pac-Man’s house, Pretty Boy is watching a news report on how he was “captured” by Pac-Land Police but managed to escape with Tiny the Thug. Pretty Boy considers staying inside Pac-Man’s house for a bit longer but Sour Puss decides to torment him with a wind up magnet that sends him rolling all over the house with Chomp-Chomp continuing to chase him as well as Sour Puss. Pac-Man and Tiny the Thug are looking for some wheels with a police officer next to them who jingles the key in front of them, which gives Tiny the opportunity to take the car and drive onto a prison train straight to Pacatraz, much to Pac-Man’s dismay. Back at Pac-Man’s house, Sour Puss and Chomp-Chomp are still going after Pretty Boy and Pac-Baby innocently lets the ball on his ankle off the ceiling, which leads to him being mauled by both pets and causes him to break and want to be back in prison. Pretty Boy then runs off with the two pets stopping and celebrating that they got rid of the stranger as he paddles all the way back to Pacatraz.
Pac-Man once again tells the prison guards he is innocent until the actual Pretty Boy shows up and says that he’s telling the truth and begs to be put in prison again so he isn’t tormented by those pac-pets anymore. Back at Pac-Man’s house, Ms. Pac-Man finally gets the newspaper and thinks Pretty Boy Pac is still out and when she sees Pac-Man in the prison uniform, she gets scared and orders Sour Puss and Chomp-Chomp to attack him and running him out of the town again.