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"It seems that all of the others have underestimated you. I will not make that mistake, for I am the Wormwood, the evil tree of Ghost Island!"

— Wormwood, Pac-Man World 2

Wormwood is the secondary antagonist of Pac-Man World 2 that appears as a boss in the level Ghost Bayou. He is the evil brother of the Golden Fruit Tree and the underling of Spooky, heart of Ghost Island.

History[]

Pac-Man World 2[]

In Pac-Man World 2, Wormwood was given the task of keeping Pac-Man busy if he made it to him while Spooky did away with Pac-Land. He claimed his maze would keep Pac-Man busy long enough for Spooky to deal with Pac-Land and fences off the correct pathway. When Pac-Man makes it through the grim maze he is given the task to defeat Wormwood’s skeletal minions before the sands of time run out, meaning he will die if he doesn’t succeed in a certain amount of time. He is asked to defeat the skeletons twice. Wormwood dies and his fire burns out after his two challenges are completed.

When Pac-Man finally reached Wormwood, the latter expresses surprise and acknowledges his limits, stating he is no match for him. Wormwood accepts defeat, and after noticing that “the flames grow weak”, he calls out to Spooky as his fiery life force fades away. An enraged Spooky notices Wormwood’s defeat and rushes to destroy Pac-Land, with Pac-Man following pursuit.

Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac[]

In Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac, Spooky shares mostly the same role as the original game. After Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde stole the Golden Fruit and freed Spooky, Wormwood was restored to full strength and used his roots to cover up Pac-Village, causing the villagers to evacuate the village. As Pac-Man returned Golden Fruit to the village’s Golden Fruit Tree, Wormwood’s strength began to diminish as his roots would vanish. Pac-Man arrives at Ghost Island to fight Spooky, but is instead challenged by Wormwood in Ghost Bayou, who stalls Pac-Man in his maze while Spooky secretly rushes to Pac-Village to steal the Golden Fruit. Pac-Man destroys Wormwood’s roots and cores, extinguishing his life force and roots covered across Pac-Land, but tells Pac-Man he is too late to stop Spooky before he dies. In the Pac-Knight era, Pac-Man encounters a past timeline Wormwood in Clumsy Bayou.

In the game, Wormwood does not normally attack with skeleton crews and uses his dark roots to attack Pac-Man. Wormwood is also now damaged by attacking his heart cores as Pac-Man arrives to the center of the stage, where Wormwood resides.

Pac-Man: Halloween 2025 Edition[]

In Pac-Man: Halloween 2025 Edition, Wormwood makes a cameo as one of many Halloween decorations seen in the various maze layouts.

Trivia[]

  • Wormwood may be named after the biblical Book of Revelations Wormwood, a star that falls onto Earth and poisons the planet's waters.
  • In the GBA version, Wormwood is a boss that Pac-Man needs to fight directly rather than completing his maze.
  • The fundamental difference between his appearance in the original game and the remake is that in the original, Wormwood surrenders when confronted, acknowledging his limits, before fading away, whereas in the remake, he immediately takes a stand against Pac-Man, upon being approached.

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