Kirby vs Pac-Man/Rap Meanings

== Pac-Man: ==
Talkin' OGs, then you know it's Pac-Man!
(Pac-Man starts his verse by calling himself an "OG". In slang, the term "OG" stands for "Original Gangster", Nowadays it either used to define things that are either old school, or 'Original'. In this case, Pac-Man is saying that he was one of the original video game mascots, if not the first (alongside Mr. Game and Watch on Nintendo's side), and is also saying that all the other classic 1980's games wouldn't be around if it wasn't for him. The character of Pac-Man is the first actual character featured in any video game.)
It's the eater of the beats, against a livin' trash can!
(In their respective franchises, Both Pac-Man and Kirby are known to be big eaters when it comes to either ghosts on Pac-Man's terms, or just plain food on Kirby's. 'Eater of the beats' would imply that Pac-Man is a better rapper than Kirby. Also, 'beats' could also be referring to the music that is heard throughout Pac-Man's current games, as saying that the music in his franchise sounds better than Kirby's. "Livin' Trash Can" is hypocritical, because Pac-Man is shown to eat more than Kirby does. Heck, Even Yoshi eats more than either of them.)
You so lonely when you wallow in, if you will spit and swallow.
(Spitting out objects that Kirby sucks up with his vacuum ability is what happens if either he’s fighting or when he doesn’t want to take the form of whatever he has to swallow. And speaking of swallowing, Whenever Kirby swallows an enemy, he copies their form and abilities. Which would allow him to wallow around, and since he has no one to share his abilities with, he seems to be lonely whenever he does any of this.)
I'll be kicking with the Mrs. and the kids in Pac-Land!
(In the games, Pac-Man has a wife named Ms. Pac-Man, and two children named Pac-Jr. and Pac-Baby. Pac-Man is saying that he'd rather hang out with his family instead of rapping with Kirby.)
Waka, Waka, Waka Flocka, when I'm droppin' hot bars.
(Waka Waka is the sound that Pac-Man makes whenever he's eating the Pac-Dots. Calling back to the "eater of the beats" bar, He's referring to the beats of the rap as like the many Pac-Dots or the Ghosts he eats throughout the games he's in. "Waka Flocka Flame" is the name of a famous rapper, and has done a rap song called "GAME ON!" for the 2015 Adam Sandler comedy film, Pixels, which the film has featured a version of Pac-Man himself. Pac-Man is also saying that his rap bars are going to burn Kirby, like a ‘Waka Flocka Flame’, when he’s dropping the bars.)
Got a record that's named after me that hit the top charts.
("Pac-Man Fever" is the name of a record album by duo Buckner & Garcia, and is also the name of a song that goes along with it. Both the record and the song itself was #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US in March of 1982)
You're a tone-deaf mute from the Planet Popstar?
(Despite the fact that Kirby cannot talk in any of his games, making him a ‘Mute’, Pac-Man said that he’s also ‘Tone Deaf’ which means that Kirby is unable to perceive differences in musical pitch. Popstar is the home planet for Kirby, and the main setting throughout the Kirby games.)
Even hittin' Down-B couldn't make you rock hard.
(↓-B is the moveset which allows Kirby to transform into a rock formation to crush his enemies. Pac-Man is saying that he's stronger than Kirby, and if he was to do his rock formation, he would come back up unharmed. "Rock" could also refer to the musical genre, which the music in Pac-Man's modern day games have somewhat of a 'rock' vibe to them while Kirby's doesn't as it usually stays the same throughout every game in his series)
Talkin' down to me? You better check the namesake.
(Pac-Man's name has the word 'Man' in it, which is basically calling Kirby nothing more than a kid and telling him to respect his elders and not talk down to him)
You're gawkin' at the very first Hall of Fame game.
(Back in the 1980's, Pac-Man was one of the first six video games to be inducted into the National Museum of Play's World Video Game Hall of Fame. .)
Rather be brought to the Smash Bros. game late,
(Pac-Man was originally considered to appear in Super Smash Bros. Brawl by the creator of the Super Smash Bros. Series, Masahiro Sakurai, who also created Kirby's series. However, Pac-Man didn't make it into the Super Smash Bros. Brawl, as they couldn't figure out a way to add him in and make him an individual character, separate from the others. Pac-Man eventually made his way into Super Smash Bros. for the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS, as a collaboration with Bandai/Namco.)
than rot in the bottom of the tiers of Melee.
(Despite originally being one of the top tiers in the original Super Smash Bros. for the Nintendo 64, Kirby's tier level was lowered in Melee due to unknown reasons.)
I'm the perfect pixels when it's makin' tokens.
(Namco has made a whole bunch of arcade tokens in the early days, including ones that feature the likeness of Pac-Man himself. Once again, Pac-Man is referring to his cameo appearance in Pixels, and whenever Pac-Man ate something in the film, it automatically turns into pixels itself. 'Tokens' could also refer to the trinkets that Pac-Man collects throughout his games, including actual arcade tokens. This can also be referring to the 'Namco' tokens scattered across the Pac-Man World franchise, as the tokens feature Pac-Man's likeness on it.)
Your sprite was just designed to only be place holdin'.
(Kirby’s Sprite animated character in his first game, "Kirby’s Dreamland", was a small being that can puff up like a balloon. It was originally designed to be a placeholder item for his actual interpretation. However, his actual representation was never created and was permanently stuck with the design he got from "Kirby's Dreamland")
You're gonna need an ally if I find you open
(In one of Kirby's games, "Kirby Star Allies" in particular, Kirby has to befriend many characters throughout the Kirby franchise, Including his nemesis King Dedede, and defeat the evil Hypness. Also referring to Smash Bros, if Kirby was left open during the tournament without anything blocking him, he'd be vulnerable for the attack that Pac-Man will send upon.)
then i'll leave you like you Meta Knight in Brawl...Broken.
(Meta Knight is an enemy in the Kirby franchise, and is one of the newcomers (at the time) in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. However, he was considered as the #1 placement of the Top Tiers of the game, as he was the most OP character within the game, leaving him dubbed as 'broken' from the fans.)
== Kirby: ==
What a Nightmare, that's a rap disaster.
(In the Kirby franchise, he's usually shown to be sleeping and sometimes is shown to have sweet dreams and terrible nightmares, some even based on his adventures throughout the franchise. "Nightmare" is the name of the Overarching villain within the Kirby Franchise, while his most notable appearance is shown in the Kirby Anime. Kirby is saying in his first verse, that Pac-Man's rapping is so bad, that it makes him wake up from his seemingly sweet dream. 'That's a rap' could also be referring to the term "That's a wrap" which is used by someone in a directorial position while in production of a movie, when they try to wrap up a scene. Supposedly, this is Kirby saying to 'wrap up' the rap battle as he wants to get this over with and go back to sleep)
I'll inhale every flow and send 'em right back atcha
(Kirby's mentioning his inhaling technique, which he does to many of his enemies. Calling back to the 'Spit and Swallow' bar that Pac-Man mentioned, Kirby spits out the enemies or items he doesn't want to copy the abilities from, which comes out in a star shape. If Kirby were to suck up Pac-Man's bars with his inhale, he would spit them out right back towards Pac-Man himself. The "right back atcha" bar is a reference to the Kirby Anime, "Hoshi No Kirby (Kirby of the Stars), which is dubbed "Kirby: Right Back at Ya" in western releases.)
I'm a jolly fellow, you're a glee preventer.
(Kirby is usually a happy and cheerful type of character, as he smiles and gets excited at things that either he’s curious about or what he is interested in, especially food. Kirby calls Pac-Man a "Glee preventer", which would imply that he's not that much of a person who lets others have any fun. This is a reference to Orson from Pac-Man World, as he just wants The Ghosts and Pac-Man to have a truce for just one whole day, but Pac-Man refused to let that happen and ate them all anyways. This could also refer to the musical/comedy series "Glee"'s character, Noah "Puck" Puckerman who didn't return for the fifth season, but who'd become a recurring guest star instead, this prevents him from becoming his known character once more in the series.)
Even your soulless show was a Ghostly Adventure.
(Kirby is calling out to the 2013 Pac-Man cartoon series "Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures", which started out as a modern-day reboot for the Pac-Man franchise. It wasn't well received by many audiences, as well as the Pac-Man fanbase, which would make the show 'soulless' as it didn't appeal to the audiences with any effort. In 2015, the series ended abruptly without any mention of doing so whatsoever, which would make the series 'ghostly' as it basically killed it's own series and is hardly even mentioned anymore. As of May 2022, many folks on Twitter started a resurgence for the "Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures" series, with either positive or negative responses.)
I may spit and swallow, 'cause I just be pimpin'
(Calling back to Pac-Man’s “You’re so lonely when you wallow in if you will spit or swallow” bar, Kirby’s saying that he doesn’t care because the way that Kirby does it is his own way and he’d be pimping out on it for the heck of it.)
Gave games to your wife, 'cause you always be simpin'
(Kirby mentions that Ms. Pac-Man is hardly referenced within the current Pac-Man games. This is because there's an ongoing legal dispute between Bandai/Namco and a game corporation called AtGames, which currently owns the rights to "Ms. Pac-Man" and the many 1980's Spin-offs that the Pac-Man franchise has made. Kirby calls Pac-Man a simp, which can either be short for the word "simpleton" or the slang term meaning "To melancholically reminisce; to recall once fond memories now tinged with sadness, especially regarding a former lover." Kirby is saying Pac-Man feels lonely and somewhat heartbroken when Ms. Pac-Man didn’t appear in anymore of his games, and was replaced with many characters such as 'Pac-Marie' in 2018 advertising and "Pac-Mom" in 2022's Pac-Man World Re-Pac.)
and so I just zoom in, air ride with ya Mrs.
(Kirby is saying that Pac-Man is mistreating Ms. Pac-Man poorly, and he'll be the one to take her away on his warp star for an air-ride. ‘Zoom In’ and ‘Air Ride’ are the type of moves that Kirby has when he uses his warp star. "Kirby Air Ride" is also the name of a title within the Kirby franchise.)
I took her to Dreamland, she loves my eight inches.
(Dreamland is the name of a place on Planet Popstar, the home of Kirby, and so Kirby would take Ms. Pac-Man away to Planet Popstar and have some fun at Dreamland. In "Kirby's Dreamland", the first game in the Kirby series, Kirby's sprite is eight inches tall, as it was released on the Nintendo GameBoy consoles. The "eight inches" bar is also a cringe-worthy penis joke.)
Boy you die as soon as you're touched.
(In the Pac-Man game, whenever Pac-Man touches one of the ghosts in a maze (or vice versa) without using a power pellet, then Pac-Man will automatically die and start the whole game over again. This rap battle came out on August 21, 2020, as the Covid-19 pandemic was still a major threat and no one is supposed to touch anything or anyone unless they're fully sanitized. Kirby is saying that Pac-Man could not touch anything or anyone as he might get the virus and die from it.)
You're a pizza with a missing slice I'm gobblin' up.
(Japanese game designer, Toru Iwatani, said that the inspiration of the original game came from a pizza with a missing slice in the box. And since Kirby likes to eat food, like Pac-Man, he’d say that he’d rather eat the pizza that Iwatani inspired to create him, possibly to not make Iwatani draw inspiration and erase Pac-Man from existance.)
Stick a fork inside your rappin', 'cause we all had enough.
(Kirby has had enough of Pac-Man's disses, and tells him to stop. Ever since 2008, The Pac-Man franchise has been nothing but remakes of the 1980's classic, and nothing original has come from the franchise ever since, making the fans grow tired of the Pac-Man games in general. "Stick a fork inside your rappin'" has the term "Stick a fork in it", and is used to indicate that something or someone is finished, or in a broader sense, defeated or ruined.)
I don't need to copy that, 'cause I can already suck.
(Since Pac-Man's games are nothing but repetitive remakes and re-releases of the 1980's classic, Kirby doesn't need to go down that path because he is used to being original and new for the modern day games. Kirby is also saying that he doesn't need to suck up and swallow Pac-Man to copy his abilities, because he already 'sucks', figuratively and literally.)
How you gonna try to fight, I'm destructive on the Mike.
(Kirby is mentioning Pac-Man's arrival in the Super Smash Bros. series, and saying that Pac-Man doesn't know how to fight because all he ever does is chase ghosts and eat dots inside a maze. Microphone Kirby (Mic Kirby for short) is one of Kirby's many copy abilities that he uses within his franchise.)
You should just be sayin' thanks for saving you in World of Light
("World of Light" is the story mode for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, where every single fighter in Super Smash Bros Ultimate (excluding the DLC additions) are taken away and captured by Galeem, a being of light, and being used as puppets by Dharkon, who makes physical copies of them. Kirby used his Warp Star to evade Galeem's light beams, and made it back to see the whole world taken over by the two spiritual beings. Among the captured fighters is Pac-Man, and after saving Pac-Man, Kirby never got thanked, aside from joining the resistance against Galeem and Dharkon.)
You soundin' like you buggin' when you on the beat, Sir.
(This bar is referring to both Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures and Pac-Man: Advenures in Time. Both titles had Pac-Man speaking without an actual voice (aside from Duncan McLaren in Adventures in Time) and having been portrayed by unusual sounds as if the voices were all buggy and glitchy due to the low graphics of the two games. Kirby is also saying that Pac-Man's voice sounds sickly whenever he raps.)
Pac-Man lookin' like he got the Yellow Fever.
(Kirby said that Pac-Man has the ‘Yellow Fever’, which is a disease caused by a virus that is spread through mosquito bites. This is also referencing Pac-Man Fever, which as mentioned earlier, was the name of a song created by Buckner & Garcia. Pac-Man Fever is also the name of a 'Party' game that involved many Namco-owned characters, including Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man, challenging to get the trophy back to their studio lot.
== Pac-Man: ==
Guess you didn't get some curry, 'cause you can't spit hot.
(Curry is a new item used in the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate game, where the person who uses it spits out fire like a dragon due to it being hot and spicy. Pac-Man is saying that Kirby's first verse isn't harmful enough for him, nor did it 'burn' him for that matter.)
' Mean those lines you strung together were an Epic Yawn.
(This is a reference to Kirby's Epic Yarn, and it's extended re-release version '"Extra Epic Yarn", where Kirby is turned into yarn and is sent into a world made entirely out of fabric materials. Pac-Man changed 'Yarn' to 'Yawn' as he called Kirby's previous verse boring, and claiming that it would make him or anyone fall asleep hearing it again.)
You're a hungry little box who floats around and thinks he's best.
(Kirby’s Games are mostly judged by their box/cover art, and whenever someone sees a Kirby game in-stores, they usually would think it's going to be a good game depending on the cover. Kirby's games are also constantly flowing within many game stores, like he's 'floating around' in the games. Floating is another ability that Kirby has in the games)
So I'll make sure this low-tier puff is finally getting put to rest.
(Pac-Man is telling Kirby that his games keep happening non-stop, and is more of a larger franchise than Mario, Sonic, Pac-Man himself, and even Zelda, so Kirby has to stop and be 'put to rest'. In other words, Pac-Man wants to not only kill off Kirby, but also his franchise. "Low Tier Puff" is another mentioning of Kirby's lower tier in Super Smash Bros. Melee. "put to rest" is a reference to another pink puff with a similar floating ability like Kirby. Jigglypuff/Purin is known to put people to sleep with his music, and uses a marker to draw on people's faces.)
Which character's most recognized? Just let me know, bro...
(Both Kirby and Pac-Man are the most recognized for their respective franchises, however Pac-Man believes that he and his franchise are the ones who got more recognition than Kirby and his franchise.)
The king of all the cabinets, or Twinkle Popo?
(Pac-Man's first game was released on arcade cabinets, while Kirby's first game title came from home consoles like the Nintendo GameBoy, and the Nintendo Entertainment System. Pac-Man's current design in Pac-Man Museum+, also his "Pac-Man World" design, originated from the artwork that was seen on the many arcade cabinets of Pac-Man. "Twinkle Popo" was the original name of Kirby, before becoming what he eventually is now.)
This battle was a pointless one, at least they know though...
(Pac-Man believes that this entire rap battle was pointless, and still thinks that he's a better character and rapper than Kirby. He also thinks that the viewers and the fans would agree with him, thinking that Kirby is pointless and mostly useless.)
The story of how Pinky had become a ghost, yo!
(Pinky is the name of the Pink Ghost seen within the Pac-Man franchise, and Pac-Man believes that Kirby and Pinky might be one in the same. Also referencing the fact that Pinky was depicted as a 'male' in the early games, including the 1982 Hanna Barbera Pac-Man Cartoon, until confirming that Pinky is a female in the franchise.)
== Kirby: ==
You got old head flows, we consider you a relic.
(Pac-Man’s body only consists of a round spherical head, with two arms out of the sides and legs on the bottom. ‘Head Flow’ is the efficiency at which the air/fuel mixture flow through the ports of the heads, and what Kirby means is that Pac-Man’s 1980 game has been re-made so many times that it flows through his head, and it’s also making him a relic of the old times, as he’s called out for being ‘too old’.)
But you actin' like a mumble rapper, poppin' all these pellets
(The Original 1980's classic has Pac-Man himself chase ghosts while eating dots called 'Pac-Dots', and larger dots called 'Power Pellets' which causes the ghosts to turn blue so that Pac-Man could eat the ghosts. In the Pac-Man World Trilogy, and Super Smash Bros for Wii U/3DS, Pac-Man can be seen popping a Pac-Dot or Power Pellet while either waiting onscreen for a certain amount of time, or as a moveset. Kirby mentions that Pac-Man eats a lot of his Power Pellets and Pac-Dots, and talks with his mouth full, making his rapping and voice sound like he's mumbling. Once again, referring to the unintelligible gibberish spoken by Duncan McLaren in Pac-Man: Adventures in Time. Also Pellets can also mean ‘tiny pieces of crap’. Kirby’s saying that Pac-Man’s Rap Lines are full of pellets of poo.)
I'm explosive hyper nova, this is how a star spits.
(Kirby is once again stating how he spits out his enemies and items, also calling Pac-Man out for spitting out the eyeballs of the ghosts after he eats them. 'Explosive’ and ‘Hypernova’ are references to both Kirby’s Popularity, and his many copy abilities. Kirby's games in the franchise are either going out with a hit or a miss, which either way could be considered a bomb, making it explosive. Also referring to 'Bomb Kirby', one of his copy abilities. Hypernova is one of Kirby’s Power ups as well, and usually Kirby’s games end up coming when we don’t expect it, sometimes fast. Kirby calls himself a star, because in the ‘Kirby: Right Back at Ya’ He’s called a Star Warrior, which is a race of Alien-Like Creatures who go on and fight evil across different planets.)
You're an Echo to the game, brought in next to Dark Pit.
(Echo Fighters are a new type of fighters in the Super Smash Bros. Series, first introduced in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, which are basically copies of the characters they were each based on, while their moveset is slightly or ultimately (no pun intended) different. Both Pac-Man and Dark Pit were introduced intro the Super Smash Bros. Series in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS, and Pit was ultimately changed into an Echo fighter, while Pac-Man was still the same as he ever was, but Kirby compares Pac-Man's moveset to the Echo Fighters in Ultimate. Dark Pit also first appeared in Kid Icarus: Uprising, which was a game created by Kirby and Super Smash Bros' Creator, Masahiro Sakurai, and was released as a stand-alone sequel to the Kid Icarus game.)
You seem like a beginner when you're smashin' the beat.
(Pac-Man is mostly used for Beginners in the Smash Bros Series, as he’s also the one in Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS that has the most powerful attacks. Kirby said that Pac-Man did start to hit him with all his rap lyric bars, but didn’t actually manage to burn him that well.)
If you wanna be the winner, just try playin' as me.
(Even though Kirby was one of the Lower Tier characters in Super Smash Bros. Melee, he’s still the most used character and one of the original 12 Fighters of the Original Smash Bros and people rather play as him because he can swallow up every single character (except when someone else is playing him) and gain their abilities, making him the ultimate out of all of them.)
I don't give a 'Puck-Man' if you dissin' my name.
(Kirby’s name was used for many cities, and places in the US, as well as people like John Kirby, who defended Nintendo in the Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Nintendo Co., Ltd. case in 1984 and that the guttural-sounding name contrasted amusingly with the character's cute appearance, whom Kirby is named after. Also, Puck-Man used to be Pac-Man’s Original Name, However though...)
'Cause you're 'F'ed', just like when kids would graffiti your games.
(Pac-man’s Original Name was called ‘Puck-Man’. When he was called ‘Puck-Man’ some random kids would think it would be funny if they’d vandalized the Game Cabinets of Pac-Man and change the P in ‘Puck’ into an F. That's why Namco changed the name from Puck-Man to Pac-Man. This is also a reference to Scott Pilgrim vs. The World film, as Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) uses this as a catchphrase to pick up girls like either Ramona Flowers, Natalie V “Envy” Adams or Knives Chau.)
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