Fancy Pants is a series of free side-scrolling Flash games created by American developer Brad Borne.

In 2017, Brad Borne made a fourth entry, Super Fancy Pants Adventure, which was later ported to Adobe Flash in 2020 as World 4.

He is a two-dimensional stick figure man with spiky, choppy hair, wearing only a pair of colored triangular-shaped pants, hence his name.

Fancy Pants Man's home is Squiggleville, a small country town run by the Mayor (first introduced in World 2).

Players guide Fancy Pants Man through open levels which feature obstacles to overcome and enemies to avoid or defeat.

Enemies can be defeated by being jumped upon and crushed by Fancy Pants Man, who can also launch off them to perform an augmented leap.

Brad used this as inspiration to incorporate "Snail Shell Golf" which adds replayability to World 2 by allowing the player to gain access to different colored pants for the playable character.

In World 1 the boss is an angry penguin,[6] who Fancy Pants Man accidentally falls upon and wakes from sleeping.

Players must pursue and ultimately defeat the rabbit in a confrontation at the end of the game in order to reclaim the ice cream.

The first time Fancy Pants tries to bring her back, she refuses to leave, and has assumed the role of "Princess Pirate".

Soon after obtaining the wall jump, the player had to employ the uses of it straight away to avoid an inevitable death from the slowly filling pit of ink.

The game features a main story mode, in which the player must save his sister, Cutie Pants, who has been kidnapped by a band of pirates who make her their captain.

Each level contains two bonus rooms, a 'Micro-Trial', in which players must quickly chase a line of yellow squiggles, and stars, which unlock extra content, including remakes of the first two worlds.

Playing through the game allows the player to unlock hats, pants, and weapons to customize their character's appearance.

The stop motion experience was built upon with Flash's action script, used to create video games, which lead to further interest and ultimately Borne felt he "knew enough to make something that [he] thought was worth playing.

[6] After the release of World 1, Borne began freelancing, but stated in an interview that he views his own projects as a hobby, and that he does not "get as consumed by the process as much as [he] used to".

[5] Bornegames is the hub for Borne's work and blog, which quickly became an integral part of the beta testing process.

[9] In May 2008, Borne completed a Fancy Pants Man move set and character design for the fighting game Newgrounds Rumble.

World 1 also introduces various trophies, side goals (squiggles and stars), and a variety of colors and styles of pants for the player to try on.

Upon completing the mini-game, the Mayor of Squiggleville appears to reward Fancy Pants Man with an ice cream cone.

Before he can enjoy his reward, an angry rabbit appears and steals the ice cream cone from Fancy Pants Man.

The mayor informs Fancy Pants Man that he must retrieve the ice cream; "for the sake of humanity, justice, and so that World 2 will have a significant plot line,".

World 3 introduces new elements to the series including swimming, combat through the use of a sword-like pencil, improved animations, new moves like a wall kick and new enemies.

On November 10, 2010, series creator Brad Borne released a video on his website and on YouTube announcing a home console version of The Fancy Pants Adventures for Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network.

The player can charge attacks, initiate combos, and compete in multiplayer challenges; unlike the free PC version.

IGN gave The Fancy Pants Adventures a score of 7.5, praising its parkour style gameplay, but criticising the inclusion of weapons and the lack of drop in multiplayer.