Gish

“	Sticky!; Too sticky...	”
—Gish's in-game description, Super Meat Boy

Gish is an unlockable guest character in Meat Boy, its map pack expansion, and Super Meat Boy. He is exclusive to the console versions of the latter game.

General information[]

Appearance[]

Gish is a sentient ball of tar with yellow eyes and white teeth.

Origin[]

Gish originates as the titular character of Gish, a 2004 platform game and Edmund McMillen's first major project. It is a physics-based action platformer starring Gish as he uses various abilities to save his girlfriend Brea. One of these abilities is to stick to walls.

Gameplay[]

Meat Boy (+ Map Pack)[]

Gish plays identically to Meat Boy in Meat Boy and its map pack expansion.

Super Meat Boy[]

Movement[]

Compared to Meat Boy, Gish only has the ability to stick to walls and ceilings for a long period of time.

Ability[]

In order to unlock Gish, the player must collect 10 Bandages.[]

Trivia[]

The PC counterparts are the Headcrab from Half-Life or Goo Ball from World of Goo (PC & Steam). Out of these three, Gish and Goo Ball have the best vertical jump, while Headcrab has the best horizontal jump. This can be proved on 1-3 (The Gap).
Gish appears in The Demo chapter.
He appeared as a character in the original Meat Boy.
He also appears as an unlockable boss in another game called The Binding of Isaac and its remake The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth by the same creator of Super Meat Boy, Edmund McMillen.

Related achievements[]

	Sticky Fingers G5
	Collect 10 bandages.

References[]

Super Meat Boy characters
All versions
Meat Boy	Bandage Girl	8-Bit Meat Boy	4-Bit Meat Boy	4-Color Meat Boy	Meat Ninja	Brownie*
Commander Video	Jill	Ogmo	Flywrench	The Kid	Alien Hominid	Tim**
Console exclusives
Gish	Spelunky	Pink Knight	The Ninja
PC exclusives
Headcrab	Josef	Naija	RunMan	Captain Viridian	Steve	Goo Ball*
Tofu Boy*
Other/Unselectable
Potato Boy	Dr. Fetus
* = Requires code input ** = Requires code input on PC only