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—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 | ||||||
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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 |