Oobs are creatures encountered in Super Meat Boy. They first appear in Rapture, and are also found in The Cotton Alley.
Appearance[]
Oobs resemble large red balls, with four small feet and sharp teeth. They have their guts exposed and hanging off of their body.
Behavior[]
Passive Oobs float extremely slowly towards Meat Boy. When Meat Boy approaches, they will lunge at him, then follow him at a much faster speed than passive ones (but still slowly), when Meat Boy approaches even closer, they will charge at Meat Boy. When Meat Boy gets far away from them, they fall asleep again.
Trivia[]
- The Chapter 7 stage "Oobs' Revenge" is named after them.
- Oobs act similarly to Boos from the Super Mario Bros. series. Their names are also just "Boo" put in reverse.
- According to the Ultra Edition manual, Oobs were originally planned to stop when you turn your back to them, like Boos themselves but in reverse.
- If you use Meat Ninja to teleport from an attacking Oob, the Oob snarls and freezes permanently (but touching it is still lethal). It may be a glitch. The same thing happens with Tim if you rewind time while an Oob attacks you.
- If you use a hack for not taking damage, the Oob freezes on contact permanently in the same fashion as with Meat Ninja and Tim.
- Oobs make an appearance as enemies in The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, a later game by Edmund. They have a different, though somewhat similar design.
Bugs[]
- If an Oob is interacted with and you do not die, the Oob will freeze. Touching it will still kill you through.