Potato Boy is a character that replaced Meat Boy in the Steam version of Super Meat Boy on April Fools, 2011. He is a healthier and more family-friendly alternative for Meat Boy.
Origin[]
Potato Boy was added in as a reference to The Potato Sack ARG, an ARG that took place between April 1st and April 19th that led up to Portal 2's release. Multiple indie games, (including Super Meat Boy) here in the Potato Sack bundle, all of which participated in the ARG.
Potato Boy only appeared officially on April Fools Day and on the Super Meat World chapter Super Potato Boy and certain chapters in Super Meat World via exploits.
Gameplay[]
Potato Boy plays exactly the same as Meat Boy. The only differences are that he doesn't have a blood trail or stain any saws. He replaced Meat Boy on April Fools and was reverted the day after.
The only way to play as Potato Boy in the main game is with Bandage Duplication. He is also playable in "Super Meat World" in "Super Potato Boy" or any other chapters that have him. You can play as Potato Boy in the editor with this command. Any levels uploaded while playing this character will upload with Potato Boy.
| 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 | ||||||