Tofu Boy is a joke character based on the titular protagonist from PETA's parody of Super Meat Boy, Super Tofu Boy.[1] He is depicted as a "vegan" alternative to Meat Boy.
Tofu Boy appears in multiple games as a secret or unlockable character. He is notable for being the worst character in the series, slower than any other characters, and having a lower jump, due to an iron deficiency.
General Information[]
Appearance[]
Tofu Boy is a block of tofu made of compressed, coagulated soy milk. He shares the same shape as his meat counterpart, Meat Boy, but with some key differences: He is gray, with his eyes either missing or sunken, and has little to no teeth, smaller limbs, and worse posture due to his physical weakness.
Super Meat Boy, Tofu Boy, has no upper teeth and a few teeth on the bottom lip. In Super Meat Boy Forever, he is a little lumpier and has no teeth.
Appearance in Super Tofu Boy[]
Tofu Boy shares a lot more similarities to Meat Boy than in his other inclusions. He is a rectangular piece of beige tofu with very shiny teeth in promotional art. He holds the same pose in every cutscene and occasionally blinks. In the game, he is a moving .jpg square with bumps and a smile on it. He attempts to control, like Meat Boy did in Super Meat Boy.
Personality[]
Tofu Boy seems to have no iron in him whatsoever. This causes him to be weak in every way. In the art of Super Meat Boy, he seems to want an end to his existence. In Super Meat Boy Forever, he seems to be bathing in a soup, but whether he likes it or not is unknown.
Powers and abilities[]
- Immortality: Tofu Boy will quickly respawn at a nearby point upon death.
- Acrobatics: Tofu Boy can wall jump, but not as effectively as others.
- Stage 4 Veganism: Stage 4 Veganism will be given to anything he touches.[2]
Weaknesses[]
- Speed: Tofu Boy is very slow in Super Meat Boy, being the slowest character in the game. He is a little faster in Super Meat Boy Forever but will slow down over time.
- Agility: Tofu Boy doesn't jump very high in both games. In Super Meat Boy, he can only jump up to three tiles while grounded and one tile while wall-jumping. Meat Boy can jump up to seven while grounded. and only six tiles while doing a wall jump.
- Stamina: In Super Meat Boy Forever, Tofu Boy will slow down over time, occasionally stopping to catch his breath and nap.
History[]
Creation[]
Tofu Boy was created by PETA in late 2010 after Edmund messed around in the PETA forums.[3] It is a parody of Super Meat Boy that tries to get the player to switch to a vegetarian diet. It features the titular character Tofu Boy on a quest to save Bandage Girl from a rotten Meat Boy and Dr. Fetus. The game was created on Flash, but was eventually officially ported over after Flash died. The game is looked at negatively, lacking any of the controls and level design that Super Meat Boy was praised for.
Super Meat Boy[]
In retaliation, Team Meat put Tofu Boy into Super Meat Boy seven days later. Tofu Boy was intentionally made bad, as a joke towards PETA's expense.
Super Meat Boy Forever[]
Tofu Boy would appear again in Super Meat Boy Forever as an unlockable character in New Game+. After collecting 60 pacifiers and beating a level as him, you will unlock him. He is the only character in the game who has gameplay differences.
Gameplay[]
Super Meat Boy[]
With the lowest speed and jumping height of all characters due to a "major iron deficiency", Tofu Boy is virtually useless. He is incapable of beating almost all levels, even being incapable of completing the first level of the first chapter without the use of the alt glitch.
Tofu Boy can barely complete any level legitimately, only being able to complete a small chunk of them in the entire game. However, with the use of major glitches, the character himself can beat every chapter.
Tofu Boy was added as a playable character on December 8th, 2010. He can be playable by typing "petaphile" in the character selection screen (not the one in the pause menu), then selecting any character at the character select screen. Typing in the code for Tofu Boy awards the player with the "Well look at you!" achievement. Its description is, "You just changed the world!". This achievement is only available in the Steam version and Ultra Edition of the game.
Super Meat Boy Forever[]
Gameplay[]
Unlike all other characters in Super Meat Boy Forever, Tofu Boy plays slightly differently. He starts out with the same running speed and jump height as other characters, but gradually slows down and loses jump height over time. Once he gets slow enough, he'll need to stop moving and rest to regain his energy, after which he returns to his initial stamina. His energy can also be restored by staying still against a wall. Overall, he is the worst choice for every level due to his weaknesses.
How to unlock[]
To unlock Tofu Boy, the player must collect 60 pacifiers (which requires the player to start New Game+ at least once), then start any level. There is a moderate chance that the player's character will be replaced by Tofu Boy, in which the player must complete the entire level as him to unlock him as a character.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- If you beat a level in Super Meat Boy with Tofu Boy, you will be immediately given an A+, regardless if you beat the par time or not.
- Achievements cannot be unlocked with Tofu Boy in Super Meat Boy, except for his own achievement.
- Tofu Boy is the only character in Super Meat Boy Forever to have different stats.
- In the Binding of Isaac another game by Edmund McMillen if the Keeper picks up SMB Super Fan, it gives him the appearance of Tofu Boy.[4]
- Typing "petaphile" is the only way to unlock Tofu Boy on Super Meat Boy an obvious assault on PETA and their lack of understanding of the Meat Boy franchise.
- Edmund McMillen stated: "Fun fact: I personally trolled the PETA forums for months seeding info about this “ground breaking new indie game coming out soon that must be stopped!” I never thought they would actually take the bait but it was amazing to see and a very fun exchange."
- In Tofu Boy's unlock screen in Super Meat Boy Forever, he is bathing in a bowl of miso soup. Tofu is often used as an ingredient for this kind of soup.
Related achievements[]
Super Meat Boy[]
| Well look at you! | |
| You just changed the world! | ||
Super Meat Boy Forever[]
| For the vegans  Bronze G15 |
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| Unlock Tofu Boy | ||
References[]
- ↑ https://games.peta.org/super-meat-boy-parody/ Link to the game
- ↑ Team Meat Discord, Ask Team Meat.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/edmundmcmillen/status/1720308380001305035?s=20
- ↑ https://bindingofisaacrebirth.fandom.com/wiki/SMB_Super_Fan
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 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** |
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 Gish |
 Spelunky |
 Pink Knight |
 The Ninja | |||
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 Headcrab |
 Josef |
 Naija |
 RunMan |
 Captain Viridian |
 Steve |
 Goo Ball* |
Tofu Boy* | ||||||
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 Dr. Fetus | |||||
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 Meat Boy |
 Bandage Girl |
 Meat Ninja |
 Bandage Ripper |
 Dr Fetus |
 Prototype Boy |
 Squirrel |
 Manic |
 Brownie |
 Classic Boy |
 Classic Girl |
Tofu Boy |
 Mega Bandage |
 F-Meat |
 Lil' Meat |
 Meatsona |
 Classic Dr. Fetus |
 Relationship Goals |
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Meat Joe | |||||