
A collage of most playable characters in Super Meat Boy.
The Super Meat Boy series contains a variety of unlockable characters in multiple games.
Characters can be unlocked through various means, typically by collecting items, completing Warp Zones, or entering secret codes. Characters unlocked may also be different depending on versions of the game.
Meat Boy (+ Map Pack)[]
In Meat Boy and its Map Pack expansion, characters unlocked are either created for the game or are guest characters from other Flash games or Newgrounds in general.
Meat Boy unlockable characters[]
Character | Origin | To unlock |
---|---|---|
Bandage Girl | Meat Boy | Beat the game |
Castle Crasher | Castle Crashers | Collect 4 bandaids |
Dr. Fetus | Meat Boy | Collect 8 bandaids |
Gish | Gish | Collect 16 bandaids |
Map Pack unlockable characters[]
All characters previously unlockable in Meat Boy are unlocked by default in the Map Pack expansion.
Character | Origin | To unlock |
---|---|---|
N | N | Collect 4 bandaids |
Pico | Pico series | Collect 12 bandaids |
Alien Hominid | Alien Hominid | Collect 20 bandaids |
Tankman | Newgrounds | Collect 28 bandaids |
Super Meat Boy[]
In Super Meat Boy, most unlockable characters are special guests from other video games, mostly indie games. Others are either variants of Meat Boy or special characters from the game.
There are certain points in which the player cannot choose a specific character:
- All Warp Zone levels (Character depends on Warp Zone)
- Boss levels (Meat Boy only)
- The End levels (Meat Boy only)
- The Cotton Alley levels (Bandage Girl only)
Warp Zone unlocks[]
Warp Zone-unlocked characters appear in all versions of Super Meat Boy.
Character | Origin | To unlock | Abilities |
---|---|---|---|
CommanderVideo | BIT.TRIP series | Complete ![]() |
Midair hover |
Jill | Mighty Jill Off | Complete ![]() |
Air brake |
Ogmo | Jumper series | Complete ![]() |
Double jump; smaller hitbox |
Flywrench | Flywrench | Complete ![]() |
Triple jump; indefinite wall slide |
The Kid | I Wanna Be the Guy | Complete ![]() |
Double jump |
Bandage Unlocks[]
Character | Origin | To unlock | Abilities | Versions |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gish | Gish | Collect 10 bandages | Sticks to walls and ceilings | Console |
Headcrab | Half-Life | Collect 10 bandages | Sticks to walls and ceilings | PC |
Alien Hominid | Alien Hominid | Collect 30 bandages | Midair blaster shot | All versions |
Josef | Machinarium | Collect 30 bandages | Midair spin | PC |
8-Bit Meat Boy | Super Meat Boy | Collect 40 bandages | N/A | All versions |
Tim | Braid | Collect 50 bandages | Turning back time | Console |
Naija | Aquaria | Collect 50 bandages | Midair dash | PC |
4-Bit Meat Boy | Super Meat Boy | Collect 60 bandages | N/A | All versions |
Spelunky | Spelunky | Collect 70 bandages | Midair explosive dash | Console |
RunMan | RunMan series | Collect 70 bandages | Very fast sprint | PC |
4-Color Meat Boy | Super Meat Boy | Collect 80 bandages | N/A | All versions |
Pink Knight | Castle Crashers | Collect 90 bandages | Midair flutter jump | Console |
Captain Viridian | VVVVVV | Collect 90 bandages | Can flip gravity | PC |
The Ninja | N | Collect all 100 bandages | Very fast sprint | Console |
Steve | Minecraft | Collect all 100 bandages | Block placement and removal | PC |
Miscellaneous[]
Most of these characters are not necessarily unlockable, but playable through special means.
Character | Origin | To unlock/play | Abilities | Versions |
---|---|---|---|---|
Meat Ninja | Super Meat Boy | 100% the game | Auto-sprint; teleport | All versions |
Bandage Girl | Super Meat Boy | The Cotton Alley levels | N/A | All versions |
Brownie | Super Meat Boy | Code input (See here for details) |
N/A | All versions |
Tofu Boy | Super Tofu Boy | Code input: "petaphile" | Very slow; Guaranteed A+ rank | PC |
Goo Ball | World of Goo | Code input: "ballgoo" | Can stick to walls and ceilings | PC |
Potato Boy | Super Meat Boy | Super Potato Boy levels | N/A | All versions |
Dr. Fetus | Super Meat Boy | Devmode | Invincible; can shoot rockets | PC (devmode) |
Super Meat Boy Forever[]
In Super Meat Boy Forever, most characters are unlocked through collecting pacificers on top of some other objective, including characters unlocked via Warp Zones.
Compared to Super Meat Boy, SMBF contains no guest characters, and most characters play the same (the only exception is Tofu Boy, who slows down over time and will occasionally stop to rest).
Character | Origin | To unlock |
---|---|---|
Meat Ninja | Super Meat Boy | "Never Give Up" (Complete Burly Brawl) |
Bandage Ripper | Super Meat Boy Forever | "Never Give Up" (Complete Burly Brawl) |
Dr. Fetus | Super Meat Boy | Collect 31 pacifiers + "Too Many Jerks!" (Complete Burly Brawl) |
Prototype Boy | Super Meat Boy Forever | Collect 3 pacifiers |
Squirrel | Super Meat Boy Forever | Collect 35 pacifiers + "'S' Rank Light World" |
Manic | Super Meat Boy Forever | Collect 40 pacifiers + "Recruit Him, Boss" (Complete Manipulator with Squirrel) |
Brownie | Super Meat Boy | Collect 50 pacifiers + "A Race Against Time, And Win" (Enter a level from The Other Side as Meat Ninja, then complete A Race Against Time) |
Classic Boy | Super Meat Boy | "High Score!" (Complete Break the Slugger with a score of 44000 or higher as Classic Boy) |
Classic Girl | Super Meat Boy | "High Score!" (Complete Break the Slugger with a score of 44000 or higher as Classic Girl) |
Tofu Boy | Super Tofu Boy | Collect 60 pacifiers, then enter a level; at random, the player character will be Tofu Boy. Complete the level as Tofu Boy to unlock him. |
Mega Bandage | Super Meat Boy Forever | Collect 12 pacifiers + "Bzzt" (Complete Mega Bandage) |
F-Meat | Super Meat Boy Forever | Collect 15 pacifiers + "Backward" (Complete M-Zero within 55.5 seconds, backwards) |
Lil' Meat | Super Meat Boy Forever | Collect 9 pacifiers + "Bull Charge" (Complete Super Knockout Boy by hitting C.H.A.D. during his bull charge attack) |
Meatsona | Super Meat Boy Forever | Collect 6 pacifiers + "Toasty" (Complete Test Your Meat without failing on any of the three rounds) |
Classic Dr. Fetus | Super Meat Boy | "Insurance Fraud" (Complete Break the Slugger with a score of 44000 or higher as Classic Dr. Fetus) |
Relationship Goals | Super Meat Boy Forever | Collect 90 pacifiers + "'S' Rank Dark World" |
Trivia[]
Specific to Super Meat Boy[]
- Alien Hominid was originally only available in the XBLA version, but after the release of Super Meat Boy: Ultra Edition, he was added to the Steam version. He cannot be selected in the pause menu's character switching.
- The reason you can play as Dr. Fetus in devmode is possibly because his movement patterns in his boss battle (in Chapter 6) are a recorded run of the level of a developer playing as Dr. Fetus, since Dr. Fetus shoots rockets in the boss battle, and goes through objects that kill the player.
- Due to a glitch in the PC version named "bandage duplication", it's possible to have more bandages than needed, and still have a character locked (for example, you may have 22 bandages but not have the Headcrab locked, which requires 10 bandages to unlock). Closing the game, and then opening it again will remove the extra bandages obtained from the glitch, and unlock the character(s).
- In a blog post, Edmund McMillen once stated a few characters that were cut from the game; some of which Team Meat was unable to get the rights to, and some that were intended to be exclusive to the canceled Wiiware port.[1]
- Teal Ogmo from Jumper 3 (because the regular Ogmo is extremely similar to Meat Boy)
- Mondo Priest from Mondo
- Goo Girl from World of Goo
- Knytt from Knytt
- Golden Knight from Bonesaw
- Quote from Cave Story
- Lemenza from La Mulana (misspelled as "Leeza" and "Lemeza")
- A Beat from Bit.Trip
- Fancy Pants from The Fancy Pants Adventures
Specific to Super Meat Boy Forever[]
- Unlike the original Super Meat Boy, Dr. Fetus can now be unlocked normally without cheating/hacking the game.
- Brownie no longer is playable by entering a code and now has normal unlock requirements.