Unlockable Characters

The Super Meat Boy series contains a variety of unlockable characters across multiple games in the series.

Characters can be unlocked through various means, but are typically unlocked through collecting items, completing Warp Zones, or by 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 The Commander!	Midair hover
Jill	Mighty Jill Off	Complete The Bootlicker!	Air brake
Ogmo	Jumper series	Complete The Jump Man!	Double jump; smaller hitbox
Flywrench	Flywrench	Complete The Fly Guy!	Triple jump; indefinite wall slide
The Kid	I Wanna Be the Guy	Complete The Guy!	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.