History YMMV / MeatBoy

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The absolutely gorgeous [[spoiler: cosmic visuals during the Alpha Omega boss fight]].

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: For starters, the franchise stars an immortal skinless boy who looks like a hunk of meat and his girlfriend who's made of used bandages who gets kidnapped by an evil fetus in a jar wearing a monocle and tux, and at one point they befriend a sentient pile of said villain's feces, and these characters happen to live in a world where grounds can have faces on them. That's only scraping the surface.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: For starters, the franchise stars an immortal skinless boy who looks like a hunk of meat and his girlfriend who's made of used bandages who gets kidnapped by an evil fetus in a jar wearing a monocle and tux, and at one point they befriend a sentient pile of said villain's feces, and these characters happen to live in the world where grounds can have faces on them. That's only scraping the surface.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: For starters, the franchise stars an immortal skinless boy who looks like a hunk of meat and his girlfriend who's made of used bandages who gets kidnapped by an evil fetus in a jar wearing a monocle and tux, and at one point they befriend a sentient pile of said villain's feces, and these characters happen to live in the world where grounds can have faces on them, and that's only scraping the surface.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: The games love to relish in BlackComedy. For starters, the first game features a male villain continuously inflicting violence on a female protagonist. While in normal cases that wouldn't be funny at all, the fact that said villain is a fetus in a jar in DastardlyWhiplash attire and said violence is [[PlayedForLaughs comedic]] [[SlapstickKnowsNoGender slapstick]] makes it downright hilarious. Then comes ''Super Meat Boy Forever'', which features the same villain kidnapping a ''baby'' and putting her through all sorts of dangerous situations, in which HilarityEnsues. There's also the [[MindScrew Mind Screwiness]] over a ''fetus'' kidnapping a born infant.

* AwesomeEgo: Dr. Fetus has quite the ego on him, but considering his impressive feats in the game, can you pretty much blame him?

* AwesomeEgo: Dr. Fetus, who is a fan-favorite despite how massive of a {{narcissist}} he is, because a lot of fans collectively agree that he's just a cool villain.

* EvilIsCool: Yes, Dr. Fetus is a terrible person for sure, but he's just so badass, [[LaughablyEvil hilarious]], and full of personality that he averts being a HateSink and is thus the most popular character in the game.

* SelfFanservice: Often {{inverted}} with Dr. Fetus. Despite appearing actually rather cute in the games due to the simple, cartoonish style (or at least UglyCute), there are quite a bit of artists who portray him with a more [[UncannyValley realistic]] or [[{{Gonk}} gonky]] appearance, or both. The image on the main page is of course an example, as are these: [[https://emily5142.tumblr.com/post/179594531330/kindahernyart-i-drew-this-in-class-but-i-left-my]] [[https://www.deviantart.com/m1ker/art/Super-Meat-Boy-799653507]] [[https://maxwellsongdesigns.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/dr-fetus.jpg]] [[https://rampagedreality.com/post/2717119575/dr-fetus-rathburn]]. Of course, there are also plenty of artists who take the other path and make him a straight-up {{Moe}}.

* BrokenBase: Following release of the game, the Meat Boy fandom seemed to be divided between fans who are excited for the game and genuinely believe it will live up to the original, and fans who see the game as lacking the soul of the original and who hate the idea of it being an auto-runner.

* MostAnnoyingSound: [[GameOver *SPLOCH*]]...or whatever sound your current character makes when he dies (though Headcrab's dying shriek is especially irritating). The screams of the world 5 bosses as well, specially since they ruin the nice music playing in that moment.

* EarWorm: Again, the music, including the retro covers.

* {{Misblamed}}: Some people are fond of blaming Edmund McMillen for things related to this game in spite of him parting ways with Team Meat during the game's making.

* Misblamed: Some people are fond of blaming Edmund McMillen for things related to this game in spite of him parting ways with Team Meat during the game's making.

* Misblamed: Some people are fond of blaming Edmund McMillen for things related to this game in spite of him parting ways with Team Meat before the game was made.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: You'd think with the cutesy style and simple plot of saving the girl would mean it's a kid-friendly game? Well the plethora of cartoonish gore and violence, disturbing imagery, and the fact that the BigBad flips you off multiple times would like to have a word with you. Funny enough, there are actually children who play the game who are surprisingly just as good if not better than its adult players.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Well, to clarify the franchise stars an immortal skinless boy who looks like a hunk of meat and his girlfriend who's made of used bandages who gets kidnapped by an evil fetus in a jar wearing a monocle and tux, and at one point they befriend a sentient pile of said villain's feces, and these characters happen to live in the world where grounds can have faces on them.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: You'd think with the cutesy style and simple plot of saving the girl would mean it's a kid-friendly game? Well the plethora of cartoonish gore and violence, disturbing imagery, and the fact that the BigBad flips you off multiple times would like to have a word with you. Funny enough, there are actually children who play the game and are surprisingly just as good if not better than its adult players.

** Its SpinOff TabletopGame ''Rival Rush'' also has some pretty nice-looking illustrations being made a variety of talented artists.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: Despite ''Super Meat Boy Forever'' being divisive, there's no denying that the animation in the game is gorgeous.

* EvilIsCool: The reason why Dr. Fetus is well-liked.

* SelfFanservice: Often {{inverted}} with Dr. Fetus. Despite appearing actually rather cute in the games due to the simple style (or at least UglyCute), there are quite a bit of artists who portray him with a more [[UncannyValley realistic]] or [[{{Gonk}} gonky]] appearance, or both. The image on the main page is of course an example, as are these: [[https://emily5142.tumblr.com/post/179594531330/kindahernyart-i-drew-this-in-class-but-i-left-my]] [[https://www.deviantart.com/m1ker/art/Super-Meat-Boy-799653507]] [[https://maxwellsongdesigns.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/dr-fetus.jpg]] [[https://rampagedreality.com/post/2717119575/dr-fetus-rathburn]]. Of course, there are also plenty of artists who take the other path and make him a straight-up {{Moe}}.

* SelfFanservice: Often {{inverted}} with Dr. Fetus. Despite appearing actually rather cute in the games due to the simple style (or at least UglyCute), there are quite a bit of artists who tend to portray him with a more [[UncannyValley realistic]] or [[{{Gonk}} gonky]] appearance, or both. The image on the main page is of course an example, as are these: [[https://emily5142.tumblr.com/post/179594531330/kindahernyart-i-drew-this-in-class-but-i-left-my]] [[https://www.deviantart.com/m1ker/art/Super-Meat-Boy-799653507]] [[https://maxwellsongdesigns.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/dr-fetus.jpg]] [[https://rampagedreality.com/post/2717119575/dr-fetus-rathburn]]. Of course, there are also plenty of artists who take the other path and make him a straight-up {{Moe}}.

* SelfFanservice: Often {{inverted}} with Dr. Fetus. Despite appearing actually rather cute in the games due to the simple style (or at least UglyCute), there are quite a bit of artists who tend to portray him with a more [[UncannyValley realistic]] or [[{{Gonk}} gonky]] appearance, or both. The image on the main page is of course an example, as are these: [[https://emily5142.tumblr.com/post/179594531330/kindahernyart-i-drew-this-in-class-but-i-left-my]] [[https://www.deviantart.com/m1ker/art/Super-Meat-Boy-799653507]] [[https://maxwellsongdesigns.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/dr-fetus.jpg]] [[https://rampagedreality.com/post/2717119575/dr-fetus-rathburn]]. Of course, there are also plenty of artists who take the other path and make him a borderline {{Moe}}.

* SelfFanservice: Often {{inverted}} with Dr. Fetus. Despite appearing actually rather cute in the games due to the simple style (or at least UglyCute), there are quite a bit of artists who tend to portray him with a more [[UncannyValley realistic]] or [[{{Gonk}} gonky]] appearance, or both. The image on the main page is of course an example, as are these: [[https://emily5142.tumblr.com/post/179594531330/kindahernyart-i-drew-this-in-class-but-i-left-my]] [[https://www.deviantart.com/m1ker/art/Super-Meat-Boy-799653507]] [[https://www.pinterest.com/pin/4925880821732114]]. Of course, there are also plenty of artists who take the other path and make him a borderline {{Moe}}.