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!Main Characters

[[folder:Meat Boy]]

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A skinless boy who looks like a hunk of meat. He's on a mission to save Bandage Girl, his girlfriend, from Dr. Fetus, despite the many dangers (and deaths) he'll have to face along the way.
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: He's described as a "skinless boy", but his mere lack of skin, cube shape, superhuman agility and ability to climb walls, regenerative factor, [[OverDrawnAtTheBloodBank and the fact that he never dies of blood loss]] seems to suggest that he's definitely anything but a normal human. In ''Forever'', his elderly self, despite not having skin, grows a ''beard''. He's also revealed to have superhuman strength, being able to punch pretty hard at enemies and [[spoiler:somewhat]] lift up giant rocks.
* AmusingInjuries: Often prone to this. His invulnerability makes it justified though.
* AnthropomorphicFood: Or so it seems. He's actually a boy without skin as stated above.
* BattleCouple: He fights alongside Bandage Girl to rescue their daughter in ''Super Meat Boy Forever''.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He may be happy and smiling most of the time, but he definitely doesn’t put up with any crap when someone endangers his family.
* BodyHorror: For whatever reason he lacks skin, but never dies of blood loss.
* TheCameo: He has made appearances in other video games, such as ''VideoGame/BitTrip'', ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'', and ''VideoGame/{{Spelunky}}''.
* CoolOldGuy: As the elderly Meat Ninja.
* {{Determinator}}: Things might slow him down, but they never stop him. Not buzzsaws, syringes, salt, [[spoiler:hell, the rapture,]] or even really hard platforming and boss battles will stop him from getting to Bandage Girl.
* DentedIron: His future self in ''Forever'' looks noticeably more scarred and weathered.
* DistressedDude: [[spoiler:During Cotton Alley.]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: Played for laughs. When Nugget inadvertently learns how to do the middle finger from watching Dr. Fetus in ''Super Meat Boy Forever'', Bandage Girl [[ActuallyPrettyFunny finds it funny and laughs.]] Meat Boy, on the other hand, looks on in shocked disapproval while wagging his finger as if saying, "Oi, don't do that!"
* FragileSpeedster: Extremely fast, yet unable to survive more than one hit.
* FutureBadass: One of the unlockable characters is Meat Ninja, who is implied to be a future version of Meat Boy.
* IronButtMonkey: He suffers to no end, and most artworks of him show him injured in some way. However, he still takes it like a badass and is still often shown with that happy grin.
* GlassCannon: In the sequel. While he still retains his OneHitPointWonder defense, he gains a powerful punching attack that allows him to mow through enemies.
* GoodIsNotSoft: Especially in the sequel, where he straight-up ''attacks'' enemies just to get to his daughter.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: The huge guy to Bandage Girl's tiny girl, as Meat Boy is noticeably bigger than Bandage Girl. Averted in ''Super Meat Boy Forever'', as cutscenes show that they are the same height.
* {{Keet}}: His signature pose is a huge grin and a thumbs ups and he is happy most of the time, of course unless his loved ones are in danger.
* LogicalWeakness: Meat Boy has no skin. Therefore, salt hurts him a lot.
* MadeOfPlasticine: As speedy and acrobatic as he is, he's ''extremely'' fragile, [[OneHitPointWonder immediately]] [[LudicrousGibs exploding into blood]] at the slightest touch of a sharp object, enemy, or [[WeaksauceWeakness pile of salt]]. Luckily, he has ResurrectiveImmortality to make up for it.
** VERY downplayed in ''Forever'', where he can pass through some obstacles for a short time before he eventually dies if the meter above his sprite fills up.
* NiceGuy: Not only a [[HappilyMarried loving boyfriend/husband]] to Bandage Girl and [[GoodParents good father]] to Nugget, but according to the Ultra Edition Handbook he's courteous in general, donating books to libraries, helping people out, and tipping.
* NonIndicativeName: He's a skinless boy, not an anthropomorphic cube of animal meat, although possibly downplayed as his solid design makes him look more like minced meat rather than human muscle.
* OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank: Just moving around coats the area surrounding him in blood.
* ToothyIssue: Part of his look whenever he is drawn in detail.
* RedIsHeroic: He's a crimson color due to being skinless.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: Every time he dies, he immediately reforms with a new body, but the blood left by his previous incarnations remains, including on the obstacles where he died. Sometimes you can even briefly see the shredded remains of his previous incarnation raining down as he respawns.
* PrecisionFStrike: Does this twice. Once in Super Meat Boy where he says "Oh, fuck" ([[TheVoiceless though it's only mouthed]]) and once in ''Super Meat Boy Forever'' where he [[FlippingTheBird flips Dr. Fetus off]].
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: His way of dealing with Dr. Fetus or the monsters in the first game? Simply run away from them until their weakened or killed. Although when you burst into pieces even at the slightest touch of a dangerous object, [[RunOrDie there isn't really much you can do anyway]]. Averted in ''Forever'', where he and Bandage Girl chase after and attack Dr. Fetus and the monsters all in order to get to Nugget.
* SilentSnarker: Has his moments, particularly his ThisIsGonnaSuck reaction to the Salt Factory in the flash game and bewildered expressions during his encounter with shrunken C.H.A.D.
* ShootTheDog: In the final cutscene in The Hospital, Meat Boy is forced to [[spoiler:euthanize C.H.A.D. after accidently leaving him in a messed-up state, and even seems remorseful of the decision.]]
* StrippedToTheBone: In the flash game, Meat Boy is reduced to a skeleton whenever he dies.
* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Even when being torn apart by buzzsaws, burnt by fire, drowned in toxic blood, impaled by syringes, or doused in salt, Meat Boy always comes back to life immediately afterwards.
* VagueAge: Referred to as a "boy", yet he's old enough to have a child. He's most likely either a young adult or a teenager.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Salt, due to him having no skin. Ouch.

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[[folder:Bandage Girl]]

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A pink wad of gauze who loves Meat Boy. She spends most of the game suffering abuse at the hands of Dr. Fetus while waiting for Meat Boy to save her.
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* ActionGirl: [[spoiler:Two words: [[BrutalBonusLevel Cotton Alley]]]]. She fully becomes this in the sequel, teaming up with Meat Boy in an attempt to save their daughter.
* AlienBlood: As opposed to Meat Boy who has normal-looking blood, Bandage Girl instead leaves a trail of calamine lotion behind her and explodes into pink goo whenever she hits a hazard.
* AnimateInanimateObject: She's an anthropomorphic wad of bandages.
* BadassAdorable: She's mainly a DamselInDistress in the game, yet can be just as badass as her boyfriend [[spoiler:as shown at the end of the Dark World and in Cotton Alley.]] In ''Super Meat Boy Forever'', she even gets to battle alongside Meat Boy.
* BattleCouple: She fights alongside Meat Boy in ''Super Meat Boy Forever'' to rescue their daughter.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: After spending the whole game being a helpless DamselInDistress, [[spoiler:she finally strikes back at Dr. Fetus in the ending cutscene to the Dark World, stomping on Dr. Fetus to a pulp.]]
* BlushSticker: Gains these in ''Super Meat Boy Forever''.
* BraidsOfAction: Her future counterpart, Bandage Ripper, has this.
* ButtMonkey: She spends the entirety of the first game getting kidnapped and beat up routinely by Dr. Fetus, and even gets beat up by ''Meat Boy'' at one point (albeit by accident). In Cotton Alley, she gains Meat Boy's role and constantly has to suffer being torn apart by buzzsaws while trying to rescue her boyfriend.
* CoolOldLady: As Bandage Ripper.
* CuteBruiser: Small and cute, and [[DamselInDistress despite her previous role]], she's just as powerful as Meat Boy and proves this in Cotton Alley and ''Super Meat Boy Forever''.
* DamselInDistress: For most of the first game.
* EyepatchOfPower: Her future counterpart, Bandage Ripper, ends up getting one, apparently as a result of taking more and more damage to her eye as she got older.
* FlowersOfFemininity: Well, gauze actually... it's the same basic idea though.
* FutureBadass: Becomes Bandage Ripper in a future timeline.
* GoodIsNotSoft: Her way of dealing with Dr. Fetus is [[spoiler:stomping on him]].
* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: She gains the ability to shoot as [[spoiler:[[Franchise/MegaMan Mega Bandage]]]].
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: The tiny girl to Meat Boy's huge guy, as Bandage Girl is noticeably smaller than Meat Boy. Averted in ''Super Meat Boy Forever'', as cutscenes show that they are the same height.
* KickChick: As opposed to Meat Boy punching stuff in ''Forever'', she doles out kicks to attack with.
* PinkMeansFeminine: The flower and long eyelashes help too.
* {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler:After an entire game of abuse at the hands of Dr. Fetus, she stomps on him until all that is left is a bloody smear]].
* SuddenNameChange: In the original flash game, she was named Bandaid Girl. However her name was changed to Bandage Girl in later games due to "Band-Aid" being trademarked.
* TookALevelInBadass: Her role as the hero in the Cotton Alley stage, as well as Meat Boy's sidekick in ''Super Meat Boy Forever'' breaks her free from her DamselInDistress role.
* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Her original design looks similar to Meat Boy except with a [[PinkMeansFeminine pink color]] and [[FlowersOfFemininity flower hairclip]].
* VagueAge: Like her boyfriend, she's a "girl" but is old enough to conceive and give birth to Nugget, likely putting her around the teenager or young adult ages.
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[[folder:Dr. Fetus]]

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An evil fetus in a jar with a suit and monocle. He serves as the BigBad of the game and sets off the plot by beating up Meat Boy and kidnapping Bandage Girl.
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: [[FreudianExcuse Possibly the reason why he's evil]]. The opening cutscene straight-up says that nobody likes him, and there's a cutscene where a LaughTrack plays as he starts to become depressed, implying that people make fun of him as well.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: He looks like a human fetus, but is [[BrainyBaby intelligent]], has superpowers like {{teleportation}}, {{flight}}, [[SelfDuplication multiplying]], and creating energy balls out of thin air, and presumably [[TheAgeless doesn't age]].
* AssholeVictim: Gets [[spoiler:brutally stomped on by Bandage Girl not once, but ''twice'' (both at the end of the flash game and the end of the main game)]] Though subverted in that he's shown to be alive by the next game each time, either because he shares Meat Boy's [[TheyKilledKennyAgain regenerative ability]], or because for whatever reason [[MadeOfIron he survived both times]].
* AxCrazy: Big time.
* {{Badass In A Nice Suit}}/{{Sharp Dressed Man}}: He's the BigBad, and carries out many evil feats all while in a stylish tux.
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: He has no qualms about slaughtering a population of innocent squirrels if it means overpowering Meat Boy.
* BaldOfEvil: Lacks any sort of hair (other than BigOlEyebrows in the sequel), though justified as he's an unborn baby.
* BigBad: Has been the main antagonist in every game so far, and most of the problems in the games have been caused by him.
* BigOlEyebrows: He gains bigger eyebrows in ''Super Meat Boy Forever''. In ''Super Meat Boy'', it's just one angry eyebrow on his monocle.
* BrainInAJar: Or rather fetus in a jar, but he works the same way.
* BrainyBaby: Well, fetus. It still counts.
* TheBully: Dr. Fetus constantly victimizes Meat Boy and anyone associated with him.
* TheCameo:
** He's a playable character in ''[[VideoGame/BitTrip BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend Of Rhythm Alien]]'' in where he rides a [[CoolBike buzzsaw-themed unicycle]].
** He also makes an appearance in the first scenario of ''VideoGame/CreepyCastle'', where he laments that the castle has no buzzsaws before seeing the player and deciding to attack them to vent his frustration.
* CasanovaWannabe: He's constantly trying to score ladies, but nobody wants to be around him for obvious reasons; the Steam description of ''Super Meat Boy Forever'' even describes him as "an incel version of [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]]".
* CharacterBlog: Has a [[https://mobile.twitter.com/drfetus?lang=en Twitter account]].
* CharacterDevelopment: [[spoiler:He ever so slightly grows out of his misanthropy at the end of ''Super Meat Boy Forever'', having genuinely come to care about Nugget and appreciating her for wanting to be friends with him]].
* CrazyPrepared: In ''Super Meat Boy Forever'', Dr. Fetus puts a remote self-destruct system on Big Slugger in case someone tries to use his machine against him. [[spoiler:When Squirrel, Manic, and the other woodland animals use Big Slugger to get revenge on Dr. Fetus, he presses a button to blow up his robot suit, and the explosion easily wipes the army out]].
* CuteIsEvil: Because of his simple design, he comes off more cute than threatening. That doesn't stop him from actually being a threat to the duo. In the final cutscene, [[spoiler:Dr. Fetus even tries use his cuteness to charm Bandage Girl after he's relegated to nothing but a fetus. Bandage Girl doesn't buy it though.]]
* DastardlyWhiplash: Has the clothing, personality, and kidnapping DamselsInDistress shtick. According to creator Creator/EdmundMcMillen in an interview, Dr. Fetus was based on this character archetype.
* DeathGlare: [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/supermeatboy/images/b/bf/DrFetus.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20161219065510 Has a pretty menacing one.]]
* {{Determinator}}: Just like Meat Boy, he refuses to give up. [[spoiler:Even when his jar gets broken, he still jumps on and attacks Bandage Girl; of course, by that point, she's had enough of his crap...]]
* DoppelgangerAttack: In ''Forever'', he creates a horde of duplicates to fight you, and during the fight he constantly spawns more offscreen. They always respawn during the fight, meaning you have to attack the real one to do any damage.
* EcocidalAntagonist: He likes to burn down forests whenever he can. That comes back to bite him in ’'Forever'' when the animals who live in one try to get even.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Despite being belligerent at best towards Nugget throughout ''Meat Boy Forever'', he actually freaks out and attempts to comfort her after he makes her cry by killing the woodland animals that attempted to get their revenge on him]].
* EvilGenius: His intelligence and ability to build contraptions and hazards to use against Meat Boy make him a serious threat.
* EvilIsPetty: Not just a dick to Meat Boy and Bandage Girl, but in general. One game manual even details some of his KickTheDog moments, such as destroying a girl's sandcastle, pushing down an old lady, and poking a baby with thumb tacks.
* EvilLaugh: Yes, Dr. Fetus has one. He visibly laughs during the opening cutscene to the C.H.A.D. boss battle and the opening cutscene to the Salt Factory stage, and does it even more in ''Super Meat Boy Forever''. In fact, the sounds files for the first game even contain a [[EvilSoundsDeep deep]] and [[VoiceOfTheLegion mechanical-sounding]] laugh that was meant for Dr. Fetus, that was DummiedOut for whatever reason.
* EvilOverlooker: On the box art of ''Forever'', he's depicted as massive and looming over Meat Boy and Bandage girl while surrounded by fire, and also dangling Nugget from one hand.
* EvilWearsBlack: He wears a black tuxedo.
* ExpressiveAccessory: For some reason his monocle is able to reflect his expressions. Especially prominent in ''Super Meat Boy Forever''.
* {{Expy}}: He greatly resembles the title character from ''VideoGame/{{Spewer}}'', especially when he's not in his jar.
* FetusTerrible: He destroyed a forest, flooded a hospital and a salt factory, kidnapped someone's girlfriend [[WouldHitAGirl while beating her up routinely]], kidnaps that same person's ''daughter'' in the sequel, and even sets off a nuclear bomb, '''''and he's not even born.'''''
* FinalBoss: The last hurdle in both ''Super Meat Boy'' and ''Super Meat Boy Forever''.
* FlippingTheBird: Really, ''really'' loves doing this gesture. As he does it way too often, in ''Super Meat Boy Forever'' when he attacks he just flips the bird and when making his Big Slugger Tank explode it has a screen that shows him flipping the bird.
** Most biometric locks require the user to place the palm of their hand on the scanner. The one in Dr. Fetus' base requires him to place the ''back'' of his hand and flip off the scanner.
* FloatingLimbs: Gains these in the sequel.
* FourFingeredHands: In ''Super Meat Boy Forever''. In ''Super Meat Boy'', it was just PowerpuffGirlHands with [[RetractableAppendages retractable fingers]]. For some reason, [[RuleOfFunny he can still flip people off]].
* GadgeteerGenius: He lives in a preservative jar which he most likely built himself, and the first boss is a [[ChainsawGood giant chainsaw mecha]] that he also constructed.
* GenericDoomsdayVillain: Has no motivations or goals other than wanting to be a jerk, particularly to Meat Boy. Becomes a literal example when he [[spoiler:''starts'' causing a doomsday towards the second half of the game]].
* GeniusBruiser: Of a sort; While his ''actual'' body is as frail as a fetus typically is, the mechanized suit he uses to be more Meat Boy's size is still every bit as formidable as Meat Boy himself while still being able to create advanced technology and genetically engineered lifeforms.
* HatedByAll: "Nobody loves Dr. Fetus..."[[note]][[MisanthropeSupreme And that's why Dr. Fetus hates you!]][[/note]]
* HeadsIWinTailsYouLose: [[spoiler:Even after Meat Boy and Bandage Girl manage to overcome him in the final fight of ''Forever'', it doesn't stick. He just comes back less than a minute later with renewed anger and nearly crushes them to death.]]
* HeManWomanHater: Although he hates everyone, he seems to lean more towards [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain being misogynistic]], given that he beats Bandage Girl up when kidnapping her, yet doesn't do anything to Meat Boy when kidnapping him.
* HighClassGlass: He wears a monocle on his mecha suit.
* IJustWantToBeLoved: Nobody loves Dr. Fetus, and that's why Dr. Fetus hates you. [[spoiler:And that's precisely how Nugget saves her parents from his OneWingedAngel UnstoppableRage in the end of ''Forever'', by showing him likely the first genuine kindness he's ever experienced in life. Right before her parents dole out a well-deserved assbeating.]]
* ItsAllAboutMe[=/=]SmallNameBigEgo: If the [[HostileShowTakeover Collector's Edition manual]] and his CharacterBlog are anything to go by, he's a {{narcissist}} with a massive [[AGodAmI god complex]]. Though it could just be Dr. Fetus [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex hiding insecurities]] over being a fetus in a jar and apparent [[HatedByAll lack of love he receives from anyone]].
* {{Jerkass}}: His signature pose is him flipping you off, for starters. Just about everything he does, when it's not straight villainy, is just petty assholery.
* KarmicDeath: Subverted. He's supposedly killed after [[spoiler:Bandage Girl crushes him to death]], but comes back to life for Cotton Alley and the sequel, proving that DeathIsCheap in the Meat Boy universe.
* KickTheDog: Every time he appears!
* LaughablyEvil: Well, what else do you expect from a villain [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext who's literally a fetus in a jar wearing a suit, top hat, and monocle?]]
* MadScientist: A quintessential antagonistic one.
* MeaningfulName: On the surface, a subversion; He really is a fetus, but he isn't actually a recognized doctor. [[spoiler:His OneWingedAngel form, Omega Alpha, posits that he is the end-all, be-all of beginnings, or the ''Ultimate'' Fetus.]]
* MisanthropeSupreme: It's established that Dr. Fetus hates everyone and he seems to go beyond [[HatesEveryoneEqually Does Not Like People]], to point of setting a forest on fire, causing all sorts of structural damage and devastation, and persistently ruining some random person's life just for the crime of ''existing''.
** The only person he doesn't hate is [[spoiler:Nugget around the end of ''Super Meat Boy Forever'', and even then it's the situation of a literal child being unable to comprehend just how badly he's treated her showing him that not everyone has the same reservoir of hate for him that he does for everyone else ''for'' hating him]].
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: At the beginning of the game, he seems like a comical {{Jerkass}} whose worst crime is kidnapping the hero's girlfriend. [[spoiler:Then by the end of the Forest stage, he starts causing destruction everywhere.]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: Given that he's still a fetus by the time Nugget is born, he's likely this.
* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:In the final act of ''Forever'', thanks to the TimeCrash, he cascades into a gigantic cosmic storm called Omega Alpha, with a galaxy for his monocle, a hypergiant for an eye, and [[GiantHandsOfDoom two huge hands out of cosmic debris]].]][[note]][[spoiler:Which are technically only huge by comparative perspective, considering he's actually a [[BackgroundBoss monumentally gigantic cosmic formation in the distant background]].]][[/note]]
* PsychopathicManchild: Dr. Fetus has the mind of an adult, [[GadgeteerGenius an extremely intelligent one]] no less, yet still behaves like an immature BrattyHalfPint. Granted, he ''is'' still a fetus.
* PutTheLaughterInSlaughter: Befitting of a {{Sadist}} like himself, he [[LackOfEmpathy laughs after killing]] [[spoiler:a perfect clone of Meat Boy (who he despises)]] in ''Dr. Fetus' Mean Meat Machine''.
* {{Sadist}}: He seems to have no reason for kidnapping Bandage Girl (who he also attacks) and luring Meat Boy into dangerous paths other than the fact that he hates him and wants to see him suffer. In ''Dr. Fetus' Mean Meat Machine'', his motive for creating clones of Meat Boy is so he can feel like he's killing Meat Boy multiple times. He even [[PutTheLaughterInSlaughter laughs after killing]] [[spoiler:the first perfect a clone of him and tries to kill many others]].
* SirSwearsAlot: While mute like all the other characters in the actual games, his [[CharacterBlog canon Twitter account]] reveals that he has [[EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor a raunchy/dark sense of humor]] and quite the filthy mouth, fitting for his crass {{Jerkass}} personality. He also [[FlippingTheBird flips the middle finger]] rampantly throughout the games, making him an odd visual case of this trope too.
* SlasherSmile: Sports one [[spoiler:just before making his castle self-destruct as a last resort after his jar breaks, and when he tries to attack Bandage Girl.]]
* SpeciesSurname: A seeming parody of it and evil geniuses with biology-related surnames.
* StupidEvil: Even after [[spoiler:his jar breaks and he's left completely defenseless, he still tries to attack Meat Boy and Bandage Girl. [[{{Revenge}} As expected, this doesn't turn out well for him.]]]]
* StraightGay: WordOfGod stated he's actually gay, but he's really deep in the closet.
* ToiletHumor: Seems to be the major source of it, if ''Super Meat Boy'' has any. The ending cutscene to the flash game has him take a dump right in front of Meat Boy, and the Ultra Edition Handbook has a gag where he craps on the floor of a restaurant, not even bothering to head to the restroom. And of course there's also Brownie, a "Frankenstein's monster" of his made from his own poop.
* UnstoppableRage: [[spoiler:As Omega Alpha, he's filled with so much psychotic anger that he doesn't stay dead when Meat Ninja and Bandage Ripper defeat him. He quickly reforms and attempts to crush them, all while bellowing in rage. Nugget ends up calming him down with her offering of her pacifier.]]
* TomTheDarkLord: Yes, he actually does have a first name, [[AllThereInTheManual and it's Keith]].
* VagueAge: How long he's been a fetus is left unknown, though it's implied that he's been that way for a while and that he's [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld technically an adult]].
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:After all of his plans have failed and he's left without a jar, he savagely jumps on Bandage Girl and tries to beat her up, doing so with a SlasherSmile.]]
** [[spoiler:In ''Forever'', he's undergoing this as Omega Alpha. He's ''so'' incensed and enraged by Meat Ninja and Bandage Ripper continuing to survive that he manifests as a humongous cosmic storm with debris forming his hands to attack them. And even after he gets defeated, he reforms shortly after to try and crush them again while letting out roars of undiluted rage and hate.]]
* VillainProtagonist: He's a sadistic EvilGenius and ''Dr. Fetus' Mean Meat Machine'' centers on him trying to perfectly clone Meat Boy (his hated enemy) plus killing any imperfect clones.
* VillainSong: "Power of the Meat", which wasn't in the game itself but is still part of the official soundtrack, is pretty much the closest Dr. Fetus has to one, since most of the verses are sung by him while Meat Boy and Bandage Girl just sing in the background about their turmoil.
* VillainTeleportation: Catching up to Bandage Girl will prompt him to teleport with her to another location.
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: [[spoiler:Tries this in the last level, but it fails due to Meat Boy's ability to reform himself.]]
* WouldHitAGirl: Oh yes. He beats the crap out of Bandage Girl at the end of every single level! Bizarrely contrasted in levels where you play as Bandage Girl having to save [[DistressedDude Meat Boy]], where Dr. Fetus ''doesn't'' beat him up when you save him, only using the animation where he just grabs the hostage and warps out every time.
* WouldHurtAChild: In ''Super Meat Boy Forever'', he switches to beating up Nugget at the end of every level. Unlike Bandage Girl, Nugget [[MadeOfIron doesn't seem all too fazed however]].
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[[folder:Nugget]]
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Meat Boy and Bandage Girl's daughter, who is kidnapped by Dr. Fetus in ''Super Meat Boy Forever''.
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* AllLovingHero: She holds no ill-will towards Dr. Fetus, even after everything he’s done in the game.
* AnimalMotifs: Rabbits, as her pajamas illustrate.
* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Literally, as she is Meat Boy and Bandage Girl's baby.
* BabySeeBabyDo: In one cutscene, she copies Dr. Fetus' habit of FlippingTheBird by giving the middle finger to some butterflies, much to her father's shock and her mother's [[ActuallyPrettyFunny amusement]].
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:In the ending of ''Forever'', Dr. Fetus has become a [[OneWingedAngel monumental cosmic storm]] that her parents just can't finish off. As they are seconds away from being forcibly crushed, she realizes her pacifier calms her down, and offers it the the raging transformed Dr. Fetus without any reservations. The actually stuns Fetus out of his nigh-on perpetual hatred, stopping his assault, and gratefully accepting it from her.]]
* BigEyesLittleEyes: Her eyes are very large in proportion to her size, increasing her cuteness and innocence.
* BrainyBaby: Downplayed. She's far from being as intelligent as [[FetusTerrible Dr. Fetus]], but she's still shown to be pretty competant and fully aware of her surroundings.
* BreakTheCutie: The normally cheerful, unfazed Nugget [[spoiler:starts bursting into a crying fit upon seeing woodland animals die, and becomes even more distressed upon getting sent to an alternate dimension and seeing her parents nearly crushed by a fallen rock. Fortunately she gets better after everything goes back to normal]].
* CheerfulChild: Meat Boy and Bandage Girl's "little bundle of joy".
* TheCutie: She is Bandage Girl and Meat Boy's kid, and very much adorable.
* DamselInDistress: In the sequel, to where Meat Boy and now Bandage Girl have to save her. Justified as she's just a baby.
* FearlessInfant: Nugget manages to remain calm and optimistic even while in the hands of a violent kidnapper. Most interactions has her expose the boss' weakness
** While accompanying Dr. Fetus in the Chipper Grove cutscenes, instead of being scared, she just plays with a BigRedButton in his mecha. [[EjectionSeat Guess what happens eventually...]]
** In the Clinic, she keeps messing with the switch, blowing the brain monster's shrapnel away before being pulled away by an angered Fetus.
** In the Tower, she throws a monster at one of the Lab Guardian's drones before throwing a saw blade as well.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: She is shown to adore animals [[spoiler:and watching them get killed is exactly what finally [[BreakTheCutie causes her to snap]]]].
* GenkiGirl: A happy and playful baby.
* HalfHumanHybrid: Sort of. Meat Boy is AmbiguouslyHuman while Bandage Girl is a wad of gauze, making Nugget essentially half-meat person, half-bandage.
* KidHero: She's only a baby [[spoiler:and yet ends up saving the day, being able to calm down Dr. Fetus during his UnstoppableRage]].
* MadeOfIron: For a baby, she's surprisingly durable, being able to get tossed around [[ImprobableInfantSurvival only to bounce back a second later like it's no problem]], in contrast to Meat Boy and Bandage Girl who suffer AmusingInjuries.
* TheMillstone: She regularly causes problems for Dr. Fetus in regards to the boss fights before the Lab. She forces the control pod of Big Slugger to eject, reveals to her parents that the fan system of the Clinic will expose Manic Manipulator, and exposes Rust Golem's weakness of relying on his drones to keep his shield up.
* MoralityPet: [[spoiler:Despite Dr. Fetus beating her up regularly throughout the game, Nugget ends up becoming this to him by the end of ''Super Meat Boy Forever''.]]
* PerpetualSmiler: There doesn't seem to be a moment where this baby is upset. [[spoiler:With the exception of [[HarmfulToMinors seeing a bunch of woodland creatures die right before her eyes]]]].
* PinkMeansFeminine: Although she inherits her father's red color, she wears pink bunny pajamas to reflect her mother.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Aside from the bunny pajamas which is her most distinguishing trait, she looks just like her father.
* TokenMiniMoe: Serves as youngest of the bunch, as well as TheCutie.
* VoiceGrunting: Makes the most noise out of any character, with her mostly giggling [[spoiler:and even crying at one point]]. In the intro, you can also vaguely hear her voice as she descends into panic while being kidnapped, albeit it's unintelligible.
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!Introduced in ''Super Meat Boy''

[[folder:''Super Meat Boy'' Enemies]]
The enemies of ''Super Meat Boy'', which include Betuses, Dust Bunnies, Black Maws, Maggots, Burnt Boys, and Oobs.
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* AirborneMooks: Oobs and Dust Bunnies.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Maggots, albeit they're only the size of Meat Boy. Oobs appear to resemble giant flies.
* BlobMonster: Betuses, red-colored slime enemies who look like miniature versions of C.H.A.D.
* DarkIsEvil: Black Maws are pitch black colored and leap from shadowy portals.
* EldritchAbomination: Black Maws.
* {{Expy}} Oobs are this to Literature/TheLangoliers.
* TheGoomba: Betuses and Maggots are the most simple enemies in the game and don't have any special power other than crawling in a straight line. What makes them hard to maneuver through is when they're in large groups.
* HomingProjectile: Black Maws are essentially an even worse version of the rockets in the Salt Factory stage. Not only do they home in on you, but they also break into nine smaller pieces.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Black Maws appear to be demons, or at least demon-like. They live in Hell which supports the idea.
* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Burnt Boys, zombie versions of the dead Meat Boys.
* PerpetualSmiler: Betuses and Maggots are always seen with a happy smile.
* ScaryTeeth: The Oobs have sharp fangs and kill you by chomping down on you.
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[[folder:Lil' Slugger/Big Slugger]]

A robot suit made by Dr. Fetus that is equipped with a large chainsaw. In ''Super Meat Boy'', it's known as Lil' Slugger, while an upgrade to it, Big Slugger, appears in ''Super Meat Boy Forever''.
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* AdvancingBossOfDoom: It chases you through a gauntlet of buzzsaws.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: Has weak points in the sequel, in the form of big, red globes that you have to destroy.
* BattleAmongstTheFlames: Dr. Fetus uses gasoline to start a forest fire just before he chases Meat Boy around on a chainsaw on legs.
* BiggerIsBetter: Becomes Big Slugger in the sequel.
* ChainsawGood: Lil' Slugger has a massive one. Big Slugger tops that by DualWielding two!
* FlashOfPain: At some point in the level, Lil' Slugger starts flashing multiple colors, indicating that it's taking damage.
* HumongousMecha: Or at least giant compared to the characters.
* LevelInBossClothing: Dr. Fetus is chasing you aboard the Lil' Slugger, run away from him until his machine malfunctions. In that sense, Lil' Slugger is essentially the AdvancingWallOfDoom of an AutoScrollingLevel, if an incredibly badass one.
* NonIndicativeName: You'd think he was some sort of small baseball-themed boss judging by his name, but no, he's a giant mech with a chainsaw.
* TankGoodness: Big Slugger replaces the long legs with tank treads.
* TookALevelInBadass: Played with. Lil' Slugger was a boss that couldn't be directly fought, forcing Meat Boy to run until it crashes. Chasing Meat Boy is all it does. By comparison, Big Slugger is able to more directly try and attack Meat Boy and Bandage Girl and scale a cliff while doing so, but has four crystal points exposed that let the duo deal immense damage. That said, they never actually destroy it, it's only when Nugget forces Dr. Fetus to eject that it's dealt with, and they rush to The Clinic once it's over.
* WakeUpCallBoss: The boss where the difficulty increases, as well as the start of the game's CerebusSyndrome. And it's only the first boss.
* WalkingTank: In the first game, at least. In the second game, it gains a steamroller-like design.
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[[folder:C.H.A.D.]]
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A strange fish-like thing that Meat Boy fights at the end of the Hospital level.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Is seemingly this towards Meat Boy. While he's looking for Bandage Girl, C.H.A.D sneaks over to try to get a kiss from him, only for Meat Boy to kick him away. Doesn't stop him from trying again until Meat Boy grabs a pillow and seemingly [[KilledOffScreen kills him offscreen]]. [[spoiler:The epilogue shows that C.H.A.D. is fine.]]
* AdorableAbomination: Initially he's far from this, but once exposed to sunlight, he shrinks, and this trope comes into full effect.
* BloodyMurder: In addition to the rising level of lethal blood during his boss stage, C.H.A.D. himself seems to be made out of deadly blood... or at least coated in a shell of clotted blood. In any case, touching him is (like everything else) an instant kill.
* {{Expy}}: Of the monsters from ''Film/{{CHUD}}''
* KingMook: He is essentially a giant Betus.
* MuckMonster: A giant mass of medical waste, more specifically contaminated blood and tissue.
* ObliviouslyEvil: His attacks during his boss fight seem to be more C.H.A.D. playing around rather than him actually trying to kill Meat Boy. He just happens to be so massive that he [[AccidentalMurder kills Meat Boy by accident]]. His behavior after the boss fight lends credence to this, as C.H.A.D. is simply trying to get Meat Boy's attention and affection like a small puppy.
* RightHandAttackDog: WordOfGod says that C.H.A.D. was originally meant to be this to Dr. Fetus. He still serves as basically a sic monster toward Meat Boy in the game.
* WeakenedByTheLight: The entire boss fight has Meat Boy running around collecting keys that eventually unlock the roof, which was blocking out the sun. Once it gets opened, C.H.A.D. shrinks to a weaker, smaller form of himself.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Brownie]]
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A giant poo who "fights" Meat Boy in the Salt Factory by attempting to outrun him and leave him at the mercy of a rising pile of salt. He makes a return in Forever.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: He's one of the bosses in the game used by Dr. Fetus to stop Meat Boy, but he doesn't outwardly fight Meat Boy, instead attempting to race him in escaping the rapidly flooding salt factory. [[spoiler:He even sacrifices his life to rescue Meat Boy and Bandage Girl at the end of the game.]]
* ArtificialHuman: He's a humanoid pile of waste created and given life to by Dr. Fetus, likely through scientific means.
* BaitAndSwitchBoss: At first, he's ready to throw down with Meat Boy. But then Dr. Fetus floods the factory with salt, at which point Brownie decides that [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere getting out alive is more important]]. The "fight" then plays out [[LevelInBossClothing more like a regular level,]] as Brownie never attempts to attack in any way.
* ConspicuousTrenchcoat: Wears one in ''Forever'', as an homage to the Old Man in the End of Time from ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''.
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Appears to die by falling to his death after Dr. Fetus tosses bricks at his head to prevent Meat Boy from pulling him to safety. Apparently, he survived this and was able to return at the last second and save Meat Boy from dying in Dr. Fetus' collapsing lair.]]
* EvilKnockoff: Designed to look like Meat Boy, except he's made out of Dr. Fetus' excrement.
* FriendlyRival: Becomes one towards Meat Boy in ''Forever'', where they decide to have a friendly race for old times sake.
* {{Gasshole}}: He lets out a fart during a cameo in ''Super Meat Boy Forever''.
* {{Gonk}}: Not in the first game, as he's merely just a PaletteSwap of Meat Boy, but ''Forever'' makes him much uglier, with BigOlEyeBrows, a ragged-looking face, and more detail to his design, making him stand out quite a bit from the usually moe-ish cast of characters.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:After Meat Boy attempts to save him from falling to his (supposed) death.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Saves Meat Boy in the ending at the cost of being left behind.]]
* NoseNuggets: He picks his nose as an idle animation in ''Forever''.
* RiseToTheChallenge: His "fight" has him and Meat Boy running away from a rising massive pile of salt.
* TalkingPoo: Okay, he doesn't actually talk, but he IS a giant living poo...
* TechnicolorEyes: He has yellow eyes, most likely corn.
* ToiletHumor: Ewwww...
* WinkDing: Does this after [[spoiler:his race with Meat Boy in Forever]].
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[[folder:Little Horn]]
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A massive monster made up of all the dead Meat Boys that fell into Hell.
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* BodyOfBodies: His body is made up of all the dead Meat Boys.
* TheBrute: The largest and most intimidating boss in the game, who deals with Meat Boy by smashing him.
* DumbMuscle: Seems to think that using the same pattern of moves and hitting your head against the ground is the best way to deal with Meat Boy.
* FireballEyeballs: He appears to perpetually have these, though it could just be the reflection of the fire surrounding the boss arena.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: His appearance doesn't change based on how many times you've died so far. In fact, he exists even if [[NoDamageRun you haven't died once]].
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: His eyes glow a [[RedEyesTakeWarning hellish red]].
* HardHead: MASSIVELY averted, after just 3 hits he goes down for the count.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The only thing his headbutts end up hurting is himself.
* NonIndicativeName: Similar to the first boss. He doesn't have horns and he is most certainly NOT little.
* TrialAndErrorGameplay: Little Horn has a fixed attack pattern, but because he barely telegraphs his attacks, be ready to die a bunch until you figure it out.
* UseYourHead: Attempts to use this form of attack, only to end up injuring himself in the process.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Larries Lament]]
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Three giant maggots that battle with Meat Boy at the end of the Rapture level.
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* BigCreepyCrawlies: Giant bloodthirsty maggots!
* BullfightBoss: The only way to kill them is to use Meat Boy as bait and lure them into nearby sawblades.
* EasyLevelTrick: Careful jumping can get you past the wall of chainsaws, eventually guaranteeing your victory.
* FluffyTheTerrible: Monstrous maggots each named Larry.
* LuckBasedMission: The Larries are the only boss in the game that don't act in a perfectly predictable fashion: One larry has a 100% chance to jump at Meat Boy every attack cycle, a second one has a 50% chance and the third has only a 25% to jump. Since you beat them by having them leap into the chainsaws surrounding the arena, the fight can last forever or [[https://youtu.be/9RNZhOMORIs?si=WPCCL2Wd99TIfodI end in around ten seconds.]]
* {{Gonk}}: As you can tell by the picture, they're pretty ugly.
* SandWorm: They burrow underground, only rising up to attack Meat Boy.
* TacticalSuicideBoss: Those buzzsaws placed about finally end up being useful instead of just annoying...
[[/folder]]

!Introduced in ''Super Meat Boy Forever''

[[folder:Squirrel]]
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A squirrel who leads an army of woodland creatures after Dr. Fetus destroys their home.
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* AllForNothing: [[spoiler:What their revenge scheme amounts to. The mech they try and use against Dr. Fetus self-destructs, and in the new timeline, they're left satisfied with Dr. Fetus already being defeated. {{Downplayed|trope}}, however, due to causing the TimeCrash that resulted in creating the new timeline.]]
* BadassAdorable: Exactly what you'd expect from a tiny squirrel trying to avenge his friends and habitat.
* EyeScream: Downplayed. Squirrel's left eye got scarred from Dr. Fetus' Big Slugger rampage and wears an eyepatch to cover it, but aside from the scar itself going across Squirrel's eyelid, there doesn't seem to be wrong with the eye itself.
* FlippingTheBird: [[spoiler:Squirrel does this to Dr. Fetus right before he presses the button on his throne]].
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Uses a knife made from tightly-coiled vines and a shard of glass as a player character.
* ItsPersonal: After Dr. Fetus rampages through Chipper Grove in Big Slugger, wiping most of it out and killing several animals, Squirrel declares vengeance against the mad fetus and goes after him with a small army.
* MilesToGoBeforeISleep: [[spoiler:After the Big Slugger explosion wipes the army out, a mortally wounded Squirrel manages to hold out long enough to open the button next to Dr. Fetus' throne before finally dying, his body falling over and pressing the button]].
* ShoutOut: He starts out as a squirrel that has lost an arm and an eye. By the end of the fourth chapter, he has acquired a bandana, an eyepatch, a beard, face war paint, a prosthetic arm, and a mecha - basically becoming an {{Expy}} of [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain Venom Snake]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Manic Manipulator]]
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A brain-like creature with psychic powers that first appears at the end of the Clinic. It fights by manipulating large piles of glass shards.
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* BrainInAJar: Is a genetically-modified brain with two eyestalks attached.
* MindOverMatter: His psychic abilities allow him to manipulate shards of glass and take on a more threatening appearance.
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Held out hope beyond hope Dr. Fetus would return to reclaim him after his defeat, but after it became clear he was never coming back and barely valued anything he made if it failed to start with, he threw in his chips with the animals and became the primary control mechanism for the discarded Big Slugger.
* NightmareFace: Forms a rather striking visage from shards of glass, syringes, a hear rate monitor, and pieces of piping.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Rust Golem]]
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A giant head that guards the entrance of Dr. Fetus' laboratory. Appears as the boss of Tetanusville.
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* DeflectorShields: He's protected by an energy barrier powered by two drones. Attacking him while it's up does nothing but kill you, so you need to destroy the drones to bring it down and expose him to damage.
* TheDragon: He serves as basically Dr. Fetus' security system, proving to be a big threat to Meat Boy and Bandage Girl before they can even enter Dr. Fetus's lab.
* KillerRobot: An A.I. that guards Dr. Fetus' lair.
* StationaryBoss: He is fixed to the door of the Lab.
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