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** Even though most of the game's difficulty comes from merely figuring out how each chunk works, it's not afraid to throw the brutal platforming challenges the first one is known for. The Dark Clinic has a few infamous setups in "Window Tapping" and "Prognosis Negative", such as certain chunks in the former, in which Meat Boy has to slide under saws above glass floors. It is all too easy to accidentally punch through the glass and fall into a bottomless pit, since Meat Boy's quickfall and down punch are the same move. In the later, a punch-switch chunk will involve a series of saws shooting past Meat Boy after he hits the switch. This requires back-to-back, frame-perfect jumps/slides to maneuver past the saws initially and after they stop moving.

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* QuirkyWork: 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 pretty much only scraping the surface.



* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: 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 pretty much only scraping the surface.
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** Patience is ''extremely'' difficult.

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** Patience is ''extremely'' difficult.difficult, trapping you with 3 portals spawning [[DemonicSpiders Maws]] in a room that slowly unlocks. There is an EasyLevelTrick to drastically cut down the dodging required, but it requires you to not get obliterated for long enough to get to a specific part of the stage.

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* UnpopularPopularCharacter: Again, Dr. Fetus. Nobody may like him InUniverse, but the fandom definitely loves him.

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* UnpopularPopularCharacter: Again, Dr. Fetus. Nobody may like him InUniverse, but OlderThanTheyThink: Few people familiar with ''Super Meat Boy'' seem to know that it was originally a web game simply titled ''Meat Boy''. As a result, most such people think the fandom definitely loves him.license's name is ''Super Meat Boy'' when it's just ''Meat Boy''.



* 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 [[UnintentionalUncannyValley realistic]] or [[{{Gonk}} gonky]] appearance, or both. Of course, there are also plenty of artists who take the other path and make him a straight-up {{Moe}}.


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* UnpopularPopularCharacter: Again, Dr. Fetus. Nobody may like him InUniverse, but the fandom definitely loves him.
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* 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.

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* 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}} comedic slapstick]] makes it downright hilarious.
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* SignatureScene: The first boss fight. Everything about it. From the fact that it's a [[ChainsawGood chainsaw robot]], to the saw blades you have to dodge, to the burning forest in the background, to the MoodWhiplash in the cutscene after. Not to mention the ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rBqXMao65E music]]'' that plays. Everything about it just screams SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome for the game itself despite being so short and simple.

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* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: The People for Ethical Treatment of Animals, upon being informed about this horrible game that (allegedly) promotes consumption of meat, responded by making their own parody game, ''Super Tofu Boy''. Turns out Edmund [=McMillen=] was the one "warning" them about his own game using SockPuppet accounts, and this was ''exactly what he wanted them to do'', as it would lead to more people knowing about this game. Tofu Boy would also be added as a secret character, who [[JokeCharacter makes the game nearly unplayable due to being so weak]].



* {{Sequelitis}}: While ''Forever'' is not without it's fans, it is widely accepted by players that it doesn't stand a chance against the original (see {{Tough Act To Follow}} below for more details).

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* {{Sequelitis}}: While ''Forever'' is not without it's its fans, it is widely accepted by players that it doesn't stand a chance against the original (see {{Tough Act To Follow}} below for more details).
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Tastes Like Diabetes is no longer a trope. Moving examples to other tropes when applicable.


* TastesLikeDiabetes: Given her cutesy design and CheerfulChild tendencies, some scenes with Nugget might invoke this.
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Uncanny Valley is IUEO now and the subjective version has been split; cleaning up misuse and ZCE in the process


* 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. Of course, there are also plenty of artists who take the other path and make him a straight-up {{Moe}}.

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* 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 [[UnintentionalUncannyValley realistic]] or [[{{Gonk}} gonky]] appearance, or both. Of course, there are also plenty of artists who take the other path and make him a straight-up {{Moe}}.
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* FoeYay: In addition to the game’s OfficialCouple, fans also tend to ship Dr. Fetus with Bandage Girl or [[HoYay Meat Boy]].

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* FoeYay: FoeYayShipping: In addition to the game’s OfficialCouple, fans also tend to ship Dr. Fetus with Bandage Girl or [[HoYay Meat Boy]].
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* GameBreaker: [[VideoGame/{{Minecraft}} Steve.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khGITpaFHpE Just see for yourself.]]

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* GameBreaker: [[VideoGame/{{Minecraft}} Steve.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khGITpaFHpE com/watch?v=RBYFX_rzFag Just see for yourself.]]

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