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An oob in the level editor. It seems to be sleeping...

Oobs are creatures encountered in the video game Super Meat Boy. They first appear in Chapter 5: Rapture, and are also found in Chapter 7: The Cotton Alley.

Appearance[]

Oobs resemble large red balls, with four small feet and sharp teeth. They have their guts exposed and hanging off of their body.

Behavior[]

Passive Oobs float extremely slowly towards Meat Boy. When Meat Boy approaches, they will lunge at him, then follow him at a much faster speed than passive ones (but still slowly), when Meat Boy approaches even closer, they will charge at Meat Boy. When Meat Boy gets far away from them, they fall asleep again.

Trivia[]

  • The Chapter 7 stage "Oobs' Revenge" is named after them.
  • Oobs act similarly to Boos from the Super Mario Bros. series. Their names are also just "Boo" put in reverse.
    • According to the Ultra Edition manual, Oobs were originally planned to stop when you turn your back to them, like Boos themselves but in reverse.
  • If you use Meat Ninja to teleport from an attacking Oob, the Oob snarls and freezes permanently (but touching it is still lethal). It may be a glitch. The same thing happens with Tim if you rewind time while an Oob attacks you.
    • If you use a hack for not taking damage, the Oob freezes on contact permanently in the same fashion as with Meat Ninja and Tim.
  • Oobs make an appearance as enemies in The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, a later game by Edmund. They have a different, though somewhat similar design.

Bugs[]

  • If an Oob is interacted with and you do not die, the Oob will freeze. Touching it will still kill you through.
Obstacles and level objects in the Super Meat Boy series
Meat Boy
(+ Map Pack)
The Forest Sawblade · Crumbling Block · Fire · Sawblade Launcher
The Salt Factory Salt · Salt Blaster · Conveyor Belt · Saw Block · Missile Launcher
Hell Lava · Molten Block · Butthole · Black Maw
Other Bandaid · Saw Missile Launcher
Super Meat Boy The Forest Sawblade · Crumbling Block · Fire · Sawblade Launcher · Spinny Saw
The Hospital Needles · Fan · AIDS · Key · Lock Block · Betus · Laser
The Salt Factory Salt · Conveyor Belt · Missile Launcher · Moving Platform
Hell Lava · Butthole · Portal · Laser Eye · Black Maw · Spikes · Burning Corpse
Rapture Repulsor · Button · Switch Block · Burnt Boy · Maggot Pile · Maggot · Oob · 4-Way Missile Launcher · Metal Block
Other Bandage · Warp Zone
Super Meat Boy Forever Chipper Grove Sawblade · Bumper Block · Fly · Shroomling · Crumbling Block · Chasey Saw · Wood Block · Spinny Saw
The Clinic Glass · Needles · Fan · Betus · Glass Block · Spoop · Spin Switch
Tetanusville Barbed Wire · Conveyor Belt · Pillbug · Key · Lock Block · Key Block · Pipe · Punch Wall · Hook · Electric Beam
The Lab Orb Launcher · Laser Barrier · Acid · Bomb Block · Appear Block · Reverse Power-up · Uppercut Power-up · Reverse Gravity · Teleport Power-up
The Other Side Spike Block · Black Hole · Thwump · Time Master · Wahleeohleeoh · Jump Block · Slide Block · Block Power-up · Cascade Block · Space Master
0xDEADBEEF Dimension Switcher · Error
Other Pacifier · Warp Zone
Dr. Fetus' Mean Meat Machine Tutorial Sawblade · Metal Block · Sawblade Launcher
The Forest Spinny Saw
The Hospital Spoop · Garbage Block
Salt Factory Missile Launcher · Button
Tetanus Pillbug · Electric Beam
Hell Butthole · Crumbling Block · Lava
The Lab Bomb Block
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