Changes: ??? (Character)

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Character image

Health

Stats

Damage

Tears

3.5 (*1.05)

+0

Shot Speed

Range

1

23.75

6.5

Speed

Luck

1.1

0

Starting Items

Pickups

Items

None

Unlock Method

Defeat Mom's Heart 10 times

This article is about the playable character. For other uses, see ??? (Disambiguation).

???, also known as the Blue Baby, is a character unlocked by defeating Mom's Heart ten times. He starts with three Soul Hearts, and his health meter is unique in that he cannot gain red heart containers. If an item would grant him a red heart container (including an empty one), it adds a Soul Heart instead.

Notes

Sleeping on a bed will give ??? three Soul Hearts.
Enemies who deal full hearts of damage can be very dangerous in the early floors of the game.
The Poop - While not the most useful item, it can allow ??? to cross small gaps by bombing the Poop from the opposite side, much like one would for Rocks. Furthermore, in rooms with non-flying enemies that chase the player (except Spiders), the poop can be used in a corner of the room making ??? untouchable, allowing the player to kill them without taking damage (if the player moves away from the pile of Poop generated, this will no longer work).
Bone Hearts grant an empty Bone Heart upon pickup, but they cannot be refilled using Red Hearts.

Item Interactions

Birthright: Soul hearts gained from health ups will be doubled. Health down pills will remove 2 soul hearts instead of 1, however.

Positive

Abaddon costs three Soul Hearts and grants six Black Hearts, damage up, fear shot, and no negative effects to ???. Abaddon can be bought safely regardless of current health, because its price can be deducted from the acquired Black Hearts retroactively.
Abaddon will give 2 black hearts on pickup, granting its effects essentially for one heart.
Ankh is effectively a 1up! for ???.
Athame can be used to produce black hearts upon taking damage.
Balls of Steel pills or V - The Hierophant grant two soul hearts, both of which are more useful than normal HP up items.
The Rune of Dagaz grants one soul heart as well as lifting any curses.
The XI - Strength card gives ??? a permanent soul heart.
Book of Revelations Spawns soul hearts.
Ceremonial Robes costs three Soul Hearts and grants three Black Hearts and damage up. Like Abaddon, this item is always safe to take.
Crown Of Light will always activate when entering a room, but still deactivates after taking damage.
Mitre and Daemon's Tail replace useless Red Hearts with Soul and Black Hearts respectively.
Dark Bum converts useless Red Hearts into Black Hearts and Spiders.
- Dark Bum can now also drop pills, cards, and runes, which can include The Hierophant, Balls of Steel, or Dagaz.
Dead Cat will set Soul Hearts to 1, but can be used to gain devil deals by sacrificing the extra lives.
Dim Bulb is able to be activated every room due to the single charge on The Poop, providing a consistent stat boost.
Gimpy has a chance to spawn Soul Hearts when hit.
Hallowed Ground turns all The Poop uses into holy poops.
Lazarus' Rags causes ??? to be resurrected as Lazarus Risen when he dies, allowing the gathering of heart containers. Once this happens, however, you are no longer playing as ???, and therefore cannot get any of his achievements/unlocks. The same effect happens with the use of Judas' Shadow.
Maw Of The Void can produce Black Hearts.
Midas' Touch makes The Poop create Golden Poop.
Monkey Paw will drop 3 Black Hearts, but must take damage for each one to spawn.
Petrified Poop is useful early on to get more pickups from The Poop every room.
The Polaroid and The Negative will always activate when taking damage.
The Relic, which is generally useful, is especially useful to ??? as it spawns Soul Hearts.
Satanic Bible generates Black Hearts.
- Using Satanic Bible now also causes boss items to turn into devil deals that cost hearts, so it may be best to hold off on using it until after the boss fight.
Serpent's Kiss can produce Black Hearts by poisoning enemies.
- Serpent's Kiss now only produces Black Hearts from contact damage poison, making it slightly less useful for ???.
Squeezy and Mr. Dolly increase ???'s tears and can grant Soul Hearts.
Whore of Babylon is always active.
Birthright will double the effectiveness of HP upgrades, meaning ??? gains twice as many soul hearts as normal.
- This can be exploited with Converter to generate unlimited HP.
Fortune Cookie can give a soul heart upon use.

Negative

Items that directly add Red Hearts to the health bar, such as Yum Heart, Yuck Heart or full health pills, are useless. However eternal hearts still act as an extra half a heart and become a full soul heart at the end of the floor making Prayer Card viable.
Blood Donation Machines and Devil Beggars are riskier, as they deplete health that is harder to replenish.
If ??? has only one heart, Experimental Treatment has a chance to be lethal.
Cursed Skull will automatically teleport ??? out of the room upon taking any damage, as he doesn't have any Red Hearts. This can be used to easily warp out of the Boss Rush room, but is mostly an annoyance.
Glass Cannon will bring ??? down to half a Soul Heart, and not give back any health upon leaving a room due to ???'s lack of Red Hearts. This item essentially takes away most of the player's health in exchange for a single high damage tear.
- This effect no longer applies in Repentance, making it a more viable choice. Even so, caution should be used, as taking damage will cause all subsequent damage taken in the room to be two full soul hearts, making this especially risky for ???.
Guppy's Paw, since requiring Red Hearts to convert, would be a useless item to hold (but should still be picked up and swapped back to get credit towards the Guppy transformation). Guppy's Paw may still be used to activate Broken Remote.
Judas' Tongue doesn't lower the price of Soul Heart Devil deals.
Little C.H.A.D. is useless unless paired with Dark Bum, where it becomes very useful.

Unlockable Achievements

???'s Only Friend - Complete the Boss Rush as ???.

Dead Baby - Defeat Mom's Heart on Hard mode as ???.

Forget Me Now - Defeat Satan as ???.

The D6 - Defeat Isaac as ???.

???'s Soul - Defeat The Lamb as ???.

Fate - Defeat ??? as ???.

Cracked Dice - Defeat Ultra Greed as ???.

Meconium - Defeat Ultra Greedier as ???.

Fate's Reward - Defeat Hush as ???.

Blue Baby - Defeat Mega Satan as ???.

King Baby - Defeat Delirium as ???.

Eternal D6 - Defeat Mother as ???.

Montezuma's Revenge - Defeat The Beast as ???.

The Soiled - Use Red Key (etc.) to open the hidden closet in Home as ???.

Hive Baby - Earn all Hard mode Completion Marks as ???.

Trivia

??? appears in the original Binding of Isaac.
- ???'s unlock requirements in Rebirth are the same in the original Binding of Isaac.
The name "Blue Baby" had not appeared in the game itself until the Afterbirth expansion, with a co-op baby named as such.
???'s common nickname, Blue Baby, is a reference to blue baby syndrome, in which a baby's skin complexion appears blue from a lack of oxygen in its blood due to a congenital heart defect.
Many of Edmund's older flash games from Newgrounds feature ??? and Brother Bobby. ??? was Edmund's mascot from 1996-2002.
In several cutscenes, Isaac is depicted suffocating inside a chest. ??? is first seen inside an identical chest, and is the follow up boss after Isaac. Blue skin tone is typically used to show suffocation, and X eyes imply that the character is either knocked out or deceased.
- After death, the bowels of the deceased will loosen, causing them to defecate themselves. This is most likely the reason ??? starts with The Poop.
Unlike many of the other characters, ??? does not appear in the Bible or any religious scripture. He is the first character with this distinction, and the only one to appear in the original Binding of Isaac - the second being The Lost in Rebirth.
The Ankh will resurrect any character as ???, even before he is unlocked.
Although "Blue Baby" is considered an unofficial nickname for ???, the character is referred to by this name in some of the game's code. One example of this is the image file for the character, named character_006_bluebaby.
???'s look originally came from Dead Baby Dressup, one of Edmund McMillen's first Flash games.
???'s starting health is listed as "-1" on the character selection screen.

Gallery

??? in ending 10.
???'s transition screen portrait.

Characters

Rebirth

Afterbirth

Afterbirth †

Repentance

Tainted

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

@@ Line 11: / Line 11: @@
 '''???''', also known as the '''Blue Baby''', is a [[character]] unlocked by defeating [[Mom's Heart]] ten times. He starts with three [[Soul Heart]]s, and his health meter is unique in that he ''cannot'' gain red [[heart container]]s. If an item would grant him a red heart container (including an empty one), it adds a [[Soul Heart]] instead.
+== Notes ==
-== Unlockable [[Achievements]] ==
+* Sleeping on a [[bed]] will give ??? three Soul Hearts.
-{{achievement|???'s Only Friend  |text}}
+* Enemies who deal full hearts of damage can be very dangerous in the early floors of the game.
-{{achievement|Dead Baby          |text}}
+* {{i|The Poop}} - While not the most useful item, it can allow ??? to cross small gaps by bombing the Poop from the opposite side, much like one would for Rocks. Furthermore, in rooms with non-flying enemies that chase the player (except Spiders), the poop can be used in a corner of the room making ??? untouchable, allowing the player to kill them without taking damage (if the player moves away from the pile of Poop generated, this will no longer work).
-{{achievement|Forget Me Now      |text}}
+* [[Bone Heart]]s grant an empty Bone Heart upon pickup, but they cannot be refilled using Red Hearts.
-{{achievement|The D6             |text}}
-{{achievement|???'s Soul         |text}}
-{{achievement|Fate               |text}}
-{{achievement|Cracked Dice       |text}}
-{{achievement|Meconium           |text}}
-{{achievement|Fate's Reward      |text}}
-{{achievement|Blue Baby          |text}}
-{{achievement|King Baby          |text}}
-{{achievement|Eternal D6         |text}}
-{{achievement|Montezuma's Revenge|text}}
-{{achievement|The Soiled         |text}}
-{{achievement|Hive Baby          |text}}
-== Item & Strategy Notes ==
+== Item Interactions ==
+* {{i|Birthright}}: [[Hearts|Soul hearts]] gained from health ups will be doubled. Health down pills will remove 2 soul hearts instead of 1, however.
 === Positive ===
 *{{Dlc|nr}}{{i|Abaddon}} costs three Soul Hearts and grants six Black Hearts, damage up, fear shot, and no negative effects to ???. Abaddon can be bought safely regardless of current health, because its price can be deducted from the acquired Black Hearts retroactively.
-**{{Dlc|r}}Abaddon will only give 2 black hearts on pickup, so its no longer a free item.
+*{{Dlc|r}}{{i|Abaddon}} will give 2 black hearts on pickup, granting its effects essentially for one heart.
 *{{i|Ankh}} is effectively a {{i|1up!}} for ???.
-*{{i|Athame}} can be used to produce black hearts upon taking damage.
+*{{i|Athame|force=anr}} can be used to produce black hearts upon taking damage.
-**{{dlc|r}}Athame no longer drops black hearts.
 *[[Balls of Steel]] pills or {{p|V - The Hierophant}} grant two soul hearts, both of which are more useful than normal HP up items.
+*The {{P|Rune of Dagaz}} grants one soul heart as well as lifting any curses.
 *{{dlc|na}} The {{p|XI - Strength}} card gives ??? a permanent soul heart.
 *{{I|Book of Revelations}} Spawns soul hearts.
-*{{i|Ceremonial Robes}} costs three Soul Hearts and grants three Black Hearts and damage up. {{Dlc|nr}}Like {{i|Abaddon}}, this item is always safe to take.
+*{{i|Ceremonial Robes}} costs three Soul Hearts and grants three Black Hearts and damage up. {{Dlc|nr}} Like {{i|Abaddon}}, this item is always safe to take.
-*{{i|Crown of Light}} will always activate.
+*{{i|Crown of Light}} will always activate when entering a room, but still deactivates after taking damage.
 *{{i|Mitre}} and {{t|Daemon's Tail}} replace useless Red Hearts with Soul and Black Hearts respectively.
 *{{i|Dark Bum}} converts useless Red Hearts into Black Hearts and Spiders.
+**{{Dlc|r}} Dark Bum can now also drop pills, cards, and runes, which can include The Hierophant, Balls of Steel, or Dagaz.
 *{{i|Dead Cat}} will set Soul Hearts to 1, but can be used to gain devil deals by sacrificing the extra lives.
 *{{t|Dim Bulb}} is able to be activated every room due to the single charge on {{i|The Poop}}, providing a consistent stat boost.
 *{{i|Gimpy}} has a chance to spawn Soul Hearts when hit.
+*{{i|Hallowed Ground}} turns all {{i|The Poop}} uses into holy poops.
 *{{i|Lazarus' Rags}} causes ??? to be resurrected as [[Lazarus Risen]] when he dies, allowing the gathering of heart containers. Once this happens, however, you are no longer playing as ???, and therefore cannot get any of his achievements/unlocks. The same effect happens with the use of {{i|Judas' Shadow}}.
-*{{i|Maw of the Void}} can produce Black Hearts.
+*{{i|Maw of the Void|force=anr}} can produce Black Hearts.
-**{{Dlc|r}}Maw of the Void no longer produces Black Hearts.
 *{{i|Midas' Touch}} makes {{i|The Poop}} create [[Golden Poop]].
 *{{t|Monkey Paw}} will drop 3 [[Black Heart]]s, but must take damage for each one to spawn.
 *{{t|Petrified Poop}} is useful early on to get more pickups from {{i|The Poop}} every room.
-*{{i|The Polaroid}} and {{i|The Negative}} always activate when taking damage.
+*{{i|The Polaroid}} and {{i|The Negative}} will always activate when taking damage.
 *{{i|The Relic}}, which is generally useful, is especially useful to ??? as it spawns Soul Hearts.
 *{{i|Satanic Bible}} generates Black Hearts.
-** However, if not wanting a devil deal, or if you don't have the hearts for one, it may be bad to use this unless you have already taken the boss item.
+**{{dlc|r}} Using Satanic Bible now also causes boss items to turn into devil deals that cost hearts, so it may be best to hold off on using it until after the boss fight.
 *{{i|Serpent's Kiss}} can produce Black Hearts by poisoning enemies.
+**{{Dlc|r}} Serpent's Kiss now only produces Black Hearts from contact damage poison, making it slightly less useful for ???.
 *{{i|Squeezy}} and {{i|Mr. Dolly}} increase ???'s tears and can grant Soul Hearts.
 *{{i|Whore of Babylon}} is always active.
+*{{I|Birthright}} will double the effectiveness of HP upgrades, meaning ??? gains twice as many soul hearts as normal.
+**This can be exploited with {{I|Converter}} to generate unlimited HP.
+*{{I|Fortune Cookie}} can give a soul heart upon use.
 === Negative ===
-* Items that directly add Red Hearts to the health bar, such as {{i|Yum Heart}} or full health [[pill]]s, are useless.
+* Items that directly add Red Hearts to the health bar, such as {{i|Yum Heart}}, [[Yuck Heart]] or full health [[pill]]s, are useless. However eternal hearts still act as an extra half a heart and become a full soul heart at the end of the floor making [[Prayer Card]] viable.
 * [[Blood Donation Machine]]s and [[Devil Beggar]]s are riskier, as they deplete health that is harder to replenish.
 * If ??? has only one heart, {{i|Experimental Treatment}} has a chance to be lethal.
-* {{t|Cursed Skull}} will automatically teleport ??? out of the room upon taking any damage, as he doesn't have any Red Hearts.
+* {{t|Cursed Skull}} will automatically teleport ??? out of the room upon taking any damage, as he doesn't have any Red Hearts. This can be used to easily warp out of the [[Boss Rush]] room, but is mostly an annoyance.
 * {{i|Glass Cannon|force=anr}} will bring ??? down to half a Soul Heart, and not give back any health upon leaving a room due to ???'s lack of Red Hearts. This item essentially takes away most of the player's health in exchange for a single high damage tear.
-**{{dlc|r}}This effect no longer applies in Repentance, making it a more viable choice. Even so, caution should be used, as taking damage will cause all subsequent damage taken in the room to be two full soul hearts, making this especially risky for ???.
+**{{dlc|r}} This effect no longer applies in Repentance, making it a more viable choice. Even so, caution should be used, as taking damage will cause all subsequent damage taken in the room to be two full soul hearts, making this especially risky for ???.
 * {{i|Guppy's Paw}}, since requiring Red Hearts to convert, would be a useless item to hold (but should still be picked up and swapped back to get credit towards the [[Guppy]] transformation). Guppy's Paw may still be used to activate {{t|Broken Remote}}.
 * {{t|Judas' Tongue}} doesn't lower the price of Soul Heart Devil deals.
 * {{i|Little C.H.A.D.}} is useless unless paired with {{i|Dark Bum}}, where it becomes very useful.
+== Unlockable [[Achievements]] ==
-== Notes ==
+{{achievement|???'s Only Friend  |text}}
-* Sleeping on a [[bed]] will give ??? three Soul Hearts.
+{{achievement|Dead Baby          |text}}
-* Enemies who deal full hearts of damage can be very dangerous in the early floors of the game.
+{{achievement|Forget Me Now      |text}}
-* {{i|The Poop}} - While not the most useful item, it can allow ??? to cross small gaps by bombing the Poop from the opposite side, much like one would for Rocks. Furthermore, in rooms with non-flying enemies that chase the player (except Spiders), the poop can be used in a corner of the room making ??? untouchable, allowing the player to kill them without taking damage (if the player moves away from the pile of Poop generated, this will no longer work).
+{{achievement|The D6             |text}}
-* [[Bone Heart]]s grant an empty Bone Heart upon pickup, but they cannot be refilled using Red Hearts.
+{{achievement|???'s Soul         |text}}
+{{achievement|Fate               |text}}
+{{achievement|Cracked Dice       |text}}
+{{achievement|Meconium           |text}}
+{{achievement|Fate's Reward      |text}}
+{{achievement|Blue Baby          |text}}
+{{achievement|King Baby          |text}}
+{{achievement|Eternal D6         |text}}
+{{achievement|Montezuma's Revenge|text}}
+{{achievement|The Soiled         |text}}
+{{achievement|Hive Baby          |text}}
 == Trivia ==
@@ Line 85: / Line 90: @@
 * In several cutscenes, Isaac is depicted suffocating inside a chest. ??? is first seen inside an identical chest, and [[??? (Boss)|is the follow up boss]] after [[Isaac (Boss)|Isaac]]. Blue skin tone is typically used to show suffocation, and X eyes imply that the character is either knocked out or deceased.
 ** After death, the bowels of the deceased will loosen, causing them to defecate themselves. This is most likely the reason ??? starts with {{i|The Poop}}.
-* Unlike many of the other characters, ??? does not appear in the Bible or any religious scripture.
+* Unlike many of the other characters, ??? does not appear in the Bible or any religious scripture. He is the first character with this distinction, and the only one to appear in the original ''Binding of Isaac'' - the second being [[The Lost]] in ''Rebirth''.
 * The {{i|Ankh}} will resurrect any character as ???, even before he is unlocked.
 * Although "Blue Baby" is considered an unofficial nickname for ???, the character is referred to by this name in some of the game's code. One example of this is the image file for the character, named <code>character_006_bluebaby</code>.
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 <gallery>
 File:Ending 10 Blue Baby.png| ??? in [[ending 10]].
+File:Transition BlueBaby.png|???'s transition screen portrait.
 </gallery>