Sackboy is the main and default protagonist of the LittleBigPlanet series of games. He is a type of small entity called a Sackperson (alternately, Sackfolk, Sackling, Sack Thing.) These creatures are known to be cuddly, creative, and curious in their own ways, and inhabit the Planet Craftworld.
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Appearance
Sackpeople are made out of various cloths (mainly brown knitted wool) and stuffing, with stitches clearly visible, and have a large zipper down the front of their chest. Sackpeople have black button eyes and a pink Tensoplast tongue. They are stuffed with fluff, and also mentioned to be stuffed with ice cream, too. Another defining part of the sackperson is their unusually large head, as described by Gerald Strudleguff.
Customization
Main article: Customization
Sackpeople are customizable, with their skin, facial features, and attire being changeable. Stickers and Decorations can also be attached to a sackperson.
Along with the Costumes originally included in the game, there are also costumes that can be bought on the PlayStation Store, many of which are cameos of characters from other video games.
Appearances in other games
Main article: Sackboy in Other Media
- Sackboy is a playable character in PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale. His rival is Big Daddy from the BioShock franchise.
- Sackboy appears along with other LittleBigPlanet characters, objects and locations in the Minecraft PS4 edition LittleBigPlanet Mash-Up Pack.
- He is a playable character via DLC in [Wikipedia:Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds], ModNation Racers and Invizimals: Shadow Zone.
- Appears in Roblox as a shoulder pet in the event "Luobu Mystery Box Hunt".
- Appears in Worms 2: Armageddon as a PSN hat.
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning |
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Japanese | ćŖććć | LiBit |
Romanian | bÄiatul sac | Sackboy |
Russian | Š”ŃŠŗŠ±Š¾Š¹ | Sackboy |
Trivia
- The average Sackperson is 7 or 8 centimeters tall[1][2].
- Sackboy has appeared in every LBP game to date.
- In LittleBigPlanet, Sackboy doesn't speak, he only makes sounds when the player restarts (Provided by Kenneth Young). However in Sackboy: A Big Adventure, he was given a child-like voice, though he still only makes small sounds instead of speaking.
- Sackboy lives in the village of Loom currently, but has lived in many places.
- Sackboy went through many stages of design. One of the most well known is Yellow Head, which was the first design, and the most different from Sackboy's iconic look.
- Sackboy's head used to bounce when he moved but the idea was scraped from any LittleBigPlanet games.
- Sackboy has more nicknames than any other character in the series.
- It seems like Sackboy hates getting his name misspelled, as evidence of Colonel Flounder calling him "Boysack".
- Sackboy is the only mascot of PlayStation to not have been in a PS1 and/or PS2 game.
- Sackpeople visibly breathe in all 3 main games. Their breathing speed only ever changes for the two emotions happy & scared. When these emotions are pressed, the sackperson's breaths will quicken.