A surgical instrument (30100, 30200) comprising: an end effector, comprising: a proximal end; a distal end; a first jaw comprising a first electrode; and a second jaw wherein one of the first jaw and the second jaw is movable relative to the other of the first jaw and the second jaw from an open position to a closed position to grasp tissue between the first jaw and the second jaw, and wherein the second jaw comprises: a second electrode, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode cooperate to deliver bipolar energy to the tissue in a bipolar cycle; and a monopolar electrode electrically isolated from the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the monopolar electrode is configured to employ monopolar energy to cut the tissue in a monopolar cycle, characterized in that at least one of the following apply: 1) the monopolar electrode is centrally disposed down a length of the end effector, wherein the monopolar electrode comprises a wedge shape, wherein the wedge shape graduates in width along the length of the end effector, and 2) the monopolar electrode comprises a compliant flex-circuit substrate centrally disposed down a length of the end effector, and an electrically conductive member disposed onto the compliant flex-circuit substrate. a proximal end; a distal end; a first jaw comprising a first electrode; and a second jaw wherein one of the first jaw and the second jaw is movable relative to the other of the first jaw and the second jaw from an open position to a closed position to grasp tissue between the first jaw and the second jaw, and wherein the second jaw comprises: a second electrode, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode cooperate to deliver bipolar energy to the tissue in a bipolar cycle; and a monopolar electrode electrically isolated from the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the monopolar electrode is configured to employ monopolar energy to cut the tissue in a monopolar cycle, characterized in that at least one of the following apply: 1) the monopolar electrode is centrally disposed down a length of the end effector, wherein the monopolar electrode comprises a wedge shape, wherein the wedge shape graduates in width along the length of the end effector, and 2) the monopolar electrode comprises a compliant flex-circuit substrate centrally disposed down a length of the end effector, and an electrically conductive member disposed onto the compliant flex-circuit substrate. a second electrode, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode cooperate to deliver bipolar energy to the tissue in a bipolar cycle; and a monopolar electrode electrically isolated from the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the monopolar electrode is configured to employ monopolar energy to cut the tissue in a monopolar cycle, characterized in that at least one of the following apply: 1) the monopolar electrode is centrally disposed down a length of the end effector, wherein the monopolar electrode comprises a wedge shape, wherein the wedge shape graduates in width along the length of the end effector, and 2) the monopolar electrode comprises a compliant flex-circuit substrate centrally disposed down a length of the end effector, and an electrically conductive member disposed onto the compliant flex-circuit substrate. 1) the monopolar electrode is centrally disposed down a length of the end effector, wherein the monopolar electrode comprises a wedge shape, wherein the wedge shape graduates in width along the length of the end effector, and 2) the monopolar electrode comprises a compliant flex-circuit substrate centrally disposed down a length of the end effector, and an electrically conductive member disposed onto the compliant flex-circuit substrate.