Scissors (Paper Mario: The Origami King)

The Scissors is a boss in Paper Mario: The Origami King. He guards the Green Streamer. He is the guardian of the Green Streamer, alongside being the Top Dog and Leader of the Legion of Stationery. Scissors is also King Olly's right-hand tool, creator of the Cut-out Soldiers, and among the most formidable foes encountered throughout the game.
== Profile ==
=== Physical description ===
The Scissors resembles the Scissors Thing from Paper Mario: Sticker Star. He has King Olly's seal on his handle, which is green.
==History==
When King Olly and his forces took the Mushroom Kingdom over, the Scissors was tasked with guarding the Green Streamer.
The Scissors makes his first appearance slicing Bowser Jr. to pieces outside the entrance of Bowser's Castle when he first tries to gain entry into the castle. Later, it is shown assaulting the Koopa Troop, slicing them into tiny pieces and sticking their faces to a Paper Mistake Buzzy Beetle, including that of Kamek's, to create a Paper Mistake Buzzy Beetle. Scissors narrowly misses cutting Mario when they first meet, claiming it would be uninteresting if Mario was immediately cut to pieces. It then sends out the Paper Mistake Buzzy Beetle as a warm up for Mario before engaging him directly.
Unlike the other Legion of Stationery members except for Stapler, Scissors does not say anything when defeated; instead, it simply falls flat and explodes when Olivia pokes it over. Kamek, Bowser Jr., and the Koopa Troop are all restored to normal after Scissors is defeated.
== Personality ==
Scissors acts boastful, arrogant and overconfident through their dialogue. He has the persona of a prideful swordsperson, being especially confident in beating paper, as, well, Scissors is a pair of Scissors. While Scissors does give Mario an advantage in battle, he will also try to cheap shoot him before the battle even starts, further reinforcing the arrogance, also making Scissors seem a little manic. It can also be argued Scissors is borderline insane, as he mutilates many of of Paper Bower’s minions before pasting all of their faces onto the Paper Mistake Buzzy Beetle.
== In Paper Mario: The Origami King ==
=== Combat ===
The Scissors has around 200 to 400 hit points.
During his first phase, the Scissors puts a cover on his blades, so Paper Mario has a slight advantage. However, Paper Mario should aim his attacks to avoid striking the cover, lest the Scissors gets mad and starts his second phase early. The Scissors' attacks in this phase have him strike Paper Mario with his handle or drill his cover into him.
During his second phase, the Scissors sheds his cover and charges his Final Cut, which is a powerful attack that can break guards and deals a thousand damage that can result in a Game Over if Mario does not have a Life Mushroom. Paper Mario can dodge this by jumping and has to prevent it by using the Ice Vellumental as the Scissors charges his attack. While he is frozen, the Scissors will be vulnerable to the 1,000-Fold Arms. If struck by that, he will lose his next turn.
==Trivia==
*Mario being able to jump over Scissors' Final Cut attack is a nod to the jump dodge both he and Luigi can perform in the Mario and Luigi series when their enemies try to attack them.
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