Cut Man

**Cut Man** (カットマン *Kattoman*) is a Robot Master created by Dr. Light to be a timber-felling robot. Cut Man debuted in the first *Mega Man* game, where he was reprogrammed by Dr. Wily to help him conquer the world.

His Special Weapon is the Rolling Cutter, an extremely sharp circular pair of scissor-like blades that can be thrown like boomerangs to attack from a distance. They are made of highly resistant "ceramic titanium", allowing them to slice through most materials effectively. Cut Man was designed with a lightweight chassis that grants him fast and agile movement, even in strong rain and wind, as well as the ability to jump against horizontal surfaces to reach great heights.

Cut Man has been known to be highly well-aware of his surroundings and is very cunning. He is also very stubborn and has a tendency to not listen to others. He likes kirie and haircuts, and has been known to be extremely bad at the game rock-paper-scissors.

## CD Data

 **Dislike:** | Rocks

## Appearances

### *Mega Man*

#### Attack Pattern

Cut Man is very basic and makes for one of the easiest fights in the game. His arena has 2 Super Arm Blocks on the left side but is otherwise flat. He will run forward to Mega Man most of the time, and jump when he gets close enough. His jump tends to be a random horizontal distance going towards the player. Cut Man’s only attack is to throw his Rolling Cutter at Mega Man's position, which flies to the screen border in that path and comes back to Cut Man afterwards. Cut Man can either throw the Rolling Cutter after he pauses to taunt Mega Man, or he can throw it at the apex of a jump. Cut Man also gets knocked back from attacks, a trait shared with Elec Man. If he still has his cutter after getting hit, he will retaliate by throwing it.

Note in the rematch that there will be no Super Arm blocks to use.

#### Weapon

Cut Man's weapon is Rolling Cutter, a sharp cutter that gets thrown in an arc in front of the player before boomeranging back to them. Like most weapons, it is very powerful and will one-shot most enemies in the game. Each shot uses up 1 ammo.

#### Weaknesses

Cut Man's biggest weakness is Super Arm. Each block that can be used in the room will delete half of his health and be enough to destroy him outright. If that weapon is not available (guaranteed in the rematch), Cut Man is also weak to both the Mega Buster and Fire Storm, both of which can kill him in 10 hits. He is semi-weak to Hyper Bomb, but this weapon is unreliable and not recommended against him.

In *The Wily Wars,* Cut Man instead takes 1 damage from the Mega Buster, removing it as a weakness.

### *Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge*

Cut Man is part of the first wave of 4 Robot Masters, which all come from *Mega Man 1.*

#### Attack Pattern

Cut Man is now one of the harder bosses in the game. His general movement is the same as in *Mega Man 1,* running forward at the player and jumping forward when he gets close. However, he does not take knockback from attacks. His jump only goes a set distance forward and the timing required to walk under Cut Man is *extremely* tight. Cut Man will only use Rolling Cutter on the ground, and since he cannot retaliate due to having no knockback, he will usually attack after landing from the air, though sometimes he'll attack during the middle of a walk. He has a longer startup to throwing the Rolling Cutter, which is not aimed at the player and only goes forward in one direction and goes back to Cut Man the same way. Cut Man may also occasionally throw his Rolling Cutter right after gets it back.

#### Weapon

Cut Man's weapon is still Rolling Cutter, which functions how it did in *Mega Man 1.* However, it covers less range due to the Game Boy's screen crunch. Rather than being a one-shot deal, it does multi-hit damage, so spacing it out properly is key. Regardless, it is the strongest weapon in the game and can even one-shot 10 HP enemies like Sniper Joe. Each shot uses 1 ammo.

#### Weakness

Cut Man's only weakness is Fire Storm. Unlike the other Robot Masters from *Mega Man 1,* he will only take 2 damage from his weakness. Although it sounds like a low number, the player should time it so the projectile hits first followed by the shield when Cut Man jumps, which will do 4 damage in one shot. Cut Man does not take increased damage from the Mega Buster this time.

### *Mega Man 8*

In the Sega Saturn version of *Mega Man 8*, Cut Man, alongside Wood Man, is a hidden/ mini-boss in the intro stage of the second half of the game. Winning grants Mega Man a Bolt (relocated in the PSX version), and he is never fought again. As well as taking more damage from the Mega Buster than most other Robot Masters in the game (except Tengu Man), he is weak to the Mega Ball, Flame Sword, Thunder Claw, Ice Wave and Water Balloon.

### *Mega Man Powered Up*

In *Mega Man Powered Up*, Cut Man has the personality of a kind-hearted, yet naive child, seen showing reluctance to fight and instead trying to convince his brothers to come back with him through words. He is also seen as quite gullible, one major example being that he could not see that Mega Man? was a fake (who later admitted it himself, saying "You're not the sharpest pair in the drawer, huh?"). Cut Man is found to be somewhat formal as he addresses other robots as "Mr." or "Ms." (either this or it shows that his A.I. age is younger). Similarly, the reason why he fought Mega Man in the main game is because he was led to believe by Wily that Mega Man had indeed turned to evil.

As a boss, Cut Man fights in a similar way to the first game, but he also has an additional attack where his Rolling Cutter grows to cover a wider area. This new attack is only used when he loses half of his energy in Normal difficult, and he can use it anytime in Hard. If Mega Man defeats Cut Man using only the Mega Buster, he becomes available as a playable character.

As a playable character, Cut Man can throw two Rolling Cutters at a same time (whilst Mega Man can only throw one), and he has the additional ability to wall-jump against any vertical surface (except ice, which causes him to slip), in order to reach high places.

### *Mega Man X8*

Cut Man appears once more as a miniboss, this time in a *Mega Man X* game. He is a hidden miniboss who appears in Optic Sunflower's stage, but only under certain conditions, which varies depending on what console you're playing the game on. Cut Man's fighting style in this game is identical to how it is in *Mega Man*, but he only has 16 HP so he should be somewhat easier to defeat in this game. Here he is weak to Gigabolt Man-o-War's weapons (Thunder Dancer, Raikousen, and Plasma Gun).

## Fan Game Appearances

### *Mega Man Rock Force*

Cut Man appears in *Mega Man Rock Force* as one of the members of the eponymous **Rock Force**. He can be a bit gullible, simplistic, and stubborn, but he has a good core and is loyal to Mega Man. Well, nobody is quite certain why he attacked Mega Man during the first evil energy crisis; some assume he was infected by the energy, or just having a really bad day... Despite this unusual event, Cut Man primarily assisted Mega Man when he could, especially during the Ra Moon trials, when Cut Man was one of few robot masters immunized from the corrupting effects of the Ra Moon super computer. Because he is brave and true, Mega Man considers him an important asset to the team.

He can be rescued in Circuit Man's stage, and from there, becomes playable for the rest of the game. Cut Man has a simple moveset of throwing Rolling Cutters that can pierce through enemies and dish a lot of damage if thrown right. His moveset is:

* Attack: Throw a Rolling Cutter straight forward. This one will slow down and boomerang backwards until it leaves the screen.
* Up + Attack: Throw a Rolling Cutter in an arc forward. This one will return to Cut Man.
* Down + Attack: Throw a Rolling Cutter that is affected by gravity and will rolling the ground and bounce off walls.
* Wall Jump: Cut Man can wall jump similar to how he does in *Mega Man Powered Up,* though he can't scale up singular walls.

Cut Man's Rolling Cutter are the primary weakness of Pulse Man and Death Man.

## Trivia

* Cut Man's dislike of rocks refers to the popular game, "Rock, Paper, Scissors" where rock defeats scissors, by blunting the scissors' blades as they try to cut the rock, also a reference to his MM1 weakness, Super Arm. His Japanese dislike, Janken, is the name of this game in Japan.
* Cut Man is the only Robot Master in the main series whose primary weakness to a special weapon cannot be used against them again during the rematch in Wily's castle.
* Cut Man is probably the least resistant Robot Master to the standard Mega Buster in the classic series, and maybe the entire series as a whole. He takes 3 damage and noticeable recoil from a single hit; most other Robot Masters take 1 damage with no recoil. This might be because Mega Man is also called **Rock**man, and rock beats scissors in RPS.
	+ Thanks to this recoil, Cut Man can continuously be pushed to a wall, and as long as the player keeps their distance and keeps shooting him, Cut Man will never jump and his Rolling Cutter will be his only way to hurt the player, thus guaranteeing victory for the player.
* As with the other Robot Masters in *Dr. Wily's Revenge,* Cut Man is not fought again because there are no rematches.