The Origami King enemy
Scissors
Streamers
Description	The archenemy of paper everywhere and King Olly's top lieutenant in the Legion of Stationery.
HP	336
Type	Grounded (with cover) Grounded, Spiked (with cover broken) Grounded, Counters Jumps (with open blades)
Role	Boss
Item drops	None
Moves	Dull Edge (base 30 on closest ring, decreases by 2 for each ring further away), Safe Tee (base 30 on closest ring, 24 on second closest), Sharp Drop (base 48 on second farthest ring, 42 on farthest), Cutting Board (cuts panels from the board), Final Cut (999)
Location(s)	Bowser's Castle

“All right! Enough. It was fun while it lasted...butyour feeble attacks have grown tiresome. Let's CUT to the climax! Ha haaa!”

—Scissors,Paper Mario: The Origami King

Scissors' Collectible Treasure in theMusée Champignon

Scissors,The Dual-Bladed Duelist, is a member of theLegion of Stationery who guards the end of the greenstreamer and is the boss ofBowser's Castle inPaper Mario: The Origami King, being the last member guarding the end of a streamer to be fought. Scissors is a pair of green symmetrical scissors withKing Olly's insignia on it, and is stated to be King Olly's top lieutenant amongst the Legion of Stationery.

Scissors first appears slicingBowser 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 theKoopa Troop, slicing them into tiny pieces and sticking their faces to aPaper Macho Buzzy Beetle, including that ofKamek's, to create thePaper 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 forStapler, Scissors says nothing when defeated; instead, it simply falls flat and explodes whenOlivia pokes it over. Kamek, Bowser Jr., and the Koopa Troop are all restored to normal after Scissors is defeated.

Scissors strongly resembles theScissors Thing fromPaper Mario: Sticker Star.

Battle[edit]

“Let's get this straight: I WILL annihilate you...but I don't see why we can't have some fun first. After all, where's the challenge in slicing you to strips immediately? Therefore, I shall grant you... a slight advantage.”

—Scissors,Paper Mario: The Origami King

Scissors covering its blades

Scissors starts off the battle sheathing its blades with a plastic cover, claiming that it would be too easy to cut Mario up instantly. Mario must try not to attack the cover, as after four hits, no matter the damage, it will break, and Scissors will start its second phase early. This also turns anyMagic Circles on the arena to1,000-Fold Arms circles. Therefore, the player should aim to attack the lime handles depending on which way they are up, with jump attacks affecting the top half andhammer attacks affecting the bottom half. Mario can use the 1,000-Fold Arms to attack Scissors; however, the attack will hit both halves, automatically destroying the cover. During this phase, Scissors will drill into Mario using Dull Edge or knock Mario with its handles using Safe Tee, depending on Mario's position. Dull Edge hits for 30, 28, 26, or 24 damage depending on how close Mario is, with each ring farther away dealing two less damage. Safe Tee can only hit on the two closest rings, and deals 30 on the closer ring and 24 on the farther one. If Mario is in one of the outer two rings, Scissors may use Sharp Drop to grab and slam Mario with its handles, dealing 48 damage on the closer ring and 42 on the farther one.

Provided its cover is not attacked, after losing about a third of its health, Scissors gets tired of fighting Mario and uncovers its blades, automatically initiating its second phase. The boss then uses Cutting Board to destroy several of the panels on the ring, including the Magic Circles and ON Button, making it harder for Mario to get in the center of the arena. Once thechest in the arena is opened, any spaces cut up will be restored the next turn, including the Magic Circles and ON Button. Scissors will then use Cutting Board after every attack to "temporarily" destroy the +1 and ×2 bonuses, among others. Additionally, the more damage Scissors takes, the more panels it will slice up, and the more restricted Mario's movements will be.

On every turn during its second phase, prior to the ring organization phase, Scissorscharges up while emanating electricity. It will then use Final Cut when it attacks. Mario can dodge Final Cut only by jumping over it; getting hit by this attack deals 999 damage, instantly defeating Mario (depicting Mario being cut in two). Eventually, Scissors will start to try and throw off the player's timing by bouncing when Mario jumps, faking a charge, slowing down or speeding up its attack, or even by skipping its backflip animation and immediately trying to cut Mario. When Mario dodges Final Cut for the first time, Scissors will childishly accuse Mario of cheating. If Mario tries to jump on Scissors with its blades up when they are unsheathed, he will also receive 999 points of damage and be cut in two, even when wearingIron Boots. Hammers and Flowers are the only safe attacks to deal with Scissors when it charges up.

To stop Scissors from charging another attack, Mario, provided theIce Vellumental Magic Circle is still available, needs to use the Ice Vellumental's ability tofreeze Scissors in place and leave it vulnerable to a 1,000-Fold Arms attack where Mario must first flip the ice chunk to break it and stun Scissors, then Mario can use a rush attack on it. If Mario attacks Scissors with anything other than the 1,000-Fold Arms while it is frozen, the ice chunk encasing Scissors breaks after being frozen for two turns. Additionally, Mario will quickly withdraw his hands before he can get cut by the Scissors, so while charging Final Cut, Scissors cannot be attacked with the 1,000-Fold Arms.Water Vellumental Magic Circles also exist on the ring, but they do only 20 points of damage.

Gallery[edit]

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  Scissors emerges fromBowser's Castle

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  Scissors chops upBowser Jr.

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  Scissors' debut before battle

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  Scissors uses Final Cut, narrowly missing Mario

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  Scissors frozen by the Ice Vellumental's breath

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  Scissors becomes vulnerable to Mario's 1,000-Fold Arms attack

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  TheLegion of Stationery on theOrigami Craftsman's workbench

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Names in other languages[edit]

Scissors[edit]

The Dual-Bladed Duelist[edit]

Notes[edit]

• If the cover is destroyed before it uses Dull Edge, fighting Scissors without receiving any damage is possible. This is because Mario cannot recieve damage from a dodged Final Cut.^[1]
• If Mario makes two jump attacks on Scissors on the same turn while its sheath is pointed upwards, Mario will break the sheath with his first jump and then jump on Scissors' blades. Because it isn't actively opening and closing them, however, he will not be instantly killed, but rather take normal damage from jumping on a spiked enemy.^[2]
• Scissors' personality is entirely different in the Japanese version of the game, being much more deranged and manic-sounding.

References[edit]

• Animate objects
• Paper Mario: The Origami King bosses

• Articles with unsourced foreign names