Scissors (boss)

Scissors, The Dual-Bladed Duelist, is a member of the Legion of Stationery who guards the end of the green streamer and the boss of Bowser's Castle in Paper Mario: The Origami King, being the last member fought guarding the end of a streamer. Scissors is a pair of lime right-handed scissors with King Olly's symbol on it.

It first appears slicing Bowser Jr. to pieces outside the entrance of Bowser's Castle, and is shown assaulting the Koopa Troop; slicing them into tiny pieces and sticking them to a Paper Macho Buzzy Beetle; creating the Paper Mistake Buzzy Beetle for Mario to fight before their battle. Scissors narrowly misses cutting Mario when they first meet, claiming it would be uninteresting if Mario was immediately cut to pieces.

Unlike the other Legion of Stationery members, Scissors does not say anything when defeated; simply falling flat and exploding when Olivia pokes it over. The Koopa Troopa and Kamek return to normal after being sliced up when Scissors is gone. Scissors strongly resembles the scissors from Paper Mario: Sticker Star.

Battle
Scissors starts off the battle sheathing its blades with a plastic cover; claiming that it would be too easy to cut Mario up instantly. However, if Mario accidentally attacks the cover, Scissors will start its second phase early. Therefore, the player should aim to attack the lime handles depending on which way they are up. During this phase, Scissors will drill into Mario using Dull Edge.

After losing a third of its health, Scissors uncovers its blades and uses Cutting Board to destroy several of the symbols on the ring, making it harder for Mario to get in the center of the arena. Scissors then charges up Final Cut while electrically glowing with power. Mario can only dodge Final Cut by jumping over it - getting hit by this attack deals 999 damage, instantly defeating Mario. Scissors can throw off the player's timing by moving up when Mario jumps, faking a charge, or slowing down its attack. When Mario dodges Final Cut for the first time, Scissors will childishly accuse him 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, even when wearing Iron Boots. Hammers are the only safe permanent attack to deal with Scissors when it charges up.

To stop Scissors from charging another attack, the player needs to use the Ice Vellumental's ability; freezing the Scissors in place and leaving it vulnerable to a 1,000-Fold Arms attack. When charging Final Cut, Scissors cannot be attacked with the 1,000-Fold Arms. Water Vellumental Magic Circles also exist on the ring, but they only do 20 points of damage.