Scissorman

Scissorman is a recurring villain in the Clock Tower video game series. To date, in some reincarnation or another, he has made some appearance in all of the games. His trademark weapon is a massive pair of scissors (possibly garden shears) that he uses to stab and cut his victims.

Background

Clock Tower: The First Fear

Scissorman's debut saw him as Bobby Barrows, the young son of Mary and Simon Barrows. He was the twin brother of Dan Barrows, and they were both known for their murderous tendencies amongst the locals, however it was in fact Bobby who was 'the Scissorman'. Throughout the game, he chases Jennifer Simpson through the Barrows mansion in an attempt to kill her. He seems to take some childish delight in playing with his victims before he kills them, as he can be seen dancing for a short while if he knocks Jennifer to the floor. It is heavily implied that he is a demon, as it is discovered that his mother Mary was a Satanist, and in the opening cutscene the baby Bobby's eyes are completely white.

Bobby meets his fate as Jennifer activates the clock tower bells, and the chimes disorient him enough so that he falls off the clock tower to his presumed fate. Some fans speculate that he was crushed by the clock tower gears, while other suggest that he simply fell to his doom.

Clock Tower

Story

In Clock Tower, Scissorman returns, complete with a blue cloak, a mask and an exaggerated limp. It is revealed that the Scissorman in this game can be a variety of people, depending upon the choices the player makes within the game. However, no matter who the fake Scissorman in this game turns out to be, the real Scissorman is always Edward, the only survivor of the original clock tower murders apart from Jennifer. It is revealed that Edward is actually Dan, the twin brother of the previous Scissorman Bobby.

It is not explained how the massive creature that was Dan came to be an average young boy like Edward, however in the port of the original Clock Tower to PSX (renamed The First Fear), an Easter egg is added after Dan's apparent death during the explosion: A small ashen-faced boy arises from Dan's ashes.

Edward's role as Scissorman comes to an end as Jennifer and Helen find a spell to open a massive door (presumably to hell), which sucks the Scissorman in.

Gameplay

Scissorman appears in each scenario, and his appearances are mostly triggered by the player's actions (e.g. the player waits for an elevator and Scissorman comes out of it), however, he will also appear if the player stays too long in any one area. Scissorman's chase theme varies in volume depending on his distance from the player's current location (as he gets closer, the music gets louder).

Scissorman appears to be immortal, therefore the player must either hide until he is gone, or use an object to stun/delay him. If a player reuses a hiding place several times, there is a higher chance that Scissorman will inspect it.

Clock Tower 2: The Struggle Within

As this game is completely unrelated to the other Clock Tower games, some people think Scissorman is on the save/load screen but with the contrast turned up on your TV, you see it is only the mask of Maxwell. One of the many killers in Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within. Scissorman is in fact nowhere in this game.

Clock Tower 3

The Scissorman in Clock Tower 3 is not related to any of the previous incarnations, in fact, he is not one, but two people: The twins, Scissorman and Scissorwoman. Both look like circus performers, and both wield a pair of knives that they can put together to create makeshift scissors.

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