Scissorman

Scissorman
Clock Tower character
A part of the cover art of Clock Tower (1996)
First game	Clock Tower (1995)
Created by	Hifumi Kouno
Designed by	Kuniomi Yoshida
Voiced by	Terry Osada (1996 video game)

Scissorman is a nickname of several antagonist characters featured in horror fiction franchise Clock Tower by Human Entertainment, Sunsoft and Capcom. Each Scissorman is a serial killer, who is constantly in hide-and-seek type pursuit of the player character, and whose trademark weapon is a massive pair of scissors or garden shears that he uses to stab and cut his victims.

Scissorman's first appearance was introduced in the SNES Clock Tower (and its novel and manga adaptations) with the original being Bobby Barrows, a deformed young son of Mary and Simon Barrows. 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 demonic being, as it is discovered that his mother Mary was a cultist, 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 death.

In Clock Tower 2, Scissorman returns with a blue overcoat, a mask and an exaggerated limp. Scissorman appears in each scenario, and his appearances are mostly triggered by the player's actions. Scissorman appears to be immortal, therefore the player must either try to hide until he is gone, or use an object to knock him out. In one of the levels, he can be found resting in a rocking chair and watching cartoons on TV. 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 Bobby's brother Dan Barrows, a massive monster child using supernatural powers of telekinesis. In the port of the original Clock Tower for the PlayStation (subtitled The First Fear), an Easter egg is added after Dan's apparent death during the explosion: Edward can be seen rising from Dan's charred remains. Edward's role as Scissorman comes to an end as Jennifer and Helen find a spell to open a massive door, which sucks the Scissorman in.