Cut Man

"Even if it cuts me in half, I will make you good again!"

- Cut Man

"I can't forgive you for what you did to my brothers. It's payback time, and I'm gonna cut you down to size!"

- Cut Man

Cut Man (カットマン) is one of the first six (eight in Mega Man Powered Up) Robot Masters from the original Mega Man series, created by Dr. Light to be a timber-felling robot. Cut Man first appeared in the first Mega Man game, where he was reprogrammed by Dr. Wily to help him conquer the world. 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). His Rolling Cutters are made of highly resistant "ceramic titanium", and are extremely sharp, being easily able to cut through metal.

In most of his appearances, Cut Man attacks throwing the cutter on his head and jumping. After losing half of his energy in Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters (if he isn't the first boss), he will hide inside a "hole" created with his cutter and four other holes will appear, Cut Man appearing from one of them to attack with either his Rolling Cutter, a Yashichi, two pumpkins, eight Tsuranattoris, or an object shaped like Akuma.

In-game appearances
Cut Man is one of the main bosses in the games Mega Man, Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge, Mega Man: The Power Battle and Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters, as well as the games remakes and collections (like Mega Man: The Wily Wars and Rockman Battle & Fighters), being a playable character in Mega Man's Soccer and Mega Man Powered Up.

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?").

As a playable character, he 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 7
Cut Man makes a cameo appearance during the intro of Mega Man 7. He appears in a comic-segment from the newspaper article depicting Wily's arrest that was shown, along with his own logo, "Cutman 2" that's reminiscent of the Rockman logo. This led to a lot of speculation that Cut Man was a hidden boss (just like Proto Man was), and many thought that the Rolling Cutter could be obtained, which would explain the missing weapon slot on the pause menu. However, according to the Rockman 7 prototype, the missing weapon turned out to be Beat, which would function the exact same way as he did in Mega Man 5 and Mega Man 6.

Mega Man 8
In the Sega Saturn version of Mega Man 8, Cut Man, alongside Wood Man, is a hidden 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.


 * Various Cut Man toys can also be seen in the first part of Clown Man's stage in Mega Man 8.

Wily and Right's RockBoard: That's Paradise
In RockBoard, Cut Man appears in the Boss Card Cut Card (カットカード). When the player draws a Boss Card or Reggae Card, the Cut Card can be used to make Cut Man cut (discard) the card and draw other in its place. This is useful to defend against the negative effects of Reggae Cards, which are activated as soon as they are draw.

Super Adventure Rockman
In Super Adventure Rockman, Cut Man and the other Robot Masters from the first game assist Mega Man. If the player loses to Metal Man, Flash Man or Top Man, Cut Man will appear to save Mega Man and the player will have the choice to continue the game or quit.

Mega Man X8
In Mega Man X8, he appears as a hidden boss in Optic Sunflower's stage, in some kind of digital form that is a replica of his 8-bit appearance and boss room. In the PlayStation 2 version, the battle only happens if there is a save of Mega Man X: Command Mission on the memory card or a code is used at the title screen. In the PC version, the player must get all the upper lights lit up in the Troia Base training sessions. In Mega Man X8, Cut Man will only jump around and throws his Rolling Cutter weapon around as his only attacks, similar to his first appearance. Defeating him in this game is pretty easy as he has only 16 HP. Weakness for Cut Man in this game are Thunder Dancer (X); Raikousen (Zero) and Plasma Gun (Axl).

Rockman ×over
Cut Man is one of the bosses from World 3 in Rockman ×over.

Mega Man & Bass CD data


Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters data
Dr. Light: Watch out for the scissors on his head and you'll win easily. There must be a harder weapon than the Rolling Cutter.

Rockman Complete Works data
しんりんばっさい用につくられたロボット. れんしゃ攻撃で、かんたんにたおせるそ.

Translation: ''A robot created for the purpose of deforestation. With his rapid fire attacks, he brings down trees.''

Rockman Battle & Fighters data

 * Power Battle: さんりんのもくざいばっさいロボットとして、かつやくしていた. みがるなうえにあめかぜにつよい、きょうりょくなロボット. とくしゅぶきはローリングカッターじゃ.
 * Power Fighters: ＰＢにもとうじょうしたカットマンはロックマン１からとうじょうくうかんをきりとりながらいどうし、スキマからときどきゴウキにんぎょうをなげつけてくる.

Approximate translation:
 * Power Battle: He worked as a forest timber harvesting robot. A powerful robot that is nimble on strong rain and wind. Special Weapon is Rolling Cutter.
 * Power Fighters: Also appeared in PB, Cutman appeared in Rockman 1. While moving around in the cut off space, sometimes he will throw a Gouki figure from the gap.

Stage enemies
Enemies that appear in Cut Man's stage:
 * Beak
 * Big Eye
 * Blader
 * Flea
 * Flying Shell
 * Octopus Battery
 * Screw Bomber
 * Super Cutter

Enemies in Cut Man's (Game Boy) stage:
 * Cutting Wheel
 * Screw Bomber
 * Sniper Joe
 * Spine
 * Super Cutter

Damage Data Charts
Displays the amount of damage in units that Cut Man will receive from each Special Weapon from the original Mega Man and Mega Man 8.
 * * For Mega Buster, the first digit is the damage done when the weapon is fired normally; the second digit is damage done when the weapon is charged up.
 * * A fully-charged Mega Buster does the same damage in all of its forms (normal, Laser, and Arrow).

As a Boss
Cut Man: Brother?! I can't believe it! Dr. Wily was right! You've changed into a bad robot...

Mega Man: Cut Man...? What's going on?

Cut Man: You're an evil fighting robot now! I'm gonna stop you Mr. Mega Man, and make you good again! 

Mega Man (Ruby-Spears)


Cut Man is in every episode of the Mega Man animated series, along with Guts Man. Originally intended for logging operations, Cut Man now is used as an agent of evil by Dr. Wily. Although his Rolling Cutters are deadly, Cut Man also isn't too bright and usually loses battles to Mega Man and even Roll.

Despite being in every episode, Cut Man is the only Robot Master from the first Mega Man game to not appear at all in the shows introduction sequence. His polar opposite in this regard is Napalm Man, who appears in the intro, and is the only Robot Master from any other game to do so, despite never appearing once in any episode.

Some of his lines, including the "Kung-Fu Cutman" line from Future Shock, have become internet memes.

Cut Man also had his own action figure based on his show counterpart.

Differences: Here, Cut Man's ears are orange (they are white in the games), his forearms have a different pattern to them (somewhat resembling those of Tengu Man) and his Rolling Cutters are often fired (not thrown) from his head or a special launching device concealed in his arm. However, he did throw his head cutters once in the first episode, before later switching to firing them, suggesting he was later upgraded to do this. However, in later episodes he still occasionally throws his head cutters. He has also been able to launch multiple cutters from his head without throwing them in at least one episode, leading to understandable confusion over how he launches them.

He also has a somewhat sadistic personality (once expressing a desire to give Mega Man "a haircut from the neck up"), further supported by his voice sounding very much like that of the popular horror movie actor, Peter Lorre.

Due to his overconfidence and continuous defeats, he has become somewhat of a joke among fans of the show.

Captain N: The Game Master
Cut Man also appears in the fifth episode of Captain N: The Game Master, where he is called Cutsman. His appearance is totally different from the original; he is green and orange with a purple face as opposed to red and white, and the cutter on his head looks more like a giant golden pair of barber's scissors. He was quite powerful, proving invulnerable to the heroes' attacks until they distracted him so that he was hit by his own returning cutters.

Mega Man Megamix and Gigamix
Cut Man appears in most of the stories in Mega Man Megamix, often playing a prominent role. He is usually shown to be overconfident and quick to challenge anyone he sees as an enemy.

In Mega Man Megamix and Gigamix, Cut Man seems to have a close friendly relationship with Rush, Mega Man's robotic canine, and is the only Robot Master that makes use of Rush's functions other than Mega Man. In Megamix, Cut Man is seen using the Rush Jet. In Gigamix, he used the Rush Bike, and even used the Super Adapter to transform into Super Cut Man (see gallery).

Mega Man (Archie Comics)
In the Mega Man comic, Cut Man is one of the six Robot Masters created by Dr. Light and Dr. Wily and that were reprogrammed by Dr. Wily in his attempt to conquer the world in Let the Games Begin!.

After Wily's defeat, Dr. Light repaired the six Robot Masters and they help repair the city. When Roll is kidnapped in Time Keeps Slipping, Cut Man and Ice Man assist Mega Man to search for her in the remains of Wily's fortress and they defeat CWU-01P. Without any clues, they return and talk with Roslyn Krantz and Dr. Light, discovering Wily's hideout. The six Robot Masters are captured by Time Man and Oil Man and reprogrammed by Wily again, but they reveal Dr. Light proofed them against reprogramming and only pretended to be on Wily's side, helping Mega Man and Roslyn to save Roll and capture Time Man and Oil Man.

In the next story arc, The Return of Dr. Wily, Cut Man reappears in issue 11 along with the rest of the original Robot Masters, Time Man and Oil Man included, and together, are asked by Dr. Light to rescue Mega Man, who was re-programmed by Dr. Wily. They storm Dr. Wily's castle, and when Elec Man is damaged by the Mecha Dragon, he, Ice Man, and Fire Man assist him back to Dr. Light's lab. After Dr. Wily is defeated, he is seen with Bomb Man and Roll, listening to Guts Man sing karaoke.

Other appearances
Cut Man appeared in the manga Rockman and Rockman 4Koma Dai Koushin.

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 weakness Super Arm. His Japanese dislike, Janken, is the name of this game in Japan.


 * Ironically, Cut Man, a lumber-cutting robot, is weak against the Leaf Shield, Wood Man's weapon, in Mega Man: The Power Battle.


 * Cut Man is the only Robot Master to appear in the Mega Man X series.


 * Cut Man's theme in Mega Man: The Power Battle is a remix of Shadow Man's stage theme.


 * He is possibly the most popular of the first six Robot Masters in Mega Man Megamix, as when Mega Man or Roll refer to the robots, they usually state "Cut Man and the others."


 * Elec Man is most likely weak to the Rolling Cutter because scissors can cut electrical wires.


 * Cut Man is the only Robot Master in the main series whose primary weakness to a special weapon can't be used against them during the rematch in Wily's castle.


 * Cut Man is the only character other than Mega Man and Roll to use Rush's functions in a game; using Rush Jet in Super Adventure Rockman to save Mega Man.
 * Mega Man's theme from Street Fighter X Tekken is a remix of Cut Man's stage