Mr Skops

Mr Skops
Mr Skops
Alignment	Bad
Appears in	Rayman
Location	The Caves of Skops
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Resistance
Attacks	Claw, energy balls
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Mr Skops, also known as Skops the Scorpion, is a giant, dark-pink scorpion with a single massive claw, and yellow spikes on his body. He is the fifth major boss in the original Rayman game, and is encounterd only once: in Mr Skops' Stalactites, the third and final part of the Caves of Skops.

Mr Skops peacefully sleeping

Mr Skops is angry at being woken

He is first encountered asleep on the other side of a fiery pit covered with spiky platforms. Rayman finds himself in front of the sleeping Mr Skops who, angry at being woken, attacks him.

Mr Skops hurling his claw forward

Mr Skops thumping the ground

He attacks by throwing his claw, which Rayman must jump over as it sails part him, and again as it returns to its owner. Mr Skops also strikes the ground with his claw, causing the platforms which Rayman stands on to fall into the lava below, one by one.

Mr Skops getting really angry

Mr Skops looking for Rayman

When all platforms are gone, Rayman must grab the edge of the platform Mr Skops is standing on to avoid his attacks, and then jump back onto the platform when he thumps the ground. Mr Skops then runs away, while causing lava to rise in an attempt to kill Rayman. He also demonstrates his ability to shoot energy balls from his tail, which destroy platforms.

The lava is now rising

Mr Skops firing energy balls

Then, Rayman has a one-on-one battle with Mr Skops, in which he must dodge his claw and punch his energy balls back at him. When has only one health point left, he moves forward, making his last attacks much harder to dodge.

Mr Skops about to hurl his claw

Mr Skops about to fire an energy ball

Once beaten, Mr Skops falls to pieces.

Mr Skops touched by one of his energy balls

Mr Skops falling to pieces

Trivia

• In the cancelled Rayman 1 game there is a screenshot depicting Rayman and his girlfriend having a battle with an early design of Mr Skops. He could still shoot electricity from the tip of his tail, but he looked much more like a real scorpion, having two claws and being coloured a shady-orange instead of bright pink.

An extract from an article about the cancelled SNES version of Rayman 1, featuring a screenshot depicting the boss battle