Cut in half is when your character gets hit with a certain attack and the top of his/her body pops off for a second, then your character (being made out of clay and all) pops right back.
Instances of cut in half in the games[]
ClayFighter[]
In this game, when a character is cut in half by the Blob's Light buzzsaw, the character will get cut in half twice because the animation ends when the slow moving buzzsaw has gone past them. The announcer yells out "Cut in half!" sounding both shocked and amused.
Moves that cut you in half:
- The Blob's buzzsaw
- Blue Suede Goo's hair attack.
C2: Judgement Clay[]
The cut in half animation only stays on one sprite and ends when the buzzsaw move ends, defeating the glitch from the previous game. The announcer still yells "Cut in half!" only he sounds more surprised. The Blob's buzzsaw and Dr. Peelgood's projectile can cut the opponent in half.
ClayFighter 63 1/3 / Sculptor's Cut[]
The announcer doesn't yell out "cut in half!" anymore, and now both specials (like Blob's Buzzsaw and Frosty's Ice Pick) and even normal moves cut the opponent in half. And not just them, different from previous games, like the half of the characters have a move where the opponent can be cut in half, mostly normal moves, like Earthworm Jim's strong punch (worm whip).
Also, there's a common type of Claytality where the character can be cutted in half, but instead of return to the body, the upper half flies far from it, with the lower half stays in the same place, this as part of the imitation/parody of some Mortal Kombat fatalities that also can cut in half the enemy, but more gory than here. It's also called as "Knock Off Top Half" in some readmes.
Almost all the characters have this claytality in both games with the exception of Houngan, T-Hoppy, Taffy, Ickybod Clay and High Five (the latter because has no claytalities). Zappa Yow Yow Boys have this claytality but still remains with commands unknown.
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