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[[File:MK-Cast 7094.jpg|frame|Keep in mind: this is ''[[Loads and Loads of Characters|not even all]]'' of them...]]
Here is a total list of fighters from the ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' games. There are several different continuities, so the fighters below are all listed by the chapter in which they first appeared.
▲* '''Mortal Kombat'''
* [[Mortal Kombat 2/Characters|Mortal Kombat 2]]
* [[Mortal Kombat 3/Characters|Mortal Kombat 3]]
* [[Mortal Kombat 4/Characters|Mortal Kombat 4]]
* [[Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance/Characters|Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance]]
* [[Mortal Kombat: Deception/Characters|Mortal Kombat Deception]]
* [[Mortal Kombat Armageddon/Characters|Mortal Kombat Armageddon]]
* [[Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe/Characters|Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe]]
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== Introduced in ''[[Mortal Kombat (video game)
== Hanzo Hasashi (Scorpion) ==
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{{quote|'''Debut game''': ''[[Mortal Kombat (video game)|Mortal Kombat]]'' (Daniel Pesina/Ed Boon)<br />
'''Other appearances''': ''[[Mortal Kombat 2]]'' (Daniel Pesina/Ed Boon), ''Ultimate [[Mortal Kombat 3]]'' (John Turk), ''[[Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero]]'' (Sal Divita), ''[[Mortal Kombat 4]]'' (Ed Boon), ''[[
'''Non-game appearances''': ''[[Mortal Kombat (1995 film)|Mortal Kombat]]'' (Chris Casamassa
{{quote|Originally known as Hanzo Hasashi, he is the son of a former clansman who chose to live as an assassin, yet [[Papa Wolf|he is very devoted to his family]] and generally goes on and about the game, serving his own purposes and none other.}}
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** The raised arm from his fighting pose in the first four games and the hilt of his swords (starting in ''Deception'') evoke a scorpion's stinger, while the pauldrons on his shoulder for both costumes in ''9'' are also modeled after a scorpion.
* [[Anti-Hero]] ([[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type IV or V]])/[[Anti-Villain]] ([[Sliding Scale of Anti-Villains|Type I]]): The best example in the entire series. Most characters in the series are either fully good or fully bad, but Scorpion is a [[True Neutral]], participating in the games' events for his own purposes. While he has exhibited a little bit of a conscience and his actions (unintentionally) help the good guys, he's when all's said and done in it for himself and no one else.
** The reboot slides him further into outright good guy territory towards the end of MKX. {{spoiler|While he risks making an enemy of everyone during his vengeance on Quan Chi, he goes out fo his way to order the Shrai-Ryu to "Wound, not kill" so only Quan Chi has to die. He also buries the hatchet with Sub-Zero the younger, who reveals to him the truth of his murdered family's actual perpetrators, so they are no longer enemies}}.
* [[Arch Enemy]]: Quan Chi.
* [[As Long as It Sounds Foreign]]: They went right with "[[Hattori Hanzo|Hanzo]]" for a first name, but his surname, Hasashi, is not even a word.
** The reboot does not even care, and his last name is uttered a few times as if it were an actual word.
* [[Author Avatar]]: In a sense, he could be considered to be one for series' co-creator Ed Boon. [[Word of God|Boon has gone on record several times noting]] that Scorpion is his favorite character and he even provides the voicework for Scorpion's "GET OVER HERE!"/"COME HERE!"
* [[Back
** Inverted in the reboot. By [[Mortal Kombat X]], he's brought back to his actual life when the process that made him a renevant is reversed.
** [[Papa Wolf]]: He had a family as a human, but they were killed, and he believed their deaths were caused by the Lin Kuei, hence his grudge against them. He goes back on his vow to protect the younger Sub-Zero after Quan-Chi [[Blatant Lies|implicates him in the murder of Scorpion's family]]. His son is later kidnapped by Quan-Chi immediately after being brought back to life in his ''Armageddon'' ending.
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** Finally averted come MKX, where we get to see him as a human.
* [[Guest Fighter]]: Aside from the above cameos, he also appears in several other [[Midway Games]] titles: arcade game ''The Grid'' (alongside Sub-Zero and Noob Saibot), ''[[Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy|Psi Ops the Mindgate Conspiracy]]'' (as an unlockable skin), ''[[NBA Jam]]: [[Updated Rerelease|Tournament Edition]]'', and ''MLB Slugfest 2006'' (alongside Sub-Zero; both are accessible only by means of cheat codes).
* [[
** Raiden, having a premonition that Sub-Zero will become a greater force for evil if killed, tries to convince him to spare Bi-Han!Sub-Zero by offering to revive his family; and Scorpion agrees. {{spoiler|Unfortunately, after defeating Sub-Zero and intending to spare him, Quan Chi goads Scorpion into killing him by showing him a vision of Sub-Zero murdering his wife and son. Sub-Zero becomes the wraith Noob Saibot, and Scorpion stays in Quan Chi's employ}}.
** Like Sindel, the Arcade Ladder ending had Scorpion {{spoiler|eventually find out the truth on his own, and then rather than tormenting Quan Chi in the Netherrealm, he flats out burn him dead}}.
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* [[Teleport Spam]]
* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: Probably the patron saint of this. When Scorpion is on the warpath, ''run''.
** [[The Power of Hate]]: If this emotion was a metal and Hanzo was a blacksmith, then Scorpion most certainly forged a [[Blade of Fearsome Size|BFS]] out of it. A BFS that he promptly drove through Bi-Han's heart.
* [[Wild Card]]: Strides the limit between good and evil.
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** [[Literally Shattered Lives]]
* [[Legacy Character]]: The codename "Sub-Zero" has been handed down from father to son (and from brother to brother) for years. He is the fifth to bear the name.
* [[
* [[Monochromatic Eyes]]
* [[Off with His Head]]: His infamous "Spine Rip" Fatality, which involved ripping out the opponent's head and spinal cord from their shoulders, which is almost single-handedly responsible for '''the whole ESRB rating creation!'''
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* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Proud Warrior Clan Guy]]: ''Very'' devoted to the Lin Kuei.
* [[The Rival]]: Of Scorpion.
* [[Ship Tease]]: In ''Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero'', there was a briefly hinted love interest between him and Sareena, which passed on to his brother in ''[[Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance|Mortal Kombat Tournament Edition]]''.
* [[Tragic Hero]]: Though "hero" is a bit of a stretch, seeing as he was an unrelenting assassin in life, unlike his little brother who was more compassive.
* [[Trickster Archetype]]: In ''Mythologies'', Sub-Zero is noted to be the most clever and most skilled of all the Lin Kuei.
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{{quote|'''Debut game''': ''Mortal Kombat'' (Richard Divizio)
'''Other appearances''': ''Mortal Kombat II'' (cameo), ''Mortal Kombat 3'' (Richard Divizio), ''[[Mortal Kombat: Special Forces]]'' (David Allen), ''Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance'', ''Mortal Kombat: Deception'' (cameo), ''Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks'', ''Mortal Kombat: Armageddon'', ''Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe'' ([[Michael McConnohie]]), ''Mortal Kombat 9/X'' ([[Michael McConnohie]])
'''Non-game appearances''': ''Mortal Kombat: The Movie'' (Trevor Goddard), ''Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm'' (Michael Des Barres), ''Mortal Kombat: Legacy'' (Darren Shahlavi) }}
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** [[Eye Scream]]
* [[Arch Enemy|Archenemies]]:
** The Special Forces. He's [[Foe Yay|quite... "invested"]] in his rivalry with Sonya,<ref>in ''Deadly Alliance'', he hung a lock of her hair obtained by tearing it from her head during their battle atop the skyscraper in ''MK3'' around his neck as a symbol of their rivalry</ref> and Jax is responsible for the metal plate on his face. Still true in the reboot.
** The Red Dragon clan. They're long time enemy of Kano's Black Dragon Clan.
* [[Badass]]
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* [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]: He will take any offer that allows his own preservation.
* [[Cyborg]]: Only insomuch as needing a synthetic eye that has also been outfitted with a heat-emitting beam (justified as the Black Dragon cartel has a high proficiency in areas of technology). The rest of him is human.
** He's a little more cyberized in the reboot, with his chest also bearing some enhancements.
* {{spoiler|[[Disney Villain Death]]}}: His fate in the Battle of Armageddon.
* [[Dual-Wielding]]: His weapon style has him wielding a pair of Butterfly Knives.
* [[Evil Makes You Ugly]]: Earthrealm characters who were around in the first three games are about 50 years old by the time the 10th and 11th game comes out. The ones regarded as Good (like Johnny, Sonya, Liu Kang, and Kung Lao) have aged rather well, and still look pretty good for their age. Kano, however, who is squarely in on the Evil end of the moral spectrum, not so much. He's still muscular and an excellent fighter, but is almost always dirty, disheveled, unshaven, and unhygienic.
* [[Eye
** In the intro to ''Armageddon'', he kills Stryker with one.
* [[Giant Spider]]: Kano's Animality in ''MK3''.
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** In the games, too. Rich Divizio has stated he played Kano as over-the-top as possible.
* [[Neck Lift]]: His Chokehold move.
* [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]]: {{spoiler| Crosses over with [[Hoist by His Own Petard]] in the ''Aftermath'' DLC. While holding Johnny at knifepoint the Future!Kano goads Sonya (who now has Past!Kano on the floor) and reminds him that Johnny's death will [[Ret-Gone]] Cassie. Sonya thanks him for reminding her, and blows Past|Kano's brains out, killing both of them in one shot.}}
* [[Other Me Annoys Me]]: Ironically, he's the only character to avert this in the ''Aftermath'' DLC, his past and future selves getting along just fine. {{spoiler| Doesn't make them much more competent, though; in fact, what happens to him only seems to prove that if there's one Kombatant dumber than Kano, it's two of them together.}}
* [[Only in It For the Money]]: His reason for joining Shang Tsung's tournament {{spoiler|and for siding with Outworld and selling stuff for them}}.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: In ''9'', he's the one who saves {{spoiler|Kabal (his former Black Dragon cohort)}} from dying and surgically implants him with {{spoiler|his mask and breathing apparatus after Kintaro roasted him alive}}.
** Additionally, when he heard of Kabal's [[Not Quite Dead|apparent demise]] at the hands of Mavado, it is said that he would have most likely hounded the Red Dragon leader and had his head if not for his post in Outworld as the leader of Shao Kahn's armies. Kabal had long since forsaken the ways of the Black Dragon.
* [[Psycho for Hire]]
** [[
* [[Race Lift]]: After Trevor Goddard's portrayal in the movie, he was [[Ret Canon|changed]] from [[But Not Too Foreign|American-Japanese]] descent in the games to [[Land Down Under|Australian]].
* [[Rolling Attack]]: The Cannonball attack, in which he tosses himself at the opponent while keeping arms and legs folded into his body.
* [[Sigil Spam]]: In ''Deadly Alliance'' and ''Armageddon'', the back of his vest sports the emblem of the Black Dragon clan.
* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: According to Richard Divizio ([[Ink Suit Actor|the actor who portrayed Kano in all of the titles using digitized actors]]), Kano enjoys White Castle hamburgers (it's probable that this is Divizio's favorite meal as well).
* [[Victory Is Boring]]: {{spoiler| His ending in ''[[Mortal Kombat 11]]'' shows him gaining control of the Hourglass, giving him a near limitless ability to rewrite reality as he sees fit. At first he has a pie-in-the-sky attitude, and changes history to gain everything his degenerate and perverted heart desires, the cutscene showing both Sonya and Cassie fighting in bikinis just to please him. But eventually, he finds that always winning so easily just isn't as fun as he assumed it would be. So he rewrites reality again, making things pretty much the way they were; he notes that while he doesn't win all the time anymore, when he does - having earned it - it's far more satisfying.}}
== Johnny Cage ==
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{{quote|''[[Mortal Kombat 9]]'' sees Cage have a much more... err... [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|outgoing personality]], but it also makes him much more heroic, being a genuine part of the heroes' team. He also serves as a sort of [[Audience Surrogate]], as he's one of the few normal humans amidst the [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]] cast.}}
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* [[Amicably Divorced]]: To an extent with Sonya in MKX. Taking about their failed marriage is a sore point, but they do have a fairly cordial working relationship otherwise.
* [[Awesome Ego]]: Zigzagged. He's hilarious (in the reboot especially) because he's so egotistical, but he annoys the hell out of a lot of characters, good and bad, as a result.
* [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy]]
* [[Back
** He was one of the few heroic characters to survive the story mode in ''[[Mortal Kombat 9|MK9]]''.
* [[Badass Boast]]: From the story mode of ''[[Mortal Kombat 9]]'':
{{quote|'''Johnny Cage:''' ''"Most people think my films just use a lot of special effects and wire work; they don't
* [[Born Lucky]]: While other kombatants can justify their special powers for they went through a [[Training
** The funny thing in all this is the whole reason he's there is because of people calling him out and saying he's all flash with no substance. He insists that his energy powers are legit and will prove it at the Mortal Kombat tournament... yet thinks nothing of them in spite of that.
** Turns out he's an even more literal version of this come MKX. He is descended from Mediterranean warriors who all had the same abilities he did, but they only become fully manifest [[Eleventh-Hour Superpower|during a time of deepest need, like seeing a loved one about to die]]. {{spoiler|And as his daughter finds out in the same game, it's hereditary.}}
* [[Brainwashed]]: To serve Onaga in ''Deception''.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Rendered as such after ''Mortal Kombat II'', likely as punishment for his actor (Daniel Pesina) advertising a rival game, ''[[Blood Storm]]'', while in full costume. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkBatReTSCU Even the dev team doesn't take him seriously.]
** Inverted in the reboot, where he's arguably one the most beloved good guys by the developers, to the point a lot of MKX's storyline hinges around him. {{spoiler|Shinnok}} even considered him such a [[Worthy Opponent]] he too pains to avoid Cage getting the upper hand later on in the same game after he got defeated by Cage the first time.
* [[Casanova Wannabe]]: In the first chapter of ''MK9'':
{{quote|''"I'm taking you down, I'm taking you down, I'm taking you out, and ''[looks at Sonya]'' I'm taking you out... for dinner."''}}
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{{quote|''"Those were five-hundred-dollar sunglasses, asshole!"''}}
** In his ''MK9'' victory pose, his shades break in half. No problem: he just takes out a brand new pair and puts it on!
** In MKX, if he fights Goro, one of his intro quotes is point out Goro still owes him a pair of shades.
** [[Sunglasses
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]
* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: In ''[[Mortal Kombat 9]]'', he's the focus of the first chapter.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Seems to be this at first, in tone with his [[Mortal Kombat (1995 film)|movie self]], as seen in ''MK9''.
* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: In ''[[Mortal Kombat 9]]'', he spends his first few fights goofing off, preening and grandstanding, hitting on Sonya, and generally making an ass of himself... [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|but is horrified when Shang Tsung demands he "finish" a fallen opponent]].
* [[The Friend Nobody Likes]]: ''Everyone'' finds him annoying, and a lot of [[Let's You and Him Fight]] scenarios start with him acting like a jerk.
** [[Other Me Annoys Me]]: So much in fact, that the older Johnny doesn't get along with his less-mature younger self at all.
* [[Kangaroos Represent Australia]]: He turns into one to kick his opponent off screen as an Animality in ''MK Trilogy''.
* [[Everyone Hates Mimes]]: A [[Running Gag]] in the franchise was his film ''Ninja Mime'', which was an in-universe [[Box Office Bomb]]. Nonetheless, the player can use a downloadable skin to have him wear a mime costume.
* [[Fake Ultimate Hero]]: [[Flanderization|Much to his fans' chagrin.]]
** ''Armageddon'' tries to take the "fake" part out, by having him being the first of the heroes to see Shinnok back into the scene, and then rallying the band of heroes for the final battle. But since we don't know much about the game's story, we just leave what happened between this point and the all-out battle to imagination.
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** [[Xtreme Kool Letterz]]: Though the series is notorious for replacing the letter "c" with "k," Cage [[Subverted Trope|is an exception to this]].
* [[The Messiah]]: Of ''all'' people, Johnny starts showing shades of this in the timeframe leading up to ''Armageddon'', especially thanks to Raiden's corruption.
** Reatian it to degree in the reboot, where he essentially takes the role from Liu Kang in MKX, {{spoiler|Since Liu Kang is now a renevant}}.
* [[Off with His Head]]: His classic Fatality, in which Cage delivers a savage uppercut that tears his opponent's head off.
** The intro of ''MK9'' inverts this: {{spoiler|he's shown decapitated}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Power Incontinence]]}}: His ending in ''9''. {{spoiler|His body begins to emit large, destructive bursts of energy in uncontrollable spasms, and neither Raiden nor Nightwolf are able to soothe them. Eventually, Raiden takes Johnny Cage to Seido to control his powers, which will result in him [[Took a Level
* [[Older Than He Looks]]: By ''X'', he's starting to go a little grey, but still looks a lot younger than the 50-something man he is.
* [[Papa Wolf]]: He does worry about his daughter Cassie in MKX, but largely trusts her to fend for herself, though anyone trying to threaten her will make him mad. It even gets to the point where if they do fight each other, he confesses reluctance to actually doing so.
* [[Person as Verb]]: Tried this with himself in ''Shaolin Monks'' and ''MK9''. "You just got ''Caged''"
** It stuck in MKX, where he and even his daughter use it as a battle taunt.
* [[Pungeon Master]]: In the Movie, he is particularly prone to [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]s, to the point that he's basically the [[Plucky Comic Relief|comic relief]] of the film.
** Is the same to slightly lesser extent in MK9 and especially MKX.
* [[Red Herring Shirt]]: In ''9'', he {{spoiler|'''lives'''}}.
* [[The Rival]]: Of Goro. [[Ret Canon|Becomes canon]] after the movie.
* [[Sharp-Dressed Man]]: His alts. in ''4'', ''Deadly Alliance'', ''Armageddon'', and ''9''.
* [[Ship Tease]]: Especially in the first movie, towards Sonya. In ''MK9'', he [[Casanova Wannabe|tries to conquer her]]. {{spoiler|They do marry in MKX, but they split up later due to it not working out}}.
* [[Shotoclone]]
* [[Speed Echoes]]: Several of his Shadow moves have this effect.
* [[Unfazed Everyman]]: During his chapter in ''9'''s story mode. Also doubles as the [[Audience Surrogate]] for those new to the series, as he's just as out-of-the-loop as newcomers probably will be.
* [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]
== Sonya Blade ==
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* [[Ship Tease]]: Hinted in various media, starting with the first movie, between her and Johnny Cage. ''MK9'' has Johnny trying to conquer her.
** In ''Defenders of the Realm'', the teasing is instead directed at Jax, although it's ([[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other|usually]]) of the [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]] variety.
* [[Silver Fox]]: By the time of ''X'', she's about 50 years old, and still looks great.
* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: She was the only female character in the original game. {{spoiler|1=She is also the only remaining female at the end of the story mode in ''MK9''.}}
* [[Spam Attack]]: Her Bicycle Kick move.
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* [[Woman in Black]]: Her default attire in ''9'', although she's a large subversion.
* [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit]]: During her rooftop battle with Kano in ''3'', Sonya feigned defeat in order to lure him to the edge of the building and throw him off of it.
== Liu Kang ==
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'''Non-game appearances''': ''Mortal Kombat: The Movie''/''Mortal Kombat: Annihilation'' (Robin Shou), ''Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm'' (Brian Tochi) }}
{{quote|Known as [[
{{quote|Coming home from Tsung's Island after defeating both Goro and the sorcerer, he found many of his fellow Shaolin monks killed in a vicious attack by a Tarkatan horde. Enraged, Liu Kang decided to travel to Outworld alongside Raiden and the other Earthrealm warriors. At the Outworld tournament he met Kitana, and began to fall in love with her. Liu eventually fought Shao Kahn, overpowering the emperor. Shortly after, during the events of ''Mortal Kombat 3'', he found himself the primary target of Kahn's extermination squads. Kung Lao, who went against Shao Kahn, was nearly killed by an powerful spell. An enraged Liu Kang challenged the Emperor, and after the final battle, he defeated Shao Kahn again, forcing him and his forces to retreat back to Outworld.}}
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* [[Dragons Up the Yin-Yang]]: One of his fatalities in ''MKII'', in which he turns into a [[Our Dragons Are Different|Chinese Dragon]] and consumes the upper body of his opponent. This fatality was turned into an Animality in ''MK3'' and back into a normal fatality in ''MK4''.
* {{spoiler|[[Drunk with Power]]}}: In Shang Tsung's Arcade Ending in ''9'', he becomes this after {{spoiler|successfully taking Raiden's place as a god and Protector of Earthrealm, and turning into a power-mad tyrant}}.
* [[Everythings Funkier With Disco]]: In his Friendship in ''MKII'', a disco ball comes down from the top of the screen as he starts to dance.▼
* [[Faith Heel Turn]]: He does this in ''9'', {{spoiler|when he starts to believe that Raiden's visions are turning him insane}}. This culminates with him completely turning against the Elder God, when he tells Liu Kang that the [[Big Bad]] must be [[Sheathe Your Sword|allowed to win]].
** In Arcade Mode, he does this again in a much more substantial fashion, {{spoiler|upending Raiden as the protector of Earthrealm, and becoming a [[Drunk with Power]] tyrant}}.
* [[Famous Ancestor]]: Like his friend Kung Lao, Liu Kang is also descended from The Great Kung Lao.
* [[Funny Bruce Lee Noises]]
▲* [[
* [[Killed Off for Real]]: At the beginning of ''Deadly Alliance'' in the original timeline, and {{spoiler|at the end}} of ''Mortal Kombat 9'', as well.
* [[The Hero]] of the [[Five-Man Band]]
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** [[Lightning Bruiser]]: In ''9'', he's the second fastest character in the game behind Kabal.
* [[Kiai]]
* [[
* [[Martial Pacifist]]: Before ''MKII''.
* [[The Messiah]]
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* [[Screaming Warrior]]
* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]]: Constantly has to bicker with Kung Lao about this regarding Kitana in ''Shaolin Monks''. Gets a brief [[Mythology Gag|nod]] in ''9''.
* [[Silver Fox]]: He's starting to show his age by ''X'', but still muscular and handsome.
* [[Spam Attack]]: His Flying Bicycle Kick.
* [[Spirit Advisor]]: Serves as this to Ermac in ''Deception''. After Ermac helps free his friends, he tags along with Kitana for a bit ([[The Power of Love|as their strong connection keeps him tethered to life]]) before Nightwolf volunteers to be his spiritual anchor in ''Armageddon''. In an example of role reversal, he also serves as this to his former master Bo' Rai Cho in his ''Deception'' ending, complete with a [[Rousing Speech]].
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=== Tropes related to Zombie!Liu Kang ===
* [[Amazing Technicolor Population]]: He displays an unhealty skin color combination of green and gray.
* [[Back
** [[Came Back Wrong]]: His corpse, revived by Raiden. {{spoiler|Subverted with his soul, which retains his true essence.}}
* [[Best Served Cold]]: Shows up in the ''Armageddon'' intro to confront Shang Tsung, his neck still snapped from when Shang killed him. After snapping his neck back, '''it's on'''. {{spoiler|If ''9'' is any indication, Zombie Liu Kang managed to kill Shang Tsung and prevent him from reaching the top of Argus' Pyramid.}}
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=== Tropes related to Dark!Raiden ===
* [[Amazing Technicolor Population]]: His skin is grey.
* [[Back
** [[Came Back Wrong]]: A less extreme example than most, but according to Fujin, he should have been resurrected as a blank slate. Instead, he comes back [[Darker and Edgier]].
* [[Badass Cape]]: Tattered and torn in ''Deception'' and ''Armageddon''.
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** In ''Ultimate 3'', he {{spoiler|gets a promise from Shao Kahn to revive his race if he kills Kitana. He does it, but Shao Kahn breaks his part of the deal. Reptile kills him, but this denies him the chance to know what his true race is.}}
** In ''4'', he {{spoiler|gets a denial, again, but this time from Shinnok. He's succeeded during his fight against Earthrealm's warriors, so he talks to Quan Chi in order to make him to convince Shinnok to make Reptile to return back in time to his homeworld before it was destroyed. After an useless speak, Shinnok appears, does a [[Neck Lift]] on him, and [[Your Head Asplode|Reptile's head explodes]].}}
** And, in (surprisingly) the only canonical ending of ''Deadly Alliance'', {{spoiler|he finds Cyrax and Nitara's essence, but not any of them. Later, he's caught by an energy cascade around what was a dragon embryo, his body providing a host for [[Mortal Kombat: Deception|Onaga, the Dragon King]].}}
** In ''[[Mortal Kombat 9]]'''s story mode, despite that {{spoiler|he survived the events of the game}}, he seems to exist solely to get his ass repeatedly kicked by the heroes.
* [[Downloadable Content]]: In ''9'', his classic skin from ''MK1/2/3'' and his classic "Tasty Meal" fatality.
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{{quote|Goro is pretty much the same in ''[[Mortal Kombat 9]]''.}}
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* [[Big Eater]]: Naturally, as he's a big guy, [https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/mkwikia/images/b/bc/Screenshot_2015-03-15-17-13-46.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150901151430 and as this comic panel shows.]
* [[Defeating the Undefeatable]]: For centuries before the game, too.
* [[The Dragon]]: To Shang Tsung first, and to Shao Kahn later. He's literally a dragon-human hybrid, somehow...
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* [[Stop Motion]]: In his very first incarnation he was animated this way. This set the precedent for [[Mortal Kombat 2|Kintaro]], [[Mortal Kombat 3|Sheeva, and Motaro]].
* [[Warrior Prince]]: His official title is Prince Goro. You know what he's the prince of? ''[[Authority Equals Asskicking|Kicking]] [[Royals Who Actually Do Something|your]] [[Curb Stomp Battle|ass]]''.
== Shang Tsung ==
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{{quote|During the tenth Mortal Kombat tournament, the final victory that would enable Shao Kahn to conquer Earth, Liu Kang, a Shaolin Monk, defeated Goro, breaking the streak. Liu Kang then challenged Shang Tsung in Kombat to restore the honour of the once-sacred tournament; Liu Kang prevailed, and Shang Tsung fled to Outworld. He confronted an enraged Shao Kahn and convinced him that, if they challenged Earthrealm to Mortal Kombat in Outworld, they would have to accept or forfeit. Kahn agreed to this plan, and restored Tsung's youth. Despite this, in the Tournament the sorcerer lost again to Liu Kang, who also defeated Kahn. Shortly after, with the aid of his cult of Shadow Priests, Shang Tsung managed to revive Shao Kahn's former queen, Sindel, on Earth, giving Kahn and his forces a way to invade the Realm. Tsung was granted more power than ever before, but during the invasion that followed he lost to Liu Kang once more.}}
{{quote|Some time after the merge of the two Realms failed, the fellow sorcerer Quan Chi come to Shang Tsung with an offer: if Tsung helped him revive the lost army of the Dragon King by means of his ability to transplant souls, he would open a "Soulnado" to the Heavens, giving him an endless supply of souls. Tsung accepted, and they formed the [[Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance|Deadly]] [[Title Drop|Alliance]]. Together, the sorcerers not only managed to assassinate both Liu Kang and Shao Kahn, but eventually the duo defeated Earthrealm's champions and triumphed over Raiden himself in a final battle. Their victory, however, would not be savored. Shang Tsung's lust for power and Quan Chi's suspicion finally came to light. The two fought, with Quan Chi emerged the victor, and immediately after that, Shang Tsung had to confront a revived Dragon King alongside the two enemies; in the battle that ensued, Tsung was killed by Raiden's self-sacrificial blast.}}
{{quote|His soul, still bound to Kahn, reached the not-so-dead Emperor. Kahn provided Tsung with a host body and then allied with him and Goro in taking his kingdom back. Some time later, during the ''Armageddon'', the sorcerer formed an alliance with Onaga, Shao Kahn, and Quan Chi so that the group may prevent the Forces of Light from obtaining the power that Blaze possessed. }}
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* [[Amplifier Artifact]]: Somewhat. He wears a runestone around his neck that [[Soul Jar|houses all of the souls he's absorbed over the ages]] and is able to replenish his strength.
* [[Badass Grandpa]]
** [[
** [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]
* [[Badass Longcoat]]: In the movie.
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* [[Evil Mentor]]: To Goro, the Shokan prince.
* [[Evil Sorcerer]]: One of the classic modern examples.
* [[Expy]]: Possibly more of a case of [[Strange Minds Think Alike]], but he has more than a few things in common with Lo-Pan, the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Big Trouble in Little China]]''.
* [[Fantasy Gun Control]]: Subverted. In ''9'', he was very interested in modern weaponry, and bought rocket launchers and shotguns from Kano.
{{quote|''"Well done. You might tell your fellow Black Dragon that I'm very interested in your merchandise."''}}
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* [[Half the Man He Used To Be]]: One of his fatalities from ''2'', in which he morphs into Kintaro and punches the upper half of the opponent's body clear across the stage.
* [[Hazy Feel Turn]]: The most likely interpretation of his Ladder ending in ''9'', in which {{spoiler|Bo' Rai Cho trains him to help defeat a power-mad and newly-deified Liu Kang}}.
* [[Hero-Killer]]: He had some help from Quan Chi, but considering that he killed Liu Kang before the events of ''Deadly Alliance'', yeah, he counts. Also, Bo'Rai Cho's background claims that Shang Tsung slew real-life historical figure [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mus%C5%8D_Gonnosuke Musō Gonnosuke].
* [[Impaled with Extreme Prejudice]]:
** In ''MK3'', Tsung can summon a bed of nails in which he slams his dazed opponent as a finisher.
** [[Hoist by His Own Petard|He meets his demise this way in the movie.]]
* [[I Was Quite
* [[Killed Off for Real]]: {{spoiler|"Volunteered" his essence in ''9'''s story to Sindel by way of Shao Kahn to give the former a power boost. Ended up working pretty well since she went on a [[Curb Stomp Battle]] all over the Earthrealm heroes, though Shang Tsung does seem to be toast.}}
* [[Large Ham]]: Especially in the first movie.
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* [[Monster Clown]]: One of his ''[[Mortal Kombat 9]]'' Fatalities, which doubles as a [[Take That]] to ''[[Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe|MK vs. DCU]]'''s censors.
* [[Neck Snap]]: In ''Deadly Alliance'', he delivers one to {{spoiler|Liu Kang}}, killing him for good. This comes back in the Battle of Armageddon, where {{spoiler|Undead!Liu Kang}} necksnaps him.
* [[Older Than They Look]]: According to [[Word of God]], he was biologically nineteen years old in ''MKII''. [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110216184320/mk/images/d/d6/Shang_Tsungend2.gif He doesn't exactly look like it.]{{Dead link}}
* [[Only Sane Man]]: In the DC crossover, he has apparently the strongest self-control of all characters from both worlds, as he never gives up to the rage {{spoiler|until Dark Khan reveals himself and makes rage take everybody. But even after that, he managed to bring himself back to normal, while Raiden was still under Dark Kahn's infulence.}}
* [[Playing with Fire]]: Summons skulls on fire as projectiles.
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* [[Scaled Up]]: He could turn into a cobra to finish his opponents as Animality in ''MK3''.
* [[Shape Shifter]]
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** Also happens in ''9'' {{spoiler|''to him''. After Motaro's death, Shao Kahn chooses to use Shang Tsung to [[Super Empowering|empower]] Sindel, fueling the massacre of the heroes}}.
== Introduced in ''[[Mortal Kombat (1995 film)|Mortal Kombat (film)]]'' ==▼
▲== Introduced in ''[[Mortal Kombat (film)|Mortal Kombat]]'' ==
== Art Lean ==
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* [[Your Soul Is Mine]]: As with pretty much all of Shang Tsung's victims in the movie, Chan suffers this fate. His form is used in a [[Shapeshifter Guilt Trip]] against Liu Kang during the final battle, but Liu Kang sees right through it.
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