Mortal Kombat/Characters: Difference between revisions

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* [[Big Never]]: When Quan Chi forcibly sends him back to the Netherrealm in ''4''. [[Taking You With Me|Scorpion manages to drag the sorcerer with him]], eliciting a [[Big No]] from Quan Chi.

* [[The Cameo]]: He appears in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YETYb6NEphw an episode of] ''[[Drawn Together]]'' (in his ''Deception'' attire), complete with Ed Boon providing his voice. Scorpion delivers his Head Rip Fatality on fellow video game character Xandir (a parody of [[The Legend of Zelda|Link]]) and when Xandir [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|mentions his special move]], Scorpion gives an exasperated [[Gratuitous Foreign Language|"Oy vey."]]

** He, Sub-Zero, and Smoke all show up in a ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' skit (''[[Enter the Dragon|Enter the Fat One]]'') to [[No Holds Barred Beatdown|give their greetings to]] former [[Boy Band|*NSYNC]] member Joey Fatone.

** He, Sub-Zero, and Smoke all show up in a ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' skit (''[[Enter the Dragon|Enter the Fat One]]'') to [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown|give their greetings to]] former [[Boy Band|*NSYNC]] member Joey Fatone.

* [[Catch Phrase]]:

{{quote| ''"Come here!"''<br />

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** [[Slashed Throat]]: In ''MK2'', Scorpion uses it to slash the opponent's throat as part of a Fatality. Then he follows up by [[Half the Man He Used To Be|cutting the enemy in half]].

** [[Your Head Asplode]]: As a way to finish off his opponents in ''Deadly Alliance'', by means of violently pulling on the rope attached to the kunai that he just lodged in the enemy head.

** [[Variable Length Chain]]: In ''MK9'', a chain replaces the rope of his rope-kunai combo weapon.

** [[Variable-Length Chain]]: In ''MK9'', a chain replaces the rope of his rope-kunai combo weapon.

* {{spoiler|[[Impaled With Extreme Prejudice]]:}} His fate in the aftermath of the Battle of Armageddon (as seen in ''9'''s intro).

* [[Kick the Dog]]: Challenge #20 in ''9'' has Scorpion beat up Mileena, [[Rule of Funny|because she made a teddy bear for him and HE HATES TEDDIES!]]

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* [[Katanas Are Just Better|Ninjatos Are Just Better]]: Starting with ''Deadly Alliance'', he finally uses one. He also carries an additional one on his back, although he only starts using the second katana in ''9''.

* [[No Campaign for The Wicked]]: Averted, he has a chapter in the Story Mode of ''9'' (Chapter 3), though he is more of a neutral character.

* [[No Holds Barred Beatdown]]: Hounded Quan Chi throughout the Netherrealm after ''4'' and delivered ''many'' of these on the sorcerer (Scorpion drew on strength from the 5th plane of the Netherrealm, whereas Quan Chi's sorcery was weakened). It was only by enlisting the aid of Moloch and Drahmin that Quan Chi was able to narrowly escape death by the vengeful spectre's hands.

* [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]: Hounded Quan Chi throughout the Netherrealm after ''4'' and delivered ''many'' of these on the sorcerer (Scorpion drew on strength from the 5th plane of the Netherrealm, whereas Quan Chi's sorcery was weakened). It was only by enlisting the aid of Moloch and Drahmin that Quan Chi was able to narrowly escape death by the vengeful spectre's hands.

* [[Now Buy the Merchandise]]: His Friendship in ''2'', in which he invites the player to "Buy a Scorpion doll!"

* [[Offscreen Teleportation]]: He would later adopt vanishing in a swirl of flame instead.

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{{quote| Kano is pretty much the same as in the previous games in ''[[Mortal Kombat 9 (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat 9]]'', but is a more willing soldier to Outworld than before, even going so far as to sell the forces of Outworld Earthrealm weapons to help in Shao Kahn's invasion of Earth. Pretty much, he's a race-betraying prick.}}

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* [[And Show It to You]]

* [[...And Show It to You]]

** [[Beat Still My Heart]]: His infamous "Heart Rip" Fatality. He holds the heart up for everyone to see, including the victim in several games.

** [[Eye Scream]]

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* [[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''.

* [[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]].

* [[Shotoclone]]

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** [[Painted-On Pants]]: Her earlier appearances.

** [[Stripperiffic]]: Averted; her costumes are way more modest than the other females.

* [[~~Womanin~~ Black]]: Her default attire in ''9'', although she's a large subversion.

* [[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.

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* [[Arch Enemy]]: Shang Tsung.

* [[Badass Long Hair]]

** [[Long Haired Pretty Boy]]

** [[Long-Haired Pretty Boy]]

* [[Bare-Fisted Monk]]: For the most part.

* [[Bruce Lee Clone]]: He even had his own in-games vocals when the other men all had the same.

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** In ''[[Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (Video Game)|MK vs. DCU]]'', he's the focus of ''MK'' side's first chapter.

** In ''[[Mortal Kombat 9 (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat 9]]'', he's the focus of Chapter 5.

* [[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''.

* [[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.

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* [[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]]

** [[Our Hero Is Dead]]: The very instant Shang Tsung and Quan Chi got the jump on Liu Kang was when fans realized ''Deadly Alliance'' was going to be a [[Wham Episode]] of major proportions. {{spoiler|And [[It Got Worse]] from there.}}

** [[Our Hero Is Dead]]: The very instant Shang Tsung and Quan Chi got the jump on Liu Kang was when fans realized ''Deadly Alliance'' was going to be a [[Wham! Episode]] of major proportions. {{spoiler|And [[It Got Worse]] from there.}}

* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Kung Lao.

* [[Late Arrival Spoiler]]: If you plan to play ''Deception'' or ''Armageddon'', (or even ''9'', considering [[After the End|what the intro shows]]) bear in mind that he got killed at the beginning of ''Deadly Alliance'' and [[Came Back Wrong]] as a [[Our Zombies Are Different|zombie]].

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* [[The Cameo]]: He appears as an [[Secret Character|unlockable character]] in ''[[Unreal Championship 2 The Liandri Conflict (Video Game)|Unreal Championship 2 The Liandri Conflict]]'' (with Shao Kahn serving as the announcer), ''NFL Blitz'', and ''[[NBA Jam]]: Tournament Edition'' (alongside Shinnok), as well as making a bonus round cameo in a pinball machine, ''Bally's 1994 World Cup Championship''.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

* [[Eleventh Hour Superpower]]: In the middle of a [[Book Ends]] moment in ''9'', {{spoiler|he's re-empowered by the elder gods, and he manages to put the [[Big Bad]] in his place}}. Sadly, this [[Gameplay and Story Segregation|doesn't do anything gameplay wise]], aside from [[Power Echoes|making his]] [[Voice of the Legion|voice distorted]].

* [[Eleventh-Hour Superpower]]: In the middle of a [[Book Ends]] moment in ''9'', {{spoiler|he's re-empowered by the elder gods, and he manages to put the [[Big Bad]] in his place}}. Sadly, this [[Gameplay and Story Segregation|doesn't do anything gameplay wise]], aside from [[Power Echoes|making his]] [[Voice of the Legion|voice distorted]].

* [[Enemy Mine]]: In the intro for ''Deception'', he briefly joins Shang Tsung and Quan Chi when attempting to stop the Dragon King.

* [[Everything's Better With Samurai]]: The motif behind his alt. in ''Deadly Alliance'' (which would be passed on to his darker persona in ''Deception''). Among other things, his pants are replaced by hakama and a katana is fashioned to his waist. The costume also [[Compressed Hair|reveals]] Raiden to have [[Long Haired Pretty Boy]], [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]] [[Badass Long Hair|hair]] (it's somewhat noticeable in his default costume, but you have to squint).

* [[Everything's Better With Samurai]]: The motif behind his alt. in ''Deadly Alliance'' (which would be passed on to his darker persona in ''Deception''). Among other things, his pants are replaced by hakama and a katana is fashioned to his waist. The costume also [[Compressed Hair|reveals]] Raiden to have [[Long-Haired Pretty Boy]], [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]] [[Badass Long Hair|hair]] (it's somewhat noticeable in his default costume, but you have to squint).

* {{spoiler|[[Fallen Hero]]: Liu Kang sees him as this in ''9''.}}

* [[God in Human Form]]

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* [[Nice Hat]]: An iconic feature of the character.

* [[The Obi-Wan]]

* {{spoiler|[[Out Gambitted]]: The ending of ''9'' shows that Shinnok had been manipulating the events of the story the whole time, and it is strongly implied that he, too, messed with the timeline just as Raiden did (for example, Quan Chi, his servant, was not present in the original events, but features heavily here). So really, Raiden didn't actually make things worse at all, since Future Raiden could not account for the Elder Gods and in retrospect Raiden made barely any significant changes, and his role in the new timeline is actually roughly the same it was in the first.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Out-Gambitted]]: The ending of ''9'' shows that Shinnok had been manipulating the events of the story the whole time, and it is strongly implied that he, too, messed with the timeline just as Raiden did (for example, Quan Chi, his servant, was not present in the original events, but features heavily here). So really, Raiden didn't actually make things worse at all, since Future Raiden could not account for the Elder Gods and in retrospect Raiden made barely any significant changes, and his role in the new timeline is actually roughly the same it was in the first.}}

* [[Retcon]]: Raiden's story in the first title was much more self-serving, as he had been invited by Shang Tsung to compete and does so in order to prove mortals are puny when matched with a god. His ending from that game has him overthrow the tournament and turn it into a showcase of the gods (that eventually destroy the world). Later games throw this characterization out the window and instead portray him as a concerned protector who feels he must participate in order to avert disaster (as this happens [[Ret Canon|after the first movie also changed the entire story of the first game]]).

* [[Physical God]]

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* [[Face Heel Turn]]

* [[Fling a Light Into The Future|Fling A Light Into The Past]]: Pretty much what he does in ''MK9''. After the events of ''Armageddon'', he sends a message across time and space to his younger self of [[Mortal Kombat (Video Game)|the first game]]'s timeframe, in order to [[Cosmic Retcon|prevent]] the repeating of events. He believes that, with proper warning, his past self will not make the same mistakes that brought the fate of the timeline which ends with ''Armageddon''.

* [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]: During ''Deception'' and onward, combined with [[Red Eyes Take Warning]].

* [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]: During ''Deception'' and onward, combined with [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]].

* [[God Is Flawed]]

* [[Good Is Not Nice]]: He's an [[Omnicidal Neutral]] if anything.

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* [[Secret Character]]: The first secret character in the series. Later became a regular character.

** [[Guide Dang It]]: ''MK1'' required sheer perfection and luck on one specific fight in order to obtain him. Every so often, the game would have him pop out and drop a hint on this. And if you want to know, you are required to {{spoiler|be on The Pit stage ("[[Sdrawkcab Name|Tip eht fo mottob]]"), win with a double [[Flawless Victory]] ("Perfection is the key") and finish the opponent with your character's fatality ("Fatality is the key") and NOT Block ("Blocking will get you nowhere").}}

** [[Luck Based Mission]]: Even after all that, {{spoiler|a shadow has to fly past the moon for it to work ("Look to la luna")}}, which only occurs '''ONCE IN EVERY 6 CONSECUTIVE GAMES!''' (unless you're cheating on a console version, in whose case you don't get the bonus points)

** [[Luck-Based Mission]]: Even after all that, {{spoiler|a shadow has to fly past the moon for it to work ("Look to la luna")}}, which only occurs '''ONCE IN EVERY 6 CONSECUTIVE GAMES!''' (unless you're cheating on a console version, in whose case you don't get the bonus points)

** [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything]]: The only time you're allowed to {{spoiler|touch the block button is when inputting Sonya's fatality, the only one in the game that requires block.}}

* [[Shapeshifter Default Form]]: Inverted. Reptile prefers to take on a more human form, with his resemblance to a human or humanoid lizard varying from game to game. Yet, members of his race can lose their humanoid appearance when separated for long periods of time from their monarchal leader, with hints that Reptile's [[Sanity Slippage|temporary insanity]] is what caused his more bestial appearance in ''Deadly Alliance''.

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* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]]: A member of the Shokan race.

* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: At the time of ''Mortal Kombat'', he has already lived something like ''2000 years''.

* [[Red Eyes Take Warning]]

* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]

* [[Red Herring]]: The line that Goro could "eat you alive" from [[All There in the Manual|the Sega Genesis instruction manual]] had many believing the Goro could perform a fatality in the first game. He gets, however, fatalities of his own in the Gamecube version of ''Deception'' and [[Mortal Kombat 9 (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat 9]].

* [[Slipknot Ponytail]]

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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.

* [[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.

* [[Impaled With Extreme Prejudice]]:

** In ''MK3'', Tsung can summon a bed of nails in which he slams his dazed opponent as a finisher.

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* [[Shape Shifter]]

** [[Shapeshifter Guilt Trip]]: In the movie.

** [[~~Shape Shifter~~ Swan Song]]: His demise in the first game.

** [[Shapeshifter Swan Song]]: His demise in the first game.

** [[Ditto Fighter]]: A trademark of the character which [[Every Year They Fizzle Out|varies from continuity to continuity]].

* [[A Sinister Clue]]: Given his weapon style in later games, Shang would appear to be a lefty.