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* [[Mortal Kombat (Franchise)/Characters|Mortal Kombat]]
* [[Mortal Kombat 2 (Video Game)/Characters|Mortal Kombat 2]]
* [[Mortal Kombat 3 (Video Game)/Characters|Mortal Kombat 3]]
* [[Mortal Kombat 4 (Video Game)/Characters|Mortal Kombat 4]]
* [[Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance (Video Game)/Characters|Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance]]
* [[Mortal Kombat Deception (Video Game)/Characters|Mortal Kombat Deception]]
* [[Mortal Kombat Armageddon (Video Game)/Characters|Mortal Kombat Armageddon]]
* [[Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (Video Game)/Characters|Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe]]
* [[Mortal Kombat 9 (Video Game)/Characters|Mortal Kombat 9]]
 
* [[Mortal Kombat Mythologies Sub Zero (Video Game)/Characters|Mortal Kombat Mythologies Sub Zero]]
* [[Mortal Kombat: Special Forces (Video Game)/Characters|Mortal Kombat Special Forces]]
 
* [[Mortal Kombat: Conquest (TV)/Characters|Mortal Kombat Conquest]]
* [[Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm (Animation)/Characters|Mortal Kombat Defenders of the Realm]]
 
 
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== Introduced in ''[[Mortal Kombat (Videovideo Gamegame)|Mortal Kombat]]'' ==
 
== Hanzo Hasashi (Scorpion) ==
[[File:MK_Scorpion_2615.jpg|frame|''"Vengeance will be mine!"'']]
 
{{quote| '''Debut game''': ''[[Mortal Kombat (Videovideo Gamegame)|Mortal Kombat]]'' (Daniel Pesina/Ed Boon)<br />
'''Other appearances''': ''[[Mortal Kombat 2 (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat 2]]'' (Daniel Pesina/Ed Boon), ''Ultimate [[Mortal Kombat 3 (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat 3]]'' (John Turk), ''[[Mortal Kombat Mythologies Sub Zero (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat Mythologies Sub Zero]]'' (Sal Divita), ''[[Mortal Kombat 4 (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat 4]]'' (Ed Boon), ''[[Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance]]'' (Ed Boon), ''[[Mortal Kombat Deception (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat: Deception]]'' (Ed Boon), ''[[Mortal Kombat Armageddon (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat: Armageddon]]'' (Ed Boon), ''[[Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks]]'' (Ed Boon), ''[[Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat vs. DCU Universe]]'' ([[Patrick Seitz]]/Ed Boon), ''[[Mortal Kombat 9 (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat 9]]'' ([[Patrick Seitz]]/Ed Boon)<br />
'''Non-game appearances''': ''[[Mortal Kombat (Filmfilm)|Mortal Kombat]]'' (Chris Casamassa/Ed Boon), ''[[Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (Film)|Mortal Kombat Annihilation]]'' (J.J. Perry/Ed Boon), ''[[Mortal Kombat: Conquest (TV)|Mortal Kombat Conquest]]'' (Chris Casamassa/Ed Boon), ''[[Mortal Kombat Defenders of the Realm (Animation)|Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm]]'', ''[[Mortal Kombat Rebirth|Mortal Kombat: Rebirth]]''/''[[Mortal Kombat Legacy|Mortal Kombat: Legacy]]'' (Ian Anthony Dale/Ed Boon) }}
 
{{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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{{quote| One of the most recognizable characters of the game, he starts off as your typical [[Anti-Hero]], looking for revenge on Sub-Zero for having killed him. In the first issues of the game, Scorpion is shown to fail and be sent to Netherealm. He has a [[Heel Face Revolving Door]] relationship with the second Sub-Zero, his former nemesis' younger brother. In ''4'', he ends up entangled in the machinations of [[Manipulative Bastard|Quan-Chi]], who turns him against the younger Sub-Zero again. From ''Deadly Alliance'' onwards, he strikes a deal with the elder gods to destroy [[Our Dragons Are Different|Onaga]] in exchange for his clan's revival.}}
 
{{quote| In ''[[Mortal Kombat 9 (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat 9]]'', Scorpion pretty much keeps the same role as the previous games, with the notable difference of being more willing to be Quan Chi's soldier, as Quan Chi's treachery has so far not been detected by him.}}
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* [[An Arm and Aa Leg]]: Played literally straight in one of his fatalities, and then followed by [[Neck Snap|neck snapping]] in ''Deception''.
* [[Animal Motifs]]: Scorpions, duh.
** As a kind of fix for his Animality in ''3'' not being a scorpion, the MK team gave him a [[Scary Scorpions|giant scorpion]] form as one of his Fatalities in ''4/Gold''.
** In the ''[[Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (Video Game)|DC crossover]]'' and ''MK9'', it's also in the mask.
** 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.
* [[Arch Enemy]]: Quan Chi.
* [[As Long Asas It Sounds Foreign]]: They went right with "[[Hattori Hanzo|Hanzo]]" for a first name, but his surname, Hasashi, is not even a 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 From the Dead]]: After being killed by Bi-Han (the original Sub-Zero), Scorpion is back as [[The Undead|a wraith]] at the start of ''MK1''.
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'''Sub-Zero''': ''"I am his family and clan. I fight for his honor."''<br />
'''Scorpion''' (''furiously''): ''"He had no honor! And you will die as he did!"'' }}
* [[Big Never]]: When Quan Chi forcibly sends him back to the Netherrealm in ''4''. [[Taking You Withwith 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.
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** [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch]]: His "Get over here!" line had "Bitch!" put at the end in ''Shaolin Monks''. There was even a {{spoiler|"get the ''[[Precision F-Strike|fuck]]'' over here!"}} variant! Of course, this happened very rarely, making this and the former additive probably the only times in ''MK'' that there's been profanity.
* [[Code Name]]: Before becoming the hellspawn known as Scorpion, Hanzo was given the title of "Sasori" by the Shirai Ryu's Grandmaster. Sasori is the [[Foreshadowing|Japanese word for "Scorpion."]]
* [[A Day in Thethe Limelight]]:
** In ''[[Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (Video Game)|MK vs. DCU]]'', he's the focus of the ''MK'' side's Chapter 5.
** In ''[[Mortal Kombat 9 (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat 9]]'', he's the focus of Chapter 3.
* [[Dem Bones]]: As revealed during his signature Fatality, under Scorpion's mask his head is actually a [[Flaming Skulls]].
* [[Downloadable Content]]:
** In ''9'', his klassic skin from ''MK1/2/3'' and his classic "Toasty!" fatality.
** [[And Your Reward Is Clothes]]: Before being part of the [[Downloadable Content|Klassic Pack]], buying Gamestop's regular edition of ''9'' gave you these items.
* [[Everything's Better Withwith Penguins]]: To make up for the Scorpion Animality already being taken by Sheeva (supposedly, the dev team did not had ''Ultimate'' in mind when making ''MK3'') Scorpion's Animality form ''Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3'' is a penguin which lays [[Made of Explodium|explosive eggs]].
* [[Exact Words]]: In ''Deception'', the Elder Gods promised to bring back Scorpion's clan if he agreed to help them by slaying Onaga. Scorpion fulfills his part of the bargain, and the Elder Gods bring back Scorpion's clan... {{spoiler|as undead abominations. Cue the [[Rage Against the Heavens]]}}.
* [[The Faceless]]: As the series went on many masked ninjas have been revealing their faces at least once in one of the installments, save for some who are still covered, Scorpion is one of those, his facial features as Hanzo have never been properly shown (properly in this case meaning someone who isn't Daniel Pesina from the very first game as he played many other characters in it). Hanzo still has to show his true face sometime in the future.
* [[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: theThe Mindgate Conspiracy (Video Game)|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).
* [[Heel Face Door Slam]]:
** 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}}.
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** [[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.
* {{spoiler|[[Impaled Withwith 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!]]
* [[Large Ham]]
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* [[Ninja]]: Of all the ''MK'' "ninjas", he's the only one who was from Japan. Sub-Zero directly says this to Quan Chi in ''Mythologies''.
* [[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 Thethe 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.
* [[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.
* [[Off Withwith His Head]]: In ''Deception'', he borrows [[Mortal Kombat (Videovideo Gamegame)|the original "Spine Rip" fatality from Bi-Han]] and rips the enemy's head off with the spine still attached.
* [[One-Winged Angel]]: Inferno Scorpion from ''Shaolin Monks'', essentially Scorpion without his mask and damaged skin. {{spoiler|1=He reappears in ''9'' on the 232nd floor of the Challenge Tower as an opponent for Kano.}}
* [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]]: To Bi-Han.
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* [[Palette Swap]]: Of Sub-Zero, originally. The same is true in reverse.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: Aside from his love for his family, he discovered back in ''2'' that Sub-Zero was actually the younger brother of Bi-Han--the man he had killed in the last tournament--when he saw Kuai Liang sparing the life of his opponent. He decided to become the Lin Kuei's [[Mysterious Protector|guardian]] from there on out of atonement.
* [[Playing Withwith Fire]]
** [[Kill It Withwith Fire]]
** [[Hellfire]]
** [[Breath Weapon]]:
{{quote| ''"TOASTY!"''}}
** [[Stripped to Thethe Bone]]: In [[Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (Video Game)|the DC crossover]], Scorpion summons a pool of lava and drags the opponent in it. Moments later, the body is thrown back out of the pit, now reduced to a skeleton. This returns as his second fatality in ''9'', with the addition of stabbing them with his kunai and wrapping it around their neck.
* [[Power Echoes]]: ''vs. DCU'' and onward.
* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: According to ''Deadly Alliance'', [[Hidden Depths|Scorpion's true forte is]]... [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-c4U6XRtvc cooking.]
* [[Screw Destiny]]
* [[Series Mascot]]: Netherrealm Studios' logomark is suspiciously similar to Scorpion, even with a slightly different weapon than a Kunai, sickle in this case, fixed to the chain.
* [[Skull for Aa Head]]
* [[Tear Off Your Face]]: His trademark fatality has him doing it to himself. See [[Skull for Aa Head]] above.
* [[Teleport Spam]]
* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: Probably the patron saint of this. When Scorpion is on the warpath, ''run''.
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{{quote| Thus was the life of Sub-Zero. }}
 
{{quote| NOTE: Tropes regarding the younger Sub-Zero and Noob Saibot should go into the ''[[Mortal Kombat 2 (Video Game)/Characters|Mortal Kombat 2]]'' character sheet.}}
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* [[An Ice Person]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKAtUeWCfrE Chinese Ninja Warrior with your HEART SO COLD!]
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* [[Foreshadowing]]: ''Mythologies'' serves as one big build-up for his eventual fate as Noob Saibot.
* [[Heel Realization]]: Raiden's words that darkness existed in his soul [[Contemplate Our Navels|deeply troubles]] Sub-Zero. [[Ignored Epiphany|Too bad he didn't do much to change anything]].
* [[Hoist Byby His Own Petard]]: In the movie, he's pitted in a fight against Liu Kang. He seems to get the upper hand when he starts to freeze his surroundings and is rapidly cornering Liu Kang; Unluckily for him, his chilling power backfires when Liu throws a bucket of water at him, which freezes, impales, and kills him.
* [[Insistent Terminology]]: [[Justified Trope]] in that they're ''chinese'' assassins, not ninjas, and he dislikes being called one.
{{quote| ''"Let's get something straight here: I am not a [[Ninja]]. I am Lin Kuei!"''}}
* [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]]: [[Ship Tease|Moreso around Sareena]].
** [[Jerkass]]: From what we've seen of him in ''9''. Still, the above must hold true, given how much his younger brother idolizes him.
* [[Kill It Withwith Fire]]: His fate in the original timeline at the hands of Scorpion.
* [[Kill It Withwith Ice]]: His preferred method of killing.
** [[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.
* [[Mis Blamed]]: An [[In -Universe]] example: he (and, by extension, the Lin Kuei) wasn't the one who killed Scorpion's clan. {{spoiler|It was Quan Chi.}}
* [[Monochromatic Eyes]]
* [[Off Withwith 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!'''
** Ironically, this is how he dies in ''[[Mortal Kombat 9 (Video Game)|the alternate timeline]]''.
* [[Only in It For Thethe Money]]:
** He entered the ''MK1'' tournament just to assassinate Shang Tsung and collect the large bounty on his head.
** He also tells Raiden in ''Mythologies'' that he was just earning his living after Quan Chi escapes with Shinnok's amulet.
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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 (Video Game)|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)<br />
'''Other appearances''': ''Mortal Kombat II'' (cameo), ''Mortal Kombat 3'' (Richard Divizio), ''[[Mortal Kombat Special Forces (Video Game)|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'' ([[Michael McConnohie]])<br />
'''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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{{quote| In ''Armageddon'''s Konquest mode, Kano is found by Taven to have been held prisoner by the Red Dragon Clan for quite some time. Before escaping their facilities, Kano explains to Taven that the Red Dragon Clan had been experimenting on him, in an effort to create Human-Dragon Hybrids, yet without apparent effects on Kano.}}
 
{{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]]
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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.
* [[Only in It For Thethe 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.
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{{quote| '''Debut game''': ''Mortal Kombat'' (Daniel Pesina)<br />
'''Other appearances''': ''Mortal Kombat II'' (Daniel Pesina), ''[[Mortal Kombat 3 (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat Trilogy]]'' (Chris Alexander), ''Mortal Kombat 4'', ''Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance'', ''Mortal Kombat: Deception'' (cameo), ''Mortal Kombat: Armageddon'' ''Mortal Kombat 9'' (Jeff Pilson)<br />
'''Non-game appearances''': ''Mortal Kombat: The Movie'' (Linden Ashby), ''Mortal Kombat: Annihilation'' (Chris Conrad), ''Mortal Kombat: Rebirth''/''Mortal Kombat: Legacy'' (Matt Mullins) }}
 
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{{quote| Later, he is, as well as many other warriors, restored to life one more time by Onaga and made into his slave. Some time later, he was freed from this state by Ermac and the spirit of Liu Kang, in time to join the ''Armageddon''. }}
 
{{quote| ''[[Mortal Kombat 9 (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat 9]]'' sees Cage have a much more... err... [[Jerk Withwith 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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* [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy]]
* [[Back From the Dead]]: ''Constantly''. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] when, prior to joining the battle against the ''Deadly Alliance'', he was (unwillingly) starting to film ''Mortal Kombat: The Death of Johnny Cage'', in which he was repeatedly killed and brought back to life.
** He was one of the few heroic characters to survive the story mode in ''[[Mortal Kombat 9 (Video Game)|MK9]]''.
* [[Badass Boast]]: From the story mode of ''[[Mortal Kombat 9 (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat 9]]'':
{{quote| '''Johnny Cage:''' ''"Most people think my films just use a lot of special effects and wire work; they don't realise, I'' am ''the special effects."''}}
* [[Born Lucky]]: While other kombatants can justify their special powers for they went through a [[Training From Hell]], some are [[Physical God|Physical Gods]] themselves, and the rest are sorcerers and [[Ninja|Ninjas]]/[[McNinja|McNinjas]]; Johnny Cage has no background for how he got his energy blasts, he's simply naturally gifted, in ''MK9'' it is made even more obvious how his powers are so natural, Johnny initially is in disbelief about the whole Mortal Kombat and other realms thing, and yet he doesn't mention or see his powers as being equally unbelievable.
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** [[Sunglasses At Night]]
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]
* [[A Day in Thethe Limelight]]: In ''[[Mortal Kombat 9 (Video Game)|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 (Filmfilm)|movie self]], as seen in ''MK9''.
* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: In ''[[Mortal Kombat 9 (Video Game)|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 Withwith a Heart of Gold|but is horrified when Shang Tsung demands he "finish" a fallen opponent]].
* [[Kangaroos Represent Australia]]: He turns into one to kick his opponent off screen as an Animality in ''MK Trilogy''.
* [[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.
* [[Fighting Withwith Chucks]]
* [[Full-Name Basis]]
* [[Groin Attack]]: His "Split Punch" signature attack, a special move where he does the splits and plants his fist directly into his opponent's balls.
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* [[Half the Man He Used To Be]]: His Torso Rip fatality.
** In ''Shaolin Monks'', he has a [[Finishing Move|fatality]] where he ''will'' punch the opponent in [[Groin Attack|the groin]] several times, mugs for the camera, punches the groin for a bit like a speed bag, and then does one final monster punch that pulverises the entire pelvic region, effectively cutting the unlucky victim in half.
* [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]]/[[Took a Level In Jerkass]]: [[Zig -Zagging Trope|Zig-Zagged]], especially come MK9
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQirOSjf4ao His bloated ego] reaches [[Joke Character]] proportions in ''MK9''.
** During Jax's chapter in ''9'', Johnny, Raiden, and Jax find themselves stuck at the Kombat Armory, when he probes Jax's relationship with Sonya.<ref>Mind you, Jax and co. are mulling around Outworld looking for her whereabouts, as Sonya is ''scheduled for execution'' as they speak</ref> Johnny, being himself, makes his intentions with Sonya a little less than subtle. This prompts Jax to challenge Johnny to a fight right there and then. However, afterwards, he brushes it off later and even good-naturedly jokes about it after they find Sonya.
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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.
* [[Off Withwith 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 In Badass|becoming more powerful than humanly imaginable.]]}}
* [[Person Asas Verb]]: Tried this with himself in ''Shaolin Monks'' and ''MK9''. "You just got ''Caged''"
* [[Pungeon Master]]: In the Movie, he is particularly prone to [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Incredibly Lame Puns]], to the point that he's basically the [[Plucky Comic Relief|comic relief]] of the film.
* [[Red Herring Shirt]]: In ''9'', he {{spoiler|'''lives'''}}.
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{{quote| Years later, Sonya would once again heed Raiden's call, this time to travel back to Outworld -- for Sonya, this coincided with her search for two missing OIA operatives, Cyrax and Kenshi. She is killed in a fight with the Deadly Alliance and its minions, only to be resurrected and enslaved by Onaga, along her fallen comrades. She would eventually be freed from Onaga's control by Ermac and Liu Kang, in time to participate in the events of ''Armageddon''.}}
 
{{quote| ''[[Mortal Kombat 9 (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat 9]]'' sees Sonya being pretty much the same tough lady she's always been, although her pursuit of Kano is ''massively'' derailed by the events of the game, making her take a much more active role in the defense of Earthrealm.}}
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* [[The Chick]] of the [[Five-Man Band]]
* [[Combat Stilettos]]
* [[A Day in Thethe Limelight]]:
** In ''[[Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (Video Game)|MK vs. DCU]]'', she's the focus of the ''MK'' side's Chapter 2.
** In ''[[Mortal Kombat 9 (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat 9]]'', she's the focus of Chapter 2.
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: According to ''9'', she's been searching for her MIA father, although she fears that he might already be dead. {{spoiler|In her Arcade Ladder ending, she encounters a ghost claiming to be that of her father, but it's unknown if the apparition is real or if it's an aftereffect of her PTSD in the aftermath of the battle with Shao Kahn.}}
* [[Dual-Wielding]]: In ''Deadly Alliance'' and ''Armageddon'', she could use a pair of kali sticks in battle.
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* [[Hair of Gold]]
* {{spoiler|[[Half the Man He Used To Be|Half The Woman She Used To Be]]}}: Her fate in the Battle of Armageddon.
* [[Kiss of Death]]: Her main fatality; it comes in [[Playing Withwith Fire|fiery]], [[Ludicrous Gibs|crushing]], [[Universal Poison|poisonous]], and [[Half the Man He Used To Be|slicing]] varieties. In a variant on the trope, she blows her kisses at her foes.
* [[Murderous Thighs]]: One of her fatalities was a leg scissor hold that literally cut the opponent in half.
* [[Neck Snap]]: A move from ''4''. She also uses a variant with her legs to [[Neck Snap|break Kano's neck]] in one of the movie versions.
* [[No Flow in CGI]]: Her ponytail in ''[[Mortal Kombat 4 (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat 4]]''.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: To Jax.
* [[She Fu]]: Her signature move starts with her doing a backflip, grabbing the opponent between her legs, and throwing them.
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{{quote| His rest was short however, as a corrupted Raiden restored the monk as a living corpse, which went on a rampage and proceded to slaughter many of Liu Kang's fellow Shaolin monks. Liu Kang's spirit wasn't technically responsible, but he couldn't help but feel responsibile for the actions perpetrated by his corpse. Eventually, he defeated his body, stopping it from doing further harm.}}
 
{{quote| In ''[[Mortal Kombat 9 (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat 9]]'', Liu Kang once again is Raiden's chosen champion to participate in the Mortal Kombat tournament.}}
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=== Tropes related to Human!Liu Kang ===
* {{spoiler|[[A God Am I]]: In his ending in ''9'', he demands to take Raiden's place as the new Thunder God and defender of Earthrealm.}}
* [[Anvil Onon Head]]: In one of his fatalities in ''MK3'' and [[Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (Video Game)|the DC crossover]], ''a Mortal Kombat arcade cabinet'' drops and crush his opponent.
* [[Arch Enemy]]: Shang Tsung.
* [[Badass Long Hair]]
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* [[Celibate Hero]]: He passed up on Kitana's offer of ruling Edenia with her after ''Mortal Kombat 4'', because of his status as the Champion of Earthrealm.
* {{spoiler|1=[[Despair Event Horizon]]/[[Trauma Conga Line]]: All of his friends save for Cage and Sonya die, he finds his faith in Raiden completely shattered, and dies a horrible death when he attacks the latter out of rage.}}
* [[A Day in Thethe Limelight]]:
** 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''.
* {{spoiler|[[Drunk Withwith 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 Withwith Power]] tyrant}}.
* [[Famous Ancestor]]: Like his friend Kung Lao, Liu Kang is also descended from The Great Kung Lao.
* [[Funny Bruce Lee Noises]]
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* [[The Messiah]]
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]
* [[Playing Withwith Fire]]: His [[Rule of Cool|dragon-shaped]] fiery projectiles attacks.
* [[Ret Canon]]: The affection between him and Kitana was inserted into the games after the success of the first film:
** In his ending in ''4'', {{spoiler|Kitana offers him the chance [[Hot Consort|to rule by her side]] in Edenia and presumably other rewards. He politely declines, choosing to respect his duties as Earthrealm's champion. Then Liu Kang gets killed at the beginning of ''Deadly Alliance''}}.
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** [[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.}}
* [[Chained Byby Fashion]]: By learning the secrets of an ancient cult known as the Houan sect, Raiden was able to use [[Necromancy]] and his lightning powers to reanimate Liu Kang's body with the help of bloody ceremonial chains. Unfortunately, these chains are not used as weapons in gameplay (they're only seen being wielded by Liu Kang in the intro to ''Armageddon'').
* [[Demonic Possession]]: Used as fatality in ''Deception''. He transforms his body into a spiritual state and enters the victim's body, possessing it. A second later, the victim rips their own head off to reveal his head replacing it before bowing down.
* [[Everything's Deader Withwith Zombies]]
* [[The Undead]]
 
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{{quote| His doings on ''Deception'' caught the attention of the Forces of Evil; Raiden joined their ranks during the Armageddon in an attempt to secretly uncover and prevent any plans that could harm the Earthrealm.}}
 
{{quote| Raiden is the linchpin of the entire plot of ''[[Mortal Kombat 9 (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat 9]]''.}}
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* [[All of Them]]: Raiden is a master of all 750 variants of Jujitsu.
* [[And Your Reward Is Clothes]]: His unlockable second costume in ''9'' is {{spoiler|Dark!}}Raiden.
* [[Badass Cape]]: Gets a pimpin' one in ''Deadly Alliance'' and the [[Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (Video Game)|DC crossover]].
* [[Battle Aura]]: In the first game, ''4'', and ''Deadly Alliance'', his body constantly generates lightning bolts.
* [[Big Good]]
* [[A Day in Thethe Limelight]]:
** In ''[[Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (Video Game)|MK vs. DCU]]'', he's the focus of ''MK'' side's Chapter 7.
** In ''[[Mortal Kombat 9 (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat 9]]'', he's the focus of Chapter 16.
* [[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]].
* [[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 Withwith 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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* [[Guilt Complex]]: {{spoiler|Gets one in ''9''. He constantly misinterprits the message his future-self sent and doesn't realize what it really meant until the final chapter. By then, his attempts to change the original timeline resulted in [[It Got Worse]] for many characters. He realises this is all his fault.}}
* [[Hammerspace]]: He pulls his staff out of nowhere.
* [[Heroic BSOD]]/[[Despair Event Horizon]]: {{spoiler|Seems to have crossed this threshold in ''9'' with the deaths of most his allies (including Liu Kang, whom he accidentally killed himself), the futility of his actions to prevent Armageddon (including [[What the Hell, Hero?|getting called out by Liu Kang]]), and the Elder Gods turning their backs on him due to technicalities. He was about to [[Deal Withwith the Devil|strike up an alliance with Quan Chi]], for Fujin's sake!}}
* [[Hot God]]
* [[Hurting Hero]]: It's hard not to feel sorry for Raiden during the events of ''[[Mortal Kombat 9 (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat 9]]''. {{spoiler|His actions slowly keep making things [[It Got Worse|worse]] for Earthrealm, the heroes die one by one under his watch, and the Elder Gods seem to be pulling a major [[The Gods Must Be Lazy]] trip. By the end of the game, his actions narrowly prevented Armageddon from happening, but at the cost of [[Kill'Em All|practically all of Earthrealm's champions]]. Even Liu Kang, Raiden's favored champion, is [[My God, What Have I Done?|dead (although unintentionally) by his own hand]] at the end, after having [[Rage Against the Heavens|first turned on him for the tragedies he so far caused]]. He carries the guilt of his actions throughout the entire game and you can tell it takes its toll. By the game's ending, he's emotionally exhausted. And [[The Stinger]] at the end just makes it even worse.}} Seriously, the guy probably needs a hug badly when all's said and done.
* [[Idiot Ball]]: A glaring one in ''Mortal Kombat 9'' has Raiden standing back and doing nothing {{spoiler|as Lin Kuei cyber-ninjas attack Sub-Zero and take him away, even going as far as to stop Smoke from helping out. This is despite the fact that, in a nearly identical situation involving Smoke, Raiden didn't hesitate to blast all of the cyber-ninjas with lightning, taking them out and saving Smoke.}} He stated that if he got involved that it would make the situation worse, but even then that was a weak excuse... especially considering his attempts to ''not'' intervene in the game's events were only making things worse.
* [[In-Series Nickname]]: In ''9'', Nightwolf (one of the few spiritually aware Earthrealm dwellers; he's apparently communed with Raiden a few times in the past) occasionally refers to him as [[All Myths Are True|Haokah, the spirit of thunder and lightning in Lakota mythology.]]
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** [[Psycho Electric Eel]]: His Animality from ''Trilogy''.
** [[Ride the Lightning]]
** [[Stripped to Thethe Bone]]: In one of his [[Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (Video Game)|DC crossover]] fatalities, he uses his electric powers to burn off all the opponent's flesh, leaving behind their smoking skeleton.
** [[Your Head Asplode]]: As a Fatality. And yes, it's related to electricity.
* [[Silence, You Fool]]: In the first movie. And he's a GOOD guy.
* [[Spell My Name Withwith an "S"]]: Depending on the game continuity or the platform in wich he appears, Raiden is sometimes called Ra'''y'''den, because of copyright issues as a [[Shoot'Em Up]] was also named ''[[Raiden]]'', or possibly to keep from confusing him with Raiden from the ''[[Fatal Fury]]'' series. Curiously, sketches from ''Deadly Alliance'' also use the Ra'''y'''den spelling.
* [[Teleport Spam]]
 
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* [[Evil Sounds Deep]]: Or at least, [[Darker and Edgier]] Sounds Deep''er''. His narration in ''Deception'' (in his ending, where he {{spoiler|kills Shujinko}}) is a fair bit deeper than that of his narration from ''Deadly Alliance''.
* [[Face Heel Turn]]
* [[Fling a Light Into Thethe 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 (Videovideo Gamegame)|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]].
* [[God Is Flawed]]
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* [[Heel Realization]]: Quite possibly the entire reason he attempts to change history in ''9'', coupled with [[The Bad Guy Wins|Shao Kahn's victory]]. His revival of Liu Kang is one of the key events shown in the flashback message he sends to his past self.
* [[Idiot Ball]]: If he would have been more specific with his message, {{spoiler|the amount of casualties suffered on the heroes' side would have most likely been avoided}}.
* [[Taking You Withwith Me]]: In ''Deception'', he tries to pull this off against Onaga, but in vain. It actually works straight when used as Fatality in that same game.
* [[Trailers Always Lie]]: All promotional art of Raiden in ''Deception'' as well as his appearances throughout most of that game's Konquest Mode use his depiction from ''Deadly Alliance'', perhaps as to not spoil the transformation he had undergone there.
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: Saving the Earth first by {{spoiler|resurrecting Liu Kang and making him as a killing zombie}}, and then by destroying all the other realms, even those which are dangerless for the Earth itself... yeah.
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{{quote| After the fall of the Dragon King at the hand of the Forces of Light, Reptile found himself free from the villain's possession. At the time of the ''Armageddon'', he seems to be part of the Red Dragon clan's human-reptilian hybrids experimentations. It's not clear if he's willing, but this might have been another way, in his eyes, to get his Saurian race to be restored.}}
 
{{quote| Reptile is pretty much the same he's ever been in ''[[Mortal Kombat 9 (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat 9]]'': an assassin for Shang Tsung and foot soldier for Outworld.}}
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* [[Alien Blood]]: It's green.
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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 (Video Game)|Onaga, the Dragon King]].}}
** In ''[[Mortal Kombat 9 (Video Game)|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.
** [[And Your Reward Is Clothes]]: Before being part of the [[Downloadable Content|Klassic Pack]], buying the game in Amazon or Amazon UK gave you these items.
* [[Everything's Better Withwith Monkeys]]: His Chimp Animality from ''UMK3''.
* [[Flash Step]]: His Running Serpent.
* [[Hollywood Acid]]: His vomit is strong enough to melt someone down into a skeleton in under a minute.
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** His fatality in ''4'' and ''Deadly Alliance'' has him reducing the enemy's head to a mere skull via acid. In the latter, [[I'm a Humanitarian|he eats it]].
* [[Imagine Spot]]: Due to his [[Sanity Slippage|waning lucidity]], ''Deadly Alliance'''s Konquest Mode notes that Reptile's imagination tends to get out of hand frequently, causing him daydream about hypothetical battles (such as he thwarting the Deadly Alliance's assassination attempt on Shao Kahn).
* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: He can swallow an entire human head in one bite, and some of his fatalities has him ripping and eating [[Off Withwith His Head|the opponent's head]], chameleon-style.
* [[Invisibility]]: He can turn invisible in nearly every game where he's playable.
* [[It Was a Gift]]: The Kirehashi blade that he uses in ''Deadly Alliance'' and ''Armageddon'' is an [[Ancestral Weapon|ancient Raptor weapon]] offered to him as a sign of peace by Nitara. While this was mostly done to get Reptile's guard down and gain his trust so that Nitara could lure him over to her side, this also suggests that there is some sort of shared history between the people of Zaterra and Vaeternus (the Vampire race is said to be a record keeper of the history of other races, but it's unknown how deep their connection with other species were).
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{{quote| '''Debut game''': ''Mortal Kombat''<br />
'''Other appearances''': ''Mortal Kombat Trilogy'', ''[[Mortal Kombat 4 (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat Gold]]'', ''Mortal Kombat: Deception'', ''Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks'', ''Mortal Kombat: Armageddon'', ''Mortal Kombat 9'' (Ken Lally)<br />
'''Non-game appearances''': ''Mortal Kombat: The Movie'' ([[Kevin Michael Richardson]]) }}
 
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{{quote| Years later, during the time of the Deadly Alliance, the united Edenians and Shokans marched on Shao Kahn's weakened army. Goro was exhausted from battle and was struck from behind by Noob Saibot. He was mortally wounded, apparently dying from the injury. So, Princess Kitana held a royal funeral for her former ally. However, Goro was able to survive, being saved from death by Shao Kahn himself, with the promise to return the Shokans to their former glory and the banishment of the Centaurians in exchange for his allegiance. Agreeing to these terms, Goro resumed his place at Shao Kahn's side and helped him to become once again the Emperor of the Outworld during the time of the ''Armageddon''.}}
 
{{quote| Goro is pretty much the same in ''[[Mortal Kombat 9 (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat 9]]''.}}
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* [[Monster Modesty]]: Subverted with his alt. in ''Deception'' and ''Armageddon'', which decks Goro out in armor and a shirt that covers most of his chest.
* [[Multi-Armed and Dangerous]]
** [[An Arm and Aa Leg]]: One of his fatalities has him using his four arms to rip off his opponent's limbs.
** [[Spin Attack]]: Goro's Spinning Slaps.
* [[Odd Friendship]]: With Kitana. If ''Deadly Alliance'' is indication, the two are old friends, to the point that she attended his funeral at Kuatan Palace after he was slain by Noob Saibot sometime between ''4'' and ''DA''.
* [[Our Giants Are Bigger]]
* [[Playing Withwith Fire]]: he can throw fireballs either from his hands, up to four in a row in some games, or [[Breath Weapon|from his mouth]].
* [[Pointy Ears]]
* [[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 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]]
* [[SNK Boss]]: In the early games, Goro was far from balanced. All of his moves did way more damage then all of the other characters, and because of that he was notoriously difficult to defeat in the first game.
* [[Stop Motion]]: In his very first incarnation he was animated this way. This set the precedent for [[Mortal Kombat 2 (Video Game)|Kintaro]], [[Mortal Kombat 3 (Video Game)|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]]''.
 
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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 (Video Game)|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. }}
 
{{quote| The events of ''[[Mortal Kombat 9 (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat 9]]'' happen pretty much the same for Shang Tsung as in the previous games, with an exception.}}
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* [[Beard of Evil]]: White in the first game, black in the other ones.
* [[Big Bad]]: In the first game.
* [[Cursed Withwith Awesome]]: When Shang Tsung committed the atrocity of taking a soul, he was cursed by the Elder Gods not only to kill his enemies, but to take their souls as well. Only in this way would he hold off his grim fate: [[Rapid Aging|to age rapidly and die prematurely]]. However, as a side effect of his consuming the souls of others, Tsung was able to access their memories and knowledge, a happenstance which would greatly benefit him in the future.
* [[A Day in Thethe Limelight]]: In ''[[Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (Video Game)|MK vs. DCU]]'', he's the focus of the ''MK'' side's Chapter 6.
* [[Demonic Possession]]: In ''MKII'', he enters his opponent's body, which violently shakes until it explodes as Shang appears in the opponent's place. It inspires one of Liu Kang's ''Deception'' fatalities, and in ''MK9'' it comes full-circle with it being based on Liu Kang's one instead of his ''MKII'' one.
* [[The Dragon]]: To Shao Kahn.
** [[The Starscream]]: The degree varies with the adaptation, but he's always just a little too ambitious to be a good number 2.
** [[Treacherous Advisor]]
* [[Dressing Asas the Enemy]]: Inverted. He disguised himself as Kung Lao in order to get the drop on Liu Kang in ''Deadly Alliance''.
* [[Dropped a Bridge Onon Him]]
* [[Energy Absorption]]: In later games, he can absorb part of his opponent's soul during a fight to restore his health.
* [[Everything's Better Withwith Rainbows]]: His Friendship in ''MKII''.
* [[Evil Genius]]: Of the ''MK3'' [[Five-Bad Band]].
* [[Evil Mentor]]: To Goro, the Shokan prince.
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* [[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.
* [[Impaled Withwith Extreme Prejudice]]:
** In ''MK3'', Tsung can summon a bed of nails in which he slams his dazed opponent as a finisher.
** [[Hoist Byby His Own Petard|He meets his demise this way in the movie.]]
* [[I Was Quite the Looker]]: Compare [http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110912181333/mk/images/thumb/b/bf/Shang_tsung_render_1000px.png/250px-Shang_tsung_render_1000px.png his elder form] to when [http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxz8z0zPlv1r5gqil.jpg his youth is restored.]
* [[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.}}
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** There's also his behavior in ''MK9'''s story mode, especially after {{spoiler|he has his youth restored}}.
* [[Monster Clown]]: One of his ''[[Mortal Kombat 9 (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat 9]]'' Fatalities, which doubles as a [[Take That]] to ''[[Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (Video Game)|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.]
* [[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 Withwith Fire]]: Summons skulls on fire as projectiles.
* [[The Punishment]]: This is what the Elder Gods call his soul-sucking ability. Admittedly it's required to keep him sustained, though he can do much more with it than that and definitely not objecting.
* [[Scaled Up]]: He could turn into a cobra to finish his opponents as Animality in ''MK3''.
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== Introduced in ''[[Mortal Kombat (Filmfilm)|Mortal Kombat]]'' ==
 
== Art Lean ==
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* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: As brave as he was, poor Chan didn't stand a chance against Shang Tsung.
* [[Dead Little Sister|Dead Little Brother]]: To Liu Kang.
* [[Doomed Byby Canon]]: His death is Liu Kang's motive to put Shang Tsung to rest.
* [[Finishing Stomp]]: How Shang Tsung finishes him.
* [[Spell My Name Withwith an "S"]]: Chan or Chen?
* [[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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