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* [[Fandom Rivalry]]: There are two groups of ''Mortal Kombat'' fans in their regards to ''[[Street Fighter]]'' -- those who hate it because it's not ''Mortal Kombat'', and those who want the series to cross over some day.
* [[Fan Dumb]]: Hating every character who came out since 1995 because they're "new".
* [[Freud Was Right]]: In [[Mortal Kombat (
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* [[Game Breaker]]: Various characters at various points, which is why the series has never been particularly popular for [[Tournament Play]]. In some of the games, the bosses are available for use, but, keeping with a general rule for [[Fighting Game|Fighting Games]], playing as them is nothing more than an easy way to get people to stop playing with you.
* [[Memetic Mutation]]: Let's see: "GET OVER HERE!", "FINISH HIM!", "FLAWLESS VICTORY" (this one tends to be overlooked), "FATALITY", and a minor one for "Friendship. Friendship again?". The "Friendship" one originates from a finishing move that karried through from ''MK2'' to ''MK3'' and ''Ultimate MK3''. For "Friendship", the winning player would usually "spare" the losing player's life in exchange for some wacky kut-scene playing in the background. Thus, the announcer (Shao Kahn), upset that the player did not "finish him" as expected, would say the above phrase. Also, some of us will still say "Superb," or "Excellent", or "Outstanding" the way Shao Kahn says it in the games.
** Also, the trend of ending words with "-ality", essentially turning anything in [[Real Life]] into a gory, ''MK''-style finisher.
** A common fan-coined phrase in regards to characters coming [[Back From the Dead]] at the drop of a hat: "[[Death Is Cheap|Nobody stays dead in]] ''[[Death Is Cheap|Mortal Kombat]]''". {{spoiler|Then came ''[[
** Almost anything coming out from [[Big Bad|Shao Kahn]] in the [[Mortal Kombat 2
** [[Easter Egg|TOASTY!"]]
* [[Mondegreen]]: The first few games, despite being full of sampled speech, predate an era where [[Special Effects Failure|sampled speech didn't sound like arse]]. Thus, a lot of things don't sound like they're meant to. Such as:
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* [[Most Annoying Sound]]: [[Bruce Lee Clone|Liu Kang's]] [[Kiai|voice]].
* [[Most Wonderful Sound]]: The satisfying *TWHACK* of a well-placed uppercut, "FINISH HIM!!", Scorpion's "GET OVER HERE!", and of kourse, "FATALITY".
* [[Rescued From the Scrappy Heap]]: Kurtis Stryker, if not ''Armageddon'', then ''definitely'' in ''[[Mortal Kombat 9
* [[The Scrappy]]: The Elder Gods, especially so in ''[[
* [[Squick]]: Reptile. Taken [[Up to Eleven]] in the ''Rebirth'' pilot.
* [[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TXPFgRsVUE Courtesy] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4-js6TKPBc of] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt6cKRgHFAY Proxicide]
* [[Unpopular Popular Character]]: Johnny Cage. While liked by fans (especially after ''[[
== [[Mortal Kombat (
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]:
** Scorpion. He, along with Sub-Zero, are long time fan favourites, and had practically became the [[Series Mascot|"faces"]] of ''Mortal Kombat'' despite not being main characters. Despite being a brutal monster, his Darkhorse status often put him in a sympathetic light, such as being an [[Anti-Villain]]. Part of his appeal stems from the fact that his endings generally don't threaten Earthrealm at all. Even [[Word of God|Ed Boon has openly admitted this]], to the point that, in various interviews, he said that his favorite character has always been Scorpion, and that any ''Mortal Kombat'' game would feel incomplete without him. ''[[Updated Rerelease|Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3]]'' serves as the ultimate proof of this: it was Midway's apology for not including Scorpion in the original ''[[
*** He and Younger Sub-Zero have become the [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad]] of the series.
** Sub-Zero (the elder). You don't get your own [[Beat'Em Up]] [[Spin-Off]] for no reason. It's ironic, since while ''he'', the older brother, starred in ''Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero'', '''his younger brother''' is the character that proved popular enough to justify the spinoff in the first place.
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* [[Game Breaker]]: If an expert player's Sonya manages to land a single Leg Grab, consider yourself already dead.
== ''[[Mortal Kombat (
* [[Adaptation Displacement]]: The theme song is one thing a lot of people know about the series, but it's never played in any games. It only appears in the movie.
* [[Awesome Music (Sugar Wiki)|Awesome Music]]: Besides the main theme, there's the remix of said theme by [[Utah Saints]], the instrumental version of "Control" that plays while Liu Kang and Reptile are fighting, Halycon and On and On... and that's just the tip of the iceberg.
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* [[Fridge Horror]]: After telling Johnny Cage about the tournament, "Master Boyd" is revealed to be Shang Tsung in disguise. Shang Tsung can only take the form of people he's defeated/killed in battle...
* [[Genius Bonus]]: The traditional Kung Fu salute, palm over fist (well, its palm ''against'' fist, but the palm overshadows) represents Peace over Power. Shang Tsung's odd bow before the final battle, fist ''on top of'' palm, is meant to represent Power over Peace, reflecting the opposing philosophies of the two characters.
* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: [[Memetic Mutation|The Real Ninjas]] [[Street Fighter Alpha
* [[Memetic Mutation]]:
{{quote| ''"Those were $500 sunglasses, asshole!"''}}
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'''[[Does This Remind You of Anything?|"Give me a break!"]]''''' }}
* [[Special Effects Failure]]: Instead of regular ninja-esque tabi, Scorpion can be seen wearing what look like hiking boots during his fight with Johnny Cage. And in a bit of [[Freeze
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