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* [[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 ''[[Mortal Kombat 9 (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat 9]]'', [[Wham Episode|which promptly performed]] [[Anyone Can Die|a Fatality on this meme]] [[Kill Em All|then knocked it into the Pit.]]}}

** 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 ''[[Mortal Kombat 9 (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat 9]]'', [[Wham Episode|which promptly performed]] [[Anyone Can Die|a Fatality on this meme]] [[Kill'Em All|then knocked it into the Pit.]]}}

** Almost anything coming out from [[Big Bad|Shao Kahn]] in the [[Mortal Kombat 2 (Video Game)|second]] and the [[Mortal Kombat 3 (Video Game)|third]] game qualifies.

** [[Easter Egg|TOASTY!"]]

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== [[Mortal Kombat (Video Game)|The first game]] ==

* [[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 ''[[Mortal Kombat 3 (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat 3]]''.

** 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 ''[[Mortal Kombat 3 (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat 3]]''.

*** He and Younger Sub-Zero have become the [[~~Spot Light~~ Stealing Squad]] of the series.

*** 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.

** 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.

* [[Follow the Leader]]: Any fighting game with either a focus on [[Gorn|gore]] or digitized graphics that came out in the wake of Mortal Kombat was generally considered a knockoff.

* [[Game Breaker]]: If an expert player's Sonya manages to land a single Leg Grab, consider yourself already dead.

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* [[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.

* [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment]]: The fight against Reptile, added to the movie in the last minute. Without explanation the CG critter Reptile fuses with a statue he was kicked inside to take an appearance similar as in the games, and have a long fight sequence with Liu Kang. It's never mentioned again.

* [[Does This Remind You of Anything]]: [[Enter the Dragon|A martial artist and two quasi-allies travel to a mysterious island to compete in a fighting tournament...]]

* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: [[Enter the Dragon|A martial artist and two quasi-allies travel to a mysterious island to compete in a fighting tournament...]]

* [[Ear Worm]]: ''Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo! Doo-doo-doo-do-do-doo! Doo-doo-do-do-doo-doo! '''[[Title Scream|MOR-TAL KOMBAAAAT!]]'''''

* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: Linden Ashby as Johnny Cage.

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"Maybe Sonya and I should share a cabin; have our own little honeymoon cruise"

"Ello baby, did chu miss me?"

'''[[Does This Remind You of Anything|"Give it up baby; I studied ALL your moves!"]]'''''

'''[[Does This Remind You of Anything?|"Give it up baby; I studied ALL your moves!"]]'''''

'''[[Double Entendre|"Give me a break!"]]''''' }}

* [[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...

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{{quote| '''[[Badass Boast|Yeah well, I'm kinda a big underworld boss myself!]]'''''

'''[[Foe Yay|"Ello Baby, did you miss me?"]]'''''

'''[[Does This Remind You of Anything|"Give me a break!"]]''''' }}

'''[[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 Frame Bonus|Freeze Frame Failure]], If you pause the movie while Reptile's doubled over from Liu Kang kicking him over a banister, you can make out a Nike swoosh on the soles of his feet.