Mortal Kombat: Legacy: Difference between revisions

A [[Web Original]] series directed by Kevin Tancharoen loosely based on his pitch video, ''[[Mortal Kombat Rebirth]]''. While the pitch video was more realistic, this series is closer to the [[Mortal Kombat|source material.]]

 

 

It debuted on April 12, 2011, and the series can be seen [http://www.youtube.com/show/mortalkombatlegacy?s=1 here.]

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== This work contains examples of: ==

** Episodes 1 and 2 focus on Jax, Sonya and Kano.

** Episode 3 focuses on Johnny Cage.

* [[Alternate Universe]]

* [[Art Shift]]: Done during episodes 4 and 5; most of the narration and exposition about Kitana's and Mileena's backstories are done in a minimalistic animated fashion, acting as segues between live-action dialogue and fight scenes.

* [[Badass Beard]]: Raiden sports a pretty awesome bit of two-tone chin bristle.

* [[Bedlam House]]: {{spoiler|Raiden}} finds himself mistakenly committed to one, after showing up one day.

* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Episode 2's fight between Kano and Briggs. After Kano taunts Briggs that he's going to enjoy this as much as he enjoyed torturing Sonya, he promptly fails to land one blow as [[Tranquil Fury|Briggs beats the tar out of him]].

* [[Cyborg|Cyborgs]]: Sektor and Cyrax are featured in the final episode of season one.

* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: [[The Mighty Thor|A thunder god falls to earth]] [[Ultimate Marvel|and ends up confused for a mental patient?]]

* [[Eye Scream]]: {{spoiler|Kano's}} beat-down by Jax and the subsequent surgery.

** Raiden's "treatment" in the mental hospital.

* [[False-Flag Operation]]: {{spoiler|Quan Chi impersonates the Elder Sub-Zero and slaughters Hanzo Hasashi and the rest of the Shirai Ryu, in order to give Hasashi sufficient motivation to join the Mortal Kombat tournament (that is, revenge on Sub-Zero) upon resurrection as Scorpion.}}

* [[Genre Shift]]: Each time the story shifts perspectives to different characters, the genre shifts as well.

** Episode 3 (Johnny Cage) is a [[Biopic]].

** Episodes 4 and 5 (Kitana/Mileena) have a [[Fairy Tale]] vibe going.

** Episodes 7 and 8 (Scorpion/Sub-Zero) are pretty much [[Jidai Geki]].

** Episode 9 (Cyrax/Sektor) has a [[Sci Fi]] tone.

* [[Precision F-Strike]]: Jax to Stryker about protocol, right before heading off to rescue Sonya. Followed two seconds later by Stryker's own, when he takes Jax's side.

* [[Psycho Psychologist]]: The guy who runs the Asylum Raiden is commited to. While believing a man who thinks he is the God of Thunder might need medical help is not unreasonable, that is no excuse for acting like a total ''dick'' to him for the duration, or any of your other patients, mocking his apparent delusions and controlling everyone with violence and intimidation. Not to mention Raiden is locked up in his institution not so much for that, as for magically appearing on the aslyum grounds, and they make no effort to inform the authorities of the fact, both of which qualify this as kidnapping.

* [[Recycled in Space]]: Invoked. {{spoiler|Johnny Cage makes a last-ditch pitch for a series, complete with on-spec pilot, to TV executives. They said they can't help him, and the network already decided that before they showed up. After they leave, he heads out, only to accidentally hear them pitching the exact same thing he just showed them to a female action star, only ''she's'' in the title role. [[Berserk Button|He beats up one of the executives, plus several security guards, then walks away]].}}

* [[The Scapegoat]]: Elder Sub-Zero {{spoiler|for Quan Chi with regards to the slaughter of Hanzo Hasashi's clan}}

{{quote| '''Kano:''' ''I'm going to enjoy this as much as I enjoyed torturing your sweet Sonya.''}}

* [[Time Stands Still]]: Shang Tsung apparently has this power.

 

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