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[[File:231px-Sub-Zero jpeg 3695.png|frame|''"This fight will be your last!"'']]
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* [[Amazing Technicolor Population]]: In ''Deception'' and ''Armageddon'', his skin exhibits a gray shade while wearing his Cryomancer armor.
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** [[Cryonics Failure]]: Starting in ''II'', he almost always has a Fatality where he at least partially freezes the opponent, leading to the below. Used on himself as a Hara-Kiri in ''Deception''.
** [[Kill It with Ice]]: His preferred method of killing, natch.
** [[Literally Shattered Lives]]: Some of his Fatalities, such as his Ice Shatter, Snowball Grenade and Frosty.
* [[An Ice Suit]]: Same deal as his brother.
* [[Asskicking Equals Authority]]: How he becomes leader of the Lin Kuei in the original continuity.
* [[Back-to-Back Badasses]]: In his ''[[Mortal Kombat 9]]'' arcade ending, Raiden tells him the truth about what happen to his and Scorpion's families due to the Lin Kuei. He manages to convince Scorpion of this and they go forth to take on ''entire armies'' for vengeance.
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* [[The Stoic]]: Easily the least vocal and most ruthless of the main heroes.
* [[Stone Wall]]: Doesn't fully conform to this template, but this is a viable applicable of his freezing powers (especially his Ice Clones). The only time Subby has strictly adhered to this was in ''4'', where most of his other tactics ''were'' nerfed, but his turtling game was not.
* [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]]: As one can see from his unmasked appearances, and canonically 6'2" tall.
* [[Technical Pacifist]]/[[Reluctant Warrior]]: Pinballs between the two, but usually stays rooted in the former. He has an aversion to killing, as seen by his story in ''II'' (this is also how Scorpion was able to piece together that he was not the same Sub-Zero he killed in the previous tournament, thus beginning his vow to protect the younger Sub-Zero). He even made peace with Scorpion ([[You Killed My Father|his brother's killer]]), froze [[Deceptive Disciple|Frost]] out of mercy instead of outright killing her, and is currently trying to purify his brother's soul. All bets are off if you're a irredeemable villain though.
* [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]: In his non-ninja outfit.
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* [[Braids of Action]]: In the original timeline, by the time of ''Deadly Alliance'', Kitana's hair [[Rapunzel Hair|had grown out to become so long]] that she tied and braided it up into a lengthy ponytail.
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: Her win pose in ''Mortal Kombat 9'', where she laughs and winks at the player.
* [[Combat Stilettos]]: She's had these in her outfits from ''Deadly Alliance'' to ''X''.
* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: In ''[[Mortal Kombat 9]]'', she's the focus of Chapter 9.
* [[Designated Girl Fight]]: With Mileena. Justified since, between the two, [[It's Personal]].
* [[Detached Sleeves]]: Her alt. in ''9''.
* {{spoiler|[[Died in Your Arms Tonight]]}}: Passes away {{spoiler|in Liu Kang's arms}} after a heartwrenching speech to her lover moments after {{spoiler|Sindel}} kills most of Raiden's warriors in ''9''.
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: In her Arcade Ladder Mode in X, she's willing to start a [[Duel to the Death|battle to the death]] with another Kombatant simply because they're ''standing in her way'' (the reason she gives Jax, Kenshi, Raiden and D'Vorah), they're wasting her time (what she tells to Bo' Rai Cho), or because she wants a challenge (what she tells Kung Lao and Jacqui Briggs, although she also says neither fits the bill) or that she simply wants to fight, which she tells everyone else she doesn't have some in-universe grudge against. Of course, she's in foul mood this time around, for many reasons given on this page.
* [[Downloadable Content]]: In ''9'', Klassic Kitana from ''Mortal Kombat II''/''3''.
** [[And Your Reward Is Clothes]]: Before being part of the [[Downloadable Content|Klassic Pack]], buying ''9'' in Amazon UK gave you this item.
* [[Every Girl Is Cuter With Hair Decs]]: Usually adorns her hair with ribbons or hairbands, depending on the game.
* [[Everything's Better with Princesses]]: It seemed unlikely, but she is a princess in a series of brutal and bloody fighting games, where she is just as violent as everyone else.
* [[Fan Service Pack]]: Starting in ''Deadly Alliance'' (for example, both of her outfits have ''plunging'' necklines), but it's taken up a few notches in ''9'', where Kitana sports her most revealing outfit to date.
* [[Foot Popping]]: When delivering her [[Kiss of Death]].
* [[Heartbroken Badass]]: In regards to Liu Kang in the original timeline.
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Jade. The two have been childhood friends for nearly ''10,000 years''.
* [[High Heel Face Turn]]: In ''9'', her attraction to Liu Kang plays a big factor in her defection from Shao Kahn's forces.
* [[Hitman with a Heart]]: An assassin by trade, and has never denied it. Given her advanced age, she likely has a higher kill-count than ''any'' of the other hero characters.
* [[Hot Amazon]]: Liu certainly seems to think so, given his impressed reaction to her fighting skills in ''9''.
* [[I Hate Past Me|I Hate Future Me]]: In 11, she claims the Reverent Kitana is even worse than Mileena.
* [["I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight]]: She has a brief crack at this to {{spoiler|Sindel}} in ''9''. {{spoiler|It didn't work}}.
* [[Interspecies Romance]]: With Liu Kang. She's Edenian, he's an Earthrealm human.
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* [[Kiss of Death]]: Which [[Pop Goes the Human|inflates]] the victims 'til they explode.
* [[Lady of War]]
* [[Leotard of Power]]: Her early outfits, such as her ones from ''II'', ''3'' and ''4''.
* [[Off with His Head]]: One of her Fatalities.
* [[Paper Fan of Doom]]: Her [[Weapon of Choice]] and [[Iconic Item]]. They appeared to just be paper fans in ''Mortal Kombat II'', but in more recent versions they strongly resemble [[wikipedia:Japanese war fan|Japanese war fans,]] most likely ''tessen''.
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* [[Raven Hair, Ivory Skin]]
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|Really Ten Thousand Years Old]]
* [[Rebellious Princess]]: After she learned the truth behind king Jerrod and Sindel, she rebelled against Shao Kahn's rule, while still remaining the rightful princess of Edenia.
** Also becomes this in the new timeline, where she sides with Earthrealm after learning about Mileena and how Shao Kahn used her as a tool.
* [[Requisite Royal Regalia]]: Her design in ''9'' gives her a tiara in place of her headband from ''II''.
* [[Reverse Mole]]: In ''II''.
* [[Sensual Spandex]]: Her alt. in ''Deadly Alliance'' (which became her main outfit in ''Unchained'' and ''Armageddon''). [http://images.wikia.com/mk/images/0/02/Edenia_Golf_Outfitters.jpg The ad for the Edenia Golf Outfitters]{{Dead link}} from ''Deadly Alliance'' shows [[Male Gaze|a closeup of her luscious backside]].
* [[She's Got Legs]]: Her outfits strongly accentuate her shapely legs.
* [[Shiny Midnight Black]]: Usually, but she's also been portrayed a dark brunette a few times in the past.
* [[Statuesque Stunner]]: 5'9".
* [[Stripperiffic]]: Her outfit in ''9'' might be her most revealing one yet.
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]: Has elements of this here and there. More prominent in the movies and ''9''.
* [[That Thing Is Not My Child|That Thing Is Not My Sibling]]: This is often her reaction to her "sister", Mileena.
* [[Too Important to Walk]]: Downplayed in ''11''. In one of her (unlockable) pre-battle entrances, she is carried into the arena on a fancy royal palanquin carried by four servants. Still, she does get off of it to face her opponent.
* [[True-Blue Femininity]]: One of her most famous traits in her association with the color blue. All of her outfits have blue as their primary color.
* [[Warrior Prince]]ss
== Mileena ==
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* [[Adult Child]]: She gives of heavy hints of this in ''9'', like saying she wants Stryker to be her new playmate. Her bio even states her mind is more like a child than adult.
* [[And Your Reward Is Clothes]]: For completing the Challenge tower, you earn a third alt. costume for her, wearing nothing but bandages covering the naughty parts and nothing else.<ref>It's the same "costume" she wears in her first appearance in the Story mode, in Kitana's chapter.</ref> It is perhaps worth telling that Ed Boon apparently considers this the "[[Most Gamers Are Male|substantial]] [[All Men Are Perverts|reward]]" for beating all the difficult challenges.
* [[Ax Crazy]]: Like Baraka, she is as insane as she is violent, yet she can appear composed.
* [[Back from the Dead]]: During ''II'', she fought Kitana and lost, badly. Shinnok resurrected her in ''Ultimate 3''.
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]: Since ''Deception''.
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* [[Butter Face]]: She's got Kitana's body... and the jawline of Baraka. 'Nuff said.
* [[Cloning Blues]]: She was created originally to replace Kitana, but instead was made to be her watchdog.
* [[Combat Stilettos]]: Same deal as Kitana.
* [[Daddy's Little Villain]]: All of her actions are done to appease her beloved "father"
* [[Dark Action Girl]]: Unlike Kitana and Jade, she allies herself with the forces of Outworld.
* [[Dark Chick]]: She seems to have this role to the villains in ''9''.
* [[Death of a Thousand Cuts]]: In one of her Fatalities, Mileena pulls her sais out and stabs repeatedly her opponent to death. In another, she swallows a bunch of nails, which she then spits at her opponent.
* [[Designated Girl Fight]]: With Kitana. Justified, see above.
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* [[Energy Weapon]]: She can use energy-imbued sais as a projectile attack.
* [[Everythings Smellier With Skunks]]: She could turn into one as her Animality in ''Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3''. Cue [[Fartillery|poisonous fart]].
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: To Kitana.
* [[Evil Knockoff]]: She was created from Kitana's essence but also mixed with some Tarkatan genes. The result is a more monstrous version of Kitana with a child's mind.
* [[Evil Twin]]: She serves as this to Kitana. Considering the details of her creation though, she would actually be a daughter to her, rather than a sister.
* [[Fan Disservice]]: Hot as hell [[Nightmare Face|until you see her lower face]].
** In ''Mortal Kombat 9'', the big reward for completing the 300 challenges is a "[[Stripperiffic|naked with bandages in strategic places]]" costume for her, which is the same costume she's wearing when {{spoiler|she fights Kitana in Kitana's chapter}}. Oh, and said "strategic places" '''don't include her face'''.
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* [[Let's Dance]]: Her opening line in ''[[Mortal Kombat 9]]''. She also uses a variation when confronting Taven in ''Armageddon'''s Konquest Mode:
{{quote|''"Care to dance?"''}}
* [[Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter]]: Well, sort of...
* [[Mirror-Cracking Ugly]]: Her Friendship in ''Ultimate'', followed by a comment from Shao Kahn: "[[Sarcasm Mode|Pretty]]."
* [[More Teeth Than the Osmond Family]]: Due to her status as half-Tarkatan.
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* [[Retcon]]: The earlier games suggested Mileena was raised alongside Kitana, while ''9'' involves her being created during the events of ''[[Mortal Kombat 2|Mortal Kombat II]]''.
* [[Sai Guy|Sai Gal]]: Easily an [[Weapon of Choice|iconic trait]] of the character.
** [[Knife Nut|Sai Nut]]: She makes good use of it in some of her moves and Fatalities. Her Piercing Variation has her go to town with huge Sai combos, and even her fatality from ''II'' as a Brutality.
* [[Self Fanservice]]: Probably the character subjected to this trope the most. [[Fan Art]] tends to either outright give her [[Cute Little Fangs]] or somehow display/downplay her teeth in a way that doesn't detract from her beauty. She also tends to be hit with [[Adaptational Attractiveness]] in the live action adaptations.
* [[She's Got Legs]]: Even more than Kitana! Her outfits sure accentuate it.
* [[Spin Attack]]: Like Kano and Reptile, she's able to curl up into a ball and launch herself at foes.
* [[The Starscream]]: Her ending in ''Mortal Kombat II'' shows her taking over, to start with.
** During ''Deception'' and before ''Armageddon'', she also uses Kitana and Shao Kahn's deaths to her advantage and starts plotting to take over the realms.
* [[Statuesque Stunner]]: Could probably be seen as a [[Double Subversion]], seeing as Mileena provides both [[Fan Service]] ''and'' [[Fan Disservice]].
* [[Stripperiffic]]: In a series of mostly stripperiffic characters, her costumes stand out the most—to the point that she actually ''appeared in a special edition of'' ''[[Playboy]]'' featuring video game characters, donning her ''Deception'''s alternate [http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20060610152324/mk/images/6/6a/Mileena_2.JPG outfit.]{{Dead link}} Luckily, [[Fan Disservice|her veil was still on]]. When you think of it though, she has quite a [[Freudian Excuse]] to do so: she's likely to wear more revealing and provocative clothing than her "sister" Kitana as a form of compensation for her very, ''very'' horrifying face--the lower face at least.
* [[Teleport Spam]]
* [[Underboobs]]: In ''Deception'' and ''Armageddon''. She was a wardrobe malfunction just waiting to happen.
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* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]]: Tells Cage this about his relationship with Sonya; it's apparently a strictly professional one, with Jax only acting as her CO. He had a... quibble with Cage for that.
* [[Shockwave Stomp]]: Jax can punch the ground hard enough to shake the whole area, damaging his opponent.
* [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]: Except in ''X''.
* [[Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him]]: Averted, even for one of his fatalities.
* [[Wrestler in All of Us]]: Shades of it, including a backbreaker during his X-Ray in ''9''.
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* [[Arch Enemy]]: Seems to be this to Kung Lao, judging by ''Shaolin Monks'' and ''Armageddon'''s intro cinematics. In fact, {{spoiler|it is Kung Lao who manages to kill him in the end}}, judging by the intro to ''9''.
* [[Audible Sharpness]]: His Tarkata blades. Think of them like [[Wolverine Claws|Wolverine's claws]].
* [[Ax Crazy]]: Perhaps less so than his fellow Tarkata (who are pretty over the edge as a race). He's skilled enough to be their field general and is pretty good about following orders. Shao Kahn in particular considers him a valuable ally to a degree. However, in combat, he's always in a bloodthirsty frenzy.
* [[Bald of Evil]]: Another trait that seem to be part of his species.
* [[The Berserker]]: Several of his moves involve violently attacking the opponent with his blades, and Baraka himself is quite eager to kill people.
* [[Big Badass Bird of Prey]]: For his appearance in ''Trilogy'', Baraka was given the ability to turn into a vulture to finish off his opponent as Animality.
* [[Blade Below the Shoulder]]: Like all Tarkatans, Baraka sports twin razor-sharp blades in his arms.
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* [[Jobber]]: Has a tendency to repeatedly show up during ''9'''s story mode to get beaten up.
* [[Kiss Kiss Slap]]: With Mileena. This being ''Mortal Kombat'', and with both of them being [[Exclusively Evil]], the "Kisses" are plots to rule Outworld together as king and queen, and the "Slaps" are [[Mad Love|betrayal and brutal attempts at murder]].
* [[More Teeth Than the Osmond Family]]: Has a rather large amount of teeth larger than any normal human's.
* [[Nightmare Face]]: ''Oooh boy''... Tarkatans are all about this trope.
* [[The Nose Knows]]: According to his ending in ''Deception'', all Tarkatans have a really keen sense of smell.
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** Shown well in his ''Mortal Kombat 9'' ladder ending. {{spoiler|It's revealed that the Shao Kahn he killed was [[The Starscream|Shang Tsung]], who had transformed into the emperor. It seemingly fooled everybody except him. The Tarkatans became Shao Kahn's favored race thanks to his loyalty}}!
* [[Off with His Head]]: A classic Fatality for him is to use one of his blades to cut his opponent's head off in one clean slice. Even ''his own head'', as an Hara-kiri in ''Deception''.
* [[Pointy Ears]]: Comes as a result of his original costume being made from a Nosferatu mask.
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: In all games barring ''Mortal Kombat X''.
* [[Spin Attack]]: In ''Trilogy'', Baraka could spin like a top with his blades extended as a special move.
* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: To Mileena.
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* [[Badass Long Hair]]/[[Long-Haired Pretty Boy]]: As seen in ''4'' and ''Deadly Alliance''.
* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: In ''[[Mortal Kombat 9]]'', he's the focus of Chapter 11.
** {{spoiler|[[A Death in the Limelight]]: At the end of the chapter, his neck is snapped by Shao Kahn}}.
* [[Dressing as the Enemy]]: According to both ''Shaolin Monks'' and ''9'', Kung Lao disguised himself as one of Shang Tsung's bodyguard to infiltrate the first game's tournament. In the latter, one of Raiden's "hot flashes" tips him off to this, causing the thunder god to berate the monk and force him into battle against Scorpion so that he'd lose and be disqualified.
* [[Faking the Dead]]: He was apparently killed by Shao Kahn during ''Trilogy''. He survived, but for a time allowed his allies to believe him dead.
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* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: He's the first to discover Liu Kang's corpse when Shang Tsung and Quan Chi kill Liu Kang in ''Deadly Alliance''. He doesn't take it well, and trains with Bo' Rai Cho to learn some new tricks to defeat the two. It... doesn't quite work out the way Kung Lao intended.
* [[The Smart Guy]]: Of the [[Five-Man Band]].
* [[Spin Attack]]: Almost every special attack he has involves spinning either himself or his hat.
* [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]]: Height unknown.
* [[Warrior Monk]]
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* [[Ambiguously Brown]]: Any time Jade is brought up in a discussion online, the speculation for her race/ethnicity ranges from Black, to Latina, to Asian, to Middle Eastern, to Southeast Asian... you get the idea. Most people tend to lean on "Black". Keep in mind that Edenians might not even have those kind of ethnic distinctions in the first place and that Edenia itself has a very [[The Middle East|Middle Eastern]] feel (meaning that calling Jade most of the above races are all palpable).
* [[Arch Enemy]]: Jade does ''not'' take betrayal well. Tanya needs to sleep with one eye open, because Jade is having none of that crap.
* [[Ascended Extra]]: Goes from an unlockable [[Bonus Boss]] in ''II'' to Kitana's lifelong friend and partner.
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]: Ever since ''Deception'', she's bound to have one outfit like this.
* [[Battle Boomerang]]: Well, more like "razorang", but close enough.
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* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Kitana (see above). This is perhaps driven home by her post-battle exchange with Mileena in ''9'''s Story Mode ("I am more of a sister to Kitana than you."). Fans, whether jokingly or not, like to think [[Les Yay|that it's something a bit deeper than that.]]
** [[Black Best Friend]]: [[Ambiguously Brown|Maybe?]]
* [[Hitman with a Heart]]: Same deal as Kitana, possibly her partner for many victims.
* [[Leotard of Power]]
* [[Missed the Call]]: Jade wanted to aid Kitana and the others during ''Deadly Alliance'', but was a bit late in joining up with them. This actually saved Jade's life in a [[Slept Through the Apocalypse]]-esque manner, as she was not slain by the Tarkatan horde and subsequently revived to do Onaga's bidding.
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** [[Blade on a Stick]]: In ''Deception''.
* [[Spinning Out of Here]]: In ''Deception'', she gains a move called Vanishing Winds where she spins around a cloud of green smoke and reappears behind her opponent. Kitana and Khameleon would borrow this move in ''Armageddon''.
* [[Spoof Aesop]]: Uh, yeah, one can only ''hope'' she's kidding [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgt4xMTsqrc when she gives this advice.]
* [[Statuesque Stunner]]
* [[Stripperific]]: Not only her costume and such; her non-Fatality win animation in ''Mortal Kombat 9'' features her planting her staff upright in the ground and twirling around it like a stripper pole.
* [[Third-Person Seductress]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q75OiZTYuUo This speaks volumes.] Apparently, Jade was kind enough to let us know that her BWH measurements are 36-24-36 and that her astrological sign is Scorpio (this is something of an example of [[Informed Attractiveness]]; Video Game Vixens probably shouldn't be counted as canon and while Jade is indeed [[Curves in All the Right Places|a curvy beauty]], she's neither wasp-waisted nor more buxom than the other females as they ''all'' pretty much have the same perfect figure
* [[Underwear of Power]]: As her primary costume in ''Deception''.
* [[Won't Work On Me]]: In ''Mortal Kombat II'', Jade had complete immunity to projectiles: they simply go right through her. From ''Ultimate 3'' onward, she has a special that allows projectiles to phase through her. {{spoiler|Klassic Jade}} in ''9'' retains the full invulnerability she possessed back in ''II''.
== Smoke ==
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* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: In ''[[Mortal Kombat 9]]'', he's the focus of Chapter 7.
* [[Downloadable Content]]: In ''9'', Klassic Smoke from ''II''.
* [[Fan Service Pack]]: His redesign in ''9'' shows off a lot more arm and gives him long hair, making much more ample eye candy than the other ninjas.
** [[Mr. Fanservice]]: The moment his design from ''9'' was revealed, Smoke's female fanbase rose up out of the depths and swarmed like sharks attracted to blood. [http://g0069.deviantart.com/art/Bishiality-209213416 We're] [https://web.archive.org/web/20150502193613/http://mkninjachick.deviantart.com/art/Chibi-Smoke-209739330 not] [https://web.archive.org/web/20110813125424/http://chibitonberry.deviantart.com/art/Smoooooooooke-208738191 joking.]
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With the younger Sub-Zero. Smoke considers Sub-Zero to be like a brother to him.
* [[Invisibility]]: Can disappear into a cloud of smoke and use it to turn invisible.
* [[Leeroy Jenkins]]: Shows some shades of this in ''9''. When his friend is captured by {{spoiler|the Lin Kuei to be automated}}, he almost blows his cover, risking his own capture. Later, after {{spoiler|Jade defeats Mileena and attempts to contact Raiden}}, Smoke believes that {{spoiler|Jade}} just knocked out {{spoiler|Kitana}} and challenges her to a battle, despite {{spoiler|Jade}} and Raiden telling him otherwise (given his words, it's likely that he perceived {{spoiler|Jade's relationship with Kitana}} to mirror [[Heterosexual Life Partners|that of his own with his friend]]).
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Uses smoke as a means of stealth and attack.
* [[Mysterious Past]]: According to his bio in ''9'', Smoke has no memory of his childhood and hopes that his time with the Lin Kuei [[Quest for Identity|will help him uncover his past and the origin of his powers]]. In his Arcade Ladder ending in ''9'', he remembers this: {{spoiler|as a child, he was sacrificed to a demon by an unknown cult, returning to life as [[Humanoid Abomination|an Enenra, a creature made of smoke and vapor]], and slaughtering the ones who killed him}}.
* [[Potty Failure]]: His Babality in ''Mortal Kombat 9''.
* [[Secret Character]]: In ''Mortal Kombat II'', he required you be at the Portal. Whenever you uppercut, sometimes sound designer Dan Forden appears in the corner saying "Toasty!". If you're on the portal, hit Down and Start at the same time.
* [[Suddenly Ethnicity]]: According to ''9'', Smoke was born in the Czech Republic. That's right, a ''Slavic'' [[McNinja]].
* [[Super Smoke]]:
** [[Smoke Out]]: Inverted in ''9'', where he throws a wispy projectile at the ground. If it connects with his opponent, ''they'' are forcibly transported into the air.
** This is also the name of one of his fatalities.
* [[Super Speed]]: In his ''Mortal Kombat II'' appearance, he was a Scorpion clone who had three distinguishing features: the smoke coming from his body, his throwing and his insane speed.
* [[Teleport Spam]]: His quick teleports and teleport attack ensure a player will be aiming for this.
* [[Throw the Dog a Bone]]: In ''9'', he gets:<br />'''1.''' To escape his fate from the original canon {{spoiler|and stay human}}.<br />'''2.''' [[Divergent Character Evolution|More unique specials]].<br />'''3.''' [[A Day in the Limelight|His own chapter in Story Mode]].
** [[Yank the Dog's Chain]]: Too bad that...<br />'''4.''' He's brutally offed by {{spoiler|Sindel}}.<br />'''5.''' He's {{spoiler|resurrected by Quan Chi to serve him in the Netherrealm}}.
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{{quote|Upon dying, Sub-Zero V's soul was corrupted and he became a wraith named Noob Saibot. He lost his ice abilities but gained a new power: the ability to control darkness. Under his new identity, he served Shinnok as the head of the Brotherhood of Shadows for a time. He mainly played the role of observer until Shinnok's apparent demise in ''4'', which caused the Brotherhood to disband. He made a triumphant return when he nearly killed Goro under the servitude of Shao Kahn during ''Deadly Alliance'', but after Shao Kahn (apparently) died, his role shifted to observer again until ''Deception'', where he finds Smoke in one of Kahn's old prisons. He reactivates Smoke and reprograms him into servitude. He now aspires to enslave the Netherrealm under his iron rule by assembling a new Brotherhood of Shadows.}}
{{quote|Noob's storyline in ''[[Mortal Kombat 9]]'' is pretty much the same. He serves Quan Chi more readily than in the previous games, but he also hasn't lived the events post-''Deadly Alliance'', so it remains to be seen if he'll eventually strike out on his own. He is apparently still alive (err... [[The Undead|existing]]) and serving the Netherrealm by the game's end.
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* [[Back-to-Back Badasses]]: As a win pose in ''
* [[Back from the Dead]]:
** [[Came Back Wrong]]: As Raiden foretold in ''Mythologies'', the darkness in Sub-Zero's soul corrupted him upon entering the Netherrealm, stripping Sub-Zero of all compassion and moral restraint, turning him into this [[Humanoid Abomination]]. This is also what Raiden tries to avoid to happen to him in ''
** [[Drunk on the Dark Side]]: Mostly because he now lacks any positive qualities he had in life, but Noob most certainly does not lament this change. He instead revels in it, going as far to state in ''9'' that his new form and allegiance to Quan Chi suits his purpose.
** [[The Undead]]
* [[Bonus Boss]]: {{spoiler|Klassic Noob}} in "The Cathedral" in ''9''.
* [[Cain and Abel]]: He's the Cain to Kuai Liang's (the younger Sub-Zero) Abel.
** In ''Deception'', {{spoiler|he attempts to kill his younger brother}}.
** In ''Armageddon'', {{spoiler|he storms the Lin Kuei temple}}.
** In ''9'', {{spoiler|he tries to kill Cyber Sub-Zero as Quan Chi prepares the Soulnado}}.
* [[Casting a Shadow]]
* [[Charlie Brown From Outta Town]]: His first appearance in ''[[Mortal Kombat 9]]'' has him wearing his alt. costume, which is ''exactly the same as Sub-Zero's alt.'' (i.e. the same one shown during the island tournament), [[Paint It Black|only black]]. How Kung Lao, who was present at said tournament, is unable to recognize him is unknown (although he does remark that Noob seems familiar somehow).
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* [[Fallen Hero]]
* [[Flechette Storm]]: Used as a Fatality in both ''4'' and ''Deception'' (in the former, it was directly lifted from Reiko) and as a special in both ''Deception'' and ''Armageddon'', both via shuriken (the [[Weapon of Choice]] for members of the Brotherhood of Shadows).
* [[Foreshadowing]]: Aside from the hints given in ''Mythologies'', in ''
* [[Half the Man He Used To Be]]: Both of his fatalities in ''9'' involve severing the opponent in two—one horizontally, the other vertically. Additionally, his ''Deception'' ending has him and Smoke killing Sub-Zero in a manner not unlike that of his "Make a Wish" Fatality from ''9''.
* [[In the Hood]]: In his ''
* [[Invisibility]]: Had this ability as a special in ''Deception'' and ''Armageddon''.
* [[Irony]]: He ends up serving the very same forces he fought adamantly against in his past life.
* [[Kick the Dog]]: You could say that he does this to all of his former allies, but Smoke and his little brother ([[Hero Worshipper|who once adored him]] and originally sought to avenge him) get the short end of the stick. He even tells {{spoiler|Cyber}} Sub-Zero this in ''9'':
{{quote|''"We share blood. We are'' not ''brothers."''}}
* {{spoiler|[[Like a Badass Out of Hell]]: Takes over the Netherrealm with help from Havik in his Arcade Ladder ending from ''9''
* [[Literal Split Personality]]: Possibly. In ''9'', Noob gains an ink-like shadow clone of himself; according to developer notes, this entity is Saibot, while Bi-Han is Noob, the main body and controller of said shadow creature (see
* [[Made of Evil]]: Having been stripped of his humanity, Noob Saibot might just be the most malicious character in the series. At least the other villains ''choose'' to be evil; Noob simply ''is''.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: His name is both "Boon" and "Tobias" spelt [[Sdrawkcab Name|backwards]], after developers Ed Boon and John Tobias. Note that Tobias leaving Midway has nothing to do with "Saibot" being removed in gameplay for ''Deception'' and ''Armageddon''.
** [[Unfortunate Names]]: The first name may be Boon backwards, but internet forum goers would say otherwise. In some ''
* [[Monochromatic Eyes]]
* [[Paint It Black]]: His body, skin and outfit alike, is pitch black (excluding ''Deception'', where his default costume gives him normal-colored pigmentation; his regular and alt. outfits would be swapped around in ''Armageddon''). Played straighter with his alt. in ''9'', which is the same as Sub-Zero's alt. in that game (supposed to represent Noob himself while he was still human), only black.
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* [[Sinister Scythe]]: In ''[[Mortal Kombat 4]]''.
* [[Those Two Bad Guys]]: With Smoke in ''Deception''.
* [[Vomit Indiscretion Shot]]: His X-Ray move in ''
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[[File:MK Kintaro 2430.gif|frame|''"I will eat your heart!"'']]
{{quote|Stronger and more agile than his predecessor, he is enraged by his cousin Goro's defeat. Kintaro vows to take revenge on the earth warriors responsible.
{{quote|In the second tournament, after learning of Goro's apparent death at the hands of a mere mortal, Kintaro vowed to avenge his cousin and destroy Liu Kang in Mortal Kombat. After a restored Shang Tsung was defeated again yet by Liu Kang, Kintaro then challenged Liu Kang to Mortal Kombat. He ultimately lost just as Goro did.}}
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* [[Badass]]
* [[Beast Man]]: According to his bio in ''9'', Kintaro hails from a lower lineage of Shokan known as the Tigrar (as opposed to Goro and Sheeva hailing from the more noble and aristocratic Draco lineage).
* [[The Brute]]: He has more use as muscle for Outworld than Goro.
* [[The Dragon]]: To Shao Kahn in ''
* [[The Gump]]: In ''9'', it's revealed he's the one who {{spoiler|nearly killed Kabal during the events of ''Mortal Kombat 3''
* [[In Name Only]]: He's named after a Japanese folk hero, but has nothing to do with him at all. The original Kintaro was more of a Japanese version of [[Tarzan]].
* [[The Juggernaut]]: He is not so stunned from getting hit, and can sometimes counter attack you when he's blocking.
** [[The Worf Effect]]: Gets his ass handed to him in every battle he's in in ''9'''s story mode, even though his bio states {{spoiler|he became Shao Kahn's bodyguard by slaughtering several Centaurs single-handedly out of sheer ''grandstanding''
* [[Kill It with Fire]]: {{spoiler|What he delivers to Kabal via [[Breath Weapon]] in ''9'', minus the killing part
* [[Lions and Tigers and Humans, Oh My!]]: [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110509195026/mk/images/1/11/Mk2-development01.jpg Originally designed as a tiger/human hybrid,]{{Dead link}} this look was ultimately scrapped due to it not being feasible to construct at the time and replaced with the "Shokan plus tiger stripes" look he sports in ''
** During an interview Gamepro did with John Tobias, John stated "Even in ''[[Mortal Kombat 2|Mortal Kombat II]]'', we still didn't have all the time to do everything we wanted", citing Kintaro. He says, "I based him on Goro's species, adding different markings, but I was never fully satisfied with the Kintaro character."
** [[Cute Kitten]]: What happens to him during his ''
* [[Loin Cloth]]: Same deal as Goro.
* [[Monster Modesty]]
* [[Multi-Armed and Dangerous]]: Like his cousin Goro, he sports four arms.
* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]]: He comes from the Tigrar lineage of Shokan, which are as proud as the Draco one.
** [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: In his ending in ''9'', {{spoiler|he kills Shao Kahn in order to gain more glory, but gets hounded as a traitor by all of Outworld, as a result
* [[SNK Boss]]: ''Mortal Kombat'''s [[Trope Codifier]].
* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: To Goro, status-wise as a Shokan sub-boss.
* [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]]: Despite his status as a furry, no one seems to notice or care.
* [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]: Par the course for the four armed characters in the series.
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{{quote|The supreme ruler of Outworld and one of the biggest threats facing Earthrealm, Shao Kahn is one of the most powerful forces in all the realms. The emperor has long been obsessed with the conquest of earth.}}
{{quote|Shao Kahn was once The Dragon King Onaga's advisor. Before the Dragon King could obtain immortality, Kahn poisoned him and took his former master's throne. Eventualy going on to conquer countless lesser realms through brute force and Mortal Kombat, he consumed untold souls in his neverending quest for power.
{{quote|When he took Edenia, a milestone in his campaign, he murdered King Jerrod in battle and took his wife Sindel as his bride. He then raised Jerrod's daughter Kitana as his own and trained her to be his personal bodyguard. Sindel eventually killed herself rather than be his slave, but even death would not free her of Shao Kahn; he trapped her soul in Outworld denying her the afterlife. His next target was Earthrealm. He sent Shang Tsung and then Goro to gain enough victories in Mortal Kombat to allow him to freely invade. Despite a 500 year winning streak, Goro was denied the vital tenth victory by Liu Kang, a descendant of the very man who had put an end to Shang Tsung's dominance of the tournament centuries ago. Enraged, Kahn brought Tsung before him to punish him personally. However, the sorcerer begged him for another chance, one that the emperor believed might hold the key to undoing five centuries of wasted plans. The plan was to draw Liu Kang and his allies into an Outworld tournament where they would surely die. However, the champion of Mortal Kombat proved too great even for the emperor himself, defeating him personally. Unwilling to accept this, Kahn ordered his forces to kill the Earthrealm force, but they managed to escape.}}
{{quote|Shao Kahn had one last plan up his sleeve, however. Ordering Shang Tsung to complete a plan 10,000 years in the making, his long dead wife Sindel was resurrected, not on Outworld, but on Earthrealm. This allowed Kahn to step through the realms to claim her and undermine the safeguards of Mortal Kombat, where he then launched a full invasion of Earth. Consuming countless millions of souls upon entering the realm, he sent extermination squads to destroy those possessing souls he could not steal. The chosen few eventually defeated Outworld's forces, with the emperor falling once again to the might of Liu Kang. Shao Kahn was greatly weakened by this defeat, and Earthrealm was restored. Much of his so-called loyal soldiers had abandoned him, and Kitana had turned Sindel to her side, restoring Edenia as an independent realm. To make matters worse for Kahn, the Shokan had joined them. When Shang Tsung and Quan Chi came before him to pledge allegiance, it soon became an assassination attempt and seemingly his reign had finally come to a violent end. However, ''Deception'' revealed the emperor had planted a clone in his stead and restored the mortally wounded Goro with his remaining power regaining the Shokans as allies.}}
{{quote|In in the events of ''Armageddon'', he would go on to form an uneasy alliance with Quan Chi, Shang Tsung
{{quote|Avoiding Shao Kahn's causing of Armageddon is the basis of the entire storyline of ''[[Mortal Kombat 9]]''.}}
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* [[Actually a Doombot]]: Remember him getting killed by Shang Tsung and Quan Chi in the beginning of ''Deadly Alliance''? Yeah, neither does he.
* [[Adaptational Attractiveness]]: Normally, he looks like a monster under his helmet (see
* [[The Announcer]]: In ''
* [[Attack Reflector]]: From ''Deception'' to ''vs.
* [[Badass]]:
** [[Badass Boast]]: Delivers a truly amazing one at the begining {{spoiler|[[Book Ends|and at the end]]}} of ''
** [[Badass Cape]]: Often shown with one in other media, but it wasn't until recently when he started wearing one in the games themselves.
*** In ''
* [[The Bad Guy Wins]]: He ultimately wins after the events of ''Armageddon''; surviving the ascent up the pyramid and follows that by attempting to kill Raiden. This prompts the thunder god to [[Invoked Trope]] the [[Timey-Wimey Ball]] and telepathically send a message to his younger self from the time of ''[[Mortal Kombat (video game)|Mortal Kombat]]'', warning him of the events to come, before Kahn can strike the killing blow.
** {{spoiler|[[Subverted Trope]] in ''9'', where this trope actually proves to be the key to Shao Kahn's defeat and the prevention of Armageddon. Raiden's words to his past self ("He must win.") actually refer to ''Shao Kahn''; Earthrealm must ''[[Sheathe Your Sword|let]]'' Shao Kahn win and merge Outworld with Earthrealm so that the Elder Gods will then punish the emperor for his treachery
* [[Bald of Evil]]: Under the helmet.
* [[Big Bad]]: Of the first three games, after which his position was usurped by other villains. Returns as this in ''Mortal Kombat 9''.
* [[Black Magic]]: He isn't only a melee fighter. He is also a very skilled sorcerer, perhaps even more talented than Shang Tsung, whose restored youth was Kahn's doing.
* [[Butter Face]]: Below the neck: musclebound shirtless hunk. Above the neck: [https://web.archive.org/web/20120501101941/http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20060613183108/mk/images/5/5b/Shao_Kahn_comic.jpg what looks like a cross between] [[Star Wars|Darth Maul]] and [[The Lord of the Rings|an orc]]. Thank goodness for the helmet.
* [[Cool Helmet]]: And as seen in ''
* [[Drop the Hammer]]: It was his most feared special in ''
* [[The Emperor]]: As noted many times in the series, he is the Emperor of Outworld.
** [[God-Emperor]]: See
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: To Raiden.
* [[Even Evil Has Loved Ones]]: ''Maybe''. His angry reaction in ''11'' to learning of Mileena's death seems to show he was at least somewhat fond of her. In Arcade Ladder Mode of the same game, he tends to be enraged when a foe - especially D'Vorah - mocks Mileena.
* [[Evil Is Hammy]]:
{{quote|''"Is that your best?"''
''"You're still trying to win?"''
''"You will never win!"''
* [[Evil Laugh]]: He's always had some epic ones.
* [[Evil Overlord]]: He's one of the key villains of the series, and he is the only one who rules over some territory, which is Outworld in his case.
* [[Evil Sorceror]]: He uses his magic to restore Shang Tsung's youth, hold Sindel's soul in Outworld so she wouldn't find peace in the afterlife, among others.
* [[Eye Beams]]
* [[Go-Go Enslavement]]: His victory pose in ''[[Mortal Kombat 9]]'' features such a slave crawling up to and embracing his leg.
* [[A God Am I]]: Worshpipped as such in Outworld and other realms, or expects his subjects to anyway. He is Raiden's opposite number too, which implies he might be the geniune article. Definitely one in ''Annihilation'', but the less said about that, the better.
** In ''9'', at the end, when he's staring down an elder god-empowered Raiden, Kahn casually laughs at the deities arrayed against him and announces that he will become '''the''' Elder God.
* [[Hammerspace]]: Literally in his case. Look closely at the sprites for his hammer attack in ''
* [[Hero-Killer]]: Was thought to have done this to Kung Lao in ''3'', but Kung Lao was [[Faking the Dead]]. {{spoiler|He kills Kung Lao ''for real'' in ''9'', and his self from the original timeline kills (at least) Raiden during ''Armageddon''
* [[Immortality]]: Type II at least, though
** He does seem to be the oldest of Outworld's denizens (who seems to be pushing tens of thousands of years), and when he offed Onaga, he seemed to shelve the latters plans of gaining eternal life, suggesting he already had it. His origins have never been explored, but
*** In ''Deception'''s Konquest mode, Damashi {{spoiler|who is the spirtual avatar of Onaga}} states to Shujinko that Shao Kahn was to Outworld is what Raiden is to Earth. So, he seems to be a god or was one, at any rate.
* [[I Shall Taunt You]]: Subverted. He just taunts you because you fight against him in Outworld, and you were supposedly stupid enough to want a fight with the big cheese around here. So he assumes that some casual gloating here and there won't hurt since, in his mind, he could swat you away with his index finger. However, in reality, there's nothing calculated behind these taunts and in doing so, he's unable to move or react so he's completely vulnerable to a big combo (this is a major part of beating him in ''II'' and ''9'').
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}: It's a bit early to say, but judging by the amount of divine intervention that was required at the end of Story Mode in the new continuity, {{spoiler|he may finally have met his ultimate defeat}}.
* [[Large and In Charge]]: Is depicted as being around the size of Goro and Kintaro; only Onaga is bigger than him.
* [[Large Ham]]: The all-time king in ''
{{quote|''"I AM SHAO KAHN... BOW TO ME!"''
''"You weak, pathetic FOOL!"''
''"FEEL THE '''POWER''' OF SHAO KAHN!"''
''"It's official... [[This Loser Is You|You Suck]]!"''
** In the second film, he borders on [[Ham and Cheese]].
{{quote|''"Father, the merger has begun! Earth is under attack! '''[[
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Despite his height, he has some lightning fast attacks who still deals a lot of damage. It's the main reason for his [[SNK Boss]] status.
* [[Loin Cloth]]: His main outfit features one.
* [[The Man Behind the Man]]: To Shang Tsung.
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: The main reason of his armor seems to accentuate his physique. Delves into [[Fan Disservice]] when you unmask him though.
* [[Neck Snap]]: Delivers one to {{spoiler|Kung Lao}} in ''9'' to show that [[Anyone Can Die]]. {{spoiler|Liu Kang}} [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|was most unpleased]].
* [[Painting the Fourth Wall]]: When he defeats you in ''II'', he doesn't announce victory. Also, he says "I win!" if he wins a match in ''3''.
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: Given that he's been around since the time of Sindel (if not ''longer''), his age is easily in ''quintuple'' digits.
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: In most of his appearances, he has been depicted with red eyes, which only furthers his [[Obviously Evil]] appearance.
* [[Rouge Angles of Satin]]: We dare you to type his name on [[Google]] and take a drink every time it's misspelled as "Khan
** [[Gannon Banned]]: Sometimes, there will be heated discussions only by his surname's mispronounciation.
* [[Skeletons in the Coat Closet]]: Mostly noticeable with his skull helmet.
* [[SNK Boss]]: Shao Kahn in ''
** Back with a vengeance in ''
* [[Sophisticated As Hell]]: One of his taunts' is "You suck
* [[Sorcerous Overlord]]: It can be assumed that his sorcerous powers played a big part in his realm conquests.
* [[The Starscream]]: Towards Onaga.
* [[Stripperiffic]]: A very rare male version of this. Just look at his costume!
** Downplayed in his alts in ''Deception'' and ''Armageddon'', which give him pants.
* [[Unholy Matrimony]]: Took Sindel as his wife after killing King Jerrod and usurping the throne, although Sindel was soon [[Driven to Suicide]] afterward. {{spoiler|This is more noticeable in ''9'', when he enthralls the [[Back from the Dead|revived]], yet [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] Sindel to his side, effectively making her his new [[The Dragon|Dragon]]. Sindel seemed pretty eager to serve as his right-hand woman. An almost exactly similar situation between the two also played out in ''Annihilation''
** In ''[[Mortal Kombat: Legacy]]'', it's stated that he actually fell in love with Sindel himself. However, the series is non-canon.
* [[Victory Is Boring]]: If he takes over all the Realms in ''Armageddon'', this is his ending. Almost became canon, if it wasn't for Raiden rebooting the franchise before this could happen in ''
** Given the fact that what happens in ''9'' is an alternate course of history, it ''is'' canon, we just don't see the fallout from what happens when he does.
* [[Villainous Valor]]: {{spoiler|1=In ''
* [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]: He's had some pants in alternate outfits, but never a shirt.
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