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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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* [[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.
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* [[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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* [[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.
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* [[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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** 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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* [[Back-to-Back Badasses]]: As a win pose in ''Mortal Kombat 9'', he does this with a clone he can summon during the fight.
* [[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 ''Mortal Kombat 9''. {{spoiler|Unfortunately, Quan Chi had different ideas}}.
** [[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.
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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 ''Mortal Kombat II''.
* [[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 ''Mortal Kombat II''. For his return in ''Armageddon'', he was given more tigerlike characteristics, an aspect carried over to ''Mortal Kombat 9''.
** 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 ''Mortal Kombat 9'' Babality transformation.
* [[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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** {{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 ''Mortal Kombat 9'', [[Rule of Cool|it got cooler]] as time went on.
* [[Drop the Hammer]]: It was his most feared special in ''Mortal Kombat 3'' and later became his weapon style in the Gamecube version of ''Deception''. Raiden had one too for ''Mortal Kombat 4'', before it got put on the top of the Lightning tower (his favoured weapon's a Staff, which he uses in ''Deadly Alliance'' onward, even though he supposedly gave it to Kai, canonically).
* [[The Emperor]]: As noted many times in the series, he is the Emperor of Outworld.
** [[God-Emperor]]: See [[A God Am I]] below.
* [[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.
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* [[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 ''Mortal Kombat''. In some games, he takes time during the fight to [[You Fight Like a Cow|personally insult you]], spouting such nonsense:
{{quote|''"I AM SHAO KAHN... BOW TO ME!"''
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''"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". Your liver will fail and you will die.
** [[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 ''Mortal Kombat 3'' and its updates (''Trilogy'' included). While his moveset is exactly the same as in ''Mortal Kombat II'' (even his sprites were mostly unchanged, aside from the addition of some new moves, such as his infamous hammer), he is way more [[Ax Crazy|Hammer Crazy]] than in his previous appearance.
** Back with a vengeance in ''Mortal Kombat 9'', thanks to the ability to negate hit-stun with most of his moves (some of which are unblockable AND stagger), boosted attack and defense power, and inhumanly fast counterattack reactions. True to form of the title of [[SNK Boss]], he is very susceptible to a simplistic attack pattern (he's [[Attack! Attack! Attack!|aggressive to a fault]], attacking as much as possible and leaving himself open to being jumped over).
* [[Sophisticated As Hell]]: One of his taunts' is "You suck". There's also an even MORE faux-sophisticated, almost memetic version: "Its official. 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!
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** 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 ''Mortal Kombat 9''. Even when the Elder Gods (through Raiden) are telling him quite clearly how he's going to pay for breaking their rules, Kahn just scoffs at them and declares he'll be THE Elder God}}.
* [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]: He's had some pants in alternate outfits, but never a shirt.
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