Mortal Kombat 9: Difference between revisions

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* From ''[[Mortal Kombat Mythologies Sub Zero]]'': ''[[Evil Sorcerer|Quan Chi]]''

* From ''[[Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero]]'': ''[[Evil Sorcerer|Quan Chi]]''

* From ''[[Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance]]'': ''[[Handicapped Badass|Kenshi]]'' ([[Downloadable Content|DLC]])

* Introduced in this game: ''[[For Want of a Nail|Cyber Sub-Zero]]'', ''[[Lady in Red|Skarlet]]'' ([[Downloadable Content|DLC]])

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** [[Mortal Kombat 3|Rain]] can be seen looking over [[Mortal Kombat 4|Meat]] in The Cathedral. [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything|He's not present in the background when he's one of the fighters]].

** [[Mortal Kombat 3|Rain]] and [[Mortal Kombat 4|Reiko]]'s statues can be spotted in Shang Tsung's Gardens.

** [[Mortal Kombat Mythologies Sub Zero|Sareena]], [[Mortal Kombat 4|Reiko]], [[Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance|Kenshi, Frost,]] or [[Mortal Kombat Armageddon|Daegon]] can be seen fighting in the background of The Pit.

** [[Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero|Sareena]], [[Mortal Kombat 4|Reiko]], [[Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance|Kenshi, Frost,]] or [[Mortal Kombat Armageddon|Daegon]] can be seen fighting in the background of The Pit.

** [[Mortal Kombat 4|Tanya]], [[Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance|Li Mei]], [[Mortal Kombat Deception|Kira]] or [[Early-Bird Cameo|Skarlet]] (and sometimes Kitana too, if she's not fighting) can be seen chained in Shao Kahn's arena, like Sonya and Kano were in ''[[Mortal Kombat 2]]''.

* [[Camera Abuse]]: Several characters' victory poses have them attack the camera. Some fatalities too.

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* [[Vomit Indiscretion Shot]]: Noob Saibot's X-Ray move finishes with a side kick to the victim's stomach, rewarding him with a gush of olive-drab spew. Even if the victim is wearing a mask. Or is a robot. Or Reptile.

** [[Squick|And the puke stays on his leg.]]

* [[When Trees Attack]]: The Living Forest returns, and yes, there ''is'' a Fatality where you feed your defeated opponent to the trees.

* [[World of Buxom]]: See "[[Hotter and Sexier]]" above.

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'''Sektor''': ''We are the Lin Kuei, more stealthy than the night, more deadly than the dawn!'' }}

** This possibly also serves as a dialogue-related version of a [[Dark Reprise]]; Smoke and Sub-Zero, who are shown reciting the creed, are human. Later, Sektor gives the modified version after {{spoiler|becoming a cyborg}}.

* [[Big Screwed-Up Family]]: [[Badass Family|As badass as they may be]], we see some ''serious'' family issues between {{spoiler|Younger Sub-Zero and Noob Saibot}} and {{spoiler|Kitana and Sindel}}. Both involve [[Kick the Dog|extensive amounts of puppy-kicking]] from Person B, and the latter example {{spoiler|actually culminates with the ''death'' of Person A.}}

* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: Yay! {{spoiler|Armageddon was prevented}}! The [[Big Bad]] is dead! [[Pyrrhic Victory|Yet]], {{spoiler|most of the main cast in the good guys' side}} were killed in the process, several of them meaninglessly and senselessly. {{spoiler|Liu Kang, practically [[The Messiah]]}}, dies cursing {{spoiler|Raiden}}'s name, [[Faith Heel Turn|completely disillusioned]]. [[It Got Worse|And not long after]] the [[Big Bad]]'s defeat, {{spoiler|Shinnok}}'s forces are poised to strike both Earthrealm and Outworld, armed with the enslaved souls of the dead good guys and probably other demons and people, while Earthrealm's forces are only composed of {{spoiler|three able but battered warriors}}.

* [[Bloodless Carnage]]: During most of the Story Mode, despite still suffering the horrifying effects of the various X-Ray attacks, none of the fighters show any physical damage during the fights. Fatalities are also a no-no, though the reasons for this should be obvious; Shang Tsung does call out the trademark "[[Finish Him!|FINISH HIM]]!!" in a few cinematics (when Johnny Cage defeats Baraka and when Cyrax beats Johnny), however no one complies.

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** [[Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance|Kenshi]] and [[Mortal Kombat 4|Reiko]] {{spoiler|are called to fight}} at the end of Sub-Zero's chapter.

** [[Mortal Kombat 3|Motaro]] is not playable, but appears in a handful of cutscenes throughout the story, such as the beginning of {{spoiler|Stryker}}'s chapter where {{spoiler|he is killed}}.

** [[Mortal Kombat Mythologies Sub Zero|Shinnok]] appears briefly at the end of the story.

** [[Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero|Shinnok]] appears briefly at the end of the story.

* [[Creator Cameo]]: Ed Boon, Steve Beran, and John Vogel are mentioned in {{spoiler|Cyber}} Sub-Zero's chapter, when {{spoiler|he's trying to get information from Sektor}}, and we see a map with the Subway station, (Boon-Beran) and an university called Vogel.

* [[Cue the Sun]]: After Shao Kahn is destroyed for {{spoiler|not adhering to the rules of Mortal Kombat}}. It really drives home the [[Bittersweet Ending]].

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* [[Freeze-Frame Bonus]]: Cameos aside, meticulous examination of scenes reveals a few noteworthy tidbits about some of the characters.

** This trope also reveals the individual fates of some characters the aftermath of the Battle of Armageddon. Most of the deaths seen in ''Armageddon'''s intro did indeed happen. Additionally, a long chain of deaths involves {{spoiler|Noob Saibot being killed by Scorpion who was killed by Sub-Zero who was killed by Baraka who was killed by Kung Lao who was killed by Shinnok's clone.}}

* [[Gameplay and Story Segregation]]: As mentioned elsewhere, the broken bones and destroyed organs detailed in various X-Ray moves don't seem to impair anyone at all. This is particularly interesting in that there's not even a [[Fade to Black]] or [[Wipe]] between rounds; the defeated [[Insistent Terminology|kombatant]] just gets right back up, the life bars refill, and we're back at it.

** To a lesser extent, Kenshi lost his invulnerability to Sonya's Kiss of Death move which he had in ''Deadly Alliance'' onwards. Likewise, he's affected by Stryker's X-Ray, which can only be [[Hand Wave|handwaved]] by assuming the flashlight is physically burning him by being a very high wattage bulb.

* [[Godzilla Threshold]]: Essentially the crux of {{spoiler|Raiden}}'s plan at the end of the game; letting the [[Big Bad]] win finally caused {{spoiler|the Elder Gods}} to get off their asses and help.

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** Same goes for Raiden's ending. The events detailed in that ending closely follows what happened in Story Mode, and two of the four figures shown being empowered by Raiden's soul heavily resemble {{spoiler|Johnny and Sonya, the only two remaining Earthrealm heroes besides Raiden himself}}.

* [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]]: Raiden at the time of ''Armageddon'' sent a message to himself as of the original ''Mortal Kombat'', attempting to avert Shao Kahn's victory.

* [[Shoot the Shaggy Dog]]: Every other game in the franchise (barring ''[[Mortal Kombat Mythologies Sub Zero]]'' and, possibly, ''[[Mortal Kombat: Special Forces|Mortal Kombat Special Forces]]'', for being prequels to [[Mortal Kombat (video game)|the first game]]) compose the [[Shaggy Dog Story]] [[Boom! Headshot!|shot in the head]] by this game.

* [[Shoot the Shaggy Dog]]: Every other game in the franchise (barring ''[[Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero]]'' and, possibly, ''[[Mortal Kombat: Special Forces|Mortal Kombat Special Forces]]'', for being prequels to [[Mortal Kombat (video game)|the first game]]) compose the [[Shaggy Dog Story]] [[Boom! Headshot!|shot in the head]] by this game.

* [[Shout-Out]]: Check [[Mortal Kombat/Shout Out|the page]].

* [[Taking You with Me]]: {{spoiler|Nightwolf}} makes a last stand against {{spoiler|Sindel}}. {{spoiler|This kills them both.}}

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** {{spoiler|Cyrax and Sektor}} may or may not be dead.

** Also, Raiden mentions that {{spoiler|he sent Liu Kang and Kung Lao to rescue their Shaolin Masters}} near the beginning of the ''MK2'' part of the story. It's never mentioned if they succeeded or not.

** Well the fact that most of these characters don't seem to be dead could be very important considering they may be needed to fight {{spoiler|Shinnok}} in the next game.

* [[The Worf Effect]]:

** In Smoke's chapter of Story Mode, he faces off Kitana and Sektor and triumphs without much difficulty. When they meet again (Kitana and Nightwolf's chapters, respectively), {{spoiler|Kitana beats him alongside Cage}}, and {{spoiler|Sektor treats Smoke like a ragdoll, with Smoke being unable to successfully land a blow before Sektor gets him into a chokehold and Nightwolf has to intervene}}.