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=== These films provide examples of... ===
* [[All Asians Wear Conical Straw Hats]]: Raiden wore one at the beginning of the film, even though he was played by a white actor. However, despite his physical appearance, his name and role in the film implies he is the Japanese and/or Chinese god of thunder.
* [[As You Know]]: Used believably in the form of a taunt:
{{quote|'''Shang Tsung''': ''...until we reach the island, where you have no dominion.''
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{{quote|'''Shang Tsung''': ''Princess Kitana is ten thousand years old, and the rightful heir to the throne of Outworld.''}}
* [[Badass Longcoat]]: Shang Tsung wears one for most of the movie, [[The Coats Are Off|taking it off]] only for his fight with Liu Kang.
* [[BBC Quarry]]: Outworld is oddly gravelly, and the background is CG'd out "darkness". The set was built out of an abandoned steel mill, so they only needed to add things for flavor like the statues. This had the side-effect of making the set ''absolutely huge'' and at least one pilot flying over the area when it was properly lit and smoked up called the nearest tower to make sure he hadn't hit some sort of Bermuda Triangle.
* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: In the French dub of the first movie, Chris Lambert is speaking French.
* [[Black Dude Dies First]]: Twice: Liu Kang's first (black) opponent ends up having his soul sucked out by Shang Tsung after Liu refuses to finish him, and Art Lean ends up dead at Goro's hands before having his soul sucked out in a major [[Kick the Dog]] moment by Shang Tsung.
* [[Big "Never!"]]: Shang Tsung in his fight with Liu Kang.
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* [[Dramatic Thunder]]: All the time. For example, when Raiden explains to Liu Kang that Shang Tsung stolen the souls of thousands of opponents. Of course, Raiden ''is'' a thunder god with a penchant for theatrics, so he's [[Justified Trope|probably doing it on purpose.]]
* [[Dull Surprise]]: Kitana.
* [[Evil Tower of Ominousness]]: Shang Tsung's tower in Outworld.
* [[Face Your Fears]]: Raiden talks to Sonya Blade, Johnny Cage and Liu Kang about confronting their own fears: fear to admit the need of help, fear of being a fake, and fear to face one's destiny, respectively.
* [[Faux Action Girl]]: Sonya had one tournament fight against Kano (which was proven to be fairly tough) and everyone was involved with the group fight against the Mooks earlier. But as soon as Shang Tsung gets her in a hammerlock she stops even trying to fight back. Compared to Johnny Cage (who kills Scorpion and Goro) and Liu Kang, (who has five fights throughout the movie, including the one against Shang Tsung himself) Sonya didn't get much of a chance to really prove herself so that we see how strong Shang Tsung is.
* [[Flexible Tourney Rules]]: Justified since the tournament is in Shang Tsung's corrupted power, so he can do almost anything he pleases. Some competitors (Liu) fight more than others, locales can vary (Cage being transported to Scorpion's underworld), etc.
* [[The Ghost]]: {{spoiler|Up until the final scene}}, Shao Kahn is never seen in the movie. Even his name goes unmentioned, with characters referring only to him as "The Emperor".
* [[Go-Go Enslavement]]: Sonya.
{{quote|'''Johnny''': ''Nice dress.''}}
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* [[Here We Go Again]]: The end of the film.
* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: {{spoiler|Poor Sub-Zero}}.
* [[How Did We Get Back Home?]]: Twice: when Johnny Cage somehow escapes Scorpion's dimension, and at the end when the heroes somehow escape Outworld.
* [[Human Aliens]]: Most of the non-protagonists, namely, Shang Tsung, Kitana, Liu Kang's first enemy, the generic mooks and possibly also Scorpion and Reptile. This is made clear to audiences less familiar with the games in Liu Kang's first fight with the nameless [[Mook]] - he looks perfectly normal, but startles Liu by growling like a tiger.
* [[I Have You Now, My Pretty]]: Every time Shang Tsung mentions Sonya, it's with glowing praise for her beauty, or mentioning he has "great plans" for her, making it clear that he lured her to the island for reasons ''other'' than her fighting prowess.
* [[Impaled with Extreme Prejudice]]: How {{spoiler|Shang Tsung}} meets his end in the Final Kombat.
* [[Ironic Echo]]:
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** And later (edging into [[Bond One-Liner]] territory, as Goro is already barely hanging onto the edge of a cliff):
{{quote|'''Johnny Cage:''' ''This is where you fall down.''}}
* [[Race Lift]]: Raiden is curiously white for an Asian deity. Likewise, as mentioned below, Kano went from Japanese to Australian background.
* [[Ret Canon]]: The reception of the movie caused these elements to be ported to the games themselves:
** Trevor Goddard's interpretation of Kano was so well-received that Kano was made into an Australian in the games following this movie. He has also in at least one game had a move called "Ear to Ear", named after a line in the movie.
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* [[Sarcastic Clapping]]: Raiden after Liu Kang, Johnny and Sonya beat up Shang Tsung's mooks.
{{quote|'''Raiden''': Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. But how may I ask are you going to deal with ''them''? (cut to more mooks ready to charge)}}
* [[Scenery Porn]]: The set designs are gorgeous, especially the Cage versus Scorpion fight.
* [[Sequel Hook]]: Merges right into a [[Cliff Hanger]].
* [[Smug Snake]]: Shang Tsung.
* [[Standard Female Grab Area]]: Sonya is completely subdued by a hammerlock from Shang Tsung. At least he bothered with the hammerlock instead of just dragging her by the arm, though.
* [[The Voiceless]]: Sub-Zero never speaks, while Scorpion only speaks his catchphrases, like "get over here!" and "come here!"
* [[Title Scream]]: "MORTAL KOOOOOMBAT!" The juxtaposition of classical music, the scream and techno make this one of the best examples of [[Mood Whiplash]] on film.
* [[Tranquil Fury]]: Johnny when he decides to fight Goro.
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: Liu Kang ''vaulting over a banister'' during his big fight alongside Johnny and Sonya.
* [[Would Hit a Girl]]: Kano lands some pretty heavy-duty shots on Sonya, including a full on kick to the ribs while she's down.
* [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl]]: Liu Kang's fight with Kitana consists entirely of exchanging armlocks before Shang Tsung calls it off. Kitana was more or less controlling that fight completely. One does not tend to pop someone in the mouth when they're actually trying to help you, after all. Shang Tsung didn't allow her to be killed because she was the princess, so there's that too.
* [[Wrestler in All of Us]]: With Sonya, that's a given. Liu Kang, on the other hand, pulls off a Frankensteiner on Reptile.
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