History Characters / MortalKombatII

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:His [=MKX=] Arcade ending has Kung Jin coming to his aid to help redeem his soul and return him to life.]] Unfortunately, this ending is shown to be non-canon in ''11''.

Individual Characters: [[Characters/MortalKombatHanzoHasashi Scorpion I]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatBiHan Sub-Zero I/Noob Saibot]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatJohnnyCage Johnny Cage]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatLiuKang Liu Kang]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatRaiden Raiden]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatShangTsung Shang Tsung]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatKuaiLiang Sub-Zero II]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatKitana Kitana]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatMileena Mileena]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatShao Shao Kahn]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatShinnokAndQuanChi Shinnok and Quan Chi]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatKotalKahn Kotal Kahn]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatKronika Kronika]]-]]]

Individual Characters: [[Characters/MortalKombatHanzoHasashi Scorpion I]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatBiHan Sub-Zero I/Noob Saibot]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatJohnnyCage Johnny Cage]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatLiuKang Liu Kang]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatRaiden Raiden]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatShangTsung Shang Tsung]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatKuaiLiang Sub-Zero II/Scorpion II]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatKitana Kitana]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatMileena Mileena]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatShao Shao Kahn/General Shao]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatShinnokAndQuanChi Shinnok and Quan Chi]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatKotalKahn Kotal Kahn]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatKronika Kronika]]-]]]

* CursedWithAwesome: While the Tarkat disease takes a horrible toll on his body, he does get a few perks that help him out in combat, namely enhanced strength and his signature arm blades.
* DeathSeeker: Given that [[YourDaysAreNumbered Tarkat is a fatal disease]] and it can cause bouts of uncontrollable insanity, Baraka isn't idealistic about living long enough to be cured of it. He asks a few allies to MercyKill him if he loses his mind, particularly Ashrah so it could help her path to ascension.

* GutturalGrowler: He has a deep, growly voice in Mortal Kombat 11, courtesy of Creator/SteveBlum.

Main series: [[Characters/MortalKombat1992 MK (1992)]] | [=MK2=] | [[Characters/MortalKombat3 MK3]] | [[Characters/MortalKombat4 MK4]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance Deadly Alliance]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatDeception Deception]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatArmageddon Armageddon]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatVsDCUniverse MK vs. DC Universe]] | [[Characters/MortalKombat9 MK9]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatX MKX]] | [[Characters/MortalKombat11 MK11]] | [[Characters/MortalKombat1 MK1]]\\

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-> '''Other appearances''': ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombat3 Mortal Kombat Trilogy]]'' (Richard Divizio), ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombat4 Mortal Kombat Gold]]'' (Richard Divizio), ''VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception'', ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatArmageddon Mortal Kombat: Armageddon]]'' (Ryan Rosenberg), ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatShaolinMonks Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks]]'', ''VideoGame/MortalKombatVsDCUniverse'' (Dan Washington), ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'' (Bob Carter), ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' (cameo) (Greg Eagles, English; Creator/GerardoVasquez, Latin American Spanish), ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' (Creator/SteveBlum, English; Carlos del Campo, Latin American Spanish), ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1'' (Steve Blum, English; Carlos del Campo, Latin American Spanish)

->In Liu Kang's [[VideoGame/MortalKombat1 New Era]], Baraka's origins would change. He was depicted as a successful Outworld merchant who was struck down by the deadly ''Tarkat'' virus, an affliction that causes gruesome deformities and causes the victims to descend into bloodthirsty insanity. Driven away from his livelihood and home, Baraka has banded with his fellow outcasts, determined to both fight for the rights of his fellow Tarkatans and find a cure for their shared disease.

* AdaptationalHeroism: In Liu Kang's new timeline, Baraka is merely looking out for his fellow Tarkat victims and once any misunderstanding is cleared between him and the Earthrealmers, he quickly allies himself with them.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Along with the AdaptationalHeroism above, Baraka is notably a lot more kinder than in his previous iterations, at times outright getting along with other kombatants and expressing concern that they catch his disease or that he'll lose control while sparring in some pre-fight intros.
* AdaptationalUgliness: Baraka has always looked ugly, but ''[=MK1=]'' makes him look worse with scars, open wounds and spikes jutting out unevenly on his arms and chest. This is all because he wasn't born a Tarkatan, but mutated into one as a result of a disease, so all the Tarkatan attributes are unnatural, physical aberrations.

* ADayInTheLimelight: He finally gets to be the focus character in a story mode in ''Mortal Kombat 1's'' Chapter 5, "Weird Science".

* EveryoneHasStandards: In his Mortal Kombat 1 (2023) version, where he is a good guy, albeit one with tarkat infection, he is adamant that his disease is a terrible fate for anyone to have. However, when Nitara ask him to kidnap other outworlders for Vaeternus to breed, he flat out tells her that it is fate worse than having Tarkat. For him to say that means it must be pretty awful.

* FaceOfAThug: In ''[=MK1=]'', he seems to be the same hideous and savage Baraka of previous timelines, but quickly proves to be a noble and compassionate warrior.

* {{Jerkass}}:
** ''Big time'' in ''11'', where he expresses much more of a personality. Most of his interactions with other characters are rude or insulting, with about the ''only'' person him wholly respecting being Jade.

** He has a few shades of this in ''1'', where he is impatient and quick to anger, but it's downplayed as he is unambigiously noble if grumpy hero and is [[YourDaysAreNumbered slowly dying from his disease]].

** Finally subverted as of ''1'', where he is [[ADayInTheLimelight given his own playable story chapter]].

* NotSoAboveItAll:
** Surprisingly [[TheComicallySerious for him]], and only once, does he entertain Earthrealm's penchant for jokes with Jacqui.

** In ''Mortal Kombat 1'', he ''[[ActuallyPrettyFunny openly laughs]]'' at the idea of Johnny thinking Kitana is interested in him.

* {{Retcon}}: Originally, it was stated that the Tarkata were a cross between Outworld humans and demons from the Netherrealm. However, this seems to have been dropped come the reboot, as Baraka claims in the tenth game that Shao Kahn conquered his realm. Retconned again in the ''1'' timeline, where Tarkatans are Outworld citizens mutated by the Tarkat infection.

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-> '''Other appearances''': ''VideoGame/MortalKombat3'' (Tony Marquez), ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombat4 Mortal Kombat Gold]]'' (Joshua Y. Tsui), ''VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance'', ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatArmageddon Mortal Kombat: Armageddon]]'', ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatShaolinMonks Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks]]'', ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'' (Jin Hyong), ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' (Will Yun Lee, English; Creator/EduardoGarza, Latin American Spanish), ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' (Sunil Malhotra, English; Tian Shuai, Face Model; Alan Fernando Velázquez, Latin American Spanish), ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1'' (Sunil Malhotra, English; Alan Fernando Velázquez, Latin American Spanish)

-> In Fire God Liu Kang's New Era, introduced in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1'', Kung Lao remains a pretty similar character: a young farmer from the village of Fengjian who wants to see the world for himself in contrast to his best friend, Raiden.

** In ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1'', he's the focus of Chapter 1, with Raiden assisting him.

* RaiseHimRightThisTime: [[spoiler:Or more accuruately, "Train Him Right This Time" as in his [=MK1=] ending he believed he could train Shujinko without Raiden. Because he was unable to teach him humility, Shujinko became DrunkWithPower with the skills he had accumulated from his opponents, requiring Liu Kang to intervine. Resulting in the monk [[BrougthDownToNormal losing his acquired skills]] [[LaserGuidedAmnesia and memory]]. He decided to train Shujinko again, but this time with Raiden's help.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Whatever it takes, I am with you."'']]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see his Revenant self]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/smokeyman.png ''"Smoke is dead. I am Enenra!"'']][[/labelnote]]

-> '''Other appearances''': ''VideoGame/MortalKombat3'' (Sal Divita, cyborg), ''Ultimate VideoGame/MortalKombat3'' (John Turk, human), ''VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception'', ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatArmageddon Mortal Kombat: Armageddon]]'', ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatShaolinMonks Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks]]'', ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'' (Ken Lally), ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' (cameo) (Andrew Bowen, English; Carlo Vázquez, Latin American Spanish), ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1'' (Creator/YuriLowenthal, English; Creator/JoseAngelTorres, Latin American Spanish)

->With the timeline once again reset, Smoke is reborn in the New Era. Born to a family of hunters, he and his family accidentally ventured into Lin Kuei territory and were attacked, with Smoke ending up being the only survivor. The Grandmaster at the time, Sub-Zero's father, decided to adopt him as an act of atonement for his subordinates' actions. Raised alongside Sub-Zero and Scorpion as his brothers, Smoke steadily became accustomed to his new life as a Lin Kuei warrior. Though lacking his brothers' elemental gifts, he learned how to utilize practical magic in order to keep up with them.

!!!'''Tropes related with Smoke (human) (''MKII''[=/=]''[=UMK3=]''[=/=]''MKT''[=/=]''[=MK9=]''[=/=]''[=MK1=]'')'''

* EmpoweredBadassNormal: According to his bio for ''1'', the New Era version of Smoke has no supernatural abilities of his own, but learned "practical magic" as a way to keep up with his adopted brothers, Sub-Zero and Scorpion.

* KungFuWizard: In ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1'', Smoke uses "practical magic" to create his smoke-based powers and is an accomplished martial artist as well.

* {{Jerkass}}: ''Big time'' in ''11'', where he expresses much more of a personality. Most of his interactions with other characters are rude or insulting, with about the ''only'' person him wholly respecting being Jade.

* {{Jobber}}: Has a tendency to repeatedly show up during ''9''[='=]s story mode to get beaten up. It gets a lot worse for him in ''MK X'', where he gets DemotedToExtra as a character you must beat up to progress. The fight with D'Vorah gets him killed. Despite him getting more spotlight in ''11'', he ''still'' doesn’t fair a whole lot better in this regard. Geras is well aware of this tendency.

* AdaptationalUgliness: Baraka has always looked ugly, but ''[=MK1=]'' makes him look worse, with scars, open wounds and spikes jutting out unevenly on his arms and chest. This is all because he wasn't born a Tarkatan, but mutated into one as a result of a disease, so all the Tarkatan attributes are unnatural, physical aberrations.

* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Baraka uses his arm blades for everything. If something challenges him that it would not work, he is only inspired to ''use them more''.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: While he's [[DownplayedTrope seemingly not afraid by any means]], Baraka is admittedly bothered by ghosts and revenants. His interactions with Noob Saibot amount to wondering what hell he came from or who summoned him, and telling him to shoo. Noob, [[{{Troll}} of course]], is seemingly amused by this. He also openly admits that he would rather be dead than a revenant.

* YourDaysAreNumbered: In the New Era, Tarkat is fatal, Baraka is fully aware how little time he has left, especially since finding a cure would take a lot of time, which he doesn't have.

* AdaptationalHeroism: In Liu Kang's new timeline, Baraka is merely looking out for his fellow Tarkat victims, and once any misunderstanding is cleared between him and the Earthrealmers, he quickly allies himself with them.

* AdaptationalUgliness: Baraka has always looked ugly, but ''[=MK11=]'' makes him look worse, with scars, open wounds, and spikes jutting out unevenly on his arms and chest. This is all because he wasn’t born a Tarkatan, but mutated into one as a result of a disease, so all the Tarkatan attributes are unnatural, physical aberrations.

* GiantFootOfStomping: One of his ''[=MK3=]'' Fatalities has him somehow grow huge and crush the opponent underneath his boot. It returns as a Brutality in ''11''.

* NotSoAboveItAll: Surprisingly [[TheComicallySerious for him]], and only once, does he entertain Earthrealm's penchant for jokes with Jacqui.

* AdaptationOriginConnection: In the New Era, certain interactions and story materials reveal that Smoke's family was killed not by Lin Kuei, but by [[spoiler: Jarek, who is affiliated with the Black Dragon clan]]. The attack just so happened to occur on Lin Kuei soil, which caused the previous Grandmaster to take him in out of regret for not being able to prevent it.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: In some games, he's this to Mileena. She never displays any attraction to him, but he is very fixated on her. (This was not the case in early games, which suggested that he and Mileena were a couple or at least friendly wth each other--most notably in Mileena's ending in ''2'', where she puts him on the throne alongside herself.)

-> '''Other appearances''': ''Ultimate VideoGame/MortalKombat3'' (Becky Gable), ''VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception'', ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatArmageddon Mortal Kombat: Armageddon]]'', ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatShaolinMonks Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks]]'', ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'' (Linda Lee), ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' (Creator/MelaLee, English; Alexis Gaube, Face Model; Alicia Barragán, Latin American Spanish)

* AdaptationalUgliness: Baraka has always looked ugly, but MK1 makes him look worse, with scars, open wounds, and spikes jutting out unevenly on his arms and chest. This is all because he wasn’t born a Tarkatan, but mutated into one as a result of a disease, so all the Tarkatan attributes are unnatural, physical aberrations.

-> '''Other appearances''': ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombat3 Mortal Kombat Trilogy]]'' (Richard Divizio), ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombat4 Mortal Kombat Gold]]'' (Richard Divizio), ''VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception'', ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatArmageddon Mortal Kombat: Armageddon]]'' (Ryan Rosenberg), ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatShaolinMonks Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks]]'', ''VideoGame/MortalKombatVsDCUniverse'' (Dan Washington), ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'' (Bob Carter), ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' (cameo) (Greg Eagles, English; Creator/GerardoVasquez, Latin American Spanish), ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' (Creator/SteveBlum, English; Carlos del Campo, Latin American Spanish), ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1'' (Steve Blum, English)

-> '''Other appearances''': ''VideoGame/MortalKombat3'' (Tony Marquez), ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombat4 Mortal Kombat Gold]]'' (Joshua Y. Tsui), ''VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance'', ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatArmageddon Mortal Kombat: Armageddon]]'', ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatShaolinMonks Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks]]'', ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'' (Jin Hyong), ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' (Will Yun Lee, English; Creator/EduardoGarza, Latin American Spanish), ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' (Sunil Malhotra, English; Tian Shuai, Face Model; Alan Fernando Velázquez, Latin American Spanish), ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1'' (Sunil Malhotra, English)

-> '''Other appearances''': ''VideoGame/MortalKombat3'' (Sal Divita, cyborg), ''Ultimate VideoGame/MortalKombat3'' (John Turk, human), ''VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception'', ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatArmageddon Mortal Kombat: Armageddon]]'', ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatShaolinMonks Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks]]'', ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'' (Ken Lally), ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' (cameo) (Andrew Bowen, English; Carlo Vázquez, Latin American Spanish), ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1'' (Creator/YuriLowenthal, English)

* WeaponizedHeadgear: He provides the trope image.

* AdaptationalUgliness: Baraka has always looked ugly, but MK1 makes him look worse, with scars, open wounds, and spikes jutting out unevenly on his arms and chest. This is all because he wasn’t born a Tarkatan, but mutated into one as a result of a disease, so all the Tarkatan attributes are unnatural, physical adorations.

* AntiVillain: Portrayed as a Type III ({{Well|Intentioned Extremist}}-Intentioned Anti-Villain) in ''11'', although Baraka is still a much edgier and less heroic take. He is largely characterized as a leader among the Tarkatans willing to do whatever is necessary to save his people. His people being an orcish nomadic tribe that [[ImAHumanitarian eats people]].

For [[Characters/MortalKombatKuaiLiang Sub-Zero II]]; [[Characters/MortalKombatKitana Kitana]]; [[Characters/MortalKombatMileena Mileena]]; [[Characters/MortalKombatShaoKahn Shao Kahn]], or [[Characters/MortalKombatBiHan Noob Saibot]], see their respective pages.