History DethroningMoment / MortalKombat

* Tropers/MightyKombat: Related to the Big [[spoiler:Sindel]] Massacre in Story mode, how they took Shang Tsung, one of the series' staple villains and literally fed him to [[spoiler:Sindel to power her up and justify her slaughter of a shitload of strong Earthrealm fighters.]] After his decent showing in the MK1 and 2 chapters were he's able to pull strings in a devious way mid tournament, and convince Shao Kahn of his worth by letting Kitana grass on him about his creating of Mileena, he ends up getting this? One of the series' interesting villains? Just feed him to [[spoiler:Sindel to power her up! It doesn't help Sindel's case that some of the Earthrealm fighters she killed were Stryker, who had not too long ago beat Kintaro and Ermac, and Sub-Zero, who literally bested Ermac and more importantly, beat Goro and Kintaro simultaneously.]] It really stings when combined with the lack of screentime that staple villains like Baraka and Reptile got (the latter doesn't even get any spoken lines!) It also stung how half of Shang's good moments and plans ended up handed over to Quan Chi instead, right up to the Sindel Resurrection Plot in MK3 no longer being a plan Shao Kahn had at the ready for ten thousand years with Shang Tsung's help, but instead made up on the fly by Quan Chi while Shang Tsung stands there looking stupid (Which incidentally counts as a spit in the face for Kahn fans as well.)

!Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
* Troopers/{{DukeNukem4ever}}: The amount of violence got [[LighterAndSofter graphically toned down]] here (due to the attempt to attend to the younger audience), and [[TropesAreNotGood this is not a good thing]]. There is no gore at all - even during finishing moves. Oh, and about these moves: they suck. What's with Kano's stomp being capable of killing Superman of all people? Why does the victim of Kitana's Fatality leave a skeleton after the explosion (instead of gibs)? And, finally, [[NonLethalKO Heroic Brutalities]] make no sense whatsoever - superheroes are supposed to be the ones who wouldn't kill their opponents after finishing them, yet there is much violence, gore and death in the [=DC=] comics (some heroes did kill their enemies), and most of these finishers are lame, uncreative or both. Thanks God Mortal Kombat 9 brought the gore and violence back.

* Troopers/{{DukeNukem4ever}}: The amount of violence got [[LighterAndSofter graphically toned down]] here (due to the attempt to attend to the younger audience), and [[TropesAreNotGood this is not a good thing]]. There is no gore at all - even during finishing moves. Oh, and about these moves: they suck. What's with Kano's stomp being capable of killing Superman of all people? Why does the victim of Kitana's Fatality leave a skeleton after the explosion (instead of gibs)? And, finally, [[NonLethalKO Heroic Brutalities]] make no sense whatsoever - superheroes are supposed to be the ones who wouldn't kill their opponents after finishing them, yet there is much violence in the [=DC=] comics, and most of these finishers are lame, uncreative or both. Thanks God Mortal Kombat 9 brought the gore and violence back.

!Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
* Troopers/{{WillieManga}}: Every. Single. Fatality. Because MK vs. DC needs to be cut down to be appropriate for its target audience, none of the fatalities involve excessive gore, decapitations, or mutilations. Worse, the Justice League have no fatalities, and instead have non-lethal "heroic brutalities," such as Flash just delivering a series of quick punches. And then there is the story. [[spoiler: For one thing, even though Quan Chi appears in the story mode, he is never playable. For another, it takes Superman and Raiden up until the ending to realize neither of them are working for Dark Kahn, Shao Kahn and Darkseid's fusion.]] Whoever came up with this, you shouldn't quit your day job.

* Xiristatos: ''VideoGame/MortalKombat4'' has a blatantly moronic example of GameplayAndStorySegregation combined with DownerEnding in Reptile's Arcade Ending. Namely, [[spoiler: after [[FinalBoss Shinnok]] has been defeated, Reptile wishes to return back in time and pleads to Quan Chi (and Shinnok, effectively) to make it come true. Quan Chi considers this wish "impetuous", which agitates Reptile after a while. Long story short: Shinnok - the same FinalBoss who was just defeated by the player a short while ago - then pops up, grabs Reptile in a chokehold, states that Reptile "is in no position to demand anything" and then simply [[YourHeadAsplode blows his head up]].]] This isn't the only ending in which Shinnok remains victorious despite being the FinalBoss, as Tanya's and his own ending could attest to, but at least those two were still a victory for the player, if a VillainVictory at that. This ending, however, blatantly and nonsensically punishes the player for winning as Reptile, and only furthers the latter's position as this franchise's CosmicPlaything.

[=SampaCM=]: Raiden's ending. I grew with Mortal Kombat II and liked (and still like) the idea of having Raiden as the [[PhysicalGod Thunder God]], [[BigGood protector of the Earth Realm]] and [[TheMentor mentor]] to Liu Kang, so I got really shocked when I learned about his motives in the first MK: [[spoiler:After defeating Shang Tsung, Raiden was growing bored with the lack of challenge in the tournament, so he invites fellow gods to compete, and the fights ended in total chaos and the destruction of Earth.]] Honestly I wasn't expecting that, and I was all like "That can't be. That must be some mistake!". Fortunately he was retconned into a more noble, less {{Jerkass}} Thunder God.

*** Tropers/{{Knight9910}}: Oh good lord, yes! The sad part is that up until that point I actually liked MK9's version of Raiden. He actually seemed like a good leader and a decent person who was trying to do the right thing but didn't understand how... and then we get to that point... Let's take a look at his offenses here, shall we? [[spoiler: He abandons his followers when they need him most so that he can go make his deal, directly resulting in their deaths. He willfully betrays every single person who ever put their faith in him, selling them all out to Quan Chi. He kills Liu Kang, the person who up to that point was the closest thing he had to an actual friend, because Liu Kang didn't like his stupid plan.]] Granted, it's not exactly a MoralEventHorizon moment because Raiden does feel shame and remorse when he realize what he's done, but it's still a pretty epic CharacterDerailment, [=IMHO=] transforming Raiden from a good person to a complete moron. WhatTheHellHero?

* Tropers/SoranTheMan: Taven's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1A3oxko6CQ ending]], aka the ending that was supposed to be canon ending before MK9 thankfully undid this piece of crap. Say whatever you want about the story decisions in MK9, but at least those had consequences! At least those led to something, both good and bad! But here?! You just went through the entire story mode (which sucked in almost every way possible!) wondering if Taven was going to be the the doom of all the characters or simply the bane of their powers once he became a god, only for him to recap everything that we already know by this point and then give us the ultimate kicker: nothing happened! The Kombatants didn't die and their powers were not removed. Taven (and the player) did everything for nothing! And it's not even in a dramatic way! It's just like "Oh well. That didn't work. Guess I better find another way". My word...

-->''"It's official; you suck!"''
--->-One of Shao Kahn's infamous taunts that would be a great TakeThat to the writers/devs responsible

* Tropers/SoranTheMan: Taven's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1A3oxko6CQ ending]], aka the ending that was supposed to be canon ending before MK9 thankfully undid this piece of crap. Say whatever you want about the story decisions in MK9, but at least those had consequences! At least those led to something, both good and bad! But here?! You just went through the entire story mode (which sucked in almost every way possible!) wondering if Taven was going to be the the doom of all the characters or simply the bane of their powers once he became a god, only for him to recap everything that we already know by this point and then give us the ultimate kicker: nothing happened! The Kombatants didn't die and their powers were not removed. Taven (and the player) did everything for nothing! And it's not even in a dramatic way! It's just like "Oh well. That didn't work. Guess I better find another way". My word...
* Tropers/DaltimusPrime: A meta example, but ''MKX'''s PC Port. At first it simply suffered from [[PortingDisaster numerous problems not present in the the console versions]], including horrible netcode for online multiplayer. This isn't the bad part, as that's sadly standard for PC releases of console fighting games, and despite this, it was still a popular on Steam, with good sales comparable to it's PS4 and Xbone counterparts. That is, until High Voltage announced that Kombat Pack 2 (Which included 4 completely new characters), as well as any of the new updates coming to the console versions (Including improved netcode that the PC version needed far more than the consoles), and presumably any more costumes released for the other versions, would not be released on Steam. That's still not the [=DMoS=] here. No, the [=DmoS=] here it that High Voltage ''didn't even give a reason.'' It simply seems that High Voltage [[TheyJustDidntCare just didn't want to try fixing their broken port]]. It's especially bad considering the game's strong sales on Steam despite the port's problems, because now, even if High Voltage didn't want to add the updates, anyone who was still willing to pay for the new DLC on for the PC ''actually can't''. People on the PC are now permanently stuck with an incomplete version of the game, and if they want the whole thing, they have to buy the whole game on a new console that they may or may not own own either. And High Voltage can't even explain themselves, or at the very least pass it on the another company. And WB Games simply allowed it. After the fiasco that was the PC port of ''{{VideoGame/Batman Arkham Knight}}'' (And even ''that'' is still now in a mostly playable state, with all of it's DLC available), this comes off as a giantic "fuck you" to a good chunk of players.

* Tropers/SoranTheMan: Taven's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1A3oxko6CQ ending]], aka the ending that was supposed to be canon ending before MK9 thankfully undid this piece of crap. Say whatever you want about the story decisions in MK9, but at least those had consequences! At least those led to something, both good and bad! But here?! You just went through the entire story mode (which sucked in almost every way possible!) wondering if Taven was going to be the the doom of all the characters or simply the bane of their powers once he became a god, only for him to recap everything that we already know by this point and then give us the ultimate kicker: nothing happened! The Kombatants didn't die and their powers were not removed. Taven (and the player) did everything for nothing! And it's not even in a dramatic way! It's just like "Oh well. That didn't work. Guess I better find another way". My word...

* Tropers/SoranTheMan: Taven's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1A3oxko6CQ ending]], aka the ending that was supposed to be kanon ending before MK9 thankfully undid this piece of krap. Say whatever you want about the story decisions in MK9, but at least those had konsequences! At least those led to something, both good and bad! But here?! You just went through the entire story mode (wich sucked in almost every way possible!) wondering if Taven was going to be the the doom of all the Kharacters or simply the bane of their powers once he bekame a god, only for him to rekap everything that we already know by this point and then give us the ultimate kicker: nothing happened! The Kombatants didn't die and their powers were not removed. Taven (and the player) did everything for nothing! And it's not even in a dramatik way! It's just like "Oh well. That didn't work. Guess I better find another way". My word...

* Tropers/{{magnum12}}: The end of Chapter 15. CutscenePowerToTheMax is taken to ridiculously absurd levels when [[spoiler:Sindel]] of all people (normally weak both in game and in universe) effortlessly rofl stomps 10 people at once. [[spoiler:Johnny Cage and Sonya get beat up. Cyber Sub-Zero dies from being punched 3 times (despite Cage's blows looking more serious and being protected by armor). Kabal dies from being stabbed in the upper-left pectoral (near the shoulder) by a shoe. Striker is killed by a punch to the jaw. Smoke gets a GroinAttack followed by a neck snap. Jax gets stabbed by a shoe. Jade gets an organ pulled out. Kitana gets her lifeforce drained. Sindel is only killed by Nightwolf blowing himself up.]] Also gets combined with IdiotBall as the defenders weren't smart enough to simply [[spoiler:wolf-pack her (all 10 attack her at once from all sides) and by not using their powers.]] All of this is just an excuse to [[spoiler:kill off most of the cast]] for the next game, much like ''MegaManZero 4''[='s=] plot to Zero. One could compare this to the revelation that it was Dalton that defeated Guardia after the end of ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''. Saying that a very large chunk of the fanbase considers this scene to be an outrage is an understatement (a lot of people are angry with it). It also has the effect of causing Sindel to develop a {{Hatedom}}.

* Troopers/{{Willie Manga}}: Every. Single. Fatality. Because MK vs. DC needs to be cut down to be appropriate for its target audience, none of the fatalities involve excessive gore, decapitations, or mutilations. Worse, the Justice League have no fatalities, and instead have non-lethal "heroic brutalities," such as Flash just delivering a series of quick punches. And then there is the story. [[spoiler: For one thing, even though Quan Chi appears in the story mode, he is never playable. For another, it takes Superman and Raiden up until the ending to realize neither of them are working for Dark Kahn, Shao Kahn and Darkseid's fusion.]] Whoever came up with this, you shouldn't quit your day job.

* Troopers/{{WillieManga}}: Every. Single. Fatality. Because MK vs. DC needs to be cut down to be appropriate for its target audience, none of the fatalities involve excessive gore, decapitations, or mutilations. Worse, the Justice League have no fatalities, and instead have non-lethal "heroic brutalities," such as Flash just delivering a series of quick punches. And then there is the story. [[spoiler: For one thing, even though Quan Chi appears in the story mode, he is never playable. For another, it takes Superman and Raiden up until the ending to realize neither of them are working for Dark Kahn, Shao Kahn and Darkseid's fusion.]] Whoever came up with this, you shouldn't quit your day job.

* Tropers/MightyKombat: Related to the Big [[spoiler:Sindel]] Massacre in Story mode, how they took Shang Tsung, one of the series' staple villains and literally ''fed him'' to [[spoiler:Sindel to power her up and justify her slaughter of a shitload of strong Earthrealm fighters.]] After his decent showing in the MK1 and 2 chapters were he's able to pull strings in a devious way mid tournament, and convince Shao Kahn of his worth by letting Kitana grass on him about his creating of Mileena, he ends up getting this? One of the series' interesting villains? Just feed him to [[spoiler:Sindel to power her up! It doesn't help Sindel's case that some of the Earthrealm fighters she killed were Stryker, who had not too long ago beat Kintaro and Ermac, and Sub-Zero, who literally bested Ermac and more importantly, beat Goro and Kintaro ''simultaneously.'']] It really stings when combined with the lack of screentime that staple villains like Baraka and Reptile got (the latter doesn't even get any spoken lines!) It also stung how half of Shang's good moments and plans ended up handed over to Quan Chi instead, right up to the Sindel Resurrection Plot in MK3 no longer being a plan Shao Kahn had at the ready for ten thousand years with Shang Tsung's help, but instead made up on the fly by Quan Chi while Shang Tsung stands there looking stupid (Which incidentally counts as a spit in the face for Kahn fans as well.)

--->-One of Shao Kahn's infamous taunts that would be a great TakeThat to anyone who came up with these

-->''"It's official; this sucks."''

''Franchise/MortalKombat'' may be one of the greatest fighting games, but here are those moments where you may want to perform a '''FATALITY''' on the writers who wrote the story mode of ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9''...

* Tropers/Sorantheman: Taven's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1A3oxko6CQ ending]], aka the ending that was supposed to be kanon ending before MK9 thankfully undid this piece of krap. Say whatever you want about the story decisions in MK9, but at least those had konsequences! At least those led to something, both good and bad! But here?! You just went through the entire story mode (wich sucked in almost every way possible!) wondering if Taven was going to be the the doom of all the Kharacters or simply the bane of their powers once he bekame a god, only for him to rekap everything that we already know by this point and then give us the ultimate kicker: nothing happened! The Kombatants didn't die and their powers were not removed. Taven (and the player) did everything for nothing! And it's not even in a dramatik way! It's just like "Oh well. That didn't work. Guess I better find another way". My word...

** Tropers/Skullnsouls:This was my moment as well. It happened so fast that I was confused at first then angry. It was a stupid move that helped another stupid move happen. Add on Shang being one of my favorite characters and you've got one of my reasons I will never play story mode again.

* Tropers/{{magnum12}}: The end of Chapter 15 in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9''. CutscenePowerToTheMax is taken to ridiculously absurd levels when [[spoiler:Sindel]] of all people (normally weak both in game and in universe) effortlessly rofl stomps 10 people at once. [[spoiler:Johnny Cage and Sonya get beat up. Cyber Sub-Zero dies from being punched 3 times (despite Cage's blows looking more serious and being protected by armor). Kabal dies from being stabbed in the upper-left pectoral (near the shoulder) by a shoe. Striker is killed by a punch to the jaw. Smoke gets a GroinAttack followed by a neck snap. Jax gets stabbed by a shoe. Jade gets an organ pulled out. Kitana gets her lifeforce drained. Sindel is only killed by Nightwolf blowing himself up.]] Also gets combined with IdiotBall as the defenders weren't smart enough to simply [[spoiler:wolf-pack her (all 10 attack her at once from all sides) and by not using their powers.]] All of this is just an excuse to [[spoiler:kill off most of the cast]] for the next game, much like ''MegaManZero 4''[='s=] plot to Zero. One could compare this to the revelation that it was Dalton that defeated Guardia after the end of ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''. Saying that a very large chunk of the fanbase considers this scene to be an outrage is an understatement (a lot of people are angry with it). It also has the effect of causing Sindel to develop a {{Hatedom}}.]]

** Tropers/{{AnarchyBalsac}}: Baraka's Arcade Ladder Ending. [[spoiler: It's the only ending where Shao Kahn doesn't actually die, but rather, it was Shang Tsung pretending to be Shao Kahn. Worse, the tarkatans, a race of savage {{JerkAss}}es are elevated in Kahn's ranks because of this. Sure the Shokans and centaurs aren't much better, but they're not as bad as the tarkatans.]] It even surpasses Cyber-Sub-zero's Ladder ending in its suckage.
** Tropers/MightyKombat: Related to the Big [[spoiler:Sindel]] Massacre in Story mode, how they took Shang Tsung, one of the series' staple villains and literally ''fed him'' to [[spoiler:Sindel to power her up and justify her slaughter of a shitload of strong Earthrealm fighters.]] After his decent showing in the MK1 and 2 chapters were he's able to pull strings in a devious way mid tournament, and convince Shao Kahn of his worth by letting Kitana grass on him about his creating of Mileena, he ends up getting this? One of the series' interesting villains? Just feed him to [[spoiler:Sindel to power her up! It doesn't help Sindel's case that some of the Earthrealm fighters she killed were Stryker, who had not too long ago beat Kintaro and Ermac, and Sub-Zero, who literally bested Ermac and more importantly, beat Goro and Kintaro ''simultaneously.'']] It really stings when combined with the lack of screentime that staple villains like Baraka and Reptile got (the latter doesn't even get any spoken lines!) It also stung how half of Shang's good moments and plans ended up handed over to Quan Chi instead, right up to the Sindel Resurrection Plot in MK3 no longer being a plan Shao Kahn had at the ready for ten thousand years with Shang Tsung's help, but instead made up on the fly by Quan Chi while Shang Tsung stands there looking stupid (Which incidentally counts as a spit in the face for Kahn fans as well.)
*** Tropers/Skullnsouls:This was my moment as well. It happened so fast that I was confused at first then angry. It was a stupid move that helped another stupid move happen. Add on Shang being one of my favorite characters and you've got one of my reasons I will never play story mode again.