History Fridge / MortalKombat

* This came to me doing the challenge tower in MortalKombat9. One of the challenges is Johnny Cage vs his stunt double. That means anytime we see a mirror match (where the player's character fights themselves) with Johnny, he's fighting his stunt double.

*** However, in the first movie Raiden expresses a hint of behaving like a heyoka, when he laughs after saying something dramatic. In addition, according to TheOtherWiki, Heyókȟa is also a spirit of thunder and lightning, who is said to use the wind as sticks to beat the drum of thunder. This is a common point with Japanese mythology, where Raiden is depicted as beating drums to create thunder.

* Scorpion and Sub-Zero are completely contrasting characters in almost every aspect. Scorpion's a LargeHam who controls flames, and Sub-Zero is more reserved, with ice-based powers. It's only natural that the ''fiery'' Scorpion is more prone to shouting and being hot-tempered, whereas Sub-Zero's personality is ''cooler'' in comparison.

* With the new Reboot/Soft Reset to the series, it makes sense that the characters would take paths divergent than their earlier counterparts. What did make it confusing, though, is how they went from the somewhat punny-naming serial numbers LK-9T9(Ninety-Nine), LK-4D4(Forty-Four), and LK-7T2(Seventy-Two) to the unusual LK-52O(Five Two-Oh). Ends up, they were still being punny as all get out, just a bit more subtly so. 52O sounds structurally similar to Sub-Zero, but there's a possible deeper meaning (possibly overthinking.) 52O could also be a semi-numerical alteration of SZO, or Sub-ZerO. Phyrior

* Do you remember the [[MortalKombat9 Mortal Kombat 9]] scene featuring [[spoiler: Sindel killing all of the heroes, only for Nightwolf [[TakingYouWithMe to off her as well]]?]] I'm sure you do! It seems like a pure shock value scene, but ''maybe'' there could be more to this. Recall that [[MortalKombatArmageddon Armageddon]] was a last-ditch attempt to neutralize all of the Kombatants before they became a threat to existence (ignore the fact that it [[NiceJobBreakingItHero failed miserably]]). But if [[spoiler: powerful heroes like Liu Kang and Kung Lao die early in the timeline]], the chances of Armageddon will surely go down, right? What's more, many of the [[spoiler: dead characters were connected to future ones, and their absence/zombification may rule those characters out for future involvement]], further reducing the stress on the realms. For instance, [[spoiler: if Shang Tsung is dead]], [[ForWantofaNail there will be no Deadly Alliance]], meaning that several Kombatants will stay out of the conflict for the realms. -Kingler

* ''VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance'' was stated on this wiki to be the series turning point, [[spoiler: as it marks the moment the [[TheBadGuyWins that the villains start winning.]] Consider exactly what happened in that game: Liu Kang and Shao Kahn ([[NotQuiteDead not really]]) were killed off right at the beginning. [[OhCrap Now what has happened]] in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9''? Oh sure, it's seems clear that dark times are ahead with Shinnok and Quan Chi getting ready to launch their own attacks on Earthrealm and Outworld, but when you consider that Kahn might really be dead this time...]]

* Do you remember the [[MortalKombat9 Mortal Kombat 9]] scene featuring [[spoiler: Sindel killing all of the heroes, only for Nightwolf [[TakingYouWithMe to off her as well]]?]] I'm sure you do! I figure most view it as a pure shock value scene, but maybe there could be more to this. Story-wise, [[MortalKombatArmageddon Armageddon]] was a last-ditch attempt to neutralize all of the Kombatants before they became a threat to existence (ignore the fact that it [[NiceJobBreakingItHero failed miserably]]). But if [[spoiler: powerful heroes like Liu Kang and Kung Lao die early in the timeline]], the chances of Armageddon will surely go down, right? What's more, many of the [[spoiler: dead characters were connected to future ones, and their absence may rule those characters out for future involvement]], further reducing the stress on the realms. For instance, [[spoiler: if Shang Tsung is dead, there will be no Deadly Alliance]], meaning that several Kombatants will stay out of the conflict for the realms. -Kingler

** Or it could be a retcon. It's not like MK9 hasn't already retconned a character's backstory (see Mileena being born during the events of MK1 rather than knowing Kitana for years and HOW both of the Sub-Zeros were abducted as children in what is clearly East Asia rather being taken by their father away from their mother and sister in America). And while Mythologies was referred to in MK9, how much of the game as it was back then still applies is questionable.

* Earlier today, I was pondering the XanatosRoulette in MortalKombat Armageddon. It has a spot under WhatAnIdiot because it was revealed that the Mortal Kombat Tournament would lead to the end of the world as the realms' most powerful warriors grew in number and strength, yet the Elder Gods let it continue. I could see where they were coming from, but I wanted to justify why the Elder Gods ''wouldn't'' halt the tournament. With one grand realization, I finally have a theory. Several things have been implied: Armageddon is likely the reawakening of the One Being, an event that would destroy all realms. It has also been implied that this nearly happened in Deception when Onaga nearly fused the Kamidogu. It has also been implied that the reason for the tournament's inter-realm existence was because of the Elder Gods attempting to slow Kahn's konquest of the realms -- ten tournaments spanning ten generations makes for a lot of time. Without the tournament, Kahn and his army could simply march in and complete a direct konquest, which isn't that hard for them. Therefore, [[spoiler: by not halting the tournament, the Elder Gods actually ''protect the realms for a longer time'' by ''choosing the lesser of two evils'' until a true solution can be found.]] -- Tropers/{{Gancena}}

* While likely unintentional by the creators, just take a look at [[BigBad Shao Kahn's]] name. If you remove the "ao" in "Shao", replace it with "ere" and then switch the "a" and "h" in Kahn, you would get Shere Khan, the BigBad tiger from TheJungleBook. Seems like nothing at first, but then take a look at Kahn's [[TheDragon]] and bodyguard Kintaro, who is a tiger-like Shokan, and then in MK9 in which he has a creature known as a [[PunnyName "TaiGore"]] for a pet in his throne room.

* While likely unintentional by the creators, just take a look at [[BigBad Shao Kahn's]] name. If you remove the "ao" in "Shao", replace it with "ere" and then switch the "a" and "h" in Kahn, you would get Shere Kahn, the BigBad tiger from TheJungleBook. Seems like nothing at first, but then take a look at Kahn's [[TheDragon]] and bodyguard Kintaro, who is a tiger-like Shokan, and then in MK9 in which he has a creature known as a [[PunnyName "TaiGore"]] for a pet in his throne room.