History Headscratchers / MortalKombat

* Why don't the Elder Gods allow Armageddon? Why try to prevent it? Armageddon is supposed to destroy the Realms aka the One Being. The Elder Gods have made it clear their are indifferent to the realms unless a direct threat to them arises. If Armegeddon destroys the realms than their is no more One Being and no more threat to them. So why take steps to prevent it?

** RuleOfCool. It's just too awesome to be able to fight with/against these characters, despite the NostalgiaFilter that will clearly come to play when dealing with some veteran fans.

** Much as I hate to cite ''Film/MortalKombatAnnhilation'' for ''anything'', the one really good plot point in the film is that, when Shao Kahn accepts Liu Kang's challenge to Mortal Kombat to fight for the fate of Earth, Kahn loses his godly immortality, as it would be [[{{Understatement rather an unfair advantage in a fight to the death.]] Perhaps, when Raiden actually participates in a tournament (instead of just coaching from the sidelines), he's BroughtDownToBadass. The rest of the time, he's beholden to the byzantine rules that govern conduct between realms, so while he might be metaphysically capable of snapping his fingers and permanently sealing all portals to Earthrealm, the rules don't allow it.

* Why is everyone in MortalKombat vs DCUniverse besides Lex Luthor and Batman holding the IdiotBall like it was their best friend? I can understand [[UnstoppableRage the rage]] tends to make everyone homicidal at exactly the wrong moment, but what about the parts where someone could just explain the situation without overaggression (such as Batman & Raiden), or even look at the clues that their "enemies" were obviously suffering the same effects they were (nearly every other scene), I'm sure someone should've figured out that the destruction of both universes was bad for the people they think are causing it.

* What's with non-MK characters appearing in the post-2010 games? You can play as DC characters, Jason Voorhees, Freddy Kruger, Alien, Leatherface, and Predator. What happened to the good old days where it was just Mortal Kombat characters? They don't need fancy gimmicks and horror villains to make money. The franchise was fine by itself.

* What's with non-MK characters appearing in the post-2010 games? You can play as DC characters, Jason Voorhees, Freddy Kruger, Alien, Leatherface, and Predator. What happened to the good old days where it was just Mortal Kombat characters? They don't need fancy gimmicks to make money. The franchise was fine by itself.

* What's with non-MK characters appearing in the post-2010s games? You can play as DC characters, Jason Voorhees, Freddy Kruger, Alien, and Predator. What happened to the good old days where it was just Mortal Kombat characters?

** The thing about it being non-lethal is likely a nod to him being a Shaolin monk (despite him not looking the part, but that's another story). But it may be potentially lethal as, from what can be seen, it's not necessarily the blow that kills the opponent; you see how that uppercut launches the opponent high in the air? They may have broken a few good ribs when they hit the ground. It's NotTheFallThatKillsYou after all.

** This Troper is starting to suspect that it's not that the Elder Gods refuse to do anything so much as they can't do anything unless the rules are broken. Remember, the realms and the people in them are dreams of the One Being, not their own creations (which should also explain why they don't care about the people in them or individual realms, they're not actually real to the Elder Gods)so while they get to set the rules reality itself may be co0nfinign them soley to the letter of those rules.

* How powerful is Raiden or other gods like Fuijin for that matter? Some of the expanded universe material has stated or implied their are virtually untouchable to mortals, sorcerers or even the likes of Shao Kahn as long as they are in their home realms. Even outside they are still pretty powerful. Didn't Raiden protect the souls of the Chosen from Shao Kahn outright stealin them in MK3? In some endings Raiden destroyed all of Earth or the dimensional gates. Other times they are as weak as mortals. Is it a case of the Elder Gods limiting them by forcing them to take mortal form? Could Raiden solve most of the problems in the series if the Elder Gods were not limiting him?
* If present day Kung Lao is apparently the reincarnation of the Great Kung Lao, then how could he be resurrected if Shang Tsung stole his soul upon the Great Kung Lao's defeat in the Shaolin Tournament? And how come the Great Kung Lao's soul was released upon Shang Tsung's death during Raiden's attempt to destroy the Dragon King, when Kung Lao was quite clearly born before hand? It doesn't add up.

* Why is Liu Kang's Butterfly Flip a Fatality? Isn't it too simple and non-lethal to be so?

* Why is Liu Kang's Butterfly Flip considered a Fatality? Isn't it too simple and non-lethal to be so?

* In Deception Konquest mode; it is shown that Onaga is aware of the history of the One Being and the Elder Gods as he tells it to Shujinko through his avatar. Why seek to unite the Kamidogu then and tempt fate?

* If present day Kung Lao is apparently the reincarnation of the Great Kung Lao, then how could he be resurrected if Shang Tsung stole his soul upon the Great Kung Lao's defeat in the Shaolin Tournament? And how come the Great Kung Lao's soul was released upon Shang Tsung's death during Raiden's attempt to destroy the Dragon King, when Kung Lao was quite clearly born before hand? It doesn't add up.

* If present day Kung Lao is apparently the reincarnation of the Great Kung Lao, then how could he be resurrected if Shang Tsung stole his soul upon the Great Kung Lao's defeat in the Shaolin Tournament? And how come the Great Kung Lao's soul was released upon Shang Tsung's death during Raiden's attempt to destroy the Dragon King, when Kung Lao was quite clearly born before hand. It doesn't add up.

* How powerful is Raiden or other gods like Fuijin for that matter? Some of the expanded universe material has stated or implied their are virtually untouchable to mortals, sorcerers or even the likes of Shao Kahn as long as they are in their home realms. Even outside they are still pretty powerful. Didn't Raiden protect the souls of the Chosen from Shao Kahn outright stealin them in MK3? In some endings Raiden destroyed all of Earth or the dimensional gates. Other times they are as weak as mortals. Is it a case of the Elder Gods limiting them by forcing them to take mortal form? Could Raiden solve most of the problems in the series if the Elder Gods were not limiting him?

** A touch of corruption doesn't make you a bad person, plus Raiden is a god so things may work differently for him. Also, depending on the source of that information it may be either a lie or non-cannon.

** Shang Tsung wanted to isolate Sonya both to get away from Raiden (who cannot enter Outworld) and to essentially cheat. Either Sonya accepts and he kicks her ass, or she refuses and he, with no witnesses, can pretend that he won and Shao Kahn is free to invade Earthrealm at will, something Kitana sees through and warns him is treason. The important aspect of his deal with Cage is not that he is allowed to challenge someone- as Raiden said, as an ex-Champion he could do so at any time- but that this chalenge would be "the final battle of the tournament", winner take all. The problem is, the rules state that while that is fine, the opponent has to accept, a rule that Sonya did no know which is one reason he picked her. The other, of course, is that Liu Kang is The Chosen One and Tsung just plain didn't want to fight him for that very reason, though he ultimately accepted Kang's challenge because e was backed into a corner and, frankly, by that point seemed a little pissed off. Finaly he was panicking- Goro had just been killed, Tsung was about to fail Shao Kahn ''again'', and so faking Sonya's defeat was sort of a desperate gamble to avoid his Emperor's wrath.

* In Deception, it is first established that in order to enter the Netherrealm you have to have an little bit of corruption taint on you yet in MK9, [[spoiler:Raiden easily enters to try and make his deal with Quan Chi.]] Keep in mind that he also had visited the Elder Gods first.

* In Deception, it is first established that in order to enter the Netherrealm you have to have an little bit of corruption taint on you yet in MK9, [[spoiler:Raiden easily enters to try and make his deal with Quan Chi.]] Keep in mind that he also had visited the Elder Gods first.

*** Expanding on that, parrots can talk (mimic, rather) by learning to use their [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrinx_%28biology%29 syrinx]] to make those sounds. [[WildMassGuessing There aren't any major details about Tarkatan anatomy,]] but it's possible they evolved in such a way that they have syringes instead of larynges, thus allowing them to develop a language they can use to communicate.

* Why hasn't someone gone [[Main/FluffyCloudHeaven up there]] and kicked the Elder Gods' asses, yet? First, when it's [[spoiler: predicted that the Mortal Kombat tournament would cause such massive infighting from insanely powerful warriors that it would destroy all of existence, they force a lowly god to come up with a [[Main.XanatosRoulette Xanatos Roulette]] to fix it, which fails miserably]]. Then, they sit idly by and let newly-appointed Earth Protector Raiden almost nuke an entire civilization fighting one of their ''own members'' for control of the realm. Then, they refuse to interfere not once but ''three times'' in preventing a mega-power from taking over Earth, and ''finally'', when they hire Scorpion to be their champion against Onaga, [[spoiler: they go back on their word, reviving his family and clan as zombies instead of restoring them to what they were before they died]]. Clearly, this [[Main.TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness Omniscient Council of Vagueness]] has firmly become [[Main.NeglectfulPrecursors Neglectful Precursors]], with no care to what happened to their own creations, so why won't anyone do anything to stop them?