History Sandbox / MonsterMortalKombat

* ''[[WesternAnimation/MortalKombatLegends Legends]]'' has the Netherrealm duo of [[Characters/MortalKombatQuanChi Quan Chi]] and [[GodOfEvil Shinnok]], who are just as vile as their canon counterparts, along with [[Characters/MortalKombatKano Kano]], who is [[AdaptationalJerkass far worse]]--and [[AdaptationalBadass far deadlier]]--than his already villainous canon version:

** ''[[WesternAnimation/MortalKombatLegendsScorpionsRevenge Scorpion's Revenge]]'': [[ManipulativeBastard Quan Chi]] is a [[EvilSorcerer powerful sorcerer]] and the highest-ranking servant of the Mad God Shinnok. Taking over the Netherrealm after Shinnok was [[SealedEvilInACan imprisoned by the Elder Gods]], Quan Chi keeps the realm as a hellish nightmare, where countless people get tortured for eternity. Hatching a plan to free Shinnok, Quan Chi impersonated [[Characters/MortalKombatBiHan Sub-Zero]] and led the Lin Kuei to slaughter the whole clan of Shirai Ryu, personally killing the wife and child of [[Characters/MortalKombatHanzoHasashi Hanzo Hasashi]], aka Scorpion. Promising to resurrect Hanzo's family in exchange for the key to release Shinnok, Quan Chi sent him undercover to the Mortal Kombat tournament to act as his champion, and when Scorpion failed him by choosing to kill Sub-Zero instead, Quan Chi taunted him by revealing that he was the one who destroyed his family and clan.

** ''[[WesternAnimation/MortalKombatLegendsSnowBlind Snow Blind]]'': [[{{Sadist}} Kano]] is the leader of [[TheSyndicate the Black Dragon clan]] and the ultimate BigBad of the entire series. In the past, after managing to kill [[Characters/MortalKombatKronika Kronika]] and take over her hourglass, Kano would rewrite history to be to his liking, for what is implied to be many times. In one timeline, he unleashes a horde of revenants onto Earth, resulting in Earthrealm becoming a barren wasteland with its few survivors scattered across remote villages. Kano installs himself as the "[[WastelandWarlord King]]" of Earthrealm and starts raiding villages one by one, killing off a majority of their inhabitants, along with anyone who so much as stands up to him, and forcing whoever was left to be a part of the Black Dragon. Kano would frequently [[InvoluntaryBattleToTheDeath force people]] in these villages to fight to the death for his own amusement; in one case, when one refused to kill the other, Kano killed her and then killed the loser, despite their expressions of gratitude. When [[Characters/MortalKombatShangTsung Shang Tsung]] attempts to overthrow Kano, the latter brutally slaughters Shang Tsung while reveling in his kill, even using his underlings as {{Human Shield}}s against Shang Tsung. When Kenshi attempts to free one of the villages Kano conquered, Kano chooses to brutally torture him before killing him, all for his twisted amusement.

* ''[=MK11=]'' only: [[Characters/MortalKombatKronika Kronika]] herself, the Titan, is the [[TimeMaster mistress of time]] and the GreaterScopeVillain of the entire franchise up to this game. A vicious ControlFreak obsessed with her notions of balance between good and evil, Kronika manipulates her own children, Cetrion and Shinnok, into eternal conflict, keeping their armies fighting forever with countless lives lost. When a timeline proves disappointing to her, Kronika exterminates it, killing everyone and rebooting them to try again, which she has done countless times. Manipulating Liu Kang and Raiden's conflict, Kronika gains allies by promising them anything they want, even having the Lin Kuei traitor Frost unwillingly convert many people to cyborgs for her army. Finally having her own daughter Cetrion sacrifice herself through a combination of control and [[ManipulativeBitch emotional manipulation]], Kronika proceeds to attempt to erase history again, caring only for her own domination and shaping of destiny.

-->—'''Shinnok''', to Cassie Cage, while torturing her father [[Characters/MortalKombatJohnnyCage Johnny Cage]], ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX''

** ''[[Film/MortalKombatAnnihilation Annihilation]]'': [[GodOfEvil Elder God Shinnok]], the God of Outworld and the father—and the [[ManBehindTheMan one behind]]—[[Characters/MortalKombatShao Emperor Shao Kahn]], is in one form or another largely responsible for the events of the films as a whole. Having once decreed that [[RelatedInTheAdaptation his sons, Shao Kahn and Rayden (sic)]], must be able to kill the other to prove themselves worthy as his heir, Shinnok disowned his son Rayden after Rayden hesitated to kill Kahn, and [[ArchnemesisDad seeks little else but his blood]] in the present day. Shinnok has conditioned Shao Kahn to be Emperor—threatening to take his soul should he fail to measure up to his standard—and has overseen the successful invasion of one other Realm by his hand, deliberately violating the Elder God's sacred rules to allow Kahn to invade Earth anyways after Shang Tsung's defeat. Shinnok callously oversees Kahn murdering Rayden after he denies his final offer of peace, sneering that Rayden shall die alongside the humans he's dedicated himself to protecting.

** [[Characters/MortalKombatShao Shao Kahn]], the demonic ruler of the hellish Outworld, is one of the sons of T'ien, the highest of gods, who originated from the creator of all life P'an Ku. Desiring to merge his realm with the Mother Realm—Earth—Shao Kahn sent his chief minion Shang Tsung there to open a portal and extend it enough to fit his demon army through. Sending his nephew Ruthay to serve as a communication device between them, changing his form in the process, [[EvilUncle Shao Kahn]] didn't care that it made Ruthay live in [[AndIMustScream a state of eternal agony]] and the fact that if the portal were ever closed it could result in obliteration of the Mother Realm. Having Shang Tsung kill countless innocent people in search for "the right soul", which could extend a portal, Shao Kahn took parts of Shang Tsung's each time [[YouHaveFailedMe he failed]] and eagerly waited for a way to Earth, so he could transform it into HellOnEarth, with masses of people tortured and burned.

** ''[[Film/MortalKombatAnnihilation Annihilation]]'': [[Characters/MortalKombatShinnokAndQuanChi Elder God Shinnok]], the God of Outworld and the father—and the [[ManBehindTheMan one behind]]—[[Characters/MortalKombatShao Emperor Shao Kahn]], is in one form or another largely responsible for the events of the films as a whole. Having once decreed that [[RelatedInTheAdaptation his sons, Shao Kahn and Rayden (sic)]], must be able to kill the other to prove themselves worthy as his heir, Shinnok disowned his son Rayden after Rayden hesitated to kill Kahn, and [[ArchnemesisDad seeks little else but his blood]] in the present day. Shinnok has conditioned Shao Kahn to be Emperor—threatening to take his soul should he fail to measure up to his standard—and has overseen the successful invasion of one other Realm by his hand, deliberately violating the Elder God's sacred rules to allow Kahn to invade Earth anyways after Shang Tsung's defeat. Shinnok callously oversees Kahn murdering Rayden after he denies his final offer of peace, sneering that Rayden shall die alongside the humans he's dedicated himself to protecting.

-->—'''[[Characters/MortalKombatShinnokAndQuanChi Shinnok]]''', to Cassie Cage, while torturing her father [[Characters/MortalKombatJohnnyCage Johnny Cage]], ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX''

* [[Characters/MortalKombatShinnokAndQuanChi Shinnok]], a [[SatanicArchetype former Elder God who betrayed his fellow Gods]] out of [[AmbitionIsEvil an avaricious want to rule Earthrealm]], was banished to the Netherrealm for eternal torture for his monstrosity. Freed by the sorcerer Quan Chi, Shinnok overthrew Lucifer in the Netherrealm to take control of the hellscape and amassed an army under himself to [[RageAgainstTheHeavens invade the Heavens]] and the other realms, intending to consume the life force of every living being and subjugate all of existence to his whims.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/MortalKombatLegends Legends]]'' has the Netherrealm duo of [[Characters/MortalKombatShinnokAndQuanChi Quan Chi and Shinnok]], who are just as vile as their canon counterparts, along with [[Characters/MortalKombatKano Kano]], who is [[AdaptationalJerkass far worse]]--and [[AdaptationalBadass far deadlier]]--than his already villainous canon version:

** "Scorpion & Sub-Zero" two-parter: [[Characters/MortalKombatShinnokAndQuanChi Quan Chi]] is the powerful {{necromancer}} and leader of the Netherrealm, who has his own plans for the takeover of Earthrealm. Seeking his own champion for the Mortal Kombat tournament, Quan Chi found out about the rivalry between the Shirai Ryu and Lin Kuei clans and used it to his own advantage. As both clans managed to achieve a truce, Quan Chi murders the traveling lord of both clans Shogun and all his guards, while [[FalseFlagOperation taking the appearance]] of [[Characters/MortalKombatBiHan Bi-Han]], leader of the Lin Kuei, to lure [[Characters/MortalKombatHanzoHasashi Hanzo Hasashi]], aka Scorpion, out of the Shirai Ryu village, so that he could brutally slaughter his whole clan, along with his wife and child, and blame it on the Lin Kuei. Using Scorpion's thirst for vengeance, Quan Chi resurrected him as his own champion and led him to murder Bi-Han, who was Scorpion's former friend, whom Quan Chi framed for the purging of the Shirai Ryu.

* [[Characters/MortalKombatShinnokAndQuanChi Quan Chi]] is a [[AmbitionIsEvil power-hungry]], backstabbing [[{{Necromancer}} sorcerer]] who ostensibly plays as Shinnok's second-in-command. [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulating]] a conflict between the Lin Kuei and Shirai Ryu, later exterminating the Shirai Ryu, Quan Chi blames the massacre on [[Characters/MortalKombatBiHan Sub-Zero]] to have [[Characters/MortalKombatHanzoHasashi Scorpion]] kill him and turns the older Sub-Zero into a wraith, then tries to manipulate Scorpion against Sub-Zero's [[Characters/MortalKombatKuaiLiang younger brother]]. Banished to the Netherrealm for his misdeeds, Quan Chi escapes by enlisting and later betraying demons before allying with Shang Tsung to assist in his own atrocities.

* [[Characters/MortalKombatShinnokAndQuanChi Quan Chi]] is a duplicitous Netherrealm sorcerer in league with Shinnok's omnicidal plans. In collusion with the Lin Kuei, Quan Chi slaughters Scorpion's family and the entire Shirai Ryu, framing [[Characters/MortalKombatBiHan Bi-Han]] for the atrocity and goading [[Characters/MortalKombatHanzoHasashi Scorpion]] to kill him out of misguided revenge. As Shinnok's proxy, Quan Chi [[TheChessmaster manipulates Shao Kahn's invasion of Earthrealm]] to weaken both sides of the conflict, personally carrying out Shao Kahn's order to summon an catacalysmic Soulnado. In the aftermath, Quan Chi revives the souls of Earthrealm's fallen heroes to use as [[RevenantZombie revenants]] and has them attack their former friends, as well as releasing Shinnok to bring apocalypse to Earthrealm.
* [[Characters/MortalKombatShinnokAndQuanChi Shinnok]] orchestrates most of the conflict alongside Quan Chi as his proxy, unleashing the demons of the Netherrealm and [[RevenantZombie manipulated souls of fallen heroes]] to attack Earthrealm for [[RageAgainstTheHeavens revenge against the Elder Gods]]. Corrupting the life force of Earthrealm, Shinnok means to annihilate all that lives in Earthrealm and eventually awaken the destructive One Being to [[OmnicidalManiac end all of reality]]. When confronted by Cassie Cage, Shinnok tries to slowly kill her father in front of her eyes, solely out of petty revenge that Johnny defeated him years ago.

* [[Characters/MortalKombatShinnokAndQuanChi Quan Chi]], [[FromNobodyToNightmare once an Edenian slave]] working in the Outworld mines, realized his potential as a truly vile EvilSorcerer thanks to Damashi's interference. Using his new powers of necromancy to assist Shang Tsung in kickstarting a massive war between Outworld and Earthrealm, Quan Chi plants [[YourSoulIsMine Soul Stealers]] across the lands, killing millions of people and using their souls to empower Shang Tsung’s Dragon Army.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/MortalKombatLegends Legends]]'' has the Neatherrealm duo of [[Characters/MortalKombatShinnokAndQuanChi Quan Chi and Shinnok]], who are just as vile as their canon counterparts, along with [[Characters/MortalKombatKano Kano]], who is [[AdaptationalJerkass far worse]]--and [[AdaptationalBadass far deadlier]]--than his already villainous canon version: