History Trivia / MortalKombatDeception

** Dairou was set to be in ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance MK:DA]]'', but as a Samurai mercenary hired by Shang Tsung.

** Kitana was originally set to appear in ''Deception'' until the dev team decided to include Mileena instead, giving Mileena a pink version of the costume Kitana was supposed to wear (Kitana is shown in this garb in Ermac's ''Deception'' ending).
*** She is later included in the PSP's UpdatedRerelease ''Unchained'', except lifted straight from ''Deadly Alliance''; outfits, fighting styles, her one Fatality, and everything else. The only new things are her bio and ending.
** [[VideoGame/MortalKombat9 2-on-2 battles]] were intended to be implemented here, complete with TagTeam Fatalities. Remnants of this can be seen in Noob-Smoke.
** There were concepts for Fatality-esque torture sequences. For example, if a player was knocked off of a stage, they'd miraculously grab on the edge and try to pull themselves up. The opposing player could try to stomp on their hands or kick their face to knock them off, whereas the character in peril would mash buttons to climb back up and could grab their foe and fling them off of the arena. The [[PressXToNotDie Cliffhanger]] mechanic in ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive5'' has some elements of this idea.

** Fujin was meant to be playable instead of Raiden. This is why Raiden was killed in the intro and turned into Dark Raiden after resurrection. Due to backlash from fans at this announcement, Raiden was added back in, while Fujin wouldn't be playable until the next game, ''Armageddon''.

** Hidden away in the Krypt are ending slides for Onaga with full ending text, implying he was either planned to be playable or have an ending that plays when the player chose not to continue after losing to him.

* QuoteSource: UnwittingPawn

* FanNickname: Thanks to the new armor Sub-Zero picked up in this game ([[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/MK_SubZero_002_1474.png behold!]]), a sizable amount of fans began calling him "[[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles The Shredder]]".

** The BGM for the Onaga's Lair was originally a [[AutobotsRockOut guitar piece]] entitled "Dragon Slayer." It was deemed to be a bit unfitting for the atmosphere of the arena, but was included as an unlockable piece of music you can listen to in-game.

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: In France, the game had the title of ''Mortal Kombat: Mystification''.

* AscendedFanon: Sub-Zero's transformation into Noob was the result of Dan Forden fielding a suggestion from a fan, and said suggestion being approved and enshrined in ''Deception''.

* FanNickname: Thanks to the new armor Sub-Zero picked up in this game ([[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/MK_SubZero_002_1474.png behold!]]), a sizable amount of fans began calling him [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles The Shredder]].

** Due to his resemblance to the famous ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' character, Kobra was named "Ken"-- er, "Ben Masters" during development. Many fans were led to believe that a ''[[VideoGame/CapcomVsWhatever Street Fighter vs. Mortal Kombat]]'' game was in the works. Alas, it was just a placeholder, although Ed Boon has said he would love to do a crossover with ''Street Fighter'' at some point. Creator/{{Capcom}}, however, already pronounced themselves on ''SF'' characters getting killed off onscreen being a no-no for them.

*** She is later included in the PSP's UpdatedRerelease ''Unchained'', except lifted straight from ''Deadly Alliance''; outfits, fighting styles and everything. Only with a new ending.

!![[center: Main games: [[Trivia/MortalKombat1 MK1]] | [[Trivia/MortalKombat2 MK2]] | [[Trivia/MortalKombat3 MK3]] | [[Trivia/MortalKombat4 MK4]] | [[Trivia/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance Deadly Alliance]] | [[Trivia/MortalKombatDeception Deception]] | [[Trivia/MortalKombatArmageddon Armageddon]] | [[Trivia/MortalKombatVsDCUniverse MK vs. DC Universe]] | [[Trivia/MortalKombat9 MK9]] | [[Trivia/MortalKombatX MKX]] | [[Trivia/MortalKombat11 MK11]]\\
[-Spinoffs: [[Trivia/MortalKombatMythologiesSubZero MKM: Sub-Zero]] | [[Trivia/MortalKombatSpecialForces Special Forces]] | [[Trivia/MortalKombatShaolinMonks Shaolin Monks]]\\
Non-videogame media: [[Trivia/MortalKombatTheMovie Mortal Kombat: The Movie]] | [[Trivia/MortalKombatTheJourneyBegins The Journey Begins]] | [[Trivia/MortalKombatAnnihilation Annihilation]] | [[Trivia/MortalKombatConquest Conquest]] | [[Trivia/MortalKombatDefendersOfTheRealm Defenders Of The Realm]] | [[Trivia/MalibuComicsMortalKombat Malibu Comics]] | [[Trivia/MortalKombatLegacy Legacy]] | [[Trivia/MortalKombatRebirth Rebirth]]-]]]
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** The BGM for the Onaga's Lair was originally a [[AutobotsRockOut guitar piece]] entitled "Dragon Slayer." It was deemed to be a bit unfitting for the atmosphere of the arena, but was included as an unlockable piece of music you can listen to in-game.
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** The BGM for the Onaga's Lair was originally a [[AutobotsRockOut guitar piece]] entitled "Dragon Slayer." It was deemed to be a bit unfitting for the atmosphere of the arena, but was included as an unlockable piece of music you can listen to in-game.

* DawsonCasting: Max Crawford voices Shujinko at every age from his pre-teen years to a sagely OldMaster and thus plays this trope straight in his younger years and older ages but averts it in regard to his young adult stage.

** Due to his resemblance to the famous ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' character, Kobra was named "Ken"-- er, "Ben Masters" during development. Many fans were led to believe that a ''[[VideoGame/CapcomVsWhatever Street Fighter vs. Mortal Kombat]]'' game was in the works. Alas, it was just a placeholder, although Ed Boon has said he would love to do a crossover with ''Street Fighter'' at some point. Capcom, however, already pronounced themselves on ''SF'' characters getting killed off onscreen being a no-no for them.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Creator/PaulStPeter, who some may recognize as the English language voice actor for [[Anime/DigimonAdventure Leo]][[Anime/DigimonTamers mon]], [[Anime/DigimonAdventure02 Wormmon]], and [[Anime/DigimonFrontier Cherubimon]] (from the Franchise/{{Digimon}} animes) or [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Xemnas]], provides the voices of Havik, Hotaru, and Nightwolf.
** Max Crawford, as noted above, is the voice actor for Shujinko in Deception and again in Videogame/MortalKombatArmageddon.

** Due to his resemblance to the famous ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' character, Kobra was named "Ken Masters" during development. Many fans were led to believe that a ''[[VideoGame/CapcomVsWhatever Street Fighter vs. Mortal Kombat]]'' game was in the works. Alas, it was just a placeholder, although Ed Boon has said he would love to do a crossover with ''Street Fighter'' at some point.

** Due to his resemblance to the famous ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' character, Kobra was named "Ken Masters" during development. Many fans were led to believe that a ''[[CapcomVsWhatever Street Fighter vs. Mortal Kombat]]'' game was in the works. Alas, it was just a placeholder, although Ed Boon has said he would love to do a crossover with ''Street Fighter'' at some point.

* FanNickname: Thanks to the new armor Sub-Zero picked in ''Deception'' ([[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/MK_SubZero_002_1474.png behold!]]), a sizable amount of fans began calling him [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles The Shredder]].

** Havik was originally going to be Noob Saibot, and then became a new character on his own. Also, he was originally referred to as "Skab".
** Due to his resemblance to the famous ''StreetFighter'' character, Kobra was named "Ken Masters" during development. Many fans were led to believe that a ''[[CapcomVsWhatever Street Fighter vs. Mortal Kombat]]'' game was in the works. Alas, it was just a placeholder, although Ed Boon has said he would love to do a crossover with ''StreetFighter'' at some point.

** There were concepts for Fatality-esque torture sequences. For example, if a player was knocked off of a stage, they'd miraculously grab on the edge and try to pull themselves up. The opposing player could try to stomp on their hands or kick their face to knock them off, whereas the character in peril would mash buttons to climb back up and could grab their foe and fling them off of the arena.

* FanNickname: Thanks to the new armor Sub-Zero picked in ''Deception'' ([[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/MK_SubZero_002_1474.png behold!]]), a sizable amount of fans began calling him [[TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles The Shredder]].

** Noob Saibot's prototype alternate design went on to become Havik. Havik himself was originally known as "Skab" and his design revealed more flesh than his current one.

** The BGM for the Onaga's Lair was originally this [[AutobotsRockOut guitar piece]] entitled "Dragon Slayer." It was deemed to be a bit unfitting for the atmosphere of the arena, but was included as an unlockable piece of music you can listen to in-game.

** [[MortalKombat9 2-on-2 battles]] were intended to be implemented here, complete with TagTeam Fatalities. Remnants of this can be seen in Noob-Smoke.

** The BGM for the Onaga's Lair was originally this [[AutobotsRockOut guitar piece]] entitled "Dragon Slayer". It was deemed to be a bit unfitting for the atmosphere of the arena, but was included as an unlockable piece of music you can listen to in-game.