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* BigBadWannabe: Shang Tsung, being [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Shang Tsung]], takes the first oppertunity he gets to try and usurp Kano after finding the Well of Souls, and is the cause of Kenshi's misery for the film. However, his attempt to kill Kano and take over ends in failure and death. [[spoiler:Kano implies Shang Tsung has tried this in so many of the timelines he made that Kano is ''bored'' of it and disappointed Shang Tsung wasn't more of a challenge.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Kano is dead and thus the world is free from him, and he's no longer around to continue his Revenant onslaught to keep the world how he likes it. however, Sub-Zero has to leave with Scorpion to Netherrealm as part of their agreement.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Kano is dead and thus the world is free from him, and he's no longer around to continue his Revenant onslaught to keep the world how he likes it. however, Sub-Zero has to leave with Scorpion to Netherrealm as part of their agreement.]]
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:Kano defeated Kronika and took her Hourglass for himself.]]
* HijackedByGanon: Subverted: Shang Tsung ''attempts'' to usurp Kano and become the BigBad, as would be expected of him, after finding the Well of Souls, but Kano defeats and kills him. [[spoiler:Shang Tsung has apparently tried this so many times Kano finds it ''boring.'']]
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* OffWithHisHead: Kira is decapitated by Kenshi. Likewise with No-Face, by Scorpion.
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* OffWithHisHead: OffWithHisHead:
** Kira is decapitated by Kenshi. Likewise with No-Face, byScorpion.Scorpion.
** After brutalizing Shang Tsung, Kano finishes him off by performing the classice Spine Rip on him.
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** After brutalizing Shang Tsung, Kano finishes him off by performing the classice Spine Rip on him.
* PoorPredictableRock: Kano [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech mocks Shang Tsung]] that he's disappointed Tsung didn't try anything different in his attempt to usurp him. this shows as his goto soul steal backfires when he learns too late Kano no longer ''has'' one. [[spoiler:He implies that Shang Tsung has ''literally'' tried to usurp him the exact same way every single time they've done this 'song and dance'.]]
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* TheSoulless: As Kano is cybernetic, he has no soul left for Shang Tsung to absorb, rendering the latter's powers useless.
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* TheSoulless: As Kano is cybernetic, he has no soul left for Shang Tsung to absorb, rendering the latter's powers useless. Kano was aware of this (and doesn't care), Shang Tsung wasn't, leaving the latter wide open.
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* TimeMaster: [[spoiler:Kano killed Kronika and took her Hourglass, allowing him to control the timeline and remake it as he sees fit. However, he needs to actually be ''touching'' it to do so. He attempts to RetGone Sub-Zero at the climax, but Subzero is able to stop him in the nick of time.]]
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* TheWorfEffect: Shang Tsung finds the Well of Souls and gains his full power, casually killing a number of Kano's minions. While putting up a decent fight, he's ultimately overpowered and killed, showing just how deadly this version of Kano is. Kano is disappointed he doesn't serve more of a challenge. [[spoiler:Justified: Kano has not only massively empowered himself with Kronika's Hourglass, but gone through this with Shang Tsung so many times it's become ''predictable.''.]]
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* AdaptationPersonalityChange: [[spoiler:Going with the above, however, unlike in his Arcade ending in ''11'', where Kano decided VictoryIsBoring and WantingIsBetterThanHaving, and thus gives up the Hourglass, this Kano prefers his role as ruler and uses the Hourglass to try to keep it.]]
* AdaptationalBadass: Kano is far more powerful here than he has ever been, and the original version was hardly weak himself. It's to the point where Kano is able to beat and kill Shang Tsung when the latter tries to overthrow him.
* AdaptationalBadass: Kano is far more powerful here than he has ever been, and the original version was hardly weak himself. It's to the point where Kano is able to beat and kill Shang Tsung when the latter tries to overthrow him.
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* AdaptationPersonalityChange: [[spoiler:Going with the above, however, unlike in his Arcade ending in ''11'', where Kano decided VictoryIsBoring and WantingIsBetterThanHaving, and thus gives up the Hourglass, this Kano prefers his role as ruler and uses the Hourglass to try to keep it. Downplayed, however, as Kano makes it clear he ''is'' bored with having won and actively enables Shang Tsung to regain his full power just to see if he'll be a challenge. It's implied Kano has reset the timeline ''multiple'' times purely out of boredom.]]
* AdaptationalBadass: Kano is far more powerful here than he has ever been, and the original version was hardly weak himself. It's to the point where Kano is able to beat and kill Shang Tsung when the latter tries to overthrow him. Part of this is because he's now a full on cyborg rather than just having a cybernetic eye. [[spoiler:Justified, as he's got control of Kronika's Hourglass and can alter history to empower himself however he likes.]]
* AdaptationalBadass: Kano is far more powerful here than he has ever been, and the original version was hardly weak himself. It's to the point where Kano is able to beat and kill Shang Tsung when the latter tries to overthrow him. Part of this is because he's now a full on cyborg rather than just having a cybernetic eye. [[spoiler:Justified, as he's got control of Kronika's Hourglass and can alter history to empower himself however he likes.]]
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* AdaptationalVillainy:AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler:Justified: Kano has control of Kronika's Hourglass, and thus can alter time however he pleases, including giving the Black Dragons anyone he wants.]]
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* GroundhogDayLoop: [[spoiler:Kano's conversations with Shang Tsung and Sub-Zero imply he's basically turned the timeline into this: he gets bored of having won and having no challenge, resets the timeline, then gets bored again. He's done it so often that Shang Tsung betraying him by finding the Well of Souls is ''boring''.]]
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* VictoryIsBoring: [[spoiler:Kano admits to Sub-Zero being a WastelandWarlord who basically rules the world had gotten boring. It's implied he's reset the timeline over and over precisely ''because'' he got bored with his victory.]]
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* NeverWasThisUniverse: [[spoiler:The movie isn't a sequel to the previous films, but set in an alternate universe created by a version of Kano who got Kronika's Hourglass.]]
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* OutOfFocus: No mention is made about anyone from the previous two films, save for the appearance of a Liu Kang statue.
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* OutOfFocus: No mention is made about anyone from the previous two films, save for the appearance of a Liu Kang statue. [[spoiler:Justified, as it was never the same timeline.]]
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* TheStarscream: Shang Tsung, as par the course for him, is working for Kano while secretly plotting to overthrow him. He gets his opportunity after absorbing the power unleashed from the Well of Souls, but it fails miserably, and '''PAINFULLY.'''
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* TheStarscream: Shang Tsung, as par the course for him, is working for Kano while secretly plotting to overthrow him. He gets his opportunity after absorbing the power unleashed from the Well of Souls, but it fails miserably, and '''PAINFULLY.'''''' [[spoiler:Kano not only saw it coming, he ''allowed'' it to happen in hopes Tsung would be a worthy challenge.]]
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* VillainWorld: [[spoiler:It turns out the film is actually set in the timeline Kano created after killing Kronika and taking control of her Hourglass.]]
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* WastelandWarlord: Kano has set himself up as an EvilOverlord out of ''Franchise/MadMax'' following the end of the world. [[spoiler:Turns out he caused said end of the world ''specifically'' so he could be one.]]
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* DarkerAndEdgier: While the first two ''Legends'' films were by no means light fare, this one is particularly gruesome, especially the scenes where Kano brutally kills people just because he can. It also has virtually no comic relief to leaven things.
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* AdaptationalWimp: Shang Tsung is relegated from one of the series' most powerful sorcerers to Kano's personal servant. [[spoiler:Even when his power is restored, he cannot stand against Kano for long.]]
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* AdaptationalWimp: Shang Tsung is relegated from one of the series' most powerful sorcerers to Kano's personal servant. [[spoiler:Even when his power is restored, he cannot stand against Kano for long. To be fair, Kano '''is''' an AdaptationalBadass here.]]
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* CoolOldGuy: Kuai Liang/Sub-Zero is now an old man, but can still kick ''lots'' of ass.
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* AdaptationPersonalityChange: [[spoiler:Going with the above, however, unlike in his Arcade ending in ''11'', where Kano decided VictoryIsBoring and WantingIsBetterThanHaving, and thus gives up the Hourglass, this Kano prefers his role as ruler and uses the Hourglass to try to keep it.]]
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Other cast members include Creator/KeithSilverstein as Kabal, Creator/CourtenayTaylor as Kira and Creator/YuriLowenthal as both Kobra and Erron Black; in addition to Creator/PatrickSeitz and Artt Butler reprising their roles from the previous films as Scorpion and Shang Tsung respectively.
