History YMMV / MortalKombatDeception

** Havik, due to his unorthodox playstyle and hints of him and his people being {{Cloudcuckoolander}}s.

** Also [[FlatCharacter Darrius]] and [[GameBreaker Dairou]].

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Shujinko's status as an UnwittingPawn makes it possible for him to be seen as TheWoobie, with shades of IronWoobie. While easily manipulated, he was merely a guy who wanted to face Shang Tsung in Mortal Kombat, [[AscendedFanboy actually got the chance to join that world]], [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone never meant for any of this to happen]], [[TheAtoner and works his butt off to rectify his mistake]].

** Kira and Kobra also counts. Kira is either a cool and {{Fanservice}}y EvilRedhead or a ReplacementScrappy with the moveset of both [[MovesetClone Kano and Sonya]], and Kobra is either a subversion of the {{Shotoclone}} archetype or a blatant [[CaptainErsatz rip-off]] of [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ken Masters]] and one of the worst characters of the franchise (along with Hsu Hao, Mokap and Meat).

** Say everything about them, but Kira and Kobra does have their supporters (see BaseBreaker above), with shippers as part of them.

** Possibly this or GameBreaker, but for some odd reason, Liu Kang's bicycle kick ignores Onaga's defensive stat and takes off his health like you shattered one of the ring's Kamidogu. It's easy to defeat Onaga that way...provided that you never get sick of watching Liu Kang's ending.

* ReplacementScrappy: Shujinko was the target of a lot of hate for replacing Liu Kang. He's [[TooDumbToLive terminally naive]] and stole the special moves and even ''appearances'' of the other characters during Konquest mode. It doesn't help that Boon hamfisted him down the fandom's throat [[CreatorsPet by labeling him "The next generation Liu Kang"]] in an interview, or that his name ''literally means'' [[MeaningfulName "Protagonist"]].

** Say everything about them, but Kira and Kobra does have their supporters (see BaseBreaker above), mainly those who ship them.

* BaseBreaker: Bo' Rai Cho. Either you like him for being FunPersonified or hate him for turning his ToiletHumor turned UpToEleven.
** Kira and Kobra also counts.

** Say everything about them, but Kira and Kobra does have their supporters, mainly those who ship them.

** Ashrah, is also this to a lesser extent.

** Kira also counts.

* FanPreferredCouple: Fans seem to be fond of pairing up Ashrah and Raiden despite [[CrackPairing no tangible connections existing between the two]] aside of being members of the Forces of Light. As noted on the Characters page, this is rooted in [[ThemePairing how similar the two appear to each other]], with many mistaking originally Ashrah not only as Raiden's DistaffCounterpart, but his wife.¨

* FanPreferredCouple: Fans seem to be fond of pairing up Ashrah and Raiden despite [[CrackPairing no tangible connections existing between the two]] aside of being members of the Forces of Light. As noted on the Characters page, this is rooted in [[ThemePairing how similar the two appear to each other]], with many mistaking originally Ashrah not only as Raiden's DistaffCounterpart, but his wife.

* BaseBreaker: Bo' Rai Cho.

* ReplacementScrappy: Shujinko was the target of a lot of hate for replacing Liu Kang. He's [[TooDumbToLive terminally naive]] and stole the special moves and even ''appearances'' of the other characters during Konquest mode. It doesn't help that Boon hamfisted him down the fandom's throat [[CreatorsPet by labeling him "The next generation Liu Kang"]] in an interview, or that his name ''literally means'' [[MeaningfulName "Protagonist."]]

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Shujinko's status as an UnwittingPawn makes him being seen as TheWoobie, with shades of IronWoobie. While easily manipulated, he was merely a guy who wanted to face Shang Tsung in Mortal Kombat, [[AscendedFanboy actually got the chance to join that world]], [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone never meant for any of this to happen]], [[TheAtoner and works his butt off to rectify his mistake]].
* BaseBreaker: Bo'Rai Cho.

** Motaro appears out of the blue in a random Earthrealm village in the Konquest mode to give you some koins, then vanishes. Its a rare occurrence and the player has to be quick to make it happen, so its more of an EasterEgg.

** Havik, due to his unorthodox playstyle and hints of him and his people being [[CloudCuckooLander Cloud Cuckoo Landers]].
** Nightwolf as well, which is an interesting shift considering how [[TheScrappy hated]] he was around the time of ''VideoGame/MortalKombat4''.
* GameBreaker: A '''ton.''' The majority can be coralled under two things: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQftCLpsk_A moves that lead to unduckable throws]], and moves that can be repeated ad-nauseum until the timer runs out. It's the core reason why this game was frowned upon by the professional fighting game community.

* GoodBadBugs: Perform a fatality and a hara-kiri at the same time to get [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-egksufiao these.]]

** Kira, who can basically be described as Kano and Sonya's love child.

* TheScrappy: Aside of Shujinko, [[ReplacementScrappy Kira]] and [[CaptainErsatz Kobra]]. Kira [[FanService less so]] than Kobra.

** [[spoiler: Zombie Liu Kang]]. Many fans saw it as a slap in the face that this is [[CameBackWrong what happened]] to the [[spoiler: Mortal Kombat Champion]], and he even made [[ScrewAttack Screw Attack's]] "Top Ten Worst Fighting Game Characters" list.

* GameBreaker: A '''ton.''' The majority can be coralled under two things: moves that lead to unduckable throws, and moves that can be repeated ad-nauseum until the timer runs out. It's the core reason why this game was frowned upon by the professional fighting game community.

** [[spoiler: Zombie Liu Kang]]. Many fans saw it as a slap in the face that this is what happened to the [[spoiler: Mortal Kombat Champion]], and he even made [[ScrewAttack Screw Attack's]] "Top Ten Worst Fighting Game Characters" list.

** Also [[FlatCharacter Darrius]] and [[GameBreaker Dairou]].

* GameBreaker: A '''ton.''' The majority can be coralled under two things: moves that lead to unduckable throws, and moves that can be repeated ad-nauseum until the timer runs out.

* CrazyAwesome: Havik.

* ReplacementScrappy: Shujinko was the target of a lot of hate for replacing Liu Kang.\\
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He's [[TooDumbToLive terminally naive]] and stole the special moves and even ''appearances'' of the other characters during Konquest mode. Doesn't help that Boon hamfisted him down the fandom's throat [[CreatorsPet by labeling him "The next generation Liu Kang"]] in an interview, or that his name ''literally means'' [[MeaningfulName "Protagonist."]]

* TheScrappy: Aside of Shujinko, Kira and Kobra. Kira less so than Kobra.
** Also Darrius and Dairou.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Onaga happens to have quite a following. Despite his status as an SNKBoss for some, many liked his design, his stature, and his story.

** Nightwolf as well, which is an interesting shift considering how [[TheScrappy hated]] he was around the time of MortalKombat4.

* EnsembleDarkhorse:

* DesignatedHero: Holy christ, Shujinko is an '''asshole'''. To be fair, it's mostly because he can't see through Onaga being a bigger dick, but you're still encouraged to rob everyone blind for the hell of it if you want to unlock everything, and a lot of problems are "solved" by just sucker-punching random people.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Havik, due to his unorthodox playstyle and hints of him and his people being [[CloudCuckooLander Cloud Cuckoo Landers]].

* FetishFuelStationAttendant[=/=]FetishRetardant: Mileena.

* {{Mondegreen}}: If Ermac is knocked off of the Sky Tower, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKTyIrV5NxU he screams "SUCK IIIIIIIIIIIIT!!! as he plummets to his death.]] Fans have alternatively mistaken this as "SUCKEEEEEERRRRR!!!" or [[PrecisionFStrike a F-bomb]].
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Mileena, again. The fact that she's this ''and'' a FetishFuelStationAttendant cements Mileena as CreepySexy, and her admirers as {{Nightmare Fetishist}}s.
* ReplacementScrappy: Shujinko was the target of a lot of hate for replacing Liu Kang. It didn't help that he was [[TooDumbToLive terminally naive]] and stole the special moves and even ''appearances'' of the other characters (during Konquest mode, you watch Shujinko grow up--and he cycles through resembling Liu Kang, Kung Lao, and even Jarek while doing so.) It probably didn't help that Boon hamfisted him down the fandom's throat [[CreatorsPet by labeling him "The next generation Liu Kang"]] in an interview, or that his name ''literally means'' [[MeaningfulName "Protagonist."]] However, his status as an UnwittingPawn has some [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation view him]] as TheWoobie (perhaps an IronWoobie?), with their main argument being that while easily manipulated, he was merely a guy who wanted to face Shang Tsung in Mortal Kombat, [[AscendedFanboy actually got the chance to join that world]], [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone never meant for any of this to happen]], [[TheAtoner and works his butt off to rectify his mistake]]. [[BrokenBase It's a very polarizing debate.]]
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Thanks to this game, not many people remember that Nightwolf had just as much of a {{Hatedom}} as Stryker did when he was introduced.

** Also Darrius and Dairou.
* WhatAnIdiot: Raiden's thoughts about Shujinko's quest, in a nutshell. The fandom tends to agree.

* ReplacementScrappy: Shujinko was the target of a lot of hate for replacing Liu Kang. It didn't help that he was [[TooDumbToLive terminally naive]] and stole the special moves and even ''appearances'' of the other characters (during Konquest mode, you watch Shujinko grow up--and he cycles through resembling Liu Kang, Kung Lao, and even Jarek while doing so.) It probably didn't help that Boon hamfisted him down the fandom's throat [[TheWesley by labeling him "The next generation Liu Kang"]] in an interview, or that his name ''literally means'' [[MeaningfulName "Protagonist."]] However, his status as an UnwittingPawn has some [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation view him]] as TheWoobie (perhaps an IronWoobie?), with their main argument being that while easily manipulated, he was merely a guy who wanted to face Shang Tsung in Mortal Kombat, [[AscendedFanboy actually got the chance to join that world]], [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone never meant for any of this to happen]], [[TheAtoner and works his butt off to rectify his mistake]]. [[BrokenBase It's a very polarizing debate.]]