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** Scorpion. You'd think that being the poster boy for the entire franchise, a formidable rival to [[StoryBreakerPower Sub-Zero]] and described (and shown) as a huge threat by the team would warrant him more appearances, right? Nope, he's gone by the second episode, ''never to be seen again''.
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** Scorpion. You'd think that being the poster boy for the entire franchise, a formidable rival to [[StoryBreakerPower Sub-Zero]] and described (and shown) as a huge threat by the team would warrant him more appearances, right? Nope, he's gone by the second episode, ''never to be seen again''. He doesn't even get a proper bout in against Sub-Zero, whom he dispatches in a single kick while Liu Kang fights him instead.
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** The Smoke subplot vanishes after his introductory episode (which many fans consider to be the best one of the series), and nobody really mentions it again.
* UnintentionallySympathetic: Raiden is clearly meant to come off as an overly aloof and unhelpful jerk, but the way it's presented instead comes off as everyone on the team being ungrateful dicks to him.
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Stryker in "Fall From Grace". Yes, Sonya was reckless. Yes, it was unfortunate that he was injured. However, his injury was mostly his own fault since he took it upon himself to push her out of the way of a fireball from Sheeva and getting the shot himself instead of ''pulling'' her out the way of it. Plus, as it was shown in both the cartoon and regular canon, she is much stronger than he is and even if she wasn't, she still isn't what one would call a DamselInDistress.[[note]]Not to mention the fact that he withdrew her from kombat out of "punishment" [[HonorBeforeReason left their remaining teammates outnumbered and more vulnerable against Sheeva and her minions.]][[/note]]
* {{Wangst}}: In "Acid Tongue", Jax gets his metal arms badly damaged by Reptile's acid spit and spends most of the time whining about being ineffectual without his metal arms, even though he's still a strong fighter even without them.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Yes, a kids' cartoon based off an ultraviolent and highly controversial series of games. Back then, however, violent games tend to attract some of the younger player demographic before the ESRB guidelines tighten restrictions.
* UnintentionallySympathetic: Raiden is clearly meant to come off as an overly aloof and unhelpful jerk, but the way it's presented instead comes off as everyone on the team being ungrateful dicks to him.
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Stryker in "Fall From Grace". Yes, Sonya was reckless. Yes, it was unfortunate that he was injured. However, his injury was mostly his own fault since he took it upon himself to push her out of the way of a fireball from Sheeva and getting the shot himself instead of ''pulling'' her out the way of it. Plus, as it was shown in both the cartoon and regular canon, she is much stronger than he is and even if she wasn't, she still isn't what one would call a DamselInDistress.[[note]]Not to mention the fact that he withdrew her from kombat out of "punishment" [[HonorBeforeReason left their remaining teammates outnumbered and more vulnerable against Sheeva and her minions.]][[/note]]
* {{Wangst}}: In "Acid Tongue", Jax gets his metal arms badly damaged by Reptile's acid spit and spends most of the time whining about being ineffectual without his metal arms, even though he's still a strong fighter even without them.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Yes, a kids' cartoon based off an ultraviolent and highly controversial series of games. Back then, however, violent games tend to attract some of the younger player demographic before the ESRB guidelines tighten restrictions.
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** The Smoke subplot vanishes after his introductory episode (which -- which many fans consider to be the best one of the series), series -- and nobody really mentions it again.
* UnintentionallySympathetic: Raiden is clearly meant to come off asan a overly aloof aloof, sarcastic and overall unhelpful jerk, but the way it's presented instead comes off as everyone on the team being ungrateful dicks to him.
him. Not to mention how, despite his aforementioned personality flaws, [[JerkassHasAPoint Raiden often ends up being completely correct]]; a notable example being him calling out Jax for his {{wangst}} in "Acid Tongue".
-->'''Raiden:''' Get ''over'' it, Jax. Sonya may be in danger because [[WhatTheHellHero she went back to look for]] ''[[WhatTheHellHero your]]'' [[WhatTheHellHero stupid chip-thing!]]
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** Stryker in "Fall From Grace". Yes, Sonya was reckless. Yes, it was unfortunate that he was injured. However, his injury was mostly his own fault since he took it upon himself to push her out of the way of a fireball from Sheeva and getting the shot himself instead of ''pulling'' her out the way of it. Plus, as it was shown in both the cartoon and regular canon, she is much stronger than heis is; and even if she wasn't, she still isn't what one would call a DamselInDistress.[[note]]Not to mention the fact that he withdrew her from kombat out of "punishment" "punishment", which only served to [[HonorBeforeReason left leave their remaining teammates outnumbered and more vulnerable against Sheeva and her minions.]][[/note]]
** As covered below, Jax in "Acid Tongue". He spends a disproportionate amount of time whining and acting like he's completely helpless without his metal arms -- despite being [[BadassNormal a Special Forces officer who's still super-strong without them]] -- and makes Sonya go get the damaged control chips (which ''he himself'' carelessly discarded) for them, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero which just sets her up to be captured by Komodai]]. Even when her life is on the line and he does prove himself, Jax ''still'' spends the whole time bellyaching about it.
* {{Wangst}}: In "Acid Tongue", Jax gets his metal arms badly damaged byReptile's a wad of acid spit from [[CaptainErsatz Komodai]][[note]]The show's stand-in for Reptile.[[/note]] and spends most of the time whining about being ineffectual without his metal arms, arms... even though he's still a Special Forces officer and very strong fighter even without them.
them, to the point he's able to climb a sheer cliff face on his own.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Yes, a kids' cartoon based off an ultraviolent and highly controversial series of games. Back then, however, violent gamestend tended to attract some of the younger player demographic before the ESRB guidelines tighten tightened restrictions.
* UnintentionallySympathetic: Raiden is clearly meant to come off as
-->'''Raiden:''' Get ''over'' it, Jax. Sonya may be in danger because [[WhatTheHellHero she went back to look for]] ''[[WhatTheHellHero your]]'' [[WhatTheHellHero stupid chip-thing!]]
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** Stryker in "Fall From Grace". Yes, Sonya was reckless. Yes, it was unfortunate that he was injured. However, his injury was mostly his own fault since he took it upon himself to push her out of the way of a fireball from Sheeva and getting the shot himself instead of ''pulling'' her out the way of it. Plus, as it was shown in both the cartoon and regular canon, she is much stronger than he
** As covered below, Jax in "Acid Tongue". He spends a disproportionate amount of time whining and acting like he's completely helpless without his metal arms -- despite being [[BadassNormal a Special Forces officer who's still super-strong without them]] -- and makes Sonya go get the damaged control chips (which ''he himself'' carelessly discarded) for them, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero which just sets her up to be captured by Komodai]]. Even when her life is on the line and he does prove himself, Jax ''still'' spends the whole time bellyaching about it.
* {{Wangst}}: In "Acid Tongue", Jax gets his metal arms badly damaged by
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Yes, a kids' cartoon based off an ultraviolent and highly controversial series of games. Back then, however, violent games
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* QuestionableCasting: Creator/LukePerry of ''Series/BeverlyHills90210'' fame as Sub-Zero. He looks like the coolest character and the series' equivalent of ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}. Then he starts talking. Oddly enough, Perry's natural speaking voice (which was lower and raspier) was more suitable for the role, but why he had a slightly higher register is unclear.
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* WTHCastingAgency: Creator/LukePerry of ''Series/BeverlyHills90210'' fame as Sub-Zero. He looks like the coolest character and the series' equivalent of ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}. Then he starts talking. Oddly enough, Perry's natural speaking voice (which was lower and raspier) was more suitable for the role, but why he had a slightly higher register is unclear.
