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16	[[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/MK_Special_Forces_01_7993.jpg]]
17	[[caption-width-right:256:''...And since when was Jax a pirate?'']]
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19	->''Who's the Kombatant that won't kop out\
20	When there's danger all about?\
21	[[Film/{{Shaft}} JAX]]!\
22	Right On!''\
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24	-->''Awwww yeeaaahhhh...''
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26	''Mortal Kombat: Special Forces'' is an action game released for the Platform/{{Playstation}} in 2000. A spin off of the popular ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' fighting series, the game revolves around Jax and his quest to avenge the deaths of his special combat unit at the hands of the Black Dragon.
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28	Taking place before the events of the first ''VideoGame/{{Mortal Kombat\|1992}}'', the game begins with Black Dragon leader Kano breaking his gang out of jail and Jax out for revenge. Soon Jax discovers that they're after the "Eye of Shitian", a powerful relic and aims to stop them getting their hands on the artifact.
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30	The game suffered development problems, including half the original Midway team leaving (along with series co-founder John Tobias), the story being rewritten halfway through and being [[ChristmasRushed rushed out to release]].
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32	Followed, game-wise, by '''VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance'''. Spinoff-wise, followed by '''VideoGame/MortalKombatShaolinMonks'''.
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34	!!See also:
35	* [[DevelopersForesight/MortalKombat The franchise's Developers' Foresight page]]
36	* [[ShoutOut/MortalKombat The franchise's Shout Out page]]
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38	!!The game has examples of the following tropes:
39	%%* BeatEmUp
40	* {{Blaxploitation}}: Cheesy '70s style intro, ScaryBlackMan, outdated JiveTurkey sounding dialogue, distracted by the "honeys" and even owns a purple muscle car.
41	* CanonDiscontinuity: It seems that with the rebooted timeline, the events of this game just disappeared ''(despite the events of this game happening long before VideoGame/MortalKombat1992)'', as evidenced by [[spoiler: Tasia and Jarek’s survival in the ''Mortal Kombat X'' comics,]] and Tremor's inclusion in ''Videogame/MortalKombatX''.
42	* ForegoneConclusion: Kano's plan will be taken down, it's only the how that's in question.
43	* MurderInc: The Black Dragon.
44	* PlotHole: If this game takes place before the first ''MK'' game, how does Jax already have the cybernetic arms? Sure, in the original timeline, they were shown to be removable rather than prosthetic, but we also know he didn't think of using them until ''VideoGame/MortalKombat3'' to prepare for Shao Kahn's invasion.
45	* UndyingLoyalty: Save for maybe Jarek, the Black Dragon clansmen are very devoted to Kano. [[BadBoss He's merely using them as cannon fodder for any Special Forces members following his trail.]]
46	%%* WantedPoster
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48	->[[TheStinger They say this cat Jax is a bad mother-]]\
49	SHUT YOUR MOUTH!\
50	But I'm talkin' 'bout Jax, not this game.\

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