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'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/CourtenayTaylor (English)
'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/CourtenayTaylor (English)
->'''Portrayed by:''' Jacob Craner (English); Raymundo Armijo (Latin American Spanish)
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* AgeLift: Shujinko was an old man by this point in previous timelines, whereas in this timeline Shujinko is shown to still be a young shaolin monk.
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* MovesetClone: As what one would naturally expect, she carries a very similar moveset as Johnny Cage, including the Shadow Kick and the Nut Punch, as well as some ''[[MythologyGag much]]'' [[MythologyGag older moves]] like the repeatable aerial punch combo (a popular combo associated with her male counterpart all the way back in [[VideoGame/MortalKombat1992 the very first game]]).
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* ThePenIsMightier: When assisting in a fatal blow, she uses the same pen for autographs and stabs it into the [[EyeScream opponent's eye]].
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* OriginalGeneration: Janet is the first Kameo fighter to not be a character from a past ''Mortal Kombat'' title, and is instead one of the background characters from this game's finale.
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!!Janet Cage
-> '''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1''
-> Janet Cage is an alternate reality version of Johnny Cage that first appeared during the Battle of the Pyramid.
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* DistaffCounterpart: She's a female version of Johnny Cage that comes from another timeline.
* OffWithHisHead: Her Kameo Fatality is the klassic Head Pop done by Johnny in older games.
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!!Janet Cage
-> '''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1''
-> Janet Cage is an alternate reality version of Johnny Cage that first appeared during the Battle of the Pyramid.
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* DistaffCounterpart: She's a female version of Johnny Cage that comes from another timeline.
* OffWithHisHead: Her Kameo Fatality is the klassic Head Pop done by Johnny in older games.
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* InSpiteOfANail: One potential opponent during the climb up the Pyramid is LK-7T2, another cybernetic version of Smoke from a different timeline.
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* [[DetachmentCombat Detachment Kombat]]: As always, Cyrax likes to move around by exploding into pieces and reassembling, and this even becomes one of his Brutalities.
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* TheresNoKillLikeOverkill: Cyrax's Fatality involves blowing up ''the entire planet'' to kill a single opponent.
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* LiterallyShatteredLives: Her Fatality has her freeze the soft tissue of the opponent’s torso and then deliver a shattering blow, leaving them as an icy skeleton with their head still attached.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Darrius disappears from the story after Scorpion's chapter; unlike other Story Mode kameos, he doesn't make any appearance in the arcade endings and pre-fight intros make no mention of him, leaving his status and whether he's still working with Havik unclear.
* BorrowedCatchphrase: Before facing off with the player's chosen champion in the Battle of Armageddon, Titan Shang Tsung makes use of his New Era counterpart's old sales pitch to [[SmugSnake drive home how confident he is in his victory]].
-->'''Titan Shang Tsung:''' The question you must ask yourself is: if Liu Kang could not finish us, what chance do ''you'' have?
-->'''Titan Shang Tsung:''' The question you must ask yourself is: if Liu Kang could not finish us, what chance do ''you'' have?
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* TheCorrupter: {{Downplayed|Trope}} While it's doubtful that either of them needed much convincing (Shang Tsung, at being offered power, cracked a blood-chilling SlasherSmile and was already a minor criminal before "Damashi" convinced him to commit worse crime), Titan Shang Tsung uplifted him and Quan Chi from their mediocre lives and turned them into malicious, powerful sorcerers who threaten Earthrealm.
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* TheCorrupter: {{Downplayed|Trope}} While it's doubtful that either of them needed much convincing (Shang Tsung, at being offered power, cracked a blood-chilling SlasherSmile and was already a minor criminal before "Damashi" convinced him to commit worse crime), Titan Shang Tsung uplifted him the New Era's Shang Tsung and Quan Chi from their mediocre lives and turned them into malicious, powerful sorcerers who threaten Earthrealm.
* FailedASpotCheck: The discovery of Liu Kang's New Era failed to spark in Titan Shang Tsung the logical conclusion that his counterpart quickly came to: that if their two timelines could exist at the same time, then other timelines, ruled by other Titans, also could. Titan Shang Tsung even wonders aloud how he could have failed to realize this when he sees the allies Liu Kang has gathered to oppose him.
-->'''Liu Kang:''' Realize, sorcerer, that you've brought this on yourself. Avarice and ego have again proved your undoing. We have no choice but to eradicate you.
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* HijackedByGanon: Its true identity turns out to be the version of Shang Tsung that was victorious in ''Aftermath''.
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* HijackedByGanon: Its "Damashi"'s true identity turns out to be the version of Shang Tsung that was victorious in ''Aftermath''.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Shang Tsung's already monstrous ego only became more bloated when he became a Titan; even with ultimate power over his own timeline (itself a twisted reflection of Shang Tsung's malignance to the point that he brags that there, the arc of history bends toward ''him''), Shang Tsung can't resist the chance to lift himself even ''higher'', seeking to first conquer, then eradicate Liu Kang's New Era, and to move on to the entire multiverse when he realizes its existence, all just to glorify himself.
* KillingYourAlternateSelf: During the Battle of Armageddon, he and Quan Chi are set upon by [[GoodCounterpart heroic counterparts of themselves]], who clash with the Deadly Alliance. Titan Shang Tsung dispatches his own counterpart by [[YourSoulIsMine stealing his soul]].
* GoodParents: Tomas and Kuai Liang have nothing but good things to say about him, and Bi-Han's endless criticisms of his father are treated as a sign of his own villainy, not any failing on the Grandmaster's part.
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* AscendedExtra: Downplayed; Harumi's role is usually limited to dying in order to motivate Scorpion, but here, although she doesn't appear in the main story, she has a much greater impact by co-founding the Shirai Ryu, in addition to [[SparedByTheAdaptation not having been murdered by Quan Chi]]. [[spoiler:Her AlternateSelf, who became Scorpion in Hanzo's place, also plays a brief, but important role in Invasion mode, where she ends Hanzo's antagonism and convinces him to join her in battling evil.]]
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* AscendedExtra: Downplayed; Harumi's role is usually limited to dying in order to motivate Scorpion, but here, although she doesn't appear in the main story, she has a much greater impact by co-founding the Shirai Ryu, Ryu (which is named after her in this timeline), in addition to [[SparedByTheAdaptation not having been murdered by Quan Chi]]. [[spoiler:Her AlternateSelf, who became Scorpion in Hanzo's place, also plays a brief, but important role in Invasion mode, where she ends Hanzo's antagonism and convinces him to join her in battling evil.]]
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* DemotedToExtra: After being present as a playable character in every game of the Netherrealm timeline, he's demoted as a Kameo in this installment.
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* DemotedToExtra: After being present as a playable character in every game of the Netherrealm timeline, he's demoted as a Kameo in this installment.installment and can possibly kill the player during a failed attempt at the "Test Your Might" mini-game.
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* AdaptationNameChange: So far at least. He is never referred to as Jax, with Kenshi instead exclusively calling him by his first name, something that only more formal characters such as Raiden and Fujin did in prior timelines.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: In the final screen of Kenshi's Tower ending, he is drawn with a striking resemblance to a younger [[Creator/ChristopherJudge Christopher]] [[Series/StargateSG1 Judge]].
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: In the final screen of Kenshi's Tower ending, he is drawn with a striking resemblance to a younger [[Creator/ChristopherJudge Christopher]] [[Series/StargateSG1 Judge]].
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* AdaptationNameChange: So far at least. He is never only referred to as Jax, Jax by [[TheNicknamer Johnny]], with Kenshi instead exclusively calling him by his first name, something that only more formal characters such as Raiden and Fujin did in prior timelines.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: In the final screen of Kenshi's Tower ending, he is drawn with a striking resemblance to a younger[[Creator/ChristopherJudge Christopher]] [[Series/StargateSG1 Judge]].Creator/ChristopherJudge.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: In the final screen of Kenshi's Tower ending, he is drawn with a striking resemblance to a younger
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* TheCorrupter: While it's doubtful that either of them needed much convincing (Shang Tsung, at being offered power, cracked a blood-chilling SlasherSmile), Titan Shang Tsung uplifted him and Quan Chi from their mediocre lives and turned them into malicious, powerful sorcerers who threaten Earthrealm.
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* TheCorrupter: {{Downplayed|Trope}} While it's doubtful that either of them needed much convincing (Shang Tsung, at being offered power, cracked a blood-chilling SlasherSmile), SlasherSmile and was already a minor criminal before "Damashi" convinced him to commit worse crime), Titan Shang Tsung uplifted him and Quan Chi from their mediocre lives and turned them into malicious, powerful sorcerers who threaten Earthrealm.
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The Shang Tsung from the BadEnding of ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombat11 Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath]]''. When he and Liu Kang fought for control Kronika's hourglass, the battle unleashed massive temporal energies that fractured time's fabric, creating alternate timelines where either of them prevailed. In his timeline, Shang Tsung conquered the realms and enslaved their inhabitants as hi obedient servants. When he learns of the existence of a parallel timeline where Liu Kang prevailed, he plots to invade and conquer it as well. Taking the form of Kronika and using the alias "Damashi", he approaches the Shang Tsung and Quan Chi of Liu Kang's timeline and convinces them to start a multiversal war in exchange for ruling at "her" side when the dust settles.
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The Shang Tsung from the BadEnding of ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombat11 Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath]]''. When he and Liu Kang fought for control of Kronika's hourglass, the battle unleashed massive temporal energies that fractured time's fabric, creating alternate timelines where either of them prevailed. In his timeline, Shang Tsung conquered the realms and enslaved their inhabitants as hi his obedient servants. When he learns of the existence of a parallel timeline where Liu Kang prevailed, he plots to invade and conquer it as well. Taking the form of Kronika and using the alias "Damashi", he approaches the Shang Tsung and Quan Chi of Liu Kang's timeline and convinces them to start a multiversal war in exchange for ruling at "her" side when the dust settles.
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* DeaderThanDead: The death of Titans are already stated be absolutely permanent with no chance of resurrection, but Liu Kang goes the extra mile and uses his powers to [[CessationOfExistence erase Shang Tsung from existence entirely]].
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* DeaderThanDead: The death of Titans are already stated to be absolutely permanent with no chance of resurrection, but Liu Kang goes the extra mile and uses his powers to [[CessationOfExistence erase Shang Tsung from existence entirely]].
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* SpottingTheThread: Aside from the story details that explain how it can't really be Kronika that players are seeing, there's several hints that "she" isn't what she seems. Kronika was fairly stoic in her demeanor and only occasionally smiled when things were going well for her, she rarely praised her allies and instead focused on placating their doubts about working with her, and spoke with a confident, aloof tone. The Kronika disguise that Titan Shang Tsung uses, however, often flashes a PsychoticSmirk, heaps praise on the other Shang Tsung and Quan Chi, and her voice is a bit deeper and quieter. All of this adds up to this being's manner of manipulating people being quite different from the real Kronika, a major hint it isn't her.
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* SpottingTheThread: Aside from the story details that explain how it can't really be Kronika that players are seeing, there's several hints that "she" isn't what she seems. Kronika was fairly stoic in her demeanor and only occasionally smiled when things were going well for her, she rarely praised her allies and instead focused on placating their doubts about working with her, and spoke with a confident, aloof tone. The Kronika disguise that Titan Shang Tsung uses, however, often flashes a PsychoticSmirk, heaps praise on the other Shang Tsung and Quan Chi, and her voice is a bit deeper and quieter. All of this adds up to this being's manner of manipulating people being quite different from the real Kronika, a major hint that it isn't her.
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* YouDontLookLikeYou: Potentially justified. While this is ''supposed'' to be the Shang Tsung from the original timeline concluded in [=MK11=], he no longer looks like Creator/CaryHiroyukiTagawa but now resembles the New Era Shang Tsung instead — which could be a case (in lore anyway[[note]][[OccamsRazor , rather than the simple solution of not being able to afford bringing him back as just a skin now]][[/note]]) of utilizing his New Era's form [[ItAmusedMe for amusement to rub it in]] or the younger appearance of the New Era Shang Tsung naturally resembles him at an even younger point than before.
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* YouDontLookLikeYou: Potentially justified. While this is ''supposed'' to be the Shang Tsung from the original timeline concluded in [=MK11=], he no longer looks like Creator/CaryHiroyukiTagawa but now resembles the New Era Shang Tsung instead — which could be a case (in lore anyway[[note]][[OccamsRazor , anyway[[note]][[OccamsRazor, rather than the simple solution of not being able to afford bringing him back as just a skin now]][[/note]]) of utilizing his New Era's form [[ItAmusedMe for amusement to rub it in]] in]], or the younger appearance of the New Era Shang Tsung naturally resembles him at an even younger point than before.
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* AdaptationalUgliness: Havik was never a pretty sight in prior timelines, but his SkullForAHead was bloodless. Here, he sports a gory red disfigurement.
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* AdaptationalUgliness: Havik was never a pretty sight in prior timelines, but his SkullForAHead was bloodless. Here, he sports a not only has the same gory FacialHorror as the playable Havik, but his entire body is covered in patches of glistening red disfigurement.tissue.
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* MadScientist: Played up in this timeline, with him not only suggesting the Cyber Initiative when Bi-Han was looking for an alternate source of manpower, but he also appears to have been radically redesigned in spirit of this trope, wearing a bandana with classical mad scientist goggles as he does his work.
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* MadScientist: Played up in this timeline, with him not only suggesting the Cyber Initiative when Bi-Han was looking for an alternate source of manpower, but he actually creating the first cyber-ninjas himself. He also appears to have been radically redesigned in spirit of this trope, wearing a bandana with classical mad scientist goggles as he does his work.
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* RousseauWasRight: In several pre-battle intros, Liu Kang is questioned on why he didn't simply RetGone his old enemies from his new world, and the reason he always gives is that he wanted them to have a chance to be reformed, [[GodIsGood and he would never regret showing mercy to even his worst enemies]]. The presence of heroic alternates of Quan Chi, Shao, and Shang Tsung all quietly and effectively prove that Liu Kang made the correct choice; despite inherently negative personal qualities, ''all'' of the old guard of ''Mortal Kombat'' villains have the capability to be good.
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* NoseNuggets[=/=]SpitefulSpit: His manners in the New Era are just as horrid as in the previous ones, as he either spits or blows his nose on the ground during the pre-kombat animations.
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* AssistCharacter: Their entire job, since they're not directly playable. Kameo Fighters pop in for one attack, then piss off and can't be used again until their cooldown runs out. They also participate in your Fatal Blow, and each of them has their own Fatality.
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* AssistCharacter: Their entire job, since they're not directly playable. Kameo Fighters pop in for one attack, then piss off take their leave and can't be used again until their cooldown runs out. Kameo gauge is at least halfway full. They also participate in your Fatal Blow, the point character's forward throw, and each of them has their own Fatality.Fatality.
* DevelopersForesight: Normally, the player's point character tags in their Kameo during a forward throw so that they can do their own throw animation. If the Kameo is already doing something else, the point character's throw changes into a simple shove backwards, usually opening them up to the Kameo's attacks.
* DevelopersForesight: Normally, the player's point character tags in their Kameo during a forward throw so that they can do their own throw animation. If the Kameo is already doing something else, the point character's throw changes into a simple shove backwards, usually opening them up to the Kameo's attacks.
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* DifficultButAwesome: He's one of the most difficult Kameo Fighters to use for a few reasons: [[MechanicallyUnusualFighter Unlike every other Kameo who can act strictly based on cooldowns]], Shujinko must be summoned to meditate on the battlefield in order to build up meter, and he can be interrupted by opponents. When he's ready to go, [[DittoFighter he will steal two of his opponent's special moves]] -- specifically of the opponent's point character, not their Kameo -- demanding a vast knowledge of what moves are being stolen and how to string them up with your main kombatant's moveset, but also meaning he has a ''very'' potentially diverse kit with many unique strengths that no other Kameo has access to.
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* BoringButPractical:
** He is the only Kameo who can run at his opponent, and will do so as long as the player holds the Kameo button down until he reaches his opponent or gets hit. Since his meditation move doesn't draw from the Kameo gauge, the player can essentially utilize him as a HumanShield against single-hit projectiles or long-range attacks only at the expense of a low cooldown for repeated use. The player can also choose to have him meditate sitting on the floor, in case they're dealing with any low-profile attacks.
** Shujinko has access to two single-hit normal attacks that he can use before he starts to meditate. While they aren't usually very useful by themselves, they occasionally come in handy for brief periods when the point character can't cover for Shujinko's meditation.
* DifficultButAwesome: He's one of the most difficult Kameo Fighters to use for a few reasons: [[MechanicallyUnusualFighter Unlike every other Kameo who can act strictly based on cooldowns]],Shujinko Shujinko's Kameo gauge starts off entirely empty. He must be summoned to [[ChargedAttack meditate on the battlefield in order to build up meter, his Kameo gauge]], and he can be interrupted by his opponents. When he's ready to go, [[DittoFighter he will steal two of his opponent's special moves]] -- specifically of the opponent's point character, not their Kameo -- demanding a vast knowledge of what moves are being stolen and how to string them up with your main kombatant's moveset, but also meaning he has a ''very'' potentially diverse kit with many unique strengths that no other Kameo has access to.
** He is the only Kameo who can run at his opponent, and will do so as long as the player holds the Kameo button down until he reaches his opponent or gets hit. Since his meditation move doesn't draw from the Kameo gauge, the player can essentially utilize him as a HumanShield against single-hit projectiles or long-range attacks only at the expense of a low cooldown for repeated use. The player can also choose to have him meditate sitting on the floor, in case they're dealing with any low-profile attacks.
** Shujinko has access to two single-hit normal attacks that he can use before he starts to meditate. While they aren't usually very useful by themselves, they occasionally come in handy for brief periods when the point character can't cover for Shujinko's meditation.
* DifficultButAwesome: He's one of the most difficult Kameo Fighters to use for a few reasons: [[MechanicallyUnusualFighter Unlike every other Kameo who can act strictly based on cooldowns]],
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* AlbinosAreFreaks: She's unbelievably pale, and has white hair and eyes to boot. [[spoiler:It's heavily implied that she's a Zaterran shapeshifter, which would make her a freak among her people had she not been inducted into the Umgadi.]]
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* UnknownCharacter: Without a name or an appearance, only discussion, all we have is speculation about whether she's an established character (such as [[GenderFlip Fujin]] or [[HeelFaceReincarnation Cetrion]]) or [[OriginalGeneration someone entirely new]] to Liu Kang's world.
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Individual Characters: [[Characters/MortalKombatHanzoHasashi Scorpion I (Hanzo Hasashi)]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatBiHan Sub-Zero I/Noob Saibot (Bi-Han)]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatJohnnyCage Johnny Cage]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatKano Kano]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatLiuKang Liu Kang]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatRaiden Raiden]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatShangTsung Shang Tsung]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatKuaiLiang Sub-Zero II/Scorpion II (Kuai Liang)]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatKitana Kitana]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatMileena Mileena]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatShao Shao Kahn/General Shao]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatQuanChi Quan Chi]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatKotalKahn Kotal Kahn]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatKronika Kronika]]-]]]
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Individual Characters: [[Characters/MortalKombatHanzoHasashi Scorpion I (Hanzo Hasashi)]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatBiHan Sub-Zero I/Noob Saibot (Bi-Han)]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatJohnnyCage Johnny Cage]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatKano Kano]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatLiuKang Liu Kang]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatRaiden Raiden]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatShangTsung Shang Tsung]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatKuaiLiang Sub-Zero II/Scorpion II (Kuai Liang)]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatKitana Kitana]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatMileena Mileena]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatShao Shao Kahn/General Shao]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatQuanChi Quan Chi]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatKotalKahn Kotal Kahn]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatKronika Kronika]]-]]]Kronika]]-]]]
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* AssistCharacter: Their entire job, since they're not directly playable. Kameo Fighters pop in for one attack, then piss off and can't be used again until their cooldown runs out. They also participate in your Fatal Blow, and each of them has their own Fatality.
* TheGhost: The Earthrealm Kameo Fighters are the only ones to not play any role in ''1'''s story mode.
* MeetYourEarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The Earthrealm Kameo Fighters are directly based on their original designs drawing attention to their quirks that later appearances ironed out. In the cases of some of newer fighters such as Frost and Tremor, they were given [[{{Retraux}} new designs that deliberately evoke the Klassic aesthetic of the Arcade Era games despite making their respective debuts after that era of the franchise had ended]].
** Kameo Fighters who originated from the '90s games have intentionally cheap-looking outfits, down to the Scorpion and Sub-Zero being palette swaps. Sonya is notable for having two distinct costumes, representing her appearances from the original 1991 game in addition to ''Mortal Kombat 3''.
** Kano, based off his ''Mortal Kombat (1991)'' appearance, lacks the beard of his Netherrealm Studios appearance and Jax, based off his ''Mortal Kombat II'' design doesn't have his now ubiquitous metal arms until you unlock his ''3'' inspired skins.
** The Fatalities are also close matches to the classic ones they had, with additional camera work. This makes them stand out as short and to the point unlike the more elaborate Fatalities of the main roster.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Scorpion (Hanzo Hasashi)]]
!!Scorpion (Hanzo Hasashi)
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-> '''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1992''
-> In past timelines, the title of "Scorpion" was bestowed upon Hanzo Hasashi, a shinobi of the Shirai Ryu clan. Murdered, along with his clan and family, by Sub-Zero in a devious plot orchestrated by Quan Chi, he would be reborn as a revenant, a vengeful spirit driven only by a burning desire for revenge.
----
* BreathWeapon: He uses his signature "Toasty" Fatality he's had since the very beginning. Humorously, much like the portrayal of the finisher shown in ''[=MK2=]'', the victim explodes when set ablaze, sending a ridiculous amount of bones flying everywhere.
* DemotedToExtra: Zig-zagged. He goes from a prominent character and [[SeriesMascot the face of the franchise]] as Scorpion in the previous timelines to a mere Kameo in this timeline, with his role as Scorpion being taken over by Kuai Liang. [[spoiler:He later appears in Smoke's ending as a young boy who joins the budding Shirai Ryu, at least.]] However, in the Invasion Mode, he regains his prominence as the [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds sympathetic]] ArcVillain of ''Season 1: The Spectre''.
* PaletteSwap: {{Downplayed|trope}}, as their face models are noticeably different from each other, but [[MythologyGag keeping to their classic designs]], the only difference between his and Sub-Zero's outfits are their colors.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Sub-Zero]]
!!Sub-Zero
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-> '''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1992''
-> In past timelines, the Lin Kuei were not protectors of Earthrealm, but a secret society of assassins. Sub-Zero is the title held by the cryomancer members of the clan, the brothers Bi-Han and Kuai Liang, both of whom would be at the center of great changes in the course of the clan's history...
----
* AmbiguousSituation: It's unclear who's behind the guise of the Kameo version of Sub-Zero, whether it's Bi-Han or Kuai Liang, though the evidence does point more towards it being the former rather than the latter:
** Both brothers have done their own takes of the Spine Rip Fatality.
** Kuai Liang has worn Bi-Han's outfit on several occasions.
** Sub-Zero here lacks a scar, which implies Bi-Han, but during his debut in both timelines, Kuai Liang also lacks a scar. Though the outfit is called "Mortal Kombat", referring to the first appearance of Sub-Zero, further indicating it's likely yet another variant of Bi-Han.
* OffWithHisHead: His Kameo Fatality is the "Spine Rip". In this version, Sub-Zero freezes the neck before pulling the head with the spine.
* PaletteSwap: {{Downplayed|trope}}, as their face models are noticeably different from each other, but [[MythologyGag keeping to their classic designs]], the only difference between his and Scorpion's outfits are their colors.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Sonya Blade]]
!!Sonya A. Blade
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-> '''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1992''
-> Sonya Blade is a member of the Special Forces, a global peacekeeping army. She would become embroiled in Mortal Kombat during her hunt for the criminal Kano, and in a past timeline, was even the paramour of Johnny Cage.
----
* DemotedToExtra: After being present as a playable character in every game of the Netherrealm timeline, she's demoted as a Kameo in this installment. Additionally, she's one of three Kameo fighters (the others being Kano and Stryker) that doesn't yet appear in the main New Era timeline or are alluded/implied to exist in a piece of dialogue.
* KissOfDeath: Her classic Fatality where she blows a kiss onto an opponent, causing them to burn alive returns here as her Kameo Fatality.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Jax]]
!!Jackson "Jax" Briggs
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-> '''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombatII''
-> In past timelines, Jackson Briggs, better known as Jax, is Sonya Blade's commanding officer in the Special Forces. A military man blessed with great strength, he, too, has spearheaded the hunt for Kano.
----
* DemotedToExtra: After being present as a playable character in every game of the second timeline, he's demoted as a Kameo in this installment.
* GiantFootOfStomping: That one Fatality from ''[=MK3=]'' where he grows in giant size and stomps the loser into a bloody pulp with his boot returns in full force as his Kameo Fatality here.
* SmokingIsCool: In spite of him being based on his original ''[=MKII=]'' design, he retains this trait given to him in later games, as he appears gloriously smoking in his win pose.
* TruerToTheText: Kameo Jax's skins are based off his ''[=MKII=]'' and ''[=MK3=]'' appearances from the Original timeline, where he never lost his arms and instead wore bionic sleeves.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Kano]]
!!Kano
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-> '''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1992''
-> Kano is a leading figure in the Black Dragons, a criminal syndicate, and a long time target of the Special Forces -- particularly of Sonya Blade and Jax.
----
* AndShowItToYou: His Kameo Fatality is the patented "heart rip".
* DemotedToExtra: After being present as a playable character in every game of the Netherrealm timeline, he's demoted as a Kameo in this installment.
* DeviousDaggers: He uses knives in his throw, stabbing the opponent before headbutting them. Another attack has him throw them at the opponent.
* InSpiteOfANail: Implied. While Kano makes no appearance in this timeline, pre-fight intros make mention of his Black Dragon clan, and Liu Kang stated that in this timeline, they're also full of scoundrels. Therefore, despite the changes Liu Kang made, Kano and the Black Dragon still end up as villainous people.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Kurtis Stryker]]
!!Officer Kurtis Stryker
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-> '''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombat3''
-> Kurtis Stryker was an ordinary beat cop when Shao Kahn launched an invasion of Earthrealm. While he was no kombatant at first, his police training, weapons, and gadgets helped him to survive and drive Shao Kahn back.
----
* BoomHeadshot: One of his Kameo Brutalities has him blow up the opponent's head with a gunshot.
* PoliceBrutality: Still fights with his baton, flashlight and taser.
* WhyAmITicking: His Kameo Fatality has him strapping a bomb to the defeated opponent and it exploding.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Sektor]]
!!Sektor
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-> '''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombat3''
-> In past timelines, Sektor was a Lin Kuei member who underwent "cyberization", transforming into a half-robotic killing machine. In time, Sektor would splinter off from the Lin Kuei and make his own bid at konquest as leader of the cyborg army known as the Tekunin.
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* FireBreathingWeapon: For his Brutality "Low Level Threat", he employs a wrist-mounted flamethrower to reduce his opponent to a posing [[StrippedToTheBone charred skeleton.]]
* MacrossMissileMassacre: During his Brutality "Fire and Forget", four rapid-impact missiles are shot from his chest cavity, sending his opponent into the air and [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe bisecting them]] before reducing them to fine chunks with an uppercut.
* PaletteSwap: His appearance is nearly one to one with his classic ''VideoGame/MortalKombat3'' appearance, which is identical to Cyrax in every way other then a predominantly red color scheme instead of yellow.
* TeleportSpam: Many teleport moves are featured in his Kameo moveset.
* TheWallsAreClosingIn: His Fatality has him project a giant hydraulic press from his chest and squash the enemy into a red paste.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Cyrax]]
!!Cyrax
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-> '''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombat3''
-> Like Sektor, Cyrax was a Lin Kuei assassin who was cyberized. Unlike Sektor, however, Cyrax was able to hold onto his humanity, rejecting Sektor's ambitions and fighting in defense of Earthrealm.
----
* BloodSplatteredWarrior: His first Brutality "Net Gross" has him stick a bomb to the back of his opponent's head, which immediately detonates. The resulting [[YourHeadAsplode mess from their head]] coats Cyrax from head to toe as he dutifully taps away at his SuperWristGadget.
* EarthShatteringKaboom: His Kameo Fatality, which was first used by Cyber Smoke in ''[=MK3=]'' and later used by himself in ''[=MK4 Gold=]'', literally scatters enough bombs from his chest across the ground to ''blow up the entire planet''.
* PaletteSwap: His appearance is nearly one to one with his classic ''VideoGame/MortalKombat3'' appearance, which is identical to Sektor in every way other then a predominantly yellow color scheme instead of red.
* SelfDestructMechanism: The Brutality "Target Destroyed" has him run up to his opponent before detonating himself right on top of them. This reduces the opponent into a pile of gore while Cyrax's body flies off in six separated, but otherwise undamaged pieces.
* TheresNoKillLikeOverkill: Cyrax's Fatality involves blowing up ''the entire planet'' to kill a single opponent.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Frost]]
!!Frost
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-> '''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance''
-> Frost was a cryomancer whom Sub-Zero took under his wing. Unfortunately, her talent was matched only by her ambition, and her desire to usurp leadership of the Lin Kuei would set mentor and pupil against one another.
----
* AnimeHair: Frost's hair-gelling regimen has apparently persisted into the New Era, and she even discarded her [[{{Retraux}} arcade-era ninja costume's hood]] in order to show it off.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Her part of the Fatal Blow has her freezing her boots, turning them into icicles, and using them to puncture her enemy.
* NonUniformUniform: While she wears the same arcade-era ninja uniform as Scorpion and Sub-Zero, she doesn't use the hood, presumably because if you couldn't see her [[AnimeHair absurdly spiked hairdo]] you wouldn't know it was her.
* {{Retraux}}: Frost was introduced well after the original trilogy, but is presented here with the classic ninja uniform from the arcade games, albeit without the hood in order to show her [[AnimeHair ridiculous-as-usual hair]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Shujinko]]
!!Shujinko
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-> '''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception''
-> In past timelines, Shujinko was an Earthrealm-born martial artist of peerless talent, able to adopt the fighting techniques of others. This made him the perfect patsy for Onaga, who tricked him into releasing him. Though a victim of deception, Shujinko would bear the blame for the destruction Onaga wrought.
----
* TheBusCameBack: Last playable in 2006's ''Armageddon'', skipped the entirety of the Netherrealm timeline sans small cameos in the prequel comics and Cassie Cage's ending in ''X''. Back here as a Kameo.
* DifficultButAwesome: He's one of the most difficult Kameo Fighters to use for a few reasons: [[MechanicallyUnusualFighter Unlike every other Kameo who can act strictly based on cooldowns]], Shujinko must be summoned to meditate on the battlefield in order to build up meter, and he can be interrupted by opponents. When he's ready to go, [[DittoFighter he will steal two of his opponent's special moves]] -- specifically of the opponent's point character, not their Kameo -- demanding a vast knowledge of what moves are being stolen and how to string them up with your main kombatant's moveset, but also meaning he has a ''very'' potentially diverse kit with many unique strengths that no other Kameo has access to.
* DittoFighter: He's a Dittomediate, taking two special moves from the opponent for a Kameo strike. If he copies Shang Tsung, he can also use ''his'' DittoFighter power to become the opponent's Kameo for one move.
* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: Shujinko as a Kameo is definitely this. At the beginning of a match, Shujinko's Kameo meter is empty, and he must meditate for a few moments, filling the meter. Once he has filled the Kameo meter, Shujinko functions the same way as other Kameos, except he uses the moves of the opponent's playable character.
* PowerCopying: Shujinko is able to copy the powers of his player's opponent.
* RapidFireFisticuffs: Shujinko's assist during a character's Fatal Blow is a series of rapid-fire punches to the opponent's chest before squeezing the neck.
* SecretAIMoves: He allows for a {{Subversion}}. During Story Mode, the vast majority of Kameos are other members of the main cast who aren't actually selectable from the Kameo roster in proper matches. However, Shujinko ''does'' use all the attacks from those exclusive Kameos as part of his DittoFighter gimmick, giving players access to them in normal modes as well, albeit only copying the character their opponent is using.
* TouchOfDeath: His Kameo Fatality consists of jabbing five {{pressure point}}s on the body with [[FingerPokeOfDoom stiffened fingers]], not unlike the famous [[Film/KillBill Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique]]. In true MK fashion, the loser actually gets a gaping hole from the exploding heart.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Tremor]]
!!Tremor
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-> '''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombatSpecialForces''
-> Tremor was a member of the Black Dragon organization who possessed the power over earth, posing a serious threat to the Special Forces and even to Kano himself.
----
* DishingOutDirt: Similarly to his [[VideoGame/MortalKombatX previous appearance]], he's able to control earth in a variety of ways to pummel his enemies. He ends up possessing all three distinct flavors of earth featured in his [[StanceSystem Variations]] from ''X'', adding some [[ExtraOreDinary metal]], [[MagmaMan magma]], and [[GemstoneAssault crystals]] to his arsenal.
* InstantArmor: One of Tremor's moves in his Crystalline variant has him creating crystal armor around the main fighter, briefly reducing incoming damage and making them immune to launches and knockdowns.
* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: As a Kameo Fighter, Tremor has a StanceSystem that he can change between mid-fight, with each stance having its own set of special moves, giving him by far the most diverse arsenal of any Kameo. Additionally, he can cancel the stance change into a move from the variation he switched to meaning he can turn his Summon attacks into Ambushes at the cost of the entire Kameo bar.
* StanceSystem: Retains his three variations from ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'', and unlike in that game, he can switch between them at any time mid-fight: "[[ShockwaveStomp Aftershock]]" features some brutal launchers and knockdowns, "[[MagmaMan Metallic]]" gives some ranged magma blasts and boulder projectiles, and "[[GemstoneAssault Crystalline]]" features some utility in the form of InstantArmor and an AttackReflector. Of note is that Tremor has to be briefly summoned to cycle between stances before being resummoned to use an ability -- one ''can'' input to instantly summon him ''and'' use a move in a single go for a quick ambush, but doing so costs the entire Kameo meter rather than half of one.
* {{Retreaux}}: [[DownplayedTrope Sort of a partially-invoked example]]: most Kameos are visually based off the designs from their earliest appearances, but Tremor's outfit doesn't quite resemble the ''Mortal Kombat 3'' "ninja" garb he was seen wearing in ''VideoGame/MortalKombatSpecialForces'' -- it's instead a PaletteSwap of the "ninja" uniforms worm by Scorpion and Sub-Zero from ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1992'', which were faithfully preserved with their Kameo designs. Additionally, his skin is distinctly very rocky, something he wouldn't have until all the way in ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX''.
[[/folder]]
!! Outworld
[[folder:Goro]]
!!Goro
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->'''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1992''\\
'''Portrayed by:''' Unknown actor (English), Carlo Vázquez (Latin American Spanish)
-> The prideful prince of the four-armed, half-dragon Shokan race and a member of General Shao's army.
----
* AdaptationalJobChange: In previous timelines, Goro was a prince. Here, he's a soldier in Shao's service.
* AdaptationalModesty: Goro's usual attire only consists of a loincloth. Here, he wears full-length pants.
* AdaptationalWimp: In the previous timelines, Goro was the monstrously powerful prince of the Shokan and a nine-time champion of the Mortal Kombat tournament. Here, he doesn't even participate in the tournament and is defeated quickly in a dust-up with Johnny Cage.
* GoombaStomp: He can crush a critically-wounded opponent under his stomp attack as a Brutality.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: As usual, he has four arms and uses them to brutal effect in kombat. [[spoiler:An alternate timeline Goro/Shao amalgam even wields four Wrath Hammers during the final chapter.]]
* SatelliteCharacter: Only has one line of dialogue in Chapter 7 and his sole role in the story is to act as one of Shao's lackeys.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Motaro]]
!!Motaro
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->'''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombat3''
-> A proud warrior from the Centaurian race of Outworld and a member of General Shao's army.
----
* AnArmAndALeg: Cruelly rips off both of a guard's arms during the story mode.
* BarrierWarrior: One of his moves summons a shield that absorbs projectile damage.
* TheBusCameBack: Last playable in 2006's ''Armageddon'', skipped the entirety of the Netherrealm timeline, sans a small bunch of appearances in ''9''. Back here as a Kameo. Furthermore, he appears as his four-legged self, which skipped ''Armageddon'' and was last seen in ''Trilogy''.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: He was one of Raiden's offscreen opponents in the tournament, and although he was defeated, Sindel considered Motaro's efforts noteworthy enough to mention him by name.
* SatelliteCharacter: Motaro has little characterization outside of carrying out Shao's orders.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Khameleon]]
!!Khameleon
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->'''Debut Game:''' ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombat3 Mortal Kombat Trilogy]]''
-> A Zaterran woman who is among the Umgadi.
----
* AllYourPowersCombined: All her moves are directly lifted from Kitana, Mileena, and Jade's traditional movesets, with her able to pop out their respective combat fans, sais, and staff at will, as well as command their various ambush and utility options. Her involvement in Fatal Blows has her use all three weapon sets in rapid succession on the opponent.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Similar to how her earliest appearances work, Khameleon's outfit changes color based on whose arsenal she's using: blue for Kitana's fans, purple for Mileena's sais, and green for Jade's staff. Otherwise, her outfit is a slightly iridescent gray.
* DittoFighter: Much like Shang Tsung did with the male ninjas in the previous games, Khameleon utilizes the moves of the original three female ninjas: Kitana, Mileena and Jade.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: She's a Zaterran like Syzoth, but while she has eerily pale skin and eyes she still looks mostly like a human, rather than a huge crocodile-lizard. [[spoiler:This is the first hint at his eventual discovery that there are others like him.]]
* NoSell: One special move Khameleon borrows from Jade is her signature "Shadow Glow" that grants temporary immunity to projectiles, though rather than using it on herself, she grants the effect to the main "point" kombatant.
* ProphetEyes: Her eyes are of a mily white colour.
* SatelliteCharacter: There's little to go on outside of her assisting Tanya when there's nobody else. That she's Zaterran is only brought up by Tanya in passing.
* TokenNonHuman: Khameleon, a Zaterran, is the only one of the Umgadi who is confirmed to be non-Edenian.
[[/folder]]
!!Orderrealm
[[folder:Darrius]]
!!Darrius
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-> '''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception''
->Hailing from Orderrealm, Darrius is a man of great strength and ambition. This would make him many enemies in his home realm, as his desire to rule would lead to him trying to destabilize Orderrealm.
----
* TheBusCameBack: Last playable in 2006's ''Armageddon'', skipped the entirety of the Netherrealm timeline. Back here as a Kameo.
* CombinationAttack: Most of Darrius's Kameo attacks (forward, back and a follow-up to his neutral attack) involve him and the player's kombatant working in tandem.
* GrievousHarmWithABody: His Arm Bash Fatality, wherein he rips off the opponent's arms and bashes their head off with them, returns from ''Deception''. The player also gets to invoke this ''with'' Darrius, as his back Kameo involves the player character swinging him around by the arms to bash the enemy.
* KarmaHoudini: Following Havik's final defeat by Scorpion's hands in the story mode, Darrius vanishes from the story and is never mentioned again, facing no on-screen punishment for aiding and abetting Havik.
* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: While a few Kameo characters interact with the player in different ways (Scorpion's spear, Kung Lao's teleport), Darrius' forward and back Kameo attacks, as well as a follow-up to his neutral Kameo, emphasise teamwork with the player. He can also use his forward and back Kameo attacks as follow-ups to his Neutral Kameo at no extra cost.
* SatelliteCharacter: In story mode, Darrius has no lines and never gives any indication of why he's working with Havik. Unlike Sareena, [[WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue the arcade endings]] and post-story fight intros don't involve him at all.
[[/folder]]
!!Netherrealm
[[folder:Sareena]]
!!Sareena
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-> '''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombatMythologiesSubZero''
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MaraJunot (English), Kerygma Flores (Latin American Spanish), Sinnead Phillips (face model)
----
* AdaptationalUgliness: Downplayed. Sareena's human form in the original timeline easily passed for human but in the New Era, she has a few tiny horns and black eyes.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:Ashrah's arcade ending strongly implies that Sareena was under Quan Chi's control during story mode, with the sorcerer's spell being broken by Ashrah when she came to rescue her sister.]]
* TheBusCameBack: Last playable in 2006's ''Armageddon'', skipped the entirety of the Netherrealm timeline sans a small cameo in ''X'' and Kabal's ending in ''11''. Back here as a Kameo. Furthermore, her demonic self makes its first appearance ever since ''VideoGame/MortalKombatMythologiesSubZero''.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Despite being a Netherrealm demon under Quan Chi's thrall, [[spoiler:once she's freed from the sorcerer's control, Sareena defects to Earthrealm and joins Ashrah in founding the Order of Light]].
* MythologyGag: One of Johnny Cage's nicknames for Sareena as the fight announcer describes her as "Bi-Han's future bestie", a reference to her ShipTease with Sub-Zero in ''VideoGame/MortalKombatMythologiesSubZero''.
* SatelliteCharacter: In story mode, Sareena serves as a brainwashed minion for Quan Chi and nothing more. [[DownplayedTrope However]], [[spoiler:Ashrah's ending has her rescue Sareena from Quan Chi's service, and both pre-fight intros and Johnny Cage's lines as the announcer give some shading to her character (Syzoth fearing that she'll backslide into evil and Cage calling her "Bi-Han's future bestie").]]
[[/folder]]
!Titans '''(Warning: Unmarked Spoilers)'''
[[folder:The Benefactor]]
!!Damashi/Titan Shang Tsung
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[[caption-width-right:256:''"You're not Damashi… you're [[Characters/MortalKombatShangTsung me]]!"\\
"More correctly, [[AlternateSelf you are me]]. A poor facsimile, anyway, made lesser by Liu Kang's meddling."'']]
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/AlanLee (Titan Shang Tsung) and Creator/JenniferHale (Damashi), English; Galo Balcázar (Titan Shang Tsung) and Gaby Willer (Damashi), Latin American Spanish;
\\
The Shang Tsung from the BadEnding of ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombat11 Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath]]''. When he and Liu Kang fought for control Kronika's hourglass, the battle unleashed massive temporal energies that fractured time's fabric, creating alternate timelines where either of them prevailed. In his timeline, Shang Tsung conquered the realms and enslaved their inhabitants as hi obedient servants. When he learns of the existence of a parallel timeline where Liu Kang prevailed, he plots to invade and conquer it as well. Taking the form of Kronika and using the alias "Damashi", he approaches the Shang Tsung and Quan Chi of Liu Kang's timeline and convinces them to start a multiversal war in exchange for ruling at "her" side when the dust settles.
->For more tropes applying to him and his former appearances, [[Characters/MortalKombatShangTsung click here.]]
----
* ArchEnemy: He's the very same Shang Tsung with whom Liu Kang fought back in the previous timeline, and their animosity is very much mutual; discovering that there were other timelines made Shang Tsung eager to conquer them, but discovering one crafted by Liu Kang made him eager to conquer that one ''first''.
* AssistCharacter: As a boss, he uses Quan Chi as a special Kameo fighter.
* BaitAndSwitch: Right at the tail end of Mileena's chapter, the benefactor of Quan Chi and Shang Tsung (who ''appeared'' to be Kronika, but has gone conspicuously unnamed) makes their presence known, and Shang Tsung provides their name: "Damashi", implying that, as in ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception Deception]]'', Onaga is using that name to pull the strings. It isn't Onaga, but he's someone no less deceptive.
* BigBad: Responsible for interfering with Liu Kang's timeline. After his deception is revealed, he wants to destroy it, and then absorb the rest of the timelines.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Shang Tsung's penchant for treachery reaches a new level here; he proves that he'd literally betray ''himself'' to get what he wants, having manipulated his New Era counterpart to serve his own goals.
* CompositeCharacter: He takes the form of Kronika when infiltrating Liu Kang's timeline, but uses the alias "Damashi" from Onaga to further conceal his identity.
* TheCorrupter: While it's doubtful that either of them needed much convincing (Shang Tsung, at being offered power, cracked a blood-chilling SlasherSmile), Titan Shang Tsung uplifted him and Quan Chi from their mediocre lives and turned them into malicious, powerful sorcerers who threaten Earthrealm.
* CoverIdentityAnomaly: Though he disguises himself as Kronika, this actually makes him more suspicious, because Geras notes that Titans, once killed, ''cannot'' be resurrected, so there's no way it could really be her. This prompts Geras to investigate further, and he eventually notices that the time crystals that make up this mysterious woman aren't of this timeline, and since no one could be left over from the previous timeline, this leads him to deduce she comes from a parallel timeline.
* DeaderThanDead: The death of Titans are already stated be absolutely permanent with no chance of resurrection, but Liu Kang goes the extra mile and uses his powers to [[CessationOfExistence erase Shang Tsung from existence entirely]].
* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: In his timeline, he had already won, he had complete control over all the realms as Keeper of Time and had killed or enslaved their inhabitants. But this just wasn't enough for him, and when he learned there was another timeline where Liu Kang had beaten him, he just couldn't help but try to invade and destroy it, too, causing a multiversal war that directly led to his demise. If he had been content with what he had, he would have ruled his timeline for eternity.
* EvilCounterpart: Like Liu Kang, Shang Tsung defeated Kronika and his own nemesis to become a Titan and the Keeper of Time. Unlike Liu Kang, he made his timeline a realm of darkness to appeal to his own twisted ego.
* EvilIsNotAToy: [[spoiler:Omni-Man's Tower ending reveals that Shang Tsung summoned him out of desperation to win Armageddon. The Viltrumite's loyalties never wavered, to the Titan's ultimate detriment.]]
* EvilIsPetty: He had no real ''need'' to try and genocide all of Liu Kang's timeline and merge it with his own. Seems the idea of a timeline where Liu Kang had a happy ending merely ''existing'' was just too big of a middle finger to Shang Tsung for him to permit, so he decided to do it out of ''spite''.
* EvilMentor: According to Ashrah, he taught Shang Tsung and Quan Chi everything they know about sorcery.
* EvilerThanThou: Manages to outrank his own counterpart from the current timeline in terms of evilness.
* FatalFlaw: Titan Shang Tsung's {{greed}} and [[EvilIsPetty petty hatred]] for Liu Kang are ultimately his undoing; he had ultimate power over his timeline, but learning of other timelines, he couldn't help but set out to conquer them, but not before ruining Liu Kang's New Era. This, along with his interference revealing the multiverse's existence to Liu Kang, leads to Titan Shang Tsung's ultimate defeat and [[DeaderThanDead erasure from existence]].
* FinalBoss: In both the Story Mode and the Klassic Towers, with Quan Chi as his personal Kameo.
* FiveSecondForeshadowing: As his benefactor finally appears before the gathered heroes, New Era!Shang Tsung introduces them as "Damashi". As any player of ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception Deception]]'' would quickly realize, that name was previously used as an alias by a powerful villain. Liu Kang is even implied to recognize it as such. Scant seconds after Shang Tsung utters the name, "Damashi" reveals himself to be Titan!Shang Tsung from the alternate ending of ''Aftermath''.
* HiddenDisdainReveal: As "Damashi", he piles compliments onto Shang Tsung in order to feed his ego and get his AlternateSelf to do his bidding, but once the facade drops, Titan Shang Tsung reveals that he considers his New Era counterpart to be little more than a poor copy, made lesser by Liu Kang, and fit only to be a pawn.
* HijackedByGanon: Its true identity turns out to be the version of Shang Tsung that was victorious in ''Aftermath''.
* InTheHood: When disguised as Kronika, he wears a hood over his head.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: In Titan Shang Tsung's original timeline, he backstabbed and manipulated everyone around him to obtain Kronika's crown, then crushed all opposition to rule over a New Era where he dominates. With his plot to destroy Liu Kang's New Era failing, him being killed by the Titans of better timelines, and the destruction of his timeline, all the wrongs Shang Tsung committed had finally been corrected.
* MultiversalConqueror: Learning that timelines apart from his own existed was all the motivation Shang Tsung needed to set out on a campaign of konquest that would put even his old master Shao Kahn to shame.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain:
** Revealing his true identity and plans, seemingly [[ForTheEvulz just for a giggle]], convinces the New Era's Shang Tsung and Quan Chi to ally themselves with Liu Kang for the sake of revenge and survival, and their help proves vital in thwarting Titan Shang Tsung.
** Invading Liu Kang's timeline just gives Liu Kang the idea (suggested by the ''other'' Shang Tsung, no less) of calling for help from other timelines himself, allowing him to gather an unprecedented army to oppose that of Titan Shang Tsung.
* NoCanonForTheWicked: Subverted; despite the implication that Liu Kang's ''Aftermath'' ending was the only canon choice, Titan Shang Tsung's existence confirms that ''both'' endings happened.
* OmnicidalManiac: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted.]] He wants to totally eradicate Liu Kang’s entire universe, but considering he just wants to enslave the rest of the grander [[TheMultiverse multiverse]], he’s [[SarcasmMode not THAT bad.]]
* OutsideContextProblem: That other timelines could exist ''at all'' was a major curveball for Geras and Liu Kang, let alone that someone from such a timeline would or could interfere in the New Era.
* SatanicArchetype: As Liu Kang is the New Era's creator, it's fitting that his old ArchEnemy Shang Tsung should be the one perverting it and corrupting its people for his own ends. Shang Tsung's ever-present snake motif and penchant for manipulation lend themselves ''very'' well to the Satanic role he plays here.
* SmugSnake: As usual, Titan Shang Tsung's confidence is supreme, and as usual, it blinds him to his mistakes; despite discovering the existence of Liu Kang's timeline and realizing how it came to be, he never made the logical leap that if their timelines could coexist, there could be others, a conclusion his counterpart in the New Era (whom Titan Shang Tsung dismissed as a mere pawn) came to very shortly after learning "Damashi's" true nature.
* SpottingTheThread: Aside from the story details that explain how it can't really be Kronika that players are seeing, there's several hints that "she" isn't what she seems. Kronika was fairly stoic in her demeanor and only occasionally smiled when things were going well for her, she rarely praised her allies and instead focused on placating their doubts about working with her, and spoke with a confident, aloof tone. The Kronika disguise that Titan Shang Tsung uses, however, often flashes a PsychoticSmirk, heaps praise on the other Shang Tsung and Quan Chi, and her voice is a bit deeper and quieter. All of this adds up to this being's manner of manipulating people being quite different from the real Kronika, a major hint it isn't her.
* WalkingSpoiler: His true identity is a massive revelation in-story, and the revelation of his existence changes the very rules of time and space that the characters thought they were dealing with.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: Potentially justified. While this is ''supposed'' to be the Shang Tsung from the original timeline concluded in [=MK11=], he no longer looks like Creator/CaryHiroyukiTagawa but now resembles the New Era Shang Tsung instead — which could be a case (in lore anyway[[note]][[OccamsRazor , rather than the simple solution of not being able to afford bringing him back as just a skin now]][[/note]]) of utilizing his New Era's form [[ItAmusedMe for amusement to rub it in]] or the younger appearance of the New Era Shang Tsung naturally resembles him at an even younger point than before.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Titan Shang Tsung never intended to keep the promises he made to the New Era's Deadly Alliance; once they had the Dragon Army ready for him, he planned to kill them along with everyone else in Liu Kang's timeline. In his own words, they were "pawns, not partners".
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[[folder:Other Titans]]
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/KariWahlgren (Titan Kitana), Creator/TravisWillingham (Titan Raiden) and Sunil Malhotra (Titan Kung Lao), English; Betzabé Jara (Titan Kitana), Creator/GerardoReyero (Titan Raiden) and Alan Fernando Velázquez (Titan Kung Lao), Latin American Spanish;
Across the myriad timelines splintered off from the final battle of ''11'', Liu Kang first seeks out three in particular to aid him against Titan Shang Tsung -- Kitana, Kung Lao, and Raiden. The three fight alongside Liu Kang to fend off Titan Shang Tsung's first assault on his hourglass, and then help him rally even more allies for the coming war.
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* AlternateUniverseReedRichardsIsAwesome: They're based on their arcade endings from ''11'', where each of them was able to defeat Kronika on their own and became Keeper of Time.
* CallBack: The fact that they're the first three Titans Liu Kang seeks out as allies is a reference to his arcade ending, where he became Keeper of Time and shared the power with them to form a new pantheon of Elder Gods.
* GoldAndWhiteAreDivine: As in their ''11'' endings and Kronika herself, they prominently feature white and gold on their outfits as a reflection of their divinity and power.
* MergingTheBranches: While all of them act as allusions to the arcade endings of ''11'', Titan Kung Lao specifically mentions that his White Lotus Society numbers in the millions, making it clear that these aren't merely ''allusions'' to the character arcade endings, they ''are'' those versions of them and they are canonical.
* PowerMakesYourVoiceDeep: Titan Raiden is the previous incarnation that was a Thunder God before becoming Keeper of Time, and his voice sounds much deeper than the new, mortal Raiden of Liu Kang's timeline.
* PreAsskickingOneLiner: During the Battle of Armageddon, Titan Kitana makes an epic entrance before dispatching the evil versions of Cassie Cage, Jacqui Briggs, Takeda and Kung Jin.
-->'''Kitana:''' Allow me.
* StarCrossedLovers: As she's from the ''11'' continuity, Titan Kitana is Fire God Liu Kang's Kitana, the one he met during the events of ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9''. They share a happy kiss at being reunited, and she comments how fate seems to conspire to keep them apart except in times of conflict.
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[[folder:The Latecomer '''(MAJOR Unmarked Spoilers)''']]
!!Titan Havik (The Cleric of Chaos)
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-> '''Portrayed by:''' Jacob Craner (English), Raymundo Armijo (Latin American Spanish)
An alternate version of the previous timeline's Havik, who claimed the Hourglass and fully enveloped his universe in his twisted vision of chaos. Appearing in the ruined Dark Timeline, he stands in awe of the battle of Armageddon that took place there, which gives him an idea...
%% Has a character-specific page in progress at Sandbox/MortalKombatHavikI.
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* AdaptationalUgliness: Havik was never a pretty sight in prior timelines, but his SkullForAHead was bloodless. Here, he sports a gory red disfigurement.
* BloodKnight: Titan Havik finds the carnage of the Battle of Armageddon to be awe-inspiring, so much so that he wants to start another war of comparable scale.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The very moment we see him for the first time, Havik drops a morningstar to the face of an agonizing and armless alternate Jax Briggs, showing himself to be [[KickTheDog cruel and merciless]].
* EvilIsVisceral: Titan Havik is covered with red scar tissue, and his face is even more disfigured than that of his counterparts in either the New Era or previous timelines.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He talks about a critically injured Jax's struggle to stay alive in an almost admiring tone, but follows that up by cruelly crushing the helpless and unarmed (figuratively and literally) man's skull.
* ForeverWar: When his version of Kenshi laments that the Battle of Armageddon had to end, Titan Havik ominously replies that "next time, it ''won't''".
* IdenticalStranger: While they look similar, the playable "Havik" of the New Era is actually an alternate version of Dairou, whereas Titan Havik is the previous universe's Cleric of Chaos.
* {{Irony}}: Havik of the New Era is a BombThrowingAnarchist with an irrational hatred of all authority figures, whereas Titan Havik rules his own universe as a god, is accompanied by loyal followers, and dresses in a noticeably regal fashion.
* SequelHook: While the tower endings tease possible future plotlines and returning antagonists, Titan Havik appears in TheStinger of the story mode itself, setting him up as the next major threat to the realms.
* {{Sadist}}: He amuses himself by letting his morningstar hover over a maimed and helpless Jax's head for a moment before dropping it.
* SavageSpikedWeapons: Since he's based on the original Havik, as opposed the new timeline's Dairou, he carries a very intimidating morningstar. He shows off his savagery by sadistically letting the spiked ball hover above an armless Jax's head before dropping it down.
* ToCreateAPlaygroundForEvil: He desires a repeat of the interdimensional war to drown all timelines in chaos, for no reason other than because he thought it ended too quickly the first time. Even Dairou has [[BombThrowingAnarchist nominally]] loftier goals than that.
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!Others
[[folder:Madam Bo]]
!!Madam Bo
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/KellyHu (English); Kerygma Flores (Latin American Spanish)
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Kung Lao and Raiden's mentor, and owner of the Fengjian Teahouse.
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* AscendedExtra: She originated as the interactable old woman from one of the Mortal Kombat X stages.
* CoolOldLady: She's Lao and Raiden's martial arts teacher and both her students have a lot of respect for her.
* DirtyOldWoman: An intro between Johnny Cage and Kung Lao has the former wonder if Madam Bo was flirting with him.
%% * DistaffCounterpart: She is this to Bo' Rai Cho from the previous timelines, given her similar name and role to the heroes. The fact that she's regularly associated with some "special tea" in some intros between characters seems like direct parallel to Bo' Rai Cho's alcoholism.
* MadeOfIron: Her reaction after getting decked square in the face by Smoke and thrown off the second floor of her restaurant with enough force to destroy the table she landed on? Play dead while her two students/surrogate grandsons throw down with the Lin Kuei, then [[{{Troll}} suddenly snap awake to give them a good fright]] when they come to check on her, revealing that she was never in any danger to begin with. Even though the whole thing was a SecretTestOfCharacter for Raiden and Kung Lao, the mere fact that she can casually shrug off such punishment despite her old age is truly impressive, [[RetiredBadass former Lin Kuei]] or not.
* MentorOccupationalHazard: Subverted and invoked. It's initially made out like Tomas had killed her by throwing her off the second story of her restaurant, but she was simply playing dead as the entire scenario was an elaborate set up to test Raiden and Kung Lao's abilities.
* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: Madam Bo is a CoolOldLady and [[PintSizedPowerhouse martial artist]] who is easy half the size of any of her associates.
* RetiredBadass: Scorpion tells Kung Lao in their pre-intro fight that Madam Bo was once a Lin Kuei.
* SmokingIsCool: After she stops playing dead, Madam Bo casually lights up a cigarette to show how unbothered she was by the entire situation.
* SupremeChef: ''Everyone'' who talks about Madam Bo's cooking has nothing but good things to say, especially [[BigEater Kung Lao]].
* {{Troll}}: She messes with Raiden and Kung Lao by playing dead a moment longer than necessary and giving them a quick JumpScare when she reveals that she's still alive.
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[[folder:Katara Vala]]
!!Katara Vala
An ancient ruler of an old civilization now an undead monster. Actually just a character in a movie Johnny Cage stars in.
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* BigBad: Of "Temple of Katara Vala" starring Johnny Cage.
* OffWithHisHead: Katara Vala meets his end by being decapitated by the adventurer Johnny is playing.
* PaletteSwap: He is simply a reskin of Havik.
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[[folder:Cristina Cage]]
!!Cristina "Cris" Cage
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MaraJunot (English); Carla Castañeda (Latin American Spanish)
\\
The wife of this timeline's Johnny Cage.
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* AlliterativeName: '''C'''ristina '''C'''age.
* AmicableExes: Cristina divorces him out of concern, not enmity, and still loves the man he once was. Johnny doesn't speak ill of her (just her lawyer) post-divorce, and is protective of her safety. Scorpion even hoped they could get back together, though Johnny says that won't happen.
* DramaticIrony: Cristina was right about the development Johnny needed to undergo, but wasn't around to see him actually do it by the time the divorce was finalized.
* FoolishHusbandResponsibleWife: Believes this of Johnny, who keeps spending above their means despite the fact he's no longer a big star and can't afford it.
* GenderBlenderName: Johnny only ever refers to her as Cris.
* LoveCannotOvercome: She eventually leaves Johnny because [[WhiteDwarfStarlet he can't let go of the limelight]] and spends too much of their money on fancy trinkets and appearances.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When it becomes clear to her that Johnny is too caught up in his own self-image to live within their means and accept that his career has already peaked, she grabs her purse and leaves their house. Later, it's revealed in dialogue that she filed for divorce.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Despite only having a very minor role in the game, she does a lot to [[EstablishingCharacterMoment set up Johnny's initial character and status quo]] and her leaving him becomes the catalyst for him to become a champion of Earthrealm and better person overall.
* ThatManIsDead: Alluded to in her argument with Johnny, saying she didn't marry him but married John Carlton, and would do anything to have him back.
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[[folder:Emperor Jerrod '''(Warning: Unmarked Spoilers)''']]
!!Emperor Jerrod
The deceased husband of Sindel. During the Story Mode, it's revealed his soul resides in the Living Forest. When Quan Chi creates the Soulnado during Ashrah's chapter, his soul is used as one of the many that form the construct Ermac. Later, he's fought by Mileena and Tanya at Ying Fortress, a fight that allows him to overpower the other souls within Ermac, allowing him to finally reunite with his family.
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* AdaptationalBadass: In previous timelines, Jerrod was mainly notable for being Kitana's birth father and dying at the hands of either Shao Kahn or Sindel. Here, while his capabilities in life go unmentioned, when he's in control of Ermac, he possesses the gestalt being's powerful telekinetic abilities.
* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul:
** He never met Liu Kang in previous timelines, as his murder long predated Liu Kang's birth. Here, they are old friends.
** Jerrod only has one daughter in the previous timelines, that being Kitana. Here, he now has two, Mileena and Kitana, the former he was unaware of in previous timelines since she was created long after he died.
* AscendedExtra: It was typically left to FlavorText and (non-canonical) endings that he was one of the souls within Ermac. In this game, he eventually manages to overpower the others in the collective and becomes the dominant personality, which not only means he's appearing in-person for a large part of the story, but he is, in a sense, part of the roster.
* BattleCouple: He shares some ass-kicking moments with Sindel during Mileena's chapter, however, [[spoiler:after Sindel dies, he absorbs her soul into the Ermac gestalt]]. In Sindel's arcade ending, it is shown that [[spoiler:the couple reunite inside of the legion of souls inside Ermac, and fight together side by side to remain in control of the body]].
* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: According to Sindel's bio, her and Jerrod's marriage was forced upon them, but they proved to be an ideal match, loving each other fiercely until Jerrod was murdered. [[spoiler:After Sindel is mortally wounded, Jerrod even takes her soul into Ermac's body so that they can be together forever.]]
* TheUnReveal: As in previous timelines, Jerrod was murdered, but it's never revealed ''who'' did the deed. Even when Jerrod himself returns, he gives no details about his assassination other than to say that it wasn't [[TheScapegoat Li Mei's]] fault.
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[[folder:The Lin Kuei '''(Warning: Unmarked Spoilers)''']]
!! The Lin Kuei
A clan of warriors led by Bi-Han that has been dedicated to protecting Earthrealm for centuries, a status quo that was held by his late father. However, Bi-Han's conflicting visions with his father and his own growing ambition causes him to break out from the mold and [[FaceHeelTurn changes the clan from Earthrealm protectors to ruthless assassins]]. While some still believes in Bi-Han's new vision, those who disagree flee to Japan and forms the Shirai Ryu to oppose them and upheld the old virtues of the previous grandmaster.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: The brothers' late mother is long dead by the time her eldest son betrayed Earthrealm, but Bi-Han insists that she'd applaud his actions, while Kuai Liang and Tomas believe that she'd be ashamed of him; it's never established whose opinion is accurate.
* FaceHeelTurn: Due to their Grandmaster's treason against Earthrealm, the Lin Kuei abandon their role as their realm's protectors and seek to become a national superpower in their own right.
* InSpiteOfANail:
** Despite their new role as protectors instead of assassins, the Lin Kuei ends up being an assassin clan once again as a result of Bi-Han's AdaptationalVillainy, plunging the clan back to their starting position in the previous timelines.
** If the initiate whom Shao warns Bi-Han about really is Frost, then even in the New Era, she became Sub-Zero's apprentice and schemed against him.
* TheStarscream: Shao has intel about one of Bi-Han's new female initiates who's trying to backstab the latter and take over Lin Kuei leadership. It's heavily implied that this initiate is the New Era's Frost.
!! The Previous Grandmaster
The late father of Bi-Han, Kuai Liang and Tomas Vrbada.
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* AmbiguousSituation:
** It's unclear if he is the same grandmaster who preceded Sektor in previous timelines having undergone AdaptationalHeroism and is [[RelatedInTheAdaptation now the father of Bi-Han and Kuai Liang]] instead of [[UnrelatedInTheAdaptation the father of Sektor]], or if Liu Kang simply rewrote history so that Bi-Han and Kuai Liang's family became the head family of the Lin Kuei instead of Sektor's family.
** It's never revealed how he exactly died. The only details given about his death are that he was in an accident and that Bi-Han let him die and lied to the rest of the clan, claiming that he tried to save him. The nature of the accident itself remains unknown.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Both Kuai Liang and Tomas carry on their father's legacy as steadfast defenders of Earthrealm.
* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: While the Grandmaster was content to serve Earthrealm, his eldest son Bi-Han believed the clan should help govern it, and he ultimately abandoned his father to die so he could fulfill that ambition.
* PosthumousCharacter: He has already been dead for quite some time by the time ''1'''s story begins.
!! Sektor
A technological genius and one of Bi-Han's most loyal followers.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Sektor is still a villain by the virtue of being on Bi-Han's side. However, in the previous timeline, Sektor was known for [[TheStarscream being a backstabber]] who has no loyalty to anyone other than himself. His UndyingLoyalty in this timeline, misguided as it may, makes him a slightly better version of his previous self (it also helps that Bi-Han [[CompositeCharacter takes on the aspects of his darker side in this timeline]]).
* AmbiguousSituation: It's unclear if the previous grandmaster is the person who was his father in previous timelines and the two are now [[UnrelatedInTheAdaptation no longer related]] or if Liu Kang simply rewrote history so that Bi-Han and Kuai Liang's family became the head family of the Lin Kuei instead of Sektor's family.
* CoDragons: Kuai Liang specifically names him and Cyrax as absolute loyalists to Bi-Han who would never betray him.
* DecompositeCharacter: Sektor’s worst traits were given to Bi-Han in the New Era.
* EvilGenius: In Sub-Zero's ending, Sektor convinces Bi-Han to bolster the Lin Kuei's strength through technology, personally leading the Cyber Initiative.
* MadScientist: Played up in this timeline, with him not only suggesting the Cyber Initiative when Bi-Han was looking for an alternate source of manpower, but he also appears to have been radically redesigned in spirit of this trope, wearing a bandana with classical mad scientist goggles as he does his work.
* UndyingLoyalty: Kuai Liang states that Sektor and Cyrax are so loyal to Bi-Han that they would sooner abet his corruption than join Kuai Liang and Tomas in defecting.
* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: Possibly. In the previous timeline starting in ''9'', it was established that he was the son of the previous Lin Kuei Grandmaster. Here it's implied that he isn't, especially since Sub-Zero, Scorpion, and Smoke are now the Grandmaster's sons. Though the case could simply be that Liu Kang altered history so that Bi-Han and Kuai Liang’s family became the heads of the Lin Kuei instead of Sektor’s family, meaning that Sektor’s father is likely still the same person as in previous timelines and he just never became the grandmaster in this timeline.
!! Cyrax
One of Bi-Han's most loyal followers.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: In the previous two timelines, Cyrax never willingly indulged in the Lin Kuei's corruption and joined the heroes once his programming was undone. Here, Cyrax remains loyal to Bi-Han and ignores his treasonous and criminal actions.
* CoDragons: Cyrax and Sektor are loyal to Bi-Han and Kuai Liang mentions that they won't accept anyone but him as their Grandmaster.
* TheGhost: Cyrax never appears in ''1'''s story mode, only getting mentioned once by Kuai Liang, and unlike Sektor, Cyrax doesn't appear in Sub-Zero's arcade ending.
* UndyingLoyalty: Kuai Liang states that Sektor and Cyrax are so loyal to Bi-Han that they would sooner abet his corruption than join Kuai Liang and Tomas in defecting.
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[[folder:The Shirai Ryu '''(Warning: Unmarked Spoilers)''']]
!!The Shirai Ryu
A new ninja clan founded by Kuai Liang and his wife Harumi to protect Earthrealm after the Lin Kuei abandoned their post.
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* BadassCreed: According to one of Scorpion's intros, the Shirai Ryu's motto is "{{death before dishonor}}".
* InSpiteOfANail: Like the previous incarnations of the group, this timeline’s version of the Shirai Ryu is founded by a schism within the Lin Kuei.
* RedeemingReplacement: Scorpion, Smoke, and Harumi found the Shirai Ryu to serve as a replacement for the Lin Kuei, who, under [[FaceHeelTurn Bi-Han's]] leadership, forsook their duties in protecting Earthrealm.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: The whole clan is [[DeathByOriginStory usually slaughtered to justify springing Scorpion/Hanzo Hasashi into action.]] In this continuity, the clan is just starting out and is envisioned to grow strong enough to oppose Lin Kuei and prevent themselves from getting slaughtered.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: It's a representation of the reformed Lin Kuei from the previous timelines, as the clan of oriental warriors led by Kuai Liang after his defection from the old Lin Kuei (and cleaning up the dark parts of the clan), marking the time when the clan becomes more heroic and a genuine defender force of Earthrealm (rather than either being neutrally self-interested or corrupt and being a threat to Earthrealm). Since Kuai Liang is Scorpion now, it now bears the name of the previous Scorpion's doomed clan.
!!Harumi Shirai
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The childhood friend of Kuai Liang, she takes him and his followers in after they defect from the corrupted Lin Kuei
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* ActionGirl:
** Harumi only appears in a few images of Kuai Liang and Smoke's endings, but in them, she's easily slaughtering Lin Kuei assassins, preparing to fight the Lin Kuei by her husband's side, as well as training Shirai Ryu initiates.
** [[spoiler:Harumi's AlternateSelf, who appears in the ending of Invasion mode, isn't just a warrior, but became [[EmpoweredBadassNormal Scorpion]] in her timeline, rather than Hanzo.]]
* AdaptationalBadass:
** While we never knew anything about Harumi Hasashi other than being Hanzo's wife who was murdered by Quan Chi (original timeline) and Sektor (first reboot), Harumi Shirai is not only a member of her clan, she is the head, [[BattleCouple and even marries Kuai Liang in his arcade ending, destroying their enemies together as husband and wife]].
** [[spoiler:The ending of the "The Spectre" Invasion introduces another Harumi who became Scorpion after the death of her Hanzo. She likewise forms a battle couple with the Hanzo who invaded the New Era, giving her timeline a second Scorpion to help fight Quan Chi and other evildoers.]]
* AlternateSelf: An alternative version of herself plays a vital part in the Invasion mode. [[spoiler:Namely, in a role-reversal, after the slaughter of the Shirai Ryu clan, she was the one who turned into Scorpion rather than Hanzo. This version of Harumi is found by Liu Kang and introduced to the Hanzo who becomes the BigBad of the Invasion mode, allowing them to bond over their spouse's losses and team up to fight the one responsible (Quan Chi).]]
* AmbiguouslyBi: An intro between Harumi's husband Kuai Liang and Tanya has the latter express familiarity with Harumi; Tanya doesn't divulge any details, but her tone implies that their acquaintance might have been intimate in nature.
* AscendedExtra: Downplayed; Harumi's role is usually limited to dying in order to motivate Scorpion, but here, although she doesn't appear in the main story, she has a much greater impact by co-founding the Shirai Ryu, in addition to [[SparedByTheAdaptation not having been murdered by Quan Chi]]. [[spoiler:Her AlternateSelf, who became Scorpion in Hanzo's place, also plays a brief, but important role in Invasion mode, where she ends Hanzo's antagonism and convinces him to join her in battling evil.]]
* BattleCouple:
** Kuai Liang's arcade ending features Harumi by his side with sword in hand and he challenges Bi-Han and the Lin Kuei.
** [[spoiler:Harumi's AlternateSelf from Invasion likewise fights by her husband's side, with both she and Hanzo being Scorpion and taking on her universe's Quan Chi.]]
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: She and Kuai Liang were childhood friends, who reunited as adults and fell in love.
* InSpiteOfANail: She still ends up married to Scorpion, just not the one we're familiar with.
* NoodleIncident: According to one of Kuai Liang's intros, at some point in her life, Harumi made her way to Outworld and became acquainted with Tanya, though when asked, Tanya withholds the details and suggests that Kuai Liang should ask Harumi.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Usually, Harumi is murdered by Quan Chi or [[Film/MortalKombat2021 Bi-Han]] before the main story gets underway. Here, she's alive and well in the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue.
* SwappedRoles: [[spoiler:Harumi's AlternateSelf from the end of Invasion mode became Scorpion after her Hanzo was murdered by Quan Chi, the inverse of their usual dynamic.]]
!!Hanzo Hasashi
The New Era incarnation of ''[[Characters/MortalKombatHanzoHasashi that Hanzo]]'', who in the new timeline was a orphan boy until being taken under the wing of Tomas Vrbada and Kuai Liang as one of their first initiates of the newly christened Shirai Ryu.
->For tropes applying to Hanzo Hasashi, [[Characters/MortalKombatHanzoHasashi check his own page]].
%% Do Not list any tropes here. As per the Character Page Cleanup thread, all tropes that apply to characters who already have their own character-specific pages should be added to said character-specific pages.
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[[folder:The New White Lotus Initiate '''(Unmarked Spoilers)''']]
!! Shujinko
The New Era's incarnation of Shujinko, a new initiate of the White Lotus who trains under Kung Lao. He possesses the unique ability to absorb and copy the powers and skills of others. However, as Kung Lao had failed to teach him humility, Shujinko's ego grew alongside his proficiency, leading to him becoming a threat to the realms. After being subdued by Liu Kang, Shujinko has his acquired skills and memories taken from him so that he could be given a second chance and begin his training anew. Shujinko now trains under both Kung Lao and Raiden who aim to make him the champion they know he is destined to become.
-> For tropes that apply to Shujinko in previous timelines, [[Characters/MortalKombatDeception click here]].
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* AdaptationalVillainy: In the original timeline, outside a few sidequests and being tricked to empower Onaga, Shujinko is otherwise a NiceGuy. In the New Era, as depicted in Kung Lao's arcade ending, he is an ArrogantKungFuGuy and becomes a threat to the realms until being stopped by Liu Kang. However, after his rampage is stopped, his memories are wiped to give him a fresh start, so he might still have a chance to become a decent person like his original counterpart.
* AgeLift: Shujinko was an old man by this point in previous timelines, whereas in this timeline Shujinko is shown to still be a young shaolin monk.
* DrunkOnPower: Happens in Kung Lao's Tower ending. Kung Lao's training ensures that the younger Shujinko becomes a skilled and powerful warrior, but neglects to instill the humility required to use that skill and power properly. Enamoured with his own strength, he goes on a rampage in Earthrealm, requiring the combined efforts of Kung Lao, Liu Kang and Raiden to stop him.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Following his defeat, Shujinko has his powers taken and his memory wiped by Liu Kang to ensure it doesn't happen again.
* PowerCopying: Much like his previous timeline self, Shujinko is able to copy the powers of other fighters.
* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: Kung Lao's failure to teach Shujinko humility and humbleness, turns the young monk into a threat to the realms until he is defeated.
* ShadowArchetype: Ends up becoming one to Kung Lao, who ends up seeing in Shujinko the logical end point of his own ego.
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[[folder:The FBI Agent '''(Unmarked Spoilers)''']]
!! Special Agent Jackson Briggs
The New Era's incarnation of Jax, a special agent working for the FBI who asks Kenshi to be his informant after saving him from gangsters who he had heard were plotting to kill him on a wiretap. Shortly afterwards, the two are ambushed by Shang Tsung, who had come to steal Sento from Kenshi. Shocked to learn that Johnny Cage's new movies were actually based on real events, Jackson gets in touch with his superiors to form the Outworld Investigation Agency (OIA), an organization dedicated to dealing with any and all threats to Earthrealm and recruits Kenshi, who, while initially skeptical about the idea of becoming a government agent, is more than happy to not only have an important job but also make an honest living.
-> For tropes that apply to Jackson Briggs in previous timelines, [[Characters/MortalKombatII click here]].
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* AbledInTheAdaptation: Unlike in the second timeline, Jackson has not (yet?) lost his arms or gotten them replaced with cybernetics.
* AdaptationalJobChange: A Special Forces commander in previous timelines, an agent of the FBI and later of the OIA in this timeline.
* AdaptationNameChange: So far at least. He is never referred to as Jax, with Kenshi instead exclusively calling him by his first name, something that only more formal characters such as Raiden and Fujin did in prior timelines.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: In the final screen of Kenshi's Tower ending, he is drawn with a striking resemblance to a younger [[Creator/ChristopherJudge Christopher]] [[Series/StargateSG1 Judge]].
* DemotedToExtra: After being present as a playable character in every game of the second timeline, his only story appearance in ''1'' is in Kenshi's arcade ending.
* TheMenInBlack: He ends up forming one in the Outworld Investigation Agency during Kenshi's Tower ending, which Kenshi also joins.
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[[folder:The Doomsday Weapon '''(Unmarked Spoilers)''']]
!!Onaga
The New Era's incarnation of the Dragon King, an ancient threat to Outworld who was defeated by an ancestor of General Shao's and subsequently imprisoned within Mount Tsaagan, where he remains to the present day, when the now-disgraced Shao seeks him out to use as a trump card in his war against Empress Mileena's government...
-> For tropes that apply to Onaga in previous timelines, [[Characters/MortalKombatDeception click here]].
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* AdaptationalBadass: Zig-zagged; in the previous canon, Onaga was an emperor of Outworld so powerful that even Shao Kahn feared to face him, as well as a savvy manipulator and skilled necromancer who threatened all realms. Here, there is no indication that he's a necromancer and whether he's intelligent at all is unclear, but even without those qualities, he's described as the most dangerous creature to ever roam Outworld and is considered a living weapon of mass destruction, as well as being several times larger than he was in his previous appearance. So, while Onaga may not be ''quite'' the existential threat he once was, he's a lot more dangerous without magic than his previous incarnation would have been.
* AdaptationalNonsapience: Possibly; Reiko's arcade ending describes Onaga as a "monster" who needs to be tamed and utilized, rather than a sapient being who would need to be convinced to aid Shao's agenda. Onaga's previous appearances had him portrayed as a sapient, and indeed, [[ManipulativeBastard quite clever]], being.
* AmbiguousSituation: Onaga is referred to and treated like more of a mindless monster than the intelligent being he was in previous timelines, but the Dragon King himself never appears in the main story, and most of the information about him comes secondhand and through legend, leaving the matter unclear.
* AncientEvil: Onaga was a threat to Outworld long before the story's present day, to the point that it was a "distant ancestor" of Shao's who defeated him.
* DecompositeCharacter: A number of Onaga's most prominent roles in the past are transferred to other characters here: the Dragon Army was created on Earthrealm by an Emperor Ying, rather than being Onaga's undead minions on Outworld; and his role as a manipulator called Damashi is instead filled by Titan Shang Tsung.
* TheDreaded: Even after untold millennia of imprisonment, Onaga remains feared. Even [[BloodKnight General Shao]] can only advise Reiko to "pray" when he chooses to face the monster in the hopes of taming him.
-->'''Kenshi:''' Who is this "Onaga" Shao wants to tame?\\
'''Sindel:''' The most dangerous creature to ever roam Outworld.
* GodzillaThreshold: General Shao would never have dreamed of even trying to tame Onaga if he had other options, but with his rebel army sorely lacking compared to the legions he once commanded, Shao feels he has no choice, and seeks out the imprisoned Dragon King.
* {{Kaiju}}: Downplayed; while not Godzilla-sized, Onaga is an enormous monster who makes Shao's ancestors and Reiko look like toys by comparison, making him several times larger than he was in previous timelines.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Onaga is so powerful that General Shao considers him a doomsday weapon rather than an ally, and only wants to make use of him when it becomes clear that traditional methods of victory won't get the job done.
* SealedEvilInACan: Millennia ago, an ancestor of Shao's managed to defeat Onaga and see him imprisoned in Mount Tsaagan. In Reiko's arcade ending, Shao makes plans to tame and unleash him against armies loyal to Mileena.
* WingedHumanoid: Onaga's monstrous form includes a large set of wings, though his brief appearance only shows him floored or trapped in Mount Tsaagan, so whether he can use them to fly is unconfirmed, but likely.
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[[folder:Alternate Timeline Kombatants '''(Unmarked Spoilers)''']]
Countless alternate versions of familiar characters from across the multiverse, who join the climatic battle between Liu Kang and Shang Tsung at the behest of their various Keepers of Time. A few of them replace Liu Kang's versions of their characters as playable in Armageddon.
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* AlternateSelf: Several of the playable characters for Armageddon—specifically Shao, Reiko, Nitara, Sub-Zero, Havik, Baraka, Rain, and Sindel—are not from Liu Kang's timeline, on account of them being either too imprisoned or [[PosthumousCharacter dead]] to help, or in Baraka's case exist in a different form, and are instead [[GoodCounterpart heroic counterparts]] pulled from other timelines. Interestingly, the playable Liu Kang for this chapter is also an alternate due to the Liu Kang we've been following for the entire game serving as the player's Kameo for the chapter.
* CListFodder: They collectively serve as this, allowing the story to amass a body count without actually impacting the main cast. In particular, among the Dark Timeline kombatants are evil versions of [[Characters/MortalKombatX Cassie Cage, Takeda Takahashi, Jacqui Briggs and Kung Jin]], who briefly menace the chosen fighter before being dispatched by Titan Kitana.
* ConservationOfNinjutsu: Most of the alternate versions go down with surprising ease, even though their main universe versions tend to be individually tough opponents. To the point that the "chosen fighter" is able to defeat 3 Mileenas at the same time with relative ease.
* DistaffCounterpart: Several of them are gender-swaps of existing characters, including female versions of Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Johnny Cage (named Janet Cage), Reptile and Ermac.
* EnemyMime: One of the potential kombatants you can face is an evil Ninja Mime.
* EvilDoppelganger: Shang Tsung's "dark" timeline is populated with these, all fanatically loyal to their master. The enemy fighters during the Battle of Armageddon presumably hail from similarly corrupted timelines, and can potentially be defeated by their heroic New Era counterparts. The inverse is true as well, with a brief scene devoted to showing off heroic versions of Shang Tsung and Quan Chi battling their normal selves, as well as heroic versions of Bi-Han, General Shao, and Reiko who can become the 'chosen fighter' to aid Liu Kang.
* ExpendableAlternateUniverse: By the time the BigBadassBattleSequence concludes, hundreds-to-thousands of these people are dead, including a number of Time Keepers, forever altering the histories of their native timelines; but everyone from Liu Kang's New Era timeline is safe and sound.
* FusionDance: Once Shang Tsung starts calling in reinforcements from additional timelines, the player gets to fight amalgamations of otherwise unrelated characters, showing just how bizarre the infinite multiverse can get. Some standouts include:
** "Barakion" - Baraka crossed with Scorpion.
** "Fire Cage" - Liu Kang crossed with Johnny Cage.
** "Firefly" - Li Mei crossed with Scorpion.
** "Frost Bite" - Nitara crossed with Sub-Zero, a vampire with cryomancer powers.
** "Guard of Thunder" - Li Mei crossed with Raiden.
** "Jawspell" - Mileena crossed with Quan Chi.
** "[[Franchise/TheTerminator John Kahner]]" - Johnny Cage crossed with General Shao, formerly Shao Kahn.
** "Johnny Savage"[[note]]originally "Hollyweird" during Early Access before the Day 1 patch[[/note]] - Baraka crossed with Johnny Cage.
** "Kang Quan" - Quan Chi crossed with Liu Kang.
** "Kitana Kahn" - Kitana crossed with Shao.
** "Klockodile" - Reptile crossed with Geras, a lizard who can manipulate time.
** "Lizard Queen" - Sindel crossed with Reptile.
** "Quan Li" - Quan Chi crossed with Li Mei.
** "Quantum Chi" - Geras crossed with Quan Chi.
** "Red Dragon" - Kano crossed with Liu Kang.
** "[[Music/RingoStarr Reiko Starr]]" - Reiko crossed with Johnny Cage.
** "Scorp Lao" and "Stung Lao", two variants who cross Kung Lao with Scorpion, with the former being the basis for "Scorp Lao" and the latter being the base for "Stung Lao".
** "Screen Demon" - Ashrah crossed with Johnny Cage.
** "Sento Storm" - Rain crossed with Kenshi.
** "Shao Zero" - Shao crossed with Sub-Zero.
** "Shock Priestess" - Tanya crossed with Raiden.
** "Warlord" - Reiko crossed with Raiden, a warrior who's also a deity.
** There are three cutscene-only variants that cross Sonya with Kano, Goro with Shao, and Kung Lao with Dark Raiden.
** Among the fusions accompanying Titan Havik in the stinger there's a fusion of Quan Chi and Sub-Zero, alongside a fusion between Tanya and Kitana.
* GoodIsNotNice: The GoodCounterpart of the villains summoned by Liu Kang generally have the same aggressive, villainous personalities as their evil selves in this timeline. In spite of that, they're still using their powers to prevent Armageddon and be more heroic than their current selves.
* KilledOffForReal: Most, if not all of the Dark timeline kombatants are killed off over the course of the final chapter, either at the hands of Shang Tsung and Quan Chi, during the Battle of Armageddon, or when the timeline collapsed upon Titan Shang Tsung's death.
* MovesetClone: The FusionDance style opponents battled at the Pyramid of Argus fight with a mix of their component characters' styles.
* PunnyName: Most of them have aliases that act as a wordplay pun on their name or powers. Examples include "Klockodile" (Geras and Reptile; a lizard who can manipulate time), "Warlord" (Reiko and Raiden; a warrior who is also a deity), and "Frostbite" (Sub-Zero and Nitara; a vampire with cryonic powers).
* SequelHook: A select few of them are left behind before the timeline is fully destroyed. These fighters come from a timeline conquered by Havik, and are agents of his Chaosrealm.
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:A Goro/Shao amalgam that ambushes the player gets pushed off a cliff by two alternate Cage's in the final battle, but grabs their feet and pulls them down with him when they have their backs turned.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Raiden's Sister]]
!!Raiden's Sister
[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Raiden's as-of-yet unseen sister]]. She's training with the Shaolin during the events of the game.
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* ActionGirl: Implied to be one, or at the very least having the sheer potential to become one. When Tanya tells Kung Lao in one of their pre-fight dialogues that no Earthrealm woman could fight like an Umgadi, Lao is quick to correct her and lists Raiden's sister as second only to ''Madam Bo'', who's a [[RetiredBadass former Lin Kuei]].
* TheGhost: She has yet to appear in person.
* NoNameGiven: So far, she's only known as "Raiden's Sister".
* UnknownCharacter: Without a name or an appearance, only discussion, all we have is speculation about whether she's an established character (such as [[GenderFlip Fujin]] or [[HeelFaceReincarnation Cetrion]]) or [[OriginalGeneration someone entirely new]] to Liu Kang's world.
[[/folder]]
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! Kameo Fighter Roster[[note]]For any Kameo Fighters that are also on the playable roster, see their folders in Kombatants[[/note]]
!! Earthrealm
[[folder: In General]]
* AssistCharacter: Their entire job, since they're not directly playable. Kameo Fighters pop in for one attack, then piss off and can't be used again until their cooldown runs out. They also participate in your Fatal Blow, and each of them has their own Fatality.
* TheGhost: The Earthrealm Kameo Fighters are the only ones to not play any role in ''1'''s story mode.
* MeetYourEarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The Earthrealm Kameo Fighters are directly based on their original designs drawing attention to their quirks that later appearances ironed out. In the cases of some of newer fighters such as Frost and Tremor, they were given [[{{Retraux}} new designs that deliberately evoke the Klassic aesthetic of the Arcade Era games despite making their respective debuts after that era of the franchise had ended]].
** Kameo Fighters who originated from the '90s games have intentionally cheap-looking outfits, down to the Scorpion and Sub-Zero being palette swaps. Sonya is notable for having two distinct costumes, representing her appearances from the original 1991 game in addition to ''Mortal Kombat 3''.
** Kano, based off his ''Mortal Kombat (1991)'' appearance, lacks the beard of his Netherrealm Studios appearance and Jax, based off his ''Mortal Kombat II'' design doesn't have his now ubiquitous metal arms until you unlock his ''3'' inspired skins.
** The Fatalities are also close matches to the classic ones they had, with additional camera work. This makes them stand out as short and to the point unlike the more elaborate Fatalities of the main roster.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Scorpion (Hanzo Hasashi)]]
!!Scorpion (Hanzo Hasashi)
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-> '''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1992''
-> In past timelines, the title of "Scorpion" was bestowed upon Hanzo Hasashi, a shinobi of the Shirai Ryu clan. Murdered, along with his clan and family, by Sub-Zero in a devious plot orchestrated by Quan Chi, he would be reborn as a revenant, a vengeful spirit driven only by a burning desire for revenge.
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* BreathWeapon: He uses his signature "Toasty" Fatality he's had since the very beginning. Humorously, much like the portrayal of the finisher shown in ''[=MK2=]'', the victim explodes when set ablaze, sending a ridiculous amount of bones flying everywhere.
* DemotedToExtra: Zig-zagged. He goes from a prominent character and [[SeriesMascot the face of the franchise]] as Scorpion in the previous timelines to a mere Kameo in this timeline, with his role as Scorpion being taken over by Kuai Liang. [[spoiler:He later appears in Smoke's ending as a young boy who joins the budding Shirai Ryu, at least.]] However, in the Invasion Mode, he regains his prominence as the [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds sympathetic]] ArcVillain of ''Season 1: The Spectre''.
* PaletteSwap: {{Downplayed|trope}}, as their face models are noticeably different from each other, but [[MythologyGag keeping to their classic designs]], the only difference between his and Sub-Zero's outfits are their colors.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Sub-Zero]]
!!Sub-Zero
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-> '''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1992''
-> In past timelines, the Lin Kuei were not protectors of Earthrealm, but a secret society of assassins. Sub-Zero is the title held by the cryomancer members of the clan, the brothers Bi-Han and Kuai Liang, both of whom would be at the center of great changes in the course of the clan's history...
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* AmbiguousSituation: It's unclear who's behind the guise of the Kameo version of Sub-Zero, whether it's Bi-Han or Kuai Liang, though the evidence does point more towards it being the former rather than the latter:
** Both brothers have done their own takes of the Spine Rip Fatality.
** Kuai Liang has worn Bi-Han's outfit on several occasions.
** Sub-Zero here lacks a scar, which implies Bi-Han, but during his debut in both timelines, Kuai Liang also lacks a scar. Though the outfit is called "Mortal Kombat", referring to the first appearance of Sub-Zero, further indicating it's likely yet another variant of Bi-Han.
* OffWithHisHead: His Kameo Fatality is the "Spine Rip". In this version, Sub-Zero freezes the neck before pulling the head with the spine.
* PaletteSwap: {{Downplayed|trope}}, as their face models are noticeably different from each other, but [[MythologyGag keeping to their classic designs]], the only difference between his and Scorpion's outfits are their colors.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Sonya Blade]]
!!Sonya A. Blade
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-> '''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1992''
-> Sonya Blade is a member of the Special Forces, a global peacekeeping army. She would become embroiled in Mortal Kombat during her hunt for the criminal Kano, and in a past timeline, was even the paramour of Johnny Cage.
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* DemotedToExtra: After being present as a playable character in every game of the Netherrealm timeline, she's demoted as a Kameo in this installment. Additionally, she's one of three Kameo fighters (the others being Kano and Stryker) that doesn't yet appear in the main New Era timeline or are alluded/implied to exist in a piece of dialogue.
* KissOfDeath: Her classic Fatality where she blows a kiss onto an opponent, causing them to burn alive returns here as her Kameo Fatality.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Jax]]
!!Jackson "Jax" Briggs
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-> '''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombatII''
-> In past timelines, Jackson Briggs, better known as Jax, is Sonya Blade's commanding officer in the Special Forces. A military man blessed with great strength, he, too, has spearheaded the hunt for Kano.
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* DemotedToExtra: After being present as a playable character in every game of the second timeline, he's demoted as a Kameo in this installment.
* GiantFootOfStomping: That one Fatality from ''[=MK3=]'' where he grows in giant size and stomps the loser into a bloody pulp with his boot returns in full force as his Kameo Fatality here.
* SmokingIsCool: In spite of him being based on his original ''[=MKII=]'' design, he retains this trait given to him in later games, as he appears gloriously smoking in his win pose.
* TruerToTheText: Kameo Jax's skins are based off his ''[=MKII=]'' and ''[=MK3=]'' appearances from the Original timeline, where he never lost his arms and instead wore bionic sleeves.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Kano]]
!!Kano
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-> '''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1992''
-> Kano is a leading figure in the Black Dragons, a criminal syndicate, and a long time target of the Special Forces -- particularly of Sonya Blade and Jax.
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* AndShowItToYou: His Kameo Fatality is the patented "heart rip".
* DemotedToExtra: After being present as a playable character in every game of the Netherrealm timeline, he's demoted as a Kameo in this installment.
* DeviousDaggers: He uses knives in his throw, stabbing the opponent before headbutting them. Another attack has him throw them at the opponent.
* InSpiteOfANail: Implied. While Kano makes no appearance in this timeline, pre-fight intros make mention of his Black Dragon clan, and Liu Kang stated that in this timeline, they're also full of scoundrels. Therefore, despite the changes Liu Kang made, Kano and the Black Dragon still end up as villainous people.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Kurtis Stryker]]
!!Officer Kurtis Stryker
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-> '''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombat3''
-> Kurtis Stryker was an ordinary beat cop when Shao Kahn launched an invasion of Earthrealm. While he was no kombatant at first, his police training, weapons, and gadgets helped him to survive and drive Shao Kahn back.
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* BoomHeadshot: One of his Kameo Brutalities has him blow up the opponent's head with a gunshot.
* PoliceBrutality: Still fights with his baton, flashlight and taser.
* WhyAmITicking: His Kameo Fatality has him strapping a bomb to the defeated opponent and it exploding.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Sektor]]
!!Sektor
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-> '''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombat3''
-> In past timelines, Sektor was a Lin Kuei member who underwent "cyberization", transforming into a half-robotic killing machine. In time, Sektor would splinter off from the Lin Kuei and make his own bid at konquest as leader of the cyborg army known as the Tekunin.
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* FireBreathingWeapon: For his Brutality "Low Level Threat", he employs a wrist-mounted flamethrower to reduce his opponent to a posing [[StrippedToTheBone charred skeleton.]]
* MacrossMissileMassacre: During his Brutality "Fire and Forget", four rapid-impact missiles are shot from his chest cavity, sending his opponent into the air and [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe bisecting them]] before reducing them to fine chunks with an uppercut.
* PaletteSwap: His appearance is nearly one to one with his classic ''VideoGame/MortalKombat3'' appearance, which is identical to Cyrax in every way other then a predominantly red color scheme instead of yellow.
* TeleportSpam: Many teleport moves are featured in his Kameo moveset.
* TheWallsAreClosingIn: His Fatality has him project a giant hydraulic press from his chest and squash the enemy into a red paste.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Cyrax]]
!!Cyrax
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-> '''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombat3''
-> Like Sektor, Cyrax was a Lin Kuei assassin who was cyberized. Unlike Sektor, however, Cyrax was able to hold onto his humanity, rejecting Sektor's ambitions and fighting in defense of Earthrealm.
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* BloodSplatteredWarrior: His first Brutality "Net Gross" has him stick a bomb to the back of his opponent's head, which immediately detonates. The resulting [[YourHeadAsplode mess from their head]] coats Cyrax from head to toe as he dutifully taps away at his SuperWristGadget.
* EarthShatteringKaboom: His Kameo Fatality, which was first used by Cyber Smoke in ''[=MK3=]'' and later used by himself in ''[=MK4 Gold=]'', literally scatters enough bombs from his chest across the ground to ''blow up the entire planet''.
* PaletteSwap: His appearance is nearly one to one with his classic ''VideoGame/MortalKombat3'' appearance, which is identical to Sektor in every way other then a predominantly yellow color scheme instead of red.
* SelfDestructMechanism: The Brutality "Target Destroyed" has him run up to his opponent before detonating himself right on top of them. This reduces the opponent into a pile of gore while Cyrax's body flies off in six separated, but otherwise undamaged pieces.
* TheresNoKillLikeOverkill: Cyrax's Fatality involves blowing up ''the entire planet'' to kill a single opponent.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Frost]]
!!Frost
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-> '''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance''
-> Frost was a cryomancer whom Sub-Zero took under his wing. Unfortunately, her talent was matched only by her ambition, and her desire to usurp leadership of the Lin Kuei would set mentor and pupil against one another.
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* AnimeHair: Frost's hair-gelling regimen has apparently persisted into the New Era, and she even discarded her [[{{Retraux}} arcade-era ninja costume's hood]] in order to show it off.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Her part of the Fatal Blow has her freezing her boots, turning them into icicles, and using them to puncture her enemy.
* NonUniformUniform: While she wears the same arcade-era ninja uniform as Scorpion and Sub-Zero, she doesn't use the hood, presumably because if you couldn't see her [[AnimeHair absurdly spiked hairdo]] you wouldn't know it was her.
* {{Retraux}}: Frost was introduced well after the original trilogy, but is presented here with the classic ninja uniform from the arcade games, albeit without the hood in order to show her [[AnimeHair ridiculous-as-usual hair]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Shujinko]]
!!Shujinko
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-> '''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception''
-> In past timelines, Shujinko was an Earthrealm-born martial artist of peerless talent, able to adopt the fighting techniques of others. This made him the perfect patsy for Onaga, who tricked him into releasing him. Though a victim of deception, Shujinko would bear the blame for the destruction Onaga wrought.
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* TheBusCameBack: Last playable in 2006's ''Armageddon'', skipped the entirety of the Netherrealm timeline sans small cameos in the prequel comics and Cassie Cage's ending in ''X''. Back here as a Kameo.
* DifficultButAwesome: He's one of the most difficult Kameo Fighters to use for a few reasons: [[MechanicallyUnusualFighter Unlike every other Kameo who can act strictly based on cooldowns]], Shujinko must be summoned to meditate on the battlefield in order to build up meter, and he can be interrupted by opponents. When he's ready to go, [[DittoFighter he will steal two of his opponent's special moves]] -- specifically of the opponent's point character, not their Kameo -- demanding a vast knowledge of what moves are being stolen and how to string them up with your main kombatant's moveset, but also meaning he has a ''very'' potentially diverse kit with many unique strengths that no other Kameo has access to.
* DittoFighter: He's a Dittomediate, taking two special moves from the opponent for a Kameo strike. If he copies Shang Tsung, he can also use ''his'' DittoFighter power to become the opponent's Kameo for one move.
* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: Shujinko as a Kameo is definitely this. At the beginning of a match, Shujinko's Kameo meter is empty, and he must meditate for a few moments, filling the meter. Once he has filled the Kameo meter, Shujinko functions the same way as other Kameos, except he uses the moves of the opponent's playable character.
* PowerCopying: Shujinko is able to copy the powers of his player's opponent.
* RapidFireFisticuffs: Shujinko's assist during a character's Fatal Blow is a series of rapid-fire punches to the opponent's chest before squeezing the neck.
* SecretAIMoves: He allows for a {{Subversion}}. During Story Mode, the vast majority of Kameos are other members of the main cast who aren't actually selectable from the Kameo roster in proper matches. However, Shujinko ''does'' use all the attacks from those exclusive Kameos as part of his DittoFighter gimmick, giving players access to them in normal modes as well, albeit only copying the character their opponent is using.
* TouchOfDeath: His Kameo Fatality consists of jabbing five {{pressure point}}s on the body with [[FingerPokeOfDoom stiffened fingers]], not unlike the famous [[Film/KillBill Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique]]. In true MK fashion, the loser actually gets a gaping hole from the exploding heart.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Tremor]]
!!Tremor
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-> '''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombatSpecialForces''
-> Tremor was a member of the Black Dragon organization who possessed the power over earth, posing a serious threat to the Special Forces and even to Kano himself.
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* DishingOutDirt: Similarly to his [[VideoGame/MortalKombatX previous appearance]], he's able to control earth in a variety of ways to pummel his enemies. He ends up possessing all three distinct flavors of earth featured in his [[StanceSystem Variations]] from ''X'', adding some [[ExtraOreDinary metal]], [[MagmaMan magma]], and [[GemstoneAssault crystals]] to his arsenal.
* InstantArmor: One of Tremor's moves in his Crystalline variant has him creating crystal armor around the main fighter, briefly reducing incoming damage and making them immune to launches and knockdowns.
* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: As a Kameo Fighter, Tremor has a StanceSystem that he can change between mid-fight, with each stance having its own set of special moves, giving him by far the most diverse arsenal of any Kameo. Additionally, he can cancel the stance change into a move from the variation he switched to meaning he can turn his Summon attacks into Ambushes at the cost of the entire Kameo bar.
* StanceSystem: Retains his three variations from ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'', and unlike in that game, he can switch between them at any time mid-fight: "[[ShockwaveStomp Aftershock]]" features some brutal launchers and knockdowns, "[[MagmaMan Metallic]]" gives some ranged magma blasts and boulder projectiles, and "[[GemstoneAssault Crystalline]]" features some utility in the form of InstantArmor and an AttackReflector. Of note is that Tremor has to be briefly summoned to cycle between stances before being resummoned to use an ability -- one ''can'' input to instantly summon him ''and'' use a move in a single go for a quick ambush, but doing so costs the entire Kameo meter rather than half of one.
* {{Retreaux}}: [[DownplayedTrope Sort of a partially-invoked example]]: most Kameos are visually based off the designs from their earliest appearances, but Tremor's outfit doesn't quite resemble the ''Mortal Kombat 3'' "ninja" garb he was seen wearing in ''VideoGame/MortalKombatSpecialForces'' -- it's instead a PaletteSwap of the "ninja" uniforms worm by Scorpion and Sub-Zero from ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1992'', which were faithfully preserved with their Kameo designs. Additionally, his skin is distinctly very rocky, something he wouldn't have until all the way in ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX''.
[[/folder]]
!! Outworld
[[folder:Goro]]
!!Goro
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->'''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1992''\\
'''Portrayed by:''' Unknown actor (English), Carlo Vázquez (Latin American Spanish)
-> The prideful prince of the four-armed, half-dragon Shokan race and a member of General Shao's army.
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* AdaptationalJobChange: In previous timelines, Goro was a prince. Here, he's a soldier in Shao's service.
* AdaptationalModesty: Goro's usual attire only consists of a loincloth. Here, he wears full-length pants.
* AdaptationalWimp: In the previous timelines, Goro was the monstrously powerful prince of the Shokan and a nine-time champion of the Mortal Kombat tournament. Here, he doesn't even participate in the tournament and is defeated quickly in a dust-up with Johnny Cage.
* GoombaStomp: He can crush a critically-wounded opponent under his stomp attack as a Brutality.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: As usual, he has four arms and uses them to brutal effect in kombat. [[spoiler:An alternate timeline Goro/Shao amalgam even wields four Wrath Hammers during the final chapter.]]
* SatelliteCharacter: Only has one line of dialogue in Chapter 7 and his sole role in the story is to act as one of Shao's lackeys.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Motaro]]
!!Motaro
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->'''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombat3''
-> A proud warrior from the Centaurian race of Outworld and a member of General Shao's army.
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* AnArmAndALeg: Cruelly rips off both of a guard's arms during the story mode.
* BarrierWarrior: One of his moves summons a shield that absorbs projectile damage.
* TheBusCameBack: Last playable in 2006's ''Armageddon'', skipped the entirety of the Netherrealm timeline, sans a small bunch of appearances in ''9''. Back here as a Kameo. Furthermore, he appears as his four-legged self, which skipped ''Armageddon'' and was last seen in ''Trilogy''.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: He was one of Raiden's offscreen opponents in the tournament, and although he was defeated, Sindel considered Motaro's efforts noteworthy enough to mention him by name.
* SatelliteCharacter: Motaro has little characterization outside of carrying out Shao's orders.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Khameleon]]
!!Khameleon
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->'''Debut Game:''' ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombat3 Mortal Kombat Trilogy]]''
-> A Zaterran woman who is among the Umgadi.
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* AllYourPowersCombined: All her moves are directly lifted from Kitana, Mileena, and Jade's traditional movesets, with her able to pop out their respective combat fans, sais, and staff at will, as well as command their various ambush and utility options. Her involvement in Fatal Blows has her use all three weapon sets in rapid succession on the opponent.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Similar to how her earliest appearances work, Khameleon's outfit changes color based on whose arsenal she's using: blue for Kitana's fans, purple for Mileena's sais, and green for Jade's staff. Otherwise, her outfit is a slightly iridescent gray.
* DittoFighter: Much like Shang Tsung did with the male ninjas in the previous games, Khameleon utilizes the moves of the original three female ninjas: Kitana, Mileena and Jade.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: She's a Zaterran like Syzoth, but while she has eerily pale skin and eyes she still looks mostly like a human, rather than a huge crocodile-lizard. [[spoiler:This is the first hint at his eventual discovery that there are others like him.]]
* NoSell: One special move Khameleon borrows from Jade is her signature "Shadow Glow" that grants temporary immunity to projectiles, though rather than using it on herself, she grants the effect to the main "point" kombatant.
* ProphetEyes: Her eyes are of a mily white colour.
* SatelliteCharacter: There's little to go on outside of her assisting Tanya when there's nobody else. That she's Zaterran is only brought up by Tanya in passing.
* TokenNonHuman: Khameleon, a Zaterran, is the only one of the Umgadi who is confirmed to be non-Edenian.
[[/folder]]
!!Orderrealm
[[folder:Darrius]]
!!Darrius
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-> '''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception''
->Hailing from Orderrealm, Darrius is a man of great strength and ambition. This would make him many enemies in his home realm, as his desire to rule would lead to him trying to destabilize Orderrealm.
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* TheBusCameBack: Last playable in 2006's ''Armageddon'', skipped the entirety of the Netherrealm timeline. Back here as a Kameo.
* CombinationAttack: Most of Darrius's Kameo attacks (forward, back and a follow-up to his neutral attack) involve him and the player's kombatant working in tandem.
* GrievousHarmWithABody: His Arm Bash Fatality, wherein he rips off the opponent's arms and bashes their head off with them, returns from ''Deception''. The player also gets to invoke this ''with'' Darrius, as his back Kameo involves the player character swinging him around by the arms to bash the enemy.
* KarmaHoudini: Following Havik's final defeat by Scorpion's hands in the story mode, Darrius vanishes from the story and is never mentioned again, facing no on-screen punishment for aiding and abetting Havik.
* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: While a few Kameo characters interact with the player in different ways (Scorpion's spear, Kung Lao's teleport), Darrius' forward and back Kameo attacks, as well as a follow-up to his neutral Kameo, emphasise teamwork with the player. He can also use his forward and back Kameo attacks as follow-ups to his Neutral Kameo at no extra cost.
* SatelliteCharacter: In story mode, Darrius has no lines and never gives any indication of why he's working with Havik. Unlike Sareena, [[WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue the arcade endings]] and post-story fight intros don't involve him at all.
[[/folder]]
!!Netherrealm
[[folder:Sareena]]
!!Sareena
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-> '''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombatMythologiesSubZero''
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MaraJunot (English), Kerygma Flores (Latin American Spanish), Sinnead Phillips (face model)
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* AdaptationalUgliness: Downplayed. Sareena's human form in the original timeline easily passed for human but in the New Era, she has a few tiny horns and black eyes.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:Ashrah's arcade ending strongly implies that Sareena was under Quan Chi's control during story mode, with the sorcerer's spell being broken by Ashrah when she came to rescue her sister.]]
* TheBusCameBack: Last playable in 2006's ''Armageddon'', skipped the entirety of the Netherrealm timeline sans a small cameo in ''X'' and Kabal's ending in ''11''. Back here as a Kameo. Furthermore, her demonic self makes its first appearance ever since ''VideoGame/MortalKombatMythologiesSubZero''.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Despite being a Netherrealm demon under Quan Chi's thrall, [[spoiler:once she's freed from the sorcerer's control, Sareena defects to Earthrealm and joins Ashrah in founding the Order of Light]].
* MythologyGag: One of Johnny Cage's nicknames for Sareena as the fight announcer describes her as "Bi-Han's future bestie", a reference to her ShipTease with Sub-Zero in ''VideoGame/MortalKombatMythologiesSubZero''.
* SatelliteCharacter: In story mode, Sareena serves as a brainwashed minion for Quan Chi and nothing more. [[DownplayedTrope However]], [[spoiler:Ashrah's ending has her rescue Sareena from Quan Chi's service, and both pre-fight intros and Johnny Cage's lines as the announcer give some shading to her character (Syzoth fearing that she'll backslide into evil and Cage calling her "Bi-Han's future bestie").]]
[[/folder]]
!Titans '''(Warning: Unmarked Spoilers)'''
[[folder:The Benefactor]]
!!Damashi/Titan Shang Tsung
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[[caption-width-right:256:''"You're not Damashi… you're [[Characters/MortalKombatShangTsung me]]!"\\
"More correctly, [[AlternateSelf you are me]]. A poor facsimile, anyway, made lesser by Liu Kang's meddling."'']]
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/AlanLee (Titan Shang Tsung) and Creator/JenniferHale (Damashi), English; Galo Balcázar (Titan Shang Tsung) and Gaby Willer (Damashi), Latin American Spanish;
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The Shang Tsung from the BadEnding of ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombat11 Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath]]''. When he and Liu Kang fought for control Kronika's hourglass, the battle unleashed massive temporal energies that fractured time's fabric, creating alternate timelines where either of them prevailed. In his timeline, Shang Tsung conquered the realms and enslaved their inhabitants as hi obedient servants. When he learns of the existence of a parallel timeline where Liu Kang prevailed, he plots to invade and conquer it as well. Taking the form of Kronika and using the alias "Damashi", he approaches the Shang Tsung and Quan Chi of Liu Kang's timeline and convinces them to start a multiversal war in exchange for ruling at "her" side when the dust settles.
->For more tropes applying to him and his former appearances, [[Characters/MortalKombatShangTsung click here.]]
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* ArchEnemy: He's the very same Shang Tsung with whom Liu Kang fought back in the previous timeline, and their animosity is very much mutual; discovering that there were other timelines made Shang Tsung eager to conquer them, but discovering one crafted by Liu Kang made him eager to conquer that one ''first''.
* AssistCharacter: As a boss, he uses Quan Chi as a special Kameo fighter.
* BaitAndSwitch: Right at the tail end of Mileena's chapter, the benefactor of Quan Chi and Shang Tsung (who ''appeared'' to be Kronika, but has gone conspicuously unnamed) makes their presence known, and Shang Tsung provides their name: "Damashi", implying that, as in ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception Deception]]'', Onaga is using that name to pull the strings. It isn't Onaga, but he's someone no less deceptive.
* BigBad: Responsible for interfering with Liu Kang's timeline. After his deception is revealed, he wants to destroy it, and then absorb the rest of the timelines.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Shang Tsung's penchant for treachery reaches a new level here; he proves that he'd literally betray ''himself'' to get what he wants, having manipulated his New Era counterpart to serve his own goals.
* CompositeCharacter: He takes the form of Kronika when infiltrating Liu Kang's timeline, but uses the alias "Damashi" from Onaga to further conceal his identity.
* TheCorrupter: While it's doubtful that either of them needed much convincing (Shang Tsung, at being offered power, cracked a blood-chilling SlasherSmile), Titan Shang Tsung uplifted him and Quan Chi from their mediocre lives and turned them into malicious, powerful sorcerers who threaten Earthrealm.
* CoverIdentityAnomaly: Though he disguises himself as Kronika, this actually makes him more suspicious, because Geras notes that Titans, once killed, ''cannot'' be resurrected, so there's no way it could really be her. This prompts Geras to investigate further, and he eventually notices that the time crystals that make up this mysterious woman aren't of this timeline, and since no one could be left over from the previous timeline, this leads him to deduce she comes from a parallel timeline.
* DeaderThanDead: The death of Titans are already stated be absolutely permanent with no chance of resurrection, but Liu Kang goes the extra mile and uses his powers to [[CessationOfExistence erase Shang Tsung from existence entirely]].
* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: In his timeline, he had already won, he had complete control over all the realms as Keeper of Time and had killed or enslaved their inhabitants. But this just wasn't enough for him, and when he learned there was another timeline where Liu Kang had beaten him, he just couldn't help but try to invade and destroy it, too, causing a multiversal war that directly led to his demise. If he had been content with what he had, he would have ruled his timeline for eternity.
* EvilCounterpart: Like Liu Kang, Shang Tsung defeated Kronika and his own nemesis to become a Titan and the Keeper of Time. Unlike Liu Kang, he made his timeline a realm of darkness to appeal to his own twisted ego.
* EvilIsNotAToy: [[spoiler:Omni-Man's Tower ending reveals that Shang Tsung summoned him out of desperation to win Armageddon. The Viltrumite's loyalties never wavered, to the Titan's ultimate detriment.]]
* EvilIsPetty: He had no real ''need'' to try and genocide all of Liu Kang's timeline and merge it with his own. Seems the idea of a timeline where Liu Kang had a happy ending merely ''existing'' was just too big of a middle finger to Shang Tsung for him to permit, so he decided to do it out of ''spite''.
* EvilMentor: According to Ashrah, he taught Shang Tsung and Quan Chi everything they know about sorcery.
* EvilerThanThou: Manages to outrank his own counterpart from the current timeline in terms of evilness.
* FatalFlaw: Titan Shang Tsung's {{greed}} and [[EvilIsPetty petty hatred]] for Liu Kang are ultimately his undoing; he had ultimate power over his timeline, but learning of other timelines, he couldn't help but set out to conquer them, but not before ruining Liu Kang's New Era. This, along with his interference revealing the multiverse's existence to Liu Kang, leads to Titan Shang Tsung's ultimate defeat and [[DeaderThanDead erasure from existence]].
* FinalBoss: In both the Story Mode and the Klassic Towers, with Quan Chi as his personal Kameo.
* FiveSecondForeshadowing: As his benefactor finally appears before the gathered heroes, New Era!Shang Tsung introduces them as "Damashi". As any player of ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception Deception]]'' would quickly realize, that name was previously used as an alias by a powerful villain. Liu Kang is even implied to recognize it as such. Scant seconds after Shang Tsung utters the name, "Damashi" reveals himself to be Titan!Shang Tsung from the alternate ending of ''Aftermath''.
* HiddenDisdainReveal: As "Damashi", he piles compliments onto Shang Tsung in order to feed his ego and get his AlternateSelf to do his bidding, but once the facade drops, Titan Shang Tsung reveals that he considers his New Era counterpart to be little more than a poor copy, made lesser by Liu Kang, and fit only to be a pawn.
* HijackedByGanon: Its true identity turns out to be the version of Shang Tsung that was victorious in ''Aftermath''.
* InTheHood: When disguised as Kronika, he wears a hood over his head.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: In Titan Shang Tsung's original timeline, he backstabbed and manipulated everyone around him to obtain Kronika's crown, then crushed all opposition to rule over a New Era where he dominates. With his plot to destroy Liu Kang's New Era failing, him being killed by the Titans of better timelines, and the destruction of his timeline, all the wrongs Shang Tsung committed had finally been corrected.
* MultiversalConqueror: Learning that timelines apart from his own existed was all the motivation Shang Tsung needed to set out on a campaign of konquest that would put even his old master Shao Kahn to shame.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain:
** Revealing his true identity and plans, seemingly [[ForTheEvulz just for a giggle]], convinces the New Era's Shang Tsung and Quan Chi to ally themselves with Liu Kang for the sake of revenge and survival, and their help proves vital in thwarting Titan Shang Tsung.
** Invading Liu Kang's timeline just gives Liu Kang the idea (suggested by the ''other'' Shang Tsung, no less) of calling for help from other timelines himself, allowing him to gather an unprecedented army to oppose that of Titan Shang Tsung.
* NoCanonForTheWicked: Subverted; despite the implication that Liu Kang's ''Aftermath'' ending was the only canon choice, Titan Shang Tsung's existence confirms that ''both'' endings happened.
* OmnicidalManiac: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted.]] He wants to totally eradicate Liu Kang’s entire universe, but considering he just wants to enslave the rest of the grander [[TheMultiverse multiverse]], he’s [[SarcasmMode not THAT bad.]]
* OutsideContextProblem: That other timelines could exist ''at all'' was a major curveball for Geras and Liu Kang, let alone that someone from such a timeline would or could interfere in the New Era.
* SatanicArchetype: As Liu Kang is the New Era's creator, it's fitting that his old ArchEnemy Shang Tsung should be the one perverting it and corrupting its people for his own ends. Shang Tsung's ever-present snake motif and penchant for manipulation lend themselves ''very'' well to the Satanic role he plays here.
* SmugSnake: As usual, Titan Shang Tsung's confidence is supreme, and as usual, it blinds him to his mistakes; despite discovering the existence of Liu Kang's timeline and realizing how it came to be, he never made the logical leap that if their timelines could coexist, there could be others, a conclusion his counterpart in the New Era (whom Titan Shang Tsung dismissed as a mere pawn) came to very shortly after learning "Damashi's" true nature.
* SpottingTheThread: Aside from the story details that explain how it can't really be Kronika that players are seeing, there's several hints that "she" isn't what she seems. Kronika was fairly stoic in her demeanor and only occasionally smiled when things were going well for her, she rarely praised her allies and instead focused on placating their doubts about working with her, and spoke with a confident, aloof tone. The Kronika disguise that Titan Shang Tsung uses, however, often flashes a PsychoticSmirk, heaps praise on the other Shang Tsung and Quan Chi, and her voice is a bit deeper and quieter. All of this adds up to this being's manner of manipulating people being quite different from the real Kronika, a major hint it isn't her.
* WalkingSpoiler: His true identity is a massive revelation in-story, and the revelation of his existence changes the very rules of time and space that the characters thought they were dealing with.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: Potentially justified. While this is ''supposed'' to be the Shang Tsung from the original timeline concluded in [=MK11=], he no longer looks like Creator/CaryHiroyukiTagawa but now resembles the New Era Shang Tsung instead — which could be a case (in lore anyway[[note]][[OccamsRazor , rather than the simple solution of not being able to afford bringing him back as just a skin now]][[/note]]) of utilizing his New Era's form [[ItAmusedMe for amusement to rub it in]] or the younger appearance of the New Era Shang Tsung naturally resembles him at an even younger point than before.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Titan Shang Tsung never intended to keep the promises he made to the New Era's Deadly Alliance; once they had the Dragon Army ready for him, he planned to kill them along with everyone else in Liu Kang's timeline. In his own words, they were "pawns, not partners".
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Other Titans]]
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/KariWahlgren (Titan Kitana), Creator/TravisWillingham (Titan Raiden) and Sunil Malhotra (Titan Kung Lao), English; Betzabé Jara (Titan Kitana), Creator/GerardoReyero (Titan Raiden) and Alan Fernando Velázquez (Titan Kung Lao), Latin American Spanish;
Across the myriad timelines splintered off from the final battle of ''11'', Liu Kang first seeks out three in particular to aid him against Titan Shang Tsung -- Kitana, Kung Lao, and Raiden. The three fight alongside Liu Kang to fend off Titan Shang Tsung's first assault on his hourglass, and then help him rally even more allies for the coming war.
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* AlternateUniverseReedRichardsIsAwesome: They're based on their arcade endings from ''11'', where each of them was able to defeat Kronika on their own and became Keeper of Time.
* CallBack: The fact that they're the first three Titans Liu Kang seeks out as allies is a reference to his arcade ending, where he became Keeper of Time and shared the power with them to form a new pantheon of Elder Gods.
* GoldAndWhiteAreDivine: As in their ''11'' endings and Kronika herself, they prominently feature white and gold on their outfits as a reflection of their divinity and power.
* MergingTheBranches: While all of them act as allusions to the arcade endings of ''11'', Titan Kung Lao specifically mentions that his White Lotus Society numbers in the millions, making it clear that these aren't merely ''allusions'' to the character arcade endings, they ''are'' those versions of them and they are canonical.
* PowerMakesYourVoiceDeep: Titan Raiden is the previous incarnation that was a Thunder God before becoming Keeper of Time, and his voice sounds much deeper than the new, mortal Raiden of Liu Kang's timeline.
* PreAsskickingOneLiner: During the Battle of Armageddon, Titan Kitana makes an epic entrance before dispatching the evil versions of Cassie Cage, Jacqui Briggs, Takeda and Kung Jin.
-->'''Kitana:''' Allow me.
* StarCrossedLovers: As she's from the ''11'' continuity, Titan Kitana is Fire God Liu Kang's Kitana, the one he met during the events of ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9''. They share a happy kiss at being reunited, and she comments how fate seems to conspire to keep them apart except in times of conflict.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Latecomer '''(MAJOR Unmarked Spoilers)''']]
!!Titan Havik (The Cleric of Chaos)
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-> '''Portrayed by:''' Jacob Craner (English), Raymundo Armijo (Latin American Spanish)
An alternate version of the previous timeline's Havik, who claimed the Hourglass and fully enveloped his universe in his twisted vision of chaos. Appearing in the ruined Dark Timeline, he stands in awe of the battle of Armageddon that took place there, which gives him an idea...
%% Has a character-specific page in progress at Sandbox/MortalKombatHavikI.
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* AdaptationalUgliness: Havik was never a pretty sight in prior timelines, but his SkullForAHead was bloodless. Here, he sports a gory red disfigurement.
* BloodKnight: Titan Havik finds the carnage of the Battle of Armageddon to be awe-inspiring, so much so that he wants to start another war of comparable scale.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The very moment we see him for the first time, Havik drops a morningstar to the face of an agonizing and armless alternate Jax Briggs, showing himself to be [[KickTheDog cruel and merciless]].
* EvilIsVisceral: Titan Havik is covered with red scar tissue, and his face is even more disfigured than that of his counterparts in either the New Era or previous timelines.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He talks about a critically injured Jax's struggle to stay alive in an almost admiring tone, but follows that up by cruelly crushing the helpless and unarmed (figuratively and literally) man's skull.
* ForeverWar: When his version of Kenshi laments that the Battle of Armageddon had to end, Titan Havik ominously replies that "next time, it ''won't''".
* IdenticalStranger: While they look similar, the playable "Havik" of the New Era is actually an alternate version of Dairou, whereas Titan Havik is the previous universe's Cleric of Chaos.
* {{Irony}}: Havik of the New Era is a BombThrowingAnarchist with an irrational hatred of all authority figures, whereas Titan Havik rules his own universe as a god, is accompanied by loyal followers, and dresses in a noticeably regal fashion.
* SequelHook: While the tower endings tease possible future plotlines and returning antagonists, Titan Havik appears in TheStinger of the story mode itself, setting him up as the next major threat to the realms.
* {{Sadist}}: He amuses himself by letting his morningstar hover over a maimed and helpless Jax's head for a moment before dropping it.
* SavageSpikedWeapons: Since he's based on the original Havik, as opposed the new timeline's Dairou, he carries a very intimidating morningstar. He shows off his savagery by sadistically letting the spiked ball hover above an armless Jax's head before dropping it down.
* ToCreateAPlaygroundForEvil: He desires a repeat of the interdimensional war to drown all timelines in chaos, for no reason other than because he thought it ended too quickly the first time. Even Dairou has [[BombThrowingAnarchist nominally]] loftier goals than that.
[[/folder]]
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!Others
[[folder:Madam Bo]]
!!Madam Bo
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/KellyHu (English); Kerygma Flores (Latin American Spanish)
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Kung Lao and Raiden's mentor, and owner of the Fengjian Teahouse.
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* AscendedExtra: She originated as the interactable old woman from one of the Mortal Kombat X stages.
* CoolOldLady: She's Lao and Raiden's martial arts teacher and both her students have a lot of respect for her.
* DirtyOldWoman: An intro between Johnny Cage and Kung Lao has the former wonder if Madam Bo was flirting with him.
%% * DistaffCounterpart: She is this to Bo' Rai Cho from the previous timelines, given her similar name and role to the heroes. The fact that she's regularly associated with some "special tea" in some intros between characters seems like direct parallel to Bo' Rai Cho's alcoholism.
* MadeOfIron: Her reaction after getting decked square in the face by Smoke and thrown off the second floor of her restaurant with enough force to destroy the table she landed on? Play dead while her two students/surrogate grandsons throw down with the Lin Kuei, then [[{{Troll}} suddenly snap awake to give them a good fright]] when they come to check on her, revealing that she was never in any danger to begin with. Even though the whole thing was a SecretTestOfCharacter for Raiden and Kung Lao, the mere fact that she can casually shrug off such punishment despite her old age is truly impressive, [[RetiredBadass former Lin Kuei]] or not.
* MentorOccupationalHazard: Subverted and invoked. It's initially made out like Tomas had killed her by throwing her off the second story of her restaurant, but she was simply playing dead as the entire scenario was an elaborate set up to test Raiden and Kung Lao's abilities.
* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: Madam Bo is a CoolOldLady and [[PintSizedPowerhouse martial artist]] who is easy half the size of any of her associates.
* RetiredBadass: Scorpion tells Kung Lao in their pre-intro fight that Madam Bo was once a Lin Kuei.
* SmokingIsCool: After she stops playing dead, Madam Bo casually lights up a cigarette to show how unbothered she was by the entire situation.
* SupremeChef: ''Everyone'' who talks about Madam Bo's cooking has nothing but good things to say, especially [[BigEater Kung Lao]].
* {{Troll}}: She messes with Raiden and Kung Lao by playing dead a moment longer than necessary and giving them a quick JumpScare when she reveals that she's still alive.
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[[folder:Katara Vala]]
!!Katara Vala
An ancient ruler of an old civilization now an undead monster. Actually just a character in a movie Johnny Cage stars in.
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* BigBad: Of "Temple of Katara Vala" starring Johnny Cage.
* OffWithHisHead: Katara Vala meets his end by being decapitated by the adventurer Johnny is playing.
* PaletteSwap: He is simply a reskin of Havik.
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[[folder:Cristina Cage]]
!!Cristina "Cris" Cage
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MaraJunot (English); Carla Castañeda (Latin American Spanish)
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The wife of this timeline's Johnny Cage.
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* AlliterativeName: '''C'''ristina '''C'''age.
* AmicableExes: Cristina divorces him out of concern, not enmity, and still loves the man he once was. Johnny doesn't speak ill of her (just her lawyer) post-divorce, and is protective of her safety. Scorpion even hoped they could get back together, though Johnny says that won't happen.
* DramaticIrony: Cristina was right about the development Johnny needed to undergo, but wasn't around to see him actually do it by the time the divorce was finalized.
* FoolishHusbandResponsibleWife: Believes this of Johnny, who keeps spending above their means despite the fact he's no longer a big star and can't afford it.
* GenderBlenderName: Johnny only ever refers to her as Cris.
* LoveCannotOvercome: She eventually leaves Johnny because [[WhiteDwarfStarlet he can't let go of the limelight]] and spends too much of their money on fancy trinkets and appearances.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When it becomes clear to her that Johnny is too caught up in his own self-image to live within their means and accept that his career has already peaked, she grabs her purse and leaves their house. Later, it's revealed in dialogue that she filed for divorce.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Despite only having a very minor role in the game, she does a lot to [[EstablishingCharacterMoment set up Johnny's initial character and status quo]] and her leaving him becomes the catalyst for him to become a champion of Earthrealm and better person overall.
* ThatManIsDead: Alluded to in her argument with Johnny, saying she didn't marry him but married John Carlton, and would do anything to have him back.
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[[folder:Emperor Jerrod '''(Warning: Unmarked Spoilers)''']]
!!Emperor Jerrod
The deceased husband of Sindel. During the Story Mode, it's revealed his soul resides in the Living Forest. When Quan Chi creates the Soulnado during Ashrah's chapter, his soul is used as one of the many that form the construct Ermac. Later, he's fought by Mileena and Tanya at Ying Fortress, a fight that allows him to overpower the other souls within Ermac, allowing him to finally reunite with his family.
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* AdaptationalBadass: In previous timelines, Jerrod was mainly notable for being Kitana's birth father and dying at the hands of either Shao Kahn or Sindel. Here, while his capabilities in life go unmentioned, when he's in control of Ermac, he possesses the gestalt being's powerful telekinetic abilities.
* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul:
** He never met Liu Kang in previous timelines, as his murder long predated Liu Kang's birth. Here, they are old friends.
** Jerrod only has one daughter in the previous timelines, that being Kitana. Here, he now has two, Mileena and Kitana, the former he was unaware of in previous timelines since she was created long after he died.
* AscendedExtra: It was typically left to FlavorText and (non-canonical) endings that he was one of the souls within Ermac. In this game, he eventually manages to overpower the others in the collective and becomes the dominant personality, which not only means he's appearing in-person for a large part of the story, but he is, in a sense, part of the roster.
* BattleCouple: He shares some ass-kicking moments with Sindel during Mileena's chapter, however, [[spoiler:after Sindel dies, he absorbs her soul into the Ermac gestalt]]. In Sindel's arcade ending, it is shown that [[spoiler:the couple reunite inside of the legion of souls inside Ermac, and fight together side by side to remain in control of the body]].
* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: According to Sindel's bio, her and Jerrod's marriage was forced upon them, but they proved to be an ideal match, loving each other fiercely until Jerrod was murdered. [[spoiler:After Sindel is mortally wounded, Jerrod even takes her soul into Ermac's body so that they can be together forever.]]
* TheUnReveal: As in previous timelines, Jerrod was murdered, but it's never revealed ''who'' did the deed. Even when Jerrod himself returns, he gives no details about his assassination other than to say that it wasn't [[TheScapegoat Li Mei's]] fault.
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[[folder:The Lin Kuei '''(Warning: Unmarked Spoilers)''']]
!! The Lin Kuei
A clan of warriors led by Bi-Han that has been dedicated to protecting Earthrealm for centuries, a status quo that was held by his late father. However, Bi-Han's conflicting visions with his father and his own growing ambition causes him to break out from the mold and [[FaceHeelTurn changes the clan from Earthrealm protectors to ruthless assassins]]. While some still believes in Bi-Han's new vision, those who disagree flee to Japan and forms the Shirai Ryu to oppose them and upheld the old virtues of the previous grandmaster.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: The brothers' late mother is long dead by the time her eldest son betrayed Earthrealm, but Bi-Han insists that she'd applaud his actions, while Kuai Liang and Tomas believe that she'd be ashamed of him; it's never established whose opinion is accurate.
* FaceHeelTurn: Due to their Grandmaster's treason against Earthrealm, the Lin Kuei abandon their role as their realm's protectors and seek to become a national superpower in their own right.
* InSpiteOfANail:
** Despite their new role as protectors instead of assassins, the Lin Kuei ends up being an assassin clan once again as a result of Bi-Han's AdaptationalVillainy, plunging the clan back to their starting position in the previous timelines.
** If the initiate whom Shao warns Bi-Han about really is Frost, then even in the New Era, she became Sub-Zero's apprentice and schemed against him.
* TheStarscream: Shao has intel about one of Bi-Han's new female initiates who's trying to backstab the latter and take over Lin Kuei leadership. It's heavily implied that this initiate is the New Era's Frost.
!! The Previous Grandmaster
The late father of Bi-Han, Kuai Liang and Tomas Vrbada.
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* AmbiguousSituation:
** It's unclear if he is the same grandmaster who preceded Sektor in previous timelines having undergone AdaptationalHeroism and is [[RelatedInTheAdaptation now the father of Bi-Han and Kuai Liang]] instead of [[UnrelatedInTheAdaptation the father of Sektor]], or if Liu Kang simply rewrote history so that Bi-Han and Kuai Liang's family became the head family of the Lin Kuei instead of Sektor's family.
** It's never revealed how he exactly died. The only details given about his death are that he was in an accident and that Bi-Han let him die and lied to the rest of the clan, claiming that he tried to save him. The nature of the accident itself remains unknown.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Both Kuai Liang and Tomas carry on their father's legacy as steadfast defenders of Earthrealm.
* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: While the Grandmaster was content to serve Earthrealm, his eldest son Bi-Han believed the clan should help govern it, and he ultimately abandoned his father to die so he could fulfill that ambition.
* PosthumousCharacter: He has already been dead for quite some time by the time ''1'''s story begins.
!! Sektor
A technological genius and one of Bi-Han's most loyal followers.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Sektor is still a villain by the virtue of being on Bi-Han's side. However, in the previous timeline, Sektor was known for [[TheStarscream being a backstabber]] who has no loyalty to anyone other than himself. His UndyingLoyalty in this timeline, misguided as it may, makes him a slightly better version of his previous self (it also helps that Bi-Han [[CompositeCharacter takes on the aspects of his darker side in this timeline]]).
* AmbiguousSituation: It's unclear if the previous grandmaster is the person who was his father in previous timelines and the two are now [[UnrelatedInTheAdaptation no longer related]] or if Liu Kang simply rewrote history so that Bi-Han and Kuai Liang's family became the head family of the Lin Kuei instead of Sektor's family.
* CoDragons: Kuai Liang specifically names him and Cyrax as absolute loyalists to Bi-Han who would never betray him.
* DecompositeCharacter: Sektor’s worst traits were given to Bi-Han in the New Era.
* EvilGenius: In Sub-Zero's ending, Sektor convinces Bi-Han to bolster the Lin Kuei's strength through technology, personally leading the Cyber Initiative.
* MadScientist: Played up in this timeline, with him not only suggesting the Cyber Initiative when Bi-Han was looking for an alternate source of manpower, but he also appears to have been radically redesigned in spirit of this trope, wearing a bandana with classical mad scientist goggles as he does his work.
* UndyingLoyalty: Kuai Liang states that Sektor and Cyrax are so loyal to Bi-Han that they would sooner abet his corruption than join Kuai Liang and Tomas in defecting.
* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: Possibly. In the previous timeline starting in ''9'', it was established that he was the son of the previous Lin Kuei Grandmaster. Here it's implied that he isn't, especially since Sub-Zero, Scorpion, and Smoke are now the Grandmaster's sons. Though the case could simply be that Liu Kang altered history so that Bi-Han and Kuai Liang’s family became the heads of the Lin Kuei instead of Sektor’s family, meaning that Sektor’s father is likely still the same person as in previous timelines and he just never became the grandmaster in this timeline.
!! Cyrax
One of Bi-Han's most loyal followers.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: In the previous two timelines, Cyrax never willingly indulged in the Lin Kuei's corruption and joined the heroes once his programming was undone. Here, Cyrax remains loyal to Bi-Han and ignores his treasonous and criminal actions.
* CoDragons: Cyrax and Sektor are loyal to Bi-Han and Kuai Liang mentions that they won't accept anyone but him as their Grandmaster.
* TheGhost: Cyrax never appears in ''1'''s story mode, only getting mentioned once by Kuai Liang, and unlike Sektor, Cyrax doesn't appear in Sub-Zero's arcade ending.
* UndyingLoyalty: Kuai Liang states that Sektor and Cyrax are so loyal to Bi-Han that they would sooner abet his corruption than join Kuai Liang and Tomas in defecting.
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[[folder:The Shirai Ryu '''(Warning: Unmarked Spoilers)''']]
!!The Shirai Ryu
A new ninja clan founded by Kuai Liang and his wife Harumi to protect Earthrealm after the Lin Kuei abandoned their post.
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* BadassCreed: According to one of Scorpion's intros, the Shirai Ryu's motto is "{{death before dishonor}}".
* InSpiteOfANail: Like the previous incarnations of the group, this timeline’s version of the Shirai Ryu is founded by a schism within the Lin Kuei.
* RedeemingReplacement: Scorpion, Smoke, and Harumi found the Shirai Ryu to serve as a replacement for the Lin Kuei, who, under [[FaceHeelTurn Bi-Han's]] leadership, forsook their duties in protecting Earthrealm.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: The whole clan is [[DeathByOriginStory usually slaughtered to justify springing Scorpion/Hanzo Hasashi into action.]] In this continuity, the clan is just starting out and is envisioned to grow strong enough to oppose Lin Kuei and prevent themselves from getting slaughtered.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: It's a representation of the reformed Lin Kuei from the previous timelines, as the clan of oriental warriors led by Kuai Liang after his defection from the old Lin Kuei (and cleaning up the dark parts of the clan), marking the time when the clan becomes more heroic and a genuine defender force of Earthrealm (rather than either being neutrally self-interested or corrupt and being a threat to Earthrealm). Since Kuai Liang is Scorpion now, it now bears the name of the previous Scorpion's doomed clan.
!!Harumi Shirai
[[quoteright:859:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/harumi_shirai.png]]
The childhood friend of Kuai Liang, she takes him and his followers in after they defect from the corrupted Lin Kuei
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* ActionGirl:
** Harumi only appears in a few images of Kuai Liang and Smoke's endings, but in them, she's easily slaughtering Lin Kuei assassins, preparing to fight the Lin Kuei by her husband's side, as well as training Shirai Ryu initiates.
** [[spoiler:Harumi's AlternateSelf, who appears in the ending of Invasion mode, isn't just a warrior, but became [[EmpoweredBadassNormal Scorpion]] in her timeline, rather than Hanzo.]]
* AdaptationalBadass:
** While we never knew anything about Harumi Hasashi other than being Hanzo's wife who was murdered by Quan Chi (original timeline) and Sektor (first reboot), Harumi Shirai is not only a member of her clan, she is the head, [[BattleCouple and even marries Kuai Liang in his arcade ending, destroying their enemies together as husband and wife]].
** [[spoiler:The ending of the "The Spectre" Invasion introduces another Harumi who became Scorpion after the death of her Hanzo. She likewise forms a battle couple with the Hanzo who invaded the New Era, giving her timeline a second Scorpion to help fight Quan Chi and other evildoers.]]
* AlternateSelf: An alternative version of herself plays a vital part in the Invasion mode. [[spoiler:Namely, in a role-reversal, after the slaughter of the Shirai Ryu clan, she was the one who turned into Scorpion rather than Hanzo. This version of Harumi is found by Liu Kang and introduced to the Hanzo who becomes the BigBad of the Invasion mode, allowing them to bond over their spouse's losses and team up to fight the one responsible (Quan Chi).]]
* AmbiguouslyBi: An intro between Harumi's husband Kuai Liang and Tanya has the latter express familiarity with Harumi; Tanya doesn't divulge any details, but her tone implies that their acquaintance might have been intimate in nature.
* AscendedExtra: Downplayed; Harumi's role is usually limited to dying in order to motivate Scorpion, but here, although she doesn't appear in the main story, she has a much greater impact by co-founding the Shirai Ryu, in addition to [[SparedByTheAdaptation not having been murdered by Quan Chi]]. [[spoiler:Her AlternateSelf, who became Scorpion in Hanzo's place, also plays a brief, but important role in Invasion mode, where she ends Hanzo's antagonism and convinces him to join her in battling evil.]]
* BattleCouple:
** Kuai Liang's arcade ending features Harumi by his side with sword in hand and he challenges Bi-Han and the Lin Kuei.
** [[spoiler:Harumi's AlternateSelf from Invasion likewise fights by her husband's side, with both she and Hanzo being Scorpion and taking on her universe's Quan Chi.]]
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: She and Kuai Liang were childhood friends, who reunited as adults and fell in love.
* InSpiteOfANail: She still ends up married to Scorpion, just not the one we're familiar with.
* NoodleIncident: According to one of Kuai Liang's intros, at some point in her life, Harumi made her way to Outworld and became acquainted with Tanya, though when asked, Tanya withholds the details and suggests that Kuai Liang should ask Harumi.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Usually, Harumi is murdered by Quan Chi or [[Film/MortalKombat2021 Bi-Han]] before the main story gets underway. Here, she's alive and well in the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue.
* SwappedRoles: [[spoiler:Harumi's AlternateSelf from the end of Invasion mode became Scorpion after her Hanzo was murdered by Quan Chi, the inverse of their usual dynamic.]]
!!Hanzo Hasashi
The New Era incarnation of ''[[Characters/MortalKombatHanzoHasashi that Hanzo]]'', who in the new timeline was a orphan boy until being taken under the wing of Tomas Vrbada and Kuai Liang as one of their first initiates of the newly christened Shirai Ryu.
->For tropes applying to Hanzo Hasashi, [[Characters/MortalKombatHanzoHasashi check his own page]].
%% Do Not list any tropes here. As per the Character Page Cleanup thread, all tropes that apply to characters who already have their own character-specific pages should be added to said character-specific pages.
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[[/folder]]
[[folder:The New White Lotus Initiate '''(Unmarked Spoilers)''']]
!! Shujinko
The New Era's incarnation of Shujinko, a new initiate of the White Lotus who trains under Kung Lao. He possesses the unique ability to absorb and copy the powers and skills of others. However, as Kung Lao had failed to teach him humility, Shujinko's ego grew alongside his proficiency, leading to him becoming a threat to the realms. After being subdued by Liu Kang, Shujinko has his acquired skills and memories taken from him so that he could be given a second chance and begin his training anew. Shujinko now trains under both Kung Lao and Raiden who aim to make him the champion they know he is destined to become.
-> For tropes that apply to Shujinko in previous timelines, [[Characters/MortalKombatDeception click here]].
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* AdaptationalVillainy: In the original timeline, outside a few sidequests and being tricked to empower Onaga, Shujinko is otherwise a NiceGuy. In the New Era, as depicted in Kung Lao's arcade ending, he is an ArrogantKungFuGuy and becomes a threat to the realms until being stopped by Liu Kang. However, after his rampage is stopped, his memories are wiped to give him a fresh start, so he might still have a chance to become a decent person like his original counterpart.
* AgeLift: Shujinko was an old man by this point in previous timelines, whereas in this timeline Shujinko is shown to still be a young shaolin monk.
* DrunkOnPower: Happens in Kung Lao's Tower ending. Kung Lao's training ensures that the younger Shujinko becomes a skilled and powerful warrior, but neglects to instill the humility required to use that skill and power properly. Enamoured with his own strength, he goes on a rampage in Earthrealm, requiring the combined efforts of Kung Lao, Liu Kang and Raiden to stop him.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Following his defeat, Shujinko has his powers taken and his memory wiped by Liu Kang to ensure it doesn't happen again.
* PowerCopying: Much like his previous timeline self, Shujinko is able to copy the powers of other fighters.
* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: Kung Lao's failure to teach Shujinko humility and humbleness, turns the young monk into a threat to the realms until he is defeated.
* ShadowArchetype: Ends up becoming one to Kung Lao, who ends up seeing in Shujinko the logical end point of his own ego.
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[[folder:The FBI Agent '''(Unmarked Spoilers)''']]
!! Special Agent Jackson Briggs
The New Era's incarnation of Jax, a special agent working for the FBI who asks Kenshi to be his informant after saving him from gangsters who he had heard were plotting to kill him on a wiretap. Shortly afterwards, the two are ambushed by Shang Tsung, who had come to steal Sento from Kenshi. Shocked to learn that Johnny Cage's new movies were actually based on real events, Jackson gets in touch with his superiors to form the Outworld Investigation Agency (OIA), an organization dedicated to dealing with any and all threats to Earthrealm and recruits Kenshi, who, while initially skeptical about the idea of becoming a government agent, is more than happy to not only have an important job but also make an honest living.
-> For tropes that apply to Jackson Briggs in previous timelines, [[Characters/MortalKombatII click here]].
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* AbledInTheAdaptation: Unlike in the second timeline, Jackson has not (yet?) lost his arms or gotten them replaced with cybernetics.
* AdaptationalJobChange: A Special Forces commander in previous timelines, an agent of the FBI and later of the OIA in this timeline.
* AdaptationNameChange: So far at least. He is never referred to as Jax, with Kenshi instead exclusively calling him by his first name, something that only more formal characters such as Raiden and Fujin did in prior timelines.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: In the final screen of Kenshi's Tower ending, he is drawn with a striking resemblance to a younger [[Creator/ChristopherJudge Christopher]] [[Series/StargateSG1 Judge]].
* DemotedToExtra: After being present as a playable character in every game of the second timeline, his only story appearance in ''1'' is in Kenshi's arcade ending.
* TheMenInBlack: He ends up forming one in the Outworld Investigation Agency during Kenshi's Tower ending, which Kenshi also joins.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Doomsday Weapon '''(Unmarked Spoilers)''']]
!!Onaga
The New Era's incarnation of the Dragon King, an ancient threat to Outworld who was defeated by an ancestor of General Shao's and subsequently imprisoned within Mount Tsaagan, where he remains to the present day, when the now-disgraced Shao seeks him out to use as a trump card in his war against Empress Mileena's government...
-> For tropes that apply to Onaga in previous timelines, [[Characters/MortalKombatDeception click here]].
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* AdaptationalBadass: Zig-zagged; in the previous canon, Onaga was an emperor of Outworld so powerful that even Shao Kahn feared to face him, as well as a savvy manipulator and skilled necromancer who threatened all realms. Here, there is no indication that he's a necromancer and whether he's intelligent at all is unclear, but even without those qualities, he's described as the most dangerous creature to ever roam Outworld and is considered a living weapon of mass destruction, as well as being several times larger than he was in his previous appearance. So, while Onaga may not be ''quite'' the existential threat he once was, he's a lot more dangerous without magic than his previous incarnation would have been.
* AdaptationalNonsapience: Possibly; Reiko's arcade ending describes Onaga as a "monster" who needs to be tamed and utilized, rather than a sapient being who would need to be convinced to aid Shao's agenda. Onaga's previous appearances had him portrayed as a sapient, and indeed, [[ManipulativeBastard quite clever]], being.
* AmbiguousSituation: Onaga is referred to and treated like more of a mindless monster than the intelligent being he was in previous timelines, but the Dragon King himself never appears in the main story, and most of the information about him comes secondhand and through legend, leaving the matter unclear.
* AncientEvil: Onaga was a threat to Outworld long before the story's present day, to the point that it was a "distant ancestor" of Shao's who defeated him.
* DecompositeCharacter: A number of Onaga's most prominent roles in the past are transferred to other characters here: the Dragon Army was created on Earthrealm by an Emperor Ying, rather than being Onaga's undead minions on Outworld; and his role as a manipulator called Damashi is instead filled by Titan Shang Tsung.
* TheDreaded: Even after untold millennia of imprisonment, Onaga remains feared. Even [[BloodKnight General Shao]] can only advise Reiko to "pray" when he chooses to face the monster in the hopes of taming him.
-->'''Kenshi:''' Who is this "Onaga" Shao wants to tame?\\
'''Sindel:''' The most dangerous creature to ever roam Outworld.
* GodzillaThreshold: General Shao would never have dreamed of even trying to tame Onaga if he had other options, but with his rebel army sorely lacking compared to the legions he once commanded, Shao feels he has no choice, and seeks out the imprisoned Dragon King.
* {{Kaiju}}: Downplayed; while not Godzilla-sized, Onaga is an enormous monster who makes Shao's ancestors and Reiko look like toys by comparison, making him several times larger than he was in previous timelines.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Onaga is so powerful that General Shao considers him a doomsday weapon rather than an ally, and only wants to make use of him when it becomes clear that traditional methods of victory won't get the job done.
* SealedEvilInACan: Millennia ago, an ancestor of Shao's managed to defeat Onaga and see him imprisoned in Mount Tsaagan. In Reiko's arcade ending, Shao makes plans to tame and unleash him against armies loyal to Mileena.
* WingedHumanoid: Onaga's monstrous form includes a large set of wings, though his brief appearance only shows him floored or trapped in Mount Tsaagan, so whether he can use them to fly is unconfirmed, but likely.
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[[folder:Alternate Timeline Kombatants '''(Unmarked Spoilers)''']]
Countless alternate versions of familiar characters from across the multiverse, who join the climatic battle between Liu Kang and Shang Tsung at the behest of their various Keepers of Time. A few of them replace Liu Kang's versions of their characters as playable in Armageddon.
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* AlternateSelf: Several of the playable characters for Armageddon—specifically Shao, Reiko, Nitara, Sub-Zero, Havik, Baraka, Rain, and Sindel—are not from Liu Kang's timeline, on account of them being either too imprisoned or [[PosthumousCharacter dead]] to help, or in Baraka's case exist in a different form, and are instead [[GoodCounterpart heroic counterparts]] pulled from other timelines. Interestingly, the playable Liu Kang for this chapter is also an alternate due to the Liu Kang we've been following for the entire game serving as the player's Kameo for the chapter.
* CListFodder: They collectively serve as this, allowing the story to amass a body count without actually impacting the main cast. In particular, among the Dark Timeline kombatants are evil versions of [[Characters/MortalKombatX Cassie Cage, Takeda Takahashi, Jacqui Briggs and Kung Jin]], who briefly menace the chosen fighter before being dispatched by Titan Kitana.
* ConservationOfNinjutsu: Most of the alternate versions go down with surprising ease, even though their main universe versions tend to be individually tough opponents. To the point that the "chosen fighter" is able to defeat 3 Mileenas at the same time with relative ease.
* DistaffCounterpart: Several of them are gender-swaps of existing characters, including female versions of Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Johnny Cage (named Janet Cage), Reptile and Ermac.
* EnemyMime: One of the potential kombatants you can face is an evil Ninja Mime.
* EvilDoppelganger: Shang Tsung's "dark" timeline is populated with these, all fanatically loyal to their master. The enemy fighters during the Battle of Armageddon presumably hail from similarly corrupted timelines, and can potentially be defeated by their heroic New Era counterparts. The inverse is true as well, with a brief scene devoted to showing off heroic versions of Shang Tsung and Quan Chi battling their normal selves, as well as heroic versions of Bi-Han, General Shao, and Reiko who can become the 'chosen fighter' to aid Liu Kang.
* ExpendableAlternateUniverse: By the time the BigBadassBattleSequence concludes, hundreds-to-thousands of these people are dead, including a number of Time Keepers, forever altering the histories of their native timelines; but everyone from Liu Kang's New Era timeline is safe and sound.
* FusionDance: Once Shang Tsung starts calling in reinforcements from additional timelines, the player gets to fight amalgamations of otherwise unrelated characters, showing just how bizarre the infinite multiverse can get. Some standouts include:
** "Barakion" - Baraka crossed with Scorpion.
** "Fire Cage" - Liu Kang crossed with Johnny Cage.
** "Firefly" - Li Mei crossed with Scorpion.
** "Frost Bite" - Nitara crossed with Sub-Zero, a vampire with cryomancer powers.
** "Guard of Thunder" - Li Mei crossed with Raiden.
** "Jawspell" - Mileena crossed with Quan Chi.
** "[[Franchise/TheTerminator John Kahner]]" - Johnny Cage crossed with General Shao, formerly Shao Kahn.
** "Johnny Savage"[[note]]originally "Hollyweird" during Early Access before the Day 1 patch[[/note]] - Baraka crossed with Johnny Cage.
** "Kang Quan" - Quan Chi crossed with Liu Kang.
** "Kitana Kahn" - Kitana crossed with Shao.
** "Klockodile" - Reptile crossed with Geras, a lizard who can manipulate time.
** "Lizard Queen" - Sindel crossed with Reptile.
** "Quan Li" - Quan Chi crossed with Li Mei.
** "Quantum Chi" - Geras crossed with Quan Chi.
** "Red Dragon" - Kano crossed with Liu Kang.
** "[[Music/RingoStarr Reiko Starr]]" - Reiko crossed with Johnny Cage.
** "Scorp Lao" and "Stung Lao", two variants who cross Kung Lao with Scorpion, with the former being the basis for "Scorp Lao" and the latter being the base for "Stung Lao".
** "Screen Demon" - Ashrah crossed with Johnny Cage.
** "Sento Storm" - Rain crossed with Kenshi.
** "Shao Zero" - Shao crossed with Sub-Zero.
** "Shock Priestess" - Tanya crossed with Raiden.
** "Warlord" - Reiko crossed with Raiden, a warrior who's also a deity.
** There are three cutscene-only variants that cross Sonya with Kano, Goro with Shao, and Kung Lao with Dark Raiden.
** Among the fusions accompanying Titan Havik in the stinger there's a fusion of Quan Chi and Sub-Zero, alongside a fusion between Tanya and Kitana.
* GoodIsNotNice: The GoodCounterpart of the villains summoned by Liu Kang generally have the same aggressive, villainous personalities as their evil selves in this timeline. In spite of that, they're still using their powers to prevent Armageddon and be more heroic than their current selves.
* KilledOffForReal: Most, if not all of the Dark timeline kombatants are killed off over the course of the final chapter, either at the hands of Shang Tsung and Quan Chi, during the Battle of Armageddon, or when the timeline collapsed upon Titan Shang Tsung's death.
* MovesetClone: The FusionDance style opponents battled at the Pyramid of Argus fight with a mix of their component characters' styles.
* PunnyName: Most of them have aliases that act as a wordplay pun on their name or powers. Examples include "Klockodile" (Geras and Reptile; a lizard who can manipulate time), "Warlord" (Reiko and Raiden; a warrior who is also a deity), and "Frostbite" (Sub-Zero and Nitara; a vampire with cryonic powers).
* SequelHook: A select few of them are left behind before the timeline is fully destroyed. These fighters come from a timeline conquered by Havik, and are agents of his Chaosrealm.
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:A Goro/Shao amalgam that ambushes the player gets pushed off a cliff by two alternate Cage's in the final battle, but grabs their feet and pulls them down with him when they have their backs turned.]]
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[[folder:Raiden's Sister]]
!!Raiden's Sister
[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Raiden's as-of-yet unseen sister]]. She's training with the Shaolin during the events of the game.
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* ActionGirl: Implied to be one, or at the very least having the sheer potential to become one. When Tanya tells Kung Lao in one of their pre-fight dialogues that no Earthrealm woman could fight like an Umgadi, Lao is quick to correct her and lists Raiden's sister as second only to ''Madam Bo'', who's a [[RetiredBadass former Lin Kuei]].
* TheGhost: She has yet to appear in person.
* NoNameGiven: So far, she's only known as "Raiden's Sister".
* UnknownCharacter: Without a name or an appearance, only discussion, all we have is speculation about whether she's an established character (such as [[GenderFlip Fujin]] or [[HeelFaceReincarnation Cetrion]]) or [[OriginalGeneration someone entirely new]] to Liu Kang's world.
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Original and Reboot Timeline: [[Characters/MortalKombat1992 MK (1992)]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatII MK2]] | [[Characters/MortalKombat3 MK3]] | [[Characters/MortalKombat4 MK4]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance Deadly Alliance]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatDeception Deception]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatArmageddon Armageddon]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatVsDCUniverse MK vs. DC Universe]] | [[Characters/MortalKombat9 MK9]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatX MKX]] | [[Characters/MortalKombat11 MK11]]\\
The New Era: '''[=MK1=]''' ([[Characters/MortalKombat1Playable Playable Kombatants]] | Kameos and NPCs)\\
[-Spin-offs: [[Characters/MortalKombatMythologiesSubZero Mythologies: Sub-Zero]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatSpecialForces Special Forces]]\\
Non-video game: [[Characters/MortalKombatTheMovie The Movie]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatConquest Conquest]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatDefendersOfTheRealm Defenders of the Realm]] | [[Characters/MortalKombat2021 2021 Movie]]\\
Individual Characters: [[Characters/MortalKombatHanzoHasashi Scorpion I (Hanzo Hasashi)]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatBiHan Sub-Zero I/Noob Saibot (Bi-Han)]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatJohnnyCage Johnny Cage]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatKano Kano]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatLiuKang Liu Kang]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatRaiden Raiden]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatShangTsung Shang Tsung]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatKuaiLiang Sub-Zero II/Scorpion II (Kuai Liang)]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatKitana Kitana]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatMileena Mileena]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatShao Shao Kahn/General Shao]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatQuanChi Quan Chi]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatKotalKahn Kotal Kahn]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatKronika Kronika]]-]]]
Original and Reboot Timeline: [[Characters/MortalKombat1992 MK (1992)]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatII MK2]] | [[Characters/MortalKombat3 MK3]] | [[Characters/MortalKombat4 MK4]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance Deadly Alliance]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatDeception Deception]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatArmageddon Armageddon]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatVsDCUniverse MK vs. DC Universe]] | [[Characters/MortalKombat9 MK9]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatX MKX]] | [[Characters/MortalKombat11 MK11]]\\
The New Era: '''[=MK1=]''' ([[Characters/MortalKombat1Playable Playable Kombatants]] | Kameos and NPCs)\\
[-Spin-offs: [[Characters/MortalKombatMythologiesSubZero Mythologies: Sub-Zero]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatSpecialForces Special Forces]]\\
Non-video game: [[Characters/MortalKombatTheMovie The Movie]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatConquest Conquest]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatDefendersOfTheRealm Defenders of the Realm]] | [[Characters/MortalKombat2021 2021 Movie]]\\
Individual Characters: [[Characters/MortalKombatHanzoHasashi Scorpion I (Hanzo Hasashi)]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatBiHan Sub-Zero I/Noob Saibot (Bi-Han)]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatJohnnyCage Johnny Cage]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatKano Kano]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatLiuKang Liu Kang]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatRaiden Raiden]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatShangTsung Shang Tsung]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatKuaiLiang Sub-Zero II/Scorpion II (Kuai Liang)]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatKitana Kitana]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatMileena Mileena]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatShao Shao Kahn/General Shao]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatQuanChi Quan Chi]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatKotalKahn Kotal Kahn]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatKronika Kronika]]-]]]
