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* WhiteAndBlackMorality: Raiden starts out as a WellIntentionedExtremist and KnightTemplar, but as the story progresses, he slowly becomes a deranged and sociopathic tyrant who's more than willing to use brutal tactics to conquer realms (and to silence anybody if they stand in his way), alienate and throw his ex-allies under the bus, and as well as manipulate, cheat and extort anybody to serve him, effectively becoming a real villain.
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* WomanInWhite: Ashrah.
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* WarRoom: While Raiden was meeting with his lackeys in chapter 52, Shang Tsung shows up, offering an alliance with the corrupted thunder god. Not only that, he also revived Mileena, Baraka, Mavado, Havik, Reiko, and Kobra.
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* WarRoom: TheWarRoom: While Raiden was meeting with his lackeys in chapter 52, Shang Tsung shows up, offering an alliance with the corrupted thunder god. Not only that, he also revived Mileena, Baraka, Mavado, Havik, Reiko, and Kobra.
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* WouldntHurtAChild: Dairou feels that there is a [[MoralEventHorizon line that he would never cross]] while working as a mercenary - hitting or killing a child. This is because his family was murdered and is justifiably cynical as a result.
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* WouldntHurtAChild: Dairou feels that there is a [[MoralEventHorizon line that he would never cross]] while working as a mercenary - hitting or killing a child. This is because his family was murdered and is justifiably cynical as a result.family, including his young daughter, were murdered.
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* VileVillainSaccharineShow: While Mortal Kombat itself is pretty much a CrapsackWorld and isn't that saccharine, the fact that the Elder Gods fear Raiden more than they did with Shao Kahn or Shinnok did in the past (after he CameBackWrong and is now an OmnicidalManiac with [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] [[AxCrazy tendencies]]) really shows how ''dangerous'' the deranged thunder god can be, considering that he's ''really'' close to pulling off a Class X-5 or Class Z ApocalypseHow.
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* VileVillainSaccharineShow: While Mortal Kombat itself is pretty much a CrapsackWorld and isn't that saccharine, the fact that the Elder Gods fear Raiden more than they did with Shao Kahn or Shinnok did in the past (after he CameBackWrong and is now an OmnicidalManiac with [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] [[AxCrazy tendencies]]) really shows how ''dangerous'' the deranged thunder god can be, considering that he's ''really'' close to pulling off a Class X-5 or Class Z ApocalypseHow.
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* WouldHurtAChild: In chapter 16, when forcefully interrogating Ruby on Rain's whereabouts, Raiden threatens to kill all the Edenian refugees in the camp, particularly women and children.
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* YouKeepTellingYourselfThat: Kung Jin gives this to Raiden in chapter 54, telling how far he's fallen.
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* WarRoom: While Raiden was meeting with his lackeys in chapter 52, Shang Tsung shows up, offering an alliance with the corrupted thunder god. Not only that, he also revived Mileena, Baraka, Mavado, Havik,Reiko, and Kobra.
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* WarRoom: While Raiden was meeting with his lackeys in chapter 52, Shang Tsung shows up, offering an alliance with the corrupted thunder god. Not only that, he also revived Mileena, Baraka, Mavado, Havik,Reiko, Havik, Reiko, and Kobra.
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* WhamLine: When Scorpion announces that he'd rather work with an undead and brainwashed Quan Chi than a power-hungry MadGod in chapter 24.
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* WhamLine: When Scorpion announces that he'd rather work with an undead and brainwashed Quan Chi than a power-hungry MadGod [[AmbitionIsEvil power-hungry]] Raiden in chapter 24.
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* WeUsedToBeFriends: Given what he did so far, all of Raiden's ex-allies (Fujin, Ashrah, Sub-Zero, Scorpion, Frost, Delia, Taven, Li Mei, Kai, Shujinko, Bo' Rai Cho, Team S-F, Jax, Jade, Kenshi, Sareena, and the Cage Family) see him in nothing but contempt after he crosses the MoralEventHorizon by mass-zapping the Lin Kuei. Their sentiments about Raiden are shared by Liu Kang and the ex-revenants (Kitana, Kung Lao, Smoke, Nightwolf, Kabal, Stryker and Sindel), by Kotal Kahn and his warriors (Ermac/Jerrod, Reptile, Ferra/Torr, and Erron Black) and by others (Rain, Ruby, Sheeva, Kira, Darrius, Dairou).
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* WeUsedToBeFriends: Given what he did so far, all of Raiden's ex-allies (Fujin, Ashrah, Sub-Zero, Scorpion, Frost, Delia, Taven, Li Mei, Kai, Shujinko, Bo' Rai Cho, Team S-F, Jax, Jade, Kenshi, Sareena, Caro, Orin and the Cage Family) see him in nothing but contempt after he crosses the MoralEventHorizon by mass-zapping the Lin Kuei. Their sentiments about Raiden are shared by Liu Kang and the ex-revenants (Kitana, Kung Lao, Smoke, Nightwolf, Kabal, Stryker and Sindel), by Kotal Kahn and his warriors (Ermac/Jerrod, Reptile, Ferra/Torr, and Erron Black) and by others (Rain, Ruby, Sheeva, Kira, Darrius, Dairou).
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* WouldHurtAChild: In chapter 16, when forcefully interrogating an Edenian named Ruby on Rain's whereabouts, Raiden threatens to kill all the Edenian refugees in the camp, particularly women and children.
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* WouldHurtAChild: In chapter 16, when forcefully interrogating an Edenian named Ruby on Rain's whereabouts, Raiden threatens to kill all the Edenian refugees in the camp, particularly women and children.
** Raiden's [[ShameIfSomethingHappened threats]] [[DeadlyEuphemism to]] have Jacqui raped and tortured infuriates Jax, Sonya, Scorpion and Cassie.
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** The thunder god didn't how Cassie's parents would go to extreme measures to rescue their daughter, and how Li Mei would go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge after ordering her village to be destroyed.
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* VillainBall: Raiden didn't anticipate the formation of a big coalition of RagtagBunchOfMisfits to emerge and take him down.
** The thunder god didn't how Cassie's parents would go to extreme measures to rescue their daughter, and how Li Mei would go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge after ordering her village to be destroyed.
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: While Mortal Kombat itself is pretty much a CrapsackWorld and isn't that saccharine, the fact that the Elder Gods fear Raiden more than they did with Shao Kahn or Shinnok did in the past (after he CameBackWrong and is now an OmnicidalManiac with [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] [[AxCrazy tendencies]]) really shows how ''dangerous'' the deranged thunder god can be, considering that he's ''really'' close to pulling off a Class X-5 or Class Z ApocalypseHow.
* VillainsActHeroesReact: Raiden.
* VillainousFriendship: Raiden and Hotaru are the BigBadDuumvirate.
* VillainousBreakdown: Though it's slowly emerging, Raiden is beginning to show signs of a breakdown.
* VillainOpeningScene: The prologue, where Raiden launches a surprise assault on Outworld, and things go downhill rapidly from there.
* VisionaryVillain: [[KnightTemplar Raiden claims to "protect" Earthrealm]] by launching a surprise invasion of Outworld.
* WarRoom: While Raiden was meeting with his lackeys in chapter 52, Shang Tsung shows up, offering an alliance with the corrupted thunder god. Not only that, he also revived Mileena, Baraka, Mavado, Havik,Reiko, and Kobra.
* WomanInWhite: Ashrah.
* WhamEpisode: The prologue, where Raiden's invading Outworld.
** Also during Cassie's chapter, when Cassie and Team S-F are horrified that Raiden will merge the realms just so he can "protect" Earthrealm from outside threats.
** Chapter 52, when Mileena, Baraka, Mavado, Havik, Reiko, and Kobra show up alongside Shang Tsung.
* WhamLine: When Scorpion announces that he'd rather work with an undead and brainwashed Quan Chi than a power-hungry MadGod in chapter 24.
-->'''Scorpion:''' I would prefer to work with the undead, brainwashed sorcerer than a Mad God lusting for power.\\
* WhamShot: You know you're evil when [[spoiler:Hanzo bluntly states that he'd rather work for [[ArchNemesis Quan Chi]] (albeit a brainwashed one) than Raiden.]] Cue Hanzo's HeelFaceTurn.
** Also when Shang Tsung comes BackFromTheDead and revives Mileena, Baraka, Mavado, Havik, Reiko, and Kobra.
* [[WhatTheHellHero What the Hell, Raiden]]: Kotal Kahn, Team S-F, the Lin Kuei, Liu Kang and Cassie Cage call out Raiden when he plans to merge Outworld and the Netherrealm with Earthrealm.
** Fujin also gives one in chapter 24. It also counts as a KirkSummation, ShutUpHannibal and TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.
** Fujin, Liu Kang and Kotal Kahn call out the Elder Gods for their refusal to intervene in chapter 63.
* WhiteAndBlackMorality: Raiden starts out as a WellIntentionedExtremist and KnightTemplar, but as the story progresses, he slowly becomes a deranged and sociopathic tyrant who's more than willing to use brutal tactics to conquer realms (and to silence anybody if they stand in his way), alienate and throw his ex-allies under the bus, and as well as manipulate, cheat and extort anybody to serve him, effectively becoming a real villain.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Daegon.
** WellDoneDaughterGirl: Kira and Skarlet.
* WeNeedADistraction: Fujin leads an assault on the Sky Temple while Sonya and Kira infiltrate the Black Dragon hideout to rescue Cassie and Kevin.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: [[BigBadDuumvirate Raiden and Hotaru]] qualify as this. One's a [[AxCrazy deranged]] [[TheSociopath and sociopathic]] MadGod, while the other is a KnightTemplar zealot.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: [[DrunkWithPower Raiden is]] [[SanitySlippage slowly losing his grip on sanity]] following his corruption. This is even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Kitana in the 12th chapter.
--> '''Kitana:''' "I have heard the pleas for help and explanations of the situation from all of you and after some consideration, we have come to a decision. It is clear by now that Raiden has gone [[DrunkWithPower insane]] [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity following his purification of the Jinsei,]] which resulted in his own corruption. [[AxCrazy He]] came here and stood before myself and Liu Kang and threw Shinnok's living head at our feet. [[TheConqueror He]] and the Shirai Ryu have invaded Outworld and will surely target the Netherrealm next. The only way to stop him is through victory in Mortal Kombat. And loath as I am to admit it, we must work together to achieve that victory."
* WithUsOrAgainstUs[=/=]MyWayOrTheHighway: Raiden's ex-allies are alienated by his MyWayOrTheHighway attitude on "protecting" Earthrealm.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Given what he did so far, all of Raiden's ex-allies (Fujin, Ashrah, Sub-Zero, Scorpion, Frost, Delia, Taven, Li Mei, Kai, Shujinko, Bo' Rai Cho, Team S-F, Jax, Jade, Kenshi, Sareena, and the Cage Family) see him in nothing but contempt after he crosses the MoralEventHorizon by mass-zapping the Lin Kuei. Their sentiments about Raiden are shared by Liu Kang and the ex-revenants (Kitana, Kung Lao, Smoke, Nightwolf, Kabal, Stryker and Sindel), by Kotal Kahn and his warriors (Ermac/Jerrod, Reptile, Ferra/Torr, and Erron Black) and by others (Rain, Ruby, Sheeva, Kira, Darrius, Dairou).
** Kotal and D'Vorah also qualify as this.
** Dairou and Shujinko used to be friends with Hotaru.
* WorthyOpponent[=/=]VillainRespect: D'Vorah still regards Kotal Kahn as a worthy opponent. She also holds Nitara with respect.
** Hotaru sees Darrius as a worthy opponent.
* WouldHurtAChild: In chapter 16, when forcefully interrogating an Edenian named Ruby on Rain's whereabouts, Raiden threatens to kill all the Edenian refugees in the camp, particularly women and children.
** Many of the Lin Kuei he either killed or maimed after crossing the MoralEventHorizon were in ''their early teens''.
** Also when he orders the destruction of Li Mei's village.
* WouldntHurtAChild: Dairou feels that there is a [[MoralEventHorizon line that he would never cross]] while working as a mercenary - hitting or killing a child. This is because his family was murdered and is justifiably cynical as a result.
* WouldHitAGirl: Raiden and Kano kidnap and torture Cassie Cage to ensure Johnny or Sonya won't interfere in their plans.
* YouAreWhatYouHate: Raiden claims to "protect" Earthrealm, yet many of his ex-allies see him as a ruthless and cold-blooded megalomaniac no worse than Shao Kahn or Shinnok.
* YouCantMakeAnOmelette:
* YouExclamation: Kotal and Kitana do this to Mileena in Chapter 54.
* YellowEyesOfSneakiness: Raiden proves to be a heartless ManipulativeBastard by toying around with Scorpion's and Daegon's emotions by making them his henchmen.
* YoureInsane: Many of his now-former allies call Raiden out, but [[KickTheDog Raiden just ignores them by mass-electrocuting his former allies.]]
** This is the whole gist of chapter 54, when Raiden's former allies berate him for what he's done so far.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Kano and the Black Dragon are on thin ice with Raiden following the successful rescue of Cassie Cage by her mother and the two ex-Black Dragons.
* YouKeepTellingYourselfThat: Kung Jin gives this to Raiden in chapter 54, telling how far he's fallen.
-->'''Kung Jin:''' Oh, shut up already! [[NoYou Why don't you just admit it?]] [[EvilCannotComprehendGood You don't care about protecting Earthrealm.]] [[AmbitionIsEvil All you care about is power.]] [[{{Sadist}} You like torturing and killing other people]] [[EvilFeelsGood because it makes you feel good]]. [[LackOfEmpathy You don't give a damn for anybody]] [[TheSociopath who suffers or dies at your hands]] [[TortureTechnician because you enjoy putting them through that agony!]] That's exactly how Shao Kahn would act!
* YouMonster: Raiden, once he torpedoes through the [[MoralEventHorizon line]] by mass-zapping the Lin Kuei and is responsible for Sub-Zero's comatose state. Cassie Cage, and later on, Kung Jin even call him an outright villain, referencing the [[Film/TheDarkKnight Harvey Dent]] quote about [[BrokenPedestal paragon figures like]] [[HeWhoFightsMonsters Raiden turning rogue]].
* YouNoTakeCandle: Ferra seems to talk like this. The funny thing is that it verges on Hulk Speak for her when Torr is the Hulk of the duo.
* VillainBall: Raiden didn't anticipate the formation of a big coalition of RagtagBunchOfMisfits to emerge and take him down.
** The thunder god didn't how Cassie's parents would go to extreme measures to rescue their daughter, and how Li Mei would go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge after ordering her village to be destroyed.
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: While Mortal Kombat itself is pretty much a CrapsackWorld and isn't that saccharine, the fact that the Elder Gods fear Raiden more than they did with Shao Kahn or Shinnok did in the past (after he CameBackWrong and is now an OmnicidalManiac with [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] [[AxCrazy tendencies]]) really shows how ''dangerous'' the deranged thunder god can be, considering that he's ''really'' close to pulling off a Class X-5 or Class Z ApocalypseHow.
* VillainsActHeroesReact: Raiden.
* VillainousFriendship: Raiden and Hotaru are the BigBadDuumvirate.
* VillainousBreakdown: Though it's slowly emerging, Raiden is beginning to show signs of a breakdown.
* VillainOpeningScene: The prologue, where Raiden launches a surprise assault on Outworld, and things go downhill rapidly from there.
* VisionaryVillain: [[KnightTemplar Raiden claims to "protect" Earthrealm]] by launching a surprise invasion of Outworld.
* WarRoom: While Raiden was meeting with his lackeys in chapter 52, Shang Tsung shows up, offering an alliance with the corrupted thunder god. Not only that, he also revived Mileena, Baraka, Mavado, Havik,Reiko, and Kobra.
* WomanInWhite: Ashrah.
* WhamEpisode: The prologue, where Raiden's invading Outworld.
** Also during Cassie's chapter, when Cassie and Team S-F are horrified that Raiden will merge the realms just so he can "protect" Earthrealm from outside threats.
** Chapter 52, when Mileena, Baraka, Mavado, Havik, Reiko, and Kobra show up alongside Shang Tsung.
* WhamLine: When Scorpion announces that he'd rather work with an undead and brainwashed Quan Chi than a power-hungry MadGod in chapter 24.
-->'''Scorpion:''' I would prefer to work with the undead, brainwashed sorcerer than a Mad God lusting for power.\\
* WhamShot: You know you're evil when [[spoiler:Hanzo bluntly states that he'd rather work for [[ArchNemesis Quan Chi]] (albeit a brainwashed one) than Raiden.]] Cue Hanzo's HeelFaceTurn.
** Also when Shang Tsung comes BackFromTheDead and revives Mileena, Baraka, Mavado, Havik, Reiko, and Kobra.
* [[WhatTheHellHero What the Hell, Raiden]]: Kotal Kahn, Team S-F, the Lin Kuei, Liu Kang and Cassie Cage call out Raiden when he plans to merge Outworld and the Netherrealm with Earthrealm.
** Fujin also gives one in chapter 24. It also counts as a KirkSummation, ShutUpHannibal and TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.
** Fujin, Liu Kang and Kotal Kahn call out the Elder Gods for their refusal to intervene in chapter 63.
* WhiteAndBlackMorality: Raiden starts out as a WellIntentionedExtremist and KnightTemplar, but as the story progresses, he slowly becomes a deranged and sociopathic tyrant who's more than willing to use brutal tactics to conquer realms (and to silence anybody if they stand in his way), alienate and throw his ex-allies under the bus, and as well as manipulate, cheat and extort anybody to serve him, effectively becoming a real villain.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Daegon.
** WellDoneDaughterGirl: Kira and Skarlet.
* WeNeedADistraction: Fujin leads an assault on the Sky Temple while Sonya and Kira infiltrate the Black Dragon hideout to rescue Cassie and Kevin.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: [[BigBadDuumvirate Raiden and Hotaru]] qualify as this. One's a [[AxCrazy deranged]] [[TheSociopath and sociopathic]] MadGod, while the other is a KnightTemplar zealot.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: [[DrunkWithPower Raiden is]] [[SanitySlippage slowly losing his grip on sanity]] following his corruption. This is even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Kitana in the 12th chapter.
--> '''Kitana:''' "I have heard the pleas for help and explanations of the situation from all of you and after some consideration, we have come to a decision. It is clear by now that Raiden has gone [[DrunkWithPower insane]] [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity following his purification of the Jinsei,]] which resulted in his own corruption. [[AxCrazy He]] came here and stood before myself and Liu Kang and threw Shinnok's living head at our feet. [[TheConqueror He]] and the Shirai Ryu have invaded Outworld and will surely target the Netherrealm next. The only way to stop him is through victory in Mortal Kombat. And loath as I am to admit it, we must work together to achieve that victory."
* WithUsOrAgainstUs[=/=]MyWayOrTheHighway: Raiden's ex-allies are alienated by his MyWayOrTheHighway attitude on "protecting" Earthrealm.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Given what he did so far, all of Raiden's ex-allies (Fujin, Ashrah, Sub-Zero, Scorpion, Frost, Delia, Taven, Li Mei, Kai, Shujinko, Bo' Rai Cho, Team S-F, Jax, Jade, Kenshi, Sareena, and the Cage Family) see him in nothing but contempt after he crosses the MoralEventHorizon by mass-zapping the Lin Kuei. Their sentiments about Raiden are shared by Liu Kang and the ex-revenants (Kitana, Kung Lao, Smoke, Nightwolf, Kabal, Stryker and Sindel), by Kotal Kahn and his warriors (Ermac/Jerrod, Reptile, Ferra/Torr, and Erron Black) and by others (Rain, Ruby, Sheeva, Kira, Darrius, Dairou).
** Kotal and D'Vorah also qualify as this.
** Dairou and Shujinko used to be friends with Hotaru.
* WorthyOpponent[=/=]VillainRespect: D'Vorah still regards Kotal Kahn as a worthy opponent. She also holds Nitara with respect.
** Hotaru sees Darrius as a worthy opponent.
* WouldHurtAChild: In chapter 16, when forcefully interrogating an Edenian named Ruby on Rain's whereabouts, Raiden threatens to kill all the Edenian refugees in the camp, particularly women and children.
** Many of the Lin Kuei he either killed or maimed after crossing the MoralEventHorizon were in ''their early teens''.
** Also when he orders the destruction of Li Mei's village.
* WouldntHurtAChild: Dairou feels that there is a [[MoralEventHorizon line that he would never cross]] while working as a mercenary - hitting or killing a child. This is because his family was murdered and is justifiably cynical as a result.
* WouldHitAGirl: Raiden and Kano kidnap and torture Cassie Cage to ensure Johnny or Sonya won't interfere in their plans.
* YouAreWhatYouHate: Raiden claims to "protect" Earthrealm, yet many of his ex-allies see him as a ruthless and cold-blooded megalomaniac no worse than Shao Kahn or Shinnok.
* YouCantMakeAnOmelette:
* YouExclamation: Kotal and Kitana do this to Mileena in Chapter 54.
* YellowEyesOfSneakiness: Raiden proves to be a heartless ManipulativeBastard by toying around with Scorpion's and Daegon's emotions by making them his henchmen.
* YoureInsane: Many of his now-former allies call Raiden out, but [[KickTheDog Raiden just ignores them by mass-electrocuting his former allies.]]
** This is the whole gist of chapter 54, when Raiden's former allies berate him for what he's done so far.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Kano and the Black Dragon are on thin ice with Raiden following the successful rescue of Cassie Cage by her mother and the two ex-Black Dragons.
* YouKeepTellingYourselfThat: Kung Jin gives this to Raiden in chapter 54, telling how far he's fallen.
-->'''Kung Jin:''' Oh, shut up already! [[NoYou Why don't you just admit it?]] [[EvilCannotComprehendGood You don't care about protecting Earthrealm.]] [[AmbitionIsEvil All you care about is power.]] [[{{Sadist}} You like torturing and killing other people]] [[EvilFeelsGood because it makes you feel good]]. [[LackOfEmpathy You don't give a damn for anybody]] [[TheSociopath who suffers or dies at your hands]] [[TortureTechnician because you enjoy putting them through that agony!]] That's exactly how Shao Kahn would act!
* YouMonster: Raiden, once he torpedoes through the [[MoralEventHorizon line]] by mass-zapping the Lin Kuei and is responsible for Sub-Zero's comatose state. Cassie Cage, and later on, Kung Jin even call him an outright villain, referencing the [[Film/TheDarkKnight Harvey Dent]] quote about [[BrokenPedestal paragon figures like]] [[HeWhoFightsMonsters Raiden turning rogue]].
* YouNoTakeCandle: Ferra seems to talk like this. The funny thing is that it verges on Hulk Speak for her when Torr is the Hulk of the duo.
