| 1 | !![[center:''Franchise/MortalKombat'' '''[[Characters/MortalKombat Main Character Index]]'''\ |
| 2 | 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]]\ |
| 3 | The New Era: '''[=MK1=]''' ('''Playable Kombatants''' | [[Characters/MortalKombat1NonPlayable Kameos and NPCs]])\ |
| 4 | [-Spin-offs: [[Characters/MortalKombatMythologiesSubZero Mythologies: Sub-Zero]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatSpecialForces Special Forces]]\ |
| 5 | Non-video game: [[Characters/MortalKombatTheMovie The Movie]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatConquest Conquest]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatDefendersOfTheRealm Defenders of the Realm]] | [[Characters/MortalKombat2021 2021 Movie]]\ |
| 6 | Individual Characters: [[Characters/MortalKombatHanzoHasashi Scorpion I (Hanzo Hasashi)]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatBiHan Sub-Zero I/Noob Saibot (Bi-Han)]] | [[Characters/MortalKombatJohnnyCage Johnny Cage]] | [[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]]-]]] |
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| 8 | !!Spoilers for both of the previous timelines will be unmarked |
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| 10 | |
| 11 | Here, we're going to list the characters introduced in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1''. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | For [[Characters/MortalKombatLiuKang Liu Kang]], [[Characters/MortalKombatBiHan Sub-Zero]], [[Characters/MortalKombatKuaiLiang Scorpion]], [[Characters/MortalKombatRaiden Raiden]], [[Characters/MortalKombatJohnnyCage Johnny Cage]], [[Characters/MortalKombatKitana Kitana]], [[Characters/MortalKombatMileena Mileena]], [[Characters/MortalKombatShangTsung Shang Tsung]], [[Characters/MortalKombatQuanChi Quan Chi]] and [[Characters/MortalKombatShao General Shao]], see their respective pages. |
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| 16 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 17 | |
| 18 | !Playable Roster |
| 19 | !!Earthrealm |
| 20 | |
| 21 | [[folder:Geras]] |
| 22 | !!Geras |
| 23 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/geras_mk1_render.png]] |
| 24 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Duty is my highest calling."'']] |
| 25 | ->'''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11''\ |
| 26 | '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/PhilLaMarr (English), Esteban Desco (Latin American Spanish), Brandon Green (face model) |
| 27 | |
| 28 | ->Forged at the dawn of time by Liu Kang in his image[[note]]Geras does not literally resemble Liu Kang; to be "made in the image" of someone does not necessarily refer to physically resembling them, it can also mean that Liu Kang created Geras as a reflection of his moral, spiritual or intellectual nature.[[/note]] and patterned after his predecessor, Geras is the Guardian of the Hourglass, given the responsibility of safeguarding the timeline and monitoring it for irregularities in Liu Kang's absence after he willingly gave up his mantle as Keeper. |
| 29 | |
| 30 | ->For tropes applying to Geras in the previous timeline, [[Characters/MortalKombat11 click here]]. |
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| 32 | * AdaptationalCurves: Geras in the original timeline was the most muscular character in the ''[=MK11=]'' cast, edging out even Shao Kahn. This Geras, while still muscular, is much slimmer, fitting with the overall art design of the game. |
| 33 | * AdaptationalHeroism: Whereas his previous incarnation served as a minion of Kronika's, Geras is now a loyal servant and old friend of Liu Kang who has been appointed guardian of the Hourglass while Liu Kang primarily concerns himself with defending Earthrealm. Despite being given far more freedom to think and act independently of his new creator, Geras ''chooses'' to follow Liu Kang's designs because he genuinely believes in them. |
| 34 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: Geras in ''11'' was a ruthless, loyal, implacable servant of the Keeper of Time. Here he's a willing ally of Liu Kang with the latter considering him a friend. Geras shows himself to be surprisingly concerned for Liu Kang by [[spoiler:storing Liu Kang's Keeper of Time powers in a safe location without telling him so he might not feel pressured to abandon his role as protector of Earthrealm, which Geras sees Liu Kang enjoys. Liu Kang points out that Geras could have at any time made himself the Keeper of Time, but Geras replies he believes in Liu Kang's design for the timeline and thus never felt the temptation. In his Tower ending, Liu Kang opts to make Geras his successor as Keeper of Time.]] |
| 35 | * AmbiguousSituation: Is he the same Geras who once served Kronika, or an entirely new being? Geras himself speaks of having been forged in Liu Kang's image (which suggests the latter), but he also speaks of living "billions" of lifetimes and demonstrates knowledge of both Kronika and the Hourglass that Liu Kang doesn't (which suggests the former). There's also the implication that he predates Kronika, since he has experiences knowing of at least ''one'' Keeper of Time who predated Kronika and Liu Kang, which further complicates the matter on the existence of Geras if he's the same character from 11 or a new iteration like everyone else in the New Era, but he undoubtedly serves a bigger function than let on in the function of maintaining time. |
| 36 | * ArtificialHuman: Much like in ''11'', albeit (re)forged in Liu Kang's image. Though unlike under Kronika, he's not only firmly benevolent but doing his duty ''voluntarily'' as a friend and ally rather than as a slave. |
| 37 | * BaldHeadOfToughness: He's the same powerhouse as before, relying as much on his sheer strength as his [[TimeMaster time manipulation]], with the bald head to match. |
| 38 | * CompleteImmortality: It's not as obvious in the story mode of ''1'', but multiple intros indicate that Geras is still eternal and cannot be killed by anything. A few intros even have him warning opponents that while they can't really kill him, the best they could do is ''slow him down.'' |
| 39 | * CrypticBackgroundReference: An intro with Sindel has Geras refer to a Keeper of Time who preceded Kronika and apparently originated the position; who this individual was, what became of them, and how Geras knows of them is left unrevealed. |
| 40 | * DifficultButAwesome: Whereas [[VideoGame/MortalKombat11 his debut]] had him be [[SimpleYetAwesome a rather straightforwardly painful grappler]], Geras is widely considered one of the hardest kombatants to play in ''[=MK1=]'', with very technical and precise [[TimeMaster time-based abilities]] which include: a charged "Countdown" ability that when fully charged (or enhanced) [[TimeStandsStill freezes the opponent in time]], an ability to mark his current position to teleport back to after a few seconds, and an ability to create a clone that recreates inputs and strings ''while you're summoning it'', all of which can be strung together and overlap one another amidst Geras' usual strings and combos. Difficult to understand, even harder to execute and brainstorm combos for, but featuring ''massive'' potential that can overwhelm his opponents if done right. |
| 41 | * TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: He's staunch allies on friendly terms with Lord Liu Kang, but due to his taciturn, duty-minded nature and the responsibilities that come with safeguarding the Hourglass, he's "not one for social calls", only consulting him when it comes to grave matters. The two haven't seen each other for eons by the time Geras first appears in the story. |
| 42 | * AGodIAmNot: When Smoke mistakes him for a deity like Liu Kang in one of their intros, Geras is quick to correct him, saying that he is merely the instrument of Liu Kang's will. |
| 43 | * GoodCostumeSwitch: His appearance here has a much less artificial aesthetic, with a more natural-looking face and less futuristic clothing. This reflects his new status as an ally of Liu Kang, as opposed to a servant of Kronika. |
| 44 | * HeelFaceTurn: Went from Kronika's enforcer who stood against Raiden's forces to Liu Kang's trusted advisor to watch over his timeline. |
| 45 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: Liu Kang considers him an old friend and entrusts him with guarding the Hourglass. Geras in turn loyally oversees the Hourglass despite the freedom Liu Kang grants him because he believes in Liu Kang's vision. |
| 46 | * HumanityIsInfectious: Downplayed. While this rendition of Geras is similarly taciturn and duty-minded like his incarnation in ''11'', he's noticeably more expressive (if subdued) and empathetic than before. Likely the result of his friendship with Liu Kang. |
| 47 | * ImpliedDeathThreat: |
| 48 | -->'''Geras:''' By defying your destiny, you have shortened your existence.\ |
| 49 | '''Shang Tsung:''' [[LampshadeHanging Is that a polite way of saying you're here to kill me]]? |
| 50 | * TheLancer: In the New Era, he serves as the right hand man to Liu Kang by monitoring the timeline while he defends Earthrealm. |
| 51 | * LoyalToThePosition: Geras is the time-divorced guardian of the Hourglass. Previously TheDragon to [[VideoGame/MortalKombat11 Kronika]], he now serves as an advisor to Liu Kang. |
| 52 | * OffWithHisHead: For one of his fatalities, Geras opens a portal into the future and bashes in his opponent's face with ''their own decapitated head'' before a past Geras rips off their head to complete the loop. |
| 53 | * SandBlaster: He once again controls the sands of time, using them to hurt his opponent in a myriad of ways. |
| 54 | * StableTimeLoop: One of his Fatalities uses this. See OffWithHisHead above. |
| 55 | * TheStoic: Geras is composed and calm at all times. Even world-shaking revelations like [[spoiler:the multiverse's existence]] don't get a strong reaction from him, and his displays of emotion are downplayed. |
| 56 | * SuperiorSuccessor: While Geras himself says that he merely took up the Guardian position with Liu Kang's abdication, Liu Kang thinks this of him and trusts him implicitly. In contrast to Kronika becoming a tyrant, and Liu Kang fearing the possibility of his own future temptation, Geras has kept the Hourglass, and the timeline, safe for millennia without incident, making him the Keeper of Time in all but title. [[spoiler:The reveal that he had the chance at any moment to secretly claim Liu Kang's Titan powers, but had no desire to and trusted in his friend, only reinforces his incorruptability.]] [[spoiler:After Liu Kang loses his immortality and ponders how, as a Titan, he will permanently die without chance of resurrection one day, he feels assured knowing that Geras will become Keeper at last and watch over all possible timelines in his absence.]] |
| 57 | * ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: One of his brutalities, From Another Time, features him summoning Shao Kahn's Wrath Hammer to deliver the [[MythologyGag same beatdown]] Shao gave him back in ''Aftermath''. Naturally, this trope applies when the brutality is performed on General Shao himself. |
| 58 | * TimeMaster: As Keeper of the Hourglass, Geras has control over time, being able to [[TimeStandsStill freeze it]], rewind it, and open portals into the near past and future. |
| 59 | * UndyingLoyalty: Emphasis on the [[CompleteImmortality undying]]; Geras has been Liu Kang's friend and ally since the beginning of time, and unlike Kronika, Liu Kang fully justifies and returns that loyalty, [[spoiler:even appointing Geras as the new Keeper of Time in his arcade ending, an appointment Geras accepts, his faith in Liu Kang being so strong that he will spend the rest of eternity doing his best to live up to his friend's hopes]]. |
| 60 | * TheUnfought: With the exception of potentially [[spoiler:being part of the randomized fusion fights in the last chapter]], Geras is not battled nor played as at any point. |
| 61 | [[/folder]] |
| 62 | |
| 63 | [[folder:Kung Lao]] |
| 64 | !!Kung Lao |
| 65 | [[quoteright:641:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kunglao_mk1_render_0.png]] |
| 66 | [[caption-width-right:641:''"For what it's worth, I'm not regretting this yet."'']] |
| 67 | ->'''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombatII''\ |
| 68 | '''Portrayed by:''' Sunil Malhotra (English), Alan Fernando Velázquez (Latin American Spanish), Tian Shuai (face model) |
| 69 | |
| 70 | ->Tales of heroes and legends were always present in Kung Lao's life, especially since his namesake ancestor was the great champion of the tournament between Earthrealm and Outworld. He has constantly imagined himself wreathed in glory much like the characters from those myths, but his simple life as a farmer in Fengjian is quite the opposite of his dreams, making him yearn for new adventures. Still, under Madame Bo's tutelage, Kung Lao may yet achieve the greatness he has always dreamed of. |
| 71 | |
| 72 | ->For tropes applying to Kung Lao in previous timelines, [[Characters/MortalKombatII click here]]. |
| 73 | %% Has a character-specific page in progress at Sandbox/MortalKombatKungLao. |
| 74 | ---- |
| 75 | * AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: Liu Kang and Kung Lao are typically best friends and fellow Shaolin Monks. This timeline reimagines them as mentor and student, with Raiden taking Kang's role as Lao's friend and fellow monk. |
| 76 | * AdaptationalWimp: This Kung Lao so far lacks the teleportation powers the one from the original timeline had. |
| 77 | * AntiMentor: [[spoiler:In Lao's tower ending, he becomes Shujinko's teacher at the Wu Shi Academy. Despite Raiden's concerns that Lao alone is not an adequate teacher, Lao insists on being Shujinko's sole teacher; Raiden's warnings are validated as Lao's inability to teach Shujinko humility and patience -- traits Lao is greatly lacking in himself -- results in the young man becoming a danger to the realms. After Shujinko's memories are erased and his powers removed, a much more humble and cooperative Lao begins his student's tutelage anew with Raiden to aid him]]. |
| 78 | * ArrogantKungFuGuy: Severely downplayed compared to his most popular characterization, but between him and Raiden, he obviously loves to show off his skills. |
| 79 | -->'''Kung Lao:''' Being prideful doesn't make me evil.\ |
| 80 | '''Ashrah:''' But it ''does'' make you insufferable. |
| 81 | * ADayInTheLimelight: Kung Lao is the focus of the first chapter. |
| 82 | * BadassBoast: He gives one off in his story mode chapter towards Bi-Han: |
| 83 | -->'''Sub-Zero:''' I've had enough of you.\ |
| 84 | '''Kung Lao:''' Then go, before I put you down like the rest of your Lin Kuei! |
| 85 | * BigEater: Kung Lao has a large appetite, as shown after he and Raiden finish eating a meal at Madam Bo's teahouse and Raiden suggests that the food that Kung Lao ordered makes up most of the bill, with Kung Lao burping immediately afterwards. Later during dinner at Outworld, Kung Lao is seen eating without slowing down and with poor table manners. Johnny's pre-intro fight with Nitara also reveals that Kung Lao doesn't hold back when eating at Madam Bo's. |
| 86 | -->'''Raiden:''' (Looking at the bill for their meal) You were hungry.\ |
| 87 | '''Kung Lao:''' *Burp* Ohhh… |
| 88 | * BreakTheHaughty: While certainly not canon, [[ItsAWonderfulFailure game over screens with him as the playable fighter]] will describe him being humbled by his defeat by certain fighters, even someone trying to outright kill him, like Bi-Han and Kuai Liang upon fighting them in the Tea House. |
| 89 | * BrokenWinLossStreak: Every time Raiden and Kung Lao fought in the past, Lao always won. In Raiden's chapter, he wins for the first time. |
| 90 | * CasanovaWannabe: Pre-fight intros see Kung Lao trying to flirt with Ashrah, though he gets nowhere. [[spoiler:She prefers to start a relationship with Syzoth, much to Kung Lao's disappointment.]] |
| 91 | * EveryoneHasStandards: Despite Kung Lao's [[ArrogantKungFuGuy arrogant attitude]], he keeps his language very clean; he's aghast when Johnny throws out a "[[Film/{{Aliens}} you bitch]]" when the heroes confront Shang Tsung. |
| 92 | * FailedAttemptAtDrama: Before his fight with Sub-Zero, Kung Lao flings his hat at the cryomancer... only for the ''straw'' hat to bounce off harmlessly, failing to do more than annoy Bi-Han. |
| 93 | * FriendlyRivalry: He and Raiden's chapter begins with a friendly competition to see who can finish their farm work for the day first. This competitiveness is also applied in their martial arts training. |
| 94 | * {{Gasshole}}: Belches conspicuously both after the dinner at Madam Bo's and during the feast in Outworld. Kenshi, Reiko and Shao were unlucky enough to sit right next to him at the table during the latter. |
| 95 | * GlorySeeker: He doesn't let it control his life, but Kung Lao clearly hungers for fame and recognition. When he worked the fields in Fengjian, Kung Lao dreamed of a life of adventure, and when the opportunity to fight for Earthrealm presents itself, he jumps at the chance. Later, he's gleeful at the idea of appearing in one of Johnny's movies (though Raiden quickly reminds him that they have other priorities). |
| 96 | * HumblePie: [[spoiler:Kung Lao's Tower ending humbles him greatly, as he realizes that Shujinko's fall to evil was due to Kung Lao's failure to teach him humility.]] |
| 97 | * IconicAttributeAdoptionMoment: His chapter shows how he got the idea of his WeaponizedHeadgear, after throwing his straw hat at Sub-Zero, to little effect, then throws a nearby chakram at him, which works a lot better. After defeating the cryomancer, he looks at his hat and the chakram and is clearly inspired. He later shows off his new weaponized hat to Raiden at the Wu Shi temple. |
| 98 | * InSpiteOfANail: Still seen as AlwaysSecondBest, this time in comparison to Raiden instead of Liu Kang. |
| 99 | * JabbaTableManners: While his village life and his Shaolin training have made him quite good at a lot of things, his table etiquette certainly leaves room for improvement, as he eats and drinks loudly and often belches, much to the discomfort of others, in addition to other implications. |
| 100 | -->'''Nitara:''' What could be more deadly than a Vaeternian?\ |
| 101 | '''Johnny Cage:''' Kung Lao after dinner at Madam Bo's. (''makes a grimace of disgust'') I mean, like, damn. |
| 102 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Kung Lao may be a glory-seeking, self-promoting, ill-mannered young man, but when the chips are down, he's always ready to do the right thing, such as defending Madam Bo from the Lin Kuei or accepting Raiden as Earthrealm's champion and being sincerely happy for his friend. |
| 103 | * JumpedAtTheCall: Kung Lao, who's desperate for some excitement in his mundane life, eagerly accepts Liu Kang's invitation of joining his Earthrealm champions. |
| 104 | * MyGreatestFailure: After the events of the ''1'''s story, [[spoiler:Kung Lao was inducted into the ranks of the Shaolin Masters to teach the next generation of warrior monks, among the first of which was a young Shujinko who he regarded as his most promising student. Unfortunately, Kung Lao neglected to instil proper martial ethics or morality alongside physical skills and Shujinko, never having learned any humility, turned on Earthrealm in an act of narcissistic egomania. While quickly subdued, Kung Lao regards Shujinko's fall as his personal failing and a [[ArrogantKungFuGuy dark reflection of his own ego]], causing him to take a much humbler and cooperative stance to teaching alongside Raiden going forward.]] |
| 105 | * TheNicknamer: [[spoiler:Pre-fight intros have him dub Ashrah "the Shaolin Demon", a name which Ashrah herself likes, but which Liu Kang considers too flippant.]] |
| 106 | * SoreLoser[=/=]GracefulLoser: In some pre-kombat dialogues, he claims that Raiden got lucky in their fight (e.g. when fighting Nitara), in others, he admits that the better man won (e.g. when fighting Liu Kang). |
| 107 | * TooHungryToBePolite: Kung Lao is a messy and loud eater, which no one bats an eye to in Fengjian. But when he eats just as wildly at a more formal dinner hosted in Outworld, Shao and Reiko stare at him with a mix of judgement and disbelief. |
| 108 | * WeaponizedHeadgear: His trademark steel-rimmed hat. Pre-kombat dialogue reveals that some fighters (such as Sub-Zero and Reptile) think it's silly, while others (such as Scorpion and Smoke) actually like it. Either way, it proves to be a ''very'' effective weapon and, as always, Lao's Fatalities make good use of it. |
| 109 | [[/folder]] |
| 110 | |
| 111 | [[folder:Kenshi Takahashi]] |
| 112 | !!Kenshi Takahashi |
| 113 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kenshi_mk1_render.png]] |
| 114 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"With Sento in my hands, I'll lead us out of the shadows."'']] |
| 115 | ->'''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance''\ |
| 116 | '''Portrayed by:''' Vic Chao (English), Carlo Vázquez (Latin American Spanish), Noah Fleder (face model) |
| 117 | |
| 118 | ->The Taira clan was an old and noble family in Japanese history, long thought vanished from the pages of history following their defeat at the Siege of Aomori. What few realized is that a few survivors managed to escape the clan's destruction, hiding their identity under the new name of "Takahashi" and becoming embroiled in what is now called the Yakuza. Kenshi Takahashi, having grown dissatisfied with a life of crime and victimizing others for his masters' profit and his clan's continued survival, now seeks the clan's heirloom, the sword "Sento", to break free from the Yakuza and rally his family together for a better cause. First, however, he will need to reclaim the blade from its current owner, a certain Hollywood blowhard… |
| 119 | |
| 120 | ->For tropes applying to Kenshi in previous timelines, [[Characters/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance click here]]. |
| 121 | ---- |
| 122 | * AbledInTheAdaptation: {{Downplayed|Trope}}; this game is the first in the series to depict him before his blinding as he goes several chapters without his trademark blindfold and facing forward to make it apparent he is using his eyesight. Though true to form, he does lose his eyesight later in the story and the blindfold returns. |
| 123 | * AdaptationalBackstoryChange: |
| 124 | ** In the previous timelines, he was a ronin who was blinded by Shang Tsung and joined the Special Forces. In this game, he was a former Yakuza member looking to clear his family's name. |
| 125 | ** He's seen in good visual health when he storms Johnny Cage's mansion in order to retrieve Sento, is later enlisted by Lord Liu Kang in the White Lotus Society and is seen training in the Wu Shi Academy in order to fight in the interrealm tournament. [[spoiler:He doesn't lose his sight until after the tournament ended and a stealth mission went south]]. |
| 126 | * AdaptationalMundanity: His previous incarnations were a kind of wandering samurai with a mystic sword searching for worthy opponents to duel. Here, his story is much more grounded as a Yakuza enforcer who's looking for a way out. |
| 127 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: Kenshi was originally an ArrogantKungFuGuy who was conned by Shang Tsung into getting the souls of his ancestors stolen, a mistake which cost him his sight. Here, his motives are far more noble as he's trying to free his clan from the Yakuza's yoke, he's much more humble even before losing his sight [[spoiler:and even when he is blinded, it's because of attempts to help others going awry, not Kenshi's arrogant mistakes]]. |
| 128 | * AdaptationalWimp: Played with. Kenshi does not show any signs of telepathy during his fight with Ermac (when Sento gaints its telekinetic properties) or anywhere else in the story, but an intro with Ermac confirms he does still possess those powers. |
| 129 | * AncestralWeapon: Sento, his ancestral sword which will prove his claim as the leader of the Taira clan. |
| 130 | * AscendedExtra: Mixed with AdaptationalEarlyAppearance. In previous timelines Kenshi was a later addition to the roster who wasn't give much focus among them and he didn't have [[ADayInTheLimelight his own chapter]] in ''X''. Here, Kenshi is part of the base roster, one of Earthrealm's champions and Johnny Cage's best friend, taking a position typically filled by characters like Sonya and Jax. Accordingly, he gets a character arc and his own chapter in the story mode. |
| 131 | * AssistCharacter: During Ashrah's fight with Ermac in her chapter, Kenshi serves as her Kameo. He also serves as Syzoth's Kameo in the latter's chapter. |
| 132 | * TheAtoner: Kenshi ''hates'' that he and his clan have served the Yakuza, and he wants Sento so he can free the Taira clan from their service and make amends for their actions. |
| 133 | * BadassBoast: In a pre-fight intro, he brags to Li Mei (herself being the Outworld equivalent to a police commander) about his police-fighting abilities and the latter is quite confident that she can break that streak: |
| 134 | -->'''Kenshi:''' I've never met a cop that I couldn't take down.\ |
| 135 | '''Li Mei:''' There's a first time for everything. |
| 136 | * BadassInANiceSuit: In his fight versus Johnny, Kenshi is wearing a nice-looking suit when battling over Sento. He later dons it during his trip to Outworld as part of Liu Kang's entourage. [[spoiler: Also dons a pretty nice suit and shades combo in his Tower Ending once he joins up with Jax in the OIA.]] |
| 137 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: Kenshi is a former Yakuza enforcer and while he's loathed to give any details, the experience clearly left scars on him. |
| 138 | * ADayInTheLimelight: He's the focus of Chapter Four, "Secrets and Lies". |
| 139 | * DisabledSnarker: Kenshi's blindness didn't rob him of his wit and in some cases, it even lends itself well to a dry remark. |
| 140 | -->'''Nitara:''' I'll be the last thing you see!\ |
| 141 | '''Kenshi:''' (''chuckling derisively'') I'm ''blind'', remember? |
| 142 | * DontYouDarePityMe: In multiple of his pre-fight intros, Kenshi assures his opponent that the last thing he needs is pity from others for losing his sight. Which is justified, given that Sento grants him a form of spiritual vision to the point that it [[DisabilitySuperpower functionally negates his disability entirely]]. |
| 143 | * EmpoweredBadassNormal: He starts off as just a mundane but very good swordfighter. [[spoiler:It's only after he's blinded and Johnny relinquishes Sento to him that he receives powers granted to him by the ancestors inhabiting his sword, granting him psychic vision and acting as an independent spirit assisting Kenshi.]] |
| 144 | * EvenTheGuysWantHim: If Johnny is the announcer, one of the nicknames he has for Kenshi is "Sexy-face 2" when the latter is chosen on the fighter select screen. |
| 145 | * EveryoneHasStandards: When he came looking for Sento, despite having no respect or liking for Johnny Cage, Kenshi waited until Johnny's wife had left before confronting him, even taking a moment to assure Johnny that his wife was fine. |
| 146 | * {{Expy}}: Kenshi's status as a Yakuza enforcer wanting to get out of the underworld is near-identical to Film/JohnWick's backstory. Fittingly enough, Ed Boon wanted Kenshi to be portrayed by Keanu Reeves (a popular fancast for the live action movies). |
| 147 | * EyeScream: [[spoiler:Just like the Kenshis of the previous timelines, he loses his eyesight. But unfortunately for him instead of simply getting blinded with intense light, he straight up takes ''two sais to the eye sockets'', courtesy of a frenzied Mileena]]. |
| 148 | * FamilyHonor: He wishes to pull his clan out of the grasp of the Yakuza and he needs his family sword to do it. |
| 149 | * FireForgedFriends: His relationship with Johnny Cage passed from hostility during his mission to retrieve Sento to full-blown friendship. |
| 150 | * GoodCannotComprehendEvil: When he was younger and working for Yakuza, Kenshi couldn't understand why his gain had to come at other people's expense, a sentiment he carried forward into his desire for redemption. |
| 151 | * HandicappedBadass: Played with; despite being blinded, Kenshi remains eager to help his friends, [[spoiler:but his attempt to fight Ermac goes very poorly until he unlocks Sento's power, which restores his sight after a fashion and allows him to fight.]] |
| 152 | * HiddenDepths: Despite his generally rocky relationship with Johnny, Kenshi has seen at least one of his movies and is implied to actually be a fan of his work. In some pre-fight interactions, Kenshi even got hired to act in some of them by Johnny and got paid handsomely for his time. |
| 153 | * HonorBeforeReason: |
| 154 | ** Rather than break in and steal Sento when Johnny was asleep or not at home, Kenshi walked in through the front door and demanded the sword, leading to a fight. |
| 155 | ** [[spoiler:After being blinded, Kenshi insists on still trying to fight when his allies are threatened by Ermac. It gets him tossed aside with no effort.]] |
| 156 | * IconicAttributeAdoptionMoment: Kenshi gets his trademark blindfold when [[spoiler:Johnny uses the cloth as a bandage to apply salve to his eyes, after their encounter with Mileena saw his eyes gouged out.]] |
| 157 | * IconicItem: His trademark blindfold, which [[spoiler:was originally a bandage he receives from Johnny after he's blinded. Johnny used it to put a healing salve on his eyes to dull the pain.]] |
| 158 | * InSpiteOfANail: |
| 159 | ** He's still blinded, [[spoiler:this time by Mileena's hand as she gouges his eyes out with her sais]]. He afterwards learns to channel the supernatural powers of Sento. Liu Kang lampshades that he'd hoped "this time" the circumstances would be different. |
| 160 | ** He still falls in love with a woman named Suchin. In this timeline, Kenshi credits her with setting him straight and he's glad to hear from Liu Kang that she still wants him in her life. |
| 161 | * {{Irony}}: In previous timelines, Kenshi lost his sight after he foolishly trusted a man who turned out to be Shang Tsung in disguise. [[spoiler:Here, warned of Shang Tsung's duplicity, Kenshi doesn't trust a word the sorcerer says... which gets him blinded anyway, because the situation is one of the rare occasions where Shang Tsung is (mostly) telling the truth.]] |
| 162 | * LoveRedeems: While she doesn't appear and he was clearly uncomfortable with the Yakuza all his life, an intro with Scorpion has Kenshi credit Suchin for setting him on the righteous path. |
| 163 | * MadeOfIron: [[spoiler:While the act obviously blinded him, Kenshi still managed to survive Mileena driving her sais ''deep'' into his eye sockets and while he admits to being in "excruciating" pain, he barely lets it show.]] |
| 164 | * TheMenInBlack: [[spoiler: Works as Jax's partner in the OIA after his Tower Ending.]] |
| 165 | * MindOverMatter: After absorbing some of Ermac's souls, Sento, and by extension Kenshi himself, gains the gestalt being's telekinetic powers, which he puts to good use. |
| 166 | * NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler:Stopping a crazed Mileena from biting off Johnny's face just turns her attentions to Kenshi and she brutally gouges out his eyes.]] |
| 167 | * NoodleIncident: When Smoke asks if he's ever been to Prague, Kenshi replies "once, on business"; his tone suggests that said "business" was for the Yakuza, and that whatever happened, Kenshi is not proud of or keen to relive the memory. |
| 168 | * PuppetFighter: Kenshi can summon a spirit out of his sword, effectively giving him a second Kameo as it uses the same meter. |
| 169 | * RedIsHeroic: Most of Kenshi's outfits prominently feature the color red and he is, as Liu Kang describes, "a tragic figure with a noble cause". |
| 170 | * RedOniBlueOni: The calm and collected blue to Johnny's abrasive red. |
| 171 | * ReformedButRejected: Pre-fight intros between Li Mei and Kenshi (who in this timeline is a member of the {{Yakuza}}) have the former being skeptical of the latter's newfound goodness: |
| 172 | -->'''Li Mei:''' You're a reformed criminal? Hmph. We'll see.\ |
| 173 | '''Kenshi:''' Is it not enough that [[BigGood Liu Kang]] trusts me?\ |
| 174 | \ |
| 175 | '''Kenshi:''' My past crimes are catching up to me.\ |
| 176 | '''Li Mei:''' No one can escape justice. |
| 177 | * SingleStrokeBattle: One of his Brutalities in ''1'' sees him run through his opponents with one swift stroke from Sento, bisecting them while also cutting off a part of their head so fast that it's unseeable by the naked eye. |
| 178 | * StanceSystem: As a nod to the original 3D-era system mechanic (ever fitting considering it's the era he debuted in), in ''1'' he fights by switching between two stances: normal and Sento Stance. Sento Stance has him draw his sword and wield it almost exactly as he did during the 3D era, while at the same time summoning the ghost of one of his ancestors and controlling them like a PuppetFighter. |
| 179 | * TheStoic: He doesn't talk much without being addressed and rarely shows any emotions, [[spoiler:also enduring excruciating pain after being blinded by Mileena without showing it]]. |
| 180 | * TattooedCrook: A former Yakuza enforcer whose hands are covered in tattoos. Johnny even calls Kenshi "Tattoo" at one point. |
| 181 | * VigilanteMan: Kenshi's pre-fight intros reveal that after the game, he went to war with the Yakuza to break their grip on the Taira clan, even allying himself with the Black Dragon (something both Liu Kang and Kuai Liang warn him against). |
| 182 | * VitriolicBestBuds: With Johnny Cage. Early in the story, it's clear that he is openly annoyed with Johnny due to his childish antics and constant refusal to give him Sento since he legally owned and paid a lot of money for it. [[spoiler: However, after he saves Johnny's life from a berserk Mileena and ends up blinded by her hands, Johnny feels indebted to him and in response he encourages him to keep going forward. With Johnny finally relinquishing Sento to him to bring back his fighting spirit and senses from his ancestors' souls within the sword, the two become close friends.]] |
| 183 | * {{Yakuza}}: He starts the game as a Yakuza enforcer. It's not a position he's proud of. |
| 184 | [[/folder]] |
| 185 | |
| 186 | [[folder:Smoke (Tomas Vrbada)]] |
| 187 | !!Smoke (Tomas Vrbada) |
| 188 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/smoke_mk1_render.png]] |
| 189 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Whatever it takes, I am with you."'']] |
| 190 | ->'''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombatII''\ |
| 191 | '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/YuriLowenthal (English), Creator/JoseAngelTorres (Latin American Spanish), Aaron Bernards (face model) |
| 192 | |
| 193 | ->Young Tomas was born into a family of hunters, who had to fight for their survival almost every day and hone their skills in order to see the tomorrow. However, during one of their hunts, the family trespassed onto the lands which were the territory of the Lin Kuei, a secretive clan of warriors. For such transgression, Tomas's parents and twin sister were killed, and the boy was left orphaned. Incensed at his subordinates' actions, the clan's Grandmaster took it upon himself to take him into his own family and raise him as his own child alongside his sons, Bi-Han and Kuai Liang. Over time, Tomas, now known as Smoke, become a formidable warrior himself, but due to lacking his brothers' innate talents, he took it upon himself to learn "practical" magic. As their father tragically passes away and Bi-Han gains the title of Grandmaster, Smoke has to choose between following his brother's ambition or living in accordance with the old ways. |
| 194 | |
| 195 | ->For tropes applying to Tomas Vrbada in previous timelines, [[Characters/MortalKombatII click here]]. |
| 196 | ---- |
| 197 | * AdaptationalBackstoryChange: He's remade as ''not'' being [[HumanoidAbomination a smoke-based enenra in human form]], but rather a young orphan who was taken in by the Lin Kuei as their adopted brother [[spoiler:and eventually helps Scorpion form the Shirai Ryu]]. |
| 198 | * AdaptationalMundanity: Rather than being an enenra in human form, this version of Smoke is just a normal human who learned magic. |
| 199 | * AdoptionDiss: Ends up on the receiving end of this, courtesy of Bi-Han. Afterwards, Kuai Liang makes a point of affirming that, blood brother or not, he still considers Tomas as much his brother as Bi-Han. |
| 200 | * AllOfTheOtherReindeer: He isn't related to Kuai Liang or Bi-Han by blood, being adopted by the previous Grandmaster after the Lin Kuei accidentally slaughtered his family. Bi-Han, being a {{Jerkass}}, makes no secret of his disdain towards him for this. |
| 201 | * AngstySurvivingTwin: An intro with Kitana reveals that Smoke's dead sister was his twin, [[DownplayedTrope though]] he insists to Scorpion that his family's ghosts no longer haunt him. |
| 202 | * TheBabyOfTheBunch: Various intros, along with the dynamics of their relationships, imply that Smoke is the youngest of the three Lin Kuei brothers and that he's a fairly young man in general. An intro with Quan Chi confirms this as the latter calls Smoke "the littlest Lin Kuei". |
| 203 | * BigBrotherInstinct: Combined with ExtremelyProtectiveChild. When Quan Chi brags in an intro that he now controls the souls of Smoke's family, Tomas angrily demanded the sorcerer to release them. |
| 204 | * BigBrotherWorship: He idolized Bi-Han despite his adoptive older brother's poor treatment of him. [[spoiler:This is no longer the case when he finds out that Bi-Han let their father die to become grandmaster and betrayed Earthrealm by allying himself with Shang Tsung.]] |
| 205 | * BrokenPedestal: Despite how poorly Bi-Han treats him, Tomas idolized his adoptive older brother. [[spoiler:Bi-Han's betrayal put an end to that ''very'' quickly.]] |
| 206 | * BroughtDownToBadass: His bio established him not being [[SuperSmoke an enenra]] given human form, but rather an ordinary human coming from a hunting family, lacking the innate supernatural powers found within the Lin Kuei. However, he still possesses his signature smoke-based powers, but [[TalentVsTraining as a result of him training in and mastering "practical magic"]]. |
| 207 | * CommonalityConnection: In his intros, Smoke empathizes with Baraka, Syzoth, and Reiko over the fact that they've all lost their families, though only the former two appreciate it. |
| 208 | * CrisisOfFaith: In one of his intro dialogues with Tanya, he claims that he lost faith in deities when his family was slaughtered. This seems to be turning around, however, as he shows interest in learning about Deliah and Argus from her in another intro. |
| 209 | * DeadpanSnarker: He's mostly earnest, but Smoke isn't immune to a bit of sarcasm from time to time. |
| 210 | -->'''Baraka:''' You Earthrealmers scare easily!\ |
| 211 | '''Smoke:''' ''Huge fangs'' do that to us, Baraka. |
| 212 | |
| 213 | -->'''Geras:''' My vision of the future is hazy…\ |
| 214 | '''Smoke:''' Is that because it's filled with… [[PungeonMaster Smoke]]? |
| 215 | |
| 216 | -->'''Havik:''' Oppose me and you'll be killed!\ |
| 217 | '''Smoke:''' Shouldn't I be free to choose? |
| 218 | * DeviousDaggers: His main weapon of choice is a Karambit, a curved knife fitting for a stealthy warrior like himself. |
| 219 | * DorkKnight: |
| 220 | ** He's a skilled and valiant warrior of the Lin Kuei, but he's also inexperienced, emotionally open and unerringly polite and deferential to everybody. He's also prone to making cheesy one-liners in a bid to sound intimidating… which usually doesn't work. |
| 221 | --->'''Smoke:''' The Queen of Outworld faces the King of Smoke!\ |
| 222 | '''Sindel:''' "King of Smoke"?! (''laughs'') |
| 223 | ** If his intros with Johnny Cage are any indication, he's ''ecstatic'' at the idea of being in a film with him. |
| 224 | --->'''Johnny Cage:''' Win and you get a speaking part in my next movie.\ |
| 225 | '''Smoke:''' That would be ''amazing'', Johnny! |
| 226 | * EvilLaugh: Lets out a sinister chuckle during his second fatality. |
| 227 | * EvilStoleMyFaith: Although he came to love the Lin Kuei, Tomas remarks in an intro with Tanya that the deaths of his biological family robbed him of his faith, though he expresses interest in learning about the religion surrounding Delia and Argus. |
| 228 | * HappilyAdopted: Smoke's love and loyalty for his adoptive family is undeniable. [[spoiler:He's notably more loyal to his adoptive father than the man's own eldest son proved to be.]] |
| 229 | * HatedHometown: Downplayed; he doesn't ''hate'' Prague, but an intro with Raiden has Smoke say that he hasn't gone back there in years, saying that it's nothing to him but bad memories. |
| 230 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: While his relationship with Bi-Han is quite frosty, Tomas and his adoptive brother Kuai Liang enjoy a very close friendship. [[spoiler:After Bi-Han's betrayal, Kuai Liang makes it clear that he considers Tomas more his brother than his own blood sibling, and the two go on to form the Shirai Ryu together.]] |
| 231 | * HighlyVisibleNinja: An [[AvertedTrope aversion]] worth noting given this franchise's rather liberal history with the concept of a "ninja"; unlike Sub-Zero and Scorpion who wear brightly colored uniforms, fight with extremly flashy magical abilities, and typically only remain stealthy for as long as it takes to get into a good position to ambush their opponent, Smoke operates and plays much more like an actual stealth operative. To whit; |
| 232 | ** His uniform, while ornate, is in shades of muted greys and blacks to help him better blend into dark environments. |
| 233 | ** He can't use traditional Lin Kuei magical techniques and gets by on "practical magic" that manifests in his ability to manipulate smoke to form obscuring clouds and misdirect his opponents along with his natural speed, strength, smoke bombs and Karambit knife. |
| 234 | ** In gameplay his moveset is much less directly confrontational than his Lin Kuei compatriots, focused more on outmaneuvering and confusing the opponent with potent mix-ups, off-screen teleports, and dizzyingly fast combos that he can cancel out of should things get hairy. |
| 235 | * HumbleHero: In pre-kombat dialogues with especially tough opponents, he admits that he's concerned about his chances of winning. |
| 236 | * IncorruptiblePurePureness: In an intro with Ashrah, the aspiring ex-demon reports that her Kriss doesn't sense any evil at all in Smoke. His insistence to Nitara in another intro that "every Earthrealm life is sacred" goes a ways to further proving Ashrah right. |
| 237 | * KungFuWizard: Smoke uses "practical magic" to create his smoke-based powers and is an accomplished martial artist as well. |
| 238 | * LamePunReaction: Has a bad one against a pun made by ''Shang Tsung'', of all people: |
| 239 | --->'''Shang Tsung:''' Today your life goes up in smoke.\ |
| 240 | '''Smoke:''' Ugh, and people think you're clever? |
| 241 | * NiceGuy: Despite projecting a thuggish demeanor when he first appears, Smoke's actual personality is that of a polite and friendly man who gets along well with most of the other kombatants. |
| 242 | * NiceMeanAndInbetween: The "nice" among himself, [[{{Jerkass}} Sub-Zero]] and [[TheStoic Scorpion]]; unlike his brothers, Tomas is a sweet-natured, rather dorky young man who is both affable and tremendously likable. |
| 243 | * NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Although Czech by birth and raised with a Chinese family, Smoke speaks in a slightly formal, but distinctly American accent. |
| 244 | * NumberTwo: [[spoiler:He's right by Kuai Liang's side in defecting from the Lin Kuei and forming the Shirai Ryu, serving as the clan's second-in-command. If Johnny is the announcer, one of his nicknames for Smoke is "Number Two Shirai Ryu".]] |
| 245 | * PrematurelyGrayHaired: Despite being quite young, Smoke's hair is silvery-gray. Granted, it isn't because he is under a lot of aging-inducing stress, but simply because it fits his smoke theme. |
| 246 | * PungeonMaster: Fitting his [[DorkKnight personality]], Smoke is prone to wordplay regarding his element of choice, though as an intro with Shang Tsung shows, he's not too keen on other people making similar puns. |
| 247 | --->'''General Shao:''' You cannot hide, Earthrealmer.\ |
| 248 | '''Smoke:''' Good luck trying to smoke me out! |
| 249 | * RaceLift: Downplayed as he's still Czech, but he's also half-Asian now judging by how his face model is of partial Asian descent. |
| 250 | * RelatedInTheAdaptation: In previous timelines, Smoke, while a close friend to Kuai Liang, was just another member of the Lin Kuei. Here, he's Kuai Liang and Bi-Han's adoptive brother. |
| 251 | * RevisitingTheRoots: After spending previous games as either a cyborg or a revenant, he's finally back to being a human member of the Lin Kuei. |
| 252 | * {{Sidekick}}: Smoke is essentially this to Kuai Liang/Scorpion, sticking by his side due to being treated with brotherly love and respect. Johnny Cage even describes Smoke as having "the wholesome sidekick thing" down to a tee. |
| 253 | * TeamMemberInTheAdaptation: Smoke was never a member of the Shirai Ryu in past timelines but is one of its founding members in The New Era. |
| 254 | * ThisIsUnforgivable: |
| 255 | ** Multiple intro dialogues reveal that Liu Kang [[spoiler:deliberately engineered Smoke's family being murdered so he could become a Lin Kuei and a valuable asset to Earthrealm's defense.]] Smoke is naturally embittered and claims that he might not ever forgive Liu Kang for it. |
| 256 | ** [[spoiler:In his intros, Tomas expresses doubts that he could ever forgive Bi-Han's betrayal, though he also hopes that his brothers might one day reconcile, however unlikely it might be.]] |
| 257 | * UndyingLoyalty: Remains steadfastly loyal to Kuai Liang, who treats him like family despite not being related by blood. [[spoiler: Small wonder, when Bi-Han reveals his betrayal, that Smoke joins Kuai Liang in defecting from the Lin Kuei to form the Shirai Ryu.]] |
| 258 | -->'''Scorpion:''' Bi-Han owed you his respect.\ |
| 259 | '''Smoke:''' That I earned yours is what matters. |
| 260 | * WouldHarmASenior: Subverted; when he first appears, Smoke plays the role of an extortionist willing to physically assault Madam Bo for refusing to pay protection money, but in reality, the entire scenario was fake and Madam Bo was in on it, meaning she was never in actual danger from Smoke. |
| 261 | * YouRemindMeOfX: |
| 262 | ** In one of their intros, Smoke tells Li Mei that her tough as nails attitude reminds him of his mother. |
| 263 | ** He's on the receiving end of this from Sindel, who believes that Tomas resembles her nephew Xandras, though both Mileena and Kitana see no such resemblance. |
| 264 | ** [[spoiler:In his arcade ending, Smoke sees a lot of his own younger self in an orphaned and angry Hanzo Hasashi, and resolves to bring the boy into the Shirai Ryu, just as Tomas himself was adopted by the Lin Kuei.]] |
| 265 | ** An intro with Kitana has Smoke compare her to [[spoiler:Harumi]]. |
| 266 | --->'''Smoke:''' You and [[spoiler:Harumi]] are a lot alike, princess.\ |
| 267 | '''Kitana:''' [[spoiler:Your Kuai Liang has excellent taste.]] |
| 268 | [[/folder]] |
| 269 | |
| 270 | [[folder:Takeda Takahashi]] |
| 271 | !!Takeda Takahashi |
| 272 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"."'']] |
| 273 | ->'''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX''\ |
| 274 | '''Portrayed by:''' Parry Shen (English) |
| 275 | ->An alternate version of Takeda who was fought in an alternate timeline. |
| 276 | |
| 277 | ->For tropes applying to Takeda Takahashi in previous timelines, [[Characters/MortalKombatX click here]]. |
| 278 | |
| 279 | * AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Some pre-release materials suggest that while they are still related, instead of being Kenshi’s son, he is Kenshi’s ''cousin''. |
| 280 | * AgeLift: If one looks closely during the Kombat Pack trailer, Takeda seems to have a few wrinkles on his face, thus making him look older compared to his previous incarnation who was a clean faced PrettyBoy. |
| 281 | * CoolMask: Sports a Scorpion-esque one during his Kombat Pack trailer and [[spoiler: in his cameo in the final chapter.]] |
| 282 | * DeathByCameo: [[spoiler: An alternate timeline of him appears in the final chapter along with his own timeline’s Cassie, Jaquie, and Kung Jin, only to get swiftly killed by Titan Kitana along with his team.]] |
| 283 | [[/folder]] |
| 284 | |
| 285 | !!Outworld |
| 286 | [[folder:Sindel]] |
| 287 | !!Queen Sindel |
| 288 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sindel_mk1_render.png]] |
| 289 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Who's your Queen?"'']] |
| 290 | ->'''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombat3''\ |
| 291 | '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MaraJunot (English), Carla Castañeda (Latin American Spanish) |
| 292 | |
| 293 | ->It was Sindel's destiny to rule Outworld, born as a royal princess who would eventually ascend the throne. While she was to be forced into an arranged marriage, her consort, Jerrod, proved to be [[PerfectlyArrangedmarriage a perfect match for her]], and the gods blessed them with twin daughters, Mileena and Kitana. Their joint rule marked the beginning of a new Golden Age for the realm, as the two lead their empire into a generation's long era of peace and prosperity alongside Earthrealm. Unfortunately, Jerrod's assassination has since emboldened certain rebellious elements within Outworld and to make matters worse, her heir, Mileena, has contracted the incurable Tarkat disease, leaving the future uncertain. |
| 294 | |
| 295 | ->For tropes applying to Sindel in previous timelines, [[Characters/MortalKombat3 click here]]. |
| 296 | ---- |
| 297 | * ActionMom: A mother of twin sisters, Mileena and Kitana, who can still kick someone's ass into the ground, as General Shao learns the hard way. |
| 298 | * AdaptationalHeroism: Played With. The original timeline version of Sindel was a benevolent queen who truly mourned the death of Jerrod and loved her family and people, but ''11'' retconned that so she was EvilAllAlong and was the one who killed him instead. The New Era depicts Sindel as a benevolent, albeit flawed monarch, who truly loves her daughters and late husband, and is at least willing to learn from her mistakes. |
| 299 | * AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: Unlike the previous continuities, she isn't married to Shao (willingly or not). Instead, she is now his empress, and their relationship has no romantic or sexual component. |
| 300 | * BattleCouple: She shares some ass-kicking moments with [[spoiler:the resurrected Jerrod]] during Mileena's chapter, however, [[spoiler:after she dies, he absorbs her soul into the Ermac gestalt]]. In her 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]]. |
| 301 | * BlamingTheVictim: Sindel's attitude towards [[FantasticAbleism people with Tarkat]]; she holds Mileena responsible for her own affliction, and in an intro with Baraka, attributes him suffering from the disease as evidence of "lack of care". |
| 302 | * CharmPerson: Uniquely, Sindel has the ability to compel her opponent's Kameo assist, issuing commands that stun them or even [[LetsYouAndHimFight temporarily convert them to her side]]. |
| 303 | * FantasticAbleism: Sindel treats the Tarkatans [[note]] who are merely Outworlders [[ZombieInfectee infected with Tarkat]], an incurable, disfiguring, debilitating disease- one that ''her eldest daughter is also suffering from'', to boot [[/note]] like pariahs, herding them into ghettos where they are barely given enough to survive, refusing to allow their souls to join the Living Forest, and even outright [[BlamingTheVictim blaming them for their own ailment]]. |
| 304 | * FantasticRacism: According to Mileena, this is one of her mother's few, genuine flaws. While some of her prejudices are entirely understandable, such as her hatred towards the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vaeternians]] (who feed on the living solely to artificially extend their lifespans and view all non-Vaeternians as lesser beings), others (like the Zaterrans [[note]] who are merely benign LizardFolk[[/note]]) are decidedly less so. |
| 305 | * FatalFlaw: [[FantasticAbleism Prejudice]]. Sindel is a legitimately [[TheHighQueen high minded sovereign]] with strong principles of duty toward her empire, whose rule has led Outworld into an era of prosperity and peace, but that prosperity has not been applied equally throughout Outworld and so many among certain Outworld races feel they have been left behind by the so-called Golden Age. [[spoiler:Which General Shao easily takes advantage of to form an army large enough to challenge Mileena after she succeeds her mother]]. The one most notably covered by the story itself is her handling of Tarkat, where her decrees have segregated Tarkatans physically, and even spiritually, from the rest of Outworld to suffer in neglect and squalor. Sindel's intentions are to protect Outworld by quarantining a deadly and incurable disease, but in the process she writes off the already extant victims of the disease itself as lost, failing to consider their welfare and creating a culture of revulsion that regards Tarkatans as unclean. Which directly leads to the destabilization of her dynasty and the straining of her relationship with her daughter when Mileena herself contracts Tarkat. |
| 306 | * GroinAttack: Sindel's Fatal Blow delivers a non-traditional one that's no less brutal: rather than a direct attack to the junk like Johnny Cage, Sindel uses her PrehensileHair to grab her opponent by the legs, at one point forcing them into a split that ([[GameplayAndStorySegregation cinematically]]) dislocates their legs from their pelvis. |
| 307 | * TheHighQueen: Despite her flaws, Sindel is dedicated to Outworld's well-being and in keeping the peace with Earthrealm, refusing to hear a word of General Shao's paranoid concerns without actual evidence. |
| 308 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: |
| 309 | ** She had Quan Chi serve as a prophet in her court where he only made predictions come true for his own gain. She also trusted Shang Tsung with her daughter's life, unaware of just how twisted he really was. [[spoiler:When she sees the horrors in the latter's laboratory she's absolutely sickened.]] [[JustifiedTrope Though to be fair]] this is ''[[ManipulativeBastard Quan Chi]]'' and ''[[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Shang Tsung]]'' we're talking about. |
| 310 | ** {{Downplayed}} with [[GeneralRipper General Shao]]; while Sindel considered him a troublemaker and war hawk she believed he was loyal to Outworld and the royal family. [[spoiler:She was half-right; Shao's loyalty to Outworld is absolute but he considers Sindel and her family to be a problem that demands removing.]] |
| 311 | * {{Hypocrite}}: Most Outworlders who contract Tarkat are herded into quarantine and left to rot by Imperial decree. But when Sindel's own daughter gets the disease she allows experimental treatments to be used in search of a cure, clearly treating Mileena as different from the countless other Outworlders who have suffered the affliction. |
| 312 | -->'''Sindel:''' Why do you call me a hypocrite?\ |
| 313 | '''Baraka:''' Because I know of your daughter's affliction. |
| 314 | * IHatePastMe: She's not particularly fond of what she learns about the evil iteration of her from Kronika's timeline, telling Liu Kang that she "sounds like a screeching harpy". |
| 315 | * InSpiteOfANail: Although the New Era has changed much about Sindel's life, [[spoiler:she still dies by her own hand (as she did in the original timeline and was presumed to in the reboot), though [[KillingYourAlternateSelf much more literally]] this time around.]] |
| 316 | * InsaneTrollLogic: An intro with Baraka reveals that Tarkatan souls are forbidden from joining the Living Forest because Sindel fears that they could "infect" the honored dead, despite Tarkat being a ''physical'' ailment. It's implied that this is due more to Sindel's prejudice than an actual concern. |
| 317 | * KickTheDog: While this version of Sindel is generally heroic, her treatment of Tarkatans is atrocious; any Outworlder who contracts the disease ([[{{Hypocrite}} save for Sindel's own daughter]]) is herded into a ghetto and left to rot, they're barely given enough food and shelter to survive, and Sindel refuses to even allow them near enough to the Living Forest for their souls to join it when they die, [[InsaneTrollLogic arguing that it would risk infecting the dead with the disease]]. |
| 318 | * LikeASonToMe: In story mode, she's utterly heartbroken to see Rain, who she thought of as a son, take part in Shao and the sorcerers' betrayal. After she defeats him, [[IHaveNoSon she disowns him by saying that he's forever dead to her]]. |
| 319 | * MamaBear: She loves her daughters and goes out of her way to protect them. [[spoiler:Her own chapter has her thrashing Shao when he imprisons Kitana, Mileena and Tanya in Shinnok's amulet.]] |
| 320 | * MechanicallyUnusualFighter: Sindel has a unique special move to buff her own Kameo, giving them decreased recharge time. She can also interrupt the opponent's Kameo assist with another special move, with the enhanced version allowing her to use said Kameo for herself. |
| 321 | * MsFanservice: Downplayed greatly compared to how she’s portrayed in the other games. That said, she is still a gorgeous looking woman who wears skin tight outfits that flatter her figure and show off her cleavage. |
| 322 | * NecessarilyEvil: According to a pre-kombat dialogue with Ashrah, she sees some amount of objectionable deeds as unavoidable for even a righteous monarch. |
| 323 | * NotSoAboveItAll: |
| 324 | ** A few of Sindel's pre-fight intros have her admit that [[spoiler:losing the tournament]] rankled her, even questioning [[spoiler:whether Raiden won fairly]] to an incredulous Kenshi. |
| 325 | ** While generally a fair minded ruler, some of Sindel's intros hint at a definite sense of classism, deriding Havik as "rabble who screech[es] revolution" and pointing out Raiden's "common touch" in a tone that makes Raiden question if she meant that as a compliment or derision. |
| 326 | * OtherMeAnnoysMe: One pre-fight conversation has her confide in Liu Kang about the previous timeline's Sindel, noting that she sounded "like a screeching harpy". |
| 327 | * ParentsAsPeople: Her harshness with Mileena is born both out of worry and out of what she thinks is best for the kingdom, even if these decisions sour her relationship with her daughter. |
| 328 | * PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Sindel's marriage to Jerrod was by arrangement, not either of their choice, but they turned out to be a perfect match, falling deeply in love and living happily until Jerrod's murder. She clearly feels the loss during the game, which fuels her bitterness towards Li Mei, whom she blamed for failing to save Jerrod. |
| 329 | * PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Despite being a genuinely well-meaning ruler and a friend to Liu Kang, Sindel sports a few ugly prejudices, [[FantasticAbleism treating Tarkatans like second-class citizens when they're only Outworlders with a terrible disease]], as well as looking down on Vaeternians (who, in fairness, are bloodsucking monsters who themselves look down on Outworlders) and showing some signs of classism in her intros. |
| 330 | * PowerFloats: She can levitate under her own power, which mechanically gives her unique cancels for her combos. It also shows up in her intros, winscreen and fatality to help enhance her imperious image. |
| 331 | * PrehensileHair: As with previous versions of the character, Sindel uses her extendable hair as extra limbs and a weapon in combat. This is especially emphasized in the New Era however, in specific animations where her hair will expand from a fairly simple hairstyle that reaches to her midback into a massive mane of prehensile tendrils that could envelop her entire body. |
| 332 | * PrepareToDie: In a pre-kombat dialogue with Omni-Man, she threatens to kill him for threatening to keep her and her daughters as "pets" after her defeat (she understood this as a threat to turn her and her daughters into his [[SexSlave sex slaves]]). |
| 333 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: While she certainly has her vices -- [[FantasticRacism she marginalizes the Tarkatans who are merely victims of disease]], and allows her grief over Jerrod's death to blind her from forgiving Li Mei -- Sindel ultimately insists on maintaining peace with Earthrealm until presented with evidence of hostile intent from Liu Kang. She steadily resists Shao's insistent pushes for all-out war with Earthrealm and she also allows Liu Kang and Li Mei to prove their case when they accuse Shao and Shang Tsung of conspiring against her. |
| 334 | * RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: While flawed, Sindel is, in addition to being Outworld's Empress, a powerful kombatant in her own right, more than willing to throw down should someone threaten her realm. |
| 335 | * SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:Alone of the heroes, Sindel is slain before the game's final act, with her death driving home how serious the threat posed by Titan Shang Tsung and his corrupted minions really is.]] |
| 336 | * SilverVixen: Sindel's hair is almost entirely silver, and she's old enough to have two adult daughters, but her hair is the only sign of her age, and she's ''very'' attractive otherwise. |
| 337 | * SuperScream: Just as in the past timelines, Sindel uses her [[{{Pun}} killer voice]] in her moveset and in one of her fatalities. |
| 338 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: While she led the Umgadi, Li Mei considered Sindel her closest friend, but their bond was shattered after Jerrod's murder. Blaming Li Mei for failing to prevent her beloved husband's death, Sindel is clearly infuriated at the very sight of her, to the point that, if it weren't for tradition requiring it, she wouldn't allow Li Mei to fight in the tournament. [[spoiler:When Li Mei helps to uncover Shao and Shang Tsung's conspiracy, however, she and Sindel reconcile.]] |
| 339 | * WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: Downplayed, as Sindel is ultimately firmly supportive of Mileena as her heir and states that Kitana should do everything in her power to support her sister's reign, but she does admit to her younger daughter that she sometimes wishes the order of their births were switched, as things would be simpler that way. |
| 340 | -->'''Sindel:''' There are times I wish that you were born first.\ |
| 341 | '''Kitana:''' Never let Mileena hear you say that! |
| 342 | [[/folder]] |
| 343 | |
| 344 | [[folder:Reiko]] |
| 345 | !!Reiko |
| 346 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/reiko_mk1_render.png]] |
| 347 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"You are woefully unprepared, Earthrealmer. This will be your last battlefield."'']] |
| 348 | ->'''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombat4''\ |
| 349 | '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/DerekPhillips (English), Manuel Pérez (Latin American Spanish), Jon Schaefer (face model) |
| 350 | |
| 351 | ->Reiko has seen war from every side of it. During the Kafallah War, while he was but a boy, he and his family were captured by the enemy and thrown into prison. While the other family members eventually perished, the young Reiko proved to be resilient enough to survive the conditions for months until his salvation came. General Shao, a decorated warrior, led a raiding party into the enemy territory and freed the prisoners, Reiko included. With fury burning within, the young boy lashed out at his captors and exacted his revenge, impressing the general with his spirit. He was made Shao's squire and under the seasoned commander's tutelage, he learned the ways of warfare. Reiko's skills earned him the position of the general's second-in-command and his loyalty to his savior is absolute, to the point of willing to give up his own life for Shao. |
| 352 | |
| 353 | ->For tropes applying to Reiko in previous timelines, [[Characters/MortalKombat4 click here]]. |
| 354 | ---- |
| 355 | * AdaptationalSympathy: Reiko in the original timelines had little to no redeeming qualities as he served both Shinnok and Shao Kahn. Here, he was orphaned and captured at a young age due to war and he would be later saved by General Shao who took him in after recognizing his potential, justifying Reiko's loyalty towards him unlike previous timelines. |
| 356 | * AscendedExtra: He's given a prominent role as General Shao's second-in-command. |
| 357 | * BadassNormal: Ironically, in spite of his prejudice against Earthrealmers, Reiko fights more like Kung Lao or Johnny Cage than his fellow Outworlders. In a world where magic is commonplace, Reiko fights solely with his martial skill and physical mastery while being one of Outworld's finest soldiers. |
| 358 | * BeardOfEvil: Has a PermaStubble and is TheDragon to General Shao. |
| 359 | * BloodKnight: Reiko lives and breathes for war and battle, and this passion has made him one of Outworld's finest soldiers. |
| 360 | * TheBusCameBack: Last playable in 2006's ''Armageddon'', had a significant role in the prequel comics of ''X''. Back here as a playable character. |
| 361 | * ChildSoldier: Spent his youth as a soldier for General Shao, and as he proudly tells Kenshi, [[BlueAndOrangeMorality sees nothing wrong with that fact]]. In fairness, no one else in Outworld has questioned it, either. |
| 362 | * DecapitationPresentation: He tells Shang Tsung in a pre-kombat dialogue that General Shao would like him to bring his severed head on a pike. |
| 363 | * DeliberateValuesDissonance: Reiko is proud of his service as a ChildSoldier and seems bewildered when Kenshi expresses shock about it in an intro. |
| 364 | * DeviousDaggers: His main weapon is a double-edged dagger, fitting his cunning and cerebral character. |
| 365 | * TheDragon: Reiko is General Shao's [[UndyingLoyalty unbreakably loyal]] right-hand man and personal attack dog. |
| 366 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: |
| 367 | ** Interactions with Geras and Sub-Zero show that he clearly loved and misses his birth parents. This is why Bi-Han, who [[spoiler: committed ([[MurderByInaction indirect]]) patricide]], [[EvenEvilHasStandards gets on Reiko's nerves]]. |
| 368 | ** Reiko's loyalty to General Shao, his surrogate father, is absolute and unbreakable, to the point that, to Reiko, there's no greater honor possible than dying in Shao's service. |
| 369 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: |
| 370 | ** In one pre-fight intro with Bi-Han, Reiko asks whether Bi-Han truly did [[MurderByInaction let his father die]] in a rather furious tone, heavily implying that Reiko is appalled at Bi-Han for committing patricide. |
| 371 | ** He also has a low opinion of Havik, thinking that his actions and treatment of those in his army are inglorious, especially the flooding of Seido's capital, which not even his UndyingLoyalty towards General Shao, who, in contrast to not just Reiko but ''all'' of the other villains, ''approved'' of the act, is enough to make him condone. |
| 372 | --->'''Reiko:''' An effective army needs structure and discipline.\ |
| 373 | '''Havik:''' It needs fighters willing to die for freedom! |
| 374 | ** It's not as if he's a poster child of politeness and good manners, but Kung Lao's poor table manners ([[{{Gasshole}} burping loudly]]) shocked him a little. |
| 375 | ** Shang Tsung's [[EvilCannotComprehendGood disdain for and inability to understand honour]] disgust Reiko. |
| 376 | * EvilSoundsRaspy: He's loyal to the less-than-heroic General Shao, and Reiko's own voice sports a notable raspy quality. |
| 377 | * EvilVirtues: Loyalty, gratitude, and valor. Reiko is unflinchingly loyal to General Shao even in the face of certain death due to the General not only saving his life, but giving him a life and a purpose after both had been taken from him. Several characters in their intro dialogue raise the possibility of his redemption, or mourn how his virtues have been twisted into Shao's service. |
| 378 | * FlechetteStorm: His projectile is a spread of 3 (5 if enhanced) shurikens thrown at once. |
| 379 | * HappilyAdopted: Downplayed on account of they don't seem to regard each other as father and son. Reiko was orphaned at a young age and was taken in by Shao who saw potential in him as a soldier. Because of this, Reiko [[UndyingLoyalty sticks with Shao through thick and thin]], even if it means being branded as traitors to Outworld. |
| 380 | * HijackingCthulhu: [[spoiler: Reiko's Arcade ending has Shao crossing the GodzillaThreshold after defeats by Kitana's army, and he reluctantly sends Reiko on the impossible mission of taming Onaga. While Reiko is almost certain he will die in the attempt, and [[UncertainDoom there's no word from him about the outcome]], General Shao has dialogue with Tanya that suggests the Dragon King was successfully brought to heel.]] |
| 381 | * HitboxDissonance: Many of his kick attacks project energy to extend their reach without putting himself in much danger of getting whiff punished. |
| 382 | * {{Jerkass}}: Like his boss and idol, Reiko is an arrogant thug who mocks his opponents mercilessly. The only character he has much, if any, esteem for is General Shao. |
| 383 | * NotAfraidToDie: Whenever the possibility of dying comes up for him, whether [[spoiler:fighting Sindel in Story Mode or preparing to tame Onaga in his tower ending]], Reiko is unafraid; to him, dying in General Shao's service is the highest possible honor. |
| 384 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: |
| 385 | ** He is [[FantasticAbleism openly hostile towards those with Tarkat]] and [[FantasticRacism racist towards Zaterrans]] (with Reptile responding that he is "one of ''those'' warm-bloods" in kind). Raiden also calls him out on his prejudice when talking lowly about Earthrealmers. |
| 386 | ** An intro with Kenshi has Reiko call the [[BullyingTheDisabled blind swordsman "an Earthrealm cripple"]]. |
| 387 | * TongueTrauma: He threatens to cut out Quan Chi's tongue after he tried to talk him into serving him by making disparaging remarks about Shao. |
| 388 | * UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:Reiko's arcade ending ends with him trying to tame [[PersonOfMassDestruction Onaga]], a mission that even Reiko himself admits is likely suicide. While some of Shao's dialogue mentions he ''actually succeeded'' in doing so, whether Reiko survived the mission is left unrevealed.]] |
| 389 | * UndyingLoyalty: Reiko's loyalty to General Shao is completely unbreakable, even by a master manipulator like Shang Tsung. [[spoiler:In his ending, Reiko is willing to volunteer for the incredibly dangerous task of trying to tame Onaga, even knowing it will likely kill him. As far as Reiko is concerned, dying in Shao's service is the highest possible honor.]] |
| 390 | * VillainousValor: For all his thuggery, Reiko's loyalty and bravery are impossible to deny. [[spoiler:His arcade ending sees him proudly jump in to try and tame [[PersonOfMassDestruction Onaga]] to aid Shao's goals, unconcerned at the likelihood of dying as long as it helps his commander's goals.]] |
| 391 | * WantedPoster: As revealed by Li Mei in pre-kombat dialogue, his role in Shao's attempted coup d'état made him a wanted man (wanted ''[[{{Outlaw}} dead or alive]]''). |
| 392 | * WarIsGlorious: He's very much a believer in this, considering the ability to risk his life for General Shao to be one of the finest things in life. This puts him at odds with people like Smoke and Geras, who are more believers in [[WarIsHell the opposite]]. |
| 393 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: He shares General Shao's views that Outworld needs a regime change to be a stronger nation, and takes [[BerserkButton great offense]] when anyone tries to paint him as a traitor for it. |
| 394 | [[/folder]] |
| 395 | |
| 396 | [[folder:Rain (Zeffeero)]] |
| 397 | !!Rain (Zeffeero) |
| 398 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rain_mk1_render.png]] |
| 399 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Rain will fall upon you like daggers from the sky!"'']] |
| 400 | ->'''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombat3''\ |
| 401 | '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/NoshirDalal (English), Rafael Escalante (Latin American Spanish) |
| 402 | |
| 403 | ->Outworld is home to many magically gifted individuals, but Rain stands out even among them. With his mastery of water magic, he exceeded all expectations as a student of the prestigious Academy of Sorcery, to the point of being appointed as Outworld's High Mage upon his graduation. Yet still, his ambition burns within, and he wants to reach even higher levels of knowledge to hone his craft. |
| 404 | |
| 405 | ->For tropes applying to Zeffeero in previous timelines, [[Characters/MortalKombat3 click here]]. |
| 406 | ---- |
| 407 | * AdaptationalBackstoryChange: He's no longer an Edenian prince, neither by blood nor divine birthright, merely a student of Outworld's Imperial Academy of Sorcery with an aptitude for [[MakingASplash water magic]], whose skill is so impressive that he was christened Outworld's High Mage by General Shao and Empress Sindel. |
| 408 | * AdaptationalJobChange: Rain is no longer an Edenian Prince, but a High Mage of Outworld's court. |
| 409 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: In previous portrayals, Rain is a [[ItsAllAboutMe egotistical]], [[EntitledBastard entitled]] and [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder traitorous]] prince with little remorse or restraint over his rude and villainous actions. In this story, while still in an antagonistic role working under Shang Tsung, he is notably less crude in his interactions towards others and is implied that he truly believes his actions are for the best for Outworld and is not aware of Shang Tsung's true intentions. [[spoiler: In his ending, after he helps Havik destroy Seido with a giant flood, he feels great remorse for the suffering that he has caused by choosing General Shao's side and even turns himself in to Mileena]]. |
| 410 | * AdaptationSpeciesChange: In past timelines, he was a demi-god due to being Argus' illegitimate son but in this timeline, he's a full-blooded Edenian due to Liu Kang intentionally removing his divine parentage in an attempt to humble him. |
| 411 | * AdaptationalSympathy: In previous timelines, Rain was portrayed as a narcissistic and disloyal demigod whose ambition reflected a sense of entitlement and whose only sympathetic quality was a fondness for his mother. Here, having worked long and hard to master his mystical powers, Rain's pride comes across as much more earned, while his ambitious, ruinous though it may be, is portrayed as a personal flaw that Rain laments and tries to overcome. |
| 412 | * AdaptationalWeaponSwap: Most previous appearances of Rain had him fight bare-handed, with an occasional preference for blades, such as an optional sword in ''Armageddon'' and a katar in ''11''. In the New Era, Rain's weapon is a large MagicStaff, reflecting the shift of his fighting style to make him more of [[KungFuWizard a wizard-type combatant]]. |
| 413 | * AmbitionIsEvil: Naturally, Rain's desire to rise above his status results in him being an antagonist. No one seems more aware of it than himself, as he realizes that it cost him everything he has and he's in a worse spot for it. It's to the point where he asks why Liu Kang doesn't remove this aspect of his personality. |
| 414 | * BloodMagic: Possibly; in an intro with Nitara, she asks if Rain can manipulate blood as well as water. Rain's response suggests that he's never tried to and would be curious to see if he could. |
| 415 | * EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: He keeps his love for his birth mother, Amara, from ''11''. A few pre-fight interactions have him apalled that she and the rest of his family are punished because of his actions. |
| 416 | * EveryoneHasStandards: |
| 417 | ** Despite allying himself with Shang Tsung, Rain's intros have him state that he didn't know the extent of the sorcerer's twisted experiments, and even when he did aid him, he believed that it was being done to find a cure for Tarkat. |
| 418 | ** [[spoiler:After he floods Seido at Havik's behest, Rain, once he takes in the cost of his actions, he's absolutely horrified and turns himself in.]] |
| 419 | * {{Foil}}: Ends up becoming one to Bi-Han/Sub-Zero; both are water-themed characters that wield polearms (a scepter for Rain, and a(n ice) mace for Sub-Zero) and both decide to [[spoiler: work for Shang Tsung at one point in the story]]. The difference is that while Bi-Han [[AdaptationalJerkass became more of a jerk compared to prior timeline versions of himself]], Rain [[AdaptationalNiceGuy became less of a jerk compared to prior timeline versions of himself]]. Sub-Zero [[spoiler: defected ''from'' the heroes' side due to his own ambition for power and glory]]; Rain [[spoiler: defected ''to'' the heroes' side once he learnt the price of his ambition]]. |
| 420 | * HeelRealization: [[spoiler:Drowning Seido's capital leaves him horrified and makes him realize how far he's gone and everything he lost in the process, attempting to be TheAtoner after. While his remose is noted to be genuine, a few lines suggest it might not stick.]] |
| 421 | * InsistentTerminology: According to an intro with Smoke, Rain is a mage, not a sorcerer, though he insists that Tomas wouldn't be able to understand the distinction between the two. |
| 422 | * {{Irony}}: Some of Rain's intros have him swear by Argus, his past incarnation's much-hated father. |
| 423 | * KungFuWizard: This incarnation of Rain is portrayed as less of a militant prince and more of a scholarly sorcerer, having been appointed the title of Outworld's High Mage thanks to his expertise on magic. This shift in characterization doesn't make him any less of a threat in a one-on-one fight, and he makes good use of his MagicStaff as a melee weapon among his elemental powers. |
| 424 | * LikeASonToMe: Sindel saw Rain as a surrogate son, [[spoiler:which makes his collusion with General Shao's coup cut her all the more deeply]]. |
| 425 | * MakingASplash: He still has the hydromancy he is known for. |
| 426 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: In his Arcade ending. [[spoiler: After he helps Havik drown Seido's capital with a magically-conjured tsunami, Rain was horrified that he had destroyed a major city and left thousands dead, realizing that none of that would have happened had he been satisfied as Outworld's high mage and not been tempted by Shang Tsung. As a result, he turns himself in, ready to accept any punishment the Empress (Mileena) wants to give him, and outright states that [[TheAtoner his only ambition now is to one day be forgiven]]. Geras, however, suggests the possibility that his remorse is not permanent, and Rain wavers between remorse and self preservation in his post story intro dialogues. Time will tell whether he pulls a full HeelFaceTurn or relapses into villainy.]] |
| 427 | * NamedByTheAdaptation: In contrast to prior timelines, where he was only ever referred to by his codename, this timeline reveals that Rain's real name is Zeffeero.[[note]]Curiously, he shares this name with a minor character from ''Deception''.[[/note]] |
| 428 | * PartingTheSea: His second Fatality mimics this imagery by trapping his opponent in a swirling pillar of water before spitting the pillar (and the opponent) in half. For added measure, the Fatality is called "The Red Sea". |
| 429 | * UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: So far, there's no mention of Argus being his father or any indication that he is a demigod in the New Era, with Rain's powers over water being the result of years of study and practice in Outworld's Imperial Academy of Sorcery. [[spoiler:His alternate timeline counterpart still calls himself "son of Argus", while an intro dialogue with Liu Kang has our Rain shocked and upset that Liu Kang took divinity away from him because, as Liu Kang says, "in no timeline did he use it properly".]] On the other hand, it is confirmed that Amara is still his birth mother. |
| 430 | [[/folder]] |
| 431 | |
| 432 | [[folder:Ermac]] |
| 433 | !!Ermac |
| 434 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ermac_mk1_render.png]] |
| 435 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"We are Ermac. We are many, you are one. We will destroy you!"'']] |
| 436 | -> '''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombat3'' |
| 437 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JamiesonPrice (English), Salvador Reyes (Latin American Spanish) |
| 438 | |
| 439 | ->Created through the combined efforts of Quan Chi, Shang Tsung, and their underlings and benefactors, Ermac is a construct of incredible power: a veritable wellspring of souls, and the power they contain, held within a humanoid vessel. If not dealt with, Ermac could bring about the end of the realms as they are known, save for one weakness: the souls within are ever struggling to assert themselves... |
| 440 | |
| 441 | ->For tropes applying to Ermac in previous timelines, [[Characters/MortalKombat3 click here]]. |
| 442 | ---- |
| 443 | * AdaptationDyeJob: [[DownplayedTrope Not exactly on Ermac himself]], but [[TechnicolorMagic the colors of his soul/telekinesis powers]], rather than [[EmeraldPower the vibrant emerald green]] of all previous games, is now more of a light bluish/teal, differentiating from the color used for much of Quan Chi's magic. |
| 444 | * AdaptationalOriginConnection: |
| 445 | ** In previous timelines, he was created by Shao Kahn. [[spoiler:For this timeline, he was created by Quan Chi using the Soul Stealer.]] |
| 446 | ** [[spoiler:Prior timelines had telekinesis be a power inherent to Sento, but in the New Era, the sword assimilates Ermac's powers by absorbing some of his many souls.]] |
| 447 | * BroughtDownToBadass: Ermac is weakened after his fight with Ashrah and Kenshi causes him to lose some of his many souls, but he remains a powerful kombatant nonetheless. |
| 448 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "We are many, you are one" is repeated in various forms throughout Ermac's pre-fight intros, with "we will destroy you" often, but not always following. |
| 449 | -->'''Ermac:''' We are many, you are one--\ |
| 450 | '''Johnny Cage:''' [[NeverHeardThatOneBefore Yeah, yeah, you'll destroy me. Whatever.]] |
| 451 | * CurbStompBattle: Immediately after his creation, Ermac proves to be too much for the combined efforts of Ashrah, Johnny Cage, Kung Lao, Baraka and Syzoth to handle. He's only driven off when Kenshi joins the fight, using Sento's magic to absorb some of Ermac's souls and weaken him. |
| 452 | * DarkIsNotEvil: [[spoiler:For most of story mode, Ermac is solidly aligned with the villains, but after he is defeated by Mileena in kombat, Jerrod's soul takes control of Ermac's body and quickly uses its power to assist the heroes. Even as Jerrod's soul loses control of the main body by the time of his Arcade ladder ending, Ermac ultimately ends up as a neutral party, seeking to unite the wills of the many souls within his body towards a shared purpose.]] |
| 453 | * DeadpanSnarker: Like many other kombatants, Ermac's pre-fight intros let him show off a dry wit. |
| 454 | -->'''Kung Lao:''' You may be many, but ''I'' am "The One".\ |
| 455 | '''Ermac:''' You are not even Earthrealm's champion. |
| 456 | * DeadPersonConversation: Some of his intros with other Outworlders will have Ermac relay a message from a deceased person they once knew. |
| 457 | -->'''Ermac:''' [[spoiler:Sindel]] apologizes for her treatment of your kind.\ |
| 458 | '''Baraka:''' It took ''death'' for her to comprehend her error? |
| 459 | * DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: [[spoiler:Both his Ladder Mode ending and pre-match intros show that, after Jerrod loses control of Ermac, the collective has taken to wandering the realms, seeking a goal of his own to aspire to.]] |
| 460 | * DifficultButAwesome: In ''[=MK1=]'', Ermac is easily one of the hardest kombatants to play well due to the nature of his combos being extremely precise, requiring various dash and flight cancels within very tight windows to execute strings. Fortunately, high execution leads to high reward, and Ermac is loaded with excellent potential damage, mixups, and overall versatility that a skilled player can make ''very'' scary. |
| 461 | * TheDragon: For Quan Chi, who created Ermac to be his greatest servant and best weapon. [[spoiler:Quan Chi's attempt to re-enslave Ermac in the latter's Arcade ending, however, spoils any loyalty Ermac's collective might have had to the sorcerer, and Ermac goes forward on his own, explicitly telling Ashrah in an intro that he no longer obeys Quan Chi.]] |
| 462 | * EveryoneHasStandards: |
| 463 | ** In an intro with General Shao, Ermac reveals that some of his souls belong to the general's departed ancestors, [[spoiler:who don't approve of his treason against the royal family. In two other intros, Ermac claims ''all'' his souls condemn Shao’s actions, and will unite in fighting the general.]] |
| 464 | ** [[spoiler:Drawing on the experience of past souls, Ermac tries to warn Reiko against freeing [[PersonOfMassDestruction Onaga]], though the warning falls on deaf ears.]] |
| 465 | ** Ermac considers Havik a "malcontent murderer" and tells him to his face that [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse his suffering doesn't excuse his crimes]]. |
| 466 | ** [[spoiler:While he understandably refuses to return there (as it would end his existence), one of Ermac's intros with Quan Chi has him call out the sorcerer for ravaging the Living Forest to create him.]] |
| 467 | ** PlayedForLaughs; among Ermac's many souls are some performers, and they apparently don't think much of Johnny Cage. |
| 468 | --->'''Ermac:''' The performers' souls within us are unimpressed.\ |
| 469 | '''Johnny Cage:''' Only I could get bad reviews from the dead. |
| 470 | * GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: In several pre-kombat dialogues, Ermac claims to have evolved beyond what Quan Chi created him for. |
| 471 | * FightingFromTheInside: [[spoiler: Sindel's ending reveals that Jerrod is constantly fighting the other souls to remain in control of Ermac's body, a task that becomes easier when Sindel joins him]]. |
| 472 | * HappyEndingOverride: [[spoiler:At the end of the main game's storyline, Jerrod managed to gain control over Ermac, allowing him to give his daughters guidance. In Ermac's Ladder Mode ending, it is revealed that Jerrod's control didn't last, and Ermac departed for his own path.]] |
| 473 | * HazyFeelTurn: In Ermac's ending, after [[spoiler: the collective souls regain control from King Jerrod, Ermac seeks out Quan Chi to heal him. Quan does, but immediately betrays and tries to re-enslave him, however Ermac manages to fend him off using the unique powers of his collected souls. This leads Ermac to realize that his strength lies in his collective souls uniting on a shared goal, and that they must reconcile their differences in order to decide on the future path he'll take, whether it be good or bad.]] |
| 474 | * IAmLegion: As ever, Ermac's many souls cause him to refer to himself as "we", [[spoiler:though when Jerrod is in control, he sticks to "I"]]. |
| 475 | * ManaShield: Activating Death's Embrace temporarily causes incoming damage to drain his Super Meter instead of his health. |
| 476 | * MarionetteMotion: {{Downplayed|Trope}} as it's not always the case, but in some of his subtler animations, such as simply floating forwards or even standing in place, Ermac goes noticeably limp, moving as though he's a puppet being dragged by invisible strings. |
| 477 | * MindOverMatter: As always, Ermac has telekinetic abilities that he can use to blast and throw around opponents from afar. The art direction of ''[=MK1=]'' takes a step ahead of previous games in illustrating how it ties in with his general SoulPower, showing that his enemies are being grabbed and flung around by the hands of [[MindHive various souls in his collective]]. |
| 478 | * TheMinionMaster: While not a true PuppetFighter, many of Ermac's abilities in ''[=MK1=]'' have him summon various souls to fight alongside him and his Kameo, emphasizing the MindHive design of his character. This includes having a soul hold up Ermac's opponent into the air like an impromptu punching bag, and Ermac's Fatal Blow has him summon a phalanx of spectral, spear-wielding warriors to pierce into his opponent's chest. |
| 479 | * MindHive: Just like his previous incarnation, Ermac is a collective of various souls taking the form of a single mummy-like kombatant with pseudo-[[MindOverMatter telekinesis]] and other [[SoulPower soul-based powers]]. [[spoiler:''Unlike'' the last time, there is one soul in the collective who gets more focus than others: the late King Jerrod, who manages to take control of the collective, at least up until the end of the story mode.]] |
| 480 | -->'''General Shao:''' Which of your souls fights me today?\ |
| 481 | '''Ermac:''' ''All.'' |
| 482 | * PromotedToPlayable: Though Ermac has been playable multiple times through the years, [[spoiler:this marks the first time King Jerrod is technically playable, after he becomes the dominant soul in the hivemind]]. |
| 483 | * PronounTrouble: In an intro, Johnny Cage asks if Ermac's pronouns are he/him or they/them; Ermac is confused by the question, and while seemingly presenting as male, only refers to himself as "we" and "us". |
| 484 | * RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: As in prior timelines, Ermac is a creepy gestalt being allied with the villains who dresses in red and black. [[spoiler:That said, when a heroic soul like Emperor Jerrod is in control of the body, he's more a case of DarkIsNotEvil.]] |
| 485 | * SignificantWardrobeShift: {{Downplayed|Trope}}, while Ermac still has the same outfit in story mode he now sports a [[CoolMask mask]] in his gameplay trailer. One of his intros with Reptile lampshades this. |
| 486 | * TheUndead: Ermac is a conglomeration of souls belonging to dead Outworlders, and their gestalt form is that of a gray-skinned, corpse-like being that often floats around like a ghost. In gameplay, Ermac can also manifest some of his souls as spectral warriors to attack on his behalf. |
| 487 | * UndeathlyPallor: Appropriate for a conglomerate of spirits, Ermac's skin has a grey, corpse-like tone to it, [[spoiler:even when manifesting Emperor Jerrod's appearance]]. |
| 488 | * VoiceOfTheLegion: Fitting his nature as a gestalt being, Ermac's voice is accompanied by an eerie echo of the many souls of which he consists. [[spoiler:It goes away when a single soul, like Jerrod, is in control.]] |
| 489 | * WeAREStrugglingTogether: Despite what Ermac might imply, more than a few Pre-Fight dialogues imply that the souls within him are not as unified as one might think. |
| 490 | -->'''Rain:''' The competition among your minds must be fierce!\ |
| 491 | '''Ermac:''' "At times, it is [[{{Pun}} Mental Kombat]]." |
| 492 | * WildCard: [[spoiler:After Jerrod loses control of Ermac and Quan Chi betrays his creation, the gestalt being sets out on his own, allying himself with no realm or master. While acknowledging that his power could be dangerous if misued and refusing to allow outside influence to decide his future or leads the Collective, Ermac generally wishes ill on no one, though he expresses a low opinion of various villains like General Shao, Shang Tsung, Quan Chi, Havik, Nitara, and Omni-Man, as well as considering Peacemaker an annoying idiot.]] |
| 493 | * YourSoulIsMine: |
| 494 | ** Ermac's intros have him both offer and threaten to take his opponents' souls, offering either community within Ermac or to simply kill his enemy and take their soul into himself. |
| 495 | ** [[spoiler:A rare ''benevolent'' example; as Sindel lies dying, Jerrod takes her soul into Ermac's body so that they can still be together.]] |
| 496 | ** His second Fatality involves him forcing his opponent's soul out of their body, then devouring it. |
| 497 | [[/folder]] |
| 498 | |
| 499 | [[folder:Tanya]] |
| 500 | !!Tanya |
| 501 | [[quoteright:676:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tanya_4.png]] |
| 502 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Let's see if you still fight like an Umgadi."'']] |
| 503 | -> '''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombat4'' |
| 504 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/CheriseBoothe (English), Rebeca Gómez (Latin American Spanish), Sydney Cross (face model) |
| 505 | |
| 506 | ->The Umgadi are a group of warrior priestesses, selected from the firstborn daughters of Outworld's noble families at infancy and tasked with protecting the royal family. In addition to the grueling regiment they go through, they worship the goddess Delia and give vows of loyalty and chastity in order to be devoted to her. However, Tanya, unbeknownst to others, is an oathbreaker: she harbors an affair with Princess Mileena, which may cause a great scandal if the elders find out, so they keep their relationship secret, which is not helped by Mileena contracting the deadly Tarkat disease. |
| 507 | |
| 508 | ->For tropes applying to Tanya in previous timelines, [[Characters/MortalKombat4 click here]]. |
| 509 | ---- |
| 510 | * AdaptationalBackstoryChange: |
| 511 | ** A member of the Umgadi in this timeline. |
| 512 | ** Her rivalry with Jade was transplanted into Li Mei, being the first person to attack her on sight. It isn't until [[spoiler:the resurrected King Jerrod reveals the truth to both her and Mileena once he gains control of Ermac]] that she gets over her loathing of Li Mei. |
| 513 | * AdaptationalHeroism: To the point where she's essentially Tanya in name only. The Tanya of the previous timelines was a [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder two-faced deceiver and backstabber on par with the likes of Kano and Shang Tsung]], to the point of it being her defining character trait. In the original timeline, she sold out her people to Shinnok in ''[=MK4=]'' and betrays Liu Kang to Shinnok in her non-canon ''[=MK4=]'' Arcade Ladder ending, while in the rebooted timeline, she manages to backstab Rain in her non-canon ''[=MKX=]'' Arcade Ladder ending and while she ends up dying sometime in between ''[=MKX=]'' and ''[=MK11=]'', pre-fight intros in the latter heavily imply that she only pretended to love Mileena and had every intention of backstabbing her as well. In the new timeline however, she's the trusted personal guard of Outworld's princesses and defends the two with her life. [[spoiler:Even the moment where she antagonizes the heroes comes from her being misled into thinking Shang Tsung was trustworthy and once that is cleared, she's once again an ally.]] Also, her relationship with Mileena lacks the previous timeline's [[AmbiguousSituation unconfirmed but very likely]] implication that Tanya was [[UsingYouAllAlong simply using her]]; here, not only are Tanya's feelings for Mileena unambiguously genuine, but she is so devoted to Mileena that even the possibility of catching Tarkat [[YouAreWorthHell doesn't worry her]]. |
| 514 | * AdaptationalSexuality: While Tanya's romantic relationship with Mileena remains her strongest relationship as in the previous timeline, she was also known to flirt with men, such as Kung Lao and [[IncompatibleOrientation Kung Jin]], during her intros in ''X''. Here, she only has eyes for Mileena [[spoiler:and an intro dialogue with Scorpion implies she had something with Harumi in the past]]. Whether the New Era Tanya is a lesbian this time or there are other factors that make her disinterested in men (such as being already spoken for or being more mature and wiser than before and not needing to resort to flirting to get what she wants) remains to be seen. |
| 515 | * AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: Instead of [[PlayingWithFire being a pyromancer like in the previous two timelines]], Tanya can manifest golden spectral arms and create InstantRunes. [[DownplayedTrope That being said]], she ''is'' still capable of throwing fireballs as a projectile, albeit not with the same ease and frequency as her previous counterparts. |
| 516 | * BaitAndSwitch: [[spoiler:Her presence in Shang Tsung's laboratory alongside Rain and Shang Tsung initially implies that Tanya is every bit the backstabbing villainess she was in the previous timeline. The truth of the matter, however, is that she's only there to guard and support Mileena during her medical treatment; she's not a part of Shang Tsung's plots and readily joins the fight against the sorcerer when his guilt becomes apparent.]] |
| 517 | * BattleCouple: Implied and downplayed. According to Mileena's bio, the Umgadi are sworn to chastity, so her relationship with her being revealed to the public will speak doom for both of them. In the game's story proper, however, she's Mileena's Kameo Fighter during her chapter. |
| 518 | * BodyguardCrush: She is stated to have a thing going on with Mileena in spite of the Umgadi's vow of celibacy. |
| 519 | * BodyguardingABadass: The Umgadi are charged with protecting the royal family, but Sindel, Mileena and Kitana are all skilled and powerful kombatants in their own right. |
| 520 | * CompositeCharacter: She has elements that Jade had in the original timelines: a trusted ally of an Edenian royal who has been trained from birth to fight at their side, utilizes a polearm and is (somewhat ironically) put into conflict with a dissenter of their organization. The difference is that the royal is Mileena and Li Mei seems to have left for more selfless purposes than the original Tanya ever did. |
| 521 | * DoesNotLikeMen: Her sexual orientation notwithstanding, Tanya seems to carry quite a few misandrist opinions, though to be fair they usually only come up when dealing with men whom rightly deserve it. |
| 522 | * GameplayAndStorySegregation: In Chapter 12, she becomes indisposed after suffering a broken rib. In a game where skeletons are brutally broken in every way imaginable in combat and the victims immediately get right back up. She isn't even indisposed for that long, given she acts as an AssistCharacter for the following fight. |
| 523 | * HeKnowsTooMuch: How she threatens to react to Shao's boasting and a possible attempt to blackmail her (most likely with knowledge about her ''secret'' and very illegal relationship with Mileena): |
| 524 | -->'''General Shao''': I know more than you realize, Tanya.\ |
| 525 | '''Tanya''': I'll spill your blood before you can spill my secrets. |
| 526 | * HeroAntagonist: Despite ostensibly being on the side of good, Tanya spends most of the story mode in opposition to the heroes due to the growing tensions between Earthrealm and Outworld, to the point of [[spoiler:attacking Li Mei twice in the same chapter just because she refuses to hear what she or Liu Kang have to say.]] |
| 527 | * InSpiteOfANail: In the New Era, Tanya still formed a relationship with Mileena. |
| 528 | * InternalReformist: [[spoiler:After outing the Matron Superiors for their neglect, Tanya takes over the Umgadi and promises Mileena that she can reform the organization from within.]] |
| 529 | * {{Jobber}}: Counting Kameo losses, Tanya loses more fights than any other character in the story mode, losing a total of six fights [[spoiler:(seven fights if you count Dark Tanya's loss as a Kameo in Chapter 14)]]. |
| 530 | * LightIsGood: Tanya's powers involve a lot of golden light, and unlike her [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder prior incarnation]], this Tanya is a heroic character, completely loyal to her loved ones. |
| 531 | * PrepareToDie: In her pre-kombat dialogue with Quan Chi, she informs him that her Umgadi superiors have ordered her to kill him. |
| 532 | * RedeemingReplacement: [[spoiler:In her tower ending, Tanya is appointed the Umgadi's new Matron Superior, and she aims to eliminate the corruption of her predecessors, who threw Li Mei under the bus after their own negligence led to Jerrod's murder.]] |
| 533 | * ReligiousBruiser: Tanya's devout faith in Delia and Argus comes up several times in her intros, and even faced with the New Era's creator, Liu Kang, she insists that she won't abandon her gods in favor of him (of course, Liu Kang would have it no other way). |
| 534 | * SecretRelationship: Her romance with Mileena is technically forbidden, but they carry on nonetheless. Both Kitana and Li Mei manage to see it despite Tanya and Mileena's efforts. |
| 535 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Ironically, this Tanya has more in common with the original Jade, being a friend of the princess of their respective timeline and even using a staff. |
| 536 | * VowOfCelibacy: Took one as part of being part of the Umgadi; she and Mileena carry on their relationship in secret, though Kitana was able to see it quite clearly. When Mileena scoffs at that tradition as ridiculous, Kitana suggests that, when she becomes Empress, Mileena could abolish it. |
| 537 | * WhiteSheep: Tanya's previous incarnations were backstabbing villains, [[spoiler:Titan Shang Tsung's version serves him, and Titan Kitana implies that her own Tanya is little better]], but this incarnation is [[HeroAntagonist for the most part]] entirely heroic. |
| 538 | * YouAreWorthHell: Tarkat is often regarded as a FateWorseThanDeath, and while it isn't a highly contagious disease, Tanya is accepting a real risk of infection by being so close to Mileena, which she matter-of-factly acknowledges and accepts. |
| 539 | -->'''Baraka:''' You know the Empress could pass you Tarkat…\ |
| 540 | '''Tanya:''' I am aware of the risk, Baraka. |
| 541 | [[/folder]] |
| 542 | |
| 543 | [[folder:Li Mei]] |
| 544 | !!Li Mei |
| 545 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/limei_mk1_render.png]] |
| 546 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"I will prevail, Earthrealmer. This fight is more important to me than you can ever know."'']] |
| 547 | -> '''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance'' |
| 548 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/KellyHu (English and face model), Kerygma Flores (Latin American Spanish) |
| 549 | |
| 550 | ->Li Mei was formerly a leading figure in the Umgadi, the warrior priestesses charged with the protection of the royal family of Outworld, as well as Empress Sindel's closest friend and confidant. Relations between Li Mei and the royal family, sadly, would sour with the assassination of King Jerrod, with Li Mei forced to accept the blame for her perceived negligence. Rather than face the consequences of her failure, Li Mei left the Umgadi. Now, she serves in the capital of Sun Do as First Constable, coordinating with the city's police force to keep the peace. |
| 551 | |
| 552 | ->For tropes applying to Li Mei in previous timelines, [[Characters/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance click here]]. |
| 553 | ---- |
| 554 | * AdaptationalBackstoryChange: In the original games, Li Mei was a civilian martial artist-turned-freedom fighter who tried to save her village, first from the Deadly Alliance and then from Onaga. Here, she is a former member of an elite female guard force called the Umgadi, tasked with protecting the Outworld royal family, later turned First Constable, a.k.a. Outworld's police force. |
| 555 | * AdaptationalModesty: |
| 556 | ** Li Mei's outfits in ''Deadly Alliance'', ''Deception'' and ''Armageddon'' were quite sexually provocative in their design, either showing off a great deal of cleavage or essentially being underwear. Her outfit in the New Era is very practical and conservative, though she still wears [[CombatStilettos heels]]. |
| 557 | ** Her returning ''Deception'' costume, while still quite revealing, now has pants instead of simply having underwear paired with boots. |
| 558 | * AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: In previous timelines, Li Mei could shoot a basic EnergyBall projectile, but most of her fighting ability was through general acrobatic SheFu, sometimes with sais or sword in hand. In the New Era, Li Mei keeps her acrobatic martial arts ''and'' features more robust [[ShapingYourAttacks pink energy abilities]] ''and'' can summon fiery [[AsianLionDogs lion dog]] spirits to brutalize her opponents. |
| 559 | * AlmightyJanitor: In her arcade ending, Li Mei performs well enough to attain a position at the Imperial Police. However, she vastly prefers actively policing the streets as First Constable instead of dealing with investigations and paperwork. |
| 560 | * AntiAir: One of her new abilities introduced in ''1'' is pulling out a lantern that floats above the players and explodes if the enemy jumps into it, launching them further and setting them up for a combo. |
| 561 | * AscendedExtra: Li Mei was just one of many heroic fighters exploited by the villains in the original games and had a small cameo as a non-playable character in ''X''. ''Mortal Kombat 1'' reimagines her as a prominent member of the royal court who has significant history with the royal family. |
| 562 | * AsianLionDogs: Some of her abilities have her summon spirit-like lion dogs to assist in her beatdowns, including a massive one that chomps on her enemy in her Fatal Blow. |
| 563 | * BadassBoast: She evokes Franchise/{{RoboCop}} in order to get Bi-Han to submit: |
| 564 | -->'''Li Mei:''' Turn yourself in, Bi-Han!\ |
| 565 | '''Bi-Han:''' Hell will freeze before that happens! |
| 566 | * TheBusCameBack: Last playable in 2006's ''Armageddon'', last seen in 2014's ''X'' as a cameo. |
| 567 | * ByTheBookCop: She's the constable of Outworld's equivalent to police. Her various intros show just how seriously she takes the job, including shrugging off the idea of celebrities getting special treatment. |
| 568 | * DefectorFromDecadence: She was once a member of the royal family's elite guard until the assassination of King Jerrod. Rather than accept punishment, she quit in disgrace and keeps close to the city as a cop. |
| 569 | * EveryoneHasStandards: In her intros with Peacemaker, Li Mei expresses contempt at the idea of vigilantism and roundly rejects his proposal of just killing all criminals; she might be a tough peacekeeper, but Li Mei is also a fair one. |
| 570 | * ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: Like any good police officer, Li Mei has good instincts about who should and shouldn't be trusted. [[spoiler:Despite Outworld's government being soured on Earthrealm, Li Mei chooses to trust Liu Kang and give him a chance to plead his case with Sindel, due entirely to her gut telling her that he was to be trusted. She was also wise enough to never trust Shang Tsung, and quickly sensed that General Shao's intentions were less than pure, even if the extent of his actions still shocked her.]] |
| 571 | * {{Foil}}: To General Shao; they're both high-ranking officials with a strong sense of national pride that can cause them to clash with the royal family. [[spoiler:Unlike Shao, who betrays Sindel to follow through with what he feels is best for Outworld, Li Mei is willing to fight to stop Sindel from making a terrible mistake. Li Mei was wise enough to see Shang Tsung for the serpent he is, while Shao was taken in by the sorcerer's lies, and as a result, they each end the story in different places; Li Mei has won her way back to the royal family's good graces, while Shao has lost the prestige he fought for. They also contrast in their ambitions, as their endings show: Shao fights to depose Mileena so that he can take her throne for himself, whereas Li Mei, given a position of great power and authority, is quickly climbing the walls in boredom and prefers the life of a street cop.]] |
| 572 | * IDidWhatIHadToDo: As an intro with Baraka shows, Li Mei isn't proud of enforcing the laws about Tarkatans, but she does believe that segregating them is necessary to keep the disease from spreading uncontrollably. |
| 573 | * InkSuitActor: Her face model is the actor and model Kelly Hu, who also voices her in the game. |
| 574 | * InternalReformist: Judging by a pre-kombat dialogue between her and Kitana, she is on a quest to weed out corruption from the capital city constabulary just like Tanya does from the Umgadi leadership. |
| 575 | * LamePunReaction: She considers Johnny Cage's pun about her name a "crime": |
| 576 | --->'''Johnny Cage:''' Li, ''Mei'' I have this fight?\ |
| 577 | '''Li Mei:''' Ugh, that was criminal, Earthrealmer. |
| 578 | * MyCountryRightOrWrong: Li Mei believes in doing what's best for Outworld, even if she finds it personally distasteful. [[spoiler:She's also willing to, when necessary, fight against Sindel's wishes to save the royalty and realm that she loves from malefactors like Shang Tsung and General Shao.]] |
| 579 | * MyGreatestFailure: Failing to prevent Jerrod's murder has weighed on Li Mei since it happened and even more so, the subsequent loss of her friendship with Sindel. |
| 580 | * PowerTattoos: When Li Mei uses her powers, glowing pink/purple tattoos appear on her arms. |
| 581 | * PublicExecution: In her pre-kombat dialogue with Havik, she warned (after he threatened to do to Sun Do the same he did to Seido's capital city) him that the penalty for threats against the capital is execution. |
| 582 | * ResignedInDisgrace: After Jerrod was killed, Li Mei left the Umgadi and every reference to her doing so is in a very negative light. |
| 583 | * TheScapegoat: [[spoiler:When Jerrod returns as Ermac, he states that Li Mei was not to blame for his death (indeed, he seems surprised that she'd be blamed at all). Tanya's tower ending backs this up, revealing that the Umgadi matrons were the ones who failed the royal family and threw Li Mei under the bus to protect themselves.]] |
| 584 | * ShapingYourAttacks: In the previous games, Li Mei could only shoot a minor EnergyBall. ''Mortal Kombat 1'' expands her powerset to shaping [[PurpleIsPowerful purple]] energy into fire lamps and AsianLionDogs. |
| 585 | * UndyingLoyalty: Even after she left the Umgadi and neither Sindel nor her daughters can stand the sight of her, Li Mei remains unflinchingly loyal to the royal family and would do anything to protect them, [[spoiler:even allying herself with Liu Kang in defiance of Sindel's orders to save them from Shang Tsung's schemes.]] |
| 586 | * VigilanteInjustice: |
| 587 | ** In her pre-kombat dialogues with Kuai Liang and Tomas, [[spoiler:she considers their attempts to catch or kill their wayward brother, Bi-Han, in Sun Do vigilantism because not only are they not members of any Outworld law enforcement agency unlike her, Bi-Han is also an accomplice of the traitor Shao and would have to answer for this crimes before an Outworld court]]. |
| 588 | ** Her pre-kombat line with Syzoth has the same message when her opponent talked about how Shang Tsung must be punished for his horrific crimes against him and his family. |
| 589 | ** She warned Peacemaker that enacting his brand of crime fighting (i.e. killing criminals [[ComicBook/ThePunisher Punisher]]-style) in Sun Do will land him behind bars. |
| 590 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: Li Mei was Sindel's confidant and close friend before Jerrod was murdered. The death of her husband deeply soured Sindel's opinion on Li Mei and she makes that fact very clear when Li Mei arrives for the tournament. They reconcile after Li Mei helps foil the plot against the royal family. |
| 591 | * WorthyOpponent: Both Reiko and General Shao express high regard for Li Mei's skills and wish that she had joined the army instead of the constabulary after she left the Umgadi. [[spoiler:Disgusted by their treason against the royal family, Li Mei is unimpressed by their praise and tells them to shut it.]] |
| 592 | [[/folder]] |
| 593 | |
| 594 | [[folder:Reptile (Syzoth)]] |
| 595 | !!Reptile (Syzoth) |
| 596 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/reptile_mk1_render.png]] |
| 597 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Earthrealmers aren't ready to see the ''real'' me."'']] |
| 598 | ->'''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1992''\ |
| 599 | '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/AndrewMorgado (English), Creator/ArturoMercadoJr (Latin American Spanish), Sean Welsh (face model) |
| 600 | |
| 601 | ->Among the Zaterrans, the ability to shapeshift into humanoid form is considered a curse, with those who possess it ostracized. So it was for Syzoth, who found himself exiled from his home due to the mutation and made his living as a circus freak, earning koin by showing his "disfigurement" to others. His fortunes would only continue to worsen when his family was abducted by Shang Tsung, who forced Syzoth to assist him in his morally dubious experiments. With his wife and child's life in Shang Tsung's hands, the Zaterran is forced to bend his knee to the wicked sorcerer... |
| 602 | |
| 603 | ->For tropes applying to Syzoth in previous timelines, [[Characters/MortalKombat1992 click here]]. |
| 604 | ---- |
| 605 | * AdaptationalAttractiveness: Every previous version of Reptile was a humanoid lizard that rarely showed his face. This is the first time he's ever had a fully human form and said form actually looks quite handsome when unmasked. |
| 606 | * AdaptationalBackstoryChange: Unlike in the original and reboot timeline, his race is once again alive and well, but his ability to turn into a human makes him a freakish mutant in their eyes and he's an outcast to them. He's also gone from being a lowly minion of Shang Tsung to being the sorcerer's slave. |
| 607 | * AdaptationalBadass: Reptile was always the ButtMonkey in the previous timelines. Here, he gets a chapter for himself where he is able to fight against the royals of Outworld, as well as ''General Shao'', and win. |
| 608 | * AdaptationalHeroism: In previous timelines, Reptile was simply a minion for Shao Kahn or really any antagonist force. Here, he was forced to be Shang Tsung's servant because the sorcerer held his family hostage and he ends up helping Liu Kang's champions escape and returns to Earthrealm with them to seek refuge with Liu Kang. |
| 609 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: In ''X'', Reptile was a {{Jerkass}} in his pre-fight interactions with very few exceptions such as with Kotal Kahn. In ''1'', he is much meeker and gets along with several members of both Earthrealm and Outworld. |
| 610 | * AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Twofold. In Outworld, Zaterrans are looked down upon by the more humanoid denizens while Syzoth himself is shunned by ''other Zaterrans'' for having the ability to shapeshift into a human form. |
| 611 | * {{Ambadassador}}: [[spoiler:In his arcade ending, Mileena makes Syzoth the throne's emissary to Zaterra.]] |
| 612 | * {{Animorphism}}: [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-Zagged]]. His true form is that of a reptilian beast, but he is often seen with a humanoid form to live with other Outworlders. During a fight, he can morph back into his reptilian form for several of his attacks. According to him, being able to freely switch between his true reptilian form and a humanoid form made him a pariah among his species. |
| 613 | * AscendedExtra: He used to be just a {{Mook}} of various villains in the previous timelines. This game gives him a major story role and his own playable chapter and he gets a new backstory and characterization far beyond what he's had in the past. |
| 614 | * AlienBlood: He still has his green blood from 9, and X. In fact, it's how Li Mei realizes that he's a Zaterran, as it's the only part of him that doesn't change when he shapeshifts. |
| 615 | * TheAtoner: Syzoth is party to Shang Tsung's heinous experiments only under great duress and reluctance, with the sorcerer forcing his compliance by threatening the lives of his family, and he's clearly haunted by the guilt of having to carry out his orders. [[spoiler:Upon it being revealed that Shang Tsung had in fact already killed his family anyway, rendering it AllForNothing Syzoth immediately volunteers to aid the Earthrealmers in any way possible in an attempt to atone]]. |
| 616 | * AwfulTruth: In his arcade ending, [[spoiler:after being made ambassador for Outworld and looking through his people's records, Syzoth finds that he was not the only human-shifter and that there was a consipiracy to kill them at birth. He vows to put an end to this.]] |
| 617 | * ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: In stark contrast to the previous timelines, [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep where nearly everybody called him "Reptile"]], everyone here calls him by his real name. The name "Reptile" is only brought up in an intro with Johnny Cage, where he asks if he can call him that as Syzoth is a bit of a mouthful. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as Reptile is now one of the good guys and his companions have nothing but respect for him, so ''of course'' they would call him by his actual name. |
| 618 | * CommonalityConnection: Syzoth shares this with Smoke and Baraka due to both of them losing their families to Shang Tsung, the Lin Kuei and Tarkat respectively. Baraka even spares his life because of this, acknowledging that, where he in Syzoth's position, he probably wouldn't act any different. |
| 619 | * ADayInTheLimelight: He is the focus of Chapter 7, "Narrow Escape". |
| 620 | * DeadpanSnarker: Despite his pleasant personality, Syzoth isn't above a bit of snark every now and again. |
| 621 | -->'''Kung Lao:''' It's clear you're in awe of my hat.\ |
| 622 | '''Syzoth:''' Is it, Kung Lao? |
| 623 | |
| 624 | -->'''Reiko:''' Ready to face Outworld's finest soldier?\ |
| 625 | '''Syzoth:''' I will be, ''if'' he ever gets here. |
| 626 | * FaceOfAThug: Played with; Syzoth's human appearance is quite handsome, but his reptiloid form is bestial and terrifying. In either visage, Syzoth is a sweet-natured man who only worked for Shang Tsung because he was being forced to. |
| 627 | * ForcedIntoEvil: Syzoth only serves Shang Tsung because the sorcerer has his family hostage and threatens to kill them if he disobeys. When Shang Tsung reveals that he killed them long ago, Syzoth turns on him and joins the heroes. |
| 628 | * GoodCostumeSwitch: A minor, subtle example. When he's initially introduced working as a jailer for Shang Tsung, he has his mask on, presumably to avoid contracting something from the various prisoners and experiments he keeps. When he joins the heroes, he loses the mask and keeps it off for the rest of the story. |
| 629 | * HorrifyingTheHorror: Amusingly, despite him being a shapeshifting reptilian beast who hails from Outworld and is more than willing to face off with demons, sorcerers and monsters of varying description, Syzoth was, according to Johnny Cage, scared witless by the movie ''Film/{{Predator}}'' when he watched it with the latter. |
| 630 | * HumansAreUgly: His human form is strikingly handsome by our standards, but his ability to turn into a human at ''all'' is considered a freakish mutation by others of his race and he's a pariah to them because of it. |
| 631 | * HumbleHero: In his intros, Syzoth is much more humble and self-effacing than most kombatants, expressing some doubt about how well he'd do in a fight with Kuai Liang and questioning the idea of playing a villain in one of Johnny Cage's movies. |
| 632 | * IDoNotDrinkWine: He had to decline Kung Lao's invitation to Madame Bo's restaurant because he "can't stomach human food". |
| 633 | * IHaveAFamily: He is forced to serve Shang Tsung due to the sorcerer taking his wife and son hostage, threatening to hurt them if he disobey. [[spoiler: When Shang Tsung reveals to him that he already killed them long ago, this is the push that brings him over to the Earthrealmers side.]] |
| 634 | * ImAHumanitarian: He swallows his opponent almost whole for his Fatality, regurgitating only the acid-bathed upper portion. |
| 635 | * InSpiteOfANail: Still a lonely outsider without a true home. The difference being that instead of being [[LastOfHisKind the last Saurian]], the rest of his species exiled him for his ability to take a human form. |
| 636 | * InterspeciesRomance: As revealed in multiple intros, he is pursuing a relationship with [[spoiler:Ashrah, a demoness of the Netherrealm, which she reciprocates.]] |
| 637 | * LastOfHisKind: While no longer the last Zaterran like in other timelines, he is the only Zaterran with the ability to shapeshift, which is why he was forced into exile. [[spoiler:Or so he thought. In his Arcade Ending, he discovers that his condition is fairly common among his kin, with the only reason he never saw any other shapeshifting Zaterran being that they were ''killed'' as children.]] |
| 638 | * LiteralMinded: He appears to not fully grasp some Earthrealm sayings, as shown in an intro against Kung Lao; when Kung Lao describes Scorpion as a beast, Reptile asks what kind of beast is he. In an intro against Scorpion himself, Reptile is confused when he sees he's just a man. |
| 639 | * MercyKill: He invokes this, only to wind up averted. After Baraka defeats him, Reptile pleas him to take his life, believing that it will spare his family. The Tarkatan warrior, however, proves himself to be a man of honor by refusing to do so, because he realizes both of them are in the same predicament. |
| 640 | * MetronomicManMashing: Reptile's part of the Fatal Blow has him {{animorphi|sm}}ng to his reptilian form and using his tail to mash his opponent in this fashion for a bit before [[ImAHumanitarian snagging them with his tongue and crushing their abdomen with his mouth]]. |
| 641 | * MyInstinctsAreShowing: At one point, he uses his long tongue to catch a bug to eat, much to Johnny Cage's disgust. In addition, his ''Krokodile Done Right'' Brutality sees him ''tear out his opponent's throat'' like a feral animal. |
| 642 | * NeverSmileAtACrocodile: His reptile form has more crocodilian influence towards its design than even his portrayal in ''Deadly Alliance'', including having its signature death roll as one of his special moves. {{Subverted|Trope}} in that this is the most heroic portrayal of Reptile yet. |
| 643 | * NiceGuy: Separated from the toxic influence of Shang Tsung, Syzoth proves himself to be a perfectly affable and polite individual who treats the other heroes with respect. |
| 644 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Normally, Syzoth is humble and good-natured, and even with opponents he dislikes, he's more snarky than hostile. But in his intros with Shang Tsung, Syzoth's voice is ''dripping'' with venom, showing the depths of his hatred for the sorcerer who enslaved him [[spoiler:and murdered his family]]. |
| 645 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler:After being taken hostage to force his father's cooperation with the sorcerer, Syzoth's son was murdered by Shang Tsung.]] |
| 646 | * SpannerInTheWorks: He ends up being the character that derails [[spoiler:Titan!Shang Tsung's schemes]] and eventually [[spoiler:saves Liu Kang's New Era (regardless if he was chosen or not as the final fighter)]]. And all it took was [[spoiler:New Era!Shang Tsung telling Syzoth that he murdered his entire family, out of fear for [[HeKnowsTooMuch "loose ends"]]]]. This was the catalyst for his HeelFaceTurn and him joining Baraka and the Earthrealmers, them finding Ashrah, [[spoiler:Kenshi unlocking the power of Sento, the Earthrealm gang, him and Ashrah escaping from Outworld, and learning about Quan Chi's soulnado devices and General Shao and Reiko's conspiracy with Tsung in the whole process]], which eventually leads to [[spoiler:Liu Kang visiting Outworld and making an alliance with the royal family, as well as Li Mei finally getting the royal pardon]]. This ends with [[spoiler:Titan!Shang Tsung being forced to reveal himself, both New Era!Shang Tsung and Quan Chi's HeelFaceTurn, the destruction of the Portals preventing the multidimensional army from coming to the New Era, and eventually Titan!Shang Tsung's own demise]]. |
| 647 | * SssssnakeTalk: It's less obvious than most examples of the trope, and hardly noticeable if he's calm and collected, but his speech often slips into this nonetheless. His pre-fight banter provides [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCnaCuevRDk plenty of examples]], especially when he gets angry or emotional. |
| 648 | * SwallowedWhole: In his first Fatality, Reptile will swallow the opponent whole. However, instead of keeping them down, he regurgitates their partially-digested, acid-soaked body to deliver a killing blow. |
| 649 | * VoluntaryShapeshifting: He has a human form and can shapeshift into [[HulkingOut a massive reptilian beast]] and unlike previous installments, [[{{Animorphism}} he can transform between the two forms in combat]], even [[PartialTransformation partially]] (for example, one of his moves has him in human form briefly producing his massive Saurian tail [[TailSlap to whip into his opponent]], another has him transform his upper half to deliver his [[AcidAttack acid breath]]). This ability also plays into the backstory of this new incarnation of Reptile: while in this new timeline, his race is still around, [[FantasticRacism him being able to appear human made him a freak among his people, leading him to be terrorized and exiled]]. It's also implied that the resulting emotional trauma has made him ''more'' comfortable in his human form, since he's shown in that form even when he has no reason to be, only taking his lizard form for purposes of kombat or intimidation. On the other hand, he seems both more beastial and incapable of human speech in his lizard form, implying the human form also gives him the benefit of being able to more easily interact with other sapient species. |
| 650 | * WorthyOpponent: If one of his pre-fight dialogues is any indication, he considers Kuai Liang to be one. |
| 651 | -->'''Scorpion:''' Liu Kang wants your skills tested.\ |
| 652 | '''Syzoth:''' Against ''you''? [[SincerityMode Not sure that I'm ready…]] |
| 653 | [[/folder]] |
| 654 | |
| 655 | [[folder:Baraka]] |
| 656 | !!Baraka |
| 657 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/baraka_mk1_render.png]] |
| 658 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"We are victims of Tarkat. It disfigures, then debilitates. In time, it will turn us all into bloodthirsty monsters. Death is our only release."'']] |
| 659 | ->'''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombatII''\ |
| 660 | '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/SteveBlum (English), Carlos del Campo (Latin American Spanish) |
| 661 | |
| 662 | ->Life was going well for Baraka: after his decorated service as a tribune in the Outworld army, he managed to become a wealthy merchant, providing for himself and his family to have a happy and fulfilled life. But the harmony was not meant to last: a deadly disease, Tarkat, started ravaging the realm and its people, among them Baraka's wife and children and later himself. They were all banished into a colony where the other afflicted were exiled to by the order of Empress Sindel. There, the illness has claimed the lives of his cherished family, making the grieving husband and father long for death to come. But his leadership and warfare skills made him a natural leader for the other infected and now, Baraka has enough reason to keep living until he is finally reunited with his loved ones. |
| 663 | |
| 664 | ->For tropes applying to Baraka in previous timelines, [[Characters/MortalKombatII click here]]. |
| 665 | ---- |
| 666 | * AdaptationalBadass: This Baraka is an improvement of the previous Baraka, who was only regarded as nothing more than a lackey and jobber by most of the cast. Here, he managed to save the heroes and even has his own chapter where he defeats a couple of Tarkatan mutants including the super mutant before defeating both Syzoth and Ashrah. In fact, unlike most of the main cast, who fight four times in their chapters, Baraka has a total of ''eight'' fights in his, only being surpassed by the final chapter's fights (and even then you can choose him as your final warrior). |
| 667 | * AdaptationalBackstoryChange: Instead of a ravenous Tarkatan, Baraka is here a citizen of Outworld who, along with others, was afflicted with the Tarkat disease, giving him the same grotesque features as the Tarkatans from previous timelines. |
| 668 | * AdaptationalHeroism: This version of Baraka is the first to immediately side with the heroes (once they manage to clear up a misunderstanding that leads Baraka to believe they're working for Shang Tsung) as opposed to previous versions that were simply violent muscle for Shao Kahn. |
| 669 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: Baraka is notably a lot kinder than in his previous iterations, at times even getting along with other kombatants and expressing concern that they catch his disease or that he'll lose control while sparring in some pre-fight intros. |
| 670 | * AdaptationalUgliness: While previous timeline Tarkatans were never especially pretty, possessing gaping maws full of uneven needle like teeth, the nature of their condition being a ''disease'' in the New Era worsens their appearance significantly. The bone spikes growing from their skin are now uneven and asymetrical, and visibly gouges wounds and leaves unpleasant sores as it erupts from their flesh while their unnaturally long teeth similarly rips in their mouths, appearing to tear the skin around their cheeks as their jaws are forced apart. The existence of New Era Tarkatans is ''unnatural'' and it shows in how painfully their affliction twists and contorts their bodies. |
| 671 | * AdaptationSpeciesChange: Because Tarkatans are now people infected with a deadly, disfiguring disease, rather than a separate race unto themselves, he was born as a full-blooded Edenian rather than being born a full Tarkatan. |
| 672 | * BadassBoast: Delivers one to General Shao in one of their pre-fight intros: |
| 673 | -->'''General Shao:''' You may have been a soldier, but now, you're just a beast.\ |
| 674 | '''Baraka:''' And I've never been more dangerous, General! |
| 675 | * TheBerserker: While Baraka is more of a good guy in this incarnation, that does not mean his viciousness has ceased in the slightest. He is still able to become a raging whirlwind of death in the heat of battle slicing and tearing his way through his opponents. [[spoiler: This is made tragically clear with the disease Tarkat, slowly corrupting his mind and he will unfortunately go completely feral in the future.]] |
| 676 | * BladeBelowTheShoulder: As with previous timelines, Baraka fights primarily with his Tarkatan arm blades, long bony growths that emerge from his forearms. In an especially visceral twist, these ones constantly break and immediately regrow as he uses them. |
| 677 | * BodyHorror: His fang-laced NightmareFace and body spikes are a product of the horrific Tarkat virus. |
| 678 | * CommonalityConnection: In his pre-fight interactions with Smoke and Reptile, he empathizes with the loss of their families, a tragedy he too experienced. In the story, this actually makes him spare and befriend Reptile due to him acknowledging that he would've done the same thing had his family been threatened like Syzoth's had. |
| 679 | * CursedWithAwesome: While the Tarkat disease takes a horrible toll on his body, he does get a few perks that help him out in combat, namely enhanced strength and his signature arm blades. He also considers the fact that Vaeternians won't try to consume his blood to be one of the few positives of Tarkat. |
| 680 | * ADayInTheLimelight: He is the focus character of Chapter 5, "Weird Science". |
| 681 | * DeadpanSnarker: Mostly in pre-fight intros, but Baraka does show a sardonic side from time to time. |
| 682 | -->'''Shang Tsung:''' Shall I end your misery?\ |
| 683 | '''Baraka:''' By dying? Be my guest. |
| 684 | * DeathSeeker: Given that [[YourDaysAreNumbered Tarkat is a fatal disease]] and it can cause bouts of uncontrollable insanity, Baraka isn't idealistic about living long enough to be cured of it. He's longing for death to come for him, either as an end result of his disease or by someone else's hand, so that he would be reunited with his family. |
| 685 | * {{Determinator}}: He's ''incredibly'' resilient despite his backstory and condition. Notably, other than Mileena (who's constantly getting experiemental treatment to suppress her Tarkat) and Shang Tsung's experiments (which are implied to be cloned from Baraka himself), all the other Tarkatans are depicted as sickly and fairly frail. Baraka, on the other hand, is still muscular and in full control of his mind. Case in point, when Shang Tsung tries to kill him, Reptile and the Earthrealmers with DeadlyGas, everyone else is immediately reduced to coughing fits. Baraka, meanwhile, all but ignores the effects of the gas and immediately smashes through a reinforced door to get them out (that said, he, along with Reptile and the Earthrealmers, will succumb to the gas if the player fails the minigame). |
| 686 | * DisabledInTheAdaptation: While a full-blooded Tarkatan in the previous timelines, here Baraka was a normal Outworlder infected with Tarkat long before the story begins. |
| 687 | * TheDogBitesBack: After being used as a living resource by Shang Tsung, Baraka lashes out at the sorcerer and would have killed him if Johnny, Kenshi and Kung Lao hadn't intervened. |
| 688 | * DrivenToMadness: This is what Baraka fears will happen to him eventually when he feels like his Tarkat is finally taking its full effect. He goes as far to tell Ashrah that if at any point he gives into it that she kills him, to which she agrees. |
| 689 | * ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: During his military service, Baraka fought with the Daybreak Legion, which, judging from an intro between Baraka and Reiko, was a highly celebrated position. |
| 690 | * EveryoneHasStandards: |
| 691 | ** As embittered as he is, Baraka refuses to take his misery out on innocent people or take lives unnecessarily; he's repulsed by Havik's calls for Tarkatans to revolt and he's firmly against the idea of plunging Outworld into chaos or turning on the empire. |
| 692 | ** He is adamant that his disease is a terrible fate for anyone to have. However, when Nitara asks him to kidnap other Outworlders for Vaeternus to breed, he flat out tells her that it is a fate worse than having Tarkat (he said the same about Havik's chaos). For him to say that means it must be pretty awful. He also finds both Shang Tsung and Quan Chi so fantastically evil, he'd try to infect them on purpose. |
| 693 | ** Despite being treated like garbage by Outworld's government, Baraka is shown to greatly value life, immediately throwing in with Ashrah to stop Quan Chi's evil schemes and when the sorcerer suggests that Tarkatans should be used as disposable labor, Baraka's response is that ''every'' life has value. |
| 694 | * FaceOfAThug: He seems to be the same hideous and savage Baraka of previous timelines, but quickly proves to be a noble and compassionate warrior. |
| 695 | * FantasticRacism: Like most Outworlders, Baraka disdains Vaeternians; his father died fighting them, and he considers one of Tarkat's rare upsides to be that it makes him unappetizing to the vampiric race. |
| 696 | * FateWorseThanDeath: He considers being afflicted with Tarkat to be this. Enough so that he tells Geras he would have preferred Liu Kang simply erase him from the timeline to catching Tarkat. |
| 697 | * GoodIsNotSoft: He fights alongside the heroes to better the Tarkatans' lives, but he's still a brutal fighter who won't hesitate to slice his opponents to ribbons or indeed ''[[HorrorHunger eat them]]''. |
| 698 | * HiddenDepths: Pre-fight intros with Tanya, Shao and Reiko reveal that before his Tarkat infection, he was both a decorated tribune of the esteemed Daybreak Legion and a successful merchant after he left the military. |
| 699 | * HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Once, Baraka was a tribune in the distinguished Daybreak Legion and after his military service, he became a successful and wealthy merchant. Since contracting Tarkat, he's been reduced to eking out a miserable existence in a ghetto, though despite his atrocious treatment, he remains a noble and heroic person. |
| 700 | * HumanResources: On the receiving end of it in this timeline. [[spoiler:Shang Tsung's anti-Tarkat serum uses his bone marrow as a base.]] |
| 701 | * IHaveNoSon: After he contracted Tarkat, any member of his family who hadn't had the misfortune to also have the disease disowned him. |
| 702 | * ImAHumanitarian: Given that this version of Baraka used to be fully Edenian, this trope applies to him here more than it had in past games. One of his fatalities has him string the opponent up over a fire to roast and share with other victims of Tarkat, with Baraka tearing off and eating one of their legs. |
| 703 | * IWasQuiteALooker: A mirror match intro has him lament how ugly he's become due to Tarkat and how he doesn't own mirrors anymore because of it. |
| 704 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While short-tempered and sporting an [[YourDaysAreNumbered understandably]] cynical outlook, Baraka is a good person at heart, proving willing to help the Earthrealm heroes despite a bad first impression, and deeply valuing innocent life despite his own miserable existence. |
| 705 | * MotiveMisidentification: Baraka initially attacks the Earthrealm heroes because they stopped him from killing Shang Tsung, assuming them to be his allies. The situation is defused when the heroes explain that they only need Shang Tsung alive so they can question him. |
| 706 | * TheMourningAfter: Tarkat killed his wife and children, something which still affects Baraka to this day. |
| 707 | * NotSoAboveItAll: He's usually quite dour or brooding in his pre-fight interactions. However, when Johnny Cage tries to claim he had a shot with Kitana, Baraka responds by laughing at the idea. |
| 708 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: Baraka's children died of Tarkat. He justifiably considers it cruel that the disease would claim his family but leave him to suffer both illness and a life without them. |
| 709 | * PayEvilUntoEvil: While Baraka considers Tarkat to be a living hell that no one should have to suffer, he makes an exception for Shang Tsung and Quan Chi; intros indicate that given the chance, Baraka would happily infect the heartless sorcerers with the disease so that they could suffer as their victims have. |
| 710 | * RageAgainstTheHeavens: In his interactions with Liu Kang and Geras, it's revealed he holds Liu Kang responsible for allowing Tarkat to exist and is understandably angry that he isn't able to be cured. |
| 711 | * RetiredBadass: Pre-fight intros reveal that he was a decorated tribune in the Daybreak Legion, a group which Reiko expresses envy of for taking glory. While he admits that those days are past him and is afflicted with Tarkat, he is willing to teach others their tactics as well as putting his military skills (and [[CursedWithAwesome his new Tarkatan abilities]]) to good use when pushed. |
| 712 | * RichesToRags: He was a wealthy merchant before his contraction of Tarkat forced him into exile. |
| 713 | * SpikeShooter: His traditional Spark projectile is replaced by a new move that involves Baraka shooting out one of his arm blades towards his opponent. |
| 714 | * WasOnceAMan: When identifying his race, Baraka says that he ''was'' an Edenian before Tarkat took its hold on him. |
| 715 | * YourDaysAreNumbered: Baraka is fully aware that he'll likely die by his disease very soon. Even though the chance of a cure for Tarkat being created is much higher now that [[spoiler:Mileena is Empress]], he doubts it will be made before the virus takes him. |
| 716 | * YouKilledMyFather: While it's doubtful she did it personally, Baraka informs Nitara that his father was killed by Vaeternians at the Battle of Chesna Fields, which Nitara takes as a decent reason for Baraka to despise her people. |
| 717 | [[/folder]] |
| 718 | |
| 719 | !!Orderrealm |
| 720 | [[folder:Havik (Dairou)]] |
| 721 | !!Havik (Dairou) |
| 722 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/havik_mk1_render.png]] |
| 723 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"You will accept chaos - by choice, or by force!"'']] |
| 724 | ->'''Debut Game''': ''VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception'' (as Dairou), ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1'' (as Havik)\ |
| 725 | '''Portrayed by:''' Jacob Craner (English), Raymundo Armijo (Latin American Spanish) |
| 726 | |
| 727 | ->Dairou is a member of one of Seido's lower castes who was brutally punished for a crime and since then has rejected the established order, becoming an anarchist under the name "Havik" that seeks to overthrow the tyrannical government and free his people, whether they like it or not. To that regard, he allies himself with an Outworld sorcerer, Quan Chi, and is given an astonishing ability to heal himself almost instantly from any injury. |
| 728 | |
| 729 | ->For tropes applying to both Dairou and the original Havik in previous timelines, [[Characters/MortalKombatDeception click here]]. |
| 730 | %% Has a character-specific page in progress at Sandbox/MortalKombatDairou. |
| 731 | ---- |
| 732 | * AdaptationalAttractiveness: Played straight, then [[AdaptationalUgliness inverted]]; Dairou's previous incarnation wasn't ugly, but he had a large tattoo on his forehead and a receded hairline. Here, he has a full head of hair and a more youthful appearance. The inversion comes when Scorpion drives his face into a vat of molten gold, disfiguring him (though not as extensively as the previous incarnation of Havik). |
| 733 | * AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: In previous timelines, Dairou was capable of swapping places with his opponent via teleportation and firing energy stars from his legs. Whereas in this timeline, he is capable of tearing off parts of his own body to use as weapons without it hurting or killing him, he is also capable of reattaching them and almost instantly regenerating them, just like the original Havik of previous timelines. |
| 734 | * AdaptationalVillainy: In previous timelines, Dairou was a mercenary, but had numerous noble qualities, whereas in this timeline he is a vengeful bloodthirsty anarchist who has deluded himself into thinking he's Orderrealm's savior. |
| 735 | * AllCrimesAreEqual: In Havik's mind, all authorities (the very concept of which is a crime to him) are equally abhorrent. He considers his own oppressors in Orderrealm, Outworld's rulers, Liu Kang, any religion, and even Johnny Cage working as a film director to be morally equivalent and ''all'' worth his wrath. It's to the point where, based on a dialogue with Sub-Zero, he even thinks [[InsaneTrollLogic the concept of]] ''[[InsaneTrollLogic ice]]'' [[InsaneTrollLogic is oppressive.]] [[note]] In his defense, the flow of water was expressed by him to be a very important part of his chaotic beliefs in Mortal Kombat Deception's Konquest mode. [[/note]] |
| 736 | -->"Water must flow freely, Sub-Zero!" |
| 737 | * ArtisticLicenseBiology: With his lips burned off, Havik shouldn't be able to speak anywhere near as coherently as he does. |
| 738 | * AnarchyIsChaos: Falls victim to this himself, crowing that Seido's people have been "blessed with anarchy" [[spoiler:after flooding its capital city, destroying its oppressive ruling class but also causing so much death and ruin that the populace may never recover]]. Given his hatred for all order and his explicitly stated desire for chaos, the distinction between the elective governance of anarchy and a total destructive free-for-all likely doesn't register. |
| 739 | * AnArmAndALeg: He can easily rip off his own arm not only to show off his impressive healing factor but also use his ''own severed arm'' as [[GrievousHarmWithABody a weapon]]. |
| 740 | * AndShowItToYou: In ''1'', he rips out ''his own heart'' in his victory screen. He also rips out both his own and his opponent's hearts to swap them out in one of his fatalities. |
| 741 | * ArchEnemy: While he doesn't appear, Hotaru is singled out by Havik in some of his intros, implying that Havik's grudge against him is more personal than his general loathing for Seido's government. [[spoiler:After the flooding of Seido's capital, an intro with Mileena has Havik demand that Hotaru be handed over to him, though Mileena refuses to surrender refugees.]] |
| 742 | * AxCrazy: This is still ''Havik'' we’re talking about. He’s willing to kill whoever stands in his way towards he believes to be true freedom. Doesn’t help he mutilates his own body whilst fighting without so much as a wince from the pain. |
| 743 | * BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad: When Havik preaches freedom, he preaches ''absolute'' freedom, and condemns traditionally positive virtues such as loyalty[[note]]He doesn't see any difference between servitude and slavery[[/note]] or patience[[note]]He's dumbfounded that the Tarkatans won't respond to their outcasting with violent rebellion[[/note]]. He seems to genuinely think the downfall of civilization would be a good thing. |
| 744 | * TheBerserker: With [[GoodThingYouCanHeal his ability to shrug off the various kinds of damage he inflicts on himself]], he has no regards for his bodily safety while fighting and often ''[[CombatSadomasochist voluntarily]]'' [[CombatSadomasochist mutilates himself to give himself an edge]], including such acts as ripping off his arm to club them with it or punching the opponent so hard that his hands break, revealing broken sharpened bones that he jabs into their temples. |
| 745 | * BlackAndWhiteInsanity: In Havik's mind, there are only two kinds of people: oppressors and the oppressed. The former should be brought down, and the latter should either be helping him, or be written off as part of the problem. Any attempts by other kombatants to reason with Havik get nowhere because of this. |
| 746 | -->'''Liu Kang:''' I force no one! Mortals choose to follow me.\ |
| 747 | '''Havik:''' [[InsaneTrollLogic Making you their master, which makes them slaves]]. |
| 748 | * BloodKnight: The idea of non-violent revolution violently offends Havik; the only kind of victory he'll accept is one written in blood. |
| 749 | * BodyHorror: The Havik of previous timelines already had [[AbnormalLimbRotationRange some pretty gnarly things happening with his body]], [[ExaggeratedTrope but the New Era's Havik makes things even more graphic]]. His body appears to be constantly on the verge of falling apart ([[FacialHorror especially his face as usual]]), but not only does [[HealingFactor his regeneration ability]] mean he can afford to, he actively engages in extreme and self-destructive attacks such as [[DetachmentCombat ripping his own arm off to smash with his other arm]] and firing explosive projectiles [[AbnormalAmmo made out of his own gore]], resulting in visible mutilation that naturally arises from such acts. |
| 750 | * BombThrowingAnarchists: In his war against Seido's government, Havik has become a deranged terrorist who insists that anarchy and chaos are the only ways to live. [[spoiler:His flooding of Seido's capital is an unambiguous terrorist attack, and one he takes a horrifying amount of pride in.]] |
| 751 | * BoomerangBigot: In Havik's mind, ''all'' Seidans are guilty of their government's oppressive nature by association. That Havik himself originates from Seido doesn't change this opinion in the slightest. |
| 752 | * TheBusCameBack: Last playable in 2006's ''Armageddon'', had a significant role in the prequel comics of ''X'' and later had a cameo in Comicbook/TheJoker's ending in ''11''. Back here as a playable character. |
| 753 | ** Bonus points if you take account for the man behind the mantle: Dairou, whose last appearance is ''Armageddon'' and skipped the first NRS reboot era altogether. |
| 754 | * CombatSadomasochist: To a ''much'' greater degree than his original. Many moves involve Havik breaking or dismembering various parts of his own body to smack his opponent with or stab them with his open fractured bones. One of his intros even has him willingly let himself be disemboweled by his opponent, only to tuck his intenstines back into himself as if it were a mere scratch. Though it is downplayed in the sense that he doesn't seem to enjoy the pain, but admits that he likes how much his battle scars and burnt face makes him look fearsome. |
| 755 | * CompositeCharacter: With Dairou taking up the mantle of Havik in this timeline, he has understandably gained some of the traits that belonged to the Cleric of Chaos who became Havik in previous timelines, such as his chaotic nature, obsession with Chaos, hatred of order, and, most notably, the flesh on the lower half of his face being burnt off. |
| 756 | * CopHater: Naturally, Havik despises police as tools of oppression, which immediately puts him at odds with [[ByTheBookCop Li Mei.]] |
| 757 | -->'''Havik:''' Police only serve to enforce the wealthy's delusions! |
| 758 | -->'''Li Mei:''' A clueless and dangerous statement, Havik. |
| 759 | * CulturalRebel: While Dairou still hails from Seido, aka Orderrealm, in this timeline, he now dons the mantle of Havik, and as such he now fully embraces chaos to an insane degree. |
| 760 | * DetachmentCombat: He can enact grievous harm with his own body parts, ripping off his arm and using it as a weapon in a few of his moves. |
| 761 | * {{Doublethink}}: Havik's guiding principle is that people can govern themselves, an ideal he intends to [[{{Hypocrite}} impose on others by force]]. That the two ideas are incompatible doesn't register for him at all. |
| 762 | * EvilCannotComprehendGood: Or in some cases, "Chaos Cannot Comprehend Law." Because of his brutal treatment by Seido's government as the lowest caste of its society, Havik simply cannot comprehend the idea of benevolent leadership. He assumes ''all'' authority, wherever it be gods, queens, military leaders, Grandmasters or even Hollywood celebrities, ''must'' be corrupt by default. By the same token, he assumes that anyone underneath said authority figures would naturally want to rise up against them, and is baffled and enraged by the idea that anyone ''wouldn't'' want that, because he can't comprehend that authority could ever treat their subjects with respect compassion. |
| 763 | * EvilCounterpart: To Baraka in the new timeline. Both are characters who have a disfigured face due to external causes (a disease and being shoved in molten iron, respectively), use their own bodies as weapons and are representatives of their people (Tarkat infected Edenians and the people of Seido, respectively). However, Baraka wishes to take care of other people in his colony, while Havik is just an AxCrazy {{Sadist}}, caring for nothing of his people. Lastly, the former underwent AdaptationalHeroism while the latter, AdaptationalVillainy. |
| 764 | * EvilIsVisceral: While the very nature of the series means that blood and gore are very common, Havik's fighting style is especially messy and brutal, involving a lot of self-inflicted bloodshed and dismemberment, as well as using his own broken bones as slashing weapons. |
| 765 | * EvilSoundsRaspy: Havik's many pronouncements of violent uprising and even more violent retribution are delivered in a growling voice that illustrates his viciousness and rage. |
| 766 | * EvilVsEvil: No one really argues with Havik that the oppressive nature of Seido's government is a bad thing, but they also don't hesitate to point out that [[HeWhoFightsMonsters he's no better]]. |
| 767 | * FacialHorror: Averted for a decent chunk of [=MK1=]'s story mode, where his face is unscarred and he has lips. Unfortunately for him, [[HoistByHisOwnPetard his attempts to force Scorpion's face into molten metal backfires on him when he turns the tables and gives him a face full of superheated liquid, causing him to become just as disfigured as his predecessor]]. In one of his intro dialogues, [[GoodThingYouCanHeal he claims he can restore his looks if he wants to]], but his disfigurement gives him a rather fearsome appearance. |
| 768 | * FashionableAsymmetry: His dedication to chaos is such that even his outfit is uncoordinated. |
| 769 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: Him being born in Orderrealm seems odd for Liu Kang's New Era, as such a birthplace would be an IronicHell for the Haviks of previous timelines. As it turns out, that would be because this Havik ''isn't'' the counterpart of the original one, but instead the counterpart of Dairou, who was also an Orderrealm native in the previous timelines. |
| 770 | * FreudianExcuse: Havik was born into Seido's lowest caste where he was denied any rights or privileges, and was later brutally punished for a minor crime, upon which he swore to bring down Seido's regime. Slips into FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse after [[spoiler:he floods Seido's captial]], an act that ''everyone'' deems despicable and unjustified, with the sole exception being General Shao, who actually ''[[VillainRespect compliments]]'' Havik for it. |
| 771 | * GoodThingYouCanHeal: He shows an even more impressive healing factor than his predecessor, fighting almost akin to [[VideoGame/SkullGirls Ms. Fortune]]. From ripping his own arm off and growing a new one (or reattaching it) in seconds or bisecting himself so he can perform a spinning lariat with his upper body. His fatal blow and one of his fatalities even has him destroying his chunks of his hands and forearm just so he could use his broken sharpened bones to ''stab his opponents''. The only reason he doesn't fix his face after it gets horribly disfigured is because he considers his new looks more intimidating. |
| 772 | * HairTriggerTemper: Havik exists in a perpetual state of anti-authoritarian rage, and his intros show that it takes barely any prodding or challenging to get him murderously angry at his opponents. |
| 773 | * HatedByAll: After he [[spoiler:floods Seido's capital]], Havik is disdained by every other kombatant, even Shang Tsung and those sympathetic to the source of his plight, with General Shao being the only person to [[VillainRespect approve of the act, calling it a masterstroke]]. That Havik is a deranged [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity fanatic]] who can't be reasoned with doesn't help matters. The only actual ally he seems to have is Darrius, and even he is nowhere to be seen after the story. |
| 774 | * HeWhoFightsMonsters: Havik zealously opposes the oppressive regime of Seido, but in doing so, he's become a brutal, insane, bloodthirsty terrorist. The other kombatants barely draw a distinction between Havik's actions and those of his oppressors, and even condemn his actions against said oppressors, as Havik has no qualms about hurting innocent people in pursuit of his goals. |
| 775 | * HealingFactor: Courtesy of Quan Chi's sorcery, Havik has an impressively powerful ability to heal that he is more than happy to take advantage of in gruesome and extreme fashion. He can also control whether or not he heals, choosing to leave his disfigured face as it is because he finds it intimidating. |
| 776 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: His [[FacialHorror disfigured face]]? That wasn't natural; he tried to force Scorpion's face into a vat of molten metal, but it backfires when Scorpion overpowers him and dunked ''his face'' in the vat. |
| 777 | * {{Hypocrite}}: Havik has become everything he claims to be rebelling against -- Just on the opposite side of OrderVersusChaos. |
| 778 | ** Havik champions anarchy, believing any and all authorities to be nothing but oppression. He also has a WithUsOrAgainstUs mentality and is willing to force his beliefs on others. As an intro with Smoke points out, Havik should be willing to take "no" for an answer if he were serious about his beliefs, meaning that Havik's definiton of "oppressors" amounts to "anyone who has more power and/or authority than I do." |
| 779 | ** Geras also points out that for someone who speaks so highly of freedom, Havik violently refuses to let Geras follow Liu Kang of his own accord. |
| 780 | ** Multiple characters point out that Havik doesn't actually ''know'' anything about the regimes he rails against or the people he claims to champion. Kitana, Mileena and Sindel all refute his claims that Outworld's lowest will try to overthrow a regime that actually cares for them, while Baraka chews him out for trying to incite the Tarkatans to violent revolution that would undermine their cause. |
| 781 | ** When he insists to Sindel that leaders should be chosen by people, not gods, she hits back that Havik is a ''self-appointed'' savior; he's no more a man of the people than any of the tyrants and supposed tyrants he seeks to overthrow. |
| 782 | ** Havik's crusade began as a search for vengeance against Seido's government for the mistreatment he suffered, claiming that his revolution will free the downtrodden from oppressors. [[spoiler:In his and Rain's arcade endings, Havik floods Seido's capital, killing thousands of innocent people, and when he's called on it, [[BoomerangBigot he claims that]] ''[[BoomerangBigot all]]'' [[BoomerangBigot Seidans are oppressors]], proving that his actions are about Havik's own anger and bloodlust, not about helping anyone.]] |
| 783 | ** [[spoiler:For all of his preaching against despots and tyrants, one of his alternate timeline selves is "Lord Havik", who commands a coterie of followers and wears armor like that of a Kahn's. Ironically, Lord Havik is maybe ''more'' ideologically coherent than his New Era counterpart, [[BloodKnight being a sadist who seems to just enjoy chaos for its sheer body count]].]] |
| 784 | * InsaneTrollLogic: Havik has some truly off-the-walls ideas about what qualifies as "oppression." Anyone who serves another is a slave no matter how willingly they do so, fame is a form of authority which means all celebrities are corrupt, ''the mere existence of ice is oppressive to water'', among other leaps in logic that ''almost'' make sense for someone as obsessed with chaos as Havik. |
| 785 | * InSpiteOfANail: Even if he's not from Chaosrealm in this timeline, Havik is still an agent of chaos - one who's even more militant than the last time, due to having suffered injustice as a member of a lower caste in the realm of Seido. |
| 786 | * InvulnerableKnuckles: Played with, his Fatal Blow and one of his Fatalities has him punch his opponent with enough ferocity that ''his hands break and the flesh peels off'', until only sharpened bone of his forearms remain. However thanks to his healing factor he can easily regain his hands and because of his berserker fighting style he doesn't feel pain from it. |
| 787 | * {{Irony}}: Despite [[CulturalRebel embracing chaos in opposition to Seido's order]], a number of [[{{Hypocrite}} Havik's]] traits show that he has a bit of a tyrannical streak himself, forcing others to fall in with ''his'' views on threat of death if they oppose him, differing opinions or other people's rights be damned. |
| 788 | * ItsAllAboutMe: Multiple kombatants point out that, for all of his screaming about overthrowing tyrants and freeing the oppressed, Havik's really only concerned with his own suffering at the hands of Seido's government and getting revenge for it. |
| 789 | * {{Jerkass}}: While his FreudianExcuse makes his cynical attitude understandable, Havik is still a growling, bloodthirsty fanatic who refuses to accept compromise and [[{{Hypocrite}} violates his own supposed ideals]] by refusing to give people a choice in whether they accept his notions of chaos. |
| 790 | * KickTheDog: [[spoiler:While bringing down Seido's government was arguably a case of PayEvilUntoEvil, that Havik ''keeps'' trying to hurt his now fallen oppressors pushes him squarely into this trope, especially since he's willing to hand Seidan refugees over to Nitara for use as breeding stock.]] |
| 791 | * LackOfEmpathy: Much as he claims his intended revolution to be for the betterment of all, Havik doesn't seem to much ''care'' about the rights or lives of others. His many cries for revolution speak of hurting those in power far more than how (if at all) the lives of the downtrodden will improve. [[spoiler:When Rain floods Seido's capital in his and Havik's endings, destroying the city and killing half a million people, Rain is [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone horrified by his actions]], while Havik is beside himself with glee.]] An intro with Scorpion also has Havik all but brag that the number of people who die from his actions doesn't matter. |
| 792 | * LegacyCharacter: Rather than the Cleric of Chaos from previous timelines, Dairou is the one who takes up the mantle of Havik in this timeline. |
| 793 | * LosingYourHead: He is capable of removing his own head without dying. |
| 794 | * MoralMyopia: |
| 795 | ** Suffering at the hands of Seido's government drove Havik to violent extremism, but when he has no qualms about trying to force others to fall in with ''his'' twisted ideas of anarchism. Furthermore, under Orderrealm's oppression, Havik was a victim, for which he feels an overwhelming rage, [[spoiler:but once Seido has fallen, Havik revels in having made victims of his former oppressors and wants to ''[[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown keep]]'' victimizing them even after destroying their capital and leaving them as refugees]]. Whenever anyone calls him out for his atrocities, Havik either dismisses them or takes ''pride'' in what he's done. |
| 796 | ** How people use their authority means nothing to Havik; if they're in authority ''at all'', they're "oppressors" and need to be violently destroyed. [[spoiler:That he considers [[FallenHero the Lin Kuei]] and [[RedeemingReplacement the Shirai Ryu]] morally equivalent shows this mentality perfectly.]] |
| 797 | * MyWayOrTheHighway: Havik won't accept any form of compromise or negotiation in his quest for anarchy. Even characters who wish to help him, but offer any aid beyond violent uprising, may find that the idea of alternatives lethally offends him. One of his intro dialogues with Liu Kang shows him outraged by the mere suggestion: |
| 798 | -->'''Liu Kang:''' What is left of Seido's government will negotiate.\ |
| 799 | '''Havik:''' Negotiate?! I'm dictating terms! |
| 800 | * NomDeGuerre: "Havik" was chosen by Dairou as an alias because it sounds more intimidating than his given name. |
| 801 | * NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Havik never shuts up about how the oppressed need to tear down their oppressors, but he doesn't really care about other people's suffering; if innocent people die in pursuit of his goals, he doesn't blink, and as Raiden notes in an intro, Havik is clearly more interested in revenge for his own mistreatment than in justice for others. [[spoiler:Having Rain flood Seido's capital demonstrates this beautifully; while others, even [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Rain himself]] are horrified by the carnage and destruction, Havik is overjoyed at having hurt his oppressors, gloating about the "freedom" the survivors now enjoy... in their destroyed city after Havik killed hundreds of thousands of them.]] |
| 802 | * NotInTheFace: ZigZagged; Havik is absolutely livid when Scorpion dunks his face into a pot of molten gold but he decides against healing the disfigurement as it makes him look more intimidating. |
| 803 | * ObviouslyEvil: Johnny Cage points out that his appearance and "ring name" are very unsubtle. |
| 804 | * PayEvilUntoEvil: Havik seeks to avenge his suffering upon Seido's powerful, who run an oppressive, draconian government that horribly mistreats those in lower castes (like Havik himself). [[spoiler:After the flooding of Seido's capital, Havik revels in the downfall of his oppressors, and seeks to further hurt them, promising Nitara Seidans to breed and demanding that Mileena hand over refugees to face his "justice".]] |
| 805 | * PracticallyJoker: His scarred mouth and total embracement of chaos as an ideology is very Joker-like, more specifically the Heath Ledger version of the character. [[LampshadeHanging Peacemaker even calls him "the bastard child of Joker and Two-Face" in an intro]]. |
| 806 | * PsychologicalProjection: Due to a variety of factors, Havik projects his own terrible experiences with a totalitarian regime onto ''all'' authorities and those who live under them, which only feeds his fanaticism. |
| 807 | * RageAgainstTheHeavens: Blames Liu Kang, creator of the New Era, for his status as a low-caste slave and the way his life has turned out. |
| 808 | * RequiredSecondaryPowers: He's an interesting case where he doesn't have the power you expect. His strength does not include the durability to punch at the weight class of other kombatants, and so his healing allows him to reverse the tremendous damage he does to himself. |
| 809 | * TheReveal: His identity as the New Era's incarnation of Dairou is revealed through one of his pre-fight intros with Reptile. |
| 810 | -->'''Reptile:''' Return to Seido, Dairou.\ |
| 811 | '''Havik:''' (''shocked'') Where did you learn my real name?! |
| 812 | * SmallNameBigEgo: For all his pronouncements of being the downtrodden's deliverance from oppression, Havik's campaign against Orderrealm never got anywhere until he allied himself with others, needing Quan Chi to give him his HealingFactor and [[spoiler:relying on Rain's magic to flood Seido's capital]]. His delusions of grandeur are echoed in his intros, where he's met with near-universal hostility, even from those he'd assume would welcome his efforts. |
| 813 | * TheSocialDarwinist: What else is he expecting in a world where any kind of unity or cohesiveness is forbidden? |
| 814 | * TechnicallyLivingZombie: His appearance (and regular dismemberment) make him look like a zombie, but he is technically a living man. |
| 815 | * VillainHasAPoint: Multiple fighters go on the record to say that even if his methods are incomprehensibly cruel, that the anger behind them is far more understandable. |
| 816 | * VillainRespect: In contrast to all of the other villains, [[EvenEvilHasStandards who disapprove of the act]], he find himself on the receiving end of this from General Shao after flooding Seido. |
| 817 | -->'''General Shao:''' Laying waste to Seido was a masterstroke.\ |
| 818 | '''Havik:''' (''surprised'') I didn't think it would earn your respect. |
| 819 | * WithUsOrAgainstUs: Anyone who won't aid Havik in his crusade to overthrow Seido's government, and every other authority, is part of the problem, as far as he's concerned. |
| 820 | [[/folder]] |
| 821 | |
| 822 | !!Netherrealm |
| 823 | [[folder:Ashrah]] |
| 824 | !!Ashrah |
| 825 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ashrah_mk1_render.png]] |
| 826 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"I appear nearly human, because I've purged most evil from my soul."'']] |
| 827 | -> '''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception'' |
| 828 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/SusanEisenberg (English), Cynthia Alfonzo (Latin American Spanish), Dana Taylor (face model) |
| 829 | |
| 830 | ->The Netherrealm is home to many demons, malevolent creatures who want nothing more than to spread evil and destruction in their wake. Ashrah was no different, but after learning about the wonders of other realms such as Earthrealm and Outworld during her short trips there, she yearned for more and became disgusted at her own nature. Upon fleeing from her demonic sisters, she found a mysterious enchanted blade called the Kriss that she used to defend herself. Upon slaying her pursuers, Ashrah noticed that the weapon purified her soul each time she used it to cut down evil beings, and with this knowledge, she started hunting down her own kind in hopes that she will eventually be free of the Netherrealm's taint and cleansed of all evil. |
| 831 | |
| 832 | ->For tropes applying to Ashrah in previous timelines, [[Characters/MortalKombatDeception click here]]. |
| 833 | ---- |
| 834 | * ActorAllusion: A pre-fight intro with Johnny has him say "You are truly a wonder, woman." Creator/SusanEisenberg previously voiced Wonder Woman in both ''[[VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs Injustice]]'' video games and various animated media. Additionally, one of her Fatalities involves a golden rope not unlike the Lasso of Truth being summoned from her kriss. |
| 835 | * AdaptationalUgliness: Downplayed; While she has again purged most evil from her soul, she no longer looks completely human, as she keeps her once demonic BlackEyesOfEvil and her face keeps some scarring above her eyes. |
| 836 | * AscendedDemon: While she's not quite there yet at the time of the story, Ashrah's goal is to use her Kriss to fully purge the evil from her soul and become fully human. One of her Fatalities has her literally turning into an angel, sprouting white angelic wings from her back as she soars above her opponents and shoots white "feathers" of HardLight to finish them off. |
| 837 | * BlackEyesOfEvil: Although she's working hard to get away from the "evil" part of the trope, Ashrah's black eyes are a remnant of her Netherrealm origins. Unlike [[MonochromaticEyes most examples of this trope]], Ashrah does have distinct irises and sclera, though it's only visible in certain lighting. |
| 838 | * TheBusCameBack: Last playable in 2006's ''Armageddon'', skipped the entirety of the Netherrealm timeline. Back here as a playable character. |
| 839 | * CompositeCharacter: In the New Era, she inherits Sareena's backstory from the previous timelines as a demon who chooses to aid the forces of Light, mentioning Kia and Jataaka who were Sareena's sisters prior as her sworn sisters. |
| 840 | * ConditionedToAcceptHorror: Ashrah's life in the Netherrealm desensitized her to the horrors there. It was only when she saw Earthrealm and Outworld that she realized that there could be more to her life and began aspiring to become an AscendedDemon. |
| 841 | * DarkIsNotEvil: Ashrah introduces herself in her chapter proclaiming that she's a Netherrealm demon who purged most of her evil, and this made her a target by her former comrades. Despite her creepy black eyes and still vaguely inhuman appearance, she's a steadfast hero. |
| 842 | * ADayInTheLimelight: She became the main focus in Chapter 6 of ''[=MK1=]''. |
| 843 | * TheDreaded: Not necessarily Ashrah herself, but her Kriss is known far and wide, with Nitara claiming that there isn't a single Vaeternian who doesn't know of it. |
| 844 | * EasilyForgiven: When they first meet, Ashrah mistakes [[WasOnceAMan Baraka]] and [[LizardFolk Syzoth]] for Netherrealm demons and attacks them, but once things settle down, she's quickly forgiven for the misunderstanding and welcomed by the heroes. |
| 845 | * EvenTheLovingHeroHasHatedOnes: [[GoodIsNotSoft While she cuts down Netherrealm demons without restraint]], Ashrah comes across as polite, friendly and empathetic to most, but some, like [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Nitara]] and ''especially'' [[ArchEnemy Quan Chi]] earn her ire. |
| 846 | * FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: Inverted; Ashrah's face retains some demonic features despite the fact that she's a good-natured person who wants nothing more than to rise above her Netherrealm origins. |
| 847 | * FantasticRacism: Ashrah's calm and compassionate demeanor does ''[[EvenTheLovingHeroHasHatedOnes not]]'' extend to Vaeternians; in her intros with Nitara, Ashrah has nothing good to say about any Vaeternian and even expresses the belief that killing ''the entire race'' will expedite her purification, something Nitara calls out as genocide. |
| 848 | * FeatherFlechettes: She begins her first Fatality by displaying her wings in an angelical form and then launching several hard feathers towards her victim. |
| 849 | * GoldAndWhiteAreDivine: Fitting for an aspiring AscendedDemon, Ashrah adorns herself in white robes highlighted with gold. |
| 850 | * HatedHometown: Due to her desire to be free of her demonic origins, Ashrah openly loathes the Netherrealm and hates the idea of going back there. [[spoiler:By contrast, [[ImmigrantPatriotism she loves living in Earthrealm]], steadfastly defending her newly adopted home and even forming the Order of Light to protect it]]. |
| 851 | * HunterOfTheirOwnKind: To purify her soul, Ashrah uses her Kriss to kill other Netherrealm demons. In fact, mistaking Baraka and Syzoth for her own kind is what leads Ashrah to initially fight the two Outworlders. |
| 852 | * ImmigrantPatriotism: [[spoiler:After she makes the move to Earthrealm, Ashrah quickly falls in love with her new homeland, enjoying her studies with the Shaolin and swearing to defend Earthrealm.]] |
| 853 | * InSpiteOfANail: Still a Netherrealm demon who is purging herself of her evil. She's just less along in the process than her original incarnation. |
| 854 | * InterspeciesRomance: As revealed in multiple intros, she is pursuing a relationship with [[spoiler:Syzoth/Reptile, the shapeshifting [[LizardFolk Zaterran]].]] |
| 855 | * KillTheOnesYouLove: Quan Chi earned Ashrah's special loathing by sending her sisters Kia and Jataaka after her for her desertion (and if [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Sareena]] is any indication, Kia and Jataaka had no choice in the matter), forcing Ashrah to kill them in self-defense. |
| 856 | * LightIsGood: Ashrah [[GoodWearsWhite dresses in white]], aspires to [[AscendedDemon rise above her demonic origins]] and in her story ending, [[spoiler:she and Sareena found the Order of Light]]. |
| 857 | * MercyKill: Baraka ask her personally to kill him if his Tarkat robs him of his mind and will. Ashrah agrees to this. |
| 858 | * NiceGirl: Despite her dark origins, Ashrah is tremendously polite and friendly, even expressing sympathy for [[BombThrowingAnarchists Havik]] and suggesting that [[spoiler:Bi-Han]] isn't irredeemable. |
| 859 | * NotSoAboveItAll: |
| 860 | ** Despite her usually polite and pleasant demeanor, Ashrah is clearly uncomfortable with the hat Johnny Cage picks out to disguise her during the Sun Do festival and their intros show that she stays annoyed by it long afterwards. Though she does offer a playful smile to Johnny when he cheekily says the hat suits her. |
| 861 | ** Ashrah aspires to rise above her demonic origins, but her deep hatred for [[ArchEnemy Quan Chi]] and [[FantasticRacism Vaeternians]] show that she's not as far removed from the Netherrealm's darkness and violence as she'd like to be; Quan Chi mocks her desire for his death as very fitting of a Netherrealm demon, and Nitara considers her attitude towards Vaeternians to be borderline genocidal. |
| 862 | * RelatedInTheAdaptation: Sareena, Kia and Jataaka are all her sisters here. There's no indication that they were related to her in the original timeline. |
| 863 | * SecondLove: [[spoiler:In the post-story, Ashrah pursues a relationship with Syzoth, whose wife had been murdered by Shang Tsung.]] |
| 864 | * TheSoulSaver: [[spoiler:In her arcade ending, Ashrah sets out to save Sareena from Quan Chi's service and although she has to fight through the sorcerer himself and a legion of Netherrealm demons, she rescues her sister and brings her over to the side of good.]] |
| 865 | [[/folder]] |
| 866 | |
| 867 | !!Vaeternus |
| 868 | |
| 869 | [[folder:Nitara]] |
| 870 | !!Nitara |
| 871 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nitara_mk1_render.png]] |
| 872 | [[caption-width-right:350:''”You Earthrealmers believe yourselves to be so superior.”'']] |
| 873 | -> '''Debut Game:''' ''VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance'' |
| 874 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MeganFox (English, speaking voice and face model), Creator/CristinaValenzuela (English, battle efforts), Ginette Zavala (Latin American Spanish) |
| 875 | |
| 876 | ->A member of the vampiric Vaeternian race, and an agent of the ruling Coven. With the Vaeternians suffering a food crisis due to overfeeding upon the creatures native to their realm the Coven has sent Nitara to establish the groundwork to invade other realms in search of blood, to that end she is working alongside the sorcerers Shang Tsung and Quan Chi under the promise of realms from which the Vaeternians may feast. |
| 877 | |
| 878 | ->For tropes applying to Nitara in previous timelines, [[Characters/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance click here]]. |
| 879 | ---- |
| 880 | * AbledInTheAdaptation: In the New Era, Nitara doesn’t have an eyepatch. |
| 881 | * ActorAllusion: One intro has Kung Lao ask her what she's done with [[Film/JennifersBody Jen's body.]] This also doubles as a MythologyGag to ''Series/MortalKombatConquest'', where Kung Lao's ancestor had a girlfriend named Jen. |
| 882 | * AdaptationalModesty: Nitara's leotard attire is fanservice-y, but it's more conservative compared to her scant, two-piece outfit from the original timeline. |
| 883 | * AdaptationalVillainy: The original version of Nitara was not a particularly nice person, as seen with her exploitation and abandonment of Reptile. However, she had a sympathetic goal (the liberation of her people from Shao Kahn's rule) and enough moral standards to be considered morally neutral rather than outright malevolent ([[IGaveMyWord making good on her promise]] to send Cyrax back to Earth in exchange for helping her). This version of Nitara shows none of the original's [[EvenEvilHasStandards standards]] and has an arguably less sympathetic goal -- while the original Nitara wanted to free her people, this version is trying to save them starving to death due to them exhausting their own food supply from overfeeding and is willing to [[spoiler:kidnap denizens from Earth to make PeopleFarms. She also shows a much more sadistic side, as seen with her taunting Kung Lao when he demands to know where Jen is in an intro dialogue.]] |
| 884 | * BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: According to her, [[AllMythsAreTrue Earth's myths and folktales about vampires were inspired by Vaeternians visiting Earthrealm to feed]]. |
| 885 | * BloodyMurder: Nitara can use blood-based attacks as usual. |
| 886 | * TheBusCameBack: Last playable in 2006's ''Armageddon'', mentioned in the prequel comics of ''X''. Back here as a playable character. |
| 887 | * CameraAbuse: In her victory pose, she takes a bite from the camera operator. |
| 888 | * DaywalkingVampire: Most Vaeternians are vulnerable to sunlight, but Nitara is an exception, [[JustifiedTrope due to Quan Chi using his magic to remove her weakness]]. |
| 889 | * DeadpanSnarker: While not usually very humorous, Nitara's deadpan delivery lends itself well to a bit of snark when she's in the mood. |
| 890 | --> '''Johnny Cage:''' The wings, the fangs? Girl, you're gonna ''own'' awards season!\ |
| 891 | '''Nitara:''' I'm ''so'' glad I please you, Cage. |
| 892 | |
| 893 | -->'''General Shao:''' When I'm emperor, I'll make--\ |
| 894 | '''Nitara:''' Even more empty promises? |
| 895 | |
| 896 | -->'''Sindel:''' I won't weep if your race dies.\ |
| 897 | '''Nitara:''' So much for a kinder, gentler Outworld. |
| 898 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: Vaeternians embraced immortality without a thought on sustaining their still-growing population indefinitely, and Nitara is very much a product of that culture; an intro with Liu Kang has him proclaim that Vaeternus' way of life is unsustainable, but Nitara insists that a fresh source of food will solve that problem, ignoring that any supply she secures will eventually run out as well. [[spoiler:Nitara's Arcade ending has her make some strides to overcome this flaw, as she resorts to {{People Farm|s}}ing to try and secure a renewable source of food for Vaeternus, but this plan, which involved kidnapping small groups from Earthrealm and Outworld, didn't go quite as unnoticed as Nitara assumed it would, as several intros have her challenged by the heroes, who refuse to let her get away with it.]] |
| 899 | * DullSurprise: Nitara speaks in a low, unemotional monotone, though she does sometimes let a few hints of emotion break through (such as mockery of both Smoke and Kung Lao, and annoyance at Johnny Cage and Peacemaker). |
| 900 | * EnemyMine: Traditionally, Outworld and Vaeternus have been at odds, but Nitara proves willing to throw in with Outworlders like Quan Chi and Shang Tsung if it means she can accomplish her goals. It's also noted in an intro with Reiko that General Shao killed Nitara's mother, but she's willing to look past that if it means providing for Vaeternus. |
| 901 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: In her intros, Nitara mentions her mother, Kasomira, a renowned Vaeternian admiral, expressing pride in her mother's accomplishments. |
| 902 | * EvilCannotComprehendGood: |
| 903 | ** As a byproduct of how low Nitara perceives non-Vaeternians she genuinely doesn't seem to understand why other kombatants would object to her feeding on people, as she cannot comprehend the idea that their lives matter. |
| 904 | ** Nitara takes offense when other kombatants assume that Vaeternus is a hellish place; as both Syzoth and Kitana point out, that it produced ''her'' is proof positive that they'd never want to go there. |
| 905 | * EvilRedhead: [[AdaptationDyeJob In a departure from previous timelines]], she has a dark red hairline and a dark heart to match. |
| 906 | * FantasticRacism: Nitara makes it abundantly clear that she sees other races as livestock at best, and vermin at worst. |
| 907 | -->'''Nitara:''' What pigs are to humans, humans are to Vaeternians. |
| 908 | * HatedByAll: Vaeternians as a whole are despised by nearly everyone because of their ravenous, bloodsucking nature and overblown sense of superiority, and Nitara is no exception; the only alliances she forms are based on pragmatism, not trust, and her intros have her treated with disdain by almost every other kombatant, who refuse to help her feed her people or be intimidated by Nitara's threats. |
| 909 | * {{Hypocrite}}: |
| 910 | ** Nitara accuses other characters of [[FantasticRacism prejudice against her kind]] for refusing to entertain the thought of any coexistence or compromise with Vaeternus, claiming that Vaeternians are merely a desperate people fighting for survival who deserve fair treatment. This conveniently overlooks that the Vaeternians are ''vampires who consume people's blood'' and see the other realms as nothing more than sources of warm blood for them to feed on. Nitara looks down upon every other race far more than they do hers and her idea of coexistence is "You let me eat you". |
| 911 | --->'''Scorpion:''' If you would only feed on lower species-\ |
| 912 | '''Nitara:''' Humans ''are'' a lower species. |
| 913 | ** As certain versus interactions reveal, ''Vaeternians don't even need to be vampiric to survive'', they simply refuse to give up the immortality it gives them. |
| 914 | --->'''Geras:''' There are other ways to feed Vaeternus.\ |
| 915 | '''Nitara:''' None of them will sustain our immortality! |
| 916 | * ImmortalityImmorality: Vaeternians can feed on non-sapient creatures or live on something other than blood, but only feeding on people can sustain their immortality, something that Nitara and her people steadfastly refuse to give up. [[spoiler:Nitara's arcade ending even has her setting up farms to turn humans and Edenians into livestock so her people can remain fed and undying.]] |
| 917 | * InkSuitActor: Her inclusion into the playable roster didn't seem surprising at first until Creator/MeganFox herself was revealed to be the one voicing the character. Nitara even has Megan's facial features lovingly depicted in [=3D=]. |
| 918 | * MoralMyopia: Nitara doesn't believe that needing to survive on blood makes her or any other Vaeternian evil. She either doesn't realize or doesn't care that the problem has less to do with her people needing blood and more with the fact that they insist on taking it from sapient beings. |
| 919 | * MyCountryRightOrWrong: Nitara is extremely loyal to Vaeternus, rankling at the implication that her realm is a hellish place and proudly doing whatever she can to make sure her people remain fed, even if it means working with people she personally hates. If it weren't for the fact that Vaeternians are bloodthirsty vampires who insist on feeding on sapient beings so they can stay immortal, her goals would be almost noble. |
| 920 | * NeverMyFault: The food crisis that Nitara is so determined to end is entirely the fault of Vaeternus itself, something Nitara and her people refuse to acknowledge or accept the consequences for. An intro with Rain even reveals that, despite being immortal, Vaeternians still procreate, meaning that overfeeding and overpopulation are essentially inevitable, yet they refuse to give up either. |
| 921 | -->'''Nitara:''' You could help Vaeternus, but choose not to!\ |
| 922 | '''Liu Kang:''' I am not obliged to save it from its hubris. |
| 923 | |
| 924 | -->'''Nitara:''' It's not our fault that we starve!\ |
| 925 | '''Liu Kang:''' Vaeternus has only itself to blame. |
| 926 | * NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Played with; Nitara's goals ''are'' intended to benefit people other than herself, and she's genuinely determined to prevent the people of Vaeternus from starving, but given that she and her people aren't just trying to survive, but maintain their immortality (to the point that Nitara rejects the idea of using methods that would feed Vaeternus, but not sustain the race's immortality), as well as their total lack of empathy for any sapient being other than themselves, calling Nitara or the Coven she answers to "well-intentioned" comes across as a major overstatement. |
| 927 | * ObliviouslyEvil: Nitara seems to honestly and genuinely believe that she isn't doing anything wrong and it seems perfectly obvious to her that her people deserve to live forever at the expense of mortal beings. She gets sincerely confused and offended at the idea that her people are monsters or in any way "evil" regardless of the fact that they are interdimensional predators that see sapient beings as nothing other than sources of amusment, food and slaves. |
| 928 | -->'''Peacemaker:''' I hate it when hot girls are evil.\ |
| 929 | '''Nitara:''' [[BlatantLies I am]] ''[[BlatantLies not]]'' [[BlatantLies evil]]. |
| 930 | * PeopleFarms: [[spoiler:In her ending, Nitara rethinks her approach and decides that the best way to keep Vaeternus fed and happy is to surreptitiously kidnap people from Earthrealm and Outworld and use them for livestock, planning to have them breed to produce an endless supply of living blood for her and her fellow vampires to feast on (she threatens Kung Lao with being the first to be used for that, which he seems to regard as a compliment (with his giant ego, he probably thinks that Nitara regards him as the best specimen of an Earthrealm human)).]] |
| 931 | * PlayingTheVictimCard: A couple of Nitara's intros have her claim that she's only out to keep Vaeternus from starving, which is, at best, MetaphoricallyTrue (she rejects the idea of feeding on anything that wouldn't keep her and her people immortal and is a sadist and a supremacist besides) and that Vaeternus' famine isn't the fault of her people ([[NeverMyFault rejection of responsibility]] at best, [[BlatantLies a complete lie]] at worst). No one has any trouble seeing through these claims. She's also prone to grousing about people being bigoted towards Vaeternians, despite her and her people being bloodsucking monsters who ''insist'' on feeding on sapient beings, and Nitara herself admitting that Vaeternians see humans as little more than livestock. |
| 932 | * PragmaticVillainy: |
| 933 | ** In her intros with Havik, [[spoiler:she is disdainful of him having Seido flooded because to her, it's a massive waste of food]]. |
| 934 | ** In her ending, [[spoiler:she decides an all-out war with Outworld or Earthrealm is too risky for Vaeternus, so she'll arrange for humans and Outworlders to be kidnapped in just low enough numbers to avoid suspicion and grow PeopleFarms with them to ensure a sustainable blood supply]]. |
| 935 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Vaeternians are immortal as long as they feed on sapient beings and Nitara herself boasts that when she was young, humans had just mastered fire—which would put her somewhere in the neighborhood of [[TimeAbyss a few hundred thousand years old]]. |
| 936 | * SmugSnake: For all her boasting of Vaeternian supremacy, Nitara loses every fight she has in story mode, [[spoiler:and pre-fight intros show that her plan to subtly abduct breeding stock is neither as subtle nor as unnoticed as she assumed it would be]]. |
| 937 | * TheSwarm: In one of her fatalities, Nitara summons a swarm of bats that enter the fallen opponent's body through their mouth, then burst out of their chest. |
| 938 | * UndyingLoyalty: Nitara's one admirable quality is her unerring dedication to the Coven and Vaeternus; she'd do anything, from colluding with sorcerers to [[spoiler:farming people]] to fulfill her promises to feed her people. |
| 939 | * WeakenedByTheLight: A justified aversion - one of her intros with Kenshi has her note that, due to some help from Quan Chi, she doesn't have the usual Vaeternian allergy to sunlight. |
| 940 | * WingedHumanoid: Like in her previous appearances, Nitara sports a set of bat-like wings strong enough to let her fly at impressive speeds. |
| 941 | [[/folder]] |
| 942 | |
| 943 | ---- |
| 944 | !!Guest Fighters |
| 945 | [[folder:Omni-Man]] |
| 946 | !![[ComicBook/{{Invincible}} Nolan Grayson / Omni-Man]] |
| 947 | [[quoteright:509:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/omni_man_mk1_render.png]] |
| 948 | [[caption-width-right:509:''"I claim this timeline for the Viltrum Empire."'']] |
| 949 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JKSimmons (English, voice and face model), Santos Alberto (Latin American Spanish) |
| 950 | |
| 951 | ->An alien from the planet Viltrum that settled on Earth twenty years ago, starting a family and becoming Earth's greatest superhero, known as [[Characters/Invincible2021OmniMan Omni-Man]]. In reality, Omni-Man's actual goal is to prepare Earth to be conquered by the Viltrumite race, which prompts him to massacre his former superhero allies, the Guardians of the Globe, and come into conflict with his own superpowered son Mark. |
| 952 | ---- |
| 953 | * ActorAllusion: |
| 954 | ** In one of Omni-Man's intros when he's facing Johnny Cage, he tells Johnny to "Get out of my sight before I demolish you", referencing one of Creator/JKSimmons' many memetic outbursts as Terence Fletcher in ''Film/{{Whiplash}}''. Additionally, one of his mid-round animations has him say "You can't match my tempo", a reference to the same film. |
| 955 | ** Other intros include angrily interrupting Raiden before he can finish saying "WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility", and telling Liu Kang he's something of a god himself, both of which are references to the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' where Simmons played J. Jonah Jameson. |
| 956 | * AdaptationalHeroism: Downplayed, but a couple Intros can imply the Omni-Man saying it is from a… ''better'' if not ''good'' timeline/universe. Also, one of his Mastery Rewards is called Guardian of the Globe, with the Mortal Kombat Logo on it, implying that the Omni-Man it originally belonged to is/was the Champion of Earthrealm. |
| 957 | * AdaptationalJerkass: Downplayed, as he retains practically all of his worst traits here - but an intro with Sindel implies that he may or may not plan on keeping her and her daughters as pets for…possibly unsavory means, indicating that this version of Omni-Man may or may not be above partaking in sexual slavery. |
| 958 | * AdaptationalWimp: As a result of PowerCreepPowerSeep in order to balance him. Humans to Omni-Man in both [[ComicBook/{{Invincible}} his original comic series]] and its AnimatedAdaptation are effectively MadeOfPlasticine due to his SuperStrength, and he's repeatedly shown messily butchering people and turning them into pulp with as little as a BitchSlap, not to mention he's capable of traveling to anywhere on Earth in a few ''seconds'' at most and being [[NighInvulnerable basically invulnerable to all but the strongest weight-class Supers]]. Naturally, to even him out with all the other fighters, his punches deal the same amount of damage as any other character's moves and the other characters are capable of actually hitting and doing damage to him no matter how weak relative to him they are. |
| 959 | * AscendedMeme: One of his mid-round animations references the infamous "[[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/think-mark Think, Mark, Think]]" meme, doing the exact fingers-to-temple pose and even saying ''"Think, think!"''. |
| 960 | ** He also stresses to Raiden to '''THINK''' on what good his death would accomplish. |
| 961 | ** His Fatal Blow, which comes from the same scene, is even titled "The Thinker". |
| 962 | ** NRS takes it a step further with the description in his official gameplay trailer: |
| 963 | -->''Allowing a Viltrumite into the Realms? Think, Liu Kang! Think!'' |
| 964 | ** Fans of ''WesternAnimation/Invincible2021'' had already had a field day for years dubbing [[Film/{{Whiplash}} Terence Fletcher]]'s various rants over the equally vitriolic one Nolan gives to Mark while delivering a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown unto him due to them [[Creator/JKSimmons sharing an actor]]. Since Omni-Man makes a few references to ''Whiplash'' in this game, it's fair to say the developers took notice. |
| 965 | * BadassArmFold: One of his intro animations has him haughtily do one of these with a smug expression, showcasing how he views his opponents like ants to be crushed. |
| 966 | * BewareTheSuperman: One of the most famous examples, as he was sent to Earth by his species to serve as TheParagon to humanity to hide the fact that he's preparing Earth for an invasion. Fittingly, he's in the same DLC pack as Homelander, another example of this trope. |
| 967 | * BloodKnight: In his trailer, his response to Liu Kang's BadassBoast of destroying entire timelines is "Finally, a worthy challenge." |
| 968 | * BoringButPractical: Aside from some of his special moves, his fighting style is pretty basic and straightforward compared to the flashiness of other fighters, but brutally efficient thanks to his Viltrumite SuperStrength. |
| 969 | * ButForMeItWasTuesday: He feels this way about General Shao in response to his BadassBoast about slaying Omni-Man would make Shao "a Legend". |
| 970 | -->''"And yet when I slay you: no one will remember."'' |
| 971 | * CameFromTheSky: The Kombat Pack trailer starts with him flying down into the ground, creating a dramatic dust cloud effect before the fighters are revealed. |
| 972 | * TheCameo: Omni-Man's son, Mark Grayson, the eponymous Invincible, makes an appearance in Omni-Man's ending, [[spoiler:fighting his father after the Viltrumites force Nolan to complete his conquest of Earth]]. Conquest, a fellow Viltrumite, also appears helping Omni-Man conquer the ''Mortal Kombat'' realms. |
| 973 | * ConflictingLoyalty: Like in the source material, he's torn between his loyalty to Viltrum and his love for his son Mark, who opposes his planet's warmongering ways. [[spoiler:In his Tower ending, he starts sacrificing other realms to the Viltrum empire to keep Viltrum away from his realm's Earth in order to stall his inevitable confrontation with his son. Despite his loyalty to his home planet, he seems to sincerely hope that Mark will grow strong enough to stop his people.]] |
| 974 | * CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: He throws out some of these kinds of threats in a handful of his interactions with other characters, and considering who we're talking about, he definitely can back those threat up. |
| 975 | -->'''Omni-Man:''' I'll hit you so fast you'll piss bloody icicles. |
| 976 | -->'''Sub-Zero:''' A colorful threat you won't live to fulfill. |
| 977 | |
| 978 | -->'''Havik:''' I bow to no one, Omni-Man. |
| 979 | -->'''Omni-Man:''' [[IWillTearYourArmsOff Then I'll pluck your legs off at the knees.]] |
| 980 | * DeadpanSnarker: Comes off as this in some of his pre-fight intros. |
| 981 | -->'''Omni-Man:''' ''[[BadBadActing (bored-sounding)]]'' Stop, please. Don't hit me with… ''(rolls eyes)'' ''water.''\ |
| 982 | '''Rain:''' Has no one told you I've drowned an entire city? |
| 983 | |
| 984 | -->'''[[Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme Jean Claude Van-Damme]]!Johnny Cage:''' Take your mustache and cape and find a bus to catch.\ |
| 985 | '''Omni-Man:''' …Oh, this guy's ''funny''. |
| 986 | * DynamicAkimbo: Omni-Man strikes an akimbo pose when he's standing alongside the rest of the Kombat Pack roster in their trailer. |
| 987 | * EarlyBirdCameo: Omni-Man's character portrayal in here is strictly limited to what he did, and how he acted, in Season 1 of Invincible's animated show with a little dip into Season 2, by Angstrom Levy's mention; yet in Nolan's intro dialogue with Havik, [[spoiler:the Grand Regent of Viltrum, Thragg, is mentioned by name and role before the Season 1 even hinted at his existence. Also, one of his costumes is a reference to his second son Oliver Grayson.]] |
| 988 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He's a ruthless soldier for a race of imperialistic intergalactic conquerors, but a few of his intros make it clear he still loves Debbie and Mark. |
| 989 | * EvilCannotComprehendGood: |
| 990 | ** He's downright ''confused'' that Liu Kang gave up his power as Keeper of Time and questions why anyone ever would. He also doesn't believe Liu Kang is as altruistic as he appears, calling it an act. Liu Kang retorts that [[PsychologicalProjection not everyone is as deceptive as he is]]. |
| 991 | ** When he asks Tanya why she'd guard a "[[FantasticAbleism diseased freak]]", she proudly proclaims [[BodyguardCrush that her motivation is love]], something she thinks is unknown to him. |
| 992 | * ExpyCoexistence: Both he and Homelander are ComicBook/{{Superman}} expies, more specifically of the CorruptedCharacterCopy BewareTheSuperman variety, and appear in the same game, with Superman himself having previously appeared in ''VideoGame/MortalKombatVsDCUniverse'', and fellow Franchise/{{DCU}} character Peacemaker mistakes him for a Kryptonian in one of their intros. |
| 993 | * FantasticRacism: Just like in his home franchise, this version of Omni-Man regards any non-Viltrumite as a lesser being. |
| 994 | * FantasticAbleism: He makes disparaging remarks about Tarkatans when meeting Baraka, Mileena and Tanya in kombat. |
| 995 | * FlyingBrick: Since this as his moveset in the source material, his fighting style incorporates both his SuperStrength and flight heavily into it. |
| 996 | * AGodAmI: In a pre-kombat intro with Liu Kang, when asked by him ''what'' he is, he claims to be "something of a god" after Liu Kang invoked the Elder Gods when expressing his astonishment about and revulsion at Omni-Man. |
| 997 | * GoodOldFisticuffs: Most of his attacks are simple, straightforward punches or backhands that nonetheless deal great damage due to his SuperStrength. Even his Fatal Blow just has him jump on the opponent and punch them in the face repeatedly before delivering a two-handed punch. |
| 998 | * GuestFighter: The Kombat Pack trailer's first revealed guest fighter from Creator/RobertKirkman's ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'', which was adapted and popularized by the [[WesternAnimation/Invincible2021 animated series on Prime Video]]. |
| 999 | * HatedByAll: Between his desire to conquer every realm as a one-man army, his ambitious ego and his general unpleasantness towards other characters in his intros, it should come as no surprise that ''everyone'' in the cast has a reason to want him dead - be it to save their realm from his invasion or because he said something that pushed them into a murderous rage. |
| 1000 | --> '''Omni-Man:''' They don't make movies about heroes like me. |
| 1001 | --> '''Johnny Cage:''' Because duh! [[ObliviouslyEvil You're the villain, bro]]! |
| 1002 | * {{Hypocrite}}: He expresses disgust about Shang Tsung being a double-faced bastard, calling him a charlatan in one pre-match exchange, and in another talking how about how "schemers like you rot the core of civilization", but he talks from experience, as he deceived the Earth of his [[TheVerse verse]] into believing him to be a great hero as he prepared it for conquest. Shang Tsung, [[SmugSnake of course]], absolutely [[LampshadeHanging hangs a lampshade]] [[HypocrisyNod on this hypocrisy however.]] |
| 1003 | -->'''Omni-Man:''' I'm not ''dumb enough'' to trust a ''charlatan.''\ |
| 1004 | '''Shang Tsung:''' ''(Chuckles)'' But it ''takes one'' to ''know one'', doesn't it? |
| 1005 | * LateArrivalSpoiler: The game does not attempt to hide either ''WesternAnimation/Invincible2021'''s first season's FirstEpisodeTwist where he brutally slaughters the Guardians of the Globe or the end-of-season reveal about Omni-Man's stated goal of pacifying Earth for the arrival of their new Viltrumite overlords. As such, every character is openly aware that he is a villain, unlike in his home universe where the people of Earth were convinced he was a hero prior to his betrayal. |
| 1006 | * MistakenForAliens: Well, mistaken for a "different" alien. In one of his intros with Peacemaker, the latter [[{{Justified|trope}} understandably]] believes him to be a Kryptonian like Superman due to Nolan's similar-looking TheCape aesthetic and FlyingBrick powers and boasts that he has "Kryptonite bullets". In reality, Nolan is a ''Viltrumite'' whose FlyingBrick powers are quite different from a Kryptonian (e.g. lacking LaserEyes and XRayVision), and most importantly, lacks the usual KryptoniteFactor associated with Kryptonians [[note]] Instead, Viltrumites are highly susceptible to sound hitting their inner ear and being in extreme heat would eventually kill them [[/note]]. |
| 1007 | * MultiversalConqueror: [[spoiler:In his Tower ending, he kills Liu Kang and Shang Tsung and allows his Viltrumite brethren to conquer the ''Mortal Kombat'' realms before returning to his own dimension.]] |
| 1008 | * MythologyGag: |
| 1009 | ** His Fatal Blow, Fatalities, and several of his special moves are based on moments from his home series. His two Fatalities show him crushing their head (from the series premiere when he killed Red Rush) and holding them in front of an incoming train (from the first season finale when he tortures Invincible) and he replicates the infamous ''Think Mark, Think!'' scene as part of his Fatal Blow (also during his torture on Invincible). He also utilizes MetronomicManMashing as a command grab as a nod to how he killed Darkwing (along with the Brutality version making the opponent's [[YourHeadAsplode head explode]] like Darkwing's did), and the final blow of one of his other specials has him grab his opponent's spine the same way he did to Donald. Bonus points for the train Fatality also being a reference to Mortal Kombat 3's Subway stage. |
| 1010 | ** One of his signature moves involves him propelling himself and hitting his opponent with his entire body, similar to how he killed one of Cecil's soldiers in the show. This is also referenced in one of his Brutalities. |
| 1011 | ** His victory animation shows him lifting an enormous chunk of rock above his head, recreating a moment when he was destroying the Flaxan civilization. |
| 1012 | ** One of his Brutalities has him [[NeckSnap twisting his opponent's neck 180°]], with his opponent's head vomiting blood before falling over, much like how Omni-Man kills War Woman in the animated series. |
| 1013 | ** His Mastery skins use color schemes based on his son Invincible (with gloves and boots to match as a gear option), Atom Eve, Oliver Grayson (who has yet to appear in the show), and the white and gray uniform of the Viltrum Empire, all of which are named after storylines in the original comics like "War at Home", "Out of This World", "Still Standing", "Viltrumite Warrior", "Death of Everyone" and "End of All Things". |
| 1014 | ** One mirror match dialogue has an Omni-Man name Angstrom Levy, Invincible's dimension-hopping nemesis, as the reason he ended up in the ''Mortal Kombat'' dimension. |
| 1015 | ** Another mirror match has him believe his double is the shapeshifting Martian Man of the Guardians of the Globe. |
| 1016 | * NoNonsenseNemesis: Just like in his show of origin, Nolan's fighting style forgoes flashy moves in favor of quick and precise, violent efficiency. |
| 1017 | * PetTheDog: Omni-Man surprisingly has a few. |
| 1018 | ** One intro dialog has Omni-Man offer Baraka a cure to Tarkat, noting that Viltrumite medicine can do so. While Baraka is understandably wary of [[DealWithTheDevil the potential strings attached to the offer]], the fact that Omni-Man offers ''at all'' is more than he usually gives his enemies. |
| 1019 | ** He is a loyal Viltrumite through and through, so to see Reiko's own commitment towards General Shao's cause with nearly the same level of loyalty, Omni-Man can't help but compliment him in his own way. |
| 1020 | * PowerCreepPowerSeep: As a SupermanSubstitute known for using his power to its full lethal extent, Nolan is ''well'' above the JustForFun/SuperWeight of most of the cast, with only Liu Kang approaching his strength. Of course, in gameplay, even [[BadassNormal Johnny]] has a chance of beating him. |
| 1021 | * PowerPerversionPotential: He tells Sindel that he intends to keep her, Kitana and Mileena as his pets. Keep in mind that "pet" was how he defined his relationship with Debbie, his wife on Earth and the mother of his child. |
| 1022 | * RailroadTracksOfDoom: One of Omni-Man's fatalities has him hold his opponent in front of an oncoming subway train, which just so happens to be fast approaching them by the time they crash into the subway. Lacking Invincible's durability, said opponent is reduced to bloody chunks. |
| 1023 | * RightForTheWrongReasons: A mutual example with Peacemaker in one of their intros. Omni-Man assumes that Peacemaker is a government agent sent after him by Cecil, which isn't entirely wrong except that Chris is working for ''[[BlackBossLady Amanda Waller]]''. On the other hand, Peacemaker isn't wrong about Nolan being a HumanAlien[=/=]TheCape, except the latter ''isn't'' a Kryptonian and a [[BewareTheSuperman deconstructive version]] of Superman, making his boast about having "Kryptonite bullets" causing Nolan to have very little reaction. |
| 1024 | * ShockwaveClap: One of his special moves has him clap with enough force to launch his opponents a full screen away if it lands. The enhanced version gives it additional range and also destroys enemy projectiles, and the Brutality version completely flays his opponent. |
| 1025 | * ShutUpKirk: He gets annoyed very quickly at Ashrah and Raiden trying to make him see the error of his ways. |
| 1026 | * SirSwearsALot: He drops more profanity than any other character besides Peacemaker. |
| 1027 | * SuperSpeed: His terrifying speed is shown in full force, being able to move across the stage in the blink of an eye or blitz his foe from multiple sides. One of his intro animations implies he flew around the entire world just to come back and punch his opponent a few feet away. His Brutality compounds this by moving so fast that [[LudicrousGibs he instantly liquifies the person]] on contact while passing through them. |
| 1028 | * StanceSystem: Of a sort: one of his special moves has him enter a "Viltrumite Stance", causing him to hover in place (or in the air when used while jumping), which can then allow him to execute a few stance-specific attacks for different scenarios, ranging from a SuperSpeed teleport, a flying grappling attack, a LauncherMove, and an overhead divebomb. Entering the stance renders Omni-Man immune to projectiles, and spending a meter bar while entering the stance also further makes him immune to several basic attacks (mostly highs and some mids). |
| 1029 | * SuperReflexes: Referenced with his "Viltrumite Stance" ability, which allows him to automatically dodge incoming projectiles, as well as most non-low attacks if enhanced, visualized by him casually leaning inches away from each incoming hit for no damage. |
| 1030 | * ThisIsGonnaSuck: His arcade ending states that even though he conquered the timeline, the Viltrumite empire have long memories and Omni-Man knows that they want him to conquer Earth. Omni-Man knows this and he knows that he will have to face Mark...again. The forlorn tone he speaks in the end REALLY shows that he isn't going to enjoy it a second time around. |
| 1031 | * WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: He mocks Rain's abilities by sarcastically begging Rain not to hit him with water. |
| 1032 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:In his Tower ending, he starts bringing the Viltrum empire other realms for them to conquer, but it's only so that they don't turn their sights on the Earth of their home realm, as he knows he abandoned his post there. He's aware that the Viltrumites are unlikely to forget this despite his efforts to placate them, but he hopes that their time away will allow his son to become strong enough to fight off the empire when the time comes.]] |
| 1033 | * WorthyOpponent: In a pre-kombat dialogue with Liu Kang, he sees him as such for his immense power and the willingness to use it (Liu Kang warned him that he erased whole timelines). |
| 1034 | [[/folder]] |
| 1035 | |
| 1036 | [[folder:Peacemaker]] |
| 1037 | !![[ComicBook/{{Peacemaker}} Christopher Smith / Peacemaker]] |
| 1038 | [[quoteright:455:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mk1peacemaker.png]] |
| 1039 | [[caption-width-right:455:''"This is what freedom looks like, asshole!"'']] |
| 1040 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Wrestling/JohnCena (English, voice and face model), Gerardo Garcia (Latin American Spanish) |
| 1041 | |
| 1042 | ->A former US soldier before being dishonourably discharged, Christopher Smith, also known as [[Characters/DCEUPeacemaker the Peacemaker]], is a violent vigilante who believes in achieving peace at any cost, no matter how many people he has to kill for it in the process. |
| 1043 | ---- |
| 1044 | * AccidentalMurder: His first Fatality consists of him trying to shoot a [[PuppeteerParasite Butterfly]] that came out of his opponent instead, accidentally blowing off their limbs and making a giant hole in their chest in the process. |
| 1045 | * ActionPet: Eagly [[AssistCharacter assists]] his owner in kombat, by either charging at his opponents at incredibly high speeds or mauling them in his Fatal Blow. |
| 1046 | * AirGuitar: He plays one during his attacking pre-battle animation and the start of his fatal blow while holding an assault rifle. |
| 1047 | * AmbiguouslyBi: At one hand, he's clearly interested in women ([[CasanovaWannabe but he's his unable to make any of the female kombatants interested in him]]), at the other hand, this exchange in a pre-kombat dialogue with Shao could be interpreted as him being intersted in men, too (which could be seen as either a case of ShippingGoggles or following the characterization from the [[Series/Peacemaker2022 series]]): |
| 1048 | -->'''General Shao''': You look at me strangely.\ |
| 1049 | '''Peacemaker''': 'Case I clocked that epic six pack you're rocking. |
| 1050 | * AssistCharacter: Peacemaker can call Eagly to attack his opponents. |
| 1051 | * BadassNormal: Unlike Homelander and Omni-Man who are both {{Flying Brick}}s, Peacemaker only fights with guns, military training, his pet eagle and [[CoolHelmet a special high-tech helmet]]. |
| 1052 | * BloodKnight: While in his own words he fights for peace, he still craves for a good fighting, specially if his opponent is a deity. |
| 1053 | -->'''Liu Kang:''' This is no time to smile.\ |
| 1054 | '''Peacemaker:''' Hell yeah, it is! "Fight a fire god" is coming off my bucket list. |
| 1055 | * BoisterousBruiser: Peacemaker is having an absolute ''blast'' in the Realms, and approaches its residents and dangers with eager enthusiasm. The other characters aren't so happy to have him around, though. |
| 1056 | * BullyingTheDisabled: Downplayed; Even though Kenshi was of course offended after Peacemaker called him a cripple, he also understands his opponent well enough to see that he is "merely" being immature and thoughtless instead of actively hateful like e.g. Reiko or Quan Chi, so instead of making a [[ImpliedDeathThreat veiled death threat]] by talking about how he's still a deadly opponent despite being blind, he warns Peacemaker not call him that ever again. |
| 1057 | * CallingYourAttacks: Peacemaker tends to call-out what he's about to do with his helmet, as well as calling on Eagly to attack his opponent or their Kameo. It's PlayedForLaughs in one of Chris' intros against Smoke when he tries to activate his helmet, and Chris immediately tells him to shut up. |
| 1058 | -->'''Smoke:''' So if I say "activate human torp-"\ |
| 1059 | '''Peacemaker:''' Shut up, Smoke! |
| 1060 | * CasanovaWannabe: Pretty much the only female kombatants Peacemaker ''doesn't'' hit on are Ashrah and Li Mei (though he still asks the former if demons "bump uglies" (i.e. whether they have sex)). He expresses an interest in Kitana, Mileena, Nitara, Tanya, and Sindel, and even tells Scorpion that he'd be interested in Harumi as well. Unsurprisingly, none of the women reciprocate Smith's interest, and Scorpion growls at Peacemaker to learn some respect. |
| 1061 | -->'''Peacemaker:''' After this, we could go back to my place...\ |
| 1062 | '''Tanya:''' How is it that you are worse than Cage? |
| 1063 | |
| 1064 | -->'''Peacemaker:''' I bet that hair could be lots of fun.\ |
| 1065 | '''Sindel:''' If you're flirting, you're ''failing''. |
| 1066 | |
| 1067 | -->'''Peacemaker:''' Seriously? [[LampshadedDoubleEntendre You want to eat me]]?\ |
| 1068 | '''Nitara:''' [''sighs''] Idiot. |
| 1069 | * CaptainPatriotic: Wears a red, white, and blue uniform, and his entrance in the announcement trailer is accompanied by the screech of an AmericanEagle. |
| 1070 | * CoolHelmet: Peacemaker wears a high-tech silver one as part of his costume that he considers a symbol of freedom although it kind of looks ridiculous to most people. What's even cooler about his helmet is that this one seems to have practically ''all the abilities'' of his other helmets dropping the need for him to have multiple. |
| 1071 | * EveryoneHasStandards: |
| 1072 | ** In an intro with Kenshi, Peacemaker expresses discomfort with fighting a blind man, though another intro suggests that Kenshi quickly proved that his disability is no handicap. |
| 1073 | ** He has qualms with fighting Raiden, who he sees as a nice kid. |
| 1074 | ** He considers Rain flooding Seido to be "some serious supervillain shit". |
| 1075 | ** When Shang Tsung dismisses his lack of refinement or culture, Peacemaker shrugs it off and says he prefers his unrefinement to being "an evil douchebag" like the sorcerer. |
| 1076 | ** In an intro with Havik, Peacemaker opines that killing the deranged anarchist would be doing the realms a favor. |
| 1077 | * ExactlyWhatIAimedAt: {{Inverted|Trope}} in one of his Fatalities. A [[PuppeteerParasite Butterfly]] crawls out of the opponent's mouth and Peacemaker tries to shoot it, only to miss every shot and hit his defeated opponent instead. When the opponent is dead, he finally decides to just crush the Butterfly in his hand instead. |
| 1078 | * FantasticAbleism: Downplayed in a similar manner like [[BullyingTheDisabled with his first encounter with Kenshi]]: he offended both Baraka and Mileena in their pre-kombat dialogues, but unlike e.g. Bi-Han, Reiko, Quan Chi or Omni-Man, he did it because he's an immature airhead instead of a hateful bastard. |
| 1079 | * FantasticRacism: He not only seems to take [[ConspiracyTheorist conspiracy theories about lizard people hiding among humanity at face value]] (which, unfortunately, exist in RealLife), he also misapplies them to Zaterrans. |
| 1080 | * GirlOnGirlIsHot: In one dialogue intro, Tanya has to explain to him that believing this trope is not the same as allyship. Naturally, he doesn't get it. |
| 1081 | * GuestFighter: The second revealed guest fighter in the Kombat Pack trailer, originating from Creator/CharltonComics, which was later acquired by Creator/DCComics. Specifically, he's based upon his live-action Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse portrayal by Creator/JohnCena in ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'' and ''Series/{{Peacemaker|2022}}''. |
| 1082 | * HandCannon: Peacemaker's favored gun is a custom long-barreled Desert Eagle. It's also what he uses for the "Test Your Might" Challenge since he's neither superhuman nor a martial artist. |
| 1083 | * HatedByAll: Downplayed; Peacemaker's obnoxious and chauvinistic personality and his [[KnightTemplar violent ideas]] about peacekeeping make him very unpopular among the other kombatants, but most of them find him more annoying than despicable. |
| 1084 | * HeroicComedicSociopath: As in his own series, quite a lot of humor is deigned from Peacemaker being a guy willing to kill people to achieve peace, and his interactions with many other Kombatants have them take note of this. |
| 1085 | * IChooseToStay: In his Arcade ending, it's revealed he was sent to Outworld by Eclipso due to the magician teleporting him in a panic when he proved to gain the upper hand. Learning how much of a mess the world is, he decides that he's needed to bring his own kind of peace to the realm. |
| 1086 | * InkSuitActor: Peacemaker's appearance is specifically modeled after John Cena's portrayal of the character in ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'' and ''Series/Peacemaker2022''. |
| 1087 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: Even when he's trying to compliment his opponents, he tends to annoy them; he earns Scorpion's ire by referring to the Lin Kuei as "ninjas". |
| 1088 | * InsistentTerminology: Mixed with a bit of BadassBoast in an intro with Quan Chi. |
| 1089 | -->'''Quan Chi:''' You wish to fight me?\ |
| 1090 | '''Peacemaker:''' Not fight. Beat senseless. |
| 1091 | * JetPack: One of his fatalities has him tackle the opponent at full speed with a jetpack, the speed and power is enough to have him outright [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe bisect his opponent's torso from their lower body]]. |
| 1092 | * KnightTemplar: His goofy personality aside, Peacemaker's idea of making peace involves killing anyone and everyone who threatens it, which rubs [[ByTheBookCop Li Mei]] in particular the wrong way. |
| 1093 | * LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When Peacemaker fights Johnny Cage, Cage will sometimes remark that [[IShouldWriteABookAboutThis Peacemaker's life would make a great movie]]: |
| 1094 | --> '''Johnny:''' The things I could do with your life story!\ |
| 1095 | '''Peacemaker:''' How 'bout we make it a [[Series/Peacemaker2022 streaming series]]? |
| 1096 | * LikeADuckTakesToWater: Unlike most {{Guest Fighter}}s, he takes hilariously well to the Mortal Kombat universe to the point he seems to actually ''prefer'' living there. It helps that, unlike [[Creator/DCComics his own universe]], the heroes here are just as adverse to the concept of ThouShaltNotKill as he is. |
| 1097 | * LoserSonOfLoserDad: The way Sindel expresses her annoyance about his [[CasanovaWannabe shitty attempts at flirting]]: |
| 1098 | -->'''Sindel''': ''[disgusted tone]'' I hear your father is [[SarcasmMode a real charmer]].\ |
| 1099 | '''Peacemaker''': How the hell you know about him? |
| 1100 | * {{Manchild}}: Peacemaker is just as crude, immature, and energetic as he is in [[Series/Peacemaker2022 his own show]], such as playing with an assault rifle like a guitar, firing a shotgun between his legs, and calling Mileena a "bangable monster chick". He is so immature [[LampshadeHanging that everyone would prefer Johnny than dealing with him.]] |
| 1101 | -->'''Kitana:''' You make Cage seem like a mature adult.\ |
| 1102 | '''Peacemaker:''' [[InsultBackfire Glad I can be of service.]] |
| 1103 | * NightmareFetishist: Among other crude remarks, Peacemaker shows attraction to both [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Nitara]] and [[FacialHorror Mileena]], and he remarks [[GeneralRipper General Shao's]] muscles that implies he might find him attractive as well. |
| 1104 | * OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: According to his tower ending, Peacemaker somehow proved to be enough of a problem for Eclipso that the magician sent him to another dimension rather than risk continuing to fight him. |
| 1105 | * PuppeteerParasite: One fatality and several brutalities feature Butterflies -- insectoid alien parasites capable of possessing other lifeforms, and the antagonists of ''Peacemaker'''s first season -- emerging from his defeated foes. |
| 1106 | * PragmaticAdaptation: Normally, Peacemaker's helmet takes a few seconds before activating any of his voice commands. Also, Peacemaker has several helmets that have one function or ability, with him having to swap between them as needed. But when playable, the helmet he's wearing has most of the other helmets' functions, and most of these powers activate the moment he says the command for the sake of gameplay balance. |
| 1107 | * PistolWhipping: A few of his moves have him hitting his opponent with the grip of his Desert Eagle and his fatal blow has him hitting the opponent with a shotgun. |
| 1108 | * RightForTheWrongReasons: A mutual example with Omni-Man in one of their intros. He's not wrong about Nolan being a HumanAlien[=/=]TheCape, except the latter ''isn't'' a Kryptonian and a [[BewareTheSuperman deconstructive version]] of Superman, making his boast about having "Kryptonite bullets" causing Nolan to have very little reaction. On the other hand, Omni-Man assumes that Peacemaker is a government agent sent after him by Cecil, which isn't entirely wrong except that Chris is working for ''[[BlackBossLady Amanda Waller]]''. |
| 1109 | * ShadowArchetype: For Johnny Cage; they're both PopCulturedBadass man-children with a [[CasanovaWannabe flirtatious streak]], but while Cage's sense of humor can be childish, Peacemaker is practically a teenage boy in a grown man's body, as well as lacking the relative discipline Cage gained by learning martial arts. Smith's morals are also much looser than Cage's; they both come on to female kombatants, but Peacemaker's remarks are much more vulgar and crude than Cage, and he actively ''tries'' to kill his opponents, whereas Johnny's serious fights in story mode only have him defending himself (Kenshi broke into his home and Sub-Zero attacked him first) and not going further than subduing his opponents. |
| 1110 | * ShieldBash: Just like in the Season 1 finale of his [[Series/Peacemaker2022 show]], he makes use of a special kite shield to fight his opponents. |
| 1111 | * ShutUpKirk: He's quick to shut down any opponents who try to invoke FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse with him. |
| 1112 | -->'''Geras:''' Childhood trauma does not justify-\ |
| 1113 | '''Peacemaker:''' Zip it. I'm not here for therapy. |
| 1114 | * SirSwearsALot: Since his portrayal is based on the VulgarHumor-packed ''Series/Peacemaker2022'', his pre-battle quips are more profane and lewd than any of the other kombatants, and he drops more f-bombs than the entire cast combined. |
| 1115 | -->'''Peacemaker''': You're the first bangable monster chick I've met.\ |
| 1116 | '''Mileena''': You think me a monster?! |
| 1117 | * TrappedInAnotherWorld: Eclipso sent Peacemaker to the Mortal Kombat universe after the vigilante managed to best the Spirit of Wrath, hoping that the dangers of the other world would take care of him. Despite his situation, Chris isn't too bothered by it. He's glad to be in this new universe and feels like he's finally found a place where he belongs, ready to spread peace to the realms. |
| 1118 | * TwinThreesomeFantasy: In an intro with Kitana, Peacemaker hints at this with her and Mileena. Kitana is ''not'' amused. |
| 1119 | -->'''Peacemaker:''' You've got a twin? Now that would be fun.\ |
| 1120 | '''Kitana:''' ''[deeply annoyed]'' ''What'' would be fun, Earthrealmer? |
| 1121 | * UnskilledButStrong: {{Downplayed}}: He's a [[TheGunslinger capable marksman]] thanks to his army training but his brawling fighting style lacks the finesse of Earthrealm's warriors and he's pretty clumsy when handling the helmet's powers. |
| 1122 | * UseYourHead: His moveset makes use of the fact that he's wearing a high-tech metal helmet, from him grabbing the opponent and giving them a headbutt (even accompanyed by a loud metal clang) to flying at them headfirst with his helmet's torpedo ability. |
| 1123 | * WrestlerInAllOfUs: He has a repertoire of wrestling moves he uses in combat, such as a dropkick and a chokeslam. Considering [[Wrestling/JohnCena who]] portrays him, it's not a surprise. |
| 1124 | [[/folder]] |
| 1125 | |
| 1126 | [[folder:Homelander]] |
| 1127 | !![[Series/TheBoys2019 John Gillman / Homelander]] |
| 1128 | [[quoteright:570:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/homelander_28trailer_appearance29.png]] |
| 1129 | [[caption-width-right:570:''"Oh no, no God. The only man in the sky... is me."'']] |
| 1130 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/Chris Cox (voice), Creator/AntonyStarr (face model) |
| 1131 | |
| 1132 | ->John Gillman, more widely known as [[Characters/TheBoys2019Homelander the Homelander]], is an artificial superhuman created and raised from birth by the powerful Vought-American corporation. Despite Vought's gigantic media empire portraying Homelander as an All-American hero, in reality, he is a psychotic megalomaniac with a god-complex who cares little about the people he is supposed to protect and is slowly but surely growing more unstable and beyond anyone's control. |
| 1133 | ---- |
| 1134 | * BewareTheSuperman: While he does have the powers of Franchise/{{Superman}}, his morals are nothing like the Man of Steel's, being an egotistical AttentionWhore, ControlFreak and PsychopathicManchild with a HairTriggerTemper that spells bad news for anyone unfortunate enough to be in his way when he goes off. |
| 1135 | * ExpyCoexistence: Both he and Omni-Man are ComicBook/{{Superman}} expies, more specifically of the CorruptedCharacterCopy BewareTheSuperman variety, and appear in the same game, with Superman himself having previously appeared in ''VideoGame/MortalKombatVsDCUniverse''. |
| 1136 | * AGodAmI: This intro with Liu Kang sums it up: |
| 1137 | -->'''Liu Kang''': You have chosen war with a god.\ |
| 1138 | '''Homelander''': No... '''''You''''' have. |
| 1139 | * GuestFighter: The last revealed guest fighter in the Kombat Pack trailer. Homelander originated from the Creator/GarthEnnis' ''ComicBook/TheBoys'', though his appearance here is based on Creator/AntonyStarr's portrayal of the character from the [[Series/TheBoys2019 Prime Video television series]]. |
| 1140 | * LineInTheSand: His pre-fight animation (if he’s the one knocked back) has him do this with his laser vision. |
| 1141 | * MidairCollision: In a finishing move, he uppercuts his opponent right into the path of a commerical airliner, with predictably deadly and gory results. |
| 1142 | * MythologyGag: One of his fatalities has him burn a hole into the loser’s head with his laser vision, mirroring the way he killed [[spoiler: Madelyn Stillwell.]] |
| 1143 | * NotQuiteStarring: Modeled on Creator/AntonyStarr's portrayal of the character and even using his likeness, he is voiced instead by Creator/Chris Cox who also voiced The Terminator in [[VideoGame/MortalKombat11]] |
| 1144 | * PowerCreepPowerSeep: While he's probably not as strong as Omni-Man, he's still a few levels above the base roster, but as a character in a fighting game the others can fight him as easily as anyone else. |
| 1145 | * PrimaryColorChampion: Owing to his roots as a SupermanSubstitute, Homelander's costume is primarily blue with hints of red. |
| 1146 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: The Kombat Pack trailer ends with Homelander's eyes glistening red, getting ready to use his laser vision and looking [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou directly at the viewer]]. |
| 1147 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: His victory animation has him sniff and drink a bottle of milk, which he’s shown to be obsessed with in his origin series. |
| 1148 | * YourHeadASplode: In one of his finishing moves, he uses his laser vision to blow up the head of his opponent. |
| 1149 | * WearingAFlagOnYourHead: He wears the United States flag as a cape, enhancing his image as CaptainPatriotic. |
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