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Mortal Kombat (2021)

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Mortal Kombat (2021)	comment	Mortal Kombat is a 2021 American Supernatural Martial Arts action film. It is the directorial debut of Simon McQuoid, was written by Greg Russo and Dave Callaham, and was co-produced by James Wan. It is based on the video game franchise of the same name, also serving as a Continuity Reboot to the film series that started with Mortal Kombat: The Movie.The story concerns a washed-up mixed martial arts fighter named Cole Young, unaware of his hidden lineage or why he is being hunted down by Sub-Zero of the Lin-Kuei clan of assassins. He's saved in the nick of time by a man named Jax, who points him to a woman named Sonya, who reveals that he's part of a group of fighters chosen to defend Earthrealm in a high-stakes battle against the forces of Outworld.The film stars Lewis Tan as Cole Young, Jessica McNamee as Sonya Blade, Josh Lawson as Kano, Tadanobu Asano as Raiden, Joe Taslim as Bi-Han/Sub-Zero, Mehcad Brooks as Jackson "Jax" Briggs, Ludi Lin as Liu Kang, Max Huang as Kung Lao, Chin Han as Shang Tsung, and Hiroyuki Sanada as Hanzo Hasashi/Scorpion and Nathan Jones as Reiko.The film was released on April 23, 2021 both in theaters and on HBO Max (the latter available through May 23). A sequel is due to release in 2024.Previews: Official Restricted Trailer.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_113480b7	comment	Canon Foreigner: Cole Young and his family have no counterparts in the games. Hanzo Hasashi also never had a daughter in the games.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_121b3725	type	Age Lift
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_121b3725	comment	Age Lift: In the games, Scorpion and Sub-Zero were born in the 20th century (one source saying 1969 for Scorpion and 1970 for Sub-Zero). In this movie, Scorpion was killed in 1617 and was sent to the Netherrealm for over 400 years before getting out; Sub-Zero lived 400 years into the modern day.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_13f7da6	type	Instant Expert
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_13f7da6	comment	Instant Expert: Sonya is able to use her signature sonic attacks after killing Kano and gaining his mark, and uses them to save Cole from Mileena. Arguably Justified, considering Sonya is one of the most well-trained fighters in the movie, short of Liu Kang and Kung Lao, and has the least mental and emotional hangups about using or unlocking her powers; unlike Kano and Cole, she actually wants to fight in Mortal Kombat. This is even given Foreshadowing by Liu Kang, who explains to Cole that his Arcana awoke as soon as he received the mark because he wanted it that badly. After unlocking his Arcana, Cole has no trouble using his bladed Tonfa against Goro. Justified, since Cole's MMA fighting style seems to include a lot of boxing moves, and giving a boxer-bladed Tonfa not only allows him to use his existing skills instead of having to learn new ones, it also gives him the ability to stab with his punches.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_14ed6ab7	type	Does This Remind You of Anything?
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_14ed6ab7	comment	Does This Remind You of Anything?: A violent, vulgar, muscular man breaks into a woman's home saying "Honey, I'm home," brandishing a large array of knives and a Slasher Smile. She fights back against him by mostly hiding and using sneak attacks with knives, focusing on pragmatism and her own training because she knows that he can overpower her physically since he's so much bigger than she is. The fight is violent, with her slashing at him with knives and tossing him around with kombat maneuvers, and him throwing her around the house like a rag-doll, many times by her neck and hair, eventually has her pinned and is choking her to death. It ends with her desperately reaching out and grabbing something sharp and stabbing him in the eye, killing him, and finally commenting on how cathartic it was to do so. Does that sound like a Domestic Abuse situation? Normally it would be, but in this case it's not. It's Sonya and Kano's Brutal Brawl.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_160e320f	type	Fatality
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_160e320f	comment	After Liu Kang kills Kabal, he says, "Fatality. For Kung Lao."
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_16364a29	type	Evil Sounds Deep
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_16364a29	comment	Evil Sounds Deep: Sub-Zero speaks with a deep voice.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_16ad6f7f	type	"It" Is Dehumanizing
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_16ad6f7f	comment	"It" Is Dehumanizing: When talking about the mission in Brazil, Sonya only refers to whatever they fought as "the target" or "it." Whether this is due to Sonya seeing it as something other than human for its powers, or expressing restrained loathing for all of her teammates lost, is up in the air.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_18d15922	type	Title Drop
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_18d15922	comment	Sonya introduces Cole to her research, ending with the reveal that the markings and fighters are building towards Mortal Kombat. Cole wastes no time in pointing out how silly it sounds, including the fact they spelled it wrong.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_19d1c1ae	type	Always Someone Better
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_19d1c1ae	comment	Kung Lao's relationship with Liu Kang. In the games, Kung Lao had an Always Someone Better rivalry with Liu Kang, which never seems to cease, but they do respect each other and their skills. In the film, they get along fine, and Kung Lao was the better to Liu, who didn't have a mark at the time. They both seem to be enjoying themselves picking on Kano, but it was to help him unlock his latent powers. Liu Kang grieves for him when Shang Tsung steals his soul. This is Truer to the Text, as Kung Lao was actually friends with Liu Kang, with the rivalry only being brought up after their co-op game: Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_19e41d8f	type	And This Is for...
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_19e41d8f	comment	And This Is for...: A variant. Liu Kang doesn't announce it during the battle, but only after he downs Kabal does he dedicate the kill to his fallen friend Kung Lao.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_19ebe383	type	Never Trust a Trailer
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_19ebe383	comment	Never Trust a Trailer: The trailer implies that Jax lost his arms seven years ago, during the mission to Brazil, as Sonya's narration is played over the scene of Jax searching the warehouse and losing a fight to Sub-Zero, having his arms frozen in the process. In fact, we never see what the Brazil incident was, and Jax loses his arms during the main plot, after meeting Cole, and receives his trademark cybernetic arms during the film. Scorpion's iconic "Get over here!" that caps off the trailer was widely mocked online because it sounded muffled and the words weren't given much enunciation. The actual film uses a new recording of the line that's much clearer and almost identical to the games, but whether this was intentional or re-dubbed following the trailer's release is unclear.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_1cc9f5e5	type	Playing with Fire
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_1cc9f5e5	comment	Playing with Fire: Liu Kang's power focuses on controlling and summoning fire. Also, Scorpion learns to control the fire of the Netherrealm.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_1dfbbf31	type	Heterosexual Life-Partners
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_1dfbbf31	comment	Heterosexual Life-Partners: Liu Kang and Kung Lao are best friends, with Liu Kang admitting that Kung Lao was one of the first people who ever cared for him, and they're often seen side by side with each other. When Kung Lao is killed, Liu Kang is devastated, and takes up his iconic Martial Arts Headband in tribute. When he battles Kabal, he says "For Kung Lao" right after killing him.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_1dfd19f9	type	Papa Wolf
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_1dfd19f9	comment	Papa Wolf: Cole is very protective of his wife and daughter. Scorpion's also protective of Cole and his family when he realizes they're his descendants.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_1f963842	type	Bloodier and Gorier
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_1f963842	comment	Bloodier and Gorier: This new R-rated film definitely embraces the bloody carnage the franchise is known for, after the Bloodless Carnage of the PG-13-rated '90s films.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_1fdc1aa	type	See the Invisible
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_1fdc1aa	comment	See the Invisible: Kano uses the flare on Reptile to make Reptile visible during his bout with Sonya, Cole, and Kano.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_20e7ed4f	type	Adaptive Ability
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_20e7ed4f	comment	Adaptive Ability: No one in the movie displays this specific power, but the arcana itself seems to have something like this, as it can take advantage of whatever the Champion has when it's unlocked. For instance, Jax's arcana is his crude metal arm replacements turning into big strong ones like he had in the games which couldn't have been destined since he had only just lost his arms. In another, Cole's arcana manifests directly from the bracelet that his daughter gave him.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_20f689e9	type	Adaptational Villainy
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_20f689e9	comment	Adaptational Villainy: Bi-Han/Sub-Zero I, while not a nice man by any stretch of the imagination in the games, didn't actually kill Scorpion's family, instead being framed for it by Quan Chi. In the movie, he does it himself and is quite proud of it — a characterization closer to the unrepentantly evil Noob Saibot that Bi-Han becomes in the games. Compared to the original movie he's also this, as he's not a brainwashed Elite Mook, but a willing ally to Shang Tsung instead. Shang Tsung himself, while he's always been a villain, is usually known for putting on a suave, charming facade while also openly working towards the destruction of the heroes. This film presents him as a much colder, brutal entity who isn't even pretending to play by the rules of the Mortal Kombat Tournament, already acting like he's won, or in a state of dark Tranquil Fury whenever he's thwarted.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun: Played for Laughs. Early in the film, Kano spits on one of Sonya's garden gnomes, which she later uses during the climax to stab him in his empowered eye, killing him.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_25803f9c	type	Iconic Attribute Adoption Moment
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_25803f9c	comment	Iconic Attribute Adoption Moment: Sub-Zero freezes and shatters Jax's original arms. Jax later gets crude replacements, which are upgraded when he unlocks his Arcana. Hanzo Hasashi, in the opening scene, is seen creating his iconic rope dart from a kunai in the ground and a rope. Mileena's mouth rips open during her fight with Cole, resembling her classic look in the games. Before facing off against Kabal and Mileena, Liu Kang ties a red bandana around his head, like his current game counterpart does. Subverted when Reptile attacks Kano. Kano gets the left side of his face slashed by Reptile's claws but the damage is only skin deep and his laser uses his still organic eye to work.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_26ac510e	type	Mythology Gag
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_26ac510e	comment	Mythology Gag: It's mentioned that Cole took a title from "Eddie Tobias," a mash-up of the names of the Mortal Kombat creators, Ed Boon and John Tobias. Sonya's address, 806 W. Washington Blvd, is an old address of Nether Realm Studios, the developers of the series. A statue of Shao Kahn appears in some Outworld scenes, as seen here. After Kano finishes off one opponent (Reptile) by tearing out their heart with his hands (just like one of his iconic Fatalities), he proudly exclaims, "Kano wins!" The 1995 Mortal Kombat techno theme is heard in an epic orchestral version when Scorpion arrives to fight Sub-Zero. A dubstep-inspired version plays over the closing titles. While alive, Hanzo's signature Spear is a kunai is attached to a rope, like it was in the games of the original timeline. As Scorpion, the Spear is a kunai is on a chain, as in the games of the rebooted timeline. In Raiden's Temple, Shinnok's amulet and Kitana's fans can be seen on display. Kano actually tries to steal the former. While showing the wall with all the information Sonya has gathered, the camera lingers on the picture of a Native American who looks like Nightwolf, and the article itself mentions the Matoka and the abilities of the "Night Wolf" to create tomahawks and arrows from spirit energy. The same scene also shows a statue that resembles Kotal Kahn. Kung Lao telepathically sends his blade hat to the ground while spinning it like a sawblade, which kills Nitara from the head to spine (and afterward he says one of the iconic lines from the games, "Flawless victory"). In Mortal Kombat 9, his fatality involves throwing his hat like a sawblade while grabbing his opponent by the legs and dragging the victim across it, splitting the victim in half from the groin up. When Jax defeats Reiko, the latter sways back and forth stunned before Jax performs his Fatality, just like what happens in the games. Liu Kang spamming the sweep kick and Kano's complaints over it. Spamming low kicks is a common "scrub killer" among many Mortal Kombat players, especially the sweep kick, and especially in the original game. Note that Liu Kang's sweep and the way Kano falls over for it almost exactly match the mocap sprite animations from the original. Similarly, Emily yells for Cole to use an uppercut against Goro, a move known for being one of the safest in the original trilogy when fighting A.I.s, with Goro being a non-playable boss, and someone you're most likely to be cheap with due to how he is otherwise. When facing off against Scorpion, Sub-Zero creates ice swords to fight him with. This a reference to the kori blades he creates in the games. At the end of the film, Sub-Zero ends up ripping off his armor. Not only does the jumpsuit underneath resemble the classic ninja outfits from the original games (just with much smaller shoulder pads), but the outfit is mostly black, alluding to Bi-Han's Noob Saibot form. Scorpion executes Sub-Zero by using Hellfire from his mouth, the same way Scorpion had killed him in the games. Unlike the games, Sub-Zero isn't guiltless here. Liu Kang mentions Bo' Rai Cho as the one who brought him to the Shaolin as a child. Sonya kills Kano by stabbing him in the eye with her lawn gnome, exactly where his cyborg faceplate usually goes. After Sonya offs Kano, she unlocks her Arcana and gains the ability to shoot blasts of pink energy from her wrists like in the games. Before Jax and Sub-Zero fight, you can see a wall that has "Down Arrow, Right Arrow, LP" spray-painted on it. This is the input command for Sub Zero's Ice Freeze move in the games (with "LP" standing for "light punch"). When Sonya, Kano, and Cole are being given a tour through Raiden's Temple, there are various murals along the wall. One of them is of Shao Kahn, while another is of Argus and Delia, the parents of Taven and Daegon from Mortal Kombat: Armageddon. Cole's gym and most of his MMA fights are based out of Chicago, where the Mortal Kombat developers (both when they were with Midway and then as Netherrealm Studios) are based. As Shang Tsung kills Kung Lao, he says his iconic line from the '95 film: "Your Soul Is Mine!" When Liu Kang beats Kabal, he uses a variation of his classic Dragon Within finisher, closely resembling its depiction as his Mortal Kombat 11 Fatal Blow, and then says "Fatality. For Kung Lao." afterwards. Kabal's outfit has a police badge with the name Stryker on it, a nod to him working with Stryker as a cop in Mortal Kombat 9. A more general mythology, rather than the games: the idea that if you kill someone with the Champion's crest, it automatically passes onto you, echoes an ancient real-world superstition where if you kill an enemy you gain their greatest power. During the opening fight between Bi Han and Hanzo Hasashi, Hanzo gives Bi Han a wound near the eye, similar to the wound that Kuai Liang (the character's younger brother) would get in the third installment. A subtle one, but the ashes around Bi-Han when Scorpion kills him, look more like dark shadowy liquid than ash, alluding to Bi-Hans powerset as Noob.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_270c1778	type	Blood Magic
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_270c1778	comment	Blood Magic: One instance. Cole's blood dripping onto the kunai that had Hanzo's own blood on it was enough for him to ascend from the Netherrealm as Scorpion.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_2ae277ab	type	Mauve Shirt
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_2ae277ab	comment	Mauve Shirt: Mileena and Kabal are ultimately Shang-Tsung's henchmen, but have more characterization and screentime compared to Nitara and Reiko, and last longer than them in the climax. It also helps that they're more well-known characters from the games.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_2b694b8	type	Flawless Victory
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_2b694b8	comment	Kung Lao tops off his killing of Nitara with his buzzsaw hat with a "Flawless victory."
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_2b7d29e1	type	Artifact Title
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_2b7d29e1	comment	Artifact Title: Mortal Kombat refers to the tournament that decides the fate of Earthrealm against Outworld. While in the movie the characters do regularly mention the tournament as an important factor they have to prepare for, it never actually takes place, as Shang Tsung is sending warriors to target and kill Earthrealm Champions beforehand, and once thwarted, promises a direct invasion with a line implying that the Elder Gods are too busy to notice this violation of their law. While in the games the tournament angle is gradually dropped as other threats are presented, this is an unusual path to take for a reboot film series.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_2d3d3e0c	type	Disqualification-Induced Victory
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_2d3d3e0c	comment	Disqualification-Induced Victory: Shang Tsung is trying to win the tournament by making sure none of Earthrealm's fighters make it there alive, thereby granting him an automatic victory. He's implied to have won the past nine tournaments this way, or at least killed enough of Earthrealm's fighters to leave them at a severe disadvantage.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_2de7bbf1	type	Nominal Hero
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_2de7bbf1	comment	At his worst, Scorpion was a Nominal Hero who only sided with the villains to get his revenge on Sub-Zero to avenge his family (which Sub-Zero isn't even responsible for, Quan Chi is, though Scorpion doesn't know that). Here, Scorpion is shown to have been an Earthrealm Champion before his death and is firmly on the heroes' side to seek revenge on Sub-Zero for directly killing his family, clan, and himself, and supports Cole in battle as his descendant through his daughter.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_2e6a41e0	type	Gratuitous English
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_2e6a41e0	comment	Gratuitous English: Scorpion speaks mostly Japanese throughout the entire film, with the sole exception of his famous "GET OVER HERE!" Why he and Sub-Zero, two ancient Japanese and Chinese warriors, adopt English codenames is also not explained. Taken even further in the movie's French and Italian dubs, where all the catchphrases from the games are left untranslated.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_30d2ae29	type	Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_30d2ae29	comment	Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: The prophecy that foretells Hanzo's blood descendants being the key to preventing Outworld's invasion comes true, despite Shang Tsung's machinations to eliminate the possibility and, indeed, even because of what he does. Every assault on the heroes only drives Cole that much closer to becoming a true Champion and after Shang Tsung steals Kung Lao's soul, it's Cole who rallies the Earthrealm fighters, making the plan that wins them the day.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_3133d1d7	type	Hollywood Acid
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_3133d1d7	comment	Hollywood Acid: Kano notices how fast Reptile's acid spit was melting everything it touched, and uses it to free himself from his shackles.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_323f135b	type	Sorting Algorithm of Evil
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_323f135b	comment	Sorting Algorithm of Evil: Invoked. At the end of the movie, the heroes elect to take on all of Shang Tsung's champions 1-on-1, leaving Sub-Zero for last so they can fight him 4-on-1 because he is the most dangerous of them all.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_33d5b7f2	type	Adapted Out
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_33d5b7f2	comment	Adapted Out: Sonya's backstory with Kano, as well as her original partner, don't make the cut for the film. In the games, Sonya relentlessly hunts Kano for killing her partner, with her hatred for him growing in every subsequent title. In this movie, Sonya didn't meet Kano at all until she found him killing a previous Earthrealm Champion, which was shortly before the present day part of the movie began. While Sonya and Kano do despise each other in the movie, their animosity is nowhere near where it is in the games.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_3496b29a	type	Heart Is an Awesome Power
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_3496b29a	comment	Heart Is an Awesome Power: Kano mocks Kung Lao's "hat frisbee," but he's skilled/clever enough with it for it to be a pretty effective Arcana.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_381855db	type	Five-Second Foreshadowing
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_381855db	comment	Five-Second Foreshadowing: While Cole is resting at a local diner with his family, it starts snowing, with Cole's wife noting that it's July. Cue Sub-Zero walking down the street and raining hail and ice down upon everything in his wake.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_392372f9	type	Actor Allusion
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_392372f9	comment	Actor Allusion: In the Japanese dub, Tatsuhisa Suzuki (Cole Young) already voiced a young guy participating in another martial arts tournament when his life is at stake. Likewise, Kazuhiko Inoue (Scorpion) already voiced another ninja before.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_39a8fc83	type	The Can Kicked Him
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_39a8fc83	comment	The Can Kicked Him: At one point in Sonya's fight with Kano, she gets thrown into her bathroom and ends up wrapping her foot around his neck and sending his head hurtling into the seat of her toilet, caving it in.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_3c0a4666	type	Noodle Incident
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_3c0a4666	comment	Noodle Incident: Kabal states that he has to wear his trademark respirator mask and oxygen tanks due to offscreen injuries inflicted on him by Kano, but does not elaborate on the exact nature of his injuries or how they happened. Almost nothing about Sonya and Jax's mission in Brazil is revealed (including what/who they were fighting). We never learn who Kano or Liu Kang killed to get their marks, or how Sonya captured Kano's victim, for that matter. We never learn what Hanzo did to earn the ire of Bi-Han.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_3d29fed	type	NoKillLikeOverKill
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_3d29fed	comment	In a broader sense with the series' classic Fatalities. Because the main series are video games, characters can inflict horrific damage on each other before simply moving into the next match. Here, Fatalities are depicted with exactly the kind of outcome one would expect.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_3d699462	type	Curb-Stomp Battle
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_3d699462	comment	Curb-Stomp Battle: Kung Lao vs. Nitara is embarrassingly one-sided. He simply jumps on her back, turns his hat into a buzzsaw, and crashes her into it face-first.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_3e01fd7	type	Arrow Catch
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_3e01fd7	comment	Arrow Catch: Subverted in Hanzo and Bi-Han's first fight in 1617. Hanzo launches his rope dart at Bi-Han, but misses and embeds it in a tree. Bi-Han puts his cheek against the rope as if to gloat about how Hanzo missed. Hanzo Hanzo proceeds to yank it back, but Bi-Han fails to catch it, cutting his cheek in the process. Played straight during the climax of the movie in which Scorpion and Sub-Zero get into a similar situation. This time, Bi-Han catches the kunai flawlessly.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_3ed23024	type	Surprisingly Realistic Outcome
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_3ed23024	comment	Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: Several, as part of the film's goal to set itself apart from its predecessors and play more by "real world" logic. For example... In the opening, a mortally wounded Hanzo hears his daughter crying and starts to crawl toward her. He makes it a few feet before keeling over dead. Despite his determination and fatherly instincts, he is simply too badly injured to get very far. Sonya introduces Cole to her research, ending with the reveal that the markings and fighters are building towards Mortal Kombat. Cole wastes no time in pointing out how silly it sounds, including the fact they spelled it wrong. When Kung Lao is first introduced, Kano asks who he is, and Kung Lao delivers a Badass Boast worthy of a classic martial arts movie, complete with rousing music and dramatically speaking of his ancestor, the Great Kung Lao. Kano is unimpressed, and clearly has no idea who the Great Kung Lao is, as the Mortal Kombat tournaments have been hidden from the outside world for thousands of years. Kano may have the mark and be a fairly skilled brawler, but he's still an uncouth thug going up against people who've been training for the majority of their lives in formal martial arts. Even when he gets his laser eye, he's still hopelessly outmatched against even the Badass Normal Sonya Blade, and becomes the only fighter with an Arcana to be killed by someone without one on screen. In a similar vein, Cole wins only one fight (against Goro), but struggles with battling Mileena and Sub-Zero, requiring outside help in both cases, because despite being an MMA fighter, he isn't trained to fight in order to kill or defend against people actively trying to murder him. His victory with Goro was only because he unlocked his Arcana in time, as well as some timely intervention by his wife. Very much truth in television as trained martial artists and MMA fighters have said that being good at fighting in a controlled environment is completely different from fighting in a life-or-death brawl or a street fight. In a broader sense with the series' classic Fatalities. Because the main series are video games, characters can inflict horrific damage on each other before simply moving into the next match. Here, Fatalities are depicted with exactly the kind of outcome one would expect.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_3f45f1e6	type	Adaptational Heroism
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_3f45f1e6	comment	Adaptational Heroism: At his worst, Scorpion was a Nominal Hero who only sided with the villains to get his revenge on Sub-Zero to avenge his family (which Sub-Zero isn't even responsible for, Quan Chi is, though Scorpion doesn't know that). Here, Scorpion is shown to have been an Earthrealm Champion before his death and is firmly on the heroes' side to seek revenge on Sub-Zero for directly killing his family, clan, and himself, and supports Cole in battle as his descendant through his daughter. Subverted with Kano. He has one of the dragon tattoos, indicating that he is one of the chosen Champions defending Earthrealm, but only has it because he murdered the original owner. He saves Sonya and Cole's lives when they're attacked by Reptile, but is clearly shown to be the Token Evil Teammate at best. When offered the chance to betray them and defect to Shang Tsung's side, he does so without much hesitation.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_3fdac1c6	type	Literally Shattered Lives
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_3fdac1c6	comment	Literally Shattered Lives: Sub-Zero freezes Jax's arms, then bloodily shatters them.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_40d15d7a	type	Spoiler Cover
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_40d15d7a	comment	Spoiler Cover: The film's poster shows Cole's Arcana.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_4127eb1	type	Shut Up, Hannibal!
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_4127eb1	comment	Shut Up, Hannibal!: As Shang Tsung vows to return with armies, Raiden banishes him and says, "He talks too much."
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_4160410d	type	Damsel in Distress
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_4160410d	comment	Damsel in Distress: Allison and Emily end up this way twice. The first time is incredibly brief, when Goro has them trapped in the truck and is close to killing them, which serves to unlock Cole's Arcana. The second time is played straight, when Sub-Zero takes them hostage to lure Cole to fight him.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_42c9f1ec	type	Downplayed Trope
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_42c9f1ec	comment	Downplayed with Sub-Zero. While he's not strong enough to lift a boulder, he is seen effortlessly tossing fighters larger than him, like Hanzo and Jax, several feet into the air.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_44e06bb6	type	Boisterous Weakling
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_44e06bb6	comment	Boisterous Weakling: Kano has a rather big mouth for somebody who demonstrates inferior skill compared to the other champions.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_454bda24	type	Ancestral Weapon
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_454bda24	comment	Ancestral Weapon: Raiden gives Cole the kunai Hanzo used before he died. Later, the kunai gets covered in Cole's blood, which ends up summoning Scorpion to help fight Sub-Zero.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_4604fd4d	type	Worthy Opponent
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_4604fd4d	comment	Worthy Opponent: The MMA fighter Ramirez (who defeats Cole at the beginning) thanks him for a good fight.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_47fea76b	type	Butt-Monkey
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_47fea76b	comment	Butt-Monkey: Despite being the protagonist of the film, Cole can't seem to win a fight without outside help. The opening scene has him go against an experienced MMA fighter who beats him by making him tap out, Sonya gets the drop on him, he's thrashed around by Reptile, beaten up during training, and faces Goro while his wife has to save him. Then he fights against Mileena until the point where Sonya saves him, and he gets brutally trounced by Sub-Zero and would be killed if not for the untimely Big Damn Heroes moment by Scorpion. And he's the protagonist of the film. Kano bears the brunt of many jokes, beatdowns, and insults from the rest of the fighters. Of course, this is Kano, so he absolutely deserves all of it, and he can dish it out even better than he can take it.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_4a0ec526	type	Harmless Freezing
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_4a0ec526	comment	Harmless Freezing: Both Averted and Played Straight over the course of the movie. The effects of flash-freezing flesh is shown in horrifying detail when Sub-Zero literally shatters Jax's arms. Later in the film, Emily and Alison being completely encased in ice does no harm that can't be fixed with a blanket and a bonfire.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_4a852458	type	Big Good
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_4a852458	comment	Big Good: Raiden, as in the game series, is The Mentor to the Earthrealm Champions and the most powerful character on Earthrealm's side.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_4b045a8a	type	Villainous Valour
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_4b045a8a	comment	Villainous Valour: In the final fight against Cole Young and Scorpion, Sub-Zero realizes he is no match for the combined power of his foes. He still rises to his feet, calmly states his Battle Cry, and engages both of them in kombat. Even as he is being roasted alive by Scorpion after his defeat, he still continues to try and strangle the latter.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_4bdb06f5	type	Culturally Sensitive Adaptation
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_4bdb06f5	comment	Culturally Sensitive Adaptation: Scorpion and Sub-Zero are ninjas of Japanese and Chinese descent respectively and Raiden is based on a Japanese deity named Raijin. Despite this, they were portrayed by white actors in the original games and most of the previous live-action adaptations. The film has all three characters played by Asian actors and even manages to avoid Interchangeable Asian Cultures by having them match the nationalities and ethnicities of their respective characters. This applies to all other Asian characters in the movie as well. In addition, the female characters have much more modest outfits than in most of the games.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_4d1a06be	type	Doing in the Scientist
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_4d1a06be	comment	Doing in the Scientist: The Arcanas explain how the characters who use technology to get their powers in the original series now get them with magic.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_4de1a4f7	type	Improvised Weapon
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_4de1a4f7	comment	Improvised Weapon: Hanzo Hashashi uses a kunai (originally a masonry trowel) to form a rope dart. Sonya uses her garden gnome statue to stab Kano in the eye. Sub-Zero briefly uses a dagger made from Scorpion's frozen blood.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_508d91a2	type	Pre-Mortem One-Liner
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_508d91a2	comment	Pre-Mortem One-Liner: Natch for Shang Tsung, "Your Soul Is Mine!" shortly before sucking that of Kung Lao.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_51640e80	type	Bond One-Liner
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_51640e80	comment	Bond One-Liner: Many, mostly of the Mythology Gag type. Once Hanzo Hasashi dies, Bi-Han says, "For the Lin-Kuei." Kano's heart-ripping of Reptile is followed by him saying, "Kano wins!" Kung Lao tops off his killing of Nitara with his buzzsaw hat with a "Flawless victory." Sonya gets one in after finishing off Kano. After Liu Kang kills Kabal, he says, "Fatality. For Kung Lao."
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_519f108a	type	Throwing Your Sword Always Works
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_519f108a	comment	Throwing Your Sword Always Works: Hanzo kills a Lin-Kuei assassin by throwing his wakizashi into his back. This forces him to create a rope dart since his sword is now stuck inside the house.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_51c28ba3	type	Non-Action Big Bad
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_51c28ba3	comment	Non-Action Big Bad: Shang Tsung never directly fights any of the Earthrealm Champions. The only time he gets personally involved in the action is when he subdues and kills Kung Lao.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_53224e46	type	Bookends
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_53224e46	comment	Bookends: The movie starts with the future Scorpion failing to protect his family from the future Sub-Zero. In the climax, Scorpion escapes Hell to aid his descendant Cole in saving his family from Sub-Zero.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_538273bd	type	Adaptational Superpower Change
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_538273bd	comment	Adaptational Superpower Change: Numerous powers that are granted by advanced technology in the games (Jax's arms, Kano's laser eye, Sonya's energy rings) are turned into magic-based superpowers called "Arcana" and are tied into their selection for the tournament. In Liu Kang's Fatality, he creates a dragon using his fire powers instead of changing himself into one. This was actually based on a Fatal Blow from Mortal Kombat 11.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_53f5119f	type	The Dragon
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_53f5119f	comment	The Dragon: Sub-Zero serves the role for Shang Tsung, taking what is traditionally Goro's spot. Though the sorcerer has many Champions, Sub-Zero is the most dangerous among them and the most personal enemy for Hanzo, and by extension Cole. He also serves as the film's Final Boss.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_5473668f	type	Logo Joke
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_5473668f	comment	Logo Joke: The opening of the film has fire forming the WB logo and ice forming the New Line logo; fire and ice are the powers of rivals Scorpion and Sub-Zero.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_550754dc	type	Improbable Infant Survival
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_550754dc	comment	Improbable Infant Survival: Played for drama. The survival of Hanzo's daughter means that her heritage would last to the modern day, which is why Cole gets chosen as a defender of the realm.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_580be152	type	Adaptational Modesty
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_580be152	comment	Adaptational Modesty: Most of the characters' outfits are designed to look more practical and realistic than some of their game counterparts' more revealing outfits. Sonya wears a tanktop and pants, similar to what she wore in the 1995 movie, instead of the cut-off top and tights she wore in the first game, or any other outfit she had before MKX. Kano's modern look usually has him walking around without a shirt; here, he's always seen wearing a vest with the sleeves cut off. Scorpion and Sub-Zero's ninja outfits either have no sleeves or forgo an undershirt. In this movie, the two are decked out in body armor. Mileena doesn't wear a skimpy leotard, instead opting for an outfit, ironically, similar to what her "sister", Kitana, wore in the 1995 movie. Subverted with Jax, who wears a tanktop, until he gets his arms frozen off and goes around for the rest of the movie without a shirt after getting his mechanical arms. Zigzagged with Liu Kang, who goes shirtless like his game counterpart while training the Champions, but in actual kombat, is seen wearing a shirt.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_58afe9f2	type	Torso with a View
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_58afe9f2	comment	Torso with a View: Sonya uses the powers from the mark she inherited after killing Kano, to punch a hole through Mileena.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_59619fac	type	Head Crushing
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_59619fac	comment	Head Crushing: Jax finally unlocks the full power of his Arcana (in his case, Magitek mechanical arms), and kills Reiko by clapping on either side of his head hard enough to crush it between his hands.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_5bb56da	type	Justified
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_5bb56da	comment	After unlocking his Arcana, Cole has no trouble using his bladed Tonfa against Goro. Justified, since Cole's MMA fighting style seems to include a lot of boxing moves, and giving a boxer-bladed Tonfa not only allows him to use his existing skills instead of having to learn new ones, it also gives him the ability to stab with his punches.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_5c5ac0e2	type	Really 700 Years Old
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_5c5ac0e2	comment	Really 700 Years Old: Sub-Zero is a little over 400 years old, but still looks like a young man (minus being pale with bright eyes).
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_5e260ea6	type	Conveniently an Orphan
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_5e260ea6	comment	Conveniently an Orphan: Cole was an orphan who never knew his parents, but that never bothered him as he already has a family of his own. Raiden tells him he is the descendant of Scorpion's surviving daughter.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_5e2f5ad2	type	You Kill It, You Bought It
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_5e2f5ad2	comment	You Kill It, You Bought It: There are two ways of becoming chosen: either the mark is passed on to you by one of your parents, or you kill the person who currently has it.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_5f91efd9	type	Creative Closing Credits
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_5f91efd9	comment	Creative Closing Credits: The credits are shown next to black and red recreations of scenes from the movie. And when it comes to the title, it bleeds copiously!
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_603f1a80	type	Pragmatic Adaptation
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_603f1a80	comment	Pragmatic Adaptation: The reason why Johnny Cage is absent, despite being part of the main cast since the beginning and for most of the games, is because having him on the same side as the heroes along with Kano would cause the two characters to overshadow each other, due to both functioning as comic relief. However, by the end of the movie, Kano is killed by Sonya and Cole is seen going off to Hollywood to go recruit Johnny Cage. The actual Mortal Kombat Tournament doesn't start in this film, probably so that the movie focuses on developing the lore and the characters. The Lin-Kuei aren't implied to be active, unlike in the games, to avoid answering why a bunch of Chinese assassins are running around in the modern day. Instead, Sub-Zero is depicted as being aligned with Outworld while he was with the Lin-Kuei in the 1600s, way before the plot of the movie begins.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_619985d7	type	Sacrificial Lion
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_619985d7	comment	Sacrificial Lion: Kung Lao fights to buy Cole and Liu Kang time to escape, only for Shang Tsung to steal his soul.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_6220c00d	type	Pædo Hunt
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_6220c00d	comment	PÃ¦do Hunt: Liu Kang got his powers by killing a pedophile who had the dragon tattoo.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_6293c185	type	Sequel Hook
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_6293c185	comment	Sequel Hook: Before being banished back to Outworld by Raiden, Shang Tsung vows to return with more than just fighters, but armies. He also makes comments that imply Bi-Han's eventual resurrection as Noob Saibot. Cole also goes off in search of more fighters on his own, starting with Johnny Cage. Oh, and the actual tournament hasn't happened yet...
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_62e7f243	type	Instant Armor
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_62e7f243	comment	Instant Armor: Cole's Arcana gives him golden armor which can absorb and redirect energy, either enhancing his attacks or forming it into weapons.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_62f9d08e	type	Freeze-Frame Bonus
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_62f9d08e	comment	Freeze-Frame Bonus: At one point, you can see a mural of Dehlia, Argus, and Daegon, implying that the events that led to that game happened in this universe. A statue of Shao Khan appears in Outworld. Sonya's String Theory board about the history of Mortal Kombat features images of figures resembling Nightwolf and Kotal Khan.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_6411dac8	type	BadassNormal
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_6411dac8	comment	Kano may have the mark and be a fairly skilled brawler, but he's still an uncouth thug going up against people who've been training for the majority of their lives in formal martial arts. Even when he gets his laser eye, he's still hopelessly outmatched against even the Badass Normal Sonya Blade, and becomes the only fighter with an Arcana to be killed by someone without one on screen.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_650a309b	type	Forgot About His Powers
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_650a309b	comment	Forgot About His Powers: Despite having sharp claws, invisibility, and freaking acid spit, Reptile seems to do much of his time throwing people around and not using his better offensive skills. The only times he uses the acid is to break into Sonya's trailer and dissolve a knife in his arm, and he only claws Kano once. At the moment Kung Lao is getting his soul sucked by Shang Tsung, both Raiden and Liu Kang don't use powers that can help (teleportation and shooting fireballs). Raiden does point out that, as a god, he is forbidden from interfering, but Liu Kang has no such restrictions and was an eyewitness from a position from which he could very well pelt Shang Tsung with a fireball before he got done with Kung Lao.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_6654b17b	type	Facial Horror
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_6654b17b	comment	Facial Horror: Rather than her usual wide mouth with bared teeth, Mileena's mouth looks fairly normal, but she has horrific-looking bloodied bruises combined with a Glasgow Grin stretching across her cheeks. Later in the film, when Cole gains the upper hand in their fight, she unleashes a Tarkatan rage, splitting her mouth apart and baring all her teeth for the first, and ultimately last, time.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_66907f54	type	Hourglass Plot
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_66907f54	comment	Hourglass Plot: Between Sonya and Kano. Kano starts off as a Champion who learns his Arcana during the initial journey, while Sonya is the lone non-Champion during the quest. Afterwards, Sonya kills Kano, becoming a Champion and learning her Arcana quickly.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_676e942c	type	We Hardly Knew Ye
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_676e942c	comment	We Hardly Knew Ye: Nitara virtually only exists to be very quickly cut in half by Kung Lao's sawblade fatality.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_67b0bd0e	type	An Ice Person
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_67b0bd0e	comment	An Ice Person: Sub-Zero freezes Jax's shotgun, then Jax's arms. He is later seen freezing an entire room, creating walls of ice while fighting Scorpion, and forms a dagger through freezing spilled blood. He also uses his powers to freeze people, make swords, and throw chunks of ice at people.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_6b05b601	type	Jerkass Has a Point
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_6b05b601	comment	Jerkass Has a Point: Downplayed example. Kung Lao and Liu Kang are more than kind to Sonya when she arrives, but come off a bit abrasive when they prevent her from even taking part in practice fights. Despite Cole's protests, they correctly point out that going up against someone who can throw fire, conjure and control ice, or run faster than the eye can see with only your fists is a very good way to get yourself killed, and make the other people with powers focus on protecting you instead of actually fighting. Even when the group gets desperate enough to use Sonya for the final "tournament" against Shang Tsung's fighters, they send her against Kano, arguably the least dangerous of the opposing fighters.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_6c4ed101	type	Breath Weapon
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_6c4ed101	comment	Breath Weapon: Scorpion displays his most iconic fatality: breathing hellfire on an opponent, which he uses to finish off Sub-Zero.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_6f66bef7	type	But Not Too Foreign
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_6f66bef7	comment	But Not Too Foreign: Cole and his daughter are the descendants of Hanzo's surviving daughter, who is taken in by Raiden after Sub-Zero slaughters Hanzo and his family. As Scorpion, he shows respect for his descendant by fighting together with him against Sub-Zero. They're both visibly Asian, but this makes them 400 years removed from their known Japanese ancestry.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_703b3699	type	Came Back Strong
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_703b3699	comment	Came Back Strong: 400 years in the Netherrealm has made Hanzo even stronger than he was before, gaining abilities such as his chain spear and Hellfire.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_730c2e3	type	Void Between the Worlds
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_730c2e3	comment	Void Between the Worlds: At a certain point, Raiden takes Earthrealm's champions to the indicatively titled "Void," a featureless plane between realms.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_730d3664	type	Adaptational Angst Upgrade
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_730d3664	comment	Adaptational Angst Upgrade: Liu Kang admits to Cole in a private scene that he was an orphan rescued from the streets by the monks, while the games have never elaborated on his backstory.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_7315fd38	type	Covers Always Lie
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_7315fd38	comment	Covers Always Lie: Despite trailers and some promotional art making him out to be a main character, Scorpion really only has two scenes in the movie, barring some sporadic visions that Cole sees, both fighting Sub-Zero at the beginning and end of the movie.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_77c9a628	type	Your Soul Is Mine!
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_77c9a628	comment	Your Soul Is Mine!: Shang Tsung (naturally) steals the soul of Kung Lao. He even says the trope name as he does so!
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_79eb1e2e	type	Neutral Female
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_79eb1e2e	comment	Neutral Female: Allison and Emily avoid this in their own separate ways during Cole's fight with Goro. For Allison, when Goro is about to kill Cole, she grabs an axe and hits Goro in the side to save Cole. For Emily, she doesn't actually fight, but she screams for Cole to uppercut Goro when Goro's overwhelming the empowered Cole. It works and he regains the upper hand thanks to her. For both mother and daughter, they get into the family truck and try to run Goro over. Goro has Super-Strength, so it obviously doesn't work, but they get points for trying.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_7aa989ea	type	Token Evil Teammate
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_7aa989ea	comment	Token Evil Teammate: Kano, for the Earthrealm Champions. He ultimately betrays them and sides with Shang Tsung's forces.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_7c48b272	type	Summon Bigger Fish
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_7c48b272	comment	Summon Bigger Fish: Unintentionally. Cole's blood reacts with Hanzo Hasashi's kunai to summon him from Netherrealm when Cole is hopelessly outmatched by Sub-Zero. Raiden may or may not have had something to do with that.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_7fbb2a3	type	Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_7fbb2a3	comment	Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Liu Kang and Kung Lao repeatedly goad Kano until he discovers his laser eye, which he later uses against Sonya when he defects.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_805deb6e	type	Small Role, Big Impact
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_805deb6e	comment	Small Role, Big Impact: By saving her daughter, and hiding her within the hidden compartments of her house, Hanzo's wife effectively ensured her daughter survives so that the Shirai-Ryu can live on, and is taken to be raised by monks thanks to Raiden saving her. She is who Cole and his daughter are descended from, and helps Scorpion defeat Sub-Zero.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_806b07e7	type	Black Eyes of Evil
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_806b07e7	comment	Black Eyes of Evil: Shang Tsung has them when he manifests his demonic powers.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_82a64c4b	type	Adaptational Nice Guy
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_82a64c4b	comment	Adaptational Nice Guy: Kung Lao's relationship with Liu Kang. In the games, Kung Lao had an Always Someone Better rivalry with Liu Kang, which never seems to cease, but they do respect each other and their skills. In the film, they get along fine, and Kung Lao was the better to Liu, who didn't have a mark at the time. They both seem to be enjoying themselves picking on Kano, but it was to help him unlock his latent powers. Liu Kang grieves for him when Shang Tsung steals his soul. This is Truer to the Text, as Kung Lao was actually friends with Liu Kang, with the rivalry only being brought up after their co-op game: Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks. Scorpion also gets this treatment. In the games, he became a revenant obsessed with revenge after dying by Sub-Zero's hand. In this film, however, he is more of a guardian spirit, appearing to aid Cole during the final battle with Sub-Zero. This is justifiable by the fact that, in the games, the Shirai-Ryu were completely wiped out. In this film, the clan lives on through the bloodline of Hanzo's daughter, and by extension, Cole.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_82d2715f	type	Magitek
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_82d2715f	comment	Magitek: The tech-based superpowers are magically formed by the Arcana, with Jax's upgraded arms and Kano's laser eye being the most prominent examples.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_82f5ced1	type	Conservation of Ninjutsu
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_82f5ced1	comment	Conservation of Ninjutsu: A literal case with Hanzo Hasashi, a ninja who can flawlessly kill multiple Lin-Kuei warriors attacking him, but struggles against Bi-Han, who ends up killing him.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_83441d66	type	AIs
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_83441d66	comment	Similarly, Emily yells for Cole to use an uppercut against Goro, a move known for being one of the safest in the original trilogy when fighting A.I.s, with Goro being a non-playable boss, and someone you're most likely to be cheap with due to how he is otherwise.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_83641c73	type	Logical Weakness
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_83641c73	comment	Logical Weakness: Kano's laser eye may be mystical rather than technologically-based, but it's still very much a laser. During the fight in Sonya's trailer, she's able to temporarily stop him from using his power altogether by throwing a bottle of acetone directly into his eye. Kano's attempt to fire his laser eye is met with violent sparks as the acetone combusts. Cole's Arcana stores kinetic energy as heat, before releasing it as an attack. Sub-Zero, therefore, is his natural counter, with his ice powers sapping such heat and his freezing touch injuring Cole without needing to strike him.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_86b21114	type	Badass Boast
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_86b21114	comment	When Kung Lao is first introduced, Kano asks who he is, and Kung Lao delivers a Badass Boast worthy of a classic martial arts movie, complete with rousing music and dramatically speaking of his ancestor, the Great Kung Lao. Kano is unimpressed, and clearly has no idea who the Great Kung Lao is, as the Mortal Kombat tournaments have been hidden from the outside world for thousands of years.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_86ba007a	type	Bad Powers, Good People
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_86ba007a	comment	Bad Powers, Good People: Hanzo was a good family man in life before Bi-Han came to assassinate him. Once he's in the Netherealm, he gains the ability to use Hellfire, a typically villainous power.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_8871bbd8	type	Eye Beams
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_8871bbd8	comment	Eye Beams: Kano's superpower, which is magical as he lacks any cybernetics.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_895ec17	type	Only in It for the Money
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_895ec17	comment	Only in It for the Money: Kano agrees to help Sonya search for the temple in exchange for three million dollars.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_89631688	type	The Chosen One
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_89631688	comment	The Chosen One: Cole, by virtue of being a descendant of Hanzo "Scorpion" Hasashi. A prophecy states that Outworld will fail to conquer Earthrealm through Mortal Kombat when Hanzo Hasahi's blood resurfaces, the prophecy referring to Cole, and is the reason Shang Tsung sent Sub-Zero to kill Hasashi and his family in the first place (setting the whole chain of events in motion) and then to kill all of Earthrealm's Champions, which again rallies them to fight back against the Outworld assassins.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_89b38e67	type	Brutal Brawl
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_89b38e67	comment	Brutal Brawl: Unlike the film's flashier duels, Sonya vs. Kano takes place in Sonya's cramped house and features the two kombatants smashing each other into walls, counters, and windows, forgoing martial arts for pure fisticuffs. Sonya wins by giving Kano the most humiliating Fatality ever: death by garden gnome.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_8bb79fdf	type	Designated Girl Fight
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_8bb79fdf	comment	Designated Girl Fight: When Shang Tsung's forces invade the temple, Sonya is pitted against Mileena. Subverted later when Sonya asks to get a rematch with her, but Cole asks her to fight Kano instead (as he's already seen that she can take him) and he fights Mileena. Double subverted when Mileena is overwhelming him, but Sonya kills her with a surprise energy blast freshly obtained from her killing Kano.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_8e9cf84e	type
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_8e9cf84e	comment	"Blind Idiot" Translation: HBO Max transcribed Liu Kang's line "Fatality!", a reference to the finishing moves iconic to the franchise, as... "[Kang speaking foreign language]".
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_8ec0abf	type	The Voiceless
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_8ec0abf	comment	The Voiceless: Nitara has no lines of dialogue. Not that she's alive long enough to really say anything.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_8ed5c6e4	type	Asshole Victim
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_8ed5c6e4	comment	Asshole Victim: Liu Kang mentions that he got his marking by killing a child trafficker. Sonya gets hers by killing Kano.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_95b7c400	type	Faux Affably Evil
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_95b7c400	comment	Shang Tsung himself, while he's always been a villain, is usually known for putting on a suave, charming facade while also openly working towards the destruction of the heroes. This film presents him as a much colder, brutal entity who isn't even pretending to play by the rules of the Mortal Kombat Tournament, already acting like he's won, or in a state of dark Tranquil Fury whenever he's thwarted.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_9633f14b	type	Badass Bystander
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_9633f14b	comment	Badass Bystander: Cole's wife Allison distracts Goro, a four-armed monster, with an ax, giving her husband a chance to recover.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_970c790a	type	Big Bad
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_970c790a	comment	Big Bad: Shang Tsung, as in the first game which the film's plot is primarily based on.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_97d54bb0	type	Tragic Keepsake
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_97d54bb0	comment	Tragic Keepsake: Scorpion's first rope dart used a kunai that his wife used as a garden trowel. After being killed, Kung Lao's hat flies towards the heroes when Raiden teleports them away from the infiltrated temple and is held briefly by Liu Kang. The red scarf ornamenting it is taken to be used as Liu Kang's trademark headband in his fight with Kabal.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_995ad130	type	Meta Origin
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_995ad130	comment	Meta Origin: The various superhuman abilities portrayed by the characters were originally described as magic, ki, training, technology, or biological. This movie states that anyone with the dragon symbol can become empowered with an Arcana, which manifests differently depending on the individual and consolidates the diverse powers into one source, at least for the Earthrealm Champions. This ranges from Liu Kang conjuring fire to Jax's mechanical arms getting enhanced.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_99a12edd	type	Cyborg
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_99a12edd	comment	Cyborg: Subverted. Jax has metallic arms, but they're of magical, rather than technological origin. Kano similarly lacks his iconic metal face plate.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_9bcd82c0	type	Took a Level in Badass
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_9bcd82c0	comment	Took a Level in Badass: An extremely fast example. When Bi-Han is introduced attacking Hanzo Hasashi's farm in the 1600s, he can "merely" make a room cold with his presence and freeze his hands, and even has trouble using his ice powers against Hanzo himself, relying more on physical kombat. When he is re-introduced as Sub-Zero, with over 400 more years of kombat experience, he can freeze entire rooms in seconds, blanket streets in ice shards with a wave of his hands, and stop shotgun pellets at point-blank range.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_9c1f758a	type	Kill It with Fire
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_9c1f758a	comment	Scorpion executes Sub-Zero by using Hellfire from his mouth, the same way Scorpion had killed him in the games. Unlike the games, Sub-Zero isn't guiltless here.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: When we first meet Cole Young, he's wearing a black boxer robe (which kind of makes him look like a ninja) and yellow fist tape. Now whose colors are primarily black and yellow? We later find out he is a descendant of Scorpion. Cole is mocked as a "human punching bag" for his meager defense in favor of attack in his MMA matches. As it turns out, his Arcana manifests as a suit of armor that lets him absorb blows and then redirect the energy or convert it into weapons. Sonya describes Jax killing a champion with supernatural abilities as to how Jax became a champion. This happens to her later on after she skills an empowered Kano during their climactic battle in her trailer. Liu Kang, one of the best-trained warriors for Earth, explains that his powers manifested instantly after killing a pedophile with the mark and getting it himself. Later on in the movie, Sonya - highly trained in fighting herself - gets her powers instantly after killing Kano, a wanted criminal.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_9d17b859	type	Made of Iron
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_9d17b859	comment	Made of Iron: In an emulation of the game, the fight scenes are centered less around deflection and dodging but, regardless of how durable they realistically should be, are shown taking an absurd amount of visceral punishment, while still fighting.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_9dfb8296	type	This Is Gonna Suck
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_9dfb8296	comment	This Is Gonna Suck: A minor example occurs when Kano is training with Liu Kang. After already leg sweeping him twice, when Liu Kang fakes Kano in jumping to dodge his leg sweep, Kano mutters "Ah, fuck" as he lands, since he knows he's going to be eating a third one.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_9e0c3153	type	Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_9e0c3153	comment	Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: Sonya owes Kano "THREE! MILLION! DOLLARS!"
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_9f9ef70f	type	The Unchosen One
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_9f9ef70f	comment	The Unchosen One: Part of the reason Sonya gets ostracized by those who have the mark, and Mileena considers her Not Worth Killing, is because of this. She eventually gains a mark after killing Kano.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_a2b38d3b	type	Eye Scream
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_a2b38d3b	comment	Kano's laser eye may be mystical rather than technologically-based, but it's still very much a laser. During the fight in Sonya's trailer, she's able to temporarily stop him from using his power altogether by throwing a bottle of acetone directly into his eye. Kano's attempt to fire his laser eye is met with violent sparks as the acetone combusts.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_a2fea27d	type	The Chosen Many
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_a2fea27d	comment	The Chosen Many: Anyone who has the mark on their body is destined to participate in Mortal Kombat. Shang Tsung purposefully hunts these people down in order to kill them before they have a chance. If someone with a mark is killed by someone without one, the latter will inherit it.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_a353507	type	Saved for the Sequel
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_a353507	comment	Saved for the Sequel: The final shot of the film firmly teases that Johnny Cage will make his anticipated reboot debut in the next film.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_a8556a04	type	Video Credits
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_a8556a04	comment	Video Credits: As part of the Creative Closing Credits, each actor's name appears next to a red and black silhouette of his or her character.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_a861560f	type	The Friend Nobody Likes
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_a861560f	comment	The Friend Nobody Likes: None of the Earthrealm Champions can stand Kano. They all show more respect and friendliness to Sonya, who isn't even a Champion.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_a8c6a317	type	Super-Strength
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_a8c6a317	comment	Super-Strength: What Jax's Arcana appears to be, which extends to his mechanical arms when it finally manifests. This is indicated by him having the Required Secondary Power to brace himself well enough to lift a boulder off Sonya and block blows from Reiko's hammer without being pushed back. Downplayed with Sub-Zero. While he's not strong enough to lift a boulder, he is seen effortlessly tossing fighters larger than him, like Hanzo and Jax, several feet into the air.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_a91078ea	type	Adaptational Jerkass
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_a91078ea	comment	Adaptational Jerkass: The normally fatherly and kind Raiden is far harsher here, bemoaning and insulting what's left of Earthrealm's Champions when they meet, showing little faith in them during their training. Justified, as Earthrealm has lost nine tournaments and is on the cusp of destruction, so he's clearly jaded by centuries of watching his Champions die. He warms up to them once they prove themselves. And some level of Trickster/Sink-or-Swim/Eccentric Mentor is at play.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_a9c40434	type	Birthmark of Destiny
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_a9c40434	comment	Birthmark of Destiny: Cole has had a mark on his chest since his birth. It's revealed that all the chosen fighters have them, marking them as Earthrealm's Champions, though they usually just appear whenever the tournament approaches.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_a9d70c96	type	Icy Blue Eyes
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_a9d70c96	comment	Icy Blue Eyes: Sub-Zero, naturally, has very pale blue eyes, which the trailer highlights whenever his face is shown and he's giving his opponent a blank stare.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_aa30e350	type	Sole Survivor
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_aa30e350	comment	Sole Survivor: Hanzo's unnamed daughter is the only survivor of the Shirai Ryu massacre.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_acf33d00	type	Nice Job Fixing It, Villain
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_acf33d00	comment	Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Cole can't find his Arcana and is sent home to his family. Shang Tsung decides to wipe out all the remaining Champions, and sends Goro after Cole at his home. Fighting to directly defend his family leads to Cole unlocking his Arcana and defeating Goro. Raiden even sarcastically thanks Shang-Tsung for it when they confront each other again.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_ad1db87c	type	Oh, Crap!
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_ad1db87c	comment	Oh, Crap!: Sub-Zero spends most of the movie with the upper hand on everyone else, and even with the mask he shows very little emotion. However, he's visibly shocked during the climax when Cole summons Scorpion using the kunai blade. Sub-Zero is also pretty unnerved by the fact that Scorpion actually managed to draw blood during their second fight, considering no one else was able to make a dent in his armor.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_adfd3165	type	For the Evulz
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_adfd3165	comment	For the Evulz: Sub-Zero has no actual reason to keep Cole's family alive. He seemingly does it out of pure malice so that he can kill the entire family together.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_af3ea0e3	type	Faceâ€“Heel Turn
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_af3ea0e3	comment	Faceâ€“Heel Turn: Kano starts out as one of the Champions defending Earthrealm, but ultimately betrays them by destroying the barrier protecting Raiden's temple where they are training and allowing Shang Tsung's forces to launch a surprise attack against the Earthrealm fighters. Not that he was ever really a good guy to begin with...
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_afd181c7	type	Xtreme Kool Letterz
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_afd181c7	comment	Xtreme Kool Letterz: Cole initially scoffs at the concept of Mortal Kombat by pointing out that it isn't even spelled correctly.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_b01abe4f	type	Catchphrase
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_b01abe4f	comment	Catchphrase: Naturally, a climactic moment in the film is designated for Scorpion to let out his iconic "GET OVER HERE!" Shang Tsung utters his classic "Your soul is mine!" "Fatality!", "Flawless victory!" and "[Character] wins!" all make appearances.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_b1dde8fd	type	Loophole Abuse
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_b1dde8fd	comment	Loophole Abuse: Interference in the Mortal Kombat Tournament, by gods or others, is strictly forbidden. If a Kombatant is killed before the tournament, the one who killed them takes their place as Champion. The rules are a great deal more vague on what happens if a Kombatant is killed by someone already designated as Champion for one side or the other, as well as Kombatants fighting outside the tournament itself, letting Shang Tsung send Sub-Zero, Mileena, Nitara, Kabal, Reiko, and Goro to kill the Earthrealm Champions before the tournament, ensuring there will be no opposition to fight. This is considered outright cheating to some extent, but Shang Tsung does it because he knows the gods don't care enough to stop him. Raiden states that Gods are not allowed to interfere with the Mortal Kombat Tournament. This doesn't mean he can't provide Earthrealm Champions with the means to give themselves the advantage, such as teleporting the Outworld fighters to specific locations to break them up, and giving Cole the kunai covered in Hisashi's blood which allows Scorpion to join in the fight against Sub-Zero. Cole catches onto that last detail.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_b64b1fc1	type	Left for Dead
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_b64b1fc1	comment	Left for Dead: Sub-Zero has a habit of doing this: He leaves after lethally wounding Scorpion in kombat. If he'd stuck around, he might have noticed the baby hidden in the bushes that would go on to continue the Hasashi bloodline. He also rips off Jax's arm and leaves before making sure he is dead.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_b807624a	type	And Show It to You
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_b807624a	comment	Kano's heart-ripping of Reptile is followed by him saying, "Kano wins!"
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_be30e493	type	Undignified Death
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_be30e493	comment	Undignified Death: In a movie where fights tend to end with the loser being killed in a spectacular fashion, we also get Kano's death by getting stabbed through the eye with a lawn gnome's pointy hat.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_be54cb9c	type	Bullet Dodges You
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_be54cb9c	comment	Bullet Dodges You: In addition to freezing Jax's shotgun and arms, Sub-Zero also freezes the pellets from said shotgun in mid-air after it's been fired.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_be6f7ae7	type	Brief Accent Imitation
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_be6f7ae7	comment	Brief Accent Imitation: Sonya calls Kano "mate" in his Australian accent after fatally stabbing him in the eye. Ironically, as her actress is also Australian, this becomes an instance of an actor doing a mock version of their own accent.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_c145f69b	type	Subverted Trope
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_c145f69b	comment	Subverted in Hanzo and Bi-Han's first fight in 1617. Hanzo launches his rope dart at Bi-Han, but misses and embeds it in a tree. Bi-Han puts his cheek against the rope as if to gloat about how Hanzo missed. Hanzo Hanzo proceeds to yank it back, but Bi-Han fails to catch it, cutting his cheek in the process.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_c3648b87	type	Teeth-Clenched Teamwork
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_c3648b87	comment	Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Sonya and Kano do not like each other, do not get along, and can barely tolerate having to work together to save the world. Thus it should be no surprise that Kano promptly turns traitor once Kabal gives him a better offer on behalf of Shang Tsung. Or that Sonya kills him to get his dragon mark without a qualm.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_c3db1619	type	ZigZagged
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_c3db1619	comment	Zig-Zagged with Kano and Kabal. In both the games and this film, Kano is the reason that Kabal has his life support system but for the exact opposite reasons, with 9 showing Kano installing it to revive him due to their old friendship, while this movie implies that Kano betrayed him and left the injuries that required it to begin with.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_c40c8b74	type	And Starring
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_c40c8b74	comment	And Starring: "With Chin Han, Joe Taslim as Bi-Han and Sub-Zero, and Hiroyuki Sanada as Hanzo Hasashi and Scorpion." The credit list also highlights "With Damon Herriman as the voice of Kabal".
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: Kano gives other characters a few snarky pop-culture nicknames; he calls Liu Kang "David Copperfield" and "Magic Mike", and calls Raiden "Gandalf".
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_ca3a6dbd	type	Informed Ability
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_ca3a6dbd	comment	Informed Ability: Cole is supposed to be a strong fighter, but is unable to finish a single fight by himself in the entire movie. Even after he gets his Arcana, he still needs the help of his wife, Sonya, and Scorpion respectively in order to defeat Goro, Mileena, and Sub-Zero. Though it could be classified as Overshadowed by Awesome, as Cole is powerful, but going against the greatest threats Outworld can send.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_cb3adcb7	type	Kill It with Ice
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_cb3adcb7	comment	Kill It with Ice: As expected from Sub-Zero, this is how he kills Scorpion's family in the opening scene. He leaves his wife and son as frozen statues impaled with a blade of ice.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_d028e0da	type	An Arm and a Leg
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_d028e0da	comment	An Arm and a Leg: As usual, poor Jax loses his arms. Sub-Zero was the cause of it in this rendition, freezing both when Jax tries to confront him, then shattering them. Cole cuts off one of Goro's hands during their fight. Hanzo chops an arm off of one of the Lin-Kuei assassins in the opening.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_d19dc823	type	The Gods Must Be Lazy
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_d19dc823	comment	The Gods Must Be Lazy: Shang Tsung says as much, which is why he can flagrantly violate the rules — in front of Raiden, no less — and never be punished for it.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_d2e98fd5	type	Die or Fly
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_d2e98fd5	comment	Die or Fly: Cole, who had been struggling to unlock his superpowers during training, finally manages to do so when he sees his family being threatened by Goro.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_d5a060a8	type	Interchangeable Asian Cultures
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_d5a060a8	comment	Interchangeable Asian Cultures: Averted. It's specified throughout the movie's subtitles when the characters are speaking a certain language. Hanzo actually can't understand what Bi-Han's last words to him are, because he's speaking Chinese, but the audience can. The casting team also clearly made an effort to avert this trope as well: Hanzo and Raiden are both played by Japanese actors, and the Chinese characters (Bi Han, Liu Kang, Kung Lao, and Shang Tsung) are all played by actors who are Chinese by ethnicity, if not necessarily by citizenship. The one exception is Cole, who is supposed to be at least partly Japanese, as a descendant of Hanzo, but actor Lewis Tan's Asian background is Chinese.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_d7c3ba61	type	Race Lift
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_d7c3ba61	comment	Race Lift: Of a sort. Mortal Kombat's Raiden was based on a god from Japanese Mythology, but Latino and Caucasian men have played him for the franchise's entire existence. This is the first time an actual Asian has portrayed him, specifically the Japanese Tadanobu Asano.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_d9cf40fa	type	Screw This, I'm Outta Here
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_d9cf40fa	comment	Screw This, I'm Outta Here: After Cole's fight with Goro, Allison and Emily both wisely choose to leave the place where they're staying to avoid anyone else showing up. They don't get away in time before Sub-Zero finds and captures them. Said by Kano when he uses Reptile's acid/saliva to get out of his handcuffs.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_dc057cf3	type	Adaptation Name Change
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_dc057cf3	comment	Adaptation Name Change: In the games, Hanzo's son was named Satoshi. In the movie, it's changed to Jubei.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_dda99fa8	type	Despair Event Horizon
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_dda99fa8	comment	Despair Event Horizon: Hanzo is getting water when his family gets attacked by Lin-Kuei assassins. By the time he hears their screams, it is already too late. After being mortally wounded by Bi-Han, he hears his infant daughter crying from her hiding space in the floorboards of his house, but expires right when he tries to get her, leaving the fear that she would be left abandoned to starve until Raiden rescues her.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_df04089a	type	Lineage Comes from the Father
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_df04089a	comment	Lineage Comes from the Father: Averted. Cole is a descendant of Hanzo through Hanzo's daughter, as his son was murdered by Sub-Zero.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_e003c829	type	History Repeats
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_e003c829	comment	History Repeats: Scorpion sees Cole's wife and daughter frozen in ice while Cole desperately tries to save them, which brings back memories of his wife and son being frozen to death by Sub-Zero as well as telling him that Cole and his daughter are his descendants. This triggers him enough to use his Hellfire to save them.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_e16fb8ca	type	Hero Killer
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_e16fb8ca	comment	Hero Killer: Sub-Zero is considered the most lethal threat to the Earthrealm Champions. He killed Hanzo Hasashi, one of Japan's greatest ninjas in 1617, and is implied to have assassinated many of Earthrealm's warriors in the centuries since. He would have killed Jax after shattering the latter's arms, were it not for the intervention of the Shaolin. The heroes don't even think of fighting him one-on-one and indeed, he is slain only when Cole Young inadvertently summons Scorpion to aid in the final fight.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_e26f04b4	type	Last of His Kind
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_e26f04b4	comment	Last of His Kind: Downplayed. Cole is the last of the Shirai-Ryu descendants, but he's got a daughter.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_e542d889	type	Gorn
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_e542d889	comment	Gorn: Finally, a Mortal Kombat live-action movie with fatalities in all their bloody glory. Many characters perform their iconic finishing moves with the bloody consequences clearly shown onscreen.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_e5fd8bc2	type	Hate Sink
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_e5fd8bc2	comment	Hate Sink: The owner of the gym where Cole fights at the beginning of the film. His only appearances consist of mocking Cole's fighting skills, deriding Cole's daughter for being his corner-man, and laughing in Cole's face when he says he's going to Hollywood. This is in stark contrast to the fighter Cole faces, who is kind and respectful afterwards, thanking him for a good match.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_e8428d18	type	Screw the Rules, They Broke Them First!
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_e8428d18	comment	Screw the Rules, They Broke Them First!: To ensure Earthrealm will have no Champions come the next tournament, the bulk of the film involves Earthrealm's Champions being hunted down by Sub-Zero and the rest of Shang Tsung's assassins. The final act sees the Champions, with assistance from Raiden, tracking down and assassinating the assassins, so Outworld will have no Champions themselves come to the tournament. Then again, Mortal Kombat has always been about fighting dirty, and this is not technically illegal by the established rules of the tournament.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_e8dca77c	type	Adaptation Origin Connection
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_e8dca77c	comment	Adaptation Origin Connection: All of the characters' special moves (nicknamed "Arcanas") are explicit superpowers granted to those chosen as Champions, including ones that were previously done with weapons and cybernetics in the games. In Mortal Kombat 9, Jax's arms were torn off by Ermac. In this film, Sub-Zero freezes and destroys them. Zig-Zagged with Kano and Kabal. In both the games and this film, Kano is the reason that Kabal has his life support system but for the exact opposite reasons, with 9 showing Kano installing it to revive him due to their old friendship, while this movie implies that Kano betrayed him and left the injuries that required it to begin with.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_eaf5a1ac	type	Groin Attack
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_eaf5a1ac	comment	Groin Attack: Hanzo Hasashi delivers one to Bi-Han during their fight in 1617 Japan.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_eb067173	type	Backup from Otherworld
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_eb067173	comment	Backup From Other World: When Cole starts losing his battle with Sub-Zero, he tries to stab him with Scorpion's kunai. Sub-Zero turns the blade on Cole, cutting the latter's fingers with it, but the blood ends up summoning Scorpion from the Netherealm, who helps Cole fight Sub-Zero.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_eb4ee9eb	type	Guns Are Worthless
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_eb4ee9eb	comment	Guns Are Worthless: The sole two scenes where guns are used depict their users (Sonya and Jax) as being nearly helpless against their enemies. Justified, since their enemies have supernatural abilities that render firearms useless.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_eb81c601	type	Big Damn Heroes
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_eb81c601	comment	Despite being the protagonist of the film, Cole can't seem to win a fight without outside help. The opening scene has him go against an experienced MMA fighter who beats him by making him tap out, Sonya gets the drop on him, he's thrashed around by Reptile, beaten up during training, and faces Goro while his wife has to save him. Then he fights against Mileena until the point where Sonya saves him, and he gets brutally trounced by Sub-Zero and would be killed if not for the untimely Big Damn Heroes moment by Scorpion. And he's the protagonist of the film.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_eb8ec7c8	type	Jerkass
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_eb8ec7c8	comment	Kano bears the brunt of many jokes, beatdowns, and insults from the rest of the fighters. Of course, this is Kano, so he absolutely deserves all of it, and he can dish it out even better than he can take it.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_fbd5fda1	type	Friendly Rivalry
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_fbd5fda1	comment	Friendly Rivalry: Downplayed. Cole is introduced getting ready for a cage match with a fighter named Ramirez. After the match, they have a friendly exchange and Ramirez compliments him on the match.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_fda1a026	type	Bizarre and Improbable Ballistics
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_fda1a026	comment	Bizarre and Improbable Ballistics: Kung Lao's hat qualifies, although it's justified by the Arcana explanation.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_fe0330fb	type	Brick Joke
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_fe0330fb	comment	Brick Joke: Kano spits on Sonya's garden gnome and says how much he hates gnomes. She uses it to kill him later on.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_ff070bbd	type	Attack! Attack! Attack!
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_ff070bbd	comment	Cole is mocked as a "human punching bag" for his meager defense in favor of attack in his MMA matches. As it turns out, his Arcana manifests as a suit of armor that lets him absorb blows and then redirect the energy or convert it into weapons.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_ffad4e9f	type	Shown Their Work
Mortal Kombat (2021) / int_ffad4e9f	comment	Shown Their Work: A pre-Scorpion Hanzo creates a prototype of his infamous rope-kunai spear with a rope lying around and a kunai stuck in a garden bed; kunai are believed to have been used as masonry trowels before being modified as tools or weapons by ninjas.
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