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“ Get over here! „
~ Scorpion's famous catchphrase.
“ Vengeance will be mine! „
~ Scorpion's battlecry in Mortal Kombat (2011).
“ People like to say they've been to Hell and back... I happen to know the way by heart. „
~ Scorpion

Hanzo Hasashi, better known as Scorpion, is an undead ninja warrior and one of the two main protagonists (alongside Liu Kang) and the mascot of the Mortal Kombat franchise. Even though he has a neutral alignment, he has done some villainous acts. In Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, he allied with the Forces of Darkness to kill Taven and Daegon, due to having a grudge against the Elder Gods for "restoring" the Shirai Ryu members as undead monsters and not fully humans. He is also the former sevant turned archenemy of Quan Chi.

He is currently voiced by Ron Yuan. Prior to that, he was voiced by Patrick Seitz, who has been doing the role since Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe and has also voiced Adamas in Record of Ragnarok, and by one of the co-creators of the series, Ed Boon himself, since the very first Mortal Kombat game.

His Evil Ranking[]

His Villainous Deeds[]

Original Timeline[]

  • He tried to kill Taven and tried to banish the Elder Gods, even sending Taven to the Netherrealm.

Alternate Timeline[]

  • In the third chapter of Mortal Kombat (2011), he defeated Kung Lao, Nightwolf, Sektor and Cyrax, before trying to kill Bi-Han (the first Sub-Zero) in Shang Tsung's Island.
  • After he killed Bi-Han and Kuai came to avenge him, Scorpion mocked him and attempted to kill him.
  • Even after his redemption, he is extremely wrathful and violent as he brutally kills all of his opponents.
  • He initially refused to make peace with Sub-zero and attacked Frost as well.
  • He selfishly killed Quan Chi (although he deserved it for exterminating the Shirai Ryu, murdering his wife and son and for lying to him), even when he was made aware numerous times that doing so would doom the revenants to eternal servitude to Shinnok and later the Netherrealm, some of which were his former friends. He even attacked his friends and had them tied up so they wouldn't stop him.
  • He is indirectly responsible for releasing Shinnok, as his attack on the Special Forces base rendered the heroes weakened, and Quan Chi freed from his imprisonment. So when D'vorah arrived, she only had to overpower Hanzo and give Quan Chi Shinnok's amulet.

Invasions[]

  • He tries to destroy Liu Kang's Timeline after losing his wife and son, and saw that Kuai Liang is marrying Harumi.

Why He Doesn't Stand Out?[]

  • While he has lower resources than Shao Kahn, Shang Tsung and Shinnok, making it unfair to compare him to either of those three villains, he still fails the heinous standards to Quan Chi, Frost, Kano, Dark Kahn, who all do worse than him with similar resources and screentime (even though Frost and Kano both fail the standard themselves, but to a lesser degree).
  • He is genuinely tragic, as he and his loved ones were murdered by Quan Chi and then he was revived as a vengeful spectre. Even as a titan in MK1, he is still played for sympathy because of Titan Quan Chi, Bi-Han and the Lin Kuei members murdering him and his family (even though Satoshi faked his death).
  • He is on & off and has committed many heroic deeds like killing Quan Chi and avenging his family and clan.
  • He is a genuinely affable villain with standards, a heart, a moral compass and a strong sense of honor and loyalty.
  • He is still a villain by proxy because Titan Quan Chi forced him into villainy after being resurrected as a spectre.
  • After he was restrained, he redeems himself and listened to Liu Kang, and he falls in love with a version of Harumi who takes the mantle of Scorpion after she lost her Hanzo and their child.

Trivia[]

  • Although it's true that Scorpion does fail the Mortal Kombat franchise's insane heinous standard even if he does pass the baseline, his good moral rankings are different in the first and second timelines: In the first timeline, he is both Villainous Benchmark and Heroic Benchmark, but in the second timeline, he passes the admirable standards while maintaining his Villainous Benchmark status, which enables him to be Inconsistently Admirable.

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