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Stage Fatalities

Stage fatalities bring a new level of environment interaction within the series. A stage fatality occurs when a player uses a part of the stage or map to execute a fatality that is not a standard character fatality. Some examples of stage fatalities are having the victim fall into a pool of acid or a pit of razor-sharp spikes, or to be run over by a subway train. Stage fatalities are present in the series from Mortal Kombat through Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks, with the only exception being Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance.

Mortal Kombat: Deception features more stage fatalities than any previous Mortal Kombat game. Renamed "Death Traps", there are more stages that allow death by stage interaction than not. No longer is a special button combination required as the opponent only needs to be either standing or hit in a particular spot on the stage. The "Death Traps" can be initiated anytime during a round.

Hara Kiri

Another interesting type of fatality is the Hara Kiri. The Hara Kiri (which is Japanese for a certain type of suicide, and literally means belly cut) that the person finks one knife on its belly, is a special move in which the player can perform upon defeat at the end of the last match. Rather than be finished off by his opponent, the loser takes his or her own life. The Hara Kiri usually has the player stab himself with a weapon, cut off his or her own head, etc. The Hara Kiri made its debut in Deception and seems to be a popular feature with the fans. It is unknown whether or not the Hara Kiri will remain in future Mortal Kombat games.

Although it was called a fatality in-game, the first example of a Hara-Kiri in Mortal Kombat was Cyrax's "self-destruct" move from Mortal Kombat 3; Cyrax, a cyborg, enters a code on to his arm panel and moments later explodes along with his opponent. The major difference between this move and the Hara-Kiris from Deception is that Cyrax's suicide is done with the purpose of also killing his opponent, whereas Hara-Kiris are done to avoid being killed by one's opponent. For example, in Mortal Kombat Deception, Kabal's Hara-Kiri was sticking his hook-sword into his head.

Trivia

Sub-Zero
's head rip fatality has been transferred to many characters including Scorpion
.
Johnny Cage's head decapitation fatality is the most altered fatality of the series, changing it to having an opponent's head punched off, uppercuted off etc.
Smoke has an interesting fatality in which he releases bombs from his stomach, which causes the destruction of Earth.
Scorpion's toasty fatality is one of the most recognized fatalities in Mortal Kombat history.
The fatalities for Scorpion, Sonya
and Shang Tsung
were used as special moves that could be used during battle in previous Mortal Kombat games. They were the Flame Breath (which burns the opponent during battle), Kiss of Death (which is a stun move) and the Soul Steal (in which increased the player's diminshed health and decreased his opponent's heath).
Liu Kang's "Cartwheel of Death" fatality is the only fatality that doesn't necessarily have to end in death. The fatality would only be effective if performed in The Pit (a stage in which the opponent fell into a pit of spikes once uppercuted). Though that effect wouldn't work in MK2.
It is interesting to note that not all Mortal Kombat characters have fatalities that are assigned to their persona as such. Quan Chi for example has the dreaded "Neck Stretch" fatality, which has no clear association or reference with his character. The best fatalities are ones that match the character's attributes and are clearly associated with them (eg: Sub-Zero's ice fatalities are associated with his characteristic to freeze)

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Games - Fatality

Stage Fatalities

Hara Kiri

Trivia

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