History VideoGame / MortalKombatDeception

* EatTheDog: You meet up with a woman in the starting town who is looking for her lost dog. You are directed to a butcher shop where the butcher has already killed the dog. He says something along the lines of "Oh no! I didn't know he was anybody's pet! I thought he was a stray!" He gives you the dog's butchered remains anyway. When you meet back up with the woman, her lines are...
--> ''"Oh no! Niko! I shouldn't have let him out of my sight!... oh well, would you like some Niko stew?"''

So, now, without any leader, and with five of the heroes (specifically Johnny Cage, Sonya, Jax, Kitana and Kung Lao) being killed in battle, Sub-Zero trapped in the Netherrealm, and his pupil Frost being frozen, the survivors of the battle against the Deadly Alliance (Kenshi, Bo' Rai Cho, Li Mei, Scorpion and the aforementioned Sub-Zero) are on their own against the forces of Onaga, which included the Tarkatan army, led by Baraka. Raiden, corrupted by Onaga's magic, became disgusted with the humanity in general, and revived Liu Kang as a zombie, sending him to a massive manslaughter. Kang's spirit, however, stays with Ermac, to help him save his friends.

* ''Returning from VideoGame/MortalKombatII'': [[Characters/MortalKombatKuaiLiang Sub-Zero (Kuai Liang)]], [[Characters/MortalKombatMileena Mileena]], [[BladeBelowTheShoulders Baraka]], [[EmeraldPower Jade]], [[TheDividual Noob-Smoke]][[note]]A sub-boss tag team comprised of Noob Saibot and Smoke[[/note]], [[Characters/MortalKombatKitana Kitana (''Unchained'')]], [[AllAmericanFace Jax (''Unchained'')]] and [[Characters/MortalKombatShao Shao Kahn (Platform/NintendoGameCube exclusive)]].

* ''Returning from VideoGame/MortalKombat1992'': Scorpion, Raiden, Liu Kang and Goro (Platform/NintendoGameCube exclusive).
* ''Returning from VideoGame/MortalKombatII'': Sub-Zero (Kuai Liang), Mileena, Baraka, Jade, Noob-Smoke[[note]]A sub-boss tag team comprised of Noob Saibot and Smoke[[/note]], Kitana (''Unchained''), Jax (''Unchained'') and Shao Kahn (Platform/NintendoGameCube exclusive).
* ''Returning from VideoGame/MortalKombat3'': Kabal, Nightwolf, Sindel and Ermac.
* ''Returning from VideoGame/MortalKombat4'': Tanya.
* ''Returning from VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance'': Bo' Rai Cho, Kenshi, Li Mei, Frost (''Unchained'') and Blaze (''Unchained'').
* ''Newcomers'': Kobra, Kira, Ashrah, Hotaru, Havik, Dairou, Darrius, Shujinko and Onaga.

''Mortal Kombat: Deception'' is the sixth fighting game installment in the {{Blood|ierAndGorier}}y ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' franchise. It was released for UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 and UsefulNotes/XBox in 2004 and for [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]] in 2005, and it takes place right {{after|TheEnd}} ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance]]''.

There's also a UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable version called '''Mortal Kombat: Unchained''', which included all of the playable characters from the main console versions (including Goro and Shao Kahn) in addition to adding a new Endurance mode and porting over four extra characters from ''Deadly Alliance''.

* ''Returning from VideoGame/MortalKombat1992'': Scorpion, Raiden, Liu Kang and Goro (UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube exclusive).
* ''Returning from VideoGame/MortalKombatII'': Sub-Zero (Kuai Liang), Mileena, Baraka, Jade, Noob-Smoke[[note]]A sub-boss tag team comprised of Noob Saibot and Smoke[[/note]], Kitana (''Unchained''), Jax (''Unchained'') and Shao Kahn (UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube exclusive).

So, now, without any leader, and with five of the heroes (specifically Johnny Cage, Sonya, Jax, Kitana and Kung Lao) being killed in battle, Sub-Zero trapped in the Netherrealm, and his pupil Frost being... [[JustForPun frozen]], the survivors of the battle against the Deadly Alliance (Kenshi, Bo' Rai Cho, Li Mei, Scorpion and the aforementioned Sub-Zero) are on their own against the forces of Onaga, which included the Tarkatan army, led by Baraka. Raiden, corrupted by Onaga's magic, became disgusted with the humanity in general, and revived Liu Kang as a zombie, sending him to a massive manslaughter. Kang's spirit, however, stays with Ermac, to help him save his friends.

* {{Deconstruction}}: Of JumpedAtTheCall and GottaCatchThemAll. [[spoiler:Before meeting Damashi, Shujinko was just a kid who play pretend he was the Great Kung Lao and train under Bo' Rai Cho. However, Damashi comes along and tells him the Elder Gods need him on a quest to find the Kamidogu, with a lot of holes in that story Shujinko ignores. Shujinko gullibly takes on the quest to be a hero who obeys everything he's told to do. He ends up spending ''decades'' on this quest, with him stealing, lying, killing, getting imprisoned in Seido for a FelonyMisdemeanor until he's an old man, ruins his friendships, and sees the unsavory things people will do to help him on this quest. By the time he gets to the final realm he admits that he doesn't even know '''why''' he's collecting the Kamidogu. This all got so bad that he was considered evil enough to enter the Netherrealm, all with "I will do as you ask." And when his quest is complete, Onaga arrives to reveal he played Shujinko like a fool.]]