All Characters New Origins Backstories In New Timeline - Mortal Kombat 1

[@PoPo-ee2xb]

I love Barak's new direction. He's been this mindless bad guy/monster forever and I just love his story and his new purpose.

[@georgeh4171]

I liked that moment where he told Kenshi about his family.

[@perovfun3610]

Well I can’t say he was a bad guy, he was just loyal to Kahnum, from my point of view. Just a bodyguard that is loyal to the Kahn unless someone gives him a better option (like Kitana in MK 11)

[@mimikrama]

Barak Obama

[@RobloxYear2024]

Barak 💀

[@PoPo-ee2xb]

When I was a kid my cousin told me Barak and Mileena were married. I guess he assumed because they looked alike. Kinda bummed to know that was never the case 😢

[@azureprince9807]

I really like these new spins on the original lore. Reinventing existing ideas and making them feel fresh and unique is really something

[@dragonbornexpress5650]

Almost like what you'd expect a reboot to do.

[@Kelanich]

@@dragonbornexpress5650 Unfortunately nowadays majority of reboots are not good. MK1 though, is a breath of fresh air.

[@ethrsag735]

Indeed, especially with how they made Ermac's host body Jerrod, a character we have always heard so much about but were never properly introduced to despite how great and influence he had on characters like Sindel and Kitana.

[@redacted2275]

​@@KelanichI didn't like Raiden's amulet thing, other than that it's pretty great...

[@brettf45]

​@redacted2275 yea I feel the same, but I like it at the same time

[@Slimkeen54]

Quick fact: In Ashrah's ending in MK Armageddon she turns Quan Chi good by purifying his soul. Hopefully this can happen in the new timeline somehow.

[@afkmh2392]

Hope not fuck Quan chi

[@the1theonlyg248]

She did the same to Sareena in her arcade ending

[@skippythealien9627]

i'm all for a good redemption story but for me, Quan Chi needs to remain evil he's in the same boat with guys like Shang Tsung and Shao Kahn in my opinion

[@Slimkeen54]

@@skippythealien9627 but unlike Shang Tsung, I can actually see Quan Chi becoming redemptive.

[@joshuahecht6866]

@@skippythealien9627 This Shao Kahn just wants to genuinely help outworld and yet has no other way but to fight due to it being the only thing he knows. Quan chi and Shang Tsung They are evil without a doubt.

[@Crooklyn4]

I do like the explanation for Raiden getting his lightning powers. In the past era, We just had accept that this man Liu Kang had dragon fire powers out of nowhere

[@coffeelover0876]

Didn't he get them from the Dragon King?

[@micaelviniciusliraprado4147]

​@@coffeelover0876Onaga?

[@Crooklyn4]

@@coffeelover0876 I’m not sure honestly I just remember how they explain this able to use fire since the first MK

[@no1shero459]

I always figured Raiden taught Liu Kang chi magic

[@MadMatt95]

So in the old timeline, Liu Kang got his powers the same between an amulet, right?

[@ItsBeenTooLong]

I am sorry Havik's full face was in that molten lava, there is no way his forehead recovered from that, but regardless what an awesome design, welcome to the New Era Havik!

[@miraskabdygali3552]

His regenerative powers offset all the damage. In one of the voice lines he even says that he will fix his jaw whenever he wishes to.

[@kidmercury7082]

@@KhaySem it’s almost certain he’s supposed to be dairou, it’s even his name in a intro dialogue

[@Rqblt]

Why is everyone questioning this when they all are suppose to be aware of havik’s regeneration powers?

[@Slimkeen54]

​@@Rqbltexactly

[@ItsBeenTooLong]

@@Rqblt I don’t have much Mortal Kombat knowledge prior to MK9 so seeing the 3D era characters coming into this game is refreshing…except Darius…that dude has barely made a sound.

[@Rqblt]

2:25 this is rather hilarious hearing lui kang say this to raiden

[@xavierhouston4650]

It feels like shade towards Raiden.

[@Zeronichi]

Look who nodded right after that. :)

[@ctm2725]

​@@Zeronichilowkey throwing shades at the decisions of his former master that killed everybody in the past timeline.

[@daithiodonnell2825]

"I would never send my champions unknowingly into Mortal Kombat. I mean can you even *imagine* the kind of asshole who would do that, Raiden? The kind of egocentric jerk who'd just send people into fights unprepared? I certainly can't fathom being so rude, Raiden."

[@Deathmare235]

@@ctm2725tbf it was the only way to save earthrealm

[@645MF]

Kenshi loosing his eyes like that was heart breaking.

[@Slimkeen54]

Umm forgive me for asking but how did Kenshi lose sight of his eyes in the previous timeline?

[@iskoconquers]

Shang Tsung

[@ClonewarswarsClone]

@@Slimkeen54sento was a cursed sword in the old timeline and it made him blind due to Shang Tsung tricking him to hold it.

[@abdulmalikwahidin717]

​@@ClonewarswarsClonewhich MK series that tell this plot? I want to watch it.

[@diaznurdiansyah1875]

​@@abdulmalikwahidin717I believe it was his character bio in Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance if I'm not mistaken

[@philclip23]

It is so refreshing to see these characters getting along and being reasonable with one another. Everyone is so much more likeable in MK1.

[@lucassmith4137]

Liu Kang really nailed it when it comes to making everyone morally better and have healthy relationships in his timeline.

[@nono9543]

Yeah the only character who got to be arguably more of an asshole is Bi Han

[@tstimbo3471]

@@nono9543I like that the universal constant across all timelines is, Bi-Hans a prick

[@Hollowmello1285]

​@@tstimbo3471if he isn't killing someone family then he's a prick

[@Reefer-Rampage69]

@@tstimbo3471Bi Han still saved earth realm in MK mythologies

[@DHoodRealer]

You can tell Baraka went to jail alot, he knows all da ins & outs 😂

[@internetuser320]

He faced a lot of racism

[@jasonalbran376]

​@internetuser320 - Tarkatans are Edenians just infected. They're more of an analogy of the Lepers from the Bible and how they were banished, considered cursed and connected with sin.

[@ironicweeb4111]

@@internetuser320I wouldn’t call it racism more like Ableism

[@internetuser320]

@@ironicweeb4111 ok

[@ligma212]

​​​@@internetuser320I mean he's right. It's a disease in this universe not a race. No offense

[@Inumakitoge99]

Everyone getting a really sick backstory and origin really immerses you into the game And then you hear Nitara speak and you’re brought back out of it immediately

[@u.s.s.chucklefucker1657]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who was caught by that

[@redacted2275]

Yeah, Nitara sticks out like a sore thumb... but apart from the voice acting itself, someone must have messed up Megan Fox's recording session or post-production, it sounds too different from the other voices...

[@skippythealien9627]

@@redacted2275 100%. i don't want to trash Megan Fox. Someone involved with editing or production really screwed this up in my opinion

[@NicDoesDumbThings]

I've seen people call the timeline stuff lazy but I love this. Gives the chance to reset the entire roster's backstory after like 20+ years of games

[@thesadmusicboy]

WHOA... Mortal Kombat got the whole RPG Arc with the stories of Baraka, Reptile and Ashrah... Seriously wholesome...

[@Deathmare235]

Probably best part of the story then it goes downhill

[@ermonski]

The new lore makes me feel bad for Baraka, Shang Tsung, and Reptile.

[@МаксБурый-р2ю]

Fym shang id the same scumbag he was maybe even more

[@emiliomarbanjr]

Why Shang Tsung? Lol

[@ermonski]

Well he was just a simple snake oil con man trying to make his way in Outworld@@emiliomarbanjr

[@oralthesmurf4912]

​@ermonski he was scamming people out of their life savings for mud water with salt in it i think he deserves whatever he had coming to him

[@totallytherealjcdenton4319]

​@ermonski did you saw that evil grin in the intro? I don't think that was a smile of a broken man

[@groudonfanatic9146]

I like that Raiden is still wise, even though he’s much younger.

[@dopefiendchronicles2974]

Liu Kang really had the nerve to say no one ever dies in Kombat 😭😭

[@rmarley2100]

Gotta remember this storyline is the beginning, I think the blood between earth realm and out world worsens as the sequels progress we'll be introduced to the original of the 1st fatalities remember this is "Mortal Kombat 1" see how violent things got at the end of this with the merging of the timelines.

[@MultiverseHearts]

23:06 Kuai Liang Gets His Scar

[@ZacharyBrand]

Damn I feel so sorry for Baraka

[@stevenalvarez2924]

Wait, wait, wait, wait. Did Baraka and Kenshi of Mortal Kombat have a more human conversation with each other than most Hollywood media sludge for the last 5 years?

[@Dat_MrBlack]

Baraka is in so much pain. I feel bad for him

[@jerrycuff013]

The story direction of this game is like the Earth-1610 universe of the Mortal Kombat franchise, considering that most of the characters in the new timeline looks so young.

[@jerrycuff013]

@frostverseyt7814 I was trying to make a Ultimate Marvel reference when I wrote that comment.

[@ViciousOS]

​@@jerrycuff013pretty amazing that Ultimate Marvel is already fucking 20 years old so most people in the intertubes relate your reference to into the spider verse

[@jerrycuff013]

@ViciousOS True, I been a fan of ultimate Marvel for years despite the many changes and adaptions of the OG Marvel superheroes created for that universe. The only comics I used to follow were Ultimate Spider-Man, Ultimate Xmen, and Ultimate Fantastic Four.

[@tetravega567]

Krisis In Infinite Earthrealms

[@SmokeShackChief]

9:19 the music cuttoff transition is pretty funny

[@caylya7869]

This is how reboots should be done. It’s a breath of fresh air of a reboot done right.

[@ConnorDay-mf5mn]

Kenshi and cage’s friendship is actually really wholesome! And barakas new backstory has given my favourite characters to play one of my favourite backstories! Love the new writing direction!

[@sonofmiriam]

30:40 not the first time a Scorpion fought Havik. In the MKX comic series, Hanzo Hasashi fights Havik and kills him and sends his head to the Netherealm for Quan Chi to crush.

[@Deathmare235]

Though this is kuai liang so it’s pretty different

[@vonrtebates58732]

0:05 And that's how he invented his Signature Razor Hat.😅

[@inthedeadhours]

Homegirl deadass told Kenshi to "watch him" 12:26

[@rics1883]

Story felt little slow paced but overall it was good

[@RThyrring]

Out of all these origins, how Quan Chi got his skin bleached was probably the one I needed to know least😂

[@GamerVB1539]

Im sorry but the transition to baraka saying "I'll take you" to shang tsung and him being caged was unnecessarily funny

[@rediandy8914]

For some reason Quan Chi give me a good guy vibe in this new version

[@zenmaster8826]

Because you are correct.. raiden designed him to be that way… outside forces manipulated him

[@Flippityflap]

Lui Kang designed him to be that way*@@zenmaster8826

[@Deathmare235]

He has really good manners

[@jasonalbran376]

Johnny is hitting on all Outworld chicks!!😂

[@ayase8216]

MkIceAndFire = Mortal Kombat Sub-zero And Scorpion

[@TheEricJBotelho84]

Wow they even threw a predator reference in their on Reptile

[@FORSAKEN_-]

It feels weird seeing Scorpion having the scar on the eye and not Subzero like mk x

[@Bloodynomnom]

I like how lu kang rewired shinoks amulet to give raiden his lighting powers

[@Tetsulot]

Nope, that's Old Raiden's amulet. Shinoks' amulet is still around.

[@BigMan-dx5ti]

10:27 the Johnny cage line that perfectly describes his character

[@Golden_dragon965]

It’s always inevitable that kuai liang gets his scar, first by Kano, now by Bi Han

[@pavel7284]

"My family was comfortable, happy" is some great voice acting its like he really misses those times

[@akumaku7930]

Didnt expect Ermac gonna make a me cry...man..

[@SCP--dv7kn]

0:50 its funny how kung-lao agrees with Jonny's comeback. lol

[@POTFULLOFGREEN]

ashrah and mileena in this game are such baddies gyat damn

[@azureprince9807]

Ashrah especially got one hell of a glowup. She was always kinda cool before but I really like how much they expanded her character in this game

[@jairog2787]

26:48 ermac's ending from mortal Kombat 9 is canon

[@TadeoNguyenHoangDiep]

It's amazing, I love the story brightly in this version 🥰seem villain no more

[@shadowopsairman1583]

Reptile being a goodguy is cool. Johnny Cage's backstory is like Nicholas Cage's lol

[@GarthTheDestroyer]

That was one hell of a swirlie.

[@Philanthrope0w0]

31:07 Darrius Look like Kanye West

[@treybrzezowski3259]

Jerrod's return is such a wholesome scene, to the point that it feels extremely out of character for this series. XD Also I love Baraka's new Origin and character, he actually has nuance now!

[@WackyCj3-hy5yn]

0:23 we just gonna ignore the fact he slid his hand on the rim of the hat and ignored the fact the razor sharp blades didn’t nearly cut his hand in two 😐

[@bestman7332]

I thought kung lao was meant to be the champion?

[@superfox8519]

That was the great kung lao. Kung lao and Liu Kang's great great great great great great grandfather who won a mortal Kombat tournament against Shang tsung

[@PULLSTRONG292]

Goro with the one hitter quitter! 😂😂😂

[@jayvlogz1755]

Johnny and this phone holding kills me everytime 🤣

[@ManlykefreshINC]

Jonny cage when he says ‘My God…it’s a soulado’ cracks me up. He sounds so stupid and unintelligent when he speaks 🤣🤣👍🏾

[@RThyrring]

Also question: HOW THE FUCK DOES HAVIK SPEAK THAT WELL WITHOUT HIS LIPS?!? 🤣🤣🤣

[@GrimReminder-jb5ul]

The fact we have the original actors sounds on some of these characters

[@jern9594]

Ignoring the way that his entire face was fully submerged in that molten metal, Havik wouldn't even be able to pronounce half of those words that he says immediately after getting burned 💀💀 words like "for" "finished" "me" and "burn" all require lips in order to say, yet he still enunciates them so aggressively with nonexistent organs 💀

[@TheMadsav1993]

Him saying to raiden he wouldn't send ppl to mortal kombat that could harm or kill them

[@edoeduardo457]

Damm that Quan Chi's face from the thumbnail.

[@thesbleeder2162]

It's in this game that we finally realize how much Liu Kang really, really hates Raiden. Bank President? Accountant? Doctor? NOPE! Cabbage farmer! You too, Kung Lao. Get back to work!

[@Deathmare235]

At least raiden is champion, while kung lao can’t even win an actual fight

[@WolfTrooperRex]

2:20 Insert a montage of Old Era Raiden constantly f**king things up

[@eriksmith3089]

2:25 feels like a bit of a call out to his previous version

[@CharlesHitmanStone]

Ashra: Watch him Kenshi: And I’m the blind one

[@kyridounis5040]

Quick question. How does baraka say his own name without any lips?

[@1984Bergeron]

Hearing Johnny's lines make this a bad day to have ears. Who thought this was a good idea?

[@StanTVXD]

I feel bad for Baraka 😢😢😢

[@CallemJayNZ]

I just realised, with Tarkat being a disease, there's literally no Tarkat language or culture. I saw vegetables among the supplies Empress Mileena gave to the colony. They mustn't be carnivores like in previous timelines

[@ericchen776]

how does kuai liang have fire powers? i'm not an expert on the lore but hanzo only got his powers after dying right?

[@JumugiDesunra]

It's a new timeline. Kuai Liang is now Scorpion & Hanzo is now an orphaned young boy. ( it's explained in Smoke's arcade ending )

[@azureprince9807]

That's right. Hanzo's pyrokinesis is a result of him becoming a wraith I guess in this new timeline, the Lin Kuei have elemental abilities because they can. Not the worst thing in the world but I get how it can feel out of nowhere

[@Nimi450]

@@azureprince9807 Considering how Raiden gets lightning it may very well be that Liu Kang involved more and taught some elemental magic to the Lin Kuei in order to push them towards working with him.

[@Rugbyrug]

I feel like Hanzo is going to become the boy from the movie now

[@johnmarston1419]

​​@@azureprince9807 I mean how does anyone have any powers even becoming a wraith how does that give him fire powers how did shang tsung get the ability to consume souls and use fire powers as well I mean if he can do it and just learn s*** like that I think anybody probably could and the chances of being born with pyro or cyromancy aren't exactly slim to numb in this weird wacky universe Like simply they're born with it or train to use it works just fine

[@bigbilf9375]

quan chi gettin the best head in that thumbnail lmao

[@UnfoundFilms]

Why does Quan Chi always look so funny in this?

[@Greeanerbeans77]

No tournament participants has ever been greviously injured or killed -💀💀💀

[@ramiroezequielnoriega2599]

Every Character Has A Origin Is This New Era Created By One Defender And One Fire God

[@akihikosakurai4013]

"I would never unwittingly send my champions into mortal kombat" did he not read the title of the tournament?

[@M5E39_03]

12:11 19:58 two exact same clips lol, if you didn’t notice

[@meetprakasit1447]

That Jerod was unexpected.

[@DeVontaPrdzz]

So w! I love mortal kombat!

[@ZacharyJR1999]

Raiden‘s lightning amulet

[@Yoshwayy]

15:16 “A NISSAN ALTIMA”

[@omegafeather6254]

Wait, did he say about resident evil in 5:52 ?

[@BJLegacy74]

@11:14, I hope they don’t scream, when Mileena stabs his eyes and make him blind.

[@JackalViper]

You duplicated the Kenshi / Ermac part and missed out a ton of characters. I’m curious why

[@simunkekbeck8381]

31:12 Shouldn't it melt his top part of the face and burn his hair as well?

[@LilUltraKataru]

Scorpion has the scar now 😮

[@0okcin605]

Really refreshing

[@Axel_Kasai]

Was quan chi's a callback to mk conquest?

[@Zayn-hu7ft]

I liked how each character had a background, but I did not like how most of the characters were on the good side, where were the evil and dark things?

[@WaltDevil060]

There was a pretty good amount of evil characters. General Shao, Reiko, Havik, Nitara, Sareena, Shang Shung, Quan Chi, Darrius, Ermac, Sub Zero. 10 villains is a good amount in my opinion

[@Zayn-hu7ft]

@@WaltDevil060 Most of these characters turned out to be on the side of good

[@KL-ki8db]

@@Zayn-hu7ft Well only Ermac truly is out of the bunch, but only with Jerrod keeping the other souls on a leash. The other evil characters only have good counterparts from other timelines not good themselves. The only other character other than Ermac that may turn out good is Sareena once Ashrah completes her arcade ending by freeing her. Nevertheless, 8 villainous characters is sufficient for now.

[@W0LFB3AT5]

Back then we all assumed Baraka was just hot head tempered cannibalistic monster. When all along, Tarkat was to blame for his transformation. He was just a simple wealthy merchant all along. Wow… 😢

[@philbattiste9649]

Well, no. Tarkat disease only exists in Liu Kang's new timeline. Previously, Tarkatan was a race, like the Shokan, Naknadan, and Centauran. In the old era, Baraka WAS a bloodthirsty henchman for Shao Kahn. Liu Kang likely tried to eliminate the bloodthirsty Tarkatan race, with the Tarkat disease appearing as the result. No matter how hard Liu Kang tries, it seems some things are universal constants: Kung Lao's blade hat, Raden commanding lightning, Kuai Liang getting scarred over his eye, Kenshi going blind, etc etc.

[@W0LFB3AT5]

@@philbattiste9649 oh wow… Hey thanks for the crash course on a mini MK lore. 👍🏽

[@Svnfold]

​​@@philbattiste9649Quan Chi having pale white skin

[@Svnfold]

And Havik having his face partially destroyed 🤣

[@vietanhvu6436]

Tarkat from a race to an epidemic, and Scorpion isn't Hanzo. Maybe thats big changes

[@alfa563]

in Smoke's tower ending he enters a boy who tried robbing him into the Shirai Ryu and the kid is Hanzo, so there's that

[@rediandy8914]

It's crazy to say this but Havoc is Hanzo just like Kuai Liang is Scorpion I'm lost just look up (mk1 mirror match characters explains etc) if you haven't seen it already but you'll find out from that my guy

[@vietanhvu6436]

@@rediandy8914 i dont think so. Bcs At the end of the movie, Kuai Liang left the Lin Kuei and founded the Shirai Ryu. Maybe Hanzo is no longer in the movie, and maybe in the MK 2 there will be a new person doing Sub zero and not Kuai Liang.

[@zenmaster8826]

Kenshi losing his eyes is a canon event

[@joshuaopont2990]

Lmao my boy johnny

[@m1a2abramsmainbattletank58]

How Kenshi became blind.

[@blazerjohn25]

Chadraka is the best part tbh

[@LowIQinHQ]

If Baraka wasn’t always like that then why did Lu make him like this still in the rework 😂

[@pickedceasar1216]

Why are these out of order?

[@TheGamingBoy.]

How did scorpion’s scar heal so quickly? He just got sliced by the air and there is almost no bleeding

[@ALexander-ue3kj]

Video game logic and real life logic are not the same

[@ManlykefreshINC]

Can someone please explain to me what happened to Quan Chi when that soul touched him. Did he die or was he possessed/transformed

[@TekkenMasterPL]

He got spooked (I also have no idea, somebody pls explain)

[@darkeningkai]

his soul somehow got stolen by that ghost

[@athenewdecade5135]

His corrupted soul got purified slightly

[@johnmarston1419]

It corrupt his soul with another more evil soul and since he has a an undead soul in his body he turned white I guess

[@Flippityflap]

Still dont understand what exactly happened to quan chi. Like i mean he turned white in stead of brownish by the ghost thingy but what did the ghost thingy suck out and why did it make him white? Why was he brown in the first place?

[@treypresents8641]

The weirdest thing out of this is how subzero is now scorpion

[@danasaeed9018]

Never Mess With The Characters Origins Ever Again.

[@khalilnery]

Khalil New Origins

[@NHCal-wk4kq]

As a new player coming to MK1, I got into the game because the male characters are Attractive 😅. I know, I'm shallow.

[@tee4906]

Bring back MEAT!!!