Evolution of Shao Kahn's Taunts and Insults (1993-2020)

Shao Kahn's ridicule is without a doubt one of the most iconic signature moves that a villain performs in any video game. TAs the name suggests, the move has Shao Kahn pointing his finger at his opponents while uttering some nasty insults, taunts, mockery, or just plain laughter. It is a trademark of Shao Kahn's and is what makes him one of the more memorable bosses in fighting game history.
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[@YEYawson8376]

"It's official. YOU SUCK" My favourite Shao Kahn quote.

[@crxbbing4904]

Same

[@sharynkerr8378]

I don't wanna ruin the 69 likes

[@enigmaskull3495]

2:17

[@SSD_stobi]

mine is "vacate my throne or i ll soak these sands with your blood"

[@justrandomguy7985]

How I do that?

[@hoodieboithatsme7568]

Shao Kahn: Don’t make me laugh Also Shao Kahn: Laughs

[@hoodieboithatsme7568]

Oh no it happened again

[@hoodieboithatsme7568]

That’s better

[@cooldudestreaks5456]

Lol

[@piedramultiaristas8573]

Moking

[@piedramultiaristas8573]

May the elder gods protect u from living forest 🌴😱🌴 wasteland kintaro, goro,and baraka..

[@mystupid__oldaccount8564]

Imagine if it was a brutality, where the opponent starts crying and runs off screen

[@freakinoutwolf6405]

Requirements Must be done when opponent at 1% HP Must have taunted 5 times, no more or less

[@angelomelendez5587]

@@freakinoutwolf6405 lol 😆 🤣

[@Thebigem]

That is a Quitality

[@hemdrihurielcoronelzacaria9603]

Sería muy Brutal

[@UltramanMebiusBrave]

That's not a Brutality. That's a Friendship but a Quitality in disguise.

[@sdawg4834]

The original voice for Shao Kahn was the best in my opinion

[@simosan22]

That's not an opinion, that's a fact

[@MaximumPrime]

Definitely

[@PowerRobMusic]

Steve Ritchie in 2/3 is on an whole other level

[@enzopalma5376]

it’s just so menacing and mixed with the audio they had in the 90s makes him sound more intense

[@Doyoueverwonderwhywerehere]

Feel the power of (TOASTY)

[@panicwolf8586]

Admit it, half the time he taunted, you still couldn't hit him.

[@viniciusvalois2634]

His taunts ended too fast, when the player tries to strike, Kahn already blocked and dished out his wrath.

[@XVNRX]

@@viniciusvalois2634 sigh

[@redrexix8106]

Shao Khan - "You suck."

[@futurehero2704]

It would in MK9 and mk11 anyway

[@WilliamCook-uq1pg]

I remember mk3 shao Kahn would drive me to the brink of insanity it genuinely got to the point to where I would take his insults personally when I was a bit younger

[@coolman83973]

Mk 9 Shao Kahn sounds the best to me. The “YOU ARE NOTHING” has so much power behind it and that laugh just *chefs kiss*

[@codyman5540]

Nothing beats the original tho.

[@anonym_fgc6072]

@@codyman5540 You only say that because you grew up with it, MK11 can't be beat.

[@codyman5540]

@@anonym_fgc6072 No, I didn’t. It’s that I gladly played back at the original MK1-MK3 range of Gameplay as I fondly thank Steve Ritchie for his Voice Lines which still sound badass to this day.

[@calinator51]

Disagree. I always thought MK9 Shao Kahn was the wimpiest. His voice was crap and his mask looked part feline. Awful.

[@gamerman6522]

But have you heard him say the n word?

[@Z7StudiosMecha]

Shao Khan the only fighter that insults someone to death

[@anjo_8627]

Shao Kahn: You suck! Sindel: Of course dear...

[@OverSteam]

Chill...

[@imrepping00]

😳

[@thefertilizer3060]

Bro...

[@nabilahmed579]

Proceeds to kill her with the most humiliating way possible

[@mincelamon1680]

@@nabilahmed579 he went too hard on her.

[@user-cv8tg2qp1y]

2:59 When shao kahn said you suck Baraka just died😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@mohamedbinishaq3169]

It hurt his emotions lol عربي صح

[@user-cv8tg2qp1y]

@@mohamedbinishaq3169 يب

[@mohamedbinishaq3169]

@@user-cv8tg2qp1y تمام

[@superspeedbros2422]

Baraka had some low self-esteem

[@near5148]

Its funny

[@robloxian68]

0:44 “You’ll never win.” **proceeds to hit kung lao with a hammer**

[@nikodemrobak6750]

Cool one liner before kill

[@ammagon4519]

"You'll never be chosen one"

[@v12ts.gaming]

"I win"

[@WolfTrooperRex]

“Don’t make me laugh!” Laughs

[@Shellshock39]

This is why Shao Kahn is so awesome. He's so fucking cheap in every game he's a boss in. He kicks your ass through cheap bs, mocks you while kicking your ass and will probably do a fatality on you just to make fun of you even more. He's the perfect fighting game boss, he's so cheap and he's so hateable, when you finally beat him, it's super satisfying.

[@lowellmcdonald4397]

Well, one thing is certain: homey never skipped leg day.

[@sbeegb1808]

Man, Shao Kahn’s taunts are insulting, it made the characters feel pain and fall to the ground to have PTSD

[@Howlingburd19]

“You suck!” will always be my favorite xD

[@positiveplay1]

Shao kahn: dont make me laugh Also shao kahn: hehehehehehehe

[@davidchairunas4490]

Shao Kahn Taunts Old Timeline: Voice From The Twilight Zone MK9: sounds like Barlog (Wario) MK11: sounds like Atrocitus

[@ElifSinim]

Funny, since he and Atrocious share the same voice actor.

[@sinaloa1210]

Elif Sinim no shit.

[@sirplayalot6477]

@@ElifSinim I knew he sounded similar. The guy does a better Attrocitous than he does Shao Kahn.

[@UnhingedEren]

That Shao Kahn laugh always gets me😂😂😂

[@introvertedspider4857]

Am I the only one who loves the MK9 voice best? :)

[@michaelnegrette1755]

Shao khan favorite in mk 9

[@Howlingburd19]

Hell no, that’s my favorite!

[@twiztidjester3151]

I love how the taunts chained together from 2:48-2:51 "Hahaha!" "You suck." "Hahaha!"

[@hmmm4989]

0:44 "you will never win" *BONK*

[@WhatevaFizz]

Lol

[@junxuansong07]

*I win!*

[@UnhingedEren]

1:21 I can only imagine that person walking up and about in the cage had had it with the Shao Kahn insults 😂😂😂 Shao Kahn: Feel the wrath of Shao Ka...... Other Kombatant: Okay dude I get it already 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@whitpea6757]

0:29 Shao Kahn: don't make me laugh *1 sec later* Shao Kahn: *laughs*

[@LJ-mh7vy]

Shang Tsung told him a joke probably He didn't like it

[@milcamilca7921]

I love it when he’s saying “YOU SUCK” at the opponent but when he lose he regret it

[@nottomiokagiyu9830]

Love how he says "you suck" to the female fighters in MK9 😂

[@hoangtongvan1457]

1:51 love this.

[@218Murai]

I would always hesitate hitting him during the MK2/MK3 era 😅......His animations on top of the sound effects were new to my eyes and ears 😂 Thanks for the Vid 🙏

[@thiagobernini1862]

hello

[@althehuman]

His insults hypnotized you into not attacking him, it's one of his powers

[@amphibiansriseup596]

I like how out of all the menacing quotes they could’ve chosen for Shao Kahn, they went with the least intimidating one. Lol “You suck”

[@hyomin_live_4_heichou]

@@escapethematrix4204 It’s one if the most humiliating things a fighting game player could ever hear from an opponent, let alone a character

[@UnhingedEren]

No one Literally no one, Still no one Shao Kahn at everyone: YOU SUCK

[@Aidan_Yao]

Shao Kahn: You suck! Sindel: Is that a proposal? Shao Kahn: ...... Y E S

[@dakotamuich4108]

Retcon Sindel or Original Sindel?

[@Aidan_Yao]

@@dakotamuich4108 Retconned MK11 Sindel

[@dakotamuich4108]

​@@Aidan_YaoMakes sense.Cause the original would probably punch him

[@adamrainwater]

2:00 Shao Kahn is in two places. 1) Celebrating victory. 2) Sitting in his chair watching. I find it funny that he traveled back in time.

[@bish0p2004]

I like MK 2 the best. "Feel the power of Shao Khan." Has that 90s feel to it.

[@xvc918x8]

His voice is so intimidating his opponents start blocking 0:18 mean while baraka is crying inside

[@v12ts.gaming]

Also this 2:59

[@dogeinkorea2604]

Shao Kahn doesnt even need to cuss to make you feel bad

[@benzzodude]

His MK9 taunts are best in my opinion

[@humanbean1002]

0:44 my science teacher when I get a 99.9 grade Not like I get that to begin with

[@GamelutioN1]

:D :D :D :D :D

[@ShiftyGuy777]

So your teacher hits you with a sledgehammer.

[@humanbean1002]

@@ShiftyGuy777 physically no verbally yes

[@SneakyMeeky]

Alternate title: *"3 and a half minutes of Shao Kahn insulting everyone in the MK universe"*

[@TheMk1thomas]

i always attack him every time when he starts insulting me. Sometimes is an advantage for me

[@mr.iceberg8544]

We just find a way to attack when he taunts..😂

[@shinsmoke]

He always left himself open for an attack, every time he insulted you. And can get real careless with it after a while. 😂

[@DAngelCM]

MKII: Classic Taunt MKII: Classic Taunt 2.0 MKSM: Remake of Classic Taunt MK 2011: Reboot of Classic Taunt MK11: The New Generation of Taunts

[@fatalicraven72]

MK 9 Shao Kahn was a nightmare to go against. And it's my favorite version of them all.

[@AvalancheTV]

2:42 is the best

[@ASauce.2.0]

Literally my mind when I fail at something.

[@Fork-er]

Nice one pro❤👌

[@sw-4733]

the original mortal kombat shao kahn sounds more scarier than mortal kombat 9 and mortal kombat 11 shao kahn sounds like he gained alot of weight

[@rickylozada7994]

It must have been circa 1996 whenever I was first introduced to MK Trilogy. I remember watching my cousins play. All that gore, fatalities, the violence, and my cousins cheering me on whenever I beat one of them, 6 year old me was captivated. I remember once I went to the grocery store and I was waiting for my mom to finish with her purchase. There was an old stand up arcade machine which actually had MK Trilogy loaded up on it. I'm like hell yeah, let me get some quarters and play. Little did I know, that was my introduction to being handed Ls. Time and time again, I would get whooped and Shao Kahn's voice would boom throw the machine "HAHAH YOU SUCK". MAAANNN I went home and cried. Cried like a baby. 6 year old me couldn't comprehend why this machine was so mean to me. Years later, I bought MK 2011 and I finally got my revenge. A whole 15 years later. It's funny because as an immature human, I let my emotions get the best of me. As I matured and got older, I can't help but appreciate his introduction to the series. I might just buy this game now. Even if I'm 4 years late. The trash talking is supreme. Shao Kahn was my first introductory villain and damn has he stood the test of time.

[@Talia.777]

Awwww 😂👍

[@rickylozada7994]

@@Talia.777 he was definitely part of my childhood. I confronted him at 3 different chapters of my life. As a child (6), young adult (21) and now as a parent (32). And as if that wasn't ironic, now my kid cheers me on when I play as Shao Kahn and whoop people. It's the best. She even puts both fists on her side and does the infamous laugh. It's great 😂

[@slimeghost103]

My favorite one tho: "I dont fear you Ni--!"

[@CrippledCrusader]

I refuse to believe that Shao Khan didn’t get his “YOU SUCK” from some random earthrealm kombatants

[@quietness4008]

2:03 лучший Шао Кан

[@shempmalone9736]

My dad after me not knowing a what name of the car part is while I hold the flashlight to help fix the car

[@vaporized4353]

2:58, damn poor baraka got roasted to death..

[@v12ts.gaming]

Cause of death: emotional damage

[@Somnne]

1:31 LMAO

[@ramprashad29]

God he is a giant. Love him even though he is evil

[@agentwolf69420]

1:02 Shao: I will rule this world Sub-Zero: Ugh shu-- (dead)

[@Tsunami_Symon]

2:16 Shoa Kahn: *You Suck.* 👉 Kitana: I do father l... 😔

[@YoungQu33zy]

Gotta love Shao Khan

[@ResidentEvil2004]

Feel the power of Shao Kahn

[@Goji94]

Plot twist: Shao Kahn was the announcer the whole time

[@Nommiq]

1:09 i rule this world Sub zero : nah bro i cant do this

[@disuser-lp3qv1tm8f]

Shao Kahn is the only person in the world who can make you laugh while bashing your head in with a sledge hammer aaand insulting you. Legend

[@Despair331]

0:57 Shao Kahn: You Are Nothing Ermac: You Don't Exist To us

[@ShiftyGuy777]

0:57

[@tangetstone2.045]

You don't exist to us*

[@Despair331]

@@tangetstone2.045 oh yeah i forgot ermac keeping saying Us lol

[@Despair331]

@@ShiftyGuy777 my bad

[@gerodconey1294]

All of them are great my favorite is the laugh and "you will never win"

[@ChristianFrates1997]

Bob Carter is my favorite Shao Kahn voice!

[@dima_briefel]

0:17 The perfect cut was so nice 😂

[@Kurai_Isshin]

I love how some characters block his taunts

[@jishslimmy]

Incredible villain.

[@doggomcgee5870]

Prepare to die 2:14

[@unclepaul1995]

You Know How to Torture His Feelings in the Dungeon, Shao Kahn.

[@ipv-gachaedition103]

*MK9 Shao Kahn:* You serve ZERO purpose, you should kill yourself NOW! 2:02 In MK9 he looks like he's having so much fun bullying you!!! 😂😂😂

[@BardockPOL]

His voice in Mortal Kombat Mobile is a different, though voice lines remain the same

[@v12ts.gaming]

This could've been brought back in MK1 by using that teabag taunt feature...

[@ChatkaCommunity]

I think the reason Ed Boon didn't brought back Shao Kahn's taunts and infamous shoulder bash attack in MK1 is because Liu Kang, as a Timekeeper, tought they were atribiutes of Shao Kahn's emperror tyranny during past timeline and since Liu Kang gives everyone a redemption path, he deleted what was the power of Shao's, because he didn't want everything goes back what was before building his peaceful New Era. It's a little shame they're lost in MK1, but understable from Liu Kang's perspective and logical thinking.

[@robbasegeak1249]

“Is that your best?!” has got to be my favorite one

[@chengfu7063]

The only thing more more destructive than his brutal nature the insults and the bad Tyrant breath to go along with it for a ruthless Tyrant he does have proper etiquette

[@daoyang5988]

"That's it! I Hadn't enough of you!!" -Shao kahn

[@KarlSturmgewher]

His taunts also leave him open to attack.

[@preettygoood7774]

"I don't fear you ni"

[@boof994]

Bruh I like all of them except for mk11 where they just gave him the same voice as atrocitus and didnt add some of his well known lines

[@Simgor2]

Nothing beats the original. 😎

[@mrrigtastic]

2:16 “you suck”😂

[@anthonyxwillaims6112]

“Your time is up” the best one in this video

[@Ginfeldi]

Shao: you suck Baraaka:

[@catnoirlover1719]

Shao Kahn saying "you suck" to Skarlet had double meaning👀👀🤣😏

[@Tripp393]

So smart of them to use real people for the first couple games because it gives the characters so much more heft, with the 3d ones you know they're 3d.

[@tthomaselli2]

"You suck...". --Shao Kahn, 'Mortal Kombat 3'.

[@xJC4Rx]

It almost sounds like the same voice clips in Deception/Armageddon were kept from the MKII days Or at very least, was the same VA

[@ZombieKoaMHila]

0:57 YOU ARE NOTHING

[@TurboThunderGaming]

So he actually do say 'You weak pathetic fool', that's cool. Same as in the movie.

[@derpysponge43]

I believe Plankton quoted "Don't make me laugh." in Nickelodeon Toons Twister, down to laughing soon after like in this video.

[@Gannava6]

I prefer the the echoing deep voice of the earlier games. They sound more menacing than the later ones. In the later games he just sound angry but they don't have the oomph behind them.

[@oceanberserker]

Pretty much, yeah.

[@blueeyeddrago3540]

I just laugh at when Shao Kahn taunts an opponent while they were dizzy, they fall over. It just made me think that they died of emotional damage.

[@OverSteam]

"I win" is what i like.

[@18826]

The deception and armageddon have different voices for shao kahn but the taunts is still the mk2 voice lmao

[@marespunk2000]

It so cool in mk3 he says I Win after wining a battle

[@lairbag8415]

You may survive a battle against him Your self esteem no

[@erenalmaci9167]

Mortal Kombat 1 ,2 and 3 is legend. 90's Child knows this well

[@littlepunkxdlol6081]

i remember raging in mk3 becuz his taunt

[@art_the_king02]

Mk 2 Shao Kahn's taunts are funny af😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@gnomeinc135]

The way he just points at you while insulting you 😂 😂

[@jaimetheone9150]

I want a magical weapon on D&D that taunts me and insults me according to my kombat performance, just like Shao Kahn do.

[@khenanbrown3838]

2:10 is a refrance to after mk11 brutality screen

[@WaverVr]

3:10 That angle goes crazy

[@framds4802]

I feel his MK11 version should be taller.

[@smithwesson1896]

Too bad Clancy Brown never had the chance to voice him or even play him in the movies. That way we could have had a Highlander reunion rematch

[@dnmstarsi]

At least he got to play Raiden in Defenders of the Realm.