Kurtis Stryker

Kurtis Stryker is a character from the Mortal Kombat series.
== Charactah Account ==
Stryker was a somewhat stout-looking Caucasian man sporting a very urban design with a white-blue shirt, combat boots, gunbelt, black police pants, and a cap worn backwards. However, his appearance was altered in Armageddon into a more serious-looking and modernized policeman. Originally described as being a leader of the Special Riot Control division in the New York City Police Department, he employs modern weaponry such as explosives, firearms, tasers, and nightsticks in battle. Despite being an otherwise ordinary police officer, Stryker is incredibly resilient and adept at hand-to-hand combat, having defeated the likes of Ermac, Reptile, Mileena, and even Kintaro by himself. It is this knack for survival, as well as his fierce dedication to justice, that earns the attention of Raiden and convinces him to enlist Stryker in the defense of Earthrealm.
A badass cop and an unfazed everyman. His portrayal in 9, which emphasize his badass normal attributes. Prior to Kahn's Invasion of Earth, Stryker's badass credentials include thwarting terrorists in the Greenberg Tower Incident and rescuing civilians on a city bus wired to explode.
== Appearance ==
=== Cartoons ===
* Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm
=== Video Games ===
* Mortal Kombat (2011)
* Mortal Kombat 3
* Mortal Kombat 11
* Mortal Kombat Advance
* Mortal Kombat Trilogy
* Mortal Kombat X
* Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
* Mortal Kombat: Deception
* Mortal Kombat: Unchained
* Ultimate Mortal Kombat
* Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
== Trivia ==
* Known for being a very divisive character, according to Ed Boon in Stryker's Bio Kard, he is the favorite character of some, and the least favorite of many.
** Ed Boon also stated that Stryker was supposed to be one of the strongest fighters in MK3.
* When Stryker performs his Friendship in MK3, he will blow a whistle, then make characters pass by. Oddly, one of those characters is Kurtis Stryker himself.
* In Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm, Stryker uses his Grenade Toss move only once, in the episode "Old friends never die", where he uses this move to distract Smoke and save Sub-Zero.
* In Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm, Stryker had character traits of Johnny Cage given to him since Johnny Cage didn't appear in the cartoon.
* In Mortal Kombat: Rebirth, Stryker is shown very shortly as a friend of Sonya.
* In the official poster for Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, Stryker is shown in his MK3 costume, even though that costume was not used in the actual game.
* Stryker's victory pose is the only one to feature explicit violence, as he blasts the opponent with a grenade and is splattered by their blood after the explosion.
** Stryker might not be the only one to kill the opponent, since Shang Tsung is shown to hold a soul, implying that he killed the opponent and drained their soul.
** Oddly, the blood that is splattered on Stryker is always red, regardless of the opponent.
* In Mortal Kombat (2011), he is the only character where his final action of both Fatalities is seen three times.
* In Stryker's MK 2011 bio, one of his accomplishments, "rescuing passengers of a speeding crosstown bus rigged to explode", is a reference to the 1994 film Speed, the other accomplishment, "single-handedly thwarting the terrorists in the famous Greenberg Tower Incident", is a reference to the 1988 film Die Hardand its Nakatomi Tower.
* Stryker's X-Ray move opens with him blinding the opponent with a flashlight. This somehow affects Johnny Cage (who wears sunglasses) and Kenshi (who is blind). This is most likely just a gameplay mechanic, or it could be attributed to the flashlight being of such a high intensity that it is physically burning the other kombatant.
* A number of redesigns were made for Stryker in Mortal Kombat 2011, such as an army-style design and a more vigilante-inspired SWAT outfit. These would all ultimately be rejected for a more refined version of his original MK3 outfit.
* Stryker spends the majority of Mortal Kombat (2011)'s Story Mode in his alternate outfit. Oddly, he only appears wearing his primary outfit after being resurrected and forced to serve Quan Chi.
* In a Top 10 list hosted by Screwattack.com, Stryker was placed at #3 of the worst characters in the Mortal Kombat series. However, they did say that he is much cooler in Mortal Kombat (2011) but "the damage is already done" and "the scars are too deep".
* Stryker Gun Shot is the fastest projectile in Mortal Kombat (2011) as it hits the opponent immediately after the activation.
** It is also the only Special Move that can be delayed in both enhanced and normal version.
* In Nightwolf's chapter (15) in Mortal Kombat 2011's Story Mode, when the Lin Kuei enters the Cathedral, Stryker is the one who starts fighting Sektor. However, after Nightwolf beat Cyrax, Smoke is seen being beaten by Sektor. Stryker is seen briefly in the background of Nightwolf fighting a gray cyborg.
* Despite his death in the opening sequence of Mortal Kombat: Armageddon being on the stairs of the pyramid, Stryker's body is located behind Sonya's, a great distance away from the pyramid.
** Probable reasons for this are that he was either blasted by Shang Tsung's Skull Flame, or he survived the attacks that damaged him.
* Stryker is one of the only seven characters that, after Mortal Kombat: Trilogy, only became playable again in Mortal Kombat: Armageddon. The others being Sheeva, Kintaro, Motaro, Chameleon, Khameleon and Rain.
* Pictures taken during the previous development of Mortal Kombat (2011) show Stryker using his Stun Gunmove. However, he does not possess this move in the game.
* In Mortal Kombat (2011), his gun resembles a Beretta 92. This makes sense, as some police officers carry a Beretta 92 variant as their service pistol.
** In Armageddon, he trades in the Beretta M9's for a rifle resembling the FNH SCAR-L, a rifle marketed towards Special Forces units and Law Enforcement SWAT teams.
* Mortal Kombat (2011) is the first game where Stryker wears an official police uniform.
* In MK (2011), according to his alternate costume, Stryker's rank is Sergeant.
* In Freddy Krueger's story trailer, Stryker was the target of Freddy when Johnny Cage knocked him unconscious in the beginning.
* Stryker is the only character in Mortal Kombat (2011) who actually kills his opponent during non-Fatality win animation.
* When Cassie Cage performs her "Selfie" fatality, Stryker can occasionally be seen commenting on her post under the username: StrykeMeDown, saying things like "WOAH....hold on now, you can't do that, take this post down immediately." humorously, Cassie may respond to this particular comment with "what are you gonna do about it, grandpa?"
* Stryker, Rain, Sheeva, Kintaro and Motaro did not appear in the series for 9 years (starting with MK4 to MKD). This is the largest period of time during which the character does not appear in the games of the series.
* If one includes characters added as DLC, Stryker is the only character turned into a revenant in Mortal Kombat (2011) who doesn’t physically appear in Mortal Kombat 11.
** He is referred to once in postmortem as super cop by Jax Briggs in dialog with the bionic officer RoboCop during kombat interactions.
*** Stryker appears alive and well beside Murphy and a joint op of Special Forces operatives/S.W.A.T Officers in his ladder ending.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Stryker at Mortal Kombat Wiki
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