Scorpion (Mortal Kombat)

Hanzo Hasashi, better known as Scorpion, is one of the main protagonists of the franchise. He is the mascot of NetherRealm Studios. 
A ninja of the fallen Shirai-Ryu Clan, he seeks vengeance on those who brought about his family and clan's demise. After being killed, he was reborn as a hellish wraith of the Netherrealm, but would eventually come to terms with his past and rebuild the Shirai-Ryu while atoning for his past deeds. He is the arch-rival of Sub Zero and the former servant and arch-enemy of Quan Chi, who was responsible for his clan's demise. 
He is voiced by from Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe to Mortal Kombat X and the Mortal Kombat Legends films. In Mortal Kombat 11, he is voiced by . 
==Appearance==
Scorpion appeared as a yellow palette swap of Sub-Zero. He kept this appearance from the first MK to MK4 after which he bore two swords on his back and his kunai attached to a rope tied to his belt. He has white eyes with his mask on. 
Without his mask, his head is a (sometimes flaming) skull. In MK4, he is further distinguished by his skeletal motif, mostly in the mask, with bone-like structures lacing his uniform. As of MKX, he has regained his humanity and human identity, depicted with a goatee and mustache and can switch between his human and familiar spectre-like appearance at will.
Scorpion unmasked is known as Inferno Scorpion. This design reappears in the Challenge Tower, fighting Kano in the Netherrealm. His costumes incorporate his namesake more and more with each game, especially his latest redesign. The hilts of his swords now resemble the stingers of scorpions, while his shoulder pads and mouthpiece are also molded after scorpions.
Scorpion's yellow costume is said to have mocked not only Sub-Zero, but also the Lin Kuei, as Takeda (who was a member of the Lin Kuei) developed Ninjutsu, which he considered a superior fighting style to what the Lin Kuei had. He quickly left the Lin Kuei and formed the Shirai Ryu clan, the Lin Kuei's main enemies.
==Biography==
===Birth ===
Scorpion was born as Hanzo Hasashi to the Shirai Ryu Ninja clan. He was among the best warriors in the clan. As a result, he earned the name Scorpion due to his impressive abilities.
===Original Timeline===
===Alternate Timeline===
===Mortal Kombat: Onslaught===
to be added
===Mortal Kombat 1===
While Hanzo Hasashi is not the Scorpion of the New Era, the classic Scorpion appears outside of the story as a Kameo fighter.
A younger version of Hanzo appears in Smoke's ending. This Hanzo was orphaned and homeless, being forced to steal to survive. He attacked Smoke, who quickly dealt with him, and saw potential in him. Hanzo was offered a home among the Shirai Ryu clan, and became it's first official initiate. While full of anger, Hanzo's wrath would be tamed by Kuai Liang and Smoke, being a promising young student. 
Titan Scorpion serves Titan Shang Tsung on destroying Liu Kang's Timeline but he later redeems himself after the Armageddon battle when he realizes his son Satoshi Hasashi fakes his death, hugging him tightly in his arms in tears, and joins Liu Kang on defeating the Forces of Darkness. 
An alternate version of Hanzo Hashashi features as the main antagonist of Invasions Season 1, having been driven mad by grief and rage that he was unable to find a timeline where he was able to save Harumi. After Liu Kang's champions managed to prevent him destroying the New Era, Liu Kang chose to show him mercy. Scorpion was sent to a timeline where he had died instead of Harumi, and she had become Scorpion. Hanzo and Harumi would join together against evils of Quan Chi and many others in their timeline, giving the Scorpions a happy ending. 
==In Other Media==
===Movies===
====Mortal Kombat (1995)====
Scorpion appears as a villain in the 1995 Mortal Kombat film, where he serves as a loyal minion of Shang Tsung, the film's main antagonist. He is portrayed by Chris Casamassa.
====Mortal Kombat: Rebirth====
In the film pitch Mortal Kombat: Rebirth, Scorpion is the main protagonist. He is played by Ian Anthony Dale. He is hired by Jax and Sonya to kill Baraka, Reptile, and Shang Tsung for a chance to fight his rival once more. In the short film, he is the murderer of Bi-Han. At the end of the film, he takes on the alias of Scorpion, rejecting his name.
====Mortal Kombat Legends====
===TV===
====Mortal Kombat: Legacy====
==Personality==
When first seen, Scorpion can be described as the embodiment of vengeance and hatred. His vendetta against those who have wronged him is what drives most of his earlier motivations in the series. 
His hunger for vengeance is so great that he would serve both sides of good and evil only for the sake of achieving his own goals but he is mostly seen within servitude of an antagonistic faction, particularly Quan Chi. 
While he his overall appearance gives off a menacing vibe, he is not inherently evil. Scorpion is rather a morally neutral character as his own personal goals matter more to him than things like the fates of the realms and will serve any side with the singular personal hope of achieving them. 
Scorpion is not completely heartless though as he has a caring and honorable side to him as Hanzo Hasashi, his original human side, but which gets buried and repressed time and time again due to his lust for vengeance. He dearly loved his wife and son Harumi and Satoshi and had good relations with his clan the Shirai Ryu.
But once him, his clan and family was massacred by their rival clan the Lin Kuei, Hanzo was reborn as the vengeful revenant known today as Scorpion. 
==Powers and Abilities==
Scorpion is an extremely strong fighter and possess command over hellfire, as well as inability to die, thanks to the vengeful bonds on his soul, that allows him to pursue his targets until their demise. Scorpion is able to teleport and uses his mask, as well as the flesh behind it, hides the flaming skull that is his true face, from which he can spew lethal blasts of hellfire. The strength of his power depends on how long he stays in the Netherrealm.
Scorpion's signature attack is to send out his spear, a kunai on a long rope, that can be empowered with hellfire and impale it in his foes, then pull them in with it, exclaiming "get over here" or "come here." Scorpion can also swing the spear around to lash at his opponents, in a slightly whip like fashion. 
As his alternate weapon fighting style, he uses a katana called the Mugai Ryu along with popular Kunnai rope weapon. In the Mortal Kombat (2011), he wields a pair of short swords with more jagged blades.
===Powers ===
====As Scorpion====
*Spectre Physiology: After being resurrected as a spectre of the Netherrealm by the sorcerer Quan Chi, Scorpion was given many abilities to make him one of thr most powerful characters in Mortal Kombat. 
**Superhuman Strength: Scorpion's strength is far more powerful than any peak human character. He is strong enough to rip someone's spinal cord out while the skull is still attached.
**Superhuman Speed: Scorpion possesses incredible speed to be as fast as Raiden.
**Superhuman Agility: Scorpion is one of the few Mortal Kombat characters who has incredible agility
**Superhuman Reflexes: Although rarely seen, Scorpion does have incredible reflexes when facing opponents.
**Invulnerability: Scorpion has shown to endure even the strongest of attacks. 
***Superhuman Stamina: Scorpion can fight tirelessly when facing a large number of opponents.
***Self-Sustenance: Scorpion doesn't need to eat or drink if he is undead.
**Superhuman Senses: Scorpion has shown to have incredible senses. He knew when Raiden teleported to the Netherrealm.
**Teleportation: Scorpion is able to teleport in a burst of flames.
**Magic: Scorpion does have a degree of magic after being resurrected.
***Hellfire Manipulation: Scorpion is most commonly associated with Hellfire, the Netherrealm's variant of fire. 
****Heat Resistance: Scorpion is immune to Hellfire and other aspects of fire.
****Fire Breath: Scorpion can breathe fire on to his opponents in order to kill them. He uses this in his Toasty fatality.
***Necromancy: Scorpion can resurrect beings from the dead.
***Summoning: Scorpion can summon hellfire and Hellspawns from underneath his opponents.
***Portal Creation: Scorpion can summon portals to enter any realm
**Resurrection: Scorpion is capable of resurrection, even if his physical body is fully destroyed, as demonstrated in Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance where he was supposedly killed by Quan Chi when he kicked him into a pool of acid in the Acid Bath, but later returned to life in order to find the Deadly Alliance and their minions. He also came back to life in the Mortal Kombat X comic series after Havik brutally killed him by destroying his chest and lungs.
**Immortality: As an undead spectre, Scorpion cannot age.
====As Hanzo Hasashi====
*Hellfire Manipulation: 
**Fire Breath
**Fire Resistance
*Superhuman Strength
*Superhuman Speed:
**Superhuman Agility
**Superhuman Reflexes
*Superhuman Stamina
*Superhuman Durability
*Superhuman Endurance
*Teleportation
===Abilities ===
*Master Martial Artist: Like many ninjas, Scorpion is well-versed in the art of armed combat. Scorpion has bested the likes of Kung Lao, Nightwolf, Cyrax, Sektor, Bi-Han, Kuai Liang, and Raiden. As Hanzo, he has been able to best Sonya Blade, Johnny Cage, Quan Chi, D'Vorah, and his past self.
**Hapkido
**Pi Gua
**Moi Fah
**Ninjutsu
*Master Acrobat: Scorpion is one of the finest acrobats alongside Liu kang and Sonya Blade.
*Weapons Mastery: Scorpion is an expert in using weapons. He mostly is known for using his Kunai spear in combat.
*High Intelligence: Scorpion is highly intelligent and is great at making strategies.
*Indomitable Will: As either a spectre or a Grandmaster, Hanzo's willpower is absolute. He's not afraid to take on the likes of anyone that confronts him.
==Quotes==
==Trivia==
*Scorpion is one of the most popular characters in the Mortal Kombat series, partially thanks to his having the most human-like personality, as opposed to the all noble and good ones of the good characters and the all evil and cruel ones of the evil characters. Scorpion was even voted number 1 on Screwattacks Top 10 Mortal Kombat Characters list.
*During his boss battle in Shaolin Monks, if the player dodges his spear too many times, Scorpion will scream “GET THE FUCK OVER HERE!” or “GET OVER HERE BITCH!” Also when he is dragged into lava at the end of the battle, he gives a thumbs up, a reference to Terminator 2, where the T-800 gave a thumbs up to John Connor as it submerged itself in molten metal.
*Scorpion's fatality from Deadly Alliance, where he sent out his spear into the opponent's head then yanked it off, was listed fourth on Screwattack's list of Top 10 Mortal Kombat Fatalities.
*Scorpion appears in every generation of Mortal Kombat games with the exception of the Game.com version of Mortal Kombat Trilogy.
*He has the only Hara-Kiri that does not generate blood.
*Ed Boon has admitted in various interviews that Scorpion is his favorite character and that any game without him feels incomplete. Boon also voices him.
*His fighting stance in the earlier games is a reference to his name with his up raised arm acting as his “scorpion tail”.
*Scorpion’s real name may be a reference to Hanzo Hattori, an actual samurai and possible ninja.
*Scorpion appeared in the Screwattack show, Death Battle, where he was pitted against Ryu from Street Fighter. In the fight, Scorpion managed to win despite the power of Ryu's Satsui no Hado and his Power of Nothingness, mostly thanks to his bringing his opponent to the Netherrealm, which kept powering him up to allow him take the karateka down.
**Before he even appeared on Death Battle, Scorpion was featured on Screwattack: The Armory where they were discussing about his throwing spear.
*Scorpion has appeared in the DC comics fighting game Injustice: Gods Among Us as a special guest character. This game is also made by the same people that developed Mortal Kombat (2011).
**Before Scorpion's special guest appearance in Injustice: Gods Among Us when Midway wasn't bankrupt back in 2010, he also appeared in NBA Jam: Tournament Edition, The Grid (Midway's last arcade game), MLB Slugfest (as a team) and Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy (as a costume).
*As seen in Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance as a hidden video, Scorpion has his own cooking show.
*Patrick Seitz, who voices Scorpion in Mortal Kombat (2011) and in MKX, also voices Endeavor in the My Hero Academia English Dub. Endeavor and Scorpion both are fire users who have a rivalry with an ice user, Shoto Todoroki and Sub-Zero (Kuai Liang).
*Ed Boon confirmed that in the New Era timeline, he and Sub-Zero are twin brothers.
**These has led to fan theorising that the Scorpion of Mortal Kombat 1 is not Hanzo Hasashi, but rather Kuai Liang, which was further confirmed by story director Dominic Cianciolo during an interview at San Diego Comic-Con.
***These theory eventually proven to be true, as Scorpion in Mortal Kombat 1 rechieved wound mark and having decent relationship with Smoke, which is prove to be Kuai Liang himself.
***After the MK1 Armageddon, it is assumed Titan Scorpion (Hanzo) redeemed himself and comes from a timeline where his son Satoshi Hasashi faked his death but Harumi still died.
***It is assumed Union of Light Scorpion is Satoshi Hasashi.
==External Links==
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