Scorpion (Mortal Kombat)

Hanzo Hasashi, also known as Scorpion and Full Scorpion Man, is a major character from the Mortal Kombat series.
== Charactah Account ==
Scorpion is the son of a former clansman who chose to live as an assassin, yet he is very devoted to his family and generally goes on and about the game, serving his own purposes and none other. Scorpion starts off as a typical antihero, looking for revenge on Sub-Zero for having killed him. In the first issues of the game, Scorpion is shown to fail and be sent to Netherealm. He has a heel–face revolving door relationship with the second Sub-Zero, his former nemesis' younger brother. In 4, Scorpion ends up entangled in the machinations of Quan-Chi, who turns him against the younger Sub-Zero again. From Deadly Alliance onwards, Scorpion strikes a deal with the elder gods to destroy Onaga in exchange for his clan's revival.
In Mortal Kombat 9, Scorpion pretty much keeps the same role as the previous games, with the notable difference is that he is more willing to be Quan Chi's soldier, as Quan Chi's treachery has so far not been detected by him until the timeskip in Mortal Kombat X, where, with the aid of Kenshi, he severs his ties to "the darkness" and is leading an effort to rescue and train orphans stranded by the Netherealm War, forming a new Shirai Ryu in the process. He eventually finds out through Kuai-Liang that Quan Chi was the true murderer of his family and not Bi-Han as he previously thought. With this in mind, he killed Quan Chi before partnering himself with Kuai-Liang and remained that way as of Mortal Kombat 11. His past Revenant self is pulled into the present by Kronika, who promises to rebuild the Shirai Ryu.
== Appearance ==
=== Cartoons ===
* Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm
=== Comics ===
* Bruce Lee
* Kill Barny!
* Kill Barny Again!
* Mortal Kombat
* Mortal Kombat 4
* Mortal Kombat Collector's Edition
* Mortal Kombat Deception Special Edition
* Mortal Kombat II Collector's Edition
* Mortal Kombat Tournament Edition
* Mortal Kombat Tournament Edition II
* Mortal Kombat VS DC Universe
* Mortal Kombat X
* Mortal Kombat X: Blood Gods
* Mortal Kombat X: Blood Island
* Mortal Kombat X: Blood Ties
* Mortal Kombat: Baraka
* Mortal Kombat: Battlewave
* Mortal Kombat: Kung Lao
* Mortal Kombat: Rayden & Kano
* Nintendo Power
=== Movies ===
* Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge
=== Video Games ===
* Bloody Rage
* Injustice: Gods Among Us
* Midway Arcade Treasures 2
* Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition
* Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play
* MLB SlugFest 20-04
* MLB Slugfest Loaded
* Mortal Kombat
* Mortal Kombat (2011)
* Mortal Kombat 4
* Mortal Kombat 11
* Mortal Kombat Advance
* Mortal Kombat Arcade Collection
* Mortal Kombat Gold
* Mortal Kombat II
* Mortal Kombat Mobile
* Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero
* Mortal Kombat Trilogy
* Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
* Mortal Kombat X
* Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
* Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance
* Mortal Kombat: Deception
* Mortal Kombat: Onslaught
* Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks
* Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition
* Mortal Kombat: Unchained
* NBA Jam Tournament Edition
* Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy
* The Grid
* Ultimate Mortal Kombat
* Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
== Trivia ==
* Scorpion's name, "Hanzo Hasashi", may be a possible reference to Hanzō Hattori, a famous samurai and ninja during the Japanese Sengoku period.
* Scorpion's Spear is considered a special projectile due to not being reflected by reflect skills.
* Scorpion's "Get Over Here!" and "Come Here!", spear taunts, in all of the Mortal Kombat games and movies, were voiced by MK co-creator Ed Boon himself. Only one of these two taunts were featured in the games when ported from the arcade to the home consoles due to memory constraints. They are some of the most recognizable catchphrases in the fighting game genre.
** During an interview, Boon was asked why Scorpion shouts "Get over here!" when performing his spear move, he replied that he thinks it is just comical for the "tough-guy, hellspawn" Scorpion to say something as random as that.
* Dan Forden is responsible for the call of "Toasty" in relation to Scorpion. This originated in Mortal Kombat II, when a special input allowed Scorpion's Toasty! fatality to be performed anywhere. The message "Toasty!", would then be shown. In Mortal Kombat 4, Dan Forden screams out, "Toasty! 3D!!", in reference to Scorpion's Fatality displayed in full 3D. Another Dan Forden calling that refers to Scorpion is "Crispy", stated in UMK3 when a player performs the Scorpion's Lair stage fatality.
* Due to artistic license taken during the Mortal Kombat films and the cartoon, It was originally believed that Scorpion's spear was actually a snake-like creature spawned from the palm of his hand. In reality, it was a simple kunai thrown from his belt as seen in newer games such as Deadly Alliance and Deception (or in the case of MKvsDCU and The Journey Begins, launched from a small device on the underside of his gauntlet).
* In various interviews, Ed Boon has openly admitted that his favorite character has always been Scorpion, and that any Mortal Kombat game would feel incomplete without Scorpion. While Scorpion was absent from MK3, he was later added to UMK3.
* Scorpion shares very similar armor characteristics to Monster in the Konquest Mode of Mortal Kombat: Deception and Mortal Kombat: Unchained. This was rumored to be the cause of Scorpion having an alternate scrapped 'Knight' costume, but in reality was made into a character itself, Monster.
* Neither Scorpion or Sub-Zero appear in the Game.com version of Mortal Kombat Trilogy.
* When the Elder Sub-Zero died after the first tournament, there was no immediate direct quote or statement, nor was there any strong evidence to prove that Scorpion had in fact done it.
** The release of the official Mortal Kombat II comic book, Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks, and Mortal Kombat (2011) revealed that Scorpion had in fact killed Sub-Zero.
* Scorpion would always be the first opponent that the player faced in MK Advance.
* He is the only character whose Hara-Kiri does not draw blood.
** His Hara-Kiri may have been taken from Mortal Kombat: Conquest.
* Scorpion's Toasty! is the Fatality that has appeared in the most Mortal Kombat games, having appeared in ten games. (MK, MKII, UMK3, MKT, MK4, MKG, MK:SM, MKvsDCU, MK 2011 and MKX)
** It reappears in Mortal Kombat 11, however this time as a Brutality.
* According to the official Mortal Kombat 4 strategy guide, Scorpion (and possibly the Shirai Ryu clan) is from Osaka, Japan.
* In a Top 10 list hosted by Screwattack.com, Scorpion was placed at #1 of the best Mortal Kombat Characters in the Mortal Kombat series. Along with this, Watchmojo.com also placed Scorpion #1 on their own list of the Top 10 best Mortal Kombat characters.
* In a Top 10 list hosted by Screwattack.com, Scorpion's Spear Shot Fatality was placed at #4 of the best Mortal Kombat Fatalities in the Mortal Kombat series. Screwattack also featured Scorpion in their popular online series Death Battle and pitted him against Ryu from Street Fighter in a fight to the death, in which he won due to his inability to be killed by physical attacks and his power to bring his opponents to the Netherrealm.
* In a Top 10 list hosted by Screwattack.com, Scorpion was placed at #5 of the Best Ninja.
* Scorpion is featured on the NetherRealm Studios logo.
* In both timelines, Scorpion is the only competitor to kill an opponent (Bi-Han) in the first Mortal Kombat Tournament.
* As Scorpion is practically the mascot of the Mortal Kombat franchise, parodies of him and references to his lines are abound in popular media:
** A parody character called Sporkion appears in the game Adventure Quest Worlds.
** Scorpion makes a cameo on the TV Show "Drawn Together", performing his Spear attack and Spine Rip Fatality from MK: Deception on Xandir.
** One of the Trophies/Achievements in Tomb Raider (2013) is titled "Get Over Here!". It requires Lara Croft to fire a rope at an opponent then pull them off an edge 5 times.
** In an episode of The Cleveland Show, Cleveland dresses up like Scorpion.
** In Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds, Bionic Commando protagonist Nathan Spencer's Wire Grapple move has a follow-up in which he can drag the opponent to him much like Scorpion's Spear; furthering the similarities, Spencer shouts "Get over here!" whenever this follow-up is performed.
** In DmC: Devil May Cry, there is a Scorpion easter egg. After Dante learns the Ophion Demon Pull Ability in Mission 2, he says "Get over here!" the first time he uses it.
** The League of Legends character Shen has two alternate skins that reference both Scorpion and Sub-Zero.
** The chain knife weapon and some grapple hooks in Terraria have a tooltip that says Scorpion's famous phrase.
** Pudge from Defense of the Ancients shouts "Get over here!" when hooking an enemy.
** In the 2D indie fighting game Skullgirls Encore, the character Squigly has a special move called "The Silver Chord," where she throws out the tail of her parasite, Leviathan, towards the opponent. Should the attack connect, there is a chance that either Squigly or Leviathan will yell "GET OVER HERE!" or "COME HERE!".
** A Moga named Scorpius in the Facebook game Monster Galaxy is heavily inspired by him. Ironically, its element affiliation is ice, as opposed to fire.
** Roadhog from Overwatch will sometimes yell "Come here!" when hooking an enemy.
** Makoa from Paladins: Champions of the Realm sometimes shouts "Get over here!" when hooking an enemy.
** A pregame text before a match in the game Halo Infinite for the game's Grappleshot equipment is entitled "GET OVER HERE", a reference to both Scorpion and the Mortal Kombat franchise.
* Scorpion has made the most appearances in the Mortal Kombat series.
* Scorpion, Sub-Zero and Jax are currently the only characters who have returned to Human form from being Revenants.
** Scorpion is currently the only Wraith to return to Human form.
*** Sindel is the first Edenian and overall the first Revenant to be restored not by Raiden but instead by Shang Tsung.
* So far, Scorpion is the only character restored to retain some abilities from his Revenant form as a Human (teleportation, Hellfire, etc.)
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Scorpion at Mortal Kombat Wiki
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