Animality

An Animality is a Finisher that debuted in Mortal Kombat 3, that allows the victorious player's character to turn into an animal to viciously maul the defeated opponent.
Animalities are presented as the character morphing into their spirit animal in which a Mercy had to be performed in the third round of the match in order to be able to perform the Animality.
Animality Theme (MK3 SNES))
== List of Animalities ==
* Baraka – Vulture (grabs the opponent's upper body and flies off, severing it from their lower body)
* Cyrax – Shark (swims underground with a fin out, coming back from the other side of the screen to devour the opponent)
* Ermac – Frog (eats the opponent whole)
* Jade – Cat (attacks the opponent in a vicious clawing flurry)
* Jax – Lion (pounces at the opponent, devouring them)
* Johnny Cage – Kangaroo (kicks the opponent away with his powerful feet)
* Kabal – Skeletal Rhinoceros (rams the opponent away)
* Kano – Giant Tarantula (constricts the opponent with his legs)
* Kitana – Rabbit (mauls the opponent off screen)
* Kung Lao – Cheetah (pounces at the opponent, devouring him/her)
* Liu Kang – Dragon (eats the upper half of the opponent's body, as in his MKII Fatality)
* Mileena – Skunk (releases stinky fumes that suffocate the opponent)
* Nightwolf – Wolf (pounces at the opponent, devouring them)
* Noob Saibot – Anteater (sucks the opponent into his snout)
* Raiden – Electric eel (wraps himself around the opponent, shocking them)
* Rain – Small Elephant (blows a loud sound from his trunk, making the opponent's skin dissolve)
* Reptile – Chimpanzee (chases the opponent away; the only Animality shown not to attack the opponent)
* Scorpion – Penguin (lays an explosive egg between the opponent's legs)
* Sektor – Giant Bat (whooshes by the screen twice, decapitating the opponent in the second pass)
* Shang Tsung – Cobra (devours the opponent whole)
* Shao Kahn - Hydra (Mortal Kombat: Annihilation only)
* Sheeva – Giant Scorpion (stings the opponent, who turns red and explodes)
* Sindel – Giant Hornet (pushes the opponent offscreen by repeatedly stinging them)
* Smoke (Cyborg) – Silhouette of a Bull (rams the opponent offscreen)
* Smoke (Human) – Porcupine (shoots his quills at the opponent)
* Sonya Blade – Hawk (grabs the opponent and flies off with them)
* Stryker – Tyrannosaurus Rex (devours the upper half of his opponent's body)
* Sub-Zero – Polar Bear (pounces at the opponent, devouring them. The only shared Animality with Classic Sub-Zero.)
* Aiko Krackle - In Ikran's fic, Shaolin Monks, Part II, she was able to transform into an Ankylosaurus, using her club tail and charges to attack enemies.
== Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks, Part II ==
Nightwolf made a hasty effort to introduce Kung Lao and Aiko to their own Animalities, in which he described as awakening their own spirit animals to assist them against their battles with Shao Kahn and his extermination squads. The shaman stated it won't be easy as the user has to go thru a sleep state and fight their inner demons. Kung Lao watched his friends age rapidly and remain powerless against threats to Earthrealm. He began to distract the malicious shades, until the bailed. As they did, Lao gave chase gaining speed, to the point on gradually morphing into a cheetah before he dove in for the kill!
Aiko, dubbed as Aiko the Ankylosaurus, was back in her dystopian time and confronted a horde of undead whom she recognized as her fallen friends! She used a club which wasn't a weapon, but rather attached to herself! In her rage, she also performed a few charges, and the sober bystanders, Nightwolf, Kiba and Kung Lao, noticed her churn into an Ankylosaur, her favorite dinosaur since she was young; she had a tough decision on being that or a fox.
There was an army of Animalities done by each of the Kombatants as they fought off Kahn's extermination squads.
== Mortal Kombat: Shinnok's Uprising ==
Liu Kang transformed into a dragon temporarily in order to decimate the astronomical wave of the Army of Darkness; he commandeered Kai in Chinese to hide behind a hill before he unleashed it.
== Gallery ==
File:Liu Kang Dragon Animality.webp|Liu Kang's Dragon Animality
File:Rain Elephant Animality.webp|Rain's Elephant Animality
File:Sheeva Scorpion Animality.webp|Sheeva's Scorpion Animality (contrary to Scorpion)
File:Scorpion Penguin Animality.webp|Scorpion's Penguin Animality laying an explosive egg (not Scorpion)
File:Johnny Cage Kangaroo Animality.webp|Johnny's Kangaroo Animality
File:Raiden Electrical Eel.webp|Raiden's Electric Eel Animality
File:Kano Spider Animality.webp|Kano's Spider Animality
File:Stryker T-Rex Animality.webp|Stryker's T-Rex Animality
File:Reptile Chimp Animality.webp|Reptile's Chimpanzee Animality
File:Baraka Vulture Animality.jpg|Baraka's Vulture Animality
File:Cyrax Great White Shark Animality.jpg|Cyrax's Great White Shark Animality
File:Ermac Frog Animality.jpg|Ermac's Frog Animality
File:Jade Cat Animality.jpg|Jade's Cat Animality
File:Jax Lion Animality.jpg|Jax's Lion Animality
File:Kabal Rhino Animality.jpg|Kabal's Rhino Animality
File:Kitana Rabbit Animality.jpg|Kitana's Rabbit Animality
File:Kung Lao Cheetah Animality.jpg|Kung Lao's Cheetah Animality
File:Mileena Skunk Animality.jpg|Mileena's Skunk Animality
File:Nightwolf Wolf Animality.jpg|Nightwolf's Wolf Animality
File:Noob Saibot Anteater Animality.jpg|Noob Saibot's Anteater Animality
File:Sektor Bat Animality.jpg|Sektor's Bat Animality
File:Shang Tsung Cobra Animality.jpg|Shang Tsung's Cobra Animality
File:Sindel Hornet Animality.jpg|Sindel's Giant Hornet Animality
File:Smoke Bull Animality.jpg|Smoke's Bull Animality (Cyber Smoke)
File:Smoke Porcupine Animality.jpg|Smoke's Porcupine Animality (Human Smoke)
File:Sonya Hawk Animality.jpg|Sonya's Hawk Animality
File:Subzero Polar Bear Animality.jpg|Sub-Zero's Polar Bear Animality
File:ShaoKahnAnimalitywithLiu.jpg|Shao Kahn's Hydra Animality (Annihilation only)
File:NightwolfAnimalityAnnihilation.jpg|Nightwolf's Wolf Animality (Annihilation only)
File:The Unknown History of Animalities in Mortal Kombat
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