Sonya Blade (Mortal Kombat)

General (GEN.) Sonya A. Blade, (USA) is one of the two deuteragonists (alongside Johnny Cage) of the Mortal Kombat series. She is a female soldier who is a member of Earthrealm's Special Forces unit known as Outer World Investigation Agency (OIA), and now she commands all the operations of the Special Forces and Units like the new Earthrealm unit which is Cassie's team. She is one of the few original Mortal Kombat characters, debuting in the first Mortal Kombat arcade game.
== Roles ==
In the original timeline she served as the tritagonist of Mortal Kombat, a minor character in Mortal Kombat II, a supporting character in Mortal Kombat 3, a major protagonist in Mortal Kombat 4, a supporting character of Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, a minor character Mortal Kombat: Deception, a major character of Mortal Kombat Armageddon, and one of the two tritagonists (alongside Wonder Woman) of Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe.
In the alternate timeline she served as one of the three main protagonists (alongside Johnny Cage & Raiden of Mortal Kombat (2011), the tritagonist of Mortal Kombat X, a minor-turned-posthumous protagonist (while her past self serves as one of the tritagonists) in Mortal Kombat 11, an unseen character of its DLC story mode, Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath, and a kameo fighter in Mortal Kombat 1.
==History==
=== First Timeline ===
=== Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe ===
=== Second Timeline ===
=== Mortal Kombat: Onslaught ===
==Portrayals==
Sonya Blade has been performed and voiced by various actresses:
===Films and Motion Captures===
* - MK, MKII
* - MK 1995
* - MK3, UMK3, MKT, MK Advance, MK4, MK Gold
* - MK: Annihilation
* - MK: Armageddon
* - MK vs. DC, MK2011, MKX
* - MK: Rebirth, MK: Legacy
* - 2021 remake
===Voices===
*Peg Burr - MK , MK3, MK4
*Olivia d'Abo - Defenders of the Realm
*Jennifer Hale - MK: Journey Begins
*Beth Melewski - MK: Shaolin Monks
*Chrissie Rios - MK: Armageddon
*Dana Lyn Baron - MK vs. DC, MK2011
* - MKX
* - MK11
*Jennifer Carpenter - MK Legends: Scorpion's Revenge, Battle of the Realms
*Vanessa Marshall - MK: Onslaught
==Appearance==
In her first appearance, Sonya wears a green sports bra, matching color pants and white socks. The holster on her pants, along with the groin region, are black. She wears upper arm bands and chunky forearm bands. 
In UMK3 and MK Trilogy, Sonya wears a green-black-and-white sports bra and tights set with black biker gloves,upper arm bands and white socks. 
In MK4/Gold, she wears a halter-style crop top and jogger set, a bullet belt on her right leg, calf-high boots, upper arm bands and forearm guards.
In Deadly Alliance, Deception, Unchained, and Armageddon, Sonya wears a white crop top, a short Special Forces jacket, dark jeans and black boots, and her alternate is tight, grey-colored jumpsuit. In MK vs DC Universe, she replaces the jacket with a beret and long, fingerless sap gloves.
In MK 2011, Sonya wears a short, tight Special Forces vest that goes above her belly button leaving her chest and midriff bare, with two straps buckled up, along with her I.D. badge. She wears a pair of dog tags, as well. On her upper arms, she wears arm bands, some of which form Xs over her muscular biceps and triceps. She also wears dark green-and-black leather pants, a holster, knee-pads, and high-heeled, combat-style boots, Her alternate outfit consists of a white, low-cut crop top, green short shorts, tan hiking boots, green-and-black gloves, a hat, dog tags, and single arm bands just above her elbows, She also sports military sunglasses.
In Mortal Kombat X, Sonya wears a hat with the Special Forces logo, in a leaked image she wears a Green Beret also in the tower statue her hat says "ARMY", she wears a two colored blue and black leather jacket and a gray shirt, in her render and tower statue she wears her wedding band along with her dog tags in separate necklaces the wedding band necklace being the thicker and shorter one which in her final model the ring ended up being removed, black pants with blue leather pieces attached to them, carries a gun on the right side, with a couple of pockets and a belts, she has black gauntlets on her arms that allows her to do the Ring Toss and call in the Drone, and black leather boots just like the Deadly Alliance, Deception, Unchained, and Armageddon military boots.
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Height: 178 cm (5' 10")
Build: Athletic / Muscular
Hair: Blonde
Age: 26 (in 1996)
Weight: 63–68 kg (140–150 lb)
Eyes: Blue
Birthdate: 1970
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==Personality==
Sonya Blade is a beautiful, stern tough-as-nails general. Sonya represents a very emancipation and headstrong woman, but for all her stubbornness and pride, she deeply cares about the lives of her friends and comrades.
In her non-canon Armageddon ending, Sonya Blade wants the power of Blaze to end crime and criminal organizations. While most of the kombatants want the power to rule or to become gods Sonya has a different goal. 
Most want Blaze's power to rule everything with peace or fear but Sonya only wishes to finally end both the Black Dragon and Red Dragon Clan's. Some kombatants also want Blaze's power to steal the power of others or to become the champion or best kombatant.
Some want the power to destroy worlds, get rid of all evil or to restore what they lost. Sonya Blade's personal goal is to just end crime.
==Powers and Abilities==
=== Powers ===
* Superhuman Strength: Sonya has shown to be strong enough to defeat beings with incredible strength like Shazam, Raiden, and Geras. Sonya has also ripped Kintaro's head off. It takes roughly 5600 newtons to rip a head off. Sonya Blade can lift large amounts of weight because her legs are strong enough to rip someone in half with her Scissor Split fatality. Her high levels of strength are also shown in her fatalities and brutalities. She can decimate an opponent by when putting a garrote wire at their neck and later tugs it over her head, launch her opponent into the air at an amazing height, and can fully break an opponent's elbow and face. In the crossover between MK and DC, she had shown to be strong enough to best Shazam and Green Lantern. In the Alternate Timeline, she has managed to best a powerful construct like Geras, who has immense strength and durability.
* Superhuman Speed: Her abilities are vast, mostly based on agility, as well as deadly and impressive due to her Special Forces training. She is very fast in combat, using quick and effective kicks and strikes. She is able to best Kabal, who is one of the fastest characters in Mortal Kombat.
** Superhuman Reflexes
** Superhuman Agility
* Superhuman Durability: Sonya has taken powerful blows from fighters who has superhuman strength and been able to continue fighting. She had been still alive after getting hit by an empowered Sindel and by Shazam in MK vs DC Universe.
** Superhuman Endurance
* Superhuman Stamina: Sonya has pushed herself very hard when being trained in the Special Forces. She managed to keep on fighting after an incredible amount of time beating up both past and present versions of Kano. Especially when receiving a powerful hit by past Kano.
* Death Kiss: She can blow a kiss and can cause an opponent to die quickly.
=== Abilities ===
* Master Martial Artist: Sonya has been trained for many years in the Special Forces and has been one of the best martial artists. Besides her expertise in martial arts and melee combat, she has also been extremely skilled in stick fighting. She is also, along with Liu Kang, Nightwolf, Johnny Cage, Sub-Zero, Smoke, Kabal and Stryker, one of Raiden's Chosen Warriors, being the only female with the honor and, thus, one of the strongest fighters not only in Earthrealm, but all the realms. In MKX, her Covert Ops variation focuses on hand-to-hand combat and brings back some of her classic moves from the arcade games. She has shown to defeat the likes of Bi-Han, Raiden, Kitana, Jade, Kano, Scorpion, Jax, Quan Chi, Kabal, Erron Black, and Geras in the Alternate Timeline. In the MKvsDC crossover, she has bested Catwoman, Baraka, Shazam, and Green Lantern.
** Kenpo
** Tae Kwon Do
** Judo
* Master Acrobat: Sonya has shown to be a talented acrobat by jump at incredible heights and leap great distances like she is taking flight. She performs a lot of flips and combines gymnastics and martial arts to defeat her foes. She also incorporates gymnastics into some of her moves, such as her Kartwheel Kick move and Scissor Split fatality. Sonya also has the power to gain temporary flight (or at the very least the ability to maneuver in air).
* Master Markswoman: Being a soldier in the Special Forces, she has a lot experience in using firearms and high tech gear to her advantage. Sonya has the power to fire and manipulate pink-colored energy (in MKX, the ability seems to not be magical in origin, but more an effect of using a high-tech weapon). Also in MKX, the Demolition variation gives her frag and stun grenades to use against the opponent in various ways including, but she can only have up to three of them stored before having to call in a Drone to give her more. The Special Forces variation allows her to call in this drone and command it to attack the opponent in multiple ways with its arsenal which includes a fully automatic machine gun, flamethrower, self-destructive mode, grenade launcher, rocket launcher, electroshock weapon and laser cannons. In MK11, she has a mobile sentry gun known as BUD-E (known as KAT in the move list) armed with a cannon chambered in .50 caliber rounds that can switch between semi auto and automatic fire mode. The drone has less weapon options than her previous drone, but it is used with different tactics in battle. BUD-E acts as a turret, being able to shoot and walk, but can also jump to tackle the opponent to the ground. It can also be used for surprise attacks by airdropping the drone above the unsuspecting opponent, crushing them under its weight and accumulated kinetic energy. Her drone still retains the ability to self-destruct with an explosion.
* Leadership: Sonya has been an excellent leader to her fellow soldiers. She has been able to lead them into a fight against Shinnok and his Netherrealm army. Sonya also commands a team made up with her daughter Cassie Cage, Takeda, Kung Jin, and Jacqui Briggs in MKX to send them on missions in Outworld. She maybe serious and strictly gives orders to her soldiers, but she still cares about their safety.
==Character Relationships==
===Games===
*Mother of Cassie Cage.
*Best friend and partner of Jax Briggs.
*Friend and ally of Vera Briggs, Raiden, Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Jacqui Briggs, Takeda Takahashi, Kung Jin, Fujin, Li Mei, and Kenshi.
*Longtime enemy/object of obsession of Kano.
*Former friend and ally of Liu Kang and Kitana.
*Friend, ally, and ex-wife of Johnny Cage.
===Movies===
*Partner of Jax in both the first and second movies.
*Arch nemesis of Kano in the first movie.
*Friend and ally of Liu Kang, Johnny Cage, and Kitana.
*Defeated and killed Kano in the first movie.
*Taken captive by Shang Tsung.
*Freed by Cage, Liu Kang, and Kitana before the final battle.
*Saved from death at the hands of Shao Kahn by Cage, who in turn was killed in the second movie.
*Recruited Jax to help in the battle against Shao Kahn in the second movie.
*Defeated an extermination squad lead by Cyrax.
*Killed Cyrax.
*Defeated and killed Mileena.
*Saved from an unearthly creature by Jax.
*Defeated and killed Ermac in the final battle.
===Comics===
*Hypnotized by Reptile into becoming the bride of Shao Kahn.
*Shared a love interest with Johnny Cage.
===Mortal Kombat Legacy===
*Lieutenant of the Deacon City Police Department.
*Sneaked into the Black Dragon's warehouse to investigate the "Cyber Initiative".
*Captured by the Black Dragon and imprisoned in a room where she was taunted by Kano, the leader of the Black Dragon, who had murdered her old partner, until the DCPD broke into the warehouse.
*Saved by Jax from a grenade explosion, but the two were badly injured.
*Awakened in a intensive care unit one week later, where Stryker told her that the Department of Defense has a "plan" to save Jax.
==Stage Relationships==
*Arctika: After taking out Sektor's warship, Sonya hacks into the Tekunin tracking system whilst Taven has one of their tracking devices on him. Sonya attempts to get information from him, only to be defeated. (MK:A)
*Dark Prison: The possessed Sonya is kept here until Onaga requires her for his sinister tasks. (MK:D)
*Kahn's Arena: Sonya and Kano were both captured by Outworld forces and chained up, forced to watch as Shao Kahn attempted to destroy her friends. (MKII)
*Subway: An Earthrealm location where the Special Forces advertise recruitment (MK3, MK:A)
*Warrior Shrine: Sonya is one of the warriors honored here by way of a statue in her likeness. (MK)
==Quotes==
===Mortal Kombat: Legacy===
*"Jax, looking at the Black Dragon's warehouse, at 20 up an wash. They're preparing a shipment of robotic weapons shipped out tomorrow under code name, Cyber Initiative. I think this is what we've been looking for. I'll confirm intel and transmit as soon as I can. And one more thing, Jax... Kano's here."
*"Kano!"
*"They'll find you."
*"It was a trap!"
===Mortal Kombat: Armageddon===
*"Tekunin Warship! This is Sonya Blade! You are in violation of the Earthrealm Accord! Surrender immediately or risk annihilation!
*"I'm Sonya Blade of The Earthrealm Special Forces. You've got some explaining to do. What are the Tekunin up to?"
*"I can follow you anywhere. Now answer me! What is Sektor planning?"
*"I have full authority!"
=== Mortal Kombat 11 ===
==== Story Mode ====
*“For twenty-five years, the Special Forces have been Earthrealm’s sword and shield. We’ve pushed back Shao Kahn. Defeated Shinnok. Yet none of our victories have come without cost.”
*“Sergeant Cage, step forward. Your leadership and warfighting ability have earned you promotion to Commander. But there are no family favors here. By Special Forces tradition, you still have to pass one last test“
*“Give your dad a kiss for me.”
==Trivia==
*Sonya's character was inspired by the karate champion and movie actress, Cynthia Rothrock.
*Sonya was named after one of Ed Boon's sisters.
*Sonya almost didn't make it into Mortal Kombat. Originally, Kurtis Stryker, who later debuted in MK3 (although, at the time, the name was given to the character who would eventually be called Jax in MKII) used her storyline, but he was dropped and Sonya was created to add a female character to an otherwise all-male cast.
*Sonya was revealed to be one of Ed Boon's favorite characters during an interview around the time MK3 came out. Boon stated that she was not only one of the strongest, but also one of the most popular characters of the series.
*Sonya's body can be seen in the introduction of Mortal Kombat Deception, located on the stairs leading to Shang Tsung's palace.
*Sonya was planned to be a playable character in Mortal Kombat: Special Forces, along with Jax. However, Sonya's part was dropped due to deadline issues. Early shots of the game listed her code name as "Panther."
*Sonya was originally going to fight Jade during the first movie in a secret arena, but the scene was cut from the shooting script and never filmed.
*Sonya appears on Johnny Cage's movie poster as his romantic interest during his ending in Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance.
*A false viral rumor that spread among many players in the first Mortal Kombat was the existence of a code that would make Sonya appear naked in the game (referred to as the "Nudeality" or "Nudality"). Various reports told of its existence only appearing in the Sega version, only in the arcade version, and so on.
*Sonya's partner who was killed by Kano was never given a static name, having been named Cliff LoDolce in Jeff Rovin's MK novel, Bill van Hoven in the MK movie novelization, and Wexler in the cartoon show, Defenders of the Realm.
*Sonya is the first character used in the Challenge Tower in MK 2011.
**She is also one of the only two survivors of the Earthrealm fighters in the MK 2011 story mode, the other being Johnny Cage.
*Her alternate costume in Mortal Kombat (2011) is the same as the outfit she wore in the movie Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, with gloves, a hat, and sunglasses.
*Sonya is one of the only four characters to have a Brutality that derives from her X-Ray, and not only from special moves, throws, or combos, the other characters being Erron Black, Jacqui Briggs, Jason Voorhees, the Predator, Tremor, Leatherface, and Triborg.
*Sonya Blade's official theme is titled, "Go Go Go."
*She's the only character in the Mortal Kombat 11 DLC, Aftermath who doesn't have any dialogue or to be faced in combat gameplay. Her fate is also left ambiguous.
==Appearances==
===Games===
*Mortal Kombat (1991)
*Mortal Kombat II (1993)
*Mortal Kombat 3 (1995)
*Ultimate Mortal Kombat (1995)
*Mortal Kombat Trilogy (1996)
*Mortal Kombat 4 (1997)
*Mortal Kombat & Mortal Kombat II (1997)
*Mortal Kombat Gold (1999)
*Mortal Kombat Advance (2001)
*Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance (2002)
*Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition (2003)
*Midway Treasure Edition 2 (2004)
*Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play (2005)
*Midway Arcade Treasures: Deluxe Edition (2006)
*Ultimate Mortal Kombat (2007)
*Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe (2008)
*Mortal Kombat (2011)
*Mortal Kombat Arcade Edition (2011)
*Mortal Kombat X (2015)
*Mortal Kombat 11 (2019)
===Comics===
*Mortal Kombat (1994-95, 7 appearances)
*Mortal Kombat: Battlewave (1995, 5 appearances)
*Mortal Kombat X (2015) — 27 appearances
*Mortal Kombat X Collected Edition (2015, 9 appearances)
===TV & Movies===
*Mortal Kombat (1995)
*Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997)
*Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins (1995) 
*Mortal Kombat: Rebirth (2011)
*Mortal Kombat: Legacy (2011)
*Mortal Kombat: Legacy (2013, 2 appearances)
*Mortal Kombat (2021)
===Animated===
*Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm (1996, 13 appearances)
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