Bell Tower

The Bell Tower is a stage in the Mortal Kombat series. It appears in Mortal Kombat 3, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Mortal Kombat Trilogy, Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, and Mortal Kombat (2011).
== Overview ==
In Mortal Kombat 3 (originally referred to as the Shao Kahn Tower) and its updates, opponents can be uppercutted to a bed of spikes similar of that of The Pit. The spikes are located several floors down, in the basement, and the opponent will be sent through several floors before reaching the spikes.
In Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, an opponent can be uppercutted into a spike with four sharp edges. As the opponent slowly comes down and ends up being impaled on the spikes and sharp edges cut their legs and arms, a small rat-like creature then appears and takes the left leg for use as food. In Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, a death trap on the Bell Tower works only on the lower stage and only after "Finish Him/Finish Her" is said.
The Bell Tower appears in Mortal Kombat (2011), and rats and ravens are also visible. This version takes place during the day instead of the night. Other changes are that it appears to be a clock tower, as well as it being located between St. Dominic's Cemetery and Boon*Beran Station in a city within Earthrealm and is featured in the Story Mode of Mortal Kombat (2011) under the name Vogel University. Despite its clock tower appearance, the stage is still named the Bell Tower, as there are several bells located around the inner workings of the tower.
== Theme songs ==
* Shao Kahn Tower (MK3 SNES)
* The Rooftop/Bell Tower (UMK3 Arcade)
* Bell Tower (MK Armageddon)
* Bell Tower (MK9)
== Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks, Part II ==
It was only present in the first epic as Liu Kang came to after the Outworld merger. He noticed he was separated from Kitana and he encountered with an old nemesis, Rain. He declared Liu must get past him if he wishes to save Kitana who was unconscious and descending into a floor of long spikes. Liu was at a disadvantage since Rain soaked the Tower's decks and conducted his electricity onto him, until Liu had a strategy using his pyrokinesis to dry the soaked spots and evade Rain's elemental assaults. The gears were struck, disabling the chute, and Liu countered Rain's abilities. With all the worn boards and attacks, the Bell Tower began to collapse, having Rain be impaled below! Liu made a Flying Kick over the spikes and saved Kitana, though they had no choice but to jump as the building was no longer supportive! Fortunately, they were saved by a Dragon Jet and Asgaarth respectively before the Bell Tower was nothing but debris.
== Trivia ==
* In the Sega Genesis version, there is no full moon and stage fatality is different like MK3 Shang Tsung's Bed of Nails.
* In early versions of the game Mortal Kombat 3, the arena we know as Shao Kahn's Tower had three large bells, that never made it in the final version of the game. Later, in Mortal Kombat: Armageddon has a one giant bell only and reappeared in Mortal Kombat (2011) have many bells.
== Gallery ==
File:BellTowerSpikes.webp|Bell Tower basement with spikes
File:The Bell Tower MKA.webp|Bell Tower (MKA)
File:BellTower MKA death trap.webp|MKA Death trap
File:Belltower MK9.webp|Bell Tower (MK9)
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File:Belltowermk9 2.webp
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