SCORPION (Hanzo Hasashi)
First Appearance: Mortal Kombat
Total Appearances: MK I-II, MK 3 (only Ultimate & Trilogy), MK 4, MK: DA, MK: Deception, MK: Armageddon, MK 2011-11, MK vs. DC Universe (every game in the series)
Role: Symbol Franchise, Undead Warrior, Vengeance-Driven Monster
PL 10 (169)
STRENGTH 3 STAMINA 4 AGILITY 6
FIGHTING 13 DEXTERITY 2
INTELLIGENCE 2 AWARENESS 3 PRESENCE 1
Skills:
Akrobatics 7 (+14)
Athletiks 5 (+8)
Deception 4 (+5)
Expertise (Martial Arts) 6 (+8)
Expertise (Assassin) 6 (+8)
Insight 3 (+6)
Intimidation 11 (+12)
Investigation 1 (+4)
Klose Kombat (Unarmed) 3 (+16)
Perception 4 (+8)
Ranged Kombat (Spear/Hellfire) 4 (+14)
Sleight of Hand 6 (+8)
Stealth 6 (+12)
Advantages:
Accurate Attack, All-Out Attack, Chokehold, Fast Grab, Improved Kritical (Unarmed) 2, Improved Kritical (Spear), Improved Initiative, Improved Trip, Power Attack, Ranged Attack 8, Takedown, Tracking
Powers:
"COME 'ERE!" Blast 2 (Diminished Range -1) Linked to Affliktion 6 (Strength; Dazed & Vulnerable/Stunned & Defenseless) (Extras: Ranged, Extra Kondition) (Flaws: Limited Degree) (Dim. Range -1) Linked to Move Object 4 (Flaws: Limited to Towards Himself) (Dim. Range -1) (19) -- [22]
- AE: "Hellfire" Blast 4 (Feats: Indirect- From Below) (Diminished Range -1) (8)
- AE: "Flameport" Teleport 2 (Feats: Change Direction) (Extras: Easy) (7)
- AE: Movement 1 (Dimensional Travel- Netherrealm) (2)
"Unresting Spirit" Immortality 1 [2]
Features 2: Uses Tons of New Moves as Finishing Attacks [2]
"Babality"
"Friendship!!" (Buy A Scorpion Doll!)
"Friendship!!" (Skull-In-The-Box)
"Animality: Penguin Lays an Egg in Enemy's Head, Then Blows It Up"
"TOASTY!- Burns Foe Alive"
"Slit Throat, Then Gut Them"
"Summons Dead Clansmen to Kill Enemy"
"Giant Hand Drag Enemy to Hell"
"Turns Into Giant Scorpion and Kills With Tail"
"Tears Head Off With Spear"
"Sub-Zero's Head Rip Fatality"
"Summons a Lava Pool"
"Dismembers, Then Snaps Neck"
"Dismembers With Decapitation & Torso Cut"
Offense:
Unarmed +16 (+3 Damage, DC 18)
Spear +14 (+2 Ranged Damage & +6 Ranged Affliktion, DC 17 & 16)
Hellfire +14 (+4 Ranged Damage, DC 19)
Initiative +10
Defenses:
Dodge +12 (DC 22), Parry +13 (DC 23), Toughness +4, Fortitude +6, Will +8
Komplications:
Enemy/Motivation (Vengeance Upon Sub-Zero)- Sub-Zero was thought to be the killer of Scorpion's family, and thus earned his vengeance. Scorpion killed the original Sub-Zero in the first Mortal Kombat tournament. His emotions towards the new one, the first's younger brother, are mixed.
Enemy (Quan-Chi)- Quan-Chi is the true murderer of Scorpion and his family.
Enemy (The Lin Kuei)- Scorpion hates the Lin Kuei in general- his costume is meant as a parody of theirs.
Prejudice (Skeleton)- Scorpion has the face of a monstrous skeleton, and could not pass for an ordinary human without a mask.
Total: Abilities: 68 / Skills: 64--32 / Advantages: 20 / Powers: 37 / Defenses: 12 (169)
"COME 'ERE!!!":
-There are many awesome characters in the Mortal Kombat series, but only one can be the best. And that one is Scorpion. You may disagree, but you are wrong and should deal with it. The funny thing is... his story is a bit of a mess- it seemed like a simple "You killed me; now my ghost seeks revenge!" story, but it soon got mixed up with brothers, betrayals, false pretenses, and more- Scorpion had the most tenuous grip on the overall story of any major character, and thus spent ages just kind of farting around with no purpose, changing alliances depending on the game. He's really the most poorly-written character in the series... but he's also basically Inigo Montoya Ghost Rider Ninja, so he remains the most popular character in the entire series.
Scorpion's Kharacterization:
-Scorpion is a classic archetype- the Vengeful Ghost, hunting Sub-Zero for the murder of himself and his family, and thus acts as a fairly Neutral character- he's not on the side of the heroes at all, and is out for himself, plain and simple. He's arguably the most popular character in the entire series due to the combination of his awesome origin & concept, his cool appearance (though a Hellacious Red probably would have been more fitting than Yellow for his uniform), and of course, his WICKED KOOL Special Moves- Ed Boon voices "COME 'ERE!" and "GET OVER HERE!" while THROWING A HARPOON into the other guy, then DRAGGING their stunned body towards him for a free (and TOASTY!) uppercut. Even Ed Boon admits that Scorpion is his favourite MK character, and that no game is komplete without him (which begs the question as to why they initially kept him out of MK 3). How is this guy NOT the greatest fighting game character ever?
-Funnily enough, Scorpion & Sub-Zero were made into Shang Tsung's minions in the movie, explained away super-quickly as Mind Control ("sworn enemies, now made slaves to my will")- this is a pretty good role for them, though, as they lead to an AWESOME pair of fights (I didn't even mind seeing my favourite lose to my least-favourite, because Movie Cage was awesome and used a shield as a melee weapon), and "Colour Switch Guys" make decent Evil Minions. His Spear is shown as a weird Snake Thing that forces itself out of his palm in a gross visual, and acts as a more generic Blast... at least it would have, had it EVER HIT, but it uses "Comic Book Bladed Weapon Theory", where it's Sharpness is inversely proportional to its Accuracy.
Original Kontinuity:
-Scorpion was once the human known as Hanzo Hasashi, a ninja who was murdered by the Lin Kuei assassin Sub-Zero. Killing him in the first tournament, he was shocked to find a NEW Sub-Zero competing in the second- he travelled to Outworld in order to confront this man, who turned out to be the younger brother of the man he killed. When he witnessed Sub-Zero sparing a defeated opponent, he realized this could not be the man he knew- he instead decided to protect him. This came in handy during MK3, when Scorpion walked free on Earth due to the Netherrealm's invasion of Earthrealm, and simply joined up with Shao Kahn's forces- upon seeing Sub-Zero fighting on behalf of Earth, Scorpion switched sides.
-In Mortal Kombat 4, he was fooled by Quan Chi into thinking that Sub-Zero had murdered his wife and son, and fought to kill him- he only learned the ruse at the end, and dragged Quan Chi into Netherrealm, where he tortured him for years. The remaining games are focused on this blood feud, as Scorpion even gets empowered by the Elder Gods in order to fight the sorcerer. In MK: Armageddon, the Elder Gods resurrect Scorpion and his fallen ninja clan as hellspawned warriors- enraged by what he sees as a betrayal, Scorpion instead turns on his former masters, and decides to murder their two champions, Taven and Daegon. In the end of this continuity, he is killed by Sub-Zero.
New Kontinuity:
-In the new continuity, Scorpion and his family were murdered by Quan Chi, who merely framed Sub-Zero and the Lin Kuei. Quan Chi later directs Scorpion against Sub-Zero repeatedly, though Raiden promises that if the Lin Kuei is spared, then his clan will be returned to live. However, at the last moment, Quan Chi shows him the images of his wife and son's death at Sub-Zero's hands, causing his head to spark aflame with pure rage- he murders a helpless Sub-Zero, reneging on his deal with Raiden, and falls into despair. He ends up fighting the new Sub-Zero in the variant of MK II, but is beaten and realizes this is a new man. He is a minor character, however, and disappears from the narrative, still loyal to Quan Chi.
-In Mortal Kombat X, he and Jax are resurrected into human form by Raiden, and he becomes Hanzo Hasashi once more. He also becomes the trainer and guardian of Kenshi's son Takeda, forming a new Shirai Ryu clan around him. He even learns the truth about Quan Chi's deception, swearing revenge on his old ally, and forming an alliance with Sub-Zero. Finally, he invades the Special Forces camp when they capture Quan Chi, beats everyone who tries to stop him, spears the sorcerer, then decapitates him, finally ending his Roaring Rampage of Revenge. However, his actions allow Quan Chi to resurrect Shinnok, setting up the Endgame of MK X.
-Scorpion & Sub-Zero take part in the "Lin Kuei" subplot in MK 11, taking on Frost & Cyrax in their desire to build Kronika a cybernetic ninja army. They beat the villains, then Noob Saibot & Sektor, finally joining the others as backgrounders. However, a past version of Scorpion (still a revenant) is brought forth by Kronika's time-quake, and promptly joins the villainess with the promise of his family's restoration. Here, he becomes a glorified Mook, getting beaten by Liu Kang or Kung Lao, then Jade. However, the elder Hanzo is poisoned by D'Vorah's pincers, and dies in the arms of the revenant, telling him that "Shirai Ryu warriors are defined by their heart, not blood"- this causes the early Scorpion to turn back to the side of good, hilariously circling his never-ending "Heel/Face-Turn" stuff AGAIN.
Kombat Stats:
-Scorpion is an elite, dangerous warrior, who would easily hold his own in the Street Fighter or Marvel Universes as well. Despite being kinda-Undead, he's still vulnerable to poisons, nut-punches and assorted other Fortitude Effects (and can even throw up!), so he's still got a Fortitude Save. Otherwise, he's effectively like Sub-Zero but with some other attacks (the Spear is a mini-Blast combined with Move Object & a Stunning Affliktion) and traits.