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'''''Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance''''' is the fifth canonical installment in the ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' franchise, released for [[Game Cube]], [[Game Boy Advance]], [[PlayStation 2]]
''Scorpion'''s ending in ''Mortal Kombat 4'' shows ''Quan Chi'' being imprisoned in the Netherrealm -- but he escapes this fate, and in the process, he discovers an ancient tomb with the mummified remains of Onaga the Dragon King, the first emperor of Outworld (and the dragon portrayed in the franchise's logo). Quan Chi figures out how to resurrect Onaga's dark army -- the souls of various warriors must be implanted into the army's dead bodies -- and he strikes a deal with ''Shang Tsung'' to gain immortality in exchange for Tsung's help. The [[Title Drop|deadly alliance]] has two major problems in its path -- Shao Kahn and Liu Kang -- but they are taken care of in short order: [[Back Stab|Kahn is killed while the duo swears a false allegiance to him]], and [[Our Hero Is Dead|Liu Kang is killed]] when Tsung disguises himself as ''Kung Lao'' and approaches a none-the-wiser Kang. After consuming their souls, Tsung and Quan Chi return to Outworld and begin their plans to resurrect Onaga and his fallen army -- which is when Raiden gathers together Earthrealm's strongest warriors to stop them.
With the exception of Shao Kahn and Liu Kang, ''Deadly Alliance'' features all of the characters mentioned above (''[[Big Bad Duumvirate|Quan Chi, Shang Tsung]]'', ''[[The Mentor|Raiden]]'', ''[[Like a Badass Out of Hell|Scorpion]]'', and ''[[Nice Hat|Kung Lao]]''), as well as ''[[Fake Ultimate Hero|Johnny Cage]]'', ''[[An Ice Person|Sub-Zero]]'', ''[[Good-Looking Privates|Sonya Blade]]'', ''[[Psycho for Hire|Kano]]'', ''[[Badass Princess|Kitana]]'', ''[[Become a Real Boy|Cyrax]]'', ''[[Colonel Badass|Jax]]''
Although still suffering from [[Polygon Ceiling]] problems, ''Deadly Alliance'' was praised as the ''Mortal Kombat'' game which resurrected the franchise as a whole after the failures of ''[[Mortal Kombat 4|Mortal Kombat Gold]]'' and ''[[Mortal Kombat: Special Forces|Mortal Kombat Special Forces]]''. It was the first game to include a [[Stance System]] -- which allowed fighters to switch between two separate fighting stances and a weapon-based stance -- and it also dropped the Running/the Run meter.
Two versions of this game were released for the [[Game Boy Advance]]. The first, which is named the same as this game, features ''Shang Tsung'', ''Quan Chi'', and ''Scorpion'' being included in both versions. ''
Followed by '''[[Mortal Kombat: Deception]]'''.
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* {{spoiler|[[The Bad Guy Wins]]: The titular Deadly Alliance of Quan Chi and Shang Tsung manage to bring [[Back from the Dead]] all of Outworld's ancient army
* [[Big Bad Duumvirate]]: The "Deadly Alliance" of Quan Chi and Shang Tsung.
* [[Concept Art Gallery]]
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* [[Secret Character]]: Lots of them, including [[The Protagonist]], Raiden.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Check [[Mortal Kombat/Shout Out|the page]].
* [[Shown Their Work]]: ''A lot'' of effort and research went into the implementation of a multiple [[Real Life]] martial arts and weapon styles in this game, ''Deception''
* [[Shows Damage]]: Though it's just the characters bleeding nonstop.
* [[SNK Boss]]: Moloch. Quan Chi and Shang Tsung can't match him.
* [[Stance System]]: ''
* [[Status Buff]]: Each style had its own unique personal action (such as shoving away blocking opponents, hastily putting space between combatants, parrying attacks to leave enemies open for a hit, [[Bring It|taun]][[I Shall Taunt You|ting]] to regain some health), including techniques that could briefly power up all attacks. [[Mortal Kombat: Deception|Havik]] and a few characters in ''Armageddon'' have access to either these techniques or the self-healing taunts.
* [[Stock Scream]]: The infamous, widely-used [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf6_hok4-lo Howie Long scream] and an oft-used female scream can be randomly heard among the screamers in The Krypt.
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* [[Title Drop]]: The last line of the intro.
{{quote|'''Raiden:''' ''"We must act now; we must stop this Deadly Alliance."''}}
* [[Unwitting Instigator of Doom]]:
** Moloch and Drahmin. After Scorpion makes a truce with the younger Sub-Zero and drags Quan Chi back to the Netherrealm (as seen in ''4''), he starts chasing the wizard throughout the lands, beating the white off of his ass as repayment for killing his family (this is shown in ''Deception'''s Konquest mode). The two onis stop Scorpion, allowing Quan Chi to flee and discover Onaga's tomb. ''They are indirectly responsible for jumpstarting a [[Wham! Episode]] that has continued [[Mortal Kombat 9|to the present day]].''
** There ''are'' other factors, such as Nitara leading Reptile astray (according to his bio, Reptile knew of the Deadly Alliance's assassination attempt on Shao Kahn and would've been able to stop them had he not been sidetracked), but most of the blame can be traced back to the two Oni, as they prevented Scorpion from killing Quan Chi.
* [[Villain Opening Scene]]
* [[Wham! Episode]]: This was the straw that broke the camel's back. To put this into perspective, [[Mortal Kombat: Deception|three]] [[Mortal Kombat Armageddon|games]] [[Mortal Kombat 9|later]], and we are ''still'' dealing with the repercussions of ''one'' event.
* [[The Worf Effect]]: How are we told that we need to take the Deadly Alliance seriously? They kill Liu Kang and [[Big Bad|Shao Kahn]] in the opening movie. {{spoiler|However, the Kahn they killed was [[Actually a Doombot]] whereas Liu Kang gets better... [[Came Back Wrong|Kinda]]
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