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[[Image:CageFriendship.png|thumb|230px|Johnny Cage giving Raiden an autographed picture for his Friendship in ''Mortal Kombat II'']] |
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[[Image:CyraxFriendship.png|thumb|230px|Cyrax performing the Charleston dance as his Friendship for Kano in ''Mortal Kombat 3'']] |
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A '''Friendship''' is a [[finishing move]] introduced in ''[[Mortal Kombat II]]'' in order to soften the violence and the controversy that surrounded the [[Fatality (Mortal Kombat)|Fatality]] in the original ''[[Mortal Kombat]]''. Friendships allowed players to perform an act of friendship and goodwill towards their opponent rather than kill them after winning the match. This included giving a present, blowing bubbles, and turning into a snowman. To perform a Friendship, when the opponent is defeated, the player must perform a special button combination for their character and have won that round using only High or Low Kick. In ''[[Mortal Kombat 3]]'' and its updates, ''[[Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3]]'' and ''[[Mortal Kombat Trilogy]]'', the player had to win the round without using Block. |
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Whenever a Friendship was performed in ''MKII'', the announcer (the voice of [[Shao Kahn]]) was heard incredulously muttering, "Friendship. ''Friendship?''" while large, multicolored balloon letters would wiggle on the screen stating the name of the finishing move. When Friendships returned in ''MK3'' and its updates, the announcer responded, "Friendship. ''Friendship, again?''" in disbelief that such a thing would reappear in another game. |
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It is generally accepted that the introduction of Friendships to the ''Mortal Kombat'' series was intended to mock the parental outcry that the game was too violent, similar to [[Babality|Babalities]]. However, they were dropped from later games as the series returned to its dark roots, from ''[[Mortal Kombat 4]]'' onward. They appeared in ''[[Mortal Kombat II]]'', ''[[Mortal Kombat 3]]'', [[Mortal Kombat Trilogy]], and ''[[Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3]]''. |
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They make a quasi-cameo in MK:D's Puzzle Kombat, where the characters sometimes hand their foe an exploding gift. This partially mimics Baraka's Friendship in the regular Mortal Kombat games, with the exception that the "gifts" are offered during the fight, instead of after the fight is decided, and they explode. Also, in ''[[Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks]]'', one of Kung Lao's fatalities refers to his ''MK2'' Friendship; after he pulls the rabbit out of his hat, the opponent makes a gesture as if not wanting it. Kung Lao then proceeds to smack the opponent to bits with the rabbit itself. He also has a hidden variation of this fatality not displayed in the ingame fatality list where he tosses the rabbit to the opponent, which then proceeds to savagely assault them, ''[[Monty_Python_and_the_Holy_Grail|Monty Python]]'' style. |
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===Notable Friendships=== |
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*[[Baraka (Mortal Kombat)|Baraka]]: give his opponent a birthday gift |
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*[[Johnny Cage]]: gives an autographed photo, which reads "To my best fan! Cage" |
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*[[Classic Sub-Zero]]: scares the opponent with a snowman in a jack-in-the-box (''MKT'') |
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*[[Cyrax]]: dances the [[Charleston (dance)|Charleston]] |
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*[[Ermac]]: creates a rabbit (''MKT''), scares the opponent with a computer in a jack-in-the-box (''MKA'') |
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*[[Jade (Mortal Kombat)|Jade]]: pogo jumps with her staff |
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*[[Jax (Mortal Kombat)|Jax]]: cuts out some paper origami dolls (''MKII''), plays jumprope (''MK3'') |
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*[[Kabal (Mortal Kombat)|Kabal]]: uses one of his hookswords to roast a marshmallow |
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*[[Kano (Mortal Kombat)|Kano]]: blows a bubble with gum, and it pops on his face |
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*[[Kitana (Mortal Kombat)|Kitana]]: gives the opponent a cake (''MKII''), blows bubbles at the opponent (''UMK3'') |
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*[[Kung Lao]]: pulls a rabbit out of his hat (''MKII''), plays fetch with a dog using his hat as a frisbee, and the dog appears to catch the bladed hat off screen as a yelp is heard then Kung Lao winces and shakes his head (''MK3'') |
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*[[Liu Kang]]: breaks out into a [[disco]] dance (''MKII''), makes a shadow puppet of the MK dragon symbol (''MK3'') |
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[[Image:MKard11.jpg|thumb|Mileena's ''Flower Power'' Friendship card in ''[[Mortal Kombat Kard Game|MKKG]]'']] |
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*[[Mileena]]: waters the ground near her feet to grow some flowers (''MK2''), looks at her unmasked face at a mirror, which shatters (''UMK3'') |
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*[[Nightwolf]]: He performs a [[Raiden (Mortal Kombat)|Raiden]] transformation, as a ''Mortal Kombat II'' arcade falls from the sky behind him (accompanied by the caption "I've never seen a Kano transformation" or "No, but I can do a Raiden transformation"). However, in the [[Nintendo 64]] version of ''Mortal Kombat Trilogy'', he instead juggles tomahawks |
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*[[Noob Saibot]]: plays bowling (''MKT'') |
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*[[Raiden (Mortal Kombat)|Raiden]]: summons an infant version of himself called "[[List_of_minor_Mortal_Kombat_characters#Kidd_Thunder|Kidd Thunder]]". It was mentioned in the MK Card Games by BradyGames that he is Raiden's "favorite nephew". |
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*[[Rain (Mortal Kombat)|Rain]]: summons water drops |
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*[[Reptile (Mortal Kombat)|Reptile]]: shows a Reptile doll, advertising it with the message "Buy a Reptile doll" (''MKII''), scares the opponent with a snake in a jack-in-the-box (''UMK3'') |
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*[[Scorpion (Mortal Kombat)|Scorpion]]: shows a Scorpion doll, advertising it with the message "Buy a Scorpion doll" (''MKII''), scares the opponent with a skull in a jack-in-the-box (''UMK3'') |
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*[[Sektor]]: hits a might test pole. |
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*[[Shang Tsung]]: makes a rainbow with his hands (''MKII''), turns into the main character of the retro game ''[[Joust (video game)|Joust]]''. (''MK3'') |
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*[[Sheeva]]: spins plates on sticks held with each of her hands. |
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*[[Sindel]]: kicks a football and states, "That was fun!" |
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*[[Smoke]] (in his roboticized form): blows a loud horn. |
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*[[Sonya Blade|Sonya]]: waves her arms back-and-forth (''MK3''), a row of flowers grow (''UMK3'', ''MKT'') |
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*[[Kurtis Stryker|Stryker]]: In MK3, Stryker pulls out a school crossing sign and all the MK3 characters run across the screen. In [[Mortal Kombat Trilogy]], all the ninjas (male, female and cyborg) run across. However, in the Nintendo 64 version of ''Trilogy'', a dog pulling a small red wagon passes through holding baby versions of Sub-Zero, Sindel, and Jax. |
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*[[Sub-Zero (Mortal Kombat)|Sub-Zero]]: shows a Sub-Zero doll, advertising it with the message "Buy a Sub-Zero doll" (''MKII''), covers himself up in a snowman (''MK3'') |
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