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== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
*She is Kitana's evil clone.
*She is Kitana's evil clone.
*She is the first true "daughter" of Shao Khan. Khan has no daughters, but Mileena constantly refers herself as Khan's true daughter, most especially in the official ''Mortal Kombat'' [[comic book]]s. However, she was to later discover along with Kitana that she was simply a grotesque clone made in Kitana's image in a special official comic book based solely around Kitana and Mileena.
*She is the first true "daughter" of Shao Kahn. Kahn has no daughters, but Mileena constantly refers herself as Khan's true daughter, most especially in the official ''Mortal Kombat'' [[comic book]]s. However, she was to later discover along with Kitana that she was simply a grotesque clone made in Kitana's image in a special official comic book based solely around Kitana and Mileena.
*Rumored to be Baraka's lover and companion. While there is no clear info to assess the accuracy of that statement, Mileena is however known to associate herself with Baraka.
*Rumored to be Baraka's lover and companion. While there is no clear info to assess the accuracy of that statement, Mileena is however known to associate herself with Baraka.
*Mileena was created by Shang Tsung.
*Mileena was created by Shang Tsung.

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Mileena in Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3.

Mileena is a character in the Mortal Kombat fighting game series.

Place of Origin

Outworld

Race

Mileena is a hybrid of a Tarkatan and Kitana's clone, supposedly created through Shang Tsung's sorcery.

Enemies And Allies

Favorite Weapon

Mileena's favourite weapon is the Sai, a short dagger type weapon. She is very skilled in the art of Sai fighting and carries two of them.

Fighting styles

In Mortal Kombat: Deception, Mileena has mastered the styles Ying Yeung and Mian Chuan. Her weapon is, of course, the sai. She is considered to be higher mid-tier, owing to her ability to maintain a decent ground game with her opponent.

Special Moves

Sai Toss/Soaring Sai (MK2-MK:D): Mileena's signature move. She throws two sais, charged with purple energy, at her opponent. In older games, it was a charged move and could be performed in mid-air.

Teleport Kick/Kick from Above (MK2-MKD): Mileena slides through the ground and quickly hits her opponent from above with a jump kick.

Rolling Thunder (MK2-MKD): Mileena tucks into a ball and rolls toward her opponent. If the move is blocked, she rolls up in the air and leaves a huge opening for an uppercut.

Like Kitana, Mileena uses a suplex throw in MKII and a frankensteiner in UMK3/MKT and Deception.

Alignment

Mileena is in generally on the side of evil. Her actions are either influenced by her loyalty to her "father" Shao Kahn or her own pursuit of power. As of now, it seems unlikely Mileena will change her ways any time soon.

Storyline

After Shao Kahn conquered the realm of Edenia and merged it with Outworld, he decided he would keep the former king's young daughter Kitana alive and raise her as his own. Although Kitana grew up loyal to the emperor, unaware that he had murdered her father, Kahn feared if she should ever discover the truth about her past, she'd turn against him.

Kahn then ordered his sorcerer Shang Tsung to create a more evil, more vicious, and more loyal clone of Kitana who would take her place. Tsung combined Kitana's essence with a Tarkatan's to achieve this purpose. However, something went wrong with the clone's creation and her face deformed into a hideous Tarkatan's mouth. Rather than dispose of her, she was given the name Mileena and introduced as Kitana's lost and scarred twin sister. Instead of replacing Kitana as originally planned, Mileena would be used to watch Kitana and make sure she stays loyal to Kahn.

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Mileena in Mortal Kombat: Deception.

Kitana and Mileena grew up together as Shao Kahn's personal assassins, even though Mileena secretly harbored a growing bitterness and jealousy towards her "twin", who Kahn favored over others. Also at some time during her life, Mileena became the secret ally and possible lover of a Tarkatan warrior named Baraka. As Kahn feared, Kitana did finally discover the truth about her past and family. Although she continued to feign loyalty to Shao Kahn, she secretly plotted and waited for the right time to overthrow him.

During Mortal Kombat II, Shao Kahn began to grow suspicious of Kitana and Mileena was ordered to watch over her sister. After finding out Kitana was indeed conspiring with the Earthrealm warriors, Mileena attacked Kitana, but Kitana proved to be the superior fighter and killed her. Mileena's essence descended into Netherealm (Mortal Kombat's hell), giving her even more reason to hate her sister.

Damned to the Netherealm, Mileena found herself recruited by the fallen Elder God Shinnok. During Mortal Kombat Trilogy, she is resurrected by Shinnok and sent to Earth to spy during Shao Kahn's invasion. She is also granted with the ability to read Kitana's thoughts, however Mileena misses a chance to avenge herself. After Kahn is defeated, Mileena is summoned back to the Netherealm with Noob Saibot, who was also sent to spy on Shao Kahn.

During Mortal Kombat Gold, Mileena assists in Shinnok's invasion of Edenia. Seeing this as a chance to finally prove she is superior to Kitana, Mileena allows her sister to escape Shinnok's dungeons. However, Mileena would again be denied. After Shinnok's defeat, she is again bested by Kitana and secretly locked away in an Edenian prison, perhaps in the hope that she may one day reform.

Mileena remained trapped in a prison until the Dragon King, Onaga, returned and began his own invasion of Edenia. Mileena was freed from her prison by Baraka and then learned that Kitana had been killed in battle with the Deadly Alliance. Mileena joined Onaga and is ordered to pose as Kitana and mislead the princess' armies while Onaga gathered his strength. Mileena accepted, seeing this as a chance to gain some revenge against Kitana. However, as Mileena began her deception, she also began to consider taking control of the armies for herself.

In her Mortal Kombat: Deception ending, she ultimately does decide to take control of the Edenian army after it decimates Baraka's hordes, realizing she could rule as long as they believed she was Kitana. But since Baraka knew the truth, she would need to eliminate him first. She then lures Baraka to the Beetle Lair and kills him. However, in Baraka's ending, it turns out that he actually sent a decoy instead, suspecting Mileena can't be trusted. After she kills the decoy thinking it was Baraka, he ambushes her and rips her to pieces. Whether either ending comes true remains to be seen.

Trivia

  • She is Kitana's evil clone.
  • She is the first true "daughter" of Shao Kahn. Kahn has no daughters, but Mileena constantly refers herself as Khan's true daughter, most especially in the official Mortal Kombat comic books. However, she was to later discover along with Kitana that she was simply a grotesque clone made in Kitana's image in a special official comic book based solely around Kitana and Mileena.
  • Rumored to be Baraka's lover and companion. While there is no clear info to assess the accuracy of that statement, Mileena is however known to associate herself with Baraka.
  • Mileena was created by Shang Tsung.
  • Mileena has heard of Scorpion during her stay in the Netherealm and so he's one of the only people she fears.
  • In Deception, she boasts an alternate outfit that covers less skin than any Mortal Kombat outfit to date.

Movie Appearance

In Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, Mileena (played by Dana Hee) served as an assassin for Shao Kahn. She fought Sonya Blade, who mistook Mileena for Kitana. Sonya killed Mileena, causing the dragon tattoo on Mileena’s shoulder to come to life and quickly disappear. Oddly enough, the similar appearances of Mileena and Kitana are the only connections between the two characters that the movie makes. Mileena's name is never actually mentioned in the movie, but on the DVD release of it, it was mentioned in one of the fight scenes one could select in the Special Features.

Memorable Fatalities

  • Multiple Stabbings - Mileena simply pulls her Sais out and stabs her opponent to death multiple times (MK2).
  • Human Eater - Mileena removes her mask off and eats her opponent (she appears to suck them up somehow). She later on spits out the bones (MK2, UMK3).
  • Nail Shooter - Mileena removes her mask and stuffs her mouth with a bottle full of nails in which she sharpshootingly spits them out at her opponent, impaling them in the process (UMK3, MKG).
  • Sai Throw - Mileena throws an amazing number of sais at her opponent, hitting all areas of the body. Her final throw ends up in her victim's head. This fatality is almost an exact duplicate of Reiko's ninja star fatality (MKG).
  • Head Snack - Mileena removes her veil, then charges at the opponent and bites into their neck. She then tears the head off with her teeth and spits it out on the floor behind her. She then sports a rather grotesque (yet apparently pleased) grin on her blood-covered face, going "Mmmmmm...." before laughing maniacally. (MK:D).
  • Sai kick - Mileena throws her sais into the air and kicks them towards her opponent. The sais drive into the enemy's chest, killing them.
  • Sai Stab - Mileena drives her sais into her own head sideways (MK:D - Hara-Kiri).