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Played by Tahj Mowry, the character of T.J. Henderson. As the show’s title suggests, T.J. exhibits exceptional intelligence with an IQ of 180.

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Shao Kahn (often misspelled as Shao Khan) is the Emperor of Outworld, known for his godlike strength, extreme brutality and knowledge of black magic, and serves as the main antagonist in most of the game series and the extended franchise. Like his subordinate Shang Tsung, he has the power to consume others' souls (only told in the primary story line of the series, and never actually physically seen).

A powerful evil sorceror, Shang Tsung is a demonic shapeshifter who absorbs the souls of those he slays in order to maintain his youth and power and is able to change his appearance, including by morphing into other characters while retaining their abilities and movesets in-game.

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Jax is a United States Special Forces major who first appears in Mortal Kombat II to find and rescue his partner Sonya Blade from Outworld and bring Kano into custody, a mission he successfully completes, although Kano soon escapes.

Lieutenant Sonya Blade is one of the main heroes of the MK series. She is a second-generation United States Special Forces officer who formerly served under her own father, Major Herman Blade (other family members include Sonya’s mother, Erica, and twin brother, Daniel). Later, she joined the Outer World Investigation Agency. Her impulsiveness is catalyzed by her superior and good friend Major Jackson “Jax” Briggs.

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Raiden (sometimes spelled Rayden, also known as Lord Raiden) is a video game character in the Mortal Kombat series. Raiden is a thunder god of the Mortal Kombat universe and protector of Earthrealm. He commands many supernatural abilities such as the ability to teleport, control over lightning, and flight.

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Johnny Cage is a video game character from the Mortal Kombat series, introduced in the Mortal Kombat in 1992. The character, whose birth name is John Carlton, is an arrogant, narcissistic and overconfident martial arts film actor who provides the comic relief of the franchise.

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Scorpion is a recurring player and occasional boss character from the Mortal Kombat series, introduced in Mortal Kombat in 1992. In the games, he is an undead ninja spectre looking for revenge for his own death, his family and clan, Shirai Ryu, killed at the hands of their rival clan Lin Kuei and Sub-Zero.

Sub-Zero is a video game character from the Mortal Kombat series and one of the original characters in the first Mortal Kombat game in 1992.

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Jay Park Alludes to the hit single End of The Road by Boyz II Men.
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Jay Park didn’t directly say it,but he does leave the listener with the word Fag in mind with that bar.

Fag: a British colloquialism for cigarette.

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FIGHT! Signifies the start of a Mortal Kombat bout.

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Liu Kang (Chinese: 劉康; pinyin: Liúkāng) is a fictional character from the Mortal Kombat fighting game series. He was introduced in the series' original video game installment in 1992, as a Shaolin monk who enters the Mortal Kombat tournament to save Earthrealm (Earth).

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