Mortal Kombat 11 (2019 Video Game)

Richard Epcar: Raiden, The Joker

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• Raiden : Kronika had manipulated me. In timeline after timeline, she stoked my anger and fed my arrogance, turning me against Liu Kang. My nose rubbed in my own fallibility, I was humbled. How could I be worthy to accept the mantle as Keeper of Time? I thought to control time and destiny fairly, I must purge myself of all human emotion. Summoning the strongest magic, I burned away my fear and anger. All that remained was pure logic. But I learned quickly that the logical choice is often not the just choice. Unless tampered by compassion and heart, logic leads to decisions no better than those based on anger or fear. Now I am once more at time's beginning. But on this journey through history, I will infuse logic with love. In this timeline, I will finally achieve peace for the citizens of all realms.

• The Joker : Why, aren't you just as cute as a button.

  Cassie Cage : And aren't you just as creepy as fuck.

  The Joker : Flattery will get you nowhere, dearie.

• The Joker : Bats would say that I'm a bad boy, to kill without a reason. But bodies stacked high never gets old. Death is open season!

• The Joker : This was my dream vacation. I saw mayhem, mutilation. It was all a gas... .for a while. But these nincompoops? They didn't really GET me. Not even that pretty boy, Ninja Mime. Good night sweet prince! I'd finished just everyone about worth finishing in Earthrealm and Outworld. Even lovable old Netherrealm. I was a lonely heart in search of new friends. But as luck would have it, I had just the gizmo to find them. And oh, how the Hourglass spoiled me! Havik and I are going to be bosom buddies. And what's that? My new pal knows an entire realm dedicated to law and order? And he exists only to disrupt it? Well I say, he and I need to get busy! Meet the League of Misunderstood Maniacs! We're giving Orderrealm an enema. And when we're done, who knows where we'll crash next. Maybe we'll come to your house and slip live grenades under your pillow. Maybe we'll gut your favorite pet. Or maybe we'll just... .break your TV right now! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

• The Joker : Love the feathers. Do you talk to birds?

  Kotal Kahn : A ludicrous suggestion, jester.

  The Joker : Really? I know a king who talks to fish.

• Raiden : I must consult with the Elder Gods.

• Shinnok : [First line] 

  [Shinnok is being tortured by Dark Raiden] 

  Shinnok : You should thank me, Raiden. Our battle changed you... for the better!

  Raiden : [Electrocutes Shinnok]  Be silent, Shinnok!

  Shinnok : But you wear my amulet. Finally, you embrace the truth the Elder Gods deny. The truth I was cast out for speaking!

  Raiden : The truth I embrace, Shinnok, is that mercy is wasted on those who defile Earthrealm. I will destroy our enemies before they destroy us... starting with you!

  Shinnok : [laughs]  How, Raiden? Not even you can kill an Elder God.

  Raiden : [Raiden produces a lightning blade; before decapitating Shinnok]  There are fates worse than death!

• Raiden : Who sent you here, Scorpion?

  Scorpion : My future self is dead. I am here at his behest.

  Liu Kang : Grandmaster Hasashi sent you?

  Scorpion : I honor his dying wish. Kharon will ferry your armies to the Isle of Kronika. We must leave at once.

  Raiden : Do you have proof of Kharon's offer?

  Scorpion : Only my word.

  Raiden : Your word is worthless! At the tournament, I trusted you to spare Bi-Han, and you betrayed me!

  Scorpion : A mistake born of rage. I seek redemption.

  Raiden : Lies, Scorpion! You are a slave! And Kronika is your master!

• Raiden : [Using Shinnok's amulet on Past Scorpion]  Now, Scorpion! The truth!

  Liu Kang : Raiden, stop this!

  Raiden : Step aside, Liu Kang.

  Liu Kang : Put down the amulet! Its darkness is taking hold of you!

  Raiden : [Attacks Liu Kang with Shinnok's amulet]  Our time has run out! I do what I must to save Earthrealm! Stay down!

  Liu Kang : This is not the way! Scorpion is not the enemy this time!

  Raiden : Liu Kang, do not interfere!

  [Raiden and Liu Kang fight; Raiden wins] 

  Raiden : Do not force my hand, Liu Kang! The realms hang in the balance! To defend them, I must command order!

  Liu Kang : I thought it impossible, but the Revenants were right. You cannot be trusted!

  Raiden : I do not need trust! I DEMAND OBEDIENCE!

  [His lightning turns red] 

  Liu Kang : Enough of your madness. If you must die, so be it.

  Raiden : [Raiden stops; his red lightning fades back to blue]  This... this has happened before...

• Raiden : To ensure Earthrealm's survival, we must all be willing to sacrifice.

  Johnny Cage : [sighs]  You know, it's been two years too much of your grim and gritty makeover, droning on about sacrifice. You don't have a family to lose.

  Raiden : I know loss, Johnny Cage.

• Geras : [Raiden has dropped an anchor, about to pull Geras into the Sea of Blood]  Drowning cannot kill me, Raiden!

  Raiden : That is unfortunate for you. The Sea of Blood is bottomless. You will fall forever.

• The Joker : Those blades, those teeth!

  Baraka : Realizing the ways I can kill you.

  The Joker : The bucks I'll make selling them in Gotham!

• The Joker : You son of a bitch. You stole my face!

  Shang Tsung : I could steal a lot more, clown.

  The Joker : Never rub a man's rhubarb.

• Spawn : No more jokes, no more laughs.

  The Joker : Sounds like you've got a case of the grumps.

  Spawn : I fucking hate clowns.

• Spawn : Your angel of death awaits.

  The Joker : You can't kill me! Heroes have moral codes.

  Spawn : Who said I was a hero?

• The Joker : You look like a hugger. Bring it in.

  Spawn : I'll turn you inside out ass first, clown.

  The Joker : I love it when they talk dirty.

• Fujin : Brother, it is past time we talked.

  Raiden : Is that what this is? Talking?

  Fujin : As I said, it is past time.

• Sindel : You may have the privilege of serving me.

  The Joker : Hahahahahaha!

  Sindel : Did I say something funny?

• The Joker : You know, you remind me of Bats.

  The Terminator : Who is Bats?

  The Joker : Just another jerk with no sense of humor.

• Raiden : Why are we listening to this snake?

  Shang Tsung : Because I am a snake whose toiled besides Kronika, learning her secrets. I know them. Do you?

• Raiden : [Blasts Shang Tsung with Shinnok's amulet]  Now, Shang Tsung! The truth!

  Liu Kang : Raiden, stop this!

  Raiden : Step aside, Liu Kang.

  Liu Kang : Put down the amulet! Its darkness is taking hold of you!

  Raiden : [Blasts Liu Kang with the amulet]  You also betray me!

  Liu Kang : This is not the way! Shang Tsung is not the enemy this time!

  Raiden : [Before he can blast Liu Kang again, Fujin interferes]  The Realms hang in the balance and you form this unholy alliance?

  [Raiden's lightning turns red] 

  Raiden : Enough of this madness! If you both must die, so be it!

• Raiden : Your illusion bores me, Shang Tsung.

  Raiden : That evil sorcerer is long dead.

  Raiden : Just who are you, imposter?

• [the guard brings someone in chains to Kotal's feet] 

  Kotal Kahn : For years you escaped my justice. Sucked dry the bounty of Outworld's people. Today, your debt is paid.

  Kollector : Kill me, Kotal, and you lose profit.

  Kotal Kahn : You mistake me for Shao Kahn. I do not inflict bandits upon the poor.

  Kollector : Shao Kahn approved! His word was law!

  [One of the servants brings Kotal his sword] 

  Kotal Kahn : Your master is dead, so is his "law". Never again will Outworld suffer from his corruption.

  [he raises his sword but an earthquake happens. And as we learn its happened everywhere. The Sands of Time bring the younger versions of many Mortal Kombat characters straight from original games] 

  Raiden : By the Elder Gods!

  [He disappears. Only Shinnok's amulet drops on the floor] 

• [the prisoners realize themselves. The Sands of Time bring Skarlet, Erron Black, Baraka, original bald Kano and the ruler of the Netherrealm itself - Shao Kahn. On the other side appears Kitana, Liu Kang, Kung Lao, Jade and Raiden] 

  Kotal Kahn : Raiden? Shao Kahn?

  Shao Kahn : General Kotal?

  Kotal Kahn : Kotal Kahn.

  Shao Kahn : Kahn? Pathetic fool. You pretend to my throne!

  Kotal Kahn : It is mine, by right and deed. You were killed, long ago. As was your repugnant spawn, Mileena.

  Raiden : We were at the Mortal Kombat tournament. Kung Lao had just defeated Shang Tsung and Quan Chi.

  Kotal Kahn : We are decades beyond those events.

  Raiden : For us, they happened only moments ago.

  Shao Kahn : What game are you playing, Raiden? What magic powers this delusion?

  Raiden : If it is a delusion, it is one we all share. Is it possible that the past and future are colliding?

  Kotal Kahn : Kitana, Baraka, Skarlet, all Outworld champions long since gone. If you have all returned, has...?

  Jade : I am here, Kotal.

  Kotal Kahn : Jade.

  [Shao Kahn pushes Jade behind] 

  Kotal Kahn : Osh-Tekk custom requires all refugees be offered assistance. I offer it to you, Shao Kahn...

  Shao Kahn : I am no refugee! I am Kahn of Outworld. Vacate my throne. Or I'll soak these sands with your blood!

  [They have a fight] 

  Liu Kang : Lord Raiden? What do we do?

  Raiden : I have not met Kotal. But he is reputed to be a man of honor.

  Jade : It's true. I know him well.

  Raiden : Then we must navigate this crisis by aiding him.

  Baraka : Stupid Osh-Tekk. Destroying your future, crossing Shao Kahn.

  Kotal Kahn : It is you with no future, Baraka. Your Tarkatans are dead.

  Baraka : Impossible!

  Kotal Kahn : They allied with Mileena against me. Persist, and you will die again.

• Kotal Kahn : Kotal Kahn: You are Kahn no more.

  [a cloud of flies appears in the sky. Flies restrain the fighters and Kotal himself. Di'vorah appears from the portal] 

  Kotal Kahn : D'Vorah.

  D'Vorah : Shao Kahn! To me!

  [Shao Kahn and his army leaves] 

  Kotal Kahn : I have not known stranger days.

  Raiden : Kotal Kahn. I am Raiden, Protector of Earthrealm.

  Kotal Kahn : I know you.

  Raiden : We are acquainted in your era?

  Kotal Kahn : We were allies who became enemies.

  Raiden : I am surprised, given our shared antipathy toward Shao Kahn.

  Kotal Kahn : Everything changed after your defeat of Shinnok.

  Liu Kang : Shinnok's defeated?

  Kotal Kahn : Our realms joined to fight him. But in victory, you were hardened. To protect Earthrealm, you lashed out at all realms you deemed threats.

  Raiden : That cannot be.

  Kotal Kahn : My Raiden wears Shinnok's Amulet as a symbol of his fury.

  Raiden : Be assured, Kotal Kahn. I am not that Raiden. We have common cause. Both in solving this temporal crisis, and in defeating Shao Kahn.

  Kotal Kahn : Agreed.

  Raiden : Liu Kang, Kung Lao, and I will return to Earthrealm and learn what temporal anomalies have occurred there. We must better understand the phenomenon we are experiencing.

  Kotal Kahn : I will have my scouts track Shao Kahn.

  Liu Kang : So, this is goodbye.

  Kitana : Only goodbye for now. I can't leave while Shao Kahn threatens Outworld. I must seek justice for what he did to my family, and to all Edenia.

  Liu Kang : I will come back for you. To aid you, Princess.

  [Kitana hugs him. Raiden, Liu Kang and Kung Lao leaves. Meanwhile in Shao Kahn's hideout] 

  Shao Kahn : You evade my questions, D'Vorah. I routed your people. Burned this hive. Yet you aid me.

  Kollector : We can't trust her, Excellency. Kotal Kahn did, and she betrayed him to Shinnok.

  Shao Kahn : Kotal "Kahn" How is it I'm dead and he sits on my throne?

  Kollector : You tried merging Earthrealm into Outworld. The Elder Gods Intervened, and Raiden killed you. That's when Mileena became Kahn.

  D'Vorah : After This One killed your daughter, Kotal claimed the throne.

  Shao Kahn : You killed Mileena? If this is true, you will die!

  Kronika : [Kronika and her servants appears]  D'Vorah is under my protection, Shao Kahn. As are you. I am Kronika.

  Shao Kahn : The legends are true?

  Kronika : I am displeased with how history has unfolded.

  Shao Kahn : So you broke time?

  Kronika : I stopped time. I enlist all those who disdain the current course of history. By merging past and present, we may draw upon allies from both eras.

  Shao Kahn : How will fighting your battles benefit me?

  Kronika : I offer a greater empire in the New Era, Shao Kahn. Raiden will not exist to thwart you.

  Shao Kahn : You can wipe Raiden from history?

  Kronika : It is an immense task, requiring great power and effort. My Hourglass requires protection while I work. Will your Outworld armies defend it?

  Shao Kahn : They shall.

• Liu Kang : Are we the Deadly Alliance?

  Raiden : That is Kronika's Deception.

  Liu Kang : Or a recipe for Armageddon.

• Shang Tsung : [Aftermath Story DLC - Shang Tsung's Ending] 

  [Shang Tsung grabs a defeated Fire God Liu Kang by the throat] 

  Shang Tsung : Breath deeply in your final moments, Chosen One. For now your existence ends in shame! All the power that was once yours is mine... Forever.

  [absorbs Liu Kang's soul; moves on to sculpt The Sands of Time] 

  Shang Tsung : [Crossfade to Shang Tsung's New Era; Dark Raiden and Fujin appear before Shang Tsung]  Speak, minions.

  Raiden : My Lord, your will is done.

  Fujin : Outworld, Earthrealm, the Netherrealm... all are conquered.

  Raiden : Per your command, Chaosrealm and Orderrealm are next. All realms will soon yield to your influence.

  Shang Tsung : [grinning]  It has begun.

• Raiden : How is it you conspire against Kronika? Did her promise of grandeur not suit you?

  Shang Tsung : She wanted me to be her pawn, not her partner. She sculpted my entire existence to serve her, to collect souls for her Crown. When my purpose was served, she betrayed me, casting me into the Void.

  Raiden : Your grievance does not fool me, Shang Tsung.

  Shang Tsung : Then trust that we have a shared interest in breaking Kronika's stranglehold on our destinies.

  Raiden : Inevitably, our interests will diverge.

  Shang Tsung : This alliance is temporary. Have no illusions otherwise.

• The Joker : Well, where have you been hiding?

  Mileena : Do I excite you, Joker?

  The Joker : I can't resist a beauty who's a beast.

• Mileena : You betrayed us, jester!

  The Joker : Well of course I did, Lady Mandible.

  Mileena : I'll chew off your flesh and gnaw your bones!

• The Joker : Grandmaster Blueberry Ice, eh?

  Sub-Zero : Only Johnny Cage may use that name and live.

  The Joker : You're hardly intimidating, snow cone.

• Noob Saibot : The Brotherhood of Shadow is not interested.

  The Joker : Trust me, you could use some comic relief.

  Noob Saibot : You are beneath us, Joker.

• Noob Saibot : You have no soul.

  The Joker : I have two, one of each shoe!

  Noob Saibot : Your 'humor' will die with you.