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Good job.
Shang's badass.

Woot! I was wondering how much longer it'd be until a Shang Tsung thread was made. If it had been much longer, I would've made a thread for him myself.

Although his fighting styles (in the latest MK games) may seem strange and what not, that doesn't change what he was from the beginning, and needless to say, they're very good if used correctly (example: You can do more damage to opponents if you perform Snake combos on them while they're still in the air), and although there's other MK villains like Shao Kahn and what not who have shown themselves to be more powerful, Shang still remains one of the deadliest enemies in Mortal Kombat, with his ability to steal souls, and then some.

The modern Shang Tsung was definitely at his best in the Armageddon intro, as he held more than his own against the zombie Liu Kang.

As for outside the games, my favorite version of Shang is definitely the one from Mortal Kombat Conquest (a live action TV series in the 90's that was cancelled after the 1st season due to budgeting problems), who was played by Bruce Locke. IMO, the one in the 1st movie kinda sucked in comparison.

Example of MKC Shang's awesomeness (with a couple scenes from the movie):

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Awesome video. I loved the tv series. Shang was kicking ass there, also it was nice to learn his origin.

He was better in the first movie in my view. Much more imposing and sinister. From his intro where he owns Liu's brother and casually breaks his back to the infamous "your soul...is mine!" scene to when he finally battles Liu Kang, he was win.

Shang would WTFpwn Hayabusa with his mallet, lolz.

Originally posted by Sam Z
Awesome video. I loved the tv series.
Thanks, and you used to watch MKC too? Woot! I thought I was the only one here until now.

Originally posted by Sam Z
Shang was kicking ass there
Yep. Bruce Locke did an awesome job of portraying Shang's character in that series, and like you said, he was kicking ass there.

Originally posted by Sam Z
also it was nice to learn his origin.
Agreed. It was nice to learn Scorpion and Sub-zero's origin in that series too.
Nice Teen Titans sig of B.B. and Raven by the way.

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*posts a couple other cool Shang Tsung videos while I'm at it*

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Originally posted by Shin_Nikkolas
From his intro where he owns Liu's brother and casually breaks his back to the infamous "your soul...is mine!" scene to when he finally battles Liu Kang, he was win.
Hmm... guess I can't argue with ya there, though to me, he was more imposing and sinister in MKC.

To each his own, I guess.

Originally posted by Ridley_Prime
Thanks, and you used to watch MKC too? Woot! I thought I was the only one here until now.
Watch?? Being an MK fanatic I BOUGHT the entire show on DVDs so now I can watch it whenever I want.

Originally posted by Ridley_Prime
Yep. Bruce Locke did an awesome job of portraying Shang's character in that series, and like you said, he was kicking ass there.
I personally liked Locke as Shang much better than Tagawa, he looks more like Shang from old MK games.

Originally posted by Ridley_Prime
Agreed. It was nice to learn Scorpion and Sub-zero's origin in that series too.
Yeah, loved their fights and the fact that we didn't get a clear winner. Gives an opportunity for speculations.

Originally posted by Ridley_Prime
Nice Teen Titans sig of B.B. and Raven by the way. Thanks Normally I don't get much into toon chars but these two crack me up.

Originally posted by Ridley_Prime
*posts a couple other cool Shang Tsung videos while I'm at it*

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I always said that Shang should've kept the leather jacket, looks much cooler than his normal outfit.

Originally posted by Sam Z
Watch?? Being an MK fanatic I BOUGHT the entire show on DVDs so now I can watch it whenever I want.
Huh. Nice...
I never saw a DVD/video series of MKC though, and from what I read on wiki, MKC DVDs were only available in Australia or something.

Meh. At least they have all the episodes posted on youtube.

Besides Shang Tsung and Scorpion (or Taketa as he was originally called), my favorite character in that series was probably Siro, but they should've had him win more instead of just Kung Lao pwning all the time.

Originally posted by Sam Z
I personally liked Locke as Shang much better than Tagawa, he looks more like Shang from old MK games.
Yep, and in the episode where Master Cho (known as Bo Rai Cho in the games) temporarily disabled Shang from maintaining his youth, he greatly resembled the Shang Tsung from the 1st MK game.

Originally posted by Sam Z
Yeah, loved their fights and the fact that we didn't get a clear winner. Gives an opportunity for speculations.
Heh. Yep... though it's too bad they had to cancel the episode with Smoke (which the Lin Kuei apparently summoned to hunt down Sub-zero for betraying them), as it would've been nice to see how the human Smoke would fight in a live action movie/show (as opposed to his robot form that appeared in MK Annihilation). I'm guessing that episode was supposed to have been in the 2nd season, but they had to cancel that season due to budgeting problems that the producers/directors of the show had (from what I heard), so instead they just gave a cliff-hanger ending of Shao Kahn beating Raiden (who lost his powers due to unknowing fighting in Outworld) and the Shadow Priests killing everyone else.

What's funny is that in the storyline of the games, Shang Tsung was actually the master of the Shadow Priests (and used to lead them or whatever under Shao Kahn, before the events of Deadly Alliance) and was more powerful than them too, but in MKC, the Shadow Priests were physically invincible. One of them somehow 'countered' Shang Tsung's soul-stealing technique with their own magic...

Originally posted by Sam Z
Thanks Normally I don't get much into toon chars but these two crack me up.
Heh. I can see why...

Originally posted by Sam Z
I always said that Shang should've kept the leather jacket, looks much cooler than his normal outfit.
Agreed, though as far as the games go, I like his red outfit best (from the latest titles that come after MK4), but still prefer the leather jacket most.

Originally posted by shin_gear
Shang would WTFpwn Hayabusa with his mallet, lolz. Co-signed.

*shameless bump*

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In the Mortal Kombat Conquest series, Shang Tsung puts up a somewhat decent fight against his former mentor, Master Cho (known as Bo Rai Cho in Deadly Alliance, Deception, and Armageddon, but Master Cho is simply a prototype of that character).

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Shang may have lost (though he beats Cho in a rematch later on in that episode, which I don't see a video of), but it was still a pretty epic fight nonetheless (for the time of the show's airing at least). Plus, I love the quote "All your evil. This is where it began, there is where it will end".

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Shang Tsung temporarily teams up with the Great Kung Lao to defeat Kreeya (a very powerful female warrior, exclusive only to the MK TV series) :

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Shang owns Reptile 31 (which I believe I posted in the Reptile respect thread, but whatever). Still a victory for Tsung.

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Shang is at his prime in the Armageddon intro, as he basically owns the zombie Liu Kang before getting attacked by surprise at the end. He also defends himself against Shao Kahn before that. Seeing as how well he did there, Tsung probably wouldn't have even needed Onaga's help to deal with Kahn.

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Respect Shang Tsung, the most badass sorceror in the series, and the first real villain in all of Mortal Kombat! clap

Random trivia: It was Shang Tsung's sorcerory that created the "secret character" in MK4 whom we came to know as Meat in Armageddon.

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He also created Mileena, according to her MK2 ending.

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Haven't seen a character who Quan Chi created with his sorcerory though.

Originally posted by Ridley_Prime
Haven't seen a character who Quan Chi created with his sorcerory though.
Oh, wait. Forgot about Quan Chi's 3 personal assassins. They don't really count though since Sareena's the only one you ever get to play as (in Armageddon only). She turns on Quan Chi anyhow, and joins the Lin Kuei. Anyhow...


Shang Tsung's THE JUGGERNAUT, B*TCH!

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Kintaro fireball fatality:

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Shang Tsung fatality theater:

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Originally posted by Snafu the Great
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Empowered by the godlike energy he received from Blaze, Shang Tsung found that he could alter the forms of others. Enraged that he was denied the prize, Shao Kahn charged the sorcerer. With a gesture of his hand, Shang Tsung transformed his former master into a centaur slave. Shang Tsung had become the ruler of Outworld at last.
This, you mean?

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Well, at least you got his Armageddon bio posted in the 1st post.

Oh, yeah. Gotta love how Tsung mercilessly kills Liu Kang's younger brother, Chan (starting at 1:20).

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"You will be next."
Gotta love that line as well.

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There's also this. Shang Tsung making major appearances in Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins, which is basically an animated film released by Threshold Entertainment in 1995, as an unofficial prequel to the feature film that debuted the same year, and featured not only traditional 2D cell animation, but also motion capture and CGI to tell the origins behind several of the major characters, including Shang Tsung's. It's composed of 4 parts on YouTube.

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Yet another good wallpaper.

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He really does look like a "demon" sorceror there.

Originally posted by shin_gear
Shang would WTFpwn Hayabusa with his mallet, lolz. ...co-signed.

Shang Tsung trading card. This one's one of my favorites.

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lawl An army of Doomsdays.

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Nothing without Goro huh?

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Owns Johnny Cage (in his MK2 guise).

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The moment when Tsung gets his youth and the rest of his powers restored. Also officially introduces Kintaro.

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What? You thought Shang was originally from Outworld? He's originally Chinese. Also, Shang's Flaming Skulls are the souls of his victims.

Nah, I pretty much figured he was originally human.

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Originally posted by Ridley_Prime
Owns Johnny Cage (in his MK2 guise).

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Nice... Forgot I even posted this badass scan.

well i kinda hated the malibu comics, i mean liu kang, johny cage, sonya, kitana ,jax, kung lao were all bad asses but all the others got there asses handed to them, reptile scorpion sub zero just jobbed to everyone not to mention scorpion got owned by sub zero every time they fought it wasnt even a fight it was pure ownege for sub zero

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Welcome back, Mr. Tagawa.

Over a decade after his badass potrayal of Shang Tsung, Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa reprises his role in Mortal Kombat Legacy. Although it is a different portrayal of Shang, it's good to see him back in the role.

Awesome!