Mortal Kombat’s Scorpion is iconic, there’s no doubt about it. You all know who he is. When Mortal Kombat 2 came out, with Scorpion separating an enemy’s torso from their bottom half in brutal fashion, it caused such a stir that the ESRB became a thing because of it. Just like Prince’s Darling Nikki kicking off the ‘parental advisory’ sticker for music, Mortal Kombat’s Scorpion caused a swathe of pearl-clutching.
But before we dive into his bloody fatalities, you might want to check out our Mortal Kombat 1 characters, Mortal Kombat Mileena, Mortal Kombat Sonya, Mortal Kombat Sub-Zero, and Mortal Kombat fatalities guides.
Here are all of Scorpion’s fatalities in Mortal Kombat, starting with his most famous.
Toasty!
Toasty is for sure the most famous of Scorpion’s fatalities (seriously, we all know it, even if you’re not an MK fan). There are different variations of gruesomeness, with higher graphical fidelity allowing Scorpion’s enemies to die all the more viscerally. But one thing always stays – Scorpion rips off his face, shows his skull, breathes fire, then shouts ‘toasty!’ Lovely stuff.
Annihilation
Annihilation is one of the weirder fatalities, at least back in the day. Scorpion summons numerous copies of himself from below the earth, before they crowd the enemy. In the N64 version, as you can see above, it just fades to black. Maybe they’re having a big group hug? Yeah, let’s go with that.
Boss Fatality
The wonderful thing about Mortal Kombat fatalities is that they’ve always been sort of funny, and Scorpion’s Boss Fatality is no different, as he harpoons his enemy before slamming them against a skull-infested wall ready for some torture. Yeah, that’ll show ’em whose boss.
Chain Reaction
Mortal Kombat’s Scorpion isn’t exactly known for subtlety, and that’s very clear in his Chain Reaction fatality. As he spears his enemy, Scorpion then leaps over them, wrapping the chain between their legs, and using it to split them in two horizontally. Crikey.
Hell Hand
Hell Hand is one of Scorpion’s more interesting fatalities, as he’s not using his spear or setting anything on fire. Instead, as the name implies, he summons a huge, fiery, skeletal hand to drag his opponent to hell. Meanwhile, he looks as though he’s practicing to be a ballerina at the side. It baffles me, and I love it.
Hellish Dismemberment
Okay, now you’re getting to see just how violent Scorpion can be. He goes for torture and pain with this fatality, there’s no question about that, as he launches his spear chain at his opponent’s arm, pulling it clean off. As if that doesn’t get enough blood flowing, he then launches the spear at his victim’s foot, tearing their leg off. That all sounds horrific, right? Well, our pal Scorpion isn’t done yet, as to
