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Smoke is a Fictional Character in the '' Mortal Kombat '' Fighting Game series. ABOUT SMOKE A former member of the Lin Kuei clan and a longtime friend of younger Sub-Zero , Smoke debuted in ''Mortal Kombat II'' as a Hidden Character to fight against. He was often spotted in the Living Forest stage in which he (along with Jade ) peeked out of the trees. Like Reptile when he made his appearance, he was simply a grey clad version of Scorpion who moved extremely fast, and puffs of smoke surrounded his body. He would appear randomly before matches, offering clues that would enable the player to fight him, as Reptile had in the original ''Mortal Kombat''. In the official Mortal Kombat II comic by John Tobias , Smoke was revealed to be a Lin Kuei warrior, and the clan itself was depicted as becoming a high-tech organization. '' Mortal Kombat 3 '' continues this in the storyline, where he was once again a hidden character, but accessible to players with the use of a code. In this appearance, he was (and continues to be) a tortured, human soul trapped in the body of a cyborg, being a gray clad variant of Cyrax and Sektor . His most defining feature is the fact that he constantly seems to emit a smoke or vapor. This, combined with his power to teleport and turn invisible, once made him one of the Lin Kuei's top Assassins . STORYLINE Smoke started out as a ninja assassin of the Chinese Lin Kuei clan. He was a friend and ally of the younger Sub-Zero, and had gone with him to Outworld on his mission to kill Shang Tsung . They did not accomplish their mission. When Sub-Zero and Smoke returned to the Lin Kuei, they discovered that their clan had chosen to transform their best warriors into Cyborg s, already performing the procedure on Sektor and Cyrax . Smoke and Sub-Zero turned on their clan and fled. Sub-Zero managed to escape, but Smoke was captured and converted into a cybernetic warrior, designated LK-7T2. Under the programming of the Lin Kuei, Smoke was forced to hunt his old friend. During the events of '' Mortal Kombat Trilogy '' and Shao Kahn 's invasion of Earth, Smoke's fortunes continued to fail him. Although he discovered, with Sub-Zero's help, that he still retained his soul and was in fact one of Raiden 's Chosen warriors and aided Sub-Zero in defeating Cyrax and Sektor, he was captured by Kahn's forces. The inert Smoke was transported to Outworld as a trophy and was locked away in the bowels of Kahn's fortress. Nearly a decade later, however, he was discovered by Noob Saibot . He reactivated the cyborg, whose nanotechnology set about repairing and improving his systems. Reprogramming Smoke to obey only him, Saibot turned the cyber-ninja into both his ally and template for a future army of cyber-demons that was to rise from the Netherealm (see Noob-Smoke ). Although Ashrah 's ending depicted Smoke's innate goodness battling his cyborg programming, Smoke remained paired with Noob until the next game. In '''''s Konquest mode, Smoke appears with Noob staging an attack on the Lin Kuei temple located in Arctika. It is shown that Smoke has the ability to transform humans into Shadow warriors, dark versions of their former selves. He does battle with Taven but is eventually beaten. He teleports away to inform Noob of Taven's interference with their plan. In Smoke's ''Armageddon'' ending, he defeats Blaze and fuses with his power. His nanobot technology increases and becomes a life of its own. The microscopic machines begin to multiply at an extremely rapid rate, eventually consuming the entire realm of Edenia until they transform it into a living grey material that calls itself Smoke. Smoke's ''Armageddon'' info at Mortal Kombat Warehouse COMBAT CHARACTERISTICS Signature moves
APPEARANCES IN OTHER MEDIA Film In the '', Smoke appears in his cyborg form to find Liu Kang and to capture Princess Kitana , in order to keep her apart from Sindel . However, Smoke is stopped by Sub-Zero, who reveals that Smoke was originally after him before being reprogrammed by Shao Kahn. Sub-Zero does not state anything else of their past connections if they existed in the movie storyline. Curiously, Smoke was a silver-colored version of Sektor in the film, as he was able to shoot missiles from his chest. Smoke's primary weapon in ''MK3'' was a three-pronged harpoon that shot from his chest, but no missiles. Television In the '', Smoke appeared in one episode (titled "Old Friends Never Die"), serving the Lin Kuei clan and seeking Sub-Zero. He is briefly seen in human form in a flashback scene before becoming automated, where it is shown that he and Sub-Zero defected the clan together, but Smoke chose to stay behind at a certain point to help Sub-Zero escape. In the end, Smoke's human soul was able to overpower his programming and he stood to the vow of friendship between him and Sub-Zero. Smoke makes a very brief appearance in his human form during the ending of one '''' episode, following Sub-Zero's betrayal of the Lin Kuei. Smoke is called upon by the clan as the next warrior to be sent to hunt and kill the traitor, at which point he emerges from mist as a faint, grey figure with glowing red eyes. However, the series was later cancelled without further elaboration upon Smoke. Smoke also makes two appearances in the , and another fighting Sub-Zero. Erroneously, Smoke was shown using fire as his main technique. His fatality against Sub-Zero was to tear his heart out, kick his body away, set the organ on the ground, pull out a hockey stick, and smack the heart off screen, Parody ing ''Mortal Kombat'''s long and gory fatalities, specifically the ones that relate nothing to the character performing them. Comic books Smoke appears as a minor character in Malibu Comics series ''Battlewave''. Since his profile wasn't known during the time the comic was produced, Smoke is greatly different from his game's counterpart. Smoke is not Lin Kuei and doesn't know Sub-Zero, instead being a hidden assassin of Shao Kahn. He is usually seen with Jade (probably since fans regularly associated them with each other, after they appeared in the background of the Living Forest in '' Mortal Kombat II ''). Among his abilities, he was capable of turning his entire body into smoke and making himself untouchable (though Jax disposes him easily by opening a hole in the plane they fight on, blowing him out). He was also able to summon portals apparently leading to Goro's Lair. He would also spout the word "Toasty!" while speaking, a reference to ''Mortal Kombat II'' Smoke and Jade are ordered to take down menaces to Shao Kahn's rule. They attempt to kill the hospitalized Jax after Goro attacked him, but Jax woke up and stopped their attempt. They then hijacked the plane he and Johnny Cage used to travel to Outworld. Faced with defeat again, their last attempt to regain the emperor's grace was during Raiden and Kano's fight in the third issue of the miniseries ''Rayden & Kano'', where they tried to kill a weakened Raiden, but were instead stopped by Kano himself. CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT When his Human form was created for ''UMK3'', he was simply a grey clone of Scorpion and shared his uppercut decapitation Fatality with Ermac (though he did have some combos that Scorpion lacked, as well as faster movement speed). In '' Mortal Kombat Trilogy '', he was given his own set of Fatalities. His human form in '' Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 '', unlockable by entering a code after selecting his cybernetic form, was initially an actual part of the storyline. His ending described that he was able to somehow escape his artificial body, and had entered training in preparation for '' Mortal Kombat 4 ''. However, ''Mortal Kombat Trilogy'' Retcon ned this, and his human form was then described as being a non- Canon character; simply how he remembered himself. Before Smoke was created for '''', a tinted Cyrax was used as a placeholder until the final version of the game was finished. An unlockable photo of him as a tinted Cyrax is in the Krypt. Smoke was considered by many fans to be something of an unoriginal character. Unlike previous hidden characters who acquired their own unique special moves and combination attacks upon becoming part of the standard cast, Smoke continued to use techniques identical or similar to other characters through the ''MK3''' series, in both his human and cyber forms. This has led to his becoming famous for "stealing" among fans. This reputation was given humor in many online parodies, in which Smoke usually runs by, says, " Yoink! " and runs off with his prize. It was not until ''Mortal Kombat: Deception'' that Smoke arguably acquired his first original set of moves, although the reaction to the loss of the harpoon spear was somewhat lukewarm. GAME INFORMATION Both he and Jade appeared in the ''Mortal Kombat II'' stage Living Forest in the background, peeking from behind a tree. They also appeared randomly before a round to drop down clues. In ''Mortal Kombat: Deception'', his alternate costume shows his body as being fully composed of smoke (in effect, living up to his name) and wearing clothes that are somewhat resemblant of the pre-''Deadly Alliance'' traditional ''MK'' ninja outfit. This sparked debate as to whether this outfit was actually Smoke in his human form, or a cybernetic demon form. Information provided on production art from ''Deception'' seems to suggest that it is human; both of Noob-Smoke's appearances are depicted, with the comment that both Ninja Smoke and Robot Smoke have a lot of fans. In '''', Smoke (still in his human form, the game having been intended to take place during the first two tournaments) challenges the player to complete five missions. Doing so will unlock ''Mortal Kombat II''. (Ironically, and much to the great ire of fans, this version of the game was the same as the one present in '' Midway Arcade Treasures 2 '', where due to a control mapping issue it was impossible to fight Smoke himself, as hitting Start would only pause the game.) Although Smoke resembles his original ''MKII'' self in this appearance, his ninja outfit is completely black with gray piping as opposed to gray, with the area around his eyes being the only flesh visible. In the ''Mortal Kombat: Armageddon: Prima Official Game Guide'', Smoke's relic is called "Smoke's Cigarette". However, the actual name of the relic in the game is "Smoke's Mask". This may be due to Prima writing their guide using a preliminary copy of the game, as the accompanying picture of the relic also shows a cigarette and in a slightly different place. TRIVIA
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