A is a Finishing Move introduced in '' Mortal Kombat II '' in order to soften the violence and the controversy that surrounded the Fatality in the original '' Mortal Kombat ''. Friendships allowed players to perform an act of friendship and goodwill towards their opponent rather than kill them after winning the match. This included giving a present, blowing bubbles, and turning into a snowman. To perform a Friendship, when the opponent is defeated, the player must perform a special button combination for their character and have won that round using only High or Low Kick. In '' Mortal Kombat 3 '' and its updates, '' Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 '' and '' Mortal Kombat Trilogy '', the player had to win the round without using Block.
Whenever a Friendship was performed in ''MKII'', the announcer (the voice of Shao Kahn ) was heard incredulously muttering, "Friendship. ''Friendship?''" while large, multicolored balloon letters would wiggle on the screen stating the name of the finishing move, sounding like Shao Khan was reading it out of a script. When Friendships returned in ''MK3'' and its updates, the announcer responded, "Friendship. ''Friendship, again?''" in disbelief that such a thing would reappear in another game.
It is generally accepted that the introduction of Friendships to the ''Mortal Kombat'' series was intended to mock the parental outcry that the game was too violent, similar to Babalities . However, they were dropped from later games as the series returned to its dark roots, from '' Mortal Kombat 4 '' onward. They appeared in '' Mortal Kombat II '', '' Mortal Kombat 3 '', Mortal Kombat Trilogy , and '' Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 ''.
They make a quasi-cameo in '''', one of Kung Lao's fatalities refers to his ''MK2'' Friendship; after he pulls the rabbit out of his hat, the opponent makes a gesture as if not wanting it. Kung Lao then proceeds to smack the opponent to bits with the rabbit itself. He also has a hidden variation of this fatality not displayed in the ingame fatality list where he tosses the rabbit to the opponent, which then proceeds to savagely assault them, '' Monty Python '' style.
- Baraka : give his opponent a birthday gift.
- '' movie in a scene where Cage has just beaten Scorpion.
- Classic Sub-Zero : scares the opponent with a snowman in a jack-in-the-box. (''MKT'')
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- Ermac : levitates the opponent who then transforms into a rabbit (''MKT''); scares the opponent with a computer in a jack-in-the-box. (''MKA'')
- Jade : pogo jumps with her staff.
- dolls (''MKII''); skips rope. (''MK3'')
- Kabal : uses one of his hookswords to roast a marshmallow.
- Kano : blows a bubble with gum, and it pops on his face.
- Kitana : gives the opponent a cake (''MKII''); blows bubbles at the opponent. (''UMK3'')
- while a dog follows it to fetch, only for Kung Lao to wince and shake his head sadly after a pained whine is heard. (''MK3'')
- dance (''MKII''); makes a shadow puppet of the MK dragon symbol. (''MK3'')
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- Mileena : waters the ground near her feet to grow some flowers (''MK2''); looks at her unmasked face at a mirror, which shatters while Shao Kahn intones, "Pretty." (''UMK3'')
- transformation, as a ''Mortal Kombat II'' arcade falls from the sky behind him (accompanied by the caption "I've never seen a Kano transformation" or "No, but I can do a Raiden transformation"). However, in the Nintendo 64 version of ''Mortal Kombat Trilogy'', he instead juggles tomahawks.
- Noob Saibot : goes bowling, getting a split. Shao Kahn is heard saying "That was pathetic" afterwards (''MKT'')
- ". It was mentioned in the MK Card Games by BradyGames that he is Raiden's "favorite nephew".
- Rain : summons raindrops.
- Reptile : shows a Reptile doll, advertising it with the message "Buy a Reptile doll" (''MKII''); scares the opponent with a snake in a jack-in-the-box. (''UMK3'')
- Scorpion : shows a Scorpion doll, advertising it with the message "Buy a Scorpion doll" (''MKII''); scares the opponent with a skull in a jack-in-the-box. (''UMK3'')
- Sektor : hits a strength testing pole with a mallet, causing the bell to ring.
- ''. (''MK3'')
- Sheeva : spins plates on sticks held with each of her hands.
- Sindel : kicks a football and states, "That was fun!"
- Smoke (Robot) : blows a loud horn produced from his chestplate.
- Smoke (Human) : makes a sign that reads "No Smoking", causing his own smoke emission to cease, then looks at the ground and says, "Aw..."
- Sonya : waves her arms back-and-forth (''MK3''); a row of flowers grow from the ground near her feet. (''UMK3'', ''MKT'')
- , all the ninjas (male, female and cyborg) run across. However, in the Nintendo 64 version of ''Trilogy'', a dog pulling a small red wagon passes through holding baby versions of Sub-Zero, Sindel, and Jax.
- Sub-Zero : shows a Sub-Zero doll, advertising it with the message "Buy a Sub-Zero doll" (''MKII''); covers himself up in a snowman. (''MK3'')
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