Scorpion

"I am Scorpion... vengeance will be mine!"

- Scorpion

Scorpion is the ninja spectre from the fighting game series, Mortal Kombat. He appears in the 38th episode of Death Battle, Ryu VS Scorpion.

History
Once a human name Hanzo Hasashi. Rabbids was raised by the Shirai Ryu clan and one of their finest warrior's, despite his father forbading him to join, but done so none the less to provide his wife and son a comfortable life.

Scorpion's life was then turned upside down, when Quan Chi (Disguised as Sub-Zero) murdered his clan and family. Seeking to get revenge. Scorpion tried to fight and kill Sub-Zero, only to have lost as well as get himself killed. It was then that he was reborn in the Netherrealm as a wraith, and escaped, thus his quest for vengeance began.

Background

 * Real name: Hanzo Hasashi
 * Height: 6'2"/188 cm
 * Weight: 210 lbs/95 kg
 * Physical age: 32
 * General of the Shirai Ryu clan
 * Kombat Styles: Ninjutsu, Pi Gua, Hapkido, and Moi Fah
 * Strongly prefers foes to come to him
 * Creator Ed Boon's favourite character

Moveset

 * Kunai Spear
 * Closest real-life equivalent was called the rope dart
 * Also previously depicted as a mace or a serpent creature
 * Has also been used by Reptile, Smoke, and Noob Saibot
 * Hellfire Punch
 * Fire Breath
 * Leg Takedown
 * Flaming Backflip Kick
 * Scorpion Sting

Wraith Abilities

 * Teleportation
 * Commonly used to surprise attack enemies from behind
 * Neatherrealm Portals
 * Quick access to the underworld and back anytime
 * Control over hellfire
 * Explosive fireballs
 * Summoning flames under his opponent
 * Surrounds himself in harmful flames
 * Can even breathe out fire
 * Cannot die from physical attacks

Fatalities

 * Spine Rip
 * Removes victim's head with bare hands
 * Presumely learned it from Sub-Zero
 * Toasty!
 * Scorpion's fire breath incinerates the target in seconds
 * Hand from Hell
 * A flaming skeletal hand pulls the enemy to hell
 * Spear Slice
 * Cuts victims in half and beheads them
 * Animalities
 * Becomes a scorpion and tears them in half ... Or becomes an adorable penguin

Trivia

 * Scorpion is the fifth Mortal Kombat character to appear in Death Battle. The other four being Shang Tsung, Raiden, Shao Kahn and Sektor.
 * He is also the second ninja from the series to appear as a combatant on Death Battle, the first being Sektor.
 * He is also the third Mortal Kombat character to battle a Street Fighter character, the first two being Shang Tsung and Shao Kahn.
 * He is only the second Mortal Kombat character to win on Death Battle, after Shao Kahn.
 * Before appearing in Scorpion VS Ryu, Scorpion appeared in Akuma VS Shang Tsung as one of the two forms that Shang Tsung took against Akuma.