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45. The Impaler (Reiko, MK1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8PXNNTvnMw
Reiko uses a staff to cut parts off of the opponent one by one, before impaling them on the staff. So far so Jade, but then comes the part Jade would never do. Reiko grabs the opponents ribcage and pulls it out of them, dragging them down until their head is impaled and can go no further. The ending camera angle of the head on top of the staff, while the innards are visible below it, is a very gruesome shot to end on. Who hurt you, Reiko?

44. Telekinetic Contortion (Kenshi, MKDA)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_XSakjmyeU
For this fatality, Kenshi doesnt use his sword, only his telekinesis. However, dont let the lack of sword action trick you into thinking the opponent is getting off lightly. Kenshi contorting the opponent and breaking their limbs with his powers makes this one the most painful bloodless fatalities. Since they like their film references, its a surprise that Midway didnt go all the way and recreate the head explosion from Scanners. This may have been even higher if they had. Fun fact: if you use this fatality in a Kenshi mirror match, his eyes wont pop out because his blindfold is keeping them in place.

43. Split Ends (Kenshi, MK9)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l8ZBMASuWI
For someone as stylish as Kenshi, simply cutting people in half isnt enough. Using telekinesis to move the sword is better, but sometimes he wants to toy with people and give them false hope, which is when he does this. I like to think the opponent is thinking Ha, you missed! How could you miss when I was right in front of you? until theyre force pushed back into the blade. Thats a push a Jedi could be proud of, and the slow motion is employed well, giving you time to realise whats about to happen, just as the opponent is coming to the same conclusion.

42. Show of Hands (Tanya, MK1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IqkwqAicR8
The magic hands were in Tanyas other MK1 fatality as well, but she puts them to better use here, holding the opponent in place while she prepares her javelin throw. The return of the action replay lets us see the money shot from a different angle, which in this case shows the body being destroyed in a totally different way. Its almost like two fatalities in one.

41. For the General (Reiko, MK1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OitOnPaAGw
For this fatality, Reiko takes a page out of Haviks playbook, bending his opponent out of shape and using their own body against them. Whats more, he upstages the Cleric of Chaos by doing it only mutilating his opponent and not himself. To finish, he pulls off a Spine Rip of his own. Here as well, Reiko manages to differentiate from his inspiration Reiko took the skull and spinal cord, but the head remains, and you can see it sag as theres nothing left inside to give it facial structure. I repeat: who hurt you, Reiko?

Shang Tsung, Shao Kahn, Tanya and Reiko are eliminated. 24 kharacters remain.