Shang Tsung is back again and up to no good as always! He must have been inspired by Joker in MK11; because he manages to antagonize the entire roster of fighters.
This timeline's version just so happens to be the slimeiest we've seen. Same ability to cause remorseless suffering but without the respectability of his previous timeline version's knowledge and skill.
Well i love the guy. Wouldn't mind him turning into a good guy completely to see how he would use his intellect for less horrible things, but even now he's very funny and charismatic.
In the last game, even _Joker_ couldn’t stand him (for his own reasons of course), and Joker was probably the one character *_in the entire MK franchise_* who has it worse then Shang.
@@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire I found it pretty cool that Shang also dissed him pretty hard. He seems to think joker is more of someone that needs to play to a crowd rather than getting things done. A vaudevillain.
Shang Tsung: Despite what you think, I am not evil. Reptile: *spiteful hissing* you can't be serious... Imaging saying something like that to your ex slave who's whole family you killed while you forced him to help with torturous experiments on people.
@@CrazyChris622 Oblivious? Shang Tsung is far from oblivious when he enjoys the insults. He knows full well he is being insulted for his evils, yet he just relishes in being evil and is very proud of it.
I mean, Shangalanga probably sees most of this as getting what he deserves after barely staying alive for years, and he’s kinda right considering Liu Kang made him a poor bitch. Still unapologetically evil, but more understandably so.
Shang tsung's destiny to be a really evil and all powerful Sorcerer is so powerful that Liu Kang had to make him a massive loser with Zero opportunity. Hilarious.
@@DrFrankenStainThe lore did kind of confirmed they were both lazy for honest work BEFORE 'Damashi' interfered. Even if Liu Kang was considerate enough to givw them good lives, they still choose to be evil.
This entire video pretty much sums up one of the reasons why Shang Tsung is one of my favorite villains. He is so graceful and elegant with the way he speaks, why also being completely unapologetic and remorseless. Just pure, unadulterated evil.
@@christbenitez8797 He is the difference is that most of the time he deludes himself in thinking that he is actually the good guy. shang tsung knows who he is and does'nt lie to himself about it.
The only mistake Titan Shang Tsung made was double crossing Shang Tsung. Sure, he'll discover more realities later anyway, but if he hadn't betray salesman Shang Tsung, not only would Liu Kang not think about the concept of Titan Kombat, but Shang Tsung would've told him about the alt realities anyway.
I love how every charachter blocks their oponnent attack after the dialog but havik like nope. Lets you clock him right in the face 1:07😂😂😂 boy really about that Chaos life
I've fallen in love with Shang Tsung from MK11. He is such a wise, elegant and arrogant man. Now I'm experiencing it again with a more impulsive version of him. God forbid I meet him in real life
He is totally fine with the whole "mass genocidal war and mutilation of the innocent" concept, but he draws the line at using him as a pawn and tricking him into it XD
@alenisofara1570 can't blame, shao Kahn is cool but he's mostly just a big bad ruler, while shang tsung is a charismatic smart and badass villain who enjoys what he does
Shang Tsung must be a special kind of evil if literally everyone else in MK1 hates him. Also, it's kinda cool that Shang Tsung knows he's a bad guy but doesn't give a shit and, in fact, proud of it. That right there is a perfectly written villain.
@@axgelbxnny No, every children's villain is either some meaningless twist or a kiddie-pool level of tragic motivation. Hell, sometimes both. It's rare nowadays we see a villain so unapologetically atrocious.
@@Ender41948 A recent example I can think of is Big jack horner He had a good upbringing, lived a good life. He's evil just because he feels like it lol
The whole attitude of Shang Tsung is as follows: "I'm evil, so what? Someone has to be the one everyone points at and blames, justified or not." Kinda reminds me of the "Say goodnight to the bad guy," speech from Tony Montana in Scarface actually...
Psychopaths are so frustrating to deal with, they do things that ruins your life, but they just don't care. I'm sure you meet this type of person in real life.
So MK11 brings back Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa and made the GOAT in-game depiction of Shang Tsung. Perfect, absolutely unbeatable. Tell me how tf they managed to make him even better in this game.
I don't care what some people might say, Shang Tsung is one of the best villains ever put in a video game. The best way to describe this man is deliciously evil.
I always said that. The whole tournament was a enter the dragon reference. Goin to a secret location on an island. With an old scheming man hosting the tournament. Goro = Bolo yeung😂😂 not to mention lui kang and bruce lee
THIS is what modern writers need to learn, how to make a great villain. We don't need some cheap backstory to justify a bad guy or to make us feel bad for him. We need Shang Tsung, even in this timeline he became the most hated person in the new era and he doesn't give a single fuck until someone (himself) plays him wrong.
the moment when you realize the only reason shang was born in outworld this time is cause liu kang probably deadass didnt know he actually originated from earth realm makes things kinda sad in retrospect.
Shang Tsung is just a really good and written villain. He's beaten the standard at some point. But also, he even managed to get under Johnny's skin if he sounds THIS mad in 2:50.
Ngl, Liu Kang's New Era Shang Tsung is quite literally an asshole but our kinda asshole type of character (little Die Hard reference there). Let's just be real here: we love hating him. You want to destroy the man for his very boorish and cocky attitude, but can't help but adore him as a character.
Godauymm shang tsung is so hateable 💀
He reminds me of a more evil version of Tom Hiddleston's Loki
This timeline's version just so happens to be the slimeiest we've seen. Same ability to cause remorseless suffering but without the respectability of his previous timeline version's knowledge and skill.
Shang Tsung hates himself🤣🤣
Well i love the guy. Wouldn't mind him turning into a good guy completely to see how he would use his intellect for less horrible things, but even now he's very funny and charismatic.
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Everyone bloody hates him, yet he manages to be charismatic to the audience. THAT'S how you write a villain
In the last game, even _Joker_ couldn’t stand him (for his own reasons of course), and Joker was probably the one character *_in the entire MK franchise_* who has it worse then Shang.
@@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire
I found it pretty cool that Shang also dissed him pretty hard. He seems to think joker is more of someone that needs to play to a crowd rather than getting things done. A vaudevillain.
He's Evil, He loves it.
You gotta respect that
Shang Rizz
Pure smug snake villain. X)
Shang Tsung's basically stating: "Yeah I'm evil. What about it?"
Shang Tsung: Despite what you think, I am not evil.
Reptile: *spiteful hissing* you can't be serious...
Imaging saying something like that to your ex slave who's whole family you killed while you forced him to help with torturous experiments on people.
Reptile: You killed everyone I loved
Shang Tsung: Cry about it B*@%$
Those are villains you can really love like the Joker or freeza
Shang Tsung: Oh....oh....what took you so long, -
Yeah I’m evil big whoop! Wanna fight about it?!
I love how unapologetically monstrous he is. Shangalangadingdong never disappoints
Like idk if even Quan Chi can compete with him. Shinnok definitely not.
Hahahaha shangalangadingdong
Shangalangadingdong LMAOO
wait I cant XD give me a few days to take this one in xD
Haha Shangalangadingdong go bing bong
Even Shang Tsung hates Shang Tsung.
Relatable!
Bro took self hatred to another level
@@dopefury dam it you beat me to it
Kronika: "You've got no one left to betray."
Shang Tsung: "Watch this."
* proceeds to betray his alternate self like a boss *
He even betrayed himself
Everyone: "You're an irredeemable evil person!"
Shang: "LOL. Deal with it"
“W-woah, what took you so long? Idiot!”
Shang Tsung: hoes mad
Shang Tsung: "I forgot the part where that's MY problem.😈"
"you say that like if its a character flaw"
"I am an evil [sorcerer]! What did you expect?"
“Like so many artists, I was miss understood”
A German boy in the 20th century who failed his art class: “Exactly!!, he gets me!”
Austrian.
Ain't no way bruh 🥶
oh right, that guy was once an artist and then became a dictator
😂😂😂😂
@@detectivehan5717 he could paint locations but sucked at knowing people.
Everyone: "You're an irredeemable monster!"
Shang Tsung: "What took you so long? idiot!"
😂😂😂
He then pulls the “your soul is mine” move
Everyone: "You're horrible!"
*blasts Jiminy Kytinn into the distance with a magical flick* "WOAAaaaaaoh"
There it is
Everyone: You're such an asshole >:(
Shang Tsung: Thank you I try my best :)
okay i know he's being oblivious about what anyone says about him
@@CrazyChris622 Oblivious? Shang Tsung is far from oblivious when he enjoys the insults. He knows full well he is being insulted for his evils, yet he just relishes in being evil and is very proud of it.
Shang Tsung's expression @ 5:01 when he says "The better question is whether I care" is flawlessly animated.
So smug, it is glorious.
For me it's when he said "Here on behalf of a dissatisfied customer? If it's revenge you want... Have at it!"
To kronika in the story mode cutscene
THATS WHAT IM SAYIIIIING‼️ It’s so “you gonna do something about it, tough guy?” He’s so perfect in this game
I saw the most fire edit with that audio he’s just so sassy 😫
Shang Tsung is the pure embodiment of "I am, how you say, kind of a dick!"
you kidding? Shang Tsung was an insta-dick!
No one triggers Liu Kang more than Shang Tsung
I mean, Shangalanga probably sees most of this as getting what he deserves after barely staying alive for years, and he’s kinda right considering Liu Kang made him a poor bitch.
Still unapologetically evil, but more understandably so.
Literally the first time he doesn't smile is when Shang is brought up. He was still heated about the last timeline.
Shang tsung's destiny to be a really evil and all powerful Sorcerer is so powerful that Liu Kang had to make him a massive loser with Zero opportunity. Hilarious.
You should of seen the look on his face when Geras informed him that Shang Tsung was running a muck again
Arch Nemesis, am I right?
Shang Tsung 1: “We should join hands across timelines.”
Shang Tsung 2: “Too bad neither of us can be trusted.”
I love how liu kang basically sets him up so that he can actually do some good in his life and he immediately defaults back to being evil
Tbf, it would’ve gone that way if Damashi didn’t interfere. But then again, this is Shang Tsung we’re talking about lol
@@comicalcosmonaut959 Even before interference, he was a snake oil salesman selling fake cures. He just cant help being an asshole
And how exactly he did that? He made both Shang Tsung and Quan Chi lifes miserable instead of good and then was surprised it backfired.
@@comicalcosmonaut959 well...and that damashi is, well... you know. Not gonna spoil.
@@DrFrankenStainThe lore did kind of confirmed they were both lazy for honest work BEFORE 'Damashi' interfered.
Even if Liu Kang was considerate enough to givw them good lives, they still choose to be evil.
"Every day Liu Kang lets me live is another day I get to make it everyone's problem."
This entire video pretty much sums up one of the reasons why Shang Tsung is one of my favorite villains. He is so graceful and elegant with the way he speaks, why also being completely unapologetic and remorseless. Just pure, unadulterated evil.
"More like pure, unadulterated ego." -a certain triclops
He’s not some broken hero with hidden good guy qualities, he’s a villain through and through and I love that shit
Baraka has the best comeback lines ever 2:01 "Because killing you will bring me joy in the afterlife "
That's because he doesn't want to be lonely in hell. He wants shang to be there when he arrives. ❤
@@ninjaguyYT yeah to kill him more again , after all he hates shang tsung
@@ninjaguyYThe’s actually destined for heaven Liu Kang told him that
There’s irredeemably evil, then there’s Shang Tsung. That “Would it help if I showed Remorse?” Was cold af.
11/10 Voice acting for Shang Tsung.
0/10 for nitara
@@saturos5068 * -1
@@saturos5068 so I thought I was the only one she said it just the way she delivers her lines
@@saturos5068she took souless to next level ngl
@@Gerbrandt0245 i thought it couldn't get much worse than Ronda in 11 but it did lol
6:46 Shang Tsung saying “Shang Tsung” to other Shang Tsung is the most Shang Tsung thing i have ever hard from Shang Tsung
We really need to put Shang Tsung in the list of verbs.
@@jocelantonettetenoc5996to shang tsung _(verb)_ : "The act commiting evil with nothing but malicious intentions."
To Shang Tsung: (verb) The act of commiting a malicious action for the most petty of reasons.
His ego rivals Bi-Han.
shung tsang
“Like many great artists, I’m so misunderstood”
Ain’t no way he just compared himself to Hitler
That my friend, he did. 💀💀
Now the question you must ask is, which one of them is worse?
@@avaragehomuraakemienjoyerwell, one of them is real or should I say was. History has a habit of creating monsters and heroes at the same time
Shang Tsung's face everytime something happens: 😏
Love the implication that Lord Liu Kang has tried MANY times to fix Shang Tsung and it just doesn’t work. He’s naturally evil, its who he is.
Doomslayer: You're worse than all the demons I have fought put together!
Shang Tsung: I've missed the part where that's my problem.
I love how he is so unapologetically nefarious he straight up just accepts 90% of insults as complements with complete unfiltered pride
Yes I am evil. Thanks for the fun fact.
Peacemaker calls him "pipsqueak", which is the rare moment he gets pissed off
You know you're bad when even Rain, Havik and *General Shao* want you dead
*Gen. Shao ;p
@@ArcaneMaiden oh yeah, my bad
This Rain eventually shows remorse for everything he did in this timeline. So, he's not the same as the pompous demi-god from before.
@@CGrascal ah ok, it's hard to let go of the past characters and see them as something else (gotta grow used to them)
You can't see a better Villain than Shan Tsung. Dude proudly admits all his atrocities and regrets not making them worse 😂😂😂.
If Shang Tsung and Lex Luthor would team up, it would be a matter of time before they start doublecrossing each other.
hell, at this point it would be unpolite from a profesional stand point not to prepare to doublecrossing each other.
Joker: Hahaha ha let the good times roll 🤣 🍿
Well lex isn't that evil compare to shang tsung.
@@christbenitez8797 He is the difference is that most of the time he deludes himself in thinking that he is actually the good guy. shang tsung knows who he is and does'nt lie to himself about it.
@@christbenitez8797 Injustice Lex isn't evil, idk about regular Lex though
The only mistake Titan Shang Tsung made was double crossing Shang Tsung. Sure, he'll discover more realities later anyway, but if he hadn't betray salesman Shang Tsung, not only would Liu Kang not think about the concept of Titan Kombat, but Shang Tsung would've told him about the alt realities anyway.
No no. He's the bad guy in a Warner Brothers property. He HAS to explain his evil plot before it's done.
I LOVE this version of Tsung. His smug voice, look and smile just…10/10
You know he's THAT guy when not even him from another timeline would trust him.
I love how every charachter blocks their oponnent attack after the dialog but havik like nope. Lets you clock him right in the face 1:07😂😂😂 boy really about that Chaos life
That's a fist bump where he comes from. Lol... literally
Why block a nasty hit when you got the power to take a nasty hit
Hes so sick bro he really just DAG. 😂
Geras??
Shang Tsung meeting Titan Shang Tsung: Is that me?! Is that me stronger than me?! I'LL FUCKING KILL ME!!!
I've fallen in love with Shang Tsung from MK11. He is such a wise, elegant and arrogant man. Now I'm experiencing it again with a more impulsive version of him. God forbid I meet him in real life
Liu Kang was able to create a place where someone like Mileena could be good but he couldn’t stop Shang Tsung from choosing to be evil.
It’s a canon event for him to be this way
Shang Tsung's evilness cannot be avoided no matter what.
God Shang Tsung looks like he's gonna be the most entertaining character in the game and just steal the show the entire time he's on screen.
Indeed he did
He was indeed great lol
It’s exactly what happened in mk11 aftermath story mode, dude was stealing the show the entire time he was on screen
@@redfox4220 I remember that seriously he looked like he was holding back laughter every time he was on screen I loved it.
I like how Shang Tsung and Johnny Cage don’t mock each other or anything, they just are showing genuine hate for one another.
Shang Tsung literally suggested how to defeat Shang Tsung and he's responsible for the victory of Liu Kang
He is totally fine with the whole "mass genocidal war and mutilation of the innocent" concept, but he draws the line at using him as a pawn and tricking him into it XD
Cause his other version intended on killing him alongside the rest of this timeline, Shang Tsung only gives af about himself.
I love that Rain shows some remorse for what he’s done whereas Shang Tsung regrets nothing.
1:50 bro just summarized his whole character lmao
Everyone: you're a heartless monster!
MK Fandom: and?
Is it wrong to say i love shang tsung one of my top game villains
Absolutely not. He’s deliciously cold blooded
@@comicalcosmonaut959 I see what you did there
He is the best villain in the Mortal Kombat series, even better than Shao Kahn in my opinion
@alenisofara1570 can't blame, shao Kahn is cool but he's mostly just a big bad ruler, while shang tsung is a charismatic smart and badass villain who enjoys what he does
@@alenisofara1570 wdym bro? Hsu Hao is the best villian
Shang Tsung must be a special kind of evil if literally everyone else in MK1 hates him.
Also, it's kinda cool that Shang Tsung knows he's a bad guy but doesn't give a shit and, in fact, proud of it. That right there is a perfectly written villain.
you mean like every children’s villain?
@@axgelbxnny No, every children's villain is either some meaningless twist or a kiddie-pool level of tragic motivation. Hell, sometimes both. It's rare nowadays we see a villain so unapologetically atrocious.
@@Ender41948 A recent example I can think of is Big jack horner
He had a good upbringing, lived a good life. He's evil just because he feels like it lol
The whole attitude of Shang Tsung is as follows: "I'm evil, so what? Someone has to be the one everyone points at and blames, justified or not." Kinda reminds me of the "Say goodnight to the bad guy," speech from Tony Montana in Scarface actually...
I love how Rain disagrees and even has admits that he has regrets.
Psychopaths are so frustrating to deal with, they do things that ruins your life, but they just don't care. I'm sure you meet this type of person in real life.
“Like so many artists, I was miss understood”
Some Austrian painter : See? Finally, someone get it.
Failed Austrian artist*
@@whirlybird268 Ah. Yes. You right
Everyone: you are evil and depraved!
Shang tsung: im so glad you noticed!
So MK11 brings back Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa and made the GOAT in-game depiction of Shang Tsung. Perfect, absolutely unbeatable.
Tell me how tf they managed to make him even better in this game.
I don't care what some people might say, Shang Tsung is one of the best villains ever put in a video game. The best way to describe this man is deliciously evil.
"You have fallen short of every hope i had for you" damn i didnt know that lui kang was one of my parents
Quan Chi and Shang Tsung are the only besties in the series.
I was shooketh that they legit get along now
Shang Tsung at least got some charisma but there’s nothing likable about Quan Chi
@@MsMvsc But then destiny will play along and have the Deadly Alliance betray each other, their teaming up being only out of mutual sadism.
@@UltramanMebiusBrave
Nah, in 3 separate timeliness we've seen them cooperate with no betrayal. Only OG backstabbing each other.
I feel like his claw is a reference to Mr. Han from Enter the Dragon - one of the biggest inspirations for the first MK game.
I always said that. The whole tournament was a enter the dragon reference. Goin to a secret location on an island. With an old scheming man hosting the tournament. Goro = Bolo yeung😂😂 not to mention lui kang and bruce lee
@@BxWhatup exactly. The parallels are so obvious which I love. Enter the Dragon is my favorite martial arts movie.
@@naheemquattlebaum2267 "Bullshit Mr. Han Man!" lol
@@trowabarton321 "Suddenly I like to leave your island" lol. MK needs a Jim Kelly analogue like Bushido Brown from the Boondocks
He is evil, but we got to respect he admit it without hestitation.
That’s what makes him scary. Other villains find excuses to justify they’re not that bad but he’s fully aware but shows no remorse or empathy.
Sindel: “YOU HEARTLESS, SPINELESS WORM!”
Shang Tsung: “your point is?”
Lmao Vinland Saga says "I have no enemies" but Shang Tsung is like "All I have are enemies"
It's funny how Shang Tsung just revels in everybody's hatred for him. He's so smuggishly evil.
he's just like me fr
I love Shang Tsung so much. It’s nice getting to see him in the spotlight as the big bad again 💕
Everyone: *hates Shang Tsung"
Shang Tsung: 😈
Tbh, i wouldnt blame shang tsung. Imagine knowing that your whole life being a streak of misfortunes and mysery are a simple setup by your creator
Everyone: You're an irredeemable monster, Shang Tsun!
Shang tsun: Thank you!
More like----> Shang Tsung: (Honest Reaction meme)
Chris redfield: you are more worse than Albert Wesker
Shang tsung: I would’ve thought he was smarter
Shang tsung is basically the starscream of mortal kombat
I love Baraka's intro! "Why waste your limited time fighting me?" "Because fuck you, the afterlife's better with you burning in Hell!"
Not to mention one of his other intros with Baraka.
Basically him telling Baraka's dead family members to make ready for his arrival.
@@benningtoncheemingwan9168 Daaaaaaang... That's cold jack!
I'll give it to Shang Tsung he doesn't deny his cattyness and we love him for that
The fact that Shang Tsung manage to trigger even Johnny cage is hilarous 😂
He's the villian, it comes with the territory.
THIS is what modern writers need to learn, how to make a great villain. We don't need some cheap backstory to justify a bad guy or to make us feel bad for him. We need Shang Tsung, even in this timeline he became the most hated person in the new era and he doesn't give a single fuck until someone (himself) plays him wrong.
Shang Tsung emodies "dickhead" in the sassiest way possible lmao
Shang Tsung is the absolute definition of a psychopath
He's just an overall -path
I like how Shang Tsung always has this smug smile on his face.
As a Shang tsung main. I approve.
As the great Mr. Plinkett from RLM once said "The man seems to find joy in being pure evil, you gotta respect that! He's evil and he loves it".
Shang Tsung is MK’s version of Loki
Bro yes but no he's so much worse lol
Dang shang tsung really hate to be called spineless
This Shang Tsung reminds me a lot of Kuja, main villain Final Fantasy IX. The sass, the flamboyance… the gesture. LOL
the moment when you realize the only reason shang was born in outworld this time is cause liu kang probably deadass didnt know he actually originated from earth realm makes things kinda sad in retrospect.
He's no Cary. But this new VA is a DAMN good Shang
It's Alan Lee, yet he sounds OOOOOOHHH SOOOOOOOOO CLOSE to Cary.
"like many great artists, im so misunderstood."
*The fürther stares at shang tsung*
Edit: *_Führer*_*
Shang Tsung is just a really good and written villain. He's beaten the standard at some point.
But also, he even managed to get under Johnny's skin if he sounds THIS mad in 2:50.
While not the most powerful he is the most evil of all MK’s villains
I like how his comeback to getting punched is "I'll turn into an old man".
Everyone: YOUR INSANE!
Shang Tsung: Sure i am,what's your point?
Nice Bill Cipher reference
My man is the living definition of "Ok, but who cares?"
2:33 Sickest comeback ever
Shang Tsung is so unabashedly evil that he swings back around to being likable somehow.
This is the best iteration of Shang Tsung yet, best voice and unique appearance, absolutely in love with this iteration.
Ngl, Liu Kang's New Era Shang Tsung is quite literally an asshole but our kinda asshole type of character (little Die Hard reference there). Let's just be real here: we love hating him. You want to destroy the man for his very boorish and cocky attitude, but can't help but adore him as a character.
Everyone in his universe hates him but he has a lot of fans in the real world haha
The madman throws savage comebacks even when being insulted and hated
I love how even Rain is like "Dude, you're an ass."
Havoc: I'll fix it myself!
Me: how did he say that with no lips?
“GIVE ME ONE GOOD REASON TO SPARE YOUR LIFE.”
“I won’t insult you by pretending there are any~”
Shang Tsung: "Would it be so difficult to trust me again?😊"
General Shao: "Try impossible, Shang Tsung👿"
*teams up again next game*
Even Shang Tsung hates Shang Tsung. Thats gold
Other character: "You're an irredeemable monster!"
Shang Tsung: "Ooh, oooohhh, what took you so long, idiot?"
Reminds me of a certain monster from Undertale that gave me nightmares.
Shang tsung pissed off everyone in mortal Kombat 1 😂😂😂
LOL Even before the new timeline he was pissing everyone off. The thing I love about him is that he don't give a dam.
The only constant in all the timelines. Shang Tsung is hateable, and a sorcerer.
If Shang has a song, it'll probably be "I'm evil and I love it."
I love Shang Tsung. One of the best villains in any fighting game. He’s just that iconic.