10 Disgusting Mortal Kombat X Fatalities

2. Scorpion Bisects His Opponent’s Head

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW1dF5EKH90

Scorpion is developer Ed Boon's favorite character, and it shows in his presentation. Each detail - from the sunlight and shadow on his armor to the detail on his fire based special attacks - shows how special the developers consider him to be. It's no wonder, then, that  Scorpion has the coolest finishing move in the game, although it's only the second most disgusting.

Scorpion starts by burning a hole in his opponent's chest. He watches as the heart flops into view, and at first, the player will think that he means to yank it out. Oh, no; it's much worse than that..

Scorpion takes a sword and slices off his opponent's face, so it that slides right off of him like a slab of beef. The rest of the opponent crumples to the floor. The brain slides out, like a lump of congealed jello. And GOOD GOD, that TONGUE, which waggles out of reflex.

But believe or not, it gets even grosser than this. The absolute worst Fatality is when:

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