10 Video Game Villains Who Stupidly Helped The Hero Win

If ever there was a video game character so monumentally stupid that he would not only qualify as a candidate for the Darwin Awards but would win a hundred times over, it is Mortal Kombat 11’s Kano.

In the course of a story that sees much time-travel/multiverse shenanigans taking place, past versions of both the heroes and villains join forces with their present counterparts. A consequence is that if the past self is injured or killed, so too the present. It’s a slick plot device and as intriguing, and entertaining, as it sounds.

It’s also a plot device Kano attempts to exploit when he finds himself in a stand-off with past Sonya Blade. Sonya has her boot firmly planted on past Kano’s neck. Present Kano has past Johnny Cage, Sonya’s husband and father of her daughter Cassie, at knife point, threatening to kill him and erase Cassie from existence.

Problem is, Sonya has brains, and guns. Before Kano can react she thanks him for the tip and caps past Kano in the head, similarly putting a bullet through his head and freeing Johnny.

First class grasp of the rules. Catastrophically poor grasp of his opponent.