Mortal Kombat (1995)
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa: Shang Tsung
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Quotes
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Shang Tsung : Flawless victory!
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Shang Tsung : Johnny Cage! I challenge you.
Liu Kang : No! You'll fight me. I am Liu Kang, descendent of Kung Lao. I challenge you to Mortal Kombat. Do you accept or yield?
Shang Tsung : [bitter] I accept.
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[about Kano]
Shang Tsung : Why else would I have chosen such a disreputable-looking cretin? Look at him! No dignity, no manners... Yet in the realm of Earth, men like him can amass great wealth, and almost god-like power.
Kano : Yeah, and I'd like to get back to my amassing as soon as possible, if you don't mind! Now when do I get paid?
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Liu Kang : All those souls and you still don't have one of your own. I pity you sorcerer.
Shang Tsung : [Enraged] Save your pity for THE WEAK!
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Shang Tsung : IT HAS BEGUN!
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Shang Tsung : From this moment on, my island will be your battle ground.
[points to Liu Kang]
Shang Tsung : Liu Kang, you will be first. Let Mortal Kombat begin.
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Sonya Blade : I will not fight you, Shang Tsung. I'm not playing your game.
Shang Tsung : Sonya. My sweet Sonya... there's no one else. If you don't fight, the Realm of Earth will forfeit the tournament. And its portals will open to our great Emperor.
Sonya Blade : You're lying. My friends will come for me.
Shang Tsung : Hoping against hope. Such an endearing human trait. I'm touched... really. One last chance, Sonya. Fight me in Mortal Kombat.
Sonya Blade : Go to Hell.
Shang Tsung : [to his priests] Take her away. The Emperor will be overjoyed.
Sonya Blade : My friends will come!
Johnny Cage : [revealing himself] They're already here.
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Shang Tsung : [Johnny Cage is about to fight Goro] Finish him quickly. Pay me my tribute.
Goro : This puny mortal will be no problem. I'll crush him with one blow.
Johnny Cage : All right? Let's dance.
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Shang Tsung : [His speech to the tournament kombatants] Welcome. You're here to compete in Mortal Kombat. Tomorrow morning, The Great Kombat begins. Some of you will even have the distinct honor and pleasure to face Prince Goro, our reigning champion. You are all witnesses to one of the greatest turning points in the history of your planet. Treasure these moments... as if they were your last. And now for a taste of things to come.
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Liu Kang : Shang Tsung killed my brother!
Shang Tsung : You're mine!
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Liu Kang : [trailer only] You can't run from me, Shang!
Shang Tsung : I don't need to run!
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Shang Tsung : Challenging Goro eh? You weren't supposed to fight him now. Are you THAT eager to die?
Cage : I'm not the one who's gonna die.
Shang Tsung : I see. You're very foolish. A true sign of a hero. You want to protect your friends, but make no mistake; they too will die, after Goro destroys you.
Cage : So what's the problem?
Shang Tsung : As you wish. As absurd as your request is I shall grant it. In return, I reserve the right to challenge the winner myself... or another of my choosing. In a place designated by me for the final battle of the tournament.
Cage : You got it pal.
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[first lines]
Chan : No! Please!
Shang Tsung : You're brother's soul is mine!
Chan : Liu!
Shang Tsung : You will be next.
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Shang Tsung : [holding Sonya captive after Goro's defeat] I hereby exercise my right to challenge! I challenge... HER!
Lord Rayden : You're a coward, sorcerer! Stand and fight!
Shang Tsung : We had a deal, remember? Mortal Kombat continues! I am simply changing the place! As we agreed!
[a portal to Outworld opens behind Shang Tsung and Sonya]
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Shang Tsung : We are not alone.
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[to Goro]
Shang Tsung : You imbecile!
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Shang Tsung : You will be next!
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Shang Tsung : Some of you will even have the distinct honor and pleasure, to face Prince Goro, our reigning champion.
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Shang Tsung : Scorpion and Sub-Zero... deadliest of enemies, but slaves under my power.
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Goro : To what do we owe the honor of your visit, Shang Tsung?
Shang Tsung : I've come to warn you that Kung Lao's descendant is competing in the tournament. You must handle him carefully.
Goro : I saw this Liu Kang in the hall, he'll pose no problem.
Shang Tsung : This is no time for foolish pride! We have never been so close to absolute victory, which is why I've come to warn you of another danger... Princess Kitana.
Goro : The Emperor's adopted daughter? Why should I worry about her?
Shang Tsung : Princess Kitana is 10,000 years old and the rightful heir to the throne of Outworld, but she must not be allowed to join with the forces of the realm of Earth, especially Liu Kang.
Johnny Cage : [whispering] What's so special about you?
Liu Kang : [whispering] I don't know.
Shang Tsung : The Emperor will not tolerate failure... and neither will I.
Goro : I do not FAIL!
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Princess Kitana : Would you dare interfere with the tournament and betray our Emperor? In his great wisdom, he knows that Mortal Kombat cannot be won by treachery.
Shang Tsung : How dare you speak to me of treachery?
Princess Kitana : Your ignorance will lose, for all time, the keys to the realm of Earth.
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Lord Rayden : [saving Liu Kang, Sonya, and Johnny Cage from Scorpion and Sub-Zero] ENOUGH!
Shang Tsung : Lord Rayden. How good of you to grace us with your... presence.
Lord Rayden : Your sideshow freaks attacked my fighters. That is expressly forbidden before the tournament... as your Emperor well knows.
Shang Tsung : My sincere apologies. It won't happen again, I promise you.
Lord Rayden : [unconvinced] I shall see to that.
Shang Tsung : Of course... until we reach the island, where you have no dominion.
Lord Rayden : My dominions are well known to me, sorcerer. Thank you.
Sonya Blade : What tournament?
Shang Tsung : You've been chosen, Sonya...
[grins]
Shang Tsung : Much to my delight.
[leaves]
Liu Kang : [amazed] You really ARE Rayden!
Lord Rayden : Come with me.
[teleports away]
