The History of Mortal Kombat | Liu Kang: The Immortal Grand Champion | Untold Legends Timeline

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Welcome to the History of Mortal Kombat! In this episode of Untold Legends I'll be covering the development and story of Liu Kang. The hero of Earthrealm, Netherrealm ruler, Fire God, and Grand Champion of Mortal Kombat, Liu Kang has played many roles in the history of Mortal Kombat. No matter the timeline, the fate of all the realms always depends on his actions. If you enjoy the video please leave me a like, a comment, and share it with your friends.
CLARIFICATION NOTE: Onaga attained Shinnok's Amulet after Raiden's attack failed, once Quan Chi no longer had it.
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0:00 The Main Hero
4:09 Ancestor: Great Kung Lao?
6:35 Grand Champion
19:46 From Beyond
26:50 Liu Kang's Downfall
40:11 From Death to Godhood
1:04:44 The New Era

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@GamerThumbTV Год назад

If you'd like to see more videos like this check out this playlist: ru-vid.com/group/PLS6LTVm6e_nvrawbm6iEtcIscIMRJMS9h Do you see Liu Kang as being a descendant of the Great Kung Lao, or do you go by the opinion of John Tobias? Which Liu Kang ending is your favorite? Great ways to support the channel: Patreon: patreon.com/GamerThumbTV Become a channel member: ru-vid.comjoin Tips Link: streamlabs.com/gamerthumbtv/tip

@paulmoore4653 Год назад

Time to wake up to a new era

@paulmoore4653 Год назад

Liu kang parents wood have been proud of him

@GamerThumbTV Год назад

@@paulmoore4653 very much so, their kid became a god with time powers. I'd be proud too

@jalenikezeue4114 7 месяцев назад

🤔 I wonder what Happened to jade perhaps liu kang stripped her of her Edenian roots and turn her into a Osh-Tekk so she could Be with kotal in the new timeline

@WaynesWorld12 Год назад

Finally, my boy Liu Kang is the poster boy and the new face of MK, long overdue 🐉🔥🙏

@GamerThumbTV Год назад

Fully updated!

@TT-md7mm Год назад

Agreed. Liu Kang is one of the realest when it comes to fighting game protagonists.

@GamerThumbTV Год назад

@@TT-md7mm There's a reason he's the chosen one!

@jayswindonley1128 Год назад

💯 agreed

@donniesdeals Год назад

He's always been the face what do you mean? Tell me you've never played an mk game before 2011 without telling me so..

@Smalltummywonderful Год назад

Liu Kang finally got a redemption arc, and now the course of history will forever be different. Great video and Premiere!

@GamerThumbTV Год назад

Thanks for checking it out

@Smalltummywonderful Год назад

@@GamerThumbTV you're welcome, and hopefully Kung Lao can finally have a break

@jalenikezeue4114 7 месяцев назад

Liu kang is a better God than raiden because despite him Caring about the mortals he was very Cavalier about there Lives And inconvenience about there feelings and after the defeat of shao khan he didn't bother too find a solution to help the falling defenders of Earth realm he just abandoned them for years

@AntJayRod25 Год назад

The part I like is that he doesn't have to double back to show all the non-canon endings. Liu Kang IS the Canon, so just goes mostly straight through.

@GamerThumbTV Год назад

Yep he had very few non canon stories.

@Reedinho Год назад

I'm here for "9-5, regular joe" Liu Kang. Just working in downtown Chicago, going to Bears and White Sox games

@GamerThumbTV Год назад

Then getting attacked by ninjas randomly throughout his lunch breaks.

@rodrigogois Год назад

LIU KANG!! 🙏🏼🔥🐉☯️ The greatest kombatant and Immortal Champion of Mortal Kombat! Can't wait to see whats in store for him in this new journey as a God. Pain, stress, heartbreaks, but hopefully happiness in the end.

@erichfiedler1481 Год назад

Liu Kang, from badass martial artist to a fucking God, in-between those two points he was dead, then a zombie, then dead again, then a Revanent

@GamerThumbTV Год назад

He's definitely been around

@erichfiedler1481 Год назад

@@GamerThumbTV and yet in all these timelines, he never did it with Kitana and produced a kid in the process, even Johnny and Sonya had a kid

@PR1ME98 Год назад

Shujinko: Liu kangs nerves blazed like fire. Kid me: Thats sounds so cool!!! Me now: Damn…he was hurtin! Couldn’t be me!!

@XangoFwet Год назад

I remember when people actually tried to justify Raiden’s misguided actions in MK 9. If you actually looked at it from Liu’s perspective? Raiden went fuckin Bat Shit Crazy. No one is seeing Raiden’s visions but him and all the characters were forced to follow a man who was probably just seeing wild shit and getting them killed. Literally put yourself in any other character’s shoes that wasnt crazy and let everything sink in. Raiden on literal faith just HAPPEN to be correct. Nothing was guaranteed and the Elder Gods werent any help in guidance at all.

@GamerThumbTV Год назад

Excellent perspective, you can't really fault Liu Kang for how he felt after everything went down. And I think Raiden recognized that since he basically stepped down and eventually handed the torch to Liu Kang.

@sonomni 11 месяцев назад

I actually blame the fact that Raiden *nor* Liu Kang caught on earlier that the Elder Gods literally said the merging of the realms is what was breaking the rules of Mortal Kombat.

@mrldphntm1627 Год назад

This was a fantastic retrospective on the Liu Kang story. From humble Shaolin Monk to Fire God and protector of the realms.

@GamerThumbTV Год назад

Thank you for checking it out

@lightdarksoul2097 11 месяцев назад

I think Liu being like a branch family to the Lao family or even adopted into one makes sense and do think there is something there. I don't think he is directly related but I think you can trace his line back to him

@GamerThumbTV 11 месяцев назад

Would make total sense and makes him just as eligible to redeem the original Kung Lao's loss.

@lightdarksoul2097 11 месяцев назад

@@GamerThumbTV plus it would explain both Laos feelings toward him. They are basically family but Kang worked way harder to earn his place while Lao had the name so didn't have to. Kung Jin hints his family is strict and traditional so maybe that is because of Liu Kang kinda taking some of that fame from the main family

@HyperDefective Год назад

Excellent video as always. Watching this reminded me that I never played Aftermath or any of the MK11 DLC, and I totally forgot that they got Cary Togawa to play Shang Tsung again. What a legend.

@GamerThumbTV Год назад

There is no greater Shang Tsung

@TheKingroro Год назад

I like it as them being distant relatives just like I want them to keep sabretooth and Wolverine as brothers in Marvel

@GamerThumbTV Год назад

Same, always loved them having some kind of loose familial connection, although it seems they're not even aware of it.

@TT-md7mm Год назад

Hell. F*cking. YES! I'll stand by it that the untold legends series is one of the best and one of my favorite YT series by a creator. Big ups for keeping this one going!

@GamerThumbTV Год назад

I appreciate the compliment. Glad you enjoy the series!

@DragonSkyNija Год назад

45:00 How Liu Kang sit on the throne is similar to Jin Kazama from his ending in Tekken 5.

@GamerThumbTV Год назад

Had to have been done on purpose.

@rollins4484 Год назад

In an alternate timeline, Raiden the electrician gets into a heated argument over Liu Kang's architectural designs that left out the wiring...

@GamerThumbTV Год назад

Very possible!

@RileyJ3866 Год назад

1:14:15 I love how it goes from Shang-Tsung confidentially talking shit already proclaiming victory, to instantly on the ground defeated and disintegrating 🤣 Amazing edit 👌🏼🤣

@GamerThumbTV Год назад

Liu Kang had to put him in his place lmao. Shang Tsung: "you are no match for me." Liu Kang: "incorrect"

@nicholasnorman4179 11 месяцев назад

Not the mention Liu play Shang

@RileyJ3866 11 месяцев назад

@@nicholasnorman4179 what?

@stepj7973 11 месяцев назад

I never realized but Liu Kang's ending in Armageddon is pretty much the same in MK9.

@GamerThumbTV 11 месяцев назад

Very much so, there's been several cases where plot points in alternate endings have been adopted into canon.

@kcsalyer19 Год назад

Awesome work! I can't wait to see what this new era has in store.

@cjsher90 Год назад

I know I knew all of this already, but the amount of times since Armageddon that Lui became a God in his endings..... wow. How'd I miss that.

@GamerThumbTV Год назад

Oh yea they played with the idea for years before it became canon.

@sonomni 11 месяцев назад

Yep, his Armageddon and MK9 ending became canon, only difference being that Raiden willingly gave up his godhood.

@Jaggedfire Год назад

Liu should’ve accepted Kitana’s offer otherwise he wouldn’t have died

@GamerThumbTV Год назад

True. He might've beaten Blaze and won Armageddon too instead of Shao Kahn

@luckysix1015 Год назад

speaking of MK vs DC (great way of sneaking it in btw) I wonder if Raiden actually had seen that game in his visions, did Dark Kahn inspire him to fuse with Liu Kang. and since i had never seen that games arcade endings I now also wonder how shazam! Lui kang compares to current Lui Kang.

@GamerThumbTV Год назад

Interesting theory, and Raiden definitely saw that game in his visions. That place with floating rocks where Liu Kang and Raiden are fighting in one of the memories is from that game. MK11 made MK vs DC canon in some other timeline.

@Xeno455 Год назад

"Yes, Liu Kang. It is I" "But I thought you were gonna lick.."

@GamerThumbTV Год назад

(Kitana immediately cuts him off) lol

@prayforjonas 11 месяцев назад

Man, Aftermath felt so fucking mean spirited. They learned nothing from Sindel in MK9. After a great main story, the DLC undid everything and killed everyone all in the name of ANOTHER reset lmao this is why I love the characters of MK and not the stories.

@elvisp116 Год назад

I've been a mk diehard since mk2. Nobody wanted to get me the first one. n Kang is the goat. N Robin Shou will always be Liu Kang too

@JabamiLain 8 месяцев назад

Cetrion said in an intro Liu Kang was related to Onaga in some capacity. He's either Onaga's descendant, or a descendant of someone from his species. I wish they explore that.

@GamerThumbTV 7 месяцев назад

They never said they were related, just that he has the same fire. Probably a plot point they set up to elaborate on in the future. For now it doesn't really mean much.

@abnuridd24 Год назад

21:21 Onaga didn't get the amulet until after Raiden blew everyone up. The way you say it sounds like he already had the amulet when he was charging through the three attacks.

@akshaytrayner1960 Год назад

Great update mate

@GamerThumbTV Год назад

Thank you for checking it out

@akshaytrayner1960 Год назад

@@GamerThumbTV can’t wait more untold legends

@noir_hero7294 Год назад

Yes!!! My favorite Bruce Lee inspired character!!

@GamerThumbTV Год назад

One of the greatest

@datboidrummer29 Год назад

Liukang has always been the goat

@GamerThumbTV Год назад

Indeed

@chimericalical Год назад

Personally, I would have preferred if this video came out after MK1 came out so the video would be more complete

@SilentKGaming Год назад

Damn, his character has come a long way

@JaimeAGB-pt4xl Год назад

This may be a Hot Take... BUT.... I'd argue that even though LK is the Hero of Earthrealm and champion of MK, the actual protagonist is Raiden as the Protector of Earthrealm... He was assigned to earthrealm, fought Shinnok ages ago, he probably prepared/trained fighters for the MK tournaments till the G-KLao won (importantly, as a God he cannot compete/participate unless directly challenged) and continued to do so till LKang won, continued to rally forces for MK2 and beyond, till he fell from grace at MKDeception but always the direct opposition to Evil... If Raiden was king, LKang was Queen as his most powerful and trusted warrior that makes him the hero of the story, just not the true Protagonist... Until now, excited for what's to come 👊🏻... It is Time 🤜🏻🤛🏻

@jalenikezeue4114 7 месяцев назад

Oh! Man I wish Master Bo' Rai Cho Got a Cameo appearance in MK 11 He would of Love to see both liu kang And Kung Lao

@nobleskywalker4639 Год назад

39:55 Ah Yes Lord Raiden God of Thunder accidentally losing control of his power and killing basically his adopted son instead of knocking him out

@knifegaf266 11 месяцев назад

Yo, Nocturne release date! Looking forward to a video covering the trailer

@gabrielvelez5656 Год назад

Yooo my Boi Shao Khan when???

@GamerThumbTV Год назад

Gonna wait for MK1 to drop since he plays a major role as General Shao

@nazishhussain2712 11 месяцев назад

Could you do life of tremor

@comixproviderftw_02 10 месяцев назад

7:46 I wanna believe this was a rejected idea for the first Mortal Kombat movie before he goes back home to his grandfather. 😂 Grandfather: American life has addled his mind. Too much television.

@cokelife5831 Год назад

U should do a video on the history of mortal kombat how it came to be like the lore and realms not just characters I think that would be awesome

@GamerThumbTV Год назад

That's actually covered in Raiden's video since he was there before any kombatant.

@nazishhussain2712 Год назад

Could you do life of Onaga and also frost

@crnlonewolf3195 Год назад

What he got an office job hahaha

@GamerThumbTV Год назад

Apparently in some weird Malibu Comics timeline haha

@DragonSkyNija Год назад

OG timeline started with Shang Tsung. Rebooted Timeline ended with Shang Tsung. New Timeline: No Shang Tsung?

@GamerThumbTV Год назад

Oh he'll be there in some way. He's already a preorder bonus in MK1

@nobleskywalker4639 Год назад

He is in the first trailer

@sonomni 11 месяцев назад

He was mentioned in some of the MK1 story sneak peaks.

@darkligth2549 5 месяцев назад

can i point out that, shujinko did not revive onaga, reptile did, shujinko just gave him the kamidogu to power him up

@GamerThumbTV 5 месяцев назад

The Kamidogu gave him the ability to return from the dead. Reptile was just the vessel. Without Shujinko Onaga wouldn't have been able to return at all

@Sheng-Li248 Год назад

Can you please do Tekken Characters?

@GamerThumbTV Год назад

I fully plan to.

@kaistrange1672 Год назад

Question since you’re doing a Silent hill story at some point Will you Start with origins I know this has nothing to do with this franchise On this video but I’m curious

@GamerThumbTV Год назад

Silent Hill will likely be made in order of release since very few games actually intersect with each other storywise.

@kaistrange1672 Год назад

@@GamerThumbTV k

@JabamiLain 8 месяцев назад

I'd like to know Liu Kang's biological brother at some point. Oh ! Wait. That's impossible now because of the reset and making a sister for Raiden. Instead of child Hanzo, I'd be more interested in seeing Liu Kang's brother be trained. They made my man Scorpion dirty. Kuai Liang just doesn't work.

@elvisp116 Год назад

🔥🔥🔥🔥

@draydarockstar362 Год назад

They should make a story where the mfs have to deal with all the mfs lesving mk9 to mk 11

@armandorentaramos4648 Год назад

Remind me of how did Raiden teach Liu Kang of how to steal soul? I’ve never seen Raiden stealing a soul before that is Shang Tsung’s thing. Raiden uses the power of thunder, while Shang Tsung steal soul. I know Shark Kahn teaches Shang Tsung how to steal souls but Raiden? How the f*ck did NeatherRealm Studios f*ck this up?

@GamerThumbTV Год назад

He never learned that from Raiden. Revenant Liu Kang mastered the ability from his time with Shinnok and Quan Chi.

@armandorentaramos4648 Год назад

Ooohhh yeah I get it now, thanks for the information

@JorgeF69 Год назад

If you think about it if liu kang killed shang tsung he would have prevented armagedon

@GamerThumbTV Год назад

Hmm...how so? Shao Kahn would've still gone after Blaze's power like everyone else did

@sonomni 11 месяцев назад

@@GamerThumbTV It’s more so referring to the fact that Liu Kang would’ve still been alive.

@GamerThumbTV 11 месяцев назад

@@sonomni maybe, time finds a way though. Let's not forget even in the altered timeline Liu Kang was still killed, just by Raiden's own hand.

@nicholasnorman4179 11 месяцев назад

If they kill qui chi a lot of shit would be solved

@generaltage4936 10 месяцев назад

How the heck can Dark Liu Kang tell Shao Kahn broke his living younger’s legs?!

@GamerThumbTV 10 месяцев назад

It's the only way his legs would've broken suddenly. What affects your past self, affects the present day self. Same reason young Johnny got a scar from a bullet and it appears on present day Johnny's face. How he knew it was Shao Kahn, who knows?

@rollins4484 Год назад

Bro, you're going to have to do all this a third time after MK1 comes out...

@GamerThumbTV Год назад

Nah, when MK1 drops I'll do a series of smaller MK1 oriented videos for multiple characters

@rollins4484 Год назад

@@GamerThumbTV Good plan! Don't tire yourself out!

@oddballskull1941 Год назад

How come Kung lao Kung jin But not Kang liu?

@henriquedearruda8902 11 месяцев назад

So how does Liu Kang turn into a dragon?

@GamerThumbTV 11 месяцев назад

How does he shoot fireballs? How does anyone do any crazy powered thing in MK lol?

@nicholasnorman4179 11 месяцев назад

1:13:39 play him like a flute

@ggarzagarcia Год назад

Dude, I love your series on character development of MK. It’s stellar. However, I’m going to have to provide a slight correction on your take on the name Liu Kang. 2:46 Gordon Liu. *Liu* 刘/劉 is a *last name,* not a first name as you claimed. Tobias and Boon didn’t make a mistake and had colleagues to confirm that Chinese last names (family names) go first in the culture. Otherwise, we should be calling him *Kang Liu.* Kang 康 can be a Chinese last name, but Liu is *definitely NOT* a first name in Chinese culture. Boon and Tobias didn’t make a mistake. Again, please understand. I humbly let you know, and give this slight correction with my knowledge and connections with Mandarin Chinese. Keep up the great work in your videos! I look forward to more MK characters!

@GamerThumbTV Год назад

The development team didn't really adhere closely to cultural norms, including names. There's no sourced information that they confirmed the creation of the name with colleagues. The MK story and characters have always been a mishmash of various myths, movies, mixed with stuff they just made up, etc. Within the video game universe, it's first name Liu, last name Kang. How things work in real life doesn't really apply here. They basically did whatever sounded good to American audiences. Typically Kang is also more commonly a Korean name in our real world, but here we have a Chinese hero. I appreciate the well thought out comment!

@StriderVM Год назад

Currently, I like Liu Kang's storyline. From being a Mary Sue to being screwed over so badly. So I think in MK One, his role swap with Raiden will be good. Which hopefully would mean that Raiden and Kung Lao will benefit in character development. And hopefully give them the characterizations they needed to be much more likable and deserving of the spotlight.