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Mortal Kombat 1 Kombatant Profile: Erika Kurumi/Cure Marine.
Note, her face model is based on Fumie Mizusawa, her voice actress with Tara Strong doing her English voice lines. Her default costume would be her Cure costume with the addition of a waist holster to hold her Flower Tact on the right side of her waist.
Bio:
Erika Kurumi dreamed of being a model together with her older sister, Momoka to follow in their mother’s footsteps when they were young. However, it was Momoka that was scouted for modelling, causing Erika to give up on her modelling dreams in favor of being a fashion designer so that she can work with her sister, developing a sense of hidden jealously towards her sister, eventually joining the fashion club in Myoudou Academy to help design clothes.
It was this hidden jealousy that led to her being turned by a general of the Desert Apostles; Sasorina into a Desertrian when her Heart Flower wilted alongside the stresses of trying to keep the fashion club together. However, she was rescued by Tsubomi Hanasaki/Cure Blossom and freed from being a Desertrian. Learning more about the Heart Flowers, the Tree of Hearts and how Desertrians are formed from her encounter with Tsubomi , she reconciled with her sister while also working with the other members of the fashion club to keep the club afloat while also resolving to protect the Heart Flowers of others, eventually meeting up with the fairy; Coffret and becoming Cure Marine.
However, Cure Marine would soon be drawn into a conspiracy by a Titan version of Shang Tsung to destroy Liu Kang’s New Era and she’s going to fight to protect more than the Heart Flowers of others. And it all started when she volunteered to go with Liu Kang, hoping to design some dresses for the Outworld royal house.
Walk Out Animation: Cure Marine applies perfume from her Heart Perfume onto herself as she walks towards the screen.
Selection Animation: Cure Marine points to herself using her thumb and smiles at the camera.
Gear: Tiara
Skins: Default (her Heartcatch PreCure appearance), Civilian (her civilian costume), Super Silhouette (her Super Silhouette form) and Cassie (a costume based on MK 11 Cassie Cage)
Johnny Cage Announcer Nicknames: “Marine”, “Little brat”, “Tsunami” and “Annoying”
Intro Animations:
1: Cure Marine summons her Flower Tact in her hands.
2: Cure Marine inserts a Heart Seed into her Heart Perfume.
Outro Animation:
Cure Marine pulls out her handphone in one hand, summons her Flower Tact in the other hand and hoists it to one of her shoulders as she takes a selfie of herself.
Throw Animation: Marine Forehead Punch
Cure Marine smashes the opponent’s head with her Flower Tact, sidesteps the opponent, gets behind the opponent and then headbutts the opponent from behind to knock her opponent to the ground.
Special Moves:
Bubble Smash: Cure Marine fires a single bubble from her Flower Tact that detonates and juggles the opponent.
Headbutt: Cure Marine grabs and headbutts her opponent, knocking back and staggering her opponent.
Shear Pressure: Cure Marine pulls out a pair of gardening shears and grabs the opponent by the waist with said shears and shakes the opponent violently before throwing the opponent away.
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Shear Smash: Cure Marine grabs the opponent by the waist with a pair of gardening shears and then slams the opponent to the ground with a suplex.
Blue Forte Wave: Cure Marine fires off a blast from her Flower Tact that stuns the opponent.
Navy Forte Blast: Cure Marine summons some energy flowers that blast her opponent with energy beams.
Fatal Blow: Flower of the Oceans:
Cure Marine pulls out her Marine Tact, then fires off a water blast to stagger her opponent and give her Kameo Fighter an opening to execute their Fatal Blow. After the Kameo is done, Cure Marine then smacks her opponent with her Flower Tact repeatedly before punching her opponent through their chest with her bare hands , breaking her opponent’s ribs in the process and knocking her opponent to the ground.
Fatalities:
Fatality 1: Literal Heartcatch.
Cure Marine pulls out her Flower Tact, then uses it to stun her opponent with Blue Forte Wave . She then rips out the opponent’s heart, causes the opponent’s Heart Flower to burst out of the opponent’s heart in her hands and then shoves the opponent’s Heart Flower into their mouth. The opponent then falls over dead.
Fatality 2: Gut Flora.
Cure Marine pulls out a chemical flask and force feeds the opponent the contents of the flask, causing the opponent to vomit out their intestines. Their intestines then turn into plant roots that force the opponent to the ground face first, propping the opponent up before a flower bursts out of the back of their head.
Kameo Fatality Win Pose:
Cure Marine replaces the Heart Seed on her Heart Perfume.
Test Your Might: Cure Marine attempts to break the object with her Flower Tact. If successful, Cure Marine jumps up to the air in happiness.
Animality: Shark Marine:
Cure Marine turns into a blue shark and then charges at the opponent as the stage floods. She then proceeds to bite the opponent in half at the waist down as as she charges before then biting on the upper half of the opponent and leaping up to the surface.
Brutalities:
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The Klassic: Cure Marine punches the opponent's head off with an uppercut.
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Back Throw: Cure Marine throws her opponent into the camera, splattering her opponent
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Face Off: Cure Marine headbutts her opponent's head from behind with such force that the opponent's face is blown out from the impact
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Bubble Blast: Cure Marine fires off a bubble blast so powerful it blows apart the opponent.
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Fertilizer: Cure Marine executes her Shear Pressure move only to slice the opponent in half at the waist down.
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Tact Stab: Cure Marine stuns the opponent with Blue Forte Wave, then stabs out her opponent's eyes with her Flower Tact .
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Vaporized: Cure Marine executes her Navy Forte Blast, vaporizing her opponent from the waist up
- Just A Little Off The Top: Cure Marine executes her Sheer Pressure move, only to completely bisect her opponent at the waist with her gardening shears.
- Hard Headed: Cure Marine grabs her opponent, then proceeds to repeatedly headbutt her opponent until her opponent's head explodes.
Brutality Win Pose.
Cure Marine pulls out her handphone and takes a selfie of herself.
Brutality/Round Win Lines:
“Even if my heart is as big as the sea, I still have limits!”
“Get up, pal!”
"The flower blooming in the ocean, Cure Marine!"
"Good for nothing but fucking manure!"
" Overglorified gardener, you say?"
“One less threat to the Tree of Hearts.”
"Alright, you suck!"
“That’s got to fucking smell…”
“Suck on that!”
“Only useful as compost!”
“Who’s the annoying one now!?” (Against Johnny Cage)
“Your Heart Flower is as vile as your actions!” (Against Shang Tsung)
Sample Interaction Lines: (With herself in a mirror match, Peacemaker, Homelander, Omni-Man, Shang Tsung, Liu Kang, Johnny Cage, Kenshi, Kitana, Scorpion, Mileena, Havik ,Rain, Cure March, Takeda, Cyrax, Sektor, Noob Saibot, Sasorina and Ghostface)
"Wait, you're not my Mirage counterpart?"
"I'm created by Shang Tsung, fool!"
"Even someone as dedicated to peace as you has to resort to violence..."
"Glad you noticed, PreCure."
"I can do whatever the fuck I want to the Heart Tree."
"First, I'll turn your fucking spine into a clothes rack ."
"How is an overpowered gardener supposed to best me?"
"Fuck around and find out, Omni-Man!"
(Mockingly) “I’m such a big loser, so I’m going to destroy this timeline, boo hoo….”
“You dare to mock me, you insolent PreCure!? ”
“I’ve seen a psychotic version of your Tsubomi in another timeline….”
“Ugh, I don’t want to meet her.”
“You’re just as annoying as me, Mr Cage…”
“Now you know how it feels, Erika …”
“There are more fashionable ways to conceal your blindness, Kenshi.”
“I’ve gotten used to the blindfold, Miss Kurumi.”
"I think this outfit complements your charm point...."
"Yes, Erika, I know what you're staring at......"
“Why did you say you can beat me in a fight?”
“Water extinguishes fire, am I right?”
“I’ve seen better veils than yours.”
“Is that an insult towards my looks, Cure Marine?”
“You’re just as chaotic as me!”
“At least I don’t consider genocide, unlike you!”
“Even a heart as big as the sea will be swept away!”
“Yep, but you are just a raindrop compared to the sea!”
"Guns aren't stylish for a PreCure!"
"You're talking to someone who uses guns in their work, dumbass!"
"Who made your suit, Takeda?"
"It's a product of the Shirai Ryu's finest artisans"
"How could you be so immature and blunt for a PreCure?"
"Think of me as 'young in mind'."
"We will hound the Shirai Ryu for the rest of their days! "
"Good, because you'll end up like a dog with a boot up it's ass if you do so!"
"Fear my new powers, PreCure."
"Is it possible to for you to fuck yourself with that clone?"
“Wonder what was the Tree of Hearts thinking?”
“I’ve been taking notes from Liu Kang’s champions, dipshit!”
"I'm no ordinary person with a knife."
"And I'm an eccentric PreCure."
Tower Ending:
(Shot of Cure Marine and Cure Blossom attending to the Heart Tree that fades to a shot of Cure Blossom being taken down by an alliance of Havik’s followers and the Desert Apostles as they invade the island that the Tree of Hearts is on)
“With the defeat of Shang Tsung’s Titan counterpart, I’ve returned to my duties as a PreCure together with Tsubomi , protecting the Tree of Hearts and the Heart Flowers of people from being targeted by the Desert Apostles. However, there are other people interested in harming the Heart Tree for their own benefit and they have formed a deadly alliance with the Desert Apostles to do so.”
(Shot of Cure Marine running after a depowered Cure Blossom who has her Heart Seed shattered, that then fades to a shot of Cure Marine and Tsubomi briefing agents of the Outworld Investigation Agency, some PreCures from other teams and the Shirai Ryu on the threats faced by the Heart Tree at a seminar . Amongst those in attendance are Jax, Kenshi, Johnny Cage, Liu Kang, Cure March and Scorpion)
“Despite the setbacks that we had faced in our defense of the Tree of Hearts, we’ve gotten new allies to aid us. Unlike those PreCures who came before me who protected the Tree of Hearts, I’m willing to pool our resources with others who share the same goals of protecting their realms from invasion from others rather than us shouldering the burden alone.”
(Close up of Cure Marine and Tsubomi briefing those present at a seminar as Cure Marine displays a holographic image of the Tree of Hearts with a holographic projector in her left hand)
“And we are going to need all the help we can get to ensure that the Heart Flowers are protected from the Desert Apostles and those who stand with them. We’re in this together.”