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Mortal Kombat 1 Kombatant Profile: Marmo
Mortal Kombat 1 Kombatant Profile: Marmo
Note, her face model is based off her Japanese VA, Tanaka Atsuko with Carrie Keranen voicing her English lines for Mortal Kombat 1. She fights with a whip and has completely black eyes similar to Ashrah and Sareena unlike her anime appearance to highlight her origins from the Netherrealm.
Bio:
One of the Jikochuus, a race of demons formed from hedonistic and incredibly sinful souls native to the Netherrealm, Marmo was formerly a human courtesan hailing from a poor family who clawed her way up with means both fair and foul together with sheer ambition, greed and ruthlessness. Her sinful nature led to her being condemned to the Netherrealm when she died, eventually becoming a Jikochuu.
When Marmo was in the Netherrealm, she met the Jikochuu King, Bel and Ira and convinced them to be in an alliance of convenience for their own hedonistic goals, forming the Selfish Kingdom with Marmo, Bel and Ira forming the Selfish Trio. It was the Selfish Trio that ended up attacking the realm of Splendorius, causing Jonathan Klondike (who later on took up the alias of Joe Okada) and the fairy Sharuru to flee to Earthrealm and their princess; Marie-Ange to end up missing.
The Selfish Trio followed them to Earthrealm, ending up in Oogai Town in Japan where they tried to track down Klondike and Sharuru, only to end up being foiled by the newly formed PreCure of Splendorious, Cure Heart. Fleeing back to the Netherrealm, they quickly restrategized, planning and scheming ways to take down that PreCure.
Their opportunity would soon come as Outworld hosted it’s most recent Mortal Kombat Tournament. Marmo was sent out to foment discord amongst the tributary kingdoms of Outworld against Sindel. The plan was to send Outworld into civil war and then harvest the selfish thoughts of the proverbial free for all to further empower themselves and their army to crush and absorb Outworld into the Netherrealm.
Of course, Titan Shang Tsung will draw Marmo into a conspiracy that spans beyond even the Selfish Kingdom’s own plans.
Walk Up Animation:
Marmo pulls out her whip.
Select Animation:
Marmo puts away her whip and winks at her opponent.
Gear: Hat.
Skins: Default (based on her default skin), Cure Madame (based on her Cure Madame disguise), Kia (based on Kia’s costume from Mortal Kombat; Mythologies) and Cure Ace (based on Cure Ace)
Johnny Cage Announcer Nicknames: “Devil”, “Greedy bitch”, “Hottie” and “Gold digger”.
Intros:
1: Marmo creates some coins in her hands.
2: Marmo lashes out with her whip.
Outro:
Marmo creates a metal orb in her hands and poses with the metal orb and her whip.
Throw Animation: Cashiered In:
Marmo tosses some coins into her opponent’s face, then gets behind her oppoent and strikes her opponent’s back with her whip to knock her opponent to the ground.
Special Moves:
Ground Magma Line: Marmo sends out a fire wave towards her opponent with her whip.
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Flaming Whip: Marmo lashes out with a whip coated in molten metal, dealing chip damage over time if it connects to her opponent.
Coin Charkram: Marmo tosses a chakram at her opponent.
Arcing Metallic Orb: Marmo tosses a metal orb at her opponent in an arcing motion
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Rolling Metallic Orb: Marmo tosses a metallic orb that rolls towards her opponent and juggles her opponent
Splash Magma: Marmo tosses some magma into her opponent.
Whip Takedown: Marmo uses her whip to trip up her opponent.
Jikochuu Maiming: Marmo pulls out a corrupted Psyche (that winged heart like construct from DokiDoki PreCure that turns black and gains bat like wings when corrupted) that she then shoves into her opponent’s face to maim her opponent.
Whip Slam: Marmo lashes her whip upwards. If it connects when her opponent is airborne, she slams her opponent to the ground, headfirst.
Fatal Blow: Jikochuu’s Desire:
Marmo starts her Fatal Blow by lashing out with her whip, staggering her opponent and allowing time for her Kameo to execute their Fatal Blow. Once done, Marmo lashes out with her whip at her opponent, then throws a metal orb at the opponent’s face, fracturing it and knocking her opponent to the ground.
Fatalities:
Fatality 1: Selfish Heart.
Marmo rips out the opponent’s Psyche with her whip through her opponent’s chest, then corrupts it. She then shoves the heart into the opponent’s mouth, causing a Jikochuu to burst out explosively from the opponent’s head and split the opponent in half, lengthwise before flying away.
Fatality 2: Coin Do Matter.
Marmo lashes out with her whip, slashing at her opponent and leaving behind several gashes that glow with a golden light in the opponent’s torso . She then wills the gashes to expand into large coin-like chakrams, ripping apart the opponent’s torso in the process and slowly turning the opponent’s remains into gold.
Kameo Fatality Win Pose:
Marmo beckons the camera with one hand while also holding her whip in the other hand.
Animality: Peacocking:
Marmo turns into a peahen , then proceeds to summon energy feathers that she sends towards the opponent, impaling her opponent to the ground before she lands on top her opponent and pecks through her opponent's head. She then proceeds to preen herself on her opponent's corpse.
Test Your Might: Marmo attempts to break the object with her whip. If successful, Marmo smiles as she poses with her whip.
Brutalities:
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The Klassic: Marmo punches the opponent’s head off with an uppercut.
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Back Throw: Marmo throws her opponent into the camera, splattering her opponent.
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Skinned: Maromo executes her throw, only to skin the opponent alive with the final blow.
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Rolling Bowls: Marmo executes her Rolling Metallic Orb, only to litteraly flatten the opponent.
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Gold Standard: Marmo executes her Arcing Metallic Orb, only for it to splatter her opponent’s head and turn the rest of the opponent into a gold statue that then tips over.
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Splat!: Marmo executes her Whip Slam move, only to splatter the opponent to the ground.
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Boatmurdered!: Marmo tosses some magma at her opponent, only to burn alive her opponent.
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Melting Point: Marmo executes her Flaming Whip move only to burn alive her opponent with the final blow.
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You're Are Not Needing Them!: Marmo executes her Whip Takedown move only for her to rip our the opponent's legs from the shin down.
Brutality Win Pose:
Marmo lashes with her whip and pulls out a corrupted Psyche.
Brutality/Round Win Lines:
“For the Jikochuus!”
“Everyone has their temptations!”
“Live for yourself and damn the rest!”
“Greed does matter!”
“Desire should be unbound!”
“Think bigger, Zeffeero!” (Against Rain)
(pffts) “That’s your biggest desire, Bi-Han?” (Against Sub -Zero)
“Pity that your selflessness is quite rare!” (Against Sindel)
Sample Interaction Dialogues (With Sindel, Peacemaker, herself in a mirror match, Kitana, Geras, Liu Kang, Rain, Nitara, Ashrah, Ghostface, Homelander, Takeda and Omni-Man)
“You should rule only for your own benefit, Sindel.”
“I am not tempted by your suggestions, devil!”
"You're a devil, Marmo!"
"How direct of you, Christopher Smith!"
“You’re a Cure in the timeline you hail from?”
“Of course, I’m Cure Madame!”
“The Jikochuus will pillage your realm!”
“It will be the last realm they’ll pillage, Marmo!”
“Desire is a constant in all timelines, Geras!”
“And yet, it must be controlled, Marmo!”
“You have pillaged realms for the Jikochuus!”
“Of course, for our own benefit, Fire God!”
“Ambition should be unrestrained.”
“Marmo, look at what my uncontrolled ambition did to my reputation!”
“You crave for immortality…”
“Of course. Shall we join forces with you?”
“You should burn in the Netherrealm for your sins, Marmo!”
“Your hypocrisy is showing, Ashrah!”
"Gutting a demon? I like that idea!"
"Not this demon, pal!"
"All you need to do is to pledge loyalty to the Jikochuus!"
"Why would a God kneel before you?"
"The Yakuza has become more blatant in their crimes thanks to you!"
"At your service, Takeda!"
“You should have more desires besides conquering the Realms…”
“You’ll desire removing my fist through your torso, devil!”
Tower Ending
(Shot of Marmo returning from the Battle Of Armageddon that fades to her telling King Jikochuu what she just witnessed in front of the Selfish Trio)
“With the Battle of Armageddon done and the Jikochuus’ interests secure with the erasure of Titan Shang Tsung, I’ve briefed King Jikochuu on the threats I’ve encountered during my scouting assignment. I knew that those I fought during my journeys would be a threat to the Jikochuu’s interests and I’ve proposed a change in tactics.”
(Shot of Marmo approaching various leaders of criminal organizations in Earthrealm such as Kano of the Black Dragon that fades to the Black Dragon weaking havoc together with Jikochuus of various types)
“Why invade and pillage directly when we could just tempt the worst of the worst of the realms into joining us? My proposal was accepted and I’ve made contact with several of the criminal organizations in Earthrealm such as the Black Dragon and offered them temptations of power, wealth and glory. All catered and personalized by me to give them an offer they could not refuse.”
(Shot of Black Dragon members and various organizations being held by puppet strings that then pans up to show Marmo puppeteering them.)
“What schmucks they are! They immediately threw in their lot with us and now they are but willing puppets for us. In time, we will conquer Earthrealm for the Jikochuus!”
(evil laughing)