Li Mei

Li Mei is a character in the Mortal Kombat fighting game series. She made her debut in Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance.

Signature Moves

 * Nova Blast: Li Mei shoots a purple ball of energy at the opponent. In Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance this special move is called Sparkle (MK:DA, MK:D, MK:A)
 * Flipping Heel Kick: Li Mei flips forward in a circular motion, bringing her feet over her head kicking the opponent and then landing back on her feet. (MK:DA, MK:D, MK:A)
 * Flying Flurry: Li Mei launches herself forward with a series of punches to the opponent's face. (MK:DA, MK:D, MK:A)
 * Carnival Spin: Li Mei spins backward and kicks the opponent in an impossible fashion. (MK:DA, MK:D, MK:A)

Fatalities

 * Fatal Kicks: Li Mei kicks her victim's stomach, lodging her foot in the opponent's innards. She keeps it there for a second before pulling it out, then kicks the victim's head, causing it to explode. (MK:DA)
 * Brutality: Li Mei repeatedly strikes at the torso and head of her opponent very quickly, and then stands, striking a pose. The confused opponent then screams in pain a few seconds later and explodes in a shower of gore. This fatality seems to borrow from the Asian martial arts study of pressure-points. (MK:D)
 * Head Grenade: Li Mei walks up to her opponent and with one swift uppercut, knocks her foe's head straight into the air. Li Mei patiently waits for it to come back down before she kicks it hard at her opponent. When the head strikes them, they explode into piles of blood and bone. This is done in a different way than Liu Kang's Shaolin Soccer. (MK:D)

Other Finishers

 * Hara-Kiri: Deadly Limbo: Li Mei throws her sword into the air and bends over. The sword falls back down and decapitates her. (MK:D)

Stage Relationships
Li Mei's people had been forced by the Deadly Alliance to build the following:


 * Dark Prison
 * Palace Grounds
 * Shang Tsung's Palace

Trivia
In General
 * Li Mei is rather notable in Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance for having four special moves; most characters have only two or three. She retains all these moves in Mortal Kombat: Deception.
 * There's a common misconception that "Li Mei" means "plum" in Mandarin. In fact, this is incorrect; plum in Mandarin is "Lizi". "Mei" in Mandarin means beautiful, but paired together Li Mei has no significance as a name in Mandarin.
 * Whether this mistake was made on behalf of Midway or just a rumour, it's apparently pervasive enough to have lasted for years.
 * She is the only normal character to use the "Baji Quan" fighting style, although created characters can use it in Armageddon.
 * Her Flying Flurry special is almost like a punching version of Liu Kang's Bicycle Kick.

Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance
 * Has the same voice actress as Nitara.
 * She has the same sais that Mileena has in Mortal Kombat: Deception.
 * One of the only three character to possess a "tragic" ending in the game, when she has her soul transferred to a mummified soldier by Shang Tsung. The others being Scorpion and Frost.

Mortal Kombat: Deception
 * After offering to train Li Mei, Shujinko foreshadowed her ending in Deadly Alliance by warning her that fighting Shang Tsung and Quan Chi alone would "end in misfortune."
 * She has the same fighting style that Bo' Rai Cho had in Deadly Alliance: Mi Zong.
 * She has the same voice actress as Jade and Mortal Kombat: Unchained Kitana.
 * Many fans have criticized her Deception ending. The ending had many negative views or opinions because it involved Li Mei betraying the heroes and teaming up with Onaga. However, this ending is non-canon.
 * In Mileena's Deception Ending, Li Mei is shown holding a naginata instead of her weapon in the game, which is the Kunlun Dao. Coincidentally, Li Mei was "severely injured" by a naginata in the Armageddon intro video, by means of Hotaru.
 * In the character select screen, when Li Mei is locked, she is obviously shown in her alternate costume in her character space.
 * Li Mei had a large face makeover between Deadly Alliance and Deception. In Deadly Alliance, she had big, brown eyes and big lips, however, in Deception, she had small, green eyes and smaller lips. Her alternate costume in Deception still keeps her Deadly Alliance face model.
 * Li Mei might have met Kai at some time during his journey in Outworld because in a rare moment speaking to Li Mei she tells of a dark skinned monk, that might have been him.
 * Li Mei is described as The Defender of the People of Outworld.

Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
 * She appears in Konquest Mode attacking Shinnok in the Netherrealm cliffs. When Taven shows up, he fights off Li Mei. It is not made clear whether this was the real Li Mei, or simply a clone Shinnok created to test Taven's strength.
 * She is the first character to receive a critical wound in the opening Armageddon cinematic, by means of Hotaru.

Mortal Kombat (2011)
 * During the beginning of Story Mode, her corpse can be seen, still pierced by Hotaru's naginata.
 * In one of the older patches, Li Mei was seen chained in Kahn's Arena in Kitana's place, using her primary costume from Mortal Kombat: Deception/Mortal Kombat: Armageddon. Now, if the player chooses to play as Kitana, Tanya's chained in her place.

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