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I have been called an enforcer of the Deadly Alliance. I prefer the term "ambassador".
~ Tanya, when she was serving the Deadly Alliance.

Tanya is a traitress to the realm of Edenia and a recurring antagonist from the Mortal Kombat series of fighting games.

Tanya was portrayed by Lia Montelongo and voiced by Rosalind Dugas in Mortal Kombat 4/Gold, and was later by Beth Melewski in Mortal Kombat: Deception. She was voiced by Jennifer Hale in Mortal Kombat X, who also played Sedusa and Princess Morbucks in The Powerpuff Girls, Rojo in Ben 10, Shannon Lucas in Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness, Alecto in God of War: Ascension, Black Knight in Generator Rex, Killer Frost in Injustice: Gods Among Us, and Kronika in Mortal Kombat 11. In Mortal Kombat 1, She is voiced by Cherise Booth.

Biography[]

Original Timeline[]

Tanya first appears during the events of Mortal Kombat 4. As the daughter of Edenia's ambassador to new realms, she invites a group of "refugees" fleeing their own world into the peaceful realm of Edenia. However, the refugees are actually a disguised Shinnok, along with Quan Chi and their sinister Netherrealm forces. Though Tanya pretends this was a tragic accident, she has in fact been working with Shinnok all along.

Thanks to Tanya's treachery, Shinnok is free to wage war against the gods who banished him to the Netherrealm. During this time, she attempts to lure Liu Kang into a deadly trap, but fails. Shinnok's power base is soon destroyed, and with her master gone, Tanya—now revealed to be 'the Traitor of Edenia' -- flees to Outworld. She helps Shao Kahn's armies briefly imprison Queen Sindel, but is defeated by Earthrealm martial artist Shujinko.

Years later, Tanya resurfaces as an "ambassador" for the Deadly Alliance—an enforcer imposing their will on the people of Outworld. But when the Deadly Alliance crumbles, Tanya finds herself alone once more. She is captured by Baraka, who gives her a choice: serve the newly resurrected Onaga or die. She joins the army of the Dragon King, becoming an advisor to Onaga as he searches for ancient incantations to fuse the Kamidogu into one. Believing that such information still exists in Edenia, Tanya brings Onaga to her native realm.

In Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, Tanya is present at the final battle within the craters of the Edenian Southlands. She fights for the Forces of Darkness and she is seen fighting her fellow Edenian rival Jade. She dies alongside the rest of the kombatants save for Shao Kahn.

Alternate Timeline[]

Tanya is an Edenian whose father was an Ambassador of Edenia and whose family respected Kitana and King Jerrod's family in the days before the Outworld conquest of Edenia 10.000 years ago. She helped the deposed Mileena escape from imprisonment at the hands of the usurper, Kotal Kahn.

During the rebel attack in Z'Unkahrah, when Kotal Kahn tries to kill a traitorous Kano, Tanya leaps into the fray to stop him. Kotal warns Tanya that he will never forget those who helped Mileena escape imprisonment, but Tanya protests that Mileena is willing to free Edenia from Outworld, whereas Kotal refuses to do so. Kotal argues that Outworld is strongest when united, but Tanya replies that it will never be united under his rule. The emperor defeats Tanya, but before he can kill her, he is attacked by Tarkatan soldiers, Tanya escaping while he is distracted.

When D'Vorah and Cassie Cage team up to retrieve Shinnok's Amulet from Mileena's camp in the Kuatan Jungle, Rain explains that he has set up Mileena to kill herself by using the amulet, whereupon he will assume power. While he is speaking, Tanya sneaks up on Cassie from behind and attacks her while D'Vorah does battle with Rain. Tanya is victorious against Cassie and, after D'Vorah defeats Rain, turns to attack her, too. She says D'Vorah's people, the Kytinn, believed they were left alone out of respect for their solitary nature; in fact, they were simply disliked.

D'Vorah then defeats Tanya, and is about to kill both Tanya and Rain with her ovipositors when Cassie asks her to spare their life. D'Vorah reluctantly obeys, allowing the two Edenians to live.

By the time of Mortal Kombat 11, Tanya has apparently died as mentioned in several of Mileena's intro dialogue, being executed by Kotal Khan. She also appears in Mileena's arcade ending, raising a child with her.

New Era[]

Tanya's incarnation in Liu Kang's New Era is a significant departure from her prior iterations; her traitorous tendencies have disappeared, and now directly serves the royal family as a member of the Umgadi. She also develops a romantic relationship with Mileena, the heir to Outworld's throne.

Tanya's previous iterations as a traitorous Edenian also appear as alternate timeline variants. One such was summoned by Titan Shang Tsung to kill Liu Kang and destroy his timeline. This Tanya confronted Fire God Liu Kang and his Titan allies while attempting to destroy his Hourglass. The Dark Tanya and Li Mei him and Kitana, but were thwarted by them. During the Battle of Armageddon, a version of Tanya merged with Kitana was a member of the Forces of Darkness, along with a Tanya with Raiden's powers called Shock Priestess, but these were killed during the Battle.

Personality[]

Tanya seems to view her self as a survivor more than anything else, justifying her choices as being the "righteous decisions". Though she is skilled kombatant, Tanya prefers more subtle means of achieving her goals.

Tanya will manipulate, scheme, and kill anyone to get what she wants or survive any dangerous situation.

Like many of the other fighters in Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, Tanya wants to use the power of Blaze. In her non-canon Armageddon ending, she uses the power to control dragons. That was her goal in the game to call upon the most powerful creatures to have at her side and use them to rule the realms.

Powers and Abilities[]

Tanya is a skilled fighter and has a number of special attacks. She is able to shoot a fireball from her hands and lunge forward in a corkscrew style attack with her feet covered in flame aimed at the opponent. Tanya can also perform kicks that have her feet charged with fire and she can also disappear in flaming haze, turning invisible.

Powers[]

  • Edenian Physiology: As an Edenian, Tanya possesses incredible attributes like speed, strength, endurance, and immense longevity.
    • Superhuman Strength: Tanya has shown to be strong enough to rip out someone's thigh bone, stomp right through their chest, and stomp right through their heads. Another thing she is strong enough to do is to snap someone's spine with her feet and can launch her entire body right through their chest.
    • Superhuman Speed: Tanya is mostly known for her speed and agility. She can move faster than the speed of sound.
      • Superhuman Agility
    • Superhuman Durability
    • Superhuman Endurance
    • Longevity
  • Magic: MKX shows that Tanya is able to enhance her fireballs using a dark substance to act as an accelerant to increase its potency. She also has the abilities to turn invisible and teleport.
    • Pyrokinesis
    • Invisibility
    • Teleportation

Abilities[]

  • Expert Martial Artist: Tanya is an adept fighter, relying on her agility and favoring powerful kicks coupled with her pyrokinetic abilities. She has skills in martial arts and can use her speed to overpower opponents soundly.
    • Zi Ran Men
    • Yue Chuan
  • Master Acrobat: Tanya has superior acrobatic skills. She incorporates a lot of flips and jumps into her fighting style.
  • Weapon Mastery: Tanya also has high skills in using weapons. She shows skill with her Kobu Jutsu, using them to block her opponents' weapons and even unorthodox manners such as rebounding projectiles. Mortal Kombat X also depicts Tanya using a naginata in an equally unusual way, such as a standing pole before following up with an actual attack.
  • Stealth Mastery: Tanya does have skills in stealth, as was revealed in MKX. She has snuck up quietly and attacked Cassie Cage by surprise.
  • Indomitable Will: Tanya does have unbreakable willpower. She has a strong desire on achieving great power, which lead her to betray her people and aided Shinnok and the Netherrealmers. She also has strong feelings for Mileena and will always keep aiding her until she reclaims her throne.

Quotes[]

Mortal Kombat 4/Mortal Kombat Gold[]

I don't know what Kitana saw in you! Can you see, Liu Kang? This us a trap!
~ Tanya says with laughter amazed with how easily she tricked Liu Kang.

Mortal Kombat: Deception[]

I have lived for thousands of years because I have made the right decisions.
~ Tanya in Mortal Kombat: Deception.

Mortal Kombat X[]

You my die now.
~ Tanya when she kills someone.
You install me at your peril.
~ Tanya when installed by Cassie.
I will free the souls within you.
~ Tanya fighting Ermac.
Torr finally kill Ferra.
~ Tanya making fun Jason Voorhees when he is draging a female body.
My family respected you.
~ Tanya when she is fighting Princess Kitana.
Come amuse me.
~ Tanya to Jax Briggs.
Edenians should not fight each other.
~ Tanya to Princess Kitana.
Shall we.
~ Tanya before fighting Sub-Zero.
It's all a game to me.
~ Tanya to Takeda.
Quite a handsome Shaolin.
~ Tanya to Kung Jin.
Be gone snake.
~ Tanya to Kano.
And if I do not?
~ Tanya to Raiden after the thunder god ask her to explain herself.
Your ego needs boundaries.
~ Tanya to Quan Chi.
Turncoat.
~ Tanya to Kano.
I'm Tanya, not D'Vorah.
~ Tanya joking with Shinnok after he calls her an insect.
Subtle as a hectocare blasting powder.
~ Tanya after Johnny Cage says her name.

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Trivia[]

  • It was very hard to tell that she was evil at first, since she seemed very innocent. However her ending in Mortal Kombat 4 showed her truly malicious nature.
  • Tanya is considered one of the most untrustworthy characters since she constantly double crosses people.
  • She was at first thought to be a clone of Jade, similarly to how Mileena is a clone of Kitana.
  • In the MKX story mode, she told Kotal Kahn that she wanted to help Mileena because Mileena vowed to create a free Edenia. This is unknown because Tanya always betrays her realm.
  • Tanya was named after one of Ed Boon's sisters.
  • In MKX Tanya's outfit is still rather revealing even though the game toned down on her skimpy attire being less toned down compared to other characters.
  • While the New Era version of Tanya in Mortal Kombat 1 is more heroic, in several mirror matches, she is pitched against evil versions of herself, one of whom worships Shinnok, and another from her Armageddon ending.
  • Titan Kitana also mentions that the Tanya of her New Era is evil.

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Movies
Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins (1995): Shang Tsung | Goro
Mortal Kombat (1995): Shang Tsung | Kano | Goro | Sub-Zero | Scorpion | Reptile | Shao Kahn
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation: Shao Kahn | Sindel | Shinnok | Mileena | Motaro | Sheeva | Ermac | Jade | Baraka | Cyrax | Smoke | Scorpion | Sub-Zero | Reptile | Rain
Mortal Kombat: Rebirth: Shang Tsung | Sub-Zero | Reptile | Baraka
Mortal Kombat: Legacy: Gadsen | Liu Kang | Baraka
Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge: Scorpion | Quan Chi | Shang Tsung | Goro | Shao Kahn | Kano | Baraka | Reptile | Moloch | Motaro | One Being
Mortal Kombat (2021): Shang Tsung | Sub-Zero | Mileena | Reiko | Kano | Kabal | Goro | Reptile | Nitara
Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms: Shao Kahn | Shinnok | Shang Tsung | One Being | Scorpion | Lin Kuei Grandmaster | Sektor | Cyrax | Mileena | Smoke | Reiko | Kintaro | Jade | D'Vorah | Baraka | Li Mei
Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind: Kano | Shang Tsung | Kabal | Kira | Kobra | Erron Black | Ferra and Torr | Drahmin | No Face | Tremor | Jarek | Kronika
Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match: Shinnok | Sareena | The Director | David Doubldy | Jataaka | Kia | Drahmin | Moloch

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Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm: Karbrac | Hideyoshi | Komodai | Oniro | Ruby | Zaggot | Zara | Zenkaro
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