third in their 2009 list of the best palette-swapped video game characters, adding that Midway Games "has turned the art of making new characters from other, different-colored characters into a science." Special moves and Fatalities have been mostly very well received. In 2010, IGN listed Scorpion's "Flaming Skull" as the second best MK Fatality without specifying any particular title in the series, due to how the player's perception of the character changes when he removes his mask. They called it an "enduring classic", noting that the finisher was notably unchanged in future games as a result of its connection with the character. His spear attack was ranked ninth in GameSpot's 2002 list of the top ten fighting-game special moves of all time as the single most powerful yet balanced attack in the original game, as well as for its initial shock value, furthermore deeming it "the definitive Mortal Kombat move." The "Nether Gate" from MK2011 was included by FHM on their list of the game's nine most brutal Fatalities. His MKII Friendship, shared with Sub-Zero and Reptile, placed in Prima Games' 2014 list of the series' top 50 Fatalities, in addition to the "Nether Gate", his stage Fatality from MK2011, and the "Flaming Skull" from the original MK. Paste rated it the fourth best Fatality from MK2011, in addition to rating the "Flaming Skull" as the third best finisher from the first game. However, his Animality from UMK3/Trilogy (a penguin that lays an exploding egg) tied with that of Rain as the eighth worst finisher in the series according to GamePro. Scorpion's catchphrase "Get over here!" was listed in PLAYs joke list of ten best chat-up lines. According to PlayStation Universe in 2011, Scorpion "has spawned one of the most iconic catchphrases in gaming history" and "remains a firm fan favorite nineteen years since his debut." See also Ninja in popular culture References External links Action film characters Action film villains Fictional Japanese people in video games Fictional Ninjutsu practitioners Fictional Piguaquan practitioners Fictional assassins in video games Fictional blade and dart throwers Fictional characters from Kansai Fictional characters with immortality Fictional characters with post-traumatic stress disorder Fictional chain fighters Fictional rope fighters Fictional hapkido practitioners Fictional kenjutsuka Fictional male martial artists Fictional martial artists in video games Fictional mass murderers Fictional mercenaries in video games Fictional murderers Fictional polearm and spearfighters Fictional skeletons Male characters in video games Male