was nonetheless published in the December 1997 issue of Sci-Fi Entertainment. Quan Chi was a featured character in a special-edition tie-in comic book that was included with the 1998 PC home release of Mortal Kombat 4. Quan Chi appeared in four episodes of Mortal Kombat: Conquest (1999), and was played by Adoni Maropis. His duties therein involved conspiring with Shang Tsung to defeat the series' lead characters (Kung Lao, Siro and Taja), while in one episode, Shang Tsung disguises himself as Quan Chi in his attempt to assassinate Shao Kahn. In a 2006 interview, Maropis explained that while he was indifferent to the MK franchise, he got into his character after his makeup was applied, a process that took two hours. Maropis additionally designed a vocal tone for his role that he claimed the series' producers were initially against as they wanted him to lower the character's onscreen intensity, but eventually relented and later allowed Maropis to rerecord his dialogue: "They let me be and let it all hang out." Quan Chi makes a brief appearance in the 2011 web series Mortal Kombat: Legacy, at the climax of a two-part episode featuring Sub-Zero and Scorpion. He kills Hanzo Hasashi's family under the guise of Bi-Han (Sub-Zero), then resurrects Hanzo as an undead specter and promises him revenge against Sub-Zero in exchange for his services. Quan Chi was played by Michael Rogers, who enthused in a 2011 interview that he "absolutely loved the role" despite not having played the games, but once he got the part he avoided any kind of MK media aside from the 2010 short film Mortal Kombat: Rebirth, because he "did not want any influences and wanted to come in with a fresh perspective" on the character. In the animated film Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge (2020), Quan Chi (voiced by Darin De Paul) serves as one of the two main antagonists with Shang Tsung, and resurrects Hanzo Hasashi to turn him into Scorpion and employ him as his servant for eternity. Reception Characterization and gameplay Quan Chi was ranked fourteenth in UGO Networks' 2012 list of the top fifty Mortal Kombat characters, for his role as one of the "prime villains" of the series. Ben Richardson of GameFront said of the character in 2011, "He’s Scorpion’s boss—pretty much the ultimate badass credential." Complex named Quan Chi second behind only Shang Tsung as the series' most brutal