characters; they state "he had an unblockable projectile attack, fought side-by-side with Smoke and even had ridiculous zoning in MK9." Appearances Mortal Kombat games Noob Saibot allies with evil Outworld emperor Shao Kahn in Mortal Kombat 3 and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, but secretly observes the emperor at the behest of the Brotherhood of the Shadow. In Mortal Kombat 4, he serves the fallen Elder God Shinnok. Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition features Noob Saibot once again as a playable character, this time in the service of Shao Kahn. He leads an offensive against the forces of good and mortally wounds the Shokan prince Goro. In Mortal Kombat: Deception, Saibot discovers the deactivated cyborg ninja Smoke deep within Shao Kahn's palace. He reactivates and enslaves him, intending to use his body as the basis for his personal undead cyborg army. In his ending, he is revealed as the resurrected form of Bi-Han, which would carry over to subsequent releases and the 2011 reboot of the continuity. In the 2005 beat 'em up title Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks, Shaolin warriors Kung Lao and Liu Kang discover Saibot being pursued by his brother Sub-Zero in the bowels of the Netherrealm. Mortal Kombat: Armageddon (2006) features Saibot as a playable character. In the game's story mode, he and Smoke invade the Lin Kuei ninja clan's castle and assimilate most of the defending ninja into their own subordinate warriors. They are eventually defeated by the warrior Taven, and Saibot is left in the castle unconscious. Raiden also tries to force him to recall his past identity, but to no avail. In the 2011 Mortal Kombat reboot, which serves as an alternate timeline retelling of the first three games, Raiden receives visions from his future counterpart while attending the Mortal Kombat tournament. After one of the visions reveals Bi-Han's transformation into Saibot, he tries to prevent Scorpion from murdering the first Sub-Zero by offering to ask the Elder Gods to resurrect the Shirai Ryu. This fails when the sorcerer Quan Chi manipulates Scorpion with a vision of Bi-Han murdering his family. After his death, Bi-Han is subsequently resurrected by Quan Chi to serve as one of his undead revenant enforcers. Saibot supports Quan Chi and Shao Kahn, while also keeping in touch with the Cyber Lin Kuei, who had joined the latter's forces as well. Although he first appears during the second Mortal Kombat tournament, he