Mortal Kombat Deception arrived in 2004 as the sixth main Mortal Kombat game, with Shujinko leading its Konquest story mode as an aging martial artist tricked into serving Onaga. The armless scream comes from the series' fatality tradition, where exaggerated injuries are played for shock as much as horror. Isolated from the fight, the clip later circulated on soundboards and in edits as a standalone reaction, valued because fighting game fans recognise the character while other viewers simply hear pure, overblown pain.