Shinnok is a fictional character in the Mortal Kombat fighting game series. First appearing as the nonplayable boss of the 1997 side-scrolling action-adventure game Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero, he made his selectable debut in the three-dimensional fighting title Mortal Kombat 4 the same year. In the series canon, Shinnok is a disgraced former Elder God who was imprisoned in the eternally-damned Netherealm, which he rules alongside the nefarious sorcerer Quan Chi while seeking revenge against Raiden for his banishment. He plays his largest role to date in Mortal Kombat X, in which he defeats Raiden's chosen warriors in battle before being sealed inside a magic amulet, in addition to serving as the game's final boss and main antagonist.
While he is associated with Quan Chi due to their recurring partnership throughout the Mortal Kombat series since their collective 1997 debut, Shinnok has not fared as well in terms of long-term popularity and storyline presence. He has been selectable after Mortal Kombat 4 in two other games (the compilation title Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, and Mortal Kombat X) with cameo roles in other installments, in addition to not featuring in any alternate media or merchandise save for a supporting role in the 1997 feature film Mortal Kombat: Annihilation. General and media reception has been mixed to negative, mainly for what is considered to be his unimposing stature as a boss character in the series.
(Feat. Bobby Valentino)
Remember the first time we met...
Remember when you told me that you cared...
[Bobby Valentino]
Girl I remember you took mah heart from the start
We never b apart no
Cause I remember holdin hands in the park
In the middle of the villa talkin
Girl I remember like it was yesterday we never played no games nah...
Now I don't know who you are...
Now I don't know who you are no...
[Chingy:]
Let me talk to you for a minute baby
Hey look hey baby
Remember when we was like the sun
Always shinin bright baby we was one
Remember when I would hold yo hand walk you through the park tell you I'm yo man
Remember when it would rain outside we'd stay in and hv sex all night
Remember when you kept it real for me
My phone was off you had my back and paid the bill for me
Remember that if not then remember this
The second time you came to see me was our first kiss
Remember that if not try to think back
When I saw you first I winked and you winked back
You got me off track baby remember that
[Bobby Valentino:]
Girl I remember you took my heart from the start
We never be apart no
Cause I remember holding hands in the park in the nolia? villa talking
Girl I remember like it was yesterday we never played no games no
Now I don't know who you are
Now I don't know who you are no
[Chingy:]
I think we went wrong right here aye check
Do you remember all them lonely nights
I would leave ya home me I'm on a flight
Do you remember saying bye baby knowing in back of ya head you're like why baby
Do you remember going out that night
I called you you said you was going out
That's right
Do you remember when I came home the next day bought you some roses cause it seemed long
Do you remember acting kinda awkward
I washed our clothes and a number fell out ya pocket
Do you remember why it seemed crooked
Said you wanted him to get out ya face that's why you took it
I don't believe that you did it before
I remember baby
[Bobby Valentino:]
Girl I remember you took my heart from the start
We never be apart no
Cause I remember holding hands in the park in the nolia? villa talking
Girl I remember like it was yesterday we never played no games no
Now I don't know who you are
Now I don't know who you are no
[Chingy:]
Believe it or not you my one and only
Well you was until I found yous a damn phony
Give that jewelry back like how ya living
Naw keep it baby I ain't no indian giver
But trust me come around the corner all that be honest bullshit say that you was gonna
I don't regret you being my woman because real recognize real
I shoulda seen it coming damn
[Bobby Valentino:]
Girl I remember you took my heart from the start
We never be apart no
Cause I remember holding hands in the park in the nolia? villa talking
Girl I remember like it was yesterday we never played no games no
Now I don't know who you are