Sonya Blade

Sonya Blade is a character from the Mortal Kombat games.

Sonya is a female soldier who was a member of Earthrealm's Special Forces unit known as Outer World Investigation Agency (OIA), now she commands all the operations of the Special Forces and Units like the new Earthrealm unit which is Cassie's team.

Appearance
In her first appearance, Sonya wears a green sports bra, matching color pants and white socks. The holster on her pants, along with the groin region, are black. She wears upper arm bands and chunky forearm bands. Her hair is in a bob cut with a head band.

In UMK3 and MK Trilogy, Sonya wears a green-black-and-white sports bra and tights set with black biker gloves, upper arm bands, white sneakers, and white socks. She also has longer hair tied into a ponytail.

In MK4 and MK Gold, she wears a halter-style crop top and jogger set, a bullet belt on her right leg, calf-high boots, upper arm bands and forearm guards.

In Deadly Alliance, Deception, Unchained, and Armageddon, Sonya wears a white crop top, a short Special Forces jacket, dark jeans and black boots, and her alternate is tight,grey-colored jumpsuit. In MK vs DC Universe, she replaces the jacket with a beret and long, fingerless sap gloves.

In MK 2011, Sonya wears a short, tight Special Forces vest that goes above her belly button, with two straps buckled up, along with her I.D. badge. She wears a pair of dog tags, as well. On her upper arms, she wears arm bands, some of which form Xs over her biceps and triceps. She also wears dark green-and-black leather pants, a holster, knee-pads, and high-heeled, combat-style boots. Her alternate outfit consists of a white, low-cut crop top, green short shorts, tan hiking boots, green-and-black gloves, a hat, dog tags, and single ar bands just above her elbows.

In Mortal Kombat X, Sonya wears a hat with the Special Forces logo, in a leaked image she wears a Green Beret also in the tower statue her hat says "ARMY", she wears a two colored blue and black leather jacket and a gray shirt, in her render and tower statue, she wears her wedding band along with her dog tags in separate necklaces, the wedding band necklace being the thicker and shorter one which, in her final model, the ring ended up being removed, black pants with blue leather pieces attached to them, carries a gun on the right side, with a couple of pockets and a belts, she has black gauntlets on her arms that allows her to do the Ring Toss and call in the Drone, and black leather boots just like the Deadly Alliance, Deception, Unchained, and Armageddon military boots.

In Mortal Kombat 11, she retains her appearance from the previous game but with more saturated blue color. As young Sonya, she wears a gray-and-white jacket with matching trousers, a grey sports bra, and a headband to maintain her hair.

Personality
Sonya Blade is a beautiful, stern tough-as-nails general. Sonya represents a very emancipation and headstrong woman, but for all her stubbornness and pride, she deeply cares about the lives of her friends and comrades.

In her non-canon Armageddon ending Sonya Blade wants the power of Blaze to end crime and criminal organizations. While most of the kombatants want the power to rule or to become gods Sonya has a different goal. Most want Blaze's power to rule everything with peace or fear but Sonya only wishes to finally end both the Black Dragon and Red Dragon Clan's. Some kombatants also want Blaze's power to steal the power of others or to become the champion or best kombatant. Some want the power to destroy words or get rid of all evil or to restore what they lost. Sonya Blade's personal goal is to just end crime.

Powers and Abilities
Sonya has the power to fire and manipulate pink-colored energy (in MKX, the ability seems to not be magical in origin, but more an effect of using a high-tech weapon), as well as gain temporary flight (or at the very least the ability to maneuver in air). Her abilities are vast, mostly based on agility, as well as deadly and impressive due to her Special Forces training. She is very fast in combat, using quick and effective kicks and strikes. She also incorporates gymnastics into some of her moves, such as her Kartwheel Kick move and Scissor Split fatality. She is also, along with Liu Kang, Nightwolf, Johnny Cage, Jax, Sub-Zero, Smoke, Kabal and Stryker, one of Raiden's Chosen Warriors (being the only Earthrealm female with this honor) and, thus, one of the strongest fighters not only in Earthrealm, but all the realms.

In MKX, her Covert Ops variation focuses on hand-to-hand combat and brings back some of her classic moves. The Demolition variation gives her grenades to use againist the opponent in various ways, but she can only have up to three of them stored before having to call in a Drone to give her more. The Special Forces variation allows her to call in this drone and command it to attack the opponent in multiple ways.

In MK11, she has a moblie sentry gun known as BUD-E, whom she can call in any time. BUD-E acts as a turret, being able to shoot and walk, but can also jump to tackle the opponent to the ground.

Signature Moves

 * Energy Rings: Clanging her wrists together, she sends out pink ring-like projectiles that would hit the opponent.
 * In MK 2011, the enhanced version is called Rings Of Justice and fires two rings, one at normal height and the other at a lower level.
 * In MKX, the enhanced version is called Energy Blast. The Ring has increased damage and knocks the enemy down.
 * Leg Grab: Sonya does a handstand and grabs her opponent with her feet, then slams them to the ground behind her.
 * In MK 2011, the enhanced version is called Krazy Legs. After the opponent is slammed onto the ground, they bounce over Sonya, who grabs them by the feet and slams them back down.
 * In MKX, the enhanced version is called Leg Slam and also has armor.
 * Air Leg Throw: While in the air, Sonya grabs her opponent with both legs and tosses them down to the floor. In MK 2011, this is called Air Throw. In MKX, this is called Air Strike and has Sonya stomp on the opponent's arms with both feet after throwing them down.
 * Face Planter: She takes off into the air and flies across the screen with a punch to anyone who is in the air.
 * Inverted Bicycle Kick: Like Liu Kang, Sonya rises into the air with a series of kicks to the opponent. This can turn into Bike Assault after doing a Bicycle Kick - Sonya does another Bicycle Kick to the ground. The inverted bicycle kick slightly returns in MK 2011, but Sonya can only perform it during her X-Ray Move as well as in her Babality.
 * Kartwheel: Sonya performs a cartwheel at her opponent, kicking them on impact. In MKX, this can be done during Military Stance, which is called Double Kick and bounces the opponent to the air, but has no enhanced version due to now being a basic attack.
 * The enhanced version is called Kartwheel Bash and increases in damage.
 * Flying Kick: Sonya flies across the screen with a kick to the opponent's torso.
 * Kiss: Sonya blows a kiss that stuns the opponent by irritating their eyes. Note that this move won't work on Kenshi, due to the fact that he is blind. This is partially used to start her X-Ray in MKX.
 * The enhanced version is called Deadly Kiss and hits the opponent at a further distance. This can be charged as well, but doesn't change the distance.
 * Armed Forces: Sonya crouches down and releases a purplish pink projectile from her hands at the opponent.
 * Arc Kick: Sonya performs a kick that arcs through the air, enabling her to hit the opponent in the air or on the ground.
 * In MK 2011, the enhanced version is called Arc Wave and travels at a faster speed, as well having increased damage.
 * In MKX, the enhanced version is called Flying Kick, which has armor and travels faster. It will hit the enemy three times if they're very close to Sonya, but only once with much less damage if the enemy is too far.
 * Air Drop: Sonya does a straight down kick after jumping in the air. If blocked, she's left in an extremely vulnerable state. In MKX, it's possible to combo after the kick if it hits, but it no longer has an enhanced version.
 * The enhanced version is called Air Strikes and will do multiple kicks on the way down.
 * Garrote Parry: Sonya extends her garrote in front of herself to parry high punches or kicks. If the opponent strikes her with one of these, she will wrap their wrist or ankle with the garrote and be allowed to strike them in two different ways before they break free.
 * Eagle Strike: Sonya turns her opponent around and strikes them to make them kneel, then throws them in the air with a knee to their back and finally punches them to the ground in mid-air.
 * Freedom Strike: Sonya wraps the garrote around the opponent's neck to throw them over her and slam them on the ground behind her. As they stand up, still stunned by the strike, she punches them away.
 * The enhanced version Garrote Punish is activated slightly faster and replaces Eagle Strike and Freedom Strike for two different strike options.
 * Stiff Neck: Sonya wraps the garrote around the opponent'ts neck to flip over them, crouch behind them and pull them to her, hitting them with her backs and stunning them for combos.
 * Justice: Sonya wraps the garrote around the opponent's neck to pull herself to it, leaping at their neck, wrapping her legs around the opponent's head, and performing a twisting Frankensteiner, which bounces them and allows for a juggle.
 * Frag Grenade: Sonya throws a frag grenade at the opponent, and it explodes after a short time, launching them in the air. There are close, medium and far versions of this move, and the grenade can be detonated prematurely with Detonate.
 * The enhanced version is called Shrapnel and makes Sonya throw all remaining grenades at once in the air, in an arc like fashion.
 * Stun Grenade: Sonya throws a stun grenade at the opponent, and it explodes after a short time, electrocuting them. As with the Frag Grenades, there are close, medium and far versions of this move, and the grenade can be detonated prematurely with Detonate.
 * The enhanced version is called Flashbang and makes Sonya throw all remaining grenades at once in the air, in an arc like fashion.
 * Drone Drop: A flying drone appears to give Sonya more grenades, always leaving her with the total of three. The enhanced version makes the drone itself fire grenades at the opponent, each one at a different distance. It will fire the number of grenades its normal version would normally give Sonya, so if she only has two of them, it will fire one, or if she has none it will fire three, for example.
 * Drone: Sonya calls in a drone, which will float next to her until a command is given. If not used, its lights will flash after some time and then it will disappear.
 * Park Drone: Sonya makes the drone stand still at any part of the arena. Its lights get white while it's parked. She can use Remove Park to make it follow her again.
 * Heavy Blast: The drone shoots an overhead blast at the enemy to knock them down. Its lights get blue when performing this. Only hits close enemies.
 * Homing Missile: The drone shoots homing electric energy at the enemy to knock them down. Its lights get blue when performing this.
 * Kamikaze: The drone flies straight at the enemy and explodes upon contact with them. Its lights get red while performing this.
 * Low Kamikaze: The drone flies at the enemy's feet and explodes upon contact with them. Its lights get red while performing this.
 * X-Ray Move - SF Beat Down: Sonya initiates her X-Ray Move with a series of punches and kicks (two of each), which if any one (all, in some cases) of them lands, she then performs a leg grab on the opponent's neck, snaps it, then she uses the inverted bicycle kick and slams him/her on the ground head first, breaking their skull and neck.
 * X-Ray Move - Special Forces: Sonya begins her X-Ray Move by throwing pink dust in front of the opponent, blinding them when they come in to strike her, before wrapping her garrote around the opponent and pulling them down on their back, like in her Kut-Throat Fatality, snapping their spine. She then snaps back with a punishing reverse headbutt, breaking the back of their skull and then ends it by throwing her opponent forward, head first, breaking the neck.
 * Fatal Blow - Die Already: Sonya begins by landing a energy ring-enhanced punch, which starts the fatal blow. She breaks the opponents shin, punches them across the face, then in the stomach with a charged punch. She turns the opponent around and forces them towards her BUD-E sentry gun, which shoots the opponent a number of times before landing a shot through their head, which knocks them over, giving Sonya the opportunity to stomp on their face.

Other Moves

 * Free-Fall Super Move: Sonya bicycle-kicks her opponent before using a powerful Energy Ring attack to knock them to the ground.
 * Klose Kombat Mode:
 * Double Slap: Sonya slaps her opponent in the face twice.
 * Arm Breaker: Sonya spins her opponent around and breaks his/her arm.
 * High Knee: Sonya high knees her opponent in the stomach.
 * Nose Breaker: Sonya puts the palm of her hand and uppercuts her opponent in the nose.
 * Throw: Sonya grabs her opponent by the shoulders and knees him/her in the stomach. She then spins around and elbows them in the stomach (Forward Throw) or flips them over her shoulder (Backwards Throw).
 * Military Stance: Sonya stands still and prepares to attack her opponent. While in this stance, she can perform different attacks depending on the button pressed.
 * Knockdown: Sonya rams her shoulder into her opponent knocking them to the ground.
 * Tackle: Sonya jumps onto her opponent, knocking them to the ground on their back. She then punches them once or twice, before jumping back up and kicking them in the crotch, sending them sliding across the ground.
 * Throw: Sonya climbs her enemy, getting to their back, and uses her weight to toss them into the air.
 * Bake 'n' Wake: After being knocked down, Sonya detonates a grenade to hit the enemy and propel herself backwards before standing up again. She must have at least two grenades to do this.
 * Throw (Forward): Sonya turns the opponent around and knees them in the back, then wraps a garrote around their neck and proceeds to break their back by crouching down.
 * Throw (Backward): Sonya drops an armed grenade, then trips her opponent onto it and shoots the airborne opponent away with her rings as they are launched by the grenade.

Fatalities

 * Fire Kiss: This Fatality has been Sonya's trademark fatality ever since MK. She would blow a flaming kiss in the direction of her opponent, burning him/her alive.
 * In MKX, this Fatality is renamed as Kiss of Death.
 * Crush Kiss: Another variation of this fatality was found in Mortal Kombat 3 in which she would once again blow a kiss and an amazing purple, glowing orb would be hurled towards an opponent, thus crushing the opponent and leaving behind a pile of blood and bones.
 * Slice Kiss: A variation of her Fire Kiss Fatality, Sonya conjures an energy ball that destroys the opponent's upper torso once it makes contact.
 * Scissor Split: Sonya lifts up her opponent by her legs, holding them up momentarily before ripping the body apart by splitting her legs.
 * Poison Kiss: The kiss once again returns and this time, with a sadistic new style. Sonya exhales a mystical poisonous mist at her opponent (complete with Valentine hearts), causing him/her to choke and vomit food twice and blood once. While the opponent is distracted by the vomiting, Sonya jumps in the air and stomps on her opponent's back, causing their head to explode. In the Game Boy Advance version, the stomp results in the opponent's organ burst out instead of the head exploding.
 * Airborne Blade: Sonya grabs the opponent by the neck, stands upside-down while doing so and snaps their neck. In Mortal Kombat 4, she uses this as her Grab attack, doing the very same thing, but it is not used as a fatal blow.
 * Kut-Throat: Sonya takes out a garrote wire, puts it at her opponent's throat and flips over their head. She then decapitates the opponent with a forward tug.
 * Target Marked: Sonya shoves a smoke grenade into her opponent's mouth. Afterwards, she summons an attack drone with her wrist device. It shoots out a pair of lasers that cut off the opponent's arms and a rocket that homes onto the smoke marker, blowing up the head. The rest of the body then falls over.
 * Head Hunter: Sonya wraps her garrote wire around the back of her opponent's neck and knees his/her head upward, decapitating him/her. While the head is in the air, a drone shoots at it until it is reduced to a bloody skull. Sonya then catches the skull and attaches it to her belt as a trophy.
 * To the Choppa: Sonya calls in a helicopter, and a spotlight appears on the dazed opponent. She then throws the opponent upwards by her legs. As the opponent is airborne, Sonya fires her hand cannons at the opponent, tearing their one arm apart in the process of being sent towards the rotor blades. In the resulting impact, the opponent's body is reduced to flesh and blood, leaving their head, arm, and legs intact as they fly away.
 * Supply Drop: Sonya grabs her opponent's arm and elbows it, breaking the opponent's elbow. She continues by delivering a second elbow to her opponent's face, breaking their nose. As the opponent falls down, Sonya calls in BUD-E, who lands on the opponent in the form of a supply drop with enough force to bisect the torso, separating the legs. As the opponent tries to crawl back, BUD-E shoots them in the face, leaving a huge gaping hole in the head.

Brutalities

 * Thigh Master: Sonya does a Leg Grab that separates their legs from their body and slams the body into the ground with such force, the face is rubbed off from contact with the ground.
 * The opponent must be hit a couple of times before the brutality can activate.
 * Boot to Head: Sonya tricks the opponent into grabbing her leg and spins around, delivering a counter kick to their head which decapitates them.
 * Garro-That: Sonya parries her opponent and performs a Stiff Neck, wrapping her garrote around them, and decapitating them.
 * Time Bomb: Sonya throws a frag grenade at her opponent which explodes and obliterates their torso, sending the arms and head flying elsewhere.
 * Kamikaze: Sonya calls her drone to do a Kamikaze into her opponent. It skeletonizes the opponent's head and torso with the explosion.
 * Pain and Agony: Sonya does her X-Ray move, with the neck break in the end of the move resulting in decapitation.
 * The Klassic: Sonya uppercuts the opponent's head off with their spine attached. It is available to all other characters.

Trivia

 * Sonya's character was inspired by the karate champion and movie actress, Cynthia Rothrock.
 * Sonya was named after one of Ed Boon's sisters.
 * Sonya almost didn't make it into Mortal Kombat. Originally, Kurtis Stryker, who later debuted in MK3 (although, at the time, the name was given to the character who would eventually be called Jax in MKII) used her storyline, but he was dropped and Sonya was created to add a female character to an otherwise all-male cast.
 * Sonya was revealed to be one of Ed Boon's favorite characters during an interview around the time MK3came out. Boon stated that she was not only one of the strongest, but also one of the most popular characters of the series.
 * Sonya's body can be seen in the introduction of Mortal Kombat Deception, located on the stairs leading to Shang Tsung's palace.
 * Sonya was planned to be a playable character in Mortal Kombat: Special Forces, along with Jax. However, Sonya's part was dropped due to deadline issues. Early shots of the game listed her code name as "Panther."
 * Sonya was originally going to fight Jade during the first movie in a secret arena, but the scene was cut from the shooting script and never filmed.
 * Sonya appears on Johnny Cage's movie poster as his romantic interest during his ending in Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance.
 * A false viral rumor that spread among many players in the first Mortal Kombat was the existence of a code that would make Sonya appear naked in the game (referred to as the "Nudeality" or "Nudality"). Various reports told of its existence only appearing in the Sega version, only in the arcade version, and so on.
 * Sonya's partner who was killed by Kano was never given a static name, having been named Cliff LoDolce in Jeff Rovin's MK novel, Bill van Hoven in the MK movie novelization, and Wexler in the cartoon show, Defenders of the Realm.
 * Sonya is the first character used in the Challenge Tower in MK 2011.
 * She is also one of the only two survivors of the Earthrealm fighters in the MK 2011 story mode, the other being Johnny Cage.
 * Her alternate costume in Mortal Kombat (2011) is the same as the outfit she wore in the movie Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, with gloves, a hat, and sunglasses.
 * Sonya is one of the only eight characters to have a Brutality that derives from her X-Ray, and not only from special moves, throws, or combos, the other characters being Erron Black, Jacqui Briggs, Jason, the Predator, Tremor, Leatherface, and Triborg.
 * Sonya Blade's official theme is titled, "Go Go Go."
 * In Mortal Kombat 11, there are some references to Sonya's voice actor, Ronda Rousey and pro wrestling.
 * In Mortal Kombat 11, Sonya has a dream to become a marine biologist if she did not graduate in the Academy.
 * After defeating the younger Kano in Mortal Kombat 11's story mode, she stands over Kano's head with the latter remarking to "give him a break", mirroring a similar happen-stance in the first movie.