Lo-Pan, sometimes written as Lo Pan, is the main antagonist in the 1986 action/comedy film Big Trouble in Little China. He is a merciless and conniving sorcerer who just wants to have flesh again in order to rule the universe. Lo-Pan has a legion of followers who will die to protect him and three skilled martial artists with supernatural and elemental powers at his side, named Thunder, Lightning and Rain who together are known as The Storms.
Ikran's Mortal Kombat Khronology[]
In 259-210 BC, Lo Pan was defeated in battle by Emperor Qin Shi Huang. fore father of the Qin Dynasty. He cursed Lo Pan with incorporeality; although Lo Pan can be temporarily granted a decrepit body by supplication to the gods, he can permanently break the curse by marrying a woman with green eyes and sacrificing her. His attempts were unsuccessful on account on how rare they were...
Then in 1986, the events of Big Trouble in Little China take place. David Lo Pan utilizes his sorcery to appease the Gods in his search for a woman with green eyes. He becomes the frail 5,000-year-old man to the illusion of a young sorcerer similar to Shang Tsung; he sent some of his followers, the Lords of Death, to Chinatown, California. Wang and Jack get involved with scrimmages by the Chang Sing and Wing Kong, until the three storms massacre the former.
Miao Yin gets captured and was under Lo Pan's thrall. Gracie Law soon follows suit by Lo Pan's orangutan mutant as Wang, Jack, Egg, and his allies get involved. The two women became mesmerized, and Lo Pan planned to marry both women, sacrifice Grace, and still keep Miao by his side. Thanks to a strong elixir created by Egg, the men were resistant to Lo Pan's spells. Each of the Storms were decimated, Lo Pan was killed by a "reflex" by Jack after he attained flesh by absorbing blood from Miao Yin. His turf collapsed, Jack retrieved his truck, Wang proposes to marry Miao, Eddie pairs with Margo, Egg sets off to China and Grace gives Jack an offer, though he leaves with his truck as the orangutan wild mutant was stowed.
Trivia[]
- Some of the Chinese mythology in the film is based on actual history. Lo-Pan is a famous legend in Chinese history. He was a "shadow emperor" appointed by the First Emperor Qin Shi Huang. Lo-Pan was put on the throne as an impersonator because the Emperor was afraid of being assassinated. However, Lo-Pan tried to take over and was cursed by the Emperor to exist without flesh for two thousand years until he could marry a girl with green eyes.
- Lo-Pan has inspired several other villains:
- Lo Pan's character is also the inspiration of the Mortal Kombat villain Shang Tsung, whereas his assistants become inspiration of both archetype of electrokinetic straw hat–wearing monk and Raiden, who happened to be one of Shang Tsung's nemesis.
- He was also inspiration of Ikran's OC villain, Kim Yokushimo, the rising leader for the neo-Red Dragons and also uses sorcery and martial arts.
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