Of course, this is just one of the many examples of gore to the point of ridiculousness in Mortal Kombat, without even getting into the sillier stuff such as “Babality” where a fighter turns their opponent into a baby and “Friendship” endings where no one has to die.
I remember the first time I witnessed a fatality playing Mortal Kombat 3 as a child.
I was so terrified when Sindel used her hair to spin me into a literal explosion of blood and guts that I never really sat and thought about just how ridiculous the premise of that happening is.