The good Fatality- Ermac's telekenetic slam, I think it is just a great fatality. He lifts them up in the air and slams them until they can't take it anymore. I'm also going to have to say Sub-Zero's Fatalities both of them are awsome no doubt about it.
Hara-kiri- Nightwolf takes this one, its simple, something new and deadly.
The bad Fatality- Tanya. Whats the deal with the leg bone fatality? One of the worst Fatalities in MKD IMO.
Hara-Kiri- Sindel. Worst hara-kiri but surrinsingly funny.
The Ugly- Darrius' picaso fatality, gave me the chills first time i saw it.
Hara-Kiri- Liu Kang.

the good:
sub zero's freeze half kick fatality
tanya's rip limbs to eye hara kiri is awweeessome!
the bad:
omg bo rai cho's fatality even comes close to quan chi's disabpointment in mkda
sindel's hara kiri blows
the ugly:
dairous limb fatality was creepy, their reaction was like "omg!"
dairu's hara kiri scared me....

Good; Smoke's fatality.
Bad; Bo' Rai Cho........nuff' said.
Ugly; Liu Kang's Hara-Kiri......Tanya body, Liu Kang head....I don't think so. *shudders*

Good- Too many to name, but I especially like both of Kabal's and Ermac's. I like them because they don't go all out. Hara Kiri- Ermac. I love how he smashes his head against the ground.
Bad- Both of Raiden's. Exploding people with electricity got old after MK2. Also Bo' Rai Cho's. Hara Kiri- Bo' Rai Cho. What the hell is he doing?
Ugly- Havik's arm eat. I like it alot but its just gross lol Hara Kiri- Dairou

Good- Well, I think the best fatality is Sub's freeze and stomp. Mileena's sai kicks is another favorite. The best Hara Kiri is probably Ermac's.
Bad- Well, like just about everyone else, I think Bo's fartality absolutely sucks. Scorpion's Hara Kiri and spine rip fatality...they would have been nice for just about any other character but not seeing the toasty in some form was disappointing. Nightwolf's hara-kiri would have been better if the axe had fallen into his head.

Good:
-Fatality: Sub-Zero's second fatality. He's so cruel, I like it so much!! When the victim begs for mercy and Sub just doesn't give a f*ck...it's very cool!
-Hara-Kiri: Havik. Simple but cool!
Bad:
-Fatality: Bo' Rai Cho's second fatality. So stupid...
-Hara-Kiri: Scorpion. Nothing original, too simple.
Ugly:
-Fatality: Dairou's first fatality.
-Hara-Kiri: Dairou.

First of all I must say that none of these are ugly enough to make me cringe. Probably because the blood and graphics aren't that realistic looking. So I'll just list a few of my good and bad ones.
Good Fatalities - Sub-Zero's freeze and shatter. I also like both of Tanya's and Mileena's.
Good Hara-Kiri's - Mileena's and Baraka's
Bad Fatalities - Both of Bo'Rai Cho's, Ashra's "purple mist" fatality, Both of Liu Kangs. I Must add Sub-Zero's Leg Shatter fatality to this one unfortunately. I have mixed feelings about it. It starts off very well, but when he stomps on the victims chest and it makes their head pop off, It ruins it for me. If he actually stomped on the head and crushed it, then this one would definitely go on my good side.
Bad Hara-Kiri's - Dairou's "bend in half" and Bo'Rai Cho's "gas" probably get my vote for "most stupid" in the game.

I haven't seen all the fatalities/hara-kiris yet, but here's what I think from the ones I have seen:
Fatalities:
Good: Ermac's fatality where he contorts the enemy's body in and out and then rips him in half.
Bad: Bo' Rai Cho's fatalities.. *yawn*
Ugly: Havik's arm munch fatality. Creeps me out.. hehe.
Hara-Kiris:
Good: Darrius screams and just bashes his head in.. hilarious.
Bad: Tie between Mileena and Bo' Rai Cho.
Ugly: Havik's is really creepy, but kind of funny.

does bo rai cho have two harakiris? I've seen two button combinations for him. the one I saw kinda sucked/.. he just inflated himself until he exploded.
I think all of Liu Kang's finishing moves suck. he and raiden both had three moves that weren't very distinctive and not at all creative. I think raiden has two of the same fatality, really.
I didn't really get Havik's arm fatality.. but his leg rip one was awesome.. so is darrius' arm rip
Kenshi has , pound for pound , the best fatalities (2nd place sub zero 3rd place ermac/hotaru/mileena).. but an awful harakiri.. they need to start adding scarring/wound graphics to the character models
on the other hand.. ermac/havik/li mei have really good harakiri's.. ermac's is just so brutal and takes home the prize for the "ooohhh shhT! did you see that!?" finisher of the game
most of the issues I have with the finishing moves are graphical.. they need to tighten some things up there

Good:SubZero's BaseBall(whatever the name is).
Bad: Bo'RaCho:Lay off the Drinking,Dude!
Ugly: Havik'sHara-Kiri,Funny as hell.

I dunno how people get creeped out by fatalities/hara kiris but oh well:
Good:
Fatality - it's hard to pick the best one, so i'll list a few that i like. both of mileena's fatalities (though they could've had the sais go into the neck of the opponent, showing them choking on their own blood and end up falling onto their knees, take one final breath, and fall over on their sides, the sais still in them, their eyes wide open), kenshi's fatalities are pretty good, liu kang's second fatality (well, only when it's done to a guy cuz he looks like a he-she when it's on a female). dairou's first is bloody and both of li mei's are good
Hara Kiri - again, it's hard to pick the best one, so i'll just say the ones that i like the most. dairou's is awesome, though he screams for a little too long. darrius' is pretty good too. it seems like they couldn't think of anything for his but it still looks good. jade's is okay, not great but it's good. i love how li mei doesn't scream during hers. tanya's is pretty bloody so this is one of my favorites
Bad:
Fatality - though i think ashrah's a good character, that voodoo doll fatality is cheap. definitely bo' rai cho's fartality (as it was called by someone before me). raiden's first fatality is like pretty much the same as his hara kiri, just that nobody else dies in his hara kiri but him. both of scorpion's suck. they're really out of place. it's like why's he spearing their leg and arm? why not just yell "get over here!", shoot a spear into their heart, pull them towards him, take out the spear with their heart on it, light it on fire, and shove it back in, as you watch the opponent SLOWLY burn to death, hearing all the screams, until they just turn to ashes? =/ noob saibot's isn't that great either.
Hara Kiri - ashrah's has no climax. baraka's is too predictable. havik's makes no sense. he has a special move just like that, so why does he die this time? hotaru's sucks. kenshi's, no climax again. kira, very predictable. nightwolf, both fatalities and his hara kiri have to do with his tomahawks. noob saibot, it's like you already killed your opponent with those spiky things, why must you kill yourself with them too? scorpion's is gay. shujinko shouldn't die from having his arms chopped off
Ugly - none of the fatalities or hara kiris are actually that brutal to scare me. brutal fatalities and hara kiris are AWESOMEbut they don't have that many of them in this game. who cares though, it's still great.

Good Fatality: Mileena's neck chew and sinister laugh afterwards. A nice spinoff of her very first fatality. Jade's spear through the head also deserves and honorable mention, I'd say.
Good Hara Kiri: Tanya's femur bones in the eyes is pretty gruesome and fun to watch.
Bad Fatality: Raiden's double explosion. A bad Cyrax rip-off, especially this late in the series.
Bad Hara Kiri: Bo Rai Cho's fat explosion, or wtf that is.
Ugly Fatality: Kenshi's lift and slowly stretch out until they snap like a twig between your fingers.
Ugly Hara Kiri: The back-snap. I think it's Dairu. Not sure.
The thing I don't like about a lot of these fatalities is that there is hardly any thought into a lot of them, and no interaction. We've all seen tons and tons of fatalities. Back in 2D MK2 and MK3, getting you're head chopped off looked cool. Exploding bodies seemed like it was really gruesome. In 3D, I don't think that works. There has to be another factor to make the fatalites enjoyable. Exploding bodies doesn't do it anymore. I think there needs to be a major torture factor implemented if these fatalites are gonna get better in subsequent editions. Yeah screaming kind only goes so far. But now, if they're gonna stick with the heads being cut off, have the body flail around some. You know, once a chicken gets it's head cut off it runs around for at least 10 seconds. If someone's getting electrocuted to death, have a close up on their face and the rest of their body as it gets smoked. The other thing is that the fatalities are loosing their plausibility. I'm not talking about special power ones, I think there should be more of those... I'm referring to the souly physical ones. The one that ticks me off the most is Li Mei's second, where she punches the head off, kicks it into the body that then explodes. Why does the body explode? Personally, I think it would have been 10x better for her to kick the head into the flailing decapitated body and watch them just get knocked down by it until it slowly dies. Another one that could be improved is Tanya's first fatality (not hara kiri). If she's gonna stick the bone in her throat (which I think is a really innovative and gruesome idea), why does the figure just take it? It doesn't even attempt to take it out. To make it better she might have wanted to combine her second one with it, and cut their arms off first, THEN stick the bone in their throat. It would have been so much more evil. It makes it much more realistic, in my opinion.
Anyway, I thought I'd just add that whole thing in there while we were on the subject of fatalities.

wow! im gone for only one day and this thread is already in the 4th page!!!
anyway, the person above me ^^^^^, your right. back then, the fatality seems cool and all, but now that i realize, some of the fatality in MKD really suck. but at least theres some that is very grusome.

HAHAHAHA. I've been reading these and everyone seems disturbed about Dairou's hara-kiri... SO I went to go see it for myself..
dear god.... what the hell....
I secretly want to try it on myself...
shh...

Have you guys seen this page..
It has all the fatalities in .wmv format.
I think someone on these message boards posted it.. i'm not sure..
http://www.konqrr.com/vids/Fatality/NEW/

The Good:
Both of Jade's - the Head Spearing gets points for originality, while the Bojutsu Slice gets them for coolness.
Both of Sub's - using his powers in the best way since MKII.
Li Mei's Fist of Fury - extreme version of the 5-Point Exploding Heart Technique. Love the expression on the opponent's face. Also her Hara-Kiri - fucking hilarious the way she falls on her bloody stump.
Shujinko's Head Scissors - I just knew he was gonna end it like that! His Hara-Kiri is also very fine. How much would that hurt!?
Kenshi's Hara-Kiri is the shit. Incredibly cool. Just hope they implement model damage in the next game.
I'm probably alone on this one, but Kira's Pinning Torso Rip is excellent - very brutal - the opponent is more "involved" in this one than in others.
The Bad:
Noob's Star Shower - it just looks shit. Noob-Smoke = WASTED POTENTIAL.
Bo' Rai Cho - his Fatalities and Hara-Kiri have put me right off him. The Fire Breather one is not that bad, but why do they not scream? Why do they fall apart?
Same gripe with Ashrah's Blue Flame.
RAIDEN - blowing people up with electricity is SO last millenium. The Non-Selfdestructive Blast is okay, though.
KOBRA - Heart Rip? Done to death. Now I don't know what the fuck is up with the other one. 2 pussy little kicks to the head? Why?
The Ugly:
Sindel Hara-Kiri - Ouch.
Tanya's Femur Throat Stab and Dairou's Rib Eye Gouging - Possibly the sickest Fatalities ever. Love the opponent's shock in Dairou's.
Tanya's Hara-Kiri - definitely the most painful way to top yourself.
Liu's Body Invasion - hilarious. Twisted.
Hotaru's Triple Neck Twist - the way the opponent's head flops. Yuck.

Okay the good fatalities...
both of: Mileena's, Tanya's, Jade's, Kira's, Li Mei's, Kenshi's, Dairou's and Hotaru's.
I think they have done a really good job with fatalities in this game...quick, simple and brutal. I like virtually all of them, but the 8 characters above have the best in my opinion. My very favourites out of them are Mileena's head bite, Tanya's femur rip, Jade's head spear, Kira's torso rip, Kenshi's stretch, Diarou's rib rip and Hotaru's body slam.
Good Hara Kiri's...
They are all okay again, prefer the idea of fatalities, but Kira, Tanya, Kenshi and Mileena all have simple quick suicides that mirror fatalities, keeping it neat and simple.
the bad...
sorry, but Scorpion's, Noob's, Raiden's and Bo Rai Cho's.
Although the fatalities are generally great, why does Scorpion have the spinal rip from MK1? I think his other one is okay, but not totally imaginative for his character...sorry. Noob's is just boring and rubbish...the same as many in MK4. Raiden does 2 Hara Kiri's when he explodes, and the other one is too similar, and Bo's are too similar for my liking too.
Hara Kiri's...
I don't think any are that bad, but i suppose Darrius's is a little boring and Raidens is like his fatality.
The ugly fatalities...
i think alot of the good fatalities belong here...Mileena's head bite is psychotic and gross...imagine it in a horror film, it would be horrible! Tanya's femur rip and Diarou's rib rip are rank too...the tearing out of bones is sick, but to then mutilate the opponent with them is horrible...i love it!
Liu Kang's possession is horrific and great too.

The best fatality in the game has got to be Sub-Zero's when he freezes them in half and them shatters their lower half. I kind of like Kabals second one when he kicks them up in the air and then slices them in half, simple but some how still good. I thought both of Kira's were okay as well, the one where she rips them in half is better. I was dissapointed with Scorpions, they kind of sucked, and yeah, Liu Kangs were bad as everyone says. Kabal's twirling one was a dissapointment as well, expected better for him.

Good
Fatality: Jade's spear decapitation. Loved it ever since I saw it in her bio.
Hara-kiri: Raiden. Kinda looks like how he blew himself up in the intro.
Bad
Fatality: Kobra's kick decap. Please!! One of the worst ever!!
Hara-kiri: Kabal. Just take off your mask! Stupid idiot...
Ugly
Fatality: Tanya's slash n' stab. *shivers* Pure nastiness.
Hara-kiri: Dairou. Quick and...evidently not painless.

I'm only going to list one in each category
Good
Fatality: Sub-Zero's Freeze and Stomp
Hara Kiri: Sindel's Fly and Fall
Bad
Fatality: Noob's "Hey, I'm Reiko!"
Hara Kiri: Shujinko's Disarmed
Ugly
Fatality: Havik's Disarmed
Hara Kiri: Dairou's Backcracker

Fatality
Good: Kobra's Heart Rip - Rubbing the heart in the opponent's face, then arrogantly shoving them down puts it over the top.
Bad: Liu Kang's Super Fire - Yawn.
Ugly: Dairou's Rib Jab - Seriously.
Hara-Kiri
Good: Havik's Head Rip - Most entertaining by far.
Bad: Most of the others - Almost all of them sucked.
Ugly: Darrius' Head Crush - Seriously.

I haven't seen enough to comment on my favorites of anything yet, but am I the only one who thinks Kenshi's hara Kiri is just freaking horrible? I like the idea and all, the whole samuri thing, but the animation is just disgustingly bad. It looks like he's just slightly cutting into his kidney. And then to top it off he slowly/gently puts down the sword, falls over and dies. Now if you where going to die, I doubt you'd take the time to gently put down the weapon you just killed yourself with. You'd just kind of drop it and fall. Atleast I'd like to think so...
They just could have done so much better with it. Kind of looks like it was supposed to be someone elses' and they just stuck Kenshi with it last mintue, making very minor changes to the animation.

The Good:
Fatalities
Ashrah's "Big Bad Voodoo Mama"
Smoke's "Where Am I?"
Hari Kiri's
Noob's "Please Get that Song Out of my Head!"
Bo Rai Cho's "'Thunder' Homage"- little hint: Watch "Big Trouble in Little China" Look for the one of the "Three Storms" known as "Thunder"... if you can't see big B's Hari Kiri is an homage to "Thunder's" explosion, then you need help.
Sub's "Crucify"
The Bad:
Fatalties:
Big B's fatalities- Save the fire for Scorp. one would have been better if he forced alcohol down the victim's throat. The Victim starts to vomit (see MK5:D)... THEN, he lights the vomit! Victim Flambe`
Scorpion's "Back at cha, Sub"- if it wasn't mixed in with Hotaru's HK... It STILL wouldn't be original.
HK's:
Scorp's "Self-Chiropracting"- I know its supposed to be an honorable death, but wouldn't self-strangulation with his own harpoon been a better choice.
Kira's "Double Dagger"
Ugly
Fatality:
Havik's "Binge and Purge"- I would have loved it if this was Baraka's. He get's Darious' "Torturing Artist" And Darrious would have gotten something else.
Darius' "Where's my money, *****!"
Mileena's "(Censored due to graphic language)"- That's the one that really made my skin crawl
HK:
Havik's "Look, Ma! No Cavities!"
Tanya's "Oedipus Wrecked"
LK's "Repossessed"- Ashrah did it as a fatality, you do it as a HK.

agreed, the animation for Kenshi's Hara-Kiri is bad. even though i kinda liked it. he should stab himself in the stomach instead of his side.