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Jim Miller and Patrick Seitz in Mortal Kombat (2011)

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Mortal Kombat

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Featured in

    • "The Know's Top 10s" Top 10 Wins and Fails of E3 2010 (TV Episode 2010)

      Footage is shown.
    • "The Know's Top 10s" Top 10 Mortal Kombat Fatalities (TV Episode 2010)

      Footage is shown.
    • "The Know's Top 10s" Top 10 Headlines of 2011 (TV Episode 2011)

      Clips from the video game are shown.
    • "Attack of the Show!" Casey Wilson (TV Episode 2011)

      Clips from the video game are shown.
    • "The Know's Top 10s" Top 10 Mortal Kombat Kharacters (TV Episode 2011)

      Clips from the video game are shown.

Followed by

    • Mortal Kombat X (Video Game 2015)

    • Mortal Kombat 11 (Video Game 2019)

    • Mortal Kombat 1 (Video Game 2023)

Follows

    • Mortal Kombat (Video Game 1992)

    • Mortal Kombat II (Video Game 1993)

    • Mortal Kombat 3 (Video Game 1995)

    • Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (Video Game 1995)

    • Mortal Kombat Trilogy (Video Game 1996)

Referenced in

    • "DashieXP" Mortal Kombat: EP #06 - MK9 Release Party! (TV Episode 2011)

      The characters celebrate the release of this game
    • "Zero Punctuation" Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (TV Episode 2011)

      Title dropped.
    • "Forget About It" Rocky (TV Episode 2011)

      A stillimage of the new Mortal Kombat's Xray vision is shown
    • "Animation Lookback" Don Bluth Part 5 (TV Episode 2012)

      Mentioned when AniMat estimates what if video games would still be displayed on the big screen.
    • Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)

      Close-ups of bones cracking during the final fight are a direct reference to the game's X-Ray feature, which is also an in-joke because the director of the movie also directed the first Moral Kombat movie.

References

    • Frankenstein (1931)

      One of the missions on the challenge tower is called Frankenstein's monster
    • Citizen Kane (1941)

      Johnny Cage mentions his movie "Citizen Cage"
    • The Street Fighter (1974)

      X-Ray headcrush scene
    • Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

      During a cut scene Johnny Cage shouts out "KHANNNNNNN", this is a reference to the famous line shouted by Captain Kirk in "Star Trek II Wrath of Khan" (1982).
    • Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

      Shao Kahn's victory pose has a slave girl dressed in an outfit similar to Leia's slave bikini crawl on screen and hug his leg.

Spoofed in

    • Parodies Awaken 3 (Video 2017)

      One segment is a XXX parody of this franchise
    • GirlFight: Model Kombat (2018)

      Lindsey devours Becca's heart animalistically.
    • Dragon Combat (TV Mini Series 2022)

      plot and characters

Spoofs

    • Resident Evil (2002)

      Cyrax's Laser Net of Death (Fatality)
    • Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (Video Game 2008)

      Shang Tsung uses a more deadly version of the Joker's Fatality, even transforming into an evil clown.

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