Mortal Kombat in other media

This is a list of movies, TV series, cómics, cartoons, and others, where they do parodies or references to characters, story and more about the Mortal Kombat series

Fast and Furious
In a bonus scene from DVD, is watched a customized car with the Dragon logo.

The Pacifier
There is a scene about a girl playing Mortal Kombat Trilogy, in it appears Motaro against Kintaro in Jade's Desert.

Resident Evil: Apocalipsis
When Alice fights Némesis, Cain shouts her: Finish him!, a clear allusion to Mortal Kombat because the director of RE: Apocalipsis, Paul W. S. Anderson is also director of the first movie of Mortal Kombat.

Very Bad Things
Some actors are playing Mortal Kombat 4 in Arcade.

Spy Hard
In the 1996 movie Spy Hard, the antagonist General Rancor played by Andy Griffith says to the titular character Dick Steele played by Leslie Nielsen, while proclaiming what he believed to be the future of the Internet: "What's left of you will have to watch helplessly while I play Mortal Kombat with the entire world!" Eight years later Deception was released, the first Mortal Kombat game to feature online gameplay. (Note: There was a short-lived online game adaptor called "X-Band" for the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo, at the end of both consoles' lifecycle).

Cable Guy
In the 1996 movie, Cable Guy, the character played by the lead Jim Carrey says to another character: "You will play Mortal Kombat with a friend in Vietnam!".

Ghost Rider
The movie Ghost Rider makes a reference to Scorpion when Ghost Rider, while atop a skyscraper, uses a chain to grab a helicopter and pull it toward him while yelling "COME HERE!" and his head is a skull engulfed in flames, very similar to the Scorpion's Deadly Alliance alternate costume.

Billy Madison
A kid said in the movie "I think that Mortal Kombat is the best game never created", Adam Sandler responds "No, I disagree, my favorite game is Donkey Kong"

The 40 Year Old virgin
The friends of the protagonist appears playing Mortal Kombat: Deception, in two fights: one is between Sub-Zero against Baraka, giving the victory to the Lin Kuei finishing with a Fatality and the other, with the victory of the Tarkata, also finishing in Fatality. Strangely, they were playing with Nintendo 64 controllers instead Gamecube, Playstation 2 or XBox's controllers (those consoles were the ones which the game was released).

Malcolm in the Middle

 * In the episode "Francis escapes" Reese mentions the fact that nobody believes that he beat the secret level of Mortal Kombat, to which Hal responds "Because that's just ridiculous; no-one beats Sub-Zero."
 * In the episode "New Neighbors" Dewey hold in his hands a magazine with the Dragon symbol.

Chicken Robot

 * In a episode, Johnny Cage and Kano started to fight in a similar kombat like Mortal Kombat II) where Kano rip the heart out of Cage's chest. Cage was transplanted the heart and has a slow recovery, where are their efforts to move forward and heal their wounds from Kano. Even they greet him with a large blanket that says "Welcome back, Johnny Cage." Kano receive it kindly and ... he rips the heart out again.
 * Joey Fatone of NSYNC is trying to be a martial arts master and avenge the death of his fellow singers. The first person he battles is Scorpion, and while battling, Scorpion uses his signature spear and rips off his head. Sub-Zero and Smoke also make appearances within the same skit, who also both proceed to slaughter Joey with their signature moves

Drawn Together
Scorpion has a cameo in the Season 2 opener of the Comedy Central show, Drawn Together as one of the new potential housemates the other characters consider. After questioned as to his special move, he impales Xandir (who is himself a video game character, or at least a parody of Link from The Legend of Zelda series) with his spear, saying "Get over here!" then performs a head-rip Fatality on him, then Quan Chi's Fatality Deadly Alliance sound clip is heard it, later grumbling "Oy vey" when Xandir resurrects himself with his extra lives and demonstrates his reach-around special move. Scorpion used this fatality in Mortal Kombat: Deception. It should be noted, however, that the "Head-Rip Fatality" is normally performed by Scorpion's main enemy, the original Sub-Zero.

Futurama
In a episode, appears an Arcade very similar to Mortal Kombat. (Watch image).

The Simpsons
In the episode "Marge Be Not Proud", where Bart steals a game called Bonestorm, appears a fighter similar to Goro and other to Liu Kang.

South Park
Goro appears in South Park's Trilogy episode "Imaginationland".

E.R.
A little game plays Mortal Kombat in a Sega Genesis console.

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
In the episode "Affair Weather Friends" where Bloo leaves with a rich kid, the kid plays with Bloo secretly (assuming an infidelity in friendship) and the boy millionaire suggests Bloo playing a video game calledImmortal Combat.

True Jackson
In a episode, Ryan says to Lulu that he have the top score of Wombat Kombat.

Lazy Town
In a episode, Stephanie falls and slips, slipping she drop a card with the face of Liu Kang.

Reboot
In the episode "Game Over" features a Mortal Kombat-esque game called Gods, Mortals, and Demons, in which the character Enzo Matrix reboots as a character similar to Scorpion. And The music played while selecting opponents is also based off of the Mortal Kombat theme from the movies.

The Cleveland Show
In the episode "Another Bad Thanksgiving" of The Cleveland Show, Cleveland appears dressed as Scorpion doing a fatality to his sister-in-law who is dressed as Mileena.

Wrestling in General

 * Sub-Zero inspired the professional wrestling character known as Glacier in World Championship Wrestling. Ray Lloyd, a regional Karate champion, played the role for several years
 * The wrestler Human Tornado uses a move he calls the Liu Kang Kick in homage to the character.

Delta Force: Black Hawk Down
In this videogame sometimes if you kill an enemy in the Level 1, your partner will say Toasty!, clear reference to Dan Forden's Toasty.

Bally's 1994 World Cup Championship
Raiden had a cameo appearance in a pinball machine, in a bonus round.

NBA Jam Tournament Edition

 * Raiden, Reptile, Scorpion and Sub-Zero appeared as playable characters and the Sega Saturn conversion.
 * The characters's character select is from MK2 And when the characters have the ball, the sound clips from MK1 (except Reptile who is used a similar clip from MK1) are heard.
 * When the characters do the super dunks, they are heard screaming his trademark attacks (in the case of Raiden, the babbling from his move Torpedo).

Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict

 * Raiden appeared in the game as an unlockable character (which coincidentally also included a fatality system similar to MK's). Shao Kahn's voice is also an alternate to the default announcer.
 * Two of the challenges are called "Unreal Combat". The challenges involved 3 people at once though rather than their traditional 2. Also all 3 people used staff weapons for their melee weapons.

MLB Slugfest 20-04
Sub-Zero and Scorpion both appear as secret characters.

Psi-Ops: The MindGate Conspiracy
Scorpion appeared as a selectable skin for the game.

The Simpsons game
In the level 4, which take place in a videogame factory, it have several references to Mortal Kombat:
 * Somewhere there is wroten the word "fatalaty" in blood.
 * In other, the Mortal Kombat Deception cover appears but instead Onaga, we can see a muscle Bart.
 * Instead the Dragon Logo, it can be seen a Flanders' silhouette and with the title "Moral Kombat".

Mass Effect 2
When Jacob uses the "Pull", he sometimes screams "¡Get over here!". This is a reference about Scorpion.

The Grid
Sub-Zero, Scorpion, and Noob Saibot are secret characters in the game.

League of Legends
Scorpion as well as Sub-Zero inspired costumes are alternate skins for the ninja character Shen.

Just Cause 2
Also Rico, the protagonist of the game, shares resemblances with Scorpion. His primary weapon is grappling hook which he can attach to surfaces or use as a weapon to pull his enemies. And his codename during the game is Scorpio due to the scorpion logo on his back

Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds
In the game, Nathan "Rad" Spencer uses move with his bionic arm which acts like Scorpion's Bloody Spear, even with line "Get Over Here!". But in Spencer's version doesn't stun his opponent and there is no blood due to the nature of game.

Adventure Quest Worlds
Sub-Zero, along with Scorpion, appeared in the RPG as Absolute Zero and Sporkion in the tournament in Yokai Isle.

Monster Galaxy
In the Facebook game, a Moga named Scorpius is designed after Scorpion's MK1 outfit, to further mimic him, its promotion link also says "Get Over Here!" even has a move called "Hand Snake," a nod to Scorpion's spear which was once mistaken as a snakelike creature. Ironically its element type is ice as opposed to fire.

World of Warcraft
The dwarves while doing target practice outside of Kharanos also shout "Mortar Combat!" in precisely the same manner "Mortal Kombat!" is shouted in the soundtrack to the movie based on the videogame.

Warcraft III

 * Dreadlord's warcry is "Your soul is mine!" (a reference from Mortal Kombat).
 * Like in World of Warcraft, These dwarves' lines were used by the Dwarven Mortar Team unit as well.

Warcraft III: Defense of the Ancients
Raijin Thunderkeg, a character hero, is possibly based on Raiden because both of them are divine beings of electricity and the storms, have power over lightning and thunder, wear certain hats, and must take a mortal form to participate a battle

Cards

 * In Fatality's card (a DC Comics character) from Vs. System's "Infinite Crisis" set, the subtitle of Fatality is "Flawless Victory", and the phrase of her card is "Finish Him!", both are references to Mortal Kombat.
 * The Mortal Kombat characters are also featured in the trading card game Epic Battles which pits them against the Street Fighter characters (as well as upcoming characters from other fighting games).