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== The series as a whole ==
* [[Fan Nickname]]: Noob Zero/Sub-Noob/Sub Saibot, due to his ''Armageddon'' ending where [[Battle in Thethe Center of Thethe Mind|his original Sub-Zero persona comes to claim control over their soul]], and the two, being unable to best the other, [[Split Personality Merge|fuse into]] "a being that was neither Noob Saibot or Sub-Zero, but something new..." These nicknames can also be used to differentiate Noob from his brother.
* [[The Other Darrin]]: Hoo boy...
** Liu Kang (Ho Sung Pak in the first two games, Eddie Wong in the third)
** Johnny Cage (Daniel Pesina in the first two games, Chris Alexander in Trilogy)
** Kitana, Mileena and Jade (Katalin Zamiar in [[Mortal Kombat II2]], Becky Gable in Ultimate)
** Sonya Blade (Elizabeth Malecki in the first two games, Keri Hoskins in the third)
** Shang Tsung (Ho Sung Pak in the first, Dr. Phillip Ahn in the second, John Turk in the third, Richard Divizio in Mythologies)
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* [[Stopped Numbering Sequels]]: The first three sequels were numbered (II, 3 and 4), but every game afterward (when the series no longer had arcade releases) used subtitles instead (although the ''Deadly Alliance'' logo does have a huge "V").
 
== [[Mortal Kombat (Videovideo Gamegame)|The first game]] ==
* [[Fake Nationality]]: Chinese-born Liu Kang was portrayed by Korean-born Ho Sung Pak.
* [[Hey, ItsIt's That Guy!]]: This game's Shang Tsung was played by Ho Sung Pak, also known as [[WMAC Masters (TV)|Superstar]].
* [[Port Overdosed]]: Ported to every contemporary platform, including handhelds, and re-released many times since then in compilations and as a downloadable.
* [[Urban Legend of Zelda]]: Too many to count, many of which would became [[Ascended Meme|Ascended Memes]]:
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** Raiden was originally thought to fight using a staff, but it was difficult to fit the weapon into the game's mechanics. The staff does appear in ''Mortal Kombat 4'', which has a system designed with weapons in mind, but he doesn't actually fight with it until ''Deadly Alliance''.
 
== [[Mortal Kombat (Filmfilm)|The first film]] ==
For stuff belonging to ''[[Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (Film)|Mortal Kombat Annihilation]]'', head [[Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (Film)/Trivia|this way]].
 
* [[Actor Allusion]]:
** This isn't the first time that Christopher Lambert [[Highlander (Film)|played an immortal.]]
** Chris Cassamassa and Hakim Alston were already fighters in [[WMAC Masters (TV)|a TV show]].
* [[Hey, ItsIt's That Guy!]]:
** Christopher Lambert ([[Highlander (Film)|Connor MacLeod]]) plays Raiden.
** Linden Ashby ends up hooking up with [[Resident Evil|Alice, Claire Redfield, Carlos Oliveira, and LJ.]]
** Robin Shou [[Dead or Alive (Video Game)|tried to hijack Tina Armstrong's boat... with less than stellar results.]] Later on, he [[Street Fighter: theThe Legend of Chun -Li (Film)|would end up taking Chun-Li under his wing]].
*** [[Ong Bak|Tony Jaa]] was Robin Shou's stunt double in the second film.
** Cary Hiroyuki-Tagawa would become [[Tekken|the head of the Mishima clan.]]
** Chris Casamassa and Hakim Alston ([[WMAC Masters (TV)|Red Dragon and The Machine]]) are Scorpion and one of Liu Kang's rivals.
** [[Licence to Kill (Film)|Kwang and Lupe Lamora]] are Shang Tsung and Kitana, respectively.
** [[JAG|Mic Brumby]] is Kano.
* [[Hey, ItsIt's That Voice!]]:
** As one of his earlier works of voice acting, Kevin Michael Richardson ([[Retroactive Recognition|now the announcer of the 2011 MK game]]) provides the main voice of Goro, though voice acting legend [[Frank Welker|Frank]] "[[Transformers Generation One1|Megatron]]" [[Frank Welker|Welker]] provides many of Goro's vocal effects.
** Speaking of Welker, he sneaks in a voice role as {{spoiler|Shao Kahn himself at the end of the first film}}.
* [[Fake Nationality]]: Japanese-born Cary Hiroyuki-Tagawa as Chinese-born sorcerer Shang Tsung. The more famous example is Trevor Goddard.
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* [[Throw It In]]: Liu Kang was supposed to duplicate the acrobatic flips of Sub Zero's down the ramp during the fight, but Robin Shou couldn't pull it off successfully. After a few takes, instead of the acrobatics, he just ran down into the ramp yelling like a maniac. That's the shot that got used.
* [[What Could Have Been]]:
** [[Dragon: theThe Bruce Lee Story|Jason Scott Lee]], Phillip Rhee and [[Romeo Must Die|Russell Wong]] auditioned for the role of Liu Kang. Robin Shou got the role.
** Cameron Diaz was originally cast as Sonya, but in training for the movie she injured herself, with Bridgette Wilson-Sampras stepping in.
** Brandon Lee (son of [[Bruce Lee|Bruce]]) was set to play Johnny Cage. After his untimely death, the role was passed down to Linden Ashby.
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