10 Easter Eggs And References in Mortal Kombat 1

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00:00 I am not yet defeated.

00:05 Yes you are.

00:09 Welcome to Mojo Plays, and today we're taking a look at 10 references and easter eggs just

00:13 about every fan spotted in Mortal Kombat 1.

00:17 Steven, this was fantastic, thank you.

00:23 Just like the old days.

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00:34 Havoc Reincarnated.

00:35 You will not have it.

00:39 You don't need it.

00:40 You're dead.

00:41 Speaking of which, you just killed my best friend.

00:44 And I'm not one to forgive and forget.

00:47 Fart.

00:48 One of the very first references you can spot in the campaign is in Johnny Cage's chapter,

00:52 which for the most part is an Indiana Jones reference itself.

00:55 As his on-screen sidekick prepares some explosives, Johnny goes toe to toe with a familiar looking

01:00 corpse.

01:01 Long time Mortal Kombat fans should immediately recognize this corpse as the original iteration

01:06 of Havoc from the days of Deadly Alliance and Deception.

01:10 The difference here is that he is now just a costume used to convey the leader of the

01:14 Kali Ma.

01:15 Wait a second, is that mocap in the background there?

01:17 Johnny, I don't have-

01:19 You're right, not here.

01:21 I'll swing by your office after I change.

01:25 Film fanatic Johnny.

01:26 Get away from her, you bitch.

01:27 Excuse me?

01:28 You know, the movie.

01:34 Havoc's starring role in Johnny's movie isn't the only movie reference in Mortal

01:37 Kombat 1.

01:39 Mr. Cage himself speaks almost exclusively in movie quotes, and for some, it may become

01:44 a bit obnoxious.

01:46 It certainly was for me.

01:48 He'll quote lines from Alien, the James Bond movies, and of course, Indiana Jones.

01:53 If you like that level of fanservice, well, to each their own.

01:56 For us, Johnny needs to take a bit of a chill pill.

02:05 A Foxy Fox reference.

02:14 Johnny did take a chill pill and instead let Kung Lao have this one.

02:18 As many of us know, Nitara is voiced by Megan Fox, who has claimed to be a big Mortal Kombat

02:23 fan, even if it doesn't show in her performance.

02:26 NetherRealm Studios threw in a fun reference to one of her most famous performances, which

02:30 was in the 2009 horror-comedy Jennifer's Body.

02:34 It's on the nose, yes, but it is kind of cute how Nitara plays along with the bit.

02:47 Perfect headwear.

03:00 This one was also a little too on the nose, but we admittedly couldn't help chuckling

03:04 at it.

03:05 At the beginning of Chapter 8, Kenshi, Johnny, Kung Lao, and Ashura grab outfits to disguise

03:10 themselves from Shao Kahn, while Reptile creates a distraction.

03:14 Johnny gives Ashura a hat that looks remarkably similar to the one she wore back in the 3D

03:19 games.

03:20 It isn't the exact same one, no, but Johnny's compliment to her was enough to make us smile

03:24 a bit.

03:28 Glorious gold.

03:37 Shifting focus back to Mr. Cage, the washed-up movie star does hold a neat nod in his mansion.

03:43 On one of his shelves is a small collection of awards, one of them should look familiar

03:47 to MK11 players.

03:49 That is because one of those awards is the same one Johnny holds in one of his outros

03:53 in MK11.

03:54 We almost missed it ourselves with all the focus you have to put on fighting, as well

03:58 as the visual effects and blood splashing everywhere.

04:03 The kids ain't alright.

04:10 This one was too, too funny to ignore.

04:14 One of the most contentious aspects of MKX was the introduction of Cassie Cage, Jackie

04:19 Briggs, Takeda, and Kung Jin, degradingly dubbed the MKX Kids.

04:24 Some fans loved one or two of them, most hated all four of them.

04:28 Netherrealm knew this and brought them back for no more than 10 seconds.

04:32 During the climactic battle in Chapter 15, all four of them descend from the pyramid

04:37 only for them to be killed off in an instant.

04:40 The disrespect was deserved.

04:50 Wanted for stupidity.

04:58 Speaking of characters who absolutely deserve a ton of disrespect, Su Hao once again rears

05:03 his ugly head into another game.

05:05 Thankfully, Netherrealm is still poking fun at his existence.

05:08 Towards the back of Madame Bo's tavern, you can see a poster with an illustration

05:12 of Su Hao drawn on it.

05:14 Whether this is a wanted poster or not is entirely up to you.

05:17 We on the other hand like to believe he is being hunted to this day for his awful mustache,

05:22 and his dumb hat.

05:45 Here we have another Johnny Cage reference, but this one is really cool.

05:50 For his fatal blow, Johnny takes his opponent's face and smashes it into the camera.

05:54 Now busted beyond repair, the camera displays a message at the bottom that reads "Error

05:59 Macro".

06:00 This is the same message that would birth Ermac back in the old days.

06:03 In the third revision of the original Mortal Kombat, this message would appear under certain

06:07 errors associated with Reptile as Ermac.

06:10 However, players mistook this as confirmation of the presence of a secret character.

06:15 Rumors spread, and it would inspire Midway to introduce Ermac.

06:28 B-movie with a D-grade reference.

06:38 They really packed all of the references into Johnny, didn't they?

06:41 In Chapter 5 of the campaign, Baraka escapes Chang-Sung's prison with Kenshi, Johnny,

06:47 and Kung Lao.

06:48 As they look for a way back into Outworld, Johnny remarks that the prison looks like

06:51 the set of a film he was in called The Flesh Pits.

06:54 Well, that is actually the name of the prison, and it has become a key location for the franchise

06:59 since the 2011 reboot.

07:06 Forden Forged Forever.

07:12 Once again, Johnny delivers the fan service, but in all honesty, this was the best one.

07:17 One of his finishing moves sees him put his rival into a snazzy sports car before slamming

07:22 the door through their abdomen.

07:24 As Johnny triggers the car's nitrous, you can hear the high-pitched "Toasty!" we've

07:28 come to know and love.

07:29 It just wouldn't be a Mortal Kombat game if Dan Forden's voice wasn't thrown in

07:33 somewhere.

07:42 Which Easter egg was your favorite in MK1?

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