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How, the guy pushed Sonya Blade off of a building. Being a leader at Armaggedon doesn't really matter for anything because everyone fighting each other to get to the pyramid.
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IMO, they should make a normal outfit for Cage (not an alternate one) where he's actually wearing a shirt like in the MK movies (besides that tuxedo one).
The 2nd one above is funny because it's true.
More MK comic-related stuff with Cage to come later if I'm up to it, but for now...
==Trivia==
*The original name for Cage was going to be Michael Grimm. It was changed during preproduction of MK.
*Cage's real nam came from Midway game programmer John Carlton, who worked on the popular ''NBA Jam'' arcade series.
*Cage was the last character in the original MK to be given a Fatality. Until a last-minute brainstorm by co-creator John Tobias that later evolved into the Head Punch Fatality, he was simply going to throw his opponent across the screen as a finishing move. (lol)
*In the first game, Cage was modelled after the Belgian actor Jean Claude Van Damme. The creators wanted Van Damme to be Johnny Cage in the first Mortal Kombat', but Van Damme was unable due to his busy movie work. Johnny Cage's clothes in the first 'Mortal Kombat' are almost identical to the clothes Van Damme wore in the last match in the 1988 movie Bloodsport and his split punch is taken directly from a move done by Van Damme in the movie.
*Cage was the only character in the original MK who did not have a past history with any of the other characters.
*In early arcade test versions of 'MKII', the word "Otomix" appeared on Cage's pants (they were worn by actor Daniel Pesina during filming), but was omitted in subsequent chip upgrades. Otomix is an established supplier of martial arts and athletic wear.
*The Red Shadow Kick, and Red Shadow Uppercut special moves happened randomly in MKII. In MK4 and MK Gold, selecting Player 2's outfit would cause the moves to have red shadow properties, rather than green.
*Cage was cut from the Game Boy version of MK due to memory constraints. He was also the only character from the first MK game who did not appear in Jeff Rovin's non-canon 1995 novel. (gay)
*Cage was exclusively recreated for Mortal Kombat Trilogy due to the fact that Pesina was fired by Midway after appearing in an ad for the arcade game BloodStorm dressed as Cage, and thus his MK2 sprite wasn't used. He was replaced by Chris Alexander. (that's rather anti-climactic)
*Originally Brandon Lee was the actor in talks to be Johnny Cage in the first Mortal Kombat movie. (I'm glad it turned out to be Linden Ashby for some reason)
*Also in the film, after Cage defeats Scorpion, a headshot photo signed 'To my greatest fan' lands in the debris, a nod to his Friendship finishing move in Mortal Kombat II.
*Some think that Johnny had defeated Goro in the first Mortal Kombat tournament (most likely due to the movie). However in the video game storyline it was Liu Lame who had defeated Goro in the tournament (lame!). In Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks, there is another fight between Liu Kang, Kung Lao, and Goro, in which Johnny intervenes and finishes off Goro. This is a homage to the film.
*According to Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance and his official biography, Johnny Cage has starred in:
**Ninja Mime (a box office flop in America, but a cult classic in France; Cyrax loathed this film)
**''Dragon Fist''
**''Dragon Fist 2''
**''Son of Dragon Fist''
**''HWAAAAA!!''
**''Sudden Violence''
**''Aquatic Assault''
**''Exiting the Dragon of Death'' (opposite Hong Kong action star Channie Jack, a spoof of Jackie Chan)
**''7 Poisons''
**''Cage Match''
**''The Gist of my Fist''
**''24 Karate Gold''
**''Who's That?''
**''Wu Shu'' (a TV series)
**''Mortal Kombat''
**''Mortal Kombat II''
**''Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance''
*He also appeared on 'Smash TV (as a result, Smash TV and the Mortal Kombat series are both portrayed as occurring in the same fictional universe)!
*Cage is the comic relief character of Mortal Kombat (claimed in a bonus item in the Mortal Kombat Deception double pack).
*Though Mortal Kombat is notorious for replacing the letter ''c" with "k", Cage is an exception. It's probably more than coincidence that Kage in japanese means shadow and Johnny Cage is the master of many "shadow" move techniques.
*In Unreal Championship 2, one of Raiden's taunts states that "you fight like Johnny Cage!".
*Reportedly, John Vogel did not like Cage's storyline in Mortal Kombat Trilogy and Mortal Kombat 4, and Cage's Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance bio can be viewed as retconning this, with ''Mortal Kombat: The Death of Johnny Cage'' explaining away - and mocking - his repeated death and revival during Trilogy and MK4. Fan reaction to this intent has been mixed; some like the loss of another "resurrection" storyline, which is becoming increasingly common in the Mortal Kombat story, but others feel the retcon destroys what was perceived as a refreshing change of pace for Cage's otherwise stilted storyline (with Cage's death and subsequent semi-altruistic resurrections portraying him more compassionate and understanding of the gravity of the tournament, instead of simply using them as inspiration for more of his movies). Others do not view this as a retcon at all, as it would directly contradict his story screens in Trilogy and MK4 and ''cannot'' therefore be canonical. To these fans, the references to ''The Death of Johnny Cage'' movie therefore take on a more satirical aspect.
Adding onto this revised bio, the Mortal Kombat Trilogy ending pics:
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Aside from all that, I kinda got some funny nostalgia moments from re-reading this thread. Looking back, I pretty much agree with Blax now that Johnny Cage is a no-talent ass clown, along with Goro (I mean after all, only reason he even entered Mortal Kombat in the first place was to boost his image and show critics that he's not a "fake" ), but... that's what makes him funny as a character , and of course, his humor is what most of us like about him, so yeah.
And Furion got banned huh? I was wondering what happened to that dude..
Not really. Like the rest of the MK characters who weren't playable in this game, he didn't make the cut. It doesn't mean he lost his popularity and respect, it just means he wasn't considered for the game.
Well, he was considered (along with Goro, Robin, and Aquaman). It's just for some reason, Midway apparently wanted to narrow down the roster/make it smaller, which resulted in killing off 4 or more considered characters, Cage included. I think Midway just wanted to avoid having too big a roster to avoid making the same mistakes they did with Armageddon. Cage is just one unlucky character I guess.
But I was hoping me bumping this thread when I was bored the other day wouldn't result in talking about the same stuff in MK vs DCU again.
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You'll have to do better than that.
Dec 29th, 2007 03:37 PM
(besides that tuxedo one).
He doesn't need a shirt.
), but... that's what makes him funny as a character 
, and of course, his humor is what most of us like about him, so yeah.
I'm guessing Booster Gold got erased as well though (that, or he was never considered for the game to begin with)..
