Johnny Cage



"I make this look easy!"

- Johnny Cage

Jonathan Carlos Cage also known as Johnny Cage, is an action movie martial artist in the Mortal Kombat fighting game series. He is one of the most recurring characters and one of the few original characters, debuting in the first Mortal Kombat arcade game.

About Johnny Cage


Johnny Cage is an Hollywood movie star. Originally entering the Mortal Kombat tournament to display his fighting skills and prove himself to skeptical movie critics and the movie-viewing public, who believed Cage was nothing more than an actor who relied too much on stunts and camera work and was not a real proficient fighter. Eventually, Cage becomes one of the most important defenders of Earth. Though he occasionally lapses into his former selfish and materialistic ways, he has always been a brave and loyal warrior for Earth.

Fighting style
Karate

Special moves

 * Shadow Kick: Cage kicks his foe twice, drops a low chop to their genitals, forcing them to lean forward, then either smashing them in the face with a glowing fist (Forward) or sidestepping around to kick them to the curb (Backward). (MKI)
 * Green Ball: In older games, Cage would perform a very standard fire ball instead of green ball. (MK9)
 * Nut cracker: Cage punches foe in the balls. (MK9)
 * Upercut to the jaw: Cage performs a brutal, lightning-fast upercut, launching his foe into the air. (MK9, MKII)

Fatalities

 * Brains RIP: Cage thrusts his hand through the enemy's head and pulls out a their bloody skull.(MKDA)
 * Heads Up: This fatality is a combination of the Deadly Uppercut and the Torso Rip fatalities. Cage uppercuts his opponent's head off, then he finishes by ripping off their torso and throwing it to the ground as the head bounces up. He then catches the head and holds it up. (MK9)
 * And The Winner Is...: Johnny Cage karate chops the opponent's head in half and takes out a trophy. He then says, "And the reward goes to... Huaa!" and plants the trophy in between the two chopped halves of the opponent's head. Then while Shao Kahn says "Johnny Cage Wins." Johnny pushes the opponent, making them fall to the ground and yells "Hoo!".(MK9)

Other finishers

 * Friendship: Autograph: Johnny Cage signs a photo of himself stating: "TO MY BEST FAN! Johnny Cage" (MKII, MKG)
 * Animality: Hyper Kangaroo Kick: Cage turns into a kangaroo and kicks his opponent off screen. (MKG)
 * Babality: Johnny Cage takes a pencil and paper and draws on it. The wind then blows the paper, making it land on the screen with the paper having a horribly drawn picture of himself and a few words saying, "To My Best Fan! Johnny Cage." which is most likely a homage to his Friendship in earlier games. (MK9)

Mortal Kombat (film)


Johnny Cage was portrayed by Linden Ashby in the first Mortal Kombat movie. In the film, he is a Hollywood action movie star who is branded a fake by the media, and seeks to prove otherwise to the world. He is invited to compete in the Mortal Kombat tournament by his sensei, Master Boyd, who in reality was a disguised Shang Tsung, posing as Boyd to lure Cage into the tournament. He is chosen along with Liu Kang and Sonya Blade as representatives of Earth in the tournament by Raiden. During the tournament, he fought Scorpion, and won, and later caused the death of Goro, avenging the death of a fellow fighter named Art Lean, one of the few people who believed the authenticity of Cage's abilities. He accompanies Liu Kang and Kitana to Shao Kahn's castle at the Beach of Outworld to rescue an imprisoned Sonya, and witnesses the climatic battle between Liu Kang and Shang Tsung.

Mortal Kombat Annihilation
Johnny Cage appears during the opening sequence of Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, played by Chris Conrad.

When Shao Kahn takes Sonya Blade hostage, Cage successfully saves her from certain death at the hands of Kahn, only to be intercepted and killed in Sonya's place soon thereafter when Kahn snaps his neck. His death leaves Sonya emotionally gulit-ridden.

Quotes

 * "Let's dance!"
 * "This is where you fall down."
 * "Where d'ya get these guys?! And the preacher says "I don't know how to do this stuff?!"
 * "Huh, thank God I didn't ask him to park my car."
 * "Alright, tough guy, you wanna get... rough?"
 * "We got a guy with snakes coming out of his hand, we got another guy who freezes stuff, and then there's a man, who as far as I can tell, is made out of electricity. I mean, how did he disappear like that? What is going on here? Who is this guy?"
 * "Do I look like your travel agent?"
 * "Oh, great! Can't wait to see what the bathrooms look like."
 * "Y'know, when a woman looks at you like that it usually means somethin'."
 * "Come to a little tournament, he said. Be good for the career, he said. And then we see a guy kill someone."
 * "You know, you gotta admire her, when she sets her mind on something."
 * "Sonya, you go ahead. Find out what that was. Liu and I'll wait right here."
 * "Kitana went this way. I can smell her perfume."
 * "You guys are lucky he stopped us."
 * "This is our tournament, remember? Mortal Kombat. We fight in it."
 * "Those were 500 dollar sunglasses, asshole."
 * "So, this is Outworld, huh? Well, I can see why they want a change of scenery."
 * "Liu Kan, I hate this place. I do. I'm telling ya, I hate it. I'm in a hostile environment, I am completely unprepared. I'm surrounded by people who probably wanna kick my ass... it's like being back in high school!"
 * "Nice dress."
 * "What's a Goro?"
 * "MVP, baby!"
 * "The wrestler guy with a Kung-Fu cow in his hands? And why aren't the Kung Fu Twins here helping us?"
 * "So what's the deal with you and Sonya anyways? She's smokin' hot." 
 * "He was busy hitting me in the face!"
 * "What are we? Chopped liver?"
 * "Sure, let's ruin someone else's life."
 * "You couldn't have seen that in one of your hot flashes?"
 * "Lord? I was with Smoke. I thought she was a bad guy. Girl. Guess he turned another one... What's Raiden got that I haven't got?"
 * "My head hurts just thinking about it."
 * "Liu Kang! Raiden! NO!"
 * "What did you do!?"

The following movies Johnny Cage got

 * Ninja Mime
 * Dragon Fist
 * Dragon Fist 2
 * Son of a Dragon Fist
 * HWAAAAA!! (according to MK:DA, it won an Oscar)
 * Sudden Violence
 * Aquatic Assault
 * Exiting the Dragon of Death
 * 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
 * Mortal Kombat Armageddon (cancelled)
 * Caged Rage
 * Every Dog Has Its Day
 * Massive Strike
 * Iron Claw
 * Time Smashers
 * Citizen Cage
 * Tommy Scissorfists (a spoof of Edward Scissorhands)
 * Fight Dirty
 * World's Most Wanted (a spoof of Wanted)
 * Power Rangers (T.V. serie)
 * You Got Caged
 * Pirates of the Caribbean (part 4)
 * I Was Doing My Job as Kurtis Stryker (cancelled by Stryker himself)
 * Brokennose Mountain (a spoof of Brokeback Mountain)

THIS MOVIES WILL ALL SOMETIME BE CREATED BY ME!