'Mortal Kombat II' Cast Answer The 50 Most Searched Mortal Kombat Questions

Hi, I am Tati Gabrielle.

I am Martyn Ford.

I'm Adeline Rudolph.

And I'm Karl Urban.

And we are part of the cast of Mortal Kombat II

and we are here to answer

some of the most Googled questions about Mortal Kombat.

All right, you guys ready?

[upbeat music]

Who created the Mortal Kombat series?

Ed Boon! Ed Boon.

The man!

Which character is known for yelling,

Get over here.

Scorpion. [bell dinging]

Get over here.

Which character fights with a steel fan?

I don't know.

Who is that?

Who could that be? I forget.

Kitana? Kitana.

Kitana. Kitana. Kitana.

What phrase often appears before a finishing move?

[Cast] Finishing him!

[cast laughing]

What is Shao Kahn's main weapon?

Hammer. [bell dinging]

Oh, what realm does Shao Kahn rule?

Ooo! Oh.

Outworld.

Oh, he knew that!

You know what? Yeah.

It's true.

You know what?

There's probably a lot of realms, right?

He's conquered a ton.

But Outworld, right?

Okay. Definitely.

Yes. Yeah.

Who is the mother of Princess Kitana?

Queen Sindel. [bell dinging]

What's the signature weapon of Scorpion?

I should know what it's called,

but the throwing star on a chain.

[bell dinging]

Throwing a knife on a chain. Yeah?

I think that's good enough. Yeah.

Animalistic mode,

when he turns into a scorpion,

it's the scorpion's tail too.

So, two parter there.

Who is the protector of Earthrealm?

Raiden. [bell dinging]

Nice.

What event causes Raiden to become Dark Raiden?

Ooo.

Oh! I think I know this.

He is fighting the Dragon King

with Quan Chi and Shang song

and uses like God Power that basically makes

like a nuclear bomb situation happen.

But then he turns into Dark Raiden then.

Is that correct? Sounds right to me.

Just say, is that right, yes or no?

[buzzer buzzing]

Oh. Oh.

Why does Raiden sometimes appear as Dark Raiden?

That I actually don't know.

[Crew Member] He becomes corrupted by his divine creation.

Oh, wow. Aw!

That just gave me chills.

That actually is like-- Poetic.

Yeah. That's some dark shit.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

How many Mortal Kombat games are there?

12. 12.

[bell dinging]

What is the main goal of special?

What's that saying?

What is the main goal of Special Forces

in the Mortal Kombat universe?

There you go. Yes.

To protect-- Earthrealm.

Earthrealm. [bell dinging]

Well done.

Thank you. Thank you.

Who was the first hidden character in Mortal Kombat?

Hidden character.

Jade? [buzzer buzzer]

Oh, okay, then nevermind.

How did Johnny Cage originally discover

his superhuman powers?

I mean, I could tell you how he discovers

his superhuman powers in the movie.

He discovers his superhuman powers by going

from a path of selfishness to altruism

and making, like, an ultimate sacrifice

and in making that ultimate sacrifice

that he earns his special powers.

[bell dinging]

What's a Babality?

A babality? A babality.

No idea.

[Martyn laughing]

Baby fatality. Oh.

There you go. Good guess.

No, not of a child. Sorry.

I meant, like, a small fatality.

You dark person, you.

[Crew Member] That is it, yes.

[bell dinging] Is it really?

It is! Stop it!

Oh, wow! Guys!

Who is the saucer that absorbs souls to gain power?

Shang Tsung. Shang Tsung.

[bell dinging] That's it.

What company originally published Mortal Kombat.

Oh, Midway. [bell dinging]

Whoa.

What race does Baraka belong to?

Tarkatan. Tarkatan.

I had the most difficult time.

Yes, I remember. Trying to say it.

Say it three times fast.

Tarkatan. Tarkatan.

Tarkatan. Tarkatan.

Tarkatan

Tarkatan. I feel like sometimes they say Tarkatan.

It was an ongoing thing when we were shooting--

It was actually one of my favorite scenes

because you played into you,

you're like, Tar, Tar, Tarkatan, Tar, Tarkatan?

Tarkatan.

Simon's constantly come to and going, No, no, no. Cut.

It's Tarkatan.

If anyone could mispronounce, it'd be Johnny.

He doesn't know what this is.

This is his first time.

What is Shao Kahn's ultimate goal?

Control everything. [bell dinging]

Conquer all the realms. To get all the hammers.

Yeah.

His hands on all the hammers.

What happens when Shao Kahn

tries to merge Earthrealm without Outworld illegally?

The huge fine. He's sent to jail

and really he gets told off.

[buzzer buzzing]

Naughty Shao Kahn.

Don't do that.

Difficult now. Do you need help?

Yeah.

I'm not strong enough to get this out.

What are Lui Kang's signature moves based on?

Bruce Lee. [bell dinging]

Explain who killed Hanzo's family.

It's the Frost guy, right?

It's Bi-Han. Yeah, Sub-Zero.

Yeah, Sub-Zero. Yeah.

He, like, comes and, like, surprise attacks him

and his family at his home. Yeah.

At the very beginning of-- Yeah, and he freezes them.

Yeah.

Like, Hanzo finds them scared frozen in place.

Yeah.

What realm is Scorpion originally from

before becoming a Spectre?

Earthrealm, no? [bell dinging]

Who's the most powerful Mortal Kombat character?

I feel like this is up for like--

Subjective. Right.

This is subjective. No?

I'll take it. No.

[cast laughing]

I would definitely throw a bit Raiden's way.

Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah.

You can't battle thunder and lightning, bro.

Wow. [buzzer buzzing]

It's a tough crowd.

What are you gonna say?

I'll get over it.

Okay.

What is the name of Liu Kang's bicycle kick move?

Can we phone a friend?

Call this one.

The bicycle kick. Right!

[cast chattering]

Come on! It's the bicycle kick.

I'm thinking, is this a trick question?

It's the bicycle kick.

Okay.

What comedic move does Johnny Cage use

that involves a low blow?

You can answer it. It's my favorite thing,

but I want you to answer it.

What's the nut punch?

It's the splits plus a nut punch.

Is that the official term?

Okay, here we go.

When did the first Mortal Kombat game come out?

In 1992. 1992.

'92. [bell dinging]

Boom.

Googled that one.

What famous movie star inspired Johnny Cage's creation?

Was it Van Damme? Not Dick Van Dyke.

Jean-Claude Va Damme.

[Martyn laughing] Yes, Van Damme.

Jean-Claude Van Damme.

Yeah, Jean-Claude Van Damme.

What happens if you uppercut your opponent into The Pit?

If you uppercut your opponent?

Don't they go flying away?

The acid pit, right? Yeah. Yeah.

So the acid pit. You fall onto the spikes.

[buzzer buzzing]

Just what I was about to say.

We're doing great, guys.

Like, They die. We're doing great.

We're doing great.

What was Jade's original role under Shao Khan's rule?

Yeah, his assassin. [bell dinging]

What ability allows Jade

to avoid projectiles during fights?

Her spinning bo staff.

[buzzer buzzing] Yeah.

What is Liu Kang's true destiny according to Raiden?

Dang. Hairdresser?

Have babies with Kitana?

There is definitely a romance.

But I think he's the one,

in the sense of he's supposed to save the realms,

save Earthrealm, right? Yeah.

All right, what are the six primary realms

in Mortal Kombat lore?

Should we start with ours?

Edenia. Edenia.

Earthrealm. Outworld.

Netherrealm. Netherrealm.

Netherrealm. Chaos and--

Oh, Chaosrealm, Orderrealm.

And then there's the realm with the Elder Gods, correct?

[bell dinging]

What weapon does Jade primarily fight with?

A bo staff. [bell dinging]

That was an easy one.

What realm is Jade originally from?

Edenia. [bell dinging]

Edenia.

Who took on the mantle of Sub-Zero after Bi-Han's death?

Scorpion kills Sub-Zero

and then his brother takes over the role as Sub-Zero.

I just cannot remember his brother's name right now.

All that's going through my head

is Lin Kuei, Lin Kuei, Lin Kuei.

But that's not right.

I don't know.

It's not coming to my mind.

[buzzer buzzing] Kuai Liang.

Kuai Liang.

What level did you have to perform certain actions on

to fight Reptile in the original game?

The Pit. [bell dinging]

I'm gonna say The Pit.

[cast laughing]

Good.

Who are the two ninja rivals

known for their blue and yellow costumes?

Bi-Han and Scorpion?

Yes. [bell dinging]

Yes. Yeah.

Yeah. Scorpion, Sub-Zero. Yeah.

Sub-Zero, yeah.

Is Subzero evil?

Speculation. Speculation.

Discussion. I'm gonna say yes.

Well, he wasn't always though.

No. Aren't there two brothers?

Yes, that played Sub-Zero.

And there is essentially this, like, pure version per se,

a good and then a more evil,

but, subjective. [bell dinging]

Subjective. Again.

What clan does Sub-Zero belong to?

The Lin Kuei. [bell dinging]

Which game introduced the X-Ray mechanic?

MK 11 or MK 10? [buzzer buzzing]

[cast exclaiming]

Oh! Okay. It was close.

It's like when you're doing the fatal,

you can actually like see the bones cracking

and all that, like, from the inside.

You really play this a lot.

Yeah.

Just a few times.

It's really brutal.

Who is Jax Bridge's partner in the Special Forces?

I gonna say Sonya Blade?

[bell dinging] Sonya Blade.

And I'll let you guys fight for the last one.

Fight.

What is Outworld's method of conquering other realms?

Mortal Kombat. [bell dinging]

What character can morph into any fighter

in the original game?

Is it Shang Tsung? [bell dinging]

Yes! Oh!

Oi! Very clever.

'Cause the sorcery.

I think we need to decently.

I think you did really well.

Yes. Yes. Thank you.

You won that game. It was hands down.

I am glad you are here. Yeah.

I think we did all right.

Yeah. Yeah.

I think it depends how you edit this.

We'll all be sitting here going, Um, ah.

And then you'll cut the Tati.

[Karl mumbling] Oh, yeah, yeah.

[electronic warbling]