Johnny Cage

Jonathan Carlton, also known as Johnny Cage, is a character from the Mortal Kombat series.
== Charactah Account ==
Johnny is a 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, Cage becomes one of the brave and loyal warriors for Earthrealm.
Johnny is shown to be an arrogant, cocky and egotistical action movie star with a wise-cracking sense of humor who enjoys being at the center of attention. Because of this, many initially find Cage to be nothing but an annoying nuisance. Cage's ego knows no bounds, as he disrespectfully greeted Raiden and Liu Kang. His arrogance is so bloated that he refused to believe the sinister and supernatural elements occurring around the tournament and thought it was just another fighting tournament that can help him achieve his goals. until much later.
Despite this, Johnny is also very determined and ambitious albeit his goals were initially of the selfish kind as he only joined the first Mortal Kombat tournament to prove to his movie critics that his incredible skills are real and not just mere stunt-work. Cage however, shows his true heroic and selfless nature when he saved Sonya Blade from being killed by Kano. He then started to believe the reality of the tournament and joined Raiden, Liu Kang, Sonya and the rest of the heroes on their quest to keep Earthrealm safe from the likes of Shang Tsung and Shao Kahn.
== Appearance ==
=== Comics ===
* Mortal Kombat X
=== Movies ===
* Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms
* Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match
* Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge
* Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins
=== Video Games ===
* Mortal Kombat
* Mortal Kombat (2011) 
* Mortal Kombat 4
* Mortal Kombat 11
* Mortal Kombat Gold
* Mortal Kombat II
* Mortal Kombat Mobile
* Mortal Kombat Trilogy
* Mortal Kombat X
* Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
* Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance
* Mortal Kombat: Deception
* Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks
* Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition
* Mortal Kombat: Unchained
== Trivia ==
* Though the Mortal Kombat franchise is notorious for replacing the letter "c" with "k", Cage is an exception. It is probably more than coincidence that Kage (pronounced "ka-ge", with a hard G) in Japanese means "shadow", and Johnny Cage is the master of many shadow move techniques.
* John Carlton, Cage's real name, comes from the Midway game programmer, who worked on the popular arcade series NBA Jam.
* The original name for Johnny Cage was Michael Grimm, "the current box office champion and star of such movies as Dragon's Fist, Dragon's Fist II and the award-winning Sudden Violence." It was changed during pre-production of the first MK.
* According to his person information in Mortal Kombat, Johnny Cage's father is Robert Carlton and his mother is Rose Carlton. He also has a sister, Rebecca Carlton. His ex-wife is Cindy Ford. Additionally, Jimmy Cage from Mortal Kombat: Federation of Martial Arts, is Johnny Cage's alleged brother.
* Johnny Cage's official theme is titled "Prepare Yourself" and the song features an announcement mentioning "John Carlton", Johnny Cage's real name.
* A trading card mentions that Johnny Cage's real name is Jonathan Carlton and his favorite color is azure blue. Additionally, IGN also referred Cage's real name as "Jonathan Carlton". Later in 2019, Stephanie Brownback also referred Cage's real name as "Jonathan Carlton" on the 3rd episode of Kombat Kast.
* According to some of the extras in Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, his official biographies, his intro dialogues, some of the endings, the official comics, the officially-released Johnny Cage: In Your Face and Fight Dirty videos, Mortal Kombat: Rebirth, Mortal Kombat: Legacy and Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge, Johnny Cage has starred in various movies; see Johnny Cage Movies for his filmography.
** Cage's MKII ending shows him battling Shao Kahn on the big screen, in the movie Mortal Kombat II.
** He also appeared on Celebrity SMASH TV. He won the episode he was in, and donated his winnings to charity.
** In Mortal Kombat X and Mortal Kombat 11, Johnny Cage has an unlockable Ninja Mime skin that shows his outfit used in his movie of the same name - although the outfit is different from one game to another, it can be inferred that Cage wore both in the film or they are from seperate films.
* In MKX, an interaction with Erron Black reveals that, in addition to action movies, among his other film roles he has also starred in a few Westerns.
* Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance reveals that Cyrax dislikes Cage's movies. Specifically, that he felt robbed after seeing Ninja Mime. Kabal expresses similar dislike for them in Mortal Kombat 11. Tremor, however, openly enjoys Cage's films, declaring his excitement to fight him in Mortal Kombat X, and Fujin admits to being a fan in MK11 despite finding Cage himself insufferable.
* A tombstone entitled "CAGE" can be seen in the Graveyard arena for every game it appears in, except for MK (2011).
* Brandon Lee was originally cast as Johnny Cage for the first film, but he died before filming began.
* In the first film, after Cage defeats Scorpion, a photo signed "To my greatest fan" lands in the debris, a nod to his Friendship finishing move in Mortal Kombat II.
* Albeit not appearing in the animated series Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm, many of Cage's character traits were incorporated into Kurtis Stryker.
* Johnny Cage is the only one of the original 7 characters from MK to not make a playable appearance in MK vs DCU.
* Johnny Cage is mentioned in a dialogue between Sub-Zero and Green Lantern in Injustice 2.
* In a Top 10 list hosted by Screwattack.com, Johnny Cage's Super Split Punch Fatality was placed at the 3rd best Mortal Kombat Fatality.
* In a Top 10 list hosted by Screwattack.com, Johnny Cage was placed at #9 of the P.A.B. ("Pussy Ass Bitch") characters in gaming history, due to his nut punch attack.
* In Unreal Championship 2, Raiden will occasionally taunt his opponent by stating that they "fight like Johnny Cage!".
* Johnny Cage has made a guest appearance on the NetherRealm Studios mobile fighting game, WWE Immortals.
** His variations are "A-List" & "Mortal Kombat". The renders for the game are borrowed from the Mortal Kombat X mobile game.
** The glasses that Johnny wears in his "A-List" & "Mortal Kombat" renders have switched. The blood on his wrist tapes is also gone.
** His Finisher is his X-Ray attack from MKX, Kasting Kall.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Johnny Cage at Mortal Kombat Wiki
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