A Disney Movie Features a Mortal Kombat Character

While Disney typically maintains a child-friendly image, an unexpected crossover occurred when a character from the violent video game franchise Mortal Kombat made an appearance in a Disney movie.

Mortal Kombat, notorious for its graphic fatalities and crude characters, seems worlds apart from Disney’s family-oriented content. Yet, in a surprising twist, a Mortal Kombat character found its way into a Disney animated film. The video game series is renowned for its characters’ profanity-laden one-liners and disturbing fighting dialogue, elements that weren’t toned down for the 2021 Mortal Kombat movie.

While Mortal Kombat has crossed over with Scooby-Doo, thanks to both properties being under Warner Bros., such crossovers make more sense within the context of the respective studios. Scooby-Doo and Shaggy could serve as amusing commentators for a Mortal Kombat tournament. However, Mortal Kombat doesn’t naturally fit into kid-friendly Disney productions, so crossovers with the franchise have been rare.

Nevertheless, Disney managed to incorporate a Mortal Kombat character into a key scene in one of its animated films, Wreck-It Ralph. Despite Disney’s aversion to R-rated content, this inclusion happened in a humorous and fitting manner. Wreck-It Ralph revolves around video games, taking place in a universe where characters are aware they exist in video games. In the movie, Kano, or a character heavily inspired by him named Cyborg in the credits, appears in a scene parodying a villain support group called Bad-Anon.

In this scene, Kano, alongside other iconic video game villains like Bowser from Super Mario, Dr. Robotnik from Sonic the Hedgehog, and Pac-Man’s ghost, stands out. Although the character’s name is altered, likely to avoid licensing issues, it’s unmistakably Kano. He even reenacts Kano’s gruesome fatality by ripping out a zombie’s heart, a nod to the character’s signature move seen in the 2021 Mortal Kombat movie.

While Disney playfully incorporated Kano into Wreck-It Ralph as a homage to Mortal Kombat’s humor, the Mortal Kombat series got its own back on Disney through witty references. In Mortal Kombat 11, several fight intros make playful jabs at Disney’s Frozen when the character Frost is involved. For instance, Cassie Cage asks Frost, “Hey Elsa, what’s up?” to which Frost responds, “Why does everyone call me that?” These references, while not a full-scale Mortal Kombat vs. Disney showdown, showcase Mortal Kombat’s trademark humor.

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