is the Stage Name of '''Jonathan Carlton''', a Video Game Character from the '' Mortal Kombat '' Fighting Game series.
In the eyes of many, Johnny Cage is the typical during their adventures and considers her more than just a friend.
A Martial Art s superstar trained by great masters from around the world. Johnny was derided by film critics and the movie-going public for using special effects and wires for his fights. Unknown to them, his ''Shadow Kick'' and ''Force Ball'' were not effects; he actually performed those supernatural feats. To prove it to the world, he entered the ''Mortal Kombat'' tournament. Although he did not win, he didn't die, as so many of the other unnamed participants.
Johnny joined the Earthrealm warriors for ''Mortal Kombat'' in Outworld, and used his experiences as a script for a ''Mortal Kombat'' movie, which broke box office records and spawned many successful sequels. Johnny returned to help his comrades defeat Shinnok . After Shinnok's defeat, Johnny Cage went back to making movies, even winning an award for his latest film, but when he opened his big mouth, all he comically received were boos and a whole bunch of vegetables and bottles thrown at him.
Later on, Johnny Cage went on to film ''Mortal Kombat: The Death of Johnny Cage'', in which he was repeatedly killed and brought back to life. Upset at the way he was being portrayed, he wanted out of the movie, but he couldn't due to his contract.
But as luck would have it, he was approached by Raiden, who asked him to help fight the Deadly Alliance. At first, Johnny thought it was the actor who played Raiden, but when he saw the actor eating lunch, he realized it was the real Raiden, who told him to go to Shang Tsung's island for further instructions. He found a loophole in his contract and left the movie. He would then use this new adventure to make his own movie. Arriving on the island by way of parachute, he learned of , where he is slated to make a reappearance.
- Cage would slide across the floor at a steady speed connecting with a kick to the torso of his opponent. ''(MK)''
- Improving on the speed of his Shadow Kick, he would move faster, and leave a green trail. ''(MKII, MKT, MK4, MK Gold, MK:SM, MKDA)''
- The fastest version of the move. ''(MKII, MKT, MK4, MK Gold)''
- His original fireball travelled straight across the screen. ''(MK)''
- This fireball curved upwards, and would remain Cage's standard projectile. ''MKDA''. ''(MKII, MKT, MK4, MK Gold, MKDA, MK:SM)''
- A higher version of the curved fireball. ''(MKII, MKT, MK4, MK Gold)''
- One of Cage's most memorable moves where he does the splits and punches the opponent in the groin. This only worked on male fighters. ''(MK, MKII, MK4, MK Gold, MK:SM)''
- Cage would leap into the air and deliver an uppercut which launched his foe into the air. ''(MKII, MKT, MK4, MK Gold)''
- A faster version of the move. ''(MKII, MK4, MK Gold)''
- A new move given to Cage had him do the splits and rise up in the air delivering an uppercut to the opponent. ''(MKDA)''
- : Johnny Cage delivers a savage uppercut that tears his opponent's head off. A glitch allowed the fatality to be performed multiple times in ''MK''. (''MK'', ''MKII'', ''MKT'', ''MK4'', ''MK Gold'', ''MK:SM'')
- : Johnny Cage grabs his enemy around the waist, rips their upper body from their lower, and throws it to the ground. (''MKII'', ''MK4'', ''MK Gold'', ''MK:SM'')
- : A bizarre fatality in which Cage performs his uppercut fatality, only instead of one head, Cage knocks off three. Most likely done in parody of a glitch discovered in the first Mortal Kombat game, where Johnny Cage could knock off multiple heads in his fatality. (''MKII'', ''MKT'')
- - Johnny Cage begins to smoke, right before he performs a Shadow Kick that tears the opponent's torso off. The severed head then falls on what remains of the enemy. (''MKT'')
- : Cage would lift his opponent over his head and then bend down bending them over his shoulders causing the opponent to explode into pieces. (''MKT'')
- : Cage thrusts his hand through the enemy's head and pulls out their brain. (''MK:DA'')
- - Cage Performs a Shadow Kick strong enough for his foot to penetrate the enemy's flesh. (''MK'' version , ''MK:SM''}
- : Cage perfoms his nut cracker move, only takes it a step further by continuing to assault his opponent's genitals with a series of punches until with one final blow, he punches the enemy in half. (''MK:SM'')
- : As a Friendship, Johnny Cage would sign a photo of himself stating: "To My Greatest Fan! Cage" ''(MKII), (MKT)''
- : Johnny Cage turns into a kangaroo and kicks his opponent off screen. ''(MKT)''
as Johnny Cage in '' Mortal Kombat '']]
Johnny Cage was portrayed by '', (played by Chris Conrad) in which he was killed by Shao Kahn in the opening scenes.
- In the first game, Johnny Cage was modelled after the Belgian actor Jean Claude Van Damme .
- Originally 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.
- Originally Brandon Lee was the Actor in talks to be Johnny Cage in the first ''Mortal Kombat'' movie.
- Johnny Cage's Death in MK3 was officially taken out of the storyline by John Vogel because he thought it was bad writing.
- 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.
- Many fans 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 Kang who had defeated Goro in the tournament. 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 likely a homage to the film.
- According to '''' and his official biography, Johnny Cage has starred in:
- ---''Ninja Mime'' (a box office flop in America, but a cult classic in France)
- ---''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''
(the last three movies depict him as the hero and champion)
(''Mortal Kombat: the Death of Johnny Cage'' is unfinished)
He also appeared on '' Celebrity SMASH TV '' (as a result, Smash TV and the Mortal Kombat series are both portrayed as occuring in the same fictional universe)!
- Cyrax , another fighter in the ''Mortal Kombat'' series, purportedly wants his money back for all of them (the movies), but especially ''Ninja Mime'' (this was mentioned in ''Deadly Alliance'''s Konquest mode).
- Cage is the '' 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 ("KAH-geh") in Japanese means shadow and Johnny Cage is the master of many "shadow" move techniques. Nonetheless, his last name is pronounced like the kind of "Cage" one would keep an animal in.
- In '''', Johnny employs the fighting styles that he uses in his own Movies .
- His '''s Konquest mode.
- 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.
- 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, retconning them out of existence in Cage's Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance bio ( explaining away - and making fun of - his repeated death and revival during Trilogy and MK4). Fan reaction to this change has been mixed, with some feeling the retcon destroyed 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).
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