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Mentions in popular culture
The TV show ReBoot had a small parody of Mortal Kombat, including dressing the character Enzo as Scorpion. In the episode "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, a security company inspector tells the Banks family of the many violent things he has seen happen. When asked where he saw such things, the man replies, "Mortal Kombat. By Sega." In the episode "Francis Escapes" of the TV show "Malcolm in the Middle" Dewey makes up a story and Reese tells him that he is lying. Their dad, Hal, then says "Reese, if your brother says that's what happened, then that's what happened." Reese then exclaims that no one believed him when he said he beat Mortal Kombat. Hal responds by saying, "Now that's just not possible; no one beats Sub-Zero." In the video game, WarCraft III, when a mortar team is successfully trained, two dwarves shout the phrase, "MORTAR KOMBAAAAT!", presumably in reference to the title track from the Mortal Kombat films. In the film The Cable Guy, when Jim Carrey's character is showing off a satellite dish, one of the many great possibilities is that you may be able to one day "Play Mortal Kombat with a friend in Vietnam." His prediction was accurate; recent games have indeed had online battle functions. More interesting is an film advertisement on the VHS version of the film for Beverly Hills Ninja in which the announcer says that Haru and his brother (Robin Shou) puts the "Mortal" back in Kombat. Robin Shou played Liu Kang in both of the Mortal Kombat Movies. In the film Billy Madison, the title character gets into an argument with some school kids over what is the best video game ever. The kids insist it is Mortal Kombat for the Sega Genesis, while Billy claims it is Donkey Kong. Bridgette Wilson appeared in Billy Madison as Billy's love interest and teacher, Wilson also starred as Sonya Blade in the first Mortal Kombat Movie.