Mortal Komedy is a tongue-in-cheek series created by Phelan Porteous (aka Phelous) and Joel Adams, which spoofs the Mortal Kombat series.
The basic premise is that Shang Tsung has marketed a soul-stealing shampoo, and it's up to Earth's heroes to stop him. Trouble is, they're all pretty much idiots. It's chock full of references, mythology gags and in-jokes to the game series, so fans of the games may find a lot of humour in it.
On February 25th, 2010, the series went on hiatus, with the last episode being a holiday special. However, Sub-Zero does occasionally reappear in Phelous' reviews, and on February 2016, a new episode was finally released.
This series provides examples of:
- Aborted Arc: Some story elements seem to vanish, never to be explained again. Examples include Smoke's sudden change from a gruff stoner to a dopey tag-along, Cage's hinted rivalry with Kano, Liu Kang and Smoke's quest to defeat Shang Tsung, and Sonya's rescue.
- April Fools' Day: Here.
Interestingly enough, it references the events of Mortal Kombat: Deception at the beginning. - Bad "Bad Acting": Johnny Cage in episode 1. His actor even commented that he was trying to hold back his laughter during those scenes. He got better in later episodes, though.
- Bald of Evil: Baraka
- Berserk Button: Don't touch Raiden's piano, it is for lesser Gods only! Liu Kang found this out the hard way.
- Big Bad: Shao Kahn.
- Blatant Lies: This line from Raiden.
- Raiden: *creates a portal using his powers despite him saying his powers don't work in Outworld* That...doesn't count as "powers".
- The Bus Came Back: Johnny Cage's director in Episode 8, who returns to taunt Cage only to be hurled off of the hill by him.
- Butt-Monkey: Liu Kang. Everyone seems to take a long hard dump on the poor guy in the story.
- Smoke and Sektor to a lesser extent.
- Call-Back: In Episode 2, when Shang Tsung disguised himself as Raiden, his teleports were orange. Raiden lampshades this in Episode 3, and proceeds to show them what colour his teleports really are.
- Raiden: You two retards! It was Shang Tsung! Didn't you see him teleport ORANGE?! Look, BLUE. *teleports* BLUE. *teleports* BLUUUUUUE!! *teleports*
- Catchphrase: A few.
- Rayden: Let me check the PI-LOT. and Noooooooooooooooooooope.
- Cage: Damn it, I'm Johnny Cage!
- Shang Tsung: I've got a NEW plan!
- Smoke: SHUT UP.
- Deader than Dead: Sindel. She dies in the 3rd Holiday Special, and is turned into a sugar cookie and eaten by Santa in the 4th.
- Deadpan Snarker: Almost everybody at some point, but Sub-Zero can take this to new heights. Phelous being the actor behind the mask doesn't hurt, either.
- Fat Bastard: Shao Kahn. Santa Claus when he's evil.
- Flat "What": Delivered whenever a character says something completely stupid or doesn't make a lick of sense.
- Groin Attack: Johnny Cage delivers one to his director when he tells him the name of the movie.
- Heel–Face Revolving Door: Smoke, due to a spell. He seems to have settled back on the good side, though. Santa as well. Sugar seems to play a part in this.
- I Am Legion: Ermac. Played for laughs in the 2nd Holiday special when his souls get each other presents.
- Keet: Kano.
- Killed Off for Real: Batman in the MK vs DC special.
- Large Ham: Shang Tsung, AND HOW.
- Shang Tsung: Just ME? I'm the stealer of souls! I'm the sorceror of the dark arts!
- Lethal Chef: Baraka, quite literally.
- Not a Morning Person: Sub-Zero. Don't ruin his breakfast.
- Older Than They Look: Sub-Zero and Johnny Cage. They've apparently been around since the 60's.
- Paper-Thin Disguise: Shang Tsung can pull off perfect morphs, but his Large Ham tendencies can make him come off as Obviously Evil. The heroes don't catch on.
- Pungeon Master: Kung Lao.
- Kung Lao: (sees Kitana throw a fan at Liu) Fan Throw. Get it? HAHAHAHAHAHA!!
- Shout-Out: The Time Travel episode has Rayden and Sub-Zero drawn in the style of Eskimo Bob, followed by an homage to Bad Dudez, and then the ending to Super Mario Bros. 2.
- Small Name, Big Ego: Liu Kang. He sees himself as the "Mortal Fighting Champion", but is comically inept.
- The Stoner: Smoke.
- Take That!: The MK vs DC video seems to be one to the concept of the game itself.
- Sub-Zero: (referring to playground) Well, Smoke. I thought this was the most appropriate spot to fight Batman at."Smoke: Why's that?Sub-Zero: Because. This whole fight is ridiculous.
- And this:Smoke: MK vs. DC? I don't know what's more stupider. The fact that we're actually fighting them, or that the fact is they think they can beat us!
- Trademark Favorite Food: Sub-Zero and ice-cream. Reptile uses it as a trap in Episode 3.
- Unsettling Gender-Reveal: Much to Cage's dismay, the actor playing Vega is a guy.
- Vitriolic Best Buds/Those Two Guys: Sub-Zero and Johnny Cage.
- What the Fu Are You Doing?: Fight scenes tend to look pretty goofy. In-universe, Raiden lampshades this with Liu Kang.
- Raiden: I see your housekeeping is as good as your fighting.Liu Kang: Shut up!
- Yellowface: Liu Kang is played by a pasty white dude putting on a horrible "oriental" accent.
