Johnny Cage is a video game character from the Mortal Kombat series. The character, whose birth name is John Carlton, is a martial arts film actor who provides the comic relief of the franchise.
Introduced in the the original Mortal Kombat, Cage has been a staple of the series since, with critics commenting on his lighthearted personality and comedic signature moves. Infamously, he has been killed several times throughout the franchise's storyline, only to be resurrected in later installments; MK developers have referenced this in later titles as a sort of in-joke.
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