History WesternAnimation / MortalKombatTheJourneyBegins

* RecycledAnimation: Quite a lot of the 2D animation is this. It's most obvious in the climax, when the same fight sequences are repeated two or three times over the course of a few minutes. The most obvious example was an animation of Johnny Cage crab-walking away from some mooks, even though they try to hide it by first reversing the animation and then playing it in blurry slowmo.

* RecycledAnimation: Quite a lot of the 2D animation is this. It's most obvious in the climax, when the same fight sequences are repeated two or three times over the course of a few minutes.

* ConspicuousCG: It may have been the 90s, the early age of CGI but damn, do the 3D fight scenes look off.
** As do the CGI backgrounds for the 2D scenes.

* StockFootage: Quite a lot of the 2D animation is this.
* ItIsPronouncedTroPay: Raiden hilariously does this when explaining to the heroes Sub-Zero's background.
--> '''Raiden:''' Sub-Zero is part of the clan known as the Lin ''Cue''.[[note]]He pronounces the Kuei in Lin Kuei as the letter "Q" when it reality, it is pronounced "Kway".[[/note]]

* ConspicuousCG: It may have been the 90s, the early age of CG but damn, do the 3D fight scenes look off.
** As do the CG backgrounds for the 2D scenes.

* WholeEpisodeFlashback: The whole thing is pretty much [[ShockAndAwe Raiden]] [[HowWeGotHere explaining the events of previous Mortal Kombat tournaments]] over the aforementioned CG.

* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Raiden hilariously does this when explaining to the heroes Sub-Zero's background.

* ConspicuousCGI: It may have been the 90s, the early age of CGI but damn do the 3D fight scenes look off.
** As does the CGI backgrounds for the 2D scenes.

* NoEnding: Though the film claims that the live action film that this was released for will pick up where this left off... [[ContinuitySnarl Only it didn't]].

* ItIsPronouncedTroPay: Raiden hilariously does this when explaining to the heroes Sub-Zero's background.

* WholeEpisodeFlashback: The whole thing is pretty much [[ShockAndAwe Raiden]] [[HowWeGotHere explaining the events of previous Mortal Kombat tournaments]] over the aforementioned CGI.

A DirectToVideo {{OAV}} meant as a tie-in of sorts to Film/MortalKombat. The plots between cartoon and movie are more or less similar, with the same three protagonists - [[BruceLeeClone Liu Kang]], [[TheLancer Johnny Cage]] and [[ActionGirl Sonya Blade]] - but with far less tournament and far more backstory.

See also WesternAnimation/MortalKombatDefendersOfTheRealm.

You can see the full movie [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPusK1fh5yQ here]].

* BatmanGambit: To try and prevent Earth's PowerTrio from reaching the island, Shang Tsung sics [[{{Antivillain}} Scorpion]] '''and''' [[AnIcePerson Sub Zero]] on them.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Raiden's name is misspelled as "Rayden" in the "Meet the Fighters" sequence.

!Trope examples include:

* HeyItsThatVoice: JeffBennett, best known for being the voice of JohnnyBravo, supplies the voice of Johnny Cage.
* {{MST}}: {{Retsupurae}} takes a crack at the entire video starting [[http://youtu.be/_W3QIua3BHA here]].

* BackToBackBadasses: This happens with the trio when they get ambushed by some Shokan {{Mooks}}.

* [[LetsPlay Let's Watch]]: {{Retsupurae}} takes a crack at the entire video starting [[http://youtu.be/_W3QIua3BHA here]].

You can see the first part [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjdmOeLJP1I here]].

* CostumeInertia: {{Inverted}} for the MultiMookMelee - Johnny Cage actually takes his CoolShades off... then they're back on again.
* NoEnding: Though the film claims that the live action film that this was released for will pick up where this left off... Only it didn't.

* NoEnding

* CatchPhrase: Scorpion says "Come over here!", whilst Shang Tsung says [[ContinuityNod "Flawless Victory!" and "Finish him!"]] in one of the many, many flashbacks.

* ConspicuousCGI