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''Morty Kombat'' is a series made by Creator/LowbrowStudios, known for ''WebAnimation/SonicForHire'' and ''WebAnimation/MegaManDiesAtTheEnd''. The series premiered on May 12, 2013 on Machinima's Happy Hour Channel. The series is about Morty, an accountant who accidentally stumbles upon the Franchise/MortalKombat Universe after pressing the "Outworld" Button on a microwave. Immediately upon entry, he is enlisted by Shang Tsung to become a kombatant. Goro [[CurbstompBattle brutally beats Morty]], and Morty is being guided by Raiden, who says in order to get back to his world, he has to be the Franchise/MortalKombat champion. Episodes were uploaded on Sunday but as of June 1, they are uploaded on Saturdays now.

After MANY years, Season 2 was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLAEb0xvHgI announced to finally be in development via Patreon]]!

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!!This series provides examples of:

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Morty's one-liners eventually grow on Scorpion.
* AffablyEvil: Shao Kahn, he's one of the nicest guys on the show. He also admits that he's one of the most evil men in the MK universe.
** Disobeying his orders though [[spoiler:[[BewareTheNiceOnes brings out a more brutal side ...]]]]
** Baraka is constantly pleasant to everyone.
* ArtificialLimbs: Jax has these. [[{{Deconstruction}} Too bad they]] [[PlayedForLaughs spasm a lot]].
* TheAlcoholic: Sonya Blade has a really bad drinking problem ...
** Raiden and Jax drink in some pretty heavy amounts, too.
* AscendedExtra: Goro and Shang Tsung were really minor characters [[WebAnimation/SonicForHire in earlier episodes]]...
* BehindTheBlack: The only reason Morty can't see Shao Khan's Clarkson Microwave is because it's slightly off screen, even though its on a stand in the middle of the room he talks to Shao in and he's staring right at it.
* BetterOffWithTheBadGuys: Upon being warped to Outworld, Morty finds himself hanging out with Raiden and Jax before being approached by Shao Kahn with the request to join the bad guys. At first, Morty refuses due to considering Raiden and Jax his friends, but he is quick to change his mind after he remembers how they don't show him any respect even when he loses his death fights. Upon [[FaceHeelTurn joining the villains]], Morty finds himself winning more fights, being treated with more respect, and even usurping Shang Tsung as Shao Kahn's [[TheDragon right-hand man]] after [[KlingonPromotion beating Shang in a fight]]. He does go back to good after Shao Kahn forces him to fight Sonya though.
%%* BigBad: At first, it didn't seem like there was one, then it was Shang Tsung, then after Morty's [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn, Shao Kahn became this.]]
%%* ButterFace: Mileena, as per the norm.
* CantHoldHisLiquor: Morty passes out after two and a half beers.
* {{Cliffhanger}}: Season 1 ends on one with Shao Kahn using multiple Clarksons to summon characters from other realms, with Morty being forced to face them down.
* CurbStompBattle: Morty is on the receiving end of these ... [[TookALevelInBadass at least at the beginning of the series]].
** He has been doing better though.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: When Sub-Zero kills Morty, the ways Morty's friends treat him causes him to turn.
* DeathIsCheap: Everyone gets killed and just respawns later.
* DelayedCausality: {{Parodied| Trope}}, Scorpion talks about how more annoying then deadly Morty's fatality was before he ends up being sliced in half, by a '''paper cut'''.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Morty's first victory was while he was drunk... Against [[{{Cyborg}} Sektor]], no less. And against Shang Tsung as well.
* DrunkenMaster: Morty's first victory was while he was drunk, caused by [[TheAlcoholic Sonya]] [[LadyDrunk Blade]].
--> Raiden: [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu He...]] has really got to work on that {{finishing| Move}} [[FinishHim move]].
* EvilFeelsGood: Shang Tsung thinks so, especially with the constant {{Evil Laugh}}ing you get to do.
** Morty is absolutely ecstatic the first time he manages to kill someone.
* ExtremeOmnisexual: If Shao Khan's currency is anything to go by.
* FaceHeelTurn: Shao Khan offers one, but Morty refuses... until he saw how dickish his so-called friends were. [[spoiler:He doesn't stay evil though]].
* FinishingMove: There are custom fatalities in this series.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: While Morty is at the bar with Sonya, Scorpion briefly appears in the background, pees on Sub-Zero (who's passed out on the floor among a few beer bottles), and walks out.
* GoKartingWithBowser: For the most part, everyone in the MK universe are [[TotallyRadical total bros]], except [[ArchEnemies Sub-Zero and Scorpion]], but they are pretty nice to Morty once he's "evil" if "penisballs" means anything. However, even being evil isn't too bad, but disobeying orders from either Shang Tsung or Shao Kahn averts this trope.
** Subverted when Shao Khan wants to watch ''Police Academy'' with Morty, Raiden, and Jax, but retracts his offer because it would be awkward.
* GoingThroughTheMotions: All walking animations are recycled from the games, causing character to hold thier arms at odd positions while walking. Lampshaded by Morty in the second episode.
** Morty's walking animation himself is actually from his voice actor.
* MovingTheGoalposts: At first, Morty must defeat Shao Khan, which he can only do by winning his way to the top. But looks like some new fighters have entered the tournament!
** They're [[spoiler:[[Franchise/StreetFighter Blanka, Bison, and Zangief.]]]]
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Morty gets sliced in half by Kung Lao in the second episode at the waist.
** Scorpion gets the vertical flavor in Paper Cut. It came from a paper [[MadeOfPlasticine cut]].
** Sub-Zero's fatality combines this with LiterallyShatteredLives and dick humor as well.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Morty is this. He joins with Shao Kahn at first because he feels like Raiden and Jax are jerks to him, but once he's forced to fight Sonya Blade and sees how boring it is being evil, he decides to join back the good side.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: The Mortal Kombat announcer.
* InsultOfEndearment: Apparently badasses call each other "penisballs".
* {{Jerkass}}: A lot of characters in the series. What provokes Morty to [[FaceHeelTurn join Shao Kahn]] is how Morty's so-called friends (Jax and Raiden) leave him lying on the ground frozen after his defeat from Sub-Zero.
** [[spoiler:Shao Kahn]] turns out to be an extreme one after Morty laments being evil.
* KlingonPromotion: After Morty [[spoiler:kills Shang Tsung]], Shao Khan makes him take his place.
* NoSympathy: When Morty thinks he's finally going to die and be free of Mortal Kombat:
--> Raiden: Oh, you're not gonna die. When you wake up, you'll be right back here, ready to fight again.
--> Morty: Fuck me!
--> Raiden: Yup, fuck you.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: As Raiden explains, when someone dies, they just become unconscious and then wake up as if nothing happened.
** RespawnPoint: His apartment with Jax is where he wakes up when he dies.
** [[ExaggeratedTrope Goes to the ridiculous when we see Raiden blow up Baraka, and his head is still conscious and talking]].
* ShoutOut:
** Baraka attempts to threaten Morty by sleeping his body like a [[Franchise/StarWars Tauntaun]].
** Shang Tsung tries to kill Morty by taking the form of a [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Rancor]]. Sub-Zero throws out several confused references before admitting he's never seen the movie.
** Morty also called Sonya Blade [[WebAnimation/SonicForHire "Soniqua".]]
%%* LadyDrunk: Sonya Blade
* LiterallyShatteredLives: Morty is frozen, and is shattered in half.
* MadeOfPlasticine: Double Subverted, Morty gives Scorpion a paper cut as a fatality. It was as effective as one would think, [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe at first]].
* PaperMaster: Morty's "powers" turn out to summon and use anything related to offices, which includes very deadly paper cuts, trapping them in cubicles, and whacking people with flying office chairs
* PaperThinDisguise: Sub Zero puts a mustache on Morty (When his face is a skull) so Sonya Blade doesn't see. It works surprisingly.
* TrappedInAnotherWorld: Morty gets sent to the Mortal Kombat world because he pressed the Outworld button on a microwave.
* TookALevelInBadass: Morty has to if he wants to leave. Starting to look that way too.
* UnexplainedRecovery: Subverted and lampshaded in this series big time. After fatalities and dying, you just become unconscious and then wake up.
** Sort of explains how Goro came back from the dead after getting his manflesh eaten out [[WebAnimation/SonicForHire before the series premiered]].
* UrineTrouble: Scorpion pissed all over Sub-Zero in a FunnyBackgroundEvent
* VitriolicBestBuds: Sub-Zero and Scorpion regularly insult and injure each other, but they're always shown hanging out.
* VomitIndiscretionShot: Morty does it when he sees something gross, or he's drunk.
* WithCatlikeTread:
--> Shao Khan: We can't have Morty find out about my Clarkson Microwave... Time to heat up my lunch on the ol' Clarkson. I love using my Clarkson Microwave. The Clarkson Microwave is the best microwave, it heats up my souls and tacos so good. Clarkson Microwave, did I mention it's a Clarkson, mmmhmmmhmmmhmm. I should probably put this thing in a better hiding spot.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Mortys' friends take him for granted enough that [[spoiler:he joins the evil side.]]
* YouWouldntHitAGuyWithGlasses: Morty tries this. It doesn't work against Scorpion.
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