History YMMV / MortalKombatTheJourneyBegins

* HamAndCheese: While the animation in the movie was very poorly received, the voice acting on the other hand was actually fairly well received. The movie had known Voice Actors such as Creator/JimCummings as Shang Tsung and Sub Zero, Creator/JenniferHale as Sonya Blade and Creator/JeffBennett as Johnny Cage in which the voice acting is often considered to be the best or only good part of the movie. Creator/JimCummings performance as Shang Tsung is a particular highlight often considered to be one of the better (and to some best) performances for the role ever.

* CompleteMonster: [[Characters/MortalKombatShangTsung Shang Tsung]] is a EvilSorcerer and right hand to the Emperor of Outworld. In the past, Shang Tsung showed up to the Mortal Kombat tournaments, killing all the tournament grandmasters and [[YourSoulIsMine absorbing their souls]], trapping them in [[AndIMustScream perpetual torment]]. Shang Tsung uses their deaths to take over the tournament and begins a nine tournament win streak for Outworld, during which he would get many people killed and absorb their souls. Shang Tsung was defeated by the Great Kung Lao but came back with Goro and had him killed. Shang Tsung and Goro would lead Outworld to another 9 tournament win streak. During the events of the film, a new set of heroes would come to the tournament on a boat. To prevent them from ever getting there, Shang Tsung orders one of his minions, Sub-Zero, to kill them and [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident make their deaths look like an accident]], all for the purpose of having Outworld destroy Earthrealm.

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Non-videogame media: [[YMMV/MortalKombatTheMovie Mortal Kombat: The Movie]] | [[YMMV/MortalKombatTheJourneyBegins The Journey Begins]] | [[YMMV/MortalKombatAnnihilation Annihilation]] | [[YMMV/MortalKombatConquest Conquest]] | [[YMMV/MortalKombatDefendersOfTheRealm Defenders Of The Realm]] | [[YMMV/MalibuComicsMortalKombat Malibu Comics]] | [[YMMV/MortalKombatLegacy Legacy]] | [[YMMV/MortalKombatRebirth Rebirth]]\\
Series-wide pages: [[AndTheFandomRejoiced/MortalKombat And The Fandom Rejoiced]] | [[Monster/MortalKombat Complete Monster]] | [[EnsembleDarkhorse/MortalKombat Ensemble Darkhorse]] | [[HilariousInHindsight/MortalKombat Hilarious In Hindsight]] | [[NauseaFuel/MortalKombat Nausea Fuel]] | [[TheScrappy/MortalKombat The Scrappy]] | [[Woobie/MortalKombat The Woobie]]\\
Series-specific pages: [[Fridge/MortalKombatTheJourneyBegins Fridge]] | [[Funny/MortalKombatTheJourneyBegins Funny Moments]]-]]]
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Series-wide pages: [[AndTheFandomRejoiced/MortalKombat And The Fandom Rejoiced]] | [[Monster/MortalKombat Complete Monster]] | [[EnsembleDarkhorse/MortalKombat Ensemble Darkhorse]] | [[Fridge/MortalKombat Fridge]] | [[Funny/MortalKombat Funny Moments]] | [[Heartwarming/MortalKombat Heartwarming Moments]] | [[HilariousInHindsight/MortalKombat Hilarious In Hindsight]] | [[Awesome/MortalKombat Moment of Awesome]] | [[NauseaFuel/MortalKombat Nausea Fuel]] | [[NightmareFuel/MortalKombat Nightmare Fuel]] | [[TheScrappy/MortalKombat The Scrappy]] | [[TearJerker/MortalKombat Tear Jerker]] | [[Woobie/MortalKombat The Woobie]]-]]]

Series-wide pages: [[AndTheFandomRejoiced/MortalKombat And The Fandom Rejoiced]] | [[Monster/MortalKombat Complete Monster]] | [[EnsembleDarkhorse/MortalKombat Ensemble Darkhorse]] | [[Fridge/MortalKombat Fridge]] | [[Funny/MortalKombat Funny Moments]] | [[Heartwarming/MortalKombat Heartwarming Moments]] | [[Awesome/MortalKombat Moment of Awesome]] | [[NauseaFuel/MortalKombat Nausea Fuel]] | [[NightmareFuel/MortalKombat Nightmare Fuel]] | [[TheScrappy/MortalKombat The Scrappy]] | [[TearJerker/MortalKombat Tear Jerker]] | [[Woobie/MortalKombat The Woobie]]]]-]

* HilariousInHindsight: This wouldn't be the last time Creator/JeffBennett would voice [[WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo a flirtatious, macho, sunglasses-wearing egomaniac named "Johnny"]].

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[-Spinoffs: [[YMMV/MortalKombatMythologiesSubZero MKM: Sub-Zero]] | [[YMMV/MortalKombatSpecialForces Special Forces]] | [[YMMV/MortalKombatShaolinMonks Shaolin Monks]] | [[YMMV/MortalKombatVsDCUniverse MK vs. DC Universe]]\\

Series-wide pages: [[AndTheFandomRejoiced/MortalKombat And The Fandom Rejoiced]] | [[Monster/MortalKombat Complete Monster]] | [[EnsembleDarkhorse/MortalKombat Ensemble Darkhorse]] | [[NauseaFuel/MortalKombat Nausea Fuel]] | [[NightmareFuel/MortalKombat Nightmare Fuel]] | [[TheScrappy/MortalKombat The Scrappy]] | [[Woobie/MortalKombat The Woobie]]]]-]

* SoBadItsGood: The visuals can ''really'' hurt the eyes, sometimes, but it does have some entertaining moments.