Baraka (Mortal Kombat) - in Other Media

In Other Media

Baraka made several appearances in Malibu's' Mortal Kombat comic book series, making his first appearance on the first issue of Goro's miniseries Prince of Pain. Baraka was portrayed as the classic brawn-over-brains type, and had the distinction of speaking in pidgin English; in the 1993 Midway-created Mortal Kombat II comic book, his only line being "Baraka show Cage pain!" Baraka was also featured in an eponymous one-shot issue by Malibu Comics in 1995. He was also one of numerous characters who habitually referred to themselves in the third person throughout Malibu's entire Mortal Kombat series. Baraka's background is mostly kept in the comic, having him as the leader of the mutants that form part of Shao Kahn's armies. On the following Battlewave series though, he changes sides when Shao Kahn starts replacing his mutants with Scorpion's army of undead soldiers. He ends up joining with Kitana, Kung Lao, and Sub-Zero in a rebel force set to defeat the emperor. Despite this, his violent nature often put him at odds with his former comrades.

Baraka briefly appeared in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, and was played by Dennis Keiffer. He was killed after being kicked into a fire pit by Liu Kang following a swordfight; stock footage of Rain falling into the pit earlier in the film was used in this scene.

Baraka appears in Mortal Kombat: Rebirth, with his backstory being changed from a Tarkatan to that of a former plastic surgeon named Alan Zane. After accidentally killing a patient, Zane went psychotic and killed over two dozen more. He then pierced his face, sharpened his teeth, and surgically attached a pair of metal blades to his forearms.