List of Minor Universes
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This article documents all Warner Bros. Discovery-owned franchises with smaller forms of representation in MultiVersus.
Captain Planet
Captain Planet is an American animated environmentalist superhero television series franchise created by Barbara Pyle and Ted Turner. The franchise consists of two different cartoon series: Captain Planet and the Planeteers and The New Adventures of Captain Planet. Both programs are a form of edutainment that advocate environmentalism and are known for having a number of famous actors providing voices for the villains. The shows spawned a franchise consisting of eco-friendly toys, comic books, video games, and a public charity to further promote the work of the show.
The elemental rings of fire and earth, that appear in Morty's Up Aerial Attack (Power of Fire!) and Grounded Side Special (Power of Earth!) respectively, are based on the elemental rings from this franchise and originate from Rick and Morty's "A Rickconvenient Mort" episode, which heavily parodied the original Captain Planet show.
Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat is a media franchise centered on a series of fighting video games originally developed by Midway Games in 1992. The series has a reputation for high levels of graphic violence, including, most notably, its fatalities, which are finishing moves that kill defeated opponents instead of knocking them out. Controversies surrounding Mortal Kombat, in part, led to the creation of the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) video game rating system. Early games in the series were noted for their realistic digitized sprites and an extensive use of palette swapping to create new characters. Following Midway's bankruptcy, the Mortal Kombat development team was acquired by Warner Bros. Entertainment and reestablished as NetherRealm Studios.
MultiVersus features many possible callbacks and allusions to this franchise:
- Scorpion's iconic catchphrase when using his spear attack, "Get over here!", is uttered by some Fighters, such as Batman, Wonder Woman, and Stripe.
- When winning a match, Jake may say "FLAWLESS VICT- [cough cough] Yeah.. I won.", referencing what the announcer of this series says after a match is won in every Mortal Kombat game.
- If the player Toasts someone while having the Default Announcer Pack equipped, the Default Announcer has a chance of saying "Toasty!", a possible reference to the Toasty! easter egg from Mortal Kombat II.
- Some of Jason Voorhees' attacks seem to be based on his moveset from his cameo appearance in Mortal Kombat X.
Peter Potamus
Peter Potamus is a purple animated hippopotamus that first appeared in the 1964–1966 animated television series The Peter Potamus Show, produced by Hanna-Barbera and first broadcast on September 16, 1964. The Peter Potamus Show was divided into three segments: Peter Potamus and So-So, Breezly and Sneezly and Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey. The main segment featured Peter Potamus and his diminutive sidekick So-So the monkey. Episodes generally consisted of Peter and So-So exploring the world in his hot air balloon, which was capable of time travel at the spin of a dial. When faced with a precarious situation, Peter uses his Hippo Hurricane Holler to blow away his opponents.
Peter Potamus' iconic hot air balloon appears as a background element on The Court Map, referencing its cameo in Space Jam: A New Legacy.
Shark Week
Shark Week is an annual, week long TV programming block aired on the Discovery Channel, which features shark-based programming. Shark Week originally premiered on July 17, 1988. Featured annually, in July or early August, it was originally devoted to conservation efforts and correcting misconceptions about sharks. Over time, it grew in popularity and became a hit on the Discovery Channel. Since 2010, it has been the longest-running cable television programming event in history. Broadcast in over 72 countries, Shark Week is promoted heavily via social networks like Facebook and Twitter.
To coincide with the 2024 edition of the block, several Shark Variants were released during Season 1, alongside a Shark Week-themed Event and Rift.
Shark Week is currently the only franchise represented in the game to be fully-owned by Warner Bros. Discovery that originates from the Discovery side of the corporation.
External
- Captain Planet and the Planeteers on Captain Planet Wiki.
- Mortal Kombat series on Mortal Kombat Wiki.
- Peter Potamus on Hanna-Barbera Wiki.
- Shark Week on Wikipedia.
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