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Cassie Cage is a character in the Mortal Kombat fighting game franchise by NetherRealm Studios. She debuted in Mortal Kombat X (2015) as the daughter of martial arts actor Johnny Cage and Special Forces officer Sonya Blade. Possessing the fighting prowess of her parents, she follows their footsteps by becoming a Special Forces soldier and leading a new generation of warriors in defending Earthrealm. Cassie is featured as the main hero of Mortal Kombat X's story mode and plays a prominent role in her other appearances. The character received a positive reception for her personality, gender representation, and Fatality finishing moves. Development Characterization Shawn Kittelsen is credited with creating Cassie Cage, introducing her in Mortal Kombat X: Blood Ties, a comic miniseries published by DC Comics in 2015, and set between MKX and its 2011 predecessor. Kittelsen has however stated that NetherRealm Studios had already worked on a considerable amount of the creation of the new MKX cast, and in a 2015 interview with Den of Geek, he shared: "[The] younger characters like Cassie appealed to me from a more human angle — they're badasses, but how the heck is anyone a KID in this universe? Ninja assassins, interrealm wars, the constant specter of death lurking over your shoulder. What's it like to grow up in that environment? What does all that violence do you?" Introduced as one of four second-generation Mortal Kombat fighters, described by Wesley Yin-Poole of Eurogamer as a "quartet of daddy issue-riddled newbies", Cassie is the daughter of Johnny Cage and Sonya Blade. A teenager growing up in Los Angeles and raised in a celebrity-obsessed culture, Cassie is "kind of aware that her dad is sort of an icon of direct-to-video movies". Kittelsen added that her voice is one that would be "expect[ed] from a teenage girl who was raised to kick ass and be a fighter." Her official MK11 biography reads: "The offspring of Johnny Cage and Sonya Blade laid the smackdown on Shinnok a few years back, but even that wasn't enough to escape the shadow of her legendary parents. Whenever Cassie isn't defending Earthrealm, she's fighting to prove worthy of their legacy." Cassie was voiced by Ashly Burch in MKX, and Erica Lindbeck in MK11. Art and design An early sketch by concept artist Justin Murray showed Cassie as a "robotix [sic] engineer" with spiked, pink hair and a massive hand-operated mechanical arm. Another concept depicted her as a muscular MMA-style brawler with long, pink hair and wearing a customized leather sports bra and panties, tall, black boots and fighting gloves with a personalized logo of her initials framed inside the outline of a star. Her design for the game consists of her short blonde hair, aviator sunglasses, and a full Special Forces tactical suit; the design was finalized by artist Marco Nelor, who considered Cassie among his favorite designs. Kickboxer and mixed-martial artist Felice Herrig has claimed that physical and visual similarities between herself and the character are not coincidental. Herrig first mentioned possible similarities in a January 2015 post to her Instagram account. Later, following the April 2015 release of Mortal Kombat X, she said in an interview with Fox Sports that her camp was looking into legal options, reaffirming her belief that "Cassie Cage is 100-percent me," and added, "Who doesn't want to be a bad ass in a video game? It's definitely cool and if they would have came to me and said 'hey can we use your image and your likeness in a video game as Cassie Cage?' I would be more excited." Cassie's in-game mannerisms include blowing bubble gum and taking selfies, the latter for which Herrig is well-known. However, no legal action was ever taken. Cassie's design in Mortal Kombat 11 features her in three new outfit variations: militaristic garb, heavy white battle armor, and a hot pink visor and track jacket, respectively. A Harley Quinn skin was later released as downloadable content. Cassie is accompanied by the combat drone BLB-118, but no longer has her baton from MKX. Gameplay Serving as the main character of MKX's story, Cassie is playable in the game's twelfth and final chapter, in which she fights Sindel, Kitana, and D'Vorah before battling and defeating Corrupted Shinnok. Cassie's fighting style is similar to that of her parents; combining her father's martial arts skills and her mother's military training, she can fight with her hands in close combat and use her pistols from long range. Cassie adopts her father's attitude and her mother's combat styles. She also has the capacity to use energy-infused abilities. Like the other selectable characters in MKX, Cassie's special moves and attacks are split into three gameplay variations. Cassie's three variations are "Hollywood", "Spec Ops", and "Brawler". In the "Hollywood" variation, Cassie—like Johnny Cage—wears sunglasses during battle, adopts his groin-punch move, and uses her handguns on the ground and in mid-air. In her "Bubble Head" Fatality (a finishing move that executes defeated opponents), she shoots her opponents in both legs and once in the forehead, then removes her gum from her mouth and sticks it onto the wound, causing the gum to fill with the victim's blood before they die. In "Selfie", she knocks off her opponent's lower jaw with her nightstick, then takes a selfie image with the corpse, which she then uploads to a fictitious social media site. Returning in Mortal Kombat 11, Cassie's movesets are further developed while retaining the blend of her parents' skills. Many of Cassie's movesets and combos from MKX were either eliminated or completely reworked. In MK11, according to Game Informer, "most of her enhanced moves, which use up the aggression meter, simply increase the damage of her special moves, instead of opening opponents up for longer combos." Cassie's "Shadow Kick" ability helps her close distance easily while her grounded moves and combos help facilitate rushdown gameplay. In addition, Cassie excels at responding with speed or creating distance from opponents. Cassie's BLB-118 combat drone enhances her more militaristic moves, with NetherRealm Studios later making changes to it in post-release game patches. In the esports scene, Cassie's MK11 version is among players' top choices, fluctuating between S and A tiers. Appearances Mortal Kombat games Following the defeat of evil Outworld emperor Shao Kahn at the end of the 2011 series reboot, Johnny Cage and his wife Sonya Blade see the birth of their child "Cassandra Carlton Cage", shortened to "Cassie", but they later divorce. She follows in her mother's footsteps and joins the Special Forces, which uses military training and technology to protect Earthrealm from its enemies. Under Raiden's orders, Cassie leads a task force assembled by her father and composed of a new generation of combatants—Jacqui Briggs (her best friend), Takeda, and Kung Jin. Sonya does not give Cassie preferential treatment.... Discover the Shawn Kittelsen Igor Vitorino popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Shawn Kittelsen Igor Vitorino books.