Editing Ermac (section)

===Other appearances===
[[File:ErmacMKLegacy2.jpg|thumb|Kim Do Nguyen as Ermac in the 2013 second season of ''[[Mortal Kombat: Legacy]]'', which made significant changes to the character's in-game designs]]

Ermac appeared in two episodes of the 1996 animated series ''[[Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm]]''.<ref>{{cite AV media|title=[[Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm]] |date=1996|publisher=[[Threshold Entertainment]] and [[Film Roman]]|medium=Animated series}} (Episodes 12 & 13: "Abandoned" and "Overthrown")</ref><!--Do not list Clancy Brown as the voice actor unless there is a source confirming this. There currently is not.--> He has a minor role as one of Shao Kahn's henchmen in the 1997 feature film ''[[Mortal Kombat Annihilation]]'', played by assistant [[stunt coordinator]] John Medlen and identified only in the closing credits.<ref name="annihilation">{{cite AV media|title=[[Mortal Kombat Annihilation]]|publisher=[[New Line Cinema]] and [[Threshold Entertainment]]|date=1997|medium=Motion picture|people=[[John R. Leonetti]] (director)}}</ref> Although the script and print media publications mentioned his telekinetic powers,<ref>Brent V. Friedman and [[Bryce Zabel]], ''Mortal Kombat Annihilation,'' first draft (May 22, 1996), p. 1.</ref><ref name="blackbelt">{{cite magazine|last=Reid|first= Dr. Craig R.|title= ''Mortal Kombat Annihilation:'' Behind the Scenes at the New Hollywood Blockbuster|magazine=[[Black Belt (magazine)|Black Belt]]|volume= 36|issue= 1|page=83|date=January 1998}}</ref><ref name="scifimag">{{cite web|url=http://www.craphound.com/nonfic/mkii.html|title=Immortal Kombat|first=Cory|last=Doctorow|author-link=Cory Doctorow|work=[[Sci Fi magazine]]|via=Craphound.com|date=December 1997|access-date=December 14, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722173001/http://craphound.com/nonfic/mkii.html|archive-date=July 22, 2015}}</ref> they were omitted from the film.<ref name="annihilation"/> 

His association with [[Kenshi (Mortal Kombat)|Kenshi]] in ''Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance'' was loosely adapted for the 2013 second season of the web series ''[[Mortal Kombat: Legacy]]'', in which he is a decaying, hooded demon who guards the "sword of Sento" under Shao Kahn's orders and strikes Kenshi blind as the latter takes the sword. Ermac then battles Kenshi in the Mortal Kombat tournament in an attempt to repossess the sword before Kenshi kills him with it.<ref name="MKlegacy">{{cite AV media|title=[[Mortal Kombat: Legacy|Mortal Kombat Legacy II]]|date=2013|medium=Web series|number= 3-4|people=[[Kevin Tancharoen]] (director)|publisher=[[Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment]]}} (Episodes 4 & 5: "Kenshi's Origin" and "Kenshi Encounters Ermac")</ref> He was played by stuntman and martial artist Kim Do Nguyen,<ref name="MTV">{{cite web|url=http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2013/09/26/interview-director-kevin-tancharoen-gives-us-something-new-with-mortal-kombat-legacy-season-2/|title=Interview: Director Kevin Tancharoen Gives Us Something New with ''Mortal Kombat: Legacy'' Season 2|first=Charles|last=Webb|work=[[MTV|MTV Multiplayer]]|publisher=[[Paramount Global]]|date=September 26, 2013|access-date=June 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407183932/http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2013/09/26/interview-director-kevin-tancharoen-gives-us-something-new-with-mortal-kombat-legacy-season-2/|archive-date=April 7, 2015}}</ref> with his makeup designed by [[Christien Tinsley]].<ref name="MKlegacy"/>

Ermac appears in the ''Mortal Kombat Annihilation'' [[Movie novelization|novelization]],<ref>{{harvnb|Preisler|1997}}</ref> and in [[DC Comics]]' 2015 ''Mortal Kombat X'' prequel comic miniseries.<ref>{{cite comic|title=[[Mortal Kombat X: Blood Ties]]|writer=Shawn Kittelsen |volume=1 |issue=1 |date=April 14, 2015 |publisher=[[DC Comics]] |id={{ISBN|1-4012-5708-9}}}}</ref> The character has been licensed for [[action figure]]s,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.destructoid.com/cyborgs-ninjas-dominate-jazwares-new-mortal-kombat-toys/|title=Cyborgs, ninjas dominate Jazware's new Mortal Kombat toys|first=Nick|last=Chester|work=[[Destructoid]]|publisher=[[Gamurs]]|date=2011|access-date=October 25, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025222108/https://www.destructoid.com/cyborgs-ninjas-dominate-jazwares-new-mortal-kombat-toys/|archive-date=October 25, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://toynewsi.com/431-31217|title=2018 SDCC Storm Collectibles 1:12 Mortal Kombat Ermac Figure Preview|first=Jay|last=Cochran|work=Toy News International|date=June 11, 2018|access-date=April 12, 2024|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517134343/https://toynewsi.com/431-31217|archive-date=May 17, 2022}}</ref> a life-sized [[standee]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://advancedgraphics.com/product/ermac/|title=Ermac 70" cardboard cutout|work=Advanced Graphics|date=2011|access-date=December 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222051042/http://advancedgraphics.com/product/ermac/|archive-date=February 22, 2014}}</ref> and an eighteen-inch limited-edition [[Artificial stone|polystone]] statue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2011/12/06/mortal-kombats-deadly-statues|title=Mortal Kombat's Deadly Statues|first=David|last=McCutcheon|work=[[IGN]]|publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]|date=December 6, 2011|access-date=February 25, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320044833/http://www.ign.com/articles/2011/12/06/mortal-kombats-deadly-statues|archive-date=March 20, 2014}}</ref>