and battle, Reptile temporarily blinds Takeda by spitting acid in his face before he is defeated by Jacqui Briggs. In Mortal Kombat 11 Reptile is not a playable character, though Shang Tsung is able to shapeshift into him with a selectable move. Noob Saibot, Kung Lao, Jade, and Scorpion all have MK1-derived palette swap skins of Reptile, complete with scaly skin and green eyes. Other media Reptile is a supporting character in Malibu Comics' Mortal Kombat comic book series, first appearing in the 1995 three-issue Goro: Prince of Pain miniseries as a member of a team led by Kitana to find the missing Goro. In the finale of the 1995 six-issue Battlewave miniseries, Reptile hypnotizes Sonya Blade into wanting to marry Shao Kahn before Kahn's plot is thwarted by the Earthrealm heroes. He features briefly in special-edition comics published by Midway Games for Mortal Kombat II and Mortal Kombat 4, based on his respective role in each title. A paperback novel written by C. Dean Anderson entitled Mortal Kombat: Reptile's World was published in 1996. Written for junior readers, the book describes the past of Reptile's race through the perspectives of other series characters. Reptile appears in the 1995 film Mortal Kombat as a bipedal lizard who camouflages himself until found by Liu Kang. After being thrown into a statue, Reptile transforms into a human-looking ninja and battles Liu Kang, but is defeated and then crushed after reverting to his original form. Reptile's lizard form is computer-generated while the character's human form is portrayed by actor and martial artist Keith Cooke. Originally not included in the movie, Reptile was added in response to focus groups being unimpressed with the original fights in the film. Actor Robin Shou (Liu Kang) and director Paul Anderson noted that neither knew what Reptile's lizard form would look like until after filming, making the pre-fight sequence difficult to shoot. An original character named Komodai features in one episode of the 1996 animated series Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm, bearing a physical resemblance to Reptile and described as being a member of his race. Komodai leads an attack on Earthrealm with his minions until he is ultimately defeated and sent back to Outworld. The 1998 television series Mortal Kombat: Conquest features Reptile in his human form, played by Jon Valera. Commander of Shao Kahn's army of Raptors, he betrays Kahn and forms an alliance with