Mom, Where Did Toasty Come From? - Nerd Reactor

A lot of people ask me about where �Toasty� came from. Before we worked on Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon developed the arcade football games High Impact and Super High Impact. We used to play these a lot and, as the offense and defense approached the line of scrimmage, I�d say something like �You�re toast!�, which turned into �I predict Toasty!�, delivered in high operatic falsetto. Another developer there, George Petro, suggested we put some of our silly taunts into our games as Easter Eggs. Ed decided to go ahead and try it in Mortal Kombat II, so we did, and the rest is history� or something�