Ermac
（重定向自ERror MACro）
![](/Images/godic/202501/11/ErmacMKXrender1306.png")
![The audits screen in the arcade version of the original Mortal Kombat, with the ERMACS listing (bottom) that led players to believe Ermac was a hidden character. Mortal Kombat co-creator and programmer Ed Boon explained that the listing did not represent a character but](/Images/godic/202501/11/MK1Ermacsauditscreen1306.png")
![Debuting in UMK3 as a palette swap of Scorpion,[75] Ermac received his own unique redesign for Mortal Kombat: Deception following an eight-year absence from the series](/Images/godic/202501/11/ErmacMKDeception1306.png")
![Kim Do Nguyen as Ermac in the promotional trailer for the 2013 second season of Mortal Kombat: Legacy, which made changes to the character's design and his backstory from Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance](/Images/godic/202501/11/ErmacMKLegacy21306.jpg")
Ermac is a fictional character from the Mortal Kombat fighting game series. Originating as an imaginary character born of rumors by players and fans over an audit-menu listing and alleged glitch in the first game, which were never explicitly dispelled by Midway Games and were further perpetuated by video game magazine Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM), he transformed from urban legend to a player character in Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, as a red palette swap of Scorpion with his own special moves.