Dan Forden

Daniel "Dan" Warner "Toasty" Forden (born September 28, 1963) is an American sound programmer and music composer.

Probably best known as the "Toasty" voice (MKII, MK3, UMK3, MKT, MK4, Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks, MK 2011), his photo would sometimes appear at the bottom as he exclaimed "Toasty!" when an uppercut was performed. Forden would also be heard when Scorpion performed his well-known "Toasty" fatality.

Forden's first Mortal Kombat appearance was as an easter egg in Mortal Kombat II, where Forden's head would appear after a chain of combos in the bottom-right corner of the screen and shout "Toasty!" in a falsetto when an uppercut was performed.

In Mortal Kombat 3, freezing an opponent in "danger mode" with Sub-Zero would make Forden appear and shout "Frosty!" Although he sometimes said "Toasty!" in the very same conditions. Additionally, in Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Dan Forden would appear after a Stage Fatality in Scorpion's Lair saying "Crispy!" if both players' "High Punch" button was held down after executing the fatality input. If, instead, the both "Run" button were held down, then Shao Kahn would say "Crispy!"

Forden also appears in Mortal Kombat (2011) with his "Toasty!" exclamation, although his appearances are more rare this time around. To add to the humor of it, Forden is seen wearing a shirt with buttered toast on it.