Morty

The Mystic Seer of the Future
Morty
Species	Human
Hair color	Blonde
Base	Ecruteak City
Debut	Pokémon: Gold Version/Pokémon: Silver Version

Morty is the third gym leader encountered in Pokémon: Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions. He is a Ghost-type trainer.

Background

Morty was the gym leader of the Ecruteak City gym. He was motivated in his quest to train Pokémon due to the town's belief that a legendary Pokémon would appear to a truly powerful trainer. He seemed particularly interested in meeting Ho-Oh. Because of this, he said he spent all his life secretly training in the gym. HeartGold/SoulSilver elaborates that Morty's secret training helped him to see a "shadow of the person" who would see Ho-Oh, and he believed that it was him, which is implied to be connected to something the Kimono Girls told him.

In the Crystal, HeartGold and SoulSilver versions, he first was seen in the Burned Tower, where he was helping Eusine to investigate it as part of Eusine's quest to find Suicune. Afterwards he could be battled in the gym. In all five versions, he was challenged and defeated by Gold. He then surrendered the Fogbadge and TM30: Shadow Ball to Gold. He remarked that he was not yet good enough to meet a legendary Pokémon and said that he envied Gold because Gold seemed to travel alot and thus has experienced more, as opposed to Morty's own isolated lifestyle. In HeartGold/SoulSilver he instead remarked that he did not realize their potentials were so different, and he began to think it was Gold that the Kimono Girls were talking about but did not elaborate further.

In HeartGold and SoulSilver, he could be found outside the Bell Tower on Mondays and Tuesdays during the day, where he lamented that the legendary Pokémon did not choose him, but felt determined to continue training and find a new future for himself. Gold could exchange Pokégear numbers with him there, and calling him on Tuesday nights would cause him to travel to Saffron City's Fighting Dojo for a rematch. He also appeared by the Bell Tower on Fridays, when he offered to take a picture with Gold as a memento.

Pokémon Roster

In Gold, Silver and Crystal as well as HeartGold and SoulSilver, Morty has the following Pokémon.

• Gastly
• Haunter (2)
• Gengar

In HeartGold and SoulSilver, he uses the following Pokémon in rematches:

• Drifblim
• Dusknoir
• Sableye
• Mismagius
• Gengar (2)

Other Games

Morty appears as an opponent in the Gym Leader's Castle of Pokémon Stadium 2. In this game his line-up instead contains a Gengar, Ariados, Sudowoodo, Marowak, Girafarig and Noctowl in R1, or a Gengar, Exeggutor, Lapras, Misdreavus, Granbull and Mantine in R2.

Bugsy also appears in Pokémon Puzzle Challenge as the fourth opponent, using a Gastly in battle.

Other Appearances

• Morty has appeared in three episodes of the Pokémon anime. He first appeared in a two-part episode where he met Ash in the Burned Tower and then was defeated by him in a gym battle. Morty's other appearance is in a Pokémon Crystal episode focusing on Eusine and Suicune, where it was said the two shared a close relationship due to their studies of legendary Pokémon.
• Morty appears in several chapters of the Pokémon Adventures manga, where he is "the man who can see for a thousand miles" and uses his psychic powers to track down missing people or Pokémon. Lieutenant Surge enlists his aid in finding the missing Gold and Silver, and they are later paired against each other in the gym leader competition, in a battle that ends in a draw. Morty's friendship with Eusine is also alluded to. Morty dreams of seeing Ho-Oh but winds up having to help the gym leaders in their efforts against Ho-Oh and Lugia after Pryce captures them for his own purposes.