Morty

Morty マツバ Matsuba
""The Mystic Seer of the Future""
[[File:File:Morty.jpg|{{{size}}}]] Art from Gold and Silver
Gender	Male
Hometown	Ecruteak City
Region	Johto
Trainer class	Gym Leader
Generation	II
Games	Gold, Silver, and Crystal, Stadium 2
Leader of	Ecruteak Gym
Badge	Fog Badge
Anime debut	A Ghost of a Chance
English voice actor	Andrew Rannells
Japanese voice actor	Masaya Matsukaze

Morty (Japanese: マツバ Matsuba) is the Gym Leader of Ecruteak City's Gym, known officially as the Ecruteak Gym. He hands out the Fog Badge to Trainers who defeat him. He is apparently a young man who uses Template:Type2 Pokémon.

In the anime

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Morty in the anime

Morty appears in three episodes of the anime: A Ghost of a Chance, From Ghost to Ghost, and For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll!.

He teaches classes on training Template:Type2s. He knows that most Ghosts lack physical power, and relies on disabling his opponent by confusing or frightening them.

Ash, Misty and Brock first meet Morty when they mistakenly went to the Burned Tower thinking it was the Gym. His Ghost Pokémon had created an illusion of fire to scare the trainers away, but Morty settled them and introduced himself as Gym Leader. He told them about the legend of Ho-Oh and the two towers of Ecruteak, but didn't believe that Ash had ever seen a Ho-Oh. When Team Rocket kidnapped Pikachu and Togepi, he used his powerful Gengar to stop them.

The next day, Ash and Morty had their Gym battle. Ash was able to defeat him by relying on his Noctowl's Foresight to weaken Morty's Ghost Pokémon and make them vulnerable to Normal attacks. After Morty was defeated, he said he believed that Ash may very well have seen a Ho-Oh, given Ash's great spirit.

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Morty and his Gengar in Born to Be a Winner.

When Ash and company returned to Ecruteak on their way to Mahogany Town, it is revealed that he and Eusine have a close relationship because they both study about the rare legendary Pokémon.

His English voice actor is Andrew Rannells and his Japanese voice actor is 松風雅也 Masaya Matsukaze.

Pokémon

This listing is of Morty's Pokémon in the Pokémon anime.

Gastly

Haunter

Gengar

At Ecruteak Gym

Gastly (Multiple)

Haunter (Multiple)

In the games

Morty's title is "The Mystic Seer of the Future".

The body of Morty's gym is a dark pit. Trainers appear to float over it, standing on an invisible floor. Some trainers are scared away by the ghosts within the gym. A challenger able to navigate along the invisible floor can safely reach Morty and challenge him.

Trainers in his gym: Sage Ping, Medium Grace, Sage Jeffrey, Medium Martha.

In addition to the Fog Badge, Morty gives out TM30 (Shadow Ball).

In Pokémon Crystal, Morty joins Eusine in the Burned Tower, to study what are said to be legendary Pokémon: Suicune, Entei, and Raikou.

Pokémon

This listing is of Morty's Pokémon in the video games he has appeared in.

Quotes

"Good of you to have come. Here, in Ecruteak, Pokémon have been revered. It's said that a Template:P2 Pokémon will come down to appear before a truly powerful trainer. I believed that tale, so I have secretly trained here all my life. As a result, I can now see what others cannot. Just a bit more... With a little more, I could see a future in which I meet the Pokémon of rainbow colors. You're going to help me reach that level!"

"I'm not good enough yet... All right. This Badge is yours."

"I see... your journey has taken you to far-away places. And you have witnessed much more than me. I envy you for that..."

In the Pokémon Special manga

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Morty in the manga

In Pokémon Special, he is a natural version of the Itemfinder, using his powers to locate lost objects and Pokémon. He has clairvoyant psychic abilities that allow him to see things at a distance.

He was unfortunately away from Ecruteak when Team Rocket attacked it, but later assisted in its reconstruction.

His dream is to one day be able to see Ho-Oh. The rainbow Pokémon's power is so great, it blocks Morty's abilities.

Pokémon

This listing is for Morty's Pokémon in the Pokémon Special manga.

Misdreavus

Gastly

In the TCG

This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Morty or his Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Name	Type	Level	Rarity	Set	Set no.
Morty's Ninetales		-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	20/141
Morty's Gengar		-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	21/141
Morty's Hypno		-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	22/141
Morty's Marowak		-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	23/141
Morty's Noctowl		-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	24/141
Morty's Murkrow		-	H	Pokémon VS (no English release)	25/141
Morty's Misdreavus		-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	26/141
Morty's TM 01	-	-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	109/141
Morty's TM 02	-	-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	110/141

Trivia

• His Japanese Leader title is 古都の若きゴーストマスター.
• Prior to the release of Pokémon Gold and Silver, there had been widespread rumors that he would be a Water-type trainer, due to his "surfer dude" appearance (his in-game sprites even appeared to show him with goggles strapped around his forehead) and mainly blue wardrobe.
• Morty is currently the only Ghost-type Gym Leader who is male.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	マツバ (Matsuba)	松葉 matsuba, a pine needle. Possible from 末 matsu, "the end", a reference to death in this case.
English	Morty	From Latin mortis, death.
French	Mortimer	From mort, death.
German	Jens	From Jenseits, afterlife.
Italian	Angelo	From angelo, angel.
Spanish	Morti	From muerte, death, or mortuorio, mortuary.
Korean (Game translation)	유빈 Yubin	Similar to 유령 ghost.
Korean (Manga translation)	마솔 Masol	Similar to the word 마수(masu), which means 'evil hand'.
Chinese	小松 Xiǎo Sōng	松 is taken from 松葉 matsuba.

External links

• Matsuba's Profile on Pokeani (Japanese)

Gym Leaders of the Johto region
Violet Gym Falkner	Azalea Gym Bugsy	Goldenrod Gym Whitney	Ecruteak Gym Morty
Cianwood Gym Chuck	Olivine Gym Jasmine	Mahogany Gym Pryce	Blackthorn Gym Clair

This game character article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games.