Morty (game)

Morty (Japanese: マツバ Matsuba) serves as the Gym Leader of the Ecruteak City Gym. He specializes in using Ghost-type Pokémon, and holds the Fog Badge for the trainers that defeat him. He is the only known male -type Gym Leader.

Games
Morty, first appeared in the Generation II games as the Ecruteak City Gym Leader, specializing in Ghost Pokémon. His Gym holds a large, pitch black, pit where the player must navigate their way on a small invisible walkway in order to reach him. Upon defeating Morty, he will reward the player with TM30 (Shadow Ball), and the Fog Badge.

Season 4: Johto League Champions
He appeared when Ash, Misty and Brock went into the Burned Tower, to calm down the Ghosts, as it was their home. The following day, he fought against Ash in a gym battle and gave him the Fog Badge.

Season 5: Master Quest
When Ash returned to Ecruteak City, he saw Morty again, who was worried about the Burned Tower near Ecruteak City.

HeartGold and SoulSilver
Rematch

Black 2 and White 2

 * Ghost-type Tournament


 * Johto Gym Leader Tournament/World Leaders Tournament


 * Download Tournament (Challenge the Champion, Lance!)

Pokemon Stadium 2
Gym Leader Castle Round 1

Gym Leader Castle Round 2

Voice Actors

 * English: Andrew Rannells
 * Japanese: Masaya Matsukaze
 * Polish: Ireneusz Machnicki, Aleksander Gawek
 * Spanish: Juan Antonio Garcia-Sainz
 * Iberian Spanish: Arturo Mercado Jr.

Trivia

 * Morty's name may be a play on the word MORTUARY, which is a funeral home, because he is a ghost type trainer. Similarly, it could come from the Latin adjective meaning 'dead', mortuus.
 * In HeartGold and SoulSilver the player has to visit the Burned Tower and awaken the Legendary Beast Trio before challenging Morty to a Gym Battle.
 * Morty is the only male Ghost-type specialist as Agatha, Phoebe, Fantina, and Shauntal are all females.
 * In his Generation IV artwork the skull on his scarf is the same as the skull on Duskull's head.
 * He is the only HG/SS Gym Leader to use two of the same Pokémon in his rematch.