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Morty マツバ Matsuba
"The Mystic Seer of the Future"
Art from HeartGold and SoulSilver
Gender	Male
Eye color	Brown*, Purple*
Hair color	Blond
Hometown	Ecruteak City
Region	Johto
Trainer class	Gym Leader
Generation	II, IV
Games	Gold, Silver, Crystal, Pokémon Stadium 2, HeartGold, SoulSilver
Leader of	Ecruteak Gym
Badge	Fog Badge
Specializes in	Template:Type2s
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 a young man who uses Template:Type2 Pokémon.

In the games

Headshot of Morty from Pokémon Gold and Silver

Morty appears in Pokémon Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold, and SoulSilver, where he is the fourth Gym Leader to be encountered. A user of the Template:Type2, Morty is known as "The Mystic Seer of the Future". Morty is a follower of legendary Pokémon, and trains in Ecruteak so he may be able to see the rainbow bird Ho-Oh. He is friends with Eusine; it is alluded that he may have been Morty's predecessor as Ecruteak Gym Leader.

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. Once defeated, he will yield the Fog Badge, and TM30 (Shadow Ball).

Morty does not spend all of his time in Ecruteak Gym. In Pokémon Crystal, HeartGold, and SoulSilver Versions, he will join Eusine in the Burned Tower where they study the legendary Pokémon Suicune, Entei, and Raikou. In HeartGold and SoulSilver, he will also take Mondays and Tuesdays off once initially defeated, and visit the garden at the Bell Tower. Here, he will give his Pokégear phone number to the player. If called on Tuesday night, Morty will arrange to travel to the Fighting Dojo in Saffron City for a rematch with a stronger team of Pokémon. Notably, he is the only Trainer to appear here that uses more than one of the same species: Gengar.

Morty's outfit changed the most of any Gym Leader between Generations II and IV. The artwork released with Gold and Silver showed him wearing mainly blue. This design was carried through into the anime and manga. However, his outfit was completely retconned come HeartGold and SoulSilver: Morty now dons clothes of black and purple, like many of the Pokémon in his possession.

Morty also appears in Pokémon Stadium 2's Johto Gym Leader Castle. Due to the small amount of Ghost-type Pokémon that existed in Generation II, the majority of his team consists of Pokémon of other types.

Pokémon

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

Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal

File:SpriteMorty.png [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] Morty [[Ecruteak Gym|Ecruteak Gym]] Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] and Professor Morty Oak [[Ecruteak Gym|Ecruteak Gym]] Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal Reward: $2300

Types: Ghost Poison Held item: None Gastly♂ Lv.21 Lick Ghost   --       Spite Ghost   --       Curse ???   --       Mean Look Normal   --       Types: Ghost Poison Held item: None Haunter♂ Lv.21 Hypnosis Psychic   --       Curse ???   --       Mimic Normal   --       Night Shade Ghost   --       Types: Ghost Poison Held item: None Haunter♂ Lv.23 Mean Look Normal   --       Spite Ghost   --       Mimic Normal   --       Night Shade Ghost   --       Types: Ghost Poison Held item: None Gengar♂ Lv.25 Mean Look Normal   --       Hypnosis Psychic   --       Dream Eater Psychic   --       Shadow Ball Ghost   --

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Gym match

File:MortyHGSS.gif [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] Morty [[Ecruteak Gym|Ecruteak Gym]] HeartGold and SoulSilver [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] and Professor Morty Oak [[Ecruteak Gym|Ecruteak Gym]] HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $2760

Types: Ghost Poison Ability: Levitate Held item: None Gastly♂ Lv.21 Mean Look Normal Status   --       Curse ??? Status   --       Spite Ghost Status   --       Lick Ghost Physical   --       Types: Ghost Poison Ability: Levitate Held item: None Haunter♂ Lv.21 Hypnosis Psychic Status   --       Curse ??? Status   --       Nightmare Ghost Status   --       Dream Eater Psychic Special   --       Types: Ghost Poison Ability: Levitate Held item: None Haunter♂ Lv.23 Mean Look Normal Status   --       Curse ??? Status   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Night Shade Ghost Special   --       Types: Ghost Poison Ability: Levitate Held item: Sitrus Berry Gengar♂ Lv.25 Mean Look Normal Status   --       Hypnosis Psychic Status   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --

Second battle (rematch)

File:MortyHGSS.gif [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] Morty [[Fighting Dojo|Fighting Dojo]] HeartGold and SoulSilver [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] and Professor Morty Oak [[Fighting Dojo|Fighting Dojo]] HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $6840

Types: Ghost Flying Ability: Unburden Held item: Sitrus Berry Drifblim♂ Lv.52 Substitute Normal Status   --       Destiny Bond Ghost Status   --       Thunderbolt Electric Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Types: Dark Ghost Ability: Stall Held item: None Sableye♂ Lv.52 Fake Out Normal Physical   --       Ice Punch Ice Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Types: Ghost Unknown Ability: Pressure Held item: None Dusknoir♂ Lv.52 Substitute Normal Status   --       Pain Split Normal Status   --       Will-O-Wisp Fire Status   --       Payback Dark Physical   --       Types: Ghost Unknown Ability: Levitate Held item: None Mismagius♂ Lv.54 Mean Look Normal Status   --       Perish Song Normal Status   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Astonish Ghost Physical   --       Types: Ghost Poison Ability: Levitate Held item: None Gengar♂ Lv.57 Substitute Normal Status   --       Destiny Bond Ghost Status   --       Thunderbolt Electric Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Types: Ghost Poison Ability: Levitate Held item: None Gengar♂ Lv.57 Hypnosis Psychic Status   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Focus Blast Fighting Special   --

Pokémon Stadium 2

Round 1

[[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] Morty [[Ecruteak Gym|Ecruteak Gym]] Round 1 [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] and Professor Morty Oak [[Ecruteak Gym|Ecruteak Gym]] Round 1 Reward: None

Types: Ghost Poison Held item: Bitter Berry Gengar♂ Lv.50 Shadow Ball Ghost   --       Night Shade Ghost   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Fire Punch Fire   --       Types: Bug Poison Held item: Burnt Berry Ariados Lv.50 Psychic Psychic   --       Sludge Bomb Poison   --       Dig Ground   --       Night Shade Ghost   --       Types: Rock Unknown Held item: Berry Sudowoodo♂ Lv.50 Strength Normal   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Low Kick Fighting   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Types: Ground Unknown Held item: Mint Berry Marowak Lv.50 Bonemerang Ground   --       Headbutt Normal   --       Bone Club Ground   --       Iron Tail Steel   --       Types: Normal Psychic Held item: PRZCureBerry Girafarig Lv.50 Psybeam Psychic   --       Thunder Electric   --       Swift Normal   --       Nightmare Ghost   --       Types: Normal Flying Held item: PSNCureBerry Noctowl♀ Lv.50 Fly Flying   --       Confusion Psychic   --       Take Down Normal   --       Foresight Normal   --

Round 2

[[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] Morty [[Ecruteak Gym|Ecruteak Gym]] Round 2 [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] and Professor Morty Oak [[Ecruteak Gym|Ecruteak Gym]] Round 2 Reward: None

Types: Ghost Poison Held item: King's Rock Gengar Lv.50 Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Fire Punch Fire   --       Thunderbolt Electric   --       Types: Grass Psychic Held item: Quick Claw Exeggutor Lv.50 Psychic Psychic   --       Giga Drain Grass   --       Stun Spore Grass   --       Double-Edge Normal   --       Types: Water Ice Held item: Miracle Berry Lapras Lv.50 Surf Water   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Headbutt Normal   --       Thunderbolt Electric   --       Types: Ghost Unknown Held item: Focus Band Misdreavus Lv.50 Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Shadow Ball Ghost   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Thunderbolt Electric   --       Types: Normal Unknown Held item: Scope Lens Granbull Lv.50 Take Down Normal   --       Lick Ghost   --       Shadow Ball Ghost   --       Sludge Bomb Poison   --       Types: Water Flying Held item: Bright Powder Mantine Lv.50 Surf Water   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Wing Attack Flying   --

Quotes

File:SpriteMorty.png	File:MortyHGSS.gif
Morty's sprite from Generation II	Morty's sprite from Generation IV	Morty's VS sprite from Generation IV

Gold, Silver, and Crystal

"Good of you to have come. Here, in Ecruteak, Pokémon have been revered. It's said that a rainbow-colored 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..."

HeartGold and SoulSilver

Burned Tower

"My name is Morty. I am Ecruteak's Gym Leader. Because my old friend is here on the trail of Suicune, I decided to investigate the Burned Tower. Ecruteak has a legend about these legendary Pokémon: Suicune, Entei, and Raikou. As the Gym Leader of Ecruteak, I must have a proper understanding of it."

Ecruteak Gym

• Before battle

"It's good of you to have come. Here in Ecruteak, Pokémon have long been revered. It's said that a rainbow-hued 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. I see a shadow of the person who will make the Pokémon appear. I believe that person is me! You're going to help me reach that level!"

• After sending out last Pokémon

"No, it's not over yet - not yet! I still believe we can do it!"

• During battle

"We've got more discipline than anyone else!"

• When defeated

"How is this possible..."

• After being defeated

"I don't think our potentials are so different. But you seem to have something more than that... So be it. This Badge is yours. By having the Fog Badge, Pokémon up to Lv. 50, including traded Pokémon, will obey you. Also, Pokémon will be able to use Surf."

"Here is another thing... I want you to have this, too. It's Shadow Ball. It causes damage and may reduce Special Defense. Use it if it appeals to you."

"I get it... The person the Kimono Girls were talking about must be you... Never mind. You should be strong enough to go across the sea. When you go west and then south, you'll reach Olivine City. Why don't you head for it?"

Pokégear Registering

"The legendary Pokemon did not choose me... But that does not mean that I have lost out on my future. I will continue my training until I discover a new future for me. Say, do you want to be part of my training?

Yes: "Give me a call on Tuesday night if you want a battle!"

No: "Oh... That's a shame..."

"So, will you be part of my training?"

Pokégear Phone

• Calling him:

"Hello... What's going on? I'm doing great. There are stronger Gym Leaders than me out there. They're all waiting to cheer you on!"

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 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 Ho-Oh, given Ash's great spirit.

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 rare legendary Pokémon.

He makes a small cameo along with Whitney in Bagged Then Tagged! when it was revealed that Lyra's next Gym challenge was supposed to be one of them.

Pokémon

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

		Haunter
		Haunter was the second Pokémon Morty used against Ash. It used Mean Look to force Ash to stick with Cyndaquil, and with Hypnosis and Lick, it won the round. Ash now had only Noctowl left to battle with. Things looked bad for Ash when Haunter managed to confuse Noctowl with its Confuse Ray, and was ready to finish it with Night Shade, but then Noctowl learned how to use Confusion, and beat Haunter with one try.
Debut	From Ghost to Ghost
Voice actors
Japanese
English	Ed Paul

At Ecruteak Gym

Gastly (Multiple)

Haunter (Multiple)

Voice actors

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

In Pokémon Adventures, 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 with the earthquake, 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. Another Pokémon that he found unable to locate was Suicune, which he tried to search for on Eusine's behalf.

Morty first appeared after finding a Girafarig for a young woman and after hearing that Suicune had awoken from a radio, quickly went searching for it. He encountered a mist with both Gastly and Misdreavus, and was soon able to sense and find it. Morty had run Suicune into the town, where it seemingly acted paralyzed by Gastly's Thunderbolt, though it was able to trick Morty. As he had thrown the Great Ball, it turned out that Suicune used Mirror Coat to negate the attack and paralyze Misdreavus instead. Morty then contacted Eusine about having come into contact with Suicune and went off on the chase as well.

Pokémon

This listing is for Morty's Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures 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 千里眼を持つ修験者.
• Morty is currently the only known Ghost-type specialist who is male.
• Morty appears as an opponent in Pokémon Puzzle Challenge. He uses a Gastly to battle.
• In a possible Pokégear conversation with the player, Morty mentions Entei, but not in all capital letters.
• Morty is the only character to mention Bell Tower with its Generation IV name prior to Generation IV. That was in For Ho-Oh The Bells Toll!

Names

External links

• Matsuba's Profile on Pokeani (Japanese)
• Seer of the Future, the fanlisting for Morty

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

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