Morty

Morty 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 first known male -type Gym Leader.
==Appearance==
Morty is a tall young man with golden-yellow hair and dark peridot eyes.
===Gold and Silver===
Morty wears a light blue bandanna on his forehead. His attire consists of a long sleeved shirt the same color as his bandanna with yellow elbows, jeans and sneakers.
===Crystal===
Morty's appearance remains the same as it is in Gold and Silver.
===HeartGold and SoulSilver===
Morty wears a purple bandana. He has a purple scarf with red ends and a round-like symbol. Morty also has a long-sleeved striped black shirt, a pair of purple double bracelets around his arms, some white jeans and a pair of black and purple sneakers with red soles.
==Personality==
==Etymology==
The name Morty comes from Latin's mortis (death).
His Japanese name, Matsuba, originates from 魔 (ma, demon), 末 (matsu, end), and possibly 絶滅 (zetsumetsu, extinction). Following the plant-based naming of most Gym Leaders, it may also literally be 松葉 (matsuba, the Japanese name for pine needles).
==Biography==
===Games===
====Gold, Silver and Crystal====
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.
====HeartGold and SoulSilver====
===Other appearances===
==Pokémon==
===Gold, Silver and Crystal===
===HeartGold and SoulSilver===
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Gym Battle=
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===Black 2 and White 2===
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Ghost-type Tournament=
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Johto Gym Leader Tournament/World Leaders Tournament=
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Download Tournament (Challenge the Champion, Lance!)=
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===Stadium 2===
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Round 1 = 
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Round 2=
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==Trivia==
*Morty's name comes from the Latin "mortis" (of death). Matsuba, his Japanese name, may come from 魔 (ma, demon), 末 (matsu, end), and possibly 絶滅 (zetsumetsu, extinction).
*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.
*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.
*When having a phone call with the player character, Morty admits that he favors Raikou and Entei than Suicune.
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