Morse the Mole (Evergreen)

## Morse the Mole

**Morse the Mole** is the primary antagonist of POPGOES and The Machinist. He is the one responsible for kidnapping Manora in the first place and was hired by King Freddy to build the lasers that caused the animals to go mad in the first place.

## Appearance

Morse is a lumpy grey-furred mole with three-fingered claws and tiny feet. His mouth is caucasian with a 4-pointed snout and he's often seen with a wide grin on his face. He wears a black-orange striped scarf with edgy glasses and an miner's helmet, all colored orange.

For battle, he wears a bulky orange backpack that holds both a jetpack and an excavator bucket.

## Story

Morse is an arcade-exclusive character in The Popgoes Pizzeria. In the past, he's had a desire of being part of Popgoes' team, but was outcast for his weird and cruel ideas. As part of a deal with King Freddy, he gained free reign to do what he'd want with the underground while he developed laser pillars that would corrupt the animals in the forests.

A month after King Freddy's death, Morse kidnapped Manora the Mouse and made his plan known: replace everyone with robotic replicas. While Popgoes went around to destroy the machines Morse creates, he held a smug attitude through and through, believing all of this to be exciting.

Morse knew that his fight against Popgoes would end in the latter's victory, but he wanted to witness Popgoes' abilities first hand. After being defeated, Morse tells Popgoes that everything in his plan was created by him by scratch, not taken unlike Popgoes. Morse's plan to replace everyone with robots ended in failure, but it's unknown if Morse saw it as such. Morse's last words were asking Popgoes if things had turned out different, if he could have been one of Popgoes friends.

## Gameplay

Morse is the final boss of POPGOES and the Machinist. He bears 1200 HP, but backs it up with many twists during the fight. Behind him is a monitor with static that will always tell what his next attack will be, which is a copy of Popgoes' special abilities, but hand-crafted by himself: Jump, Scythe, and Dig.

If Morse uses his Dig attack three times, he would unearth and complete a corrupting laser pillar and present it in front of him. The laser pillar will slowly drain Popgoes' HP and the player is forced to quickly destroy it without hesitation as it will continue draining HP even while it is Popgoes' turn.

Dropping at low HP, Morse will rest up and bring out a prototype Robot Manora with 650 HP. The monitor behind him will instead now show Morse's HP slowly regaining 100 health per turn. While it could be possible to defeat Robot Manora before Morse regains his full HP, this requires pro gameplay and luck.

After defeating Robot Manora, Morse will reappear and continue attacking regularly. Continue fighting him until his HP reaches zero where he will be defeated.

## Quotes

* Overworld
* Fight

## Trivia

* His belief that organic work can easily be replaced with robotics is similar to Fritz Glade's relial on the animatronics running the entire Popgoes Pizzeria rather than human employees.
	+ It may also bear resemblance to Morse's original mechanic in POPGOES 2015 where he'd shut down the Wi-Fi if he reached the Server Room, it being themed around electronics.
* Morse's desire of being part of the team is inspired by Morse being part of the Popgoes gang in the 2015 iteration of POPGOES. He was scrapped later in later iterations, not even getting an official model at the time.
* As revealed in StupidButterfly's early artwork for Morse the Mole, Morse's backpack also contains a drill for him to dig under.
* According to Kane Carter, Morse's ghost is still around and mostly likely lingering in the underground caverns.

## Gallery

### POPGOES and the Machinist

Morse's Injured Sprite.Morse's Jetpack Sprite.Morse's Hovering Sprite.Morse's Hook Sprite.Morse's Dig Sprite.Morse's Overworld Sprite.Morse's Speaker Sprite.Morse's Index Description.
### Other

Morse the Mole's Trading CardA drawing of Morse's design drawn early in developmentConcept Art for Morse's and Prototype Manora's spritesArtwork of Angry MorseDitto, as a sticker
## References

1. ↑ https://gamejolt.com/p/atkane-a-few-more-questions-6n8hcaqp