"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."
He appeares in JE065: A Ghost of a Chance, JE066: From Ghost to Ghost, and EP227. During this time, he fought against Ash in a gym battle. Also, when Ash returned to Ecruteak City, he saw Morty again, and Morty is worried about the Burned Tower near Ecruteak City.
In the games[]
Morty, first appeared in the Generation II games as the Ecruteak CityGym Leader, specializing in Ghost Pokémon. His Gym holds a large, pitch black, pit where the 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.
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.