| "Evil Morty" | |
|---|---|
| Rick and Morty character | |
| First appearance | "Close Rick-counters of the Rick Kind" (2014) |
| Created by | Stephen Sandoval Ryan Ridley |
| Based on | |
| Voiced by | Justin Roiland (2013–2021)[1] Harry Belden (2023–present) Ian Cardoni (2023; as "Evil Rick") Keisuke Chiba (Japanese dub; Rick and Morty: The Anime) |
| In-universe information | |
| Nickname | Morty Evil Morty (ironically) |
| Species | Human |
| Gender | Male |
| Title | President Morty Candidate Morty |
| Occupation | President of The Citadel (formerly) |
| Affiliation | The Citadel
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| Weapon | Mind control/reading eyepatch The Weapon Too Cool for a Name/Omega Device (season 7) |
| Family |
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| Home | Dome, Outside the Central Finite Curve Earth, Dimension 79⊢⊇V (formerly) |
| Nationality | American[2] |
| Age | 14 |
| Theme song | "For the Damaged Coda" by Blonde Redhead |
Mortimer "Evil Morty" Smith of Dimension 79⊢⊇V is a recurring fictional character and the primary antagonist in the American animated television series Rick and Morty and resulting franchise. Created by Stephen Sandoval and Ryan Ridley, and voiced by Justin Roiland for the first five seasons of the series,[1] followed by Harry Belden beginning with the seventh season, Evil Morty is an inter-dimensional traveller and an alternate version of Morty Smith Prime (created by Rolland and Dan Harmon) from another dimension in the multiverse, where-in sick of the adventures his grandfather Rick Sanchez 79⊢⊇V would force him to endure, he had developed a mind control eyepatch to control his Rick, aiming to find a way to break free of the Central Finite Curve and the influence of the Ricks residing on it.
Introduced in "Close Rick-counters of the Rick Kind" as Eyepatch Morty and the controller of "Evil Rick", he takes on a new identity as Candidate Morty in "The Ricklantis Mixup" and is elected President Morty of the inter-dimensional Citadel of Ricks and Mortys (populated by numerous alternate versions of himself and Rick). In "Rickmurai Jack", now ironically dubbed "Evil Morty" by Morty Prime, he uses the Citadel's population as fuel to escape the Curve. The character returns in "Unmortricken" (the opening sequence of which exploring his origin story), in which after Rick C-137's search for Rick Prime messes with the stability of his Evil Morty's new home, he helps him find and defeat Rick Prime before acquiring the latter's device capable of erasing anyone from every universe, and asking that neither Rick or Morty attempt to track him down again lest he have to use it. Alternate versions of the character from parallel dimensions are featured in the 2017 comic book limited series Pocket Like You Stole It, the 2020 short film Rick and Morty vs. Genocider, the 2021 short film Rick + Morty in the Eternal Nightmare Machine, and the 2024 anime series Rick and Morty: The Anime.
In November 2021, Evil Morty was added as a playable character in the role-playing video game Pocket Mortys, and in August 2022, to the beta release of the crossover fighting game MultiVersus. The character has received a universally positive critical reception, praised for his iconic mind control eyepatch, theme song, and outwardly calm and understanding, yet inwardly cunning and ruthless demeanor.