Morty Smith
Morty Smith | |
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Rick and Morty character | |
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Last appearance | Morty C-132: " season 5) |
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Home | United States, Earth |
Nationality | American[6] |
Age | 14 |
Mortimer Chauncey "Morty" Smith Sr.
An inter-dimensional traveller, several alternate versions of Morty from across the
Characterization
Inverse's Corey Plante commented that Morty's moral outrage is the basis of many storylines, contrasting with Rick's nihilism. Morty sees morality at a surface level, but his interventions cause disaster and lead to him committing extreme acts of violence. For instance, in "Mortynight Run", Morty rescues a being from assassination but is forced to kill it after discovering that it intends to destroy all carbon-based life.[9]
Biography
Season 1
In the first season of the series, Morty Smith of the Prime Dimension (Morty Prime) is 14 years old and is a student at Harry Herpson High School along with his older sister Summer. Morty seems to be suffering from anxiety and is easily stressed, largely as a result of traumatic experiences during his adventures with Rick. He is often dismissed as idiotic by Rick and others but is shown to be wiser than his grandfather in terms of understanding people's feelings and is capable of explosive anger and moral outrage in objection to Rick's attitude and actions.[7] In "Rick Potion #9", Morty is forced to abandon his original dimension (the Prime Dimension) and family for Dimension C-131 (where versions of him and Rick have just died) after a "love potion" Rick made for Morty mutated with the common cold, while in "Raising Gazorpazorp", Morty's use of a sex robot with a "built-in baby-maker" results in him siring a half-alien son, Morty Junior, who grows to maturity within the day before going on to write a best-selling book about Morty's raising of him entitled My (Horrible) Father.
Seasons 2–6
In "
Season 7
In "
Comic series
Morty Prime appears as a main character in several
Other versions
Evil Morty
An inter-dimensional traveller and former President of the Citadel of Ricks and Mortys, "Evil Morty" of Dimension 79⊢⊇V took control of his Rick with a
Citadel of Ricks and Mortys
The Citadel of Ricks and Mortys is an inter-dimensional society populated almost exclusively by alternate versions of Rick and Morty from across the multiverse, founded by Rick C-137, and later ruled by the Trans-Dimensional Council of Ricks, the Shadow Council of Ricks, and President Morty (Evil Morty). Notable Morty residents include:
- Mortipper and Mortabel Pines–Smith –
- Campaign Manager Morty – The campaign manager of Candidate (later President) Morty, who is fired before failing to assassinate his former boss.
- Cop Morty – An obese and corrupt police officer who harbors anti-Morty sentiment, and is partnered with a Rookie Rick.
- Big Morty – A drug lord who runs a portion of the criminal underworldof Mortytown.
- The students of Morty Academy – Mortys whose Ricks either died or abandoned them, who are attending the school ahead of being assigned new Ricks. The day before graduation, a group of Mortys led by Slick Morty search for the mythical Wishing Portal. On finding it, they decide to sacrifice something important in order to make their wishes come true. Slick, expressing a wish for life to change for Mortys, throws himself into the portal — actually a trash disposal.
- Judge Morty – A judge at the Citadel who has his own courtroom television show, with a version of Summer serving as his bailiff. First appearing in an "animatic scene" in August 2016,[14] he made his official debut in Pocket Mortys and the 2018 comic "Morty Court".
Pocket Mortys
The main plot of
Morty C-132
One of the two main protagonists of the first three volumes of the
Dictator Morty
In the comic series arc The Rickfinity Crisis, a facially scarred Dictator Morty is revealed to be in command of Universe 304-X, a reality upon the Central Finite Curve where Rick Sanchez was never born, having fled there away from his own abusive Rick.[16] After being convinced to stand-down by his Summer, both are accidentally killed by their Jerry driving a tank.
Clone Morty
The protagonist of Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality, Clone Morty, also known as Spare Parts Morty, is a clone of Morty grown both to help Rick and Morty with menial tasks, and to provide organs should Morty ever need any.[17] Spare Parts Morty returns in the comic series arc Some Morty to Love, where after Morty finds himself with two dates to high school dance — Jessica and the Martian Princess Decoria — Rick awakens Spare Parts Morty (one of three Morty clones living under the house) to bring Jessica to the dance, while Morty attends with Decoria. After the dance, on losing their dates, both Mortys are implied to have a sexual encounter on returning home.[18]
Worst Morty
In the comic series arc
The Rickoning also features Mortary, an alternate version of Morty who runs the inter-dimensional
Decoy Mortys
In "Mortyplicity", numerous robotic "decoy" versions of the Smith family are revealed to have been built by Rick and spread across America (the real Rick having built a single decoy family, who proceeded to build their own decoys), including numerous versions of Morty who with the rest of his family in an "Asimov cascade" proceed to kill each other, before the real Morty and his family return to Earth.[23]
Miscellaneous
Further alternate versions of Morty appear in the web series Rick and Morty: The Non-Canonical Adventures (2016–2021) and the anime series Rick and Morty: The Anime (2024–present), voiced in the latter series by Keisuke Chiba.
Development
The character was created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon, who first met at Channel 101 during the early 2000s. In 2006, Roiland created The Real Animated Adventures of Doc and Mharti, an animated short parodying the Back to the Future characters Doc Brown and Marty McFly, and the precursor to Rick and Morty.[24] The idea for Rick and Morty, in the form of Doc and Mharti was brought up to Adult Swim, and the ideas for a family element and Rick being a grandfather to Morty were developed.[25]
Morty was voiced by Justin Roiland for the first six seasons of Rick and Morty and promotional material, while Harry Belden voices the character from the seventh season onward.[26]
In September 2021, Jaeden Martell portrayed Morty Smith in a series of promotional interstitials, directed by Paul B. Cummings, alongside Christopher Lloyd as Rick Sanchez.[2][3]
In other media
Guest appearances
Morty Smith appears in the
after accidentally killing the previous one.Morty Smith cameos in the 2021 film
Morty Smith appears in the 2022
Video games
In the Fortnite Battle Royale Chapter 2 Season 7 Battle Pass, Morty appears as a pickaxe that is modeled after an alternate version of him called "Hammerhead Morty", which appeared in multiple episodes in the show. In August 2021, he became available as an outfit, named "Mecha Morty".
In October 2022, Morty was added as a playable character in the fighting game MultiVersus.[27][28]
Reception
The character has received an overall positive reception. VerbStomp described Morty as "Perhaps the picture of childhood innocence, or perhaps the product of parental neglect. Morty is unintelligent, skittish [...] and distressed, likely due to his traumatic experiences while venturing into new worlds with Rick."[29]
Accolades and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2015 | BTVA Voice Acting Awards | Best Male Lead Vocal Performance in a Television Series — Comedy/Musical | Justin Roiland | Won | [30] |
2016 | Best Male Lead Vocal Performance in a Television Series | Nominated | [31] | ||
2017 | IGN Awards
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Best Comedic TV Performance | Won | [32] | |
2021 | Critics' Choice Super Awards | Best Voice Actor in an Animated Series | Nominated | [33] |
References
- ^ a b Kilkenny, Katie (January 24, 2023). "Adult Swim Cuts Ties With Justin Roiland Following Domestic Abuse Charges". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
- ^ a b c Pulliam-Moore, Charles (3 September 2021). "Rick and Morty…This Is Heavy". Gizmodo. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ a b c Guttmann, Graeme (5 September 2021). "New Rick & Morty Live-Action Clip Has Christopher Lloyd Eat a Pickle". Screen Rant. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ Half in the Bag (December 1, 2022). Half in the Bag: Jayus Ex Mikeina. Red Letter Media. Retrieved December 1, 2022 – via YouTube.
- ^ Rick and Morty Go to Hell #5 (21 October 2020). Oni Press. "Satan: To you, Mortimer Chauncey Smith. A brave little toasterif there ever was one."
- Auto Erotic Assimilation"
- ^ a b "Morty Smith". comicvine.gamespot.com. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
- ^ Whalen, Andrew (13 January 2016). "'Pocket Mortys' Is Out Now, But It's Not Rick and Morty From The Show". Player One. Archived from the original on 1 December 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ Plante, Corey (November 6, 2023). "Has Rick and Morty Finally Ditched the Show's Most Predictable Formula?". Inverse. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
- ^ Hirsch, Alex [@_AlexHirsch] (April 3, 2017). "Something reeeeal familiar about these Mortys #Mortipper #Mortabel" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Hernandez, Serina (Kiki-Kit; _Serinaaa_) (26 July 2018). "Anonymous: You could have made mermabel. Made mosterfalls canon. We coulda had it allllll (I don't actually care i love ur work and I love u) @kiki-kit: oh i tried! she may not be a mermaid but [image of Mortabel Pines–Smith]". Tumblr. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
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- ^ Rick's Crybaby Backstory – Rick and Morty – adult swim. Adult Swim. September 12, 2021. Retrieved September 12, 2021 – via YouTube.
Morty injects himself with Rick's downloaded brain and learns Rick's tragic backstory.
- ^ "'Rick and Morty' Re-enact the Most Insane Court Case of All Time". io9. October 6, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
- ^ Minor, Jordan (2016-01-19). "Pocket Mortys (for iPad) Review & Rating". PCMag.com. Archived from the original on 2016-02-07. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
- ^ Franco, Bob (January 28, 2016). "RICK AND MORTY #10 Review: Goodbye Gorman… Oh Goodbyeeeee". ComicsVerse. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
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- ^ Schwarz, John (June 28, 2017). "Comics Review: Rick and Morty – Issue #27 – Bubbleblabber". Bubbleblabber. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
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- ^ Claes, Jordan (March 25, 2020). "The Pull List: It's Time for a Comic Book Roundup!". Medium. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
Rick and Morty #60 (Oni Press)[…] I seriously can't wait and of all the comics on The Pull List this week — I recommend this the most. Now, more than ever, we could all use a good laugh. This will help.
- ^ Bereta, Jesse (October 21, 2020). "Comic Review: Rick and Morty Go to Hell #5 – Bubbleblabber". Bubbleblabber. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
- ^ Inside the Episode: Mortyplicity (video). Adult Swim. June 28, 2021. Retrieved July 10, 2021 – via YouTube.
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- ^ "'Rick and Morty' New Voice Actors Speak Out: "A Literal Dream Come True"". The Hollywood Reporter. 20 November 2023.
- ^ "MultiVersus - Official Rick Gameplay Trailer". YouTube.
- ^ "Morty - Best Perks and Tips - MultiVersus Guide". 12 August 2022.
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- ^ "2015 BTVA Voice Acting Awards". Behind The Voice Actors. Archived from the original on August 14, 2017. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
- ^ "Best Comedic TV Performance — Best of 2017 Awards — IGN". IGN. December 2017. Archived from the original on January 17, 2018. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
- ^ Kit, Borys (November 19, 2020). "Palm Springs,' 'Lovecraft Country' Lead Nominations for Inaugural Critics Choice Super Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on December 21, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020.