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“ This seems like a good time for a drink, and a cold calculated speech with sinister overtones. A speech about politics, about order, brotherhood, power. But speeches are for campaigning. Now is the time for action. ” —President Morty, after executing his political opponents

President Morty, colloquially known as "Evil Morty" among fans and the media, as Candidate Morty prior to his election and as Eye Patch Morty while masquerading as a servant of Evil Rick, is one of the many versions of Morty in the multiverse. He is the overall main antagonist of Rick and Morty. He currently serves as the first Morty to be democratically elected President of The Citadel. He first appeared in "Close Rick-Counters of the Rick Kind" as the true lead antagonist and was seen being rounded up with the other Rickless Mortys.

In "Tales From the Citadel," President Morty returns as the main antagonist of the episode, winning the democratic election held by the rebuilt Citadel and becoming its President, keeping his true identity and history hidden. After being elected, he proceeds to murder every Rick in the shadow council who voiced their opposition to him, becoming the effective dictator of the Citadel.

He has Theories surrounding him.

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Biography

For unknown reasons the Morty then known as Eye Patch Morty took control of "Evil Rick" using a transmitter hidden beneath his eye patch and killed off twenty-seven known Ricks from various dimensions, as well as capturing, torturing, and enslaving hundreds of Mortys. After Evil Rick is killed by a horde of rabid Mortys, Eye Patch Morty is "rescued" by the Council of Ricks. During Evil Rick's autopsy, a Rick officer notices that Evil Rick has a receiver in his head, allowing him to be remotely controlled. As they speculate as to who has the transmitter, the next scene is of Eye Patch Morty taking off his distinctive eye-patch, which is revealed to be the transmitter, inferring that they were the one controlling "Evil Rick", and that their words and actions were actually his own. This Morty subsequently smashes the transmitter under his foot, hiding his identity and allowing himself to blend into the horde of Rick-less Mortys being taken away on star-ships, and goes into hiding.

A year later, in "Tales From the Citadel," now known as Candidate Morty (having survived the Citadel battle in "The Rickshank Rickdemption"), they secretly develop an alter-ego to become a presidential candidate in an election for the newly democratic Citadel of Ricks. His candidacy is considered a joke by the Ricks of the Citadel due to being a Morty who no one takes seriously, including his Campaign Manager Morty. But, after making a rousing speech about the class divide between the various Ricks and Mortys on the Citadel during the debate, they are quickly earned praise and support. Shortly after the speech, they promptly fire their Campaign Manager.

Campaign Manager Morty is depressed and drinking heavily in a bar when an Investigator Rick gives him a file revealing his Candidate Morty's past as Eye Patch Morty and true nature as being the one to have been controlling "Evil Rick". Horrified at the truth, Campaign Manager Morty tries to assassinate his Candidate Morty to prevent him from winning the election and is quickly arrested. Unfortunately for him, Candidate Morty survived the assassination attempt and won. Although Campaign Manager Morty tries to reveal Candidate Morty's true identity to the authorities, he is then executed by being ejected into space with the file. The now-President Morty meets with Rick Leaders on a shadow council of Ricks, who tell him that they were the real power in the Citadel long before the Council of Ricks and that he'll have no real power. He simply asks for those who feel this way to raise their hands; all the Ricks who do so are swiftly executed at a snap of the fingers, leaving only two who instantly back down and cooperate. President Morty then sets his plans into motion by eliminating the old school that partnered Mortys with Ricks, creating new Citadel police rules that allowed a Rick police officer to go free after killing his Morty partner, and turning himself into a dictator by creating new banners and throwing every Rick or Morty that opposed him out of the airlock.

President Morty is seen in "Never Ricking Morty", where he is in an anthology created by Story Lord. He is seen with his trademark eyepatch along with cyborg arm and a cape. He leads his army against Rick and Morty.

Personality

On the surface, President Morty appears to be a compassionate, understanding, and calm Morty who believes that the main problem with the Citadel of Ricks is that the main division is between the Ricks and Mortys who are on the top and do whatever they want and the Ricks and Mortys who are average workers even though they have the same IQ and are barely different. It was from that understanding of the Ricks that undermined in this society that he managed to actually beat the other Ricks and win the election, despite him being a Morty and, in the eyes of the Ricks, a joke.

However, once he wins the election and meets with the shadow Council of Ricks, his true nature is revealed. In reality, he is a cold, manipulative, cunning, ruthless, highly intelligent, and tyrannical dictator, almost mirroring most Ricks and even exceeding them at times. He shows no hesitation in killing Ricks or even Mortys who don't agree with his ideals and shows delight when he finally has the opportunity to take his plans into action. It's unclear what his motives are, but, given that he changed the Morty school's curriculum, it is possible that he shows some hatred toward being subservient to Ricks.

President Morty is also willing to watch through Evil Rick as hundreds of Mortys suffer in pain creating the large camouflage dome for his base of operations, which shows that, despite speaking about equality for Ricks and Mortys, he is willing to use or even sacrifice versions of himself for his goals.

When President Morty was first seen, little was shown about him, but he stated that it is impossible for a Morty to defeat a Rick. In the episode, it was revealed that he was controlling his Rick and it was possibly his idea to capture Mortys in order to hide from the Citadel of Ricks. Unlike other Mortys, President Morty speaks in a serious, monotone voice, and lacks a stutter in his speech. President Morty's ability to control Evil Rick and become a president both show that, in terms of logical intelligence (as opposed to emotional intelligence), he is much smarter than the average Morty.

When "Evil Rick" (actually Eye Patch Morty controlling his form) noticed Rick C-137 crying over his memories, he taunts him by saying that Ricks does not care about Mortys. Since Eye Patch Morty was controlling Evil Rick, this suggests that they believe all Ricks treat their Mortys like disposable and replaceable objects. His specific grudge against Rick C-137 has yet to be explained.

Criminal Record

President Morty, unlike most, has no hesitation in committing atrocities in order to further his goals - whilst using his position as a Morty a cover and alibi to avoid being caught. These include:

Episode appearances

Trivia

President Morty's starring episodes, Close Rick-counters of the Rick Kind and Tales From the Citadel, both end with "For the Damaged Coda" playing in the background as well as the closing credits. The song has thus become President Morty's leitmotif.

The floating photographs of President Morty show the eye patch on the left eye, while the first time he was shown, the eye patch was on the right eye. Similarly, his jacket pocket is on the other side as well. It's uncertain whether this indicates a mirror image (intentional or not) or that the photos had been staged for Campaign Manager Morty by President Morty himself.

The nickname, "Evil Morty", is never actually used in the show. Instead, it was provided to this Morty by the wider fan community in reference to their controlling the explicitly named "Evil Rick", and has been used unofficially by various members of show's staff, à la the name "Baby Yoda" for "The Child" in The Mandalorain .

. At the end of "Close Rick-Counters of the Rick Kind", Rick C-137 warns his Morty about becoming too smart for his own good, and he defers on explaining that statement to Morty until he is older. This appears to be a veiled reference to President Morty going rogue.

It is still unclear why President Morty wanted the memories of the show's main Rick; the most commonly proposed fan explanation is that he is the real grandson of this particular Rick, and is hence a teenage version of the Morty who appears in those memories. This explanation is supported by a few mentions that Morty C-137 apparently had no direct interactions with the main Rick as a baby or a toddler.

grandson of this particular Rick, and is hence a teenage version of the Morty who appears in those memories. This explanation is supported by a few mentions that Morty C-137 apparently had no direct interactions with the main Rick as a baby or a toddler. Despite seemingly lacking compassion, President Morty could be considered an anti-hero instead of an outright villain, as his assertions about Ricks being selfish and "toxic" are proven several times to be correct. It is, therefore, possible that President Morty's more violent attempts at guaranteeing his own presidency stem from him realizing the potential of nearly all Ricks to inadvertently destroy everything and everyone around them permanently, including entire dimensions.

Rick and Morty have yet to encounter him after the last meeting.

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