This sweet little challenger pet is not evil, he's just rambunctious. Frankly given how our battlepet-owning folks beat up on innocent old ladies (NPC Maybel) and innocently zombified family pets (Pylot) a stronger case could be made that all the quest-a-thon participants who would attack such a nice Mortiking? They are being a little bit ebil there, aren't they. :)
Now the owner of that poor Torrent: stuffing it into that tiny bowl with nowhere to swim and no proper filtration? THAT"S evil.
I think that the label "evil" should be applied where it's due.
I think it's just meant to be a joke about how people sometimes say their cats are evil, or call their pets little terrors when they don't behave, and things like that.
I agree with . Evil Morty is super cute. Everything about the weapon/curse names and descriptions to the items chosen for the loot are perfect. Outstanding job, staff.
My favorite part is the curse and the picture chosen for it:
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I'm pretty sure Evil Morty is just a reference to the show Rick & Morty.
...I think he was supposed to be called "Naughty Morty". Whoops.
I love this challenger, I am ok with the name. :) An Evil wittle (bratty) Dino~
Hmm I thought so too before we saw the challenger but Morty seems to be a nickname of the pet species, Mortiking.
It was also a joke on Morty, who used to "run the bank".

Whilst I have no issues with the name Evil Morty, I think Naughty Morty is superior as a name. :P

ALSO.. doesn't he run it anymore?! I guess his NPC image has disappeared from the Vault page, but according to the Subetapedia he's still doing it.
However I'd love to see him retired on Delphi beach..
and I sort of ... killed him off the vault page. MAYBE HE'S JUST RUNNING THE BACKEND, STUFF YOU DON'T SEE. COUNTIN' tHAT SP
yeah don't worry guys, he's still alive, probably hangs out with Jobagen Cyboss after work, who knows. they seem like they'd be buddies. (don't quote me I'm not a lore person)
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Anyway, this "meanlittlemorty" (ha.) challenger made me think of Figaro & Cleo when I saw the image.

LOL Congrats on starting my new favorite thread! :)
Also wish Morty would stick around permanently. It's not like he has a bank to run anymore...
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I agree with NPC Jobagen Cyboss and NPC Morty are probably some alter cokhers occasionally sitting on a park bench with some Aged Whiskey and cigars in the Lower West Side Centropolis Garden Project. They talk about running the Vault and Job Center and occasionally they are catching and eating the stray pigeon who gets too close because the unfortunate things have mistaken either of them for NPC Maybel instead of the Irion or the Mortiking that they are.