Mortos der Soulstealer (character)

Mortos der Soulstealer
Homeworld	Spooky realm
Gender	Male
Hair Color	Black
Eye Color	Red
Affiliation(s)	None
First Appearance	Mortos der Soulstealer
Voice Actor	Wally Wingert

Mortos der Soulstealer is a demon warlock from the "spooky realm" who is released every thousand years when Taoola and Charcunga are aligned. He is obligated to grant one human a wish every thousand years before returning to his dimension, and was befriended by Dib for this reason. However, Mortos claimed that in order to use his catastrophic powers, he must recharge (by ridiculous means).

Mortos Der Soulstealer is angry.

These include hugging puppies, consuming huge quantities of food from MacMeaties and clothes shopping.

Although Dib intended to use Mortos to steal Zim's soul and finally finish him, the plan backfired when a passerby wished for ice cream. Mortos granted his wish, and departed to the spooky realm. The ice cream was soon discarded upon the revelation that it contained raisins. Before he became evil, he used to have a friend who sang to him, but broke his heart. Dib also described Mortos as being a mooch, since he had to pay for all of Mortos' "recharging" of his life life force. He seems to enjoy the feel of tombstones on his face, and wears boxer shorts with hearts on them. He also hates the "Ancient Pamphlet" that binds him to wish-granting. His only friends are the dark energy of the universe and a girl named Darlene, though he once had a friend who sang to him often, but broke his heart. The only episode that Mortos der Soulstealer appeared in or was mentioned is the one that shares his name, where he was voiced by Wally Wingert.

Trivia

• Mortos' voice was based on Mike Myers' Lothar of the Hill People from Saturday Night Live.
  • Some say he is also based on Shang Tsung from the Mortal Kombat video game franchise, as they both steal souls and are powerful sorcerers.
• Since he is obligated to grant one mortal a wish, if Zim had been aware of the power the soul stealer had, he would have wished for world domination, although it's unknown if Mortos would have granted him the wish seeing as he isn't human but still a mortal.