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Zubat (Japanese: ズバット Zubat) is a dual-type Poison/Flying Pokémon introduced in Generation I.

It evolves into Golbat starting at level 22, which evolves into Crobat when leveled up with high friendship.

Biology

Zubat is a blue, bat-like Pokémon. While it lacks eyes, it has pointed ears with purple insides and a mouth with two sharp teeth on each jaw. A male will have larger fangs than a female. It has purple wing membranes supported by two, elongated fingers, and two long, thin, tails.

Zubat lives in abundance in caves. It has evolved to have neither eyes nor nostrils, instead navigating through dark environments with echolocation. As demonstrated in the anime, it will leave its abode at night with a mass of other Zubat in order to seek prey. During the daytime, Zubat sleeps hanging upside down in caves, forests, or under the eaves of old buildings, avoiding sunlight at all costs. Daylight causes Zubat to become unhealthy, and prolonged exposure can even burn its skin. However, captured and trained Zubat have been recorded as being much more tenacious in the daytime, even when directly exposed to sunbeams. In colder conditions, Zubat gathers with others of its kind for warmth.

In the anime

In the main series

Major appearances

In Clefairy and the Moon Stone, Brock caught a Zubat at Mt. Moon. It later evolved into a Golbat and then into a Crobat during the Johto saga.

Other

In Hassle in the Castle, Dr. Anna uses a Zubat nicknamed Mimi for its Supersonic sound-waves, meant to scan her patients.

In Leading a Stray!, multiple Zubat assisted a Luxio in its efforts to help a Wailmer trapped in the sewers.

Three Zubat appeared in Alola to New Adventure!, under the ownership of Rapp. One of them has since made further appearances in Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon.

Minor appearances

In The Power of One, multiple Zubat sensed the disturbance caused by Lawrence III.

A Zubat appeared in the Japanese credits of Pikachu's Rescue Adventure.

In Wired for Battle!, a Trainer's Zubat came up as an image in Shingo's laptop.

A Zubat appeared in Take the Lombre Home.

Multiple Zubat appeared in A Six Pack Attack!.

In Who's Flying Now?, a Zubat was featured in the Fortree City Feather Festival.

Multiple Zubat appeared in Destiny Deoxys.

A Zubat appeared in The Ole' Berate and Switch!, under the ownership of a Team Rocket Grunt.

In Once More With Reeling!, a Coordinator's Zubat competed in the Terracotta Contest.

In A Rivalry to Gible On!, multiple Zubat were residents of Mt. Shady.

A Zubat appeared in Battles in the Sky!, under the ownership of a Sky Trainer.

In Lillie's Egg-xhilarating Challenge!, a Zubat was playing in Lillie's garden. It reappeared in The Ol' Raise and Switch!.

In To Top a Totem!, multiple Zubat were flying in the air just as a Psyduck fell from the sky.

In I Choose You!, a Zubat was under the control of Marshadow.

In Securing the Future!, a Trainer's Zubat joined the rest of Alola in showering Necrozma with light so it could return to its normal form.

Pokédex entries

Episode Pokémon Source Entry EP006 Zubat Ash's Pokédex Zubat, blind Pokémon with supersonic powers. Zubat live in caves and hate to fly outside in daylight.

In Pokémon Origins

In File 3: Giovanni, a Zubat was in Silph Co.

In Pokémon Generations

In a flashback in The Legacy, a Team Rocket Grunt used a Zubat to help Team Rocket invade the Goldenrod Radio Tower.



In the manga

In the Ash & Pikachu manga

Similar to her anime counterpart, Anna owns a Zubat nicknamed Mimi. It appeared in Treasure Hunting?! Try The Maze!.

In the Magical Pokémon Journey manga

A Zubat appeared in How Do You Do, Pikachu?.

In the Pocket Monsters DP manga

A Zubat appeared in PMDP60, under the ownership of Charon.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Zubat makes a few cameos, first as a resident of Mt. Moon in Raging Rhydon.

A Zubat appeared as a silhouette when Green talks about Mew in The Jynx Jinx.

A Zubat was seen hanging and then flying in Union Cave in Off Course with Corsola.

Multiple Zubat appeared in Chinchou in Charge, where they attacked Misty, Brock, and Erika in the Tohjo Falls alongside multiple Golbat and Crobat.

A flock of Zubat attacked Ruby in Granite Cave in Guile from Mawile.

Multiple Zubat appeared in Mashing Makuhita.

In Belligerent Bronzor, a Zubat appears under Commander Mars' ownership.

A Zubat appeared in Passing by Probopass and Maneuvering around Magnezone and Perturbed by Pachirisu.

Multiple Zubat appeared in Lucky Lucario I.

A Zubat appeared in the Fortunately for Feraligatr, under the ownership of Executive Proton.

In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga

B-2 has a Zubat, which appeared in Hareta's Very First Pokémon Battle!!.

Mars also has a Zubat, which had the ability to see in the dark after her Purugly turned off the power in The Mystery Boy, Jun!!. A Galactic Grunt also had one in the same chapter.

A Zubat appeared in Beauty Contest: The Pokémon Super Contest!!.

Hareta catches a Zubat on Iron Island in Serious Training on Iron Island!!.

In the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga

A Zubat appeared in Falkner The Bird Keeper's Challenge!!.

A Zubat appeared in Extreme Power!! The Friday Pokémon.

A Zubat appeared in The New Pokémon Is Hatched!!.

In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga

Shu caught a Zubat in Battle in the Smokescreen.

In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blazing Exploration Team manga

A Zubat appeared in BET1.

In the Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition ~ Ranse's Color Picture Scroll ~ manga

Multiple Zubat appeared in The Yellow Scroll: Hanbei vs Kanbei.

A Zubat appeared in The Scarlet Scroll: Kunoichi's Situation, under the ownership of Kunoichi.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

Green caught a Golbat after it evolved from a Zubat in Receive the Moon Stone!!.

In the Pokémon Zensho manga

A Zubat appeared in a fantasy in PZ03, under the ownership of a Team Rocket Grunt.

In the TCG

In the TFG

One Zubat figure has been released.

Game data

NPC appearances

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

In events

Held items

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Generation VIII Other generations: I - II - III - IV - V - VI - VII This Pokémon is unavailable within Generation VIII.

Click on the generation numbers above to see Zubat's learnsets from other generations.





Side game data

Evolution

Sprites

Trivia

No other Pokémon has the same type combination as Zubat and its evolved forms.

Zubat's evolutionary family has several similarities with Woobat's. All of the members of both lines are called the Bat Pokémon (excluding Swoobat), live in caves or other dark places, and have no visible eyes at their respective unevolved states; furthermore, members of both lines reach their respective fully-evolved forms by friendship, and both have similar Shiny forms (with green main bodies). Also, Zubat and Woobat have somewhat similar English names, both having rhyming prefixes and bat as a suffix.

as a suffix. Zubat and its evolved forms share their category with Woobat. They are all known as the Bat Pokémon.

Zubat can be seen as a parallel to Noibat, as they are both Flying-type Pokémon based on bats and can have Infiltrator as a possible Ability. They also share the same base stats, with their Attack and Special Attack switched around.

Origin

Zubat's design seems to be inspired by bats, specifically vampire bats, which produce toxic saliva with anticoagulant properties that is secreted when biting prey to draw blood. Zubat's lack of eyes could also be a reference to troglomorphism, and may additionally be influenced by the misconception that bats are blind or primarily dependent on echolocation to navigate. The claim that Zubat suffers harm, and even burns, when exposed to sunlight alludes to mythological vampires.

Name origin

Zubat may be a pun based on both bat and ずばっと zubatto, an onomatopoeia for when an edged tool forcefully pierces something (possibly referring to its fangs or the sound a bat makes).

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