Golbat (ゴルバット, Gorubatto^?) are one of the 493 fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar^[1] Pokémon media franchise – a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. The purpose of Golbat in the games, anime and manga, as with all other Pokémon, is to battle both wild Pokémon, untamed creatures encountered while the player passes through various environments, and tamed Pokémon owned by Pokémon trainers.^[2] Image File history File links Golbat. ... This is a complete list of Pokémon which appear in the National Pokédex as of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. ... Zubat ) is one of 493 fictional species of Pokémon in the Pokémon franchise. ... Oddish Nazonokusa in original Japanese language versions), also known as Plimp, is one of 493 fictional species of Pokémon in the Pokémon franchise. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... 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The name Golbat may derive from the words goal and bat. It can also be accepted as a reference to the villain Golden Bat of the tokusatsu Jinzo Ningen Kikaider series, or the actual species Golden Bat (Mimon bennettii). This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Kikaida or Kikaider ) is a Japanese superhero created by Shotaro Ishinomori. ... Binomial name Mimon bennettii Gray, 1838 The Golden Bat, Mimon bennettii, is a bat species from South America. ...

Golbat appear to be large, blue bats whose heads constitute their full bodies, have two tiny legs, two small eyes and huge, gaping black mouths with fangs and lacking sexual organs.

Biological characteristics

Golbat is a fierce nocturnal Pokémon which is very gay, residing in the darkness of caves, and is most active in the pitch black of night, especially if the moon is in its new phase. It is widely known and despised for its feeding behavior: Sucking fresh blood from living things in large quantities. Once it has found a living target, it attacks in a stealthy manner, often striking without warning from behind, to harshly bite down on its prey with its four sharp fangs strong enough to puncture the hide of any animal-like Pokémon, however strong the hide might be. It then proceeds to drink ten ounces of blood instantly. Golbat enjoys blood so much that it does not want to stop, even though a lot of blood will weigh it down enough so that, if it is able to even fly afterwards, it flies clumsily.

Surprisingly, after each attack and feeding sequence, Golbat’s own blood type changes into that of its victim. Once it strikes, it will not stop draining energy from the victim even if it gets too heavy to fly.^[3] The female's fangs are smaller than the male's.^[4]

In the video games

Golbat is the evolution of Zubat, #41. Golbat's elemental types are Poison and Flying. Despite being a Stage 1 Pokémon, Golbat can be found in the wild in many cave locations in every version of Pokémon. Agatha of the Elite Four uses one. Zubat ) is one of 493 fictional species of Pokémon in the Pokémon franchise. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ...

Golbat was considered the final evolution of Zubat in the R/B/Y series of Pokémon games. When the G/S/C series was introduced, it was revealed that if a player were to make his or her Golbat happy enough, it would evolve into a Crobat. Crobat (クロバット Kurobatto in Japan, Iksbat in Germany and Nostenfer in France) is a fictional character from the Pokémon franchise. ...

In the R/S/E series Golbat is an uncommon Pokémon. In Emerald, Sapphire and Ruby, it can be found in the water of Meteor Falls. In competitive battling Golbat is still used for the lower tier battles.

Unlike the typical evolution process (evolving at a certain level), Golbat evolves into Crobat when its happiness rating is high. A Pokémon's happiness rating can be measured in different ways throughout the games. In the GSC series, there is a woman in Goldenrod City who will rate the happiness of the player's Pokémon, and in the RSE series, there is a woman in Verdanturf Town who will also rate the happiness of your Pokémon. However, having its happiness rated does not have any effect on a Golbat's evolution; it only gives a rough measure of when it will evolve. When a Golbat is sufficiently happy, it will evolve into Crobat the next time it levels up. This is a list of the major cities and locations from the fictional Johto region featured in the Pokémon series. ... This is a list of locations in the Hoenn region of the Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald. ...

In the FireRed and Leafgreen games, if Golbat levels up and is happy enough it will evolve into Crobat, but the player has not received the National Pokédex, it cannot evolve: it will attempt to, but will inexplicably stop. It will not evolve until the player acquires the National Pokédex and thus can log Crobat's data in it.

In the anime

Golbat has made most of its appearances under Brock's control, debuting through evolution in the episode "Hassle in the Castle". Koga also owned one. Agatha of the Elite Four also has one as seen in the episode 'The Scheme Team'. The rest are cameos by Golbats owned by other trainers.

In the trading card game

Golbat in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Golbat has had many cards under its name throughout the lengthy history of the card game, all as stage-1 Grass-types: Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...

• Fossil
• Team Rocket (as Dark Golbat)
• Gym Heroes (as Brock’s Golbat)
• Neo Revelation
• Skyridge
• EX Hidden Legends
• EX Team Rocket Returns (as Dark Golbat, as a Dark/Grass dual-type)
• EX Deoxys

References

• The following games and their instruction manuals: Pokémon Red and Blue; Pokémon Yellow; Pokémon Stadium and Pokémon Stadium 2; Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal; Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald; Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen; Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness

Notes

1. ^ Pokémon Franchise Approaches 150 Million Games Sold. PR Newswire. Retrieved on 2006-02-28.
2. ^ Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Sapphire Review (page 1) Ign.com. URL Accessed June 1, 2006.
3. ^ Pokémon info Pokémon-misty.host.sk. URL Accessed July 20, 2006.
4. ^ Psypoke - Picture Dex :: #042 - Golbat

Publications

• Barbo, Maria. The Official Pokémon Handbook. Scholastic Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0-439-15404-9.
• Loe, Casey, ed. Pokémon Special Pikachu Edition Official Perfect Guide. Sunnydale, CA: Empire 21 Publishing, 1999. ISBN 1-930206-15-1.
• Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon FireRed & Pokémon LeafGreen Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., August 2004. ISBN 1-930206-50-X
• Mylonas, Eric. Pokémon Pokédex Collector’s Edition: Prima’s Official Pokémon Guide. Prima Games, September 21 2004. ISBN 0-7615-4761-4
• Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon Emerald Version Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., April 2005. ISBN 1-930206-58-5

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External links

• Official Pokémon website
• Bulbapedia (a Pokémon-centric Wiki)’s article about Golbat as a species
• Golbat’s fourth-generation Pokédex entry at Serebii.net
• Pokémon Dungeon Pokédex entry, full of statistics analysis
• PsyPoke - Golbat Pokédex entry and Usage Overview
• WikiKnowledge.net’s entry for Golbat Previously hosted by Wikibooks