Golbat (Pokémon)

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Golbat (Japanese: ゴルバット Golbat) is a dual-type introduced in Generation I.
It evolves from starting at level 22 and evolves into when leveled up with high friendship.
(Specifics may differ in past games. Refer to Game data→Evolution data for these details.)
==Biology==
Golbat is a large, blue, with purple wing membranes. It has small eyes with slit-like pupils, along with tiny triangular ears with purple insides, and a massive mouth with two fangs in each jaw. The fangs are smaller on a female Golbat. While its mouth seems to be otherwise empty, Golbat occasionally displays a long, purple tongue. It has short legs with long, tiny feet. Despite this, Golbat can walk skillfully on the ground.
Golbat's fangs have hollow tubes (similar to straws) specialized for sucking blood. While they are strong enough to pierce thick hide, they are also unexpectedly fragile. There are some Golbat that have missing fangs as a result of their hunger-fueled attempt to try drinking blood from Pokémon. Golbat feeds on the blood of both Pokémon and humans and is capable of drinking over 10 ounces (300 milliliters) of blood in one sitting. It is gluttonous, and drinks so much blood that its blood type will change to that of its victim following a feed. It occasionally gorges itself to the extent that it becomes too heavy to fly, leaving itself vulnerable in turn. However, it is also willing to share gathered blood with other members of its kind that are hungry. One particular Golbat could utilize to produce a magic mirror in its mouth for scrying to see things from a distance, even if walls or land are in the way. Golbat is nocturnal and can be found quite easily in .
Art Life 20240402 Kricketune.jpg|Golbat hanging upside-down
Golbat closed mouth EP191.png|Golbat with its mouth closed
===Evolution===
Golbat evolves from and evolves into .
(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
==Game data==
===NPC appearances===
* : Golbat stars in the mini-game "Gutsy Golbat." The object is to fly around and collect as many hearts as can be collected; the player with the most hearts at the end of the cave is the winner.
* Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team: Golbat is part of an unnamed rescue team that gathers at Pokémon Square just before the player and partner are able to access Magma Cavern.
===Pokédex entries===
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===Held items===
Pokémon caught in Generation I must be traded to a Generation II game in order for a held item to appear.
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===Stats===
====Base stats====
====Pokéathlon stats====
===Type effectiveness===
===Learnset===
Golbat is available in Version 1.3.0+, , and Pokémon Legends: Arceus.
====By leveling up====
====By TM/TR====
====By ====
====By tutoring====
====By a prior Evolution====
====By transfer from another generation====
===Side game data===
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===Evolution data===
Golbat evolves from starting at level 22 and evolves into when leveled up with high friendship. Golbat cannot evolve into Crobat in until the player obtains the National Pokédex, as its evolution will be interrupted. Golbat also cannot evolve into Crobat in , as Crobat is not present in those games.
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Main series===
====Major appearances====
=====Brock's Golbat=====
's Golbat evolved from in Hassle in the Castle. It eventually evolved into a in Control Freak!.
=====Koga's Golbat=====
In The Ninja Poké-Showdown, Koga's Zubat went up against in his rematch against , and it was eventually defeated. It later reappeared in a flashback during The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!.
=====Other=====
In Round One - Begin!, a Golbat was the third Pokémon that Mandi used against during the first round of the Indigo Plateau Conference. It was defeated by . It reappeared in a flashback in Friends to the End.
A Golbat appeared in Fight for the Meteorite under the ownership of multiple s.
In The Ribbon Cup Caper, Brodie used a Golbat to escape with after stealing a golden Poké Ball.
In The Scheme Team, Agatha used a Golbat to save Ash's Pikachu from the hands of . Afterward, it worked together with Pikachu to send them blasting off.
Starting in Enter Galactic!, s used multiple Golbat in several episodes of .
A Golbat appeared in Mutiny in the Bounty and Ill-Will Hunting!, under the ownership of J's henchmen.
A Golbat appeared in Team Plasma's Pokémon Power Plot!, Meowth, Colress and Team Rivalry!, and Ash and N: A Clash of Ideals!, under the ownership of s.
A Golbat appeared in Turning Heads and Training Hard!, under the ownership of a .
A Golbat appeared in PK15.
In Battling in the Freezing Raid!, Goh caught a whilst exploring the Seafoam Islands.
In Infinite Possibilities!, a swarm of Golbat threatened to disrupt an Evolution ritual held by a group of , but they were driven off by a wild and Chloe's Eevee.
====Minor appearances====
In The Whistle Stop, Brock's Zubat accidentally lured multiple Golbat with supersonic waves.
In The Power of One, multiple Golbat sensed the disturbance caused by Lawrence III.
A Golbat appeared in the Japanese credits of Pikachu's Rescue Adventure.
In The Fortune Hunters, a Golbat was stolen by Butch and Cassidy.
In Hokey Poké Balls!, a Golbat was stolen by Team Rocket.
In That's Just Swellow, a Golbat participated in the Crossgate PokéRinger competition.
In Who's Flying Now?, a Golbat was featured in the Fortree City Feather Festival.
Multiple Golbat appeared in Destiny Deoxys.
Multiple Golbat appeared in a cave in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters Out of the Gate! and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness.
In A Stealthy Challenge!, multiple Golbat ended up separating , , and Sanpei.
In To Top a Totem!, multiple Golbat flying in the air just as a fell from the sky.
Multiple Golbat appeared in A Seasoned Search!.
A Golbat appeared in a flashback in Lulled to La-La Land!.
In I Choose You!, a Golbat was under the control of .
A Golbat appeared in The Power of Us.
Multiple Golbat appeared in Evolving Research!.
In The Battlefield of Truth and Love!, a Golbat was watching and put on a performance in their hot springs.
A Golbat appeared in This Could be the Start of Something Big!.
====Pokédex entries====
===Pokémon Generations===
A Golbat appeared in The Lake of Rage, under the ownership of a . Along with , , , and , it was defeated by Lance's Dragonite during Lance and 's infiltration of the Team Rocket HQ.
In The Vision, a 's Golbat was defeated by 's during the pair's intrusion of the Team Magma Hideout.
Multiple Golbat appeared in The New World.
==In the manga==
===Ash & Pikachu===
Two Golbat appeared in Two Groups Attacking! Magma VS. Aqua, one under the ownership of Tabitha and the other under the ownership of a .
===Magical Pokémon Journey===
In Adventuring the Stone, defeated a flock of Golbat so that he and the others could reach the legendary Stone of Adventure found deep within a cave.
===Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure===
A Golbat appeared in JBA4, under the ownership of a .
===Pokémon Adventures===
Koga has a as one of his team members, which first appeared in That Awful Arbok!. It is special in that it is able to use in order to project a clear visual of the locations of others, using its gaping mouth as a screen. Agatha also possesses a Golbat, which fought Koga's Golbat in Muk Raking.
Multiple Golbat appeared in Chinchou in Charge, where they attacked Misty, Brock, and Erika in the Tohjo Falls alongside multiple Zubat and Crobat.
A Golbat appeared in The Last Battle XIII as one of the Pokémon sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.
Multiple Golbat made cameo appearances in Guile from Mawile and Mashing Makuhita.
Much later, in My, My, My Mimic, a Golbat was by Carr to try to ambush and . However, it was frozen and beaten by the newly arrived Lorelei.
Multiple Golbat appeared in Lucky Lucario I.
A Golbat appeared in Out-Odding Oddish, under the ownership of a Pokéathlon participant.
Team Rocket Petrel owns a Golbat as a means of aerial transportation. It first appeared in Fortunately for Feraligatr.
A 's Golbat was seen in The Final Battle.
A Golbat appeared in A Photoshoot and the Abandoned Thrifty Megamart, where it was seen inside the abandoned .
Plumeria's Golbat first appeared in Play the Melody That Echoes in the Altar, where it was seen chasing after Faba.
===Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!===
Jupiter owns a Golbat that first appeared in Team Galactic's Conspiracy, Revealed!!.
Saturn also has a Golbat. It first appeared in Challenge! The Fortress Of Steel!!.
Golbat is commonly owned by s. One first appeared in The Legendary Pokémon, Captured.
===Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys===
 owns a Golbat, which first appeared in Gold and Black VS. Team Rocket.
===Pokémon: Yeah! I Got Pokémon!===
A Golbat appeared in GDZ23.
===Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition ~ Ranse's Color Picture Scroll ~===
A Golbat appeared in PNA5, under the ownership of Nene.
===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
 a Golbat in The Big Battle In The Viridian Forest!!.
Green caught a second Golbat in Receive the Moon Stone!! after it evolved from a Zubat.
A Golbat appeared in The Legendary Pokémon Appears!!.
A Golbat appeared in Fierce Competition at the Pokémon Baseball Tournament!, where it was one of the Pokémon that took part in a baseball match.
A Golbat appeared in Panic on the Luxury Liner?!, under the ownership of Agatha.
 sent out a Golbat in Good-Bye, Pikachu?! to force Red into surrendering over.
A Golbat appeared in Demanding Tests at the Pokémon School!.
==In the TCG==
==Trivia==
* No other Pokémon has the same type combination as Golbat and its evolutionary line.
** Golbat and Zubat are the only Pokémon introduced in Generation I to currently have a unique type combination.
** Golbat and its evolutionary line are the only Pokémon in the .
* Golbat and its evolutionary line share their with . They are all known as the Bat Pokémon.
* The depiction of Golbat's large tongue has been sporadic, having not appeared in any game in over a decade:
** The only core series games to depict its tongue were .
** The last game to ever depict its tongue was Pokémon Battle Revolution.
===Origin===
Golbat seems to be based on a , particularly s, which bite other animals to . Its type may be inspired by either the properties of vampire bat saliva or the fact that bats are infamous for spreading deadly diseases such as . Its gaping maw could be a caricature of mythological s.
====Name origin====
Golbat may be a combination of gore, , or gulp and bat.
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
* Brock's Golbat
* Koga's Golbat
==External links==
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