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.

Biology
Golbat is a large, blue, bat-like Pokémon 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 feet.

Golbat's fangs have hollow tubes specialized for sucking blood. While they are strong enough to pierce thick hide, they are also unexpectedly fragile. It feeds on the blood of both Pokémon and humans and is capable of drinking over 10 ounces (300 milliliters) of blood in one sitting. Golbat drinks so much blood that its blood type will change to that of its victim following a feed. It is also gluttonous, occasionally gorging itself to the extent that it becomes too heavy to fly, leaving itself vulnerable in turn. Golbat is nocturnal and can be found quite easily in.

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. Afterwards, it worked together with Pikachu to send them blasting off.

Starting in Enter Galactic!, s used multiple Golbat in several episodes of Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl.

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.

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.

In 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 Ash & Pikachu manga
Two Golbat appeared in Two Groups Attacking! Magma VS. Aqua, one under the ownership of Tabitha and the other under the ownership of a.

In the Magical Pokémon Journey manga
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.

In the Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure manga
A Golbat appeared in JBA4, under the ownership of a.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
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 PS547.

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.

In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga
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 Team s. One first appeared in The Legendary Pokémon, Captured.

In the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga
🇬🇼 owns a Golbat in Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys.

In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga
A Golbat appeared in GDZ23.

In the Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition ~ Ranse's Color Picture Scroll ~ manga
A Golbat appeared in The Blue Scroll: Mitsunari, Kiyomasa, and Masanori, under the ownership of Nene.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
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!.

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.

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Trivia

 * No other Pokémon has the same type combination as Golbat and its evolutionary relatives.
 * Golbat and its evolutionary relatives share their with . They are all known as the Bat Pokémon.

Origin
Golbat is based on s, which produce toxic saliva with properties that is secreted when biting prey to draw blood. Its gaping maw seems to be a caricature of mythological s.

Name origin
Golbat's name may originate from the word gollop, which means "to eat or drink quickly or greedily," and ' or from '.

Related articles

 * Brock's Golbat
 * Koga's Golbat