Biology
Zubat is a blue, bat-like Pokémon. While it lacks eyes, it has pointed ears with purple insides and a mouth with four pointed teeth. There are two teeth on both the upper and lower jaws, and a male will have larger fangs than the female. It has purple wing membranes support 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 the animeIn the mangaIn the TCGIn the TFG
One Zubat figure has been released.
Game data
NPC appearances
Pokédex entries
Generation I
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Red(ENG)
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Forms colonies in perpetually dark places. Uses ultrasonic waves to identify and approach targets.
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Blue
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Yellow
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Emits ultrasonic cries while it flies. They act as a sonar used to check for objects in its way.
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Stadium
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It has neither eyes nor a nose. It emits ultrasonic cries that bounce back to its large ears, enabling it to fly safely.
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Generation II
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Gold
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While flying, it constantly emits ultrasonic waves from its mouth to check its surroundings.
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Silver
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Capable of flying safely in dark places, it emits ultrasonic cries to check for any obstacles.
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Crystal
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During the day, it gathers with others and hangs from the ceilings of old buildings and caves.
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Stadium 2
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While flying, it constantly emits ultrasonic waves from its mouth to check its surroundings.
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Generation III
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Ruby
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Zubat remains quietly unmoving in a dark spot during the bright daylight hours. It does so because prolonged exposure to the sun causes its body to become slightly burned.
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Sapphire
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Zubat avoids sunlight because exposure causes it to become unhealthy. During the daytime, it stays in caves or under the eaves of old houses, sleeping while hanging upside down.
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Emerald
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While living in pitch-black caverns, their eyes gradually grew shut and deprived them of vision. They use ultrasonic waves to detect obstacles.
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FireRed
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It has no eyes. Instead, it relies on its ultrasonic cries for echo location to flit about in darkness.
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LeafGreen
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It forms colonies in perpetually dark places and uses ultrasonic waves to identify and approach targets.
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Generation IV
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Diamond
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Even though it has no eyes, it can sense obstacles using ultrasonic waves it emits from it mouth.
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Pearl
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Disliking sunlight, it sleeps deep in forests and caves until sundown.
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Platinum
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It checks its surroundings and location using reflections of the ultrasonic waves from its mouth.
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HeartGold
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While flying, it constantly emits ultrasonic waves from its mouth to check its surroundings.
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SoulSilver
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Capable of flying safely in dark places, it emits ultrasonic cries to check for any obstacles.
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Generation V
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Black
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It checks its surroundings and location using reflections of the ultrasonic waves from its mouth.
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White
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Black 2
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It does not need eyes, because it emits ultrasonic waves to check its surroundings while it flies.
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White 2
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Generation VI
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X
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Even though it has no eyes, it can sense obstacles using ultrasonic waves it emits from it mouth.
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Y
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It has no eyes. Instead, it relies on its ultrasonic cries for echolocation to flit about in darkness.
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Omega Ruby
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Zubat remains quietly unmoving in a dark spot during the bright daylight hours. It does so because prolonged exposure to the sun causes its body to become slightly burned.
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Alpha Sapphire
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Zubat avoids sunlight because exposure causes it to become unhealthy. During the daytime, it stays in caves or under the eaves of old houses, sleeping while hanging upside down.
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Game locations
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Generation II
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Gold
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Silver
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Rock Tunnel, Whirl Islands, Ilex Forest, Mt. Moon, Dark Cave, Ice Path, Mt. Mortar, Union Cave, Tohjo Falls, Burned Tower, and Slowpoke Well (all times) Routes 3, 4, 32, 33, and 42Night
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Crystal
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Rock Tunnel, Whirl Islands, Ilex Forest, Mt. Moon, Dark Cave, Ice Path, Mt. Mortar, Union Cave, Tohjo Falls, Burned Tower, and Slowpoke Well (all times) Routes 3, 4, 9, 10, 30, 31, 32, 33, and 42Night
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Generation IV
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Diamond
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Pearl
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Iron Island, Oreburgh Mine, Wayward Cave, and Lost Tower (walking; all times) Routes 203, 204, 206, 207, 208, 209, 211, 216, and 217, Acuity Lakefront (tall grass)Night Ravaged Path, Oreburgh Gate, and Mt. Coronet (surfing and walking; all times)
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Platinum
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Iron Island, Oreburgh Mine, Wayward Cave, Lost Tower (walking; all times) Routes 203, 204, 206, 207, 208, 209, 211, 214, and 216, Acuity Lakefront (tall grass)Night Ravaged Path, Oreburgh Gate, Mt. Coronet (surfing and walking; all times)
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HeartGold
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SoulSilver
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Dark Cave, Union Cave, the Slowpoke Well, Ilex Forest, Burned Tower, Mt. Mortar, Ice Path, and Whirl Islands (all times) Routes 3, 32, and 33, Cliff Cave, Safari ZoneNight
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Pal Park
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Pokéwalker
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In side games
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Generation II
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This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation II side games.
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In events
Held items
Stats
Base stats
Stat
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Range
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At Lv. 50
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At Lv. 100
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40
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100 - 147
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190 - 284
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45
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45 - 106
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85 - 207
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35
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36 - 95
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67 - 185
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30
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31 - 90
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58 - 174
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40
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40 - 101
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76 - 196
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55
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54 - 117
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103 - 229
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Total: 245
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Other Pokémon with this total
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- Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature.
- Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.
- This Pokémon's Special base stat in Generation I was 40.
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Pokéathlon stats
Type effectiveness
Under normal battle conditions in Generation IX, this Pokémon is:
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Learnset
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Zubat
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Zubat
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Zubat
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Zubat
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Zubat in Generation VI
- Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
- Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Zubat in that game.
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Zubat
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Zubat
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations
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- A black or white abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Zubat can be tutored the move in that game
- A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Zubat cannot be tutored the move in that game
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Zubat
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Zubat
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations
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Side game data
Evolution
Sprites
Trivia
- No other Pokémon has the same type combination as the Zubat evolutionary family.
- Zubat's evolutionary line seems to have a connection with Woobat's family. All the members of both lines are Bat Pokémon species (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.
- Zubat and its evolutionary relatives share their category with Woobat. They are all known as the Bat Pokémon.
- Zubat, along with Golbat, has appeared in every regional Pokédex. This is due to the Unova Pokédex's expansion in Black 2 and White 2.
- Zubat and Golbat are the only Pokémon to appear in the lineup of every villainous team in the main series games.
- Zubat can be seen as a parallel to Noibat in several ways.
- They can have Infiltrator as a possible ability.
- They are Flying-type Pokémon.
- They have exactly the same base stats with only their Attack and Special Attack swapped.
Origin
Naturally, Zubat's design is inspired by bats. Its lack of eyes may come from the misconception that bats are blind.
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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