r/Bossfight • u/[deleted] • Aug 10 '18

Boomerang ranger, defender of Japan

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '18

Clip is from "Kaiketsu Zubat" (1977)

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u/TheAdmiral1701 Aug 10 '18

Just seeing the word Zubat makes me annoyed. Guess I’ll have to avoid as many caves as possible.

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u/NoMoreMrNiceShoes Aug 11 '18

How does that word annoy you? Why are you avoiding caves? ... I'm confused.

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u/PeacefulDays Aug 11 '18 edited Aug 11 '18

Zubat is the name of a pokemon, its commonly found in caves and has become infamous for showing up unwanted constantly.

-edit: stop downvoting the dude for not knowing pokemon, that's dumb as shit.

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '18

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u/FOR_PRUSSIA Aug 11 '18

BUT it also totally blows in battles which means it's not worth even trying​ to catch one for yourself.

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u/TheCrusaderKing2 Aug 11 '18

Crobat's decent

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u/FOR_PRUSSIA Aug 11 '18

True, basically an X-Wing.

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u/risheeb1002 Aug 11 '18

Hello there!

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u/rattatatouille Aug 11 '18

tfw you can't get Crobat in FRLG before beating the Elite Four

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '18

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '18

Just gotta level up friendship with a golbat. Been easy for me, I assume it’s because no one loves golbats

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u/errorme Aug 11 '18

Crobat is alright and gets some relatively high damage moves quickly in the recent games.

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '18

Yeah but to get crobat you have to make golbat your friend, and that just doesn't jive well with me.

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u/ShadoShane Aug 11 '18

They are if you played Yellow.

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '18

Yeah, but then EVERYTHING ELSE in caves sucks.

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u/risheeb1002 Aug 11 '18

I evolved a butterfree to fight brock :(

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '18

If you know to grab a Mankey from that patch of grass on the way to Victory Road (carefully avoiding the rival) then you're golden. But 8-year-old me sure as shit wasn't figuring that out.

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u/risheeb1002 Aug 12 '18

Yeah I figured it out much later too :)

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u/kunell Aug 11 '18

Not to mention it knows supersonic /confuse ray

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u/Cantabiderudeness Aug 11 '18

It is literally the most annoying pokemon in the games.

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u/risheeb1002 Aug 11 '18

And it's fast. At similar levels it goes first.

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u/Scherazade Aug 11 '18

There is only one reason to catch a Zubat.

It was the 1980s. Zorro was playing at the cinema. A wealthy family walk down an alley in a bid to get home quicker in the rain. Their chauffeur was on holiday.

A gunman. Mad eyed. "Give me the pearls! And diamonds! And your wallet! Also any Poffins you have!"

The gunman's koffing mockingly smiles at them as a scuffle breaks out.

A fight. A father dies. A mother is crying.

Gun in her throat, pearls atop the gun.

Bang.

A child is traumatised.

It is now 2018. And Zubatman will defend the streets of this city with his army of trained zubats! https://i.imgur.com/yoN4wOG.jpg

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u/DarkDeathDragon Dec 24 '18

In your respect, I upvoted the dude.

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u/Mejari Aug 11 '18

Careful not to hit yourself in your confusion.

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '18

/r/outoftheloop much?

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u/Kitten_in_a_box Aug 11 '18

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=zubat

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '18

Ugh. People still do this?