Woobat (Pokémon)


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Woobat (Japanese: コロモリ Koromori) is a dual-type  introduced in Generation V.

It evolves into when leveled up with high friendship.

Biology
Woobat is a blue, spherical Pokémon, resembling a. It is covered in shaggy fur and has a large, piggish nose with a heart-shaped nostril. Two tufts of shaggy fur hide its eyes, and its mouth has a single fang in the center of its upper jaw. There are two relatively small, black wings on either side of its body.

Woobat's nose serves various purposes: It uses ultrasonic waves from its nostrils for echolocation, and it can also be used to grip walls as Woobat sleeps, which leaves heart-shaped marks on the walls of caves.

Jessie's Woobat
In Enter Iris and Axew!, Jessie caught a Woobat while in a cave with James and. She used it to battle against and. It managed to defeat Ash's newly caught, but was defeated by 's. Jessie had to give Woobat to as a sign that they accomplished something in Unova.

Other
Two Woobat appeared in Sewaddle and Burgh in Pinwheel Forest!, where they attacked Ash and his. They were then scared off thanks to the teamwork of Sewaddle and.

Minor appearances
Multiple Woobat debuted alongside Jessie's in Enter Iris and Axew!.

A 's Woobat appeared on a computer screen in The Battle Club and Tepig's Choice!.

A Trainer's Woobat appeared on a computer screen in A Rival Battle for Club Champ!.

A group of Woobat appeared in Dancing With the Ducklett Trio!, where they scared.

Multiple Woobat appeared in White—Victini and Zekrom and Black—Victini and Reshiram.

Two Woobat appeared in A Maractus Musical!, with one appearing in a flashback.

A Trainer's Woobat made a cameo appearance in Cilan Takes Flight.

A Trainer's Woobat made a cameo appearance in Climbing the Tower of Success!.

A group of Woobat appeared in Expedition to Onix Island! as residents of a.

A Trainer's Woobat appeared in Mission: Defeat Your Rival!.

A group of Woobat appeared in Genesect and the Legend Awakened at Pokémon Hills.

Two Woobat appeared in the ending credits of Eevee & Friends.

Multiple Woobat appeared in A Pokémon of a Different Color!.

Multiple Woobat appeared in Celebrating the Hero's Comet! as residents of an in the Decolore Islands.

A Woobat appeared in A Fashionable Battle!.

A Woobat appeared in Cloudy Fate, Bright Future!, under the ownership of a.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
In A Nickname for Tepig, was attacked by a wild Woobat. Eventually, he manages to defeat it.

Another Woobat, nicknamed Charlottte, is one of the Pokémon employed by in her BW Agency and is used for comedy roles. It first appeared in Lights, Camera...Action.

A Trainer's Woobat appeared in An Odd Speech.

Two Woobat appeared in 's flashback in Listening to Pokémon.

Multiple Woobat appeared in Battle at the Dreamyard and Mine Mayhem.

A Woobat sitting on its trainer's shoulder in Castelia City appeared in The Case of the Missing Pokémon, where they watch as Tep trying to find the person who kidnapped 's.

A Woobat appeared in Up in the Air.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
A Woobat makes an appearance in.

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Trivia

 * Woobat was first seen on [[Media:BW anime.png|concept art]] from the along with, , and.
 * Karl in the 13th movie wears a baseball cap with a Woobat depicted on it.
 * Woobat's evolutionary line seems to have a connection with 's family. All the members of both lines are Bat Pokémon species (excluding ), 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, Woobat and Zubat have somewhat similar English names, both having rhyming prefixes and bat as a suffix.
 * Woobat shares its with Zubat,, and . They are all known as the Bat Pokémon.
 * Woobat is the only unevolved Pokémon that received an increase to its base stats in Generation VII.

Origin
Woobat appears to be based on the (a white species of fruit bat) and a literal interpretation of a.

Name origin
Woobat may be a combination of woo and bat. It may also involve wool from its woolly appearance.

Koromori may be a combination of kokoro (heart) or ころころ korokoro (onomatopoeia for round thing rolling) and コウモリ kōmori (bat).

Related articles

 * Jessie's Woobat