Woobat (Japanese: コロモリ Koromori) is a dual-type Psychic/Flying Pokémon introduced in Generation V.
It evolves into Swoobat when leveled up with high friendship.
Biology
Woobat is a blue, spherical Pokémon, resembling a Honduran White Bat. 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. A Woobat's heart-shaped mark is said to give good fortune to whoever it leaves its mark on. Woobat preys on bug Pokémon and is known to live in caves and dark forests.
Evolution
Woobat evolves into Swoobat.
(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
Game data
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
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Generation V
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Unova B W : #033
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Unova B2 W2 : #066
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Black
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Its habitat is dark forests and caves. It emits ultrasonic waves from its nose to learn about its surroundings.
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White
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Suction from its nostrils enables it to stick to cave walls during sleep. It leaves a heart-shaped mark behind.
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Black 2
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The heart-shaped mark left on a body after a Woobat has been attached to it is said to bring good fortune.
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White 2
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Generation VI
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Kalos Coastal #055
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Hoenn #—
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X
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Its habitat is dark forests and caves. It emits ultrasonic waves from its nose to learn about its surroundings.
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Y
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The heart-shaped mark left on a body after a Woobat has been attached to it is said to bring good fortune.
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Omega Ruby
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Its habitat is dark forests and caves. It emits ultrasonic waves from its nose to learn about its surroundings.
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Alpha Sapphire
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The heart-shaped mark left on a body after a Woobat has been attached to it is said to bring good fortune.
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Game locations
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
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In side games
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
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Held items
Stats
Base stats
Generations V-VI
Stat
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Range
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At Lv. 50
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At Lv. 100
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55
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115 - 162
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220 - 314
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45
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45 - 106
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85 - 207
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43
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43 - 104
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81 - 203
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55
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54 - 117
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103 - 229
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43
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43 - 104
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81 - 203
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72
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69 - 136
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134 - 267
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Total: 313
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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.
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Generation VII onward
Stat
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Range
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At Lv. 50
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At Lv. 100
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65
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125 - 172
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240 - 334
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45
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45 - 106
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85 - 207
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43
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43 - 104
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81 - 203
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55
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54 - 117
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103 - 229
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43
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43 - 104
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81 - 203
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72
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69 - 136
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134 - 267
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Total: 323
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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.
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Type effectiveness
Under normal battle conditions in Generation IX, this Pokémon is:
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Learnset
Woobat is available in Sword and Shield.
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Woobat
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Woobat
- 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 Woobat
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Woobat
- 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 Woobat in Generation VIII
- 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 Woobat in that game.
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Woobat
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Woobat
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Woobat
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Woobat
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations
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By transfer from another generation
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- Transferred Pokémon only retain these moves in Pokémon Sword and Shield
- A striped background indicates a generation in which the move can only be obtained via event or as a special move
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Woobat
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Woobat
- × indicates a move that cannot be used in Sword and Shield
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see transfer-only moves for other generations
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Side game data
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Pokémon Rumble Rush
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Walking Speed: 2.08 seconds
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Base HP: 52
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Base Attack: 69
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Base Defense: 46
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Base Speed: 60
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New Pokémon Snap
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Photodex entry #207
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Woobat love dark environments. It looks like they left those heart-shaped markings on the ruin walls. They use the suction from their nostrils to stick themselves to walls while they sleep.
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Evolution data
Sprites
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
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This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation IX.
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In animation
Main series
Major appearances
In Enter Iris and Axew!, Jessie caught a Woobat while in a cave with James and Meowth. She used him to battle Ash and Iris. He managed to defeat Ash's newly caught Pidove, but was defeated by Oshawott's Water Gun. Jessie had to give Woobat to Giovanni as a sign that they accomplished something in Unova. Woobat returned to Jessie's party in Rocket Revengers!.
Other
In Sewaddle and Burgh in Pinwheel Forest!, two wild Woobat attacked Ash and his Sewaddle. They were then scared off thanks to the teamwork between Sewaddle and Pikachu.
Minor appearances
Multiple Woobat debuted alongside Jessie's in Enter Iris and Axew!.
In Dancing With the Ducklett Trio!, multiple Woobat scared Sandile.
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 appeared in Cilan Takes Flight.
A Trainer's Woobat appeared in Climbing the Tower of Success!.
In Expedition to Onix Island!, multiple Woobat were living at a deserted island.
A Trainer's Woobat appeared in Mission: Defeat Your Rival!.
In Genesect and the Legend Awakened, multiple Woobat were living at Pokémon Hills.
Two Woobat appeared in the ending credits of Eevee & Friends.
Multiple Woobat appeared in A Pokémon of a Different Color!.
In Celebrating the Hero's Comet!, multiple Woobat were living at an unnamed island in the Decolore Islands.
A Woobat appeared in A Fashionable Battle!.
A Woobat appeared in Cloudy Fate, Bright Future!, under the ownership of a Psychic.
Two Woobat appeared in Raid Battle in The Ruins!, with one under the ownership of a Trainer and the other being a resident of the Colossus Ruins at the Desert Resort.
A Trainer's Woobat appeared during a flashback in The Bittersweet Truth.
A Woobat appeared in Charge! Galar Mine!.
Pokémon Evolutions
A Woobat briefly appeared in a flashback The Plan as one of the Pokémon that N had befriended while living in a forest as a child.
In the manga
Pocket Monsters BW: Good Partners
A Woobat appeared in a fantasy in BWGP01.
Multiple Woobat appeared in BWGP04, with one under the ownership of Takurō and the rest being wild.
Pocket Monsters BW
A Woobat appeared in Pocket Monsters BW.
Pocket Monsters BW: The Heroes of Fire and Thunder
A Woobat appeared in Justice Trainer Shin Appears!.
A Woobat appeared in The King's Identity...!!.
Pocket Monsters HGSS
A Woobat appeared in PMHGSS23.
Pokémon Adventures
In A Nickname for Tepig, Black was attacked by a wild Woobat. Eventually, he manages to defeat it.
A Woobat, nicknamed Charlotte, is one of the Pokémon employed by White in her BW Agency and is used for comedic roles. It first appeared in Lights, Camera...Action.
A Trainer's Woobat appeared in An Odd Speech.
Two Woobat appeared in N's flashback in Listening to Pokémon.
Multiple Woobat appeared in Battle at the Dreamyard.
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 Bianca's Litwick.
Multiple Woobat appeared in Mine Mayhem.
A Woobat appeared in Up in the Air.
A Woobat liberated by Team Plasma appeared in The Final Battle.
A Student's Woobat appeared in Epilogue.
Pokédex entries
In the TCG
- Main article: Woobat (TCG)
Trivia
- Woobat was first seen on concept art from Pokémon the Series: Black & White along with Servine, Dewott, and Axew.
- Karl, a character in Zoroark: Master of Illusions, wears a baseball cap with a Woobat depicted on it. As Woobat's official reveal was four days before the movie's release in Japan, the reveal of Karl's design was the first time Woobat's existence was hinted at.
- Woobat's evolutionary line has several similarities with Zubat's. All of the members of both lines are called the Bat Pokémon (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, Woobat and Zubat have somewhat similar English names, both having rhyming prefixes and bat as a suffix.
- Woobat shares its category with the Zubat evolutionary line. 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
Bulbanews has an article related to this subject:
With its light-colored fur, prominent nose and fluffy, round bodies, Woobat appears to be based on Honduran white bats. In particular, their shape resembles how these bats look when they're curled up together. Sunlight filters through the leaves these bats sleep on and make their white fur appear green during the day, which would mirror Woobat's Shiny form.
It may also be a literal interpretation of a heart-nosed bat. The hair covering its eyes may be a reference to the myth of bats being blind or having extremely poor eyesight. Woobat's nose resembles a rubber stamp, befitting its signature move, Heart Stamp. Its round nose leaf and sharp central tooth may be inspired by vampire bats; this tooth also resembles a baby tooth, which may allude to its status as a first-stage Pokémon with low base stats.
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 心 kokoro (heart) or コロコロ korokoro (onomatopoeia for lightly rolling) and 蝙蝠 kōmori (bat).
In other languages
Language
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Title
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Meaning
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Japanese
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コロモリ Koromori
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From 心 kokoro or コロコロ korokoro and 蝙蝠 kōmori
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French
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Chovsourir
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From chauve-souris and sourire
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Spanish
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Woobat
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Same as English name
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German
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Fleknoil
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From Fledermaus and Fellknäuel
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Italian
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Woobat
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Same as English name
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Korean
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또르박쥐 Ttorbakjwi
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From 또르르 ttoreureu and 박쥐 bakjwi
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Mandarin Chinese
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滾滾蝙蝠 / 滚滚蝙蝠 Gǔngǔnbiānfú
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From 滾滾 / 滚滚 gǔngǔn and 蝙蝠 biānfú
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Cantonese Chinese
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滾滾蝙蝠 Gwángwánpīnfūk
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From 滾滾 gwángwán and 蝙蝠 pīnfūk
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More languages
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Hindi
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चमिचक Chamichak
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Russian
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Вубат Vubat
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Transcription of English name
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Thai
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โคโรโมริ Khoromori
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Transcription of Japanese name
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Related articles
External links
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