History Main / GodDamnedBats

* In ''Machinima/SpriggsAHalo3Machinima'', Lt. Hammer considers the Grey Suits to be this.

The TropeNamer is, well, [[BatOutOfHell actual video game bats]]. Bats in video games tend to have many the aforementioned traits; ''very'' common in caves and other dark areas yet are individually easy to defeat, their small size and fast movement makes them difficult to hit in real-time games (and turn-based games reflect this by giving them high evade rates), and since they fly the player is usually unable to hit them with melee attacks.

They don't have to be bats. The best definition of the Goddamned Bats trope is that they are not only common enemies that will swarm you, and they are not only pathetically easy to kill on their own, but they take no skill to defeat, in [[RolePlayingGames RPGs]] they don't provide much (if any) experience or gold when beaten, and are sometimes flat-out annoying. A famous example of this is Zubat in the Pokemon series which were found in nearly every cave in the first 4 generations and liked to inflict various StatusEffects on the player before going down.

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->''"Bats such as the [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Keese]] are frequently among the weakest enemies in video games. They make up for this fact by being the most annoying."''
-->-- '''[[MonsterCompendium Monster Manuel]]''', ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing''

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[[MemeticMutation This is Zubat country.]]]]

* ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'' has [[http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004566 imps,]] [[FromBadToWorse which become]] [[spoiler:[[BossInMooksClothing Bosses in Mooks Clothing]] after Jade prototypes her kernelsprite]].

* The BX-series Commando Droids from ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' are a downplayed example. They're certainly threatening to non-Force sensitive combatants like the Clone Troopera, but are a nuisance to Jedi at best.

* The flocks of birds in both the book and film of ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''. Specifically the ''crebain'', used by Saruman as his eyes and ears to track down the Fellowship in the high mountains. In both portrayals, Aragorn realises the danger of the flocking crows and has the fellowship stamp out fires and go to cover. (In the film, the crebain detect the fellowship and give Saruman the information he needs to turn the mountain passes against them).

* ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'' is the TropeNamer, and he absolutely hates these, and has had many long rants against them in the many NintendoHard games he reviews. Bats being the most common offender, but other similar annoyances (like the Medusa heads in Castlevania) get lambasted for all the reasons on this page as well. But with a lot of fucks, shits, and descriptions of fecal matter.

They don't have to be bats. The best definition of the Goddamned Bats trope is that they are not only common enemies that will swarm you, and they are not only pathetically easy to kill on their own, but they take no skill to defeat, in [[RolePlayingGames RPGs]] they don't provide much (if any) experience or gold when beaten, and are sometimes flat-out annoying. A famous example of this is Zubat in the Pokemon series which were found in nearly every cave in the first 4 generations and liked to inflict various StandardStatusEffects on the player before going down.

* Being able to easily inflict a [[StandardStatusEffects Status Ailment]] that forces you to waste curative items, backtrack to a healer, or just deal with it out until it wears off.

* In ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf''/''Franchise/SailorMoon'' crossover [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/380988/1/PARAGON "Paragon"]], the Monsters of the Week are protected by packs of clay troll-like creatures called Ur-Golems. They aren't particularly tough, especially if the main goon's attention is focused somewhere else, but they're irritating to fight your way through.

* [[WesternAnimation/GeorgeOfTheJungle Tom Slick]] is involved in a Transylvania race against a Dracula-like vampire who unleashes a flock on Tom ("Oh, rats...bats!").

->''"Bats such as the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda Keese]] are frequently among the weakest enemies in video games. They make up for this fact by being the most annoying."''

->''"Bats such as the Keese are frequently among the weakest enemies in video games. They make up for this fact by being the most annoying."''

* The BX-series Commando Droids from ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' are a downplayed example. They're certainly threatening to non-Force sensitive combatants like the Clone Troopera, but are a nuisance to Jedi at best.

-->-- '''Monster Manuel,''' ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing''

->''"Every first-person game seems to have these tiny little enemies that hop at your face, are hard to hit and, worst of all, are unsatisfying to kill."''
-->-- ''Website/{{Cracked}}'', [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16196_the-7-commandments-all-video-games-should-obey.html "The 7 Commandments All Video Games Should Obey"]]

** GoddamnedBats/{{Castlevania}}
** GoddamnedBats/TheLegendOfZelda
** GoddamnedBats/{{Metroid}}
** GoddamnedBats/MegaMan

** GoddamnedBats/IronMarines
** GoddamnedBats/KingdomRush

** GoddamnedBats/FinalFantasy
** GoddamnedBats/{{Pokemon}}

* GoddamnedBats/ShootEmUp

* This trope is more or less the plot of ''LightNovel/GoblinSlayer'': Goblins are the weakest monsters in this world, and mainly appear in quests meant for rookies. With the size and strength (and, apparently, the brain) of a child, they would be no problem for new, inexperienced adventurers at all... if there weren't so damn many of them! Problem is, these beasts [[ExplosiveBreeder multiply like crazy]], and being able to kill them with one or two hits doesn't help much if every fallen goblin is replaced by two others. That's why the [[CharacterTitle titular]] [[HisNameReallyIsBarkeep Goblin Slayer]] seeks to kill every single goblin he can find.

* In ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone: The Soft World'', John and George are attacked by a swarm of robotic bats. The narrative even refers to them as “goddamned bats.”

* ''Webcomic/{{AdventureDennis}}'' is attacked by bats at least once per level/chapter.

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* The flocks of birds in both the book and film of ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''. Specifically the ''crebain'', used by Saruman as his eyes and ears to track down the Fellowship in the high mountains. In both portrayals, Aragorn realises the danger of the flocking crows and has the fellowship stamp out fires and go to cover. (In the film, the crebain detect the fellowship and give Saruman the information he needs to turn the mountain passes against them).

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* {{Piranha|Problem}}s became this in an episode of ''Series/RiverMonsters'', in which Jeremy constantly caught piranhas, when he wasn't just having his bait stolen.
* In ''Series/{{Community}}'', [[RefugeInAudacity the hippies]] act as this when the group plays an important video game created by Pierce's elitist father.

* ScoobyDoo and his teenage buddies are constantly beseiged by bats. In "Decoy For A Dognapper," Shaggy and Velma are flailing away trying to avoid a flock of bats and Shaggy quips that they'd call that dance "the [[IncrediblyLamePun Batusi!"]]

** GoddamnedBats/MonsterHunter