In real life, bats are great. In classic video games? They're THE WORST. But which bat is the worst of the worst? Let's discuss the top 5 most annoying bats in video games!

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#5 Zubats. 

I’ll admit that I’m not exactly a Pokemon expert. I’ve never been able to get into the series for one reason or another but I did make an honest effort several years ago to get through the original Pokemon Blue and of the many lessons that game taught me, the one that looms largest in my head is that when you're in a cave, expect Zubats. Dozens and dozens of Zubats. They aren’t particularly hard to kill, nor do they offer you much in the way of experience. They’re just everyfreakingwhere and they absolutely love wasting your time. Every couple of steps in the caves under Mt. Moon BAM, another Zubat. The fact that you can catch them and make them do your bidding is the only reason they aren’t higher on this list. 

#4 Keese. 

Similar to Zubats, these things aren’t dangerous so much as a constant nuisance. In Zelda 1 when you can’t attack diagonally, in Zelda 2 when they swoop down at you, in Ocarina of Time when they’re on fire and destroy your Deku shield, in Breath of the Wild when they waste precious, precious weapon durability, no matter which Zelda game you’re playing, if it has bats, they’re probably going to tick you off. Thankfully they are also incredibly weak enemies, but that doesn't make them any less annoying. 

#3. Battontons

Technically they’re just Battons in Mega Man 2, but I’m lumping them all together as Battontons because I’ll never forget the sound of Dr. Wily saying their name in the old cartoon series. Anyway, these little buggers can be an enormous pain. Not so much in Mega Man 2 when you have Metal Blade, but in any other game where they can slowly gang up on you from above, ugh. Plus, you can see them sitting there. All invincible in their shells, planning their slow, annoying attacks. And you just have to sit there and wonder when they’re going to pop out and begin their descent. To Heck with these things. I don't’ care how adorable they are. 

#2 Bats in Castlevania. 

Are bats the most annoying enemies in Castlevania? Absolutely not. That honor goes to the flying Medusa heads or the Fleamen. But the bats, ooooohhhhhhh the bats. They have a tendency to show up exactly when you don’t want them to. They don’t do a lot of damage, but then again, they don’t have to. They knock you back, often into an instant death pit. Thankfully, they manage to fly in a relatively straightforward pattern, but even still, these critters can heck off. 

#1 Bats in Ninja Gaiden. 

I hate these things. They’re just like the bats in Castlevania except their pattern mimics the Medusa Heads more closely, and their spawn points are even more hateful than their Castlevania counterparts. They're just awful. No, they aren’t quite as awful as those birds, or the freaking ninjas with jetpacks that sprinkle throwing stars on you, but there is perhaps no enemy in the game that’s so specifically designed with no other purpose than to annoy you. They aren’t even interesting! Just look at the lineup of weirdos that attack you in Ninja Gaiden, and then there’s just this boring bat? Nonsense. For my money, there are no more annoying bats in video games than these things right here.