Wait, I think maybe he meant useful in Pokémon battles. (In which case actually Zubat is pretty awful because Bite is a Normal-type move in Gen I, and Leech Life does next to nothing, and the fact that it's effective against Psychic-types is totally cancelled out by the fact that Zubat is part Poison-type, and basically just wait until Gen II rolls around with Crobat.)

If you're getting tired of all these old Pokémon comics, well, no one's forcing you to read this blog. I've been dealing with some health issues lately and haven't had a lot of time or energy or ability for new creative stuff. For the time being I need to rest and recuperate and fail at cooking Indian cuisine and try desperately to get around to playing Pokemon Legends: Z-A because those early-purchase bonuses are vital to my survival

Also I hope you caught that Zubat is wearing glasses even though it doesn't have eyes.

 I'm going through Mt. Moon and just thinking to myself, what are all these kids doing hanging out in a labyrinthine, Pokémon-infested cavern complex? Is spelunking the hot new after-school activity in Kanto?

And then there's Lass, whose "friends" told her to wait for them in the middle of a cave under a mountain and then went to the arcade.

 Maybe that's not really something you should be bragging about, Shorts Boy Youngster.

 It's an easy transition, really. Shorts to pants might be a little harder.

Fun fact: In the original Japanese games, Youngsters are called Shorts Boys. That explains why so many of them have a shorts obsession in their dialogue.

 Ever stop to think about how, no matter what time it is, every time you access a PC to get your Pokedex evaluated by Professor Oak, he answers right away?

It's almost like he just hovers in front of his computer at all hours waiting for trainers to email him.

Or like it's just a video game that I'm not supposed to think about as hard as I do.

 This guy's such a con artist, he's not even selling you an actual Magikarp. Just some weird yellow fish that probably doesn't do anything interesting.

In all honesty, the games make the whole buy-a-Magikarp thing out to be a big scam, but it's a great way to get a Gyarados early on, before you can get the Old Rod. So in actuality, it's a big strategic advantage pretending to be a scam pretending to be an advantage. Wrap your head around that.

 Again, the whole "taking in-game dialogue in an unexpected direction" thing.

Dude never specifically says what Team Rocket is in the news for, so I just came to logical conclusions.