Your rival's Golbat in SS and HG?

your rival in HG and SS is treats Pokemon badly and golbat evolves with hapiness.So how did his Golbat evolve if he treats it badly and doesn’t show respect ?

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Okay,got the correct answer.

By the time the player reaches Indigo Plateau, Silver battles againstthe player not out of malice, but to prove that he is a good Trainer.He is defeated and departs to continue training. The player battlesSilver on Mt. Moon, and though he loses he claims he can feel hisPokémon getting stronger, and resolves to train at Dragon’s Den.When battled the seventh time at Indigo Plateau, Silver seems to have finally learned to care for his Pokémon properly, as his Golbathas evolved to Crobat, which only occurs when Golbat is veryfriendly.This is further expressed in Generation IV when hisstarter Pokémon starts to follow him around, much like the player’sPokémon; Professor Elm even expressly states that Silver’s Pokémonhave come to trust him when Silver returns to the lab, presumably toreturn the starter he stole.

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I shall answer withthis…Blame it all on TrollFreak…

After you prove your Rival’s beliefs wrong, he has a ‘change of heart’ and begins to treat his Pokemon with more care and respect. Golbat would probably have taken this into account, and with his trainer’s new attitude, it may have evolved as a result.

Otherwise, this is the work of Game Freak and their naive minds. :P

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Gamefreak wanted it like that and that’s what they did. Besides maybe Globat is different and likes to be harrased xDAnd then he also changes heart and begins to treat his Pokemon with respect later on in the game.http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Silver_(game)

He finally realises that the way he treats his Pokemon is why he keeps on loosing and then later on evolves Golbat because of his new bond with his Pokemon.