From AMLopedia
zubats are hard to train was another oft-repeated inside joke similar to the guy with the 13-inch wang and is this my hat.
A Zubat is a flying Pokemon that really sucks when you first get it in the game. It has like 2 moves, and they both don't do any damage. Adam wanted to make sure Marcus and Liam knew this, so about once a week, he would state:
"Man, Zubats are so hard to train!"