It is said that whenever a flock of Swoobat ventures too far from the caves they call home, their destruction is accompanied by a delirious happiness among the people whose cities they destroy. Yet this saying misses the point, for the destructive sound waves of the Swoobat do not destroy indiscriminately like bombs or earthquakes, but in a careful and targeted manner, and the buildings they target are those which create the most unhappiness for the people.

Quite often, these buildings are sweatshops, although schools which mistreat students have also fallen prey, as have prisons used less to house real criminals than those mistreated by tyrannical regimes. In modern times, these attacks have decreased in frequency with the greater happiness of the age, but not been eliminated; with the growing importance of battle, pokemon gyms with particularly cruel leaders have also been targeted to these pokemon. Private residences are also broken, and although those with large residences who gain their wealth through brutal exploitation or use their position with cruelty are most often targeted, even small homes or a single apartment window can suffer, if the occupant is sufficiently abrasive and skillful at making others miserable.

For this reason, Swoobat flocks have been compared to a revolution on wings, and this appellation is more justified than many individuals realize. For contrary to popular belief, Swoobat do not live in caves or anywhere else in the wild; Woobat evolve as the result of a strong bond between pokemon and trainer. Each and every destructive act by a Swoobat flock has its roots in one, or at times a small association, of trainers, but the people these pokemon affect are sufficiently overjoyed to avoid investigated too deeply, and instead treat these vandalisms as acts of the gods.