Pole Vaulting Zombie

Pole Vaulting Zombies are blonde-haired, jersey-wearing zombie track stars. They can vault over the first plant they encounter, except for Tall-nuts, while they just run over the top of Spikeweeds and Spikerocks. He is the 4th zombie you will encounter.

Overview
Absorbs 17 normal damage shots. Appearance changes upon absorption of 9 normal damage shots.

Strategy
Use Tall-nuts to block the Pole Vaulting Zombies or plant cheap plants (such as a Potato Mine) in front if it to make it lose its pole. Squash also works great, but the slow recharge time won't let you kill every Pole Vaulting Zombie. Magnet-shrooms, unfortunately, do not affect its pole, as it seems to be made from a material like fiberglass or carbon.

If there are two Peashooters in a row when a Pole Vaulting Zombie has just entered, they will be able to take it down before it gets to the end of the row (Snow Peas are effectively the same).

I, Zombie Puzzle Mode levels
Deploy these to overcome obstacles, like Wall-nuts or Garlic, or for cases where a zombie in a row will not make it to the end. Pole Vaulting Zombies are possibly of the most useful zombies available in many situations, and should be used instead of Conehead Zombies as they go much faster. Never jump over a Split Pea or a Starfruit as it will fire backwards at the zombie.

Trivia

 * When a hypnotized zombie meets a Pole Vaulting Zombie, The Pole Vaulting Zombie will not eat the zombie but he just pushes the zombie backwards while the zombie eats him.
 * In Wall-nut Bowling 2, the Giant Wall-nut is the only Wall-nut Pole Vaulting Zombie cannot jump over.
 * When a Pole Vaulting Zombie tries to jump over a Cherry Bomb, a Doom-shroom, or a Jalapeno when they explode, the Pole Vaulting Zombie will vaporize in midair without any ashes appearing.
 * In the iPod Touch/iPhone version, when the Pole Vaulting Zombie approaches a Garlic, instead of jumping over it, it will eat it even if it has a pole.
 * In I, Zombie, instead of vaulting over a brain, the Pole Vaulting Zombie loses its pole (if it still has it) once it reaches the brain.
 * When a Pole Vaulting Zombie vaults over a plant, there is a "Sproing!" sound.
 * The Pole Vaulting Zombie is the only Zombie wearing socks.
 * Although the Pole Vaulting Zombie can jump over Chompers, if the zombie is frozen, the Chomper will be able to eat it and its pole before it can do so.
 * The Pole Vaulting Zombie and the Football Zombie are former athletes, which may be the reason oPole_Vaulting_Zombie.png their faster-than-normal speed.
 * The Pole Vaulting zombie comes more often in the Xbox Live Arcade version.