Bloomerang

Bloomerang is a plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time and Plants vs. Zombies Online. The Bloomerang’s boomerangs can hit up to three targets and hit them a second time on the boomerang's return. It is the first new plant that is introduced in Ancient Egypt and it is the sixth plant the player will get. It is an upcoming plant in Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars.

Almanac Entry
Sun cost: 175

DAMAGE: Normal RANGE: Multi-Hit RECHARGE: Fast

Bloomerangs can hit up to three targets in their lane, twice!

Special: can hit up to 3 targets, with two hits each

As the first new member to your home defense team, Bloomerang enjoys long walkabouts with his friend, Koala Bear, and listening to his Bob Barley albums out back.

Plant Food
When Bloomerang is given Plant Food, it hurls ten boomerangs in a cross-shape pattern.

Level upgrades

 * Level 2
 * Binding: The cost of planting a Bloomerang decreases by 5 sun for every existing Bloomerang.
 * Combat Training: Bloomerang has 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
 * Level 3
 * Stronger Binding: The cost of planting a Bloomerang decreases by 10 sun for every existing Bloomerang.
 * Cell Activation: Bloomerang has another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
 * Level 4
 * Ability Awaken: Bloomerang can be boosted sometimes when planted.

Costumed
When costumed Bloomerang is given Plant Food, it hurls ten giant boomerangs in a cross-shape pattern.

Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars
Bloomerang hits all enemies on the screen. Needs Brave Plant Food to activate.

Strategies
The Bloomerang is an easy-to-use and a versatile plant, as it can reliably take care of multiple zombies at once. However, the Laser Bean is clearly the more economical choice, costing only 25 more sun, it can hit every zombie in it's lane at once and do twice the damage.

In regular levels, two columns along with a column of Bonk Choys or Snapdragons, and a column of Wall-nuts or Tall-nuts can take care of the zombies almost perfectly. However, one has to be careful that it can only take care of three zombies at once and is not a substitute for a Fume-shroom. Therefore, it is not a reliable weapon against overly massive amounts of zombies. Its attacking power is also quite low despite hitting twice, as its firing speed is half that of a Peashooter's, and cannot kill a Conehead Zombie by itself, and its plant food upgrade has less power than that of a Peashooter, and thus adequate support is needed.

It can be a good strategy to use the Bloomerang when there are many tombstones in Ancient Egypt's levels (especially Pyramid of Doom) so that the three first graves gets two hits at each boomerang thrown.

Trivia

 * It is the first new plant in the game, and its Almanac entry references this.
 * Its boomerangs are actually its petals.
 * Bloomerang fires very slow at first, but then at normal speed after firing the first boomerang.
 * If the player looks closely, they will see that it has nine boomerangs. Surprisingly, it still has nine even after throwing one, using Plant Food, or catching a returning boomerang. It it unknown why this happens.
 * When this plant attacks tombstones of Ancient Egypt, the tombstones glow a red color.
 * Its name is a portmanteau of "boomerang" and "bloom".
 * This is one of the six plants seen in the trailer of Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time while fighting the zombies, the other five are Bonk Choy, Pea Pod, Peashooter, Wall-nut, and Sunflower.
 * If three zombies are near the Bloomerang, the boomerang only goes to where the last zombie is and comes back.
 * In Bloomerang's Almanac entry, Bob Barley is a pun on Bob Marley, who was a Jamaican songwriter.
 * Though the Plant Food upgrade of the Bloomerang will throw ten boomerangs in four directions, all pictures of the Bloomerang (including the animated picture in the Almanac) only show nine.
 * There are many references to Australia.
 * The projectile is based on the Boomerang, a weapon made in ancient Australia.
 * Its friend is a Koala Bear, an animal who lives in Australia.
 * The Almanac entry contains the phrase "out back". Outback is another term for the remote areas of Australia.
 * Jester Zombie can deflect its boomerang, but instead of taking damage from the boomerang, Bloomerang will grab it, nullifying the damage.
 * If a Bloomerang throws a boomerang, and the player digs it up, the boomerang with travel back off the screen and hit any zombies it passes. It cannot be deflected by Jester Zombies if this happens.
 * In a previous version of the Chinese version, Bloomerang does not catch its boomerangs. However, this is fixed in the latest version.

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