Board Thread:Plants vs. Zombies 2/@comment-27557697-20150616150818/@comment-24275721-20150619213030

1Zulu wrote: The only design that might be a homage to Tarzan is Parasol Zombie. None of the other zombies bear any resemblance to Tarzan characters, or at least not beyond what you'd expect from a game about the same thing (jungle exploration). Skull Zombie bears a resemblence with that old guy (forgot the name) from Tarzan (minus the skull though). See pic above. Not an exact one but it's there. Also, I have said above that Relic Hunter looks very similar to Indiana Jones' father so there's that.

I agree not every zombie is from Tarzan and there are other media to refer to but these ones are the easiest to identify. Again, zombie designs have to be bsed on something so it's not wrong to say Swashbucker is based off Pirates of Caribbean Jack Sparrow. But that is comparison but some of the zombies in Lost City really feel like "ripped" from their coffins and put as undead characters. I'm not saying that direct redesigns necessarily means "references" but they are "inspired". Also, who knows, while we are arguing here, PopCap's animators might be looking at those pictures and saying "Yeah, let's put this character as a zombie." It is a possibility.