Newspaper

Newspaper is a shield used by Newspaper Zombies. It is the weakest shield and is the third weakest armor in Plants vs. Zombies.

Overview
A newspaper absorbs up to 8 normal damage shots and its appearance changes upon an absorption of 3 and 6 normal damage shots.

Strategies

 * For more strategies, see Newspaper Zombie.

The Newspaper serves as a shield for the Newspaper Zombie. If the newspaper is destroyed, the zombie will stop for approximately two seconds, before getting angry and running at approximately double the speed towards the player's plants in that row. The newspaper, however, is not particularly sturdy, and can be easily destroyed with a simple Peashooter. Lobbed-shot plants, Fume-shrooms, Gloom-shrooms, Spikeweeds, and Spikerocks can hurt the Newspaper Zombie directly, bypassing the shield entirely. Note that the shield, like all shields, allows the Newspaper to avoid the effects of Flaming Peas and frozen peas.

Trivia

 * For some reason, newspapers are stronger than Digging Helmets.
 * The zombie is holding its newspaper upside-down.
 * Flaming peas don't burn away the newspaper.
 * According to the Suburban Almanac, the zombie was completing a Sudoku puzzle before the newspaper was destroyed.
 * The newspaper has the word "ZOMBIE" on it. It also has a zombie's head upside down.
 * This is the first shield that appears in the game.