Hot Date

Hot Date is a premium plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2, tied to the 2017 Valenbrainz event. If a zombie on the lane above or below them gets close enough to a Hot Date, they zombie will be lured up to it, like a Sweet Potato, and explodes like a Jalapeno once eaten.

Origins
The Hot Date is based on date, a fruit, and the words Hot Date, meaning an appealing person you are dating.

Almanac entry
175   Sluggish

Elevated Massive

Multi-Lane

Hot Dates attract zombies from lanes above and below them, and then unleash a lane of flame when they're eaten.

Special: warms nearby plants

Hot Date's a charmer. He's polite, well-read, has lots of interesting opinions, and practices active listening. Zombies line up around the block to be incinerated by him.

Plant Food effect
Hot Date will regain all of its lost health and attract zombies to it in a 4x3 area.

Strategies
Hot Date can be treated as a luring Explode-O-Nut, as the two have really similar abilities, both being defensive plants that when eaten, become an instant kill. However, Hot Date only effects one lane. This shouldn't be a problem however, due to Hot Date luring zombies over to its lane anyways.

Trivia

 * There is a bug that, after its Plant Food is used while it's exploding, it will become invisible to zombies, and not be treated like it's on the field.
 * This is probably due to the plant being both destroyed and not destroyed at the same time, confusing the game for the plant's current state, and get treated as destroyed as a result.
 * It is the sixth plant to be a direct upgrade of other plant, the first being Grapeshot, followed by Cold Snapdragon, the third being Wasabi Whip, the fourth being the Bombegranate and the last one being Missile Toe.