Squash


 * For other uses, see Squash (disambiguation).

Squash is a single-use plant in Plants vs. Zombies and returns as a premium plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2. When Squash spots a zombie in an area near it, it will jump up high before smashing the target, dealing 90 normal damage shots worth of damage to any enemy on the tile Squash lands on.

Origins
Squash's design is based on the real life Sechium edule, a type of gourd belonging to the plant family Cucurbitaceae. The term "squash" in English also means crushing or squeezing by force, befitting Squash's ability.

Plants vs. Zombies
Squash is unlocked by beating Level 3-1, or Level 1-5 in the online version. When an enemy is within a 0.5 tile radius near it (both forward and backward), Squash will jump up before crash landing on the target and dealing damage.

Enemies killed by Squash have a unique effect: They will be reduced to flattened copies of themselves and disappear after a few seconds. On the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade versions, any controllers connected to the console will rumble when it smashes.

Defeating five enemies with a single Squash will give the player the Monster Mash achievement.

Plants vs. Zombies 2
Squash is a premium plant available for purchase at $2.99. From August 25th to September 1st, 2015, its price was changed to 159 gems. It is available again with the same amount of gems like before from September 17, 2016 to September 22, 2016. This offer is currently not available.

Squash's detection range has been increased to one tile both forward and backward, and the unique effect on defeated enemies did not make a return.

Plants vs. Zombies
Squash

Squashes will squash the first zombie that gets close to it.

Damage: massive Range: short range, hits all zombies that it lands on  Usage:  single use

"I'm ready!" yells Squash. "Let's do it! Put me in! There's nobody better! I'm your guy! C'mon! Whaddya waiting for? I need this!"

Cost: 50

Recharge: slow

Plants vs. Zombies 2
DAMAGE: Massive RANGE: close RECHARGE: Sluggish

Squashes will smash the first zombie that gets close.

Usage: single use

Area: all zombies around target

Squash is actually his stage name. His birth name was Tracy.

Plant Food effect
When given Plant Food, Squash smashes two random targets before returning to its original position. The last move is also counted as a smash and will deal damage to enemies on Squash's tile.

Costumed
Squash now targets three random zombies on the screen instead of two.

Plants vs. Zombies
Squash can be considered to be an upgraded version of Potato Mine for one main reason: Unlike Potato Mine, Squash does not suffer from a lengthy arming time which would normally prevent Potato Mine from being used in the late levels. The faster recharge rate, cheap price and smaller area of effect compared to Cherry Bomb's and Doom-shroom's mean that Squash will be more suited to eliminating high-threat targets, instead of large crowds of lower health ones.

Monster Mash
The achievement Monster Mash is earned by crushing five zombies of any kind with one Squash. Any level in the Survival Mode, especially Survival: Endless should allow an easy opportunity to do this, and gathering enemies with Wall-nut, Tall-nut or Pumpkin can also make the task easier. Playing Column Like You See 'Em a lot can also help, as zombies tend to come in large groups in this mini-game.

I, Zombie
There are several I, Zombie levels with Squash. Make sure you use cheap zombies whenever you can, and remember that the Gargantuar can be easily taken down by two of them in the same lane. In I, Zombie Endless, the player should avoid sending Bungee Zombie near a Squash, which results in failure and wasting sun.

Plants vs. Zombies 2
Compared to the version in the first game, Squash has been hit with a severe reduction in its usefulness. The increased detection radius is a blessing on paper, but actually a curse in practice, as this means Squash will always prioritize the target behind it regardless of the player's intention. In other words, there will be situations when Squash will target the headless corpse one tile behind it, instead of a more dangerous zombie right next to it and potentially cause the level to be lost. Squash also faces great competition for its task, due to the advent of other low cooldown and cheap instant-use plants such as Lava Guava, Primal Potato Mine and Ghost Pepper.

Specific to Plants vs. Zombies

 * If it squashes a zombie on the edge of the pool, instead of hitting the floor and making a thud, it still makes a splash like jumping into water.
 * In the free PC version, the player cannot use it, Threepeater, or Twin Sunflower.
 * It is one of the two plants that can verbally speak. The other one is Sunflower.

Specific to Plants vs. Zombies 2

 * In the Plants vs. Zombies 2 trailer, the milk carton in the fridge Crazy Dave opened said that it was missing.
 * The zombie that it is targeting will always be hit, even if the zombie switches lanes, or is blown back to the ninth column. The only time it misses is when the zombie dies.
 * From August 13 to August 18 of 2015, it competed against Imitater for which plant should be a gem premium plant for a limited time.
 * It, Imitater, Torchwood and Starfruit actually became gem premiums temporarily.
 * In Sky City, if it squashes zombies in the sky, it will disappear, similarly to in Big Wave Beach, when it squashed zombies in water and disappear.

Specific to Plants vs. Zombies Online

 * It can only be used in a special Daily Event mode, unless one purchases it for 150 gems.
 * It costs 125 sun in this game.