Zomboni



The Zomboni is a zombie riding a Zamboni with a red Z on it and leaves an ice trail behind him.

Suburban Almanac Entry
 Zomboni  The Zomboni applies ice, steam and pressure to your plants. Toughness: high. Special: crushes plants, leaves an ice trail.

Often mistaken for a zombie driving an ice machine, the Zomboni is a totally different life-form more closely related to a space ogre than a zombie.

Overview
Absorbs 75 Normal Damage Shots. Appearence Changes occur at 25 Normal Damage Shots, then 50 Normal Damage Shots, then 65 Normal Damage Shots, then heavily shakes after 74 Normal Damage Shots before dying at 75 Normal Damage Shots.

Strategy
Spikerocks and Spikeweeds are really effective against these; they kill the Zomboni in one hit. However, Zombonis are sometimes stacked and can do massive damage against them. Alternatively, one could use a few Gloom-shrooms lined up next to the Zomboni, or an instant kill (Cherry bomb, Cob Cannon round, Jalapeno, Squash, or Doom-shroom). They have high health and cannot be slowed by Snow Peas and Winter Melons nor be stunned by Butter from the Kernel-pult or the freeze of the Ice-shroom. The ice trail cannot be planted on, but can be eradicated along with the Zomboni with a single Jalapeno. The ice trails also disappear over time in Survival: Endless. A Zombie Bobsled Team will appear later on the ice trail if the trail is not melted in time. Zombonis will kill all of your plants in one hit, except the invincible Squash (though said Squash does kill itself along with the Zomboni when it attacks) and the Spikerock, which will take a whopping of 9 Zombonis before dying. Any Cherry Bombs and Jalapenos that it runs over will detonate, killing the Zomboni in the process. Also, for some reason Chompers are able to eat Zombonis.

Bobsled Bonanza Mini-game
Spikeweeds and Spikerock are essential in this level. Potato Mines are good for protecting rows at the beginning, but you will want to build up four Spikeweeds ASAP and upgrade the front ones into Spikerocks whenever possible. Planting a Peashooter or Repeater for the Pool Rows eliminate the average zombies.

Trivia

 * For some reason, a Lawn Mower can kill a Zomboni.
 * Similarly, Zombonis can squash plants bigger than themselves, such as the Tall-nut.
 * A Zomboni stops leaving an ice trail when it reaches the slanted part of the roof.
 * For some reason, a Chomper can eat the Zomboni, although the Zomboni does not appear in the Chomper's mouth, instead, it explodes upon Bite.
 * Sometimes, when it is killed normally (Spikeweeds/rocks, projectiles, etc.), it will flip onto its back, shake and explode.