Board Thread:Plants vs. Zombies 2/@comment-27557697-20150616150818/@comment-24275721-20150619205319

1Zulu wrote:

For what it's worth, a porter is a person who carries stuff (usually baggage).

I think the "Porter" part of it is purely coincidental. I believe they purposefully referenced those other media (since their theme fits this world). Games have always included references and easter eggs from other games and PopCap does this all the time (even in Garden Warfare).

And even if I accept that they are called porters just because they are carrying baggages, the design is too similar to the source material to just be a coincidence. I forgot to mention this in my previous post but even the Gargantuar's design is based on Clayton (the main human villain from Tarzan). His name might be different but his design is very much reflected in this Gargantuar's design (he even carries an unlit torch in the movie at one point).