Spring Bean

Spring Bean is a plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time. It bounces around any zombie that steps on them. If possible, it will bounce zombies into nearby water, instantly killing the zombies in question. It will then fall asleep for 10.8 seconds.

Almanac Entry
AREA: Single

RANGE: Touch

RECHARGE: Sluggish

Spring Beans bounce back zombies that get too close. Will bounce them into water if nearby.

Special: bounces zombies back a square, or into the water

Weakness: gets sleepy after springing

He's the strong, silent type and little is known about Spring Bean. What is known though: his fan club is a million followers strong. And the ladies love him.

Plant Food Upgrade
When given Plant Food, the Spring Bean will jump into the air then back onto the ground to unleash a very high impact, bouncing every zombie on screen back one tile or nearby water. It will also awaken if it is asleep. This makes is a great way to use it as a lethal combination alongside the Blover.

Level upgrade (Chinese version only)
Level 2: Spring Bean gets a chance of 15% to bounce zombies off screen. Additional health by 50%.

Level 3: Spring Bean's ability to bounce a zombie off the screen increases by 30%. Additional health boost by +50% (total +100% = 2x.)

Costumed (Chinese version only)
Plant Food ability can stun zombies.

Strategies
Avoid using this plant if you are not in Pirate Seas, as it only merely springs the zombies a square away without any effect. In Pirate Seas, it can be used as an early defense against Swashbuckler Zombies, but will become useless later as Swashbuckler Zombies will trigger the beans while Seagull Zombies eat them. As a result, it would be better to use Wall-nuts and Tall-nuts to defend the water lanes. However, in Dead Man's Booty, it can kill a Gargantuar instantly, so having one behind the lawn and using Plant Food on it when needed is a good strategy on these levels. If you have a Blover with you, you can feed the Spring Bean Plant Food. Once all the zombies go up, you have to plant the Blover with the right timing so all the zombies will be blown away. This is very useful for Endless Zones.

Note: The Spring Bean is not very useful against Imp Cannon because of how often it fires. If used when there are many Imps on the lawn with Plant Food, it can be very effective.

Trivia

 * It can be used as a total instant kill, but only in Pirate Seas. However if the player wishes to use a Spring Bean for instant kill purposes in other worlds, it must be boosted and Blovers are a must.
 * The Spring Bean smiles before bouncing up a zombie.
 * Its design may be based on the Coffee Bean from Plants vs. Zombies.
 * Spring Beans can avoid Seagull Zombies only if they are awake.
 * It takes about six to ten seconds for a Spring Bean to wake up.
 * It is the first plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time to fall asleep. The second is Coconut Cannon, in the same world.
 * The Spring Bean can be eaten by Seagull Zombies if they are asleep.
 * The Almanac Entry mentioned that Spring Bean is one of the few plants whose outside lives is very little-known. This makes Spring Bean similar to the Cob Cannon.
 * The Spring Bean is the one of three plants that can instantly kill a Gargantuar with single Plant Food and Blover, the others being the Citron and the Squash (if it smashes the Gargantuar twice).
 * In the Chinese version of Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time, Spring Bean will make the zombies roll over instead of springing them back. However, the Spring Bean will only roll the zombies and kill them instantly if it is wearing its costume.
 * There is a glitch that happens when the player bounces back a zombie with the Spring Bean on the rightmost column and the adjacent row is a water lane. When this happens, the zombie will land on the edge of the water lane while still being alive, but then walks into the water and drowns.
 * As of the 2.1 update and possibly even the 2.0.1 update, the Spring Bean can no longer be crushed by Gargantuars when attempting to bounce them.
 * It can bounce the Pianist Zombie and its piano at once, despite the fact that they are seperated.