Hero Plants

 is a game mechanic and variation of Plant only seen in Plants vs. Zombies: Journey to the West. They have different abilities, and they can be moved by the player at any time. However, you can only use one Hero Plant in each level.

Iron Man Nut
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Iron Man Nut fires energy balls at zombies.

Monkey King Peashooter
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Shoots peas, and occasionally shoots fire peas at zombies. Attacks nearby zombies with the Monkey King Bar. It is based on Sun Wukong from Journey to the West.

Pig Squash
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Charges for a while, then you select an area for it to smash. Sometimes releases a Garden Rake. Can heal itself. Absorbs 40 bites. It is based on Zhu Bajie from Journey to the West.

General Nut
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Absorbs 288 bites and can heal itself very fast when no one is eating it. It is based on Sha Wujing from Journey to the West.

Monk Flower
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Creates two sun, like Twin Sunflower, but much faster. The zombie that eats it will be hypnotized and sometimes it will stun all zombies on the screen. It cannot heal itself and absorbs 40 bites. It is based on Xuanzang from Journey to the West.

Nezha Peashooter
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Acts like the Threepeater, but can reload 3 times as fast and peas can pass through zombies. Can turn some of its peas into fire peas at random. Has a special attack where it shoots three light discs down the three lanes, damaging all zombies in front of it. It is based on Nezha in Journey to the West.

Unknown ice Repeater
Not much is known about it at the moment.

Unknown emperor Tall-nut
Not much is known about it at the moment.

Unknown Blover hero
Not much is known about it at the moment.

Unknown Cattail hero
Not much is known about it at the moment.

Trivia

 * There are two heroes inspired by Wall-nut, the Iron Man Nut and the General Nut.