Board Thread:Plants vs. Zombies 2/@comment-27557697-20150616150818/@comment-7234182-20150619201844

TheGollddMAN wrote:

Most of the zombies are inspired from either Indiana Jones (Relic Hunter = Sir Henry Jones) or Disney's Tarzan (Parasol Zombie = Jane Porter and even the Gargs and those imps are called Porters)

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.