Jalapeno

The Jalapeno is a high-damage explosive that can clear an entire lane of zombies, melt Zomboni's ice and melt Dr. Zomboss's ice balls.

Its shape and name are based on the chili pepper, valued for its spicy flavor.

Suburban Almanac Entry
Jalapeno

Jalapenos destroy an entire lane of zombies.

Damage: massive

Range: all zombies in a lane

Usage: single use, instant

"NNNNNGGGGG!!!!!!!!" Jalapeno says. He's not going to explode, not this time. But soon. Oh, so soon. It's close. He knows it, he can feel it, his whole life's been leading up to this moment.

Cost: 125

Recharge: very slow

Strategy
Jalapenos can be good last-minute saves, since they can be planted behind an incoming wave, clearing the entire lane. Also, since a Jalapeno will melt ice as well as destroy a Zomboni and ladders, it makes a great addition to any levels with them; this is why Jalapenos are of great help in the Mini-game Bobsled Bonanza. It takes two Jalapenos to kill a Gargantuar, so keep that in mind. You can also use a Jalapeno on a Gargantuar when it throws its Imp, as it will be destroyed along with the Gargantuar.

When dealing with Dr. Zomboss in the boss battle, the Jalapeno will destroy incoming snowballs he sends, as well as do some damage to his Zombot (if his head is shown).

Note, however, that Jalapenos also unfreeze any zombies that can survive it, (Gargantuars, Giga-Gargantuars, Dr. Zomboss and Tall-nut Zombies) in the same manner as peas lit by Torchwood.

Column Like You See 'Em Mini-game


In the Mini-game Column Like You See 'Em, the Jalapeno can be planted in a column of pots to clear the entire roof of zombies, except relatively healthy Gargantuars. These are usually obtained once or twice, so they should be saved for either when huge waves 2 and 3 when Gargantuars appear, or when Ladder Zombies have placed ladders on your defensive plants. The Jalapenos will also melt the ladders placed on the defensive plants, if any.

Advantages and Disadvantages
Advantages Disadvantages
 * Deals damage to all zombies in its lane, making it serves like a lawnmower.
 * Destroys all ladders in its lane. Magnet-shrooms and other instant kills destroy ladders too.
 * Melts ice trails left by Zombonis, including the Zomboni itself.
 * Melts Zomboss's snowballs when placed it the lane.
 * Useful in Column Like You See 'Em as it wipes out almost every zombie on the roof.


 * High cost.


 * Requires 2 of them to defeat a gargantuar.
 * Thaws frozen zombies that can survive it, including Gargantuars, Giga-gargantuars and Dr. Zomboss. Fire Peas do the same thing.



Trivia

 * The Jalapeno's name is misspelled in the game; the correct spelling is Jalapeño, and because of this, the Jalapeno should be pronounced Hal-A-Peen-O as opposed to the correct Hal-A-Peen-Yo.
 * Jalapeno's Right eye twitches
 * It seems that the Jalapeno is actually sweating. This may be due to that it is hot as it is a chili, or it may just be reflections from the sun. It may also be since he is nervous about the explosion and trying not to detonate at the same time.
 * The Jalapeno plant in real life is not actually the hottest chili pepper. In fact, the hottest pepper, the Trinidad Scorpion Butch T Pepper is the hottest, which is 1,463,700 on the Scoville scale!
 * The flaming effect is, assumably, due to the spiciness of a chili when eaten.
 * The row of flames seems to distinguish from the left.
 * If you look closely, Jalapeno has green pupils.
 * Jalapeno can melt a frozen Gargantuar, Giga-Gargantuar or Dr. Zomboss.
 * The Jalapeno, Peashooter and Ice-shroom are the only plants whose names were spelled uncapitalized in one entry of the Suburban Almanac.
 * On the iPhone/iPod Touch version, there is an achievement called Chilli Free, where the player is not permitted to use Jalapenos in Column Like You See 'Em.
 * A Jalapeno can clear a lane of daisies made by killed zombies (if 'daisies' was typed).
 * In the Suburban Almanac, the Jalapeno is shaking fast while in the Zen Garden it shakes slow.
 * But however in the iPhone Version in Zen Garden, it shakes faster.
 * If a Jalapeno or other explosive plant is used to destroy a zombie in ZomBotany, it will turn the zombie black, but it won't fall into ashes.
 * The Chili Pepper T-Shirt was available in the Xbox Live Marketplace. It costs 80 Microsoft Points. It was a white T-Shirt with a picture of the Jalapeno on it.
 * In real life Jalapenos are normally green.
 * Jalapenos can also be extremely useful in Survival: Endless, to destroy Giga-Gargantuar and Gargantuar.
 * Jalapeno seems to have the most stress on handling the power setting off of all exploding plants.
 * Jalapeno's eyes are different from it's eyes in the almanac when detonating.
 * Jalapeno acts as an extra lawnmower.
 * The Jalapeno will close one eye while exploding.
 * On Column Like You See 'Em it is possible for the Jalapeno to not appear at all.