Pole Vaulting Zombie

Pole Vaulting Zombies are blond-haired, jersey-wearing zombie track stars. They can vault over the first plant they encounter, except for Tall-nuts, while they just run over the top of Spikeweeds and Spikerocks.

Overview
Absorbs 17 normal damage shots. Appearance changes upon absorption of 9 normal damage shots.

Strategy
Use Tall-nuts to block the Pole Vaulting Zombies or plant cheap plants (such as a Potato Mine) in front if it to make it lose its pole. Magnet-shrooms, unfortunately, do not affect its pole, as it is most likely made from fiberglass or carbon.

If there are two Peashooters in a row when a Pole Vaulting Zombie has just entered, they will be able to take it down before it gets to the end of the row (Snow Peas are effectively the same).

I, Zombie Puzzle Mode levels
Deploy these to overcome obstacles, like Wall-nuts, or for cases where a zombie in a row will not make it to the end. Pole Vaulting Zombies are possibly of the most useful zombies available in many situations, and should be used instead of Conehead Zombies as they go much faster.

Trivia

 * When a Pole-Vaulting Zombie tries to jump over a Jalapeno or a cherry bomb when they explode, the Pole-Vaulting Zombie will vanish in midair.Pole_Vaulting_Zombie.png
 * In the iTouch/iPhone version, when the Pole-Vaulting Zombie attempts to eat a Garlic, his head changes into that of a regular zombie until he begins changing lanes.