Grave Buster

Grave Busters remove graves, Zombie Gravestones and tombstones, letting the player plant where they could not previously, and also stopping zombies from emerging from the ground during the final wave (Plants vs. Zombies) or from them blocking peas (Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time). The player must simply plant a Grave Buster on a grave to remove it. They should be careful, however, as zombies can eat or crush the Grave Buster while it is working - it takes exactly 5 seconds to destroy a grave in Plants vs. Zombies and 3 seconds in Plants vs. Zombies 2- and if during the process the Grave Buster is destroyed, the process has to be started over again. Once the Grave Buster has finished eating the graves, the player will be rewarded with money, chocolate, or a Zen Garden plant. It can only be planted on graves.

Plants vs. Zombies
Grave Buster

Plant Grave Busters on graves to remove the graves.

Usage: single use, must be planted on graves

Special: removes graves

Despite Grave Buster's fearsome appearance, he wants everyone to know that he loves kittens and spends his off hours volunteering at a local zombie rehabilitation center. "It's just the right thing to do," he says.

Cost: 75

Recharge: fast

Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time
RECHARGE: Mediocre

Grave Busters consume graves they're planted on.

Usage: single use, must be planted on graves

Special: removes graves

He may appear spiky or ill-tempered, but Grave Buster just wants to give you a big hug. Unless you're a puppy. He's terrified of those.

Adventure Mode
Only select the Grave Buster on Night levels (even though it isn't a nocturnal plant, as proved by Versus Mode) when you can see the graveyard in the background, as graves never appear on the Roof, the Day,nor the Pool or Fog. Which graves you choose to remove first depends entirely on your defensive strategy. Usually, getting rid of the leftmost ones first is a good idea, as well as getting rid of rows with multiple graves. Removing graves from the places you need to put a specific plant (such as a Wall-nut or Spikeweed) is also a good idea. Be careful when you plant Grave Busters, however, as they can be eaten by zombies. It is a good idea to plant them before a huge wave of zombies comes.

You might want to get rid of all the graves when you have sun to spare, before the final wave. If you haven't gotten rid of them all by the end of a level (before you click on the item), zombies will come out depending on which types and if there are still graves left you can continue to destroy them as long as you have sun. You will still be rewarded with coins or a chocolate or even a present.

Whack a Zombie
Grave Busters are almost essential in the mini-game Whack a Zombie. If they are not planted, the zombies will probably overwhelm you near the final wave, as there will be a huge number of graves, each rapidly spitting out zombies. It is possible to defeat Whack a Zombie without it though, although it is very difficult.

At the final wave, there will be a large number of zombies and you will may lose if you have a lawn mower and/or Potato Mine-less row. Also, if a grave has a Grave Buster on it, it will not produce zombies (unless the Grave Buster is eaten). One of the best times to plant Grave Busters is when there is a pause in zombies coming out of graves, but you should try to plant them at other times as well. This is because one or more new grave appears during each pause, and so if you do not plant them at any other time the amount of graves will never decrease (at least not until the level is over). The best idea is to plant Grave Busters on the graves farthest to the left, slowly taking care of the most dangerously-placed ones. You may also want to plant Potato Mines in front of the lawn mowers in case a grave near your house releases a zombie and you can't reach it in time. You can plant more in when there are no more zombies, until you can't plant anymore.

Versus Mode
In Versus Mode, Grave Busters play a large role in destroying the Zombie Gravestones the zombie side must create in order to produce brains. They work just like they would on a normal grave, but there is no coin produced when they destroy one. Grave Busters have a very slow recharge in Versus Mode. Your opponent could summon a zombie to eat, crush, bomb or steal the Grave Buster, so be careful.

Survival: Night and Survival: Night (Hard)
Grave Busters are useful in Night Survival games to allow space for more plants. Since graves pop out every second flag of a round, always bring the Grave Buster.

Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time
In this game, only select the Grave Buster when you see tombstones on your grounds and the Tomb Raiser Zombie in Ancient Egypt and Dark Ages with the other zombies. Remember the recharge time is a little slow, even though the cost is free. Avoid using Grave Busters if the challenge says to avoid losing a plant. Only bring Grave Busters to Ancient Egypt and Dark Ages, as they are completely useless in other areas.

Plants vs. Zombies

 * When a Grave Buster is eating a grave, zombies can still come out of that same grave on the final wave. The Grave Buster will continue to eat the grave unless the zombies eat it before it finishes.
 * If the grave a Grave Buster is planted on is slightly to the right or too big, the right side of the grave just disappears because it is not hidden by the Grave Buster, this is probably a glitch or bug.
 * There's a glitch that can occur, when the player plants a Grave Buster that is not finishing eating the grave and show the seed selection click Crazy Dave's Twiddydinkies or Suburban Almanac and exit back to the seed selection, the player will hear a Grave Buster sound eating a grave. Also when this glitch happens and the player finishes picking seeds the Grave Buster will continue eating the grave without sounds.
 * The name may be a reference to the popular movie Ghostbusters.
 * There is a noticeable border in the place where Grave Buster's teeth start.
 * This is the only plant received in the night levels which is not a mushroom.
 * The Grave Buster is one of the four plants that has a name that does not involve plants (or mushrooms), the others being Gold Magnet, Chomper and Spikerock.
 * When the Grave Buster is flattened, the player can hear the sound of the Grave Buster removing the grave after being crushed by a Gargantuar, Zomboni, or Catapult Zombie.
 * Even though the Grave Buster is only used at night, it is not considered a nocturnal plant and can be raised in the normal Zen Garden, and sold for $8000 instead of $10000.
 * This also happens with the Plantern.
 * The Grave Buster is one of the two non-mushroom plants that have a Night background in the Suburban Almanac, the other being the Plantern.
 * This is due to the Grave Buster only being used in the Night, and the Plantern only being used in fog (And night in Vasebreaker).
 * The Grave Buster and the Chomper are the only plants that can eat (not including their Imitater versions).
 * The Grave Buster recharges slower in Versus Mode.
 * The reason for it having a Very Slow Recharge is because it can remove the opponent's graves, similarly to how a Bungee Zombie can steal plants.
 * The Grave Buster and Cob Cannon are the only plants (according to the Suburban Almanac) that are currently doing work of some kind outside of the arsenal.
 * There is a glitch in the DS version when a new grave appears and the player places a Grave Buster a square away from the grave, the Grave Buster can be used and it'll not destroy any graves.
 * If the player uses the Imitater Grave Buster, the player will see that the Imitater is planted in front of the grave.
 * The rocks from the grave the Grave Buster is eating look bigger in the iPhone and iPod versions.
 * The Grave Buster's online almanac entry does not appear to be finished, because when the player clicks on it, it shows the last plant the player checked the entry on.
 * If the Grave Buster is eaten before it destroys a grave, the grave will pop back up, unharmed.

Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time

 * Grave Buster's appearance is changed to a bunch of thorny green vines with eyes and teeth.
 * It is possible that it's supposed to look more like a plant.
 * Instead of eating a grave, it surrounds it and brings it underground.
 * This makes it look as if it were crushing the grave.
 * It is unlocked when the player unlocks the Save Our Seeds minigames but as of version 1.7 onwards, the Grave Buster is now unlocked after beating Day 9 of Ancient Egypt.
 * When there is only dirt on the ground remaining, it can still be eaten.
 * Grave Buster and Spikeweed are the only plants to have undergone major design changes.
 * Grave Buster's Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars appearance is different than its Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time appearance despite the fact that most plants are the same in both games.
 * Grave Buster is the only plant that was not acquired in the 9 levels before the Dark Ages Gargantuar  level (level 10) but is still allowed to be used in the level, despite the fact that you do not have to get Grave Buster in order to progress to the Dark Ages (excluding Potato Mine and Wall-nut).
 * His costume (fez) resembles a hat worn by Grunkle Stan from Gravity Falls. The Zombie Yeti wears the same but it doesn't have any rope, it is darker in red and it had an ankh on it if you're in Ancient Egypt.
 * However, in real life, back in Ancient Egypt, the ankh represents life and it is held by the 7 main Egyptian gods and godesses, except Osiris.
 * In Dark Ages, if one looks closely, when planting Grave Buster on tombstone, it dissappears rather than bring it to the underground.
 * It now costs 0 sun unlike in the first game it costs 75 sun. This may be because that it is not really helpful.