Electric Blueberry

Electric Blueberry is a premium plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2 thematically tied to Side B of Neon Mixtape Tour. It was first showcased in Piñata Parties advertising the aforementioned world update. It was released in the international version on September 15, 2015 and was released in late August 2015 in the Chinese version alongside Castle in the Sky as a monthly special plant.

Approximately every 12 seconds, Electric Blueberry creates a thundercloud that targets a random zombie on the lawn and electrocutes it with a blast of lightning, instantly killing it (but dealing only 50 normal damage shots in the Chinese version, and it does not instantly kill Pharaoh Zombies with their sarcophaguses or Jurassic Gargantuars); if there are no targets available, the cloud will just disappear. The cloud prioritizes the three/four basic zombie variants (also includes Imps), then special zombies, and finally Gargantuars.

Origins
Electric Blueberry is based on the blueberry, a plant from the Cyanococcus section of Vaccinium. Its name is possibly a pun for the musical genre "electric blues," a type of blues music that uses electrical amplification, given that the plant is attached with Neon Mixtape Tour and therefore its 1980s theme. It could also be a pun on the color of the same name.

Almanac entry
Sun cost: 150

DAMAGE: Massive

RECHARGE: Very Slow

Electric Blueberry randomly electrocutes zombies every so often.

Electric Blueberry prides herself for being eclectic as well as electric. "I like to keep'em guessing," she says. "A zombie should always be like, 'Whoa, didn't see that coming,' when they're disintegrated."

Plant Food effect
When fed Plant Food, Electric Blueberry will quickly produce a thundercloud with no visual distinction from normal ones. However, this cloud can target up to three zombies before fading; if there are no zombies on the lawn, the cloud will fade away in an identical manner to regular ones.

Costumed
The thundercloud shrinks zombies and lowers their attack capability for a while.

Strategies
Electric Blueberry is undoubtedly a very powerful plant, being one of the few plants capable of instantly killing a full-health Gargantuar. However, the length of time it takes to make a cloud, alongside the low recharge speed, as well as the randomization of the targeted zombies, makes it hard to plant enough Electric Blueberries to be used on its own for harder levels, although Imitater can be used to remedy the recharge problem. Therefore, Electric Blueberry should be used as a secondary attack plant to deal with high health targets.

Electric Blueberry pairs particularly well with:
 * Strong defensive plants like Tall-nut;
 * Multi-targeting plants that can quickly defeat weaker enemies such as Phat Beet, Snapdragon, and Laser Bean.

Electric Blueberry is a powerful choice in Last Stand levels, since its recharge speed is no longer a concern and the plant itself is relatively cheap, allowing several to be planted at a time. It works best in levels like Far Future - Day 22 where zombies are not in such large numbers and have a large amount of health instead, but it is difficult to use on its own in levels like Wild West - Day 18 where extremely large numbers of weak zombies spawn during the level.

In the Chinese version, it is strongly recommended to level up Electric Blueberry to level 3 or above before using it, because a level 1 or 2 Electric Blueberry still cannot kill level 3 or 4, or even level 1 or 2 zombies effectively.

Take note that two storm clouds from Electric Blueberry is needed in order for an Electric Blueberry to take down a Pharaoh Zombie with its sarcophagus or a full health Jurassic Gargantuar.

Trivia

 * Electric Blueberry's recharge is not truly "Very Slow" but a bit faster (45 seconds compared to Power Lily and Thyme Warp's 60 seconds).
 * However, in the Chinese version, the recharge is fast. This might be because it never instantly kills a zombie and instead deals heavy damage.
 * When Electric Blueberry attempts to kill a Jurassic Gargantuar, two strikes will be needed to kill it.
 * When using Plant Food, Electric Blueberry's thundercloud can disappear when there are not any zombies, but Lightning Reed's cloud does not.
 * Before the 4.0 update, when Electric Blueberry electrocuted a flying Bug Zombie, only the bug would die.
 * Electric Blueberry and A.K.E.E.'s seeds when bouncing cannot kill Imp Cannons as neither of them can hit zombies that have not fully entered the lawn, and Imp Cannon is considered by the game to be such.
 * A glitch will occur if Electric Blueberry's cloud targets a zombie protected by Glitter Zombie's rainbow. As the rainbow grants invulnerability, the cloud will continue to produce lightning until Glitter Zombie is killed.
 * Its cloud can sometimes target a zombie that has lost its head, but whose health points are not fully drained.
 * Unusually, it was added in the Chinese version before even being revealed in the international version. The process is usually reversed where PopCap Shanghai produces world updates after the international version.
 * A similar situation happened with Dandelion, but it was not hidden in the international version before being released. Instead, it got released later on. Also, the two Dandelions have several differences in function, alongside a different appearance and sun cost.
 * Electric Blueberry is the only plant that deals different damage in two versions of Plants vs. Zombies 2.
 * It does not target lawn obstacles.
 * In the Chinese version, the player cannot choose Electric Blueberry in the fight with Zombot Tuskmaster 10,000 BC, but it can be chosen in other boss levels.
 * It is the third plant in the Plants vs. Zombies series to be able to defeat a Gargantuar at full health with a single attack in any world without support, the first being Giant Wall-nut, and the second being a Citron with Plant Food.
 * Electric Blueberry, Chard Guard, Chomper, and Blooming Heart both make sounds in the Almanac. In Electric Blueberry's case, an electrical, crackling sound can be heard.
 * Electric Blueberry does not react to Boombox Zombie's music, as it still creates storm clouds.