Banana Launcher

Banana Launcher is a plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time. It is unlocked after completing Big Wave Beach - Day 27. It fires explosive bananas at zombies that deal 60 normal damage points and have an area-of-effect of 3x1. The player is required to tap on it to arm itself, then tap on any tile for it to launch its projectile, similar to the Cob Cannon. It has a 21 second reload time, a trait that it shares with the Coconut Cannon, Carrot Missile Truck, and Fire Gourd.

Almanac Entry
DAMAGE: Massive

AREA: Tile

RECHARGE: Sluggish

Banana Launchers can fire explosive bananas at any tile on the lawn.

Usage: tap to arm, tap on target tile to fire

Range: anywhere on lawn

Special: on impact, explodes in small area

It's important to avoid stereotyping as much as possible. Stereotypes are often flat-out wrong. And also hurtful. But honestly ... Banana Launcher is TOTALLY bananas.

Plant Food upgrade
When given Plant Food, it will launch four explosive bananas at random targets on the lawn.

Trivia

 * Its damage is not actually massive since it cannot kill a Buckethead Zombie with one banana, but "massive" damage is at least greater than 45 normal damage points and goes to infinity.
 * It is similar to the Cob Cannon since both plants are required to be manned by players to shoot its projectiles at zombies. Also, both plants have explosive projectiles.
 * It is the only plant that speaks in game, exclaiming "Banana!" when firing a banana missile. When Banana Launcher is fed with Plant Food, it shouts ”BA-BA-BA-BANANA!”, an allusion to Despicable Me.
 * It turns green after the player shoots the banana, similar to how unripe bananas are green in real life.
 * Banana Launcher and Banana are the only plants in the Plants vs. Zombies series based on bananas.
 * This and Winter Melon are the second most expensive plants in the game, the first being Tile Turnip at 16,000 sun after seven plantings.
 * Banana Launcher is the most expensive plant obtained in Big Wave Beach.
 * This and Bamboo Shoot from the Chinese version of Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time are the only plants that cannot be planted on mine carts. For Banana Launcher, this is because of issues associated with a tap either moving the mine cart or activating the target of Banana Launcher. It will say "Bananas are too slippery for mine carts".
 * Although its almanac says that its area is within a single tile, its actual area-of-effect is 3x1.
 * The almanac states that it has a sluggish recharge, but it does not. This actually refers to the firing speed.
 * Likewise, it does not actually deal Massive damage (90NDS), rather it deals 60 NDS.
 * Banana Launchers cannot be chosen in Big Wave Beach - Day 23.
 * In Big Wave Beach - Day 23, the player can launch a banana from the Banana Launchers while viewing the lawn from the seed selection screen. However, its face does not change.
 * This, Starfruit, Potato Mine, Bonk Choy, and Tile Turnip are the only plants in the game to only have one visible tooth with the former two being the only fruits to do so.
 * This plant's projectiles have faint lines on them.
 * The player can destroy graves using Banana Launcher on any Last Stand level before tapping "Let's Rock". This, however, is no longer possible after the 3.1.1 update.
 * Using only this kind of plant to kill zombies in a Big Wave Beach level earns the player Banana Storm achievement.
 * Even after the player has defeated the final zombie and the reward has dropped, bananas can still be fired from this plant. This was fixed in the 3.1.1 update.
 * Its eyes are red and straight in the bingo card, while its in-game appearance has brown eyes and they are crossed. Its smile in the bingo card is also different than the actual one.
 * Multi-touch works for this plant in both Android and iOS devices.
 * Banana Launcher gives a daunting look before firing.
 * Its costume is a reference to Bananas in Pajamas.
 * This and Winter Melon are the only plants in Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time that cost 500 sun. However, Tile Turnip can cost 500 sun if you plant it twice.
 * This, Cob Cannon, Coconut Cannon, Magnifying Grass, and Fire Gourd are the only tap-activated plants.It is the last plant in Big Wave Beach.
 * In Big Wave Beach- Day 23, when choosing your plants, you can tap and fire a banana on the very left of your screen. Then, when you are about to play the level, the banana launcher will have the smiling-face-but-lost-banana glitch. Then, when you play the level, the banana launcher's face will become sad as usual.
 * In Big Wave Beach- Day 23, when choosing your plants, you can tap and fire a banana on the very left of your screen. Then, when you are about to play the level, the banana launcher will have the smiling-face-but-lost-banana glitch. Then, when you play the level, the banana launcher's face will become sad as usual.