Gargantuar



Gargantuars are the third strongest type of zombies, taking multiple instant kills to destroy. It is a massive land zombie that carries an Imp on its back. It has a huge amount of health, and takes two instant kills before dying. When one gets down to about half its health, it throws the Imp on its back about half the screen towards the house. It uses its club to crush the player's plants. Because it can crush them, it can destroy every plant in its path, even Spikerocks and Spikeweeds. Unless killed by an explosion, upon dying Gargantuars roar, sway, and fall over, landing with ground-shaking thuds.

Overview
Absorbs 150 Normal Damage Shots. Appearance changes upon after 50 and 75 Normal Damage Shots, and dies after 150 Normal Damage Shots, or 2 instant kills.

Suburban Almanac Entry
Gargantuar is a gigantic zombie.

Toughness: extremely high

When Gargantuar walks, the earth trembles. When he moans, other zombies fall silent. He is the zombie other zombies dream they could be. But he still can't find a girlfriend.

Strategy
You can delay a Gargantuar with Spikerocks, which take nine smashes before they die. It is advised that you blast it with at least one explosive plant, or else it will probably do a lot of damage to your defenses. However, four Gloom-shrooms can kill it if it is in the adjacent row. It also works well to slow them with a Winter Melon or Snow Pea. Chompers are almost useless; they continuously bite it, doing minimal damage until crushed. You can also try to slow Gargantuars by planting something cheap to delay it, such as a Sun-shroom or a Puff-shroom. A charged Potato Mine will deal damage to the big zombie when it crushes it. Hypno-shrooms do not work against it, because it does not try to eat anything. Rows of Gloom-shrooms adjacent to his path will work as well. In the Survival Mode Pool levels (especially Survival: Endless) you can stagger it a bit so that Gloom-shrooms in the pool kill Gargantuars before they reach ones on dry land. In the I, Zombie level Me Smash!, these are useful in hard rows without multiple Squash, although occasionally a single Squash and a Kernel-pult with other offensive plants can kill it too. In Vasebreaker, save some Squash to get rid of these zombies, though Potato Mines work as well.


 * Note: If you attack a Gargantuar with an instant kill, make sure to prepare for the Imp it will throw. The best way to do this is to plant a Pumpkin where it lands, and make sure that an offensive plant can reach it, but instant kills (preferably Jalapenos) can also work.

Giga-Gargantuars
The Giga-Gargantuar is the second most powerful zombie in the game, only Dr. Zomboss being tougher. Found only in Survival: Endless, it has 50% more health (making 225 Normal Damage Shots) than a regular Gargantuar. To distinguish himself from its lesser brethren, the Giga-Gargantuar has crimson-red eyes. One can take 3 instants, which means the Cob Cannon is a good plant to have in your arsenal. It is also a good idea to pack extra instants such as Squash, Jalapenos, Cherry Bombs. After 2 hits from an instant, a Giga-Gargantuar will hurl an Imp into your defenses, unless it is already half-way into your lawn. Imps thrown by Giga-Gargantuars have 50% more health than an ordinary Imp. These do not have an Almanac entry.

Trivia

 * For some reason, a Lawn Mower can kill a Gargantuar. When it is killed by one, a Gargantuar turns into a puff of smoke.
 * In the I, Zombie level Me Smash, the Gargantuar squashes the brain instead of eating it.
 * However, there is a biting sound when this happens. The same sound is also played after it kills a plant.
 * This is also played when a Zomboni and Fire/Ice ball runs over a plant.
 * The Gargantuar is the only zombie whose head (or any other limb, for that matter) does not fall off after dying. However, its head does fall onto the ashes that remain of its body if it is killed by an explosive, just like the other zombies.
 * The Gargantuar will not hit other zombies that have been affected by a Hypno-shroom.
 * This may be because the game does not have images for all of the zombies squashed.
 * Gargantuars can have one of three different clubs: a telephone pole, a wildlife crossing sign, or another zombie.
 * Gargantuars only use normal zombies as clubs,but no Conehead Zombies, Newspaper Zombies, etc.
 * The name Gargantuar likely comes from its gargantuan size.
 * The Gargantuar has a slight resemblence of the Super Mutant Behemoth from Fallout 3.