Pole Vaulting Zombie

Pole Vaulting Zombies are blonde-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 or 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. Never jump over a Split Pea as it will fire backwards at the zombie.

Trivia

 * Possibly unlike the other Zombies, when it dies, it will lose both of its arms.
 * When a Pole Vaulting Zombie tries to jump over a Cherry Bomb, a Doom-shroom, or a Jalapeno when they explode, the Pole Vaulting Zombie will vaporize in midair, but there will be no corpse.
 * Pole_Vaulting_Zombie.png the iPod Touch/iPhone version, when the Pole Vaulting Zombie approaches a Garlic, instead of jumping over it, it will eat it even if it has a pole.
 * A Pole Vaulting Zombie can jump over a whole Cob Cannon, while the Pogo Zombie only jumps halfway.
 * If a Ladder Zombie puts a ladder on a Tall-nut, a Pole Vault Zombie would use his pole, bump his head like normal, lose his pole, and finally, keep on going. The Pole Vault Zombie would walk right past the Tall-nut, but his pole will be wasted.
 * In I, Zombie, instead of Vaulting over a brain, the Pole Vaulting Zombie loses his pole (if he still has it) once he reaches the brain.
 * This zombie was probaly old before he died, because he looks as if he were balding.