Zombie

Zombies are weak and easy creatures to destroy encountered on every level your on. Lacking any special defensive equipment and travel abilities, these zombies are susceptible to every type of attack. They are basic cannon fodder for the zombie hordes and, of course, are seen in every single level. Any offensive strategy can work against this zombie.

Overview
Absorbs 10 Normal Damage Shots. Appearance changes upon absorption of 5 Normal Damage Shots.

Strategy
In a standard Adventure or Survival Mode level, regular zombies will be the first to appear and will start the assault in approximately the time it would take the player to plant three Sunflowers, as measured during a day-time level. They can be killed by planting a Potato Mine (25 Sun) far enough away from the front-lines, purchasing the Garden Rake from Crazy Dave's shop ($200), or planting relatively cheap offensive plants like Peashooters or Kernel-pults. For night-time levels, the player can use Mushrooms like Puff-shrooms and Sea-shrooms (0 Sun each). The Tangle Kelp (25 Sun each) provides an aquatic Potato Mine-style plant in pool levels. For dealing with large volumes of zombies, more expensive additions such as the Torchwood (175 Sun each) and Melon-pult (300 Sun each) are available, in addition to instant kills such as the Jalapeno (125 Sun each). Some plants, such as the Repeater (200 Sun each) and the Fume-shroom (75 Sun each) can be upgraded to increase efficiency and give them new abilities.

Trivia

 * Zombies appear in almost every single level, excluding Zombiquarium and various I, Zombie Puzzle Mode levels.
 * Occasionally, when a zombie dies, it will start to stumble back and forth, shaking a fist in the air, then fall over.
 * A Plants vs. Zombies Zombie Mask is available in the Xbox Live Marketplace for 160 Microsoft Points.
 * Zombie shoes are available for the same price, which are the plain brown shoes that the normal Zombie wears.
 * A Zombie T-Shirt is available for 80 Points. It is white, and has a Normal Zombie head on it.Zombiealmanac.png
 * The Zombie has two "Out of Battle" animations, it may tilt left to right or move his head up and down. They also sometimes stick their tongues out, making a total of 4 Out of Battle animations.
 * This Zombie has the most variations: the normal type, with a flag, with a road cone, with a bucket, a screen door, a Ducky tube and with a trash can.
 * Gargantuars occasionally use zombies as clubs.
 * The zombies that Gargantuars carry have no neckties.
 * A zombie figurine was included with physical copies of the Game of the Year edition.
 * In the online version, when a zombie loses its head and is then hit by a explosive, it regrows its head before dying.
 * Almost every level starts with a normal Zombie, the only levels that does not start with it is the minigame Zombotany, Zombotany 2, Pogo Party, Zombiquarium and Bobsled Bonanza.