Trash Can Zombie

Trash Can Zombies are new zombies from the Xbox Live Arcade version of the game, and are also in the Nintendo DS and PS3 versions. They have only been seen in Survival: Fog, Survival: Roof, Hard Survival levels, Survival: Endless, and as a selectable zombie in Versus Mode. They have no Almanac entry.

Trash Can Zombies are zombies holding a trash can for use as armor, negating the freezing effects of any Snow Peas hitting it or the splash effect of fire peas, but since Winter Melons throw their melons over the Trash Can, they can hit the zombie. Because of the weight of the trash can, these zombies move at about the speed of a Gargantuar, although even after the destruction or removal of the Trash Can, it will retain its slow speed. These zombies are identical in all respects to Screen Door Zombies, except for a difference in shield damage absorbency and speed. They cannot be found in the PC version, only the DS, Xbox Live Arcade, and PS3.

Overview
Absorbs 50 normal damage shots. Appearance changes upon absorption of 14, 27, 40, and 45 normal damage shots before dying at 50 normal damage shots.

Strategy
The Magnet-shroom can be used to take away the trash can, turning the Trash Can Zombie into a normal (but slower) Zombie. The lobbed shot plants simply throw projectiles over the shield, damaging the zombie directly, making the shield useless. It is a good idea to use Cabbage-pults, Kernel-pults, Melon-pults, Winter Melons, Fume-shrooms, Gloom-shrooms, Spikeweeds, and Spikerocks in hard levels to negate the trash can. Melon-pults are much more useful however, since the Trash Can Zombies appear a bit later in the rounds when there are large groups of zombies to begin with, and the chances of a Cabbage-pult actually killing one is slim. The trash can also negates the splash effect of flaming peas. Don't try to hypnotize it, though, since the trash can doesn't protect it against other Zombies like other shield zombies, making them very weak allies compared to the Football Zombie or Buckethead Zombie, thus wasting your sun. Instant Kills work normally on the Trash Can Zombie.

Versus Mode
Many people feel that Trash Can Zombies are worthless for this mode, but are actually very useful if used in combination with other Zombies. Their high health and low cost make them a good choice to clear a row of Plants. They also work well with Football Zombies. As the Football Zombie charges forward in the lane and eats the plants, it will protect the Trash Can Zombie long enough for it to move down the lane and finish off the last few plants if the Football Zombie is killed.

Trivia

 * This is the first zombie that has been added in a later release of the game, not counting the Dancing Zombie which was just re-styled.
 * The Trash Can Zombie is one of the zombies that degrade into a normal zombie. The other three are the Conehead Zombies, the Buckethead Zombies and the Screen Door Zombies.
 * It's weird that fumes go through trash cans, despite that they have no holes.
 * It will go to the same speed even when the trash can has been taken by a Magnet-shroom or destroyed.
 * Sometimes in Survival Fog and Survival Roof the Trash Can Zombie appears.
 * The trash can will appear on the top screen in the DS version, but the trash can will be use as dead zombies' trash.
 * There is no Versus Mode in PC and that's not appear Trash Can Zombie on the PC.
 * It is unknown how smell the plants BAD, but do not say bleh because plants smells, and BAD smell.

See Also:

 * Screen Door Zombie
 * Shield Zombies
 * Shields
 * Zombies
 * Conehead Zombie
 * Buckethead Zombie