Poncho Zombie

The Poncho Zombie is a zombie that is found in the Wild West. Once damaged enough the poncho zombie's poncho falls off, revealing a grate or nothing to protect him at all.

Suburban Almanac Entry
TOUGHNESS: Hardened

SPEED: Basic

Sometimes has a hidden armored plate.

Special: randomly wears a protective metal grate

The grate is his most prized possession. The poncho is there just to protect it from getting rusty. Also, he's looking for his mechanical horse.

Without metal grate
The Poncho Zombie absorbs 12.5 normal damage shots, and its appearance changes upon an absorption of 2.5, when the poncho is destroyed, 7.5 normal damage shots when its arm falls off before dying at 12.5 normal damage shots.

With metal grate
The Poncho Zombie absorbs 67.5 normal damage shots, and its appearance changes upon an absorption of 2.5, when the poncho is destroyed, 21.5, 39.5 and 57.5 when the metal grate is destroyed, and 62.5 normal damage shots when its arm falls off before dying at 67.5 normal damage shots.

Appearances
Tutorial: Piñata Party

Wild West: Day 4, 7, 9, 10, Save Our Seeds I and III, Locked and Loaded I and III, Last Stand I and Big Bad Butte.

With its poncho
The Poncho Zombie is a very simple zombie, but there is a chance that a metal grate may appear on some. You can never tell whenever you may or may not see the metal grate after destroying the poncho.

Without metal grate
The Poncho Zombie without its grate is very simple, like all first zombies in other worlds (Ra Zombie, Swashbuckler Zombie, Basic Zombie). Do whatever you did to the regular Zombie.

With metal grate
Just do whatever you did to the Buckethead Zombie whenever you see a Poncho Zombie with a metal grate on its body. As there are no Magnet-shrooms in this game, a Pea Pod with five heads is a good idea to do greater deals of damage. Any instant kill will instantly destroy it in one hit (even if it is wearing its poncho). Iceberg Lettuces are a good idea, but not when you play Big Bad Butte. This means you will be clearing off many waves of zombies you see on screen. Another good plant to use is a Spikerock, which can cause more damage with Plant Food.

Trivia

 * The Poncho Zombie is a reference to Clint Eastwood.
 * The Poncho Zombie's grate might be a reference to one of the Back to the Future films, where one of the protagonists protects himself with a grate that he wears under his poncho.
 * The zombie is a direct reference to Schrodinger's Cat, an experiment where an animal can be consecutively considered alive and dead in a box until the box is opened, except the status of the animal is the presence of a metal grate under the poncho.
 * The Poncho Zombie is the only zombie to have two different healths, 12.5 and 67.5, taking 2.5 normal damage shots more than a normal zombie or a Buckethead Zombie respectively.
 * A grated Poncho Zombie can survive a direct hit from a Coconut Cannon. However, if a Poncho Zombie takes a direct hit with his poncho still on it will kill it whether it has a grate or not.
 * This could suggest that the Poncho Zombie's HP is always assumed as 12.5 before the poncho is knocked off.