User blog:Drek'TharSuperSword/Did PopCap steal PvZ Wiki users' ideas?

I made this as a follow-up to this blog. If you saw the "blog posts" section on that 2011 Crazy Dave page copy, you'll notice this blog User blog:CattailsWelove/Whats your Idea for a New Plant and Zombie in Plants Versus Zombies?. The link's still accessible now and you can visit it at any time. Comments have been closed because it's too old.

Sure, PvZCC exists, but that blog was made before the wiki was made.

Apparently, some of the contents there are now available in the PvZ series, which is quite shocking. This gives me suspicions that they actually read this blog back then and decided to make the contents in-game few years later. Here are some CattailsWelove made:

Plants
"Ball-nut :A Replacement for Wall-nut in Wall-nut Bowling exept that Ball-nut can be used in all games!"

Well, this actually now exists in PvZ2 as Bowling Bulb. While the name is different, it behaves similarly. It can be used in all games and it works like a bowling ball and smashes zombies.

"Banana Boomerang : A Banana Tree that throws Bananas that Passes through zombies and then flies back to the banana tree.Each hit Gives one normal Damage to Zombies as the banana turns around giving another one Normal Damage.Has a Five-Square range. 250 sun."

Exists in PvZ2 as Bloomerang. It's not a banana, but acts similarly to that. However, the range is infinite (passes through the whole row) and it can strike up to 3 enemies before flying back. 175 sun.

"Grapes : A grape that throws explosive grapes at zombies dealing 3 damage to a 5x5 area.Has a 4 second recharge. 300 sun"

Exists in PvZ2 as Grapeshot. Behaves much differently but the explosion part catches my eye. The Grapeshot explodes in 3x3 area instead of throwing explosive grapes, but after explosion, it releases bouncing grapes that bounces up to 5 times. 150 sun.

"Ghost Chilly: An Upgrade for the Jalapeno than Kills Zombies in a row, Diagnal , Above and Below. The Jalapeno will be activated manually also with the same reason. 100 sun"

The name is kinda like the Ghost Pepper, but it behaves completely differently.

"Hurri-Cane: A sugar cane that can unleash a tornado that pushes all the zombies back 5 squares. 50 sun"

Exists in PvZ2 as Hurrikale (not a sugar cane though). This one is quite shocking, because the Hurrikale PUSHES ALL ZOMBIES BACK UP TO 5 TILES, SIMILAR TO THAT! Also, it blows off flying zombies. 100 sun.

NOW I see something fishy going on with PopCap.

"Jack-O-Lantern: A Very Big Pumpkin that has a Health of a Tall-nut and abled to plant on plants. 200 sun "

Exists in PvZ2 as Jack O' Lantern. Behaves differently. 225 sun.

"Lilac Lazer : A lilac that shoots lazers at the zombies destroying they're shields. The lazer could pierce the zombie and could be used manually every 2 minutes."

Exists in PvZ2 as Laser Bean. Behaves similarly on the "pierce the zombie" part, although it fires every 2 secs instead of minutes.

Rubber Ball: A Rubber Seed that Will explode and release 6 rubber balls that will give damage and bounces of the zombie it meets.Will not bounce out of the screen but instead will dissapear after 25 seconds. 100 sun

Exists in PvZ2 as Grapeshot just like the Grapes. The explosion and rubber ball release part is similar to Grapeshot, but when Grapeshot explodes, it kills zombies in 3x3 area while this one doesn't. Also, it releases 8 grapes instead of 6 and bounces up to 5 times instead of 25 secs (that would be OP then). 150 sun.

Zapricot : An apricot that kills Zombies in the square it is plant on. Also Stuns and Damages Zombies in the screen for 4 seconds. 125 sun

Exists in PvZH with the same name, Zapricot. Behaves completely differently since Heroes isn't a tower defense game.

Zombies
Umbrella Zombie : A Zombie Holding an umbrella that will protect it from arial attacks. Cannot be destroyed but can be taken off by a magnet shroom. The Umbrella can also protect zombies under the umbrella even zombies that are too big.

Exists in PvZ2 as Parasol Zombie. Behaves similarly as the parasol protects her from aerial attacks (except Sap-fling saps). The parasol can't be destroyed at all, not even with Magnet-shroom. And yes, the umbrella protects other zombies other the umbrella including Gargs.

Areas
Snow : In this level, most of your plants work 2 times slower, and you need to use a Fire-shroom to melt the snow or else your plants will be even slower every second.

Exists in PvZ2 as Frostbite Caves and in the beta of PvZ as Ice Level. The plants will freeze instead of working slower, and to make the plants not freeze you'll have to put Torchwood or Fire Peashooter. If they're frozen then use the Hot Potato to melt the ice. The concept and the actual level are similar on that part.

Battlefield : In this level, there are cannions that zombies will hide at and shoot bullets.

Somewhat exists in PvZ2 as Pirate Seas. The cannons are Imp Cannons and shoots imps instead of bullets.

Dancefloor : In this level, the tiles will go up and down making it a barrier. Also, dancing zombies are common here. You also have to plant flower pots.

Somewhat exists in PvZ2 as Neon Mixtape Tour. None of the behaviors match though.

Factory : Here, the tiles will switch places with other tiles. Also, zombies can switch places too. So this might be your toughest challenge yet. You have to plant on flower pots that are ready.

Somewhat exists in PvZ2 as Frostbite Caves, but only on the "zombies can switch places" part (Slider tile)

Ideas submitted by other people
Additionally, the comments section has some ideas that are similar to those that exist in actual PvZ series. Here are some.

ShadowyChaos's Juggernut
Plant: Juggernut

Sun Cost: 200   Protectiveness: 1.5x more Protective than Tall nut (Extreme)

Special: Cannot be jumped over, Burnt, Stolen, etc. (Except eaten of Course)

Recharge: Sluggish

Exists in PvZH as Jugger-Nut. Behaves completely differently since PvZH is a TCG app.

Starfruity's Carrot
Carrot: Brings a crushed ot eaten plant back to life. 75 sun.

Exists in PvZ2 as Intensive Carrot. Behaves similarly to it but only brings the plant back to life with half of its health left. 100 sun.

Starfruity's Rose
Rose: Pops balloons, removes shields, and damages passing zombies with thorns. 175 sun.

Appears in GW2 and PvZH as Rose and Rose (PvZH). Behaves completely differently though.

Starfruity's Sappling
Sappling: Shoots short-ranged sap that damages and slows zombies. 50 sun.

Exists in PvZ2 as Sap-fling. Lobs saps instead of shooting them, and the range covers the entire row. The sap only slows zombies who walk on the puddle and doesn't damage them. 75 sun.

Starfruity's Peanut
Peanut: Shoots nuts with damage of peas, and blocks of zombies like a wall-nut. 125 sun

Exists in PvZ2 as Pea-nut. Even more shocking than the Hurri-cane, since THE BEHAVIOR OF THE IN-GAME PEA-NUT IS THE EXACT SAME AS WHAT STARFRUITY WROTE IN 2011! However, the sun cost is 150 instead of 125, but that doesn't matter. There's indeed something fishy going on with PopCap here.

Starfruity's Tarzan Zombie
Tarzan Zombie: Swings on a vine to the middle of the screen, with a shield of tree bark that is unbreakable. You have to use split peas, starfruit, or something else that shoots backwards.

Exists in PvZ2 as Swashbuckler Zombie and Relic Hunter Zombie. They both swing past your plants, but doesn't have any tree bark shield, so you can use pretty much any offensive plants to kill him after he lands, or use Blover or Hurrikale to blow em away while they're still swinging.

That's it for now. So I think they might be coincidence but there's a possibility that they're not. I'm gonna update this blog if I have some more time to write the rest of the page though.