Excavator Zombie

Excavator Zombie is a zombie encountered in Lost City in Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time. He can protect himself and all zombies behind him from incoming projectiles shot by straight-shooting plants like Peashooter, Fire Peashooter, or Red Stinger. Lobbed-shot plants on the other hand can damage him normally. Additionally, he can shovel up plants when he gets close to them and throw them three spaces back.

Almanac Entry
TOUGHNESS: Protected SPEED: Speedy

Digs up plants and throws them behind him.

Damage: blocks incoming projectiles, but is vulnerable to lobbed shots

Excavator Zombie once heard a song about having a hammer. He liked the idea, but decided it was too mainstream for him - so he got a shovel. Now he's confident that he's clearly the coolest zombie, the others are just too jealous to admit it.

Overview
absorbs 18 normal damage shots and degrades upon an absorption of 9 normal damage shots, before dying at 18 normal damage shots.

Trivia

 * He is the counterpart to the Parasol Zombie as he immune to straight-shot projectiles instead of lobbed-shot projectiles.
 * Excavator Zombie is vulnerable to straight-shooting plants while shoveling up plants.
 * When the Excavator Zombie shovels a Potato Mine before it is armed, it will activate.
 * Even though his shovel is metal, Magnet-shroom cannot steal his shovel.
 * This is probably because the shovel appears to be made of gold, which is not magnetic.
 * Unless it's planted right underneath him, Excavator Zombie can shovel up Chard Guard before it can hurl him backwards.
 * Similarly, Guacodile won't trigger its rush attack unless it is planted right on Excavator Zombie. If Guacodile gets shoveled up, it won't do its rush attack.
 * Excavator Zombie doesn't eat Infi-nut's shield. Instead, he smashes it with his shovel.
 * He also sometimes does this to delayed instant-kill plants, like Lava Guava.
 * Dandelion's bomb's explosion can sometimes take out his shovel.
 * That could be a glitch, or because excavator was shoveling a plant at that moment. It's also possible that he dropped his shovel because the bomb hit a zombie in front of him.
 * There's a glitch that if is about to shovel up a plant, and the player uses Hurrikale, it will still shovel up that plant.
 * The phrase "a song about having a hammer" may be a reference to the song "U Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer. One of the song's lyrics is "Stop: Hammer time!", which became pop culture catchphrases.