Board Thread:Plants vs. Zombies 2/@comment-27557697-20150616150818/@comment-7234182-20150619211736

TheGollddMAN wrote:

I believe they purposefully referenced those other media (since their theme fits this world). Games have always included references and easter eggs from other games and PopCap does this all the time (even in Garden Warfare).

And even if I accept that they are called porters just because they are carrying baggages, the design is too similar to the source material to just be a coincidence. I forgot to mention this in my previous post but even the Gargantuar's design is based on Clayton (the main human villain from Tarzan). His name might be different but his design is very much reflected in this Gargantuar's design (he even carries an unlit torch in the movie at one point).

Hmmm I'm going to say no. There is no resemblance at all:



TheGollddMAN wrote:

Here "Porter" actually references Tarzan since most of the zombies from Lost City are direct redesigns of the characters from Tarzan.

The only design that might be a homage to Tarzan is Parasol Zombie. None of the other zombies bear any resemblance to Tarzan characters, or at least not beyond what you'd expect from a game about the same thing (jungle exploration).

This is like claiming Pirate Seas "references" Pirates of the Caribbean because their designs are "direct redesigns" of pirates from that series. Tarzan/Disney wasn't the only (or the first) movie with that setting. Of course any stories or material with the same setting are going to have similarities between each other.