Pharaoh Zombie

Pharaoh Zombie is a zombie encountered in Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time and Plants vs. Zombies Online. It is the last zombie introduced in Ancient Egypt. Its appearance is based on the Pharaoh, the ruler of Ancient Egypt. It speeds up after its sarcophagus breaks.

Almanac entry
TOUGHNESS: Hardened

SPEED: Basic

His sarcophagus greatly protects him but slows down a rather fast zombie.

Speed Details: moves like a hungry zombie once free

The second cousin once removed of King Rot, he rose to power with his disappearing sarcophagus act, but met his untimely end in an unfortunate goat accident. His tale is told in great detail on the back of his sarcophagus, which no one will ever see.

Overview
The Pharaoh Zombie absorbs 74 normal damage shots and its appearance changes at 20 and 40 normal damage shots before the sarcophagus breaks at 60 normal damage shots. The Pharaoh Zombie loses its arm at 67 normal damage shots before dying at 74 normal damage shots.

Appearances
Player's House: Piñata Party

Ancient Egypt: Days 12, 14, 15, 22, 24, 25, Pyramid of Doom, and Block and Spike.

Strategies
This zombie cannot be destroyed by instant kills in one hit until the sarcophagus has been destroyed. Use an instant kill before the sarcophagus breaks to remove the sarcophagus, or after so that you don't need to deal with its speed. A Bonk Choy behind a Wall-nut can deal with the sarcophagus quite easily, although it might need assistance from other offensive plants. When they come in swarms, Plant Food might be necessary to deal with all of them quickly. If using Plant Food, the Snapdragon can be very effective, as it will kill the Pharaoh Zombie even if it still has its sarcophagus.

The Pharaoh Zombies are resistant to a lot of attacks and this much be dealt with. It is also unique in the fact that, when in its sarcophagus, it can eat a Chili Bean and won't, unlike other zombies which either faint upon eating it or crush it. Using Cabbage-pults and Potato Mines against Pharaoh Zombies are valid alternatives to Kernel-pult and Chili Bean. Using Snow Peas against it is a very good idea, as it will prevent the Pharaoh from using its speed. Instant-kill plants, being only able to shatter the sarcophagus, are limited in power against the Pharaoh Zombie, and use of them is recommended to be limited, and only used when there is a large amount of weaker non-Pharaoh Zombies nearby.

In Pyramid of Doom, these zombies will become very annoying, since they absorb a lot of damage. Planting one Winter Melon to deal with a Pharoah Zombie will just barely defeat it if there are no other zombies in the lane, so be sure to use many offensive plants against Pharoah Zombies.

The Magnifying Grass is also useful, since it kills the Pharaoh Zombie in four shots.

A Sun Bean with Plant Food will destroy the zombie and give you a large amount of sun.

A Chomper can eat it even if it is still in the sarcophagus without Plant Food's help, though you will need to be careful as Chomper may eat wrong the zombie and Chomper cannot deal with other zombies alone while chewing.

Trivia

 * The Pharaoh Zombie without its casket resembles Egyptian king Ramses the Great. Also, its crown resmbles the crown of lower Egypt.
 * Pharaoh Zombie is similar to Newspaper Zombie from Plants vs. Zombies and Barrel Zombie from Plants vs. Zombies Adventures, as all three of them will increase their speed once they lose their armor or newspaper.
 * It growls first to know it is going to enter the player's lawn. The growl sounds like a coyote howling.
 * Pharaoh Zombie, Poncho Zombie, the Zombie Bull, Pirate Captain Zombie, Imp Cannon, Shield Zombie, Robo-Cone Zombie, Mecha-Football Zombie, Gargantuar and its Mechanized Variant, and the Imps are the only zombies that makes noise before entering the lawn.
 * He is the only zombie being able to move faster than a Basic Zombie without a status alignments even when slowed down or doubly slowed down. When its sarcophagus is broken, it'll still move relatively fast under the slowing effects of ice and sap.
 * Oddly, Pharaoh Zombies can eat the plants while still in their sarcophagus, even though it doesn't appear that they are eating it.
 * If its sarcophagus is still on, it will not die when it eats a Chili Bean. On the contrary to this, it can be hypnotized by a Hypno-shroom or inflected with Sun Bean's effect despite not eating them.
 * Pharaoh Zombie, Gargantuar, Robo-Cone Zombie, Disco-tron 3000, and Mecha-Football Zombie are the only zombies in Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time that can survive an instant kill.
 * Its sarcophagus is also used by Mummified Gargantuar to crush the player's plants, but it appears to be longer. Additionally, when the Mummified Gargantuar crushes a plant with it, players can see a normal Mummy Zombie inside it for a split second.
 * It can be slowed down or frozen, even when it is inside its sarcophagus.
 * It is possible that the Pharaoh Zombie's sarcophagus and body have individual health bars, as a hit from an instant kill will not kill the zombie but remove the sarcophagus, and while an instant kill normally does 90 damage, the Pharaoh Zombie's sarcophagus only absorbs 60 damage which is lower than the damage from an instant kill.
 * This is further proven by the fact that the Squash, when fed Plant Food, might strike the same Pharaoh Zombie twice, even further proving that the Pharaoh Zombie's sarcophagus and the zombie itself are indeed counted as individual zombies.
 * It also takes two hits for a hypnotized Gargantuar to kill the Pharaoh Zombie, supporting the theory that the Pharaoh Zombie and the sarcophagus are separated zombies. But on the other hand, Snapdragons can kill Pharaoh Zombie even if its sarcophagus is still with it instantly when fed by a Plant Food. This is probably because when it does its Plant Food ability, the fire removes the sarcophagus, and the Pharaoh Zombie immediately makes contact with the fire, thus killing it.
 * The Pharaoh Zombie is the only zombie in Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time that can only be defeated after its armor has been removed. This is because all other armor zombies either die when their armor is destroyed, such as Robo-Cone Zombie, or can be killed with instants when their armor is still on, such as Conehead Zombie.
 * The only exceptions are Snapdragon's and Sun Bean's Plant Food effects, which will kill the Pharaoh even if it is still in it its sarcophagus. Snapdragon can overkill a Pharaoh Zombie because it does 90 damage and pharaoh has 74 health point but Potato Mine and other instant-kill plants also do 90 damage, but do not kill Pharaoh Zombie.Sun Bean can make the Pharoah Zombie explode and burst out a huge amound of sun, even with his sarcophagus on.
 * After the sarcophagus has been destroyed, the Pharaoh Zombies will stop for a moment, a trait that Camel Zombies share with Pharaoh Zombie.
 * Its sarcophagus has the face of Crazy Dave, marking the paradoxal idolatrization of him, along with the Sphinx-like monument from which zombies emerge in Ancient Egypt.
 * Although the Almanac says its speed is hungry, it's speedy compared to other zombies, but it really has a speed that is between Flighty and Speedy as it moves one tile per second, it has the speed of a Dolphin.
 * The candles from its birthday costume will remain lit even if it is frozen.
 * When 2.4.1 (Dark Ages update) was released, its toughness was increased to Hardened. Its toughness was Dense, previously.
 * Despite this zombie not being affected by Chili Bean, it can be hypnotized by a Hypno-shroom. In addition, it can also gain the effects of eating a Sun Bean. ​This trait is shared with the robot zombies in Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time.
 * As of the 2.7.1 update, Pharaoh Zombie can be buttered by Kernel-pult's butter while still in its sarcophagus.