Banana Launcher

For the version in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes, see Banana Launcher.

Banana Launcher
Banana Launchers can fire explosive bananas at any tile on the lawn.
Statistics
Sun Cost	500
Recharge	5 seconds
Toughness	300 damage
Damage	1200 damage
Area	Tile
Firing Rate	20 seconds
Usage	Tap to aim
Family	Arma-mint
Plant Food effect	Launches four explosive bananas that target random zombies.
Usage	Tap to arm, tap on target tile to fire
Range	Anywhere on lawn
Special	On impact, explodes in small area
Statistics (China)
Sun Cost	500
Recharge	5 seconds
Toughness	300 damage
Damage	1200 damage
Attack Rest	20 seconds
Range	Whole Screen
Area	1×2 AoE
Class	Ranged
Quality	Legendary
Tags	Damage, manual, area of effect, explosive
Plant features	Yellow plant
In-game statistics
Unlocked	Beating Big Wave Beach - Day 27
Unlocked (China)	Opening red envelopes, Collecting 10 Banana Launcher Puzzle Pieces
Costumes
Code name	banana
It's important to avoid stereotyping as much as possible. Stereotypes are often flat-out wrong. And also hurtful. But honestly ... Banana Launcher is TOTALLY bananas.

Banana Launcher is the fifth and the last plant obtained in Big Wave Beach of Plants vs. Zombies 2. He attacks in a similar way to the Cob Cannon, as the player can tap on it to arm it, then aim at any tile on the lawn to fire an explosive banana that deals 1200 damage to all zombies in a 1x3 area. After firing, Banana Launcher will be disabled for 20 seconds before he can fire again.

Origins

Banana Launcher is based on the banana, a fruit produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa. More specifically, Banana Launcher is based on a "dessert banana", most specifically a "Cavendish Banana", due to the elongated cresent shape and light yellow insides.

Banana Launcher's almanac flavor text references the idiom "Totally bananas", meaning "very crazy".

Almanac entry

Note: The stats shown below only apply to Level 1.

Banana Launcher
	SUN COST 500 RECHARGE 5 TOUGHNESS 300 DAMAGE 1200 AREA Tile FIRING RATE 20 Usage Tap to aim Arma-mint Plant Food: Launches four explosive bananas that target random zombies. Banana Launchers can fire explosive bananas at any tile on the lawn. It's important to avoid stereotyping as much as possible. Stereotypes are often flat-out wrong. And also hurtful. But honestly ... Banana Launcher is TOTALLY bananas.

Banana Launcher

SUN COST 500 RECHARGE 5 TOUGHNESS 300 DAMAGE 1200 AREA Tile FIRING RATE 20 Usage Tap to aim Arma-mint Plant Food: Launches four explosive bananas that target random zombies. Banana Launchers can fire explosive bananas at any tile on the lawn. It's important to avoid stereotyping as much as possible. Stereotypes are often flat-out wrong. And also hurtful. But honestly ... Banana Launcher is TOTALLY bananas.

Chinese version  (China only)

香蕉火箭炮可以发射香蕉炮弹到草坪任意格子上。 用法：点住香蕉，拖动到轰炸目标上 范围：草坪全范围 特点：影响范围造成小面积爆炸 植物特征：黄色植物 尽量不抱成见看人是很重要的。成见往往办错事。而且也会伤害到别人。不过坦白地讲…香蕉火箭炮完全单纯就是香蕉而已。 In English: Banana Launchers can fire explosive bananas at any tile on the lawn. Usage: press and hold on the Banana, drag to target to fire Range: anywhere on lawn Special: on impact, explodes in small area Plant feature: yellow plant Avoiding stereotyping as much as possible is very important. Stereotypes are often flat-out wrong. And also hurtful. But honestly ... Banana Launcher is just a banana.

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

Plant Food ability (animated)

When given Plant Food, he will launch four explosive bananas at random targets on the lawn, then he must recharge. In the Chinese version, he will fire five bananas.

Arma-mint effect

When boosted by Arma-mint, Banana Launcher will do an additional 2000 damage with its bananas, and its reload time will be decreased to two seconds.

Level upgrade

Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge (Fast)	Toughness (Typical)	Damage* (Massive)	Firing Rate (Slow)	Area
1	0	0	500	5 seconds	300 damage	1200 damage	20 seconds	Tile
2	10	1,000	475		350 damage	1250 damage	19 seconds
3	75	5,000		4.5 seconds	400 damage	1300 damage	18 seconds
4	200	10,000	450		450 damage	1400 damage	17 seconds
5	400	20,000		4 seconds	550 damage	1500 damage	16 seconds
6	750	30,000	425		600 damage	1600 damage	15 seconds
7	1,000	40,000		3.5 seconds	650 damage	1700 damage	14 seconds
8	1,250	50,000	400		700 damage	1800 damage	13 seconds
9	1,500	60,000	375	3 seconds	800 damage	1900 damage
10	2,000	75,000	350		900 damage	2000 damage	12 seconds

*Applies to both normal and Plant Food states.

Mastery upgrade

• Chance to Boost
• Damage Pierce

Level upgrade (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Autoloading 自动装填	Reduces reload time to 17 seconds. 炸弹装填加快休息时间缩短为17s。
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Banana Launcher gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Speedy Transport 快速输弹	Reduces reload time to 14 seconds. 装填速度进一步加快休息时间缩短为14s。
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Banana Launcher gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken 能力觉醒	Banana Launcher may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Banana Launcher gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).
	Time Missile 定时导弹	20% chance to fire a timed charge that does 3600 damage on contact and explodes after 6 seconds, causing 4500 damage in a 3x3 area. 攻击时有20%的概率发射一枚伤害为3600的导弹，导弹会在6s后爆炸并对 3×3 范围造成 4500 点伤害。
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Banana Launcher gains another 50% more attack power and health (300% of initial).

Costumed (China only)

He now launches five normal bananas and a flaming banana which creates an explosion that deals more damage.

Strategies

Compared to other controllable plants, Banana Launcher is special in that the player is given the freedom to launch his payload on any tile on the screen, regardless of any possible obstruction between the plant and the designated position, similar to Missile Toe and Holly Barrier. This makes Banana Launcher excellent for eliminating high threat targets such as Zombie Kings, Fisherman Zombies, and Imp Cannons that would normally be heavily protected. His main weakness is his massive 500 sun cost, which makes him an impractical choice in normal levels.

In Big Wave Beach, Banana Launcher can be used as an improvised countermeasure against Octo Zombies. Not only is it capable of neutralizing them before they can throw their octopi, if the player is fast enough, he can also destroy thrown octopi from anywhere and free the trapped plant. The latter is not recommended, though, as Banana Launcher takes much longer to recharge than the time taken for the Octo Zombie to throw another octopus, even when the zombie is slowed.

Banana Launcher's high damage capability makes him a powerful artillery weapon: Most high health zombies such as Knight Zombies, Blockhead Zombies, Mecha-Football Zombies, and Cavalry Zombies can only survive up to two bananas, while certain Gargantuars can take up to three (Jurassic Gargantuar take up to 5 hits). His projectile can not be deflected by any means, so Banana Launcher is effective against Jester Zombies and Parasol Zombies.

Another strategy is to use Banana Launcher with plants that can clump zombies together: Sweet Potato, Garlic, Chard Guard, Hurrikale and Thyme Warp are all capable of funneling or clumping the horde together, which allows Banana Launcher to hit more enemies. It's also a good idea to use blocking plants such as Tall-nuts and Primal Wall-nuts to give Banana Launcher time to recharge.

Plants that can control the speed of the zombies such as Winter Melon and Sap-fling are also good options, as they not only cause zombies to clump together, increasing the number of zombies damaged by the projectile, but also allow Banana Launcher to reload his projectile safely.

Arma-mint can be used to allow the Banana Launcher to greatly accelerate his reload, while also give him a large amount of damage increase.

Related achievement

	Banana Storm Complete a Beach level using only Banana Launchers to destroy zombies

Gallery

Banana Launcher has a gallery!

Visit this page to see it.

In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Banana Launcher
Simplified Chinese	香蕉火箭炮	lit. "Banana Rocket Launcher"
French	Lance-bananes
German	Bananenwerfer
Italian	Lanciabanane
Brazilian Portuguese	Lança-bananas	Portuguese for "banana launcher"
Spanish	Lanzaplátanos

Trivia

• He cannot be planted on minecarts, due to issues associated with a tap either moving the mine cart, or activating the target of Banana Launcher. If the player tries to plant him on a minecart, the game will say "Bananas are too slippery for mine carts." Additionally, since he can target anything anywhere, a minecart with him is a waste of space.
  • This is also true with Missile Toe.
  • However, he can be planted on minecarts in the Chinese version.
• In Big Wave Beach - Day 23, the player can launch a banana from the Banana Launcher while viewing the lawn from the seed selection screen. However, his sprite will become bugged and doesn't change.
• Banana Launcher is one of the few plants that talk, saying "Banana" when firing normally and saying "ba-ba-ba Banana" when using Plant Food.
• The player used to be able to destroy graves using Banana Launcher on any Last Stand level before tapping "Let's Rock". However, it is no longer possible after the 3.1.1 update.
  • The player was also able to fire bananas after the level has ended and the reward has dropped. This was also fixed in the 3.1.1 update.
• His eyes are red and straight in the bingo card while his in-game appearance has brown eyes and they are crossed. His smile in the bingo card is also different from the one he has in-game.
• His costume has the same design as the pajamas on the characters in Bananas in Pyjamas, despite being a beach towel.
• If he launches a banana at the very second that the level is completed, his sprite will become bugged and doesn't change.
• In the Chinese version, when fed with Plant Food, he will make firework noises when it launches its bananas.
  • He also dealt damage in a 3x3 area in the Chinese version, but this was fixed in the 1.4.2 update.
• In the almanac in the Chinese version, there's a glitch that when you click on Banana Launcher Level 4 and Guacodile at the same time, you will see that Banana Launcher's banana will be seen in Guacodile action.
• Banana Launcher is the only endangered plant in Save Our Seeds level that can be dug up by shovel after the 1.9 update where it can cause the loss of the level (only happens when a Fisherman Zombie pulls it on Big Wave Beach - Day 23).

See also

• Cob Cannon
• Banana Storm
• Missile Toe
• Holly Barrier

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