Bean Sprout

When he sees zombies, he goes SPLAT!

This item is only obtainable during certain events. However, it can still be used if you have already obtained it. It is currently available.

For other uses, see bean.

Bean Sprout
Mild mannered Wall plant with a dark monstrous side. When Bean Sprout takes too much damage, it transforms into a fist swinging monster.
Short description
Wall plant that transforms into a monster when taking damage.
Statistics
Sun Cost	75
Recharge	12 seconds
Toughness	2000 damage
Damage	30 damage
Plant Food Damage	70 damage
Anger Threshold	1400 damage
Regression Timer	5 seconds
PF Shockwave Count	3
Family	Reinforce-mint
Plant Food effect	Transforms into its monster form, if it wasn't already, and sends massive shockwaves both in front and behind him.
Hint	Planting another Bean Sprout on an existing one, will force him into its monster form.
In-game statistics
Unlocked	250 seed packets
Code name	beansprout
Rarity	Rare
With multiple advanced degrees in Botany and Space-Time Relativity, no one will argue that Bean Sprout is a plant genius. Which makes it incredibly difficult for him to watch Dave work in his kitchen. "No... No... Why are you doing that?!? Don't cut the Red wires!"

Bean Sprout is a premium plant added in the 10.8.1 update of Plants vs. Zombies 2. He is a wall plant that is initially passive, and transforms into his monster form when taking 1400 damage or if planted on one that is currently passive. In his monster form, he punches zombies with single-target attacks every 0.36 seconds, reaching up to two tiles ahead and behind him. If he doesn't get any targets, he reverts to his passive state and is fully healed.

Origins

Bean Sprout is based on the mung bean (Vigna radiata), a plant species in the legume family, which is mainly cultivated in East, Southeast and South Asia, with the sprout on his head is based on the sprout of mung bean.

Almanac entry

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

Bean Sprout
	SUN COST 75 RECHARGE 12 TOUGHNESS 2000 DAMAGE 30 PLANT FOOD DAMAGE 70 ANGER THRESHOLD 1400 REGRESSION TIMER 5 PF SHOCKWAVE COUNT 3 Reinforce-mint Plant Food: Transforms into its monster form, if it wasn’t already, and sends massive shockwaves both in front and behind him. Mild mannered Wall plant with a dark monstrous side. When Bean Sprout takes too much damage, it transforms into a fist swinging monster. With multiple advanced degrees in Botany and Space-Time Relativity, no one will argue that Bean Sprout is a plant genius. Which makes it incredibly difficult for him to watch Dave work in his kitchen. “No... No... Why are you doing that?!? Don’t cut the Red wires!”

Bean Sprout

SUN COST 75 RECHARGE 12 TOUGHNESS 2000 DAMAGE 30 PLANT FOOD DAMAGE 70 ANGER THRESHOLD 1400 REGRESSION TIMER 5 PF SHOCKWAVE COUNT 3 Reinforce-mint Plant Food: Transforms into its monster form, if it wasn’t already, and sends massive shockwaves both in front and behind him. Mild mannered Wall plant with a dark monstrous side. When Bean Sprout takes too much damage, it transforms into a fist swinging monster. With multiple advanced degrees in Botany and Space-Time Relativity, no one will argue that Bean Sprout is a plant genius. Which makes it incredibly difficult for him to watch Dave work in his kitchen. “No... No... Why are you doing that?!? Don’t cut the Red wires!”

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

When given Plant Food, Bean Sprout transforms into his monster form, if he wasn't already, and sends massive shockwaves both in front and behind him.

Reinforce-mint effect

When boosted by Reinforce-mint, Bean Sprout will deal an additional 50 damage with his normal attacks, an additional 100 damage with his Plant Food attacks. His Plant Food ability is activated and will always release one additional shockwave.

Level upgrades

Level	Seed packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge	Toughness	Damage	Anger Meter	Regression Timer	Plant Food Damage	Shockwave Count
1	0	0	75	12 seconds	2000 damage	30 damage	1400 damage	5 seconds	70 damage	3
2	50				2500 damage	40 damage	1750 damage	6 seconds	80 damage
3	100				3000 damage	80 damage	2100 damage		90 damage	4
4	200				3500 damage	90 damage	2450 damage	7 seconds	100 damage
5	300			10 seconds	4000 damage	100 damage	2600 damage		110 damage	5
6	400				4500 damage	110 damage	2925 damage	8 seconds	120 damage
7	500		50		5000 damage	120 damage	3250 damage		130 damage	6
8	600				5500 damage	130 damage	3575 damage	9 seconds	140 damage
9	800			8 seconds	6000 damage	140 damage	3600 damage		150 damage	7
10	1,000				6500 damage	150 damage	3900 damage	10 seconds	160 damage	8

Mastery upgrades

• Chance to Boost
• Damage Pierce

Strategies

Bean Sprout has a few similarities to Kiwibeast: One thing is that the more they're eaten, the more powerful they become. A huge difference within those two is that Bean Sprout is a Reinforce-mint family plant, so Reinforce-mint can help boost him by activating his plant food effect, causing massive damage on the board. He's good against Dr. Zomboss fights in Penny's Pursuit.

Bean Sprout needs to be worried of the Zombies that can instantly kill him such as Explorer, Troglobite, MC Zom-B, and Gargantuars, as well as non-eaters, like Football Mech, Fisherman, Excavator and Punk, or zombies that ignore him completely such as all flying zombies (barring Seagull and Pelican), Wizard, and Octo.

A world where Bean Sprout can prove useful is Jurassic Marsh, where he works well due to the lack of special zombies.

NEVER use Intensive Carrot on Bean Sprout (unless the Intensive Carrot reaches level 3 or if he is used with Enchant-mint); he will be eaten before he turns into his monster form. Just use Imitater to either double Bean Sprout plantage, or to turn one into his monster form as soon as he's planted.

Gallery

Bean Sprout has a gallery!

Visit this page to see it.

In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Bean Sprout
French	Pousse de fayot
German	Bohnenspr'ssling
Italian	Germoglio di fagiolo
Brazilian Portuguese	Broto de Feijão	Bean sprout in portuguese
Spanish	Brote de frijol

Trivia

• Bean Sprout's overall concept, most notably growing arms when transforming into monster form bears a resemblance to one of Kiwibeast's concept art, which involves Kiwibeast growing two arms when transforming into beast form.

See also

• Kiwibeast
• Bonk Choy

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