Cattail

For other uses, see Cattail (disambiguation).

Cattail is a recurring character within the Plants vs. Zombies franchise. Cattail are Aquatic plants that attack zombies by firing spikes at them, homing spikes in the main games.

As of Plants vs. Zombies 3, Cattail has appeared in five games.

Origins

Its tail and name are based on the Typha latifolia, the Cattail or reed, a perennial herbaceous plant in the genus Typha. Its face and head, however, are based on the domestic cat, Felis catus. Its name is a pun on the name "Cattail" as it resembles a cat whose tail is a reed.

In a Q/A stream hosted by Laura Shigihara, she revealed that the pink beanie that Cattail wears is a reference to a beanie that she wears, and that George Fan included the beanie as a tribute to her.

Its codename in the Chinese version of Plants vs. Zombies 2, "nekotail" is a pun between its English name and "neko" which is Japanese for cat, referencing the stereotype of animé shows (a mainly Japanese medium) using cats a lot.

History

Plants vs. Zombies

Main article: Cattail (PvZ)

In the original Plants vs. Zombies game, as well as all Chinese spin-off games based on it, Cattail is obtainable after beating Level 4-5. They upgrade from Lily Pad, replacing their ability to hold plants on top of them with the ability to fire homing spikes, prioritizing airborne Balloon Zombies.

They cost $10,000 to buy from Crazy Dave's Twiddydinkies and cost 225 Sun each to plant.

Plants vs. Zombies 2 (Chinese version) (China only)

Main article: Cattail (PvZ2C)

Cattail next appears solely in the Chinese version of Plants vs. Zombies 2. Like the first game, they fire homing spikes, but these spikes now have a chance to sun and also has the chance to fire a huge missile, being able to even instantly kill zombies that are a higher level than it. Unlike the previous game, Cattail is also simply amphibious, being able to be planted by itself on the land or water.

Both versions of the game have Homing Thistle, a plant that is nearly identical to Cattail in the previous game, even costing the same amount of sun it'd take to plant a Lily Pad and Cattail. It is likely Homing Thistle was created simply because the idea of Cattail being on land was too strange at the time.

Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars (China only)

Main article: Tail line

Cattail appears in the Chinese-exclusive turn-based game Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars as the first plant in the Tail line, evolving into Dogtail and then Foxtail. They attack zombies by using the spikes on their tail. Interestingly, while their attacks have the Water element, Cattail themselves is of the Earth element.

Their Plant Food/Anger effect unleashes a fierce sound, activating the Plant Food/Anger effects of its fellow plants.

Plants vs. Zombies Heroes

Main article: Cattail (PvZH)

Cattail's latest appearance is in the turn-based mobile card game Plants vs. Zombies Heroes. In this game, due to a lack of homing, they are simply a 3 3/2 Animal Plant with Amphibious in the Smarty. As a Basic plant, they aren't too interesting, with their Amphibious trait being the most defining feature.

Laser Cattail, a Galactic Super-rare is based off Cattail, costing 2, having 2/1 stats and having Amphibious and Team-Up, also in the Smarty class. He gains +1/+1 whenever another plant is played in their lane.

Gallery

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Trivia

• Cattail also makes an appearance in Plants vs. Zombies Online as a plant exclusive to the game's Adventure Mode. They also have a unique design only used in this game.
• Some of their plushies have a tongue.

See also

• Lily Pad
• Aquatic plants
• Homing Thistle
• Laser Cattail

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