- For other uses, see Jalapeno.
Jalapeno Zombie is similar to a normal Zombie, except that it has a Jalapeno for its head. It only appears in ZomBotany 2. A Jalapeno Zombie will explode after a set time, similar to Jack-in-the-Box Zombie, except it moves the same speed as a normal Zombie, destroys the entire lane and sometimes has a shorter fuse, making it more dangerous than the Jack-in-the-Box Zombie. Like all other ZomBotany zombies, it does not have a Suburban Almanac entry.
In Plants vs. Zombies: Journey to the West, Jalapeno Zombie will appear as a normal zombie starting in Subdue the Yellow-Browed Monster.
Overview[]
Jalapeno Zombie absorbs 340 damage and its appearance changes upon absorbing 180 damage when it loses its arm before dying at 340 damage. It has a chance to detonate and kill itself upon getting to three and a half squares from the right of the player's lawn, destroying all plants in its lane. It is worth 3 points in zombie spawning.
Strategies[]
Its explosion clears an entire lane of plants, just like how a Jalapeno clears out a lane of zombies. It will detonate as soon as it reaches the fifth or sixth lane from the left unless it is not slowed or stopped and does not stop to eat plants. These zombies are usually found with other zombie types and are as tough as a Pole Vaulting Zombie. Try to kill them as quickly as possible or you may find your plants in an entire lane gone. Try to use Squash or other instant kills. Spikeweed and Spikerock can usually destroy a Jalapeno Zombie before it explodes. But if it is the only zombie there, you can also let your plants kill it. Hypno-shrooms are a very bad idea around it, as when the Jalapeno Zombie is about to leave the screen, it explodes and takes out all plants in the lane. If there is an awake Hypno-shroom in that lane, remove it immediately. They are extremely dangerous if one of them detonates in a pool lane, as the pool lanes are usually very weak. Use a Tangle Kelp on the zombie to stop it from doing so. You can also use a Garlic to divert them into empty lanes. Just use an instant kill if all else fails.
If you do not manage to kill it and it destroys your lane, it will leave your lane empty for any zombie and you might have to use a Lawn Mower or Pool Cleaner (pool water only). However, an alternative could be put up a Wall-nut and let it distract the zombies until you can clear them all with an instant-kill (e.g. Squash) or replant the lane back.
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Trivia[]
- Even if it is hypnotized by a Hypno-shroom, the fiery blast usually occurs right on time and will still destroy all player's plants in that row.
- This is implemented as an extra layer of challenge, and to balance the gameplay as if the fiery blast kills the zombies instead of plants, the mini-game will become easy.
- Hypnotized Jalapeno Zombies will explode once they leave the screen.
- Although it burns the player's plants on a particular row, the plants destroyed will have no burnt form or animation. Instead, they just despawn.
- The same thing also happens when a Jack-in-the-Box Zombie's jack-in-the-box detonates.
- This is because there is no animation for a burnt plant, which is only in the sequels.
- The row of the flame is the same as the Jalapeno's.
- It, Wall-nut Zombie, Tall-nut Zombie, and the Zombie Club have no ties.
- In the Android version, the player cannot see its tie until it loses its head.
- However, it also does not have this trait in the Chinese Version of Plants vs. Zombies 2.
- A glitch sometimes occurs where a Jalapeno Zombie exploding in a water row will only take out the Lily Pad leaving the plants floating above the water.
The Jalapeno Zombie Lily Pad glitch on the Nintendo DS version (Note the plants floating on the water with no Lily Pad)
- It is one of the three zombies that can be killed without being hit, the two others are the Squash Zombie, Jack-in-the-Box Zombie, and Exploding Zombie.
- Coincidentally, all four of them are the only suicide zombies.
- However, the Jalapeno Jombies is the only one of these four suicide zombies who can't eat the player's brain, as he will always explode before he reaches the house. The Squash Zombie and the Exploding Zombie can enter the player's house if there is no plant in their way, while the Jack-in-the-Box Zombie will not explode and can enter the house if a Magnet Shroom steals his Jack-in-the-box.
- It is the only explosive plant-hybrid.
- It does not give a warning sign that it will explode, as it just explodes directly.
- In the DS version, it seems to take much longer to explode than the other versions.
- In the DSiWare version, it does not flash when it is hit.
- A Plants vs. Zombies 2 version of this zombie appears in the book Plants vs. Zombies: Brain Food.
- Jalapeno Zombie is the only Zombotany that can destroy Lily Pad by his identity way, not by eating.
- It and Gatling Pea Zombie are the only Zombotany Zombies who reappear in the Chinese Version of PvZ2.
- However, they only appear in Penny's Pursuit.
- There is a rare glitch with a low chance of ocurring that will make Jalapeno Zombies not spawn in Zombotany 2.
- It is one of the few zombies that can destroy both Cherry Bomb and Jalapeno without triggering their explosions. The others are Jack-in-the-Box Zombie, and Bungee Zombie.
- Jalapeno Zombies never appear in Vasebreaker without hacking, and unlike Jack-in-the-Box Zombies, they don't break the vases when they explode.
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