Match Flower

歪比巴卜！

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He prefers to call himself Optimus Prime.

The official name of this plant is Match Flower. However, a literal translation can be found in its infobox. The official name is to be used on all pages that refer to this plant.

火柴花拳手(translation: Match Flower Boxer)
Attack enemies in front of them. The more they attack the more fiery they become, can even ignite peas after set alight.
Almanac statistics
Sun cost	225
Recharge	Mediocre
Damage	Heavy
Range	Close
Special	Lights itself alight after attacking for awhile, can also be lit on fire by other plants, can light peas on fire after being lit on fire
Weakness	(Immune to fire)
In-game statistics
Direct damage	15 damage
Rarity (China)	Super-Rare
Unlocked	Summer event 10 Puzzle Pieces
Costumes
Chinese English 火炬树桩总想告诉大家火柴花是自己的后代，但火柴花除了能点燃豌豆之外，还是一个用拳头说话的战士，比火炬树桩只会摆出凶相吓唬敌人强多了。 Torchwood always tries to tell everyone Match Flower is his descendant, but not only can Match Flower light peas, he's also a warrior that has a "let the fists do the talking" attitude, being obviously much stronger than Torchwood, who can only make a scary face to scare enemies.

Match Flower (火柴花拳手; pinyin: huǒchái huā quánshǒu) is a plant in the Chinese version of Plants vs. Zombies 2 introduced in the 1.8.2 update. He attacks zombies by punching them one tile in front of him. After dealing a certain amount of damage (c.a. four attack cycles), he will set his petals on fire and start to do more damage. He can also be set on fire by other plants. When he is on fire, he can light up peas that pass through him, just like Torchwood. However, the flames have limited duration.

One of Match Flower's Puzzle Pieces can be traded in, along with ten red rocks, in order to obtain one of Firebloom Queen's Puzzle Pieces.

Origins

Match Flower's designs is based on the matchstick banksia (Banksia cuneata), also known as the Quairading banksia, an endangered species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae.

His name is a mix of "match box," a box used to hold matches; "flower box," a potting device to hold flowers; and "boxer," an athlete from the sport of boxing. His ability is a reference to how matches ignite when they are struck against a suitable substance.

His costume, a pair of red boxing gloves, is a reference to how he attacks zombies, and another reference to the boxing motif with the plant.

Almanac entry

火柴花拳手 Match Flower	DAMAGE Heavy RANGE Close RECHARGE Fast
	攻击面前的敌人，越打火越大，着火了还能点着豌豆。 特点：打着打着就自燃了，还能被其他植物点燃，着火之后还能点着豌豆。 植物特征：红色植物、浑身欲火、满腹怒火 火炬树桩总想告诉大家火柴花是自己的后代，但火柴花除了能点燃豌豆之外，还是一个用拳头说话的战士，比火炬树桩只会摆出凶相吓唬敌人强多了。

火柴花拳手 (Match Flower)
Sun cost: 225

DAMAGE: Heavy
RANGE: Close
RECHARGE: Fast

攻击面前的敌人，越打火越大，着火了还能点着豌豆。

特点：打着打着就自燃了，还能被其他植物点燃，着火之后还能点着豌豆。
植物特征：红色植物、浑身欲火、满腹怒火
火炬树桩总想告诉大家火柴花是自己的后代，但火柴花除了能点燃豌豆之外，还是一个用拳头说话的战士，比火炬树桩只会摆出凶相吓唬敌人强多了。

In English: Attack enemies in front of them. The more they attack the more fiery they become, can even ignite peas after set alight. Special: Light itself after attacking for a while, can also be lit by other plants. Can ignite peas after being set alight. Plant feature: Red plant, full of fiery aura, full of anger Torchwood always tries to tell everyone Match Flower is his descendant, but not only can Match Flower light peas, he's also a warrior that has a "let the fists do the talking" attitude, being obviously much stronger than Torchwood, who can only make a scary face to scare enemies.

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

When fed Plant Food, Match Flower will spit out fireballs in a 3x3 area around him and his petals will be set on fire.

Costumed

His Plant Food effect is now one second longer.

Level upgrade

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Boxing Mastery 拳术专精	The ignition begins earlier (c.a. two attack cycles).
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Match Flower gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Blue Ragefire 蓝色怒焰	It attacks now with blue fire, doing more damage.
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Match Flower gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken 能力觉醒	Match Flower may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Match Flower gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).
	Explosive Punch 爆炸拳	Now has a chance to trigger an explosion when attack, dealing damage to a large group of zombies.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Match Flower gains another 50% more attack power and health (300% of initial).

Strategies

In Frostbite Caves, Match Flower can be used as a mixture of Bonk Choy and Torchwood who deals more damage than a regular Bonk Choy, if you want to use him outside of Frostbite Caves, make sure you have him to at least level 3 or 4, you can also try to team him up with Firebloom Queen if he is not yet at level 2.

Gallery

Almanac entry

HD Match Flower

HD costumed Match Flower

Puzzle Piece

Costumed Puzzle Piece

Obtaining Match Flower from a chest

Plant Food effect

Match Flower on the title screen (note he has a costume)

Match Flower on instructions on how to unlock Firebloom Queen

Textures

Match Flower in an advertisement for the 1.8.2 update, along with Firebloom Queen, Zombot War Wagon and Zombot Tuskmaster 10,000 BC

Match Flower in an event banner

Seed packet (with sun cost)

Seed packet (without sun cost)

Match Flower in-game

Match Flower on a Gold Tile

Dancing

Attacking (animated)

Match Flower punching

Match Flower doing his last attack cycle

Match Flower with his petals on fire

Match Flower under his Plant Food effect

Match Flower turning regular peas into flaming peas

Grayed out Match Flower

Imitater seed packet

Trivia

• He reuses Bonk Choy's punching sound effects.
  • Also, his Plant Food sound originally reused Lava Guava's screaming Plant Food sound effect, however, in the 2.0.0 update, this was replaced with a new sound effect.
• He is the only plant introduced in the 1.8.2 update that is not a Legendary plant. Instead, he is a Super-Rare plant.
• The punches he does are considered fire damage, which will melt slowed zombies.
• If one or more Match Flowers are in front of a Firebloom Queen and the Firebloom Queen sets the tiles in front of her alight, she will set fire to the Match Flowers' petals.
  • A similar thing happens when a Fire Peashooter shoots a fire pea in a lane with one or more Match Flowers.
• His range is slightly longer than Bonk Choy's, and a bit longer than Torch Kongfu Zombie's, as seen in the gallery.
• Though he can light up peas, he cannot light up Primal Peashooter's pea.
• When a level is started in Frostbite Caves, his petals will be set on fire from the start.

See also

• Torchwood
• Bonk Choy