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For other uses, see Squash (disambiguation)
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The beast from the autumnal feast!
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โ€”Spooky Squash splash screen in Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville

Spooky Squash is a plant boss in the Boss Hunt gamemode in Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2. From October 26, 2016 to October 29, 2016, and later returned on April 27, 2017 to April 30, 2017, August 31, 2017 to September 3, 2017 and November 5, 2019 to November 11, 2019. He is the main boss in the "Tale of The Spooky Squash" Boss Hunt gamemode in the Mystery Portal. Spooky Squash mainly hops around Aqua Center with no destination in mind, attacking any player that comes near with his fire breath and fireballs.

He has an obscenely large amount of health, requiring players to complete a set of objectives in order to gain a temporary "Sugar Rush" boost which allows all players to deal large amounts of damage, and then they are actually able to take away substantial amounts of Spooky Squash's health. Completing the Boss Hunt rewards the player 15 Rainbow Stars and one of several special Halloween customization items obtained only by completing this Boss Hunt.

The Spooky Squash returns in Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville as a regular boss with its immense health toned down to fit such a role.

Abilities[]

  • Fire Spit: Shoots a fire ball that does splash and fire damage. It's a range attack.
  • Fire Breath: Spooky Squash breaths fire at a close distance doing fire damage. Similar to Giga Torchwood's Volcano Breath.
  • Spooky Slam: Spooky Squash slams the floor causing damage and stunning zombies.

Health[]

  • Normal: 675000 health
  • CRAAAAZY!!!: 875000 health
  • Hard: 775000 health

Strategies[]

Like Sasquatch, Spooky Squash is a tough and very difficult boss unless the entire team knows what to do. Teamwork is key in defeating Spooky Squash. Players should aim to get two scientists and two heavy-hitting zombies as part of their team (Super Brainz, All-Star and possibly Foot Soldier are good choices). Having Toxic Brainz as one of the characters is very useful as his special abilities are useful later on, however, Scientists are the most important class, as you will likely get vanquished multiple times and the Scientists are of utmost importance for healing.

Upon being revealed, Spooky Squash should not be attacked as it would do almost no damage to him. Instead, players should progress through the first phase where the zombies are required to power up two tombstones and keep them powered to anchor the guardian (A Champion Giga Torchwood). Players should have two team members stay behind (either both scientists or one scientist and one heavy-hitter) and keep the two tombstones raised whilst the other two head out to vanquish the guardian (either both heavy-hitters or one scientist and one heavy hitter). Players holding up the tombstone should keep in mind that if they are vanquished or leave the circle, the guardian will disappear and the team has to redo the entire phase so it is wise to put Dr. Heals next to you so you won't get vanquished. He will also summon Chomp Things, Roses, Citrons, Rock Peas, Vampire Flowers and Camo Cacti.

After defeating the guardian, players must locate a candy bucket before defeating a few plant champions to fill it up with candy as part of a curse. It is recommended that a non-scientist character picks up the bucket as not only are scientists unable to use their healing abilities when holding it, but their low health makes them easier to vanquish, therefore restarting the entire phase. Another important point is that players without the bucket should not pick up/eat the candy as the message 'The candy was too sour' will show up, the player that ate it will be vanquished immediately, and the team will have to find the next champion, thus wasting time. If the time runs out, the bucket's bond will break, triggering the curse "All Hallows Eve", vanquishing the team and potentially costing them the game.

After collecting the required amount of candy from vanquished champions, players receive a "Sugar Rush" boost which buffs their damage by around 50 times. In this state, all players should locate the Spooky Squash and inflict as much damage as they can onto it before the boost ends. However it is hard as Spooky Squash has no critical hitbox. After this, the entire cycle must be repeated until Spooky Squash is vanquished. However, if the Spooky Squash's health is low enough(To the point it is just barely visible on the health bar) and your team feel confident that you can defeat the Spooky Squash, continue attacking him though one must approach the boss less recklessly for a successful non Sugar Rush boosted attack.

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • According to the loading screen before starting the Boss Hunt, the Spooky Squash exists because Crazy Dave put candy in the soil.
  • Unlike a normal Squash, he is orange and has a carved out face. This makes him look like a jack o' lantern, which may be because the Boss Hunt event came out around Halloween.
    • This does carry some truth in reality; aside from pumpkins, other gourds and related plants are also occasionally carved for Halloween, and squash are one of the plants that are among those to be carved.
  • Both he and Sasquatch attack with fire, summon food-based "curses", and are bosses that were featured in the Boss Hunt event that was introduced around Halloween.
  • Unlike other bosses, Spooky Squash has less health on higher difficulties.
  • For whatever reason, in Battle for Neighborville, in certain instances such as the Parade Gloat quest, they are incorrectly called Pumpkin Squash while in other instances such as the Roasted Root Vegetables and the name that appears when they're vanquished, they are still called Spooky Squash.

See also[]

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Plants (Shooter games)
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare plants
Playable Classes
Peashooters Peashooter ยท Fire Pea ยท Ice Pea ยท Toxic Pea ยท Commando Pea ยท Agent Pea ยท Law Pea ยท Berry Shooter ยท Plasma Pea


Sunflowers Sunflower ยท Mystic Flower ยท Power Flower ยท Fire Flower ยท Shadow Flower ยท Metal Petal ยท Sun Pharaoh ยท Alien Flower


Chompers Chomper ยท Hot Rod Chomper ยท Toxic Chomper ยท Fire Chomper ยท Power Chomper ยท Count Chompula ยท Armor Chomper ยท Chester Chomper ยท Chomp Thing


Cacti Cactus ยท Camo Cactus ยท Fire Cactus ยท Ice Cactus ยท Power Cactus ยท Future Cactus ยท Bandit Cactus ยท Citrus Cactus ยท Jade Cactus
Boss Mode Crazy Dave
Abilities
Peashooter Chili Bean Bomb ยท Pea Gatling ยท Hyper ยท Sombrero Bean Bomb ยท Retro Gatling ยท Super Pea Jump


Sunflower Heal Beam ยท Sunbeam ยท Heal Flower ยท Rainbow Heal Beam ยท Solar Flare Beam ยท Dark Flower


Chomper Goop ยท Burrow ยท Spikeweed ยท Super Sticky Goop ยท Sprint Burrow ยท Spiky Spikeweed ยท Cheesy Goop ยท Chesterweed


Cactus Potato Mine ยท Garlic Drone ยท Tallnut Battlement ยท Potato Nugget Mine ยท Artichoke Drone ยท Iron Maiden


Boss Mode Coconut Spotting Station ยท Twin Heal Flower ยท Cherry Strike ยท Revive Rainbow
Spawnable Plants Pea Cannon ยท Pea Repeater ยท Gatling Pea ยท Bonk Choy ยท Scaredy-shroom ยท Heal Flower ยท Fume-shroom ยท Goop-shroom ยท Snap Dragon ยท Ice-shroom ยท Doom-shroom ยท Ice Peashooter ยท Fire Peashooter ยท Bamboo Shoot ยท Laser Bean
Others Corn Mortar ยท Flax Cannon ยท Tallnut ยท Mega Flower ยท Tactical Cuke ยท Tallnut Cannon
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 plants
Playable Classes
Peashooters Peashooter ยท Fire Pea ยท Ice Pea ยท Toxic Pea ยท Commando Pea ยท Agent Pea ยท Law Pea ยท Plasma Pea ยท Rock Pea ยท Electro Pea


Sunflowers Sunflower ยท Mystic Flower ยท Power Flower ยท Fire Flower ยท Shadow Flower ยท Metal Petal ยท Sun Pharaoh ยท Alien Flower ยท Vampire Flower ยท Stuffy Flower


Chompers Chomper ยท Hot Rod Chomper ยท Toxic Chomper ยท Fire Chomper ยท Power Chomper ยท Count Chompula ยท Armor Chomper ยท Chomp Thing ยท Yeti Chomper ยท Disco Chomper ยท Unicorn Chomper ยท Twilight Chomper


Cacti Cactus ยท Camo Cactus ยท Fire Cactus ยท Ice Cactus ยท Power Cactus ยท Future Cactus ยท Bandit Cactus ยท Jade Cactus ยท Zen Cactus ยท Petrified Cactus


Citrons Citron ยท Frozen Citron ยท Electro Citron ยท Iron Citron ยท Party Citron ยท Toxic Citron


Roses Rose ยท Druid Rose ยท Fire Rose ยท Frost Rose ยท Party Rose ยท Nec'Rose


Corns Kernel Corn ยท BBQ Corn ยท Mob Cob ยท Pops Corn ยท Party Corn ยท Commando Corn


Others Torchwood ยท Junkasaurus
Abilities
Peashooter Chili Bean Bomb ยท Pea Gatling ยท Hyper ยท Sombrero Bean Bomb ยท Retro Gatling ยท Super Pea Jump ยท Dark Bean Bomb ยท Bling Gatling


Sunflower Heal Beam ยท Sunbeam ยท Heal Flower ยท Rainbow Heal Beam ยท Solar Flare Beam ยท Dark Flower ยท Rainbow Flower


Chomper Goop ยท Burrow ยท Spikeweed ยท Super Sticky Goop ยท Sprint Burrow ยท Spiky Spikeweed ยท Chomp Cannon ยท Vampweed ยท Rainbow Warp ยท Twilight Warp


Cactus Potato Mine ยท Garlic Drone ยท Tallnut Battlement ยท Potato Nugget Mine ยท Artichoke Drone ยท Iron Maiden ยท Pizzazzling Potato Mine ยท Red Artichoke ยท Bling Maiden ยท Dark Garlic Drone


Citron
Assault Mode EMPeach ยท Citron Ball ยท Peel Shield ยท Party Citron Ball ยท Mood Shield


Citron Ball Hyper Ball ยท Assault Mode ยท Spin Dash


Rose Time Snare ยท Arcane Enigma ยท Goatify ยท Arcane Lotus ยท Psychedelic Goat


Kernel Corn Butter Barrage ยท Husk Hop ยท Shuck Shot ยท Bigger Better Butter ยท Multi-Shuck


Torchwood Blazin' Blast ยท Smoldering Madness ยท Leaf Shield


Junkasaurus Charge of Insanity ยท Epic Mega Blast ยท Spin Override ยท Super Heavy Hornblast
Spawnable Plants
Soil of Summoning Weed ยท Pumpkin Weed ยท Terracotta Weed ยท Leaf Shield Weed ยท Wood Shield Weed ยท Vase Weed ยท Porcelain Vase Weed ยท Heal Weed ยท Flag Weed ยท Dandelion Weed ยท Hypno-shroom


Grow-a-Pot Bonk Choy ยท Pea Cannon ยท Gatling Pea ยท Lightning Reed ยท Scaredy-shroom ยท Fume-shroom ยท Goop-shroom ยท Doom-shroom ยท Ice-shroom ยท Toxic Gloom-shroom ยท Bamboo Shoot ยท Snap Dragon ยท Heal Flower
Bosses Giga Torchwood ยท Super Bean ยท Sunflower Queen ยท Big Stump ยท Marigold ยท Squash ยท Royal Hypno-Flower ยท Spooky Squash
L.E.A.F. Agent Citron ยท Agent Rose ยท Agent Corn ยท Grumpy Stumpy ยท Ironball
Others Assistant Manager Bitey ยท Crystal Guardian ยท Tallnut ยท Tallnut Cannon
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville plants
Playable Classes
PvZ BfN Attack Class Icon Attack Peashooter ยท Chomper ยท Kernel Corn ยท Night Cap ยท Snapdragon


PvZ BfN Defend Class Icon Defend Cactus ยท Citron ยท Acorn (Oak)


PvZ BfN Support Class Icon Support Sunflower ยท Rose


Swarm Wildflower
Abilities
Peashooter Chili Bean Bomb ยท Pea Gatling ยท Pea Suped


Chomper Spikeweed ยท Burrow ยท Grody Goop


Kernel Corn Butter Beacon ยท Husk Hop ยท Shuck Shot


Night Cap Casting Shadows ยท Fung Fu ยท Shadow Sneak


Snapdragon Swoop Slam ยท Blue Blazes ยท Blazing Trail


Cactus Potato Mine ยท Garlic Drone ยท Petal Propeller


Citron E.M.Peach ยท Spin Dash ยท Navel Laser


Acorn & Oak
Acorn
Solo Sap Trap ยท Invoke Oak ยท Acorn Dash


Passenger Sap Trap ยท Treeject ยท Lumber Support


Oak Super Sap Trap ยท Treeject ยท Roll for Damage



Sunflower Sunny Side Up ยท Sunbeam ยท Heal Beam


Rose Jinx ยท Arcane Enigma ยท Goatify


Wildflower Wild Life ยท Weed Out ยท Bloom Boom
Spawnable Plants
Grow-a-Pot
Range Pea Cannon ยท Gatling Pea ยท Scaredy-Shroom ยท Lightning Reed


Support Heal Flower ยท Goop-Shroom


Melee Bonk Choy ยท Doom-Shroom ยท Fume-Shroom


Soil of Summoning
Melee Terracotta Weed ยท Vase Weed ยท Dandelion


Range Wildflower ยท Terracotta Wildflower


Support Heal Weed ยท Hypno-Shroom
Battle Leaders Bam-Bam-Boo ยท Bluehorn Corn ยท Flotsamuel ยท Lucy ยท No-Neck Raffi ยท Pinky Rain ยท Pollen Kate ยท Pound Cake ยท Queen Capra ยท Sherman ยท Sproutrage ยท Teddy
Bounty Hunt
Weirding Woods Queenigma ยท Solar Sisters ยท Wild Bunch


Town Center Bitey Brothers ยท Mirror-Shroom ยท Tiger Klaus
Elusive Foes
Weirding Woods Amber Gemma ยท Pops Cyclops ยท Sleepy


Town Center Big Hurtle ยท Kitty Sparkles ยท Mrs. Veilbiter
Bosses Dreadroot ยท Giga Torchwood ยท Sunflower Queen ยท Super Bean ยท Marigold ยท Hypno Sunflower Queen ยท Spooky Squash ยท Bitter Dill ยท Dreadwood ยท Blight Cap
Quest NPCs Air Ron ยท Best Fishing Friendโ„ข๏ธ ยท Bingo-Bongo ยท Brian ยท Corny Corn ยท Dandelion ยท Exposition Al ยท Gilly the Kid ยท Harmela ยท Land Phil ยท Major Sweetie ยท Mark ยท Mike ยท Sergeant Peel ยท Sir Crustworthy ยท Sir Victor-Ian ยท Tenderleaf ยท Tumbleweed Ted ยท Vivian
Others Weed ยท Pumpkin Weed ยท Leaf Shield Weed ยท Pumpkin Wildflower ยท Mindblower
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