Spring Bean

"He just doesn't understand how the zombies get up on the roof in the first place." ^[1]

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For the version in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes, see Spring Bean.

For other usages of beans, see bean.

Spring Bean
Spring Beans bounce back zombies that get too close. Will bounce them into water if nearby.
Statistics
Sun Cost	50
Recharge	20 seconds
Toughness	300 damage
Recovery Time	10 seconds
Knockback	1.25 tiles
Area	Single
Family	Contain-mint
Plant Food effect	Knocks back all zombies on the lawn back a tile or into the water.
Special	Pushes zombies back, or into the water
Weakness	Gets sleepy after springing
Statistics (China)
Sun Cost	50
Recharge	20 seconds
Toughness	300 damage
Attack Rest	11 seconds
Range	On Contact
Area	Single Target
Class	Special
Quality	Common
Tags	Displace
Plant features	Green plant, ahoge
In-game statistics
Strengths	(cannot move or destroy it when it's ready to bounce) (immune to his surfboard)
Other weakness	(flies over it) (can shovel it up without stepping on it) (forces it to come out of the ground when he uses the boombox) (can easily crush it) (cannot be bounced while on stilts)
Unlocked	Beating Pirate Seas - Day 9
Unlocked (China)	Beating Pirate Seas - Day 9; collecting 10 Spring Bean Puzzle Pieces
Costumes
Code name	springbean
He's the strong, silent type and little is known about Spring Bean. What is known though: his fan club is a million followers strong. And the ladies love him.

“	Spring Bean bounce back zombies that get too close.	”
—Penny

Spring Bean is the fourth plant obtained in Pirate Seas in Plants vs. Zombies 2. He bounces the first zombie that steps on him back 1.25 tiles or, if close enough, into nearby water, instantly killing the zombie in question. After bouncing, he will fall asleep for 10 seconds during which he is vulnerable to attack.

Origins

Spring Bean is based on the unripe fruit of the Phaseolus vulgaris, or the common bean. His name is a portmanteau of "string bean," a type of bean and "spring," referencing his spring-like appendage and his ability.

A secondary source of inspiration could be the Sebastiania pavoniana tree. This plant is known in some regions of the world for being parasited by the Cydia deshaisiana moth. The adult lays an egg on the tree's seeds, and the hatched caterpillar digs into the seed. If it gets too hot or too cold, the caterpillar will wiggle in an attempt to move the seed to a more optimal spot, earning the duo the name of "Mexican jumping bean", possibly explaining the jumping or springing mechanic of the plant in-game.

Almanac entry

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

Spring Bean
	SUN COST 50 RECHARGE 20 TOUGHNESS 300 RECOVERY TIME 10 Special Knockback AREA Single Contain-mint Plant Food: Knocks back all zombies on the lawn back a tile or into the water. Spring Beans bounce back zombies that get too close. Will bounce them into water if nearby. He's the strong, silent type and little is known about Spring Bean. What is known though: his fan club is a million followers strong. And the ladies love him.

Spring Bean

SUN COST 50 RECHARGE 20 TOUGHNESS 300 RECOVERY TIME 10 Special Knockback AREA Single Contain-mint Plant Food: Knocks back all zombies on the lawn back a tile or into the water. Spring Beans bounce back zombies that get too close. Will bounce them into water if nearby. He's the strong, silent type and little is known about Spring Bean. What is known though: his fan club is a million followers strong. And the ladies love him.

Chinese version  (China only)

弹簧豆会把靠近的僵尸弹开。如果附近有水，僵尸就会被直接弹入水里。 特点：将僵尸向后推或推进水里 弱点：弹起攻击后会犯困 植物特征：绿色植物、呆毛 弹簧豆非常安静和内向，以至于没什么人了解他。但他的粉丝团却十分壮大，尤其受姑娘们的追捧。 In English: Spring Bean bounces zombies nearby away. If there is water nearby, zombies will be bounced into the water. Special: bounces zombies back or into the water Weakness: falls asleep after bouncing Plant feature: green plant, ahoge Spring Bean is a quiet introvert and not many people knows him much. Yet he has a big fan base and he is especially adorned by the girls.

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

Plant Food ability (animated)

When fed Plant Food, Spring Bean will jump into the air then back onto the ground to unleash a great impact, bouncing every zombie on screen back 1.25 tiles or in nearby water in Pirate Seas. He will also wake up if he was asleep.

Contain-mint effect

When boosted by Contain-mint, Spring Bean knock zombies back an additional 3.5 tiles, and his sleep time is reduced to one second.

Level upgrade

Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge (Sluggish)	Starting Recharge	Toughness (Typical)	Recovery Time (Normal)	Special (Knockback)*	Area
1	0	0	50	20 seconds	15 seconds	300 damage	10 seconds	Normal	Single
2	10	1,000		19 seconds	14 seconds	325 damage		+10%
3	50	2,000				350 damage	9 seconds	+25%
4	100	4,000		18 seconds	13 seconds	375 damage		+35%
5	125	6,000				400 damage		+50%
6	175	8,000		17 seconds	12 seconds	450 damage		+65%
7	250	10,000				500 damage	8 seconds	+75%
8	350	15,000		16 seconds	11 seconds	550 damage		+90%
9	450	20,000	25			600 damage		+100%
10	800	30,000		15 seconds	10 seconds	650 damage	7 seconds	+115%
11	1,000	40,000		14 seconds	9 seconds	700 damage		+125%
12	1,250	50,000		13 seconds	8 seconds	750 damage		+140%
13	1,500	60,000		12 seconds	7 seconds	800 damage	6 seconds	+150%
14	1,750	80,000		11 seconds	6 seconds	850 damage		+165%
15	2,000	100,000		10 seconds	5 seconds	900 damage	5 seconds	+180%

*Applies to both normal and Plant Food states.

Mastery upgrades

• Chance to Boost
• Toughness Bonus

Level upgrade (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Powerful Bounce 强力弹射	Unlocks Powerful Bounce, each bounce has a 15% chance of directly knocking small and medium-sized zombies into the air. 解锁强力弹射，每次弹起时有15%的概率直接将中小型僵尸击飞。
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Spring Bean gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Enhanced Bounce 弹射增强	The trigger probability of Powerful Bounce is increased by 100%. 强力弹射的触发概率提升100%。
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Spring Bean gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken 能力觉醒	Spring Bean may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Spring Bean gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).

Costumed (China only)

His Plant Food ability can now stun zombies.

Strategies

In his homeworld, Spring Bean will find most of his utility at his ability to bounce enemies onto water, instantly killing them in the process. Because of this, Spring Bean can be used as an early defender against high health zombies, such as Buckethead Pirate and Gargantuar Pirate; or as a measure against Swashbuckler Zombies in lanes without planks.

However, his inability to bounce multiple enemies back, as well as his sleeping time makes Spring Bean a poor choice in later levels - Imp Cannon in particular will create great challenges to Spring Bean, due to the amount of Imp Pirate Zombies it can create, making Primal Peashooters, Kiwibeasts, and Chard Guards more optimal choices to stop these zombies. Moreover, it is not recommended to bring Spring Bean outside of Pirate Seas as there is no water that will instantly defeat zombies and he can only bounce them back a tile.

Avoid using Spring Bean against the Ankylosaurus, as the flung zombies will push him back first. It is not recommended to use it against Excavator Zombie, as they can shovel him up without stepping on him. The player should also be wary of Troglobites and Arcade Zombies as they can still crush the plant no matter if he's in defensive position or not. His main weaknesses are Gargantuar Prime, Wizard Zombie, Octo Zombie, and Hair Metal Gargantuar, as they can easily disable them from a safe distance, especially Gargantuar Prime and Hair Metal Gargantuar as even their laser or shockwaves can instantly destroy him (even if he's ready to bounce).

Gallery

Spring Bean has a gallery!

Visit this page to see it.

In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Spring Bean
Simplified Chinese	弹簧豆
French	Pois ressort
German	Federbohne
Italian	Fagiolino
Brazilian Portuguese	Feijão-mola	Portuguese for "spring bean" in literal meaning
Russian	Пружинистый боб	From Пружинистый and боб
Spanish	Frijuelle

Trivia

• He cannot be attacked by Seagull Zombie/Pelican Zombie, pulled by Fisherman Zombie or hit by Turquoise Skull Zombie's laser beam when he is ready to bounce.
• When he bounces back a zombie on the rightmost column and the adjacent row is a water lane, the zombie will land on the edge of the water lane while still being alive, but then walks into the water and drowns.
  • This can occur from a farther distance with his Plant Food effect.
• There is a glitch that if he bounces back the last zombie in the level on the rightmost column and bounce out of the screen (only possible with higher level plant), the level will be completed immediately.
• As of the 2.1 update, he can no longer be crushed by Gargantuars when attempting to bounce them.
• If a Surfer Zombie tries to slam him with his surfboard, the surfboard will break but the Spring Bean will survive.
• He, Chard Guard and Kiwibeast can cancel all of Jester Zombie's projectiles when knocking Jester Zombie back.
• In game, Spring Bean is frowning, but when he gets ready to bounce back a zombie, he is smiling.
• A very serious glitch can occur, where if a boosted Spring Bean is planted right next to a Gargantuar and the Gargantuar attemps to smash him and kill him, the Gargantuar will succeed, despite the Spring Bean being immune to attacks.
• He can also stun the Zombot Sphinx-inator when he's ready to bounce back and while he bounces the zombie back the Zombot summoned in Modern Day - Day 32.
• His Plant Food effect will not bounce any zombies that have been stunned by E.M.Peach.
• Spring Bean will attempt to bounce over illuminated zombies by Solar Sage despite the zombie not being alive in the first place.
• As of the 6.7.1 update, zombies bounced by Spring Beans cannot be blown away by Blover. This is due to the tactic being abused in Arena to easily earn a huge amount of points.
  • There is a Piñata Party level — based on Modern Day - Day 26, where the player is given Spring Bean and Blover to easily beat the level. Nevertheless, the combo was removed.
  • However, zombies bounced by Spring Beans can be blown away by Draftodil's air cannon.
• Spring Bean is one of the nine plants that have a food-related costume, the others being Buttercup, Citron, Hot Potato, Guacodile, Gold Leaf, Fire Peashooter, Snapdragon, and Cold Snapdragon.

Specific to Chinese version  (China only)

• Spring Bean cannot throw Gargantuars into the water to instantly kill them.
• He is slightly translucent. This can be seen if he is on an endangered tile.
• He is the only Common rarity plant that can be obtained using rubies, as most other plants are Uncommon, Rare, Ultra-Rare or Legendary.
• When Spring Princess was added, Spring Bean's sun cost was changed to 250 and lasted for several updates around the 2.9.0 update. It was believed that due to the similarities of their abilities, the former plant was modified from the latter, causing the cost change. (Unsourced)

See also

• Chard Guard
• Shuffle Truffle

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