Spring Bean

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

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.
Almanac statistics
Sun cost	50
Recharge	Sluggish
Area	Single
Range	Touch
Special	Pushes zombies back, or into the water
Weakness	Gets sleepy after springing
Rarity (China)	Common
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)
Unlocked	Beating Pirate Seas - Day 9
Unlocked (China)	Beating Pirate Seas - Day 9; collecting 10 Spring Bean Puzzle Pieces
Costumes
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 is the fourth plant obtained in Pirate Seas in Plants vs. Zombies 2. He bounces the first zombie that steps on him back one tile 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.

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.

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

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 one tile or in nearby water in Pirate Seas. He will also wake up if he was asleep.

Costumed (China only)

His Plant Food ability can now stun zombies.

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	50	19 seconds	14 seconds	325 damage	10 seconds	+10%
3	50	2,000	50	19 seconds	14 seconds	350 damage	9 seconds	+25%
4	100	4,000	50	18 seconds	13 seconds	375 damage	9 seconds	+35%
5	125	6,000	50	18 seconds	13 seconds	400 damage	9 seconds	+50%
6	175	8,000	50	17 seconds	12 seconds	450 damage	9 seconds	+65%
7	250	10,000	50	17 seconds	12 seconds	500 damage	8 seconds	+75%
8	350	15,000	50	16 seconds	11 seconds	550 damage	8 seconds	+90%
9	450	20,000	25	16 seconds	11 seconds	600 damage	8 seconds	+100%
10	800	30,000	25	15 seconds	10 seconds	650 damage	7 seconds	+115%
11	1,000	40,000	25	14 seconds	9 seconds	700 damage	7 seconds	+125%
12	1,250	50,000	25	13 seconds	8 seconds	750 damage	7 seconds	+140%
13	1,500	60,000	25	12 seconds	7 seconds	800 damage	6 seconds	+150%
14	1,750	80,000	25	11 seconds	6 seconds	850 damage	6 seconds	+165%
15	2,000	100,000	25	10 seconds	5 seconds	900 damage	5 seconds	+180%

*Applies to both normal and Plant Food states.

Level upgrade (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Powerful Bounce	Spring Bean gets a 15% chance to bounce a zombie off screen.
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Spring Bean gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Enhanced Bounce	Spring Bean gets a 30% chance to bounce a zombie off screen.
	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).

Strategies

Spring Bean is not an impressive plant by himself. 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.

Spring Bean's Plant Food however can be used to quickly turn the tide of battle. In certain levels in Pirate Seas, it can be used to instantly kill all zombies except Imp Cannons, Seagull Zombies and Pelican Zombies. Another notable strategy is to plant Blover or Hurrikale quickly after boosting Spring Bean. With the right timing (Blover or Hurrikale should ideally be planted right when Spring Bean is at his highest), all zombies will be blown away by Blover (or a column with Hurrikale), therefore this combo can be used to eliminate virtually any high-priority target from the field, especially Gargantuars, or other dangerous zombies.

It is actually possible to get rid of an Gargantuar with only a Spring Bean and a Blover, without the help of Plant Food. This is because the small bounce actually counts as the zombie being in the air, giving you the ability to use a Blover and blow him away. However, the Blover must be planted before the Spring Bean bounces, but not after the zombie has landed again.

Spring Bean can be used to combat land Surfer Zombies, as they somehow destroy the surfboard, as well as staying alive in doing so. Spring Bean alone can also counter the All-Star Zombie. When the All-Star Zombie prepares to tackle the Spring Bean, the latter will push the zombie before the former does a successful tackle. This strategy shouldn't be used in higher levels of Highway to the Danger Room, due to sheer mass of zombies capable of activating the Spring Bean.

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).

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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. 
• In the Chinese version of Plants vs. Zombies 2, he will make the zombies roll over instead of bouncing them back. However, he will only roll the zombies and kill them instantly if he is upgraded to level 2 or higher.
• 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.
• 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 somehow 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.
• In the Chinese version, he is slightly translucent. This can be seen if he is on an endangered tile.
• 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.
• Spring Bean cannot throw Gargantuars into the water to instantly kill them in the Chinese Version.
• His Plant Food effect will not bounce any zombies that have been stunned by E.M.Peach.

See also

• Chard Guard

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