- For other uses, see Witch Hazel (disambiguation).
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Witch Hazel is a recurring plant character within the Plants vs. Zombies franchise. Witch Hazels use magic to transform zombies into Mushrooms, usually Puff-shrooms.
As of Plants vs. Zombies 3, Witch Hazel has appeared in three games.
Origins[]
A real life example of witch-hazel, the plant Witch Hazel is based on
Witch Hazel is based on the plant witch-hazel, a flowering plant in the genus Hamamelis in the family Hamamelidaceae. Her name is a portmanteau of "witch-hazel", the real-life plant she is based on; and "witch", hence her appearance. She shares the same name as the Looney Tunes character Witch Hazel.
Her description in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes is a reference to the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail, where a group of villagers are trying to figure out if a woman is a witch. During the conversation, a villager suggests to build a bridge out of the woman, to see if she is made of wood and is, therefore, a witch.
History[]
Plants vs. Zombies 2[]
- Main article: Witch Hazel (PvZ2)
Witch Hazel is first introduced in Plants vs. Zombies 2 as a Premium plant. Similar to Electric Blueberry and Caulipower, they target a random zombie on the board to activate their ability, in Witch Hazel's case, turning them into a Puff-shroom (or a Fume-shroom if they're level 7 or over) before having to recharge for an extended period of time. Their Plant Food instead turns a random zombie into a Toadstool.
Witch Hazel specifically prioritizes Wizard Zombies, thus serving as a counter to them.
She is a member of the Enchant-mint family, who decreases her transformation rate to 9-10 seconds, increases her damage by 1,800, her Plant Food effect's damage by 3,000, makes the zombies she's transformed into level 10 plants, turns zombies into Fume-shrooms rather than Puff-shrooms (Toadstools rather than Fume-shrooms at level 7 or higher), and her plant food effect turn zombies into Hypno-shrooms if she's level 7 or higher while he is on the field.
Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars (China only) (Archived content)[]
- Main article: Magic line
Witch Hazel appeared in the Chinese-exclusive turn-based game Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars as the second plant in the Magic line, evolving from Magic-shroom and evolving into Pumpkin Witch. She attacked zombies by firing a red laser at them.
Her active ability was Hat Trick, which locked two enemies in statis for 2 turns, making them unable to be attacked or attack. Her passive ability was Spell Enchantment, which had her gain an 40% boost to her attack after each Hat Trick for 3 turns.
Her soulmates were members of the Flame line for a health boost, members of the Magnet line for a damage boost, and members of the Citron line and Energy Bean lines together for a boost to her critical hit chance.
Plants vs. Zombies Heroes[]
- Main article: Witch Hazel (PvZH)
Witch Hazel's latest appearance is in the turn-based mobile card game Plants vs. Zombies Heroes as an Event plant. Here, she costs 4
and has 3
as a Flower plant in the 
Smarty class.
At the end of every turn, she destroys a random zombie on the board and turns them into a Puff-Shroom. This effect works even if the Puff-Shroom can't be created, and the zombie will simply be destroyed with no Puff-Shroom created.
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Trivia[]
- According to the developers in a Live from PopCap episode, she is the arch-nemesis of the Wizard Zombie. This is most likely because both are sorcerers that can transform others.
See also[]
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