Zombies (Plants vs. Zombies)

“	We are the Undead!	”
—The Zombies

Every Zombie in the Almanac

For other uses, see zombies.

Zombies are reanimated, mindless, decaying corpses with a hunger for human brains. They are the main antagonists of Plants vs. Zombies, as the objective of the game is to prevent them from eating the player's brains. Zombies, like their defensive counterparts the plants, are varied in strength as well as speed, and command unique aspects which must be countered appropriately.

List of zombies

Almanac zombies

Name	Image	Characteristics	First Seen	Health	Attack Damage	Damage (per second)	Speed (second per grid)	Extra Health1
Zombie23		A normal zombie.	Level 1-1	181	100	100	4.7	89
Flag Zombie23		Moves slightly faster and signals a huge wave incoming. Can be customized with the Zombatar feature on versions that have it, excluding the Nintendo DS version.	Level 1-2	181	100	100	3.7	89
Conehead Zombie23		Headwear zombie uses a traffic cone to protect itself.	Level 1-3	551 370 (roadcone) 181 (zombie)	100	100	4.7	89
Pole Vaulting Zombie		Vaulting zombie, single jump, jumps over the first plant it encounters with a pole.	Level 1-6	335	100	100	2.5 4.7 (after jumping over)	165
Buckethead Zombie2		Headwear zombie has a bucket that is extremely resistant to damage, but attractable by a Magnet-shroom.	Level 1-8	1281 1100 (bucket) 181 (zombie)	100	100	4.7	89
Newspaper Zombie		Newspaper zombie, moves slowly at first, moves twice as fast and grunts after its newspaper is destroyed.	Level 2-1	331 150 (newspaper)6 181 (zombie)	100	100	4.7 1.8 (when newspaper is destroyed)	89
Screen Door Zombie		Shield zombie, is not affected by Snow Peas and other plants in the peashooter family unless the screen door is removed. Screen doors can be taken away by Magnet-shrooms.	Level 2-3	1281 1100 (screen door)6 181 (zombie)	100	100	4.7	89
Football Zombie34		Headwear zombie, very durable, moves fast. Helmet can be taken away by Magnet-shroom.	Level 2-6	1581 1400 (football helmet) 181 (zombie)	100	100	2.5	89
Dancing Zombie		Dances as it walks, summons Backup Dancers. Previously had an appearance similar to that of Michael Jackson.	Level 2-8	335	100	100	1.5 (sliding) 5.5 (dancing)	165
Backup Dancer		Dances as it walks in groups of four. Can be re-summoned if lead Dancing Zombie which is controlling it has not been killed. Previously had an appearance reminiscent of Michael Jackson's style.		181	100	100	5.5	89
Ducky Tube Zombie23		Only appears in the Pool. Is just as strong as the on-land version of the zombie of which it is a variation. It has Flag, Conehead, Buckethead, and ZomBotany zombies variations. Is always Pool or Fog ambush zombie.	Level 3-1	Varies7	100	100	4.7	89
Snorkel Zombie3		Invulnerable to most plants (except lobbed shots, Tangle Kelp, and explosive plants) while underwater. Only resurfaces to eat plants. Also appears in Zombiquarium.	Level 3-3	181	100	100	4	89
Zomboni2		Rides a Zamboni which crushes plants, leaving an ice trail behind.	Level 3-6	1151	Infinite/Instant-kill	Infinite/Instant-kill	varies	199
Zombie Bobsled Team2		Only appears on an ice trail left by a Zomboni. Appears in groups of four in a bobsled. After its bobsled reaches the end of the ice trail, it will get off and walk normally.		1024 300 (bobsled) 181 (for each zombie)	100	100	1.2 (gliding) 4.7	356 (89 for each zombie)
Dolphin Rider Zombie2		Vaulting zombie, single jump. While riding his dolphin, he is much faster. The dolphin disappears after jumping.	Level 3-8	335	100	100	0.8 4.7 (after jumping over)	165
Jack-in-the-Box Zombie2		Carries an exploding jack-in-the-box and moves twice as fast as normal Zombies. It shakes while cranking it up. Its jack-in-the-box can be taken by Magnet-shroom.	Level 4-1	335	100 (eating) Infinite/Instant-kill (exploding) 1800 (exploding, against Gargantuar, only when hypnotized)	100 Infinite/Instant-kill (exploding)	2.2 Explodes in ???	165
Balloon Zombie		Floats over the ground. Protected from ground attacks; however, it can be blown away by Blovers and its balloon can be popped by Cactus and Cattail.	Level 4-3	201 20 (balloon) 181 (zombie; dies immediately if on water)	100	100	2.5 (flying) 4.7	89
Digger Zombie		Digs through the ground and appears on the left side of the lawn, then eats through the player's defenses from the left. Vulnerable to Magnet-shroom, Gloom-shroom, Starfruit, Potato Mine (only when armed), and Split Pea.	Level 4-6	281 100 (hard hat) 181 (zombie)	100	100	1.2 (underground) 7 (walking)	89
Pogo Zombie		Vaulting zombie, makes multiple jumps. His pogo stick can be stolen by a Magnet-shroom. Also, he stops bouncing if he reaches a Tall-nut.	Level 4-8	335	100	100	1.9 (riding) 3.8	165
Zombie Yeti2		Runs away if not killed, drops four (five if first time) diamonds($4000) if killed. Appears in Adventure Mode replay, on Level 4-10.	Level 4-10 (After completing Adventure Mode)	901	100	100	5 2.1 (escaping)	449
Bungee Zombie		Steals a plant at random positions or drops zombies in the final wave. An Umbrella Leaf offers protection to the surrounding area.	Level 5-1	450	Infinite/Instant-kill (stealing a plant)	Infinite/Instant-kill (stealing a plant)	4 (to steal a plant)	0
Ladder Zombie		Shield zombie, attaches ladder to defensive plants to let others go over them. Its shield is not affected by Snow Peas and fire peas.	Level 5-3	835 500 (ladder)6 335 (zombie)	100	100	2 (when holding ladder) 4.7	165
Catapult Zombie		Attacks the last attackable plant in a row until it is out of basketballs, or crushes plants if they are directly planted on tiles where it occupies (regardless if it is moving or in idle animation to lob basketballs except for instant-kill plants other than Chomper), runs out of basketballs and no plants are present in that row and not able to be attacked by basketballs.	Level 5-6	651	75 (for each basketball) Infinite/Instant-kill (vehicle)	30 (basketballs) Infinite/Instant-kill (vehicle)	2.5	199
Gargantuar4		Takes two instant kills, but Lawn Mowers, Pool Cleaners, and Roof Cleaners kill them instantly. Crushes plants instead of eating them and throws an Imp when damaged.	Level 5-8	3000	Infinite/Instant-kill	Infinite/Instant-kill	4.7	0
Imp		Thrown by Gargantuars deep into your defenses after losing half of their health.		181 (48 in I, Zombie)	100	100	4.7 (1.9 in I, Zombie)	89 (22 in I, Zombie)
Dr. Zomboss		Final boss, has double health in Dr. Zomboss's Revenge.	Level 5-10	39999 (59999 in Dr. Zomboss's Revenge and second Adventure Mode gameplay)	Infinite/Instant-kill	Infinite/Instant-kill	-	1

Non-almanac zombies

Name	Image	Characteristics	First Seen	Attack Damage	Damage (per second)	Speed (second per grid)	Health
Trash Can Zombie		Shield zombie, moves about the quarter the speed of a Zombie, only appears in the console versions and DS version.	Survival Mode, Co-op Mode and Versus Mode	100	100	18.8 (when holding trash can) 4.7	981 800 (trash can) 181 (zombie)
Target Zombie		Only appears in Versus Mode. The main goal for plants is to kill three of these zombies.	Versus Mode	0	0	0	181
Peashooter Zombie		Shoots peas at plants, only appears in ZomBotany and ZomBotany 2.	ZomBotany	20 (for each attack) 100	13.333 (peas) 100	1.5 (to attack) 4.7	181
Wall-nut Zombie		Takes high amounts of damage, only appears in ZomBotany and ZomBotany 2.		100	100	4.7	1281
Gatling Pea Zombie		Shoots four peas at once, only appears in ZomBotany 2.	ZomBotany 2	80 (for each attack) 100	53.333 (peas) 100	1.5 (to attack) 4.7	181
Tall-nut Zombie		Takes about two instant kills if Potato Mine and Squash, other instant kills can kill it in one hit, only appears in ZomBotany 2.		100	100	4.7	2381
Jalapeno Zombie		Explodes after a short time and destroys all plants in the row, only appears in ZomBotany 2.		100 Infinite/Instant-kill (exploding)	100 Infinite/Instant-kill (exploding)	4.7 Explodes in ???	335
Squash Zombie		Squashes the first plant it comes near, moves faster than a normal zombie, only appears in ZomBotany 2.		Infinite/Instant-kill	Infinite/Instant-kill	1.9	181
Giga-Football Zombie5		Appears in the Plants vs. Zombies Web Version in Survival: Endless and Vasebreaker. Has almost the exact same health as a Gargantuar	Plants vs. Zombies Web Version and Plants vs. Zombies: Social Edition	100	100	2.5	2981 2800 (black football helmet) 181 (zombie)
Giga-gargantuar5		Takes four Instant kills, but Lawn Mowers, Pool Cleaners, and Roof Cleaners kill them instantly. Crushes plants instead of eating them and throws an Imp when weakened.	Survival: Endless, Co-op Endless and Last Stand Endless	Infinite/Instant-kill	Infinite/Instant-kill	4.7	6000
Catapult Baseball Zombie		Only appears in Homerun Derby.	Homerun Derby				Unknown
Baseball Zombie						varies

1. The maximum damage that can be blocked after death.
2. This zombie appears in Invisi-ghoul.
3. This zombie has a smaller form in Big Trouble Little Zombie.
4. This zombie has a giga form.
5. This zombie is a giga form.
6. Some attacks can bypass this.
7. Same amount of health as the zombie wearing the ducky tube.

Trivia

The zombies' almanac section on PopCap Games' website (some zombies are not included)

The zombies' burnt animation

All the zombies

• Imps in I, Zombie and the normal Zombie in Level 3-5 and Big Trouble, Little Zombie are the weakest zombies in the entire game, taking 48 damage, or 3 peas.
• There are also Ducky Tube Zombie versions of Flag Zombie, Conehead Zombie, and Buckethead Zombie zombies and ZomBotany zombies except for Squash Zombie.
• Other zombies encountered in or out of the game include Chinese zombies, Zombie Worm, Queen Zombies, Sunflower Zombie, and Vampire Imp.
• The hand of a normal Zombie can be seen popping out of the grave on the main menu when Adventure Mode is loaded, followed by an evil laugh except in the iOS or DS versions.
• Zombies' surprise attacks appear in Night, Pool, Fog, and Roof levels; in the first, they come out of the graves; in the next two, they come out of the water in the right four columns of the pool, covered in seaweed, and are functionally the same as Ducky Tube Zombies. In roof levels, they are dropped by Bungee Zombies onto the slope of the roof, and appear and function the same way as normal, Conehead, or Buckethead Zombie. In all four cases, with the notable exception of Whack a Zombie (and Level 2-5) and Level 5-5 (includes Grave Danger if including Limbo Page games), they appear only at the end, during the last flag in a level, including every other wave in Survival: Endless. Zombies popping out of graves can be stopped by planting a Grave Buster on the grave, making the grave disappear. Ambush zombies popping out of the pool can be prevented by planting or waking up an Ice-shroom so it explodes after the huge wave of zombies starts to appear on the right of the screen, but before the ambush zombies appear. Ambush zombies dropped by Bungee Zombies can be stopped by planting an Umbrella Leaf within one square of where the zombie appears.
• The only zombies encountered in the gameplay that do not have the word "zombie" as the last word in their name are Backup Dancer, Zomboni, Zombie Bobsled Team, Zombie Yeti, Dr. Zomboss, Gargantuar, Giga-gargantuar, and Imp.
• In the iOS and Android Versions of Plants vs. Zombies, the zombies are slightly shorter and have more strands of hair on their abnormally large heads.
• Balloon Zombies, Dolphin Rider Zombies, Digger Zombies, Catapult Zombies, Gargantuars and Imps have different heads than a normal zombie.
• There is a glitch in the DS and Mac versions where almost all types of zombies require a few more points of damage after losing their heads before they fall over.
• In the end of the trailer of the DS, the Zombie Horse appears; the Zombie Horse also appears in the same video as one of Dr. Zomboss's failed attempts to make a tiny zombie.
• Zombies can fully eat non-defensive plants in approximately three seconds.
• When the player kills the last zombie in a level, only the head will be shown falling down, while the body disappears.
• Frozen zombies (slowed zombies by a Snow Pea, Ice-shroom, or Winter Melon) on versions with higher quality graphics (PC, iOS, Xbox 360, PS3) have a lighter blue than on DS and DSiWare versions.
• Hypnotized zombies turn around and have their entire body mirrored, as a Backup Dancer that has lost its right arm may appear to have lost its left arm.
• In the DS versions, the zombies' teeth are bigger than other versions.
• None of the zombies, aside from the regular zombies and their headwear variants, follow the standard zombie type.
• The flag zombie is replaced by a Zombatar created in the PC, PS Vita and GOTY versions.
• Zomboni, Digger Zombie, flying Balloon Zombie, Zombie Yeti, Bungee Zombie, Catapult Zombie, Gargantuar, Imp and ZomBotany zombies are the only zombies who have their own burning animations.
• When the player kills a zombie without an instant kill and detonates an explosive plant right next to it, its headless body will be burnt and disappear without any animation.
• If two or more zombies reaches the end of a lane at the same time, the zombie who comes first will be the one to enter the house or go down the chimney to eat the player's brains. One example is in this video where both the Gargantuar and Zomboni reaches the end of the lane in Night Roof but the Zomboni comes first so he is the one to go down the chimney and eat the brains.
• The game still counts as "brains eaten" if the player reaches a non-eating zombie into the house.
  • For the case of Zomboni and Catapult Zombie, it is possible for them to go off their vehicle off-screen to eat the brains, making it the only instance where they are able to eat.
  • For Gargantuar and Giga-gargantuar, it is possible for their Imp to eat the brains if they enter the house with the Imp, while if entering the house without an Imp, they will eat the brains themselves which makes it the only instance where both variants of Gargantuars are able to eat.
• If the player lets a vehicle zombie reach the house (Zomboni and Catapult Zombie) with a smoke due to being degraded, the smoke disappears upon triggering the game over cutscene.
• Through hacks, if a hypnotized zombie spawns in front of the player's house, the "THE ZOMBIES ATE YOUR BRAINS!" cutscene is still shown where a zombie moves away from the house until the "GAME OVER" dialog box appears. Also, it is also possible for a dead zombie to enter the house where the said cutscene still plays.
  • These can also happen in Plants vs. Zombies 2.

See also

• Gallery of zombies
• ZomBotany zombies
• Non-almanac zombies
• Armor

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