Line #8 Trivia/PlantsVsZombies


1	For trivia in other games, see the following:
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4	* ''Trivia/PlantsVsZombies2ItsAboutTime''
5	* ''Trivia/PlantsVsZombiesGardenWarfare''
6	* ''Trivia/PlantsVsZombiesHeroes''
7	* ''Trivia/PlantsVsZombiesPinball''
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11	* CashCowFranchise: This is easily Creator/PopCapGames' most profitable series, with 3 mainline games, 5 spin-offs and a boatload more from China, comics, books, toys and more.
12	* ContentLeak: Two beta builds of the game were leaked in 2021 by an anonymous beta tester.
13	* CreatorsFavorite: Game composer and vocalist Creator/LauraShigihara's favorite plant is the Cattail. This is emphasized by how, when her name shows up in the "Zombies on Your Lawn" music video, a sprite of a Cattail shows up next to it.
14	* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: Originally the Dancing Zombie was based on Michael Jackson's "Thriller" look, but not only did the popstar's estate take issue with this, Jackson himself died just a few months after the game launched. As a result, the dev team chose to redesign the character entirely.
15	* DivorcedInstallment: The game was planned to be a sequel to ''VideoGame/{{Insaniquarium}}'', one of [=PopCap=]'s older games.
16	* HeyItsThatSound:
17	** The sound for unlocking an achievement is the same sound used in ''VideoGame/{{Peggle}}'' when you get the all pegs cleared ribbon.
18	** The collection of gems in the first game is also used for ''VideoGame/{{Bejeweled}}''[='=]s gem matching and ''VideoGame/{{Insaniquarium}}''[='=]s own gem collecting.
19	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes:
20	** The original version of the game with the Michael Jackson sprites for the dancing zombie isn't the easiest to get ahold of these days. It has not been sold since the change, meaning your only chance to obtain that version is to either hope you can buy a used physical copy made before then, or find a torrent of that specific version.
21	** ''Adventures'' became this after its closing in 2014.
22	** The game was removed from PSN in 2015 for legal reasons, and has not come back. That said, those who already owned the [=PS3=] and/or Vita versions beforehand can still download them.
23	* TheMerch:
24	** A set of plushies with voice chips in them have been released. They include the normal mook zombie, Squash, Peashooter, and Sunflower.
25	** There's also several sets of vinyl figures. Some come with the Game of the Year boxed sets of the game, some can be bought in sets of several figurines. There is also a collection of larger Funko POP! figures.
26	* NoExportForYou:
27	** Prior to December 14, 2011, if you owned an Android device and lived outside of the US or Canada, you couldn't have ''[=PvZ=]'' on Android since the game was exclusively available to the Amazon App Store, which only sells within the US and Canada. The trope was finally averted and made available over the regular Android Market worldwide on December 14, 2011.
28	** Oh, and if you own an Platform/Xbox360 but live in a country with no [[Platform/XboxLive Xbox Live Arcade]] support, no ''[=PvZ=]'' Xbox for you!
29	** ''Plants vs. Zombies'' Heroes was released in March 2016, but only for certain countries. It didn't get released globally until October 2016 with some added polish.
30	* PortOverdosed: You can play the original ''[=PvZ=]'' on Steam, the DS, the Playstation 3, the Xbox 360, the Playstation Vita, Windows Phone 7, Android, iOS....
31	* ReferencedBy: [[ReferencedBy/PlantsVsZombies Has its own page.]]
32	* ViralMarketing: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N1_0SUGlDQ music video]] and various videos of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98v7Jq6IFrE zombie cosplayers]] on [=YouTube=].
33	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/PlantsVsZombies Now has its own page.]]
34	* WorkingTitle: As detailed on the WhatCouldHaveBeen page, ''Plants vs. Zombies'' had ''many'' working titles during its development, but the last one the game likely used before switching to ''Plants vs. Zombies'' was "''Bloom and Doom''" as revealed by a beta prototype.

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