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*** This interpretation is also common among plants that also look like their related such as Wall-nut and Tall-Nut, the pult plants being brothers, Sunflower and Twin Sunflower, and Peashooter with Repeater, Snow Pea, Threepeater, Split-Pea, and Gatling Pea.
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*** This interpretation is also common among plants that also look like their related they're related, such as Wall-nut and Tall-Nut, the pult plants being brothers, Sunflower and Twin Sunflower, Sunflower (and less commonly Marigold), and Peashooter with Repeater, Snow Pea, Threepeater, Split-Pea, and Gatling Pea.
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** Due of their similar appearances, fans like to depict Fume-Shroom, Puff-Shroom, and Scaredy-Shroom as brothers or a BadassFamily. This interpretation is also common among plants that also look like their related such as Wall-nut and Tall-Nut, the pult plants being brothers, Sunflower and Twin Sunflower, and Peashooter with Repeater, Snow Pea, Threepeater, Split-Pea, and Gatling Pea.
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** Due of their similar appearances, fans like to depict Fume-Shroom, Puff-Shroom, and Scaredy-Shroom as brothers or a BadassFamily.
*** This interpretation is also common among plants that also look like their related such as Wall-nut and Tall-Nut, the pult plants being brothers, Sunflower and Twin Sunflower, and Peashooter with Repeater, Snow Pea, Threepeater, Split-Pea, and GatlingPea.Pea.
*** The Shrooms being a BadassFamily became semi-official in some of the [=PvZ=] Manhua.
*** This interpretation is also common among plants that also look like their related such as Wall-nut and Tall-Nut, the pult plants being brothers, Sunflower and Twin Sunflower, and Peashooter with Repeater, Snow Pea, Threepeater, Split-Pea, and Gatling
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* MemeticPsychopath: Mo from the January 2024 ''Plants Vs. Zombies 3'' Beta, due to him running over Crazy Dave's garden. Which is used to grow [[WoukdHurtAChild little plants]]. Naturally, jokes started to pop up that Mo killed the little plants like [[Memes/RevengeOfTheSith younglings]] and that Mo was a psychotic murderer, mostly spurred on by the fanbase of the [=YouTuber=] [[https://www.youtube.com/@Creeps20 Creeps20.]]
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** However, the real dark age came with the many betas of Plants vs. Zombies 3 being released. The series’ fanbase absolutely hated [=PvZ3=] for regressing further into mobile game, microtransaction-riddled {{Freemium}} junk. With a controversial new artstyle, dumbed down gameplay, and attempts to mimic {{VideoGame/Gardenscapes}} of all things. So, the devs scrapped it and made a new beta of [=PvZ3=], closer in line with the original games. It was seen as a step in the right direction, but still had many hated elements. Short levels that were either too mind-numbingly easy or too unfairly hard, an uneeded powerup system that was even worse than [=PvZ2’s=], a dreaded lives and energy system, lack of replayability, the waves were now scripted instead of having an element of randomness, even more Gardenscapes-esque elements being added in, the removal of Plant Food, and the removal of choice from no longer being able to choose your plants. On top of all of that, none of the betas to come after addressed the game’s problems or took the critique from the fans into account, despite the fact that the devs said they’d be listening to player feedback. When this was revealed to essentially be a final version of the game, it’s safe to say that the hardcore fans were furious and heartbroken at the news, and worried for the series’ seemingly darker future.
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** However, the real dark age came with the many betas of Plants vs. Zombies 3 being released. The series’ fanbase absolutely hated [=PvZ3=] for regressing further into mobile game, microtransaction-riddled {{Freemium}} junk. With a controversial new artstyle, dumbed down gameplay, and attempts to mimic {{VideoGame/Gardenscapes}} of all things. So, the devs scrapped it and made a new beta of [=PvZ3=], closer in line with the original games. It was seen as a step in the right direction, but still had many hated elements. Short levels that were either too mind-numbingly easy or too unfairly hard, too many tutorials instead of letting the player learn by themselves, an uneeded powerup unneeded power-up system that was even worse than [=PvZ2’s=], a dreaded lives and energy system, lack of replayability, the waves were now scripted instead of having an element of randomness, even more Gardenscapes-esque mobile game-esque elements being added in, the removal of Plant Food, and the removal of choice from no longer being able to choose your plants. On top of all of that, none of the betas to come after addressed the game’s problems or took the critique from the fans into account, despite the fact that the devs said they’d be listening to player feedback. When this was revealed to essentially be a final version of the game, it’s safe to say that the hardcore fans were furious and heartbroken at the news, and worried for the series’ seemingly darker future.
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** Plants vs. Zombies 2’s new plants and zombies had been straying further and further away from the game’s original art style, and were considered to have way worse designs, not helped by their stiffer animation work.
** And after all the time spent waiting for another Garden Warfare game, GW fans instead got Battle For Neighborville, which was generally seen as not as memorable or fun as the Garden Warfare titles, and [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks changed a lot about what made them enjoyable.]] But despite that, Battle For Neighborville was still generally positively received.
** And after all the time spent waiting for another Garden Warfare game, GW fans instead got Battle For Neighborville, which was generally seen as not as memorable or fun as the Garden Warfare titles, and [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks changed a lot about what made them enjoyable.]] But despite that, Battle For Neighborville was still generally positively received.
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** Plants vs. Zombies 2’s new plants and zombies had been straying further and further away from the game’s original art style, and were considered to have way worse designs, not helped by their stiffer animation work.
work. And on top of that, the game and a lot of earlier levels got a ton of unnecessary changes that completely ruined them, like removing a lot of the fun gimmick Brain Buster levels, and requiring you to get seed packets just to unlock the base game’s normal world plants.
** And after all the time spent waiting for another Garden Warfare game, GW fans instead got Battle For Neighborville, which was generally seen as not as memorable or fun as the Garden Warfare titles, and [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks changed a lot about what made them enjoyable.]] But despite that, Battle For Neighborville was still generally positivelyreceived.received, and had its own strengths.
** And after all the time spent waiting for another Garden Warfare game, GW fans instead got Battle For Neighborville, which was generally seen as not as memorable or fun as the Garden Warfare titles, and [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks changed a lot about what made them enjoyable.]] But despite that, Battle For Neighborville was still generally positively
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* FirstInstallmentWins: The first game tends to be the most well-regarded among the series (with the ''[[VideoGame/PlantsVsZombiesGardenWarfare Garden Warfare]]'' games sometimes being exceptions). The rest of the series tends to be [[ContestedSequel divisive]] among the fanbase, especially ''Battle For Neighborvile'' and ''[=PVZ3=]''.
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* FirstInstallmentWins: The first game tends to be the most well-regarded among the series (with the ''[[VideoGame/PlantsVsZombiesGardenWarfare Garden Warfare]]'' games sometimes being exceptions). The rest of the series tends to be [[ContestedSequel divisive]] among the fanbase, especially ''Battle For Neighborvile'' and ''[=PVZ3=]''.''[=PVZ3=]', with the latter outright leaning into the {{Sequelitis}} territory.
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** Plants Vs. Zombies 2’s new plants and zombies had been straying further and further away from the game’s original art style, and were considered to have way worse designs, not helped by their stiffer animation work.
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* EnsembleDarkHorse: Even though the New Beta of [=PvZ3=] was received extremely poorly, Tugboat became popular amongst the fans for being a basic Browncoat Zombie with a surprisingly amount of charm and personality.
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* EnsembleDarkHorse: Even though the New Beta of [=PvZ3=] was received extremely poorly, Tugboat became popular amongst the fans for being a basic Browncoat Zombie with a surprisingly amount of charm and personality. Though the character isn't new due to him already appeared in the comics.
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** However, the real dark age came with the many betas of Plants vs. Zombies 3 being released. The series’ fanbase absolutely hated [=PvZ3=] for regressing further into mobile game, microtransaction-riddled {{Freemium}} junk. With a controversial new artstyle, dumbed down gameplay, and attempts to mimic {{VideoGame/Gardenscapes}} of all things. So, the devs scrapped it and made a new beta of [=PvZ3=], closer in line with the original games. It was seen as a step in the right direction, but still had many hated elements. Short levels that were either too easy or too hard, an uneeded powerup system that was even worse than [=PvZ2’s=], a dreaded lives and energy system, lack of replayability, the waves were now scripted instead of having an element of randomness, even more Gardenscapes-esque elements being added in, the removal of Plant Food, and the removal of choice from no longer being able to choose your plants. On top of all of that, none of the betas to come after addressed the game’s problems or took the critique from the fans into account, despite the fact that the devs said they’d be listening to player feedback. When this was revealed to essentially be a final version of the game, it’s safe to say that the hardcore fans were furious and heartbroken at the news, and worried for the series’ seemingly darker future.
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** However, the real dark age came with the many betas of Plants vs. Zombies 3 being released. The series’ fanbase absolutely hated [=PvZ3=] for regressing further into mobile game, microtransaction-riddled {{Freemium}} junk. With a controversial new artstyle, dumbed down gameplay, and attempts to mimic {{VideoGame/Gardenscapes}} of all things. So, the devs scrapped it and made a new beta of [=PvZ3=], closer in line with the original games. It was seen as a step in the right direction, but still had many hated elements. Short levels that were either too mind-numbingly easy or too unfairly hard, an uneeded powerup system that was even worse than [=PvZ2’s=], a dreaded lives and energy system, lack of replayability, the waves were now scripted instead of having an element of randomness, even more Gardenscapes-esque elements being added in, the removal of Plant Food, and the removal of choice from no longer being able to choose your plants. On top of all of that, none of the betas to come after addressed the game’s problems or took the critique from the fans into account, despite the fact that the devs said they’d be listening to player feedback. When this was revealed to essentially be a final version of the game, it’s safe to say that the hardcore fans were furious and heartbroken at the news, and worried for the series’ seemingly darker future.
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** Plants Vs. Zombies 2’s new plants had been straying more and more from the game’s original art style, and were considered to have way worse designs.
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** Plants Vs. Zombies 2’s new plants and zombies had been straying more further and more further away from the game’s original art style, and were considered to have way worse designs.designs, not helped by their stiffer animation work.
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* EnsembleDarkHorse: Even though the New Beta [=PvZ3=] wasn't as great, Tugboat becomes popular amongst the fans.
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* EnsembleDarkHorse: Even though the New Beta of [=PvZ3=] wasn't as great, was received extremely poorly, Tugboat becomes became popular amongst the fans.fans for being a basic Browncoat Zombie with a surprisingly amount of charm and personality.
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* AudienceAlienatingEra: The period of time from 2019-2022/present was a dreaded period of time for the series, and has almost all the dedicated fans agreeing that the series had taken a turn for the worse.worse, with its repeated failed attempts to revitalize the series with new ideas.
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** And after all the time spent waiting for another Garden Warfare game, GW fans instead got Battle For Neighborville, which was generally seen as not as memorable or fun as the Garden Warfare titles, and changed a lot about what made them enjoyable. But despite that, Battle For Neighborville was still generally positively received.
** However, the real dark age came with the many betas of Plants vs. Zombies 3 being released. The series’ fanbase absolutely hated [=PvZ3=] for regressing further into mobile game, microtransaction-riddled {{Freemium}} junk. With a controversial new artstyle and dumbed down gameplay. So, the devs scrapped it and made a new version of [=PvZ3=], closer in line with the original games. It was seen as a step in the right direction, but still had many hated elements. Short levels that were all too easy, a dreaded lives and energy system, lack of replayability, the waves were now scripted instead of having an element of randomness, the removal of plant food, and the removal of choice from no longer being able to choose your plants. On top of all of that, none of the betas to come after addressed the game’s problems or took the critique from the fans into account, despite the fact that the devs said they’d be listening to player feedback. When this was revealed to essentially be a final version of the game, it’s safe to say that the fans were both furious and heartbroken at the horrid state the series had gotten itself into.
** However, the real dark age came with the many betas of Plants vs. Zombies 3 being released. The series’ fanbase absolutely hated [=PvZ3=] for regressing further into mobile game, microtransaction-riddled {{Freemium}} junk. With a controversial new artstyle and dumbed down gameplay. So, the devs scrapped it and made a new version of [=PvZ3=], closer in line with the original games. It was seen as a step in the right direction, but still had many hated elements. Short levels that were all too easy, a dreaded lives and energy system, lack of replayability, the waves were now scripted instead of having an element of randomness, the removal of plant food, and the removal of choice from no longer being able to choose your plants. On top of all of that, none of the betas to come after addressed the game’s problems or took the critique from the fans into account, despite the fact that the devs said they’d be listening to player feedback. When this was revealed to essentially be a final version of the game, it’s safe to say that the fans were both furious and heartbroken at the horrid state the series had gotten itself into.
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** And after all the time spent waiting for another Garden Warfare game, GW fans instead got Battle For Neighborville, which was generally seen as not as memorable or fun as the Garden Warfare titles, and [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks changed a lot about what made them enjoyable. enjoyable.]] But despite that, Battle For Neighborville was still generally positively received.
** However, the real dark age came with the many betas of Plants vs. Zombies 3 being released. The series’ fanbase absolutely hated [=PvZ3=] for regressing further into mobile game, microtransaction-riddled {{Freemium}} junk. With a controversial newartstyle and artstyle, dumbed down gameplay. gameplay, and attempts to mimic {{VideoGame/Gardenscapes}} of all things. So, the devs scrapped it and made a new version beta of [=PvZ3=], closer in line with the original games. It was seen as a step in the right direction, but still had many hated elements. Short levels that were all either too easy, easy or too hard, an uneeded powerup system that was even worse than [=PvZ2’s=], a dreaded lives and energy system, lack of replayability, the waves were now scripted instead of having an element of randomness, even more Gardenscapes-esque elements being added in, the removal of plant food, Plant Food, and the removal of choice from no longer being able to choose your plants. On top of all of that, none of the betas to come after addressed the game’s problems or took the critique from the fans into account, despite the fact that the devs said they’d be listening to player feedback. When this was revealed to essentially be a final version of the game, it’s safe to say that the hardcore fans were both furious and heartbroken at the horrid state news, and worried for the series had gotten itself into.series’ seemingly darker future.
** However, the real dark age came with the many betas of Plants vs. Zombies 3 being released. The series’ fanbase absolutely hated [=PvZ3=] for regressing further into mobile game, microtransaction-riddled {{Freemium}} junk. With a controversial new
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** However, the real dark age came with the many betas of Plants Vs.vs. Zombies 3 being released. The series’ fanbase absolutely hated [=PvZ3=] for regressing further into mobile game, microtransaction-riddled {{Freemium}} junk. With a controversial new artstyle and dumbed down gameplay. So, the devs scrapped it and made a new version of [=PvZ3=], closer in line with the original games. It was seen as a step in the right direction, but still had many hated elements. Short levels that were all too easy, a dreaded lives and energy system, lack of replayability, the waves were now scripted instead of having an element of randomness, the removal of plant food, and the removal of choice from no longer being able to choose your plants. On top of all of that, none of the betas to come after addressed the game’s problems or took the critique from the fans into account, despite the fact that the devs said they’d be listening to player feedback. When this was revealed to essentially be a final version of the game, it’s safe to say that the fans were both furious and heartbroken at the horrid state the series had gotten itself into.
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* EnsembleDarkHorse: Even though the Beta [=PvZ3=] wasn't as great, Tugboat becomes popular amongst the fans.
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** However, the real dark age came with the many betas of Plants Vs. Zombies 3 being released. The series’ fanbase absolutely hated [=PvZ3=] for regressing further into mobile game, microtransaction-riddled {{Freemium}} junk. With a controversial new artstyle and dumbed down gameplay. So, the devs scrapped it and made a new version of [=PvZ3=], closer in line with the original games. It was seen as a step in the right direction, but still had many hated elements. The gameplay still felt like it was going Short levels that were all too easy, a dreaded lives and energy system, lack of replayability, the waves were now scripted instead of having an element of randomness, the removal of plant food, and the removal of choice from no longer being able to choose your plants. On top of all of that, none of the betas to come after addressed the game’s problems or took the critique from the fans into account, despite the fact that the devs said they’d be listening to player feedback. When this was revealed to essentially be a final version of the game, it’s safe to say that the fans were both furious and heartbroken at the horrid state the series had gotten itself into.
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** And after all the time spent waiting for another Garden Warfare game, Garden Warfare fans instead got Battle For Neighborville, which was generally seen as not as memorable or fun as the Garden Warfare titles, and changed a lot about what made them enjoyable. But despite that, Battle For Neighborville was still generally positively received.
** However, the real dark age came with the many betas of Plants Vs. Zombies 3 being released. The series’ fanbase absolutely hated PvZ3 for regressing further into mobile game, microtransaction-riddled {{Freemium}} junk. With a controversial new artstyle and dumbed down gameplay. So, the devs scrapped it and made a new version of PvZ3, closer in line with the original games. It was seen as a step in the right direction, but still had many hated elements. The gameplay still felt like it was going too easy, a dreaded lives and energy system, lack of replayability, the waves were now scripted instead of having an element of randomness, the removal of plant food, and the removal of choice from no longer being able to choose your plants. On top of all of that, none of the betas to come after addressed the game’s problems or took the critique from the fans into account, despite the fact that the devs said they’d be listening to player feedback. When this was revealed to essentially be a final version of the game, it’s safe to say that the fans were both furious and heartbroken at the horrid state the series had gotten itself into.
** However, the real dark age came with the many betas of Plants Vs. Zombies 3 being released. The series’ fanbase absolutely hated PvZ3 for regressing further into mobile game, microtransaction-riddled {{Freemium}} junk. With a controversial new artstyle and dumbed down gameplay. So, the devs scrapped it and made a new version of PvZ3, closer in line with the original games. It was seen as a step in the right direction, but still had many hated elements. The gameplay still felt like it was going too easy, a dreaded lives and energy system, lack of replayability, the waves were now scripted instead of having an element of randomness, the removal of plant food, and the removal of choice from no longer being able to choose your plants. On top of all of that, none of the betas to come after addressed the game’s problems or took the critique from the fans into account, despite the fact that the devs said they’d be listening to player feedback. When this was revealed to essentially be a final version of the game, it’s safe to say that the fans were both furious and heartbroken at the horrid state the series had gotten itself into.
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** And after all the time spent waiting for another Garden Warfare game, Garden Warfare GW fans instead got Battle For Neighborville, which was generally seen as not as memorable or fun as the Garden Warfare titles, and changed a lot about what made them enjoyable. But despite that, Battle For Neighborville was still generally positively received.
** However, the real dark age came with the many betas of Plants Vs. Zombies 3 being released. The series’ fanbase absolutely hatedPvZ3 [=PvZ3=] for regressing further into mobile game, microtransaction-riddled {{Freemium}} junk. With a controversial new artstyle and dumbed down gameplay. So, the devs scrapped it and made a new version of PvZ3, [=PvZ3=], closer in line with the original games. It was seen as a step in the right direction, but still had many hated elements. The gameplay still felt like it was going too easy, a dreaded lives and energy system, lack of replayability, the waves were now scripted instead of having an element of randomness, the removal of plant food, and the removal of choice from no longer being able to choose your plants. On top of all of that, none of the betas to come after addressed the game’s problems or took the critique from the fans into account, despite the fact that the devs said they’d be listening to player feedback. When this was revealed to essentially be a final version of the game, it’s safe to say that the fans were both furious and heartbroken at the horrid state the series had gotten itself into.
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** Plants Vs. Zombies 2’s new plants had been straying more and more from the game’s original art style, and were considered to have way worse designs.
** And after all the time spent waiting for another Garden Warfare game, Garden Warfare fans instead got Battle For Neighborville, which was generally seen as not as memorable or fun as the Garden Warfare titles, and changed a lot about what made them enjoyable. But despite that, Battle For Neighborville was still generally positively received.
** However, the real dark age came with the many betas of Plants Vs. Zombies 3 being released. The series’ fanbase absolutely hated PvZ3 for regressing further into mobile game, microtransaction-riddled {{Freemium}} junk. With a controversial new artstyle and dumbed down gameplay. So, the devs scrapped it and made a new version of PvZ3, closer in line with the original games. It was seen as a step in the right direction, but still had many hated elements. The gameplay still felt like it was going too easy, a dreaded lives and energy system, lack of replayability, the waves were now scripted instead of having an element of randomness, the removal of plant food, and the removal of choice from no longer being able to choose your plants. On top of all of that, none of the betas to come after addressed the game’s problems or took the critique from the fans into account, despite the fact that the devs said they’d be listening to player feedback. When this was revealed to essentially be a final version of the game, it’s safe to say that the fans were both furious and heartbroken at the horrid state the series had gotten itself into.
** Plants Vs. Zombies 2’s new plants had been straying more and more from the game’s original art style, and were considered to have way worse designs.
** And after all the time spent waiting for another Garden Warfare game, Garden Warfare fans instead got Battle For Neighborville, which was generally seen as not as memorable or fun as the Garden Warfare titles, and changed a lot about what made them enjoyable. But despite that, Battle For Neighborville was still generally positively received.
** However, the real dark age came with the many betas of Plants Vs. Zombies 3 being released. The series’ fanbase absolutely hated PvZ3 for regressing further into mobile game, microtransaction-riddled {{Freemium}} junk. With a controversial new artstyle and dumbed down gameplay. So, the devs scrapped it and made a new version of PvZ3, closer in line with the original games. It was seen as a step in the right direction, but still had many hated elements. The gameplay still felt like it was going too easy, a dreaded lives and energy system, lack of replayability, the waves were now scripted instead of having an element of randomness, the removal of plant food, and the removal of choice from no longer being able to choose your plants. On top of all of that, none of the betas to come after addressed the game’s problems or took the critique from the fans into account, despite the fact that the devs said they’d be listening to player feedback. When this was revealed to essentially be a final version of the game, it’s safe to say that the fans were both furious and heartbroken at the horrid state the series had gotten itself into.
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* MemeticMutation:
** Hello, we are about to launch an all-out attack on your houze. Sincerely, the Zombies [[labelnote:Explanation]]The notes that the Zombies send the player in the first game are a common meme and edit subject, especially the first one, possibly due to the ridiculousness of the Zombies informing someone of their invasion by sending them a letter.[[/labelnote]]
** Wabby wabbo/Webi wabo [[labelnote:Explanation]]Crazy Dave's [[SpeakingSimlish gibberish speech noises]] are often typed out when talking about the games, and used in memes. Officially, it's known as "wabby wabbo", but some fans call it "webi wabo", possibly because of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFEyAqXdWrY this video]].[[/labelnote]]
** Garlic Vine [[labelnote:Explanation]][[https://www.reddit.com/r/PlantsVSZombies/comments/vp3qqv/comment/iegtj90/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 A certain Redditor]] was [[KnowNothingKnowItAll answering questions about the games despite never playing any of them]]. One of the questions was "What's the best plant?" to which they answered with "Garlic Vine". The subreddit almost immediately exploded and started treating Garlic Vine as a GameBreaker capable of single-handedly winning every level. The plant also appeared in [=Creeps20's=] mod ''Garden Rush'' as well.[[/labelnote]]
** '''''BECAUSE I'M CRAAAAAAAZY!''''' [[labelnote:Explanation]] This is easily Crazy Dave's most used and memed sentence, both InUniverse and out. [[/labelnote]]
** [[https://youtu.be/7-rfrB4WXSE?t=208 What is different about the Newspaper Zombie, you ask?]] [[labelnote:Explanation]] How Shyguymask introduced the [[TookALevelInBadass extremely souped-up version]] of Newspaper Zombie in ''Plants vs Zombies Plus'' mod, followed by [[SensoryAbuse an earrape version of Moongrains]] while the zombie plows through the defenses without much issue. It has since become a custom to do the same for other mods and sometimes the similarly powerful [=PVZ2=] Newspaper Zombie.[[/labelnote]]
*** He was ''this'' close to finishing his [[GridPuzzle sudoku]][=/=]CrosswordPuzzle.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Whenever the Newspaper Zombie is showcased, it's almost customary for someone to make a comment quoting his Almanac entries.[[/labelnote]]
** "''[[DemographicallyInappropriateHumor Bullshit!]]'' My TONGUE [[DownToTheLastPlay touched the finish line]] first!" "You're the one bullshitting!"[[labelnote:Explanation]]A conversation between a Red Stinger and a Peashooter lifted verbatim from one of the official manhuas, ridiculed by the subreddit for being so unexpectedly vulgar for a family-friendly franchise (and surprisingly in-character for most {{Fanon}} portrayals of Red's personality.) It should also be noted that the manhuas are written for younger children in mind.[[/labelnote]]
** The soundtrack for the "Day" levels and the sound effect played when the player optains a new item are also popularly used in memes and edits.
** "Young fly on the track"[[labelnote:Explanation]]The first line in the song "Where Did You Go" by S'morez, which is a remix of the pool level theme. It saw popular use on Platform/{{TikTok}} in late 2021. This spawned [=PvZ=] related edits involving the above line, as well as [[MoodWhiplash a certain racial slur which comes immediately after it.]][[/labelnote]]
** "I've lost my magic."[[labelnote:Explanation]]A quote from Wall-nut in the Feastivus Thymed Event where it has become a recurring joke amongst the fans. Even [=PopCap=] developers acknowledged this.[[/labelnote]]
** "You're artificial turkey."[[labelnote:Explanation]]A grammatical error from Dr. Zomboss as he sent his Turkey Boss to fight the players. This was fixed by [=PopCap=] as the event was over, thus it becomes a gag amongst the fans.[[/labelnote]]
** Hello, we are about to launch an all-out attack on your houze. Sincerely, the Zombies [[labelnote:Explanation]]The notes that the Zombies send the player in the first game are a common meme and edit subject, especially the first one, possibly due to the ridiculousness of the Zombies informing someone of their invasion by sending them a letter.[[/labelnote]]
** Wabby wabbo/Webi wabo [[labelnote:Explanation]]Crazy Dave's [[SpeakingSimlish gibberish speech noises]] are often typed out when talking about the games, and used in memes. Officially, it's known as "wabby wabbo", but some fans call it "webi wabo", possibly because of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFEyAqXdWrY this video]].[[/labelnote]]
** Garlic Vine [[labelnote:Explanation]][[https://www.reddit.com/r/PlantsVSZombies/comments/vp3qqv/comment/iegtj90/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 A certain Redditor]] was [[KnowNothingKnowItAll answering questions about the games despite never playing any of them]]. One of the questions was "What's the best plant?" to which they answered with "Garlic Vine". The subreddit almost immediately exploded and started treating Garlic Vine as a GameBreaker capable of single-handedly winning every level. The plant also appeared in [=Creeps20's=] mod ''Garden Rush'' as well.[[/labelnote]]
** '''''BECAUSE I'M CRAAAAAAAZY!''''' [[labelnote:Explanation]] This is easily Crazy Dave's most used and memed sentence, both InUniverse and out. [[/labelnote]]
** [[https://youtu.be/7-rfrB4WXSE?t=208 What is different about the Newspaper Zombie, you ask?]] [[labelnote:Explanation]] How Shyguymask introduced the [[TookALevelInBadass extremely souped-up version]] of Newspaper Zombie in ''Plants vs Zombies Plus'' mod, followed by [[SensoryAbuse an earrape version of Moongrains]] while the zombie plows through the defenses without much issue. It has since become a custom to do the same for other mods and sometimes the similarly powerful [=PVZ2=] Newspaper Zombie.[[/labelnote]]
*** He was ''this'' close to finishing his [[GridPuzzle sudoku]][=/=]CrosswordPuzzle.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Whenever the Newspaper Zombie is showcased, it's almost customary for someone to make a comment quoting his Almanac entries.[[/labelnote]]
** "''[[DemographicallyInappropriateHumor Bullshit!]]'' My TONGUE [[DownToTheLastPlay touched the finish line]] first!" "You're the one bullshitting!"[[labelnote:Explanation]]A conversation between a Red Stinger and a Peashooter lifted verbatim from one of the official manhuas, ridiculed by the subreddit for being so unexpectedly vulgar for a family-friendly franchise (and surprisingly in-character for most {{Fanon}} portrayals of Red's personality.) It should also be noted that the manhuas are written for younger children in mind.[[/labelnote]]
** The soundtrack for the "Day" levels and the sound effect played when the player optains a new item are also popularly used in memes and edits.
** "Young fly on the track"[[labelnote:Explanation]]The first line in the song "Where Did You Go" by S'morez, which is a remix of the pool level theme. It saw popular use on Platform/{{TikTok}} in late 2021. This spawned [=PvZ=] related edits involving the above line, as well as [[MoodWhiplash a certain racial slur which comes immediately after it.]][[/labelnote]]
** "I've lost my magic."[[labelnote:Explanation]]A quote from Wall-nut in the Feastivus Thymed Event where it has become a recurring joke amongst the fans. Even [=PopCap=] developers acknowledged this.[[/labelnote]]
** "You're artificial turkey."[[labelnote:Explanation]]A grammatical error from Dr. Zomboss as he sent his Turkey Boss to fight the players. This was fixed by [=PopCap=] as the event was over, thus it becomes a gag amongst the fans.[[/labelnote]]
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* MemeticMutation:
** Hello, we are about to launch an all-out attack on your houze. Sincerely, the Zombies [[labelnote:Explanation]]The notes that the Zombies send the player in the first game are a common meme and edit subject, especially the first one, possibly due to the ridiculousness of the Zombies informing someone of their invasion by sending them a letter.[[/labelnote]]
** Wabby wabbo/Webi wabo [[labelnote:Explanation]]Crazy Dave's [[SpeakingSimlish gibberish speech noises]] are often typed out when talking about the games, and used in memes. Officially, it's known as "wabby wabbo", but some fans call it "webi wabo", possibly because of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFEyAqXdWrY this video]].[[/labelnote]]
** Garlic Vine [[labelnote:Explanation]][[https://www.reddit.com/r/PlantsVSZombies/comments/vp3qqv/comment/iegtj90/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 A certain Redditor]] was [[KnowNothingKnowItAll answering questions about the games despite never playing any of them]]. One of the questions was "What's the best plant?" to whichMemeticMutation: [[Memes/PlantsVsZombies they answered with "Garlic Vine". The subreddit almost immediately exploded and started treating Garlic Vine as a GameBreaker capable of single-handedly winning every level. The plant also appeared in [=Creeps20's=] mod ''Garden Rush'' as well.[[/labelnote]]
** '''''BECAUSE I'M CRAAAAAAAZY!''''' [[labelnote:Explanation]] This is easily Crazy Dave's most used and memed sentence, both InUniverse and out. [[/labelnote]]
** [[https://youtu.be/7-rfrB4WXSE?t=208 What is different about the Newspaper Zombie, you ask?]] [[labelnote:Explanation]] How Shyguymask introduced the [[TookALevelInBadass extremely souped-up version]] of Newspaper Zombie in ''Plants vs Zombies Plus'' mod, followed by [[SensoryAbuse an earrape version of Moongrains]] while the zombie plows through the defenses without much issue. It has since become a custom to do the same for other mods and sometimes the similarly powerful [=PVZ2=] Newspaper Zombie.[[/labelnote]]
*** He was ''this'' close to finishing his [[GridPuzzle sudoku]][=/=]CrosswordPuzzle.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Whenever the Newspaper Zombie is showcased, it's almost customary for someone to make a comment quoting his Almanac entries.[[/labelnote]]
** "''[[DemographicallyInappropriateHumor Bullshit!]]'' My TONGUE [[DownToTheLastPlay touched the finish line]] first!" "You're the one bullshitting!"[[labelnote:Explanation]]A conversation between a Red Stinger and a Peashooter lifted verbatim from one of the official manhuas, ridiculed by the subreddit for being so unexpectedly vulgar for a family-friendly franchise (and surprisingly in-character for most {{Fanon}} portrayals of Red's personality.) It should also be noted that the manhuasare written for younger children in mind.[[/labelnote]]
** The soundtrack for the "Day" levels and the sound effect played when the player optains a new item are also popularly used in memes and edits.
** "Young fly on the track"[[labelnote:Explanation]]The first line in the song "Where Did You Go" by S'morez, which is a remix of the pool level theme. It saw popular use on Platform/{{TikTok}} in late 2021. This spawned [=PvZ=] related edits involving the above line, as well as [[MoodWhiplash a certain racial slur which comes immediately after it.]][[/labelnote]]
** "I've lost my magic."[[labelnote:Explanation]]A quote from Wall-nut in the Feastivus Thymed Event where it has become a recurring joke amongst the fans. Even [=PopCap=] developers acknowledged this.[[/labelnote]]
** "You're artificial turkey."[[labelnote:Explanation]]A grammatical error from Dr. Zomboss as he sent his Turkey Boss to fight the players. This was fixed by [=PopCap=] as the event was over, thus it becomes a gag amongst the fans.[[/labelnote]]coming!]]
** Hello, we are about to launch an all-out attack on your houze. Sincerely, the Zombies [[labelnote:Explanation]]The notes that the Zombies send the player in the first game are a common meme and edit subject, especially the first one, possibly due to the ridiculousness of the Zombies informing someone of their invasion by sending them a letter.[[/labelnote]]
** Wabby wabbo/Webi wabo [[labelnote:Explanation]]Crazy Dave's [[SpeakingSimlish gibberish speech noises]] are often typed out when talking about the games, and used in memes. Officially, it's known as "wabby wabbo", but some fans call it "webi wabo", possibly because of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFEyAqXdWrY this video]].[[/labelnote]]
** Garlic Vine [[labelnote:Explanation]][[https://www.reddit.com/r/PlantsVSZombies/comments/vp3qqv/comment/iegtj90/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 A certain Redditor]] was [[KnowNothingKnowItAll answering questions about the games despite never playing any of them]]. One of the questions was "What's the best plant?" to which
** '''''BECAUSE I'M CRAAAAAAAZY!''''' [[labelnote:Explanation]] This is easily Crazy Dave's most used and memed sentence, both InUniverse and out. [[/labelnote]]
** [[https://youtu.be/7-rfrB4WXSE?t=208 What is different about the Newspaper Zombie, you ask?]] [[labelnote:Explanation]] How Shyguymask introduced the [[TookALevelInBadass extremely souped-up version]] of Newspaper Zombie in ''Plants vs Zombies Plus'' mod, followed by [[SensoryAbuse an earrape version of Moongrains]] while the zombie plows through the defenses without much issue. It has since become a custom to do the same for other mods and sometimes the similarly powerful [=PVZ2=] Newspaper Zombie.[[/labelnote]]
*** He was ''this'' close to finishing his [[GridPuzzle sudoku]][=/=]CrosswordPuzzle.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Whenever the Newspaper Zombie is showcased, it's almost customary for someone to make a comment quoting his Almanac entries.[[/labelnote]]
** "''[[DemographicallyInappropriateHumor Bullshit!]]'' My TONGUE [[DownToTheLastPlay touched the finish line]] first!" "You're the one bullshitting!"[[labelnote:Explanation]]A conversation between a Red Stinger and a Peashooter lifted verbatim from one of the official manhuas, ridiculed by the subreddit for being so unexpectedly vulgar for a family-friendly franchise (and surprisingly in-character for most {{Fanon}} portrayals of Red's personality.) It should also be noted that the manhuas
** The soundtrack for the "Day" levels and the sound effect played when the player optains a new item are also popularly used in memes and edits.
** "Young fly on the track"[[labelnote:Explanation]]The first line in the song "Where Did You Go" by S'morez, which is a remix of the pool level theme. It saw popular use on Platform/{{TikTok}} in late 2021. This spawned [=PvZ=] related edits involving the above line, as well as [[MoodWhiplash a certain racial slur which comes immediately after it.]][[/labelnote]]
** "I've lost my magic."[[labelnote:Explanation]]A quote from Wall-nut in the Feastivus Thymed Event where it has become a recurring joke amongst the fans. Even [=PopCap=] developers acknowledged this.[[/labelnote]]
** "You're artificial turkey."[[labelnote:Explanation]]A grammatical error from Dr. Zomboss as he sent his Turkey Boss to fight the players. This was fixed by [=PopCap=] as the event was over, thus it becomes a gag amongst the fans.[[/labelnote]]
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** Garlic Vine [[labelnote:Explanation]][[https://www.reddit.com/r/PlantsVSZombies/comments/vp3qqv/comment/iegtj90/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 A certain Redditor]] was [[KnowNothingKnowItAll answering questions about the games despite never playing any of them]]. One of the questions was "What's the best plant?" to which they answered with "Garlic Vine". The subreddit almost immediately exploded and started treating Garlic Vine as a GameBreaker capable of single-handedly winning every level.[[/labelnote]]
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** Garlic Vine [[labelnote:Explanation]][[https://www.reddit.com/r/PlantsVSZombies/comments/vp3qqv/comment/iegtj90/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 A certain Redditor]] was [[KnowNothingKnowItAll answering questions about the games despite never playing any of them]]. One of the questions was "What's the best plant?" to which they answered with "Garlic Vine". The subreddit almost immediately exploded and started treating Garlic Vine as a GameBreaker capable of single-handedly winning every level. The plant also appeared in [=Creeps20's=] mod ''Garden Rush'' as well.[[/labelnote]]
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** "I've lost my magic."[[labelnote:Explanation]]A quote from Wall-nut in the Feastivus Thymed Event where it has become a recurring joke amongst the fans. Even PopCap [=PopCap=] developers acknowledged this.[[/labelnote]]
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** "You're artificial turkey."[[labelnote:Explanation]]A grammatical error from Dr. Zomboss as he sent his Turkey Boss to fight the players. This was fixed by PopCap as the event was over, thus it becomes a gag amongst the fans.[[/labelnote]]
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** "You're artificial turkey."[[labelnote:Explanation]]A grammatical error from Dr. Zomboss as he sent his Turkey Boss to fight the players. This was fixed by PopCap [=PopCap=] as the event was over, thus it becomes a gag amongst the fans.[[/labelnote]]
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** "I've lost my magic."[[labelnote:Explanation]]A quote from Wall-nut in the Feastivus Thymed Event where it has become a recurring joke amongst the fans. Even PopCap developers acknowledged this.[[/labelnote]]
** "You're artificial turkey."[[labelnote:Explanation]]A grammatical error from Dr. Zomboss as he sent his Turkey Boss to fight the players. This was fixed by PopCap as the event was over, thus it becomes a gag amongst the fans.[[/labelnote]]
** "You're artificial turkey."[[labelnote:Explanation]]A grammatical error from Dr. Zomboss as he sent his Turkey Boss to fight the players. This was fixed by PopCap as the event was over, thus it becomes a gag amongst the fans.[[/labelnote]]
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* ItsEasySoItSucks: A while after the first game came out, this complaint became common, especially among fans who prefer the sequel. Since it's designed as a casual game, the original ''Plants vs. Zombies'' doesn't offer much challenge to someone more accustomed to the game's mechanics — zombie waves are pretty small, instant kill plants make it easy to clear them out, and spamming Sunflowers to amass huge quantities of sun isn't hard in most levels. This is probably the reason why several harder GameMods of this game exist. For other fans, however, the sequel [[ItsHardSoItSucks goes too far in the opposite direction]] compared to this game's reasonable level of challenge.
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* ItsEasySoItSucks: A while after the first game came out, this complaint became common, especially among fans who prefer the sequel. Since it's designed as a casual game, the original ''Plants vs. Zombies'' doesn't offer much challenge to someone more accustomed to the game's mechanics — zombie waves are pretty small, instant kill plants make it easy to clear them out, and spamming Sunflowers to amass huge quantities of sun isn't hard in most levels. This is probably the reason why several harder GameMods {{Game Mod}}s of this game exist. For other fans, however, the sequel [[ItsHardSoItSucks goes too far in the opposite direction]] compared to this game's reasonable level of challenge.
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** "Young fly on the track"[[labelnote:Explanation]]The first line in the song "Where Did You Go" by S'morez, which is a remix of the pool level theme. It saw popular use on Website/{{TikTok}} in late 2021. This spawned [=PvZ=] related edits involving the above line, as well as [[MoodWhiplash a certain racial slur which comes immediately after it.]][[/labelnote]]
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** "Young fly on the track"[[labelnote:Explanation]]The first line in the song "Where Did You Go" by S'morez, which is a remix of the pool level theme. It saw popular use on Website/{{TikTok}} Platform/{{TikTok}} in late 2021. This spawned [=PvZ=] related edits involving the above line, as well as [[MoodWhiplash a certain racial slur which comes immediately after it.]][[/labelnote]]
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* CheeseStrategy: As described under ThatOneAchievement, getting the 15 win streak in Vasebreaker: Endless for the China Shop achievement is generally considered to be the most difficult and tedious challenge the game has to offer, mostly due to your odds of winning being mostly down to luck. However, there is an exploit that makes getting it a lot easier. [[spoiler:Once you have beaten a round and move on to the next, exit the game back to the main menu and then make sure to ''continue'' your current run. This essentially saves your game. If an attempt is going badly, make sure to let the zombies reach the house and when the losing dialog box "You made it to a streak of (number of streaks that the player completed)" appears, quit back to menu at the top right of the screen. ''Don't restart.'' When you click back into Vasebreaker: Endless, as long as you press continue you will be placed at the start of the level you lost. As a bonus, all vases will be the exact same, letting you learn the layout until you find the right combinations. Rinse and repeat. It's time-consuming and still requires some strategizing, but better than starting over.]]
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* CheeseStrategy: As described under ThatOneAchievement, getting the 15 win streak in Vasebreaker: Endless for the China Shop achievement is generally considered to be the most difficult and tedious challenge the game has to offer, mostly due to your odds of winning being mostly down to luck. However, there is an exploit that makes getting it a lot easier. [[spoiler:Once you have beaten a round and move on to the next, exit the game back to the main menu and then make sure to ''continue'' your current run. This essentially saves your game. If an attempt is going badly, make sure to let the zombies reach the house and when the losing dialog box "You made it to a streak of (number of streaks that the player completed)" appears, quit back to menu at the top right of the screen. ''Don't restart.'' When you click back into Vasebreaker: Endless, as long as you press continue you will be placed at the start of the level where you lost. As a bonus, all vases will be the exact same, letting you learn the layout until you find the right combinations. Rinse and repeat. It's time-consuming and still requires some strategizing, but better than starting over.]]
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* CheeseStrategy: As described under ThatOneAchievement, getting the 15 win streak in Vasebreaker: Endless for the China Shop achievement is generally considered to be the most difficult and tedious challenge the game has to offer, mostly due to your odds of winning being mostly down to luck. However, there is an exploit that makes getting it a lot easier. [[spoiler:Once you have beaten a round and move on to the next, exit the game back to the main menu and then make sure to ''continue'' your current run. This essentially saves your game. If an attempt is going badly, make sure to let the zombies kill you and then quit back to menu with the top right button. ''Don't restart.'' When you click back into Vasebreaker: Endless, as long as you press continue you will be placed at the start of the level you died on. As a bonus, all vases will be the exact same, letting you learn the layout until you find the right combinations. Rinse and repeat. It's time-consuming and still requires some strategizing, but better than starting over.]]
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* CheeseStrategy: As described under ThatOneAchievement, getting the 15 win streak in Vasebreaker: Endless for the China Shop achievement is generally considered to be the most difficult and tedious challenge the game has to offer, mostly due to your odds of winning being mostly down to luck. However, there is an exploit that makes getting it a lot easier. [[spoiler:Once you have beaten a round and move on to the next, exit the game back to the main menu and then make sure to ''continue'' your current run. This essentially saves your game. If an attempt is going badly, make sure to let the zombies kill you reach the house and then when the losing dialog box "You made it to a streak of (number of streaks that the player completed)" appears, quit back to menu with at the top right button.of the screen. ''Don't restart.'' When you click back into Vasebreaker: Endless, as long as you press continue you will be placed at the start of the level you died on.lost. As a bonus, all vases will be the exact same, letting you learn the layout until you find the right combinations. Rinse and repeat. It's time-consuming and still requires some strategizing, but better than starting over.]]
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* FanNickname: Plenty of zombies have this in the fandom, most of them being simplified version of their names.
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* FanNickname: Plenty of zombies have this in the fandom, most of them being simplified version of their names.FanNickname:
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*** [[FountainOfMemes Let's be generous and say that anything that comes out of [=CD=]'s mouth has been quoted at least once]], especially his lines from the first game.
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** If a [[GameOver zombie manages to break your defenses]], the same scare chord from the main menu plays as you then have no choice but to watch it stroll into your house (or slide down the chimney if you lost a roof or roof night level), followed by the hideous sound of it crunching into the player's skull along with a gut wrenching "[[BigNo NOOOOOO!]]". Many kids who have played the game were understandably horrified, and more than one has admitted to shutting the game off in a panic before the zombie got to eating. And despite the comical tone of the game, this is actually played out considerably seriously. In ''Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time'', the game over screen is ''''' even scarier''''', as instead of a GoryDiscretionShot like the first game, we get to see the player's brain on a plate with a ghastly bite taken out of it!
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** If a [[GameOver zombie manages to break your defenses]], the same scare chord from the main menu plays as you then have no choice but to watch it stroll into your house (or slide down the chimney if you lost a roof or roof night level), followed by the hideous sound of it crunching into the player's skull along with a gut wrenching "[[BigNo NOOOOOO!]]". Many kids who have played the game were understandably horrified, and more than one has admitted to shutting the game off in a panic before the zombie got to eating. And despite the comical tone of the game, this is actually played out considerably seriously. In ''Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time'', the game over screen is ''''' even '''''even scarier''''', as instead of a GoryDiscretionShot like the first game, we get to see the player's brain on a plate with a ghastly bite taken out of it!
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* ReplacementScrappy: The current DiscoDan design of the Dancing Zombie is this for plenty of Music/MichaelJackson fans.
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%%ZCE * ReplacementScrappy: The current DiscoDan design of the Dancing Zombie is this for plenty of Music/MichaelJackson fans.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''VideoGame/{{Insaniquarium}}''. It actually [[http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2010/03/george-fan-how-insaniquarium-2-became-plants-vs-zombies.ars started out in development as a sequel]] to ''Insaniquarium''. This explains the appearance of Stinky the Snail and the Zombiquarium minigame.
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%%ZCE * SpiritualSuccessor: To ''VideoGame/{{Insaniquarium}}''. It actually [[http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2010/03/george-fan-how-insaniquarium-2-became-plants-vs-zombies.ars started out in development as a sequel]] to ''Insaniquarium''. This explains the appearance of Stinky the Snail and the Zombiquarium minigame.
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** Due of their similar appearances, fans like to depict Fume-Shroom, Puff-Shroom, and Scaredy-Shroom as brothers or a BadassFamily. This interpretation is also common among plants that also look like their related such as Wall-nut and Tall-Nut, the pult plants being known as the Pult Brothers thanks to ''WebVideo/LuigiFan00001'', Sunflower and Twin Sunflower, and Peashooter with Repeater, Snow Pea, Threepeater, Split-Pea, and Gatling Pea.
* FanNickname: Conehead Zombies sometimes have their names simplified as "Coneys".
* FanNickname: Conehead Zombies sometimes have their names simplified as "Coneys".
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** Due of their similar appearances, fans like to depict Fume-Shroom, Puff-Shroom, and Scaredy-Shroom as brothers or a BadassFamily. This interpretation is also common among plants that also look like their related such as Wall-nut and Tall-Nut, the pult plants being known as the Pult Brothers thanks to ''WebVideo/LuigiFan00001'', brothers, Sunflower and Twin Sunflower, and Peashooter with Repeater, Snow Pea, Threepeater, Split-Pea, and Gatling Pea.
* FanNickname: Plenty of zombies have this in the fandom, most of them being simplified version of their names.
** Conehead Zombies sometimes have their names simplified as"Coneys"."Coneheads" or "Coneys".
** Basic Zombies are called "Basics".
** Ducky Tube Zombies is often called "Ducktube".
** Buckethead Zombies are called "Buckets" or Buckethead"
* FanNickname: Plenty of zombies have this in the fandom, most of them being simplified version of their names.
** Conehead Zombies sometimes have their names simplified as
** Basic Zombies are called "Basics".
** Ducky Tube Zombies is often called "Ducktube".
** Buckethead Zombies are called "Buckets" or Buckethead"
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** On the zombies side, thanks to ''WebVideo/LuigiFan00001'', there's also some occasional shipping of Conehead Zombies with Newspaper Zombies.
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** "Young fly on the track"[[labelnote:Explanation]]The first line in the song "Where Did You Go" by S'morez, which is a remix of the pool level theme. It saw popular use on Website/{{TikTok}} in late 2021. This spawned [=PvZ=] related edits involving the above line, as well as [[MoodWhiplash a certain racial slur which comes immediately after it.]][[/labelnote]]
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* ItsEasySoItSucks: A while after the first game came out, this complaint became common, especially among fans who prefer the sequel. Since it's designed as a casual game, the original ''Plants vs. Zombies'' doesn't offer much challenge to someone more accustomed to the game's mechanics — zombie waves are pretty small, instant kill plants make it easy to clear them out, and spamming Sunflowers to amass huge quantities of sun isn't hard in most levels. For other fans, however, the sequel [[ItsHardSoItSucks goes too far in the opposite direction]] compared to this game's reasonable level of challenge.
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* ItsEasySoItSucks: A while after the first game came out, this complaint became common, especially among fans who prefer the sequel. Since it's designed as a casual game, the original ''Plants vs. Zombies'' doesn't offer much challenge to someone more accustomed to the game's mechanics — zombie waves are pretty small, instant kill plants make it easy to clear them out, and spamming Sunflowers to amass huge quantities of sun isn't hard in most levels. This is probably the reason why several harder GameMods of this game exist. For other fans, however, the sequel [[ItsHardSoItSucks goes too far in the opposite direction]] compared to this game's reasonable level of challenge.
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* FanNickname: Conehead Zombies are sometimes have their names simplified as "Coneys".
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* FanNickname: Conehead Zombies are sometimes have their names simplified as "Coneys".
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* FanNickname: Conehead Zombies are sometimes have their names simplified as "Coneys".
