Plants

This is a sub-page of Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time.

There are many plants that have either gone unused or went through changes throughout development.

Unused Plants#

Far Future#

Ampliflower#

This plant would have buffed other plants around it. The only info relating to it is in the old Far Future world map data, in which it would have been unlocked after beating day 8. According to Mark Barrett, it was scrapped because its concept was too complicated and overpowered. This was likely reworked into Moonflower from Modern Day, who boosts shadow plants around it.

Dark Ages#

Scaredy-shroom#

Scaredy-shroom was originally planned to return from the first game in Dark Ages, however it was cut from the game. It would later return years later in the 10.6 update as a Seedium plant.

[SCAREDYSHROOM]
Scaredy-shroom

[SCAREDYSHROOM_DESCRIPTION]
TO-DO

[SCAREDYSHROOM_DESCRIPTION_HEADER]
Scaredy-shrooms are long-range shooters that hide when enemies get near it.

[SCAREDYSHROOM_TOOLTIP]
Long-range shooter, hides when enemies are near

Prior to 2.3.1, Scaredy-shroom's description header was different.

[SCAREDYSHROOM_DESCRIPTION_HEADER]
Scaredy-shroom is a long-range shooter that hides when enemies get near it.

Placeholder sprites and animations for Scaredy-shroom exist in version ID 4, where it uses images of its PvZ 1 design.

Pult-shroom#

An unused mushroom pult plant which would have lobbed more projectiles over time, with 1 projectile being added every 120 seconds and the amount of projectiles capping out at 3. Each of its spores did 40 damage, with its plant food ability doing 200 damage. The plants concept would be reused for Blooming Heart.

[PULTSHROOM]
Pult-shroom

[PULTSHROOM_DESCRIPTION]
TO-DO

[PULTSHROOM_DESCRIPTION_HEADER]
Pult-shrooms fling projectiles over obstacles at the enemy, flinging more projectiles over time.

[PULTSHROOM_TOOLTIP]
Flings more projectiles over time

Prior to 2.3.1, Pult-shroom's description header was different.

[PULTSHROOM_DESCRIPTION_HEADER]
Pult-shroom flings projectiles over obstacles at the enemy. It flings more projectiles over time.

A video of the Pult-shroom in action. Note that the plant has been modded to use the graphics and animations of Cabbage-pult so that the plant would function properly. The plant has also been modified to significantly lower the amount of time it takes for it to gain another projectile, as usually it takes 2 minutes.

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Roto-shroom#

A mushroom that could be set to shoot at any direction the player wants it to, having 8 different possible directions. Each spore did 20 damage. When given plant food, it would shoot many spores in whatever direction it's facing, with the direction also being changeable mid-plant food. It costed 175 sun and had a fast recharge.

A video of the Roto-shroom in action. Note that the plant has been modded to use the graphics and animations of Peashooter so that the plant would function properly.

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An image of Roto-shroom used as a placeholder in the Zen Garden, using the design of Fume-shroom from PvZ1 but with a longer barrel. It's likely that the barrel would have rotated depending on where the plant was set to shoot.

Dart-shroom#

This mushroom could only be planted on the first five columns of the lawn. It would lob what were likely supposed to be darts at zombies in front of it, however these darts would follow a set motion and could only hit zombies that are around 3 to 4 tiles in front of the plant. Each dart did 33 damage. When given plant food, it releases many darts that would hit everything within 4 tile distance from the plant. It costed 100 sun and had a fast recharge.

A video of the Dart-shroom in action. Note that the plant has been modded to use the graphics and animations of Cabbage-pult so that the plant would function properly.

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Zoom-shroom#

This mushroom would've knocked zombies back to the very start of the lawn when they touch it. It would vanish after 10 seconds of being planted. It costed 50 sun and had a very slow recharge.

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Vacuum-shroom#

A defense plant that would suck up zombies in a 3x3 radius around it to go in front of it. It had 4000 hitpoints, the same toughness as a Wall-nut. When given plant food it would gain armor. It costed 25 sun and has a sluggish recharge.

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Evil-shroom Speed#

An unused plant that would later become the orange potions found in Dark Ages levels. When eaten, it would increase the speed of the zombie who ate it. It can also be tapped on 3 times to be destroyed. It costed 50 sun and had a sluggish recharge.

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Evil-shroom Toughness#

An unused plant that would later become the purple potions found in Dark Ages levels. When eaten, it would increase the toughness of the zombie who ate it. It can also be tapped on 3 times to be destroyed. It costed 50 sun and had a sluggish recharge.

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Big Wave Beach#

Bowling Bulb#

Used to be called Coconut Bowler in 2.5.1, and pretty much worked how it does now, launching coconuts at zombies that bounce off of them and having 3 max coconuts. Coconut Bowler had a placeholder design using a missing image texture with 3 squares indicating how many coconuts it has left.

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Banana Launcher#

Used to be called Bamboom in 2.5.1, being based on a plant of the same named from Plants vs. Zombies Adventures. Also worked how it does now. Bamboom used a placeholder design consisting of a sun and text displaying what state it's in.

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Lost City#

Sun Pod#

Like the Pea Pod, but with one head growing for every 500 sun saved up. It costs 300 sun and has a fast recharge. Note that in the video below, the Pea Pod design has been modded in so that the plant works, however in the Chinese version of the game Sun Pod uses Pea Pod's design.

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Sun Gun#

A single use plant that attracts sun and shoots it towards a zombie, with each shot dealing 150 damage. It costs 50 sun and has a sluggish recharge. Note that in the video below, the Magnet Shroom design has been modded in so that the plant works, however in the Chinese version of the game Sun Gun uses Magnet Shroom's design.

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Non-world Specific#

Sprout#

This plant was meant to appear in the Zen Garden before a plant fully grows, like in PvZ1, but was reduced to only appearing upon initially planting a sprout. It was later given code for a scrapped mini-game where the player would plant sprouts before the level started. The sprouts in odd numbered columns would have a 50% chance to grow into a Sunflower and a 50% chance to grow into a Peashooter, and the sprouts in even numbered columns would have a 75% chance to grow into a Wall-nut and a 25% chance to grow into a Tall-nut.

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Mini Peashooter#

Shoots peas at zombies like Peashooter, but with each pea dealing 5 damage. When fed plant food, every Mini Peashooter on the lawn will create a duplicate of itself to the right. It costs 25 sun and has a fast recharge. Even though it has the Appease-mint family icon, it is not boosted by the Appease-mint. The peas are not affected by Torchwood or reflected by Jester Zombies.

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Burnade#

Knocks a zombie to the back of the lawn when activated, after which it despawns. The zombie then explodes after a few seconds, killing it and dealing damage equal to the zombie's health to surrounding zombies in a 4x3 area. When fed plant food, it gets 3 uses before despawning. It costs 0 sun. This plant uses Iceburg Lettuce's design as a placeholder.

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Tactical Cuke#

All that exists for this plant is his seed packet image. He would've blown up all zombies on the lawn when used. He would later be added as a powerup in the Chinese version of PvZ2. He would also be used in the Garden Warfare series and Plants vs. Zombies Heroes, albeit being redesigned to look more like a nuclear missile.

Icy Currant#

An ice variant of the Electric Currant. Like the Tactical Cuke, all that exists for this plant is its seed packet. It also was reused in the Chinese version of PvZ2 as a plant.

Early Plant Data#

Ancient Egypt#

Bloomerang#

The Bloomerang has an unused setting called "BoomerangStunsZombies" that is normally set to false, however setting it to true makes it so that zombies are stunned for a second when hit with a boomerang. This was likely removed due to it being a little overpowered, as having multiple Bloomerangs in a single row with this enabled would make it so the zombies in that row wouldn't be able to move much.

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Pirate Seas#

Spikeweed#

Spikeweed has an unused effect animation of a buzzsaw. This was likely for an early Plant Food ability where it would launch these at zombies.

It is worth noting that a similar ability would later be used for Iceweed.

Far Future#

Laser Bean#

An early version of Laser Bean's description. There is also an unused string for a plant food description.

[LASER_BEAN_DESCRIPTION]
{KEYWORD}Range: {STAT}all zombies in a lane

{FLAVOR}Was just a regular bean until a lab accident involving a chemical spill and a radioactive weevil gave him strange powers beyond those of normal beans.

[LASER_BEAN_PLANTFOOD]
LASER_BEAN_PLANTFOOD

Early Laser Bean stats.

Blover#

An early description for the Blover, using his Plants vs. Zombies description as a placeholder.

[BLOVER_DESCRIPTION]
{KEYWORD}Usage: {STAT}single use, instant
{KEYWORD}Special: {STAT}blows away all flying zombies

{FLAVOR}When Blover was five he got a shiny new birthday cake. Blover made his wish, huffed and puffed, 
but was able to extinguish only 60% of the candles. Instead of giving up, though, he's used that early 
defeat as a catalyst to push himself harder ever since.

Early Blover stats.

Citron#

In 1.1 and 1.2, Citron was originally named Plasma Bean.

[PLASMABEAN]
Plasma Bean

[PLASMABEAN_DESCRIPTION]
{FLAVOR}As a young bean he dreamed of becoming a magical fruit.  Maybe some kind of citrus specializing in close-up magic.

[PLASMABEAN_DESCRIPTION_HEADER]
Plasma Beans shoot powerful balls of plasma.

He was renamed to Citron in version 1.3, getting a new description as well. However, this description is still different from the final.

[CITRON_DESCRIPTION]
{FLAVOR}Since he was a young citrus he tried to donate plasma to help out people, but his juices were to 
acidic. Then he discovered how to donate a different kind of plasma.

Early versions of Citron's attack and recovery animations, which have slightly different body movements, lack the computer lines inside Citron and lack the juice that comes out when attacking. All of Citron's animations were also made to be slightly lower. The animation was changed again to change the juice.

App IDs 2 - 4	1.4.2	Final

An early version of Citron's Plant Food animation, where the blue glow was originally green and didn't have electricity.

1.4.2	Final

Early Citron stats.

E.M.Peach#

An early version of E.M.Peach's second idle animation with a smaller eye glow.

1.4.2	Final

An early version of E.M.Peach's use animation using a different eye glow.

1.4.2	Final

Early E.M.Peach stats.

Infi-nut#

Early description for the Infi-nut, with "As" being misspelt as "Aa".

[HOLONUT_DESCRIPTION]
{KEYWORD}Special: {STAT}regenerates health over time

{FLAVOR}Aa a young nut, spent way too much time standing between two mirrors and trying to look into infinity.

Early version of Infi-nut's tooltip, where "weaker" was originally just "weak".

[HOLONUT_TOOLTIP]
A weak Wall-nut that regains health over time

Early Infi-nut stats.

Magnifying Grass#

An early name and description for Magnifying Grass, with it originally being named "MagnifyinGrass"

[MAGNIFYINGGRASS]
MagnifyinGrass

[MAGNIFYINGGRASS_DESCRIPTION]
Temp

[MAGNIFYINGGRASS_DESCRIPTION_HEADER]
Magnifying Grass turns sun into a focused beam of damage.

An early version of Magnifying Grass's Plant Food animation, in which its body doesn't change color.

1.4.2	Final

Early stats for Magnifying Grass

Tile Turnip#

Early text from 1.1 to 1.2 for Tile Turnip, with it originally being called Power Plant.

[POWERPLANT]
Power Plant

[POWERPLANT_DESCRIPTION]
{FLAVOR}Through great sacrifice comes great Power Tiles.  Such is the way of the Power Plant.

[POWERPLANT_DESCRIPTION_HEADER]
Power Plants create a Power Tile on planting.

[ADVICE_POWERPLANT_ON_POWERTILE]
The Power Plant cannot be planted on a Power Tile

In 1.3, it's description was changed to use the final name of Tile Turnip, however this description would later be changed by its release. The advice message when attempting to place a Tile Turnip on a Power Tile was also changed to remove "The".

[POWERPLANT_DESCRIPTION]
{FLAVOR}Through great sacrifice comes great Power Tiles.  Such is the way of the Tile Turnip.

[ADVICE_POWERPLANT_ON_POWERTILE]
The Tile Turnip cannot be planted on a Power Tile

Early stats for Tile Turnip.

Dark Ages#

Puff-shroom#

Early/Placeholder Puff-shroom description and tooltips from 1.5.2.

[PUFFSHROOM_DESCRIPTION]
TO-DO

[PUFFSHROOM_DESCRIPTION_HEADER]
Puff-shroom is a short-range shooter. It only lasts for a limited time.

[PUFFSHROOM_TOOLTIP]
Short-range shooter, lasts for a limited time

Early Puff-shroom description from 2.3.1 which oddly also includes its PvZ1 description.

[PUFFSHROOM_DESCRIPTION]
{FLAVOR}PvZ1:::"I only recently became aware of the existence of zombies," says Puff-shroom. "Like many fungi, I'd just assumed they were fairy tales or movie monsters. This whole experience has been a huge eye-opener for me."

PvZ2:::Puff-shroom is deeply rooted in the social networking systems. His online favorites are Yeastbook and Funggit, but nothing beats the camaraderie of a Lawn Area Network of fellow Puff-shrooms.

Puff-shroom had early placeholder sprites and animations in version ID 4 of the game, where it uses images of its PvZ 1 design. The costume sprites here are from Sunflower.

Early Puff-shroom stats.

Sun-shroom#

Early Sun-shroom description and tooltips from 1.5.2.

[SUNSHROOM_DESCRIPTION]
{KEYWORD}Sun Production: {STAT}small, then normal, then large

[SUNSHROOM_DESCRIPTION_HEADER]
Sun-shroom gives small sun at first, then normal sun later, then large sun even later.

[SUNSHROOM_TOOLTIP]
Gives more sun over time

Early Sun-shroom description from 2.3.1, which oddly also includes its PvZ1 description.

[SUNSHROOM_DESCRIPTION]
{KEYWORD}Sun Production: {STAT}small, then normal, then large

{FLAVOR}PvZ1:::Sun-shroom hates sun. He hates it so much that when it builds up in his system, 
he spits it out as fast as he can. He just won't abide it. To him, sun is crass.

PvZ2:::With a little more time and effort Sun-shroom know he could do better. He's pretty proud of those big suns he pops out, though he does feel a little bloated.

Sun-shroom also had placeholder sprites and animations in version ID 4, which are images of its PvZ 1 design. The costume sprites here are from Sunflower.

Sun-shroom's final design has unused Plant Food animations for its first and second stages, going unused as the plant normally goes into its third stage when given Plant Food.

Fume-shroom#

Early Fume-shroom description from 2.3.1 which oddly also includes its PvZ1 description.

[FUMESHROOM_DESCRIPTION]
{FLAVOR}PvZ1:::"I was in a dead-end job producing yeast spores for a bakery," says Fume-shroom. "Then Puff-shroom, bless 'im, told me about this great opportunity blasting zombies. Now I really feel like I'm making a difference."

PvZ2:::"I think of myself as a pretty confident shroom and an all-around fungi," says Fume-shroom. "But sometimes I hear chuckles, and calls for 'Balloon-shroom'. I don't think they know how much that can hurt my feelings."

Magnet-shroom#

Early Magnet-shroom description from 2.3.1 which oddly also includes its PvZ1 description.

[MAGNETSHROOM_DESCRIPTION]
{KEYWORD}Special:{STAT} removes metal objects from zombies

{FLAVOR}PvZ1:::Magnetism is a powerful force. Very powerful. Sometimes it scares Magnet-shroom a little. He's not sure if he can handle that kind of responsibility.

PvZ2:::Magnet-shroom is quite aware of his unconventional appearance, but he doesn't let it bother him. In his heart he knows he's the most attractive shroom around.

Magnet-shroom's properties has an unused array named "PullableZombieTypes", in which Bug Bot Imp is listed, implying it may have been planned to pull Bug Bot Imp to it.

Sun Bean#

Early text for Sun Bean where it was originally called Sunbean with no space. From version 2.2.2.

[SUNBEAN]
Sunbean

[SUNBEAN_DESCRIPTION]
{FLAVOR}TBD

[SUNBEAN_DESCRIPTION_HEADER]
Sunbeans infect zombies with sun. As a zombie takes damage they generate sun.

Early Sun Bean description from 2.3.1.

[SUNBEAN_DESCRIPTION]
{FLAVOR}One of a growing band of bean brothers, Sun Bean thinks Chili is a little crude, Spring is rather lazy, and Laser is a bit far-out. Still he loves them all the same.

Big Wave Beach#

Bowling Bulb#

Used to be called Coconut Bowler in 2.5.1, and pretty much worked how it does now, launching coconuts at zombies that bounce off of them and having 3 max coconuts.

Watch on YouTube

Banana Launcher#

Used to be called Bamboom in 2.5.1, being based on a plant of the same name from Plants vs. Zombies Adventures. Also worked how it does now.

Watch on YouTube

Lost City#

A.K.E.E#

An early version of A.K.E.E's seed packet sprite, which has bullets loaded.

Gold Leaf#

Prior to 9.9.1, Gold Leaf couldn't be levelled up. However, it had unused levelling data that is different than what was used when it did eventually get the ability to be levelled up.

Neon Mixtape Tour#

Thyme Warp#

Prior to 9.9.1, Thyme Warp couldn't be levelled up. However, it had unused levelling data that is different than what was used when it did eventually get the ability to be levelled up.

Modern Day#

Grimrose#

Grimrose's unpowered form normally only has 1 stamen, however its animations oddly have 3. These stamens are oddly visible in the Grimrose's seed packet icon. The extra 2 stamens can be seen when modding the plant to have 3 uses when unpowered.

Premium#

Imitater#

Imitater has an unused animation for being watered in the Zen Garden. Other instant use plants released at or before Far Future's release also had watering animations that were unused, however those animations were later used as their level up animation when levels were added. Due to Imitater not having levels, his watering animation remained unused.

Starfruit#

An early description for Starfruit, using his Plants vs. Zombies description as a placeholder.

[STARFRUIT_DESCRIPTION]
{FLAVOR}"Aw, man," says Starfruit. "I went to the dentist the other day and he said I have four cavities. 
I've got --count it-- ONE tooth! Four cavities in one tooth? How does this happen?"

[STARFRUIT_PLANTFOOD]
STARFRUIT_PLANTFOOD

Early Starfruit stats.

Pea-nut#

Early Pea-nut description from 2.3.1.

[PEANUT_DESCRIPTION]
{FLAVOR}Pea-Nut swears that he is hypo-allergenic and safe for use by all manner of lawn defenders. He just wishes people would stop planting him upside down.

[PEANUT_DESCRIPTION_HEADER]
Pea-nuts can shoot peas and block zombies

Chomper#

An early version of Chomper's tool tip. Interestingly, this was in the game in version 1.0.2.

[CHOMPER_TOOLTIP]
Eats a zombie, then chews on it for a while

Fire Peashooter#

Fire Peashooter was originally supposed to be part of Dark Ages, as data for it was added when the world released and its home world was set to Dark Ages. It had a different design, being a recolored Peashooter, reusing its animations and even costumes. When given Plant Food, it would shoot a bunch of fire peas, like other pea plants at the time.

Other#

Marigold#

The Marigold has unused functions for being planted in a normal level. When planted, it produces silver coins and will eventually fall asleep. When fed plant food, it produces a burst of coins before disappearing. Its description used to be from PvZ as a placeholder.

[MARIGOLD_DESCRIPTION]
{KEYWORD}Special: {STAT}gives coins

{FLAVOR}Marigold spends a lot of time deciding whether to spit out a silver coin or a gold one. She 
thinks about it, weighs the angles. She does solid research and keeps up with current publications. 
That's how winners stay ahead.

[MARIGOLD_DESCRIPTION_HEADER]
Marigolds give you coins.

[MARIGOLD_PLANTFOOD]
MARIGOLD_PLANTFOOD

[MARIGOLD_TOOLTIP]
Gives you coins

Her description was later changed to fit her being exclusive the Zen Garden, however it also stated that there was a chance for her to produce a Gem.

[MARIGOLD_DESCRIPTION]
{KEYWORD}Special: {STAT}usually gives coins
{KEYWORD}Special: {STAT}sometimes gives a Gem

{FLAVOR}Marigold has dedicated herself to the Zen lifestyle. She's a team player, and gives it her best there in the garden. But if she never has to confront another zombie on the lawn again it will be too soon.

[MARIGOLD_DESCRIPTION_HEADER]
Marigolds give you rewards in Zen Garden.

Unused Marigold animations:

Unused Beghouled Costs#

Some plants that haven't appeared in a Beghouled level or aren't an upgrade in Beghouled have unused sun costs.