Explaining EVERY (basegame) Zombie in PVZ2

does not feel good becoming that one youtuber that takes a millions years to upload but whatever this is just my life now apparently, whatever
Plants VS Zombies 2. is a game that has a lot of variation in the former and latter elements. The former is often discussed, but the Zombie variety? Nowhere near as much, so lets talk about it in relatively low depth in a brisk format. This video took too long to make and I am sick and tired of editing this and will never edit like this again, but the video is decently cool so I ain't complaining. Hope you enjoyed it as much, or more, than I did editing it.
Oh and, let me know if you'd want to see more of this, including event zombies, or talking about another game instead. Down to you guys, ultimately. And subscribe. Your a weirdo that reads descriptions, this is fine.
My Discord (which contains my mod as well wink wink): / discord
Timestamps:
0:00 - Basics
3:34- Ancient Egypt
6:11 - Pirate Seas
8:36 - Wild West
11:55 - Frostbite Caves
14:54 - Lost City
18:07 - Far Future
21:44 - Dark Ages
24:24 - Neon Mixtape Tour
28:30 - Jurassic Marsh
30:20 - Big Wave Beach
32:42 - Modern Day
34:38 - Conclusion
Footage is from:
Plants VS Zombies 2
Plants VS Zombies 1
Eclise (PVZ2 mod)
Music used (in order of appearance):
Jurrassic Marsh Ultimate Battle - PVZ2
Ancient Egypt Overhaul Wave B - WhisperJas/AltverZ ( • PvZ2 Alternate UniverZ... )
False Knight - Hollow Knight
Showdown! - Undertale Yellow
White Surf Style 6 - OMORI
The Rain Formerly Known As Purple - Risk Of Rain 2
Heatwave Approaching -Undertale Yellow
Dung Defender - Hollow Knight
Smart Race - DELTARUNE
Those Who Forget History - OMORI
Enemy Retreating - Undertale Yellow
Modern Day Final Wave - PVZ2
Dave's Theme (unnamed) - PVZ2

[@cadetjones9205]

It's worth noting that basics actually vary in what gimmicks they are affected by. For example, only Wild West basic zombies can dance when a Piano Zombie is on screen.

[@JoseViktor4099]

Is like Gargs in that regard, some of them have special traits that diferiante between others (FC can't be Frozen, only peasant zombies can become into knights, and BWB have gender variants)

[@R-S-Alex]

​@@JoseViktor4099 **"BWB have gender variants"** is a funny way to compliment the Uniqueness of Big Wave Beach's Basic Zombies.

[@leroyspeelt]

With imps too, dragon imp is immune to fire

[@JoseViktor4099]

@@R-S-Alex Yeah 😅, I could had said that BwB introduced female zombies, but I asked "Hold on does PvZ2 zombies has a genre before that?" "Are PvZ1 Zombies men or Girls?" "Or we can't say at simple glace as rarely look like people"? Edit fun fact: They were scrapped concept for female zombies on PvZ1 , one zombie were in the form of Kids, which probably were replaced by Imps due that the image of Doom-Shrooming one of them could had been controversial to say the least. The other is even more wacky, a mother zombie, whose baby she had in charge would resemble a Gargantuar(!!!???). The real PvZ Lore: Women.

[@klitnorbuck]

also frostbite cave zombies cant get fully frozen

[@R41N80WSCR4TCH]

I love the fact that you call the MC zombie "McZombie" like it's a McDonald's product

[@yinghannong]

Because Bri'ish

[@nicokilg8529]

I think he's saying "mic" (like mike/microphone) but it comes out as "mick"

[@life_is_a_myth]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@frowner_and_co]

​@yinghannong (british

[@yinghannong]

​@@frowner_and_co it's a joke please don't be offended

[@isaactan9386]

Jester zombie seems like something I would design when I was young, as in "my zombie is immune to everything and destroys everything"

[@memerboi7128]

This makes me think some developer’s kid actually designed this

[@ultimapower6950]

Fun fact: there’s actually a veteran version called Clown zombie; which has the same abilities as Jester zombie but instead of merely reflecting the projectile it turns it into a Curving Laser that deals 1.5x the plant’s damage to all plant’s in the same diagonal row as the plant. It also has 1.2x the Hp of a jester zombie

[@mechzilla569]

@@ultimapower6950jesus christ that type of level design would only exist in mobilegames asking you to buy things with your dollars... ...oh wait

[@JoseViktor4099]

@@mechzilla569 PvZ2 post leveling be like:

[@golemgolden4670]

Still weaker than any dinosaur or THE FUCKING BREAKDANCERS. God i fucking hate jurasic marsh and neon mixtape so much

[@skylertherat]

You forgot to mention that bonk choy will always kill both the bug and the zombie at the same time without dropping the zombie, and always with the same amount of punches, regardless if it's a basic; cone or buckethead Edit: the same thing applies for spore shroom, banana launcher, and insta kills

[@itsFnD]

I mean it's about *the* zombie after all

[@pedroivog.s.6870]

I thought it was a feature from Eclise

[@everythingpizzaandknuckles6268]

That's only in Eclise

[@everythingpizzaandknuckles6268]

​@@pedroivog.s.6870 Yeah it is Eclise only

[@skylertherat]

@@everythingpizzaandknuckles6268 no it's literally in the base game

[@XyL0ss_Abyss]

“Basic Zombies, are basic.” Bill and Ted: No way!

[@JoseViktor4099]

One thing I noted with Swashbuckler, is that PvZ2, really, *really* enjoys to put zombies in the first fourth lanes, mainly in special zombies and ambushes. Even Jurasic Marsh main gimmick is based on that!

[@MrTwisterNo2]

9:30 Piano zombies, like barrels, die instantly to spike-types plants, killing the spike (or 1 part of the superior ver.) 9:42 The hidden grate is fistful of dollars reference 10:15 Chickens are one-shot by all spike-type plants, so one ahead will eliminate the threat. And most plants ever will one shot them.

[@astranix0198]

The hidden plate is a reference to A Fistful of Dollars. The Back in the Future reference refers to the same.

[@MrTwisterNo2]

@@astranix0198 got it, thanks - now updated.

[@battleboy8483]

The Brickhead zombies can actually vary from world to world they don’t have the same health schools all the time because they will change the health rules of each enemy occasionally so their health is not fully global, but in most of the worlds, it is the same

[@SSL_2004]

Not entirely. All of the fourth tier basic zombies that don't follow the Brickhead stats were introduced to the game as part of the world that they belong to before Brickheads were created. Brickheads And they're variants were created specifically for the worlds that got expansions, so the only variants of Brickhead are Pyramid-Head, Barrel-Head Cart-Head, Holo-Head and Amber-Head. Blockhead, Fossilhead and Knight are not variants of Brickhead because they were introduced prior.

[@goober4347]

@@SSL_2004 which means that Knights aren't Brickhead variants, Blockheads, Fossilheads and Brickheads (and variants thereof) are variants of Knights, due to Knights being released first.

[@tpfoxCastro]

@@SSL_2004 The idea of "Blockheads and Fossilheads aren't Brickhead variants" annoys me.

[@ReFrostByte]

2:30 Imps eat slightly faster than standard zombie types. The jurassic marsh variant is even faster at eating.

[@lettucebob7395]

23:31 it's because otherwise the zomboss fire attack will instantly kill them immediately after spawning them

[@ZombieChicken1310]

Something you forgot about seagull (and pelican) is that they're the introduction to flying zombies, thus making you learn their immunity to low plants like spikeweed/rock, potato mine, spring bean, iceberg lettuce and so on. They're a little taste of certain zombies that you will find later in the game like jetpack zombie or zombug.

[@kindatim]

Also the fact that butter is a oneshot for them and the dragonflies (I... think?)

[@ZombieChicken1310]

@@kindatim yes it is, but for some reason the bug explodes meanwhile the seagull or pelican just fall due to the butter

[@kindatim]

@@ZombieChicken1310 extreme allergy, I guess 💀

[@vnicebtch]

b. b​@@ZombieChicken1310

[@Mightype]

They are quite basic but some are more unique

[@Xeamless]

You could say they can be very special ;3

[@flying_gorilla8069]

Some are more basic than others but still basic

[@WD64]

11:01 bro that primal wall-nut side eye

[@jakedoesyoutube]

I love the lack of intro in this video, makes it feel really rapid-fire and to the point. Keep intros for your other videos though. Great watch, even though I know most of these guys by heart.

[@DreamingNightmares]

There are some special zombies in events such as the carnie zombies although most event zombies are only retextures. Penny's persuit also has the z-corp zombies, some of which are unique. Oh and there's also Imp Pear's imps and Zoy Bean's zomboids and Solar Sage's redeemed zombies.

[@monke7919]

I'm no expert but,who thought it'd be OK to make the imp amd gargantuar variants for z Corp both have gargantuar's installed kill move and have the imp equivalent still have its speed, it's a gargantuar the size of an imp with the speed of an imp and the strength of a gargantuar and the only thing to balance that insane combo is that (as far as I'm aware) they can't be thrown like normal imps

[@DreamingNightmares]

@@monke7919 I suppose that Penny's Pursuit is supposed to be hard so having OP zombies isn't surprising. They just wanted an extra challenge.

[@howardvonstauffer]

And we also have the Roman Zombies, which also have some unique ones.

[@NeoBing]

I think I’m missing something, can you also cover all PvZ1, PvZ3 (both betas), PvZH, PvZ GW1&2, PvZ BFN, PvZ Adventures and PvZ2C zombies thanks :)

[@Creeps20]

the true sequel

[@islammostofai310]

Pls do it No dont youre gonna kill your self

[@doomawsogaming]

​@Creeps20 will you explain kernel-pult.png?

[@NormalGuy985]

@@Creeps20do Zombeis from mods

[@Mimiyan_or_Pikapikafan]

During Wild West, I can tell you enjoyed Undertale Yellow's music/UTY itself also

[@LorenziHeartz]

Same with Far Future Update: and Big Wave Beach

[@yetanotherperson1833]

Tbh the only purpose I see for dragon imp fire immunity is so that it can survive a lane clear in the dark ages zomboss fight Which is clearly the most relevant stat in the world

[@theenderkirby939]

I be happy to see something like that with the plants as well it was quirky and pretty nice to see as a change

[@A.Bahumat12]

This video deserves more than half hour of describing PvZ

[@victorcallahan2864]

The Wild West basic zombie did have a unique quality back in the day. The hat would be able to tank 2 peashooter hits I remember counting it to make sure. Making the zombie take 12 pea hits in stead of the original 10 hits to defeat it

[@DucPr0]

Nah, I recall that too but after the hat is knocked off the zombie only needed 8 peas to kill. I distinctly remember the wiki calling out the almanac’s “Protected” toughness for Wild West basic to be wrong

[@shadycactus7896]

I remember its almanac entry used to say "Solid" instead of "Average"

[@playday663]

At first i read the title as "Complaining about every zombie in pvz2", that sounds like a much funnier idea for a video

[@larra_bird6803]

Suprised he didn't mention the mechanic where imps usually send in much larger waves right after spawning in

[@superkooper6594]

One little unknown about a lot of the Imp variants is that they can in fact be countered by blover as they are technically counted as airborne when thrown, its a very tight window tho so is not too worth it unless its something like Far Future with the bot swarms

[@jraff2735]

The sigh Creeps utters when mentioning the superfan imp was glorious to notice

[@WillMAW2]

thank you creeps20 for explaining every zombie in baseline pvz2

[@viniciusgoulart5077]

yeah. thanks creeps20 that was very cool

[@menialbee]

somebody enjoyed the undertale yellow ost

[@Creeps20]

maybe

[@leopardbunny]

@@Creeps20 i was one of the beta testers and i'm SO glad everyone's loving the game, i've been wanting to talk about it for FOREVER

[@realtent8322]

The music choice in this video is amazing. Undertale yellow, Deltarune, RoR2, great selection!

[@CivicallyNotDan]

the undertale yellow music kept catching me off-guard, lol

[@leopardbunny]

it caught me even more off-guard. it's still weird to me being able to talk about the game outside of the beta tests.

[@crazyallstars]

Plants vs Zombies just wouldn’t be the same without zombies. Imagine if they went with their original concepts and made the plants vs aliens instead.

[@SnaksiXD]

There are a big number of weaknesses and interactions that were missed in this video, but i guess this isn't an OVERexplaining video.

[@clicktuck]

I approve of the music choice in this video Entirely because the three Undertale Yellow songs

[@privateacount4152]

6:13 Everyone gansta' 'till False Knight shows up. 8:35 'Till Starlo shows up.

[@dimensionalhero9183]

Undertale Yellow OST spotted, based decision

[@scratchgame1310]

That's what am saying

[@Gamesmarts194]

One thing to note about Imps (at least when I last played this game, which was… forever ago, so this could be outdated info), on levels where they can spawn on the lawn normally (aka walking from the far right side of the lawn like most zombies)- namely in endless modes- if an Imp spawns in the early part of a level the game sometimes incorrectly registers this as the current wave timer being at 0 which brings in the next zombie(s). This can be especially bad in levels like Greatest Hits which can trigger the Hair Metal jam (which almost always spawns Gargs in every lane) in less than 10 seconds if you get nothing but Imp spawns.

[@leni.j7713]

So, even if had nothing to do with the video, i would like to say some pvz1 zombie that would had fit perfectly in certain worlds Disco zombie and friend would had fit perfectly in the neon mix-tape tour, cause is all based about 1980 years, and is a disco party, so a this is a miss opportunity for me Then dolphin rider and ducky tube zombie would had been perfect for big wawe beach, like, i need to explain? Then yeti zombie would had made perfectly sense in the ice age word, there are yeti imps, he would been just sensed This are my opinion, i hope you enjoy it (if i find others zombie that would fit perfectly in some other world then i will put it)

[@janmarcocervantes1601]

Yeah! I agree with you. An opportunity that was wasted by PopCap.

[@ZIMOU2014]

the original zomboss fight in modern day zombotany zombies in some pennys pursuit or challenge something

[@user-fj2gl8ih7w]

6:16 did not expect hollow knight ost 🔥🔥🔥

[@danever159]

same for plants?

[@teinteressa4486]

8:45 ayo Starlo's battle theme

[@KR_Kosmik]

Just want so say i love hearing the undertale yellow music in the background of some parts

[@lesbianaconda2971]

I really liked this video style, and would love to see similar videos covering other games!

[@mike007ro3]

Great vidoe man, loved it and personally i'd watch other videos like this if you were to make any. Have a good one

[@Null82085]

Just a side note, you have no idea how happy I was hearing Undertale Yellow music here, I should’ve expected it seeing your Tem profile but it’s still nice

[@scratchgame1310]

Yeah, I love to hear it too. It's a bit sad that Undertale Yellow is not more well-known

[@lolwhale6283]

I love how you use soundtracks from various indie games

[@thenoxz2924]

Love to see a new video from you man, wish you would upload more often, I would enjoy more content about mods.

[@A.Bahumat12]

Good thing that you counted @Flag zombie in flag zomie describing

[@stellataylor7436]

Zombie: *is literally on fire* Creeps: “with increased health”

[@IAmVeryNotSmart]

Love the risk of rain music in the background, that game really has some amazing music

[@TheBirder24]

I noticed the risk of rain 2 music right away, absolute banger to play in the background of videos, nice choice

[@mikaelious9550]

As someone who absolutely loves listing down/explaining all parts of a list, even if I already know 'em all, I love this type of content. Would love to see more of similar stuff!! P.S. Turquoise Skull Zombies don't actually charge up faster with the absorbed sun - their laser beam just grows in length, allowing for more far-reaching attacks. P.P.S. I love the Undertale Yellow soundtracks being used here. It's quickly becoming iconic and I'm all in for it :D P.P.P.S. I used "love" way too many times in this comment. My bad.

[@cloudy28]

is that undertale yellow soundtrack i hear? based so based

[@scratchgame1310]

Said the same

[@floricel_112]

Straight to the point. Massive respect

[@dailyhydration-]

I would love to see a sequel about pvz chinese or modded zombies in the future

[@pinkius]

straight to the point, no intro needed, just brains.

[@karbachok]

17:17 No, he's called adweck 😭😭😭

[@yumithehunter6292]

You got me back into pvz2 man… thanks

[@inf4m0us36]

U should play mods

[@ChadScarbs]

That's... Surely a video of all time.

[@scratchgame1310]

8:38 OMG that's Undertale yellow OST. Not often I get to hear it in a non-Undertale-related video. For the ones wandering the song's name is showdown

[@noahangeloff52]

16:25 glad to hear the rain formerly known as purple!!

[@ZephyramG]

I Litteraly Just Talked About How Long You Have Not Uploaded, And Here We Are!

[@genio2509]

8:43 Fun fact for any new players, in old versions, the hat would fall off after 40 damage instead of the full 100 for their arm.

[@Polygonetwo]

As an additional note, the bug zombie in the explorer levels can also be countered by Bonk Choy, which uppercuts them as a final blow to instant kill the zombie when the bug dies, rather than having it drop on the field. Also this video was great. Very quality, yes.

[@adweck]

bro thinks he's Overanalyzing EVERY zombie in Plants vs. Zombies 2

[@ZIMOU2014]

bro thinks hes flag zombie

[@gateofworlds4167]

The only thing that i noticed is that you did not say what would happen when balloon zombie looses his balloon.

[@Wasker20233]

8:40 the hats actually did something back in the day the added a bit of Hp (about 2 peas extra needed to kill it) to the basic but they changed that

[@misk-ivus2990]

Nice Undertale Yellow music for the wild west segment.

[@barrybbenson2391]

And you should do this for all the zombies that are exclusive to stuff, like arena pennies pursuit, etc.

[@bunnylover460]

Thank you for posting!!

[@TheGCGamerYT]

Love the use of Showdown! for the wild west section. Edit: Love the use of Undertale Yellow music throughout most of the video lol.

[@typestyle2067]

I was LITERALLY LOOKING FOR A VIDEO LIKE THIS LAST NIGHT WHAAAAAAT

[@mucilungimen]

Best 35.39 seconds of stuff that i knew but i stilll used for this

[@madame_mae]

you can find brickheads on the second boss level of modern day, thw wild west has minecart zombies spawn during the battle aswell as the vetran bull rider

[@Jeedle_Boofcan]

I love the way he says 'backpack ' 16:30

[@2yoyoyo1Unplugged]

Aww… i thought you were gonna cover the almanac lore. You know, the REAL interesting content.

[@keving4383]

The Cowboy Basic used to be able to tank 2 more pea shots and afterwards the hat would fall off in older Version. It has been changed an update somewhere though. It's also on the wiki

[@Mostillist]

you are 100% right i remember that

[@Emm_Hi]

In fact, cowboy zombies' hat used to give 'em extra hp, the hat would last 2 extra peashooter hits. I don't know why the developers removed that.

[@diggyrobinson5859]

There are certain worlds that are much harder in concept than in practice

[@deringjosuegarcia1531]

Oh, you like PVZ2? Name every zombie!

[@lemon4378]

This is REALLY COOL, and I think the zombies do need discussion.

[@Poz-isnt_specialized]

I Always thought that the boss of neon mixtape tour should have been a band that sang or played a jam that would activate all special zombies together

[@BIGSHOT__1997]

Actually if we're taking this like the plants versus zombies 2 Player on the xbox The flag zombie should be able to create more zombies around it So it summons the big wave

[@CipherSmoothies]

What a mainline video

[@MiserableLunacy]

can't wait for the plants side of the explanation video

[@eduardpeeterlemming]

Very cool. Could you do this same thing but with 10 words or less

[@marcelopaulo446]

It's weird how there just isn't a intro. Also how did you just forget to mention that weasels can Skip sliders .

[@lilraph2345]

I love the undertale yellow music in the video

[@royhomsi]

The lack of an intro. I love it, please don’t do intros I’ll watch all of your videos. The way you started the video jump scared me yet it was extremely funny😂

[@IAARPOTI]

1:44 omg not the flag zombie KZbin reference. I am dying lol.

[@Ian-eg8tj]

Watching your videos makes me want to play PvZ2 but your vids are far superior than that PTW mess.

[@PineyApleyMagic]

Loved the video, don’t ask how I watched it this fast

[@NiceLadSM]

I didn’t know that the basics in JM actually differed from eachother until today. Neat

[@nmmeswey3584]

Seagull, bug and pelican zombies all have separate HP for the bird that's carrying them (usually less than the zombie itself) and killing the bird also kills the zombie. Catapults and other lobbed projectiles deal damage to the bird/bug directly.

[@killer_hoh478]

I hate when dragon burns out the lane and then INSTANTLY fires a dragon imp on it focing you to use powers

[@ScP-049-01]

The dragon imps are immune to fire because they land with a fireball, said fireball usually kills plants and zombies. They also survieve the 2 lane fire spit attack

[@AidanDaGreat]

It took me a while to realize that this wasn't actually an intro to a rant.

[@PJ-xo5no]

Absolutely love the Undertale Yellow soundtrack in the background 😂

[@Aeistheticism]

I feel like you should mention Holly Barrier leaves have the same tall property as Tall-nut meaning every zombie stopped on its track by Tall-nut will also be stopped by Holly Barrier leaves - only the leaves are tall and not the plant itself. You forgot to mention Super-fan Imps are also blocked by Tall-nut.

[@amaury2707]

I think you forgot to mention the uniqueness of the Tomorrow-Tron - its ability to destroy large amounts of Power Tiles at once with its missile attacks.

[@Sixitboy]

That flag zombie reference was great

[@danever159]

Wish he was more detailed about health of zombies in general or early on