Plants vs. Zombies Unused Content | LOST BITS [TetraBitGaming]

[@TetraBitGaming]

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[@Cliffordlonghead]

First

[@Cliffordlonghead]

Awesome video

[@CokeVR143]

Yippie

[@AU_Player]

Eyy

[@thestratposter3515]

Hi

[@scarymonsterss]

4:31 those are actually aliens from insaniquarium, that’s cool to see them being used as placeholders. 7:01 looks and functions like a no fruit from chowder.

[@esteebangus]

Pvz was planned to be an insaniquariam sequel at first.

[@VeryRGOTI]

@@esteebangus that would've been cool

[@BinglesP]

Wonder if they got inspiration from Chowder, that’s a good show

[@nortonman5238]

@@BinglesP nah, these came out far before chowder was even conceptualized let alone aired.

[@xbtgames]

i love ur pfp!

[@RomeinG.1918]

There’s surprisingly fewer scrapped concepts and graphics than I would’ve thought, especially compared to how many beta titles there were! Would love to see more

[@megabyte1107]

Chances are there was a lot more scrapped stuff that ended up fully deleted and not left in the depths of the game files

[@TheRenegade...]

I think most of the unused content is actually not publicly available

[@boilington]

there is a lot more stuff, he just didn't cover them

[@emaboxe15]

He didn't mention lots of things and even one of the most important, the Limbo Page

[@chainsawplayin]

The ice level concept returned in PvZ2

[@Guywithtwotails]

The ice cabbage pult wasn't actually replaced by kernel-pult, The idea was actually later used for the winter melon (Which you can unlock by buying the seed pack in Dave Twiddy)

[@kydincurrall972]

Sumwon had to say it

[@Roll3er]

I think it was both. It was most likely used for kernel pult but the main ice idea was used for winter melon (the slow down effect)

[@elianhg2144]

@@Roll3er no wtf

[@kaylemathewcomendador6964]

Or maybe the Snow-Pea equivalent of the Cabbage-Pult.

[@Guywithtwotails]

@@kaylemathewcomendador6964 Both the iceberg lettuce and winter melon are lobbed-type plants and they both slow down enemies, I dont think it make sense to compare it to snow pea

[@RandomDude-dc8dd]

I would like to see a part 2 of this. There is a LOT of stuff you did not mention, most notably the entire "Limbo Page" containing 20 minigames. There are also unused sections of music, unused texts, unused seed packets, debug mode, and the world 6 map in the beta (6 lane night with raised ground), just to mention a few

[@kydincurrall972]

You mentioned more than he did maybe you should make a video on this I think it would be very good

[@MellowhearttheCat]

Yeah I’m surprised he didnt mention it. He even mentioned bungee blitz but refused to elaborate. Call me crazy but I think he’s absolutely planning a part 2

[@proceduralism376]

I think its a fence not raised ground

[@Person_45]

@@MellowhearttheCat I don't know why they removed bungee blitz. It sound really fun.

[@Person_45]

I saw the old imps: SUPER SCARY

[@thanosguy576]

4:30 The zombies are actually the enemies from Insaniquariam 6:35 The ice cabbage was replaced with the ice watermelon

[@TunettiSpaghetti]

After waiting for years, he finally posted a PVZ lost bits. Never been so happy in my life.

[@TetraBitGaming]

Haha 😅 hope you enjoy it!

[@luisluis8245]

@@TetraBitGaming I DID PLEASE MOREEE

[@Kyle-pr6ns]

@@TetraBitGaming will you do PvZ2?

[@YannickJur]

I feel you so much. I love PVZ.

[@TunettiSpaghetti]

@@YannickJur Gross, but I see your point.

[@justabambiminion8684]

6:37 actually, call me a nerd but i think it was later remade to the Winter Melon, which always slows down zombies

[@WantBadtime]

9:30 I think you can see that animation in the Zen Garden if you fully grow the sun shroom in the night room and then transfering it into the green house room, but I am not certain.

[@aisadal2521]

You have no idea how happy I am to see you cover Plants vs Zombies, Tetra! ☺️

[@shisakani8396]

Same bro

[@original_namexd5690]

Agreed, the first game was my child hood

[@Niemerald]

IM MORE HAPPY

[@alisonhirrell9559]

Agreed

[@ShadowPlushGaming]

One of the best games on earth

[@planetsliveinsidethemoon1600]

I was actually heavily fixated on unused PVZ content as a kid, so this is super cool to see!! Thanks for the great content, Tetra! :D

[@TetraBitGaming]

Thanks for watching!

[@Idk_what_to_put_here]

13:49 in plants vs zombies 2 there is a zombie vase in vasebreaker that guaranties a gargantuar from it so the zombie vase in the first one might do the same thing

[@Ang06896]

Wow, never thought you would cover this classic, nostalgic, great video

[@underthetreeproductionsOffical]

I was asking for this lol

[@Punykirby]

4:31 Those are actually the Sylvester (Basic Alien) from Insaniquarium 6:18 They were most likely replaced by the Winter Melon upgrade, which is way more helpful with its splash damage 6:52 You would click the plant once it's on a seed you want, which would change it to it, and then would need to recharge before you could change to another plant, most likely was scrapped for Imitater

[@kevincairo8917]

I still vividly remembered the MJ referenced zombie. I actually adore the zombie design despite the notion that, well, MJ didnt like it and it was a bad time to put such reference but I still am glad that design existed. Preferred it much more than the current disco gug

[@VOLATILEVOXELS]

I think the weird helmet (you thought it was for the Giga-Garg) was for the catapult zombie, probably with a more medieval design. (As discussed by people with more knowledge than me, I stand corrected) Fun fact you didn’t cover: the “blood” on the buckethead’s bucket is actually red paint, in line with its beta “painter” design.

[@TDChriz]

Afaik the weird helmets are are clear reference to (or rather a direkt copy of) Masterblaster from Mad Max, which was a larger brutish character carring a midget on their back - just like the Giga-Garg. Maybe they removed it because it was too much of a reference or looked out of place.

[@xanderrock98]

The helmets are for the gargantuars, as they exist in the gargantuar adobe animate files

[@Person_45]

I heard that catapult zombie also used to look like a pizza man.

[@bread2374]

I couldn’t imagine not playing the OG PVZ growing up, and that’s not a dig at you not getting around to it until this year. Growing up this game was a huge deal for 2000’s kids, I remember there were thousands of plush videos, mods, let’s plays and videos. Every birthday party I went to there was always at least one PVZ relayed gift, there was thousands of high quality merch (especially those godly Jazzwares figures that looked like they walked right of the screen) especially because it was so available to play. PC, mobile, Xbox, etc. It shaped my taste in video games and is still in my top 5 favorite games ever made.

[@ros9764]

8:19 that plant placing was the biggest facepalm ever

[@retrovideogamejunkie]

I still remember how they changed thriller mj zombie by that disco zombie ....

[@projectmusic240]

As a avid plants and zombies fan back In the day "I along with a lot of other people most likely" would love a longer part 2 video for this!

[@THE_THE]

4:31 those “zombies” design were taken from insaniquarium, one of popcap’s other games as I recall

[@amogussussyimpostor3629]

They need some placeholder

[@lynxovski]

I used to have the version with the Michael Jackson zombie. I wish they had kept him in the GOTY edition.

[@Ashvee72-from-Thewildguess]

Ya know seeing the full body of the zombot makes me realize just how massive it is…but it makes me wonder something How the heck does it not break through your roof? Like it must be super heavy! Also if the zombot can toss around a camper or shoot giant balls of ice and fire…could he not just break through your wall to get you? Seems strange

[@D1TB01]

So happy you’re finally doing a PvZ video, Tetra! PvZ has been one of the first ever games I’ve played in my life, long before I discovered Nintendo. Hopefully there will be a pt2

[@kydincurrall972]

Same

[@YannickJur]

I just love seeing concepts that were possibly brought back later. 3:33 The Stinger Peashooter got reimplemented in the Facebook game "PvZ Adventures". That was even before the sequel. 5:30 The dogwalker Zombie got into PvZ Heroes and laos PvZ 3 which is still in development

[@moonrunner22000]

9:20 i seen these used. If you kill a zed when its in range of the squash fast enough, it does this. Also i call them zeds, dont judge me

[@TheMaskedFox288]

This game brings back so many memories, honestly I had completely forgotten that the dancer zombies looked like Michael Jackson

[@TheBluehatPerson]

Bruh, no way, the man actually did PvZ lost bits. There's really a lot of unused content in PvZ, so it would be nice to see a part 2 of this. Oh, also here's a fun fact : PvZ was originally supposed to be a sequel to Insaniquarium, but George Fan was interested in gardening, so he decided to make a new game based on the concept, and it eventually become PvZ (that's also why there's a lot of Insaniquarium assets/placeholders in the pre-release, because PvZ was made on top of Insaniquarium).

[@gooseygoose46673]

I literally just got back into PvZ content recently so you could not have been better on the timing! Great video as always!

[@shadowscraptrap6503]

7:30 Why would you put a pumpkin in an garlic-

[@rapidsloth5654]

Ror feal

[@CrackingPlastic]

It's super awesome seeing more people shedding light on this classic game once again!

[@genericfakename4372]

The spikeweed degrading would probably be under the same circumstances as Spikerock. Spikeock can survive 3 gargantuar attacks, or popping a zomboni/catapult zombie 3 times-losing its outer spikes each time. Spikeweed may have at once been able to do the job twice.

[@nectarinna]

Spikerock actually survives 9 Zombonis/Garg strikes, he does survives 3 in PVZ2 though

[@jeffcarey1776]

what probably happened is that, while playtestings, they seen that spikeweed surviving 2 hits from a zomboni was too good, so they nerf it the amount to one and reused the idea for spikerock.

[@Sembrilen_plays69]

Tetra: some of them are healthy, so you should eat more of them The plants: 😳

[@brycevo]

I miss the Thriller zombie. It was a good tribute

[@dbeme07]

I think that I’ve played a version of the game with the bungee zombie and zomboni in I zombie when I was at a local pizza place once. That version was so strange. When you unlocked mini games, you got enough coins to buy out Dave’s shop and all of the mini games.

[@hpr2986]

Lawn of the dead was SUCH a missed opportunity for a name. Shame copyright forced them to do otherwise :(

[@TetraBitGaming]

Lawn of the Dead: Garden Warfare would have been a banger title

[@hpr2986]

@@TetraBitGaming I know!

[@teresawatson1038]

@@TetraBitGaming i like the title of green thumbed ghouls

[@PoisonIvory088]

Pvz1 is my favorite game of all time so im so glad you decided to make this video! Thanks! (Ps: 6:30 this was replaced by the upgrade plant winter melon)

[@chip-th2jq]

plants vs zombies is a literal masterpiece, thanks for covering it!

[@knuxchux]

I believe the reason for the original 4-button gravestone menu configuration was because the game was built on Insaniquarium, and that game’s main 4 buttons were the adventue mode, a time attack similar to survival mode, a challenge mode, and a conflict-free virtual aquarium mode like the zen garden. That’s just my theory at least.

[@HintOfBlues]

Took you long enough, pretty excited for part 2

[@m0istur]

I'm glad yall were able to make this video. I remember how I think over this years summer or last year, I thought about plants vs zombies and wondered what cut content it included, and although I found a few pieces of cut content from the pvz series and videos talking about a few, I wanted to see if there was anymore from the series or just the first game itself

[@Al3x_is_here]

This is perfect timing. I really wanted a PVZ video to watch while I work and this is perfect

[@nuclearcatgaming]

E1M1 in the soundtrack of this vid? I salute you.

[@Paratants]

Dude, I've been in a huge PvZ phase right now. It's so cool to see this!

[@TetraBitGaming]

Nice!

[@ThePioneeringPixel]

2:30 Imagine the alternate universe where PVZ was called "Lawnbie Holocaust"

[@BigBrainGamer58]

I remember being a little kid and beating the game. No other achievement in my life has come close to it

[@xxpromlggamerproxx]

Thank god you put that disclaimer up I actually thought plants were real for a second

[@GamingMadnessOfficial]

Finally you covered PLANT BOI the game!

[@Notmizli]

6:51 i think that this plant was an early design of the imiter

[@dusttalesans932]

Fun fact: I own a physical copy of Plants Vs Zombies that has the Micheal Jackson Zombie. I feel special. :>

[@TrackedToasted]

i remember asking about this when you were playing s3air because sonic origins was too much, Im so glad you finally did it!

[@TheGreatHalberd]

Great job Tetra, I hope you're doing part 2 soon, because overall, the unused content from PvZ here in part 1 seems great. I'd love to see the other games too, mostly just the classic 2D ones. Surprised you didn't call Zombot something like "B I G B O I" though.

[@lonelysoul2007]

13:40 the unused "Zombie" Vase is actually like to be a guaranteed Gargantuar Zombiev vase, as a similar one can be found in PvZ2, albeit Purple instead of grayish-greenm

[@jackgibson511]

Makes sense

[@RCredberrie]

I love the PvZ franchise and seeing you make an unused content for the first game is literally just the best!

[@L1am4]

Fun fact the bee peashooter made it's way into two spin off games one being a card game called pvz heros and a Facebook game called plants vs zombies adventures.

[@ErwanPYT]

I played plants vs zombie for the first time today that timing is incredible.

[@LukesOffline]

Having a good time?

[@enigmatic3194]

Having a fun time?

[@amogussussybaka247]

Having a nice time?

[@bekfstman9841]

Having an awesome time?

[@deadgrass1631]

@@enigmatic3194 fun time foxy

[@doohickeyhandy758]

I've been binging PvZ content lately but man sometimes it's weird to see new content (or the exact opposite, but it comes to "new" scrapped content) for this series

[@genarftheunfuni5227]

Cool to see you covering PvZ, would love to see a video covering it's sequel!

[@kfut123]

You should do some more videos covering different versions of PVZ, I would love to see that. Keep the good work up

[@rainbowchan4736]

5:31 tthe dog walker zombie was also included in plants vs. zombies heroes a a card.

[@BashyBush]

I think one of the leaked betas had a different graphic for level 6 background... pretty good video anyway! Hope there a part 2.

[@Oswald001]

Thank you for covering Plants vs. Zombies. by the way here's my theories on what two graphics were probably planned for: Zombie_bungi_head_scared - Probably meant to be seen when the Bungee Zombie gets flung back when trying to steal a plant next to Umbrella Leaf Zombie_boss_rv2 - Probably meant to be seen when the RV actually collides with the roof, judging by how it's a damaged version of the RV.

[@plantblox]

1:27 now thats a fresh cat

[@bluepikman7851]

Fun Fact: The GOTY edition actually still has a leftover of the quick play mode in the main menu. If you're playing the game in full screen and on a 16:9 display (which I assume everyone uses 16:9 at this point) then if you drag your cursor at the very left edges of the screen, you'll hear a selection sound effect and the cursor will change to the pointing finger. Clicking on this hidden button does nothing unfortunately but it seems to be generally agreed that this is a left over of the quick play menu.

[@RedyShines]

Finally！I'm so happy that pvz is getting covered. Your the best tetra！

[@TetraBitGaming]

Thanks for watching! :)

[@Binhnguyen-bm4gj]

13:32, even though the challenges tab was left changed, the minigames code aren't changed, this was proved in some of the earlier versions of the game where if you hit restart in a minigame level and read the confirmation messege, it will say: "Do you sure you want to restart this challenge"

[@MollyDollyy774]

9:57 I Remember the Disco Zombie being Designed like Michael Jackson, In His Thriller Song, And He didnt like the Reference, I Remember the Reason it was Changed now, Ok, Thats Nostalgic! {And of Course... It was also Disrespectful... As Michael Jackson did Die some Time after PVZ1 was Released, So it makes Sense that they Changed the Disco Zombies Design, It makes Sense!}

[@goldenalex22]

Please do more of this, I love this game! It’s literally my childhood

[@ramcoonart]

Awesome video! I'd love to watch a follow up. I'm a big fan of tower defense games, so I hope you decide to do Bloons TD lost bits sometime too!

[@Dizzy.404]

0:00 I was watching this in the middle of night without any lights on, thanks for scaring me.

[@blunderingfool]

Can't say I was expecting this one... now go build a lawn defense at any hour!

[@deadgrass1631]

Zombie on ur lawn reference?

[@blunderingfool]

@@deadgrass1631 But of course!

[@mariazapata1606]

We actually have the Michael Jackson zombie but if i recalled correctly we also have the disco too but I'm not sure if their faction is the same

[@watermaster5154]

I suck at this game :D Glad to see cool hidden stuff in it

[@NotRyoka]

Good thing I was able made it to play pvz while Micheal Jackson zombie wasn't remove nostalgia hits hard

[@thegovialjiraffe]

I had NO IDEA there was this much left over!! I would love more pvz lost bits in the future!! The original or others!

[@calebgresch9604]

I remember, one time, me and my bro were having trouble beating the game on our 360, and then i played with my dad, and we beat the game with 0 deaths. On the final level, i moved my cursor into a corner, and let my dad do everything. Zomboss didn't know what he had gotten himself into.

[@Jervis-JehanYvesLaurent]

5:23 :( poor zombee who sared

[@opmav-kz4tj]

for the spikeweed losing his spikes it may be related to the upgraded counterpart the spikerock which loses one spike when driven by a zomboni or a gargantuar

[@Trying2hard__]

Hi Tetra!! I love your content!!😊

[@TetraBitGaming]

Thank you!

[@stefanspelt3578]

Hey @@TetraBitGaming, did you know that Plants VS Zombies GOTY edition has not yet been released on a console platform that DESERVES a port of it?

[@mateoi.8681]

4:07 the zombie is about to get hit by a bee, wich could imply that the "stinger" original design could be later re-used in Bee Shooter from PvZ Adventures

[@jameskleinfunnyguy]

5:50- the dog is actually more resemblant of the imp zombie.

[@arthursnyder6935]

There are mods for the game that have some of these unused zombies like the dog walking one

[@jameskleinfunnyguy]

@@arthursnyder6935 epic, I'm sure of it.

[@zombiegaara206]

those "zombies" in that super early build where actually the Alien Sylvester from Insaniquarium just used as a placeholder. very fun game, highly recommend

[@msgameandcake628]

For Spikeweed degrading, it would have probably done so like Spikerock does currently, so it would've been able to take multiple Zombonis/Gargantuar strikes before getting destroyed, and would have degraded for each hit taken. At some point, the developers determined that this was too powerful, made Spikeweed get one-shot from all of these effects, and gave the durability/degradation functionality to Spikerock only.

[@lashee6573]

Thank you for writing this out so I don’t have to

[@BinglesP]

Cool pfp, did you draw it?

[@Matthew27567]

3:36 there are two beta builds of plants vs zombies that you can find and the stinger plant is a completely different plant then the cactus rather then being planted into the ground it flys in the air and can be placed over plants and water and can only hurt the balloon zombie and the unused propeller zombie

[@andreimihail3677]

The grey zombie vase resembles a gargantuar which concept made its way into pvz 2 as a purple vase which debuts in the level "boss vase"

[@pikafan100]

PVZ fans unite, let's make a follow-up video happen :)

[@RandomArtistGuy]

Theory: -zombie vase is probably gonna spawn a gargantuar just like in pvz 2 -spikeweed is degraded because of zomboni, pretty much like when a spikeweed hits a barrel roller zombie in pvz2

[@Boneappleteahee]

Neat

[@sharkyyy134_bs2]

Ikr

[@Super_Wooper]

When I was a kid I always called the dancing zombie Michael Janson or Jackson. Without knowing about the old one

[@legacytag]

0:22 Bloons/Bloons TD Lost Bits? Pls? Pls??

[@TetraBitGaming]

One day!

[@RaxelOfficial]

Since you like the tower defense genre, could you please show the unused content of the bloons series?

[@Luigifan4ever11]

Good video! A few notes, however: "The zombies look way more ghoulish" (4:29) - those are an alien type from Insaniquarium, Sylvester! "[...] Might have been replaced by Kernal-Pault" (6:17) - considering it has the freezing effect (where it slows down zombies but doesn't immobilize them) I'd say it's more akin to Winter Melon.

[@Christopher_Beckett]

I'd love to see you cover more from this game/series! PvZ was my childhood, and I recently got it again just to relive the nostalgia! (Also, covering insaniquarium (assuming you haven't already) would be awesome!! You mentioning it unlocked some core memories of playing it as a kid!)

[@BinglesP]

I like the art style of these placeholders. Kind of looks like DSi Flipnote drawings or MS Paint pixel art(in a good way).

[@pexl1440]

The survival and vasebreaker alt textures for the tombstone are actually seen in the console and Nintendo DS versions of the game iirc, since there's more tombstones on different scenes on the main menu that you can switch between!

[@RedthegamingZoroark]

Omg I can’t believe your making a PVZ lost bits video I love this game and your lost bits series :3!!!!!

[@Tesuwu]

I do really like the name bloom and doom, glad to see they still got used!

[@theoverseer1775]

In case someone wants the michael jackson zombie back, someone made a program which swaps the sprites of the dancer zombie with the old ones. Can't provide a link because i am too lazy, but it's pretty easy to find.

[@jackgibson511]

“Now I won’t go over the entire development history of this game.” Yeah that’s Beta64’s job

[@OneJadeZombie]

I'd love to see a part 2, maybe even talking about all of the differences between each version of PvZ released. The garden warfare games are perfect games for future lost bit vids.

[@LimeLoaf]

Or he should do pvz2

[@OneJadeZombie]

@@LimeLoaf More/new videos on any PvZ game would be really cool tbh.