Peashooter

"Peashooter Joins The Pod!"

Peashooter is a plant found throughout PopCap's Plants vs. Zombies franchise, including a more humanoid version found in the Garden Warfare subseries.

It is also a playable character in Nexed.

Real-World History
PopCap employee and Plants vs. Zombies director George Fan wanted to make a game which was a balance between "gritty" and "sickeningly cute". After deciding that he wanted the game to appeal to both hardcore and casual gamers, he decided on making a tower defense game, taking inspiration from Magic the Gathering and mods for Warcraft III, the latter inspiring the game's plant towers. Zombies were chosen as the enemies due to their slowness making them easy to react to.

After the release of Plants vs. Zombies on May 5, 2009, the game recieved positive reception by players and critics, leading to the franchise being expanded with ports of the original game, sequels, and a trilogy of third-person shooters based on the franchise's characters. The Peashooter plant, alongside various other characters, would become the face of the franchise due to being the first plant the player gains access to in every installment.

Gameplay Information
"One of the many plants offered by the Bloom and Doom Seed Company, the Peashooter has become the go-to defense for fending off the zombie hordes of Neighborville. While its pea ammunition doesn't make it the strongest combantant against the fun-dead, its dedication and determination keep it going through even the toughest waves of zombie-vanquishing madness!

Usually, Peashooter doesn't pay too much mind to things such as the Nexed Tournament - His sworn duty is to protect Neighborville. However, fearing that Dr. Zomboss may be behind the tournament, he leaps into action to destroy any zombie who happens to get in his way!"

Peashooter is a nimble zoner with a plethora of projectiles and disjointed attacks. It works best fighting from a distance, as the majority of its specials and kill moves are ranged tools. As such, Peashooter must use its projectiles while taking advantage of its speed to attack opponents without getting attacked themselves.

Due to its emphasis on speed and range, Peashooter suffers with melee combat, with its strongest kill move having considerable start lag. In addition, its low weight makes it suspectible to being KO'd at early percents. Overall, Peashooter is a fairly standard zoner; Great at ranged combat, but easily outclassed if an opponent manages to approach.

Moveset

 * Crawling: Peashooter is able to crawl.

Grounded Attacks

 * Jab: Peashooter quickly shoots a single pea forwards, serving as a disjointed attack rather than a projectile.
 * Dash Attack: Peashooter performs a corkscrew battering ram.
 * Forward Light: Peashooter swipes a peapod forwards.
 * Up Light: Peashooter claps above itself.
 * Down Light: Peashooter sweeps its leaves across the ground.
 * Forward Strong: Peashooter forms the head of a Snap Pea from Plants vs. Zombies 2 and bites forwards. Despite its high start lag, it is Peashooter's best kill move.
 * Up Strong: Peashooter grows two extra heads and fires three peas above itself, referencing the Threepeater.
 * Down Strong: Peashooter grows a smaller head on the back of its head, with both heads spitting a pea towards the ground on their respective sides. This references the Split Pea.
 * Counter: Peashooter fires a pea into the opponent, launching them forward.

Aerial Attacks

 * Neutral Air: Peashooter fires a pea forwards, serving as a disjointed attack rather than a projectile.
 * Forward Air: Peashooter throws a forwards headbutt.
 * Back Air: Peashooter claps its leaves behind itself, resembling an animation from Plants vs. Zombies Adventures.
 * Up Air: Peashooter performs a corkscrew battering ram while facing upwards.
 * Down Air: Peashooter spins its leaves like helicopter blades, dealing multiple hits of damage to opponents beneath it.

Grabs / Throws

 * Grab: Peashooter grabs the opponent with its peapods.
 * Pummel: Peashooter headbutts the opponent.
 * Forward Throw: Peashooter loads the opponent into its mouth before firing them forward. This is its best kill throw.
 * Back Throw: Peashooter suplexes the opponent.
 * Up Throw: Peashooter throws the opponent upwards before firing a pea into them.
 * Down Throw: Peashooter uses its leaves to bury the opponent. This is its best combo throw.

Stage Intro
Peashooter sprouts from the ground.

Taunts

 * Peashooter raises a peapod into the air, resembling the Celebration gesture from Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare.
 * Peashooter does a dance resembling the Untouchable gesture from Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare.
 * Peashooter waves its peadpods in front of itself, resembling the Slice n' Dice gesture from Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare.
 * Peashooter stands on its snout, resembling the Dirt Sucker gesture from Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare.

Victory Animations
Peashooter's victory theme is a remixed excerpt of Grasswalk from Plants vs. Zombies (1:57-2:05).
 * Peashooter does the Happy Dance from Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare before posing.
 * Peashooter does a flip resembling the Cool Beans gesture from Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare before posing.
 * Peashooter performs the Stompin' Peas gesture from Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare.

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Trivia
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