Count Cerebellius

Count Cerebellius is a zombie in Plants vs. Zombies 2 that is introduced in A Sucky Event, a special-type event in Penny's Pursuit, you may also encounter him in Arena, Thymed Events, and Piñata Parties. 
Once Count Cerebellius approaches your lawn, he summons darkness in his lane that covers all columns with the exception of the sixth column and beyond, the darkness will limit the player's view, which makes it difficult to see both plants and zombies inside of it. If the process is not interfered by an Enlighten-mint or Pepper-mint plant, the prolonged exposure to the darkness may cause zombies to gain the vampirism effect which will make them more aggressive by boosting their speed and leaving their fangs on plants if they die whilst eating. Once he degrades in an exposed position or if he is near a non-darkened tile, he'll move to the rightmost column of zombie-crowded area which would bring the darkness to a new lane, although the last lane he was in will still be darkened until he gets destroyed, although if a light source is at the eighth or ninth column, he'll completely ignore them and move to either the seventh or eighth column respectively.
In terms of weaknesses, Count Cerebellius and the vampiric zombies will take more damage instead of changing to other lanes if they manage to eat Garlic.
==Origins==
Firstly, let's discuss about his name. His forename comes from the word "Cerebellum", which is a part of the brain that handles coordination and movement, as well as cognitive functions such as emotional control and language. With that aside, the honorific title that he has is one of nobility present in some European countries like Denmark, Norway, and Romania.
Its physical appearance references Count Dracula and Count Orlok, who are the two inspirations of some horror fiction relating to the concept of vampires. The former is an undead nobleman from the horror novel of the same name that aimed to expand his power beyond his castle starting with the United Kingdom and eventually take over the world by force, meanwhile, the latter is a demonic nobleman from the German silent film Nosferatu that aimed to spread his plague across Europe and feed on people unfortunate enough to encounter him. Count Cerebelliuses' abilities are also based on the two entities mentioned earlier and vampires in general, with his darkness-casting ability being based on Count Orlok's umbrakinesis, his ability to move lanes being a reference to how vampires usually turn into bats when threatened because of his visual transformation, and the vampirism effect being based on how vampires usually turn humans into vampires by biting them. Count Cerebellius and the vampiric zombies' weakness to Garlic is based on how vampires usually get weakened if they are exposed to it.
His almanac entry references the Morbius Sweep meme due to the reference of some phrases used during the meme, the notable phrase is "It's Cerebellin' Time" which references the phrase "It's Morbin' Time", which was a commonly used phrase during the popularity height of the meme.
==Overview==
Count Cerebellius absorbs 560 damage per shot. He degrades and loses his prosthetic nose at 280 damage per shot, then he loses his arm at 420 damage per shot, and eventually dies at 560 damage per shot. 
==Almanac Entry==
==Encounters==
*Penny's Pursuit (A Sucky Event and other events)
*Arena (Other tournaments)
*Thymed Events
*Piñata Parties
==Strategies==
Count Cerebellius is a formidable threat that heavily relies on zombies to grow more effective quickly, because of the paired abilities that he utilizes, he can serve as a win condition for the zombie side if not dealt with properly. His first ability involves summoning darkness that conceal both plants and zombies as mentioned before, while this may seem unthreatening, it can be effectual when paired with his third ability which involves fleeing to other lanes when threatened as it can be a way to spread the darkness and eventually turn zombies in it into aggressive ones. His second ability is equally as threatening as the aforementioned abilities combined because of the vampirism effect that Count Cerebellius brings to nearby zombies, which would make quick work of your defenses.
First, let's talk about Count Cerebelliuses' strengths and weaknesses, in which we'll be starting from the latter first. Since he can utilize his degradation phases, your top priority is to eliminate him as fast as you can so the zombies are not inflicted with the vampirism effect. If you are dealing with Count Cerebellius along with a horde of zombies in his lane, you need to plant piercing plants like Bloomerang or Laser Bean to wipe out any possible vampiric zombie or Dartichoke to destroy him without any trouble. When it comes to Count Cerebellius being in an exposed position, it is recommended that you use high-damage dealing or instant plants to kill him off quickly, but if you do not have those types of plants on your seed slots then you may have to resort to alternatives to adapt, any plant that can stun or freeze may be able to stop Count Cerebellius in his tracks and stop him from performing his transformations and lane-moving abilities, Garlic can also be useful when paired with high-damage dealers to avoid him switching lanes, but if you accidentally plant a light source at the eighth or ninth column, Torchwood is recommended because of his final resort once he is eaten, although this may be situational because there needs to be him and at least a zombie in the lane to eat him. Regarding the vampiric zombies, you need to kill them early or push them back with Hurrikale, Inferno, or any other plant that knockbacks zomvies so that their fangs won't be able to halve your plants' health and make it easy for other zombies to chip into your defenses.
While he has some weaknesses, Count Cerebellius also has some strengths that may benefit him if you cater to it. His aversion to light sources like Enlighten-mint plants can help him gain the upper hand by spreading his darkness so that the vampirism effect can be granted to many zombies, as well as he can move to safer and unprotected lanes.
==Gallery==
File:Cerebellius1-transparent.png|Count Cerebellius HD
File:Cerebellius2-alm.png|Count Cerebellius (Lawn)
File:Cerebellius3-almicon.png|Count Cerebellius (Almanac Icon)
==In other languages==
==Trivia==
*This page is a submission for the Unknown Contest that is made by Miss Pembroke.