Hopping Zombie

Hopping Zombie is a zombie in Plants vs. Zombies 2 and the fifth zombie found in The Great Wall. Hopping Zombie hops into your lawn, like a normal zombie, eating your defenses, like a normal zombie. However, Hopping Zombie can throw a talisman to a near plant (prioritizing plants in his lane and long-distance attacking plants) deactivating them with them and preventing Plant Food to be used on them with the talisman. He has only one talisman, so he can only use it once. When a plant is eaten near Hopping Zombie, he will regenerate by 50 points. If he gets close enough to a plant, it will start bitting it.
He is similar to and , , and , as all of them can render plants useless from a safe distance. However, unlike all the first two, the talisman cannot be attacked or destroyed. The talisman remains on the plant for 12-15 seconds.
==Description==
Hopping Zombie wears a purple shroud resembling the government official uniform in Qing Dynasty of China. He has a paper talisman on his hat. He is lifting both of his arms, positioning them like a Minecraft zombie. Unlike other zombies, he hops instead of walking, this is because he suffers the effects of Rigor mortis.
==Origins==
He is based on Talisman Zombie from Plants vs. Zombies: Great Wall Edition, which is based on Jiangshi (僵尸; pinyin: jiāngshī), also known as a Chinese hopping vampire. It is commonly depicted as stiff corpse dressed in Chinese shroud resembling and being mistaken for the official garments from the Qing Dynasty as well as being depicted in popular culture to have a paper talisman, hence his name. His design is based on Talisman Zombie from Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars, where he was a mini boss who slapped plants (ouch).
==Almanac Entry==
==Strategies==
===General===
Hopping Zombie can be annoying when he hops in your lawn and makes your plants as useful as a , he is not someone who you should underestimate, specially if they come in large groups. Here are some strategies that will help you defeating the Grasshopper.
The only way to prevent Hopping Zombie to throw his talisman, is to kill him before he does it. You can use instant-use-plants, but you probably don’t want to use you precious Cherry Bomb on a few Hopping Zombies, instead, you can use fast plants such as , who’ll rapidly punch Hopping Zombie and defeat him.
Considering the large amount of Hopping Zombie encounters in The Great Wall, and some Modern Day levels, they can easily get through your defenses and help their undead friends get into your house. Hopping Zombie zombie and his friends will prioritize plants that attack them from distance, so I recommend using melee plants. Take in mind, he can still make these plants useless, so you can use plants that attack from behind, as he cannot throw his talisman to them. Plants like Bambruce, , and/or can be a great choice to counter this guy.
Due to most sun producers being cheap, if they are deactivated with a talisman, you can just use a shovel on them and replant them.
===I Zombie===
==Gallery==
File:Talisman zombie.png|HD Hopping Zombie
File:Talisman Sunflower.jpeg|A talisman on 
File:Talisman Wall-nut.jpeg|A talisman on 
File:Talisman Tall-nut.jpeg|A talisman on 
File:Talisman Snap.jpeg|A talisman on 
File:Talisman Puff.jpeg|A talisman on 
File:Talisman Nightshade.jpeg|A talisman on 
File:Talisman Kernel.jpeg|A talisman on 
File:Talisman Garlic.jpeg|A talisman on 
File:Talisman Caulibuffer.jpeg|A talisman on Caulibuffer
File:Talisman Reed.jpeg|A talisman on 
File:Talisman Sourange.jpeg|A talisman on Sourange
File:Talisman Whoppea.jpeg|A talisman on Whoppea
File:Talisman Plum Pudding.jpeg|A talisman on Plum Pudding
File:Talisman Banana.jpeg|A talisman on 
File:Talisman Primal Sun.jpeg|A talisman on 
File:Talisman Homming.jpeg|A talisman on 
File:Talisman Rings.jpeg|A talisman on Onion Rings
File:Talisman Jack.jpeg|A talisman on 
File:Talisman Cactus.jpeg|A talisman on 
File:Talisman Plant Food Cactus.jpeg|A talisman on with Plant Food effect
==Trivia==
*Shadow plants can still be powered if they have a talisman.
*Vine plants, and other plants with different size have a different talisman positioning.
*This is Endy-fied’s first official Zombie!
**This was supposed to come out after Count Fruitula, but it got delayed because of reasons.
*If a Moonflower is deactivated by a talisman, it will stop providing power.
**The same applies for power mints.
**The same applies for Pea Vine.
*Talisman Zombie from All Stars was completely redrawn to make this design.
**All of this is divided by limbs and stuff you would see on a sprite sheet.
*This design took 6 days to make. From October 28th 2023 to November 2nd 2023.
**Coincidentally, it was finished during Day of the Death.
*This is the longest trivia section of an article about something related to Endy-fied.
Category:The Great Wall
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