Firecracker (PvZ:OoT)

Firecracker is an event exclusive plant in Plants vs. Zombies: Out of Time that costs 100 gems to unlock, and is tied to the Summer Nights and New Fear events. He acts like a Homing Thistle, shooting a projectile at the zombie closest to the player's house. However, his shots explode and act like the projectiles fired by Coconut Cannon, doing big damage in a 3x3 area. He also has to recharge for 20 seconds after firing 4 times. He is able target obstacles, such as Tombstones, if there are no zombies on the lawn.
== Origins ==
He is based on the Russelia, a genus of plant commonly reffered to as Firecracker Plants, as well as fireworks and firecrackers. The flowers that he fires resemble fireworks, with a fuse sticking out that lights before being launch, and the explosions caused by the flowers are red firework explosions. Firecracker's body also vaguely resembles a strip of firecrackers.
== Almanac Entry ==
== Upgrades ==
=== Plant Food Effect ===
When given Plant Food, Firecracker will shoot 5 of his flowers upward that come down and hit the closest zombie to the house in each lane. If there are no zombies in a lane, obstacles will be targeted. If there are no targets in a lane at all, the shot will land on the last tile of that lane. Using Plant Food will also start his cooldown.
=== Bombard-mint effect ===
When boosted by Bombard-mint, Firecracker's cooldown is reduced by half, and the damage of their Plant Food Effect is doubled. The plant food effect does not gain any extra splash damage when boosted.
== Strategies ==
Firecracker deals high splash damage with 4 shots at a time, and is also able to target anywhere on the lawn. This makes him very good at taking down large groups of zombies, but could also be helpful with taking out higher health zombies that get too close. He is balanced out by a very high sun cost, as well as the cooldown between groups of shots. He is best placed at the back of the lawn, giving him more time to charge and take out a zombie in his lane before it reaches him if need be.
Firecracker's shots cannot ever change targets. If it's target is defeated, the flower will explode in the tile where the target last was. While the splash damage could still be helpful, this issue makes having many Firecrackers on the lawn impractical, as many of them will fire at the same target. Firecracker does wait for his last shot to explode before firing another, though, so you don't have to worry about one wasting all of their shots on a weak target.
It's targeting mechanic means that Firecracker will always prioritize protecting the player's house over himself, meaning he will ignore a zombie who's eating it if there is one closer to the house. Placing Firecracker on the first column basically circumvents this issue entirely, as in order to eat Firecracker, a zombie will likely be the closest anyway. This method even works if large groups of zombies get close, because of the area damage caused by Firecracker's attack.
== Gallery ==
File:Firecracker png.png|HD Firecracker
File:PvZ Firecracker SP nocost.png|Seed Packet
File:PvZ Firecracker Almanac.png|Almanac Without Level
File:PvZ Firecracker first degrade.png|First Degrade
File:PvZ Firecracker second degrade.png|Second Degrade
File:PvZ Firecracker third degrade.png|Third Degrade
File:PvZ Firecracker cooldown.png|Cooldown
File:Firecracker Flower.png|Firecracker Flower
== Trivia ==
* His attacks can be reflected by Jester_Zombie, but cannot be blocked by anything.
* If he is destroyed by a fire attack, Firecraker will explode like his projectiles, dealing 900 damage in a 3x3 area.
** This can be activated by Explorer Zombie's torch, Torchlight Zombie's torch, Wild West Gargantuar, Turquoise Skull Zombie's laser, Porter Gargantuar, Gargantuar Prime's laser, Jester Zombie (if he reflects a fire projectile or one of Firecracker's flowers), Jurassic Rockpuncher, Super-Fan Imp's explosion, Firebreather Zombie's fire breath, and the fire from Trap tiles found in Lost City.
** Not all zombies listed are yet confirmed to return, and the list is likely to change in the future.
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