Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time (2019 film)

Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time is a 2019 American computer-animated space-time odyssey action-comedy-adventure film, loosely based on Plants vs. Zombies 2, the sequel to the award-winning videogame with the same name, co-produced by DreamWorks Animation and PopCap Animation, and distributed by Universal Pictures. It is the sequel to Plants vs. Zombies (2016), and the second installment in the DreamWorks Plants vs. Zombies franchise. The film was directed by Mike Mitchell and co-directed by Walt Dohrn, from a screenplay by the writing team of Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. The film features an ensemble cast starring the returning voices from the first film including Neil Patrick Harris, Anna Faris, Ryan Reynolds, Andy Richter, Dan Aykroyd, Steve Buscemi, George Fan as the zombies, Ed O'Neill, Will Ferrell, Will Arnett, Seann William Scott, Josh Peck, Bill Nighy, Jane Lynch, Owen Wilson, Josh Gad, Freddie Highmore, Ewan McGregor, Alecia Moore (Pink), Idris Elba, Jim Carrey, Alec Baldwin, Jason Lee, Bill Hader, J.K. Simmons, Vince Vaughn, Clancy Brown, Alan Tudyk, Kristen Bell, Simon Pegg, Paul Rudd, Nick Offerman, Wayne Knight, Nicolas Cage, Jonah Hill and Patrick Stewart as the narrator of the film, with newcomers including Tara Strong, Steve Carell, Ken Jeong, Hayden Rolence, Stephen Root, Tony Hale, Jack Black, Terry Crews, Geoffrey Rush, Brad Garrett, Ludacris, Brad Pitt, Chris Pratt, Jace Norman, Emma Stone, Patton Oswalt, Seth Green, Danny DeVito, Patrick Warburton, Kevin Hart, Bill Fagerbakke, Diedrich Bader, Willem Dafoe, Bruce Willis, Zoe Saldana, Anne Hathaway, John Goodman, Dane Cook, Charlie Day, Peter Dinklage, Idris Elba, Johnny Depp, Kristen Wiig, John Cleese, Snoop Dogg, Jack Griffo, Mindy Kaling, Keegan Michael-Key, Jordan Peele, Drake Bell, Seth MacFarlane, T.J. Miller, Britney Spears, Kelsey Grammer, Jodie Foster, Dennis Haysbert, Jon Hamm, Linda Cardellini, Max Charles, Chloë Grace Moretz, Rose Byrne and Nathan Fillion. The film centers in Crazy Dave time travelling to find his taco and eat it once again with the help of his plants and his new partner Penny, the time machine, and face new zombies from different times and find new plants for the Plant Herd.
The film was theatrically released on June 28, 2019 by DreamWorks Animation. It was a commercial success, grossing over $1.9 billion worldwide, becoming the second highest-grossing film of 2019 surpassing The Lion King (live-action), and received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics.
==Plot/Synopsis==
Four years after the events of the first film, where Crazy Dave and the plants defeated Dr. Zomboss and was arrested by the law, the zombies once again attack in the front yard with Zomboss officially released from jail, Crazy Dave and the plants must stop them again and later they are all defeated by the plants. He found a lunch taken by the last defeated zombie and there was a newly cooked taco with hot sauce. Crazy Dave ate his taco with hot sauce, and wanting to eat the taco again, he wants to time travel and calls Penny, a supercar that can time travel, for find and eat again his taco and they, along with the plants, start to time travel to find the taco. Unfortunately, they went back to Ancient Egypt, revealing that they time traveled 4500 years into the past.
Rest of the plot coming soon...
In the mid credits scene, Crazy Dave shows his three new plants: Sweet Pea, Chilly Pepper and Shamrock, to the other plants and they welcome them to the Plant Herd. Five years later, in the post credits scene, Crazy Dave was watching an episode of The Walking Dead that was broadcasting on Fox Channel while eating his taco meal and drinking Diet Coke at home, and was enjoying it until it was interrumpted by an urgent news about a zombie apocalypse in Suburbia caused by Dr. Zomboss, and Crazy Dave was very surprised about that! Then is cell phone rang and he picked up the call, and Burt told him through the cell phone that there's a zombie attack out there in the city of Suburbia. So Crazy Dave advertised the plants about the zombie attack in the city, they left home and went to his best friend's house.
==Locations==
In the game, the world order used to be AA>PS>WW>FF>DA>BWB>FC>LC>NMT>JM>TT, but it was changed from easiest to hardest in the 5.3 update. In this film, unlike the game, it keeps the pre-5.3 world order during the events of the film.
*Crazy Dave's house, Suburbia (2013) (present time in the film)
*Ancient Egypt (2491 BC)
*Pirate Seas (1679)
*Wild West (1850)
*Far Future (2323)
*Dark Ages (948)
*Big Wave Beach (1962)
*Frostbite Caves (37991 BC)
*Lost City (1913)
*Neon Mixtape Tour (1984)
*Jurassic Marsh (145000001 BC)
*Time Twister (2828)
==Cast==
*Dan Aykroyd as Crazy Dave, the second protagonist of the film.
*Tara Strong as Penny the time machine, the third protagonist of the film. She is Crazy Dave's smart, serious and intelligent partner who speaks in a robotic voice. She is a 1959 Cadillac car modified into a RV with the ability of time traveling.
*Steve Buscemi as Dr. Zomboss. He is the main antagonist of the film and the leader of the Zombie Herd.
*Patrick Stewart as the Narrator
===Plants===
*Neil Patrick Harris as Peashooter, the main protagonist of the film. He is the leader of the Plant Herd, Sunflower's love interest, Wall-nut's best friend and Repeater's younger brother.
**Harris also voices Snow Pea, Threepeater, the right head of Split Pea, Pea Pod and the upper head of Pea-nut.
*Anna Faris as Sunflower. She is Peashooter's love interest.
**Faris also voices Twin Sunflower
*Ryan Reynolds as Wall-Nut. He is Peashooter's best friend and Tall-nut's younger brother.
**Reynolds also voices Infi-nut, a weaker walnut hologram who slowly restores himself his health after the zombies eat him, and the lower head of Pea-nut.
*Andy Richter as Potato Mine
*Jason Lee as Cabbage-pult
*Steve Carell as Bloomerang, a bloom flower plant with boomerangs for petals who can fire them to three targeted zombies twice.
*Ken Jeong as Bonk Choy, a bok choy fighter who can punch zombies fast and knock-out them.
*Frank Welker as Grave Buster (vocal effects) (uncredited)
*Welker also voices Tangle Kelp
*Hayden Rolence as Iceberg Lettuce, a lettuce who can freeze zombies when he is in contact with them.
*Owen Wilson as Repeater. He is Peashooter's older brother.
**Keith Ferguson as Repeater's singing voice.
**Wilson also voices the left head of Split Pea.
*Bill Hader as Kernel-pult
**Hader also voices Spore-shroom.
*Stephen Root as Snapdragon, a dragon plant who can attack by spraying fire ahead of them, hitting multiple zombies at once with flames.
**Root also voices Cold Snapdragon.
*Tony Hale as Spring Bean
*Dee Bradley Baker as Spikeweed (vocal effects) (uncredited)
**Baker also provides the vocal effects of Spikerock. (also uncredited)
*Terry Crews as Coconut Cannon, a coconut cannon who fires large coconuts for cannonballs that heavily damage zombies.
*Alec Baldwin as Squash
**Maurice LaMarche as Squash's singing voice (uncredited)
*Seann William Scott and Josh Peck as Cherry Bomb
*Jack Black as Chili Bean, a red bean who makes zombies faint and fart to death everytime they eat him.
*J.K. Simmons as Torchwood
*Ludacris as Lightning Reed, an electric and eccentric reed who quickly deals light damage to multiple zombies at a time. He is Magnifying Grass' love interest.
**Phil LaMarr as Lightning Reed's singing voice (uncredited)
*Jim Carrey as Jalapeno
*Nick Offerman as Melon-pult
**Offerman also voices Winter Melon.
*Vince Vaughn as Tall-nut. He is Wall-nut's older brother.
*Brad Pitt as Laser Bean, a green bean who fires laser beams down the entire line he is in, dealing damage at all zombies at once.
*Kristen Bell as Blover
*Chris Pratt as Citron, a citrus who shoots powerful balls of plasma and take a time of recharge after shooting.
*Jace Norman as E.M.Peach, a peach who disables all robotic and zombies with machinery for a few seconds in a 3x3 area.
*Simon Pegg as Starfruit
*Emma Stone as Magnifying Grass, a grass made out of glass who shoots energy bolts.
*Patton Oswalt as Tile Turnip
*Alecia Moore (Pink) as Hypno-shroom
*Freddie Highmore as Sun-shroom
*Josh Gad as Puff-shroom
*Ewan McGregor as Fume-shroom
*Seth Green as Sun Bean
*Paul Rudd as Magnet-shroom
*Bill Nighy as Chomper
*Ryan Reynolds, Alan Tudyk and Patrick Warburton as Bowling Bulb, a triplet of three onion bulbs who bounce between zombies, crossing lanes, similar to how did Wall-nut in Wall-nut Bowling.
**Reynolds voices the aquamarine bulb, the weakest one.
**Tudyk voices the blue bulb, the middle-strenght one.
**Warburton voices the orange bulb, the strongest one.
*Will Arnett as Homing Thistle, a grumpy thistle who attacks shooting spikes to zombies near to Crazy Dave's house.
*Bill Fagerbakke as Guacodile, a guacamole who shoots guacamole seeds at zombies and run away everytime he is in contact with other zombie.
*Kevin Hart as Banana Launcher, a dumb but intelligent banana who fires explosive bananas to zombies at targeted areas.
*James Arnold Taylor as Hurrikale, a kale who chills and pushes all zombies in his lane back up to approximately 5 tiles.
*Willem Dafoe as Pepper-pult, a grumpy bell pepper who throws flaming peppers that deal splash damage at zombies.
*Bruce Willis as Chard Guard, a grumpy chard who hurls all zombies directly in front of him back a certain distance. However, he can do this action three times, losing one leaf each time. After exhausting his leaves, he becomes a defensive plant and slowly grows new leaves.
*Anne Hathaway as Rotobaga, a rutabaga who attacks by projecting rutabagas in four different directions whenever a zombie is in her line of fire, also she is able to fly unlike many other plants since her leaves serve as the rotors of a helicopter. 
*Zoe Saldana as Fire Peashooter, a Peashooter plant who throws flaming peas. She is Snow Pea's love interest.
*Tom Kenny as:
**Stunion
**Primal Potato Mine
**Escape Root
*Idris Elba as Lava Guava
*Dane Cook as Red Stinger, a torch ginger flower who can fire petals at zombies when close to Dave's house and becomes more defensive further from here.
*Charlie Day as A.K.E.E. (acronym for Autonomous Katapulting Ejectomatic Emitter), an ackee who can fire seed bullets that bounce from zombie to zombie in his lane.
*Peter Dinklage as Endurian, a durian who is also a defensive plant like Wall-nut, but he also uses his spikes to damage zombies that are trying to eat him.
*Grey Griffin as:
**Hot Potato
**Toadstool
**Stallia
*Tara Strong as:
**Gold Leaf
**Perfume-shroom
*Jane Lynch as Cactus
*Snoop Dogg as Phat Beet, a phat who loves listening to music and attacks sending shockwaves to zombies that deal damage at them in a 3x3 line.
*Keegan Michael-Key and Jordan Peele as Celery Stalker, a celery who hides underground and waits until a zombie passes over it. At that point, he resurfaces and quickly attacks the zombie from behind
**Key voices the large celery, who attacks the zombies from behind.
**Peele voices the short celery, who shields himself to waste the other zombies' time.
*Jack Griffo as Thyme Warp, a thyme who returns all zombies to their start line and restores their health.
*Mindy Kaling as Electric Blueberry, a distracted but responsible blueberry who can create a thundercloud that targets a zombie and electrocutes it with a blast of lightning damage.
*Alan Tudyk as Garlic
*Drake Bell as Intensive Carrot, a careful carrot who brings defeated plants back to life.
*Kelsey Grammer as Primal Peashooter, an ancient Peashooter who can shoot stunning and rocky peas that push back zombies by a tile. He is Peashooter's primal counterpart, Primal Wall-nut's best friend and Primal Sunflower's husband.
*Dennis Haysbert as Primal Wall-nut, an ancient walnut who is much stronger than the other defensive plants and stands three Gargantuar smashes. He is Wall-nut's primal and Primal Peashooter's best friend.
*Josh Peck as Grapeshot, a pair of grapes who explode in a 3x3 area like Cherry Bomb and leaves some bouncing grapes ricocheting up over five times in a similar manner to Bowling Bulb's projectiles.
*Jodie Foster as Primal Sunflower, an ancient sunflower who produces bigger suns than her normal counterpart. She is Sunflower's primal counterpart and Primal Peashooter's wife.
*Chloë Grace Moretz as Shrinking Violet, a tiny purple flower who shrinks zombies in a 3x3 area.
*Linda Cardellini as Moonflower, a blue morning glory who powers herself and up to eight shadow plants and serves as a sun-producing plant. She is the first leader and queen of the Shadow Family, Nightshade's wife and Sunflower's close friend and former rival.
*Jon Hamm as Nightshade, a solanaceae who slaps any zombies with his leaves but can only do this three times and can only do so at a close range and slowly grows new leaves. When powered by Moonflower, he will fire his leaves at any zombies three times and recharges his leaves a little bit faster after losing all of them. He is the second leader and king of the Shadow Family, Moonflower's husband and Peashooter's close friend and former rival.
*Max Charles as Shadow-shroom, a poisonous mushroom that makes the zombies poison everytime they eat him. When powered by Moonflower, he will throw poison at the zombies that deal toxic damage and can only do so at a close range. He is a member of the Shadow Family.
*Rose Byrne as Dusk Lobber, a cactus-like plant who lobs explosive buds at zombies in her lane. When powered by Moonflower, she lobs buds into the lanes next to her in a similar manner to Threepeater. She is a member of the Shadow Family and Grimrose's girlfriend.
*Nathan Fillion as Grimrose, an evening primrose whose ability is to immobilize the targeted zombie and take it underground to its death, but he can do this once as he hides himself and disappear. When powered by Moonflower, he does the same process but three times. He is a member of the Shadow Family and Dusk Lobber's boyfriend.
===Zombies===
*George Fan as:
**Basic Zombie
**Flag Zombie
**Conehead Zombie
**Buckethead Zombie
**Backup Dancer Zombie
**Balloon Zombie
**Prospector Zombie
**Beach Flag Zombie
**Snorkel Zombie
**Fisherman Zombie
**Cave Zombie
**Cave Flag Zombie
**Cave Conehead Zombie
**Cave Buckethead Zombie
**Blockhead Zombie
*Allen Murray as:
**Mummy Zombie
**Flag Mummy Zombie
**Conehead Mummy
**Buckethead Mummy
**Camel Zombies
**Pirate Zombie
**Flag Pirate Zombie
**Conehead Pirate
**Buckethead Pirate
**Swashbucker Zombie
**Seagull Zombie
**Lost Pilot Zombie
**All existant types of Imp's laughing noises (uncredited)
*Phil Bolus as:
**Cowboy Zombie
**Flag Cowboy Zombie
**Conehead Cowboy
**Buckethead Cowboy
*Nicolas Cage as Gargantuar
**Cage also voices four different types of Gargantuars, like Mummified Gargantuar, Cowboy Gargantuar, Porter Gargantuar and Hair Metal Gargantuar.
*Jonah Hill as Imp
**Hill also voices three different types of Imps, like Yeti Imp, Impunk and Super-Fan Imp.
*Ed O'Neill as Newspaper Zombie
*Will Arnett as All-Star Zombie
**Arnett also voices Arcader Zombie.
*Will Ferrell as Disco Zombie
**Ferrell also voices Disco-tron 3000 and Disco Jetpack Zombie.
*Wayne Knight as Digger Zombie
*Eric Bauza as:
**Bug Bot Imp
**Imp Monk
**Imp Mermaid
**Imp Porter
*Roger Craig Smith as:
**Ra Zombie
**Tomb Raiser Zombie
**Pompadour Zombie
**Conehead Pompadour
**Buckethead Pompadour
**Surfer Zombie
**Neon Zombie
**Neon Flag Zombie
**Neon Conehead
**Neon Buckethead
**Punk Zombie
*John DiMaggio as:
**Explorer Zombie
**Hunter Zombie
**Excavator Zombie
*Jess Harnell as:
**Pharaoh Zombie
**Poncho Zombie
*Frank Welker as Zombie Seagull (vocal effects)
*Dan Fogler as Barrell Roller Zombie
*Geoffrey Rush as Pirate Captain Zombie
*Frank Welker as Zombie Parrot
*Brad Garrett as:
**Gargantuar Pirate
**Jurassic Gargantuar
*Dee Bradley Baker as:
**Imp Mummy
**Imp Pirate
**Bull Rider Imp
**Zombie Bull (vocal effects, uncredited)
**Zombie Chicken (vocal effects, uncredited)
**Ice Weasel (vocal effects, uncredited)
**Zombie Dragonfly (vocal effects, uncredited)
**Imp Dragon Zombie (vocal effects, uncredited)
**Jurassic Marsh dinosaurs:
***Raptor
***Stegosaurus
***Pterodactyl
***T. rex
***Ankylosaurus
*Maurice LaMarche as:
**Pianist Zombie
**Wizard Zombie
**Sheep Zombie (vocal effects, uncredited)
*Brian Stepanek as Chicken Wrangler Zombie
*Seth MacFarlane as:
**Future Zombie
**Future Flag Zombie
**Future Conehead Zombie
**Future Buckethead Zombie
**Jetpack Zombie
**8-Bit Zombie
**8-Bit Conehead Zombie
**8-Bit Buckethead Zombie
*Nolan North as:
**Robo-Cone Zombie
**Shield Zombie
**Mecha-Football Zombie
**Gargantuar Prime
* Chris Sampson as:
**Peasant Zombie
**Peasant Flag Zombie
**Conehead Peasant
**Buckethead Peasant
**Knight Zombie
*Alan Tudyk as Jester Zombie
*Danny DeVito as King Zombie
*Kevin Michael Richardson as Dark Thief Gargantuar
*Tom Kenny as:
**Announcer Imp
**Dodo Rider Imp
**Lost City Imp Zombie
**Jurassic Imp
*Grey Griffin as:
**Bikini Zombie
**Bikini Conehead
**Bikini Buckethead
*Fred Tatasciore as Octo Zombie
**Tatasciore also provides Zombie Octopus' grumbles and gibberish.
*Diedrich Bader as Deep Sea Gargantuar
*Clancy Brown as Zombie Yeti
*Jeff Bennett as Zombie Dodo
*Patrick Warburton as Troglobite
**Warburton also voices Jurassic Bully
*John Goodman as Sloth Gargantuar, a woolly Gargantuar with ground sloth coat who throws three Yeti Imps everytime he suffers damage.
*Susanne Blakeslee as Weasel Hoarder
*Cheyenne Contreras as:
**Adventurer Zombie
**Flag Adventurer Zombie
**Conehead Adventurer
**Buckethead Adventurer
*Kristen Wiig as Parasol Zombie
*John Cleese as Turqoise Skull Zombie
*Johnny Depp as Relic Hunter Zombie
*DJ Khaled as MC Zom-B
*Greg Cipes as Breakdancer Zombie
*Britney Spears as Glitter Zombie
*T.J. Miller as Boombox Zombie
*Nate Heiss as:
**Jurassic Zombie
**Jurassic Flag Zombie
**Jurassic Conehead
**Jurassic Buckethead
**Amberhead Zombie
===Cameo roles===
In the mid credits scene, three plants from the discontinued Facebook tower defense videogame Plants vs. Zombies Adventures, Sweet Pea, Chilly Pepper and Shamrock were voiced by Tara Strong, Khary Payton and Mick Wingert respectively in a uncredited cameo as a stand-in for Jayma Mays, Damon Wayans Jr. and Ed Helms in the third film. In the post credits scene, Burt from Plants vs. Zombies Adventures was voiced by Mick Wingert in a uncredited cameo as a stand-in for Jack McBrayer in the upcoming third film.
==Bosses==
*Zombot Sphinx-inator (Ancient Egypt)
*Zombot Plank Walker (Pirate Seas)
*Zombot War Wagon (Wild West)
*Zombot Tomorrow-tron (Far Future)
*Zombot Dark Dragon (Dark Ages)
*Zombot Sharktronic Sub (Big Wave Beach)
*Zombot Tuskmaster 10,000 BC (Frostbite Caves)
*Zombot Aerostatic Gondola (Lost City)
*Zombot Multi-stage Masher (Neon Mixtape Tour)
*Zombot Dinotronic Mechasaur (Jurassic Marsh)
*Megazombot World Transformer (Time Twister) (It is an all-new Zombot from Time Twister that mixes the 10 previous Zombots)
==Release==
The film was theatrically released in USA on June 28, 2019.
===Marketing===
*The film's teaser trailer debuted on July 13, 2018, and was shown in front of screenings of Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation and Teen Titans Go! To the Movies.
*A first trailer debuted on September 28, 2018, and was shown in front of screenings of Smallfoot, Bohemian Rhapsody, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, The Grinch and Ralph Breaks the Internet.
*A second trailer debuted on December 14, 2018, and was shown in front of screenings of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part.
*A third teaser trailer debuted on February 22, 2019, and was shown in front of screenings of How to Train your Dragon: The Hidden World, Captain Marvel and Wonder Park.
*The final trailer debuted on April 26, 2019, and was shown in front of screenings of Avengers: Endgame, UglyDolls, Pokémon Detective Pikachu, Aladdin, The Secret Life of Pets 2 and Toy Story 4.
*Eleven individual TV spots for Crazy Dave, Penny the time machine, Peashooter, Sunflower, Dr. Zomboss, Wall-nut, Gargantuar and Imp, Bloomerang, Bonk Choy, Newspaper Zombie and All-Star Zombie were released between May 10 and 24, 2019.
===Home media===
Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time was released on Digital HD on October 8, 2019, and on Blu-Ray and DVD on October 22, 2019, from the first day of the release to March 2020 it became the most sold DVD on the market. The Wal-Mart exclusive Blu-Ray + DVD Combo release has nine individual action figures featuring Crazy Dave, Peashooter, Sunflower, Wall-nut, Dr. Zomboss, Browncoat Zombie, Gargantuar (with Imp), Bloomerang and Bonk Choy. Since January 2020, the film is available on Netflix, and it became the most watched film from this month to June of the same year. This film and the previows film was removed from Netflix on September 21, 2020 and they returned on November 29, 2021. Both are also available on HBO Max since January 18, 2022.
==Reception==
===Critical response===
Critical response aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gave the film an approval rating of 60% based on 174 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time has a little bit cliched story in general and some references to famous films, but apart of that, it uses the concept of time travelling through different historical moments in a charming way with suitable plants and zombies for each world". Metacritic gives the film scored a 60/100. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.
==Soundtrack==
The soundtrack for the film was released on June 25, 2019 and was composed by Hans Zimmer.
===Original Soundtrack===
#A New Adventure Begins (from Plants vs. Zombies)
#Back to the Future Theme Song
#A Report from Zomboss
#Ancient Egypt (complete version: it mixes Choose Your Seeds, First Wave, Midwaves and Final Wave)
#Dr. Zomboss Arrives Again
#Ultimate Battle (Ancient Egypt)
#Pirate Seas (complete version: it mixes Choose Your Seeds, First Wave, Midwave A, Midwave B and Final Wave)
#Ultimate Battle (Pirate Seas)
#Wild West (complete version: it mixes Choose Your Seeds, First Wave, Midwave A, Midwave B and Final Wave)
#The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Theme Song
#Pianist Zombie's Theme Song (includes SFX of Pianist Zombie's piano being destroyed as the ending line for the score)
#Zomboss' Lair
#The Big Chase
#Ultimate Battle (Wild West)
#Far Future (complete version: it mixes Choose Your Seeds, First Wave, Midwave A, Midwave B and Final Wave)
#Ultimate Battle (Far Future)
#Dark Ages (complete version: it mixes Choose Your Seeds, First Wave, Midwave A, Midwave B and Final Wave)
#Ultimate Battle (Dark Ages)
#Big Wave Beach (complete version: it mixes Choose Your Seeds, First Wave, Midwave A, Midwave B and Final Wave)
#Peashooter looks for a Hawaiian Flower to bring it to Sunflower
#Jaws Theme Song
#Frostbite Caves (complete version: it mixes Choose Your Seeds, First Wave, Midwave A, Midwave B and Final Wave)
#Campfire Night
#Seeing the Stars
#Ultimate Battle (Frostbite Caves)
#Lost City (complete version: it mixes Choose Your Seeds, First Wave, Midwave A, Midwave B and Final Wave)
#Another Campfire Night
#The Misery Jungle
#Ultimate Battle (Lost City)
#Neon Mixtape Tour
#Breakdancing Challenge
#Plants vs. Zombies Theme Song (8-bit Remix)
#Jurassic Park Theme Song
#Jurassic Marsh (complete version: it mixes Choose Your Seeds, First Wave, Midwave A, Midwave B and Final Wave)
#Afternoon in the Dino Paradise
#Primal Peashooter tells the Origin of the Plants
#Zomboss' Time Twister Project Presentation
#Midnight Snack/What was that Noise?
#A Huge Dinosaur Stampede is Approaching
#Ultimate Battle (Jurassic Marsh)
#Returning to the Modern Day
#The Shadow Family
#Zomboss' New Report for his Time Twister Project
#Modern Day (complete version: it mixes Choose Your Seeds, First Wave, Midwave A, Midwave B and Final Wave)
#Loonboon (Plants vs. Zombies 2 Remix)
#Ultimate Battle (from Plants vs. Zombies)
#Megazombot World Transformer's Introduction/Final Battle
#Penny's Greetings
#Zomboss' Next Demonic Plan
===Music===
#Wabby Wabbo - Cray-Z
#We Are Number One - sung by Steve Buscemi (Dr. Zomboss) (original version from LazyTown sung by Robbie Rotten) 
#Horticulture Teamwork - sung by Dan Aykroyd (Crazy Dave), Tara Strong (Penny), Neil Patrick Harris (Peashooter), Kari Wahlgren (Sunflower) Ryan Reynolds (Wall-nut), Eric Bauza (Potato Mine), Jason Lee (Cabbage-pult), Steve Carell (Bloomerang) and Ken Jeong (Bonk Choy)
#Bad - Michael Jackson
#Copacabana (At the Copa) - Barry Manilow
#Heroes, Villains, Plants and Zombies - sung by Dan Aykroyd (Crazy Dave), Steve Buscemi (Dr. Zomboss), Neil Patrick Harris (Peashooter), Keith Ferguson (Repeater), Ryan Reynolds (Wall-nut), Jim Carrey (Jalapeno), Steve Carell (Bloomerang), Ken Jeong (Bonk Choy), Maurice LaMarche (Squash and Pianist Zombie), J.K. Simmons (Torchwood), Nicolas Cage (Cowboy Gargantuar), Dee Bradley Baker (Bull Rider Imp), Jess Harnell (Poncho Zombie) and chorus (zombies from Wild West)
#Smooth Criminal - Michael Jackson
#Don't Stop Me Now - Queen
#Uptown Funk - Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars
#Back in Black - AC/DC
#Low Rider - War
#Touch Too Much - AC/DC (Peashooter and Sunflower's love song)
#Stayin' Alive - Bee Gees
#I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
#In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry
#A Little Less Conversation (Junkie XL Remix) - Elvis Presley
#Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice
#Under Pressure - Queen
#Songbird - Kenny G
#Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
#Fireball - Pitbull feat. John Ryan
#Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N' Roses
#Locked Out of Heaven - Bruno Mars
#Fire - U2 (Punk Zombie's theme song)
#Like a Virgin - Maddona (Glitter Zombie's theme song)
#Baby Got Back - Sir Mix-A-Lot (MC Zom-B's theme song)
#Don't Stop the Party - Pitbull feat. TJR
#Like a Boss - The Lonely Island
#You Gotta Move - Aerosmith (Hair Metal Gargantuar's theme song)
#Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley
#Dancing with Myself - Billy Idol
#In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel (Boombox Zombie's theme song)
#Don't Worry, Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin
#24K Magic - Bruno Mars
#X Gon' Give It to Ya - DMX
#We Will Rock You - Queen
#We Are the Champions - Queen
#Bamboléo - Gypsy Kings
#Heroes, Villains, Plants and Zombies (reprise) - sung by Dan Aykroyd (Crazy Dave), Steve Buscemi (Dr. Zomboss), Neil Patrick Harris (Peashooter and Snow Pea), Keith Ferguson (Repeater), Ryan Reynolds (Wall-nut), Jim Carrey (Jalapeno), Steve Carell (Bloomerang), James Arnold Taylor (Tall-nut), Simon Pegg (Starfruit), Bill Hader (Kernel-pult), Brad Pitt (Laser Bean), Chris Pratt (Citron), Snopp Dogg (Phat Beet), Alan Tudyk (Garlic), Ken Jeong (Bonk Choy), Terry Crews (Coconut Cannon), Bruce Willis (Chard Guard), Willem Dafoe (Pepper-pult), J.K. Simmons (Torchwood), Ed O'Neill (Newspaper Zombie), Will Ferrell (Disco Zombie), Will Arnett (All-Star Zombie), Patrick Warburton (Troglobite), Dan Fogler (Barrell Roller Zombie), Jess Harnell (Poncho Zombie), Maurice LaMarche (Squash and Pianist Zombie), Nicolas Cage (Hair Metal Gargantuar), Jonah Hill (Impunk) and chorus (zombies from different worlds)
#Shake Your Groove Thing - Peaches & Herb (Disco Zombie's theme song)
#Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
#Holding Out for a Hero - Bonnie Tyler
#Macarena - Los del Río
#Livin' la Vida Loca - Ricky Martin
#Zombie Time - Will Smith feat. DJ Khaled
==Future==
===Sequel===
Main article: Plants vs. Zombies 3: Alaskan Getaway
On November 1, 2019, four months and four days after the premiere of Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time, DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg officially confirmed that there was going to be a third Plants vs. Zombies film scheduled for a spring 2022 release, bringing the film series to be a trilogy. Five months later, on April 2020, the production was shut down because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Some time later, on February 23, 2022, Katzenberg confirmed that the production was officially restored and the filmmakers started producing the film, and the film's title was Plants vs. Zombies 3. On March 9, 2022, Katzenberg confirmed that Walt Dohrn will be the director of the film, Brad Ableson will be the co-director, Chris Meledandri will be the producer, Michael McCullers will be the screenplayer, Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger will return as the writers for the story, and Christopher Knights will be the editor. The next month, Katzenberg confirmed that the film is scheduled for a spring 2024 release. On June 2022, the writers had been started writing the full transcript for the film and brainstorming ideas for it. Three months later, on September 2022, DreamWorks Animation announced that Tom Holland, Bella Thorne, and Ghostbusters co-star Bill Murray had joined the cast of the film, while Dan Aykroyd and Steve Buscemi revealed the story, which follows Crazy Dave teaming up with his nephews Nate Timely and Patrice Blazing, his best friend and the other neighbors he knows to survive a zombie apocalypse in Alaska and they must stop Dr. Zomboss with the help of the plants before he rules Earth and make people become zombies permanently, and eventually go to an all-out war and the biggest battle they've ever had. On January 26, 2023, it was confirmed that Bryce Dallas Howard, Jack McBrayer, Alfre Woodard, Christopher Lloyd and Danny McBride had joined the cast. A day after this announcment, DreamWorks Animation changed the title's film to Plants vs. Zombies 3: Alaskan Getaway.
On March 6, 2023, Harvey Flaxcaster was definitely scrapped from the film and was replaced by Crazy Dave's cousin Douglas Fir from the 2024 update of Plants vs. Zombies 3 (also known as Plants vs. Zombies 3; Welcome to Zomburbia) that came on January 17 the next year, so Crazy Dave and Douglas would make a better team with the other neighbors rather than Harvey. This resulted that the filmmakers had to force Bill Murray to leave the film's cast so they could hire another actor for the voice role of Douglas Fir, and Woody Harrelson was chosen for the role of Douglas Fir. Additionally, this resulted the writers to erase Harvey's dialogue from the final transcript and replace them by Douglas'.
On March 15, 2023, Michael Giacchino was confirmed to compose the score for Plants vs. Zombies 3: Alaskan Getaway, replacing Hans Zimmer from the first two films. On May 5, 2023, it was confirmed that Arnold Schwarzenegger, who was originally cast as the voice of Chard Guard in Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time, finally had joined the cast to replace the now retired Bruce Willis as the brawling chard plant from the second film. A day later, Schwarzenegger confirmed that he decided to take Bruce Willis' place because he had revealed on April of last year that Willis had been retired from acting due to health problems. On July 18, 2023, it was confirmed that Jayma Mays, Damon Wayans Jr., Don Cheadle, Hugo Weaving, Chris Evans and Christopher Mintz-Plasse had joined the cast, and some of the cast from the first and second film are possibly going to reprise their respective roles, with Neil Patrick Harris voicing a new type of Peashooter plant: the Beeshooter.
On August 14, 2023, it was confirmed that Plants vs. Zombies 3: Alaskan Getaway was officially scheduled to release in the United States on November 8, 2024, while the filmmakers are almost finishing the storyboards, character models, animation and the dialogue for the film. Later, on the first day of December it was confirmed that the cast from the previous films are going to reprise their respective voice roles. From the first film cast, Harrison Ford, Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Brolin, Will Forte, Michael Cera, Christina Applegate, Seth Rogen, Mark Hamill and Liam Neeson are going to reprise their roles as Ice-shroom, Doom-shroom, Gatling Pea, Scaredy-shroom, Pole Vaulter Zombie, Pogo Zombie, Ladder Zombie and Cob Cannon respectively. From the second film cast, Steve Carell, Ken Jeong, Stephen Root, Terry Crews, Jack Black, Ludacris and many others are going to reprise their respective roles. Also, George Fan is going to reprise his voice role as Zombie Bobsled Team from the first film. On December 28, 2023, DreamWorks Animation announced that the cast is going to start to recording the dialogues for their characters the next two weeks, and Chris Meledandri, founder and CEO of Illumination, rescheduled the film to March 21, 2025 due to the film being unfinished. It was later rescheduled to May 9 of the same year to avoid competition with Disney's upcoming Snow White live-action remake.
The teaser trailer of Plants vs. Zombies 3: Alaskan Getaway was showcased on July 3, 2024 during the premiere of Despicable Me 4, and it was uploaded to YouTube the same date.
==Differences from the game==
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*In the game, Starfruit is a limited-time premium plant since the 7.9.3 update. In this film, unlike the game, he is a world obtainable plant.
*In the chinese version of the game, Digger Zombie returns from the first game, but not in the international version. In the film, he returns from the first film with Wayne Knight reprising his role as him.
*In this film, the premium plants (Snow Pea, Power Lily, Squash, Torchwood, Jalapeno, Starfruit, Hypno-shroom, Pea-nut, Chomper, Homing Thistle, Hurrikale, Fire Peashooter, Lava Guava, Toadstoll, Cactus, Electric Blueberry, Grapeshot, Cold Snapdragon, Shrinking Violet and Escape Root, and excluding the Imitater) appear to be world-obtainable plants.
*Limited time plants (Pumpkin, Explode-O-Nut, Ghost Pepper, Sweet Potato, Sap Fling, Dandelion, Strawburst, Jack O' Lantern and Blooming Heart), homeless plants (starting with Gold Bloom) and power mints are the only plants from Plants vs. Zombies 2 that do not appear in the film because, according to the DVD commentary, the producers and directors said that those plants were scrapped from the film because said plants would not fit very well in the movie as supporting characters and found them useless characters, especially the power mints, and they lack the plot of the film because of the latese updates of Plants vs. Zombies 2.
==Trivia (production)==
*One week after the premiere of the first film in the United States, DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg announced that there was going to be a sequel for the film based on Plants vs. Zombies 2, sequel of the award-winning videogame, and was scheduled for a 2018 release.
*The production for this sequel has been going on since the ending of 2016 and ended closer to the beginning of 2019.
*The writing of the script for this sequel has been going on since middle 2017 and ended closer to the ending of 2018.
*On September 2016, it was announced that Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time was scheduled for general release on October 26, 2018, but it was rescheduled to March 8, 2019 because the filmmakers needed more time to produce the sequel. Later on December 2017, the film was rescheduled to June 7, 2019 to avoid competition with Captain Marvel (2019). Finally on April 2018, three months before the release of the Teaser Trailer, the film was finally rescheduled to June 28, 2019 to avoid competition with The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019).
*Hugo Weaving was considered for the roles of Snapdragon and Cold Snapdragon.
*Before Terry Crews was cast as the voice of Coconut Cannon, Danny McBride, Don Cheadle, Jamie Foxx and Timothy Olyphant were on the list by DreamWorks to play the part.
*Mel Brooks was considered for the role of King Zombie.
*Arnold Schwarzenegger was originally cast as the voice of Chard Guard.
*Before Kelsey Grammer was cast as the voice of Primitive Peashooter, Bryan Cranston, Denis Leary, Gary Oldman and Mel Gibson were on the list by DreamWorks to play the part.
*Kongfu World, the chinese version exclusive world of Plants vs. Zombies 2, was originally planned to appear in this film, but it also became a scrapped area.
*Some of the limited time plants were originally planned to appear in this film, but they also became scrapped characters.
==Trivia==
*It is the longest-length DreamWorks Animation film so far.
*It is the seventeenth DreamWorks Animation film to be filmed in 2.35:1 aspect ratio after Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, Kung Fu Panda, Monsters vs. Aliens, How to Train your Dragon, Shrek Forever After, Megamind, Kung Fu Panda 2, Puss in Boots, The Croods, Turbo, How to Train your Dragon 2 and Kung Fu Panda 3, The Plants vs. Zombies Movie, Trolls, The Boss Baby and How to Train your Dragon: The Hidden World. In addition, it is the sixteenth animated sequel to be filmed in 2.35:1 aspect ratio after Rugrats Go Wild, Shrek Forever After, Kung Fu Panda 2, Cars 2, Ice Age: Continental Drift, Rio 2, How to Train your Dragon 2, Kung Fu Panda 3, Ice Age: Collision Course, Cars 3, Despicable Me 3, Incredibles 2, Ralph Breaks the Internet, The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, How to Train your Dragon: The Hidden World and Toy Story 4.
*Scaredy-shroom, Ice-shroom, Sea-shroom, Pumpkin, Umbrella Leaf, Gatling Pea Cob Cannon are the only plants that do not return from the first film.
*Lily Pad is the only plant that does not speak a single word during the film.
*Will Ferrell and Brad Pitt previously appeared in Megamind, another DreamWorks Animation film.
*Steve Buscemi and Patrick Warburton previously appeared in Home on the Range, the 45th animated film from the Disney Animated Canon.
*Chris Pratt and Charlie Day previously appeared with Will Arnett in the two LEGO films. Later the first two appeared with Jack Black on The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
*Chris Pratt and Zoe Saldana previously co-starred in the Guardians of the Galaxy films.
*Relic Hunter Zombie is the first and only villainous animated character to be voiced by Johnny Depp.
*It is the second 2019 animated film to feature the song Holding Out For a Hero after The Angry Birds Movie 2, the second DreamWorks Animation film to feature that song after Shrek 2 and the third animated film over the years after the previows two films, the next being The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
*It is the second DreamWorks Animation film to feature the song Shake Your Groove Thing after Shrek Forever After.
*The film's own western song "Heroes, Villains, Plants and Zombies" is slightly similar to "Heroes, Villains and Cows", a scrapped western song from Disney's "Home on the Range" that serves as the alternative opening of said film.
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