Thief-shroom

The Thief-shroom is a mushroom plant in Plants vs. Zombies: The Final Showdown which has similarities to the Magnet-shroom. The main difference is that it has a shorter range and specifically steals non-metal objects, as metal objects are too heavy for it.
This means that it is essentially a slightly more limited version of the Magnet-shroom with less range, but still useful against those specific zombie types.
He is introduced after beating Night 7 of Dark Volcano.
Made by Milesprower2.
==Origin==
His name is a portmanteau of "thief", someone who steals valuables from others, and "mushroom", the kind of plant this plant is based on.
==Appearance==
A medium-sized mushroom plant shrouded in a black cape, with a small part of the stalk visible, revealing its eyes, white with black pupils. When stealing an object, it will drop a smoke bomb to briefly shroud the area in smoke and a zombie will have lost its object. The object will be worn (in the case of helmets) or balanced (for other items) on top of the Thief-shroom's head, and will disappear when it's ready to steal again.
==Almanac Entry==
Thief-shroom
Steals objects from nearby zombies, but metal is too heavy for it.
Range: 3x3
Cooldown: 15 seconds
Plant Food effect: steals every stealable object
Sleeps during the day
Despite stealing from the zombies, Thief-shroom wants people to know that he isn't greedy, he sells what he steals and donates all the money he gets to charity.
Cost: 75
Recharge: fast
==Plant Food==
A massive smoke bomb shrouds the whole screen, and it will steal every object that it can. Afterwards, it will be ready to steal again immediately.
==Stealable Objects==
The Thief-shroom can steal the following objects from zombies:
*Roadcones.
*Poles.
*Snorkels.
*Rockets (from Rocket Zombie).
*Torches.
*Magic Staffs (from Wizard Zombie).
*Plungers and Springs (from Kitchen Sink Zombie).
*Rakes (from Gardener Zombie).
*Smoke Bombs (from Zominja).
==Strategies==
The Thief-shroom is essentially a less versatile Magnet-shroom, with less range. However, Thief-shroom is still extremely useful against threatening zombie types such as Wizards, Gardeners, Zomninjas, and Explorers, even during daytime levels when it costs extra.
When placed within a Pumpkin at the front lines, it allows you to disarm many zombies. It could also potentially be combined with Garlic in a similar way to Gloom-shrooms as an alternative strategy as well. However you use it, you must keep in mind the short range and design around that.
One potential issue is that as Conehead Zombies are fairly common in every single level, they could end up stealing those and missing out on other, more important items, while Magnet-shroom doesn't have as much of an issue with this.
==Gallery==
Theif-shroom.png|Version by Jonthegreat711.
==Other==
Category:Plants made by Milesprower2
Category:Mushrooms
Category:Debuffers
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