Turkey Rider Zombie

Turkey Rider Zombie is a zombie in Plants vs. Zombies 2 encountered in the Fall Food Fight and Food Fight Thymed events. Turkey Rider Zombie serves as an upgraded Food Fight version of Dodo Rider Zombie.
Turkey Rider Zombie behaves similarly to Dodo Rider Zombie as he will glide whenever he encounters certain plants, except he is much tougher, capable of absorbing 1790 damage in total and his speed remains the same. Turkey Rider Zombie has an additional ability that when destroyed, the turkey will become cooked, which will boost up all zombies' speed in its lane and the first zombie that consumes it will be fully healed as well as gaining speed and health boost. The cooked turkey never goes away until a zombie consumes it.
Like Dodo Rider Zombie, Blovers can be used to repel Turkey Rider Zombies while they are gliding.
== Origins ==
Turkey Rider Zombie is based on the card with the same name from Plants vs. Zombies Heroes.
Turkey Rider Zombie's ability to leave cooked turkey when killed is a reference to Turkey Rider's ability to add Leftovers to your hand when destroyed as well as referencing to the latter's ability to boost zombies.
Turkey Rider Zombie having significantly more health compared to Dodo Rider Zombie is a nod to Turkey Rider's Hearty class status.
== Almanac entry ==
== Overview ==
Turkey Rider Zombie absorbs 1790 damage and his appearance changes at 635, 1365 before finally dying at 1790. The cooked turkey fully heals the zombie that consumed it, assuming it has been taken damage as well as giving the said zombie 50% speed boost and 50% health boost.
== Strategies ==
Turkey Rider Zombie is much more threatening compared to Dodo Rider Zombie due to his ability leaving cooked turkey on tile upon destruction in addition to his decently high health pool, allowing him to reach far into your defense and drop the turkey by the time the player destroyed him unless the players have plans to counter him. The cooked turkey is the most dangerous aspect of Turkey Rider Zombie as its ability can speed up all zombies in its lane and if a zombie manages to consume it, not only the said zombie will get boost but also get fully healed, making the players have to fight it again especially if the said zombies are very tough (i.e. Robo-Cone Zombie, etc...) and the turkey never goes away unless a zombie consumes it, forcing the player to allow a zombie to remove it.
Blover/Hurrikale/Draftodil are the best counter against Turkey Rider Zombies while they are gliding as they are able to kill them without dropping. Other counters including knockback plants and stunning plants can be used to prevent Turkey Rider Zombies from advancing to your defense. If cooked turkey has been already dropped, plant a wall plant in front of it to prevent zombies from consuming the turkey in conjunction with slowdown plants to nullify the turkey's effect.
== Gallery ==
File:TurkeyRiderZombieHD.png|HD Turkey Rider Zombie
== Trivia ==
* This creation is submitted to 2024 Food Fight Contest.
* Turkey Rider Zombie utilizes the combination of event-themed zombies seen in Pinata Parties and veteran zombies serving as improved version of existing zombies.
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