Firecracker Barrel Roller

Firecracker Barrel Roller is a new zombie encountered during the Summer Nights events of Plants vs. Zombies 2, and is currently the only new zombie encountered in the event. As the name suggests, this Barrel Roller functions very similarly to Barrel Roller Zombie from Pirate Seas, where it rolls a large barrel that crushes your plants while absorbing a lot of damage.
The differences between this Barrel Roller and the one from Pirate Seas is that this barrel is heavier and stronger than the regular one, and the barrel also contains a large amount of explosives instead of Imps which detonate in a 1x3 area upon its destruction, blowing up any plant and zombie in its radius and scorching those tiles to become temporarily unplantable. Because of this ability, and the barrel's ability to act as a shield independant of the zombie rolling it if the zombie dies first, this zombie is classified as an environment modifier.
==Origins==
 Firecracker Barrel Roller is very similar to Barrel Roller Zombie, sporting the same animations, behaviour, and ability, albeit with a different ability in terms of what the barrel does when it explodes.
As it originates from the Summer Nights event, it is obviously based on the Fourth of July celebration held in America to celebrate Independance Day, as the celebration is often promoted with the use of fireworks on that day. 
==Appearance==
Firecracker Barrel Roller's has a similar form to Barrel Roller Zombie's, albeit with more modern clothes. The barrel is wooden, but has several cracks and holes in them with several lit fireworks in them.
==Almanac entry==
==Overview==
The barrel absorbs 2000 damage per shot. It degrades upon absorbing 500, 840, 1000, 1500, 1870, and 2000 damage per shot. After absorbing 2000 damage, the barrel will explode, dealing 500 damage per shot in the tile it was destroyed in, as well the left and right tiles adjacent tiles. This explosion affects both plants and zombies, and leaves behind scorched tiles which cannot be planted on for a long while.
The Firecracker Barrel Roller absorbs only 190 damage per shot and change his appearance upon absorbing 95 damage per shot. When he dies, the barrel will stop moving and after a while, it will detonate by itself and blow up only in its tile.
==Encounters==
Player's House: Piñata Party (Summer Nights events only)
==Strategies==
This zombie may be slow, but his barrel is incredibly durable which could shield zombies that are even slower than him, such as Wizard Zombie or Octo Zombie. Using splash damage and area-of-effect plants such as Snapdragon, Melon-pult or Laser Bean is the most effective way to deal with him quickly as they can constantly hit him, although Snapdragon is more of a risk because of the explosion that follows upon barrel destruction. Knockback plants such as Spring Bean or Chard Guard will force the barrel back, preventing it from being pushed anymore and can even push it further into zombie territory, maximising the zombie destruction and minimising damage to your defences.
Intensive Carrot is a good way to bring valuable plants back if they are crushed or blown up, although they will have to wait for the scorched tiles to fade if the explosion wipes out their plants. Primal Wall-nut can resist these firework explosions however, and as such serves as a great defensive tool to bring in against him as others will just burn up. Take note that barrel explosions only go off in his lane, meaning that the fireworks will not blow up plants and zombies in adjacent lanes.
Despite the fireworks starting to become more and more ignited with each degrade, ice plants such as Snow Pea or Winter Melon cannot disable these fuses nor can they chill the barrel either so using ice plants does not counter him. However, as Hurrikale pushes the barrel-rolling zombie back, it is incredibly useful to bring into levels.
==Gallery==
TO BE ADDED
==Trivia==
* This zombie was made by Krayleb, even though he doesn't celebrate Independance Day.
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