Summer Squash

Summer Squash is a plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2 introduced as a Summer Nights special event plant. He can be obtained by defeating 250 zombies in or above water during his event.
He is a single-use plant, just like his normal counterpart, and waits for a zombie to come nearby to jump up high, then smash it. He only deals 900 damage to zombies on the smashed tile, however, all other zombies in a 3x3 area will take 450 damage. Additionally, zombies hit will be splashed with water, extinguishing fire and making them receive double damage from electric attacks. This effect disappears if the zombie is hit with fire though. 
In Big Wave Beach and in Pirate Seas, Summer Squash will cannonball on the nearest water tile, creating its usual 3x3 splash as well as a tide that pushes all zombies in the lane back. He can be planted on water in Big Wave Beach without the need of a Lily Pad and will cannonball directly if done so.
==Origins==
Summer Squash is based on the real life plants with the same name, a category of squashes which includes zucchinis and scallop squashes. His appearance resembles Squash, and is supposed to be a summer counterpart to Winter Squash.
==Almanac Entry==
==Upgrades==
===Plant Food effect===
When given Plant Food, Summer Squash will cannonball into the largest group of zombies, dealing 1200 damage in a 3x3 area and dampening them. All other zombies on the lawn take 600 damage and are also dampened. 
===Submerge-mint effect===
When boosted by Submerge-mint, Summer Squash deals 900 additional damage to zombies on his tile and 450 additional splash damage. 
===Level upgrades===
Level	Seed Packets	Coins 	Sun Cost	Recharge	Damage (Tile)	Splash Damage
1 	0 	0 	50 	25 sec 	900 	450
2 	50 	1,000 	50 	24 sec 	950 	475
3 	100 	2,500 	50 	23 sec 	1000 	500
4 	200 	5,000 	50 	22 sec 	1050 	525
5 	300 	10,000 	25 	21 sec 	1100 	550
6 	400 	20,000 	25 	20 sec 	1150 	575
7 	500 	30,000 	25 	18 sec 	1200 	600
8 	600 	50,000 	25 	17 sec 	1200 	600
9 	800 	75,000 	25 	16 sec 	1200 	600
10 	1,000 	100,000	25 	15 sec 	1200 	600
== Strategies ==
Summer Squash should be used as a crowd control support plant. He's not that great of a single-use plant on his own, as he only deals at most half the damage of other instant-kills like Potato Mine and regular Squash. He synergizes very well with electric plants though, as he can finish off weaker enemies in a crowd and allow the others to focus on remaining tougher threats. This way, even if he doesn't deal enough damage, electric attacks sure will against damp zombies. The water splash can also extinguish fires, though most of the zombies with ignitable objects are defeated instantly, with only Torchlight Zombie surviving if he isn't caught in the squashed tile. In Pirate Seas and Big Wave Beach he can also be used as a stalling plant, more so in the latter as only Seagull Zombies and Pelican Zombies can fly over water in Pirate Seas.
== Trivia ==
* Unlike his normal counterpart, Summer Squash deals more damage when levelled up, however it doesn't gain the ability to be used multiple times before disappearing.
* The tide it creates in Big Wave Beach and in Pirate Seas behaves similarly to Hurrikale, except that it only affects zombies in or above water in that lane, does not chill and does not blow away flying zombies.
* He will still cannonball directly if planted on a Lily Pad in Big Wave Beach, and the Lily Pad will stay in place.
* At all levels, the damage he deals to zombies outside of the squashed tile is half of that he deals to zombies on the tile.
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