Copy Cattail

Copy Cattail is a premium plant introduced in Plants vs. Zombies 2. It was released as a special Plant that could be unlocked either through collecting 250 Copy Cattail seed packets or buy purchasing it at the shop. It's name is a pun on the term 'Copycat,' and the aquatic plant Cattail.
==Overview==
When placed down, Copy Cattail will fire thin green thorns at regular zombies at a semi-constant rate, dealing about as much damage as a base-level Laser Bean, though without the ability to pierce through zombies. It will continue doing this until a 'special' zombie is in front of Copy Cattail, in which it will fire a large, holographic beam at it. The zombie will be stunned for a few seconds and will take about as much damage as a base-level Melon-Pult as Copy Cattail analyzes it before it's scouter changes color depending on the zombie copied, in which it will now have a new ability similar to the zombie it copied. It will keep this ability until it is either shoveled up or eaten. If the beam somehow manages to hit a 'basic' zombie (i.e the 'special' zombie is killed before the beam could hit it,) then the zombie will take about as much damage as a base-level Coconut Cannon, though without the splash damage. 
When given Plant Food, Copy Cattail fires the same copying beam at 5 - 8 random 'basic' zombies on the field, in which it will them fire 5 - 8 beams upwards before they land back on the ground, becoming holographic, green clones of the zombies Copy Cattail copied, acting as if they were hypnotized zombies.
It is apart of the Enchant-mint family, and when an Enchant-mint is on the field, it acts as it's max level counterpart, shooting it's beams much faster, it's beams being stronger, and all of it's copy abilities being stronger and faster as well.
=='Special' Zombies and Abilities==
The following is a list of all the zombies Copy Cattail can copy. Each ability is put into 9 categories depending on the zombie is copied.
Zombies 	Scouter Color	Ability
Explorer Zombie, Torchlight Zombie, Prospecter Zombie, Turquoise Skull Zombie, Imp Dragon Zombie, Hair Metal Gargantuar, Punk Zombie, Super-Fan Imp 	Orange 	Shoots a thin flame geyser from it's scouter similar to Pyrevine. It can damage multiple zombies in it's lane and has good range. Has to wait a few seconds in between uses, however.
Camel Zombie, Pharaoh Zombie, Poncho Zombie, Troglobite, Excavator Zombie, Parasol Zombie, Shield Zombie, Robo-Cone Zombie, Glitter Zombie, Jurassic Bully, Newspaper Zombie, Sunday Edition Zombie, Roman Shield Zombie, Zombie Medusa 	Black 	Petrudes a large black shield from it's scouter, defending all plants behind it. Once it goes down, it will explode in a blast of energy, damaging nearby zombies and pushing them back. After a few seconds, Copy Cattail will create a new shield, similar to an Infi-Nut
Tomb Raiser Zombie, Pianist Zombie, Disco-tron 3000, Gargantuar Prime, Wizard Zombie, Zombie King, Arcade Zombie, Healer Zombie 	Pink 	Shoots pink, wavy beams from it's scouter, having a small chance to hypnotize zombies on contact.
Seagull Zombie, Pelican Zombie, Dodo Rider Zombie, Bug Zombie, Lost Pilot Zombie, Jetpack Zombie, Blastronaut Zombie, Disco Jetpack Zombie, Balloon Zombie, Breakdancer Zombie 	White 	Fires white, fan-like beams from it's scouter, creating wind behind it that blows away flying zombies and slightly pushes back grounded zombies
Chicken Wrangler Zombie, Zombie Chicken, Zombie Bull, Rodeo Legend Zombie, Pirate Captain Zombie, Zombie Parrot, Imp Cannon, Weasel Hoarder, Ice Weasel, Octo Zombie 	Gray 	Summons gray, holographic chickens on it's lane and lanes above and below it which scurry forwards, pecking at zombies.
Mummified Gargantuar, Barrel Roller Zombie, Gargantuar Pirate, Wild West Gargantuar, Sloth Gargantuar, Porter Gargantuar, Dark Ages Gargantuar, MC Zom-B, Jurassic Gargantuar, Jurassic Rockpuncher, Deep Sea Gargantuar, Gargantuar, All-Star Zombie, Gladiator Gargantuar, Zcorpion Zombie, Gargimp Legal, Head Office Impgantuar,	Red 	Summons a large, red, holographic telephone pole as it smashes it in front of it, dealing large damage to any zombie in front of it. Afterwords, it has to recharge.
Ra Zombie, Hunter Zombie, Imp Porter, Mecha-Football Zombie, Jester Zombie, Boombox Zombie, Fisherman Zombie 	Cyan 	Shoots holographic ice balls at 3 different zombies, slowing them down. Once eaten by a zombie, it will also release a stunning gas, stunning all zombies in a 3x3 radius
Swashbuckler Zombie, Yeti Imp, Relic Hunter Zombie, Snorkel Zombie, Surfer Zombie, Fisherman Zombie 	Blue 	Fires splashes of holographic water forwards, pushing zombies back while doing very little damage. Afterwords, it has to recharge. If placed on a Lily Pad, it will instead summon water geysers in the 3 tiles in front of it, dealing heavy damage to zombies
Zombot Sphinx-inator, Zombot Plank Walker, Zombot War Wagon, Zombot Tuskmaster 10,000 BC, Zombot Aerostatic Gondola, Zombot Tomorrow-Tron, Zombot Dark Dragon, Zombot Multi-Stage Masher, Zombot Dinotronic Mechasaur, Zombot Sharktronic Sub, Roman Caesar Zombie. 	Purple 	Fires a thing purple beam at the boss currently on the field, damaging it continuously until it overheats, in which it has to recharge for a few seconds.
== Trivia ==
* Copy Cattail is partially based on the Copy copy ability from Kirby Super Star.
* Copy Cattail's scouter is also based on Captain Ginyu's scouter from Dragon Ball Z, a character known for his ability to copy enemy techniques by swapping bodies with them.
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