Lebelpepper (PvZ2)

Lebelpepper is a plant found in Plants vs Zombies 2, that can be unlocked in ?????. It is a standard offensive plant that deals high damage by firing large-caliber rifle bullets, but is rather slow since it requiring loading in a new round for every shot. When tapped once, it will cease firing and starts loading rounds without firing them, keeping them as reserve inside its magazine with a maximum of 9
Double-tapping it will cause it to play a bolting animation before resuming firing at an increased pace until its "magazine" runs dry, which will cause it to revert to standard single-loading
==Origins and appearance==
It is based on a standard pepper from the Capsicum genus, but takes its name from the variety known as "Bellpepper". Part of its name as well as it bolt-action mechanism & magazine system are based on that of a French Great War-era rifle Fusil Modèle 1886 Modifié 1893, also known as the "Lebel", which was the standard and most widely issued small arm of the French military during said war
Its body is a large red pepper, with an horizontal groove at its back to let a T-shaped branch resembling a bolt move to load cartridges and lock in. Underneath said branch is a small leaf, changing position depending on its state ; if shooting with single rounds, it is oriented towards the ground, but if loading or firing from the magazine, it will be facing upwards
On the body is a wide grin and a pair of angry eyes, reminescent of bomber paint-jobs from the Second World War, with the entire thing resting on four pepper-like leaves
Every single rounds are loaded by a small leaf located behind the pepper, and if they are loaded into the magazine, a small bellpepper will apppear around the base of the fruit, representing an available shot for each bell
==Almanac Entry==
==Plant Food effect==
When Plant Food is used on a Lebelpepper, its magazine will instantly be topped up and it will start firing rounds down range at an increased pace of 78 RPM, or 1.3 rounds per second ; once empty, it will instantly fill up again and start shooting as it used to before being fed Plant Food. 
Additionally, shots fired under the effects of Plant Food gain the ability to pierce through zombies and hit the entire lane
==Strategies==
Lebelpepper is best used in conjunction with other, faster-firing offensive plants ; while it can definitely handle a regular zombie by itself, taking just two shots to kill one, too large numbers of enemies will cause it to be overwhelmed, especially Imps and Zombie Chickens, and support is almost always requirted for levels where large hordes may occur. It will however shine against single targets, dealing large damage and overall being more efficient than the Repeater for a similar cost, although lacking the ability to be boosted by Torchwood.
Its magazine system should mostly be used in moments of calms, since switching back to standard shooting requires an animation to play and may not be available very quickly, so the usage of instant-kills or stunning plants can help giving it some time to load and be ready for the next enemies. While using large numbers of Lebelpeppers is unviable due to each of them requiring to be manually activated, a simple lane can be quite useful, being able to easily clear Bucketheads with or even without magazine fire.
Although rather weak in comparison to that of other plants, its Plant Food effect has the advantage of topping up the plant's magazine afterwards, allowing it to send down another rapid-fire volley to clear out eventually remaining zombies, on top of already dealing with weaker zombies hidden behind better than most Plant Food effects. However, one should remember that 2 volleys are not enough to actually deal with a Gargantuar
==Gallery==
==Trivia==
*The magazine system is based on that of an actual Lebel rifle ; while up to 8 rounds could be loaded into the rifle and kept inside, the lengthy reloading process made this an awkward thing to do while in battle and as such the standard French doctrine at the time asked for the soldier to engage a small piece of metal - the "magazine cut-off" - to disable it and to load a new round for each shot, turning it into a single-shot rifle. Said magazine was meant to be engaged only in case of an emergency, following direct orders from officer
*Its magazine capacity (9) is based on the maximum possible amounts of rounds one can shove into a Lebel rifle, being 8 rounds in the magazine, 1 on the cartridge elevator and a last 1 inside the chamber not included
**In such a configuration, actually firing with the magazine cut-off engaged would be impossible, due to the cartride elevator being needed for the rifle to function in such a way
*Its flavor text references the events of the original 1999 "The Mummy" movie, said to be taking place in 1926 and showcasing the rifle being used with its cut-off in place
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