Bamburst

Bamburst is an explosive, premium plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time, fully introduced in the 8.3.2 update, after Explode-o-Vine and Murkadamia Nut was released. 
It was first shown and associated in the 2014 Birthdayz event, along with Boom Balloon Flower and Bramble Bush, and can be fully obtained during it's 'Reimburst-mint Rampage' Arena season at it's final release. 
==Overview==
When Bamburst is planted, it initiates a timer, in a matter of seconds (arming), before it eventually set off in the 5x3 area, surrounding it. Any zombie within reach, gets abruptly defeated.
A temporary crater (5 seconds) would appear after the explosion, in the tile where Bamburst was planted on which means, plants cannot be planted on that tile, but the crater gradually fades away.
When arming, Bamburst takes damage (relying on it's toughness and health) from zombies assaulting it from time to time. (In other terms, it receives bits of damage, letting it decrease health. But when it's timer finally goes to 0, It explodes through those zombies, promptly turning them into ashes, afterwards).
==Origins==
Bamburst is a portmanteau of "Bamboo" which is a diverse group of mostly evergreen perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae, which is the real-life plant it's based on, and "Burst" which refers to an instance of breaking, yet splitting as a result of internal pressure or puncturing; an explosion, which is it's main purpose throughout.
Bamburst's design is a reference to a real time bomb, the red bombs are replaced with bamboos, and the wires are supposedly stems connecting to the fire spark.
The word "Bam" in Bamburst may be considered as an onomatopoeia of an explosion, referencing it's ability. Same with "Bamb" in it's name (Bamburst), referencing a bomb.
The crater effect are inspired by real craters, a landform consisting of a hole or depression on a planetary surface, usually caused either by an object hitting the surface, or by geological activity on the planet. A crater has classically been described as: "a bowl-shaped pit that is formed by a volcano, an explosion, or a meteorite impact". 
It can also be based off by Doom-shroom, an existing plant from Plants vs. Zombies.
==Almanac Statistics==
*The stats shown above only apply to Level 1.
==Upgrades==
===Plant Food effect===
When fed Plant Food, Bamburst temporarily launches up to 2-4 (can change by the plant's current level) unprepared clones in unoccupied tiles, heedful with all timers alongside each other, and, all existing craters before-hand will disappear.
===Bombard-mint effect===
When boosted by Bombard-mint, Bamburst gains more toughness (depends on Bombard-mint's level), towards zombies attacking it. 
===Level Upgrades===
Level	Seed Packets	Coins 	Upgrades	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades	Upgrades
Level	Seed Packets	Coins 	Sun Cost	Recharge
(Sluggish)	Toughness
(Elevated)	Timer
(Preparation)	Timer
(Crater)	Area 	Plant Food Power
(Duplication)
1 	0 	0 	125 	25 seconds	600 damage 	15 seconds 	10 seconds 	5x3 	2 duplicates
2 	30 	2,000 	125 	25 seconds	650 damage 	14.5 seconds	10 seconds 	5x3 	2 duplicates
3 	65 	4,000 	125 	25 seconds	700 damage 	14 seconds 	10 seconds 	5x3 	2 duplicates
4 	90 	6,000 	125 	25 seconds	750 damage 	13.5 seconds	10 seconds 	5x3 	2 duplicates
5 	150 	9,000 	125 	25 seconds	800 damage 	13 seconds 	7.5 seconds	5x3 	3 duplicates
6 	245 	14,000	125 	15 seconds	850 damage 	12.5 seconds	7.5 seconds	5x3 	3 duplicates
7 	270 	18,000	75 	15 seconds	900 damage 	11 seconds 	5 seconds 	5x3 	4 duplicates
8 	360 	24,000	75 	15 seconds	950 damage 	10.5 seconds	5 seconds 	5x3 	4 duplicates
9 	455 	32,000	75 	15 seconds	1000 damage	9 seconds 	5 seconds 	5x3 	4 duplicates
10 	630 	42,000	75 	15 seconds	1000 damage	8.5 seconds 	5 seconds 	5x3 	4 duplicates
 	 	 	75 	15 seconds	1000 damage	 	5 seconds 	5x3 	4 duplicates
 	 	 	75 	15 seconds	1000 damage	 	5 seconds 	5x3 	4 duplicates
 	 	 	75 	15 seconds	1000 damage	 	5 seconds 	5x3 	4 duplicates
 	 	 	75 	15 seconds	1000 damage	 	5 seconds 	5x3 	4 duplicates
 	 	 	75 	15 seconds	1000 damage	 	5 seconds 	5x3 	4 duplicates
 	 	 	75 	 	1000 damage	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	1000 damage	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	1000 damage	 	 	 	
====Mastery upgrades====
*Chance to Boost
*Toughness Bonus
===Level Upgrades===
== Strategies==
Bamburst is used as an extra, for fending off huge crowds of zombies, Bamburst's insta-kill effect does not have any difference towards weaker zombies to Gargantaurs.
Some Mechanized walkers or even tougher zombies might survive, or an unprepared Bamburst can be pushed, smashed or shoveled up (based on toughness with current level) so, pairing up with ice-based instant plants (like Hurrikale and Iceberg Lettuce), or Enchant-mint plants (like Shrinking Violet) as a combo, might work and deal bad effects to zombies before Bamburst can fully explode and destroy them.
Bamburst can mostly be used to destroy annoying zombies like Jester Zombie or Wizard Zombie when encountered to stop their ability.
Since Bamburst has a limited 5x3 unoccupied space to explode in, planting Garlic or Sweet Potato towards crowds of zombies on other lanes that are far away, to get closer or go to Bamburst's lane to it's 5x3 area before it's timer ends, will end with a BamBOOM, leading to tons of ashes within the lawn.
A better simple (basic) tactic is to use the heavenly Plant Food, free or by using coins as it can hurl up to 2 copies of itself when there's fewer zombies before the last waves start (this depends on Bamburst' current timer and level). So, Bamburst's timer can shorten before the crowded wave starts and hordes of zombies go by. Make sure to always pack up those seed packets and level up your Bamburst as it is more beneficial.
Never plant Bamburst early or where there's only weak zombies such as Basic Zombies, or Conehead Zombies, or Buckethead Zombies, where there's low sun cost plants that can deal with them, instead. There's no difference whatsoever. Plant Bamburst when encountering tougher, stronger and armored zombies like Gargantuars and zombies with special or magical abilities. 
==Gallery==
File:HD Bamburst.png|HD Bamburst
==In other languages==
(Note: These translations aren't official.)
==Trivia== 
*The player can only see the triplet bamboos' half body, as it's dug underground.
* In the chinese version, the amount of seconds, the crater stays before it fades (5 seconds) cannot be lowered down, except Plant Food.
**Bamburst's level upgrades (except the China ones) are inspired by the level upgrades of Potato Mine, especially the Plant Food Power (Duplication).
**Bamburst's appearance came from Bruce Bamboo's design, and also from Cherry Bomb and Potato Mine's sprites.
*Bamburst cannot be planted on Lily Pad/Water tiles in Big Wave Beach, Carts in Wild West, as well on Planks in Pirate Seas, and other areas, due to obvious reasons, but they can be used in those worlds.
* It's original name was "Bomboo" but sadly, someone already took it, so it was later renamed as "Bamburst".
**This is the first ever plant, Neptunio had created in this wiki.
**And the first ever plant, which the plant got verified and got Weekly Spotlight (removed feature).
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