Ink-shroom (Melvin2007)

Ink-shroom was a single-use plant obtained in Broadcasting Wasteland - Day 10 in Plants vs. Zombies 2. Upon planting, Ink-shroom acts as an offensive plant, but when a zombie encounter it, it'll create ink puddle which slows zombies down. If they stay there too long, approximately after 10 seconds, they'll drown instantly, and the ink puddle disappear after drown them.
Ink-shroom's puddle can attack only one target and if there are no zombies stepping on the ink puddle that this plant was create into, it will stand there for 16 seconds before it disappears. The ink puddles cannot drown these zombies:
* Gargantuar and his variants (due to their sizes).
* Zombie Chicken and Ice Weasel (because they can jump over ink puddles without touching them on contact).
* Vehicle zombies (they cannot be drown by ink puddles, but rather being slowed down instead).
* All-Star Zombie when sprinting (he cannot touch ink puddles, unless if he was timed there correctly).
* Flying zombies.
The ink puddle it creates sometimes made Cartoon Imps rise up from the ink puddles that was being planted by Ink-shrooms before, even when being created by Ink-shroom for the first time.
== Origins ==
Ink-Shroom is based on many Inkcap mushrooms from the genera Coprinus, Coprinellus and Coprinopsis, which are known for the black ink-like substance secreted from the bottoms of their mushroom caps.
Its name having a portmanteau of "ink", based on his ability, and "mushroom", the plant that based on.
== History ==
This version of Ink-shroom was created by Melvin in February 7th, 2020, where he still use some Powerpoint techniques. Its original ability was being an instant-use plant rather than single-use plant, has a lower recharge timing, and all zombies can stick onto its ink puddle, as well with flying zombies (personally, I didn't remember but worth it).
However, somewhere in May 28th, 2021, he decided to redesign this plant by adding unique details and a slight change onto it. As we can see its appearance here, Ink-shroom now has a white mushroom cap rather than gray, and the water physics on the ink was way better than its older counterpart. Under its cap, it shows the bottom of it due to its perspective change, and its mouth was way bigger than its old counterpart.
== Upgrades ==
=== Plant Food ability ===
When being fed by Plant Food, Ink-shroom will spawn two clones of itself, which then instantly spawn ink puddles without any contact.
=== Ail-mint's effect ===
When boosted by Ail-mint, his ink puddle can slow down zombies two-times and disappears for a while.
== Strategies ==
TBA
== Gallery ==
=== New ===
File:Ink-shroomHDNEW.png|HD New Ink-shroom
=== Old ===
Ink-Shroom.png|HD Ink-shroom
ISBlowUp(1).png|Ink-shroom about to explode (1)
ISBlowUp(2).png|Ink-shroom about to explode (2)
IS_ASSETSEFFECTNSTUFF.png|Ink-shroom's sprites and assets
IS_2Costume.png|Ink-shroom's formal costume
IS_1Costume.png|Ink-shroom's primary costume
== Trivia ==
* This is the 5th plant that I've created for Plants vs. Zombies 2.
* This plant has a page that exists named Ink-shroom, created by FlamingoPhoenixFeathers back in April 19th, 2014.
*Ink-shroom's almanac entry referencing some famous cartoons and movies back in 20s to 60s.
**The Three Seedlings was a parody of The Three Stooges.
**Sprouty Doo! was a parody of Scooby Doo! The almanac entry also refer that Sprouty Doo! was going to have a reboot, which is a nod to how Scooby Doo franchise has so many reboots after many years.
**Marilyn Zombroe was a parody of Marilyn Monroe. This might be refer to either The Seven Year Itch or even The Misfits.
**Felix the Corn was a parody of Felix the Cat.
* One of its old costume has two black-colored devil horns, a direct nod to Bendy from an indie game titled Bendy and The Ink Machine.
* Head Office Impgantuar can be slowed down when stepping on ink puddles, despite having an ability that was very similar to Gargantuar and his variants. This mostly because Head Office Impgantuar was an Imp, and it is slightly intentional according to the developers.
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