Froggo Zombie

Froggo Zombie is the seventh new zombie encountered in Lightning Ridge in Plants vs. Zombies: Lost World, first appearing on Level 14A. Froggo Zombie can either the lawn via hopping out of a puddle (like the ones in Lightning Ridge), or by entering the lawn as normally like other zombies. Froggo Zombie is able to consume certain things to heal or grow in size by one stage. Froggo Zombie has four different stages:
*Tiny (starting) stage - Able to consume any solid projectiles.
*Small stage - Able to consume low or small plants (e.g. Puff-shroom, Spikeweed*) in one gulp.
*Medium stage - Able to consume normal-sized plants (this includes most plants like Peashooter and Wall-nut) in one gulp.
*Big (final) stage - Able to consume large-sized plants (e.g. Tall-nut) in one gulp.
*Froggo Zombie can target ground plants starting from his small stage.
If Froggo Zombie is in a stage where he is unable to consume a certain type of plant (e.g. a Tall-nut in his Medium stage), he will use his tongue to lick the plant and deal the same damage as any other zombie if they were to bite the plant.
When Froggo Zombie advances to another stage, he will grow in size, causing him to gain 1.5 times more of his current health and becoming 1.5 times faster. To advance to the next stage, he needs to consume the biggest possible thing he can consume in his current stage (e.g. in his small stage, he has to eat a (low/small) plant instead of a projectile to advance to his medium stage), otherwise, he will only heal for 100 DPS (this also happens when Froggo Zombie is already in his final stage and can't advance to another one).
Froggo Zombie also has a corrupted form, and is the first zombie in the game to have a corrupted form, which only appears in the boss battle and some of the levels in level path E whose reality rift involve Froggo Zombie (more about level paths here). In this form, Froggo Zombie will look more humanoid and zombie-like rather than frog-like, and will have distinct body shapes in his different stages (unlike his regular form where the only appearance difference is his size). To know about his abilities in his corrupted form, see the boss level and the levels in level path E that he appears in on the respective area pages. 
==Almanac entry==
Froggo Zombie
Toughness: Average
Speed: Stiff
Consumes projectiles and plants to become bigger. The bigger he gets, the more things he can consume.
Has a corrupted form.
Special: Can enter the lawn via puddles.
Immorticia got a teeny bit too excited when she finally got her hands on a new form of witchcraft. Corrupted energy may be full of unexpected dangers, but it sure does open a door to a whole lot more new opportunities. Turning frogs into zombie-like abominations may not have been the most effective way of utilizing this energy, but hey, she’s still practising, so it doesn’t hurt to start small.
==Encounters==
Lightning Ridge: Levels 14A, 15A, 18A, 20A, 1B, 2B, 4B, 3D, 5D, 3E, 4E and 5E.
The Sanctuary: Levels 16A, 20A, 4B, 5E, 35A, 8C and X.
==Strategies==
Froggo Zombie can be treated like a Jester Zombie in Plants vs. Zombies 2 where you can try to avoid using offensive plants that use solid projectiles against him. Most of the electric plants in Lightning Ridge, which is where Froggo Zombie first appears, already has the offensive capabilities of attacking zombies without the use of solid projectiles so having a defense that mainly consists of these plants should be able to deal with Froggo Zombie effectively as he cannot grow into his later growth stages without any solid projectiles to eat.
However, if Froggo Zombie does manage to grow out of his tiny stage, then different strategies need to be set in place, as this is when Froggo Zombie starts becoming dangerous as he gains the ability to consume plants in a single gulp (this shouldn't be possible if you don't use solid projectile-shooting plants, but it's best not to use them in your defense when this zombie is around anyway, as this zombie can utilise these projectiles to constantly heal himself). In his small stage, he is still relatively safe to deal with because he can only consume low or small plants in his stage, so if he does manage to reach this stage, avoid the usage of such plants that fit this category to prevent this zombie from further growing and stick to relying on other plants to defeat this zombie. If Froggo Zombie is able to reach his medium or big stage, Froggo Zombie can start becoming a huge problem, as he can already consume most plants in his medium stage. Using a plant like Tall-nut to block him in his medium form is the only viable option that can temporarily stop Froggo Zombie in his tracks (aside from possible slowing options like the usage of ACkee's chilling attacks), but in his big form, Froggo Zombie virtually cannot be stopped and you'll have to rely on raw firepower in order to take him out as quickly as possible before he starts wreaking havoc in your defenses.
When in their corrupted form, Froggo Zombie's ability can vary between levels, but, however, one thing remains constant: they will attract lightning towards them so they can consume the strike to grow (and they can also consume electric-based Plant Food effects). Taking note of this, that means that, if you're using electric plants, you can only use raw power rather than Plant Food effects to defeat this zombie, and you should try to do it as quickly as possible before the next lightning strike comes, or the strikes can feed Froggo Zombie or activate an electric plant's Plant Food effect so Froggo Zombie can grow even more, so focusing your attention on taking this zombie out fast is crucial.
==Gallery==
Froggo Zombie.png|Froggo Zombie (HD)
Small-sized corrupted Froggo Zombie.png|Small-sized corrupted Froggo Zombie
Medium-sized corrupted Froggo Zombie.png|Medium-sized corrupted Froggo Zombie
Big-sized corrupted Froggo Zombie.png|Big-sized corrupted Froggo Zombie
Medium-sized corrupted Froggo Zombie's degrade.png|Medium-sized corrupted Froggo Zombie's degrade
Medium-sized corrupted Froggo Zombie consuming a pea.png|Medium-sized corrupted Froggo Zombie consuming a pea
Froggo Zombie in area banner.png|Froggo Zombie in Lightning Ridge's area banner transforming into his corrupted form
==Art credits==
*Credits to Rugbi for the final design.
**Froggo Zombie was originally supposed to be a regular frog without a corrupted form, but Rugbi had first drawn a zombie-like version (the corrupted form) instead of a regular frog, which gave the creator the idea to give Froggo Zombie his corrupted form.
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