Nut-and-Bolt

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Nut-and-Bolt is the fourth plant unlocked in Metallic Kingdom in Plants vs. Zombies: Kingdom of Taco, he is unlocked in side path A, featuring the Metallic Pay Back Brain Buster.
It is a defensive plant with half of the health of a Wall-Nut, however with the ability to "detach" zombies' body part and armor slowly when they're attacking him. All armor and body part take 10 second to be detached, eventually killing the zombie eating him. Since the ability only work when Nut-and-Bolt is attacked, using a vine plant on top will stop its ability from working until it is eaten. Nut-and-Bolt has 3 degrades, which starts at 2000 health, then 1500, then 1000, then 500, before getting destroyed at 0 health. Gargantuars are completely immume to Nut-and-Bolt's ability. If Nut-and-Bolt is eaten while detaching, the process will be stopped.
Locked-Nut is the Tacobility form of Nut-and-Bolt. It has no changes on Nut-and-Bolt's original stats, but give it an extra ability to stun zombies for 4 seconds when detaching them. Since the zombies have to attack Locked-Nut for him to attack, he will always take damage first before stunning the zombies. This will also have no effect on Gargantuars.
==Origins==
Nut-and-Bolt is based on the plant chestnut, and nuts and bolts, fasteners that share the word with "nut". His name is a portmanteau of "nut" and "nut-and-bolt", which gives him his defensive ability, as nuts in the PvZ franchise are usually defensive plants. "Nut-and-bolt" part of his name give him his main ability, which is to detach item, this is because nuts and bolts are used to fasten objects, and unscrewing them will cause the object to detach, hence the ability.
The detaching ability is also based on Nut King Call, a stand from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, specifically the 8th part JoJolion. Nut King Call is the ability of Joshu Higashikata, and it gives him the ability to attach nuts and bolts onto people or object, or to detach them, causing them to fall apart, which is the inspiration of his ability. This reference is even more clear with his costume, which is a direct reference to Nut King Call.
Locked-Nut is based on the same plant, of course, however its added ability, name and appearance are based on locks and keys, The ability is based on how getting stunned is also refer to as "locked in place", therefore it can stun zombies. The relation from it and nuts-and-bolts are that they're both metal object, further fitting the theme of Nut-and-Bolt being unlocked in Metallic Kingdom.
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==Strategies==
Nut-and-Bolt might be weak at defending, but his main ability is what makes up for his cost and placement in your seed slots.
His ability is mainly good for dealing with high health zombies. Since Nut-and-Bolt's detachment ignores all health and stay the same for every zombie, this is where he really shines, for zombies like Brickhead Zombie, Iron Imp, Nautilus Shell Imp or even the common Buckethead Zombie, their attack speed is nowhere near fast enough to take down Nut-and-Bolt, but their high health, while troublesome for most attackers out there, can easily be taken down by detaching them with Nut-and-Bolt. You don't even have to worry about finishing them off like Magnet-Shroom, because Nut-and-Bolt can also kill zombies by detaching their head, albeit with the same slow speed as it do with other armors. Which is why it is best ot pair Nut-and-Bolt with other attackers, mainly piercing ones, so that it can deal with the grouped zombies that Nut-and-Bolt might have problem dealing with, since Nut-and-Bolt can only deal with one zombie at a time.
Other plants to pair them can be Spikeweed or Spikerock for group damage, Aloe or Enoki Needler for healing, Magnet-Shroom or Corrose to stop some of the pressure that Nut-and-Bolt have to handle, and Reinforce-mint for extra health.
Locked-Nut adds an extra layer of strength to Nut-and-Bolt's already impressive ability. It stun zombies for 4 seconds every time it starts detaching, which gives it a powerful assisting tool, 4 seconds can't be underestimated, that can be 8 bites from zombies, or them performing their ability. As the stun doesn't count as frozen, you can use this alongside fire plants without problems. The stun can also be useful for stalling, while Locked-Nut will eventually kills them, the stun gives the zombie less time to deal damage and you can also dig up Locked-Nut and the stun will still be retained, though this is only when you really want to stall for longer, because you will be wasting 125 sun and a taco.
His ability can be compared with Endurian, as both are defensive plants that can damage zombie, while Endurian cost less and have more health, Nut-and-Bolt's attack is the same regardless of armor, something Endurian can only achieve after fed with a taco.
His main weakness would be Gargantuars, as both him and his tacobility has no way to hurt or stop them except getting smashed once. This is also true for instant-killing zombies like Explorer Zombie. For these, it is recommended to brin Spikerock with you, as not only does it synergize well with him, Spikerock can also either stop Gargantuar from attacking him, or can't be reached by zombies like Explorer Zombie. They also struggle with dealing with range zombies, as they don't need to be close to damage Nut-and-Bolt. Flying zombies and pushing zombies like Jetpack Zombie or Oven Mover both can ignore Nut-and-Bolt's ability, but that weakness goes for most defensive plants as well.
==Gallery==
File:Nut-and-Bolt HD KoT.png|HD
File:Nut-and-Bolt Costume KoT.png|Costume HD
File:Nut-and-Bolt Milestone Costume KoT.png|Milestone Costume HD
File:Nut-and-Bolt Medal KoT.png|Medal
File:Nut-and-Bolt Seed Packet KoT.png|Seed Packet
File:Locked-Nut HD KoT.png|Tacobility HD
File:Locked-Nut Costume KoT.png|Tacobility Costume HD
File:Locked-Nut Milestone Costume KoT.png|Tacobility Milestone Costume HD
File:Locked-Nut Medal KoT.png|Tacobility Medal
File:Locked-Nut Seed Packet KoT.png|Tacobility Seed Packet
==In other language==
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==Trivia==
*This is the page creator's favorite Kingdom of Taco exclusive plant as of the page creation.
**It is also the first KoT exclusive plant to receive a page after being added to KoT.
*He is the third plant to receive a costume based on JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, the other being Peach Ball and Shadow-Shroom.
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