Hat-Stache Zombie

:For a similar zombie, see Gentleman Zombie.
Hat-Stache Zombie is a zombie in Plants vs. Zombies 2 encountered in the Penny's Pursuit event Applying the Ritz. He wears multiple accessories, including (but not limited to) top hats, glasses, and fake facial hair, which can absorb incoming damage like Cones and Buckets.
After taking enough hits, the accessories will fall off one by one, angering Hat-Stache Zombie and buffing his damage and speed a la Newspaper Zombie. He gets buffed every single time an accessory gets destroyed, meaning that he can get buffed up to 9 times per degrade.
==Origins==
Hat-Stache Zombie's design is largely based on the rich gentleman stereotype, with his fancy suit, not-so fancy pants and shoes, glasses, "facial hair", hats, etc. His name is a combination of the words "hat", referring to his many top hats, and "stache" short for mustache, which alludes to his fake facial hair (they're all fake mustaches). The topmost top hat he has also has a fake mustache slapped on it, which could be the inspiration behind his name.
==Overview==
Hat-Stache Zombie absorbs 1290 damage, with multiple degrades and buffs per degrade excluding the last 2, those being:
* 190 damage, fake mustache on hat falls off, eats 0.75x faster. 
* 280 damage, top hat falls off, deals 80 damage per bite.
* 370 damage, another top hat falls off, becomes Hungry speed.
* 460 damage, another top hat falls off, eats 1.75x faster.
* 550 damage, fake eyebrow falls off, deals 140 damage per bite. 
* 640 damage, another fake eyebrow falls off, eats 2.75x faster.
* 730 damage, fake mustache falls off, becomes Speedy speed.
* 820 damage, glasses fall off, deals 200 damage per bite. 
* 910 damage, toupee falls off, becomes Flighty speed.
* 1195 damage, arm falls off.
* 1290 damage, dies.
==Almanac Entry==
==Encounters==
* Inzanity Epic Quests
* Arena: Cuttercress' Boosterama Tournament
* Penny's Pursuit: Applying the Ritz
==Strategies==
Hat-Stache Zombie is an incredibly tanky and dangerous zombie. Because he gets better as he degrades, you'll want to keep him as far away from your defense as possible, as even a Wall-nut won't last long against him fully enraged. Use stalling and/or slowing plants like Iceberg Lettuce and Stallia to make him less of a threat and knockback plants like Hurrikale if things get nasty.
Partnered up with other zombies, he's extra, and I mean EXTRA deadly. Disabling zombies like Octo Zombie and swarm buffing zombies like Beach Concert Zombie pair a bit too well with him. It's best to take out any and all zombies he has synergy with before they do anything brain-threatening, so instant plants like Cherry Bomb and Heath Seeker are your best friend in that matter, and just in case, Thyme Warp as a last resort.
He's pretty much a better Newspaper Zombie all around, but he's encountered a lot less. You can use mostly the same strategies for taking him out, but you need not worry as much about the encountering part.
==Gallery==
HD Hat-Stache Zombie.png|HD Hat-Stache Zombie
==Trivia==
===In-Universe Game Trivia===
* While he has an umbrella, it doesn't have any sort of effect on him whatsoever and is purely cosmetic.
* He and Gentleman Zombie are visually similar.
* The Penny's Pursuit event he debuted in is a reference to the song by .
===PvZCC Trivia===
* This is the first page Darten made that has actual humor in it... Well, I hope so anyway.
* Thanks for the sti- I mean accessory sprites, DM!
* Yeah, Puttin' On the Ritz WAS playing in my head while making this, though funnily enough I was listening to and not the aforementioned song.
==See Also==
* Gentleman Zombie (PvZ2C)
* Beach Concert Zombie
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