Retro Reed

Retro Reed is the third and final plant obtained in The Happiest City in Plants vs. Zombies: The Wacky House. Retro Reed fires a single projectile, referred to as a "puck", to deal damage. The puck moves diagonally across the lawn, bouncing off the edges and slightly changing its angle of motion while doing so. The puck will not bounce off of zombies when it hits them, ignoring them and continuing on its path. The puck will never move behind its Retro Reed, and it moves at the speed of half a tile per second.
== Origins ==
Retro Reed is based off of the Typha, also known as the reed. The top of its stem is made to look like an arcade joystick. 
Retro Reed is made in an art style that resembles pixel art.
== Almanac entry ==
== Strategies ==
The Retro Reed's main appeal is its ability to deal damage across multiple lanes for cheap. The farther one places a Retro Reed from home, the more likely it is that its puck will hit a zombie, due to the way its range works. However, when doing so, be careful as to not let the Retro Reed die. Its low health makes it an easy kill for most zombies, as well as its complete lack of self-defense. Consider placing defensive plants such as s to protect your Retro Reeds. 
One way of taking advantage of Retro Reed's multi-lane range is by placing several of them in a row, and then protecting said Retro Reeds with a . However, this strategy will struggle in levels with instant-kill zombies, so make sure you take a good look at the roster of zombies before deciding to go through with this strategy.
Retro Reeds are particularly good at dealing with low-health swarming zombies, such as Zombie Piranhas or Extra-terrestrial Zombies. These zombies often spawn within close proximity of each other, meaning that the Retro Reed's puck will likely be able to target to all of them while going through its path.
In The Happiest City, Retro Reed can be placed underneath the slides to fully protect itself from zombies. 
== Balance changes ==
=== Update 2.5.4 ===
*No longer an instant-use plant.
*Ability change: Transform a 3x3 area of zombies into → Shoots a single puck that randomly bounces around for damage.
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== Gallery ==
File:Retro Reed HD FINAL.png|HD Retro Reed
File:Retro reed puck.png|Retro Reed's projectile
File:Retro Reed Seed.png|Retro Reed's Seed Packet
File:Retro Reed Seed NP.png|Retro Reed's Seed Packet without its tag
=== Old ===
Retro Reed.png|HD Retro Reed before version 2.5.4
PvZTWH Icon Mobile3.png|Retro Reed in the old icon
HD Retro Reed Costume1.png|Old Retro Reed's primary costume
HD Retro Reed Costume2.png|Old Retro Reed's formal costume
Retro Reed Seed OLD.png|Retro Reed's old Seed Packet
Retro Reed Seed Mobile.png|Retro Reed's old Seed Packet on mobile versions
607AC389-7C76-4CDE-86A7-141FAF05BBDB.jpeg|About to explode
== Trivia ==
*Retro Reed's appearance was completely changed in version 2.5.4, alongside its ability.
**It is now orange in color, and the top of its stem was changed to resemble a joystick.
**Its artwork is closer to actual pixel art.
*Retro Reed's puck's movement was inspired by the movement of old DVD logo screensavers, which would bounce around the television.
*Retro Reed's puck will produce a single coin if it hits the corner of the lawn.
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