Pea Pod

*Pea Pods can be planted in the same space for up to 5 times the destruction.*

**Having studied Quantum Spatial Mechanics in Clown College, Pea Pod has been amusing families of all ages.**

**Pea Pod** is the first plant available in Wild West Extra in *Alternate UniverZ*. It starts out nearly identical to a Peashooter, shooting one pea at a time. However, every time another Pea Pod is planted on top of it, it grows another head and shoots another pea every time. Pea Pods can have up to 5 heads.

Pea Pod is unlocked after beating WWX-I.

## Almanac entry

**Pea Pod**

SUN COST: 125

RECHARGE: 15

TOUGHNESS: 300

DAMAGE: 20

FIRING RATE: 1.4

RANGE: Straight

Pea Pods can be planted in the same space for up to 5 times the destruction.
Special: increases rate of fire with multiple plantings

Having studied Quantum Spatial Mechanics in Clown College, Pea Pod has been amusing families of all ages.

## Plant Food effect

When given Plant Food, Pea Pod shoots 5 giant peas that do 750 damage each.

## Costumes

* Current
* Pre 1.5

## Strategies

Pea Pod is a strong plant, but to get one to the maximum strength, 625 sun has to be spent on it. This is enough to afford three Repeaters or six Peashooters along with one plant that costs 25 sun (Potato Mine, Stallia, Stunion, Sun-shroom, Buttercup, etc.). Additionally, both Peashooter and Repeater are a bit stronger than one Pea Pod (Pea Pod has five heads, the combinations mentioned before have six peas). However, while weaker, this plant has a massive space advantage over the previous two combinations, taking only one space on the lawn. In Wild West, Pea Pod is exceptionally useful when placed on a minecart, where it can move to other lanes and take out multiple zombies at once, saving sun. Pea Pod is very useful with Torchwood, since it makes the peas do double damage and triple damage with Plant Food. Pea Pods are not useful in some objective levels, such as "Never have more than X plants" because upgrading a Pea Pod counts as a new plant.

Pea Pod can be also very useful when dealing with Zombie Chickens, due to their fast cooldown. You can choose it as an alternative to Lightning Reed for a more easy-to-use and powerful plant but beware of Zombie Chickens in large numbers as only one five-headed Pea Pod may sometimes be insufficient. Pea Pods are also excellent in dealing with fast zombies such as Explorer Zombie, Seagull Zombie, Bug Zombie, Dodo Rider Zombie, and Punk Zombie, especially at maximum damage as they are able to destroy them quickly before they reach your backmost defenses, especially Explorer Zombie and Punk Zombie case where they instantly destroy or move around plants that they encounter.

If you plan on saving enough sun to get a five-headed Pea Pod, make sure that you have an adequate defense to protect yourself until you save up 625 sun (e.g. Potato Mine, Iceberg Lettuce, Electrici-tea, etc.). Once you do get the Pea Pod to its maximum power, it is an effective counter to many high health zombies, such as Buckethead Zombies, Pharaoh Zombies, Barrel Roller Zombies, Pianist Zombies, Robo-Cone Zombies, Mecha-Football Zombies, Blockhead Zombies and Bassist Zombies due to its high damage output. A five-headed Pea Pod also works well against Pirate Captain Zombies, Parrotrousle Parrots, Disco-tron 3000s and Reanimator Zombies as they can destroy any Plagued Peasants with two shots, and a released Zombie Parrot within range, a Parrotrousle Parrot or a Disco Jetpack Zombie with four shots. If there are groups of Pea Pods, these zombies will hardly cause any problems that will overwhelm them.

Like all other straight shooting-based plants, Pea Pod is ineffective against Shield Zombie (when the force field is up), Jester Zombie, Jetpack Zombie and Excavator Zombie, even if fed with Plant Food as the peas deal no damage against them (except for Jester Zombie).

However, remember to not rely on it in higher levels of Endless Zones, since it lacks an area of effect and can only hit one zombie at a time. And with the high zombie density in Endless Zones, Pea Pod can be easily overwhelmed. Even with Torchwood, the number of zombies may be too much because flaming peas do not deal splash damage. If you intend to use Pea Pod in Endless Zones, it is advised to take an area of effect plant too, such as Laser Bean or Fume-shroom. This weakens at once many of the stronger zombies in the Endless Zone, allowing Pea Pod to finish them off quickly. And if you struggle, remember that Pea Pod's Plant Food ability can defeat even a Gargantuar with relative ease.

Pea Pod also faces competition with the inclusion of Fire Peashooter, which is cheaper, is faster to set up, and can heat up plants nearby. However, Fire Peashooter cannot be used with Torchwood, and cannot deal damage to Sasquatch Imps, so it is recommended to weigh your options wisely before choosing your arsenal.