Disco Jetpack Zombie

*Boosts to float over all but the tallest plant barriers, in style.*

A zombie who "lives" for drama, he's an original cast member of the stage musical "Disco is BACK! For Revenge!" His signature dance move is "The Weed Whacker".

**Disco Jetpack Zombie** is the sixth special zombie encountered in Far Future in *Alternate UniverZ*. He is always spawned in a group of four by Disco-tron 3000, and functions similar to Jetpack Zombie, but he cannot avoid projectiles, and will boost himself over plants.

## Almanac entry

**Disco Jetpack Zombie**

TOUGHNESS: Solid

SPEED: Speedy

Boosts to float over all but the tallest plant barriers, in style.

Health: 260
Speed: 1.62
Special Ability: floats over low plants, boost over most other plants
Weakness: Tall-nut and Infi-nut's Plant Food shield

A zombie who "lives" for drama, he's an original cast member of the stage musical "Disco is BACK! For Revenge!" His signature dance move is "The Weed Whacker".

## Overview

Disco Jetpack Zombie absorbs 260 damage, his appearance changes upon absorbing 130 damage, before dying at 260 damage.

## Encounters

Disco Jetpack Zombie can be present in every level a Disco-tron 3000 is, but if the player defeats all Disco-tron 3000s before they can do anything, they will not spawn. The levels below (excluding LOD-III, When Worlds Flourish - Level 4 and When Worlds Flourish - Level 15) follow that rule.

* Player's House: Piñata Party

* Far Future: FF-VIII, FF-IX, FF-X, FFX-II, FFX-IV, FFX-V, FFX-VII and FFX-X

* Dark Ages: DAX-VI

* Frostbite Caves: FCX-V

* Big Wave Beach: BWBX-V

* Hearts of Flesh: HOF-IV

* The Springscapade: TS-VII

* Summer Splashdown: SS-V

* Lawn of Doom: LOD-III

* Cheerful Return: HC-X

* Birthday Bashers: BB-II

* Plant Showcase: Lightning Road, Power Trip, Patience is Power and Dynamite Man

* Timeless Avenue: Impact Zone and A Small Ray of Light

* Invaded Levels: Invaded PSX-II and Invaded WWX-IX

* When Worlds Flourish: 4 and 15

* Endless Zones: Terror from Tomorrow

* Veteran Quests: Defuse Chaos, Supply Drops and Action-Reaction

## Strategies

When a Disco-tron 3000 appears, it will spawn four Disco Jetpack Zombies. Consider using Hypno-shroom on the Disco-tron 3000 to hypnotize not only the machine but the zombies summoned as well. When spawned by the Disco-tron 3000, Disco Jetpack Zombies, while not having the ability to avoid projectiles like Jetpack Zombie, can crowd dangerous zombies like Robo-Cone Zombie and Mecha-Football Zombie, making the level more difficult. Blovers and piercing plants like Laser Bean or Fume-shroom are recommended to deal with these zombies in large numbers. Additionally, Winter Melons can also hamper his efforts of flying forward through your defenses, which is very advisable as you proceed in higher levels of Terror from Tomorrow. Do note however, that if he gets accompanied by Gargantuar Primes or Mecha-Football Zombies, you may have to use instant-kill plants (Cherry Bomb, Jalapeño, Squash), Blover, E.M.Peach, and heavy plants (Melon-pult, Laser Bean or Citron) to prevent your defenses from being overrun. If that is the case, using Melon-pults alone is ill-advised and can make you lose the level. However, using Melon-pults alone on the other side can actually save you much time in replacing them.

Without the Blover in higher levels in Terror from Tomorrow, it may seem impossible to defeat Disco-tron 3000 especially if it appears next after killing the first Future Zombie. This forces you to rely more on neutralizing them with Blover or using a Plant Food on Infi-nut (which is the only way to repel all four Disco Jetpack Zombies). Tall-nuts, on the other hand, can only stall one Disco Jetpack Zombie, allowing the remaining three to slip through to most of your defenses.