Ambushes

**Ambushes** are one of the recurring game mechanics in *Reflourished*. As the name implies, they are sudden, unexpected and usually threatening events during levels where a group of zombies appear at once in a way that can catch the player off guard. There are different types of ambushes that can imperil plants and sometimes zombies alike. Ambushes vary drastically each world as a world typically has its own, unique ambush with the exception of Neon Mixtape Tour.

## List

### Ancient Egypt

#### Sandstorm

"Sandstorm!" is Ancient Egypt's signature ambush. Once it occurs, a group of zombies will swiftly arrive through sand tornadoes and stop at a set position in a lawn and will begin walking normally. This ambush can send in numerous zombies per group and is not restricted to one group of zombies only. In Inzanity!, they will only spawn Mummy Zombies.

### Pirate Seas

#### Raiding Party

"Raiding Party!" is Pirate Seas' signature ambush. Once it occurs, hordes of Swashbuckler Zombies will come swinging into the lawn. Much like Sandstorms, Swashbucklers can also swing in groups. A unique variant of this ambush in Modern Day - Day 45 wherein a Rally Zombie would also swing in alongside Swashbucklers.

### Wild West

#### Stampede

"Stampede!" is an ambush that only appears in Wild West's expansion levels and is unique to *Reflourished*. Once it occurs, a group of Zombie Bulls and sometimes Rodeo Legend Zombies will immediately rush through the lawn instead of preparing to rush.

### Far Future

#### Bot Swarm

"Bot Swarm!" is Far Future's signature ambush. Once it occurs, a swarm of Bug Bot Imps will drop onto the lawn, initially appearing as circular bots sticking to the ground until they get themselves up and begin hopping through the lawn.

#### Jetpack Attack

"Jetpack Attack!" is an ambush that only appears in Far Future's expansion levels and endless zone. Once it occurs, a group of Jetpack Zombies will drop down onto the lawn. Zombot Tomorrow-tron 2.0 can summon Jetpack Attacks.

### Dark Ages

#### Necromancy

"Necromancy!" is Dark Ages' signature ambush. Similar to *Plants Vs Zombies'* Night ambush, zombies will spawn from graves. However, if there are no graves currently present in the lawn, this ambush will not occur. In Inzanity! levels, Necromancy can occur in other worlds such as Pirate Seas and Lost City. This is due to the fact that Inzanity! levels can generate unused graves for these worlds.

### Big Wave Beach

#### Low Tide

"Low Tide!" is Big Wave Beach's signature ambush. Once it occurs, the tide will suddenly go down a considerable amount and proceed to summon zombies from the depths, with some even being covered in seaweed.

### Frostbite Caves

#### Snowstorm

"Snowstorm!" is Frostbite Caves' signature ambush. This ambush is near identical to Sandstorms as they both do the same thing, just with different visuals as zombies arrive in snow tornadoes instead of sand tornadoes.

### Lost City

#### Parachute Rain

"Parachute Rain!" is Lost City's signature ambush. Once it occurs, groups of Lost Pilot Zombies will drop down onto the lawn, initially hanging from a stranded parachute until it eventually breaks off, dropping them to the ground as they proceed to start walking. In Lost City boss fights, this ambush can be summoned by Zombot Aerostatic Gondola and its upgraded version after Dr. Zomboss pulls a lever. A plane's silhoutte will be seen flying through the lawn right before a group of Lost Pilots drop down. In Modern Day - Day 45, a unique variant of this ambush occurs as a Rally Zombie can drop down like a Lost Pilot Zombie also would. This ambush also appears in Holiday Mashup but with Big Head Lost Pilots instead.

### Jurassic Marsh

#### Jurassic Panic

"Jurassic Panic!" is an ambush that only appears in Jurassic Marsh and Modern Day's expansion levels. Unlike previous ambushes, Jurassic Panic doesn't summon zombies and instead causes a stampede of dinosaurs to panic and run through a lane, killing all zombies and switches plant placements.

### Holiday Mashup

As a world with a large variety of zombies and an abundance of levels, it is no secret that Holiday Mashup would have lots of ambushes as well. Although most are reskinned versions of Bot Swarm, there is an exception.

#### Tech Support

"Tech Support!" is an ambush in Holiday Mashup that spawns ZCorp HelpDesks hanging from wires. Similarly to Parachute Rain, they will all eventually drop to the ground unless they are killed before doing so, exploding and damaging nearby zombies in the process.

* "Leprechauns!", "Egg Raid!", "Recess!", "Taco Tuesday!", "Impfinity Clones!" and "Hot Dogs!" are all very similar to Bot Swarm, only difference being the imps they summon. "Bag of Imps!" is also similar to Bot Swarm but can summon different variants of Imps.

### Steam Ages

In Steam Ages, backwards zombies can pop up from sewers. Unlike previous ambushes, this ambush has no unique ambush name nor announcement. However, in Inzanity! levels, this ambush will be displayed as "Necromancy!". This is likely due to hardcode as this ambush is actually just Necromancy.

### Thymed Events

Like elsewhere, ambushes can also appear in Thymed Events. Prior to 1.1.4, these ambushes may not always appear, below are some examples of ambushes that can appear randomly.

* "Sandstorm!" have a chance to appear in Thymed Events. An example would be the ZCorp Invades! Thymed Event.
* "Raiding Party!" have a chance to appear in Thymed Events. Past examples are in the Feastivus and ZCorp Invades! Thymed Events
* "Bot Swarm!" have a chance to appear in Thymed Events. An example would be the ZCorp Invades! and Feastivus Thymed Events.
* "Parachute Rain!" have a chance to appear in Thymed Events. Past examples include the Backyard Brain Bowl and Feastivus Thymed Events.

#### Spongebob Age

Due to the memey nature of this Thymed Event, ambushes here can be either nonsensical or unfair, hence why most ambushes here do not function the same way they normally do. These said ambushes are listed below:

* "Low Tide!" appears in Day 4. Unlike normal Low Tides, these ones lack an actual tide and spawns almanac versions of Holiday Drinks and eventually a Zombot Seasonal Sleigh-er.
* "Stampede!" appears in Day 7. Surprisingly, this ambush is perfectly normal in this level, with the exception of spawning the unused Halloween Bulls instead.
* "Bot Swarm!" appears in Day 10. Unlike normal Bot Swarms, these ones spawn sixth layer Zombie Multimplicities instead.
	+ "Sandstorm!" also appears in Day 10 but is perfectly normal.
* "Necromancy!" appears in Day 11. Unlike normal Necromancies, zombies here spawn from surfboards instead and the zombies spawned are entirely comprised of Foreman Gargantuars, to the point that it can be seen as spam at one point in the level.
	+ Necromancy also appears in Days 26 and 18 but is perfectly normal in those levels.
* The unnamed Sewer ambush in Steam Ages appears in Level 13. Unlike the normal variant, it spawns Petoria Flag Zombies in this level instead of backwards Labor Zombies.
* "Raiding Party!" appears in Day 18. Instead of spawning Swashbucklers, it instead spawns two Jester Zombies from the ground.
* "Parachute Rain!" appears in Day 20 but is perfectly normal here.

Spongebob Age also features its own new ambushes, these include:

##### Gremlins

"Gremlins!" is an ambush exclusive to Day 10. It drops a bunch of eighth layer Zombie Multimplicities on the lawn. At one point in the level, it drops them everywhere on the lawn.

##### skill issue

"skill issue" is an ambush exclusive to Day 16. It simply spawns a bunch of zombies from the ground.

##### "HAMSTER BRAWL!"

"HAMSTER BRAWL!" is an ambush exclusive to Day 19. It acts similarly to its Vanilla counterpart but with Dirty Bubbles instead of normal hamster balls. A Dirty Bubble or two will appear and start rolling through the lawn, carrying a zombie inside it, breaking free once Dirty Bubble is destroyed.

#### UniverZ Collides

As this Thymed Event revolves around *Alternate UniverZ* zombies and gimmicks invading *Reflourished*, the Thymed Event also brings some ambushes from *Alternate UniverZ*.

##### Bass Boost

"Bass Boost!" is an ambush from *Alternate UniverZ's* Neon Mixtape Tour. It'll play the Metal jam then proceed to drop a varied amount of Bassist Zombies from the sky, dropping on the lawn and crushing any plant that their speakers land on and then proceed to send shockwaves to damage plants. It appears in Levels 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 14 and 15 as well as Inzanity! during the UniverZ Collides event.

##### Crossover Hit

"Crossover Hit!" is an ambush from the extra levels of *Alternate UniverZ's* Neon Mixtape Tour. It suddenly replaces certain types of zombies currently on the lawn with a certain special zombie which corresponds with the current jam. The ambush has some unique variants exclusive to *Reflourished*, one of which that replaces Punk Zombies with Goth Punk Zombies. It appears in Levels 4, 5, 14 and 15.

##### Piercing Cold

"Piercing Cold!" is an ambush from the extra levels of *Alternate UniverZ's* Frostbite Caves. It unleashes technologically modified snowballs onto certain lanes that passes through plants and zombies alike, freezing plants and giving zombies hefty health boosts for a limited time. It appears in Levels 11, 14 and 15.

##### Parrotrousle

"Parrotrousle!" is an ambush from the extra levels of *Alternate UniverZ's* Pirate Seas. A flock of Parrotrousle Parrots will appear from the bottom of the lawn, each of them latching onto a plant and taking them away. It appears in Levels 12, 14 and 15.

#### Hero-Con 2023

"Bad Moon Rising!" is an ambush exclusively encountered in Hero-Con 2023 - Level 10. It is an ability Z-Mech uses that transforms every zombie currently in the lawn into various, random zombies in bulk, such as Ra Zombies, Octo Zombies, Pharaoh Zombies and even Gargantuar Primes.

### Others

* An ambush called "Shipment!" has appeared in a few Piñata Parties. Once it occurs, a bunch of Coal Imps will be dropped and "shipped" onto the lawn.
* An ambush called "Season's Greetings!" appeared in the April 17th 2023 Piñata Party. Once it occurs, random zombies will spawn out of the presents pushed by Springening, Birthdayz and Toymaker Troglobites as well as the ones the Zhampanges wrap zombies in.

## Trivia

* The "Jetpack Attack!" ambush uses an invisible Z-Mech. This can be noticed with vague hints such as Zomboss' laugh sound effect playing and a random shadow being seen on the lawn.