Are You Not Entertained?! - Level 3

Are You Not Entertained?! - Level 3
Game	Plants vs. Zombies 2
Statistics
Location	Big Wave Beach
Tide covers to	Fourth column
Type	Special Delivery, Save Our Seeds
Flags	Two
Plants	Pre-placed plants: Three Endangered Plant: One
Zombies
Rewards
First time	Depends on difficulty
Replaying	Same as before
Level
Objective 1	Survive the zombie attack!
Objective 2	Survive and protect the endangered plants (Bonus Objective)
Objective 3	Depends on difficulty
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Are You Not Entertained?! - Level 3 is the third level of the Rome Invades! and Are You Not Entertained?! events in Penny's Pursuit. It takes place in Big Wave Beach, and is very similar to Big Wave Beach - Day 10. It has new objectives and zombie swaps, similar to other Penny's Pursuit levels. In addition to the zombie swaps, there are also some newly added zombies.

Difficulty

Being similar in structure to Big Wave Beach - Day 10, which was already hard, is eased off by the inclusion of an endangered Banana Launcher. However, because of how slow Banana Launcher's reloading time is, the player mustn't rely on it alone.

Difficulty Swaps

In Penny's Pursuit, the zombies in a level can swap depending on the difficulty chosen.

Mild

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or ->
or ->

Spicy

or -> or
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Extra Hot

or -> or
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Bonus Objectives

In Penny's Pursuit, levels have bonus objectives that can be completed to level up Penny Perks.

Mild Bonus Objective

• Survive and protect the endangered plants

Spicy Bonus Objective

• Survive and protect the endangered plants
• Defeat 10 zombies in 10 seconds

Extra Hot Bonus Objective

• Survive and protect the endangered plants
• Defeat 20 zombies in 10 seconds

Waves

The small number next to the zombie icon means that zombie will always appear in that lane, with 1 being the topmost lane and 5 being the bottommost lane.

Waves	Non-dynamic zombies	Ambush zombies	Tide level	Note(s)
1	2 3	None	2
2	1 3	None	2
3	2 4	None	3	Carries 1x Plant Food.
4	2 3	None	3
5		None	4	is available. Carries 1x Plant Food.
6	1 5	None	4
7	3 5 1 4 1 2 3	None	5	First flag.
8	3 5 4 4	None	5	Carries 1x Plant Food.
9	4 2 2 4	None	6
10	3 3 2 4	None	6
11	5 1 1 5 2	None	6	Carries 1x Plant Food.
12	3 1 2 2 1 3	None	6
13		None	6	Carries 1x Plant Food.
14	2 2 1 4 4 5 4 2 3 5 1 2 3 4 5 3	None	6	Final wave.

Note: appears randomly.

Tips

• For the hardest difficulty, treat this level like a spin-off of Big Wave Beach - Day 16. The strategy would also be somewhat similar.
• Select the Penny shield perk beforehand.
• As soon as you see any plant on the conveyor, plant it without hesitation. This will allow the conveyor to give you more plants to generate a stronger defense.
• Use your banana launcher wisely, but swiftly and efficiently. Your main target of the banana missiles would be the Snorkel Zombies.
• Plant a lily pad and a peashooter right in front of your banana launcher asap, the peashooter will act as a sacrificial plant in case if things get rough. I recommend, however to plant two peashooters at R3C4 and 5 for two sacrificial plants instead of just one.
• Plant your Tangle Kelps immediately too, but if they're no threatening zombies, plant it at C6R3 or at C5R1,5. Your main targets would be the Snorkel Zombies or any bucketheads at the corner rows (R1,5).
• The key to your success is the level of your Bowling Bulb. If your bulb is below level 3, your chance of completing this level is very very slim (even slimmer than completing big wave beach day 16 with level 1 plants and without power-ups), unless if there is a zen garden boost. Hence I recommend skipping this level entirely. (4 gems is not worthwhile for one to spend a zillion power-ups) If your bulb is below level 7, you may not complete the defeat 20 zombies in 10 seconds objective, but using my tips, this level (at the hardest difficulty) should be completed without much effort.
• Use plant food on bowling bulb if there are many zombies on your lawn, or on tangle kelp if there are few but threatening zombies, (namely the bucketheads and snorkels) particularly at the final wave after the basic zombies have perished.

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