Barrel Zombie

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Barrel Zombie
What's he wearing under the barrel?
Toughness	Medium
Health	240 (barrel) and 240 (zombie)
First seen	Dire Spires Level 1
Weakness
Neighbor attack cost	600 coins
Training cost	175 coins
Training time	3 minutes
Barrel Zombie gets all his barrels from Barrel Zombie Discount Barrel Supply Chain, which was really struggling before the zombie apocalypse.

Barrel Zombie was a zombie from Plants vs. Zombies Adventures. He acted like normal zombies usually do, walking and eating plants. However, when his barrel was destroyed, he ran very fast and did not eat any plants, except for Wall-nuts, Hard-nuts, and unarmed Popcorns directly in his path.

Origins

He is named after a barrel, a hollow cylindrical container traditionally made from wooden staves bound by wooden or metal hoops, specifically the one he is wearing around his body.

Facebook description

Barrel Zombie gets all his barrels from Barrel Zombie Discount Barrel Supply Chain, which was really struggling before the zombie apocalypse.

-Plants vs. Zombies Adventures Facebook Page

Encounters

• Dire Spires: All levels
• Cadaver Cavern: All levels except for 3, 5, 10
• Park-n-Perish: All levels except for 3, 12, 13
• Killjoy Park: All levels except for 1, 9
• Sweaty Palms: All levels except for 3, 9, 13, 19, 23
• U of Z: All levels except for 3, 5, 13, 15
• Frostbite Falls: All levels except for 3, 13, 14, 19, 22, 23
• Mildew Meadow: All levels except for 11 to 14, 16, 17, 22, 26
• Grey Matter Gardens: 1 to 5, 7 to 11, 13, 16, 18, 21, 25, 26
• The Sever Glades: 1 to 3, 5, 6, 8 to 10, 13, 21, 23, 24, 26
• The Sand Dooms: 1 to 10
• Zombitorium Manor: 1 to 5, 7 to 10, 12 to 14, 16 to 20
• Reclaiming lots: The Workshop Lot, The Cafe Lot, The Fire Station Lot and The Bamboo Lot

Strategies

The barrel can be destroyed in one shot from a Flaming Pea, rendering him much easier to destroy. His speed doubles when the barrel is destroyed and ignores all plants other than a non-adjacent Wall-nut, Hard-nut, or an unarmed Popcorn.

When using Barrel Zombie in other towns, after the barrel is broken, he runs extremely fast, avoiding other plants. This makes an effective way of entering the house quickly. However, Wall-nuts, Hard-nuts, and other barriers in his path can stop this.

Gallery

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  Barrel Zombie's first official photo

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  Barrel Zombie without his barrel (and right arm)

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  Barrel Zombie's trash (planks and a cork from his barrel)

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  Image showing a Barrel Zombie hiding from three Sunflowers

Trivia

• His barrel has three X's on it.
  • This is because barrels with X's on them carry alcoholic beverages, it was implied that the Barrel Zombie's barrel used to contain some type of alcoholic beverage before being worn by the Barrel Zombie.
• If his barrel was broken while he is frozen by ZombiFreeze or a Zombie Zapper, he will run in place.
• He appears to be similar to the Newspaper Zombie and the Sunday Edition Zombie, as all three are in their underwear and have armor that covers them.
  • Additionally, when their armor is destroyed, they will become faster.
  • They also share this trait with Pharaoh Zombie.
    • However, he runs from embarrassment, while Newspaper Zombie and Sunday Edition Zombie run of anger, and Pharaoh Zombie runs because of his heavy sarcophagus being destroyed.
• He acted like a reverse Rocket Zombie, as he gained speed when his armor was destroyed.
• He and Ice Block Zombie shared the same weakness, which was the Flaming Pea.
• He was the first new zombie that appeared in Plants vs. Zombies Adventures.
• He was featured at the end of the Plants vs. Zombies Adventures game trailer.
  • In the trailer, a pea is seen destroying the barrel. When this occurs, the actual zombie appears naked, as parts of him are blurred out.
  • He is one of the three zombies to have a visible butt crack in the whole series, the other ones are Engineer and Gargantuar Zombie.
• He was the first zombie to wear a barrel. The second is Barrel Pirate.
• He was supposed to make a return in Plants vs. Zombies 2 as a zombie in Dark Ages, however he was scrapped.

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