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Caulipower
Caulipowers use their mental powers to hypnotize random zombies and turn them against their former friends.
Statistics
Sun Cost	250
Recharge	45 seconds
Toughness	300 damage
Special	Target Stronger Zombie
Zombie Healing	50%
Range	Full Board
Family	Enchant-mint
Plant Food effect	Tosses 5 random zombies off the lawn.
Special	Hovers above ground or water
Statistics (China)
Sun Cost	300
Recharge	45 seconds
Toughness	300 damage
Damage	200 damage
Attack Rest	12 seconds
Range	Whole Screen
Area	Single Target
Class	Ranged
Quality	Orange
Tags	Damage, mesmerize
Plant features	Green plant
In-game statistics
Other weakness	(immune to hypnosis and undoes effects) (immune to hypnosis, petrifies hypnotized zombies) (immune to hypnosis)
Unlocked	NA: $6.99 · EU: €5.49 · UK: £4.99
Unlocked (China)	Collect 600 Stars
Costumes
Caulipower's eyes spin with distress. He's just thought of a really great ending for his novel, but he's afraid his cousin won't understand it.

Caulipower is a premium plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2, tied to the 2017 Luck O' the Zombie event. He hypnotizes zombies like Hypno-shroom, and targets zombies in the same manner as Electric Blueberry, mostly random, but is more likely to target weaker zombies. He hypnotizes a zombie approximately every 12 seconds (10 seconds for the first time). Since he uses a beam to hypnotize zombies, non-eating zombies like Gargantuars can be hypnotized, unlike with Hypno-shroom. He can also be planted on water tiles in Big Wave Beach without the aid of a Lily Pad, just like Rotobaga and Ghost Pepper. The hypnotized zombie absorbs 10% less damage from other zombies and its health will be restored an additional 50% of their max health (will not heal armors).

In the Chinese version, he can deal 200 damage to destructible obstacles and Gargantuars (he cannot hypnotize them in this version). In addition, hypnotized zombies will be at equal levels as they are before hypnosis, regardless of Caulipower's current level. He can also be planted in the air columns in Sky City.

Origin

Caulipower is based on a "cauliflower", an annual plant that reproduces by seed and a vegetable. His name is a portmanteau of "cauliflower" and "power".

In French, his name is Cérébrocoli, a portmanteau of "brain" and "broccoli".

In Brazillian Portuguese, he's named Psicouve, a portmanteau of "psychic" and "cauliflower", although commonly referred to as Couve-flor.

Almanac entry

NOTE: Caulipower costs 300 in the Chinese version. Note: The stats shown below only apply to Level 1.

Caulipower
	SUN COST 250 RECHARGE 45 TOUGHNESS 300 Special Target Stronger Zombie Special Zombie Healing RANGE Full Board Enchant-mint Plant Food: Tosses 5 random zombies off the lawn. Caulipowers use their mental powers to hypnotize random zombies and turn them against their former friends. Caulipower's eyes spin with distress. He's just thought of a really great ending for his novel, but he's afraid his cousin won't understand it.

Chinese version  (China only)

向敌人发射魅惑光线 植物特征：绿色植物 超能花菜眼睛因痛苦而旋转。他只是想为他的小说写一个大结局，但他担心他的表弟不会理解。 In English: Shoots hypnotizing light beams towards enemies. Plant feature: green plant Caulipower's eyes spin due to agony. He just wants to write an ending for his novel, but he worries that his maternal younger male cousin won't understand his action.

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

Plant Food ability

When fed by Plant Food, Caulipower targets 5 random zombies on-screen and they will be thrown away, in a similar manner of the Power Toss. If there is no available targets on-screen, nothing will happen and the Plant Food is kept. Gargantuars can only be knocked back if not shrunken.

Costumed (China only)

Caulipower now tosses more random zombies.

Enchant-mint effect

When boosted by Enchant-mint, Caulipower's hypnosis will heal zombies to an additional 125% of their max HP (will not heal armors).

Level upgrades

Level	Seed packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge (Very Slow)	Starting Recharge	Toughness (Typical)	Special (Target Stronger Zombie)			Special (Zombie Healing*)	Range
							Basic zombie	Unique zombie	Gargantuar
1	0	0	250	45 seconds	15 seconds	300 damage	55%	40%	5%	50% HP	Full Board
2	10	1,000	250	44 seconds	15 seconds	350 damage	50%	45%	5%	60% HP
3	25	2,500	250	43 seconds	14 seconds	400 damage	50%	45%	5%	60% HP
4	50	5,000	225	42 seconds	14 seconds	450 damage	45%	45%	10%	60% HP
5	100	10,000	225	40 seconds	13 seconds	550 damage	45%	45%	10%	70% HP
6	200	20,000	200	39 seconds	13 seconds	600 damage	40%	50%	10%	70% HP
7	400	30,000	200	38 seconds	12 seconds	650 damage	40%	50%	10%	70% HP
8	800	50,000	175	37 seconds	12 seconds	700 damage	35%	50%	15%	80% HP
9	1,200	75,000	175	36 seconds	11 seconds	800 damage	35%	50%	15%	90% HP
10	1,600	100,000	150	35 seconds	10 seconds	900 damage	30%	50%	20%	100% HP

*The amount of health the hypnotized zombie retains based on its max health when being hypnotized (will not heal armors).

Mastery upgrades

• Chance to Boost
• Damage Pierce

Level upgrades (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Speed Construction 极速建造	Reduces attack cooldown to 9 seconds and now targets level 3 zombies as well. 准备时间减少25%，缩短为9秒。可以魅惑的僵尸上限变为3阶。
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Caulipower gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Super Fast 超能急速	Reduces attack cooldown to 6 seconds and now targets level 4 zombies as well. 准备时间减少50%，缩短为6秒。可以魅惑的僵尸上限变为4阶。
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Caulipower gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken 能力觉醒	Caulipower may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Caulipower gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).
	Ultimate Hypno 终极魅惑	25% chance to fire a rainbow beam that instantly ends its resting time. 超能花菜有25%的概率发射一个彩色光波，同时立即结束休眠时间。
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Caulipower gains another 50% more attack power and health (300% of initial).

Strategies

Use Caulipower like you would use Electric Blueberry. He is a combo of Hypno-Shroom and the aforementioned plant. Of course, he shares the same weakness with Electric Blueberry, since his attacks are inconsistent and recharges slowly. He should not be your only means of defense and must be assisted by other plants to increase the chance of a stronger zombie being targeted.

Caulipower is very effective when hypnotizing zombies like Gargantuars and Jurassic Rockpunchers, since his attack can in fact target zombies that don't eat. Only other Gargantuars or mechanical enemies from Far Future will resist instant-kills from such zombies. His Plant Food ability is no slouch, either, as it can destroy nearly any zombie, and the few that can't usually have much better counters that could also work alongside Caulipower.

Make sure you have defensive plants such as Primal Wall-nut or Chard Guard, or other offensive plants with splash damage, such as Winter Melon, Dusk Lobber, or Bowling Bulb to back him up.

In Far Future, Caulipower is effective against many high-health mechanical zombies such as the Robo-Cone Zombie, due to the hypnosis effects restoring their health completely. Hypnotizing a Mecha-Football Zombie should be the priority, as his pushing attacks can deal high damage and easily destroys most other zombies.

In Big Wave Beach, he is a good counter to Surfer Zombies, as they will not crush Caulipowers with their surfboards and when hypnotized, they can instantly kill a zombie with that board. Aside from that, Caulipower can be planted in water without a Lily Pad. Be careful of Snorkel Zombies and Fisherman Zombies, since a submerged Snorkel Zombie cannot be targeted by Caulipower and Fisherman Zombies are immune to hypnosis. Octo Zombie is also a big threat, so place Caulipower in the back if possible, giving him enough time to hypnotize the Octo Zombie.

In Frostbite Caves, he is useful against Weasel Hoarders as they can hypnotize them and cause them to release their Ice Weasels against the zombies. Additionally, they can turn away many dangerous threats such as Hunter Zombies, Dodo Rider Zombies, Sloth Gargantuars, and Blockhead Zombies. Troglobites can also be hypnotized so they cannot push the Yeti Imps any further. Although Caulipower himself is vulnerable to frost, hypnotized zombies aren't, and as such they can be used to destroy ice blocks.

In Jurassic Marsh, he is useful against Jurassic Rockpunchers and Jurassic Gargantuars as he can easily hypnotize them Plus, the Jurassic Rockpuncher and Jurassic Gargantuar can instantly destroy zombies in their way. It is a good idea to pair these zombies with raptors and Perfume-shroom to fend off more zombies.

It is a very bad idea to use Caulipower against Zombie Bulls or Rodeo Legend Zombies as they will not fight for the player when charging, especially Rodeo Legend Zombies since they will destroy a plant before they turn around. It is entirely possible for a hypnotized bull to launch the hypnotized bull rider to the player's house, instantly causing a game over.

In many Last Stand levels, using only Caulipower alone is both low risk and incredibly effective, since his long cooldown isn't of much concern and he can turn an entire horde against itself. The player may plant an Infi-nut and use its Plant Food ability just directly ahead of the Caulipowers for low-cost protection. Of course, make sure to plant on the column closest to the house.

In Arena, Caulipower is an extremely useful plant, as it only takes one attack to hypnotize zombies and score points, regardless of the zombie's toughness. Because zombies are several times tougher in Arena, Caulipower is at a greater advantage over plants that do direct damage. Although Caulipower has a very slow recharge, this can be overcome in Arena if enough starting sun is provided because it also follows Last Stand defaults. Instant recharge can also be used to plant Caulipowers quickly. Likely for these reasons, however, Caulipower isn't allowed in several tournaments to level the playing field for players who do not own him. It is also worth noting that hypnotized zombies with armor will not give you extra points for destroying their armor, whereas certain other plants like Imp Pear and Primal Potato Mine gets the job done much more effectively. Additionally, Healers and Medusas are a common sight in Arena, both of which easily counter his ability.

In the Chinese version of the game, Caulipower will only damage yetis and gargantuars, so do not use him at all against those zombies. His projectiles can also be stopped by obstacles such as Tombstones, so make sure to bring along plants such as Grave Buster if you intend to use him in said level.

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In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Caulipower
Simplified Chinese	超能花菜	lit. "Superpower Cauliflower"
French	Cérébro-coli	"Braincoli"
German	Hypno-Karfiol
Italian	Cavolforza
Brazilian Portuguese	Psicouve	portmanteau of psíquico and couve
Spanish	Colipoder

Trivia

• He is the first plant to be tied to the Luck O' the Zombie event.
• Due to how slow Caulipower's hypnosis beam is, it is common for a targeted zombie to be killed before the beam reaches it. If that happens, the beam goes for another zombie until no hostile zombies are present, which causes it to vanish.
  • This is different from Electric Blueberry, whos projectiles will vanish instantly if the targeted zombie dies (though, its higher speed can make up for this).
• Unlike Hypno-shroom, he and Enchant-mint can hypnotize non-eating zombies, including Gargantuars, without Plant Food.
• He, Rotobaga, Solar Sage, and Ghost Pepper are the only four airborne plants that can hover over water in the game so far.
  • This is only for Big Wave Beach, as no plant can be planted above the water in Pirate Seas.
• When most premium plants had their prices changed on March 16, 2017, Caulipower was the only money premium plant to not have his price changed in some way.
• Caulipower cannot target Snorkel Zombie while he is submerged, though if a submerged Snorkel Zombie is the only other non-hypnotized zombie on the lawn, any hypnosis beam that is on the lawn will circle over Snorkel Zombie's head until he resurfaces or is defeated.
  • Additionally, Caulipower cannot also target zombies that are covered by Glitter Zombie rainbow trail. If the hypnosis beam hits the zombie that is covered by the rainbow trail, the beam disappears and the zombie will not be hypnotized. This can also be observed if a zombie was not covered by the rainbow trail and a Glitter Zombie comes to the front and be covered by the rainbow trail.
• A hypnotized Surfer Zombie can use his surfboard to crush a zombie, instantly killing a targeted zombie and other zombies will have to eat the surfboard to get past it.
  • If a hypnotized Surfer Zombie places his surfboard on the ground, that surfboard will be an obstacle for zombies (like a plant) and it won’t be targeted or damaged by plants.
• Caulipower is one of the only plants that can unconditionally defeat a Jurassic Gargantuar and Gladiator Garganturar in one hit without the aid of plant food, as its effect ignores the health of the targeted zombie. The other being Witch Hazel, as she also gained the capability to insta–kill a Gargantuar in a certain update. The latter is apparently much more effective to clean Gargantuars if provided they are in front of other lesser threats.
  • While Electric Blueberry can also kill him fast, his increased health means that her zap cloud will zap him for a second.
• Caulipower is unable to hypnotize midair zombies/imps, zombots, barrels (from barrel rollers) parrots, imp cannons, zombie kings, fisherman zombies, and other obstacles.
  • If he hypnotized a barrel roller zombie, the zombie abandons the barrel and walks back.
  • As for the other zombies, the reason is that it is meaningless to have them hypnotized, as their only purpose is to block the other zombies for a short while, and they can't harm zombies.
• Due to a glitch, if Caulipower hypnotizes an air-borne zombie at the same time the zombie is blown away by Blover or Hurrikale, the zombie simply freezes in mid-air and remain there until the level/battle ends. However, the zombie can still be attacked by other zombies.

See also

• Hypno-shroom
• Electric Blueberry

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