Gatling Pea (Plants vs. Zombies)

For other uses, see Gatling Pea (disambiguation).

Gatling Pea
Gatling Peas shoot four peas at a time.
Almanac statistics
Sun cost	250 (+200)
Recharge	Very slow
Damage	Normal (for each pea)
Toughness	Normal
In-game statistics
Direct damage	80 damage every 1.5 seconds
Upgrades to	Threepeater (Air Raid only)
Upgrade of	Repeater
Unlocked	After beating Level 3-4, purchase for $5000
Gatling Pea's parents were concerned when he announced his intention to join the military. "But honey, it's so dangerous!" they said in unison. Gatling Pea refused to budge. "Life is dangerous," he replied, eyes glinting with steely conviction.

Gatling Pea is an upgrade plant in Plants vs. Zombies. It is available for purchase from Crazy Dave's Twiddydinkies for $5000 after beating Level 3-4, and is one of the first upgrade plants available in the game, along with the Twin Sunflower.

It upgrades from the Repeater and as such, must be planted on top of a Repeater. He fires in 4-round bursts, with each projectile dealing 20 damage. His zombie counterpart is Gatling Pea Zombie.

Suburban Almanac entry

Gatling Pea
Gatling Peas shoot four peas at a time. Damage: normal (for each pea) Firing Speed: 4x Must be planted on repeaters Gatling Pea's parents were concerned when he announced his intention to join the military. "But honey, it's so dangerous!" they said in unison. Gatling Pea refused to budge. "Life is dangerous," he replied, eyes glinting with steely conviction. Cost: 250 Recharge: very slow

Strategies

Gatling Pea shoots four peas at a time. Although the two alternatives, two Repeaters (400 sun) or a Repeater and a Torchwood (375 sun), are cheaper than the Gatling Pea, the Gatling Pea saves space. Of course, it is also possible to use more Gatling Peas and a Torchwood, which is even more space-efficient, but will cost more. This may be costly, but it is a good idea if you want to save space and keep good defense in some situations, such as Marigold farming. Gatling Peas are also very powerful in Survival: Day.

Using a Torchwood doubles a pea's damage and provides minor splash damage, so placing a Torchwood in front of two Gatling Peas, in theory, is equal to 16 Peashooters with splash damage, making him a very strong plant. In fact, without Torchwood, he is the most limited upgrade in terms of area of attack (if one of the most concentrated), due to the fact that unlike Cattail, Cob Cannon, and Gloom-shroom, he can only shoot directly in front of him, and unlike Spikerock, Winter Melon, Cob Cannon and Gloom-shroom, he can only hit one zombie at a time (also, he is the second most expensive upgrade plant).

In Survival: Endless, however, there may be so many zombies that even a Torchwood in front of four Gatling Peas is not enough to kill a wave of zombies quickly enough, especially when zombies with shields (including Zombonis) or Giga-gargantuars are present. Winter Melons may be a better choice for this. A good strategy, otherwise, could be two columns of Twin Sunflowers, three of Gatling Peas, Torchwood, Tall-nuts, then Spikerocks, and leave a blank column.

An alternative strategy could be to upgrade Repeater later on in the game, instead concentrating on getting Torchwoods in each lane, and then upgrading to provide extra firepower.

Air Raid

In the DS exclusive mini-game known as Air Raid, Dr. Zomboss is on its Zombot flying in the air, and you have to destroy it using a Gatling Pea riding on an Flower Pot airplane. Try to upgrade your Gatling Pea as much as possible (like getting a Pumpkin), and try to dodge Dr. Zomboss's attacks.

Related achievements

	Don't Pea in the Pool Complete a Daytime Pool level without using Peashooters of any kind.

	Morticulturalist Collect all 49 plants.

	Book Learner Fill out the Suburban Almanac.

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In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Gatling Pea
Simplified Chinese	机枪射手
Traditional Chinese	機槍射手
Dutch	Peulenmitrailleur
French	Sulfateuse à pois
German	MG-Erbse
Italian	Mitragliasemi
Japanese	ガトリングピー
Russian	Горохомёт
Spanish	Guisantralladora	A portmanteau of "Guisante" (Pea) and "Ametralladora" (Machine-gun)

Trivia

• He looks like a Repeater with facepaint, a gatling gun, and an army helmet.
• He and Twin Sunflower cost the same amount to buy at $5000 each. They are also the first upgrade plants available.
• He is the only upgrade plant that is used as a zombie in ZomBotany, more specifically ZomBotany 2.

A Gatling Pea Zombie, the Gatling Pea's ZomBotany equivalent

• He is the slowest recharging peashooting plant since he is an upgrade plant. In fact, he is the only peashooting plant that doesn't have a fast recharge.
• If the player looks closely, his gatling gun moves a little bit to its left, then back to the positioning of where it originally was.
• Sometimes, a newly planted Gatling Pea shoots three peas before shooting four peas.
  • This is also happens to the Repeater and Cattail, as they will sometimes shoot one projectile before two.
• He, Imitater, and Cattail are the only plants with headwear, specifically a helmet, beret, and bonnet.
• His face paint, gatling gun, and helmet suggest that he is from the "Plant Army," which is relevant to the Suburban Almanac entry.
• In Air Raid, Gatling Pea can be upgraded to a Threepeater, which shoots four peas in three directions, for a total of 12 peas.
• He, Plantern, Magnet-shroom, Gold Magnet, Cob Cannon, Cattail, and Imitater are the only plants that have non-plant accessories on them.
• While playing Air Raid, if the player's Threepeater without Pumpkin gets hit, it will revert to a Gatling Pea.
• He leans a bit closer to the zombies with every pea it fires, then it will rear back to get ready to fire again.
• He, Fume-shroom and Repeater are currently the only plants that are both an upgrade plant and an upgradeable plant.
  • Repeater is an upgrade of Peashooter in Beghouled and Beghouled Twist.
  • Fume-shroom is an upgrade of Puff-shroom in Beghouled and Beghouled Twist.
• With the exception of instant kills, Gatling Pea is the strongest plant in terms of how much damage he does per second, along with Gloom-shroom and Winter Melon.

See also

• Gatling Pea Zombie
• Air Raid
• Repeater
• Pea
• Torchwood

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