Jalapeno (Plants vs. Zombies)

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For other uses, see Jalapeno (disambiguation).

Jalapeno (pronounced as "Halapenyo") is an instant-kill plant available in Plants vs. Zombies. When planted, he will explode and cover the lane he is placed on in fire, dealing 1800 damage to and removing all ice-based effect from every enemy in the lane.

Audio

Sound Description
Jalapeno explodes.

About

For more information about this character, see Jalapeno.

Jalapeno is obtained after beating Level 3-5. Aside from the primary effect, Jalapeno can also melt the Zomboni's ice trail and Dr. Zomboss' iceballs, and remove ice-based effect from zombies (such as the chill effect on a Gargantuar). His zombie counterpart is Jalapeno Zombie.

Almanac entry

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Jalapeno
Jalapenos destroy an entire lane of zombies.
Damage: massive

Range: all zombies in lane
Usage: single use, instant

"NNNNNGGGGG!!!!!!!!" Jalapeno says.
He's not going to explode, not this time.
But soon. Oh, so soon. It's close. He
knows it, he can feel it, his whole life's been leading up to this moment.
Cost: 125 Recharge: very slow

Strategies

Jalapeno focuses on dealing heavy damage to all enemies on a specific lane, as opposed to a limited area over multiple lanes like Cherry Bomb. Because of this, Jalapeno will be more suited for quickly neutralizing threats that have come far into the player's defense such as Imps being thrown by Gargantuars, rather than general crowd control.

The fire-based nature of Jalapeno can be considered to be both a blessing and a curse: While this means Jalapeno is highly useful against several ice-based threats, this also means any surviving enemies, predominantly Gargantuars, will have their freezing effect removed if previously frozen, rendering the chilling effect of Winter Melon, Ice-shroom and Snow Pea useless. However, there are very few enemies capable of surviving a direct hit from it.

Jalapeno can benefit from use of Imitater, as it will effectively halve the recharge time and allow more liberal use of the plant. Creating choke points via the use of Garlic is also useful, as it can divert zombies into one lane, allowing the attack to hit them all.

Jalapeno is a useful plant against Zomboni as he is capable of melting the ice trail, freeing space for planting and preventing Zombie Bobsled Teams from entering. He is also a useful tool for destroying ladders placed by Ladder Zombies; certain strategies in Survival: Endless, however, utilize ladders against thrown Imps, and as such he is outclassed by the Doom-shroom in this regard.

Level 5-10

Jalapenos is provided in this level as the only means of neutralizing Dr. Zomboss' iceball attack while also dealing heavy damage if given the chance. Unlike Ice-shroom which can be placed anywhere on the lawn to negate fireball, Jalapeno must be planted on the lane where the iceball is spawned. The player should exercise moderation when using Jalapeno, and always keep a stock in case more dangerous enemies arrive, or an iceball is spawned.

Column Like You See 'Em mini-game

Jalapenos can be planted in a column of pots to effectively wipe the entire screen of enemies, and heavily damage any surviving Gargantuars. These are usually obtained once or twice, so they should be saved for either when huge waves two and three when Gargantuars appear or when Ladder Zombies have placed ladders on your defensive plants.

Jalapenos will also destroy the ladders placed on the defensive plants, if any. Passing the mini-game without using the Jalapeno gets the player the Chilli Free achievement.

Related achievements

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Pyromaniac
Complete a level using only Explosive Plants to kill zombies.
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Chilli Free
Complete Column Like You See 'Em without using Jalapenos.
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Chill Out
Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme, you've got one level to destroy three bobsleds, it's Jalapeno time!
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Morticulturalist
Collect all 49 plants.
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The Complete Zombie
You've won every trophy, climbed every mountain, defeated every zombie, planted every plant. Congratulations!

Gallery

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In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language Name Description
United States of America English Jalapeno
China Simplified Chinese 火爆辣椒
生气椒 as nickname in Plants vs. Zombies: Endless Edition
Traditional Chinese 火爆辣椒
生氣椒 as nickname in Plants vs. Zombies: Endless Edition
The Netherlands Dutch Hete peper
France French Jalapeño
Germany German Jalapeño
Italy Italian Jalapeño
Japan Japanese ハラペーニョ
Russia Russian Острый Перец
Spain Spanish Jalapeño

Trivia

  • There are two achievements that involve him, Chill Out and Chilli Free. One involves the player using him and the other involves the player not using him, respectively.
  • If the players unlocked the daisies code from the Tree of Wisdom, Jalapeno can generate a swarm of them when he explodes on a lane full of zombies.
  • In the Suburban Almanac, he appears to be shaking fast while in the Zen Garden he shakes slowly. However, on the iOS and Android versions, he will always rapidly vibrate. He will also shake fast if the player gives him chocolate (only when he is happy).
  • He is one of the twelve plants that appear on the seed selection screen after obtaining the Grave Buster in the online version, the others are Ice-shroom, Doom-shroom, Potato Mine, Lily Pad, Threepeater, Tangle Kelp, Spikeweed, Torchwood, Tall-nut, Cactus, and Blover.
  • He will slightly accelerate a zombie's animation, provided if they can survive his attack.
  • If he or any other explosive plant (with the exception of Potato Mine) is used to destroy a zombie in ZomBotany, the zombie will be burnt, but not play a burnt animation, as they have none.
  • A Chili Pepper T-shirt is available in the Xbox Live Marketplace. It costs 80 Microsoft Points, and is a white T-shirt with a Jalapeno on it.
  • Like most instant kills that are triggered upon planting, if a Gargantuar squashes him, he will just explode and function normally.

See also

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Pool Lily Pad · Squash · Threepeater · Tangle Kelp · Jalapeno · Spikeweed · Torchwood · Tall-nut
Fog Sea-shroom · Plantern · Cactus · Blover · Split Pea · Starfruit · Pumpkin · Magnet-shroom
Roof Cabbage-pult · Flower Pot · Kernel-pult · Coffee Bean · Garlic · Umbrella Leaf · Marigold · Melon-pult
Upgrades Gatling Pea · Twin Sunflower · Gloom-shroom · Cattail · Winter Melon · Gold Magnet · Spikerock · Cob Cannon
Others Imitater · Explode-o-nut · Giant Wall-nut · Reverse Repeater · Giant Sunflower · Giant Marigold · Sprout · Tree of Wisdom
Plants vs. Zombies: Endless Edition
Heroes Iron Man Nut · Wukong Pea · Pig Squash · Sandy Nut · Monk Flower · Nezha Shooter
The Zombies Are Coming Peashooter · Sunflower · Cherry Bomb · Wall-nut · Potato Mine · Snow Pea · Chomper · Repeater
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Backyard Emergency Lily Pad · Squash · Threepeater · Tangle Kelp · Jalapeno · Spikeweed · Torchwood · Tall-nut
Fog Sea-shroom · Plantern · Cactus · Blover · Split Pea · Starfruit · Pumpkin · Magnet-shroom
Roof Battle Cabbage-pult · Flower Pot · Kernel-pult · Coffee Bean · Garlic · Umbrella Leaf · Marigold · Melon-pult
Fight the Sea Demons Oxygen Algae · Sea Starfruit · Bramble Sea Grass
Brave the Dragon's Palace Water Gun Grass
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Premium Pickled Pepper · Icy Fume-shroom · Fire-shroom · Flamewood · Vine-nut · Gatling Pea · Twin Sunflower · Gloom-shroom · Winter Melon · Super Chomper · Future Star · Calm Chuck
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Day Peashooter · Sunflower · Cherry Bomb · Wall-nut · Potato Mine · Snow Pea · Chomper · Repeater
Night Puff-shroom · Sun-shroom · Fume-shroom · Grave Buster · Hypno-shroom · Scaredy-shroom · Ice-shroom · Doom-shroom
Pool Lily Pad · Squash · Threepeater · Tangle Kelp · Jalapeno · Spikeweed · Torchwood · Tall-nut
Fog Sea-shroom · Plantern · Cactus · Blover · Split Pea · Starfruit · Pumpkin · Magnet-shroom
Roof Cabbage-pult · Flower Pot · Kernel-pult · Coffee Bean · Garlic · Umbrella Leaf · Marigold · Melon-pult
Upgrades Gatling Pea · Twin Sunflower · Gloom-shroom · Cattail · Winter Melon · Gold Magnet · Spikerock · Cob Cannon · Super Chomper
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Diamond Treasure Buster · Cupid Hypno-shroom Shooter · Caishen Marigold · Holo-Seed Projector · Yummy Candy
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>Normal Peashooter · Sunflower · Aspearagus · Wall-nut · Cherry Bomb · Popcorn · Beet · Snow Pea · Jalapeño · Magnet Plant · Flaming Pea · Shamrock · Bamboo Shoot · Repeater · Chilly Pepper · Twin Sunflower
VIPs Sweet Pea · Beeshooter · Hard-nut · Acespearagus · Power Flower · Beetboxer · Ice Queen Pea · Shamrockstar · Bamboom
Others Trees
Plants vs. Zombies 2
Player's House Peashooter · Sunflower · Wall-nut · Potato Mine · Cabbage-pult
Ancient Egypt Bloomerang · Iceberg Lettuce · Grave Buster · Bonk Choy · Repeater · Twin Sunflower
Pirate Seas Kernel-pult · Snapdragon · Spikeweed · Spring Bean · Coconut Cannon · Threepeater · Spikerock · Cherry Bomb
Wild West Split Pea · Chili Bean · Pea Pod · Lightning Reed · Melon-pult · Tall-nut · Winter Melon
Frostbite Caves Hot Potato · Pepper-pult · Chard Guard · Stunion · Rotobaga
Lost City Red Stinger · A.K.E.E. · Endurian · Stallia · Gold Leaf
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Dark Ages Sun-shroom · Puff-shroom · Fume-shroom · Sun Bean · Magnet-shroom
Neon Mixtape Tour Phat Beet · Celery Stalker · Thyme Warp · Garlic · Spore-shroom · Intensive Carrot
Jurassic Marsh Primal Peashooter · Primal Wall-nut · Perfume-shroom · Primal Sunflower · Primal Potato Mine
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Lost City Lava Guava · Red Stinger · A.K.E.E. · Stallia · Gold Leaf · Toadstool · Jackfruit
Neon Mixtape Tour Morning Glory · Phat Beet · Thyme Warp · Celery Stalker · Spore-shroom · Garlic · Intensive Carrot · Cactus
Jurassic Marsh Primal Peashooter · Primal Wall-nut · Perfume-shroom · Primal Sunflower · Primal Potato Mine · Primal Rafflesia · Dino-Roar Grass · Timid Thorn · Sugarcane Master
Modern Day Shadow-shroom · Caulipower · Moonflower · Grimrose · Nightshade · Dusk Lobber · Blooming Heart
Steam Age Gold Bloom · Flat-shroom · Maypop Mechanic · Lotus Shooter · Wind-Blowing Vanilla · Lily of Pharmacy · Mulberry Blaster
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Lost Keys Lake Lily Pad · Plantern · Lychee · Lightning Reed · Tangle Kelp · Snow Pea
Begonia Boulevard Puff-Shroom · Umbrella Leaf · Cabbage-Pult
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