Jurassic Gargantuar

For other uses, see Gargantuar (disambiguation).

Jurassic Gargantuar
Prehistoric provider of Mesozoic malarkey.
Almanac statistics
Toughness	Great
Speed	Stiff
Special	Launches Jurassic Imp when damaged
In-game statistics
Health	5400
Damage	1500, instant-kill (most plants)
Weakness	(can easily eliminate them) (resists smashes) (can blow away the Jurassic Imp) (charmed raptors kick them off the lawn, destroying them instantly)
First seen	Jurassic Marsh - Day 12
Code name	dino_gargantuar
Jurassic Gargantuar wonders how there can be zombies millions of years before the advent of humanity. He doesn't let it get in the way of his plant-bashing, though.

Jurassic Gargantuar is a Gargantuar variant appearing in Jurassic Marsh. Unlike normal Gargantuars, he takes 5400 damage instead of 3600 (three instant kills or 270 pea shots), which makes him the Gargantuar variant with the highest health in Plants vs. Zombies 2. On the other hand, as a balance, Jurassic Gargantuar's speed is significantly slower, giving the plants more time to attack before he can reach them.

Almanac entry

Jurassic Gargantuar
	TOUGHNESS Great SPEED Still Prehistoric provider of Mesozoic malarkey. Damage: crushes plants with bone Special: launches Jurassic Imp when damaged Jurassic Gargantuar wonders how there can be zombies millions of years before the advent of humanity. He doesn't let it get in the way of his plant-bashing, though.

Overview

Jurassic Gargantuar absorbs 5400 damage. He throws the Jurassic Imp at 2700 damage.

Encounters

• Player's House: Piñata Party
• Jurassic Marsh: Days 12, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 22, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 39, 40, 42 and La Brainsa Tarpits
• Modern Day: Days 10, 16, 20 and 34
• Arena: Caulipower's Escalating Tournament

Strategies

While Jurassic Gargantuar is significantly tougher than the average Gargantuar (1.5x health), his slower movement speed means that normal offensive plants will have no more problem fighting him compared to other variants. However, the trouble arises when the player decides to use instant plants, since he is usually able to survive two successive hits. Therefore, even the use of Imitater will not prevent him from throwing his Jurassic Imp, as he will likely throw the imp when hit by the second instant.

Ultimately, any strategies that worked with normal Gargantuars should also apply to Jurassic Gargantuars: Instant plants can quickly whittle him down, while slowing and stunning plants can give the defense more attacking time. Perfume-shroom can also be used to charm a raptor, allowing him to instantly kick out Jurassic Gargantuar. The player can also use a Primal Wall-nut for his resistance to instant-kill attacks, to temporarily stall him, while your other plants attack him, since he has a cheap cost of 75 sun, and a fast recharge. However, note that this may not work when they are in clusters. Plants like Primal Potato Mine are much cheaper and stronger than Cherry Bomb, thus you should try to use them instead, and, if possible, use Plant Food on Primal Potato Mine. Using Shrinking Violet is also a good option, because she will neutralize the Imp even before it is thrown, and the Gargantuar will only resist a single instant-kill. Also, note that only 2 level 2+ Primal Potato Mines (does 2800 damage, exactly half of his health) are needed to defeat him.

Primal Peashooters will be able to stall Jurassic Gargantuars, due to their movement speed. However, at least two Primal Peashooters are needed to stall a single Jurassic Gargantuar, while four or five will be needed to stall clusters of them.

Jurassic Gargantuars will be much more dangerous when aided by a T. Rex as it boosts his movement speed. It is important to use Perfume-shroom before the T. Rex roars, which causes him to chomp the zombie, destroying him quickly. Alternatively, Primal Wall-nut can be placed in front of Cold Snapdragon, as the slow effect not only eliminates the speed boost but also makes him much slower than he originally was. Since Primal Wall-nuts recharge quickly, this can literally last forever against a single one, though multiple ones will require a Perfume-Shroom.

Related achievement

	Martial Marsh Masher Unleash the Jurassic Marsh Gargantuar

Gallery

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  Almanac entry part 1

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  Almanac entry part 2

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  Almanac icon

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  HD Jurassic Gargantuar

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  A Jurassic Gargantuar being kicked out of the lawn by a charmed raptor

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  Dead Jurassic Gargantuar

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  A shrunken Jurassic Gargantuar

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  Jurassic Gargantuar jaw glitch

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  A Jurassic Gargantuar that got slanted by an ankylosaurus, a raptor and a stegosaurus (glitch)

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  Jurassic Gargantuar's sprites and assets

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  Jurassic Gargantuar in the Martial Marsh Masher achievement

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  Jurassic's Gargantuar Idle

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  Hypnotized Jurassic Gargantuar killing a Jurassic Fossilhead

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  Dead Jurassic Gargantuar along with Jurassic Imp

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  Jurassic Gargantuar on a sandstorm

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  Jurassic Gargantuar in Frostbite Caves

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  Jurassic Gargantuar in an advertisement of Mulch Madness

Old

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  Statue indicating Gargantuar level (pre-5.1.1 update)

Video

• Plants vs. Zombies 2 New Jurassic Gargantuar - Jurassic Marsh Day 12 (Ep.343)

  By Alex5432000

In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Jurassic Gargantuar
Simplified Chinese	侏罗纪巨人僵尸	Lit. "Jurassic Giant Zombie"
French	Gargantua jurassique
German	Jurassischer Gargantua
Italian	Zombi orco giurassico
Brazilian Portuguese	Devorador Jurássico
Spanish	Zombistein jurásico

Trivia

• He is only 600 damage weaker than Giga-gargantuar.
• He and Pharaoh Zombie are the only zombies, excluding Zombots and zombies behind Glitter Zombie (during the pop jam), that can survive a single attack from Electric Blueberry (Which insta-kills most others), although the thunder cloud will remain and will strike them until they die.
• He appears to be a reference to the movie The Croods as in the movie, Grug Crood, the big, buff, over-protective father of the main character carries a smaller, skinnier man who knows how to survive the "Apocalypse" in a log as his prisoner.
• The line, "Prehistoric provider of Mesozoic malarkey," in the Almanac entry of this zombie may be a nod to the world's old name, which was Mesozoic Marsh.
• Very strangely, the feet of the Jurassic Imp can be seen hanging out of the bottom of Jurassic Gargantuar's log before he has been thrown. This is extremely disproportionate considering the height of the Jurassic Imp normally and the length of the log that the Jurassic Imp is in.
• Interestingly, if Jurassic Gargantuar is killed without launching his imp, its feet will remain in the log even after the Jurassic Imp falls out of it.
• Due to a glitch, after his head falls off, his head doesn't have a primitive forehead and resembles the basic gargantuar head, but with his own beard.
  • This glitch happens to Sloth Gargantuar as well. However, when his head falls of, his primitive forehead disappears, while the sloth head and the fangs still appears.

See also

• Gargantuar
• Giga-gargantuar
• Jurassic Imp

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