Landlord Bamboo
Landlord Bamboo (竹员外, lit. "Bamboo Landlord"; pinyin: Zhú Yuánwài), also known as "Lord Bamboo"[1] is a plant in the Chinese version of Plants vs. Zombies 2 as a replacement for Tanghulu. (Unsourced) He explodes the first zombie on contact, killing both himself and the zombie(s) in his area similar to Potato Mine. He was a plant introduced to celebrate the Lunar New Year.
To unlock this plant, the player could open red packets for Chinese New Year event 2015 and 2016, which were obtained from Gods of Wealth, or by spending diamonds. To get both him and his costume, the player would have to answer nine questions correctly in the quiz game mode. An alternative method was to get a Puzzle Piece for him via Penny's Treasures.
Origins
He resembles Chinese firecrackers ("爆竹", which are actually explosive bamboo). "员外" in his Chinese name used to refer to a type of governmental official, but refers to rich landlords in the modern era.
Almanac entry
竹员外 Landlord Bamboo |
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竹员外 (Landlord Bamboo)
Sun cost: 50
TOUGHNESS: Typical
RECHARGE: Fast
竹员外能对接近的僵尸造成爆炸伤害。
植物特征:绿色植物
竹员外一个人住在烟花镇西边的一所大宅子里,别看他面向凶恶,其实他是一个喜欢小孩子的和善老头。每到过年的时候他都会给镇上的小孩子送鞭炮和烟花,希望他们能开开心心地过新年。而他最大的愿望,是希望他在远方学艺的孙子竹笋有一天能踩着鞭炮的碎屑敲响这座宅子的大门……
In English: Landlord Bamboo explodes, causing damage to the approaching zombies. Plant feature: green plant Landlord Bamboo lives in a big house in the west of Fireworks Town lonely. He looks ill, but he is, in fact, a loving old man who likes children. He will bring firecrackers to the children in town on Spring Festival, expecting them to spend a happy new year. And what he wishes mostly is, his grandson, Bamboo Shoot, who went for learning skills faraway, could knock the door stepping the scraps of firecrackers... |
Upgrades
Plant Food effect
When fed Plant Food, Landlord Bamboo will release a "carpet" of firecrackers on his lane, which will detonate shortly, killing or damaging the zombies stepping on it.
Costumed
With his costume, after feeding with Plant Food, the zombies that are damaged by the carpet will be bounced, and they cannot move for a short time. Useful if zombies are getting too close.
Level upgrades
Strategies
Treat Landlord Bamboo as how you normally treat Squash. However, Landlord Bamboo has a weakness of being unable to attack zombies who stand on two tiles, with the bamboo at the front tile. When one is put into that situation, chances are he will explode without damaging the zombie or be eaten without having the zombie exploded also. He is also weak to Mecha-Football Zombie since they push plants while being just outside Landlord Bamboo's trigger area.
Since the explosion is considered fire damage, Landlord Bamboo should also not be used on zombies that are frozen and will survive the attack or release their payloads, such as Gargantuar, a leveled-up Knight Zombie or Chicken Wrangler Zombie.
However, he has a faster recharge than Squash, making him more useful against a leveled up zombies like Knight Zombies.
Gallery
Plants vs. Zombies Wiki has a gallery for Landlord Bamboo.
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Trivia
- According to his Almanac entry, Bamboo Shoot is his grandson.
- Despite being an instant-kill plant, he has a fast recharge.
- His background in the Almanac was Big Wave Beach, even though he wasn’t obtained in that world.
- Sap-fling and Ghost Pepper also used to share this trait in the Chinese version.
- His idle animation resembles the one used for Machine Gun Pomegranate.
- He cannot be triggered by zombies that do not need to get close to damage the plant, like Gargantuar, Barrel Roller Zombie's barrel, Robo-Cone Zombie, Pharaoh Zombie, backwards Digger Zombie and Dodo Zombie. However, if the player plants Landlord Bamboo directly under those zombies, they can be damaged by Landlord Bamboo.
- A zombie who collides with Landlord Bamboo but stands far enough can eat the plant without suffering from the latter's explosion.
- He bears a resemblance to Magic Beanstalk from Plants vs. Zombies Heroes, though this is only a coincidence.
- His attacks are considers fire so his attack and plants food effect will not damage Imp Dragon Zombies but his spinning fireworks will.
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