Plantern (Chinese version Plants vs. Zombies 2)

歪比巴卜！

This article is about content available solely in the People's Republic of China.

He prefers to call himself Optimus Prime.

This page has an official English name and all pages will use Plantern to refer to it.

For other uses, see Plantern (disambiguation).

路灯花(literal translation: Street Lamp Flower)
Illuminates an area of the floor grid, Bandit Zombie can also be seen in invisible state.
Statistics
Sun Cost	25
Recharge	20 seconds
Toughness	300 damage
Range	5×3 Nearby, Extending 1 Tile Up, Down, Left and Right
Area	AoE within Range
Class	Special
Quality	White
Plant Food effect	Plantern uses all the effort to illuminate, dispersing all darkness fog on the lawn for 30 seconds.
Tags	Support
Plant features	Brown plant
In-game statistics
Strengths
Unlocked	After beating Dark Ages - Night 2
Costumes
Code name	streetlamp
路灯花蔑视科学，他就这样。其他植物吸收光能排出氧气，路灯花却吸收黑暗发出灯光。路灯花曾就此坦言：“我不说什么‘巫术魔法’之类的东西，我只使用'黑暗原力'这个词，我只是……我认为我已经说得够多的了。” Plantern defies science, that's how he is. When other plants absorb light, they excrete oxygen; But Plantern absorbs darkness and excretes light. Plantern once commented on this. "I'm not gonna talk about things like 'sorcery,' I would only use the term 'dark forces,' I just... I think I've said enough."

Plantern (路灯花; lùdēng huā) is an unlockable plant in Chinese version of Plants vs. Zombies 2 as an environment modifier.

About

For more information about this character, see Plantern

Plantern is unlocked after the second night of the Dark Ages. Here he retains his purpose in illuminating Fog on that appears on the left side of the screen, however the fog cleared now exclusively disappears on singular tiles, causing the cleared fog to appear more angular. In addition to clearing fog, Plantern will now reveal cloaked Bandit Zombies, revealing their position to the player, and allowing other plants on the lawn to be able to attack them.

Almanac entry

路灯花 Plantern		TOUGHNESS Typical RECHARGE Fast
		路灯花可以驱散迷雾并且看到隐形状态的盗贼僵尸。 路灯花蔑视科学，他就这样。其他植物吸收光能排出氧气，路灯花却吸收黑暗发出灯光。路灯花曾就此坦言：“我不说什么‘巫术魔法’之类的东西，我只使用'黑暗原力'这个词，我只是……我认为我已经说得够多的了。”

路灯花 (Plantern)
Sun cost: 25

TOUGHNESS: Typical
RECHARGE: Fast

路灯花可以驱散迷雾并且看到隐形状态的盗贼僵尸。

路灯花蔑视科学，他就这样。其他植物吸收光能排出氧气，路灯花却吸收黑暗发出灯光。路灯花曾就此坦言：“我不说什么‘巫术魔法’之类的东西，我只使用'黑暗原力'这个词，我只是……我认为我已经说得够多的了。”

In English: Plantern can expel fog and uncover Bandit Zombies invisible states. Plantern defies science, that's how he is. When other plants absorb light, they excrete oxygen; But Plantern absorbs darkness and excretes light. Plantern once commented on this. "I'm not gonna talk about things like 'sorcery,' I would only use the term 'dark forces,' I just... I think I've said enough."

Usage

Plantern's purpose remains mostly the same, except he can now reveal any invisible Bandit Zombies in an area. He lights up in a 5x5 area.

Upgrades

Plantern using their normal Plant Food effect.

Plant Food effect

When given Plant Food, Plantern shines in a 5x5 area for 30 seconds.

Costumed

In addition to illuminating in a 5x5 area, Plantern also stuns all zombies on the lawn for 3 seconds.

Strategies

Only select Planterns when you see fog or the Bandit Zombie in the seed selection in Dark Ages. However, the Plantern will illuminate more squares unlike in the prequel. Try to keep a defensive plant adjacent to him or you will risk 25 Sun wasted. It is best to use Plant Food on your defensive plants so that you will protect your Planterns from being eaten.

Try to be careful of Wizard Zombies as if they turn Plantern into a sheep, the fog will come again and Bandit Zombies will go back to being invisible. The same thing doesn't apply to Archmage Zombie for unknown reason, thus Coffee Bean might not be required to wake him up.

Gallery

Plants vs. Zombies Wiki has a gallery for Plantern.

Visit this page to see it.

Trivia

• His Almanac entry is recycled from Plants vs. Zombies.
• His idle animation in-game changes once the costume is on. However, in the Almanac and seed selection screen, the idle animation is the same.
• His code name is "streetlamp." It is referring to Plantern's Chinese name, Street Lamp Flower.
• He illuminates in a different pattern and has a different lighting animation than the first game.
• Plantern is the only Fog plant from the original game to not be in the International version of Plants vs. Zombies 2.
  • He, Coffee Bean, Cattail, and Cob Cannon are only plants from first game that appear in the Chinese version but not in the international version.
• He, Oak Archer and Coffee Bean are the only Chinese-exclusive plants in Dark Ages.
• He is able to illuminate even when frozen or fallen asleep by Archmage Zombie. However, Riot Police Zombie can disable Plantern's illuminating ability with his smoke bombs.

See also

• Bandit Zombie
• Groundcherry

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