Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars/Concepts

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History repeats itself but it
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The content and images in this article are not fake. They are either unused concepts or scrapped features.

"He just doesn't understand how the zombies get up on the roof in the first place." ^[1]

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This page lists unused content and concept art for the game Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars. It should be noted that these descriptions are not fabricated but are primarily found in various versions of the game's code.

Scrapped worlds

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Circus City

Not to be confused with Circus City, a scrapped world from the Chinese version Plants vs. Zombies 2 based off of Roman circuses.

Circus City (马戏城; pinyin: Mǎxì Chéng) was an unused world based off of modern circuses. Not much about it is known besides its lawn.

Circus City's lawn along with the Primitive Tribe lawn^[1]
HD Image Of The Unused Circus Lawn

Arabian world

Set of Arabian-themed zombies appear in early UI and in promotional material. It is presumed they were supposed to appear in their own Arabian world.

Unused Arabian world backgroud
Unused Arabian world title (translates to "Arab")
Magic Carpet Zombie
An Arabian Buckethead on the Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars website
An Arabian Imp on a promotional image
Arabian Cleopatra at the conference
HD Genie Zombie
HD Magic Carpet Zombie
HD Arabian Dagger Zombie
HD Arabian Dagger Zombie holding a microphone
Magic Carpet Zombie on the Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars website
A promotional image featuring Magic Carpet Zombie
Genie Zombie next to Bird Rider Zombie in the Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars trailer
The back of Genie Zombie in the Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars trailer
Genie Zombie on a promotional image
An Arabian Imp on a promotional image
Arabian Cleopatra on a promotional image
Arabian Cleopatra on a promotional image
An old splash screen featuring Genie Zombie
A promotional image featuring Arabian Cleopatra, Genie Zombie and Arabian Buckethead
A Promotional image featuring an Arabian Imp and Magic Carpet Zombie
A promotional image featuring an Arabian Imp and Arabian Cleopatra
Arabian Dagger Zombie on a promotional image
An Arabian Zombie in early UI
The Magic Carpet Zombie in early UI
The Arabian Dagger Zombie in early UI
A Sultan Gargantuar in early UI
A Camel Rider Zombie in early UI
Magic Carpet Zombie on the Plants vs. Zombies Official Flagship Store with Kongfu World theming
Genie Zombie on the store
Genie Zombie along with Mammoth Rider Zombie and Palm Tree at the conference
Genie Zombie's shadow at the conference
Arabian World Zombies
The Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars conference featuring Arabian Cleopatra
A promotional image featuring Arabian Cleopatra
The Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars website featuring Magic Carpet Zombie
The Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars website featuring Genie Zombie, Arabian Buckethead and Arabian Cleopatra

Roman Empire

Roman Empire (罗马帝国; pinyin: Luómǎ Dìguó) was a scrapped world based off of the Roman empire. Not much is known about it besides an unknown zombie, seemingly of a Roman gladiator.

Unused Roman Empire title
Unknown gladiator zombie
The gladiator zombie on the fortune wheel screen background in Plants vs. Zombies 2: Guardian.

Removed plants

These plants were once playable in Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars, but were removed in later versions.

Descriptions

Name	Chinese name	Description, in Chinese	Active ability
Tropical Cannon	热带炮	TBA	TBA
Magical Dragon Grass	神龙草	TBA	Magical Dragon Spray: Rushes to the first enemy in its lane and sprays fire in a 3x3 area. It needed Brave Plant Food to activate.
Liontail	狮尾草	TBA	Fatal Blow: Shoots spikes to the enemy with lowest health. It required Brave Plant Food to activate.
Lychee	荔枝	对自己面前的九宫格造成伤害	Deal damage in to the 9 tiles ahead
Pea Pod	豌豆荚	TBA	TBA

Gallery

HD Lychee
HD Liontail
HD Magical Dragon Grass
HD Tropical Cannon
Tropical Cannon on a card
HD Pea Pod
Pea Pod's Sprites
Lychee's Sprites

Notes

Pea Pod was part of its own evolution line which was simply itself gaining more heads for each tier. The evolution line went as follows:

Pea Pod → Three-Headed Pea Pod → Five-Headed Pea Pod

Unused plants

These plants are unused in the code. They don't have corresponding evolution lines, and it is presumed they were scrapped in development before evolution lines existed.

Descriptions

Name	Chinese name	Description, in Chinese	Active ability
Aloe Vera	芦荟	后排治疗，拥有强大的群体治疗能力。	Restores health to the plant with highest and all plants nearby
Apple	苹果	后排辅助，能够对最虚弱的植物进行治疗。	Restores health to the fire plant with highest
Artichoke (The Gemstone Flower)	宝石花	后排治疗，拥有强大的群体治疗能力。	Restores health to the air plant with highest and increases its
Bad Orange	坏橙子	通过抽卡、冒险掉落、进化获得。攻击成长值较突出	Restores health to the plant with highest
Bamboo Shoot	竹笋	后排输出,可以通过快速移动旋转来打击对手。	Deals damage in 3 tiles ahead
Banana	香蕉	N/A	Deals damage to the closest enemy
Bitter Melon	苦瓜	N/A	Deals damage to the enemy with highest
Blueberries	蓝莓	后排治疗，拥有强大的群体治疗能力。	Deals damage to all enemies in a column
Cabbage-pult	卷心菜投手	后排输出，使用卷心菜对敌人进行轰炸。	Deals damage to the closest enemy and all enemies here and behind
Canta-pult	哈密瓜	N/A	Deals damage to the closest enemy and all enemies nearby
Cauliflower	花菜	N/A	Increases of air plant with highest
Chili Bean	巴豆	前排输出，喜欢攻击最前列的敌人。	Deals damage to all enemies and poisons them to take damage every turn
Chomper	大嘴花	前排输出，能对大范围的敌人进行疯狂的撕咬。通过抽卡、冒险掉落、进化获得。攻击成长值较突出	Deals damage to all enemies around this plant
Durian	榴莲	N/A	Decreases of enemy with highest
Eggplant	茄子	后排辅助，能鼓舞伙伴们，增加它们的攻击力。	Increases its from a single attack
Fire Gourd	葫芦	前排输出，横冲直撞，打击一整行敌人。	Deals damage to all enemies in 3 tiles ahead and charges forward, moving all fire plants 3 tiles forward and knockbacking all enemies in way 3 tiles back
Garlic	大蒜	N/A	Decreaes of all enemies
Gloom-shroom	多嘴小蘑菇	前排输出，利用毒雾对敌人进行大范围打击。	Decreases of all enemies around this plant
Gold Magnet	吸金菇	后排治疗，拥有强大的群体治疗能力。	Increases of the plant with highest and all plants nearby
Grave Buster	咬咬碑	N/A	Sucks all zombies 1 tile in (???)
Heavenly Peach	桃子	N/A	Fully restores its
Iceberg Lettuce	冰冻生菜	后排输出，能利用魔法随机冰冻2名敌人。	Deals damage to the closest enemy in its row and freezes it
Imitater	变身茄子	N/A	Increases of air plant with highest
Infi-nut	全息坚果	N/A	N/A
Kiwi	猕猴桃	通过抽卡、冒险掉落、进化获得。攻击成长值较突出	Decreases accuracy of enemy with highest
Lychee	荔枝	前排输出，忍痛割爱，抛出自己的另一半来攻击敌人。	Deals damage to all enemies ahead
Morning Glory	喇叭花	后排辅助，能为全体植物提升攻击力。	Increases its and of all plants nearby
Onion	洋葱	通过抽卡、冒险掉落、进化获得。攻击成长值较突出	Decreases of enemy with highest
Orchid Cactus	昙花	N/A	Sucks all zombies 2 tiles in (???)
Pear	梨子	后排辅助，能够对最虚弱的植物进行治疗。	Increases and dodge of all water plants
Pepper-pult	辣椒投手	N/A	Increases its dodge against air enemies. Attacks several random enemies
Pineapple	菠萝	前排输出，专打冲在最前列的敌人。	Increases of all earth plants
Pitcher Plant	猪笼草	N/A	Deals damage to the enemy 3 vertical tiles ahead (???)
Pomegranate	石榴	前排输出，可随机给予1名敌人强烈打击。通过抽卡、冒险掉落、进化获得	Deals damage to the closest enemy in 3 tiles ahead. All frozen enemies are unfrozen, but take 50% more damage from this ability
Potato Mine	土豆地雷	N/A	N/A
Power Lily	能量花	N/A	Increases critical of all air plants
Pumpkin	南瓜	前排坦克，能替全体植物增加防御。	Increases its from earth attacks
Sago Palm	铁树	N/A	Deflects all received damage
Sea-shroom	水兵菇	N/A	Decreases of enemy with highest
Shaggy Ink Cap	鸡腿菇	后排治疗，拥有强大的群体治疗能力。	Restores health to the plant with highest
Split Pea	双向射手	后排输出，可以喷射出一连串的豆子攻击敌人。	Deals damage to the closest enemy ahead and behind (???
Spring Bean	弹簧豆	前排坦克，利用自身的弹跳和体重攻击敌人。	Pushes all enemies back 2 tiles (???)
Squash	N/A	N/A	N/A
Starfruit	星星果	后排输出，利用星星的魔法攻击敌人。通过抽卡、冒险掉落、进化获得	Deals damage to all enemies around this plant
Sugar Cane	甘蔗	前排坦克，拥有自我恢复的本领，续航能力强。	All fire plants charge 2 tiles but have no knockback effect (???)
Tactical Cuke	黄瓜	前排输出，拥有恐怖的核打击能力。	Unfreezes all frozen enemies and deals double or random damage to them
Tangle Kelp	缠绕水草	后排输出，能利用水草随机缠绕并伤害1名敌人。	Deals damage to the closest target and all targets nearby
Threepeater	三重射手	N/A	Deals damage to all enemies and knocks them back
Tomato	西红柿	后排治疗，拥有强大的群体治疗能力。通过抽卡、冒险掉落、进化获得	Restores health to the plant with lowest
Umbrella Leaf	萝卜伞	前排坦克，团队的保护伞，能为其他植物分担伤害。	Deals damage to all enemies. Shares all damage taken with plants around this plant
Water Snapdragon	水龙草	通过抽卡、冒险掉落、进化获得。攻击成长值较突出	Deals damage in 9 tiles ahead

Gallery

HD Aloe Vera
Aloe Vera's sprites
HD Apple
Apple's sprites
HD Artichoke (The Gemstone Flower)
Artichoke (The Gemstone Flower)'s sprites
HD Bamboo Shoot
Bamburrow's Sprites
HD Banana
HD Bitter Melon
Bitter Melon's sprites
HD Blueberries
Blueberries's Sprites
HD Cabbage-pult
Cabbage-pult's Sprites
HD Canta-pult
HD Cauliflower
HD Chili Bean
Chili Bean's Sprites
HD Chomper
Chomper's sprites
More of Chomper's sprites
Chomper's Plant Food Sprites
HD Durian
HD Eggplant
Eggplant's sprites
HD Fire Gourd
HD Garlic
HD Gloom-shroom
HD Gold Magnet
HD Heavenly Peach
Heavenly Peach's sprites
HD Iceberg Lettuce
Iceberg Lettuce's Sprites
HD Imitater
HD Kiwi
HD Morning Glory
Morning Glory's Sprites
HD Onion
HD Bad Orange
HD Orchid Cactus
HD Sago Palm
HD Pear
Pear's sprites
HD Pepper-pult
HD Pineapple
Pineapple's sprites
HD Pitcher Plant
HD Pomegranate
Pomegranate's sprites
HD Potato Mine
Potato Mine's Sprites
HD Power Lily
Power Lily's Sprites
HD Pumpkin
Pumpkin's sprites
HD Sea-shroom
HD Shaggy Ink Cap
Shaggy Ink Cap's Sprites
HD Split Pea
HD Spring Bean
Spring Bean's Sprites
HD Squash
HD Starfruit
Starfruit's Sprites
HD Sugar Cane
Sugar Cane's sprites
HD Tactical Cuke
HD Tangle Kelp
Tangle Kelp's sprites
HD Threepeater
HD Tomato
Tomato's sprites
HD Umbrella Leaf
Umbrella Leaf's sprites
More of Umbrella Leaf's sprites
HD Water Snapdragon
Tomato and Rafflesia's old design cameos in promotional material
Bamboo Shoot's, Lemon's and Lychee's cameos in level-up screen
A sand drawing featuring Morning Glory, Pepper-pult, and Crazy Dave from an EA press conference
Chomper at the press conference (Note that the Plants vs. Zombies design is used)
Palm Tree along with Mammoth Rider Zombie and Genie Zombie at the conference

Notes

Despite visually resembling an artichoke, Artichoke's Chinese name translates to Ghost plant

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Ice-shroom line

Information about Ice-shroom line was found in the game code, as well as files for Ice-shroom. Evolutions went as follows:

Snow-shroom (白雪菇; pinyin: báixuě gū) → Frost-shroom (冰霜菇; pinyin: bīngshuāng gū) → Ice-shroom (冰川菇; pinyin: bīngchuān gū)

HD Ice-shroom
Ice-shroom's sprites
Ice-shroom's puzzle piece

Gallery of unused Puzzle Pieces

Aloe Vera's puzzle piece
Apple's puzzle piece
Artichoke (The Gemstone Flower)'s puzzle piece
Bamboo Shoot's puzzle piece
Bitter Melon's puzzle piece
Chili Bean's puzzle piece
Chomper's puzzle piece
Cuke's puzzle piece
Fire Gourd's puzzle piece
Garlic's puzzle piece
Gloom-shroom's puzzle piece
Gold Magnet's puzzle piece
Heavenly Peach's puzzle piece
Morning Glory's puzzle piece
Pear's puzzle piece
Pepper-pult's puzzle piece
Pitcher Plant's puzzle piece
Pumpkin's puzzle piece
Threepeater's puzzle piece
Umbrella Leaf's puzzle piece
Pea Pod's puzzle piece
Blueberries's puzzle piece
Water Dragon's puzzle piece
Fume-shroom's puzzle piece
Lily Pad's puzzle piece
Pineapple's puzzle piece
Onion's puzzle piece

Concept plant designs

Visually changed plants

Some official artwork of certain plants was released before they were released, but had their visual design changed when they were added to the game.

Choy Ben's concept design
Tai Choy's concept design
Cob Cannon's concept design
Concept design of Cob Cannon firing
A promotional image featuring another concept design of Cob Cannon
Devil Chili's concept design
Diamond Spikeweed's concept design
Fume-shroom's concept design
Walnut Bomb's concept design

Gameplay-wise changed plants

These plants have once appeared in the game code, and were added later with visual and gameplay changes.

Name	Chinese name	Description, in Chinese	Active ability
Coffee Bean	咖啡豆	后排辅助，能为全体植物提升攻击力。	Pushes all earth enemies 2 tiles back every turn
Hypno-shroom	迷惑菇	N/A	Decreases of all air enemies
Lily Pad	莲叶	N/A	Restores health to the air plant with lowest
Magnet-shroom	磁力菇	通过抽卡、冒险掉落、进化获得。攻击成长值较突出。	Decreases of all enemies
Plantern	路灯花	N/A	Decreases accuracy of all enemies
Rafflesia	霸王花	通过抽卡、冒险掉落、进化获得。	Decreases of all earth enemies
Sun-shroom	阳光菇	后排治疗，吸收阳光的温暖为植物们治疗	Increases its and of all fire plants nearby. Fully restores its

Gallery

HD Coffee Bean's old design
HD Hypno-shroom's old design
HD Lily Pad's old design
HD Magnet-shroom's old design
HD Plantern's old design
HD Rafflesia's old design
HD Sun-shroom's old design

Unused zombies

Zomboni

The Zomboni was shown at a press conference for Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars.

Zombie Bobsled Team

The Zombie Bobsled Team was seen on the Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars website.

HD Zombie Bobsled Team
HD Zombie Bobsled Team member
A wallpaper featuring Zombie Bobsled Team
Zombie Bobsled Team on the Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars website

Bungee Zombies

The Bungee Zombie and its Great Wall variant were seen on promotional material.

Bungee Zombie and its variant
HD Thief Zombie
A promotional cardboard cut-out featuring Thief Zombie
Thief Zombie on the Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars website
The Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars website featuring Thief Zombie
Bungee Zombie Sprites

Fisherman Zombie

Fisherman Zombie from Endless Edition was supposed to appear in this game. Nothing else is known about it.

Fisherman Zombie concept art^[2]

Viking Zombies

Viking Catapult Zombie

Viking Catapult Zombie is an unused zombie meant to be used in Viking World. It is unknown what he would have done with all that is left of him are a boss statue and a sprite sheet.

HD Viking Catapult Zombie
Viking Catapult Zombie sprites
Viking Catapult Zombies special attack sprite

Viking Axe Zombie

Viking Axe Zombie is an unused zombie meant to be used in Viking World. It is unknown what he would have done with all that is left of him are a boss statue and a sprite sheet.

HD Viking Axe Zombie
Viking Axe Zombies sprites

Viking Shield Zombie

Viking Shield Zombie is an unused zombie meant to be used in Viking World. It is unknown what he would have done with all that is left of him is a sprite sheet.

HD Viking Shield Zombie
An advertisement with Viking Shield Zombie on it
Viking Shield Zombies sprites

Viking Meteor Hammer

Viking Meteor Hammer is an unused zombie meant to be used in Viking World. It was only seen on map on a boss pedestal. Nothing else is known about it.