Split Pea (Plants vs. Zombies)

For other uses, see Split Pea (disambiguation).

Split Pea
Split Peas shoot peas forward and backwards.
Almanac statistics
Sun cost	125
Recharge	Fast
Damage	Normal
Range	Forward and backwards
In-game statistics
Direct damage	20 damage every 1.5 seconds (forward) 40 damage every 1.5 seconds (backward)
Unlocked	Beating Level 4-5
"Yeah, I'm a Gemini," says Split Pea. "I know, big surprise. But having two heads -- or really, one head with a large head-like growth on the back -- pays off big in my line of work."

Split Pea is a peashooting plant that is the combination of a forward-facing Peashooter and a backward-facing Repeater (without the dark green leaves), similar to conjoined twins. It is the 29th plant obtained in Plants vs. Zombies, obtained after beating the backyard Fog level 4-5.

Origins

Its name is a reference to the actual split pea, the dried, peeled, and split seeds of the pea (Pisum sativum) from north India. The split in its name refers to the fact that it is split, with two heads, and the pea in its name refers to the fact that it is a peashooting plant.

Suburban Almanac entry

Split Pea
Split Peas shoot peas forward and backwards. Damage: normal Range: forward and backwards Firing Speed: 1x forward, 2x backwards "Yeah, I'm a Gemini," says Split Pea. "I know, big surprise. But having two heads --or really, one head with a large head-like growth on the back-- pays off big in my line of work." Cost: 125 Recharge: fast

Usage

The player should use the Split Pea where they would use a normal Peashooter, but plant ahead of the rear line, so that it can fire backwards at foes such as Digger Zombies. Note that the backwards head can shoot peas twice as fast as forwards. Planting it in the Pool in columns 1-6 is a bad idea, as zombies will never appear behind there, thus making it a waste of 25 sun, unless of course the player did not select Peashooter.

Strategies

This plant is needed on the earliest levels that the player knows will have the Digger Zombie. It is advised to not plant Split Peas on the column closest to the lawn mowers, so as to give the player's Split Pea time to kill the Digger Zombie; otherwise, the Split Pea will be eaten before it can kill the Digger Zombie. Alternatively, the player could simply put Pumpkins around the leftmost plants.

Split Peas can also attack Bungee Zombies behind them. When targeted by a Bungee Zombie, the Split Pea fires three peas, both from the back and the front. It is also useful to put them behind shield-bearing zombies such as Ladder Zombies, Screen Door Zombies, Trash Can Zombies, and Newspaper Zombies (as shields only protect from the front). They also make a good defense against jumping Zombies such as Pole Vaulting Zombies, Dolphin Rider Zombies, and Pogo Zombies, as they attack with the firing rate of a Repeater, cost less, and will not be eaten by a zombie the player plants it behind.

By placing a Torchwood behind the Split Pea, it can become more effective against Digger Zombies, which can be helpful if the player has to play the level with predetermined plants and they have no room to waste slots. However, doing so is thought to be wasteful of the valuable rightmost ground spaces.

For levels with Dolphin Rider Zombies or Pole Vaulting Zombies where Split Pea is a predetermined plant by Crazy Dave, it may be helpful to use it as a form of offense. When the Dolphin Rider or Pole Vaulter jumps over it, it will be hit with the equivalent of a Repeater from behind. If the Split Pea is not a predetermined plant, however, it is generally not worth it to pick it up.

Additionally, one can bring out gimmicky layouts by combining it with Garlic. This strategy lets the player kill the zombies from behind, thus bypassing zombie shields. This strategy includes several lanes of Split Pea. The Garlics move zombies out of the Split Pea lanes and moves them inward when so they will be hit from behind.

However, after the majority of plants have been unlocked, Split Pea is outclassed by other plants that do its job better, as Cattail, Gloom-shroom, and even Magnet-shroom can deal with the zombies Split Pea is meant to counter and therefore, is rendered useless compared to the mentioned plants. However, Split Pea is still seen in some strategies outside of Adventure Mode thanks to supporting plants like Garlic or Pumpkin that greatly aid and make it worthy in some Minigames.

Pogo Party

Split Peas are quite useful in Pogo Party. The majority of zombies are Pogo Zombies, all of which will jump over it, and then can be shot in the back. Do not depend on these plants alone, however, as regular Zombies can still appear. Also, they may not hit zombies if they are not planted on the flat part of the roof, meaning that Gloom-shrooms may be preferred. However, this strategy will let the player earn the achievement Sproing! Sproing! as long as the player doesn't bring Magnet-shroom or Tall-nut to fill his/her seed packet slots.

I, Zombie

It is a bad idea to use a Pole Vaulting Zombie to jump over the Split Pea in the I, Zombie levels, and the same applies to using Digger Zombie in rows containing the plant. Rather, the player should treat it as he or she would a normal Peashooter, and should simply use Buckethead Zombies or other tough zombies to get through the Split Pea lanes, unless there is far more offensive power facing forward than backwards. If there is a very tough lane with a Split Pea, send a Bungee Zombie to steal it, then send a Digger Zombie. However, a Digger Zombie can survive a Split Pea in the first column from the left.

Related achievements

	Don't Pea in the Pool Complete a Daytime Pool level without using Peashooters of any kind.

	Morticulturalist Collect all 49 plants.

	Book Learner Fill out the Suburban Almanac.

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In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Split Pea
Simplified Chinese	双向射手 连体豆 as nickname in Plants vs. Zombies: Endless Edition	lit. "Duo-Direction Shooter" lit. "Conjoined Bean" as nickname in Plants vs. Zombies: Endless Edition
Traditional Chinese	雙向射手 連體豆 as nickname in Plants vs. Zombies: Endless Edition
Dutch	Spliterwt
French	Double-pois
German	Knallerbse
Italian	Sparasemi bidirezionale
Japanese	スプリットピー
Russian	Сиамский Горохострел
Spanish	Bipetidora	A portmanteau of "Bi" (prefix for two) and "Repetidora" (Repeater)

Trivia

• When it is firing from both heads, a glitch occurs that causes the front head to also fire two peas, causing it to become a Split Repeater. This glitch does not happen in the Xbox Live Arcade version and Game of the Year versions.
• Another glitch can occur in Versus Mode where it shoots backwards when a zombie is in front of the plant, even when there are no zombies behind it.
• It is the only plant that can fire in multiple directions with one side firing faster than the other side.
• It, Twin Sunflower, and Cherry Bomb are the only plants with two heads.
• It is one of the only four plants which are able to fire backwards, the other three beings Cattail, Gloom-shroom, and Starfruit.
• It calls itself a Gemini as the Astrological Sign Gemini represents twins, and the Split Pea is a twin plant (a joined Repeater and Peashooter).
• It is the last peashooting plant the player unlocks unless the Gatling Pea has not yet been purchased.
• In I, Zombie, it first appears in Can You Dig It?.
• When Bungee Zombie try to steal him, the backwards repeater head will fire instead of his front peashooter head.

See also

• Split Pea (Plants vs. Zombies 2)
• Peashooting plants
• Peashooter
• Repeater
• Digger Zombie
• Pea

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