
Pun-Based Creature: "Peashooter" is slang for a small, weak gun.

Overshadowed by Awesome: Later on, you get flashier plants with better side effects, making the peashooter less useful.Also, his upgrades in the Chinese version of Plants vs. More Dakka: His Plant Food ability fires a burst of 60 peas in quick succession.Legendary in the Sequel: At least in the second game, it is mentioned that he has become famous.Gatling Good: In the second game, his Plant Food ability.Frankenstein's Monster: His Halloween costume in the second game turns him into this.Famed in Story: In the second game, he's famous for his role in defeating the zombies in the first game.Combine the aforementioned level-ups with the fact that Torchwood, a plant that boosts pea plants, is unlocked very early on, and you get the most powerful offensive plant in your arsenal for quite a while. Disc-One Nuke: In the Chinese version of PvZ2.Once you start getting more specialized or more powerful options, though, Peashooter will be retired very quickly. Crutch Character: In the original game, Peashooter is the first plant unlocked and therefore the backbone of your defense for the first few levels.Cool Helmet: Gains one during his Plant Food ability.His level-ups give him a special ability to randomly fire 5 peas at a time and boost his stats significantly. In the Chinese version of PvZ2, he can get his level-ups through Plant Adventures and Star rewards.In Plants Vs Zombies 2, his relatively low power is compensated by an extremely fast level gain, allowing him to start dealing much better damage while costing way less sun.You're going to end up using more flashy plants later in the game, but the Peashooter gets the job done most of the time.In the second game, if given Plant Food, he temporarily becomes a Gatling Pea and shoots 60 peas in rapid succession.

Costs 100 sun in both games, and recharges fast. They fire moderately-damaging peas at zombies at moderate rate of fire. The first plant acquired in most Plants vs.

Badass Army: Especially the more powerful offensive plants.Badass Adorable: Most of the plants: beady eyes, friendly, and capable of vanquishing wave upon wave of invading undead.Anthropomorphic Food: Being plants, quite a few are fruits and vegetables.Ambiguous Gender: Several plants' genders aren't mentioned in the almanac.Abnormal Ammo: Most long-ranged plants shoot these.
