How Many Plants are there in Plants vs. Zombies?

Let me know if there are any plants I missed or forgot!
In case you're wondering why I reuploaded this- a small editing problem with some of the graphics slipped through even though I watched the video like three times before uploading..

By your criteria, I must point out, Penny is a plant character. Non-human, on the plant side, and is distinct by name and aesthetics from any other character.

I'm glad the "How Many Super Mario Games Are There?" videos are starting to inspire other people into making similar videos

I just watched this whole video and realized I spent an hour of my life watching someone rant about why wall-nuts are called tall-nuts when they look like wall-nuts.

by your definition of a plant as a 1.non-human 2.on the player's side, the lawnmower is a plant

You forgot the backwards peashooter from the pvz 2 shovel tutorial

36:36 "It's not the Bacontree, it's a Ham-bush!"
- A pun-based Skit writer somewhere

"Oh you're good at plants vs zombies? Then name every plant." Ahh video.

At 15:00 I heard "shooters just got weed" and laughed for almost a minute straight

6:52 Mega Gatling Pea is actually directly implied to be Gatling Pea in the Almanac, specifically with the
"I used to be an upgrade," line.
So I think it should be counted as Gatling Pea

Ok now do "how many zombies are there in plants vs. zombies?":)

Man it would be really funny if I went to the PvZ wiki and it was filled with edits by koala that change the wiki so that in all the sections where he says “the wiki agrees with me” it did agree with him

I believe it’s mentioned in one of the books that Zombies aren’t humans in the PvZ universe, they’re just weird monsters that showed up “30 minutes after the dawn of time.”

2:28 best transition of all time (watch him planting the wallnut)

10:35
Not necessarily infected. Its been confirmed they're made in factories, probably by a reanimating machine, and possibly cloned by another machine (which is why the zombies are the land equivalent of salmon)

I have my ATPL exams in 4 days and here I am watching a vid about plants and arguing how does turkey made of tofu can be a plant.

Hello! I'm the one viewer from China. Cauliflower花菜 and Broccoli西兰花 are in fact not the same words in Chinese btw :)

The best thing I learned from this video is that PvZ GW's naming is horrific. Ice tall-nut repeater.

Sap being its own character is the plant equivalent of a character being made out of blood.

Actually, the heroes nightcap is a male while the battle for neighbor Ville nightcap is a female

I don't know if you'll cover it in the next video or not, but there are comics for the series as well. I'm pretty sure there's a few new plants, like the gigantic ones from the prehistoric period in the second comic. This was a good video, I really like this style of content and appreciate the months of work that go into them.

There are more npc plants in gw2 which give you quests, such as hidey (who is presumably a scaredy shroom in a bush that gives you hide and seek quests), and the kernel corn (who has their own name) who gives you target quests at the docks, they are similar in how the npcs function in BFN

14:35 "Ice" pea and "Fire" pea in GW bother me so much I made a GW2 mod to change their names and weapon names to "Flaming Pea" (Remember PvZA? That was the introduction and I personally feel THAT is her REAL name), "Snow Pea," "Flaming Pea Cannon," and "Snow Pea Cannon"

I love how every time he says the wiki agrees with him he means he agrees with the wiki

Somebody: Oh, you like Plants vs Zombies? Name every plant from the franchise.
KoalaPVZ:

Fun fact: the most plants you can place in one square in pvz1 is complicated. Technically, its infinite without any rules, because you can just keep healing the same wall nut over and over. So lets add a rule that healing wall type plants does not count as planting. Now lets calculate it. Okay, starting off in the pool zone for the lilypad. We are also bringing flower pot, which we can place on top of the lilypad. On top, we are going to place a fume shroom. We are already at three. We are going to place a pumpkin on top. Four. We are also placing a gloom shroom on top. Are upgrades not allowed? I make the rules and i say that they are ok, so they are ok. Now, we need both coffe bean and an imitated coffe bean. We place the imitator down first. Then the regular coffe bean immediately after. We have achieved the temporary seven plant stack. Why temporary? Because coffee bean is running away. Both of them, actually. So if its about long term, five is the highest. If its about short time events, seven is the highest, capturing both the imitator and the coffee bean.

The fact the tree of wisdom can commit credit card fraud is insane lol

Didn't include Pumpkin Wildflower or Gatling Pea Zomboid, literally unwatchable.

13:21 counterpoint, the potted plants in this game resemble the original designs of the plants much more, showing that the visual design of the garden warfare plants is actually different from the PvZ plants

Crazy Dave went crazy only because he had to count his plants

your entire garden warfare section is flawed. there is actual lore differences and the characters that walk around ARE different plants from the ones in normal pvz

Well you counted 27 Solar plants in PvZ Heroes but actually it's 28 plants since the Astrocado Pit is not in the almanac, a distinct card from the card that creates it, the Astrocado. You're welcome. Also I suppose if you didn't count the token plants I assume you also forgot to include the Magic Beanstalk which is also not in the almanac, bringing you 1 more plant in the smarty class.
Also thanks for answering this question that totally keeps me up at night
EDIT: Also 45:10 this is completely wrong. In Chinese, Cauliflower is 椰菜花 while Broccoli is 西蘭花 which are 2 completely different things. I suppose you got your conclusion from Google Translate but it's really inaccurate when translating between English and Chinese 🤣

I actually remember playing plants vs zombies adventures but just thought it was a weird fabricated memory, glad to know it did actually exist

You might know but the books have hundreds of different characters in the background, and you DIDNT COUNT THE SINGING SUNFLOWER FROM THE FIRST GAME

i was one of the lucky people who got to play pvz adventures, i remember liking it so much, i loved how cute the beeshooter looked and was really scared of the purple fog that covered the whole game

If you count the pea cannon at 17:55 as its own plant, you could say default garden warfare peashooter is its own plant. It doesnt have a different name, but its different functionally and visually (as its got root legs, arms, eye color and eyebrows)

technically, you could count the cat mecha in the infinity mode from pvz gw2 on the zombie side as a plant character after your definition because it is non human, it works not like the dino on the plant side but attacks the same. The only problem is that it attacks plants too

By your criteria, shouldn't the flower line from PvZ2 count as a plant? They look distinct visually and have a unique gameplay mechanic. You could even argue that the objective surrounding them gives them the unique moniker "flowers". Currently at 11:52, so maybe this gets addressed, but I think its interesting.

0:26 im going to guess there are 352

Very good video. As someone who studies the pvz lore heavily I approve, but I wish you mentioned the comics because I think those are great too (English comics not the Chinese ones except for the part where the peashooter calls BS that was actually quite funny)

11:42 holy moly, that was a very smooth transition, didnt even see it coming

What about Dave's mold colonies and flowers that mustn't be trampled (level gimmicks from PvZ 2)? They have their own mechanic and visual design, and they're on plant's side (they make the game harder, but they don't attack us, plus we need to protect them) so it's at least 2 points for them being unique plants

you know the answer is complicated when you have to make a 56 minute video on a simple question

Did he forget grass guys? grass is a plant on the plants side, its impossible to plant without it or a pot!

Amazing video, the only thing I have doubts on are not counting tricks as plants in PVZ heroes. Though some plant tricks are unanimate objects, others are actual plants that have the same function as instant use plants in PVZ/PVZ2.
So while there's tricks that arent plants (like gardening gloves or photosyntethizer), theres also tricks that are plants (coffee fiesta, cherry bomb, berry angry etc.)
Of the 33 tricks in the game, 10 of them are plants already existing in other games (walnut bowling (they seem to just be regular walnuts), doom shroom, grave buster, lava guava, cherry bomb, iceberg lettuce, spring bean, shrinking violet, squash and tactical cuke.
The only tricks that are plants and arent present in other games are berry angry and espresso fiesta, so the plant counter should be upped by 2

4:04 say that again..

46:00 honestly that ghost pepper is adorable i love it so much

Are you taking the giant sunflower and giant marigold from the cancelled mini game "big time" into account as well? Because I didn't hear you mentioning them

My biggest takeaway is that the garden warfare team was probably having a stroke while naming some of the characters

I like that you explored every single PvZ game even ones that aren't widely played (I play PvZ heroes a lot) Awesome video!

"We are done with pvz2"
*check the time
SHIT.

In pvz heroes there some cards that are called tokens there are a few more plants to put

you're part of the emerging RUclips genre of "heavily overqualified man slowly descends into madness while trying to answer the most innocuous questions"
an international variation of"British man slowly loses his mind"

Actually, let me say that Stumpy from the first dave bot mission should be counted as a unique person as one, he functions as an NPC that follows the player and while he does the same attacks as the Stump boss, I would argue that due to the unique behavior and the fact that he can talk to the player make him unique enough concept wise... also he has a unique name, making that 2 points in my opinion.
#LoveForStumpy

tbh with the criteria he used for garden warfare 1, the backwards repeater and mega gatling pea are basicly the same plants as their counterparts

53:17 excuse me, but WHAT?!?!?!? i agree with you tho, he looks more insane than influenced by coe caine.

Never thought I'd be interested in an hour long essay about how many plants are there in PVZ at 2am

plot twist: he was the one who created the pvz wiki

35:12 tallnut flower
23:23 wallnut tallnut
4:25 TreeMcTreeface

your honor, by the rules set by the 'tuber, the grass should be considered as an individual
it has a unique feature (can be planted on without additional sun)
visually distinct from every other plant and is on the plants side of the lawn

Oh my god this is "everything is senseless cause there's no consensus" all over again.

That fucking ice pea-snow pea shit has been getting at me for YEARS!

Holy shit I remember playing PvZ Adventure when it first came out but haven't heard anyone ever talk about since so I'd almost convinced myself that the vague memories I had of it were of some other game that I was mistaking for PvZ spinoff or that I had just it up entirely. Thank you for validating my memories of it's existence.

By your criteria, regular walnut from wallnut bowling should be a unique plant, as it has unique functionality(distinct from regular wall-nut), and aesthetics, as it is wallnut turned around in different directions. So, two out of three.

I fully heard you say you were going to be incredibly in-depth. But even 4 minutes in, I severely underestimated your ability to deeply analyse and am hooked

Zomboss WELL THIS IS GOING TO BE HARDER THEN I EXPECTED

This video is so awesome and I really enjoyed watching it, it is so well made and really interesting to watch, but if you could you should try look at the plants that are only exclusive to the book series that is based of the games if those plants count for this video!

20:51 bro did Snap Dragon and Doom Shroom so dirty😭

I was just talking to a friend the other day about games that disappeared and we both thought that PvZ only had the original game and the first Garden Warfare game. I am only learning about all the other ones now

I'm sitting here doing homework. Meanwhile I'm watching a electronic animation about some guy ranting about how different names of not that is in tall is called a tall nut. Alongside him saying,, ice pea shooter! kill me now"

10:16 You didn't include the seeds
But no way, this is an amazing video, the real and accurate number of plants in PvZ is finally revealed thanks to you, i will subscribe.

12:02 Grapes of wrath was in PvZ heros. With a similar appearance. You could say he is “New” but it’s still popcap recycling old obscure plants.

"Pea Cannon" is so incredibly funny to me!

With a short is enough for counting all pvz plants: ❌
We need a whole hour for counting all pvz plants: ✔

I feel if the Pea Cannon counts as its own character, then so does the GW Peashooter. The Zombies look the same as they do in PvZ1, just in 3D. However, Peashooter, Sunflower, Chomper, and Cactus all look visually different with added details like arms, moveable petal legs, etc.

8 bit peashooter does the same thing as a regular peashooter it’s just 8 bit but it’s still a different character

you forgot about PvZ evolved, which honestly cant blame you on it, because of how cursed it is.
also, i suggest calling the plants 'species' rather than 'characters', the almanac may have their descriptions as them being a single entity, however its most likely either talking about an overall group, or most likely, the first ones of said species and sub-species, kinda like pokemon's pokedex, since there ARE multiple of each species for the exception of some like the superhero ones. also that would explain ice/snow pea's whole name issue as it just being regional naming differences.

Good to see you are a fellow jan Misali enjoyer.

God I adore this franchise, I miss the days where it was an actual powerhouse!

5:31 I think if you count the Air Raid flower pot, then the Heat Wave peashooters would also count. They look different, have a different function, and use a mechanic found nowhere else in the game. They’re no less unique than repeater but to the left or wall-nut but big.
(No this is not an excuse to talk about one of my favorite mini-games, shut up)

34:03 i know right? I played it with my cousin on my uncle's laptop shit was fire, one of my fav games back then

i think marigold sprout is different from a "regular" plant sprout from pvz1 zen garden? although they are quite similar

53:15 “my favorites being smallerpeno because it’s more relatable”

When talking about the Zomboids, you went over the basic three. But unlike most Plant Food effects, the Zomboid Gargantuar is separate from the effect and would count alongside the trio of normal Zomboids according to how you ruled them.
There was even Zomboid Gargantuars in the background, so surprised that wasn't mentioned in the PvZ2 part.

Wouldn't Mo count as the 5th original PvZ3 character? It has a unique name and design. One might argue it also has a unique functionality as it can move between lines unlike other lawnmowers

I wish plants vs zombies adventures was brought back, loved that game!

5:33 You also forgot these Giant Sunflower and Giant Marigold, but idk if they'd count.
34:49 Sweet Pea: Am I a joke to you?

I want a "the wiki also agrees with me" counter

Bro is doing god's work 🙏

Poor PVZH Nightcap, even KoalaPVZ forgot he existed and assumed he was just his replacement.

WAKE UP BABE THAT INE KOALA GUY UPLOADED

You forgot from plants vs zombies original game in the zen garden there are two types of sprout, the baby marigold that has a little flower on top with four petals and can be buyer in Dave's shop, that is the one you counted, and the other sprout 🌱 with no flower on top that grows into a random plant either acuatic, night time or day time.
This second sprout has a different functionality and astatic difference.

This video is UNWATCHABLE because you forgot my favorite plant from: I am a Teacher: Super Zombie Planter. PLEASE add that into part 2: How Many Plants are there in Plants vs. Zombies NOW?

why is this an hour long, it shouldn't be that hard
*One hour later*
oh... I see
This was much more productive than writing my collage essay

bro really uploaded twice

I would like to congratulate you on making a video on a topic I thought would be boring extremely interesting. Good job 👍

The fact that so many plants have basically the same name or appearance is annoying. Like, guys. Pick one thing and call it that, and every other time it shows up, reference that

I think what would be really interesting is to see how many “species” there are rather than characters, to work around costumed characters, slight variants, and individual species members like the agents. It’d also be interesting to see how many actual species are represented by plants or tricks in the games, I wonder what would have the most distinctly different designs, ignoring ones that have tons of basic variants based on classic designs like peashooters

you've probably been asked this but...
zombie side when?

never know I would enjoy watching a video essay about _fictional children's game where some mentally ill man tells you to plant anthropomorphic plants to fights off a hypotetical outbreak of zombies with half their pants missing_